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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
TURNER ELECTED
HEALTH CHAIRMAN

DR.. E. V. Turner was elected
chairman of the health division OF
the Council of Social Agencies of
Wilmington and New Hanover coun-
ty at the organizational meeting
Yesterday, George L. Stearns, sec
rotary of the council revealed.
Miss Jennie Stout, new member
of the Consolidated Board of Health
was elected vice chairman.
The Rev. w. B. Freed, chair
man of the council, who presided
over the meeting, described the
purpose and function of the Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies as follows;
The purpose of a council is to
bring about improvement in the
quality and adequacy of the social
health and welfare services OF the
community and better relate these
services to the community's needs.
The various activities which they
carry on and common services
they render. the democratic and
representative nature of their struc-
ture are merely means of that ul-
innate end. Its effectiveness is
Judged not merely by the proce-
dures which it uses, nor even by
the common services it renders,
but in the last analysis by the IN
fluence which these procedures up
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
RESERVOIR PLANS
APPROVED BYFWA
Will Be Built OF Reenforc-
ed Concrete To Hold 4
Million Gallons

Preliminary plans for a clear
water reservoir to be constructed
by the city with Federal aid, have
been approved by the EVA, j..
A. Loughlin, City Engineer an
nounced yesterday. Authorization
has been given to proceed with
specific plans of construction. AS
soon as these have been completed
and submitted, date will be set
to receive contract bids.
Due to the increased demand for
water, the reservoir which is being
built as part of the city's water
improvement plan, will hold 4
million gallons and will be built
near Hilton of reinforced con-
crete. 1t is to be 1874 by 270 feet
long and will store filtered water
and also provide further assurance
of fire protection.
With the construction of the
reservoir, the ty will have a re-
,.rve of a days supply based on
our present water consumption.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26

club and the County Council of
Parents and Teachers. Neither of
these organizations can, under
their bylaws, take action on the
matter.
The detailed plan, calling for Cd
definite annexation of a large east
srn area containing an estimated
$500 population and ca provisional
annexation of an area lying to the
south of the city with about 5000
population, was presented to the
Jaycees last night by N. L. Foy,
chairman Of a Chamber of Com
merce committee appointed to
study the extension matter. Mr..
Foy in his remarks endorsed the
plan H. R. Emory, chairman of the
City Planning Board, also partici-
pf ted in the discussion. John Shee-
han president of the Junior
Chamber presided.
The proposal was laid before the
Rotary Club at luncheon yester
day by Emory. The club exhaust.
ed all its available time in dis
cussion of the plan, and then de.
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
Nation HOnOrS Texans HerOiSm

WASHINGTON, April Is @ -
Johnnie Hutchins is dead in New
Guinea, but to his memory there
is Congressional Medal of Hon
or, a homestead in Texas and
proud, new fighting ship.
Johnnie, the son of sharecrop-
per family. was a seaman, who
saved his ship from a torpedo even
while he slumped, dying, over the
helm.
The Navy announced today:
1.-THE President of the United
State has awarded the Medal of
Honor posthumously to Johnnie Da-
vid Hutchins, seaman, first class,
U.S.N.R., for the act of extraor-
binary heroism by which he saved
his ship from destruction by
Japanese torpedo"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
'H0CCARD TO HEAD
HOUSING COMPANY
WiHetts Will Be Secretary
Treasurer OF New
Corporation Here

The newly reorganized director
ate of the New Hanover Housing
Corporation, which earlier in the
Cay completed negotiations for the
purchase of Oleander Courts, will
include DR.. J. T. Hoggard as presi-
dent and Frederick Willetts as
secretary-treasurer, it was an
nounced late Tuesday.
Now entirely locally owned and
operated. L. N. Boney, local archl-
tect, will continue as stockhold-
er. Mr.. Willetts will be in charge
of the project henceforth.
A prewar project, the buildings
comprising the units were COM
pleted in 1941 from plans perfected
several years earlier and are con-
sidered to be among the best and
most substantial in the state.
Purchase price was $1,000
'The new owners. as soon as
materials are available, expect to
complete the roads leading to the
apartment houses, beautify the
grounds, and hope within a period
of years to make the development
ore of the most attractive in North
Carolina" Willetts declared.
Management Of the apartments
has been handled by the Marshall
Realty company, and has been
most satisfactory, Willetts said
The arrangement will continue
temporarily until the new owners
have taken over completely.
The Oleander courts are located
on the east end of Oleander, Oh
the highway leading to Wrights-
vile Beach.
The setup is composed OF five
separate buildings, with separate
waterworks. sewerage disposal and
other modern facilities. There are
Y apartment units in the build
ings, which are constructed of
brick
Purchase of the controlling stock
was made from R. L. Goode, Ver-
non D. Goode and F. R. Osborne
all of Charlotte. Mr.. Boney was
one of the original stockholders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
SEVEN ARE TRIED
ON MORAL COUNTS

