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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-28

The War '
BY KIRkE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War ,n.,

" iieSS war Analyst
Russian armies of sean,;..'.
limitless power and mob;It1 ~
knocking at the very gates ~ T D
lin as the third week Of Tho r. os''
in-Moscow victory offensive [ oaa;
ed. 'seH
By Nazi admission, s.eaI..t,.,
Red Army advance elemen, ''' s
curled around both sides Of doa -'a'
ed Poznan to points on the B~s Y,.S
enburg border less than l0o no ~'-a
from the bomb blasted Naz c.a'
tai. Southwark, above and ba IS
the Breslau fortress civ ON , Nv
Oder, there was every .ndjcasas
that last moated barrier gvardiv o.
the Sllesian gateway 10 north rog
trail Germany had been puncrr.,
on a front more than 100 mi..
wide. e'
Hundreds of miles in rear a. D.
broadly blunt Breslau-Pozrar n,.' ''
Salient whole Nazi armies ws,,
trapped in all but lost East pr''
STA to the north, or Caught in ~.
squeeze of Red Army tbur,,
screw bearing down on the Slo..y
ian bulge in the south.
The harrassed foe could "a,
look westward without appreso,.
sion that at any moment a mas
sive new Allied attack would bres,
upon his thinned-out defense line,
behind the Roer, the Mas and ,bs
Dutch Rhine. The last strateg.
cally-useless strip of the Belgjsr
bulge was being wiped out.
To match that, British and
American armies had cleared -hs
whole 40-mile-long west bank Of
Roer from Duren to its confluerca
with the Mas to poise an omn
GUS new threat at the Cologrs
plain. They found powerful de-
fensive works abandoned wi,bm
a fight as they made the last surge
Allied staff spokesman were At
a less to explain German failure
to fight, even delaying action
west of the river to impede deve.
opment of major attack on lie
Roer-Maas front which Berlin com.
mentators have said is being mar,
shalled by Eisenhower. Coupled
with disclosure of the relahveY
feeble nature of the German thus.
into Alsace in the Karlsruhe cor.
ner, promptly bounced back by
American Seventh Army counter
attacks, that retreat behind the
Roer could be significant.
1t might mean that under the
urgent demand for reinforcemens
in the east to stem the Russian
tide, orders for retirement behind
the Rhine itself for a last sand h
the west have gone out
The Rhine offers the only short.
line powerful natural barrier
available in the west. Forted tip in
the ruins of the stonebuilt cities
and towns that lie along its eat
bank, even Secondarytroops Or /
peoples army units stiffened Hl
relatively few first-line veta18
could make Allied attempts 10
cross it costly and slow. Thu !
would release, too, much of wha,
is left of German armOr as well
as shock divisions for use against
the far moreimmediately danger
Gus Russian thrusts.
1t may prove premature 10 look
for a German retreat behind the
Rhine, but there seems no other
way in which sufficient numbers
OF seasoned veterans suitable iN
maneuver warfare could be co1
centrated in time for use in the
east. Troops in Italy or in the
Danube theater below Vienna are
too far away to count upon.
For at the pace the Russians
were still moving as this thru
week of their great offensive o1
ened, they could be in Berlin III
another SeNan dauS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-28
TIRE SALES BANNtD

BUENOS AIRES, Jan m
The government issued a ~ 1,
today prohibiting sale OIL ' .lo cs;
tubes to private autonopIls. .:
ers, including public en,pl l.r,,..
an effort to conserve AIs'" .t-.
depleted rubber stocks Tor e
services.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-28
TOP o'MORNING

When Ben's master died, they told Ben
that he had gone to heaven Ben shook his
head: II fraid Massa no 90 there" But
WHY. Benz" Zoos when Massa go North
or 20 on a journey to the Springs, he talk
about it q long time, and get ready. never
heard him talk about going to heaven;
never see him get ready to 60 there"
"The Lamp"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-28
TRAFFIC REDUCED

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Jan
27.-UP)- Automobile traffic ir
St. Petersburg slackened notice
able today, after OPA officials
announced that license numbers
Of out-of-state motorists would be
sent to their home ration boards
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-28

Save your stockings for glamor
occasions. Use inexpensive sports
socks or go barelegged when do
ing your homework
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-28
Coast Guard Auxiliary

During the height of the national emery
ency when the enemy's threat to the coasta
United States was very real and great, it was
imperative that watch of our shores be es
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28

