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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17
Quick Questions

Which one Of these L. S
cities did Marines once fight
their way into and take con-
troll of - New York. San
Francisco. New Orleans or
Washington, ID. C.?
First occidental novel TO be-
come a best seller in Japan
was - (a) Little Lord
Fauntleroy': CD "Uncle
Toms Cabin; (c) Robinson
CruSoe"; cd Gone With
the Wind?
"a submarine sank a warShip
for the first time in history
in what war-American Civil
War. Jap-RuSsian War,
World War j?
4-Twenty years ago today, the
secretary OF the lnavy re-
signed as a result of Teapot
Dome, which was what?
5-Right or wrong: Labor
drafts" !. e., laws requiring
all men between Is and 80
TO be employed in useful oc-
equations, such as are pro-
posed now, were actually
enacted in World War /?
6 Which of these words is out
of place in the grouping
vellum, parchment papyruS.
terra Gotta?
ANSWERS on Opposite Page.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17
The Nation Needs More

WARNING has come from the
w military authorities and from
the War Production Board that the
waste paper salvage campaign is fall
ing dangerously below requirements.
More than 100000 items used by
the armed forces ranging from
blood ptaSTUa and cartridges 10 field
rations-must be packed in some
kind Of paper or paper product, and
so-callcd waste paper is the best
source of supply for this packaging.
70 meet the demands of the cur
rent year, not less than 100000 tons
OF waste paper are required, and the
present nationwide rate of salvage
Will yield only 100000 tons.
a I recent conference in New
4 York City, 1T. Gen Brchon Som
ervclI. chief Of the army service of
supply, and Donald NJ Nelson. chair
man of the War Production Board,
urgently appealed to the public for
greater support
"The armed forces, said Gen.
SomcryclI. "cannot do a 100 per cent
job with rs per cent ofthe materials. "
Mr.. Nelson presented the problem
in another aspect.
He deplored the use,of the word
waste in referring to papcr sal
Nagc
Old paper, IL sand, should be re-
Psse Il-Thursdsy Februsry w. l944
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17

INDEPENDENT De
opposed to Is years in the
White House for Pre- lid n
Roosevelt, meeting in Chicago
under the Guardianship OF
Harry Woodring, former gov
ernor of Kansas, have backed
with bouquets into a situation
that calls for a frontal approach
with political brickbats.
Mr.. Roosevelt cannot be de-
feated by being beaten on the
head as it were with orchids,
which seem to be the weapons
employed. nor can the fourth
term be stopped by praising him
with damnS, faint or otherwise.
The Independent ticket move
ment, thus far most unrealiStic,
has been launched on the erro-
neous assumption I h t the
President is not responsible for
the actions of his administration
which are so strongly con-
demned.
IF MR.. ROOSEVELT is TO be
prevented from obtaining 16
consecutive years of power in
Washington, or m ybe and
probably &c, or If enough Demo-
Gratis to insure his defeat if
nominated are to be mustered
in that cause, then the response
bility for conditions in I n IS
country which are deplored by
conservative Democrats must be
laid squarely at the Presidents
door, where il belongs.
This the preliminary confer
ence at Chicago failed TO do.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17
WHAT is HAPPENING in the

w case of Poland?
The only legal government of Po-
land is established, in exile, in Lon
don.
Russia has not only severed all
relations with the Polish government
but openly demands its disintegra
ton.
All offers by the United States
and Great Britain and their good Of
fees to mediate the dispute between
Poland and Russia have been re
jected by Russia.
Meanwhile, the Russian armies
are advancing steadily into Poland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17
knowledge Test
BY DIR. sABINA II. CONNOLLY

