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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-25

British units based in France, Bel
GUM and Holland attacked Ger.
man armored columns.
Still more hundreds of American
and British medium bombers bas-
ed on the continent were hurled
into the assault on the German
columns which have been on the
march for more than a week
shrouded in fog and mist which
had grounded everything except
buzz bombs.
Even before the bomber and
fighters of the U. S. Eighth Air
Force had returned to their bases
in England, channel observers re-
ported hordes of Raj bombers and
fighters streaking over the chan
mel toward the continent.
Today's about aerial smash at
the Germans followed a 4,500-plane
assault yesterday during which
178 Nazi planes were shot out OF
the skies.
Headquarters of the U. S. Strate-
pic Air Forces in Europe announc-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-25


Some weeks ago, Pvt. Clyde B
Case, Jr., formerly of Whining.
ton and now somewhere on the
Western Front, wrote the Star
News asking its help in finding a
Cocker pup for his girl back
home. A money order was enclos-
ed and Calvin Anders, classified
advertising manager and Roy J.
Cook, circulation manager, go1
busy.
A news item was printed, outlin-
ing the soldiers request in detail.
Offers began pouring in and a pup
|py from the kennel of Mrs. B. E.
Frady. 2O6 Nash street, Rocky
Mount, WITS selected to represent
Pvt. Case on this Christmas
morning at Miss Rivenbark' S
home.
The pup was shipped last week
and was fed the best of canine ra-
tons for several days. His tiny
sides were bullying when Mr.. An
ders and Mr.. Cook arrived to take
him to Miss Rivenbark with APP
propriate ceremonies. A big rec
ribbon around his neck served to
accentuate the black of his coat
and Miss Rivenbark's astonish
ment was unbounded.
Gee whiz,'' she exclaimed
Since the pup is to be a year
in Wilmington this Christmas.
this makes me the happiest CIR
long reminder of her soldier-sweet.
heart, the only possible name was
"GI."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-25
Canned Vegetables May Be Back
On Ration List After Christmas

A War Production Board an
nouncement it VIII withhold pric''i
ties and other operation essentials
from firms violating war manpow
er Commission hiring restrictions.
A move to tighten employment
CT -lings on iess-ecsential firms to
force release of additional workers
to war jobs.
An order banning all horse d
dog racing effective January 5.
A directive to Selective Serv ce
to review the cases of professional
athletes rejected for military serv-
ice or discharged for physical re
sons.
Although OPA has been urging
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-25
Nation Asked
ToCiiveHelp.
Ending War
President Unable To Say
When Final Victory
Will Come

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a
(AP) - President Roosevelt
in Christmas broadcast
voiced a prayer today that
with victory will come "a new
day Of peace on earth in which
all the nations of the earth
will Join together for all
time"
We cannot yet say when our vic
tory will cone,'' he said. ''Our
enemies still fight fanatlcally. They
still have reserves of men and
military power. But, they them
selves know that they and their
evil works are doomed. We may
hasten the day Of that doom if we
here at home continue to do our
full share
Nj. Roosevelts broadcast was
made in connection with the annual
ceremony of lighting the National
Community Christmas tree here.
The text Of his address as E.
leased by the White House:
It is not easy to say Merry
Christmas to you, my fellow Am
orleans, in this time of destructive
war. Nor can one lightly say "Mer-
ry Christmas tonight to our arm
ed forces at their battle stations all
over the world - or to our Allies
who fight by their side.
Here, at home, we will celebrate
this Christmas day in our tradi-
tlonal American way - because of
its deep spiritual meaning to us;
anc because we want our youngest
generation to grow up knowing of
Inc immortal Prince of Peace and
good will. But, in perhaps every
nome In the United States, sad and
anxious thoughts will be continual
" with the millions Of our loved
ones VINO are suffering hardships
and misery, and who are risking
tnelf very lives to preserve for us
and for all mankind, the fruits of
Ms teachings and the foundations
o. civilization itself.
The Christmas spirit lives to-
hlsht In the bitter cold of the front
AAeS In Europe and in the heat of
me Jungles and swamps of Burma
and the Pacific Islands. Even the
roar OF our bombers and fighters
IN me air and the guns of our ships
q, sea will not drown out the mes
sage Of Christmas which come
1" me hearts of our fighting men.
'0ontlnued on Page Five, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-25

