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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-18
Alabama Officer Named
AS 10th Airforce Head

HONOLULU, Oct. 17.-WD-Maj.
Gen. James Parker of Admission,
Ala. has been named commander
Of the u. S. goth Air Force, whose
Superfortresses still are patrolling
the Pacific, it was announced to-
day.
Parker, former commander OF
Army Air Forces in the middle
Pacific, replaced 1t. Gen. Nathan
F. Twining. Brig. Ten. Edwin B.
Lyon of Las Cruces, N. M. assum-
ed Parker's former post.
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CABINET FACING
GENERAL STRIKE
Continued from Page One)

commerce employees, construction
workers, walters, telephone EN-
ployes and meat handlers.
i Confederation leaders said tn e
nationwide strike was called to pro-
test against "any government %
oligarchs'' and against the delivery
of the government to the Supreme
Court as has been demanded by
the conservative element in Argen-
tine.
There was evidence, however,
that not all of labor was behind
the strike call.
i Leaders of the textile union pro-
tested against the demonstrations
of the Peron followers and charged
they had forced workers "by
threats backed by firearms to
leave their work.
The Buenos Aires Topographic
al Union also asked its members
to ignore the general strike call
which it said emanated from
''Nazi-Fascist reactionaries." Other
independent union leaders also ex-
pressed disapproval.
Confederation leaders said t h e
strikers would stage mass parade
and demonstration in Buenos Aires
tomorrow.
Only two days ago the Confedera.
ton had called for the routing out
of the Nazi-Facist influence in the
government, but it appeared the
delay in forming the new cabinet
had given Peron followers time to
organize demonstrations in his fav-
or and to swing over majority of
the executive committee Of the
Confederation.
Furthermore, those named to the
new cabinet are either outright
Conservatives or members of the
Centrist party. Labor has express
ed concern that any new govern
ment might cancel the gains in
wages and working hours granted
by Peron during his is months
in power.
The new cabinet was formed by
Attorney General Alvarez who will
be Minister of Interior charged with
maintaining order. Isidoro Ruiz
Morend was named Foreign Mini
ster.
Finance Minister is Alberto Hue
mundo Sustaita, Minister of Aero
nautics; Jorge Figuero Alcorta,
Minister of Justice and Public Edu-
cation; Tomas Amadeo, Minister
OF Agriculture; Juan Fentanes,
Minister of Labor and Social We'll
fare; Antonio Vaquer, Minister of
Public Works; 1t. Col. Marine,
Minister of Industry and Com
merce.
Gen. Eduardo Avalos, who re-
placed Peron as Minister of War.
retains his cabinet post, as does
Navy Minister Admiral Hector
Vernengo Lima.
One demonstration today was
staged in front OF government house
where crowd of some $4,000 de-
manded that the government free
Peron." Previously Avalos had
announced Peron was in protective
custody.
Avalos appeared before the crowd
but was prevented from speaking
for 20 minutes. The War Minister
finally signed what the crowd
thought was an order freeing the
former "strong man of Argentine"
and the demonstrators dispersed.
Actually Avalos had signed
permit to allow six of Peron's
followers to visit the former War
Munster at military hospital
where ne was reported resting"
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WILL SELL PLANTATION

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 17-W1-
Colleen Moore, movie star of the
silent films, today offered for sale
her 945-acre plantation near here
including the 100000 home anti.
que furniture, swimming pool.
guest house, and all other improve.
ments.
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KIWANIANS HEAR
NEWSPAPER STORY

