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Younger Men
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New Move. D an
Lessening c or
Those Over ars
REVIEW ORDERED
Agencies Told To Assem-.
bic Data On Industry's
Deferment Needs

WASHINGTON, March 25.-R-
Speeded up draft machinery
pushed men Is and unde~ closer
to army service tonight, but it
meant no lessening of the Undue
ton pace for eligibles beyond that
age.
Local boards we're directed to
preview younger men first, but
draft officials said men over Is
who have an. SOL { O. upationa]
deferments will move right along
on the selective service assembly
line when that deferment expires.
Some of them undoubtedly will
be given new deferments, espe-
cially those j agriculture where
irreplaceab7" len are protected
by law. But all v7ill be considered
anew when their present defer.
ments expire.
Calls For Information
Manpower chairman Paul v. Nc
Mutt today gave government agen
cies until March 20 to assemble
information on the deferment needs
o. the industries under their juris
diction to set in motion the Gallup
of young We TT requests
will be considered by representa-
tives of the wa production board
army, navy, selective service. Of
flee of defen; deportation anc
other claimant agencies for man
power.
McNutt told the agencies the new
program, intends to sent to the
armed forces "all the able-bodieo
men in this age group ~ through
25) and to limit teferments only
to those who re irrep1aceable. ,
A fight appeared to be brewing
over drafting of young coal miners
Informed officials estimated there
are at least ~ ri"ors under
26, about $4,000 of them in the q
rs age group. and So Secretary
Ickes will take the position tina
very few can be withdrawn with
out hampering war production ane
railroading because of coal short
ages.
Should Ickes insist on deferment'
for 10000 young men or even %,
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6
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DEFENSE BLOCKED
IN CHAPLIN TRIAL
Tries To Reveal Berry's
Relations, If Any, With
Another Man

LOS ANGELES, March 25.-R-
The movie coiony's trial-of-the-
year, the United States versus
Charles Spencer Chaplin, goes in
to its second week Tuesday with
the defense blocked from pursuing
the line of testimony it tried to
open up Friday-Joan Berry's re-
lations, if any. with another man
The white haired comedian
trial on Mann act charges, a mag
net for hundreds of curious spec.
tators content to stand in the hall
if they can't get seats in the pig
courtroom, recessed Friday fer
three days.
The 54-year-o1d British-born fun
nyman is accused in a Federal
Indictment of transporting 24-year-
old Joan from Hollywood to New
York and back in late 1912 for
immoral purposes.
On Friday Chaplin's attorney,
Jerry Giesler, impeccably tailored
Continued on Page Seven; Col. A
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Battle For North Burma
Growing More Intensive

NEW DELHI, March 25.-tR-
The battle for north Burma grew
hourly more intensive today as
American and Chinese forces
which captured Shaduzup bit again
into the east flank of Japanese
forces now cut off in the Mogaung
valley. Touch-and-go fighting con-
tinued in the main Japanese Of
fensive' across the border toward
Imphal, India, where in the first
tank clash the japanese lost five
machines.
MerrilPs Marauders won Shadu-
zup and continued their attack as
the steam-roller Chinese 38th Di-
vision rolled steadily into the Mo-
gazing valley. The next objective
of both Of these forces was prob
ably Kamaign. The prospects of
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.E.C.T.C. STUDENTS
TO BE PROTECTED
Broughton Says He Will
Watch Their Rights In
Meadows Case

