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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-21
Gas Stove Rationing
Will End On July 81

WASHINGTON, July 90 R -
Rationing of gas cooking and gas
heating stoves will end July 81.
Oil cooking, oil heating, comb
nation oil-gas stoves and oil con-
version burners for stoves will re-
main under rationing.
The War Production Board and
the Office of Price Administration
said a substantial increase in pro-
duction of gas heating and cook
ing stoves is scheduled for the
current quarter, making rationlng
no longer necessary.
Oil burning stoves are being re.
tanned under rationnig because OF
the short supply of fuel oil and
kerosene.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-21
BY ROBERT MUSEL

United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, July 2O.-W.D-The Presi-
dent of the High Court of Justice
that will try Marshal Henri Philip
pc Petain touched off a contro-
versy today by asking for formal
opinion on the width of a average
foreign correspondents "derriere. "
Everyone has considered Paris a
rear arear since the liberation
Thus thee has been lots of sitting
around by correspondents who now
display the so-called "middle-age!
SPREAD. That the sharpeyec
French have been observing this
'battle of the bulge" was evident
when the question arose as to how
many correspondents could be tit
ted into the Petain courtroom.
Andre Laguerre, of the Ministry
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-21
President Tells World
Sacrifices Of W ar
Not Tradeable

dent Truman told the world today
that the United States does not
intend to trade its sacrifices In
the bloodiest of wars for territorial
conquest or monetary gain.
Speaking only few miles from
the former Kaisers' palace where
he is working with Prime Minister
Churchill and Generalissimo Sta
lin on formula for preserving
Europe against future war he de-
clared pointedly:
1--WE are not fighting for con-
quest. There is not a piece OF ter
ritory or one thing of monetary
nature we want out of this war. y
The words were spoken at the
historic occasion of the raising OF
the Stars and Stripes over the
capital of Germany-"our great
est Adversary" Picked infantry.
men from the second ("Hell on
Wheels") Armored Division then
heard this solemn warning:
eve must not forget that we
are fighting for peace and for the
welfare of mankind"
This was interpreted as an expo
sition of the American position,
not only as relates to present ne
gotiations for settlement OF Eu'
ropes age-old territorial and other
problems, but as new advice tc
the japanese people that the wal
in the Pacific is not aimed at the
people themselves.
"We want peace and we want tc
see the time come when We car
do the things in peace that we
have been able to do in war;" the
gray-haired Missourian assured the
victorious outfit.
eff we can put this tremendous
machine of ours which has made
this victory possible to work for
peace, we can look forward to the
greatest age in the history Of man.
kind.
That" the President concluded
firmly, lis what we propose to
do"
Thanked by War Secretary Slim
son, Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Omar
N. Bradley, Gen. George S. Pat
ton, 1t. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, and
Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, the
President spoke extemporaneously
for about two minutes in the cob
blestoned central court Of what
had been the headquarters of the
German Air Force district COM
mander.
He had hurried to the ceremony
by automobile direct from formal
discussions with Churchill and
Stain.
When the President concluded,
the historic flag which flew over
the Capitol at Washington the day
the U. S. entered the war against
the Axis and which will be taken
to Tokyo was raised over the qua--
tiers of the American Control
Forces occupying Berlin.
The flag, which belongs to Maui
ry Maverick of Texas and Wash
ington, was previously raised as a
sign of victory at Casablanca, AL
giers and Rome.
Mr.. Truman reminded the troops
it was being raised in the name
of the people of the United States,
who are looking forward to a
better world, a peaceful world, a
world in which all the people will
have an opportunity to enjoy the
good things of life, and not just
a few at the top
Wilbur Richard of Portland,
Ind, and Frederick j. D'Angelo,
Wilmerding, Pa, handled the flag
lines, while two other combat COZ
porals, Charles Magnifico, Jersey
City, and Abraham Liberman,
Cambridge, Mass, stood as color
guard.
Looking we'll and slightly heav-
Ter than when he left Washington
on July 6, the President walked
about 200 yards from his automo-
bile to the ceremony.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-21
WEATHER
eastern Standard Time)
(BY u. s. Weafher BureauA

eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the q hours
"iiuih9 Bop, yesterday.
Temperature
1:3ua. Is; 7:3op. "a; 1:30p. 80; 7 Bop. IT,
sarmal IS. ~ w.
Humidity
~oa 95; BOA. 96: 1902 &C.; 7:3Op. 60.
Precipitation n
Inches. 'f
a., Total since the first of the month
1890 inches.
Tides for Today
IRON the Tide Tables published by U
~ coast and Geodedtc Survey
NIT. High Low
7:27p. 2:00p
'Nesonnoro Inlet ----- 4:25a. 10:45a
Moonset 2:oe.
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-21
KANSAS CITY NOW
WITHOUT MILK
BULLETIN