The inscription Il have
sworn upon the altar of God
hostility against every form
of tyranny over the mind Of
man" is on the wall of
memorial to: (a) George
Washington; CD Abraham
Lincoln; (c) Thomas JEFF
ferSon.
2-One of these is the correct
definition of helicopter: taD
an instrument for signaling;
(b) a type Of flying machine;
(c) a species of garden sun
flower.
What is the third largest
city in England: ta) Liver
pool; OBJ Manchester; (c)
Sheffield?
4-Every one knows the sound
of the katydid How IS it,
produced. ta) the singing OF
the male; CD the raSping Of
Mthe~wingS; Nc) the boring of
y The beak?
5-One of the great warriors Of
olden times killed a thou-
sand people with the Jaw
~ bone of an ass DO YOU know
his name: ta) David, (b)
Samson; Cc) Ulysses?
Match these columns cor
rectly. The states in column
two locate the forts in
column ppa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17
LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR:
/ HAVE noticed the severe re-
l. marks people have made
against Tom Harmon.
His publicity he thoroughly
deserved He could, Ike SO
many movie stars, have had an
instructors Job that would keep
him IN the States, but he didn't.
lie went into action.
\ HIGH SCHOOL ADMIRER.
TO THE EDITOR.
MATT SMITHS strike ~ the
w Eureka plant was not over
any disagreement between the
company and the workers.
The workers who walked out
gained nothing.
Production was lost,
The Army Air Forces dis
tributed a letter TO All Eureka
employees telling OF the decision
TO withhold the addition OF
star 10 their + flag. The
ability 10 hold an 4 flag de-
ponds upon continued produc-
ton
We workers at Eureka who
realize the Importance of war
production want 10 stay on the
Job As patriotic citizens we
want to produce and TO buy war
bonds
We hope that Matt Smith and
his motives are pretty well
known and that Eureka workers
will refuse to- answer any fu-
ture strike call of his.
CHARLES MORRISON.
EDITORS NOTE, Mr.. Nor.
rison WGs chairman of a Back
to-Work Committee following
the MESA strike at Eureka.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17
NEWS
BEHIND
The News
BY Paul
I ~ MaIIon

n, EDITORS NOTE: In accord
with requests. some Of Paul NAL
Ions outstanding columns are
being reprinted during his brief
rest.-King Features Syndicate,
Inc.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17

FURTHERMORE, the fact should
be realized that paper salvage is
not a seasonal or temporary need,
like a Red Cross drive or bond
selling campaign.
TT Is AYEAR-ROUND NECES-
SITY FOR THE DURATION OF
THE WAR.
In fact, paper is so vital war
material that in Great Britain for
several years destruction of any form
of paper has been a penal offense.
The American people have demon
strated their desire to provide the
material voluntarily, without com
pulsions from the law.
Due only to the magnitude of the
task. their effort has not been sucv
ceS>ful
The WahInduStrles-Aand the fight
ing men MUST HAVE 2,O0O,O 900 toms
a year more of paper than is now
being collected.
This country can find and furnish
tiff every one helps!
the DETROIT TIME!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17

MIR. 81 Lift then recalled;
w The Moscow agreements signed
last October aroused and justified
the hope that, in the interest of
LASTING PEACE at the end of the
war, all major problems which might
affect the peace of the world would
be taken up by the United Nations
acting together and not decided by
any one of the United Nations acting
alone and by force"
That was surely the single ray of
hope which emerged from the Mos
COW conference.
And rs Mr.. Bullitt now succinctly
says:
There will be no peace in the
world if that hope is disappointed. f"
What is the present substance of
the hope which Mr. Bullitt describes
as oar sole barrier Ia FUTURE
WAR;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17
Poland Is the Test

AColnmnnSt puppetgovernment,
formed in Moscow has already been
established in the Russian-occupied
region of Poland
Is THERE any vestigc Of evidence
remaining that Russia intends to
permit determination Of the fate
of Poland "by the United Nations
acting together"
Is there, indeed, any PRETENSE
by Russia that she intends the fate
of Poland To be determined in any
other manner than by Russia acting
alone and by force?
Where, then, is the "hope" that
Mr. Bullitt says Was aroused and
justified" by the Moscow agree
mcnts
What, to repeat, is the present
substance of the hope" without
which "there can be no peace in the
world. as Mr.. Bullitt believes!
IF POLAND is the test, as Mr..
BulIitt says, then all hope is gone.
Poland is rapidly and ineXorably
being occupied by Russia.
As fast as Poland is occupied , She
will be absorbed by Russia.
There is to be no consultation
with other nations by Russia regard
ing Poland.
No intercession or mediation in
behalf of Poland by other nations is
to be permitted bvRussia
The legal Polish government, al
though Mr. Bullitt says it represents
truly the Polish people," is to have
no voice and in fact is To be obliteF-
atcd
THE allies of Poland are to have
ITO vofce.
This is the REALITY about the
case of Poland
Mr. BulIitt has clearly and fear
leSsly stated the facts
Since it is important for the
American people to KNOW the facts,
Mr.. Bullitt is to be commended for
his timely and fortnight discussion
Of an ominous situation.
The American people would be.
better served if more of their reSpon-
sible statesmen, in position to know
the facts as well as Mr.. Bullitt knows
them, would discuss them with the
same integrity.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17

garded as 4 RAW MATERIAL
which is indispensable in the whole
war effort.
Undoubtedly, if the public under
stood this definition, it would better
appreciate the necessity of salvag-
ing for war use every available scrap
of paper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17