RALEIGH, March 25.-R-While
call went out for another meeting
of trustees of East Carolina Teach
ers College, Governor Broughton
ISSUED a statement today assert
ing he would use whatever pow
er I have to protect the students
from any Intimidation or threat. "
He said it had come to his at
tention that students who parti-
cipated in the recent student meet
ing have been censured, if not in
Inundated, and that some threats
of discipline have been made
against them. Such procedure, if
it is being followed, is highly i'm
proper and -t,nfennocratic. I would
condemn unreservedly any attempt
on the part of officials, faculty or
anybody else, to restrict the stu
dents in the exercise of this clear
right"
After the trustees exonerated
President Leon r. Meadows by an
eight to four vote of allegations by
the state auditors office and the
State Bureau of Investigation thai
he had not satisfactorily accounted
for more than $4,000 in college
and student funds, the majority o.
students at a mass meeting scored
the verdict and asked governor
Broughton to have the matter fur.
Their investigated. A copy of the
students resolution was transmit
ted to the governor.
Governor Broughton acknowledg
ed receipt of the resolution anc
gave assurance that it would have
full and prompt consideration.
1.-THE students of the college,
he said, "are entirely within theil
right in petitioning the governor OF
the board with respect to any mat
ter in connection with the college >
Meadows, meanwhile, advised
board members that on authority
of the chairman, Clyde Erwin, an
other meeting would be held Apri
4 at Greenville to consider a reso
luton passed last November Civ
ing the president authority to fire
faculty members in the interes
of harmony.
That resolution said in part:
"Resolved, that it is the sense
of the board of trustees that thu
president, as administrative heae
of East Carolina Teachers college
should take such advisable step!
and action, as may be necessary
to restore the morale of the col
lege, both student and faculty, in
Guiding any changes in the entir'
personnel of the college, with thu
consent of the board, if such b.
necessary to have a harmoniou
faculty and student body and col
lege administration.
"Resolved, further, that tn
board hereof affirms the principle
that East Carolina Teachers Col
lege, as an educational institution
is of more Importance, and shoult
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u. S. Destroyers Attack
Another Admiralties Isle
u. S. Airmen Hit Fuel
Tanks On Wake Island

WASHINGTON, March 25.-
REAmerican airmen, flying
through heavy anti-aircraft
fire, bombed Wake island
Thursday, hitting fuel storage
tanks and barracks.
1t was the 10th time Wake
has been hit from the air since
the little island was captured
by the Japanese early In the
war.
The raid was announced by
the Navy today in a Pacific
fleet press statement which
told also of bombing attacks
against Ponape and Ant is
lands in the Carolines and four
enemy-held atolls in the Mar
shall islands.
All of our planes returned
safe from the raids in which
lis tons of bombs were hurled
at the Japanese installations.
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SHELL PITYlLU
Bad Weather Restricts Air
Operations In Bis
marck Sea Area

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sunday,
March 26-lR-American destroy
ers have shelled Pityilu island in
the Admiralties, on the northern
fringe of Seadler harbor, which
United States soldiers took under
their control when they captured
Lorengau, on Manus Island,
March 10.
A spokesman at Gen. Douglas
Macarthur headquarters report
ed the Smelling, apparently in con-
tinuation of the efforts of Ameri-
can land and sea forces to reduce
all remaining japanese defenses
in the island group which guards
the northern approach to the Bis
marck sea.
Under Control
The American now control Los
Nearos island and the eastern
shore of Manus island, after their
offensive which ended March 16
with the capture of Lorengau.
Bad weather restricted aerial
operations around the Bismarck
sea area, but some bombe1s sue
ceeded in hitting enemy supply
Continued On Page Seven; Col. s.
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CHURCHILL MAKES
FIGHT TALK. TODAY
All American Networks
Scheduled To Garry Ad-
dress AT 4 O'Clock

LONDON, March 25.-REPrime
Minister Churchill is expected to
deliver pre-invasion fight talk in
his address Sunday over British
American radio hook-up, using the
full scope of his oratorical gifts
to prepare the British and Ameri-
can people for the forthcomi
grand assault ard to dispel any
doubt regarding the basic unity of
the United Nations.
The broadcast is scheduled for
9 pm. London time, which is
pm. Eastern war time.
(The speech will be carried on
all networks in the United States. }
The British b-oadcasting COM
pany said Churchill would broad
cast whether or not London was
subjected to an air raid during the
speech, pointing out that British
stations do not go off the air dur
ing raids.
Churchill seldom uses the radio
to break news-usually reserving
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Employees of the Consolidated
Board of Health and the Whining
ton Public Library are entitled to
Participate in the retirement pen
sion fund of the City of Wilmington,
out employees Of the Associated
CHARITIES and the Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control board are not entl-
LED to coverage, is the opinion
handed down by Judge John j..
surrey Saturday morning in the
Evil action suit brought against
The City Pension board to deter
nine the status Ct these employees.
Mandamus hearings into the ac-
uon were held last Saturday, and
II is On the basis of the Information
lad before him that Burney
made his decision.
City Attorney William B. Camp
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Red Cross Drive Total
Advanced To $30,O12
Strike Prohibition
Proposed By Bricker

