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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
Y0PP ELECTED
HEAD OF LIONS

New officers for the 1944-45 year
were elected by the Lions club at
it's weekly meeting yesterday, with
w. E. Yopp heading the slate as
the new president for the coming
year.
Others chosen were: H. N. Hay
den, first vice president; David
Sinclair, second vice president;
Winfield Smith, third vice presi-
dent; Joe Hood, secretary; L. D..
Latta, treasurer; Mexican Maffitt,
Lion tanner; Buddy Newton, tail
twister; and DR.. H. A. Coddington
and Tom Baird, directors at large.
The new officers and directors,
who, with w. B. Campbell and L.
T. Landen, elected last year for
tWo-year terms, will constitute the
board of directors of the club, will
be installed in office at the first
meeting of the club in July.
Principal speaker at the lunch
con meeting was 1t. Comdr. John
Scott, of the Britis1; Navy, who
told club members of his adven-
lures during the early days of the
war against Germany. He describ-
ed his experiences in being torpe-
decd by Nazi submarines and gave
enlightening details of the difficult
ties that beset the British in che
first stages Of the war.
An invitation to attend open
house at the Y. M. c. A. next Tues
day night on the occasion of the
burning of the mortgage on the
"Y" and the observance of the
centennial of the "Y" organization
in England was issued by Rev. C..
D. Barcliff, pastor Of Fifth Avenue
Methodist church.
Guests of the club were Laurence
Sloan, manager of Armour & Co.,
John P. Voorhees,, managing editor
of the Wilmington Star, E. R.
Scruggs of Charlotte, and A. Dam
eron of Go1dsboro. 80. T..
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02

Early Invasion Indicated
As Secretary Reveals
Data On Troops

WASHINGTON, June 1. - B -
The period of decisive action, -
against the Axis powers is at hand,
Secretary of War Stimson assert
ed today, with nearly half the ar
my's total strength in action
against the enemy or poised in
combat zones for new offensives.
Disclosing that 1867, 1000 soldiers
are now deployed outside contin-
entail United States, Stimson told
news conference the overseas
strength of air and service forces
is virtually at its peak, while the
movement of ground troops-more
than half Of which already are
overseas-is increasing at a rate
which will lift the overseas de-
ployment total to more than 5,000,-
600 men by the years end.
Indicating that the greater part
of this huge force is concentrated
against Germany, Stimson said
developments will make it neces-
sary to shift portions of the over
seas strength from one part Of
the world to another as the Al
Led grand strategy unfolds.
Minutely detailed plans of the
u S. joint chiefs of staff have
governed the troop movements, he
said, beginning with the decision
on the size of the army-7,700, 900
men-and the order of its use to
implement the strategic decisions
of the Allies.
"It was essential" the secre-
tsry explained, that Army serv-
Ice forces and Army air forces
should be given priority on ship
ping in the early stages of the
war, when the problems were
stabilizing our lines and striking
outer defenses of the enemy
It was essential also, he said, to
establish the bases from which the
ground troops would launch the
eliminating campaigns-"these ba-
ses have now been established,
and shipping is available to trans
port the ground forces"
The size of the troop deploy-
ment task battles the magma
tion,'' Stimson said. The present
overseas strength of the army ex-
ceeds the peak World War overseas
by 1,571, 1000 men, and is only AGO.
COO short of the entire strength of
the army in November 1918.
The air forces, he said, have
nearly half their total of 1851, 900
men and more than half of their
81, 900 combat planes already over
seas. forming "the worlds most
formidable aerial striking force IN
point of size and fire power"
Stimson also disclosed that Am
erican army casualties in Italy
through May u were 1886 killed,
$500 wounded and 1854 missing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02

NEW YORK, June l. -(P)-
Escaping chlorine gas felled
approximately 400 persons at
busy intersection in Brook
lyn today.
Most of those overcome
were removed to hospitals, at
least 127 in serious condition.
No fatalities were reported.
The gas, leaking from a tank
being transported in q truck
to a Brooklyn pier, spread
about two blocks in every d1-
rection. Men, women and high
school students on their way
home began to cough, vomit,
stagger and then fall flat,
creating scene resembling
pictures from the war.
The gas, heavier than. air.
descended through ventilators
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
French Coast Again
Pounded By Bombers
In Daylight Assault

