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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-09
Interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON,
Associated Press W.. soN

a
-. front line reports from the A.,
en- sector Of the Western front '9 aen
ing of impending German NV W.. TELL
ment from the Roer line * t''. re
Arit or even behind the Rim. ne n
self still lack full contirno ne IL
although they cause little sll ,,raioa
Inc progressive attrition Of ne
man ranks and the urgent yer ue',
OF sending strong reinforcer nseo
south to meet the two-armv An ',.'
can sweep into the saar p'
are tending to force the too @ ~,
'disengagement" action in mo
north. That is the tace-savjng N NV
military phrase for an ordnTl, Ea4
treat from an untenable positios
that. I0N
The point is that German de,..
in falling back until Allied toro..
fronting the Roer from Duren
Linnich or along the Meuse in =.
Venlo area forced a crossing
strength could lead to a gre...
disaster than the loss of eitber ~
fensive line. 1t could result in WV H
tual defamation of Nazi forces -,
tempting to reach a new holdn,
front before they could get thers
The obvious time for withdraw
in such circumstances is while tbs
Roer and the Mouse still afforJ
screens behind which main forco,
could be retired with little danpsr
OF the retreat being turned INN
a rout. Regardless of die-at.vour.
post orders which may have been
handed down from German head.
quarters the commander in ths
west is being forced to choose he.
tween escaping now or soon TO sec.
ondary defense positions in tn.
north or risking such losses as IA
leave him unable to hold the Erft
line or even Rhine major cross.
ings.
There is no evidence in current
battle reports from the Saar re.
| gion, however, that any substantial
number of Nazi first line troops
have yet been shifted southwark
from the Aachen-Arnhem area 10
fend off the steady advance Of the
Third and Seventh American ar.
mics. Neither official Allied bulle.
tins nor press accounts indicate
that the foe has been able either
behind the Saar or along the Saar
brucken-Rhine sector to mount any
formidable counterattacks as yet
| Such as have been delivered have
been purely local in nature and
designed more to facilitate the
lNazi retreat into main Siegfrled
line defenses we'll within Germany
than to check American advances
at or near German frontiers.
AS a major element of Na1 war
industry. the saar Basin ALREADY
has largely lost its once great value
to the foe. It's main coal deposits
are either in Allied hands Or 50
dominated by Allied guns and ar
power as to be useless. The chlel
ore sources to feed its steel mlS
were in Lorraine beyond the Dor,
der and have been long in Aimed
possession. 49,,
As a screen for the long and
vital Rhine communications reacn'
ing from the Ruhr to the SWISS
border, however, the saarlana
west of the Rhine is OF vital con-,
sequence to Nazi hopes OF hai,L'5
the massive and sustained AlIeu
winter drive on that river.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-09
SENATE APPROVES
WAR POWERS ACT

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. W -
The Senate voted today 10 rua,
tinue the Administrators Olos ss
war emergency authority thr0. .sa
1915, passing without change n .
H Hons extension Of the
Second War Powers Act
Senate approval was by :. Vo tSs
vote. The bill now goes ~ '
White House. . ,,r.
The act is the Legislative , tan
nerstone of the War ProouCsgs
Boards authority over the hauU .ss
wartime economy, and carries 1.s rs
governments powers to lnig 5.st
rationing. 1t also gives pIes-' III,
Roosevelt the authority II NV
War Food Administration anu 80
ious other emergency agehcle''
The Senate accepted a Hou,
amendment giving Federal co uis.
power to review and enJoln .o wc,
Production Board orders SuSp o-;.i.
ING individual ALLEGATIONS Oh ''
cal materials.
The Administration dld ho' d cr
pose the judicial review .a . NM.
but its opponents in the Hous s III,
tended it might hamstrlns ,.rry
WPB at a time when the asrI
is attempting to hike war pI0D'
ton in a number Of fields, ,,t
Supporters of the an 5;,,iJrsy,
said it would protect lndlVlG."
against "abusive and tyran'l''''
administrative rulings uss
Enactment OF the measure T. h.
another step in the drive .. W
18th Congress to finish up c l1,r;
legislation and quit for the '"''
mas holidays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-09

MARI stood there for a minute,
then broke the silence again. What
kind Of safety pin?"
1.-THE safety pin off hand ger.
made" said the doughboy.
There was another period OF 81
lent searching while Simons digest
ed this information. Then he tried
again.
"Where did you throw the ger
nade?" he asked.
Didn't throw it," said the guy
standing beside him. "Got it here
in my hand"
Simons didn't stay around to find
out what time it was.
Probably sheer, shocked astonish
ment was the only reason nobody
rot shot. A company OF doughboys
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-09
By KENNETH L. DIXON

