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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-27
COURT COMBINES
ROBBERY CASES

The first afternoon OF the spe-
cial one week criminal session OF
State Superior Court, with Judge
w. H. S. Burgwyn on the bench,
disposed of a combined three
man highway robbery case, lar
ceny charge in which a verdict OF
mot guilty" was returned and a
plea of guilty to a charge of re-
ceiving stolen goods. Thirty Grim
inal cases representing charges
ranging from crime against nature
to drunkenness were slated for
continuance.
The case Of Robert Dow, Negro
accused OF auto larceny, occupied
the court at adjournment. An ear
lier case of similar nature in which
Willie Blackmon was defendant
terminated with mot guilty. YER
dict.
In case combined for the court S
convenience, Benjamin Locke, Will
liam Moore and William L. Parker,
all Negroes, were tried for high
way robbery and found guilty.
Judge w. H. S. Burgwyn sentenced
the men to terms in New Hanover
County Jail, with hard labor on
State roads, of 10 months to three
years, one to three years and two
to three years respectively.
Charged with store-breaking, lar
ceny and receiving stolen goods, a
Negro named John Cornelius Davis
pied guilty to the last charge and
was sentenced to two and one half
to five years in State prison, with
labor IN the roads of the State
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First Army Shells City
OfCologne; Third Gains
CONTINUED from Page One,

nications center of Erkelenz, and
a cluster of seven villages on the
west, south and east of that stra-
tegic town of $500 population fell
in quick succession.
Another column pushed on north
east and was nearing Kaulhausen,
six miles from Muenchen-G]ad-
bach, western Ruhr city Of 127, O0O
population.
It was disclosed that the 30th
Infantry Division, nicknamed by
the Germans the Roosevelt SIS
(elite) Division was in action
with the Ninth Army and was
the one which drove seven nl:les
beyond the Roer in the Juclich
area.
German resistance was contin-
ed to bomb-smashed towns. A drlz-
zle of rain deprived ground for
ces of air support, but it wasn't
needed.
The civiian-dug of trenches with
which the German high command
had hoped to stop the Allies si1np-
Nv were not manned, and were
quickly hurdled along with 'he
antitank bitches.
American casualties were de-
scribed officially as low, and the
Germans had yielded but 5000 pris-
oners so far in the drive, ind:cat-
ing that they were pulling back
skillfully.
The Third Army was crashing
through the Eifel mountains Is
miles fromx Coblenz on the Rhine
in what front dispatch said look
ed like breakthrough.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-27
CHURCH PLANNING
LENTEN MEETINGS

Beginning at 8 pm. Wednesday
in the Great Hall Of the Parish
House and continuing on each
Wednesday evening thereafter dur
ing Lent, there will be series Of
five discussions on the general sub.
ject, THE Christian Doctrine OF
Cod, it was announced by st.
James Episcopal Church.
These discussions, which are I'M
der the sponsorship of the Lay
mans league, will be conducted
by five outstanding laymen parti.
cularly fitted to lead such discus
sions, it was stated.
The discussion groups offer an
opportunity for constructive think
ing on vitality important subject
All members Of the congregation
and their friends are urged to at
tend.
Following are the several phas-
es of the general subject to be
covered, together with the names
of the leaders of each discussion:
God and the Church, Robert
Strange, Wednesday, Feb. % 8
pm: "God and Yourself, George
B. Elliot, Wednesday, March Z.
8 pm; God and Race, H. E.
Rodgers, Wednesday, March IA, 8
pm; God and the Nations, Carl
H. Davis, Wednesday, March Il,
|8 pm; God and Economics" /,
Emmett Bellamy, Wednesday.
March %, 8 pm.
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The manager of Stacy's Tavern,
also located on the Carolina Beach
road, said that he had been clos
ing at midnight but that people
had not been leaving Immediately.
Under the new order, he plans
to eliminate the service of food
after IL 80 pm. and will have the
music cut off at II so, so that all
lights may be out and the doors
locked by II o'clock. He announced
that he intended to continue to
open at pm.
1t is understood that the st.
Johns Tavern will not be affect
ed by the curfew but the F'inca
Room, a private club located in
the basement of the Tavern, will
be closed at midnight.
The Recreation Bowling Alley,
according to its manager, "won't
be hurt any by the order because
we have been closing at IL pm.
anyway ever since the war"
Two local billiard parlors re-
ported that they would not come
under the curfew because, accord
ing to law, they had to close at
midnight.
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roe Announces New Battle
Along Oder, Neisse Fronts
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Nor was any mention made by
Moscow of the 20O-mile northern
Soviet flank front stretching from
the lower Oder to the Vistula river
in Poland, but Berlin said that
Red Army troops attacking along
the middle of this line had reached
to within II miles of Neustettin at
point only So miles from the
Baltic coast. At the eastern end OF
the line the Russians were report
ed only 80 miles south of Danzig.
German reserves were being
hurried into middle Pomerania in
an effort to keep the Russians from
splitting Pomerania and sealing off
thousands of Germans in the Dan
zig-Gdynia area.
The Nazi High Command official
ly announced that German troops
attacking on Samland peninsula
west of besieged Koenigsberg, East
:Prussian capital, had opened rail,
water and road connections be-
tween Koenigsberg and Pillau, es-
cape port 20 miles to the west.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-27
BRIGADE PLANS
PAPER CAMPAIGN

