davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-01

Approximately 2,200 people in the United States died from acci- dental gas poisoning in 1943.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-08

Pushed Aside

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 GNSl
Expansion Of War Mobiliza ton
Director Byrnes' personal staff
today further aug6red the gov
ernment's decision TO insist upon
all out war production-even at
the expense of civilian RECEIVERS
ion-until Germany is defeated.
while the Office OF War
Mobilization and Reconverslon
will not overlook for q moment
the planning which must be
done for the transition from war
60 peace" Byrnes said, at Is
continuing 10 assist the several
agencies responsible for war
procurement In a renewed and
intensified production drive"
Byrnes appointed Maj. Gen.
Lucius d. Clay, director OF ma
terial for the army service forces,
as his deputy director. in charge
OF expediting the delivery Of
critical war materials 10 Europe
and the Pacific.
DyIntS OillIt tfius iIlONCu w
speed support OF 1t. Gen. Somer-
veil, chief OF the army service
forces. who told the National
Association OF Manufacturers in
New York yesterday that NUM-
tons are being used faster than
the current production rate.
Byrnes other appointments in
cluded j. B. RItson. president OF
the Commodity Credit Corp. as
deputy director TO supervise the
transition of agriculture from war
10 peace. Fred Searls, former
OWN employe. was named as
Clay's assistant. William Haber
VINO executive director. was
named Byrnes adviser on man.
power problems.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-08
Dog Plea
To House
Detroit Time, washington sur..s

WASHINGTON, Dec. by
services on the fighting fronts
alone, dogdom has won the right
TO escape vivisection. Rep, Bur-
dick fR) of North Dakota has
told the House of Representatives
He made the statement as he
placed. in the Congressional Rec
ord the full text OF an article on
vivisection by Lionel c. Noise,
published in the American Weekly
of the Hearst newspapers Oct. 20.
Burdick said directors TO the
anti-vivisection campaign he has
been conducting for years have
failed TO assign "any sufficient
reason why man should place his
best friend on the operating table
and subject him TO slow and
lingering death in the interests
of science" He added:
The dogs on the fighting
fronts. carrying messages
through bursting shells and
hunting out and pointing TO hid
den mines have earned the
right OF the dog kingdom to
be humanely treated"
The American Weekly article
was an exposition OF the real
needlessness OF vivisection. and
charges that heartless Cruelties
take place IN it's practice.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-08
Flag Raising Arduous

To raise and lower the United
States flag atop Chimney Rock.
n. C., Oscar Shytle each day lifts
his weight 800 times up the
wooden staircases. That Is equiva-
lent TO an annual weight lifting
OF some 5l.976.000 pounds He
can do il in 30 minutes a day.
His spry predecessor set a record
of Is minutes a daV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-08
Seaman Shot to Death

NEW YORK. Dec. 7 INS)-
With a bullet wound In his temple.
William II. Davis. 19. machinist's
mate, &c. USN. was found dead
in the Hotel Langwoell. His home
was said TO be in Mansfield. o.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-08
Girl Faces Trial

Mary Whipple. IS. alias Mary
Pilon of 249O0 Princeton, Dear
born, must stand trial Dec l3 on
charges of contributing 10 the
delinquency OF a 16-year-old run
away girl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
TOBACCO STRIKE
WILL END MONDAY

DURHAM, March 17.-(Fl-Dur-
hams strike of 2,400 employees of
the American Tobacco Company
ended tonight amid a flood of
promises from leaders of the local
units of the International Tobac-
co Workers Union of America that
they would lead the workers out
of the plant again unless they gain
their point soon.
The strike officially will end
Monday morning, but in answer
to a request from union leaders,
many of the workers will be on
their jobs tomorrow morning in
order to make the plant ready
for full operation next week.
The vote in favor of returning
to work was overwhelming, with
less than Is members of the union
voting to remain away from their
jobs.
Voting Immediately after G. T..
Dunn, president Of local No. 1873
had asked his members to return
to their jobs, the membership
unanimously declared that it was
doing so primarily because they
had faith in Dunn's leadership,
and because they felt that he was
more fully informed as to the rea-
sons for hating the strike than
anyone also
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
CWAC DIRECTOR
TO SEE LEJEUNE

