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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-12

rolls who may wish to advance
their standing by applying them
selves when the opportunity is pre-
sented, it was said.
The shipyard, which launched its
first Liberty ship the day before
the japanese attack on Pearl Har-
Dor, sent its 150th, the S. S. White
Falcon, down the ways last
Wednesday under the sponsorship
of Miss Margaret Sellers, of Will
mington, the first woman ON
ployed by the company.
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SHIPYARD'S TRAINING
PROGRAM EXPANDED
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lures of this program is that it
gives the individual the opportuni-
ty to improve his skill and there
fore increase his pay. In addition,
it offers the employe the oppor-
tunity to advance in the various
crafts and learn trades that will
be useful throughout his or her
life.
1.-The courses are being arranged
under the direction of competent
instructors, men who have been
selected as outstanding in their
trade and knowledge of shipbuild-
ing" spokesman for the com
pany said.
The methods and construction in
each departmental trade are brok-
en- down into basic operations and
each operating and fundamental
condition is taught and demon
strated until practical working
knowledge is attained by the stu
dent. This includes an understand
ing of ship construction and ship
terms, along with shipbuilding
problems, including elementary
blueprint reading of drawings used
by the respective departments.
The courses are not restricted
to newly-employed persons but are
also open to those already on the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-12
Cone Seeks To Settle
Asheuille Milk Strike

ASHEVILLE, Mar. 11.-lRHFor-
mer Judge John Cone, of Atlanta,
commissioner with the U. S. Concl-
iation service, arrived in Asheville
today and conferred with repre-
sentatives of local union No. SIS
whose members went on strike
Thursday morning.
Tonight it was announced that
Judge Cone would preside at a
joint meeting of the two commit
tees at hotel tomorrow morning
in an effort to iron out differences
so that the men may return to
work.
-V-
Sixty tooth paste tubes contain
enough tin to solder the electrical
connections of one Army training
plane.
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ERE REJECTS NOTE
In AMERICAN CASE
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stiffening of United Nations policy
toward neutral nations suspected
of playing ball-willingly or I'm
willingly-with the Axis.
These evidences include the Al
lied stand on the new Argentine
regime, the hating of lend-lease
shipments to Turkey, and the pres
sure on Spain to hew closer to
neutrality.
ENDORSE POSITION
Meanwhile many Irish apparently
were endorsing de Valera's posi-
ton. Irish censorship forbids criti-
cism of the government neutral-
ty policy, but it cannot compel
such commentator as came from
the Irish independent, which said
the prime minister's reply repre-
scented the general attitude of the
people and the Will of parliament
The Dublin correspondent Of the
British Press Association said that
the Irish feel that Fires clearly
defined policy of neutrality has
been unfairly attacked. We in this
country are at loss to understand
why a similar attitude has not
been adopted on the part Of the
United States toward such neutrals
as Sweden and Turkey"
The people of northern Ireland,
however, were said by the Irish
daily Telegraph in Belfast, to back
up the American request. The pa
per said editorially that "the pres
ence in Dublin of a center where
Allied information of a vital nature
can be collected and transmitted
to the enemy is a grave source of
danger"
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PIJCHEU RECEIVES
DEATH SENTENCE
Former Interior Minister
In Petain Regime Con-
victed OF Treason

