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KING HAMBURGER
TO BEFREE SOON

WASHINGTON. Sept. 25-W.g-
Hamburger, sausage, and lunch.
con meats will become ration-free
Oct. 1, when point values on about
Is per cent of the total meat sup.
ply will be reduced to zero, it was
disclosed tonight.
The three lower grades of beef
Gamer, cutter and utility-will be
made ration-free next month, and
red points m ~ not be required
for lower grades of lamb and veal.
There was less cheerful news
about the clothing situation as ii
was disclosed that there will be
less Iow-priced clothes produced
during the rest of this year than
OPA had hoped.
OPA granted manufacturers
percentage increases over their
maximum average prices during
the third and fourth quarters OF
1915, an action which will not
change individual price ceilings
for clothes, but will mean lesser
reductions from current average
prices, than had bee. anticipated.
The OPA said the fabric supply
situation indi" ated that manufac-
turers needed temporary price re-
lief, and that a return to 1943
average prices would mean dras-
tic readjustment. w..
The increases, ranging from
five to 20 per cent, cover many
different kinds of mems, women's
and children's outerwear, under
wear and nightwear made of cot
ton, rayon and wool,
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RIVER WATERS FLOW
INTO STREET. HERE

Although water from the debris
laden Cape Fear river was In
on Water street in several places
yesterday afternoon, the crest OF
the flood, which inundated sections
of Fayetteville, was not expected
to reach here until around high
tide at 2 a. m. this morning or this
afternoon.
Although Weather Burea head,
Paul Hess could not be contacted,
an assistant said Wilmington was
expected to escape from the dis
astrous effects if the wind re-
manned favorable and the railfall
light.
The tide was high at 1:36 p. m.
yesterday and will be in again at Z
a. m. and 1881 p. m. today
The weather bureau was unable
to say whether the peak would be
reached today.
No report was received by the
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Polish Jewess Describes Horrors At Belsen
Where Victims Were Killed With Injections

LUXEMBOURG, Germany, Sept.
Is - R-- The British Military
Court trying As Germans TO r
crimes at the Oswiecim and Belsen
concentration camps was told to-
day that the Nazis practiced arti-
fetal dissemination of nude women
prisoners hanging helplessly head
down.
So painful were the experiments
that many victims died, the Court
heard, and many of those who sur
vived were later killed by blood
stream injections of gasoline and
disinfectants.
The witness who added these
newest stories of frightfulness to
the record of mass murder, saris-
tic fortunes, filth and pestilence al
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ready before The court was Helena
Hamermerz, 25-year-old Polish
Jewess and former medical STU
dent.
Wearing a colorful peasant cos
tune with a scarlet handkerchief
around her head and speaking in
low, steady voice, she testified
that officials at Oswiecim had
methods of murder more repulsive
than their common practice of
herding chosen victims into ga
chambers.
She told of the naked women be-
ing hung by the legs in the hospit-
al room, and said friends of mine
in the hospital told how the victims
were first injected with some drug
to stimulate their heart action
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trying For
Gil Peace
NEW YORK SUFFERS
Lumber Walkout In Pacific
Northwest Cripples
Industry
BY BICKNELL EUBANKS

United Press Staff Correspondent
Chicago, Sept. 25.-Representa-
tlves of striking oil workers anG
officials of IL companies met in {,
government sponsored reconciIia.
ton conference under a COlora d.
Supreme Court Justice today anu
Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwel-
lenbach told them they must not
:. ;. fail"
The oil and gasoline reserves OF
the nation will be exhausted with
in few days unless the oil work
ers were returned to their jobs
Immediately, Schwellenbach tele
graphed the conferees from Wash
ington. A break down in both mill
tary and civilian transportation
threatens, he added.
His message was to impress
upon both sides the urgent pligh,
OF such major cities as Detroi
and Toledo where gasoline famines
resulting from refinery and pipe
line strikes hao forced the return
OF rationing. The famine was grow
ing daily more acute in CLEVELAND
and other Ohio cities and the acute
stage was not far off in Chicago
and much of the midwest. New
York City and the remainder of the
East were getting a drastically
reduced supply.
AS the conference began in the
Federal building here und G. r
Supreme Court Justice William T.
knous OF Colorado, who had been
designed by the U. S. Councilia.
ton Service, officials of the strik-
ing union, the Oil Workers Inter
national tC1O> ordered the main
tenance of the status quo pending
the outcome. Neither side was
optimistic but both pledged an
earnest effort to get the, KEY pro-
ducers and transporters Of the
nations prime fuel, gasoline, back
at their jobs quickly.
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when the sperm was introduc-
ed" she said, 1.-The women twist
ed in great pain and soon often
died"
The witness, who said she twice
escaped from Poland to Hungary
before falling into the hands of the
Gestapo, added that SIS doctors kill
ed off weak hospital patients with
injections.
They died in a few minutes"
she said.
Earlier. floodlights blazed on
over the prisoners dock and the
witness, led slowly before them.
Identified nine, including Josef
Kramer, commandant of the Bel
sen camp; Franz Hessler, the Os-
wleclm commander; DR.. Fritz
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Japs Move
% Furnish
Needed Food
MULBERRIES DOOMED
Motion Picture Producers
Banned From Making
Military Films

