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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-23
The Cabinet Change

President Rooseyelt's custer of Secretary OF
Commerce Jesse H. Jones to pay political
debt to former Vice President Henry A. Wal
lace is disheartening, to put 1t mildly 10
country looking to it's capital for examples OF
unity and efficiency in the most trying times
of its history.
Jones, competent man with an outstanding
record of directing the department and Allied
lending agencies, was kicked overheard to ap-
pease the left wing Of the Democratic party
The decision that he should 60 was apparently
made at the party's convention in Chicago
when precinct-type political horse trading
reached a new high with Mr. Wallace apparent
ly taking beating for the time being.
Frankly, we think the price of this appease-
ment is too high.
Why?
First, good man, one with the confidence
of American business and congress, is out on
the eve Of a period when he and his depart
ment would have an even greater place in
Americas post war economy. He is being
replaced by man who, in the opinion OF
Mr.. Jones, is not considered capable of handl-
Finance Corporation, and related money agen:
cies which have been part of the Commerce
department since 1912.
Already it is apparent that others in Wash
ington share Mr.. Jones' appraisement of Mr.
Wallace.
A few hours after the formal nomination of
Mr. Wallace, Chairman Walter F. George, Of
the Senate Finance committee, came forth with
a bill that would strip the Job of much OF
it's power and prestige 1t was the first real
move by conservative members Of Congress,
angry over the Presidents substitution of an
uncertain man for the veteran Mr. Jones, in
the great fight that is sure to come
That battle, we believe, will be the most
serious of all the consequences following the
naming of Mr. Wallace as reward for work.
ing for the success Of the 1914 presidential
ticket. AS Ernest Barcella, OF the United Press
points out it may be the bitterest struggle
since the ill fated supreme court reorganiza-
ton plan of 1887.
1t means frankly, Mr.. Roosevelt begins his
fourth term at odds with Congress at time
when harmony is so important to the country S
war effort and welfare. It's another home-front
fight, one that could have been averted.
Perhaps Mr.. Wallace will make good Sec
rotary OF Commerce but we have yet to know
an idealist who was competent in finance and
commerce. We believe we join many others in
fear of experimentation with the country's bus
mess policies by an amateur at such time.
Our foreign and domestic problems are many
and great enough without adding another one
which certainly may be the case in this latest
cabinet change.
To put it bluntly, we simply can't see where
the change will do the country any good
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First Chicagoan Jailed
For OPA Rent Violations

CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-lR-A hotel
man VINO boosted rents from 80
to 40 per cent today became the
first Chicagoan to go to Jail for
violation of OPA rent regulations.
Jail is the only way to stop
such violations" Federal Judge
John P. Barnes declared in filming
William Walsh, so, proprietor of
the Julian Hotel on the North Side,
$500, and sending him to Jail for
five days.
Walsh pleaded guilty to a GRIM
inal information. His attorney
asked lieniency saying Walsh, VINO
bought the hotel in 1943, had made
improvements and felt entitled to
more income.
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The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Aro,,

A barrage of new victory a.
nouncements from Moscow o4
cially reported Russian captur. :,
key communication centers y, G.
lesia, Poland and East pru,.;.
guarding every eastern gateway :.
Berlin between the Baltic and ~.
upper Oder valley and opened ~,
second week of the titanic mai,
Red Army winter offensive.
They came tumbhng on e.o,
others heels so fast as 10 NIL.
any detailed mapping Of the vss,
800 mile Eastern Front matte
of conjecture. Utterly confused an5
off balance as the whole Nazi 40
tense deployment from the norrb
srn flang of the Carpathians 10 IN.
north end of the old Danzig Cow
ridor appeared to be, there sin
was no Russian claim Of totaI
German rout although the retre.,
into the Reich itself seemed }a,,
verging that way.
The most astonishing aspect =.
the Russian offensive tidal wavs
was that it appeared to be pain,
ing instead of losing speed the far.
Their its supply lines were extend.
ed.
Within weeks time the remot.
possibility of an attempted Na,
evacuation of East Prussia had
been converted into a virtual real.
ity. The fall of such mighty defen.
sive bastions in northern East
Prussia as Tilsit and InSterbwa
strongly suggests that Berlin has
thumbed the whole German army
westward in desperate attempt
at escape before the Russians cut
the last land transport route acros,
the Danzig Corridor.
Only two main rail routes ar,
available for such a mass troon
movement. One of those has been
slashed. They are the 1nsterburg.
Deutsch Eylau-Torrun-Berlin and
and the Koenigsberg Marienburg.
Stettin-Berlin lines. Russian seiz.
ure of Allenstein and close invest.
ment if not capture of Deutsch
Eylau and Torun certainly has
rendered the first useless. In the
Deutsch Eylau area, Red advance
forces are within easy striking
distance Of Marianburg, critical
hub of the other, to complete the
isolation Of East Prussia from the
rest of the Reich except by sea.
Russian capture of Tannenberg
scene of crushing Russian defeat
in World War l, was more than a
symbolical triumph for Soviet
forces. 1t lies close to Deutsch
Eylau and on the way to Marian.
burg. Russian seizure of those crit.
ical rail functions could lead 10 a
far greater German disaster in
East Prussia than Czarist armies
suffered in 1914 at the hands Of
Marshal Hindenburg whose mas
sive tomb at Tannenberg now is In
Russian hands.
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BY w. G. ROGERS
"The Language of World War H."
by A. Marjorie Taylor III. w.
Wilson: SI.25).