CAMP LEJEUNE, New River
Mar. 17.-Plans have been made
here for the arrival tomorrow OF
1t. Col. Margaret C. Eaton, direct
or of Canadian Women's Army
Corps, and Capt. Anna L. Nelson,
director of the organization in
Washington, D. c. They will be &C
companied by Col. Ruth Cheney
streeter, director of Marine Corps
Women's Reserve.
This will be the first visit oil
1t. Col. Eaton and Capt. Nelson
to Marine base, where they are
to observe the women's activities
Shortly after their arrival, 1t
Col. Eaton is scheduled to take
the regular Saturday morning re-
view presented by approximately
1000 women ''boots" receiving 81,
weeks basic training here.
In the afternoon she is to address
women officers and members Of
the Marine Corps Women's Re
serve schools.
The visitors itinerary will include
observation trips to the amphibiar
base, parachute towers, and other
training grounds for men Marines
as well as the women post troops
and school areas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
'DROME
ON MANUS TAKEN
Field In Admiralties Is
Captured In Quick Two
Day U. S. Offensive
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor

Lorengau airdrome has been
captured in a swift two-day Of
fensive on Manus island in the
Admiralty group and thousands Of
Japanese have been killed and
wounded in final rout of their
persistent but hopeless attack on
Bougainvi1le island of the northern
Solomons, General Douglas Mac
Arthur announced today.
The ten day enemy offensive on
Bougainville completely b r 0 k e
down Tuesday night. Macarthur
said. Over LOO of his dead lie
within our lines alone. His total
casualties are many times this. -
American losses were compare
lively small.
Capture of Lorengau air strip
gave American forces control of
the only two air fields in the Adj
miralty islands which blockade
the northern approaches to the
Bismarck Sea Destroyers lying
offshore, turned their guns on jap
anese pillboxes and other fixed po-
sitions to blast open the way to
the airdrone for the dismounted
cavalrymen. Another column,
pushing inland, was within 600
yards of the town of Lorengau,
enemy headquarters for the island
group.
Allied bornbers made long dis
lance flights to bomb the former
Dutch naval base at Soerabaja,
Java. and Japanese installations
on nearby Bali Island. The attacks
involved overwster fiji 6 h is Of
around $500 and 1000 miles.
Other bombers struck in the
Central Pacific, destroyed build
ings and guns with a 142 ton bonn
bardment of Wewak, weakening
Japanese air base on New Guinea,
and poured 1876 tons of explosives
on Rabaul, New Britain, without
drawing fighter opposition.
First Allied use of airborne
troops in Southeast Asia was re-
ported by Admiral Lord Louis
Mountbatten. They landed behind
Japanese lines in north Burma.
Their maneuver is a further sped
up Of the fastest moving Asiatic
offensive, presumably with the in
tention of breaking the backbone
of Japan's north Burma defense
before the monsoons set in within
the next six weeks.
Along the Central Pacific cor
ridor, which Admiral Chester W.
Ninitz has promised will be
turned into a seaway to the China
coast. five more attacks by Amer
lean bombers on Japanese island
outposts were announced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
RED CROSS DRIVE
PLANS ARE MADE

The Business division of the Red
Cross War Fund campaign, Of
which F. P. O'Crowley is chair.
man met Friday afternoon al
Campaign headquarters in the Tide
Water building, and plans were
laid for that groups participation
IN The extensive drive for SIS, 200
which gets under way in Whining
ton Monday. -.'..
Mr.. O'Crowley spoke to the group
en- teeir responsibility of the mer
and women who cannot be on thu
fighting front, and said that eve
cannot buck the. Axis with buck
explaining that the old settle-for
a-doilar" manner of campaigning
for tine Red Cross is tout"
:. @. LeGrand, general chair
man, who has been called On time
and again for many civic actNi
ties, spoke briefly to those pre-
sent, and insisted that amy per
son who can afford to give 81 a
the present time, can certainl,
give three, which only amounts tt
Is cents a month.
He explained some of the acti
vitiec of the American Red Cross
Continued on Page Two: Col. Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
MANY EXHIBITS
IN HOBBY SHOW