NdR. WILLIAM G. BULLITT, for
w mer American ambassador 10
RUSSIA, ha, had the patriotic and
moral courage 10 tell the American
rrurir THE TRUTH about the inn
pending emasculation of Poland by
Soviet Russia.
1.-The case Of Poland, ne smdEn
LHe4lH> Birthday aat4liie Att t4fes-, lis
a TEST CASE which will determine
the fate of the smaller nations of
eastern, southeastern, southwestern
and central Europe. "
1t is case, he warned, which
"must be decided not on the basis
Of force but on the. basis of justice
andfair play"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-17

THERE are only two organi-
Il cations of people getting
rich out Of this war-the labor
unions and the churches. This
is because neither is subject TO
taxation.
No other wealth can possibly
spring up under the 80 per cent
excess profits tax.
l am not afraid Of what this
wealth viii do 10 the churches.
but what II will do 10 the force
and power of the labor union
leader is a problem TO warrant
the attention of all, including
the union man.
There must be n new birth or
liberalism founded on justice in
government for the average
lmiddle class man. and an in
ternational liberalism founded
ON the Same principles of Chris
tan and democratic justice.
Distributed b. King Features synd, Inc.
Reproduction In whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
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column

ANSWERS on Opposite Page.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10
Connecticut Labor
Fauors Fourth Term

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Sept. g.
CP-The Connecticut Federation OF
Labor gave a fourth term endorse
ment to President Roosevelt today
at it's convention and authorized
the creation of a fighting political
committee to carry out its policy
of "rewarding it's friends and pun
ishing it's enemies during the
current campaign.
Endorsed with Mrs. Roosevelt in
a resolution approved over the OBJ
lection of a single delegate was
his running mate, Senator Harry
Truman.
The conventions action, fedora
ton leaders said, marked the Sec
ond time that the state body OF the
American Federation of'Labor had
departed from its policy of not en-
dorsing political candidates. The
first time was in 1910 when the
federation convention also endors-
ed Mr.. Roosevelt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10
GERMANS BATTLE
TO HOLD RIMINI
Seek To Prevent Allied
Breakthrough Into Inn
portant Pc Valley

ROME. Sept. 9.-lR-In seeking
to prevent an Allied breakthrough
into the Pc valley and possible
enveiopment of the whole Gothic
line, the Germans fought savagely
today to hold the gateway city OIL
Rimini against British Eighth Ar
my forces.
A communique from Gen. Harold
.Alexander's headquarters said that
Field Marshal Gen. Albert Kessel-
ring. making probably his, a
stand in Italy, had thrown his in
fantry and armored units into a
series of heavy counterattacks In
the Adriatic sector yesterday, but
that the Veteran Eighth army had
beaten them off with no substan-
tial change in position. Casualties
were heavy on both sides.
Fierce fighting ranged from the
Adriatic coast six and half miles
inland to Croce, nine miles south
west of Rimini. British troops held
Croce after prolonged seesaW fight
ing, the communique said.
Canadians moving along tn
coast fought to the banks OF the
Marano river within four miles Of
Rimini, under the protection OF a
fierce mortar and artillery bar
rage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10
Annual Community Chest Drive
Will Be Held Sept. Is Oct. IL
GOAL IS s164,S3S
Chairman Stewart Conf
dent Campaign Will Be
Highly Successful

September Is to October II have
been set as the dates of the annual
campaign of the Community War
Chest of Wilmington and New Han
over county, it was announced last
night by Ranald Stewart. campaign
chairman.
Goal in the campaign is $164, 1888
The objective has been approved
by the board of directors Of the
Chest. y
Mr.. Stewart expressed conf
dence that this years campaign
would be the most successful in
the history of the Chest. He en-
phasized that $67, 500 of the pro-
ceeds of the campaign will 60 to
the National War Fund, which sup
ports the activities of number OF
domestic and foreign war agencies,
and that the remainder is urgently
needed to SUPPORT the operations OF
organizations in Wilmington an
New Hanover county:
Local organizations assisted by
the Chest are; ASSOCIATED. Charities,
Salvation Army. Boy Scouts, Y. M.
c. A., Brigade Boyd Club, John H.
Continued on Page Nine, Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10
F. D. R. PREPARES
FOR QUEBEC MEET
Gathers Information For
Important Conference
With Churchill
WASHINGTON, Sept. o. Up -