IN GERMANY, Dec. 5-(Delay-
ed m When l7-year-old Louis
Trobe of Somewhere in France"
joined Company G Of the 10th In
fantry Regiment, he said he want
ed to fight with the Yanks liberia
ting his homeland. The CTS
promptly rechristened him "Fren-
chy." They also gave him a SUBJ
machinegun and taught him Basic
Army English"
The only two printable words in
Frenchy's swiftly acquired vocab-
ulary were Lets CO." So when
he ran to a nearby haystack the
other morning to wake Sgt. Leo
Lord of Chocopee, Mass, he yelled,
Lets Co." Leo wasn't there, but
a dozen Germans were and Fren-
chy repeated lets CO., and per-
haps said a few other things, too,
as he raised his weapons snout.
When he showed up with the II
Germans, they seemed properly
subdued despite the fact that Fren-
chy had lost the clip out of his
gun and anyone could see that it
wasn't loaded.
This Basic Army English is
strong stuff, even when used by a
beginner.
Through deepening dusk, Pvt.
Eulice Fields of Bluefield, W. Va,
spotted a shadowry outline about
20 yards away. When it failed to
reply to his challenge, he fired
three quick shots. Guards running
up to help him reconnoiter found
only an olive drab overcoat hang
ing from a post. Recovering quick
ly. Private Fields looked at the
three neat holes and said, well,
anyway, it wasn't such bad shoot
ing" Then he stopped talking. 1t
was his coat.
On a dark and lonely night, Pfc.
Mari D. Simons Of Delta, Utah.
who is with the 102nd Division, de-
cided to wander over to nearby
dugout and find out the time. He
stumbled across two soldiers. one
standing and the other down on
his hands and knees, fumbling
about in the inky blackness.
"Whatcha lookin' for?" asked
Simons.
Looking for safety pin,'' said
the guy on the ground.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-09
Raj 'Buzzbomb Killer
Shot Down In Hol'u"D

LONDON, Dec. 8.n ~ RAT
tighter ae1 piiot whose dss'55 r: 2os q
so flying bombs durlns '4 psrits.a,
a aod b DeleVet'G killed. the Air MIN
istry announced tonlgA'' ,s seen
His Tempest fighter wa. over
plunging to earth IN LAM ~ oHet
northern Holland during 4l 2,
sive patrol early on oc. ,ns shot
and it was believed cad'- nm IS
from a small gun got MS s.s+
he was stating at only 81 ..ns1%orted
His squadron mates ~ radi'
Berry's last words over Inc had It.
telephone were: "lVe nav
chaps. You 60 on.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-09

risk. banks are highly unlikely to make many
loans which they would not have been Wiling
to make without guarantees
II any veterans assume that they are W ''ep
into = bonanza it would be advisable for tnen
to secure a copy Of this folder. which may DC
had at any mutual savings bank.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-09
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

God free, through you, your 1e1o~nen
whove suffered long;
cod grant Won wisdom. grace and power
to right the wrong;
coa hold vou in the hollow Of His hand,
where'er YOU roam;
God bring Won hack in His good time ia
friends and home.
MRS. S. C. BYRD.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-09

that whatever is done uh'J urE
is done unto Thee. Amen
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-09

I am frankly disturbed to note that after
year of complete stability, the cost Of living
has risen slightly but perceptibly during the
past SIX months. This must stop.-Economic
Sta utilization Director Fred NJ Vnson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
CHURCHILL, FIR.
MAY MEET SOON
Face Question OF Whether
Reds Playing Lone
Hand In Europe

LONDON, March 18.-R-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill may meet soon, and pre-
mier Stain may confer with them
later, it was reported in London
tonight as speculation increased
over whether Russia is playing a
lone hand in dealing with European
issues.
A series of recent diplomatic de-
velopments involving Russia have
posed this Soviet lone-hand policy
sharply for the United States and
Great Britain, and there is a pos.
sibility that Qualification on the
subject will be sought in the near
future.
Diplomatic quarters in London
suggested that Roosevelt n
Churchill might meet after the
forthcoming London visit of under.
secretary of State Edward R. Stet.
tinius, Jr., to discuss a series Of
new problems in European politics
with Stain possibly being called
in afte1ward to get his accord
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
CHEST CAMPAIGN
GROUP IS NAMED
E. L. White Is Appointed
Chairman OF The Year
Around Committee