WASHINGTON, April 25.-RAA
defense move to call into court men
who patronized the Hopkins Insti-
tute, described by FBI agents as
a million dollar call house." was
started today at the opening Of
the trial of seven women on Mann
Act charges.
Eight women had been booked
for trial but one, Mildred P. Car
ter, pleaded guilty shortly after a
jury of nine men and three women
were impaneled. Assistant U. S.
Attorney John FINELY announced
Miss Carter would be called as a
government witness.
The women, charged with con-
spiracy to violate he Mann act,
were seized in a raid on the in
stitute-advertised as massage
parlor in March 1913. Agents of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton also confiscated a Little
black book which they said con-
tanned the names of the institutes
patrons.
Defense Counsel Edward Buck
ley, Jr., asked Justice Arthur Led
erie of Detroit, presiding in district
court, to subpoena the registers of
six leading Washington hotels be-
tween Sept. 1941, and March, 1913.
Through these records, Beuckley
indicated, he will attept to identl'
| fly the men who patronized the
parlor and summon each as wit
npSS
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
At Least Is Killed
As Liberator Bomber
Crashes In Montreal

MONTREAL, April 25.-R-A
ur-engined Liberator bomber
which had taken off only a few
minutes earlier on flight to Eng
, . crashed in downtown Montreal
.ooay, smashing brick buildings
~ II they were paper and killing
10 10 Or more persons, including all
1--WE crew members.
:, occupants of the wrecked build
LL,sS, Which covered most of a city
W suck near the Canadian National
,'oil"ay's old Bonaventure station,
l =, INTO debris Uttered streets.
lanes from the burning plane
suiIed the dwellings.
IN. 0ne Of the victims was a con-
".aole, Philippe Lemieux, hit by
in -eckage as he patroled his beat
f.. I"e street. Another was an In.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26

On May 2, destroyer escort
will 60 down the ways at Orange.
Tex. The nameplate in her ward
room will bear the legend: "USS
Johnnie Hutchins.''
Last December 6 there was filed
with the county clerk of Wharton
County. Texas. a deed to a farm.
Johnnie M. Hutchins. the father,
his wife and the six children no
longer were sharecroppers.
When young Johnnie was home
the last time he had told the folks
that if anything happened to him
he wanted them to use the death
benefit money to buy the farm.
And so when the check from the
Navy came last winter it went to
make the down payment on the
farm at Lissie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
Casualties In
Russia Set At
100000 Men
INVASION IS ASKE1. 8,
Russia Issues Repe 3 =
Action Along Ne, =
Eastern F,
LONDON, Wedr

-lR-An authoritatlv
review broadcast by Mo- 10
last night declared the Re-. my
had killed or capture dmore than
100000 Axis troops in less than two
months on the lower Russian front
as prelude to a drive on Berlin
by Soviet forces collaborating with
the Allies in the west
The Germans also lost from
March l to April IS a total of 5000
tanks and self-propelling guns, 49,
900 guns of various caliber, and
100000 motor vehicles, the review
said.
Invasion Wanted
by it's victories the Red army
has facilitated to the upmost for
our Allies the opportunity for open
ing military operations in the west
and south for which the whole
world is waiting impatiently," said
the quoted article, written Dmitri
Manuilsky, a member of the cen
trail committee of the communist
party.
1.-The task today, as the Red ar
my sees it, is to drive the enemy
completely from Soviet soil; to pur-
sue and batter his armed forces,
not only on territory of his vassals
and states under his power but
on territory of Germany itself, and
to achieve, in close collaboration
with the Allies, the defeat of the
Fascist armies and the capitula-
ton of Fascist Germany"
Troops Regrouping
With Soviet troops still regroup-
ing and moving their bases for.
ward for a resumption of their
drives toward Berlin, the Soviet
high command announced for the
fourth straight day that there were
no essential changes on the long
front.
But Berlin said Russian Crimean
armies still were attacking savage
ly on the tiny Axis peninsula foot
Continued on Page Six; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
HOWARD is GIVEN
TRANSPORTATION
Man Had Been Charged
With Helping Men Stay
Out OF Army

