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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
National Service Law
Is Asked By President

s'The right OF every business
man, large and small, to trade in
an atmosphere of freedom from
unfair competition and domination
by monopolies at home or abroad;
1.-THE right of every family to
decent home;
1.-THE right to adequate protec-
ton from the economic 4ears OF
old age, sickness, accident and un-
employment;
"The right to a good education. :"
He said all these "spel Sc
curity," and added that latter this
war. is won we must be prepared
to move forward, in the nipple
mentation Of these rights, to new
goals of human happiness and well
being"
From time to time in the fu'
ture, he said, he would communl.
cate with Congress with respect
to these problems.
The chief executive also de-
scribed security as the chief OBJ
iective of his meetings at Teherar
and Cairo with Marshal Stain
Prime Minister Churchill and
! President Chang Kaishek-securi
ty not only for their own nations
but for all.
"And that means not only physl
cal security which provides safety
from attacks by aggressors, ne
continued. ct means also econon3
ic security, social security, mora
security-in a family Of nations. >
The chief executive left to Con
gress details. of the National Serv
/ ice Act, but said it was an issue
which .transcends politics" ane
the measure should be wholly
non-partisan in it's makeup"
A pending measure, introduced
months ago by Senator Austin (R.'
Vt) and Representative Wads
worth (R-NY) would fit unlver'
sal service into the draft law. Both
men and women would register
under Selective Service and be
subject to call for service IN wal
industries at customary wages. II
would exempt pregnant Womer
and women with children under To-
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL lR -
President Roosevelt's requested
today for National Service Legs
lation was foreshadowed SIN
months ago when he asked ano
Congress failed to give him
authority to draft strikers for wal
work.
Vetoeing on June 26 the Con-
nally-Smith Labor Disputes Act,
later enacted over his objections
Mr.. Roosevelt said he thought the
measure would not halt strikes
proposed drafting of strikers, ane
said the alternative was universe
service legislation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
New Threat To Germans Trapped
In The Lower Ukraine Developing

es were incurred in that flight.
With captured fields on the Italian
mainland now in use by heavy
American bombers such as have
blasted Sofia this week, Ploesti
and its vital war resource for the
Nazis is in close danger.
The Russians could reach it in
two hour flight from the Kiev
bend. American air heavyweights
in Italy are less than 900 miles
away now as compared to the
2,4OO mile round trip from Africa
involved in the first American at.
tack.
It's a grim prospect for Ruma-
nian oil and communications cen.
tiers vital to the Nazi war effort
In all PROBABILITY, such plans for
two.way air attacks were laid at
Veteran.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
Tot Tight
COUGHS s sit !:

When cold gets down in your throat
and the tight phlegm keeps you cough
Ing and coughing trying to expel it, then
Is when you will appreciate the help Of
Mentho-Mulsion. This modern cough
preparation contains special ingredients
that quickly help loosen the tight phlesm
so you don't need to keep coughing.
Mentho- Mulsion also soothes the irri-
tated throat membranes and allays the
tickling sensation. It is such a comfort
to have on hand for night coughing due
to colds.
Mentho- Mulsion comes all ready to use
there's nothing to mix-nothing to AZ.
Ideal for children as we'll as adults.
Druggists sell Mentho- Mulsion on the
understanding that you are to be de-
lighted or your money will be gladly
refunded. Use only IS directed. (sdv.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
SOL0NS AGAINST
SERVICE MEASURE
Continued from Page One)

THE kind of leadership I have
been looking for since the declara-
ton of war-'was the assertion of
Rep. Sheppard (D.-Calif.).
Among other favorable COM
ments on the Roosevelt message
were:
1.-The President is merely trying
to do on the home front what al
ready has been accomplished on
the fighting fronts Rep Monro-
ney D.-Okla.).
1.-THE most powerful message the
President has delivered to Con-
gress It seemed like one of
his old firesioe chats. Rep. Rob-
inson D.-Utahl.
"a challenge to an inflationary
congress-" - Rep. Patman Cd
Tex.).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
Continued from Page One)