Storer P. Ware, Community
Chest president, announced Satur
day the appointment of the frs
year round campaign committee
since the Chest was established
with E. L. White to serve as chair.
man.
Supporting Mr.. White will be H
R. Emory, J. Holmes Davis, Jr.,
Robert Scott, Alex Sprunt, Ran.
aid Stewart, Mrs. w. C. Whitehead
White served as chairman of the
special gifts committee in the las
campaign; Emory of the public
employees committee; Scott. of the
Atlantic Coastline committee; Da
Wis and Sprunt worked on the in.
d"strial committee; Stewart was
chairman of the national chair
firms and Mrs. Whitehead was
chairman of the women's division
Purpose of the early naming oil
the campaign group, Ware said
was to allow the members ample
time to study methods of cam
paigning; to eliminate Implications
of campaign effort; and to estab
lish uniform campaign plans.
Later, the, group will select g
general chairman for the Novem
Der campaign, Ware explained.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
Firms, REDS MAY
AIR NEGOTIATIONS
Expected To Issue State
ments Regarding Ar
mistice Negotiations

STOCKHOLM, March 18.-R-
Finland and Russia may make OF
fetal statements some time this
weekend clarifying the status of
armistice negotiations now be-
lieved to have reached a stalemate
after weeks of negotiation.
All Finland awaited with anxiety
word from their government on
diplomatic activities which were
generally believed to have result
ed in Finland's polite refusal to
accept Soviet terms.
The Films were reported to have
given the Russians yesterday a
note containing their government S
stand was supported by a unani-
nous vote in parliament, an Of
fetal communioue had announced.
Although diplomats have char
acterized the Finnish answer as
polite no." the Finnish people
have not yet been officially ad-
vised. The Helsinki radio made no
mention of the negotiations tonight
when the whole country expected
an announcement.
A heavily-censored report from
the Helsinki correspondent of The
Associated Press, telephoned to
Stockholm, said there was great
political activity in the Finnish
capital during the day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
FACE HEAVY FIRE
Bombers Plaster German
Positions Around Beach
head At Anzio
AIRFIELDS RAIDED
Allies Slowly Pushing En-
envy From Southwest
ern Part OF Town

A L L I E D HEADQUAR-
TIERS, NAPLES, March Is.
- up - Fifth army shock
troops inched from stone to
stone through the ruined
houses of Casino against
Nazi dive-bombers, 17O-milli-
meter cannon and small arms
fire today, while Allied bomb
ers plastered the German po-
sitions around the edge of the
Anzio beachhead south of
Rome and heavy bombers
slashed through enemy fight
ers to blast five airfields in
northern Italy.
The battle of Italy thus was in
three major sectors: The grim
fight for Casino and its environs;
the hour-by-hour Allied bombing
of the Germans near Anzio; and
the heavy onslaught against Nazi
airdromes at Udine, Villorba, Ma
niago, Livariano and Gorilla in
the northeast.
A group of British Gurkhas.
k1life-wieading fighters froTl the
Himalayas, was marooned hIgh up
Monastery Hill, Associated Press
Correspondent Lynn Heinzerling
radioed from Casino tonight, and
was being supplied by parachute
P m Mustang fighter planes
swooping down low through small
arms fire.
Push Germans Out
Fighting furiously from every
point of shattered masonry from
which guns could be brought to
bear, the Allied forces in Casino
were slowly pushing the Germans
from their warrens in the south
western part of the town in the
area of the railroad station now
held by the Allies.
Working without rest since the
tremendous Allied air attack lit
orally turned Casino upside down
Wednesday, Fifth army engineers
finally cleared a path through the
rubble, permitting tanks to move
into position ahead of the infantry
to blast the remaining gun posi-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
KICKOFF BREAKFAST
Max Meisel, Jr., Who Has
Served In South Pa
cific, Will Speak