BULLETIN
KANSAS CITY, July 20.-(R
-Contending parties agreed to-
night to a truce in the milk
dispute which had virtually
halted milk deliveries in Kan
sas City since last Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-21
FORECAST

For North Carolina: Saturday consider
,h,. cloudiness with scattered thunder
shower; gentle to moderate easterly
winds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-21

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Evening star., 1945-03-18
Beltsville Scientists Seek New WAYS
To Boost Our Wartime Food Production

omcials in charge of military supplies.
Experiments at the station have
shown that pork production can bs
stepped up by feeding additional pro-
teins and the B vitanins to sucking
pigs. Nutrition specialists have worked
out practical, all-vegetable protein diets
for chickens and turkeys that will save
animal proteins.
Work clothes for women, suitable for
industrial jobs, housework and farm
chores are designed in the clothing
laboratories of the Bureau OF Home Eco
nomics. The laboratories have issued
detailed instructions on how to do q
professional job on mending mems suits.
They have designed better wearing,
better-ftting cotton stockings.
Bigger and better onions, improved
tomatoes, potatoes and strawberries are
grown in the Beltsville gardens and
greenhouses
In five years of selective poultry
breeding, the average annual egg pro-
duction of low-producing flock of hens
has been increased from 12s to 1T eggs
per hen.
There are two drug plant gardens at
the center, one located in a woodland
and the other cultivated on black loan.
In the garden under cultivation, more
than 200 species and varieties of drug
and savory herb plants are maintained
throughout the growing season.
Evening star., 1945-03-18

still with grave look upon their little
emaciated faces. The younger of the
women finally looked up and, raising a
trembling finger as if in condemnation
pointed east and said with a world of
contempt and sorrow in her voice:
There are the Catacombs-and there,
too, lies my poor, innocent man."
We Enter the Gave
Our car stopped before black earthen
cave. We entered. Inside, q search
light placed in one of the corners of the
cave threw its bland reflection upon
hundreds of photographs of the slain
men-men Of all ages. Each of the pic
lures bore the name of the deceased and
a hand-written epitaph. At their feet,
above them, around them and resting
against the black walls were an infinity
OF wreaths. Never had seen such
Evening star., 1945-03-18

profusion of flowers! Their gay colors
formed an ironic contrast with the
gloomy surroundings. These flowers, we
were told, were religiously replaced with
fresh ones every day by the mothers, the
wives. the children, the sisters, the
sweethearts and other relatives and
friends of the victims.
There were two military guides and
three visitors besides ourselves-all Ital-
ian. I questioned them and heard them
utter the most gruesome account of what
was about to witness. I must have
looked somewhat incredulous, for the
guide looked at me, smiled sadly and
said: IF you want to see for yourself, if
you have the courage, come with me and
Will show you. - Show me what?"
I asked. half regretful of my question,
for my interlocutor's reply fell upon me
like a mountain of ice, chilling the blood
In my Veins and sending shivers down
my spine. "The corpses," he said.
We were halfway up the winding
labyrinth when the realization came to
us that the place had at the time been
mined by the Germans. God, hope
one Of those babies does not suddenly
decide to 60 off," said the colonel.
Five Hundred Dead
But nothing could have stopped us.
So we preceded our funeral procession
up the narrow, cold, damp lanes Of the
Catacombs. AL was pitch black, except
for the dim reflection projected by our
hashlight. ALI was silence around us.
In my mind, my imagination was busily
trying to analyze and coordinate all
that I had heard. Five hundred men
were lying there dead and was going
to see them. =. A thousand conjec-
lures were racking my brains: Gould 1t
possibly be true7 Could such things
really happen7 Could any human being
commit SUCH atrocities?
! was called back to crude reality "
Evening star., 1945-03-18
BY Alexander r. George,
Associated Press STAFF Writer,