WASHINGTON, Sept. o. Up -
President Roosevelt rushed prepa'
rations for his Quebec victory con
ference with Prime Minister
Churchill today, gathering fr m
cabinet members and diplomats
advice and information on a wide
range of European political ano
economic subjects.
This weekend promised to usher
in a climactic period of military
and diplomatic activities unparal'
leled since the Roosevelt Church
i'll Stain meeting at Teherar
nine months ago.
With Allied armies pounding the
walls of Germany, some military
men here believe that the final
great battle of the European war
the battle to crack the so = called
fortress of Germany-is at hand.
In the talks at Dumbarton oaks.
now drawing to a close, the perio1
will see British American Rus
sian agreement on the o.ganiza
ton to maintain a new era O.
peace.
And in the Roosevelt Churchill
conference it is almost certain to
produce decisions on the final
course in the war against japan
as well as on solutions for war and
problems in Europe.
Today Mr.. Roosevelt saw secre'
taries Hull of the State Department
Stinson of the War Department
and Morgent/au of the treasury. He
had asked those thre to gather
for him information on problems
involved in the occupation OF Ger
many and in the arrangement Of
European Economic Affairs, es-
pecially in the critical transition
period Immediately after the war
1t was learned definitely that Mr..
Roosevelt expects to discuss these
matters with Prime Minister
Churchill although in the absence
of Marshal Stain, they cannot
reach final decisions. er-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10

that the battle for the city had
begun.) >,:~ ~. III.
!. French troops fighting up
through the Jura mountains
seized the towns of Pierre
Fontaine and Maiche, the lat
ter rs miles south Of Belfort.
These twin drives seemed to
be eutracing German forces
trying to hold open the roads
branching out from DIXON, Al
miles west of Besancon.
The Germans were offering
stiff resistance to the French
moving up along a 40-mile
front to within 70 miles of Di-
jon at one point. But if they
let the Americans reach Bel
fort before them they may new
er get back to the fatherland,
because they must take a long
er, northerly route menaced
all the way by the U. S. Third
Army striking toward the
Rhine and by ambush parties
of French patriots.
The Germans suffered q
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10
BY SID FEEDER

ROME, Sept. s. l Two;
Allied columns coming up
from Southern France struck
today to within Is miles Of
the sentinel city Of Relfort,e
whose Notifications bar the
way through a mountain gap
into the plains before Ger
many's frontier on the Rhine,
30 miles east of the fortress.
The Germans, who fought
hard in Bescanon, broke and
ran under American blows and
Allied headquarters said dough-
boys now had covered at least
half of the Al miles from Bes-
ancon to Belf0rt.
1t was likely that, patrols,
moving swiftly after resist
ance was crushed in Besan-
cons streets, had advanced
even nearer to the city. IA
Swiss forntier dispatch Friday
said that the Americans were
within 10 miles of Belfort and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10
SEIZE BLACK SEA
PORT OF BURGAS|
Moscow Announces End OF
The Short-Lived War
Against Bulgaria
BY w. w. HERCHER


LONDON, Sunday, Sept. 8.
-(P)-Russian forces sweep
ing 100 miles into Bulgaria
yesterday occupied the big
Black Sea port of Burgas, on
ly 80 miles from the Turkish
frontier, as Moscow announc-
ed the end of it's short-lived
war. with Bulgaria.
Marines of the Black Sea fleet
under Admiral E. S. Otkyazrsky,
Sevastopol hero, aided in the seiz-
ure of Burgas, 50 miles south OF
Bulgaria's other main seaport, Var
ma, taken Friday.
In one Of the shortest wars In
history Soviet troops were ordered
to cease military operations
against Bulgaria effective at 10 p.
m. g p. m. Eastern War Time)
last night Sin view of the fact the
Bulgarian government has severed
relations with Germany, declared
war on Germany, and asked the
Soviet government for an armis-
tice." said the broadcast Moscow
statement. ;
Also Near Greece
The occupation of Burgas put
the Russians under Gen. Feodor I.
Tolbukhin, Third Ukraine army
commander, only 80 miles from
Greece in the swift drive 20 annihi-
late or capture 250,00 Germans es-
tinated to be cut off in that coun-
try and Yugoslavia.
The Bulgarians are estimated to
have 20 good divisions which they
can hurl into the battle against
their former comrades-in-arms,
the Nazis. And with the seizure Of
Burgas the Russians have another
valuable port with which to quick
en- the conquest of the Balkans.
Berlin announced that the Red
army had begun a new offensive
in southern. Poland aimed at Kra-
kow, last big bastion guarding TIN
invasion path into German Silesia,
and the Russians announced rapid
gains in northeastern and central
Romania in the drive on Hungary,
last big Axis satellite nation
Swift Advance
Gen. Rodion Y. MalinovSky' S
Second Ukraine army units NOV
ing towar dthe plains of Hungary
advanced "a miles in "a hours
from Sibiu in Pennsylvania, taking
Continued on Page Sixteen; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10
,.,orts That Plans Well
'lljdvanced For Vast In
du,triial Conversion
WANTS BANS LIFTED
,1,,s, Cut In War Produc-
IN nm, Shift To Output Ut
II Home Front Goods
avn HAROLD OLIVER

