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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-15
CONFERENCE WORK
ON SUBSIDY BILL
FDR Expected To Veto
Any Measure Banning
Price Roll-Back

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA R -
With the possibility of a presiden-
tial veto in the offing, the House
turned over to conferees today the
job of polishing up legislation out
having the administrations pro-
gram of subsidy payments to hold
down food prices for consumers.
Senate conferees have not as yet
been named, but little delay is an
ticipated once the conference goes
to work. Both Senate and House
have voted to halt the subsidies,
differing only on when it should
be done. The House has voted for
ban effective Thurs lay while the
Senate Bankhead bill outlaws
them after june 30.
The real showdown will come on
overriding an expected presiden-
tial veto. President Roosevelt last
year vetoed a measure killing sub
sides and most Congressman look
for a repeat performance. Pre-
sumably the subject was discussed
today at White House confer
ence of Congressional leaders.
At stake in the controversy is
the life of the Commodity Credit
Corporation, which has made the
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LOCAL EDUCATION
LEADERS HONORED
Roland, Crise And Hamil-
ton Are Cited By The
NCEA AT Meet

Three New Hanover county edu-
cational leaders were honored
Monday afternoon by the North
Carolina Education Association in
conjunction with the National Edu-
cation Association for their out
standing work in the field of edu-
cation in this area.
Those who we're honored were:
H. N. Roland, New Hanover
county superintendent of public in
struction; J. w. Grise, district
principal and assistant New Han
over county superintendent; and T.
T. Hamilton, superintendent of sec
odary schools in the county and
principal of New Hanover H i g h
School.
Roland, New Hanover county's
Beloved superintendent, was
made life member of the De-
partment of School Administrators
Of the National Education Associ-
alton for his untiring efforts to
improve school conditions in
this county. Grise was made a
life member of the Department of
Elementary School Principals of
the NEA while Hamilton was made
life member of the Department
OF Secondary School Principals.
The presentations, in the form
Oh Valentines, were made by Mrs.
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IS HELD
BY old BRIGADE
Annual Get-To-Gether And
Banquet Of Company
a. Is Lively Event

Some were bald. Some were
gray. Some couldn't hear very
well. Nobody ran upstairs. Time
mad had its way with them. But
when the Old Brigade gathered
Monday night for the 48th annual
reunion and banquet not member
but thought it was yesterday that
he was romping in knickerbockers
in the cellar OF the old Immanual
church, where they formed the in
itial membership of Wilmington S
Boy Brigade under the inspiring
leadership of Col. Walker Taylor.
Of course there were some
younger men present, too. The
Senior fraternity had table. And
there were some who came along
in time for Company B and Com
pany c, when the Brigade Armory
was built in 1906. And smatter-
ing of invited guests. But the
reunion was spiritually that of
the veterans of Company A, the
first group to come under the be-
nign influence of the organizer
who, in very personal way was
with them through the gift of an
Gil portrait, the gift of Mayor
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CITIES FEELING
FUEL SHORTAGE

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 14-R-
The Ohio Feul Gas Co., pleaded
tonight that all it's consumers turn
off hot water heaters and cook
only one hot dish a day to help
relieve gas shortage that al
ready has closed scores of indus
trial plants and thrown thousands
of workers into idleness.
E. M. Tharp, vice president and
general manager of Ohio Fuel
Gas, said he could not estimate
when the situation would improve.
It came to a head as a wave of
zero weather swept across the
midwest Sunday and the demand
for gas to heat homes became
greater than could be supplied
without curtailing commercial US
ers.
Health reasons made it impos-
sible to cut off homes, rather than
industries, Tharp declared. The
firm serves virtually all of Ohio
except the northeastern section.
Tharp said pressure in some
areas was Glow and urged that
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ON THE ROSS RIVER
Core OF Resistance For
100000 Nazis Re-
ported Taken