BELTSVILLE, Md.-Cows and cock
reaches, honeybees and helminthologists,
chicken feathers and patched pants are
doing their stuff for the war effort.
Much of the scientific work in the SO
laboratory buildings and 81 greenhouses
Of the l4,000-acre Agriculture Depart
ment research center is aimed to help
the food production program. The work
ranges, however, from taking cardiogram
records Of insects hearts to designing
work suits for Winnie the Welder.
Huge American cockroaches test the
killing power of DOT. famed war
developed insecticide. DDT gives the
reaches the jitters as the first symptom
Of killing action. Army worms and other
insects which destroy food and carry
disease to man. plant and animal, MUNICH
experimental poison rations.
Milk Production
Army worms are moth larvae which
derive their name from the fact that
they travel in great numbers from field
to field destroying grasses, grains and
crops Helminthologists, in case you
didn't know, are scientists who specialize
In the study of worms, particularly
parasitic worms.
Evening star., 1945-03-18

ablaze; the Mogami and another de-
stroyer were left smoking.
Again next day the ack-ack was ter
rife. A large carrier was left afire,
dead in the water; battleship was hit
light cruiser and destroyer were
plastered with rockets. Both the, car
rier and the cruiser later sunk and pilots
said the destroyer exploded amidship
By then, in the words of the air group
commander, the Japanese fleet was
spread over an area of many miles, was
fleeing, disorganized mob"
Before the day ended big E" planes
sank small carrier, damaged light
cruiser and destroyer and, as a part
ing gesture, gave chase to the frantic
enemy, planting five bombs on a light
cruiser, leaving her burning furiously,
and three more on battleship.
She's a Lucky Ship
The Big e. is known as a lucky ship
and for the spirit of her men.
There was Midway. Teaming with
the Inflated Hornet and Yorktown, she
had been combing the broad waters
without success for the japanese car
rier force, only 750 miles west of Pearl
Harbor.
If they failed to find the enemy, it
might give him the initiative and spell
disaster. The big E's" air group COM
mander, 1t. Comd. Clarence Wade
McClusky, jr., decided to take one more
look-this time much farther out. 1t
was weighty decision, for the planes
were running low on fuel
But they found the enemy, and history
was made that day. Never again has
the enemy dared such a thrust.
The spirit Of the enterprise is hard to
describe. Comdr. Thomas j. Hamilton of
Columbus, Ohio, her executive officer for
18 months, once tried it.
You can't really feel it." he said, "un-
less you've ridden her. It's something
that grips men so completely that they
subordinate themselves to all else"
She Wins Mems Hearts
Admiral William F. (BulD Halsey was
carrying his flag on her when war broke.
He rode her to the Marshalls. His heart
still rides her. He told her so in congrat-
ulating her on the presidential citation.
The past shippers are Vice Admiral
George D. Murray of 1902 Q street NV.
Washington; Rear Admirals Charles L.
Powell, Tyrone, Pa; Arthur C. Davis.
Berching street, Worcester, Mass; Os-
borne B. Hardison, 220 Lee avenue,
Wadesboro, N. c.; Samuel P. Ginder
l006 Chestnut street, Altoona, Pa; Mat
thias B. Gardner, State College, Pa.
and Capt. Cato D. Glover.
Murray wrote her first battle order.
after she had started for Wake with the
Marine fighter planes in December, 1941.
In closing, Murray said: 'It is the ira
Evening star., 1945-03-18

Beltsvilles cows have helped ease a
wartime milk production problem In
experiments, cows MIXED three times
day gave about 20 per cent more milk
than when MIXED only twice a day.
Plant specialists at the center have
developed corn with q waxy starch
which Is a good substitute for tapioca
as a food and in making adhesives
Before Pearl Harbor, tapioca was i'm
ported in large quantities from the East
Indies now held by the japanese.
New strains OF honeybees with marked
resistance to disease have been pro-
duced at Beltsville. Fifty of our impor-
tant crops, including most fruits, vege-
table seed crops. clover and alfalfa, are
dependent upon bees for pollination
Beeswax, a precious product in war, Is
an ingredient in protective coverings
for munitions. 1t is used in many other
war materials.
A practical method has been developed
for utilizing chicken and turkey feath-
ers as a substitute for down in Army
sleeping bags, comforts and lining for
coats. Soil experts have furnished the
military with information Of Importance
In the location OF air fields and war
plants.
Vitamins for Pigs
Effective methods Of mothproofing
garments and of controlling insects that
attack stored food have been furnished
Evening star., 1945-03-18