THAT day if original plans rega d.
| ing canned vegetables were follow
ed.
Advancement of the effective
date was said to be more generally
favored than a brief freeze e
stocks to retailers shelves until
piont values could be restored as
scheduled
The impending drastic tighten
ing of rationing comedies with a
series of home front moves Sat
urday, all designed to increase sup
pc TT of the war effort
Stemming from directives by
James F. Byrnes, chief of the Of
flee of War Mobilization and Re-
lccnversion. these included;
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-25
Local Girl Hdppiest
In Town' Over Her fGI'

Christmas present from the front arrived in the form
of tiny black Cocker Spaniel puppy late yesterday after
noon at the home of Miss Winke Rvenbark sol South
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-25
Manila Airfield Bombed:
u. S. Drives On Palonpon

GENERAL MARTHUR's HEADQUARTERS Philip
pines Monday, Dec. 25.-(AP)-Liberator bombers
smashed at Manas Grace Park airfied Luzon, while
the American 77the Division moved rapidly Palopon
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-25
FORECAST

Fair and continued cold TODAY with
highest temperature about 80 degrees
Moderate northwest winds.
Yesterdays temperatures:
High. SLOW, Sc. -
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22

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Feeling
"And The a
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look
Gould be you're thinking of the Bankhed amendment the control
cotton goods the that's to $500 million yerg
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know, laughed Dilwoth
the
leiler
re
thinking Ridley
Mighty nourishing, waermeluns, mighty nourshng"
lmentS
Now Luther
back Dlwoh
mental than white
Slaves and higher prices finished Little Luther marching
singing:
o
Some will
Votes
Pres
dent item
The colonel has an even disposion-always bad
Herbert at
Well no will let MIN raise hell anymore!
An buDood boasing younger
dozens Il
analyst to snap who
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22

YOU HAVE HEARD quite bit about labor
racketeering since Pearl Harbor, and you have
even read about Big Business playing the same
game, although the headlines on the latter were
much smaller.
You have also been reading about states
rights and compelling the federal government to
restore autonomy to the sovereign states OF this
great nation-releasing them from the obligations
imposed upon them by our so-called federal
bureaucratS
And you have read about the National Manu-
facturers Association efforts to repeal the laws
beneficial to working people and Montgomery
Wards defiance of government agencies.
And only 2 weeks ago you read about south
ern state which imposes fee of $4,000 on labor
organizers who merely endeavor to advance the
cause Of it's working L.cn and women, few OF
whom allowed to participate in the govern
ment of their state.
And now comes the governor of the sovereign
state of South Carolina, who nstructs local off
clals TO arrest anyone reIultlng labor Tor JOBS
outside his sacred state says v9lators OF one OF
his laws are subject to a FIVE Of $4,000.
Shades of Fort Sumter and who started the
Civil War?
Does this great and sovereign state Of South
Carolina, sub, guarantee to the working people OF
its sacred borders employment at wages which
will keep them existing in decency? Does this
great and noble governor, who is eager to supply
plentiful labor for the >millowners who elect him,
guarantee that in the event OF slump these same
worker-citiZens will be supplied with the where
Wltnall TO continue 10 eXlSC Wen ne ana MS min
owner supporters have no work for them? Doesl
this governor, elected by minority of the peopel
of his great and sovereign poll-tax state under
take to decree that his powers greater thanl
that of the federal government?
Perhaps out of all this we need anQtherl
Emancipation Proclamation. Or perhaps this guyI
is just getting too big for his britches.
If he thinks that by this noble proclamation
he is freezing working people in their low-paidI
jobs in his backward state he is at the timel
freezing himself in his job, he should read theI
papers about what happened to that great patriot
from Texas, Martin Dies.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
PRINTERS AGAIN REPRESENTED
IN CAPITAL CENTRAL BODY