Cobalt blue, made of an oxide
Of cobalt metal, il the most ex.
pensive color on most artist nal
cites.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28

ling any period of her pregnancy,
|he said. Matthews further ex-
planned that the care is given
whether the father has been pro
noted, is a prisoner of war, or is
listed as missing in action, or
dead.
State health departments who
administer this program are now
accepting applications for care
from eligible wives. No applicant,
he explained, will be considered
whose husband has been dishonor-
ably discharged.
Upon acceptance of an appIca
ton, care is provided for the wife
through the prenatal period and
for the baby until its first birthday
regardless Of any change in the
status Of the mother and father,
the program provides.
Applications for care may be
received from physicians accept
ing cases or from local or state
health departments. All inquiries
here should be addressed to the
State Health Department, Raleigh,
Matthews explained.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
UNIONS THREATEN
TWO BIG STRIKES
Continued from Page One)


Bell System companies using W.
E. equipment. So
Joseph A. Beirne, pre- ident Of
the telephone WorkErs-.sxaid his
group would support the, w. e.
strike. Western Electric spokes'
men,, however, said the company
always welcome a resumption OF
negotiations in the hope Of reach
ing an accord" The union has
rejected a company offer Of a IS
per cent wage increase. II
In Detroit. the General Motors
announcement that it would be
represented at the faet-finding
board hearing, which resumes to-
day, did not state whether or not
the company would continue its
participation in the government
study.
The giant corporation said it
would issue a formal statement at
the hearing regarding it's position
with respect to further proceed
ings of the board"
The Presidents board, which has
no statutory authority, was named
to inquire into. the strike which
has idled $4,000 workers for more
than a month in support OF the C1O
United Auto Workers demand for
a 80 per cent wage rate increase.
During preliminary hearings, the
board-which had been offered the
cooperation Of both GIN and the
union-issued statement which
said in part that its policy would
be that profits are relevant in a
dispute over wage increases. GIN
has objected to examination Of its
prices and profits by the board.
Including the GIN walkout. the
nations total of workers idle be.
cause of labor disputes was ap.
proximately 386, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28

RESCUE WORKERS
RED0UBLE EFFORT
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sibility persisted that continuing
fires might Illustrate all rescue ef-
forts and compel the sealing Of
the mine-with the bodies in it.
So far, the rescuers had extinguish-
ed II fires and billowing, sticky
brown smoke heralded more fires,
farther ahead. Late this afternoon,
the rescuers still were only little
more than half way toward the end
Of the long, sloping tunnel.
Only few of the bent women and
shallow-faced children maintain
ing sorrowful vigil around the tip
Pile chung to the thin hope that
events would prove they were not
newly made widows and orphans.
Tears coursed down the cheeks OF
Mrs. Anna Mae Balm as she said:
"Jim will come out alive. He
simply has got to do that for me
and his children"
She is the wife Of miner James
Balm, the step-mother Of his five
children.
Elias Elliot, 80, so recently dis
charged from the Army he still
wore his uniform. said: What can
we do but hope?" His brother-in-
law was one of the entombed.
Every inch of forward progress
revealed the force of the explo-
sion and minimized the possibility
that any of the men survived it.
The ventilating and electric power
systems were wrecked. A series Of
intense fires smouldered in the
veins of unmined coal. Snoring
was splintered and tons Of rock and
slate were dumped into the tunnel.
Water released from scores of sub
terranean springs accumulated in
pools through which the rescuers
waded to their knees. The tunnel
walls at some points were so hot
they blistered the hand on touch,
but the water was ice cold.
The air was foul, ladened with
smoke and carbon monoxide. All
rescue workers, laboring in crews
of 20, had to wear masks. Air
pipes were extended as they pro-
crossed. but the kissing streams
through them from the
surface. did pathetically little.
Floyd Rhodes, one of the work
ers, expressed the most discourag-
ing fact.
TITS obvious that we haven't yet
reached the center point of the
he said.
w. E. Lewis, operator Of the
mine, said chose men know every
inch of the mine and how to barri-
cade themselves off against gas
that is if the explosion didn't get
them" ..
The mine is at Four Mile, four
miles from here. The Pineville
church people were keeping big
pots of coffee boiling over camp
fires around the tipple for the res
cue workerS and for the women
and children of the entombed.
Loads of sandwiches were periodi-
cally sent from Pineville kitchens
10 the scene.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
BRITISH THROW
MOOSE OVER JAVA
Continued from Page One)