The Brigade Boys Club last
night announced plans for their
fourth scrap paper drive in Will
mington and suburbs, after an Or
ganizational meeting when a spe-
cial committee in charge of the
drive was named. So
Further plans for the drive, to
be conducted March II, will lie
announced later.
Funds derived from the sale OF
scrap paper collected will be used
for construction of the Brigade
Boys Club summer camp.
Named to the special committee
was Louis Harrison, Elliot Living
ston, Lawrence BoWden, Ben
Clayton and Walter Keen.
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BERLIN POUNDED
IN BIGGEST RAID
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haps been swollen to 5000, 900 by
refugees from the battlefronts.
The great mass Of American air
power arrived over the city in
three waves just before noon and
dropped 5000 high explosive bombs
and 100000 small firebombs on the
Scnlesisher. Alexander Platz and
Berlin north railway stations, all
within two miles of the heart OF
the capital.
The bombs began dropping at
1854 am, the Zero hour set in
the briefing, and continued in sal
vos of 100-ton lots at 10 minute
intervals.
Although the big American bonn
bers offered an inviting target te
the Luftwaffe with their bold tao
tics, there were no reports OF en-
envy air interrogation.
| An Eighth Air Force staff OF
ficer said Berlin has now won oul
most bombed championship"
1.-THE Eighth Air Force" he said
''has dropped approximately 1900
tons of bombs on Berlin in Is at
tacks, passing the 15,000-ton mari
for Cologne and 12,00O-ton allot
ment for Munich.
In addition $1,000 tons of bombs
have been dumped on the MAJ
capital by the Raj in night at
lacks since the start of the war
The huge armada exceeded by
more than 200 planes the size of the
assault on the German capita
February 8 by American bomber!
and fighters.
Preceding today's raid, the city
had been hammered with tWo-tor
block busters for six successive
nights by Raj Mosquitoes.
The three railway stations were
not hit in the February raid BY
900 Flying Fortresses, an Eighth
Air Force officer said, and are 10
Gated within two miles of the Ger
man Air Ministry building, whlcf
received eight direct hits IN the
raid earlier this month.
Schlesisher is main passen
ger station and also is equipped
with vast freight and rapair SHOPS
and extensive sidings. Most OF the
traffic through the station is rouee
through Danzig.
The Alexander Platz is essential
ly a passenger station and Berlin
north is a large freight terminal
Even though battered by scores
of previous attacks and variouslJ
estimated as so to rs per cent DIES
troyed all supplies and reinforce
ments for the Eastern Front must
move through it.
Bad weather hampered aerial op.
erations from bases in Italy but
medium bombers attacked bridges
in northern Italy and hammered
enemy communications in Italy
and Yugoslavia. Thunderbolts stat
ed rolling stock in YugosIayia.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-27
|LECRAND EXPECTED
TO PRESENT BILLS