The Wilmington chapter of the
American Red Cross will open its
1914 appeal for $4,000 at a kick
off breakfast, sponsored by the
Army, at $50 am. Monday at St.
Pauls Lutheran parish house.
approximately $50 guests and
volunteer workers are expected to
attend and hear the principal
speaker, Max Meisel. Jr.. Red
Cross worker who has just return
ed from the South Pacific.
Capt. John E. Hydrick, special
services officer at Camp Davis,
will represent the Army at the
breakfast meeting. Members of
the Women's Army Corps will
serve. The breakfast will be given
by the Army through the courtesy
of Col. Adam E. Potts. camp COM
mander, Camp Davis.
Immediately following the break
fast, all Red Cross campaign soil
cltors, the Motor Corps and Gray
Ladies, will parade from the Sixth
and Princess streets parish house
to Front street AMI thence to the
poStoffice, where a huge red cross
containing a campaign thermome-
ter will be unveiled on the lawn
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
ALLIES THREATEN
LINES in BURMA
Exploiting Surprise Aerial
'Breakthrough' Against
The Japanese
HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS, USA A F
FIRST AIR COMMANDO UNIT,
1ndiaBurma Front, March 1e.-R
In the heart Of northern Burma,
$50 miles behind the Japanese
lines, a strong force of British.
Indian airborne troops supplied by
American glider and air transport
units today was exploiting a sur.
prise aerial breakthrough" that
menaces all Japanese no-th-south
supply lines in Burma.
The site of their landing and
immediate Establishment of an of
fensive pocket was officially de.
scrlbed only as southeast of NV.
itkyina." That north Burma civ
is the hub of the whole Japanese
operation in the area.
Additional details of the airborne
invasion that began March S
marked it as the largest aerial
offensive operation undertaken by
the Allies since the war started.
it was reported at headquarters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
PREVETT IS HELD
ON ASSAULT COUNT
Police Report He Attacked
Wife And Then At
tempted Suicide

Sanford Prevett, 312 North Sec
ond street. was arrested by police
early last night at his home and
charged with assault with dead
ly weapon with attempt to kill
after he attacked his wife, Flor
ence, with a Ratchet and attempted
suicide by cutting his throat and
arms with a pocket knife, accord
ing to city police.
Officers Earl Williamson and W.
J. Mills received a call at 6:44
p. m. and on entering Prevett' S
bedroom, in his home across from
the Union Bus Terminal, found
him standing before mirror
slashing at his throat, they said.
His wife had already been taken
to the hospital by E. c. Hinson,
Seashore bus driver.
According to police, the couple
had been separated approximate
ly week. Yesterday he met his
wife on the street and told her
that, if she would 60 with him
to his room, he would give her
some money for the children.
There are three children, police
said, the oldest of which is seven
years old.
Prevett was carried to James
Walker Memorial hospital and
treated for decorations of the
throat and both arms. He was
quoted by police as saying that
he intended to kill himself, any,
Continued on Page Five; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
Reds Pour Through Ukraine Line
: To Old Rumania's River Border;
Bitter Cascino Fight Continues
U.S.. Loses So Planes During Raids
On Targets In Southern Germany

down by the bombers was not
yet known
The announcement added
that "some Of the bomber for
nations encountered consider
able enemy fighter opposition"
Besides Augsburg and Fried
richshaven, military targets
also were hit at Lechfeld,
Landsberg and Oberpfoffen-
hOfen.
The loss was the heaviest
for American daylight raiders
since the March 6 attack on
Berlin which cost GO heavy
bombers. However, at least IL
planes missing from today's
500-miIe penetration into Eu-
rope were reported to have
landed safely in Switzerland.
Augsburg, center Of air.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
COUNTY ELECTION
BOARDS APPOINTED
H. G. Carney, ]. H. Nigel,
And Robert Strange Re-
named To Local Unit

RALEIGH March 18.--iP)-The
state board of elections, meeting
here today, named county elections
board members and offered two
amendments to the regulations
governing the soldier absentee bal
lot bill designed to simplify the
mailing and handling of ballots
used by service personnel.
The board also set dates and
meeting places for county board
chairman with members of the
state board. Handling of the alb.
sentee ballots will be discussed
at these meetings, Col. w. L. JOY
ner, chairman of the board, said.
First of the meetings will be
held at Edenton, March II, and
others will follow at Greenville'
March %; Clinton, March 20; Ra-
leigh, March 30; Asheville, April
8, and Statesville, April 4.
The amendments to the absentee
regulations provide that a sep
arate register be set up for alb
sentee voters (servicemen only
and also provides that a second
record book be kept of those mem
bers of the armed forces whose
names have been submitted for
registration but who are not quail
fled for various reasons.
Another amendment PROVIDES
that county elections board chair
men mail ballots to service per-
sonnet within the continental Unit
ed States as soon as possible al
ter an application is in hand. Inc
mailing of ballots to addresses be-
yond the United States Shall not
await the receipt of ballots for
local offices"
A resolution passed by the board
provides that "presidential appro-
val or disapproval of the present
congressional service vote bill
would not make necessary any
changes in the North Carolina
boards rules and regulations" and
that absentee registration and
voting Con the part of North Car
DINA service PERSONNEL of the
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
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craft engine manufacture, has
been pounded heavily before
and ON Feb, rs was a target
for both a daylight attack by
U. S. b0mbers and two separ-
ate blows by the Raj at night.
1t is 80 miles northwest of
Munich, which received its
first American aerial blasting
yesterday by Fortresses based
in Italy.
At Augsburg is located the
parent Messerschmitt plant
used for experimentation, de-
velopment and production of
twin-engined ME410s Lechfeld,
Landsberg and Oberpfoffen-
hoffen also are all near Num-
ich and all are sites of airfields
Continued on Page Five: Col.
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ganization its m m have
preached from many platforms the
need for a large army and the
instruments of war. THE Legion
naires knew" he said, that the
countries they fought could not be
trusted win large armies
He commended the shipbuilders,
and called the filters, drillers, riv-
eters and others finished experts
after two years." He expressed his
prid Of the men of the company,
for only two years ago they were
grocery clerks, mechanics, ETC.,
and for the most part, they are
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
Pact To Defer
Young Me95a}:
KeyJobsX.<
About 10000 &c
tories Woul :pt-
ed From !
PLACED BEFORE F. R.
Approval Would Represent
Victory For Produc-
ton Officials
PLACED BEFORE F. R.
BY WILLIAM T. PEACOCK