H,GIERS. March IL Up -
French military tribunal con-
'icted Pierre Pecheu, former in
torior minister in the Petain gov
srnrnent, of treason today and
docreed the death penalty, dra.
n7atically ignoring Pucheu's fire.
vent and fearful warning that
+be decision would plant the
first stake in civil war" in
France.
The packed courtroom gave a
unified gasp when the conviction
in the purge" trial was an
nounced by presiding Judge Leon
Verin.
The five-man tribunal reached
its verdict an hour and two min
utes after Pucheu, nervous and
distraught, cried, II am not the
assassin in the courtroom .
this is not a court of justice, but
political coup"
He was referring to the fact
that his prosecutor, Maj. Gen
Pierre Weiss, also was formerly
allied with the Vichy government.
Pucheu declared he would glad
" offer his life if he thought it
would dispel the atmosphere OF
bitterness and hate which he said
the policies of the French COM
mittee of national liberation were
spreading among Frenchmen.
But he concluded his plea re-
signedly: "Quoi quill arrive, vive
la France!" (Whatever happens,
long live France.)
Then, biting his lips and half
crying, he was led away.
Weiss assailed Pucheu with
equal bitterness in his final sum-
nation, calling him ''the per-
sonification of the despicable poll
cy which raped Frances soul" He
appealed to the court to assess
the death penalty on behalf of
the people of France in order to
prevent civil war.
There are worse things than
this being under the enemy's
foot" he said. ''It is worse to be
torn by fratricidal strife.''
The court convicted Pucheu on
all but four of the IA counts in
the Indictment and asserted there
were no extenuating circum-
stances.
Significantly, the court declar-
ed Pucheu innocent of a charge
of conspiracy against the securi.
ty Of the state through member
ship in the Vichy cabinet - a
charge upon which the prosecu-
ton based a large part of its case
-V-
The falls of the Iguassu River
~ pro7i1 oro 60 foo+ bi1ho, ~ :.
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ANXIOUS DAYS AHEAD

DUBLIN, March 11-lREIt is felt
in this neutral capital tonight that
the days ahead will be anxious
ones for Fire.
Such feeling prevailed despite
the widespread relief at the as
surance by the United States gov
eminent that it didn't Contemplate
proceeding to military or other
measures because of the Irish re-
ply to its note asking for the ex-
pulsion of Axis agents.
The publication of the texts of
the Irish and American notes had
a calming, effect on the populace,
which in the past two weeks had
buzzed with alarming rumors.
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WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, March 11.-R)-Wea-
ther bureau report of temperature and
rainfall for the "a hours ending pm.
in the principal cotton growing a.eas
and elsewhere:
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REFUSE SHIP SALE

WASHINGTON, March 11-tRE
The State Department announced
tonight that it had refused sale
of merchant ship to Ireland be-
cause Axis submarines had wanton-
ly sunk other American ships
operating under the Irish flag de-
spite Ireland's policy of neutrality.
towards the Axis.
Although the refusal was made
more than a month before the
United States asked Ireland to
abandond neutrality, the fact that
it was announced tonight on the
heels of disclosure that Prime
Minister de Valera had rejected
the abandonment request strongly
indicated that a firmer American
policy on economic cooperation
with Ireland is in operation.
The fact t - Ireland had ask
ed to purchase the S. S. Wolverine,
an 8,000-ton vessel, in this coun-
try and the governments reason
for declining to approve the sale,
were set forth in note delivered
to Prime Minister de Valera in Dub
lin on Jan. 6 by David Gray, Amer
lean minister to Dublin.
simultaneously, the department
released the text Of message from
President Re sevelt to de Valera
or Feb 26, 1912, reassuring the
prime minister that the arrival of
American troops in Britain during
the first weeks of war did not con-
stitute threat to Irish security.
The president declared this gov
eminent had not the slightest
thought or intention Of invading
Irish territory"
SERIOUS SITUATION
WASHINGTON, March 11-tR-
Ireland's refusal to break with the
Axis appeared today to have Gre
ated serious military situation
in Britain by dealing this coun-
try's pre-invasion foreign policy
its sharpest and possibly its most
dangerous rebuff.
The futile effort to have the Irish
eject German and Japanese diplo-
matte and consular officials 'on
spy charges, it was learned, is
part Of the Allied general plan of
Suggesting for the second front
and other final military-economic
phases Of the war. The Dublin re-
buff, therefore, has broad signifi-
canoe.
Present Spanish, Turkish, Fin
nish and Balkans policies-some of
which may come to fruition in the
next week or 10 days-are parts of
the same Allied program of de-
priving Germany of spy centers,
military satellites and economic
resources-especially steel alloys.
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The falls of the Iguassu River
Il Brazil are 81 feet higher than
Niagara.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-14
U.S.. CRAFT GET
200 JAP PLANES