TOKYO, Sept. 25.-tR-General
Macarthur! declared today Japan
night be occupied "many years"
although the conquering force
would be small under favorable
conditions '-presumably if the fall
en- empire behaves.
His denial of reports that occupa-
ton might end in six months came
as Japan embarked an eco.4o.
mic transition that will erase her,
at least for the present, as the
worlds greatest silk producer.
Faced by the stark prospect of
mass starvation this winter, the
Japanese Ministry of Agriculture
announced that all but 5000 of the
l,225, 900 acres of mulberry trees
that fed the silk worms would be
Flowed up for food crops.
These were otner facets in the
Transformation of Japan from a
world power into a fourth-rate is
land nation:
The Nippon Times reported Nc.
Arthur had moved in on Japan's
moving picture industry with an
order banning films of a militaris-
tic character.
Heavily-afmed combat veterans
swarmed ashore into the port of
Aomori, extending the occupation
of Japan to the northern tip of the
main home island of Honshu.
The army announced that more
than 20 suspected Japanese war
criminals would be moved to the
same island prison in Tokyo bay
that once housed American war
prisoners. 1t was undecided wheth-
err to put former war dictator
Hideki TOTO in that Spartan pri-
son too.
The head of Domei, stripped
by Macarthur of it's monopolistic
perogatives, said he would recon-
mend to directors the disbanding
of this news and propaganda agen-
cy that once spoke for the militar.
lists.
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MPPED
IN BUD
ARGENTINA SETTLES
Armed Attempt To Over.
Throw Farrel-Peron
Regime Suppressed

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. rs - u
- Gen. Arturo Rawson, leader o
the 194S revolution that overthrev
President Ramon S. Castillo, at
tempted an armed revolt today t,
Gust Argentina's military govern
ment, but the rebellion was quick
y suppressed.
The abortive uprising came amie
increasing signs of nationwide op
position to the regime of Gen. Edel
miro Farrell, president, and Col
Juan Peron, vice-president {
tstrong man."
Army officers loyal to Peron jail
ed Rawson at Cordoba, provincial
capital at the foot of the Andes.
Also arrested were Gen. Osvaldo
Martin, one of Peron's inner cir.
Gle until he was relieved four days
ago of command of the Fourth
Army Division at Cordoba, d
other officers.
Gen. Ambrosio Vago, Martin S
successor in the command, order
ed the two arrested for melting Of
ficers and men of the garrison to
rebellion.
A statement by Peron this after
noon credited the determined and
energetic attitude" of the garrison
with averting the uprising, an d
said Rawson and Martin would be
held incommunicado until the
prosecuting judge can act"
1.-THE government has taken the
necessary measures" Peron add
ed, and 'there is tranquility
throughout the republic
Those measures included the in
terruption of communications with
Cordoba - described by an Associ-
ated Press correspondent as "con-
fused' - and prohibition of broad
casting of news of the attempted
coup to the interior.
Rawson, president for two days
after the 1913 revolution in which
he led 10000 armed men into
Buenos Aires, had to resign when
the army voted non-confidence in
him.
Of late, he has several times ex-
pressed contempt for Peron and
President Edelmiro Farrell, calling
the latter " a puppet in Peron's
hands," and asserted they n W
were holding the 1.-TWO key posts OF
power despite their refusal to
Join the 1913 movement.
Last week, during the capitals
huge liberty and constitution de-
monstration against Peron's gov
eminent, Rawson came to his bal
cony to acknowledge applause of
the crowd.
A military court of honor repri-
manded him Tightly" for political
activity while in uniform.
He made his move to regain
power soon afterward, slipping
quietly out of Buenos Aires Sum
day night and driving to the Ande-
an city to meet Martin.
Evidence that the nationwide op-
position to the Peron government
had penetrated into lower army
ranks was given in dispatches from
Cordoba that two Lieutenant Colo
nels, one Major and many lower
officers, including Rawson's son.
1t. Franklin Rawson, also were
arrested.
Furthermore, 81, retired Navy
officers - among them four Ad-
mirals, seven Vice-Admirals and
fen Rear-Admirals - in a state
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MEMENTOES OF FDR
COLLECTION MISSING
FROM ANTIQUE SHOW