The Hobby Show sponsored by
the Department of Recreation held
at Hemenway school Friday from
4-5:3O pm. featured many unique
exhibits.
Jesse Reynolds, Wilmington
recreation director, announced the
following prize winners: Wood
craft-sigo; Moth and butterfly
coNlection-Moody; China collec-
tion-Rochelle; Crochet - Fryer.
Organization activities: Girl Scout
doll exhibit, first; Wrightsboro
Seventh grade, first, art; Jerry
Axler, second, art; Billy McGlau-
han, first, pets; Jean RADON, sec
ond, pets; Montague Dowdy, first,
Army collection; Henry Wander
18th. second, coin collection.
The committee in charge of ar
engagements for the Hobby Show:
Mesdames Goldburg, Fryer,
Dowles, Rochelle, Triplett, Nc
Continued on Page Two: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
U.S.. TO MAINTAIN
SALARY FORMULA
If Ceiling Is To Be Chang
ed, Congress Will Have
To Do 1t

WASHINGTON. March 17.-tR-
The administration was reported
on high authority today to have
dacided to maintain the Little
Steel'' Formula despite increasing
pressure from labor organizations
for easing Of wage controls.
II the formula is to be aban'
doned ard wage ceilings lifted, a
high official said, Congress will
have to assume the responsibility
the Executive Department will
not.
Furthermore, this decision has
been communicated to the Wal
Labor Board whose members have
been confronted with recent moves
by both ALL and CLIO groups fo1
action looking toward discarding
the formula which limits genera
wage increases to Is per cent
above the level of January, l941
The belief in highest admins
tration quarters is that Congress
will not take the initiative in rals
ing wage ceilings and that hence
they can be held in place.
The question of Congressional
action to ease wage controls may
come up next week in hearings
before the Senate Banking Com
mittee on a bill to extend tns
life of the Sterilization Act. Con
gress directed in this law that Dotf
wages and prices be stabilized a
Sept. IS, 1912, levels.
Chairman William H. Davis O.
the 'WLB is expected to appear De
fore the committee to Oppose
changing the sections dealing Witt
wages. Law,
While some legislators have
talked of writing the Little Stee
Formula into law, the administra
tion was described as opposed t
this. It was said to be determined
to uphold the formula but wants
the sterilization act renewed un
changed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18

toned as Republican presi-
dental possibility.
The dinner commemorated the
generals arrival in Australia ex-
actly two years ago. It followed
his decoration by Lord Gowrie,
Governor of Australia, with the
Grand Cross of the Order of the
Bath. The governor general rose
from his sick bed to confer the
decoration.
Macarthur, looking as fit physi-
cally as when he made his dra-
matte escape from the Philippines.
declared nothing is more certain
than our ultimate reconquest and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
U. S. STILL SOUR
TOWARD BAD0CLI0
Hull Says Russia Didn't
Consult Us Before TAX
ing Action

WASHINGTON, March 17.-R-
The Soviet government played a
lone hand in giving diplomatic
recognition to Marshal Pietro Bad
oglio's Italian regime and the
United States is not even consld-
ering similar action.
These points were made clear
by Secretary of State Hull at a
press conference today at which
he said:
1. The United States was not
consulted by the Soviet govern
ment although about the time the
italian announcement was made
last week this country did have
some information as to what was
going on.
2. The State Department is now
assembling all the facts and cir
cumstances involved.
8. The Allied advisory council
of Italy (U. S.-Britain-Russsa)
normally would give attention to
such matters as diplomatic rec
ognition of the Badoglio govern
ment in the first instance. Here
the secretary implied an opinion
that Russia should have worked
through the council although he
did not specifically say so.
4. The question whether the Unit
ed States should follow Russia's
lead in recognizing the Badoglio
regime is not arising.
The American policy is known
to be based on commitments to
give the Italian people full oppor-
tunity to choose their government
as soon as the military situation
will permit. WASHINGTON and Lon
don have agreed that not until Al
lied armies have freed Rome will
such a condition arise and they
are therefore giving the Badoglio
regime limited support through
military channels until that time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
IL MILES AWAY
.vfher Troops Lash Out In
Offensive Through Old
Old1u