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Sept.
Is r. American carrier based
aircraft rode full tilt Monday
against the west central Philippines
to destroy at least 200 japanese
planes in continuing action
against stiffening opposition.
Three islands - Cebu, Panay and
Negros - all northwest of Min
danao. which carrier planes maui
ed only three days previously, were
the targets.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz
announcement today of the slash
ing attack indicated it was still un-
der way. Fragmentary reports 1all-
ed to give American losses IN the
action.
(The Pacific comnaunique follow
ed japanese radio reports OF con-
tinuing raids, which apparently re-
ferred to the same series OF aerial
encounters.) =,
In contrast to recent detail
ed statements today's communlque
said ONLY that several cargo ships
and small craft were sunk in the
attacks. !,
Fifty japanese planes were shot
down in combat and $50 more were
destroyed on the ground, Nlmltz
reported.
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TEXAS DEMOCRATS
GOING DOWN LINE

DALLAS. Tex, Sept. 13.-CP)-
Militant Texas Democrats going
down the line for Roosevelt and
Truman, today considered machln-
cry by which they hope to purge
the party of Presidential electors
who will not support those noni-
nees.
The Roosevelt Democrats, in
form control, roared approval OF
demands for unqualified party
loyalty by persons taking part in
democratic conventions.
''The boos of many have turn
ed to boo-hoos in September, "
cried former Gov. James " ALL
red, Roosevelt leader named per-
manent chairman.
He was referring to the regular
May convention, which named q
Presidential electors who were
only conditionally bound to vote
for the national party's nominees.
When the national convention
failed to abide by these condi
tons, Is of the electors indicated
they would vote for Sen. Harry
F. Byrd for President.
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NAILS SUFFER WORST
ALLIED AIR ATTACK

LONDON, Sept. 13.-(P) - Be-
tween 5000 and 5000 Allied planes
droned ahead of ground armies i'm
vading Germany today and in the
greatest air attack in history drop
ped 10000 tons of bombs between
Berlin and the Siegried line at the
average rate of ten tons minute
1t was an efficient example Of
carpet" bombing, introduced in
Africa by Air Chief Marshal Sir
Arthur Tedder, now Gen. Eisen-
hower's deputy commander on the
western front, Tedder has intensi-
fled the assault method so that 1t
leaves almost nothing untouched
in the area against which it is
launched.
Almost every type of plane was
thrown into the attack today, and
every type of maneuver was used.
Night bombers raided in daylight,
high-level bombers went in at low
level, fighters shot up enemy trans
port in virtually nonstop sorties,
and rocket-firing aircraft were ev-
erywhere - all blasting a path
through Germany foc the invading
troops.
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Fourth Army
Joins Fight
On Germans
SIMPSON HEADS GROUP
U. S. Ninth Army Placed
In Field Along With
1st, 3rd And 9TH

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, Sept. 10.
R)-Four full American ar
mies-two more than Gen.
John J. Pershing had in the
last month of the first World
WARFARE on the Western
Front, it was disclosed today
with announcement that the
U. S. Ninth army had taken
a place beside the First, Third
and Seventh.
Although it was not announced
whether the Ninth, command by
1t. Gen. William H. Simpson, was
actually in the fight or its sector
of operations, it seemed likely
that the army already was in the
line.
Because of security limitations,
and the flexible size of armies, it
is impossible to draw a detailed
comparison of the present lineup
with maximum American world
war strength, but it is known that
the Americans now have more
troops on the western front than
they ever before have had On any
foreign continent. ca total OF q
079,880 American soldiers were
transported to Europe during the
first war, of which about 1926
900 saw action.)
In addition to the all-American
forces, the British second army
and the Canadian first army form
ing the Dist army group under
Gen Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
are in France There also are
French divisions and the first Al
lied airborne army which has not
been reported in action since its
formation was announced.
Creation of a second au-Ameri-
can army group for the western
front of Germany was regarded
unofficially as the likely outcome
of the linkup of the seventh army
from the south with 1t. Gen
George S. Patton's third ana the
announcement of the ninth being
in France.
It seemed obvious that the hook
up near Dojon which established
solid front from the Riviera to the
North Sea also created the i'm
mihent need for coordination pos
sible only under unified CON-
mand.
If, as it has been rumored re-
peatedly, Gen Dwight. D. Essen
hover is to be given that overall
command, it probably will be an
nounced soon.
Patton's third and It. Gen Court
ney Hodges first armies form the
present American army group
the 18th. Eisenhower put it under
the command of 1t. Gen. Bradley
and brought him up to equal status
with Montgomery.
1t is obvious now that the Amerl-
cans have far and way the
heaviest force of any of the Al
lies on the western front.
How much the largest cannot
be told, even estimates of the size
of the forces cannot be made, but
On rough army size'' basis the
Americans have double the com
bined British and c a n
strength.
Such a development was fore
seen by Prime Minister Church
i'll. In commons before D-Day ne
said the invasion would be made
by British and American forces
of approximately equal size, but
that, as the campaign developed,
America. with ner vast manpoWer,
would supply an ever7increasing
percentage Of the number OF
troops engaged.
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S0VIETS REACH
CZECHOSLOVAKlA