Dniester, it means that even that
river line, marking the Ukrainian-
Bessarabian border, is in immedi-
ate danger of being turned in the
north. And at that point, Russian
advance guards are even now not
much over 300 miles airline from
the Ploesti fields in Rumania, main
Nazi source of high grade natural
oil.
That is easy shuttle-bombing dis
lance for Russian planes. The Ru-
manian oil fields on the east flank
of the Carpathian Alps above
Ploesti are even closer to Russian
air fields in the Kiev bulge.
American bombers from across
the Mediterranean struck damag-
ing blows at Ploesti many weeks
ago at extreme range. Heavy loss
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
JAP DESTROYER
LEFT in FLAMES
Continued from Page One)

cannon. fire from artillery-carrying
Billy Mitchells to knock out eight
more bridges on the Bogadjim
road-the finest in all Japanese
held New Guinea. Major section
of the 30-mile highway links Bogad
Jim and Madang.
American Marines on western
New Britain repulsed two Japanes
counterattacks and continued their
own slow drive toward Hill $50,
strategic point south of Silimati
point on Bergen Bay.
Tokyo radio limited the japanese
would welcome an engagement be-
tween their seriously battered but
still powerful fleet and American
forces that have been hunting it
for months-if it oculd be fought
on waters selected by the Jap
anese. This would be in the North
Pacific, where Japan's land based
bombers could go into action
against United States warship.
Tokyo's English language broad
cast quoted Adm. Ryozo Nakamu-
ra, retired commander of the i'm
perial fleets, as wondering why
the United States does not advo-
cate an attack on the mainland of
Japan via the Northern Pacific. a"
He implied the Allies were using
poor strategy in attacking through
the South Pacific.
The American naval men are
anxious for a showdown fight in
the Pacific. Adm. William F. Hal
sey, South Pacific commander who
may lead the United States fleet
when the two armadas do clash in
a major engagement, reiterated in
Washington. .....
Our forces. are superior to the
Ienemy's on the sea, ground and in
the air, Halsey said. and 1--WE are
going to keep on pressing and hit.
ting him continuously and unceas.
ingly."
Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten'
troops pushed the enemy down the
Burmese coast, capturing Maung
daw, IS miles northwest y of the
Japanese base at Akyab. Allied
planes supported the advance and
attacked strategic targets to the
rear, without suffering a single
loss.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
POLISH CABINET
HOLDS TWO MEETS
Continued from Page One)

to an expected ultimate settle
ment.
Preliminaries for settlement
probably already are underway,
and it appeared certain that the
British and Americans would join
in conferences with the Poles for
speedy action.
Polish Premier Stanislaw Miko-
lajczyk saw Czech President Edou-
ard Benes yesterday, and each
talked last week with British For
eign Secretary Eden.
The suggested shape of negotia.
tons was: First, reconstruction of
q government that could conciliate
with Russia: resumption of diplo-
matte relations; and then ironing
cut details in the proposed broad
agreement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12

Resolutions were adopted favor
he federal,state Legislation to
make certain the men in the arm
ed service have a chance to vote,
reaffirning the Mackinac Island
foreign and domestic policy de-
clarations by the party's post
war advisory councils and suggest
ing that this council consider
WAYS of preventing flood OF sur
Mus American-aid goods coming
hack into this country from abroad
duty-free after the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
CAR STOLEN

A 1941 Buick sedan which had
been stolen from v. w. West
colt in Leland, while he was
at the Chatterbox club Mon
day night, was found Tuesday
by County Officer Porter
Davis, Jr., in patrol Car 191.
The car was found burned and
demolished. It is now be stor-
ed in the Chevrolet agency in
Whiteville while further in
vestigation is being made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
SNATCHED

Mrs. G. O. Dixon of Leland
complained to the city police
Tuesday that while she was
shopping in Green's 5 g. 10
cent store on N. Front street,
she laid her purse down on the
counter while she was making
change, and a snort Negro
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
CHICAGO CHOSEN
FOR COP MEETING
Continued from Page one)

like Dewey first term governor,
also has said he is not a candl-
date for e>ther place on the ticket,
but has consented to entry of his
name in the California presiden-
tial primary in May as a means
of becoming head Of his state
powerful delegation of so to the
national convention.
,Today's national committee
meeting ran like clockwork with
no controversies arising to upset
the usual calm of these sessions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
City Briefs
TuRRET AND CASTLE

The Turret and Castle club,
representing U. S. engineer
department, held a party Tues
day night at 9 p. m. at the
Lake Forest Community build
ing. George Faison was mas
ter of ceremonies, and 1t. Col.
J. T. knight, Jr., district en-
gineer, was guest Of honor. A
program of nine acts Of enter
tainment was held. Among the
officers of the club who were
present were w. E. Denise,
president; George Tienken,
vice president; Helen E. Cal
da, secretary; and j. C. Nc
Carly, treasurer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
FOUND