sibility for disarmlng and repatriat-
ing the Japanese, and rescuing
European and Eurasian prisoners
and internees.
My troops" he said, have suf-
fered daily casualties at the hands
of terrorist and extremist organi-
cations. These people have COM
mitted the most horrible outrages.
II had hopes conditions might
improve, but they haven't. I am
compelled to take more active
measures to insure order. I call
on Indonesian leaders to cooperate
and to make available, if possible,
such units of the Peace Preserva-
ton Corps as deem necessary"
Meanwhile, large-scale fighting
flared again at Bandoeng. In one
sector of Java's summer capital
British Mahratta troops in six
hours OF heavy house to house
fighting cleared an Extremist
training center. They found a well
organized defense system of trench
es, trip wires,' boobytraps, mines,
road blocks and Shippers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
Socony Plans s, 600! 900
Gallon Oil Plant Here
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still another is planned for Nor
folk, Va.
Four Socoly products-kerosene,
light heating fuel, and two grades
of gasoline-will be stored here.
Socony's tanker fleet, operating be-
tween Texas ports and the Allan.
tic coast, will service the new
terminal.
In confirming the company's
new construction program officials
also brought the news that Socony
is invading the southern states with
its own name-brand products,
which include Mobil gasoline. AT
present Socony does not distribute
its product under its own name
south of Pennsylvania.
'Conpletion of the Wilmington,
Norfolk, and Charleston facilities
will place Socony in position to
serve a large and growing area OF
the southeast Walker said.
The official said Wilmington was
selected because Of the excellent
port facilities and its proximity
to a distribution area of several
million population. He said Soc
ony's tanker fleet, already one of
the worlds largest, is being aug
mented with 5000, 000-gallon capa-
city carriers. These tankers. draw
inc % feet, will barely navigate
the Cape Fear with its present 80
foot channel depth and consider
able dredging will be necessary to
accommodate the new fleet.
With the Socony company's new
terminal the Wilmington areas oil
terminal capacity will be approx
mately $4,000, 900 gallons. The area
already has the largest combined
oil storage facilities in the south
east. outranking Norfolk, Charles.
ton, Savannah. and Jacksonville.
Fla. BY way of comparison, it was
pointed out that Morehead City,
for example. only has a 5000, 900.
gallon capacity.
In 194l, last normal year for oil
storage and transportation because
of the war, Wilmington's port &C.
commodated an average of one S.
900. 0O0-gallon capacity tanker per
day and one oil terminal here fill
ed 5000 truck transports leaving
here for points upstate during the
year.
Basic terminals locate here are
Atlantic Refining company. Cape
Fear Terminal company, National
Oil company, Shell Oil company,
Texas Oh company. and Standard
Oil company of New Jersey. The
Cape Fear terminal company
houses the facilities of the Pure
Oil company, the Gulf Refining
the Arkansas Fuel Oil
company, the Republic Oil COM
pany, the American Oil company,
and Sinclair Refining company,
while National Oil shares its faeili-
ties with the Southeastern Oil COM
pany.
Herbert Gerlach is operations
manager for the southeastern divi.
sion of Socony and Henry Sharpe
is in Wilmington as field super
visor for the company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
PRESIDENT TRUMAN
PLANS TO RETURN
TO CAPITAL TODAY
Continued from Page Qne)

Chief Executive included Mai. Gen.
Ralph Truman, his cousin. Mayor
Gage, Of Kansas City, Jim Fender
CAST, nephew of the late T. j. Pen
dergast, and q half-dozen members
Of his World War ! outfit. Battery
D. He also had an opportunity to
talk with Theodore Quinn, post
master from St. Joseph, Mo-. long
among his close friends.
At the newspaper luncheon, the
guests included the President S
brother, Vivian Truman; Thomas
Evans, Kansas City drug store and
radio executive; Ted Marks, Kan
sas City, who recently completed
a mission in China for the Chief
Executive; Col. Southern; and Roy
Roberts, managing editor of the
Kansas City Star.
Mr.. Truman slipped away from
the press luncheon long enough
to put in an appearance at a Ro-
tary Club luncheon. also at the Ho-
tel Muehlebach, where he was in
trodueed to sons and daughters OF
Kansas City Rotarians by Presi-
dent Cecil Bathurst and H. Roe
Bartle, Boy Scout executive.
After his luncheon, the President
retired to the hotel Penthouse for
brief nap before returning to
Independence. He hoped to have
one more visit with his mother,
Mrs. Martha E. Truman, at Grand
view, before his return to Wash
ington.
He made it clear that he would
begin work at once on two major
public addresses. The first win be
his radio speech, the first week in
January, which will be an appeal
to the people in behalf of labor and
other legislative proposals he has
submitted Congress as part OF an
overall administration postwar
program.
The second will be his formal
message to the new Congress on
the state of the nation.
White House officials have indi-
Gated that the latter may be broad
cast by television If the President
delivers it IN person.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
VETERANS WIVES
TO RECEIVE AID