Bills aiming at the control and
licensing Of professional bondsmen
in New Hanover county, at legal
izing overpayments made during
1914 by the Board OF County Com
missioners to Recorders Court Of
ficials, at spreading City Pension
benefits and at rewarding long
service rendered by retired Fire
and Police department members
were expected to be presented to
the Legislature during the coming
week by Rep. ]. @. LeGrand.
An additional measure given to
him last night for presentation to
the Assembly, entering its penul-
innate week of the present session,
would authorize popular election
in the Town of Carolina Beach to
determine residents willingness to
be taxed for a community adver-
Using fund.
The bondsman-control measure
awaiting subrnittal is a product of
the new Hanover Bar Association.
1t requires an annual license fee
Of 5000 (Which Mr.. LeGrand has in
timated might be reduced) to both
county and City from each pro-
fessional bondsman, sets his risk
and-service charge at five per cent
of the bond, with a minimum fee
of five dollars, and forbids his So
Letting in public buildings and his
recommendation by local attor-
neys or law enforcement officers.
The two pension acts would in
clude ABC Board, Public Health
Nursing and Associated Charities
employees unde7: the City Pension
Act, and would add to the 50-per-
cent-of-salary allowance now Civ
en- to retired police and firemen
monthly dollar for every year
above 20 which they spent in
service.
The County salaries measure, to
be submitted by Mr.. LeGrand in
stead of a bill authorizing County
Commissioners to raise employees
wages $500 beyond their present
range, will simply ratify overpay-
ments made in 1914 to Recorder
H. Winfield Smith and the late j.
A. McNorton, solicitor Of Record
er's court.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-27
EIGHT FROM AREA
WOUNDED IN WAR

The names of eight more service.
men from eastern North Carolina
who have been wounded in action
in the European area have Eeen
announced by the War Depart.
ment.
In each case the next Of kin has
been notified, and will be info M
ed by the War Department OF
the serviceman' condition.
Lumberton-Pvt. James P. Da-
Wis; Mrs. Mortie Davis, mother.
Rocky Mount-Tech. fifth grade
Linwood S. Harper; Mrs. Katie
Dixon, grandmother.
Clinton-Tech. fifth grade Hooper
c. Lee; Mrs. Ellen E. Lee, moth
er. Pfc. James P. Willis; Mrs.
Sarah L. Willis, mother.
Richlands-Pfc. Raj P. Sander
son, mother.
Chinquapin Pfc. Horace w.
Walton; Mrs. Nora D. Walton,
mother.
Laurinburg-Pfc. Paul T. Whita-
ker; Mrs. Lizzie Whitaker, moth
err
Pollocksville-Pfc. Earl w. Will
hanson; Mrs. Beulah B. Williams.
mother.
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lfoue nn,,d commanding general
n: .hs Army Air Forces, asserted
tonight. ranor+ n secre-
me NJ War Henry L. Stimson on
la.y az activities last year that U. 5.
an anower must be strong enough to
ann ip tbe rest of the nation time to
S CIV In World Wars One and
1 n,,o he said, the United States
aIn%" Ci had time to arm. But
a nations have learned their
M Won for World War Three. This
le anntrv will be the first target.
There will be no opportunity for
.r.dllal mobilization; no chance
B. B. rely on the efforts of others, ne
~ ~ The United States must be
t ss worlds first power in military
us disclosed that the AAF' lost
orly n $3.50 planes while destroying
sns58 Axis aircraft in the first three
laws of the war. The AAF flew
q7l 1854 sorties in 1914 and drop
,,ed / o82.31a tons of bombs on en-
INV targets. He placed total U. S.
s;rcraft production last year al
962.541 900 pounds.
arnold classed the week Of Feb
ruary 2O-26 last year as probably
marking "a decisive battle OF his
1orv and . as of greater import.
,nce than Gettsburg." Record num-
hers of Allied planes blasted Ger
man aircraft factories and the Luft-
waite never recovered. On D-Day
"it was conspicuous by its alb
sence.
After the landings in France, oil
refjneries became the main bomber
targets and the campaign was
equally successful.
He said that research and scien-
tific development must be kept
10 after the war so that the air
force can continue to improve its
equipment - a "second-rate air
force is worse than none
There also must be a strong and
healthy aviation industry to expert.
ment with advanced designs. Some
plants, including Government-oWn-
ed factories, must be ready to turn
Immediately to mass production OF
planes.
He urged that out-moded planes
be sold or scrapped right after the
war so that they will not hang over
the air force and the aviation in
dustry retarding development. "
Likewise, the nation must encour-
age private flying to build up re-
serve of trained fliers.
Outlining strides made in air
plane development, he said the
army has three new bombers in
production-the B-35, B-36 and B-42.
They will be more powerful and
capable than those now in opera
ton"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-27
Woman;s Body Is Found
After Apparent Burial