WASHINGTON Sept s-'R-" a
!, '.;,;,atjon Director James F.
s ns reporting plans are well
p t,r,,ced for vast industrial re-
'' .,-sion after the defeat OF Ger
'' .r recommended tonight that
= p =. accompanied by a general
',., w TO the 4O-hour week and
IAirs or easing of many existing
,.oren1ic controls.
sE 1n a 7,oOO-word report to Presi-
,. MI Roosevelt, he reviewed the
'fsn, made for 40 per cent cut
r.. aa' in war production after We
p rsctorv in Europe) day. and a
. ulst' shift of released workers and
sr to output of goods for the
''' Tt is necessary that the govern:
won't n1an now to spread the work, -
ss ssid but declared that fears OF
sroonged unemployment following
y.E dav are exaggerated"
People Have Money
I'VE will speedily return to civil
;,r NJ nroduction,' he declared. 1.-The
n r demand for goods wiz
sone from a people who have the
money with which to buy them.
But prices, of many of those CT
villain articles not now in produc-
lion, such as autos, radios and re-
frgerstors. probably will have to
he higher than in pre-war years
because of increased labor and ma
tsdsls costs, Byrnes added.
He disclosed that officials are
working OH price ceilings for such
articles and will calculate them
on the basis of rre-war costs plus
Continued on Page Five; Co. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10
WHlTMORE GOING
TO BROWNSVILLE
Well-Known Minister Ac-
cepts Passionate OF First
Presbyterian Church

The Rev. J. Harry Whitmore, D.
D., who served as pastor of the
Church of the Covenant for II
years, will move this week to
Thomasville, where he will assume
the passionate of the First Presby-
terrain church. He will preach his
first service there October i.
He resigned sometime ago as
pastor of the Church of the Gov
enant in keeping with the plans for
its consolidation with st. Andrew S
Presbyterian church. He began his
ministry here Feb. 1, 1927.
While here, DR.. Whitmore served
one year as president of the Will
mington Ministerial association,
five years as president of the board
of directors of Associated Charities,
and two years as chairman of the
committee on Bible instruction at
New Hanover High school.
DR.. Whitmore received his bach
elor of arts degree from the Uni
versity of Virginia, bachelor of di-
vinity degree from Union Theo-
logical seminary, and honorary
doctor of divinity degree from
Hampden-Sydney college in 1925.
The ministerial association has
prepared resolution of respect to
DR.. Whitmore, regarding the sew
ering of his relationship as mem
Der of the association.
The resolutions, signed by the
Rev. J. Roy Clifford, chairman,
Alexander Miller, and j. B. Hunt
ington, follow:
Whereas, the resignation of the
Reverend ]. Harry Whitmore. Doc
tor of Divinity, as pastor OF the
Church of the Covenant fore
shadows the severing of his rela-
tionship with the Wilmington Min
isterial Association, and,
whereas, the Reverend J. Harry
Whitmore, Doctor of Divinity, has
served for more than seventeen
years as a member of the Will
mington Ministerial association,
and at one time as its president,
and
Whereas, the constancy and the
quality of his leadership, his faith,
his courage, his love, his unselflsh
service, his unquestioned devotion
to the high ideals and standards
of the Christian Way have contrib
uted so much to- the work OF the
Wilmington Ministerial Association
and to every member of this body,
and
whereas, his service to his
Church, his service in the higher
Councils Of the Church in this com
munity and state, his outstanding
contribution in the field of Rehgl
Gus Education, his many years Of
service as a Director and at one
time President of the ASSOCIATED
Charities of Wilmington, bear wit
ness to his ability as leader, nj!
willingness to spend himself in un
N>I
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-10
RESORT LETS TWO
REPAIR CONTRACTS
Cline Will Re.urfac e
Streets And Younts Will
Repair Boardwalks

The Town of Wrightsville Beach
has awarded contracts of two firms
to two firms to .resurface streets
and repair boa, dwalks damaged
by the tropical storm on August l,
Town Clerk r. L. Benson report
ed yesterday.
The contract to resurface streets
was awarded to the low bidding
contracting concern of F. D. Cline,
of Raleigh, for $13, 348.24. E. E.
Younts, of High Point, received
the award to repair the boardwalks
with a low bid of 81, 744. So. Both
Continued on Page Two; Col. u