Early Gill Cathram. 205
Grace street, was found lying
in the street about six feet
from the curb at the corner of
18th and Greenfield, by c. A.
Bray and M. A. Dixon, Is and
16 Court T Lake Forest, re-
spectively. Cathram was car
ried to the James Walker hos
pital for observation and lacer-
alton on the head. Investiga-
ton will follow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12

the week, Superintendent W. NJ
Jenkins said tonight. Glasses will
be resumed next Monday but how
long the school BUSES will be able
to operate will depend upon next
weeks allotment Of gasoline, the
official said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
IN CITY JAIL

Warren G. Hollamann of Will
mington, who is wanted for
forgery in Winston-Salem on
ten different counts involving
worthless checks, is being held
in the city Jail on $1,000 bond,
city police reported Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
THEFT

Mrs. Mildred Todd and Miss
Beulah Baldwin, sos Market
street, reported Tuesday that
$50 and a partly filled war
stamp book was stolen from
their room.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
SMITH HELD

James Smith is being held
in city Jail on $3.50 bond, charg-
ed with stealing a yellow gold
garnet ring from Mrs. Tina
good Cameron. The ring is
vOlued at SIS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12

Dr1RHAM SCHOOLS CLOSED
DURHAM, Jan. II. -(P)- Due
to a IS per cent slash in gasoline
quota all Durham county schools
will remain closed the balance OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
HELD

r. M. Evans and Buck
Evans, of SIS Surrey street,
are being held on 500 bond
each in city Jail, charged with
assaulting w. X. Gillespie with
a deadly weapon, injuring him,
and causing damage to his
property.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the
Associated Charities will be
held at its office on January
Is, at 4 pm, Mrs. L. o. e.
lis, executive secretary, said
Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
JEWELRY THEFT

Ralph Todd, 905 North Third
street, reported that thief
entered his home Saturday and
stole the following articles:
one ladies wrist watch valued
at $37.50 and one ladies gold
bracelet valued at $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
MARRIAGE LICENSES

MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses were issu-
ed Tuesday by the New Han
over County Registrar of Deeds
Adrian B. Rhodes to Thomas
Arthur Darby, and Mary F..
Lewis, both of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12

woman snatched the purse. 1t
contained $156 in money. the
family ration books automo-
and a yellow gold lady's brace
bile keys, drivers license,
let. The total estimate of the
loss is $500. The purse has not
SO far been recovered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
FIDDLERS CONVENTION

FIDDLERS CONVENTION
A Fiddlers convention will be
held at the Topsail school, at
Hampstead, on January IA, be-
ginning at 1880. o'clock A num-
Der of prizes will be given to
local talent. Added attractions
include A. D. windy Sellers
and his Mountain Rhythm band
with a comedian.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
MISSING

Beatrice Owen, Negro, 813
North Sixth street. has been
missing since Sunday. She left
home to 60 to work at the
Dixie cafe, she did not report
to work, nor has she returned
home. She is identified as %
years of age, 4 feet 10 inches
in height, and weighs las
pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
WEATHER
CONTINUED from Page One)

WASHINGTON, Jan. n.-P)-Weather
bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending 8 p. m. in
the principal cotton growing areas and
oil
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12

The Amazon, where it joins the
sea, is 1870 miles wide, and it mud
dies the ocean 900 miles from
shore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
OYSTER ROAST

OYSTER ROAST
An oyster roast will be held
Thursday from 6 to s p. m. at
the church of the Good Shep-
herd. Tickets may be secured
from Horace King or dial 2-3257.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12
GERMANY POUNDED
BY u. S. BOMBERS
Continued from Page One)

subjected to continuous attack
during the entire time it was over
Germany.
The claim of 1913 U. S. planes
destroyed by Nazi fighters and
ground defenses by Hitler's
headquarters was exactly the
top claim made by the Nazis after
the Schweinfurt raid last Oct. IA,
when the Americans officially an
nounced a record loss of 60 bonn
bers.
There is no immediate reason to
believe the new German claim is
any more accurate than the pre-
vious and it appeared obvious that
while some of the greatest air
battles of the war were fought
yesterday, the Germans were seiz-
ing on the huge claim to pump
new life into the battered people
who for weeks have been on the
receiving end of the most inten-
sive Allied bombing campaign in
history.
The extraordinary report was
the first time Hitler's headquar-
tiers has been given as the source
of claim for Allied aerial losses,
the British Ministry of Information
said.
The U. S. communique said that
in addition to the Thunderbolts
Lightnings and the new long-range
fighters the big bombers were
provided with a protecting screen
by Raj and other Allied fighters.
To send an article 900 miles to
Lima, Peru. a shipper in Iquitos,
Brazil, has had to route it down
the Amazon, across the Atlantic
to London, back to New York,
and south again through the Pan
anna Canal to its destination -
about 10000 miles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-12