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March
25-tR)HA new law "should oe
enacted for the prohibition Of
strikes in time of war;" Gov.
John w. Bricker of Ohio said
tonight.
t"The recently suggested ma
tional service act is no an
swer to this problem at this
late date" Bricker, candidate
for the Republican presi-
dental nomination, said In =
prepared address.
''The strike problem can be
solved by fair legislation and
by just enactment of the law"
Bricker, appearing under
the sponsorship Of the Arkan-
sas Republican state commit
tee, made two speeches here.
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VESUYIUS' DEATH
TOLL REACHES 26
Twenty-Five Killed When
Roofs Collapse Under
Weight OF Ashes

NAPLES, March 25.-tR-Roofs
collapsing under the weight of dust
and ashes coughed up by Mt. We.
suvius have killed 81 persons, Al
lied military government officials
announced today, bringing the to-
tai number of deaths in the cur
rent eruption to rs.
The crater began hurting of
greater smoke and ashes this aft.
ernoon, after a 12-hour lull, and
Professor Imbro, director Of the
Royal Italian Observatory on We
suvius, told A. M. G. officials thai
he could ''only say that Mount
Vesuvius is still abnormal"
The lava flows had ceased al
most entirely, but 1mbro declined
to speculate when all danger from
the present eruption would end
The eruption has caused damage
unofficially estimated at from S.,
900, 1000 to $4,000, 1000.
Reports to A. M. G. official!
told OF IL persons killed IN Nocer
ma Province Of Salerno, and nine
at Pagani, in the same province
Two children had been killed wher
an underground cistern, overhead
ed by lava, exploded. Three othe1
persons were killed by falling
birthstone at Terzigno, reports t.
Naples provincial A. M. G. Com
missioner 1t. Col. James L. Kin
caid said.
The roofs Of Is houses in thu
region of San Giuseppe Vesuviano
east of Vesuvius, including the vii
lage of Terzigno, fell in under thu
burden Of four-inch blanket o
ashes. a U. S. Army officer said
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major battle in the Myitkyina area
appeared certain.
Although the Japanese penetra-
ton was regarded with consider
able respect, there was a mani
fest feeling tina: it will eventually
be shown that the Japanese COM
mitted themselves too deeply. Both
the Japanese and the British are
using tanks.
Announcement of the latest gains
was made in southeast Asia
command communique.
Brig. Gen. Frank MerrilPs all.
American Marauders, together
with units of the Chinese 38th Di.
vision, took Shaduzup, As miles
northwest of Mogaung on the N.Y.
Continued on Page Two; Col. a
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Court Rules That Health
Board Under Pension Act

bell, for the Penson board and
F. C. Paschal, attorney for the
Associated Charities and the Al
coholic Beverage Control board, in
d1cated their intentions of filing an
appeal that will result in consid-
Grafton of the matter in the May
term of the State Supreme court.
The appeal will be filed by April
IS.
Burney's judgment read: ut is
therefore CONSIDERED, ordered and
adiudged by the court that the
hoard of trustees of the retirement
system of the City of Wilmington,
defendents herein, be and they
are required to, accept from the
Consolidated Board of Health OF
Continued on Page Two; Col y
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WOMEN PASS GOAL
Major Henderson Writes
OF Excellent Work OF
Agency Abroad

A grand total Of $30,012.53 was
reported by campaign headquar.
tiers of the Red Cross here last
night, and the Women's City divi.
sion, headed by Mrs. W. G. White.
head was the first group to &C
"over the top"
This division, with a quota Of
$780, made a report Of 1892. g.
Reports of yesterdays audit are:
A. c. L.. So. 1874. so; Business, ST..
666 Chain Stores, national firms,
s6l5; Commercial, $3,7s6.94; In.
dustrial, S7S3: N. c. Shipbuilding,
nc record; Putlic Emp1oye, g..
n491O; Schools $391.S2; Special
Gifts, s9,17722; Women's City, 3d.
1922; Women's, county, $1,227. go;
Military mo quota) $2,025.95; Col.
ored, $3.50; Miscellaneous, $780,.
o..
Call For Reports
The total of s30,o12.53 represents
90 per cent of the goal of $75,.
COG. and campaign managers have
asked that all contributions be
turned in as soon as possible, in
order for final tabulations to be
completed at campaign headquar'
ters.
Major W. H. Henderson, Jr., Of
Wilmington, said in a letter to his
family from somewhere on the
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
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REA Units Supply Power
For Navy, Marine Camps