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-(P-Two
mementoes of the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt were miss
ing from their places in the sec
ond annual Arts and Antiques show
tonight, police said.
The police said they and Burns
Detective Agency operatives
searched 1,500 persons in the
Armory where the show was stag
ed without recovering the missing
articles, described as a water color
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Klein and the SIS woman leaders
Irma 'Grese and Elizabeth Volken.
rath.
She testified that Kramer, Klein
and Hessler took an active part
in selecting victims for the, $
chamber and said Hessler order
ed six girls, to be hanged for al
legedly stealing from one of the
camp factories.
When she first arrived at
Oswiecim in 1914. Miss Hamermerz
said, selections for the cremato-
rum were made Immediately and
ium were made Immediately and
took an active part
Kramer chose the victims and
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
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Macarthur Says Hold May Last Years;
48O, l%D u. S. Workers Now On Strike;
Corr Tess Drops Cash For Unemployet
Truman Signs Measure
Ending Daylight Time

WASHINGTON, Sept. ,25.-(H
President Truman today
signed legislation returning
the nation to Standard Time
effective at 2 a. m. Sunday,
September 30.
On that day, clocks must be
turned back one hour to end
Daylight Saving or War Time.
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WEATHER
eastern Standard Time)
fDu TT G yxyooxh~r RureaM1

eastern Standard Tlme)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperature
80 am. rs; 1880 am. n; 1870 pm. u.s.
1880 pm, rs.
Maximum "a; Minimum 70; Mean 70;
Normal II.
80 am. 81; 7:30 am. "a; 1870 PM ~;
1870 pm. rs.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm
900 inches.
Total since the first of the month
896 inches
Tides For Today
from the Tide Tables published by u.
) Coast adm. Geodtic Survey
High Low
wilmington ---- 100 am. 8:G2 am.
\, 1 81 pm. 8:49 pm.
Masonboro Inlet 1923 am. :53 am.
l1:48 pm 5:36 pm.
Sunrise $50 AIM Sunset 6:04 p.m.;
Moonrise 1852 pm.; Moonset 1923 am.
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. c. at
am Tuesday, Sept. 25, (no report.
Continued ON Page Two; Col. u
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BASEBALL RESULTS
National League

National League
st. Louis 5; Chicago 6.
Brooklyn Z; New York 4
Pittsburgh Cincinnati, (raisa.
American League
Cleveland-Detroit, (rain).
Chicago /; St. Louis s.
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FORECAST

North Carolina - Partly cloudy and
little change in temperature Wednes-
day and Thursday Scattered +h,naes
showers in mountains Wednesday aftsr-
noon and over north portion Thursday
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-04
ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT
PROMOTES LOCAL MAN
TO CAPTAINS RANK

L. S. Solomon, of Wilmington,
was recently honored at a promo.
ton party given him and four
other officers by the mmanding
officer, Colonel George C. Barnes,
at the Atlanta Ordinance Depot
last week. Solomon was promoted
to the rank of a captain.
Captain Solomon is officer-in-
charge of the control branch of
the Property Disposal division of
the Atlanta Ordnance depot. He
has been commended by Lieut.
Gen. Levin H. Campbell, Jr., Chief
of Ordnance, for superior serv-
ice rendered by him and for the
valuable contribution to the work
and prestige of the Ordnance de-
partment."
The son OF Mrs. j. L. Solomon
and the late Mr.. Solomon, Capt.
Solomon attended Wilmington
grammar and high schools and
later was a student at. the Univer-
sity Of North Carolina.
He was with the Mauldin Motor
company here for approximately
16 years, and later travelled North
Carolina as a salesman for the
Bowman Auto Supply company.
He went into the Army as a sec
ond lieutenant on May IL, 1912.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-04
EMORY NAMES GROUP
TO REVAMP VETERAN
GUIDE TO SERVICES

