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Evening star., 1945-12-02

GAASay 0NAAOOA dAtu 1dI LiklOutll NSUls
lege. He also attended Harvard
Law School and the New Jersey Law
School.
The engagement of Miss Kathryn
Frances Houff to 1t. Joseph Latta
Jamison Of the Marine Corps Re-
serve is announced by Miss Houff's
mother, Mrs. L. B. Houff, with the
wedding set for Saturday noon in
the Metropolitan Memorial Church.
Miss Hour has been an employe
for the past four years at the Ma
tional Gallery Of Art and 1t. Jami-
son, who has been on duty in the
Pacific for the past two years, re-
Gently returned to the United
States. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. H. Jamison of Greensburg,
Pa, and attended Mercersburg
Academy and Princeton University.
Mrs. william Thompson Black of
Alexandria announces the engage
ment Of her daughter, Miss Dorothy
Decima Black, to Mr.. Bruce Elliott
Roberts, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Cyril Roberts Of New York City and
Long Island. The wedding will take
place December ~ in the Petworth
Baptist Church.
Miss Black is the daughter Of the
late Mr.. Black. for many years
. prominent lawyer in Washington
and former Princeton University
graduate. Her grandfather, Mr..
Arthur Edgerton Sixsmith, was ex-
ecutive assistant to the late Andrew
w. Mellon when the latter was Sec
retary OF the Treasury. Miss Black
Is q student at George Washington
University and as a licensed pilot
is q member Of the Ninety Miners
Mr.. Roberts attended the Peekskill
Military Academy and the New York
School OF Art. He enlisted in the
Navy in 1910 and was in the Art
and Animation Division of that
branch Of the service until his recent
discharge.
From Norfolk comes the an
nouncement Of Mr.. and Mrs. Level
lyn Saunders Of the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Marion Louise
Saunders, to 1t. Comdr. William
Morgan Montgomery, son Of Capt.
and Mrs. Howard Hewlett Mont
gomery Of Washington.
Miss Saunders was q graduate of
Sweet Briar College and Comdr
Montgomery, whose father also is a
Navy ohicer. was graduated from
the United States Naval Academy
and recently returned from duty in
the Pacific.
A wedding in February is planned
for Miss Helen A. Bacas and Mr.
Emmanuel George Deoudes, whose
engagement is announced by the
bride-elect's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Angeles H. Bacas.
Miss Bacas is attending Hood
College and Mr.. Deoudes attended
the University of North Carolina
He is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George D. Deoudes.
Announcement is made by Mr.
and Mrs. JOCK M. B. Sacks, formerly
Of Richmond, of the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Shirley JAG
quelyn Sacks, to 1t. Rochester z
Du Tell, son Of Mrs. Christine
Barnhill Of Grayshill Village, Fort
Belvoir.
Miss Sacks is attending the Uni
versity Of Maryland and 1t. Du Tell
attended the Engineer School of
the University of Maryland before
entering the service.
The engagement of Miss Helene
Bernice Aaronson to Maj. Frank
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Engagement announcements
attract Widesbread Interest

Mr.. and Mrs. william Hughlett
Naylor Of Baltimore announce the
engagement Of their daughter, Miss
Mary Ragan Hughlett, to 1t. q. g.
Tinsley Adams OF the Coast Guard
Reserve.
A member Of the Junior League Of
Baltimore, the bride-elect attended
the Bryn Mawr School Of Baltimore
and Bryn Mawr College and made
her debut at the Bachelors Cotil-
lion In 1941.
1t. Adams Is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Graves Adams OF
Washington. He is graduate OF
st. Adams School and also Of
Princeton University.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

and Mrs. Martin p. O'Connor OF
Elizabeth and is a graduate Of the
Pingry School and Dartmouth Col
lege. He also attended Harvard
Law School and the New Jersey Law
School.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

Announcement is made by Mrs.
Edwin Withers Schultz of Elizabeth,
N. j., Of the engagement Of her
daughter, Miss Mary Partridge
Schultz. to Capt. Martin Bradley
O'Connor, at present assigned to the
ONCE OF the Assistant Chief of Air
Staff In this city.
Miss Schultz Is 4 graduate Of the
Oxford School in Hartford and
Smith College and is a member OF
the Junior League Of Elizabeth. She
is the daughter Of the late Mr..
Schultz Of New Britain.
Capt. O'Connor Is the son Of Mr..
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-04
QUOTAS THREATENED
Publishers Recommend No
Change In Allotments
For Second Quarter