WASHINGTON, March 18.-R-
Agreement was reported reached
today between the armed services
and production agencies whereby
about 10000 men under 26 who
have key jobs in war industries
will be deferred from the draft
War Production Board sources
said this was the effect of a poll
cy understanding arrived at by
representatives of the WPB, the
War Manpower Commission and
the Army and Navy.
1t has been placed before Pres
ident Roosevelt who had indicat.
ed earlier that he expected to set
tie definitely this weekend how
for the army would be allowed to
60 in taking industry's younger
men,
If Mr.. Roosevelt approves the
armed services-production agen-
cies agreement, it will represent
victory for the viewpoint of pro-
oQCIlOll O11lC1d1o. 4Ilcy have COIl-
tended all along that at least 49,
900 to $4,000 of the 100000 men in
the 1925 age brackets who have
occupational deferments would be
more value in industry than in the
army.
President Roosevelt had receiv-
ed formal notice that the armed
services need not expect requested
military tires if the draft stripped
the rubber industry of young tech.
nicians.
The warning was contained in
the fifth progress report of rubber
director Bradley Dewey which
Joined at the White House stack
ct statistical and other material
on the manpoWer crisis.
MI Roosevelt told his press
conference yesterday few men
under &c are INDISPENSABLE to in
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
american Plane Raids Matsuwa,
900 Nautical Miles From Tokyo
NO OPPOSITION
u. S. Meets Stubborn Op-
position But Breaks
Lines AT Lorengau
BY MORRIE LANDsBERG

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, March
a. R American air IS power
sweeping ever closer to the ia
panese mainland struck Matsuwa
island in the Kuriles, only $50
nautical miles from Tokyo.
This was the first attack on
Matsuwa and the deepest pene-
tration of the volcanic island chain
guarding the northern approaches
to Tokyo. 1t was carried out Thurs
day by single Liberator of the
18th U. S. Army Air Force, based
in the Ale,1tian islands. 1t en-
countered no opposition, Admiral
Chester w. Ninlitz said today in
announcing a dozen successful air
attacks in the north and central
Pacific.
Paramushio and Shumushu is
lands at the extreme northern tip
of the Kuriles, were bombed both
Thursday and Frida :.
Army medium bombers, Ma
rine dive bombers and Navy
search planes kept up the as
sault on Japanese positions in the
central Marshall islands with at
tacks on four atolls on the east
ern fringe of the chain Thursday.
One raider was damaged by an
tiaircraft fire.
The same day Navy filters bomb
ed Kusaie, westernmost of Caro-
line islands, for the eighth time
in March, and made the fourth at
tack of the week on Oroluk is
Continued on Page Six; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
Red Cross Opens Appeal
For $4,000 Tomorrow
Hitler Denies Nazis
Trying To Quit War

STOCKHOLM, March 18-R
The Stockholm Tidningen re-
ported tonight that Adolf Hit
Ter, in an exclusive telephone
interview with its Berlin cor
respondent, denied Germany
was trying to get out of the
war by using Sweden as an
intermediary, said Russia was
trying to put moose around
Finland's neck, and scoffed at
any suggestion of American
and British guarantees.
The correspondent said he
first asked Hitler about ru-
mors that King Gustav of Swe-
den had been approached to
try to help Germany make
peace.