LONDON, June 1-R-Strong
formations of medium bombers
and fighters struck out across
the English Channel toward the
French invasion coast late this
afternoon after heavy Raj
night assault on three strategic
French transportation centers.
The daylight raiders roared
out in the direction of BOulogne
and Dieppe, but the Ninth tao
teal air force announced only
that Marauders, escorted by
Thunderbolts, attacked min
tary detectives Gin northern
France"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02

into the subway, forcing scores
of persons to flee to the street
where they, too, toppled over.
Subway traffic on four lines
was halted for as minutes.
The bureau of operations at
New York police headquarters
said the tanks were intended
for shipment to Cartagena,
Colombia.
A chemist for Standard Oil
company, New Jersey, who
asked that his name be With
held, said the major use OF
chlorine gas by armies today is
in the publication of water, ana
that considerable amounts
were necessary. Civilian IN
dustriaI uses are for bleaching
paper and textiles, among o'n-
er things
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
Guam, Truk, Wake Hit
In New Blows By Navy

us. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, earl Harbor.
June 2.-lRHAn unprecedented
series of long range air blows
"a 2,4OO mile roundtrip strike
at Guam in the Marianas;
blasts at the Truk naval base
and Ponape in the Carolines; a
new smash at Wake and an
other stab into the far northern
Kurlies-were announced today
by Adm Chester w. Nimitz.
From all these hazardous I'M
dertakings, all planes returned,
a spokesman said.
(Such a widespread set of
blows might herald the impend-
ing outbreak of another often
sive in the central Pacific. tend
ing as they do to immoralize
Japanese defenses and points of
reconnaissance over vast area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02

siderably and said the. Red
army was counter-attacking at
some points to regain lost ter
ritory."
Russian dispatches from the
front emphasized the ferocity
of the Nazi attempts to throw
back the Red army from posi-
tions which might be used for
the expected offensive toward
the Danube and PIoesti oil
fields.
Red SAar, the army news.
papers, said that the entire
battle sector was Redeemed like
a slaughter house with Ger
man blood.
However, Russian military
commentators said that even
though the fighting was violent.
it was difficult to fit the &C
ton into any large strategic
pattern, one adding that, in
view of the enemy's losses, the
object of the attacks is diff
ficult to surlnise."
Numerous Nazi tank units
were reported to have been
encircled and Systematically
wiped out.
The Moscow c0mmunique
STAYED that there were no es-
sential changes on other Sec
tors of the front.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
SHlPYARD LEADING
STATE PRODUCTION

RALEIGH, June 1 III The
North Carolina Shipbuilding Com
pany Of Wilmington leads the
states business firms in war pro-
duction, the Unemployment Com
pencation Commissions informa-
tional service said today after a
compilation of production awards
given all divisions of industry in
the state.
The shipbuilding company holds
the maritime "M' award and the
Army-Navy CO. award for speed
and efficiency in war production,
and an additional nine stars for
continuing efficiency.
The UCC Listed these firms as
having Von Army-Navy "E' pen
nants for efficiency in production,
some with added awards:
The Chatham manufa curing
company, Elkin, additional
awards; CAMERON Mills, Gamer
ton, additional awards; P. H.
Hanes Knitting cocp any, Winstin-
Salem, additional award; Edwards
company, Sanford, additional
award; Carolina Aluminium Com
pany, Badin: National Munitions
company, Carrboro, additional
award; J. A. Jones Construction
company, Blythe Brothers compa-
ny, Goode Construction company,
Harrison-W Wright company. U. S.
Rubber company, and Barnhardt
Manufacturing company, all Of
Charlotte; Wright's Automatic Ma
chinery company, both of Green's
boro; the Marshall Field and COM
pany, Spray; N. c. Finishing COM
pany, Salisbury, and the Firestone
Cotton mills, Gastonia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
U.S.EngineersF Favor
Wilkesboro Project
Major General Reybold
Backs Big Program
Before Congress