LONDON, Feb. 14.-(R-The Red
army today captured the Ukraine
railway village of Korsun, the core
of resistance for the remnants of
ten trapped German divisions of
perhaps 100000 men who have
fought with the ferocity of wounded
beasts for IL days.
In announcing the fall of Korsun
on the Ross river Is miles south
of the Middle Dnieper-Moscow owl
bulletin said, however, that large
German relief forces attacking out
side the humiliation ring west of
Korsun had succeeded in driving
"a small wedge" into Soviet lines
at the cost o. heavy manpower and
material losses.
On the northern front Russian
troops captured several more local
ties on 70-mile front between Lu-
ga and Lake Peipus in their drive
southwark toward Pskov, less than
40 miles beyond Soviet spearheads.
Pskov is the communications key
to the Baltic territories of southern
.Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and
also is the feeder point for an ex-
posed Axis salient jutting 10 miles
eastward from Pskov to Staraya
Russo, on the south side of Lake
linen.
In the vicious Ukraine fighting
the Russians gave no indication
that German tank and infantry
forces outside the Korsun annihila-
ton ring would succeed in reaching
their trapped companions. Moscow
dispatches said instead that the
capital expected to hear shortly
another series of salvos from Mos
cows victory guns signalling the
final liquidation of the exhausted
survivors of ten crack Axis divi-
sions in the biggest single German
disaster of its kind since Stain
grad.
The Germans trapped in the Kor-
sun sector, 80 miles southeast of
Kiev, apparently now hold strip
of territory only four miles deep
on either side Of the Ross River
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British Bombers Join American Planes In Blows
Against Nazis Threatening Italian Beachhead;
Reds CAPTURE Town OfKorsun; Rookie Invaded
Southwest Pacific Isle
Occupied By Americans

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST P AC elf &c,
Tuesday, Feb. 15-LR)-Rooke is
land, which sits squarely in the
center of Vitiaz Strait between
New Guinea and New Britain, was
occupied Saturday by American
forces which met no opposition,
Gen. Douglas Macarthur announc-
ed today.
On the same day, American
Marines pushed along New Brit
aims north coast to occupy Gorissi
village, east of Cape Mensing.
This extended the territory COW
cred by the Marines since their
landing at Cape Gloucester Dec.
26, which was followed four days
later by the capture of the air
drome. The Leathernecks are now
Il miles east of the airfield,
The Japanese apparently had
abandoned Rookie island, since the
American force has reported no
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MONKS ARE TOLD
TO LEAVE ABBEY
By LYNN HEINZERLING

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY AL
CASINO, Feb. 14-LP)-Monks o.
the Abbey Monte Casino and any
Their Italians in refuge there were
advised by the Fifth Army at
1 pm. today to leave the premis-
es to avoid Allied Smelling.
1.-THE time has come when we
must train our guns on the mon
astery," said leaflets fired on Alb.
hey Hill by American artillery.
twenty-five 105 nm shells, each
stuffed with $50 of the leaflets.
burst in the air over the monas-
terry, carrying the message to the
inhabitants of the Benedictine
Shrine which has been used by
the Germans to hold up the AL
lied advance on Rome.
For nearly two weeks the Fifth
Army has attempted to seize the
town of Casino below and the
rocky peaks around the abbey
without harming the monastery
where the Benedictine order was
founded in the year 500.
The rocky slopes of the Mon.
astery hill have been honey-comb-
ed with German machine-gun
nests and sniper positions. The
Monastery itself, one high officer
explained, has been used for ma
chine-gun nests and observation
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No Sentiment In Mail
To Servicemen Wanted
By Gen. George Lull

CHICAGO, Feb. IL UP -
MAJ. zen. George r.. LuiI,
deputy surgeon general of the
United States Army, said to-
day "a soldiers mail should
not contain sentiment such
as 81 can't get along with
out you or When can you get
homer and so forth, but
should rather encourage him
to get out and get the job
DONE"
The statement was made in
an address prepared for the
annual congress on nlealcal
education and licensure in
which Lull declared causes of
psychiatric casualties among
fighting men "start right back
here in the home territoryt
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HOUSE LEADERS
TALK VOTE BILL