Predicting that peacetlme re
porting of international, national
state and local events will be con
veyed in simple, or layman
language, Kiwanian Henry Il
Emory, told his fellow club mem
bers at their noon luncheon meet
ing at the Friendly Cafeteria yes
terday that such a trend had beer
brought about during the war
recently closed. Kiwanian Emory
spoke on behalf of Kiwanis Inter
nationals observance of News
paper Week.
For over 10 years, a member Of
the Fourth Estate, the speaker
Housing Authority of the City Of
Wilmington, pointed out at the out
set of his address, that the pro
fession generally regards war as
the biggest news Of all, for II
brings news that can be presented
as news as it happens from day te
day-news that needs no building
up, but sometimes toning down.
The trend, the speaker said, to-
ward humanizing of the news per-
haps had its beginning during
World War II, in that the late
Ernie Pyle held to that style OF
reporting right up to the, time OF
his tragic death on a little island
off Okinawa.
Tracing the history Of the Amer
lean newspaper, the speaker said
that it's progress has strikingly
paralleled the general economic
social and political progress of the
nation as a whole, and that, sec.
ond, some of the most notable
gains have been chalked up dur.
ing the war. This feature has been
made apparent, he said, partly
cause increased revenues
through advertising has made it
possible for newspapers to develop
and support great press assocla-
tons, engage and pay special cor
respondents and to pay heavy
cable and telegraph tolls for the
rapid transmission of news from
both abroad and at home.
Looking to the future, the speak
err said that the pe-ils confronting
the American newspaper are by
no means small. Only in the So
called English speaking nations is
there such a thing as free press
today and even here, pressure is
ever present, both from left, right
and center.
In conclusion, Mr.. Emory cited
some facts and figures showing
the voluntary contribution of the
newspapers Of America to the war
effort.
The speaker was introduced by
Kiwanian John E. Hope, who at
Mr.. Emory's request, elaborated
somewhat on the address of the
day by pointing out that through
out the war, newspapers of Amer
lea had operated under a code of
voluntary censorship; had checked
each story which might have pro-
vided information to the enemy
with the Sixth Naval District
headquarters at Charleston, al
though at times such stories had
to be held up as much as 10 days
to two weeks before publication.
In fact, he said, newspaper CO.
operation with the government was
complete in every way.
President Emory Switzerland
presided over the meeting and
during the short business session,
the membership was notified that
members of the board of directors
and chairmen would meet at the
home Of Aaron Goldberg at 8
o'clock and adopted motion that
the club endorse the proposal of
the American Legion to have the
Fort Fisher hospital turned over
to the Veterans Administration for
the disqualification OF veterans Of
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Philippine President
Resting In Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Oct. II,
-W.D-President Sergio Osmena of
tn Philippines is resting at Ponte
Vedra Beach near here, it was re-
vealed today. -
Osmena was said to be still suf-
fering from the effects of an op-
Grafton he underwent last Janu-
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Crosby Rolls 'Em-And Crash.

The deatn-de1yng car Follower "jaop no
Tor the driver will
ne toght at 845 American Legion
aac ofery DGsenan when Buddy Wagner the
h a.; Dfv rated the nations No. automobile thrill
oaM s Lucky will send speeding machine
Coast W was recently from the United
good weabe and the raceck
crowd amming the grandstand to see the Hell
ana crash automobiles and motorcycles "'.
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W.T. employees HERE
RECEIVE BOOST
IN WAGES SCALE
Continued from Page One)

(COntinued from Fage OneJ
The average increase for this
ero,,n would be 81 cents hourly.
The average increase spread
over all the employees in the COM
n.nv would amount to Ia cents.
Approximately S,4oo messengers
receive less than SIS cents an hour.
Increases averaging about 8 cents
hourly would be necessary to raise
foot and bicycle messengers to As
cents an hour.
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airy, and repeatedly had ga little
fever" today. He is expected to
visit Washington before returning
to the Philippines.
His party includes several Philip
pine officials and his personal
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-18

The flower which has the nick
name "dog-toothed violet is not
a violet, but lily.
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A recruit in the State Depart
ment's foreign service is on pro-
baton for his first two years. He
earns $500 to So, 400 a year.
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Some rays of visible sunlight
havAi -Wave-lengths of only one
fifty-thousandths of an inch.
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WEATHER
Continued from Page One,

WASHINGTON, Oct. lip vo,,.
bureau report of temperature and ea ,.ie
fall for the "a hours ending nm il! ans ~
principal cotton growing srnas ~ me
o1sexuharn. @l-oo and
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-01
Casualties Rise In Bombay Riots

BOMBAY, Oct. 1-(P)-Twen- ty-eight persons were stabbed or assaulted in Bombay's riot area Sunday, raising the casualties of the week-long Hindu-Moslem dis turbances to twenty eight killed and one hundred forty-three in- jured.
 The violence spread to new dis tricts. British troops will join the Indian troops and police guarding the riot area.
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SOMMERS CONSTRUCTION co. CLOSE OFFICES HERE

The R. J. Sommers Construc- ton Go. have completed their op- erations here and closed their of fices on Saturday. Most of the regular employees left for Juneau via the Alaska Airlines yesterday. Gordon Wildes went as far as Unalakleet where he will remain few days before going on to Juneau.
 A. T. Thorendal, company ac- countant will be at the Whaley House to complete minor business details.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-01
ONTO WILSON SCOTT RECEIVES NAVY DISCHARGE