WASHINGTON, June IA $10,-
$4,000 Flood control and hydro
electric reservoir at Wilkesboro to-
day was recommended to the Sen
ate commerce committee by the
Army engineers as a part of gi-
gantic sos, 100000 postwar Yad-
kin-Pee Dee hydro electric and
flood control program.
Sen. Josiah w. Bailey, commit
tee chairman, reported that Major
General Eugene Reybold, chief of
the Army engineers, had recon-
mended that the mammoth pro.
gram be embraced in the pending
postwar flood control bill which
has already passed the House and
is now pending before the Senate.
Gen. Reybold and his associates
informed Senator Bailey that the
report of the Army engineers was
not completed in time for action
on the recommendation when the
flood control bill wac before the
house.
The proposal, as submitted by
the army engineers, would likely
move through Congress with a
minimum of controversy. Howev-
err, other plans for hydro-electric
and flood control development of
the Yadkin, Pee Dee, Santee, Con-
garee and other Carolina rivers
now supplement the recommends
ton of the army engineers.
Sen. Burnet R. Maybank, demo-
crat, South Carolina, is the author
of a bill to give control of the ad-
ministration of such a program,
including navigation, to the interior
department., headed by Harold L.
Ickes.
The Maybank Bill would permit
Ickes to move his power holdings,
now confined to the reclamation
area west of the hundredth meri.
dian," to the section of the nation
east of the Mississippi river. The
measure would authorize projects
recommended by the engineers on
the Yadkin-Pee Dee, Santee, Con
garee, Broad and Edisto rivers to
be launched as soon as possible
with power projects operated In
the area second in importance tc
flood control and navigation.
The interior department would
be authorized to market surplus
power so as to encourage it's wild,
est possible use, selling first to
the government, then to non-profit
cooperatives, with what is left to
90 to private interests at rates ap'
proved by the Federal Power com.
mission.
With the exception of a $500, 00C
revolving fund, all receipts from
the projects under the Maybank
proposal would be turned into the
federal treasury.
The Maybank Bill, of course, is
not included in the recommended
ton of the army engineers. 1t is
pending before the Bailey commit
tee, however, and could be there
embraced as a part of the COM
mittee measure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02

chlorine escaping from one
tank.
He asked a pedestrian to
help him remove the tank, but
the fumes became SO powerful
they were unable to do SO.
GoIliver called police, who
donned gas masks and remov-
ed the tank to a curb.
At one of the hospitals where
the victims were taken it was
said it would not be known
until tomorrow how serious
would be the effects.
The treatment, the spokes-
man said, was the application
of oxygen in the most serious
cases. Other patients were COW
cred with blankets to ward off
pneumonia, which doctors said
was one of the chief dangers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
Clark Gable Promoted
From Captain To Maio,

WASHINGTON, June 1-lR-The
War Department tonight announc-
ed the promotion of Capt. Clark
Cable. the motion picture actor,
now in the air corps to the tempo
rary rank of major.
The date of the promotion was
made effective was not announced.
Gable, who has been in action
in the European theater, returned
recently to this country. He is now
on duty with an army motion pic
ture unit at Culver City, Calf.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
Reinforcements Sent
To Americans On Biak

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Friday,
June 2.-tR-Reinforce are
being poured on to Biak Island
to support the hard-pressed Yanks
striving to take airdromes within
bombing range of the Philippines,
headquarters announced today.
Meanwhile the advance units
still were held off by enemy
Shippers atop ridges on that main
Schouten island off the coast of
Dutch New Guinea.
Headquarters said that sniper
fire and mortar exchanges were
the only activity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
'cA0ol Lunch Program
WINS House Approval

DISTINCTION, June 1-,R-Tha
hn U0Se voted today in favor of con-
nr" wing the federal school lunch
mi,' 5! am and the farm security adj
''T%l,s s Tor one year.
n ne senate already is on record
,sc5 rSpport of both projects, but
M,o ,i.iCal differences between the
s's action. >''- AVA 'tAei '0i'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
Cabaret Tax Cut
Refused By House


uo DISTINCTION, June 1-(RLThe
NUS: Nv refused today to accept Sen
ro5, amendments-one of them
N o0o NJ the cabaret tax from 30
c.o " per cent-to legislation in.
se .raslhg the federal debt limit and
Ser. us original bill to a House
No conference conmitte.
En.: nc mouse measure raises the
ollll MI from $21O,Ooo,Ooo, 900 to $24o,-
dit fouO'V' But the Senate, in adj
vbi oli 10 the cabaret tax rider
and ,d'H would exempt servicemen
soD " women from paying the levy,
Oo0 5 6no 10 10 boost the figure to $685.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
CUBANS VOTE

HAVANA, June 1-tR-Cubans
cast their ballots today for presi.
dent and other officers in quiet
and orderely Acknowledgements
ing for the first time with compul.
sorry voting and the right 70 split
party tickets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-02
AWARDED MEDAL