LONDON, March IT. Up The
Russians reported tonight that the
Red army mad driven to two points
only II miles from the Dniester
River, pre-war border of Rumanla,
while to the northwest other troops
dashed out in new offensive west
ward through old Poland, captur-
ing Dubno, ian important strong
point in German defenses, and
Demidovka, 10 miles beyond.
The Moscow communique, re-
corded by the Soviet monitor, said
the Russians had captured Klem-
bovka, II miles north of the river
and IL miles from the former bor-
er town of Yampol. Also reported
captured was Olshanka, IA miles
southeast of Kelmbovka, and like
wise II miles fro mthe winding riv-
er. Dlembovka is 80 miles south
east of Mogilev Podolski, another
important Russian objective on the
Dniester's banks.
The Russians also seized the dis
trict center of Peschana 10 miles
southeast of Olgapol and Is miles
from the Odessa-Zhmerinka trunk
line.
Nearly 400 communities in pre-
war Poland and the southwestern
Ukraine were over-run by the Red
army during the day, in general
advances along the Nazis' crumbl-
ing southern front, said the Mos
COW communique, recorded by the
Soviet monitor.
In their farthest thrust westward
in the area where the Odessa :
Zhmerinka trunk railway was
crossed the Russians captured the
town of Tomashpol, 80 miles east
u the former border town of Mog-
tlev PoGoIski and 81 miles north
Of the Dniester.
Captured Demidovka, 70 miles
northeast of the historic city of
Lwow, is AZ miles inside the old
Polish frontier at its closest point
the town of Shumsk.
Other towns announced captured
along the winding, flaming front in
the south included Bratslav, 80
miles southeast of Vinnitsa, and
Krizhopol, railroad station on the
Odessa-Zhmerinka line which, with
Petchanka, gave the Russians con-
troll of 32-nile sector of the rail-
way.
Novo Ukrainka, a rail junction
80 miles southwest of Kirovograd,
also was taken, the Russians said.
The capture of Dubno, q miles
inside the old Polish frontier, was
announced by Premier Marshall
Joseph Stain earlier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
FREIGHT RATES.
HEARING STARTS

WASHINGTON, March 17.-R-
All freight rates, including those
paid by the government, should be
determined by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, two railroad
presidents told a House subcom.
mittee today.
William LETTERS, president of the
Union Pacific, and ]. B. Hill, pres
ident of the Louisville and Nash
vile, appeared to support a bill to
abolish the land grant rates which
cut the governments freight bill
in half.
1.-THE Interstate Commerce Com
mission, which was created to pre-
vent discrimination between ship
pers, is the body which should
make determination of all rates, ~
LETTERS testified.
elm my opinion, he said, 'it
something is not done, the rail
roads will come out Of the war
period - when government traffic
represents IS per cent Of their bust.
ness compared with three to four
Continued on Page Three; Col. A
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, March 17.-R
Promising one of the greatest
offensives of the Pacific war to
liberate the Philippines and ada
cent islands from the Japanese,
Gen. Douglas Macarthur tonight
reiterated his pledge to the Fill.
pino people to return and free
them.
The general, addressing a Com.
nonwealth Parliament dinner par
ty at Canberra, spoke strictly as
a professional military man, ig-
noring the American political sit
uation in which he has been men
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18

Chairman Dies (D-Tex.), who
has excoriated the commentator in
several recent House speeches, an
nounced that the committee on I'M
American activities has issued a
subpoena for scripts and record
ings of Winchell's programs for
the last two years.
He added that a thorough in
vestigation of WinchelPs programs
probably would require the ap-
pearance of about thirty witness
es, including officials of the Jer-
gems Company, Winchel's sponsor,
and the Blue Network, which car
ries his programs.
Whether Winchell himself will be
subpoenaed, the Texan said, has
not been decided.
In New York, Philip w. Lennen,
president of Lennen and Mitchell,
Inc, advertising agent for the
Jergens Company, tonight invited
Dies to follow Winchell on a Blue
Network broadcast March 19 Or
March 26. The invitation was in
response to a request by Dies to
speak during Winchell's allotted
air time.
Mark Woods, president Of the
Blue Network, corroborated the in
vitation in a telegram to Dies and
said that period will give you the
benefit of the entire Winchen audi
ence."
At Miami Beach, Winchell de-
manded why don't they subpoena
Winchell" When he was informed
of the committees action.
Il have repeatedly asked to be
called before the committee, or
any Congressional group, to tell
them things 1 am not permitted to
say on the radio or in the news
papers,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
SENATORS FAVOR
LEGION CT BILL