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. -(P)-
The War Production Board an
|nounced today it might be impos-
sible to maintain present quotas
OF newsprint for newspapers
through the second quarter of the
year.
The announcement followed a
meeting this week Of the newspa-
per industry advisory committees
whose publisher members recon1a
mended there be no change in
present newsprint allotments in
the forthcoming quarter.
There are many uncertain fac
tors that may develop in the next
80 days which might make it inn
possible to maintain present con-
sumption quotas" WPB said in
a statement relating action taken
at the conference with newspaper
industry spokesman.
slight Situation
The WPB reported an extreme
ly tight supply situation" in all
pulpwood products, particularly in
ground wood, fine and book papers
produced in this country, largely
because Of military demands for
nitrating pulp and the inability of
pulp producers to keep up with ex-
panding demand.
Newspaper publishers, have all
ready taken a real reduction in the
area of disable newsprint, owing to
the fact that their basic weight
could not be reduced, while users
of other papers have been able
to conserve paper to their advan-
tage by reducing basic weights"
the official account of the closed
meeting said.
1.-THE committee went on record
as believing that newsprint stocks
and prospective supplies warrant
a continuation of the present al
loWable newspaper consumption
(rnr,fsnral De- ~
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WPB Indicates Ne1usprint
Supply Outlook Is Dark
Scrap Paper Drive
To Be Staged Today

The second about one-day
scrap paper campaign will get
under way early this afternoon
as members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce make
the rounds in the Wilmington
area in their quest for paper
urgently needed in the war CT
fort.
All persons wishing to donate
paper are asked to place the
bundles on the cu1E where tilsy
can be readily picked up in or
der to save time in the collec-
ton.
Proceeds of the drive will be
given to the "Marc'l of Dimes"
program to help combat infan-
tile paralysis.
Although the last drive, con-
Quoted December 10, netted
57,574 pounds of scrap paper,
which brought in $345.74, Jay
Gees expressed the hope yes
terday that the previous fig
ures would be greatly increas-
cd. ~
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JOYCE ASSUMES
DAVIS COMMAND
Air Corps Officer Succeeds
Col. Potts In Temporary
Move

Major Donald S. Joyce, of the
Army Air Corps, recently return
ed from 20 months overseas serv
ice in the India-Burma sector, yes;
terday assumed temporary com
mand of the 1o79th Army Air For
ces Base unit at Camp Davis, re-
lieving Colonel Adam E. Potts.
Major Joyce arrived at Camp
Davis Friday night from Atlantic
City, where he was assigned on
temporary duty since his return
from overseas last November.
Col. Adam E. Potts will remain
at Camp Davis on temporary de-
tached service, Major Joyce dis
closed yesterday, pointing out that
both orders were of temporary
nature.
Major Joyce reported that reno
walton and re-equipping of the hos
pital at Camp Davis was ''just get
ting into shape" saying that no
physical changes would be evident.
1t is expected that much more hos
pital equipment for the large num-
Der of convalescent AAF soldiers
to be stationed at the post will
be needed.
Although a definite date could
not be given for the completion of
work on the hospital and other IA
cilities at the post, which has been
inactive for sometime, M a j o r
Joyce pointed out that the first
convalescAnt soldiers are not ex-
pected to arrive for about tw o
months.
Major Joyce, of Tenafly, N. j..
where his family now lives, said
he hopes to bring his wife, Mrs.
Florence Chamberlain Joyce, and
their son to Wilmington during his
tour of duty at Camp Davis.
He graduated from the New
York Military Academy in 1929,
and entered active duty with the
Army Air Corps in March, 1912.
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johnson Declares Army
Sabotaged Work Measure