financed rural power projects op-
Grating in the Tide Water area.
The 1,612-page record of the
hearings, released when the meas
ure, providing approximately
$500, 100000 for Department of Ag-
riculture operation during the 1915
fiscal year, was presented to the
House this week, also revealed
that North Carolina is participate
ing actively in virtually every
phase of the agriculture program,
including the Farm Credit Admin
istration, Forest Service, Farm Sc
curity Administration, Extension
Service, Burea u of Entomology
and Plant Quarantine and other
agencies in the department.
Continue don Page Two; Col. 3
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TAX ACT STARTS
HITTING POCKETS
Postal Rates Boosted To
Bring $96,O00,O0O More
Into The Treasury
BY The Associated Press

The 300, 100000 third wartime
tax act begins dipping into the
public's pocket today.
Effective last midnight, postal
rates went UP to bring an esti-
mated additional 100000 year
into the federal treasury. Biggest
change is an advance from 2 to
3 cents in the charge for local
letters. The 'cent rate is contin-
ued for letters going out of town.
Next Saturday, taxes will go uI
on movie tickets, telephone bills,
whisky and a score of other items.
The levy on furs, cosmetics, jew.
elry and luggage will go from II
to 20 percent of the retail price,
That on electric light bulbs from
5 to 20 percent of the manufac
turers' price.
The tax on charges for local tel
ephone service will increase from
10 to Is percent; on toll calls
from 20 to Is percent.
On whisky, the tax increase
amounts to rs cents a quart o.
100 proof. 1t will be about so cents
for the average bottle of lower
proof.
The Office of Price Administra
ton has authorized bars to in
crease the price of individual
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
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FIVE SENTENCED
ON SPY CHARGES
Three Women, Two Men
Given Terms OF From
Five To 20 Years

DETROIT, March 25.-REThree
women and two men who confess
ed they conspired to violate the
war time espionage act were SEN
fenced in United States District
Court today to prison terms rang
ing from five to 20 years.
Grace Buchanan-Dinee, 34-year-
old Canadian-born cosmopolite de-
scribed by the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation as leader of group
that sought to furnish Nazi Ger
many with information concerning
Americas industrial war effort,
was sentenced to II years impris-
onment.
Others sentenced: Mrs. Theresa
Behrens, 20 years; Mrs. Emma
Elise Leonhardt, five years; her
husband, Carl. J. W. Leonhardt
and Walter J. Abt, 10 years each
Mrs. Behrens, who engaged in g
long argument with Judge Edward
]. Money, tainted as he pronounc
ed her sentence.
Yet to be sentenced is Mrs
Marianne Won Moltke, wife OF 8
suspended German language In
structor at Wayne University. Ac
cording to the District Attorney
office she has volunteered addition
al information and an investigation
is still underway.
OF the two others indicted by the
grand jury here last autumn, DR.
Frederick William Thomas, Detrol'
obstetrician, was convicted ano
was sentenced fortnight ago tt
Is years Imprisonment. Charges
against Bertrand Stuart Hoffman
IContinuo don Pare Two: Col, 81
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RUSSIAN ARMY EIGHT MILES
FROM RUMAMlA;S EAST LINE;
1000 BOllBERS RAID BERLIN
New ZealanderS. Pinned
Down In South Casino

tanks into the lobby of the con-
tinental hotel, and a bitter
fight between tanks and ar
tillery also ragged around the
hotel Des Roses.
Artillery fire which shook
the mountainous battle area
was used in an effort to
prevent the enemy from
Strengthening their hold on
the vexdun-like Casino sec
tor. But the Germans, COM
manded but 1t. Gen. Richard
Heindrich to hold at all costs,
were believed to have the adj
vantage of ancient tunnels
honeycombing Abbey Hill
through which they were re-
inforcing their front line de-
tenders.
The first days attack which
followed the heavy bombing Of
Casino March Is left the Ger
mans holding approximately
one quarter of the town-the
quarter about the Continental
hotel and the exit from the
m Page Seven: Col.
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START BIG FIRES
Beat Through Fiercest De-
Tense Nazis Have Put
About Capital
LOSE 70 PLANES
Bomb Weight Equals Rec
ord Mark Poured Down
By Raj On Feb. IS