After entering plea of not
guilty to charges of counselling
and aiding a prospective soldier
in "staying out of the army,
John B. Howard, of Sunset Park
and Winston-Salem was ploced on
years probation in u. S. Dis
trict Court here during the after
noon session yesterday.
Howard, who had just come
down from the witness stand when
the noon recess was called, de-
MED his guilt, although Martin
O'Donnell, special agent of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
had previously presented state
ment reputedly signed by Howard
at the time of his apprehension,
in which Howard allegedly ad-
mitted the sale of adrenalin to
Ossie Strickland.
Police Officer J. R. Sellers who
was the first to take the stand, said
that he had arrested Howard at
Strickland's home in January,
1914, the night before Strickland
was to report for pre-induction
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26

This doesn't show in the Navy
records, which are confined to the
account of the man as member
of the Navy and what he did in
battle. What he did is told in this
citation accompanying the Medal
of Honor, signed by President
Roosevelt:
For extraordinary heroism and
conspicuous valor above and be-
You'd the call of duty while serv-
ing aboard a landing ship. tank.
during the assault on Lac. New
Guinea September 4, 1943. AS the
ship on which Hutchins was sta
toned approached the enemy &C.
cupied beach under vertiable hail
Of fire from Japanese shore bat
Continued on Page Ten: Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
GERMANS INSPECT
ATLANTIC WALL

LONDON, April 25.- Up Adolf
Hitler was reported giving his At
lantic Walp' defenses an eleventh
hour inspection tonight in prepara-
tion for the Allied. invasion, and
his sub-Fuehrer in Denmark moved
swiftly to crush rising sabotage
which might provide the Allies with
a crumbling breach in these de-
lenses. :,
Werner Best, Hitler's special
deputy in Denmark, threatened
wholesale execution Of imprisoned
saboteurs unless underground ac-
tivities are curbed. He added that
the Germans would "attack swift
" and sternly'' and show no mer-
cy toward saboteurs and others act
ING against German interest. ne
indicated they would be summary
shot.
This warning came just one day
after the virtual isolation of Den
mark in another move to get the
Nazi house in order for the IN
vasion. Communication and travel
between Denmark and sweden
were ended, and the FESTIVE little
nation was in effect under a block
ade. III.
Selected aides accompanied Hit
Ter on his inspection of the Attain
tic Wall" according to report re-
ceived here through a raliable con-
nection with the continental un-
derground, including Admiral Karl
Doenitz, supreme commander OF
the German navy, Gen. Gsenther
Korten. chief of staff Of the Ger
man air force, and Professor
Tam, inventor of the anti-airer att
towers which feature the anti-in-
vasion defenses.
The German strength ready to
battle the Allied invasion is esti-
mated at between 81 and go divi-
sions, with little change since re-
cent swift shift from the eastern
front.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
Big Chicago
Firm Defies
White House
II s. MAY SEIZE PLANT
Montgomery-Ward Refuses
II Extend Expired Con-
tract With Union

r,cHrNGTON, April 25- Up -
,,.n+oomery Ward and company
.adav defied an order from Presi-
dent Roosevelt to resume full re-
,.+;ons with a union in its Chicago
nlan+ and told him seizure of its
nor+ies would be unconstitution-
q, The President, directing the big
.oH order company to extend an
wired labor contract with a CLIO
vnion nending determination of the
question whether the union still has
bargaining majority, had advis-
ID company officials that in the
obSance of that step Il shall take
Snch further action as the interests
If the nation require"
Some Taken Over
A number of war plants have
been taken over and operated by
tbe government after company and
worker disputes have reached an
impasse.
MONTGOMERY Ward, in response
ia The Presidents message, agreed
onIv to maintain wages, hours
and related terms of employment"
far the workers who had returned
e the Job today, ending at the
Presidents direction a strike be-
3un April u
Harold A. Smith, company at
fcrney. interpreted the message to
the President as refusal to comply
with his directions.
Passed on to F. D.
The telegram was received at
he White House at 800 pm. and
secretary said it had been pass
ed on to the President, still away
Oh vacation.
The company's announcement of
its position came in Chicago IS
minutes after the noon. Chicago
time. deadline set by the Presi-
dent for compliance.
The company spokesman who
gave out the message signed by
Sewell Avery. company chairman,
e Mr. Roosevelt, declined to say
whether it constituted direct
answer to the President. There
was no authoritative Interpretation
Of Just what ground the words
related terms of employment"
might cover.
Contract Illegal
But the company telegram argu-
ed that full restoration of condit-
ions under the old contract,
which expired last December,
would be in itself Illegal.
That contention centered on a
portion of the War Labor Boards
Nder in the case. which the com
pany interpreted as requiring it to
..au maintenance of union mem
bership before the election is
held" That, the. company said,
would not only violate the en-
Continued on Page Six; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
Massachusetts Voters
Favoring Fourth Term;
Pennsylvanians Vote
(By The Associated Press)