March %, 1914. Children playing in
the building opened a coffin and
found one body. They called police
who discovered the others.
Krause said several of the de-
ceased were welfare cases. Mrs.
Harding was not welfare case,
he said.
In his statement, Harding said
ne attended funeral services at
the funeral home where he saw
her body in the casket. Then he
drove to a cemetery at Forkston
where the casket was lowered into
a grave. The casket was not op-
ened at the grave, ne said, but
he believed it contained the body.
Krause also disclosed that Don
aid Collins Ackley, whom he
identified as the former owner
of the funeral home, apparently
had gone to California. He said
the local rationing board report
ed it had issued him gasoline to
drive to that state on January IL
upon his statement he planned to
open another undertaking estab-
1isnrnent there
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PHILIPPINES GET
CIVILIAN REGIME
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OAASy
south of the Pasig are being en-.
gagged by Yank Liberation forces
Liberated sectors of the Philip
pines include Leyte, where the
American invasion operation Oh.
ened last October, nearby Samar,
large portion of the main island
of Luzon on which Manila is situa.
ted and smaller islands in the cen.
trail part of the Archipelago.
Ministers Of the Philippine Cabi.
net, members of the Congress and
other high officers of the civil gov.
eminent attended.
General Macarthur said more
than three years had elapsed since
he left Manila an open city before
the invading japanese.
Much that I sought to preserve
has been unnecessarily destroyed
by his Cthe enemy's) desperate &C.
ton at bay"
He said the enemy's destruction
of the great Philippine capital
means that "by these actions he
wantonly fixed the future pattern
of his own DOOM
Macarthur continued:
MY country has kept the faith.
American soldiers came here as
an army of free men dedicated with
your people to the cause of human
liberty.
To
bent on brutality.
''They came to re-establish in
dustry, to restore the sanctity and
happiness of your homes without
fear of intrusion.
you are now a liberated peo-
ple.''
Macarthur concluded:
''On behalf of my government,
I now solemnly declare, Mr.. Presi-
dent (Osmena) the full powers I'M
der the constitution are restored
to the Commonwealth
He said the Commonwealth OF the
Philippines again was "at liberty
to pursue it's destiny in the family
Of free nations
President Osmena, accepting the
power of government, praised Mac
Arthur and his troops in iberating
his country and said the five star
general never has lost faith in the
strength of our people,"
His campaign has been a cru
SADIE" Osmena declared.
The large crowd cherred
wildly.
Osmena expressed the hope for
Philippine independence in 1945.
He asked that political differ
ence" be forgotten and the Philip
pines 60 on to secure "the blessings
of democracy for ourselves and our
children"
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u. S. PRESENTS
ECONOMIC PLAN
CONTINUED from Page One)

CONTINUED from Page One)
intended the cushion the inevitable
vertigo of leap from war te
peace and improve living stand
ards throughout the hemisphere.
The security issue, which in eff
feet underlies all these proposals
was brought up more directly il
another U. S. resolution agains
admitting war criminals into any
of the Americas.
1t provides also for setting ur
an inter-American program for re
porting individuals charged with
war crimes and delivering them
to another united nation or a
United Nations agency.
Other important points which
arose at the conference today
were:
/. A proposal to invite Canada
to join the American system with
responsibilities equal to the other
nations. 1t remains unclear how
far such an initiation would affect
Canada's relations in the British
Empire.
2. A strong indication that the
United States will support Colon
bias proposals for mutual guar
antee Of American boundaries, in
which sanctions would be depend
ent upon consultation.
3. The steering committee re-
ported favorably on a Cuban reso-
luton recommending that all the
American nations declare war
against Germany and%- Japan.
4. A Mexican proposal, which
appears to have U. S. support, for
continuing consultations m n g
the military stats of the Ameri-
can nations to keep the hemls-
phere constantly defended against
aggression.
5. A decision to pigeonhold any
discussion of relations with Fran
co Spain at this meeting, leaving
tbs problem to each country IN
dividually.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-27
Three Alarms Answered;
House Is Damaged Badly