LONDON, March 20 NJ
RAJ bombers nearly 1000
strong, beating through the
fiercest defense the Germans
vet have thrown about their
capital, laced Berlin with fires
and ruin from more than g.
800 tons of explosives last
night, and punched lightly at
other Nazi cities at a cost OF
70 big planes.
It was the heaviest loss ever
sustained over Berlin - presum-
ably most of the bombers fell in
airway battles to or over the city
but the assault lifted to some
IS, 1000 tons the weight of bombs
hurled on the hub city of Germany
since last November 10.
Last nights bombweight on Der.
lin equalled the record mark pour
ed down on it by the Raj Febru-
airy IS.
Some Strike Kfel
The Raj bomber command
sent out more than 1000 planes
in the night parade with some
hitting at the Baltic sea port Of
Kiel and other detectives. The
Germans said Leipzig-a favorite
diversioparysta target Of previous
Berlin raids - and Weimar also
were hit and that 112 planes Were
downed.
U. S. medium Marauders Gov.
cred by Thunderbolt fighters
slashed at the rail city of Hirson
in northern France today, con
Continued on Page Seven; Col. Il
"
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
NAPLES, March 25-R-New
Zealand troops attempting to
drive westward through Cas-
sine were pinned down in their
southern section Of the rub
bled town today by highly
trained German parachute
troops ordered to hold their
positions at all costs.
Berlin and Rome radios
broadcasts reports that Allied
forces have launched strong at
tacks against the Nazi troops
in the western and northern
sectors of Casino. The broad
casts, which were unconfirmed
from Allied sources, were re-
corded by NBC.)
The New Zealanders and the
parachutists were fighting
stubbornly and throwing tons
of shells at one another, but
without effecting much change
in the general situation, Al
lied headquarters announced.
The Germans, however,
managed to move three more
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new PEACE SETUP
PUSHED BY HULL
Calls On Congressional
Committee To Sit In
On Conferences

WASHINGTON, March rs. -(P)
State department work on an
American version of an interna-
tonal peace organization has pro-
crossed to the point where Secre-
tary of State Hull has asked con-
greSsional committees to be pre-
pared to sit in soon on conference
es to draw up working plan.
HuIPs decision to consult legs
lators on the structure of the Or
ganization, formation Of which
was pledged at the Moscow con-
ference, was disclosed by Chair
man Connally D-Tex) of the Sc,
nate foreign relations committee
Connally told reporter Hull
suggested the appointment OF a
consulting subcommittee. 1t will
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Eastern Standard Time)
(Rv n g Weather Rureaul

Eastern Standard Time)
(By u. s. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 PM, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, so, 1880 am, so, 1880 pm, 81,
1880 pm, 81.
Maximum 10 Minimum Al Mean So,
Normal So.
Humidity
1870 am, SO, 1880 am, SO, 1870 pm, Al.
1880 pm, "a.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
6.42 inches
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington -------------- 11:31a 6:14s
lisp 6:3or
Masonboro Inlet ---- 9:20a 3:08s
9:42p 3:24r
Sunrise, 6:O7 am, Sunset, 1928 pm.
Moonrise. 7:50 am, Moonset 9:07 pm
Continued on Page Two; Col q
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By HOWARD SUBTLE
tar-News Washington Bureau)

(Star-NeWS washington Bufeau)
WASHINGTON, M arch 25.-
Three Eastern North Carolina
REA units are providing power
for navy and marine environments,
a review of hearings before the
House Appropris tons committee
on the 1945 Department of Agri-
culture appropriation revealed
here today.
William J. Neal, deputy REA
administrator, revealed in testi-
mony before the committee that
Camp Lejeune, the New River ma
rine base; Bogue and Atlantic
fields, comprising the Neuse River
marine air base, and the Beaufort
naval air station are receiving
electric service from the federal