First returns from yesterdays
Massachusetts presidential pri-
mary gave delegates favoring a
fourth term for President Roose-
welt a better than three to one
lead over those pledged to the
'favorite SON. candidacy of form
er Governor Joseph B. Ely, an
administration opponent. 1t was
the first challenge to be made at
the ballot box on the fourth term
issue.
The president also was polling
surprising number of Republi-
can WRITTEN votes in Pennsylvan-
las preference primary, early
tabulations showing him second
choice behind Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, of New York, in addition
to running off with the states Y
democratic delegates by default.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
DR. And AUSSIE
MINISTER MEET

WASHINGTON, April 25.- Up -
me white House announced to-
aigl. that President Roosevelt had
entertained Prime Minister John
Curtin of Australia and President
elect Teodoro Picado of Costa Rlca
at luncheon at his vacation resi-
dence in the South.
The two official visitors to this
country were accompanied to that
luncheon by their wives. Mrs.
Roosevelt returned to Washington.
The first lady is entertaining the
Curtlns at White House dinner
tonight.
The White House announcement
said.
The President today received
me Ri. Hon. John Curtin, Prime
Minister Of Australia, and Mrs
curtin, while his excellency Senot
Picado and Sonora de Picado join
Ed the luncheon en- route from Cos
ia Rica.
Inc Prime Minister and Mrs
curtin, Senior Picado and Sonora
ue Plcado, and Mrs. Roosevelt
lave returned to Washington"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
American, Australian Bombers
Support Hollandia Offensive;
s. Unprecedented Raids Continue
|'Air INVASION
costs Revealed

LONDON, April Is In The II
day-old assault on Hitler's CONT
mental fortress, the worlds great
est sustained aerial bombardment,
has cost the American and Britons
2, 300 airmen.
1t has cost 373 planes valued at
approximately $4,000, 000.. Figur-
ing the value of the aircraft lost
and the value of the technical edu-
cations given the creWmen lost
with them, the offensive has cost
the Allies at least $500, 0OO,000
The cost sweeps beyond that into
staggering figures when the wages
of airmen and ground crews, the
value of bombs, ammunition and
gasoline are added, along with air
drome maintenance, aircraft re.
pairs and disqualification.
The Allied command considers
the cost-the plane loss is slightly
more than one per cent of the 80,
900 attacking aircraft of all types
"a reasonable price for the re-
suits obtained. More than 700 fight
ers of the enemy's precious front
line strength have been destroyed
and damage has been done tc
Axis air plants, fields, rail juno
lions and coastal Notifications
which may knock months off the
war.
Of the 1900 missing airmen mos
are believed to be prisoners of wal
and interned for the duration il
neutral Sweden and Switzerland
The Allied command estimates
Continued on Page Three; Col. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
High Explosive Bombs
Fall On English Coast

LONDON, Wednesday, April 26.-
CR-High explosive bombs blast
ed two areas on the coast of
southern England during a raid by
German planes shortly after mid
night.
The London area had a brief
alert, but the all-clear sounded
without a report of any special
incident. Ground defenses in one
area on the outskirts of the CAPT.
tai fired few salvos and several
burts of gunfire were heard from
the area south of the Thames.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
ESQ Planes Per Week
Being Sent Soviets,
Crowley Discloses

WASHINGTON, April 25.-(R)-
Nearly $50 planes, more than 23O
tanks and 1000 other military mo-
tor vehicles a week were sent ov-
erseas to Allied nations during
January and February under the
lend-lease program, Leo T. Crow
ley, Foreign Economic Admins
traitor, reported today.
Crowley credited tens of thou
sands of lend-lease trucks with
playing a vital role in the Soviet
Westward drive in the Ukraine md
the Crimea.
Furthermore, Soviet produced
tanks were augmented in the Of
fensive drives by lend-lease Gen
eral Shermans, Crowley added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
DOUBLE EDGED DRIVE
Solitary Nip Plane Only Air
Defense Tokyo Gives
Her Garrisons
BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor

American and Australian fight
ers and bombers roaring off from
the Japanese-built Tadji air strips
are supporting the double-edged
American infantry drive closing
in through the Dutch New Guinea
mountains on Hollandia's three air.
dromes, Gen. Douglas Macarthur
announced today.
A solitary Japanese plane, strik-
ing on the third day of the three
fold invasion, was the only air
defense Tokyo gave her Hollandia
garrisons. No Nipponese air oppo-
sition was reported $50 miles down
the coast in the Aitape sector
where Macarthur said all enemy
troops had been cleared from
around the Tadji airfield.
On Either Flank
Allied bombers ranged on either
flank of the New Guinea fight
ing, blasting enemy airfields and
installations from the big Mano-
kwari base 500 miles northwest of
Hollandia to Madang. northeast
New Guinea, toward which Aus
tralian troops have been pushing
slowly.
Other Allied successes were re-
ported in the Central Pacific, In
dia and Burma. Only in China were
Japan's imperial armies success
full. Chungking made no mention
of the Honan province town CT
Chengshien, which was believed to
have fallen. The japanese pushed
a two-pronged offensive 40 miles
to the west and southwest.
Marshalls Raided
A Pearl Harbor navy release
late yesterday told of aerial raids
Sunday on Japanese bases IN the
Marshalls and Carolines. Taongi
atoll, northernmost Marshall is
land from which the Nipponese
probably sprang their early war
attack on Wake, was among the
targets. Ponape was hit in the
es seized Ujelang atol in their
Carolines.
Central Pacific amphioious forc-
deepest permanent penetration OF
Japan's Inundated islands. Feeble
enemy resistance was overWnelfn-
ed in a two-day invasion last week.
end. Adm. Chester w. Nimitz an
nounced yesterday.
Westernmost Isle
Uielang is the westernmost OF
the Marshall islands and the tWen-
ty second of the Japanese Man
dated islands to come under AM
erican military rule. 1t lies lou
miles southwest of Eniwetok, form
err spearhead of the seaporne
seizure brings United States forces
| 100 miles closer to the stronghold
of Truk and $50 nearer to Ponape,
Truk's major eastern outpost, both
! Of which were already within
bomber range.
Sixteen hundred miles to the
southwest Dutch authorities restor-
ed civil rule in the Hollandia area
of New Guinea even as Amerl-
can troops slogged over muddy
mountain roads closing nutcrack-
err on three japanese airdromes.
In India English and Indian
troops captured Kanglatongbi viii
lage, % miles north OF lmphal'
S as they began smashing Nipponese
roadblocks on the 60-mile highway
linking the Allied bases OF I'M
: phal and Kohima. Another road
= running northeast from 1mphal to
Ukhrul near the Burma border was
cleared of japanese.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
New Electric Irons
Should Be In Stores
By August, WPB Says

WASHINGTON, April 25.-lR-
New electric irons should be
reaching shelves of retail stores
by August, War Production Board
sources estimated today.
WPB has authorized production
of 100000 0irons for civilians in
1914, about half the annual pre-war
production.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
YMCA Swimming Pool
Is Used D ally By
Military Personnel

The swimming pool at Whining
toms Y.M.C.A. is being used every
morning except Sunday by military
personnel for an intensive course
Secretary ]. B. Huntington said
Tuesday.
The soldiers, members of the
Combat Team stationed near Caro-
lima Beach are receiving instruction
from Vincent Geisler, highly
skilled instructor who is also 4
member of the unit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
Civic Groups Are Told
OF Extension Proposal

In the third of three meetings held yesterday by civic
organizations the City Planning Boards proposal for
tension of the city limits, the Junior Chamber of Com
last night voted unanimous approval of the plan
Earlier in the day the proposal presented to the Rotary
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston S, Washington 4.
Philadelphia 8, New York 4.
Detroit at Chicago tpostponed)
st. Louis-Cleveland mot scheo-
uled).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-26
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati 10, st. Louis 3.
Philadelphia 4, News York 3.
Brooklyn II, Boston 3.
Chicago at Pittsburgh postpon
e0.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-09
Chignik Resident
 Dies At Hospital

Ivar WalIin, 70, passed away at the Griffin Memorial hospital at 8:15 am Saturday after being brought to Kodiak the day be- fore from Chignik. Cerebral en- bolus was the cause of his death.
 The deceased was an employe of the Pacifc-American Fisheries at Chignik. He was born Sept 29, 1874 in Sweden, and received his naturalization papers in 1906 in King County, Washington.
 He is survived by his wife, Clara, and one son, George, acc ording to the death certificate filed this week.