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Cherry Blossoms
Expected April 5
| After Warm SPELL

Washington should get its first
glimpse of the Oriental cherry tree
blossoms around the Tidal Basin ty
April 5, and they should be in full
bloom for the Easter week end, Irv-
ing c. Root, superintendent of the
National Capital Parks, predicted
today.
While the Weather Bureau would
venture no prediction as to the
blooms, the forecaster said that after
a slightly cooler week end and Mon
day, the temperature was due to Use
next week, encouraging the bios
SONS.
A high temperature of 6S degrees
was foreseen for this afternoon. The
thermometer is expected to drop Ia
40 tonight. and tomorrow will be
cooler than today, though fair. A
slight frost was foreseen for Mon
day morning. But after this brief
dip, the thermometer is expected tc
rise again, and warm weather will
continue during the rest of next
week.
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Three Hurt as Fire
Destroys Residence
Soilor Is Injured in
Leop From Window

Navy Photographers Mate Charles
Wakeman received a broken ankle
and Pfc. r. J. Ward and his wife,
Mrs. Marie Ward, were slightly
burned early today when flames
swept a two-story brick house at
1700 L street NE.
Mr.. Wakeman, a roomer, was
asleep in the rear of the two-bed-
room house when the fire broke out.
He was injured when he leaped from
a second-floor window into the rear
yard. He was removed to the Naval
Hospital at Bethesda, Md.
Pvt. Ward, soldier from Fort
Meade, Md. on furlough, discovered
the blaze about 2:30 am. when he
and his wife returned from visiting
relatives. He said the fire appar-
emily started in the second floor
hallway.
One fireman, Pvt. Brent A.
Turner, received lacerated fingers
and was treated at the scene.
Mrs. Ward was removed to Gas.
ualty Hospital in the Fire Depart
ment ambulance and discharged
after being treated for first-degres
burns. Pvt. Ward refused treat.
ment for slight burns and lacerss
tions on the palms Of his hands
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Rumonions Woo Turks as Nozi.
Meet Opposition in Balkans
Bucharest Delegation Reported En- Route
To IstonbuI to Make Commercial Pact

! confirmed "the report that Ger
man troops have occupied Ru-
mania" The broadcast, reported
by United States Government
monitors to the owl, said "the
Legation has not heard further
details"
Can Associated Press dispatch
yesterday from Ankara said the
Rumanian Embassy there had
confirmed the German occupa-
tion)
A dispatch from Madrid, mean.
while, said the Hungarian Legation
there had announced Hungarian
Ministers in four of Europe's neu.
trail capitals-Madrid, Bern, Stock.
holm and Lisbon-had taken the
position Of mot recognizing the
puppet government set up in Buda-
pest by Hitler for the Hungarian
Minister. The action was tanta-
mount to resignmg their posts.
Although the German armed
forces now appear in full control oi
both Hungary and Rumania, there
still has been no fully satisfactory
word on what is occurring in Bull
garia, the third Balkan state said
to be slaJed for occupation.
Rumanians in Turkey said they
expected pro-Allied elements in the
Rumanian Army might offer resist.
ance to the German troops-a move
which, these sources said, might
have the assistance of Juliu Manu-
elder statesman who retained i'm.
nortant. positions under the govern
ment of Premier Ion Antonescu
because of his large personal fol-
lowing.
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Burglars Steal 6OO-Pound Safe
With $1O,6OOin Cash, Bonds