WASHINGTON, Feb. s. R -
Senator johnson D-Colo) charged
today that 1.-The war department
has sabotaged the work-or-jail
bill' by secretly changing it's po-
sition on who should administer it..
After the Senate Military Affairs
committee voted yesterday to re-
port the bill with overall control
vested in James F. Byrnes's Of
flee OF War Mobilization and Re-
conversion, Johnson told reporters,
representatives of the War Depart
ment reversed their position and
set word they wanted to give the
power to selective service, as pro-
vidd In the bill which passed the
House Thursday.
Johnson left the meeting, went
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-04
BRITISH PREPARE
MANDALAY DRIVE
Driving Japs From Irra-
waddy's Bank Due West
Of The City

CALCUTTA, Feb. 3-lR-British
forces were steadily driving the
Japanese today from a 30-mile
stretch of the IrraWaddy's north
bank due west of MandaLay in prep
aration for a final push against
Burma's historic former capital.
The last nest of resistance were
cleared from Ywathitgyi, II miles
west of the city, forward elements
were nearing the outskirts of Saga
ing. just across the river from Man
dalay. and other forces were push
ing west from My.nmu, Is miles
farther west. Near Nyinmu, where
the Irrawaddy turns south, knot
of japanese was wiped out in a
bloody struggle after air raids left
$50 enemy dead on the battlefield.
The battle of the Singu bridge
head 40 miles north of Mandalay
ragged with undated fury. Indian
troops steadily expanded their pc
sitions on the east bank, either for
a slashing drive across retreat lines
or an outflanking move on Man
dalay itself.
The island-hopping campaign off
Burma west coast was stepped
up with a new landing on the
southern tip of Ramree island,
which put the stubborn japanese
defenders in sore plight.
Indian troops seized heights dom
mating the Japanese strong
Chaung river line, which has been
holding an advance across the last
half of the island, while naval
guns bombarded the enemy posi-
tons from the sea flank.
The new landings on Ramree
were made by the same force
which occupied Sagu Kyun island,
just to the south, without oppo-
sitiOn Yesterday.
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US0 WILL OBSERVE
FOURTH Birthday
Open House Will Be Main
tanned At Wilmington's
Four Clubs Today

The four United Service Organi.
cations clubs in the Wilmington
area issued an invitation to the
public last night to attend USO's
fourth birthday party today by WIS.,
iting one of the clubs. Open house
will be maintained all day, and
the regular Sunday programs will
be highlighted by the cutting OF
birthday cakes in the evening.
The Wilmington USO commlNee,
headed by Wilbur R. Dosher, ex-
pressed the hope that contribu-
tors to the Community Chests Unit
ed War Fund drive will take adj
vantage of the opportunity TO see
how their donations are spent.
At the club at Second and
Orange street, the anniversary
cake will be cut at 5 p. m. by Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Darden, OF the
clubs operating committee. Music
will be furnished by the choir OF
the South Side Baptist church
whose pastor, the Rev. J. D. Wal
ton, will play host at the precend,
ing home-hour. The CLUB, dlfecteo
bv M. R. swartz. will be decorated
for the occasion by Miss Mary Da-
Wis 1O7 South Fourth street, in
memory of her brotaer. Capt. Will
ton %. Davis, who died in France.
AT the club at Fifth and Orange
street. directed by Miss: Anna Ma,
rim Shawbaker, the cake will be cut
at pm. by Harry Wellott, follow
ing a buffet supper, served by the
/c.,.,,uod nm Page Five: Col. y
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Last German
Troops0usted
From Belgium
Americans Within Mile OF
Break Through Perman-
en-. Siegfried Line
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR

PARIS, Feb. 3. - (P) -
American troops thrust three
miles deeper into Germany
today to within a mile of q
break through the permanent
Notifications of the Siegfried
line and pushed the last Ger
mans off Belgian soil.
U. S. First Army spearheads
were II miles inside the western
border of the Reich and 81 miles
from the Rhine, while the French
First army and its American rein
forcements in Alsace liberated the
City of Collnar and carved a five
mile slice off the German salient
in that province.
Total penetration of the west
wallis double belt of defenses
would not open the way complete
ly for the continuing First army
advance, as the Germans fever
ishly have been throwing up tenn
porary Notifications farther back.
Blast Berlin
During the day, however, more
than 1000 U. S. heavy bombers
reached the heart of Germany,
spreading flaming ruin on refugee
packed Berlin only 40 miles or SO
from the Russian forces hammer
ing at the embattled Nazis' last
eastern lines of defenses.
First army doughboys liberated
Krewinkel, last German-held town
in the eastern tip of Belgium, a late
front dispatch reported. In clear
ing the Germans from the three
mile by three-mile area held by
the Germans east and northeast of
St. With, the Americans seized
three other towns earlier il the
day.
(The Berlin radio said that de-
spite thaws, Gen. Eisenhower was
making frantic preparations be-
hind the lines for big push from
the west, with no effort to keep
it secretly
Two of 1t. Gen. Courtney H.
Hodges First army divisions were
ripping the vitals from German de-
lenses due east of Monschau and
Is miles southeast of Aachen over
rough, river-cut terrain where, if
anywhere the Germans, should be
expected to attempt a stand.
Now the veteran Second division,
IL miles deep into Germany, was
entirely through the first belt of
defenses, and surged across open
country and seized the village of
Bronsfeld, only mile from
Schlieden in the eastern edge of the
Siegfried line.
Keep Pace
The Ninth infantry division kept
pace two miles to the north and
was within four miles of a second
communications center at Cemund,
which also is rear position in the
elaborate Siegfried defenses.
Gemund is 16 miles south of
Duren, where American forces are
drawn up at the Roer river barrier
to the Rhine plain-which would be
outflanked unless Won Rundstedt
could rally and stop this attack.
Schlieden is three miles south Of
Gennund. Both lie far east of the
main belts of bUnkers, pillboxes,
dragons teeth and mine-fielos
Continued on Page Two, Col. 81
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Shipyard Notes Birthday
ByLaunchir,g 2OOth Ship

Norfolk editor and former Con-
gressman. Mrs. Bill is the wife OF
Naval officer serving in the Pa
cific war theater.
Mr.. Harris, who visited Whining
ton two months ago as guest
speaker of the city's Propeller
Club, attended the ceremony: He
resigned from the House OF Rep
resentatives to take his present po'
sition in 1914, after serving q term
and a half for the Second Virginia
district. Prior to his election and
reelection, he. had edited the Nor
folk Virginia Pilot, to which ne
had gone after a lengthy NORTH
Carolina newspaper career.
Continued on Page Two, Col. ~
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PILOTS WATCH BATTLE


LONDON, Sunday, Feb. 4.-tUP)
Russian armies converged yes
terday on the Oder river fortress
cities of Kustrin and Frankfurt
guarding the eastern gates to Der.
lin while American fighter pilots
watched massed Red Army artil
lery firing across the river in the
beginning of battle for crossings
of that 'last ditch defense line
separating them from the MAJ
capital, only 80 miles away.
Kustrin and Frankfurt, is miles
apart, lie 38 and "a miles east o.
bomb-blas and barricaded Der
lin. The Soviet high command an
nounced that massed tank, infan
try and artillery forces were five
and one-half miles from Kustri1
and II miles from Frankfurt.
But the government said Rec
Army forces had penetrated Kus
trim and reported a great tank
battle only three miles from
Frankfurt. Another enemy repor1
said Soviet tanks had forced 6
crossing of the thawing Oder il
the Kustrin area, only to be driv'
en- back to the east bank.
Advance Unit at Oder
Major Red Army forces officially
were A miles from Berlin, but
there was no doubt that advance
units were at the Oder, battling
for crossings, while great tank
struggle that may decide the fate
of the capital ragged on the river {
east bank.
Gaining up to seven miles, the
advancing troops of Marsha
Gregory K. Zhukov's LIST White
Russian army could see the tow
ering fires left in stricken Berlin
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Sunday partly cloudy
and somewhat warmer: moderate north
erly winds.
eastern Standard Time)
-. (By U. s. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, 80; 1880 am, 27; 1870 pm, AZ
1880 pm, Al.
Maximum 46; Minimum 26; Mean &c.
Normal At.
Humidity
1870 am, 43; 7:3o am, a.; $50 pm, 25
1880 pm, 81.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:30 pm
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month
600 inches.
Tides For Today
(F'rom the Tide Tables published by
u. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ------------- 2:45a 10:02s
3:00p 10:26r
Masonboro Inlet -------- 12:15a 6:27::
12:25p 6:43r
Sunrise, 7:07 am: Sunset, 5:45 pm.;
Moonrise, -; Moonset, Ills am.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-04
Plans Made For Hearing
On City Extension Bill