MT. and Mrs. T. Scott have re- ceived word from their son Ord nanceman First Class Wilson Scott, that he has received his discharge from the Navy at Bremerton, Wash, after serving at Pearl Har- Dor. While in service he married a southern girl who is waiting for him at her home in Norfolk, Va.
 The younger son of MT. and Mrs. Scott, It. Robert Scott, is with the Air Force in Japan.
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MRS. AMY KRABLER TO VISIT IN OREGON

Mrs. Amy Krabler, who has been matron at the school at White Mountain, has left for the States to visit in Oregon. She has been visiting in Anchorage with her daughter, Mrs. Glen Smith, since her recent illness.
 Glen Smith, with the Mainten- ance Department of the C.A.A., has been assigned to Fort Yukon for the next two months.
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SON BORN IN FAIRBANKS TO RICHARD WEBS

Word has been received from Fairbanks that MT. and Mrs. Rich ard Webb are the parents of a new son, named Jack Burrell, who was born Friday, and weighed in at eight pounds. MT. Webb is local manager for the Wien Airlines.
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Navy To Honor Dead At Sea

The Navy plans to honor men of all services who died at sea by scattering flowers upon the wa ters Sunday, October 2l. Among the ports to which flowers will be sent will be Seattle, Anchorage, Dutch Harbor, and Honolulu.
 The flowers will be taken to sea and scattered after dockside ceremonies.
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CITY POLICE
 APPREHEND ROBBER

Chief of Police w. w. Laws, arrested Tommy Upickson on sus- picion last Saturday night, pick ing him up while drunk. Upon be- ing searched several items were found on him. Items from Polet's Store, including two watches with the price tags still on them. He later confessed to the chief that he was responsible for the robbery and the attempted robbery at Po- let's Store, and also for the sec ond robbery of the Glue Pot. He is being held in the Federal jail.
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SELECTIVE SERVICE HEAD IN NOME FOR FEW DAYS

MT. John Mccormick, Alaskan head of the Selective Service, and his assistant Miss Rebecca Katz, are in Nome for a few days to meet with the local board about the many changes involved in reg ulationS.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-01
Telephone Service To Netherlands Resumed

NEW YORK, Oct. l-tP)-Ra- diophone service between the United States and the Netherlands will be resumed tomorrow the American Telephone and Tele- graph announced.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-01

Two thousand Coast Guards men from the New York area are manning transports converted from the transatlantic merchant fleet.
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JERRY LOMEN RECEIVES DISCHARGE FROM AIRFORCE

Jerry Lomen, after three years of service has received his hon. orable discharge. Jerry is the son of MT. and Mrs. Ralph Lomen, and as member of the Air Force was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific and American defense ribbons.
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Harry-What does a bank cash fer do?
 Jerry-That would be telling!
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-07
Canadian War Production
May Depend On British,
U. S. Plans, Officer Says

OTTAWA, March 6-(P)-A NUM-
tons department spokesman SAID
today reduction in Canada's war
production after the collapse OF
Germany might vary from cuts
made in United States and United
Kingdom programs.
Reconstruction Minister Howe
said at a press conference yester-
day h a t Canada's production
would be cut back IS per cent In
the interval between the defeat OF
Germany and the end of the war
with Japan. This reduction was IN
line with what was expected IN
United States and the United King
dom, he added.
Today, a departmental official
said differences in the emphasis OF
the Canadian and American pro-
grams might result in considerable
variations in the program changes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-07
LONE SUPERFORT
B0MBARDS TOKYO

WASHINGTON, March 6.-(UP)
Single American Superfortresses
last night bombed Tokyo and
Wakayama, the Osaka-Kobe reg
ion and the vicinity of Nagoya,
all on the home island of Honshu,
the Tokyo radio reported today.
The broadcast, reported by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion, said lone B-29 came over
Tokyo about p. m. and dropped
a ''few bombs which caused no
losses. The other areas were hit
for about 40 minutes but only
slight damage was said to have
been caused.
The last major raid on Tokyo
was on March 4 when large
force of the 21st Air Force Super
forts, flying from Mariana bases,
hit industrial targets.
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AIR BASE MEMBER
WINS SILVER STAR