Washington, ID. c. ULNS). - The
Central Labor Union of Washington
recently accepted credentials from
Columbia Typographical Union No
101 for IL delegates, admitting printers
for the first time since the ITU left
the AFL in 1910.
The group was accompanied by
Frank Morrison, secretary emeritus of
the AFL, who was a delegate to the
AFL from the ITU from 1906 until the
break. President Locher welcomed the
delegation and asked Morrison, John
B. Dickman, president of No 1O1 for
several terms, and Jesse b. Manbeck,
present head of the union, to address
the meeting.
President AIanbeck named a dele
cation to the central body, including
Samuel Gompers and Fred S. Walker,
manager of The Trades Unionist.
Gompers, now retired but long with
the U. s. Labor Department, is a son
of the late president of the AEL.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
URGES "AT HOME" VACATIONS

o under off cite
make an
AT Home
facilities available
New York 800 members the
of which he president
In promoting the AT Home Vacation plan the
andw who are
in
localities o
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
SEAMEN FLOCK TO SHIPS
ON FIRST INVASION NEWS

Washington, ID. c. NS).-Stirred
by the steady penetration of France by
the Allied liberation forces, merchant
seamen who were ashore when the
news came have been hocking to sign
on for new voyages in support of our
fighting men, the War Shipping Ad-
ministration reports. Their feeling
duplicates that of seamen on American
war freighters who recently have been
reported jumping ship" in England to
avoid voyages home so they could sign
on merchant vessels taking part i'm the
initial landings in France.
The seamen responding to the urge
to have Il share as soon as possible i'm
support of the liberation forces in
clude all grades, reports to the VISA
Recruitment and Manning Organiza-
tion show. Many seamen on we'll de-
served shore leave returned before
their time was UP to ship out again.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
LABOR TO THE RESCUE
(From the international AIolderS and Foun
Wnrkers' Inmrnnn

(From the international Molders and Foundry
Workers J0urnai)
WHEN TT looked though the recent drive OF
" the Red Cross in Cincinnati was in grave
danger Of failing to reach its quota, the repre-
sentatives of the labor unions of the city stepped
into the fray and helped put it over with bang
In speaking of this assistance, Mr.. Herbert K.
Bloch, chairman of the committee said in part
''When the AFL and ClO officials came to us and
volunteered to help wipe out the Red Cross War
Fund deficit it was an inspiring example of Amer
icanism on their part"
Labor is never found wanting in cases of this
character The members feel that, while they may
never need help from the Red Cross, they do
know that some of their members or their sons Or
daughters who "n there" giving their best
may need it. Regardless Of whether they know
someone or not, they do know that whatever they
contribute will help someone over rough jour
ney and perhaps save his or her life.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22

Collaborating with the Army Sur
geOn Generals Office, Westinghouse
Electric & Manufacturing Co., has
developed a bug Bomb" which is
harmless to humans but is making
a deadly counter attack on disease
carrying insects that have always
been scourge of troops in warm
climates. Seven million ssIch bombs
have already been produced-metal
containers the size of a tin can
which expel mist of pyrethrum and
seasame oil when the cap is I'M
screwed. The refrigerant FreOn pro-
vides the pressure. A single bomb
contains enough insecticide to flmni-
gate so bombing planes or 24O pup
tents.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
With PHILIP PEARL

The soil of France again being soaked blood
lying the beaches of Normandy high
been pay be free stay
Not all the fighting being done the baefelds
lords and armed prngs several industrial
loppessors
lair raids and frontal attacks by artillery infantry
lin France and other occupied
unad military assault with proved in
suddenly waref = ~
GERMANS FED UP WITH
ending this
with Killers vna on with S h rsi n n now oe S completely % ely fed up
ngs which he has brought them
They must realize ali
hopeless and that further only
multiply fold pouring
@ I aIy % aer & aa and @ might after night FIR from the skies
bonngs when they no longer hope for relief?
las his unwilling Imprisonment
" T camps n % @a be AF r Pda e SVg Wa p0mt ~ aaaes
them via the short radio facilities owl
o Germany to working and producing Hitler
WITH some @ @ Assurance % of % @ @ % rt @ n NAV when @ a n "a action % can 1
npann and premature uprising would be unfortunate The
be given by General Eisenhower at the
FEAR
The only hold Hitler sl maintains
He has made this sword of fear doubeedged
important therefore, that blast
Americans responsible atoc
ties must be punished with utmost severity nqueionab proportion
with the
has Americas against
unwilling slaves against the
Hitler trying people believe that the Allied trops intend
German death Those Americans who hard peace
Hitlers hands
German people to turn
their part will earn and consideration
growing d-reaze their only hope of survival quick
% m % @ d@tn % and sfng wth M % hr r H IN r faces faces they & can
change the outcome of the war but will delay and thousands of
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