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA, -(P)-
A leader, in each major party Of
tered today to meet the challenge
'cheerfully'' if the other side
makes the row over the service
ballot a campaign issue.
Rep. Mccormick D-Mass), ma
iority House leader, and the min
GRITTY chief, Rep. Martin (R-Mass)
INDUCED in the exchanges over
the relative merits of the Federal
ballot versus the State ballot. Con
ferees of. the disagreeing House
and Senate will meet Wednesday
to seek a compromise.
Martin told reporters that House
were prepared tc
meet the test if the Democrats
should make a national campaign
issue of the Federal ballot for sol
diers, and he expressed confidence
the public would support the Re
publican stand for State ballots
1--WE would cheerfully accept
that challenge" said Mccormick
in an interview. "There is no rea
son to disfranchise those soldiers
who might not get a State ballot
N time"
Rep. Rankin D-Miss), a foe o.
the Federal ballot proposal said;
eMr. Martin is certainly brave
man to come out and dare the De
,nocrats to put this bob-tailed, I'm
constitutional Federal ballot pro
posal in our platform. MIR. Mar
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BOARD STUDYING
HOME CONDITIONS

In one of their longest sessions,
members of the New Hanover
county Board of Commissioners
Monday adopted a resolution &C
knowledging various organizations
OF the city who have offered as
sistance in rectifying reported con-
ditions at the county home.
At the regular weekly meeting
the board held lengthy discus
sion on the institution. Bids will
be received for renovation OF gut
tiers and pipes at the home.
The board urged all responsible
citizens to visit the county home
and juvenile detention home, stat
ing that it should be their interest
to make such recommendations as
they see fit for the betterment OF
conditions to the board.
A letter was received from the
Parish council of st. James
Church, which stated that the
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House Committee Acts To Simplify
Americas Income Tax Structure
Consolidation OF Various
Levies Is Attempted By
Group

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA Up -
Proposals to drop from the Fed
eral tax rolls approximately 9,O0O,-
600 small taxpayers We're brushed
aside today by the House Ways
and Means committee in it's quest
for ways to simplify income tax
returns.
The committee, however, took
one step in the direction of SIM
plification, by voting to attempt a
consolidation of the victory, nor
NAL and surtaxes without chang
ing substantially the existing over
all payments.
The committees staff Of experts
was given the task of drawing up
proposals for the indignation.
The action lays aside, at least
temporarily, a proposal by Rep
resentative Carlson (R.-Kas) that
the government drop from the tax
rolls those who pay the victory
tax but whose income is not large
enough to come under the regular
income levies. A similar proposal
was made by the Treasury last
fall.
Congressional sources expect the
Treasury and probably some la
Dor groups to oppose the merger
of the victory tax into the perma-
nent tax structure. Some groups
contend the victory levy is tenn
porary wartime tax only
Chairman Doughton ON. CO.
said the Ways and Means group
decided ''to get as far as prac-
ticable as near the same amount
as by the present law from each
taxpayer"
Significantly, he emphasized that
this did not mean Congress would
consider this year no new propos-
ais for larger wartime revenue,
but that so far as simplification
is concerned the individual bur-
dens will remain the same, if this
can be done.
Meanwhile Congressional Demo-
cratic leaders were reported to
have counseled President Roose-
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FINNISH LEADERS
HOLD LONG MEETS
Conferences OF Govern
Ment Heads Are Re-
ported In Stockholm
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. IA

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. H.
-A-Finnish government leaders
held long conferences throughout
yesterday on the question of peace
with Russia amid plair indications
that the government might fall on
the issue, delayed dispatches from
Helsinki said today.
The dispatches, passed through
Finnish censorship, said there was
no official indication the govern
ment had asked for Russia s
terms, or even was ready to ask
for terms.
But Finland's majority party,
the social democratic party, was
putting strong pressure on the gov
eminent to act.
1.-THE situation as seen in social
democratic circles was that for
the present the only threat to the
government rested with the deci-
sion whether to ask Moscow for
peace conditions" the Helsinki
dispatch said. If no action is
taken in this direction. it was said
in responsible party circles, then
the position of the social demo
cratic party would become unten-
able and the government would be
forced to resign"
Earlier, the Finnish capital was
reported expecting concrete devel-
opments-perhaps an open bid by
the government for Moscow's pro-
posals-in the next day or two.
CA Reuters dispatch from Stock
holm, said it was believed Fin
lands aging negotiator, Juhu Pa
asikivi, already had sent a Fin
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WAR BOND DRIVE
MAY REACH GOAL
Officials Confident Han
over County Campaign
Will Be Success