A subcommittee was appointed
yesterday by Henry R. Emory
chairman of the Veterans serv
ice committee, to revise, and brinl
to date, the directory Of Com
.,nunity Services.
The need of the revision, Emory
explained, is due to the establish
,ment of local offices for the U. S.
Veterans administration and the
North Carolina Veterans commits.
sion, and other changes in veteran
procedure. Emory expects the re.
vised edition to be ready for dis.
tribution in January.
Appointed to serve on the COM
mittee were Mrs. Emma D. How.
ell, Home Service Secretary Of the
American Red Cross Chapter, who
will act as chairman, assisted by
Leonard W. Barrett, representative
of the North Carolina Veterans
commission; Ray Galloway Of the
American Legion; Robert S. Mat
theWs, contact representative Of the
U. S. Veterans administration and
Graham K. Cottingham, veterans
representative of the United States
Employment service.
The directory is distributed to all
local agencies serving veterans,
and to officials of city and county
government. It was the first direc-
tory of its kind to be published in
North Carolina and was used as a
guide by several state agencies in
preparing similar directory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-04
NEW HANOVER LAGS
IN "E" BOND SALES
STATE REPORT SHOWS

A recent compilation of figures
on the sale of "E' Bonds in south
eastern North Carolina indicates
that New Hanover County with
some better than 20 per cent 81
it's quota, is running fifth among
other counties of this area. The
announcement was made by the
North Carolina War Finance Com
mittee.
Leading in this district with g.
per cent is Duplin county, follow
ed by Columbus with As per cent.
Running third and fourth, with 81
and 80 percentage points respec-
lively, are Bladen and Robson
counties.
Following New Hanover in sixth
place is Brunswick with Is. Rum
ming neck-and-neck race with II
per cent each are Onslow and
Fender counties.
Polk, with 1913 per cent is lead
ing the 100 North Carolina coun-
ties. Allegheny with SO per cent
is a close second. Running third
with 70 per cent is Wadkin, fol-
lowed closely by Lee and Wake
counties who are in a photo fourth
with "a per cent each.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-04
House Adopts Conferees
Report On Agencies Bill

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. - Up =
The House agreed today to COM
promise on legislation cancelling
approximately $51, 800, 100000 in
war-voted appropriations of mis-
cellaneous government agencies.
Senate action still is necessary
before the bill goes to the White
House.
The legislation has been tied up
over disagreement between the
Senate and the House on funds
for the Army Air Corps and on re-
turn of employment offices to the
states.
The House had directed return
of the job offices within thirty
days and the Senate within 100.
The compromise calls for their re-
turn in 100 days.
1t fixed at Sill, 799, 313, 900 the Air
Forces reduction. The House orig
inally had cut the Air Forces $l2,-
66,313, 900 and the Senate $11, 3d.
$4,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-04
STATE SALES TAX
JUMPS $38l,025

RALEIGH, Dec. 3.-(R- High
way and general fund revenues
totaling $685., $3.50 90 have been col
lected during the first five months
of the current fiscal year, an in
crease of 1926 per cent or 81
43O,33.3 over the same period last
year, State Revenue Commissioner
Edwin Gill announced today.
November collections in the two
funds totaled $8,093, 1899, of which
81, 1926, 1853 went into the general
fund. The November total was an
increase of 81, O40, 9212 6, or 81 per
cent ,over the same month last
year, Gill said.
With the end of the war and ap-
preciably more civilian goods ap-
pearing on store counters, the
States sales tax jumped from ST.
984 ,921.94 in November, 1914, to
So, 1866, 946.35 last month, bringing
the total derived from this source
during the first five months of the
fiscal year to $9,888, 98.46, COM
pared with $8,621, 1887 for the
same period last year.
Most of the revenue classified
tons within the general fund show.
ed increases over November, 1914,
including inheritance, privilege, in
come, beverage, intangible, and
insurance taxes. The franchise tax
total dropped from $1,O47, 48O. 06 in
November last year to 1899, 1926. Is
for the same months this year.
With the end of gasoline ration.
ing, revenue from the States tax
on gasoline increased from ST 1862.
966.90 in November 1914 to ST.
1882, 382.61 in the same month this
year, while gasoline and oil in.
spection fees increased from s108
1878 in November 1914 to S140 948 .
81 last month.
OF the total collections thus far
in the fiscal year, a total of SAG
498, 722.31 have gone into, the gen.
eral fund, and the remainder in
the highway fund.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-04
CAPE FEAR PILOTS
CIVILIANS AGAIN