LONDON, Thursday, Sept. "A
LP-The Red army reached t h e
Caecho Slovak border on 25-
mile front below Krosno in FLAIR
ing new offensive in southern Po-
land yesterday and conquered the
stubborn fortress Of Lomza in
northern Poland in powerful
drive that carried within Is miles
of the East Prussian border on
the south.
simultaneously a ferocious
onslaught was opened on Warsaw
with Soviet troops and the Rus
sian sponsored first Polish army
fighting bitter engagements with
the &c. mans in the suburban area
of Praga on the right bank of the
Vistula river.
The drive to recover Hungarian
held Pennsylvania for Romans
made progress, Russian and Ro
manian troops Selling more than 81
settlements deep in that mountain
Gus area, p incipally the city ano
railway station of Odorhei, h
Soviet Conmunique announced ir
detailing the series of successes
in a big day all along the eastern
front.
Lomza, last major stronghold
guarding the southern approaches
to East Prussia, fell to the Russians
after IL days of battle that ranked
with the bloodiest of the entire sum-
mer.
The Russians then swept on north
and northwest, taking more than &c
smaller towns, including NoWgoroo
nine miles northwest of Lomza and
a scanty Is miles from East Prus'
STA. The Red Army already is pois-
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Fierce Blow
Held Similar
To 80 Wind
FRAUGHT WITH PERIL
Weather Bureau Asserts
Hurricane Strongest
Chartered Lately

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 13.-
(P)-A great Atlantic hurri-
cane fraught with peril for
life and property bore down
upon the North Carolina
coast tonight, the Weather
Bureau reported, and headed
for the vicinity of Cherry
Point.
Only a last minute change of
direction apparently could save
the coastline from raking by
winds of force which recalled
the destructive New England hur
ricane of 1888.
Emphasizing the gravity of the
situation, the Weather Bureau urg-
ed residents of the endangered
areas to seek safety.
A warning said the center
.should reach the North Carolina
coast in the vicinity of Cherry
Point early Thursday forenoon.
In 10 pm. advisory, the Wealth
er Bureau warned residents of low
lying areas on the North Caroline
and Virginia coasts and lower
Chesapeake Bay to depart imne
diately for higher terrain.
The center of the Whirling winds
some estimated up to 140 miles al
hour, was reported to be abor1
300 miles east of Brunswick, Ga
las the worst tropical storm o
the past several years. continual
it's north northwest or north ware
movement toward the coast, hur
ricane warnings were hoisted from
Myrtle Beach, S. c., to the Vlr
ginia capes.
Storm warnings were displayed
from Myrtle Beach southwark tt
Savannah, Ca, and north of thu
Virginia capes to Atlantic city.
A hurricane alert was extended
northward to Eastward to East
port, Me.
The emergency advisory a
that winds will begin to increase
on t h Atlantic Coast, Charleston
northward, shortly after midnight
reaching hurricane force north O.
Wilmington to Hatteras early
Thursday forenoon.
"Gales will extend over interlo.
eastern North Carolina and north
ward Thursday.
precautions against destructive
winds and extremely high tide
should be taken North Carolin;
coast northward.'
At the same time, the bureau
said the danger of destructive
winds south of Charleston appear
ed to have passed.
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A. III p. m, tne bureau lePol leu
that the center of the whirling
winds, some estimated up to 140
miles an hour, was about 800
miles east of Brunswick, Ga.
The warning advised that "the
winds will begin to increase on
the Atlantic Coast, Charleston
northward, shortly after mid.
night, reaching hurricane force
north of Wilmington to Hatteras
early Thursday forenoon.
"Only a last-minute change OF
direction apparently could save
the coastline from raking winds
of a force which recalled the de-
structive New England hurricane
of 1885," the advisory stated.
Emphasizing the gravity of the
situation, the Weather Bureau
urged residents of the endangered
areas to seek safety.
The storm was said to be NOV
ing north, northwest or northWard
about 16 miles an hour.
In none of the advisories issu-
ing from any weather sources
was the danger of the storm min
imized, The 10 o'clock bulletin de-
scribed it as being "the worst
tropical hurricane of the past sew
eral years.
Barometric pressure at the To-
cal Weather Bureau at IL p. m.
was 1858, a reading that had
dropped from 1914 reported at 6
p. m.
The Miami bureau ordered hur-,
ricane flags flown at 5 p. M, and
| forecast high seas along with the
fierce winds.
Storm warnings were displayed
from Myrtle Beach southwark to
Savannah and north of the Vir-
ginia capes to Atlantic City.
The breadth of the fury was
said to be considerable, but def
mite information as to diameter
was lacking.
Residents of Wilmington and
Carolina beaches were evacuated
inland yesterday afternoon, and
all military and civilian emer-
gency forces were organized to
handle rescue work.
Local utilities, profiting by ex-
perience gained in the tropical
storm that slapped Wilmington
August l, were ready for any
eventuality, with augmented per.
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Discussions will continue fol
three or four days in the guarded
bastions of Quebec's citadel. But
it became apparent that they will
be devoted largely to filling in gaps
in war plans already drafted in
broad outline.
The major decisions which con
fronted Roosevelt and Churchill on
their second wartime excursion tt
this provincial capital now have
been made.
Probably the deliberations Of the
President and Prime Minister vii
adjourn this weekend with joint
procurement discussing those
decisions in the most general
terms. That has not been finally
decided but it has been the patter1
of the past.
This years Quebec conference
has been billed officially as "bea
Japan assemblage. But develop
ments during the day UNDERSIGNED
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RUSSIANS RELEASE
ARMISTICE TERMS