WASHINGTON, March 17.-R-
Wrapping UP in its 4e pages every
suggested benefit for veterans OF
the present war except bonus,
the $500, 100000 &C. 1. bill-of.
rights measure was sped on its
way today toward overwhelming
Senate passage by a unanimous
vote of its Finance Committee.
Senator johnson D-Colo). one OF
the sponsors of pending $780,
600, 00o, GOO adjusted compensation
or bonus bill, told reporters he
would seek Finance Committee
hearings on that proposal after
the omnibus measure had cleared
CONGRESS
Finance Committee Chairman
George (D-GO estimated maxi
mum benefits under the &c. I. bill
at $4,000, 900, 900 exclusive of a $780,
900, 900 authorization for construc-
ton of additional hospital facili-
ties to care for the wounded and
disabled
He estimated the cost Of gov
ernment-financed education at ST.
600, 00O.0o based on belief that
from 7 to 10 per cent of the men
and women of the armed services
will avail themselves of its bene-
fits.
Principal benefits provided in the
&c. l." bill, sponsored by the Am
erican Legion, are:
l. A years educational or vo-
cational training for any man or
woman OF the armed forces with
six months service at a cost to
the government up to $500 year
tuition, $50 month subsistence
and $25 a month for maintenance
of a veterans wife
g. Unemployment compensation
of SIS week for a maximum OF
So weeks for two-year period.
8. S5O0,OOO, 900 for construction Of
additional hospital facilities.
4. Loans up to $1,000 for the
purchase of homes. farms or small
business, interest free for the
first year, and carrying 8 per cent
annual interest thereafter.
5. A veterans placement boarc
to steer former service people in
to jobs.
6. Designation of the Veterans
Administration as an essential wal
agency entitled to priorities or
personnel, equipment and supplies
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
NAPLES, March IT Up Allied
troops fought their way into Cas-
sino railway station today and In
dian Churkas clawed within 100
yards of the summit Of Mt. Cas-
sino, but fiercely-resisting Ger
mans still retained a toehold on
the southwestern outskirts OF their
ravaged stronghold.
The railway station had chang
ed hands frequently during the
bloody two-months battle for Cas-
sine.
Bitter fighting ragged on the
slopes of Mt. Casino, and Allied
troops there were under intense
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
NOTICE

Your Star-News Carrier Is
striving to give you better
service. If you should miss
your Star please call Star
News office before 9 a. m. and
one will be sent you by
special messenger.
Your carrier 5uys his papers
at a wholesale rate and sells
them retail to his subscribers.
He will naturally be better sat-
isfied if he makes the MAXI
mum amount from his route.
Please have his money ready
when he calls to collect on Sat
urday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
|M'Arthur Promises One OF Greatest
Offensives To Clear The Philippines

liberation from the enemy of those
and adjacent islands.
One of the grestest offensives
of the war will, at the appropri-
ate time, be launched for that pur-
pose. With Gods help it should
be decisive not only of redemp-
ton but of Japan's isolation from
southern conquests and of Chinese
restoration of Pacific ocean COM
munication.
The general added that back in
the dark days of early 1912, when
the japanese had blitzed their way
southward almost to the shores OF
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. n
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
Seattle Printer Is
Caught In Own Trap

SEATTLE, March II. up
Bart Beard painted a yellow
line on the curb in front Of
his print shop, and then ap-
Piled for permission to reserve
the space as q commercial
vehicles zone.
His request was turned down,
but the paint was already
there.
A few days later he returned
to his car, which he had left
out in front, and found a tag
for barking In a prohibited
area"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
Europe Is Dealt Double Blow,
- Vienna And Sofia Are Raided;
e Russian Armies Near Rumania
ALLIES Slowly Fighting Their Way
Into The Casino Railway Station

fire from Nazis in the ruins of the
ancient abbey on the crest.
A small number of New Zealand
tanks moved into the battle this
afternoon and one was destroyed
by four direct hits from selfpro-
PEELED German artillery.
All day the rubbed ruins Of Cas-
sino s!1uddered under violent at
tack, but when night came the
Nazis still chung to their caves,
tunnels and dugouts and there was
discernible feeling here that
they might not be routed soon.
New Zealand troops spearhead-
ing the Allied assault from the
north had fought their way
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-18
Observation-Disclosures
indispensable, FIR Claims

vices and production officials ov-
er the approximately 100000 men
under Is who have occupational de-
ferments.
Production officials have hoped
to keep deferred some 10000 to
$4,000 who they contend are KEY
men in industry and vitality need
ed to maintain production. Mill
tary authorities contend that is toe
large a number of deferments Of
men Of the best fighting age.
Msnpower Chairman Paul v
McNutt. representing selective ser
vice, and Chairman Donald MI
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~