AS opponents and proponents to
city extension were completing
preparations yesterday for a hear
ing Tuesday before a state house
committee, Rep. ]. @. LeGrand an
nounced that he would this week
pay particular attention to local
bills that have been definitely rec
commended.
The legislator said it was pos.
sible he would introduce the reve-
nue. bond issue this week 'if l
can get it in shape" The only
other bill that he called definitely
recommended" was the measure
to bring Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll board and Associated Chari-
ties employees under the city's pen,
sion act.
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1900 Planes
Rock Capital.
In IS Minutes
Other Bombers Blast Rail-
road Targets East Of
The Rhine River

LONDON, Sunday, Feb. A
Up Nearly 1000 Allied
varplanes pounded German
installations yesterday, Berlin
itself being rocked by the
most concentrated a S sa u t
ever made on the German
capital.
In a wild, 45-minute period,
more than 1000 U. S. Eighth Air
Force flying fortresses, escorted
BY more than 900 fighters, blasted
Berlin. They were in sight of Mar
shall Gregory K. Zhukov's Rus
sian assault against the Oder river
line 30 to 40 miles to the east as
they poured some 5000 tons of
hjgh explosives and fire bombs ION
military targets in the refugee
packed city.
This raid, a diversionary stab
at the oil center Of Magdeburg BY
400 U. S. Liberators, cost ~ the
Americahs IS bombers and five
fighters missing, communicate
said. Twf nty-one Luftwaffe planes
were doRned in combat near Ber-
Lin and IA others were destroyed
on the ground.
Good Weather
Weather was good for bombing,
and for the first time in the war,
there was 10 German air opposi-
ton over the Reich capital. What
dogfights there were occurred as
Mustangs and Thunderbolt pilots
carried out sweeps over scattered
areas some distance from the city.
At the same time planes of the
U. S, continent-based~aFirst Tao
teal Air Force blasted rail tar
gets east of the Rhine and north
Of Alsace. German military move
mants between the Seigfried line
and farther north were battered by
46l fighterbombers and $50 medium
and light bombers of the Ninth
Air Force.
Two fighterbombers were lost
While this large force hit bridges,
made "a cuts in vital Nazi rail
Continued Oh Page Three; Col. 81
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MUTE; Pictures of the launch
Ing are On Page Two.

co me North Carolina Shipbuilding
bir+ lLpaly celebrated its fourth
jte '9 saa:' yesterday by launching
No., -Volh ship, the U. S. S. Dia-
afternoon. ' 0-00A 49,
tion De Diamond Head, an ammuni-
Nv v'' escort vessel, was sponsored
terd mrs. Davis Bill, of Norfolk, at
Flo~ eo by her sisters, the Misses
Arc e n and Betty Harris. They
H.; uie daughters of Winder H.
ere '' H secretary of the Shipbuild-
80 council Of America, veteran
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In connection with the hearing
Tuesday before the Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns, OF
which Mr.. LeGrand is a member,
he would make no comment. He
said he would introduce the dele
cation for and against extension.
In the event the legislative COM
mite, headed up by w. E. Hor-
ner of Sanford, takes a favorable
vote after the hearing, passage Of
the measure in the house after
three separate readings will re.
quire only a majority of that body,
However, unfavorable balloting by
the committe would require two.
thirds vote by the house to place
Continued on Page Two, Col. %
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to his office, grabbed pencil AND
scrawled off a statement:
The War Department has sab
otaged the work-or-jail bill.
POLITICALLY and on the record
they advocate that the powers I'M
der the bill be delegated to Mr.
Justice Byrnes director of w a I
Mobilization and ReconversionD.
"In private contacts with sena'
tors on the Military Affairs com
mittee they urge that these pow
ers be placed under selective serv-
ice.
LAS result the Military Affairs
committee which voted yesterday
7 to to report out the bill favor
Continued on Page; Two Col. u