Robert S. Matthews, Jr., Viii.
mington contact representative,
Veterans administration, explain
ed yesterday that the wives of ex-
service men are eligible for medical
and hosp,ta maternity care, with
certain restrictions.
Following recommendation Of
congress, the Children's bureau,
U. S. Department Of Labor, has
informed the VA of liberalization
Of maternity care for families Of
eligible World War II veterans,
Matthews said.
The wife of an ex-serviceman
may apply for natal and prenatal
care for herself and child. pro-
vided her husband was in the
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh pay
grades, or an aviation cadet dur
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
VETERAN OFFICERS
HEAD NEW SHIFTS

One officer of each shift, all vet.
Grams in their own rights will be
in charge OF the three eight.houl
shifts when the city police depart.
ment goes on the new schedule
January l.
The officers in charge of the
three shifts are: assistant chief
J. F. Jordan who will have charge
of the third shift operations. Jor
dan has had over thirty years with
the department having joined the
staff in 1909. His service has moi
been consecutive however as he
has been reinstated twice. The
desk sergeant for this shift will
be Sgt. T. B. Hughes.
1t. O. V. Thompson, the officer
in charge Of first shift operations
has more than AZ years with the
department to his credit. His time
is not consecutive, having been in.
terrupted once. At the desk will
be Sgt. Phil ]. Parish.
1t. Coy Ethridge. officer in
charge Of the second shift chalks
up a total Of Is years uninterrupted
service with the department. Desk
Sergeant for this shift will be Sgt.
L. B. Rourk.
The new schedule will begin at
8 o'clock on the morning Of Janu-
airy !. The first shift will run
from 8 a. m. to 4 p. M, the second
shift from 4 p. m. to ~ midnight,
and the. third SHIFT from IL rnid-
night to a. m.
The bulletin issued yesterday
by Chief C. H. Casteen, states that
officers will report ten minutes
prior to their tour of duty for roll
call, inspection and orders. Writ.
ten reports are to be made after
the tour Of duty. it was learned.
Each officer will be allowed 80
minutes for lunch time during his
hours of duty, the bulletin stated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
COMMUNISTS LAY
PLANS ON TABLE
CONTINUED from Page One)

to China, was increasing interest
in the forthcoming peace talks by
the political consultative council.
Since his arrival last Saturday,
Marshall has talked with repre-
sentatives of the government, the
Communist party and the Demo
cratic League and is believed to
have a good idea of their posi-
tons.
In his fact-finding mission, on
which he will base recommended
tons to President Truman, Mar
shall has shown himself to be ac-
cessible to persons of all shades OF
opinion.
Davis said there were unofficial
reports that Marshall would visit
Peiping in a quick tour of troubled
North China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
OPERATING INCOME
OF ACL in SLUMP
Continued from Page One}

Operating income was $s59, OFT in
November, 1e45, $1,2es, 345 In Nov.
ember, 1914, and 81, 100, 563 in Nov.
ember, 1943. This income for the
first II months of this year was
$lo,214,S32 as compared with $le,-
o44,2A in 1914 and $18,629,35 in
l943.
The company paid $1sS, 1872 for
rent of equipment and joint facili-
ties for the past November, $685.
o66 for the period last year and
$199,219 in 1913. Total amount for
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
MINISTER'S DRAFT
ATOMIC BLUEPRINT
Continued from Page 0ne)