The Silver Star, highest military
award ever presented to a mem
Der of the armed forces at the
Army Air Base, Bluethenthal
Field, was given to T-Sgt. Kenneth
P. yesterday yesterday by Col. j.
C. Shively, commanding officer,
in a ceremony at base headquar-
tiers.
Sgt. yesterday, now radio OPP
orator at the Air Base, received
the award for gallantry in action
while serving with the 344th Bonn
bardment Squadron, 98th Bonn
bardment Group, as radio opera
tor-gunner during an American
B-24 attack on an enemy airdrome
in Italy.
He was hit in the knee by shell
fra gment during a bombing run
through heavy, accurate antlalr-
craft fire, but, although seriously
wounded, he continued to repair
damaged waist gun and return
ed to his station. He then helped
beat off an attack by fifteen en-
envy aircraft for thirty minutes
after leaving the target, and re-
fused medical attention until his
airplane and fellow crew men,
bers were safe.
AS expressed in the citation re-
ceived from Headquarters, 18th
Air Force, "Sgt. yesterday, by
his steadfast devotion to duty in
spite of his wound, and his cour-
age and skill under fire, together
with his splendid combat record
of over fifty missions, has re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-07
MRS. MORTON GETS
RED CROSS POST

Rapidly nearing completion of
preliminary work in Its effort IN
raise $88, 900, the Wilmington Red
cross War Fund campaign head
9 u a r t s announcerd yesterday
that Mrs. Julian w. Morton will at
as chairman of the New Hanover
county division.
Assisting Mrs. Morton are Mrs
=. A. Stands, Audubon; Mrs. D. c
North, Brookwood; Mrs. George A
Applewhite, Carolina and Kures
beaches; Mrs. A. Ludeke, Castle
Hayne; Mrs. Leo Sykes, Chestnut
Heights; Mrs. G. B. Phillips
Colonial Heights; Mrs. Winder
hughes, Country Club Pines; Mrs
Z: +. Jones, East Wilmington road:
MRS. Harry Solomon, Forest Hills;
WIS. William Head, Greenville
Sound; Mrs. Rufus LeGrand
Masonboro Sound; Mrs. G. Colucci
Harbor Island, assisted by Mrs. e.
M. shepherd; Mrs. Ralph w. Smith.
henwood avenue; Mrs. P. R.
Mason, Middle Sound; Mrs. M. S.
Emmart, Myrtle Grove; Mrs
Harry 'Stovall, Oleander: Mrs. j.
M. johnson and Mrs. G. D. Moore
Oleander Court apartments; Mrs
W. H. Land, Princess Place; Mrs
Cecil t. Lewis, Sunset Park; Mrs.
W. F. King, Winter Park, Piney
Woods and Pine Grove; Mrs. B. M.
Washburn, Wood Crest and Glen
Arden; M ISIS Madeline Trask,
Wrightsboro; Mrs. J. E. Canady,
north end Of Wrightsville Beach;
Mrs. j. r. Robinson and Mrs. En-.
mis- Robinson, south end of Wrights-
vile Beach; and Mrs. Haskell
Rhett, Wrightsville Sound, Seagate
and Bradleys Creek.
officials said that the above
named women are to organize their
own committees as soon as DOS.
sible and report to Mrs. Morton
when they are ready to begin
solicitation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-07
CICARET MARKET
CASE BOUND OVER


Three Negroes, who allegedly
took six cases of cigarets from an
Overnite Transportation Co., van
parked at the foot of Parsley street
IN the Brooklyn section, waived
examination yesterday in Recor-
der's court on charges of breaking
and entering and larceny and re-
ceiving, and were bound over to
Superior court in default of 81, 900
bond each.
The men, Edward Brown Samp-
son, 81, of 40 Nixon street, Tom
Simpson, "a, of 705 Harnett street,
and Joe Boiler, %, of 913 Murphy
alley, repeatedly sold the cigarets
by the carton to passerbys. Boiler
also waived examination on bur.
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ertnanRiuers Form Maze
OfNatural Defense Lines