dition OF our Navy that, when put to the
test all hands keep cool, keep theil
heads, and fight. Steady nerves ano
stout hearts are needed now"
The big E" sense of humor is good
too-like the time the young plane rec
ogn!tion oficer. 1t. q. g. Gerald Flynn
of Batavia, N. Y, was called by Rear Ad.
miral John w. Reeves, jr., to identify q
plane on the horizon. Flynn called it q
BIS; Reeves thought it B-26.
III bet you weeks salary OF mine
against one of yours that it's B-25,
Flynn replied enthusiastically.
The admiral, mildly disturbed, said
something about the ship not being big
enough for both Of them
When Reeves vas leaving the ship
later for a new assignment, Flynn was
the toastmaster at his farewell party.
He recalled how the admiral had once
told him there wasn't room for both of
them on the Enterprise, and jokingly
concluded:
Were mighty sorry to see the admiral
leaving tomorrow"
They say the admiral laughed the
loudest.
She's Always Ready
The Enterprise never has been held up
in an operation by major engineering
trouble, never has had to wait on the
rearming crew for a strike. Her gun
ners have always bagged their share of
enemy pianes-for instance, 80 in the
Battle of Santa Cruz alone.
She never has time for glory. There
was her return to Bremerton, Wash, in
July. is43, for overhauling after 26
months in the Pacific.
As the old lady poked her nose-a
little the worse for battle-into port
there were only the guards to greet her.
Oficially she wasn't there. Her ofIicers
and crew understood
Her indomitable spirit, which only the
men who ride her know, always seems
to impel them to that one extra step
like it did McClusky at Midway. At
Saipan it was William I. Martin of Ava.
Mo. Shot down in flames, he landed in
4 feet of water $50 feet from the beach
under Japanese fire.
As he dragged his life raft across the
reef he took souhdings. Once across he
inflated his raft and set sail. When
picked up, he furnished valuable in
formation on the invasion beaches where
landings were to be made.
And then there was the young fighter
pilot, Ensign Walter A. Wood, jr., of
Grand Rapids, Mich, who was shot down
as he and his buddies plastered the
Manila waterfront.
Later friendly forces found his body
and note pad. On 1t he had scribbled
his farewell message to his buddies of
the big e.: Got three"
Evening star., 1945-03-18
BY Alva A. Bader

AAAVo AAs 4@%ASA
Yes, I saw them with my own eyes,
those tortured, mutilated bodies of the
800 Italians, who were massacred by a
handful of Nazis last March. A retalia-
tory punishment, the Germans called it.
But Rome's annals will register the
brutal slaughters, carried out with cold
blooded premeditation and vicious plan
ming. Her abused, war-weary citizens
will mourn these martyrs for centuries
to come: they will forever bear in their
aching hearts bitter hatred for the
so-called Axis partners who, in reality,
have never ceased to be the real enemy
tThe mass executions, it will be re-
called, followed a street explosion near
the Quirinal, in which, it was reported, a
group of Nazis were killed. SIS troops
Immediately arrested most of the men
in the neighborhood and later drove 800
of them to the cave. After moving
them down, the cave entrance was
dynamited and sealed up. The full
horror of the atrocity was revealed
when the tomb was opened after the
liberation of Rome by the Allies)
My unforgettable experience started
out as casual sightseeing tour made
in the company of q colonel, q major
and an American Red Cross girl Some
one in the party expressed the desire to
see the catacombs of the Eternal City
so of we went, comfortably installed in
a command car.
The streets of Rome with their his
torical and majestic monuments offered
nothing new to me. I had been here
before the war. The city itself had not
changed much, except for its physical
aspect. Rome had suddenly lost her an
cient air of dignity, her indolent tempo,
her traditional "signorilita" Her shady,
tranquil boulevards, where elegant stroll
lers took their daily promenade, were
now buzzing with the "Armate della
Liberazione" (Armies of Liberation).
Thousands of GIs and officers Of all the
Allied nations: Americans, British,
French, Canadians, New Zealanders,
Poles, ,Yugoslavs-all in a seemingly mad
rush to see the town they had so valiant
ly captured, visit st. Peters Cathedral,
attend the Pope's daily addition to the
members Of the Allied powers and have a
good time.
The Pace Had Changed
What had once been peace and seren-
ity had overnight changed into war and
tumultuous confusion. The slow, undu-
lating fiacres changed places with
speedy, streamlined Army trucks, COM
mand cars, jeeps and other military
vehicles Of all sizes and descriptions,
the rhythmic clocklike toc-toc Of q
horses hooves on the smooth asphalt
was now replaced by strident claxons
noisily ordering bewildered and per-
picked population of the streets.
Past the city outskirts, we stopped to
ask directions. per favore, ci puo in
dicare dove 81 trovano lie Catacombe?"
inquired Of group Of elderly women
who were slowly approaching. At the
mention Of the word Catacombe, their
faces grew visibly paler, their heads
dropped in CONSERVATION. A deadly
silence suddenly filled the air, q silence
SO poignant In its intensity that even
the children, as if by common accord,
had stopped their hurry -burly and stood
Evening star., 1945-03-18
BY AL Dopking,