VCOHVlHue0 IFUm rage Vnol
on it, along with an American ant
Chinese member, and fourth rep
resenting Britain, Australia, New
Zealand and India.
General Douglas Macarthur still
will play a dominant role as thu
American representative. council
chairman, and sole executive au
thority for the Allied powers il
Japan"
Russia also joins a revised Fal
Eastern Commission, an 11-natior
Iranian question was discussed i
length, that no final agreemen
was reached, but that assurance.
were repeated that British. Rus
sian and American troops would
be withdrawn from Iran by the
treaty date of March 2. Through
diplomatic channels. Bevin, dis
cussions on Iran will continue.
Before he left Moscow, Byrnes
termed the meeting "ve1y con-
structive" from the standpoint Of
agreements and the development
of cordial relations"
Byrnes said there were no secret
agreements beyond the scope OF
the three-way communique. That
ruled out any decision to let Rus
STA in on the secrets Of making
atomic bombs.
The cosnmunique said discussion
of atomic energy dealt with the es-
tablishment Of a Control Commits
sion.
Plans were made for writing the
final peace treaties for Italy, Ro-
mania, Bulgaria, Hungary and
Finland.
Foreign Ministers of the big
powers will draft the terms in the
first instance-Russia and Britain
for Finland, the U. S., Russia and
Britain for Romania and Bulgaria,
and the Big Three" plus France
for Italy.
Then conference of all the
United Nations which actively
waged war with substantial force
against European enemy states"
will be called by May l to pass
upon the treaties. After that the
agency which will consider policy
for governing Japan.
In addition, the Russian.spor-
sored governments in Romania and
Bulgaria are to be recognized by
Britain and the United States after
they have been broadened to in
clude representatives of addition
al political parties.
The communique omitted any
reference to conditions in Iran.
Turkey and Germany. But Bevin
told newsmen in Moscow that the
countries which signed the final
armistice terms with the former
Axis-Allied nations in question will
iraw up the final texts.
The Moscow meeting agreed to
Jet up for Korea a provisional
democratic government" ind a
our-power, five-year trusteeship-
With "a view to the reestablish.
nent of Korea as an independent
tate" -...s
The three Foreign Secretaries
eaffirmed adherence to a policy
+ '.non-interference" in the inter.
al affairs of China. And Byrnes
nd Molotov said they were in
complete accord as to The desira
ility Of withdrawal of Soviet and
forces from China al the
arliest practicable monent con.
istent with the discharge Of their
and responsibilities"
The communique was relea sed
in Washington, Lon .
on and Moscow Most of it's major
oints had leaked out ahead If
me.
Cobalt blue, made Of an oxide
cobalt metal. il the most ex-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28

II months in l945 was .,
sa'o's '4el in 1914, and 81, a., ,ss
l943. o9,322 in
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
TAX LIEN FILED

DURHAM, Dec. q. - up - The
United States Department of In
ternal Revenue today filed tax
liens against R. M. Hinton, local
jeweler, and Kinton's, Inc. for a
total of 1895, 69781, alleged to be
due the Federal government in I'M
paid taxes and penalties over a
neriod Of wears.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-28
That
Cause Restless
SIeepIess Nights
Resulting from Colds

hut adults can't expect real results
from from the same sweet syrupy concoc-
lions that you'd give to a child. When
you want to throw off a bothersome
cough from a cold you've just got to
nave 9 real cough medicine; then you
snould ASK your druggist for bottle
OF good old Bron-ehu-line Emulsion,
Rron- chu-line isn't a cheap cough
syrup mind you, for first-raters are
never new cheap; But If you want relief
Tor rea4 results, get a bottle TO-DAY
and notice how the frst dose takes
rrlEht hold ana gives you real relief
from the coughing and soreness.
Don't Ignore a cough-get Feifet
as quick as you can. Ask any prog
resstve druggist for q 66 cent bottle
af Bron-chu-line Emulsion and keep
this IN mind-if mot joyfully salts
Lanes Market St. Pharmacy Z
Futrelle's Pharmacy
Evening star., 1945-01-16

@. What becomes of a soldiers in
surance policy when he reports for
oversee duty If the beneficiary does
not have it'll. c. w.
A. The Veterans Administration
says that if the insured under Ma
tional Service Life Insurance does
not designate where the certificate
will be sent, it will remain in the
files of the Veterans Administra-
ton.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
Red Cross Fund Drive
Quota for D. {. Area
Raised 10 Sz,7OO,9OO

The goal of the Red Cross War
Fund drive throughout the six
chapters in the Metropolitan Wash
ington area in March has been set
at $2,700,900, it was announced by
Drive Chairman Samuel H. Kauff-
mann.
This Is an increase from q previ-
ously announced quota, he ex-
planned. It was made necessary
when American National Red Cross
raised its goal to 5000 900 900, as q
result of mounting demands for
Red Cross service in both the Euro
pean and Far Eastern theaters OF
war.
The increase. Mr.. Kauffmann
said, "in no way affects the budgets
set by the local chapters for activ-
tiles at home, but will 60 entirely
into the national treasury for serv-
ices to our fighting men in the
field"
Amounts to be raised by the in
dividual chapters in this area during
the March campaign are: District Of
Columbia, $2,342 900; City of Alex
andria, $66,700; Arlington County
$86, 900; Fairfax County, $55,000:
Montgomery County, $780, 800; Prince
Georges County, $67 800.
Mr.. Kaufman reiterated that
the amount to be raised provides
only for the minimum requirements
Of Red Cross during the forthcom-
ing year and does not allow for
special emergencies that may arise
II am sure" he said, that the peo-
pie of this area will respond gen.
erously to the appeal"