advances. they offer noss;h,a
cross-country corridors. The broad
valley Of the Danube, for instance
is an old invasion route from +ho
southeast. The Isar and Inn val
legs are side roads leading from
the Danube to important centers of
Nazi life. Munich, birthplace Of
the Nazi movement, is situated m
the Isar. The Inn river VALLEY is a
natural path southwark through
the mountains to the Bremen Pass.
and Italy. In central Germany. the
Main winds generally westward to
meet the middle Rhine at Mainz
So far, Allied drives inside Ger
many have been directed against
the rivers of the north, where the
German capital and chief produc-
tive centers are found. Germany's
leading industrial areas lie along
or near the Rhine and Oder rivers.
The Ruhr concentration of mines
and factories, turning out iron and
steel, chemicals and synthetic oil,
covers a broad region straddling
the Ruhr river, a tributary of the
lower Rhine. The Saar district is
west of central sections of the big
river, but connected with it by
several streams. The Silesian area,
in the southeast corner of Ger
many lies on both sides of the
upper Oder. During the war, it
was developed as an arsenal rank
ing after the Ruhr in essential pro-
duction.
With this convenient location and
length, the Rhine and Oder were
especially valuable as traffic lanes
for Nazi shipping. Set along the
Rhine are such important river
ports and industrial centers as
Karlsruhe, Mainz, Cologne and Du-
isburg. In the adjacent Ruhr val
ley, Dortmund, Bochum, and Es-
sen are among leading heavy-in-
dustry names.
Along the Oder, similarly i'm
portant cities-Oppeln, Breslau,
Frankfurt and Kustrin-were aids
to Nazi power before the recent
Russian offensives in this regions.
The flat and rolling North Ger
man Plain, largely open country,
affords little in the way of natural
defense, except the Ems, Weser,
and Elbe rivers, all flowing into
the North Sea, west of the Danish
peninsula. Only the Oder has Bal
tic Sea outlet, at Stettin.
On the North Sea coast of Ger
many are the nations leading sea-
ports, Hamburg on the Elbe, and
Bremen on the Weser. Less-signi-
ficant Emden lies near the estuary
of the Ems, with the big naval
base of Wilhelmshaven not far
away. The Kiel Canal cuts across
the Danish-German peninsula to
the northeast, with the Kiel base
at it's terminus All of these sea-
ports, like the chief river ports of
Germany, long have been under
heavy bombing attacks. b
Berlin itself is both an over
load and water-transport center.
One hundred miles from the Bal
tic, it is on the Spree river, near
the streams junction with the Ha-
vel, which in turn flows into the
Elbe.
Reaching Berlin, as well as
many other leading industrial CT
ties, the Midland Canal, opened in
1888, unites vast network of Ger
man rivers by cross-country
channel. This and other canals
link the Rhine and the Oder.
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The Allied Task:
., The National Geographic
~ Society

4,,oan the Allied forces on the
pew rn and Eastern Fronts, Ger
Nes or,s arge and small rivers
n.q mead 2 formidable network OF
sspot,1ral fortresses.
na rorn7a7y is one of the best-wa-
..ead Of the worlds big countries.
leie neaceti,ne its long rivers, to-
III Aor with innumerable branches
2e.'t axtenslve canal systems, car
saa ~ one.fifth of the country's traf-
!leO When the war came, the Nazl
~, .ornrnent ordered still more wa
g. horne transport to relieve rail-
W. ars especially in the shipping OF
N,aso5nti+ies Of army materials. To-
g qua the Reich's intricate water
Jay, resembling on the map a
S ;ant cobweb, serve to hold up
f nd entangle, al least temporarily,
A.. S,, Allied advancing forces.
IN fine rewinning of Europe, an
.,nnortant part already has been
liayed bv even minor rivers,
!p tss names are found only on
,.roe.scale maps. Deeper penetra-
.inn of the Rhineland, for example
n,bicb had been slowed up under
.he threat of Nazi-controlled wa
lore +,s of the Roer, finally was made
nossible when the Yanks captured
.be Roer river dam southeast of
ascben. T. was not achieved, how
over before the Germans had loos-
ID flood downstream by blowing
IN the dam gates. On the Eastern
Front lately, such sub-defense
lines as the Bober and Neisse riv-
ars have been prominent in the
news.
In vet uninvaded territory, the
Allies sometimes have turned Ger
many's own rivers against her.
This happened dramatically in
1q43 and "A, when Raj. flyers
bombed the Elder, Moline, and
Rbur river tributaries, causing
floods that devastated vital indus
trial and farming areas.
The major rivers of Germany
are the Rhine, Elbe, Oder, Weser,
and Ems, flowing northward TO
the North and Baltic Seas; and
the Main, Danube, 1sar, and Inn
rivers crossing inland central and
southern regions.
The Rhine extends for more than
800 miles from Switzerland to Rot
terdam in the Netherlands. The Ell
be is more than 720 miles long
from its source inside Bohemia.
The Oder is about $50 miles; the
Weser $50, and the Ems 200. In
southern Germany, the German
part of the Danube is about 100
miles long; its tributaries, the 1sar
and Inn, about 220 and 800 miles
The Main is 302 miles.
Many more rivers now separate
Berlin from the Western than from
the Eastern Front. Reading the
map from west to east, the Rhine,
Ems, Weser, and Elbe are rough
ly parallel obstacles facing Amer
lean, British and Canadian forces.
In the east. the Oder was the only
major river inside Germany prop
er that barred movement toward
the Nazi capital. Newcleared in
many places by the Russians, it
is only little more than 30 miles
northeast Of Berlin, at it's nearest
point. The rivers of central and
southern Germany present the
strategist with entirely different
problems. Instead Of
parallel barriers against east-west