LONDON, Sept. 10 Up -Ro-
mani. ., has pledged to fight on the
a4led side until final victory over
oelmany, to pay $500, 900, 600
worth of separations to Russia, tc
!tsofe all United Nations prop
sN and to adhere to the 1910
loaaer that gave Russia Bessa'
la0la and the Northern Bucovina,
.le SOVIET government announced
..lllsnt In broadcasting the terms
Inc Romanian armistice.
IN return, Romania is to get
'acS the Pennsylvania territory
WI nn-cn the Germans had handed tc
hungary In 1910 and is to main
,alN ner own civil administration
IL Aoh-combat zones.
~ Commenting on the 20-point
:. formally signed tiday
n, Me- chief Romanian negotiator ir
. ~ Lucretiu Patrascanu, de-
S-''eo' we don't have q right tt
'; dissatisfied with the terms"
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Another Nnzi General
Held In Hitler Plot

LONDON, Sept. 10 Up The
German radio. announced tonight
the arrest Of a Gen. Lindemann.
accused in the July 20 alleged
plot on Hitler's life.
The broadcast said the general
ION whose head reward OF
SOC, 900 marks had been posted
was caught in the house "of a
half-Jew civil engineer in Der
lin.
Previous German broadcasts had
named General of artillery
Fritz Lindemann, accused OF de-
serting to the Russians, as par
ticipant in the anti-Hitler plot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-14
Roosevelt Supporters
Speak Out At UNIV Meet

CINCINNATI, Sept. 10 Up -
Political fever broke out in rash
at the United Mine Workers con-
vention today, disclosing an artic-
ulate group of Roosevelt partisans
for the first time.
Whether they constituted a mi
nority or a majority of the $500
or more delegates could not be de-
termined. The answer may not
be established conclusively in the
convention at all, although further
political debate is almost certain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-14
Health Department Lifts
New Hanover's PolioBan

sis, none of which has been
fatal or violent. No new cases
have been reported within the
past three weeks.
Dr. Elliot expressed the ap-.
pyeciation OF the health depart
rnent to both parents and chit
dren for their cooperation duff
ing the emergency period. b.
T. DR.. Elliot added that it's
conceivable that the county
will experience one or two 4
more cases of the disease ne
fore the epidemic subsidies. 1