SOMEW VIE RE IN NEW
GUINEA, Delayed-R-L+. Gen.
George C. Kenney, commander of
Allied Air Forces in the South
west Pacific has awarded the All:
Medal. for meritorious flying
achievements, to PFC. Joseph A.
Horney, RI. 4, Greensboro.
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Draft Board Declares
Mack Able To Play Ball

CLEVELAND, April 23-(R-Ray
Mack, Cleveland Indians second
baseman employed in war plant,
is free to play ball in his spare
time, members of his Selective
Service Board declared today. They
denied Mack would be classified
la for joining the team in home
night and Sunday games.
In a letter to the Cleveland Pain
Dealer, Board Chairman Stephen
w. Czutoros said: lat no time was
Mack told he would be given Ia
classification # he played ball.
The letter stated Mack asked
the board for permission to play
nights and Sundays, whereupon
board members told him it might
embarrass the board because the
public would not know he was en-
gagged in war work at Thompson
Aircraft Products Co.
Czutors explained the board did
not desire to limit Mack's free
time activities, however, land
MIR. Mack is free as he always has
been to utilize his time as he sees
fit"
Neither Mack nor Cleveland club
officials could be reached for COM
ment.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-24
Rv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, April % Up -
ceorge S May has announced an
other all-America goll tournament
n he held in Chicago with a
first prize of $13, 466.67 in War
Bonds and we can just see the
Nd war horse. Gene Sarazen, sniff
ns ioyouslv at that bag of oats.
A purse like that is right down
his fairway, and We have an idea
he'll gear up those 42-year-old legs
md be right in there pitching.
and putting and driving. There
never was a better money player
than the sturdy squire.
Not that he's unduly avaricious.
He'll give as much. or more. time
and effort to charity as the next
nan. and right now he's complet-
;rg an exhibition tour of service
camps for which his only remun-
Grafton is the satisfaction of know,
rg he's doing something for the
toys.
But when it's strictly business.
end the big money bag goes to
tie gent who grabs the quickest
il free-for-a all. he's more tnan
likely to be the gent.
His whole golf history is a story
Of grabbing opportunity by the ears
and whispering persuasively. HISS
he only golfer to win what in
The record books are called the
three biggest money tournaments
the Miami Biltmore professional,
The Aqua Caliente Open and the La
Guce Open. We don't know the
exact figures, but know the Aqua
csiente affair was a $25, 900 event,
and think his first prize money
to $4,000.
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second inning also scored Christ.
man. '- - =
IN the first game, Kramer per-
mltted eight hits with two sox
runs emanating from McOuinn's
error in the eighth. Dietrich let
elle Browns have nine hits, and
speer, who took the mound for the
oox In the eighth, allowed no hits
!, Inc closing game furnished a
oewlldering double play in the
eighth inning on a single to left
Ile!d by Outfielder AL Zarilla Curt
right fumbled the ball in fielding
and zarilla tried for second but
outright finally got the ball to
second Baseman Schalk and Zaril-
la was hemmed between first and
second. Schalk tossed the ball to
FIRST Baseman Trosky, who tossed
1t back to Shortstop Webb who
tagged Zarilla out. Then Moore
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WASHINGTON WORRIED
BY BIG JAP DRIVE
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kow line threatened to close bot
tleneck for Chinese escape across
country.
The communique said the enemy
showed signs of weakening and
in some places was forced into
retreat Friday but renewed his
thrusts with vigor upon the arrival
of reinforcements that night.
The enemy column pushing
across the Peiping-Hankow line
at one stage was thrown back
until it was 20 miles from Mishien,
an important highway junction, but
it recovered and was last being
engaged at point only 10 miles
southeast of Mishien. the communi-
que said.
Meanwhile, Chenghsien was being
bombed and shelled as a Japanese
force from the east penetrated to
the outskirts.
The japanese objective obviously
was to shake loose the Chinese
grip from a 150-mile section OF
the Peiping- Hankow railway which
runs southwark from the Yellow
River area and links with Japa.
nese-occupied areas along the
Yangtze. Before realizing the bene-
fits of such a strategic success.
however, they would be forced to
rebuild the railway which has been
destroyed by the Chinese.
Chenghsien, just below the Vel
low River, was a thriving center
of the north Honan wheat-groWing
country until the war when Chinese
blew the Yellow River dykes just
to the east and diverted the giant
stream to the south to check the
japanese invasion.
One objective of the Japanese Of
fensive, it was believed. was to
raid the crops now ripening, and
seize stores without which millions
of Chinese would be threatened with
famine.
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SPORTS TRAIL