Safe crackers who entered the
Potomac Grill at GIT Eleventh
street Sc. through a rear ex-
haust vent, early today hauled
away an 800-pound safe, con-
tanning $4,000 in cash and $4,000
in War Bonds, Edmund A. Fair
all of TAB Twelfth street Sc,
owner, reported to police.
Police, meanwhile, recovered part
|of so cases of whisky stolen from
John w. Nesline's restaurant at 2314
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, after q
chase by automobile and on foot
through the Southeast section. Two
men, transporting the liquor in a
stolen car, escaped in a flight
through back yards after a police
scout car trailed the car into an
alley.
The safe-crackers, possibly men,
bers of the same gang that last week
pulled two successful robberies at
the Carpet. Co., on Queens Chapel
road NE, scooped $24 out of the
cash drawer at the Potomac Grill
and also took a wrist watch, but
apparently ignored food and liquor
supplies. The War Bonds were Ia
Evening star., 1944-03-25
Countess a Others
GET Espionage Terms
Miss Buchonun-Dineen
Sentenced to II Years
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Mar. 25.--Miss Grace
Buchanan-Dineen. sometimes called
countess" and four other De-
troiters who pleaded guilty to con-
spiracy to violate the wartime
Espionage Act were sentenced tc
varying prison terms in Federal
Court today.
Miss Buchanan-Dineen, called
leader of the group by the Fedora
Bureau of Investigation and Gov
ernment witness before the grand
jury, was sentenced to IL years.
Stiffest sentence went to Mrs
Theresa Behrens, German-Ameri.
can secretary of the international
Center of the Detroit YWCA. She
was sentenced to 20 years imprison-
ment.
Others sentenced we're: Mrs. EN-
ma Elise Leonhardt, years; hei
husband, Carl John w. Leonhardt
10 years, and Walter Joseph Abt
10 years.
Sentencing of Mrs. Marianne Won
Moltke, wife of a suspended Ger
man-language instructor at Wayne
University, Detroit, was deferred
The United States district attorneys
office said she had been making
additional statements and that in
vestigation of the information had
not been completed.
Evening star., 1944-03-25

denominations of $500 and $1,000
land were listed in either Mr.. Fair
|all's name or that of his wife, Mrs.
Harriet j. Fairall.
Police, who have been bounded
by safe-crackers during the last
eight months, found a searchlight
and putty knife apparently used by
the intruders in a nearby yard
They believe they were discarded
by the thieves in their haste to
make getaway. The safe was %
inches deep, "a inches high and
about 2 feet wide.
The car in which the stolen whisky
was being transported was reported
stolen last Wednesday from Mrs.
Harry HURT, 1765 r street NV.
1t was spotted early today by
Policemen Eugene l.. Hummer and
John E. Burton while cruising in
a scout car at Eleventh and East
Capitol streets. They pursued the
car at 40-mile an hour clip
through rush-hour traffic to the
alley where the men escaped.
In the car the policemen found
243 bottles of assorted whiskies
bearing the tax stamp Of Nesline's
restaurant.
Evening star., 1944-03-25
ia Believed Killed
By Mine Explosion
In West Virginia
18th Man Missing;
Fire Roees 5000 Feet
Below Surface
BY the Associated Press.

SHINNSTON, w. Va, Mar.
25.-Hope was abandoned today
for IA men known to be trapped
in the Katherine No. 4 coal mine,
where a raging fire 5000 feet
underground halted efforts to
reach the scene.
A 18th man was unaccounted for
but officials were uncertain whether
he was member Of the crew which
entered the mine last night in an
attempt to quench the fire.
The blast wrecked the mine venti-
lating system and rescue crews
stood by helplessly until repairs
could be made. One estimate was
it would be late today or tonight
before the fans would be working.
Meanwhile, all indications were
that the fire was making unchecked
headway and that crews would find
an inferno when they did get in.
The Katherine Coal Co., which
opened its fourth operation in the
Clarksburg field less than six months
ago, issued a casualty list of IA
known to have been underground
when the blast occurred.
Officials added that a 18th man,
who was identified as John Chaney
or Senchina, was unaccounted for
The fire broke out last night near
the end of the 3,000-foot slope, and
the entire working crew of Is was
ordered to the surface. A fire fight
ing company was organized and sent
back inside.
When the explosion rocked the
mine, flames leaped from the mouth
in such volume that two auto
mobiles parked nearby were set
afire.
Mine Supt. John Hogue identified
the trapped men as John Spiker
crew foreman; Harold Mccormick
John Cromer, Charles Miller, Dan
Drummond, Gracen Schoolcraft
Noel Helms, c. M. Wagner, Oscar
Felix, George Shawhan, Junior
Stout, Ray Varnett, Glenn Ashcraft
and Hartsel Cutlip. Their home ad-
dresses were not Immediately avail
able.