First from the underground reports
then, grudgingly from the Fascist
radio, has come new word-and new
hope-from Europe: the Maquis.
The Maquis are the men in hiding,
the men who no longer could live in
the stiff1ing atmosphere of Nazi-policed
cities and took to the hills, the ravines
and the mountains. And from their
hiding places they have ventured forth
as organized guerilla bands to harass
the Fascist, to kin the quislings and
to store arms, waiting for the invasion
signal to go into action.
The Maq,lis is not an organized
political movement. Rather it is the
general name applied to the men who
fled in hiding rather than go into
| forced labor, the deserters from the
Axis-controlled armies, the political
refugees who have fled from concen-
tration camps and are marked men.
The word Marquis comes from Cor
sica and means the wild underbrush
which marks the countryside and
screens the fugitive from the out
slider.
The name Maquis was first used by
the thousands of French patriots who
had fled to the hills of Savoie and had
organized guerilla bands These men
established military discipline, organ
lied their forces, created uniform
and began raiding stores and supplies
in the Nazi-held villages.
Today the word Maquis is used by
men all over Europe who have gone
into hiding to fight the invader
In France the Vichy authorities
boast that with the aid Of German
auxiliary troops they have succeeded
in hunting down the Maquis in Savoie.
But the Paris radio qualified it's vic
tory bulletin by adding, there are still
other Maquis in France"
The Vichy boast, however, is quite
unfounded for the Spanish radio March
81 estimated the number hiding in the
mountains of Sav0ie at 100000.
A report from the International
Transport Workers Federation CORE
SpOndents reveals that the Marquis, |
largely recruited from workers circles,
is spreading. Slovak and Belgian Fas-
cists have complained about the ac-
tivity Of the Marquis, while in Albania |
and North Italy families have been |
taken hostages for Maquiards who
have fled to the hills.
The Maquis is Europe's Third Front |
the men behind the Nazi lines who
fight for a free, democratic Europe and
are redoublng their efforts, now that /
The invasion has begun.
Here Is how your war bond dollar |
IS spent. Nineteen cents goes for air.
craft, II cents for ordnance and signal I
equipment, 10 cents for navy and army
ships, four cents for merchant ships,
IL cents for miscellaneous munitions,
IA cents for war construction, % cents
Tor pay, food and travel. Five cents
goes for nOn-war uses.
Your sons, brothers, father hus-
)and and friends share directly i'm all
hese expenditures. Their very safety
depends upon the mountains of sup
,lies you send them. Let's all back the
INVASION with extra war bonds.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
RAISE FOR NOVELTY WORKERS

washington, d. {. (ILNSJ. = The
War Labor Board has reaflirmed a
previous order directing the Peerless
Novelty Co, Grand Haven, Mich, to
grant 20-cent an hour general wage
increase to bring its employees rates
up to the minimum of approvable rates
in the area, and to abide by a mainten-
ance of membership provision ordered
United Automobile Workers lnterna
tional Union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
THEY'LL FINISH THE JOB
LEN WIIIIMm GreNn }

A MEXICAN LABOR, which has succeeded in
- turning the tide of victory against Hitler and
his followers, must now keep that tide running
totally engulfed The American Federation of
Labor has served notice on all its affiliated organ
izations that this is no time to strike. The sol
diers of production must keep pace with the fight
ing soldiers OF our country in loyal service and
with high morale No other considerations can
enter into the picture when we know that the one
big job ahead of all of us is victory.
Knowing the hearts and minds of the seven
million members of the American Federation of
Labor | do not hesitate to predict that they will
finish the job just as effectively and goriously
as they began it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22