He never does anything noiseless-
~, as he has that undefinable
something called color that fairly
shouts, and even when he collapsed
from illness in a tournament on
the coast few years ago ne did
SO with a loud wheeze.
His victories often have been
sensational, as he has the habit
Ct hiding out back there somewhere
and then coming down the stretch
like a thunderbolt. His double
eagle in winning the 1885 Masters
will go down in golf history, and
Ills 6 for his last round to win the
1882 National Open was almost
typical.
Even when not winning he al
ways managed to hold his share
CT the spotlight. He always could
be relied upon to do or say some
thing that had the artists touch.
When he gave an exhibition Of
how golf could be played under
lights, that wasn't enough. He had
TO make a hole-in-one
When Freddy Corcoran wanted
IL: demonstrate all the shush .shush
surrounding golf was foolish and
That a player in the act of putting
shouldn't blame a hiccup on til,
part of a spectator so feet away
for missing, he naturally contacted
Sarazen first The Squire showed
that good golf could be played in
boiler factor as far as the influ-
ence of noise is concerned.
He hasn't said so, but we ina
CINE the Squire will be on his way
to Chicago late in August. That
prize money is itching powder to
Jim,
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CHENGHSING FIGHTING
B E MING BLOODY
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the rails and ties of nearly 200
miles of this line and ploweu up
the roadbed. Japan would face
months of construction work, using
thousands of tons of war-scarce
steel, in any attempt to rebuild
this line, the military value OF
which in the end might be ques-
tionable.
A third possibility, that the Nip
ponese may be trying to drive west
ward to cut the supply line to Rus
STA, is thought unlikely because
little if any war aid is reported to
arrive in China over that long
route
On the other hand, there is some
apprehension here that the Jap
aGese may, if they develop suffi-
Gent force after capturing Cheng-
hslen, drive westward to the strate-
gic city of TungkWan and then
make desperate stab southwest
toward Chungkingl
Thus far, the Chinese have cred
tied the Japanese aroung Cheng-
hsien with only 10000 to 10000
troops, but they could be reinforce
ed readily through northern Honan
and southern Shansi provinces.
The factor that is causing the
greatest worry here is that this is
the first time the Japanese have
crossed the Yellow River in force
since the Chinese blew up the dikes
i, 1888 and sent it flooding south
westward athwart the advance OF
the Japanese. 1t stopped them then
and they have been content since
to use it as their frontier in that
sector.
Consequently it is felt here that
their crossing it to attack the now
strategically worthless town of
Chenghsien may point to a much
larger campaign this summer.
The Japanese fear Allied air
raids from China, and while an
offensive to capture Churgking
would cost them dearly in tedious
hillfig hting and extended supply
lines, their recent gamble in Bur-
ma is taken to indicate their will
lingness to take chances in order to
delay Allied attacks from the China
tneater
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STATE MAY GET
new FUEL PLANT

RALEIGH, April 23.-(R-Gov-
ernor Broughton said today he
considered North Carolina posi-
bility of getting one of the feder-
ally financed plants for develop
ment of liquid fuel from agricul-
tural and wood products as very
good"
The governor, Representative
Harold D. Cooley, who is mem
Der of the House Agricultural COM
mittee, Industrial Engineer Robert
Redwine, and James E. Coad OF
the State Department of Conserva-
ton and development presented
North Cardinals advantages for
such a plant to Secretary of Agri-
culture Claude R. Wickard last
week, along with a survey of the
states lumber resources prepared
by DR.. Egon Glessinger.
Since North Carolina ranks sec.
ond in wood products and third in
agriculture in the nation, Brought
ton said, it would be logical Sc
lection for a plant utilizing these
products. Another cause for op-
timism, he feels, is the fact that
North Cardinals application was
among the first presented.
A bill authorizing S3O,0OOOOo for
a five year program of expert
menting with the manufacture of
liquid fuel from agricultural wood
and coal products passed congress
last month. Under this authorize
uon several plants have been pro-
posed for experiments with coal
and several for experiments with
agricultural and forestry prod
ucts.
When the appropriation author
lzed by the bill has been made
Broughton anticipates North Car.
ollna's application being given i'm
mediate considera ton.