An announcements by the Sixth
Naval District Coast Guard head
quarters, Charleston, S. c., states
that the members of the Whining
ton Cape Fear Pilots association
have been dis-enrolled from the
U. S. Coast Guard and that the
pilot boat has been returned to
the local association.
It was disclosed IN the announce
ment that with this act, all re-
sponsibility for the control OF har-
Dor functions by the Coast Guard
has ceased. The boats have been
released to the pilot owners.
The Cape Fear association has as
it's members ]. I. Davis, Harold
St. George, Robert Thompson, and
Fred l.. Willing, all of Southport,
and ]. T. Sellers, SIT Orange street,
Wilmington.
Regulars and regular reserve
Coast Guardsmen who have supple
mented the crew during wartime
have transferred to other duty.
In peacetime the pilots and YES
sells operate under the supervision
of the various state pilots asso-
Citations. During the war they were
placed under Coast Guard super.
vision, enrolled in the temporary
reserve in order that necessary
security and personnel control
could be maintained.
With cessation of hostilities, ano
the services of the Coast Guard be
ing reverted to peacetime duties
harbor pilots and associated per
sonnet will continue their work, but
in a strictly civilian capacity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-04
Boat Builder Now Heads
Salvation Army Board

NEW BERN, Dec. 3-H. w. Bar.
bour, president of Barbour Boa
Works, has been elected chairman
of the advisory board of the local
Salvation Army post, to succeed
former Mayor w. c. Chadwick,
who has held the office for a num-
Der of years. D. M. Parker was
named vice chairman; Mrs. Ray.
mond L. Taylor, secretary; and
T. c. Fitzgerald, treasurer. To
start plan of limited tenure in
office, the number of board mem.
bers was increased from 10 to 81,
with six named for four years,
five for three years, five for two
years and five for one year, as
recommended by Brigadier w. W.
Bourterse, divisional commander.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-04

The New Hanover Board O.
County Commissioners were tole
Yesterday that there are grave
doubts concerning the county.
legal right to accept a lease OF
deed to the Bluethenthal air base
Emmett Bellamy, Wilmington at
torney made the disclosure to the
Board while appearing at the week
" session yesterday morning. HI
stated that he did not believe the
county board is vested with authori
tv to make the acceptance to op
crate the field as a going concern
He was informed by Chairman
Addison Hewlett that mot only
have we not agreed to buy or sell
anything, but no commitment.
have been made to anyone.
When the Federal Government
returns the field, it will be placed
before the commissioners for &C
ceptance or rejection, Hewlett ad
ded. ~
Efforts to acquire the govern
ment-owned land, buildings anc
equipment at the air base reach
ed a climax last Wednesday wher
at the instigation of a local dele
cation to Washington, George E
Fuller, head of the Real Estate
division of the Surplus Property
board, presented recommends
ton to the SPA that the facilitie!
be turned over to New Hanover
county.
Hewlett explained the county!
action in asking for early execu
ton of the Fuller recommends
ton as a stemming from desire
to keep at the airport valuable
equipment which is being moved
out by the Army.
The chairman said the county
had not decided what would b.
done with Bluethenthal should i
be returned, but expressed him
self as feeling that whoever op
Grated the Field would certainly
need the equipment now there.
Fuller recommended termina
ton of the governments presen
contract with the county On g.
acres of county-owned land. In ad
dition, the government would dees
the additional GIL acres in the air
port to the county. Under his pro
gram, the government will ais
turn over to the county all build
ings, equipment and other facilitie
needed in operation of the field
The equipment would include con
troll tower, crash trucks and fire
fighting equipment.
Since BlEethentha1 was declared