Deep in the heart of Texas there is
as pretty a doings cooking as you'll
want to uncover in many long day.
| There's split in the Democratic
Iparty, with one wing willing to go to
almost any length to beat Roosevelt.
And therein lies the dynamite.
| The antis are willing-nay, it seems
eager - to put on the ballot elector
candidates who will vote against
| Roosevelt regardless of whatever may
be the majority popular vote.
Remember our presidents are ac-
tually elected by the votes cast in the
electoral college
The electors are not bound by law or
constitution to follow the popular vote!
A good many of the founding fathers
weren't any too enamored of the idea
of complete rule by the common people.
They tried to safeguard the country
against too much say-so by the rank
and file voters.
You'll remember that it wasn't so
very far back that most states got the
right to elect United States Senators
by popular vote. Before that Senators
were elected by state legislatures and
many of them were hand picked by
state bosses.
Well, we still elect Presidents by
votes cast by electors in the electoral
college
BY custom the electors follow the
expressed will of the voters, but this
Texas rebellion against Roosevelt
threatens to abolish this democratic
custom, if it can be done, and order
it's electors to vote for any candidate
except Roosevelt, regardless of popular
VOTE
Mississippi is pulling about the same
stunt. However, there is more than
suspicion that the Mississippians are
doing no more than build up a nag
horse for the purpose of making a
trade.
Perhaps the probability is that when
it comes right down to cases neither
state will go through with the scheme
to turn the electoral college into
baronial possession.
But the fact that it can be done
legally and that there is a serious
threat to do that very thing ought to
stir the people of this nation to the
point of remedial action.
Maybe it's now platitude to say
that we're in a world crusade to safe
guard democracy, but it's that or
to double riyet democracy right here.
Let's repair that electoral college fault
before it is too late - before some
gang actually tells the
people to go to hell.
My friend Lowell Mellet thinks that
here would be lynchings in Texas if
he electors voted against Roosevelt in
he face of a popular majority for him.
Maybe so. But maybe not. The
people might WANT to do bit of
ynchng, but they might not get the
.hance.
The President controls the army
md that goes for any President.
Once voted into Office any President
AN WELD tremendous power - prob
lbly enough to keep himself in Office.
That's not the prospect we want to
ACE. We want law that makes GER
ain the seating of those who are
elected. We want actual response to
he will of the people, even when that
will goes haywire.
If it takes constitutional amend
nent to bring this about, then that's
what we want AND WE HAD
BETTER GET IT RIGHT NOW
INV.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
CITIES EXPAND PLAY PLANS

Chicago ULNS). - Muskegon and
Muskegon Heights, Mich, adopted. rec
reational programs on year round
basis. Previously supervised play
grounds We're operated only during the
summer. Full time recreational direc-
tors will be appointed, according to the
American Municipal Association.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
BY JOHN PAINE, Federated Press


server tay remarked The air in Washington smells sweeter already
Gerald Ne the Washington would probably smell like Chanel No
a
Probably on he
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
INVASION

ITHE WAR in Europe is about to enter new
and definitiye phase. AS nation we wait with
|solemnity and prayer. Many of our sons and
brothers will lose their lives in the struggle that
follows invasion. Our armies are fighting for
democratic principles. We have no right to ex-
pect them to risk their lives for any lower pur-
pose
AS our men make ready for that supreme
undertaking it is our part who stay at home to
make sure that supplies move surely and rapidly
to meet the needs of battle Hesitation or delay
on our part may send our boys into mortal danger
without munitions and equipment needed to turn
the tide of battle in our favor and at the same
time to give the minimum of risk to our soldiers
In this crucial period let us keep factories and
transportation moving to capacity. This is our
duty in line of action. 1t is the duty of manage
ments and governmental agencies to maintain
eyen-handed justice within their spheres so that
ll-will shall not rankle and induce workers to take
precipitate action.
The Federations no-strike pledge means the
effort on our part to prevent the maxi
mum effort op our part to prevent any Interrupt
tion of production by workers We must make
good in this crisis and look to every local unior
and every union member for 100 per cent coopera-
tion with those on the fighting front
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
WIS DO M

A man must be excessively stupid,
as well as lmcharitable, who believes
there is no virtue but ON his own
side.-JOseph Addison.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22
THE
CHERRY TREE

Where With Our Little Hafchef
We Tell the Truth About
Many Things, Sometimes Pro-
foundly, Sometimes Flippdntsy
and Sometimes ReckIessIt.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-22

Way down south in the land of cotton
"Old friends there are not forgotten.
.LOOk aWaY. look aMaY. look a-MaY'