Three l al m were answered
last night by City firemen, Two
fires starting in trash piles and
the other in kitchen at the home
Of w. V. Sellars, 407 Queen street,
at 1920 pm, causing considerable
damage to the rear end Of the
house.
At 6:29 pm. a fire started in a
trash pile in closet at vacant
home at Third and Castle streets
causing minor damage. At s3s
pm blaze started in trash pile
underneath a house at 7O4 South
Fifth street. firemen said. No dam
age was caused.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-27
Fiive From This Area
Are Killed In Action

The War Department has an
nounced the names of five more
servicemen from eastern North
Carolina who have been killed in
action in the European area. In
each case the next of kin has been
notified.
Acme-Pvt. Ausley D. Bush;
julius r. Bush, brother.
Chadbourn - Pvt. Herman N.
Mobiles: Mrs. Eta M. Mobiles,
mother.
Fayetteville - Pfc. Lacy H.
Reaves; Mrs. Lou M. Reaves,
mother.
Mt. Olive-Pfc. Daniel c. SUIT
ton: Mrs. Carrie c. L. Sutton,
wife.
Laurinburg-Pfc. John E. Tur-
ner: Mrs. Elsie Clark, aunt.
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WPB 0FFERSPLAN
T0SAVE WORKERS
CONTINUED from Page One)

victory and damned as a move to
horsewhip the country"
The measure would try to cure
manpoWer ills by ending labor
boarding and waste. Soon after de-
bate began two amendments were
introduced to strike out the pen
atty provision that would subject
an employer who violated labor
ceilings to one year in Jail, $l0,-
900 fine or both.
The preview of the stormy re-
ception promised the controversial
bill came from four senators -
Chairman Ebert D. Thomas of the
Military Affairs Committee who
presented it, Harley M. Kilgore,
D-W. Va.) who framed it and the
opposition team of A. B. Chandler,
(D-Ky.) and Joseph c. O'Mahoney,
D-Wyo.).
Thomas urged early passage to
give the men in the front lines "as-
surance that the people of Ameri-
ca stand ready to sacrifice as new
er before"
1t is not a punitive measure
but sit is a bill, above all, to
punish the home front, he said,
make certain, as the great final
months-I hope not years-of the
war come to an end, that there will
be no letup in reserves of men and
supplies"
Chandler, red-faced and angry,
told the Senate that he was
against any bill to force Ameri-
cans into a labor draft" Refer
ing to Army and Navy sponsor
ship of work-or-jail manpower leg
islation, he shouted:
'The military apparently set out
to take advantage of the German
break through to horsewhip the
country into a labor draft to make
people realize there's a war on"
He insisted that there was no
overall manpower shortage; that
Great Britain with a forced labor
law had Is per cent more strikes
on the basis of the labor popula-
ton last year than did the United
States. He poo-poohed Army and
Navy assertions that the measure
was needed to bolster front-ine
morale.
O'Mahoney likewise pointed to
the United States great production
record under the voluntary labor
system and emphasized that 1--WE
have built bridge of ships across
the Atlantic and the Pacific, and
have equipped $4,000, 600 soldiers
and sailors.
And we've done it all under the
voluntary SYSTEM" he added. 1--WE
have not only supplied our. own
forces, we have supplied the ar
mics and the navies of the coun-
tries that are operating on the
forced labor system"
Sen. Harlan j. Bushfield, (R-S.
D. offered the first amendment
that would strike the penalties.
Kilgore, who voted against his
measure in committee after the
penalty amendments affecting
farm workers and employers were
tackled on, introduced amendments
to strike both out.
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AIR BASE HAS WAC MP's

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 26.-U.R)-
It's really woman's world when
members of the weaker sex take
over the strong-arm jobs. Six
Wacs at Lockbourne Army Air
Base have donned the familiar
MP armbands and assumed pa
troll duties after being trained by
regular military policemen.
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10000 GIs ENROLLED

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. &c.
W.H-GI ambition is tremendous,
as evidenced by more than 10000
servicemen, in the United States
and abroad, who are taking
courses through the University
Of California extension division.
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1rnod Stresses Air Power
ToGuardU hNew Wars

WASHINGTON Feb. 2eUP)-The United States will be the
must at all
first its first line of Defense Gen Henri
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If Your Child
Is Coughing

Creonulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender, in
famed bronchial mucous men,
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the
understanding that your child is to
be benefited and you are to like its
quick action in allaying the har-
RAISING cough without upsetting the
stomach or you are to have your
money back. No narcotics.
CIRCUMCISION
or Coughs. Chest Colds, Bronchitis