PEARL HARBOR.-The big E"
turned her proud, tough old nose into
the wind at full throttle-she had come
through the gray mist on time again,
this time for the battle for Leyte Gulf
The japanese fleet had split and was
trying to slip in from three directions
against Douglas MacArthurs sitting
convoy, and the four -day-old invasion
of the Philippines depended on the out
come.
To the U. S. S. Enterprise, sole sur
vivor of her class and holder of a
presidential unit citation, 1t was an
old story. She has a habit of casting
a shadow across "the rising sun
Way back in Al, returning from Wake
Island where she had delivered some
fighter planes, she ran smack into the
japanese sneak attack and hers were
the only carrier-based aircraft in action
that December 7. Since then the 19,50O-
tonners' exploits have become a legend.
Trails of Her Enemy Hunts
On map the trail of her persistent
hunts for the enemy looks like the
scribblings in a childs picture book,
and takes in most of the major Pacific
engagements.
She sailed deep into the Marshalls
and Gilberts soon after Pearl Harbor
for the first American blows against
enemy territory.
She escorted the Hornet to within
300 miles of Tokyo for Jimmy Doolittle's
daring air raid.
Often she hunted alone, for there
was a time when Uncle Sam could
muster no other carrier for the battle
When the sleek new carriers arrived
she refused to be benched.
She was in on the invasion of the
Gilberts and Marshalls, at Truk. Palau,
zap, Woleai and Ulithi in the Caro-
lines; Jaluit in the Marshalls, Emirau
in the South Pacific, Hollandia in New
Guinea, Saipan, Guam, the Bonins.
the Ryukyus, Formosa and the Philip
pines.
Saved Fleet From Attack
In the Gilberts she pioneered with
night combat fighters, losing one of
her most famous flyers, 1t. Commander
E. H. (Butch) O'Hare, but the venture
saved the American feet from the
largest co-ordinated night air attack
every launched against it.
In the battle of the Philippines Sea
in June, 1914, one of her planes was
first to sight the enemy fleet, and later
she damaged two enemy carriers there
and got 80 planes.
At Santa Cruz she and the Hornet
destroyed 135 enemy planes, damaged
two carriers, two battleships and three
cruisers before the Hornet was mortally
hit.
At Truk her airmen sank II ships.
damaged 81 others and destroyed more
than IS planes; at Palau sank three
ships and destroyed IL planes.
Battle for Leyte Gulf
Now in the battle for Leyte Gulf she
was turning her battle wise snout into
the breeze once again for blood. Her
flyers swarmed off against a huge bat
tleship, Japans biggest and newest;
another battle-wagon OF the older Kon-
go class, Mogami heavy cruiser and
seven or so destroyers.
With the big E" brood still Is miles
away, the Japanese were even firing
their main batteries. Ack-ack explo-
slons formed cumuluslike cloud.
The giant battleship, the Musashi,
was hit with II bombs and torpedoes
and sank. new type destroyer was set
Evening star., 1945-03-18

U. S. S. Enterprise, known to
the NaOy as big E." sole sur
piUor of her class and holder
OF a presidential citation, is
still ON the trail OF the enemy.
This famous carrier dealt some
OF the first blo10s against the
JapS after Pearl Harbor. She
escorted the Hornet for Jimmy
Doolittle's raid ON Tokyo, and
later 1Dith the Hornet deStroy-
ed 135 enemy planes, DAM
aged t1Oo carriers, t1yo battle
ships and three cruisers. In
the battle of Leyte Gulf she
sank a Jap carrier and a
cruiser and damaged a giant
battleship to 1Oin neD laurels.
Evening star., 1945-03-18

While in Rome, Alpd Bader, an
American Red Cross tOorker. now
stationed here, interuieiDed families
OF the Dtctinls OF Ndzi borbnrism in
the Via Rdsella massacre and pisited
the cataconb in iphich they pere
slaughtered and sealed up by their
Arts partners. Here is the story she
tells, in striking evidence OF one of
Germdny's most brutal ,par crimes.