Expectations for New Hanover
county reaching its war bond
quota, $4,859, 1000 by tonight were
expressed by officials Monday
night. They announced earlier in
the day that the sale of Series E
bonds and some others will be in
Guided in the Fourth War Loan
campaign until February 20.
Wilmingtonians have bought 81
257, 1855. rs in War Bonds, of which
81, 196793.75 were Of Series E. Fiji
ty-three per cent of the Series E
goal of 1924, 200 has been achiev-
ed here and officials have predict
ed the quota will be reached within
the next two months.
The extension of the sales to Feb
ruary 20, includes the Series E
bonds, U. S. Treasury Savings
Notes Series C, and Savings Bonds
Series F. and G..
It was disclosed from Washing
ton Monday night that the $4,000,
O00,O Fourth War Loan goes into
its final day still four per cent
short of overall success and "a per
cent shy of the SIS, 500, 900, 900 quota
set for individual participation.
Treasury reports placed total
sales at $13, $50, 900, 900, of which in
dividuals accounted for 1851, 000.-
900. Corporation and other. big
money" buyers bought $9,839. 900.
900 worth of securities, or 116 per
cent of thei1 quota.
Although the drive ends official
ly at midnight, war bond sales for
the remainder of the month will
be credited to the campaign, and
continued emphasis will be placed
upon efforts to reach the quota for
individuals.
C. T. Linebach, state War FL
nance chairman, announces North
Carolinians have invested $3.50, 300
600 in bonds to slide over the top
in the Fourth War Loan drive. The
states quota was $126. 600, 600. The
total represents sales through Feb
ruary II.
Frederick Willetts. chairman Of
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COLDER WEATHER
IS KING IN N. E.

CHARLOTTE, Feb. IA. - B -
An acute soft coal shortage was
reported in the Charlotte area to-
gay and supplies throughout the
eafollnas described as only fair
as the Piedmont shivered under
Sleet' snow, ice and cold rain
temperatures generally we're in
the 2Os.
MI; L. Burtless, head of the Solid
fuels Administrations newly-es-
.doilshed distribution agency here
sald low income families in Char
Iol'e were threatened with a cri-
ncal situation and remarked that
.ne city was probably in the
worst situation of any Carolina
area"
y, 6urtless added, however, that
IN, I,s SFA was taking steps to meet
''e emergency, but he advised
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DUTCH AIRDR0ME
POUNDED BY U. S.

LONDON, Feb. 14-RNAmeri-
can Thunderbolt fighter\ombers
took over the offensive to white
down German air strength today
with a smash at the Gilze-Rijen
airdrome, one of the Nazis' main
fighter bases in Holland, executing
the swift attack without loss.
The almost daily bombardment
of Nazi installations in northern
France continued meanwhile with
out let-up, with Raj and Allied
Bostons, Mitchells, and Mosquito
bombers under Spitfire escort
giving emplacements there the
And daylight pounding in Sc days.
Raj Typhoons Joined the cross
channel offensive, striking an
enemy airfield and other military
targets in northern France.
ALI bonbers returned from the
attacks on northern France, but
the Raj lost four fighters in the
days operations.
Vichy radio said $4,000 persons
had been evacuated from this Pas
de Calais area to another depart
ment Of France.
The Thunderbolt fighters escort
ed the PATS carrying bombs in
stead Of reserve fuel tanks to the
usually heavily defended Gilze-
Rijen field IS miles inland from
the Dutch coast. but the assault
was carried out so rapidly that
not a single German plane took
to the sky in challenge.
This base is used by the Ger
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I'm buying bond for freckled kid
Who lived down the street way
A boy with dog just while ago
A name on list today. 49,.
I'm buying a bond for barefoot lad
Who only a short time back
Was ronlping the fields Of the old home
town.,
But died in far attack!
I'm coming across in the memory
Of youngsters who left the town
With laughter and jokes and their heads high
To take on the scrappers' frown;
The kids who were down in the swimmin'
hole
Or PLAYED in the high school snow
The boys who'd be out on the sandlots
now
Except that it can't be so!
I'm signing for all can take aboard;
I though had done my share
Until in the home town sheet today
I saw Johnny Adams there;
He'd brought me my papers every night,
A child on bike bright red;
He's riding the path to the house right now,
I thought 1.-The lad is dead!
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Full Production Seen
Today AT Army-Seized
Fall River Factories

FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb.
,7-P)-Army officials said
.ohight they expected full pro-
uuctlon to be resumed tomor-
.', In seven army-seIzed tex
we mills after today's shifts
,e'urned to work to end a g.
DAY walkout.
IN voting to terminate the
"aikout last night, three indie
pendent craft unions, loom fix
.is' slasher tenders and knot
3lers' said they were return
lug to work without settlement
VI their differences with the
manufacturers but added they
aon't want the army to lose
III Fall River any more than
we want to see it lose in Italy
Or in the Pacific"
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Eisenhower's Helmet
Other Articles To Be
Auctioned At Rally
NEW YORK, Feb. IA. = P)

NEW YORK, Feb. IA. = G
Items ranging from a helmet
worn by Gen. Eisenhower to a
pink silk nightie donated by
Stage Star Gertrude Lawrence,
with her name embroidered on
it, will be auctioned at a Kew
Gardens War Bond rally We'd
nesday, the U. S. Treasury
announced tonight.
Other articles to be bid upon
include:
An original music score
donated by Conductor Arturo
TOScanini.
A hockey stick autographed
by the New York Rangers.
Tickets to sell-out Broad
way shows.
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Lyon Goes To London
To Help War Writers
Plan For Invasion
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-(P)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-R
To assist American war
correspondents in working out
coverage of the European in
vasion with Army and Navy
officials, George H. Lyon, de-
putty director of the Office
of War Information, has gone
to London, owl reported to-
day.
Lyon, former chief of the
owl domestic news bureau, is
acting as personal repre-
sentative of owl Director e.
mer Davis, it was stated.
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contact with the enemy. The JAP
anese evidently considered their
position on the island untenable
after the Marines occupied the
entire western end of New Britain.
Long island, northwest of Rookie,
also was occupied by the Amer
leans the day the Marines invad-
ed Cape Gloucester, further en-
dangering the enemy's position on
Rookie.
A headquarters spokesman said
the position of Rookie island made
it valuable possession for the
Allies, providing in conjunction
with Long island control of both
Vitiaz and Dampier Straits.
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I've read all the ads in the War Bond drive,
The work of the writer's slick;
But, God, when think that it takes that
stuff
It leaves me little sick;
The picture of boys on village green
Or trooping across the mead
Who now lie under cross-filled field
Is all that we ought to need.
l listen to speeches DER mikes galore
That tell of the War Bond drive,
But all I hear is the lannon's roar
The whine Of a power-dive;
The speeches, the music, the ballyhoo-
All leave me little cold -
For know boy who just died for me
And couldn't be quite that old!
A duty? A noble and handsome act
This taking of War Bonds? Bunk!
Since when was investment on sure things
A sacrifice? Scrap such junk! -.
I'm doing painless and little thing;
One sales point alone rings true!
My debt to those lads from the old home
town
Who, asked for their lives, came through!
H. l. Phillips.
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JAPs BOMB ROI

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA Up -
Japanese bombers have hit Ro
island in the Kwajalein atou o.
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WAR BOND SALESPOINT

Phillips for his column the New YORK sun
The
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FORECAST

NORTH CAROLINA: Partly cloudy
Tuesday preceded by rain In extreme
cast portion in forenoon. Wednesday
nartly cloudy and warmer becoming
cooler in mountains in the afternoon,
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