One of the hardest jobs of news
papermen in this new wartime
world is to keep agencies and
organizations identified by initials
straight, and it's one of the hard
est jobs of newspaper readers.
too. A Marjorie Taylor Of the
Rochester On. " Public Library
has unscrambled them and ar
ranged them alphabetically. To
them she has added slogans.
memorable sayings and the con.
cocted words which compose
World War II slanguage.
Reinhard Heydrick, Of the Nazi
secret police, has been called
Cobra, Basilisk and Hangman:
Fox was the nickname not only
OF the German Rommel but of
the American Chennault. the
Last Time I Saw Paris Was a
song before it became a book.
Daver was Bling Bang Corner, and
FBIs are the Forgotten Boys of
Iceland. Enemy Ears Are Lis
tening" is credited to the owl,
but it might be added that the
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Eric Johnston Expected
To Work In Hays Office

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.--UP)-
A spokesman for the Motion Pic.
ture Producers and Distributors
Association said today it appear
ed possible that Eric Johnson
president of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce. would be-
come associated with the Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors
Association but not as successor
to the association's president. Will
Hays.
Arthur de Bray, director of re-
search for the association, said
Hays was not retiring "at the
present time
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Wiltz Road Sign Caused
-Four CTS To Hit Mines

hear him for at least half an hour.
Then two more of my riflemen said
we're going to get him. They
started out and this sniper almost
Immediately killed one, but failec
to get the second who crawleo
through the snow on his belly to
the wounded man and brought him
back"
Hatch said his men were devel-
oping a hatred for that German
sniper and cheered when an 81
millimeter mortar blasted him from
his hole.
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many ball players, crooners and junior execu-
tives.
So we think Mr.. Heller has a point Con-
sress is important enough that it should at
tract the best men. and promise enough money
and help to do their job well, even though the
pay hike may be postponed till after the war.
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SILVER STAR

WASHINGTON, Jan. q. - (P -
The War Department today an
nounced the award Of tine Silver
Star to First 1t. Ralph c. Win.
stead, Inf, of Sonora. S. c., for
outstanding courage and devotion
to duty July 6. 1914. in France.
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CAROLINIAN HONORED

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. ~
The War Department today an
nounced the award Of tie Silver
Star to S-Sgt. William S, Howard
Jr.. Inf, of Catawba, N. c., 1of
galantry in action N NtrmaAdH
June 9. 1914.
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The solder in $50 empty tooth
paste or shaving soap tubes Of tns
past was enough for one EngIsn
bomber.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
When God looked down upon the eartn
And chose to put new blessings there,
Gifts from above
To show His love
And tighten earthly joy and care
He gave the sky the sunset glow;
cave fragrance to the lily's blow;
To children play;
And then to every yearning soul
He rave that gift of tenderest worth
A Mother.
SARAH n. LATHAM.
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Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star accepts no re-
sponsibility for the personal views of Mr..
Pegler and often disagrees with them as
much as many of his readers. His articles
serve the good purpose of making people
Think
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PAPER CAMPAIGN
SCHEDULED TODAY
Continued from Page One)

early as possible this morning, sc
that there will be no delay in the
collection. In the first drive, only
one out of five houses collected
paper. The proportion was one out
of three for the second drive. 1t is
hoped that every home will con.
tribute some paper to the drive
today.
For the Scouts, this will be al
initial attempt in the effort to col
lect an average of 1000 pounds OF
paper per Scout or Cub during
March and April. Troops will make
individual collections through April
following this drive.
Each Scout who collects 1000
pounds or more of paper will re-
ceive the General Eisenhower cam
paign medal for outstanding serv-
ice on the home front. Each troop
which collects an average of 1000
pounds per member will receive a
shell case from a 75-millimeter
shell fired on q European battle
ground.
Harlee Kenan, chairman of the
drive, has asked all workers to
meet at the North-Smith Coal Co.,
$40 North 9Th Street, at 1890 p.
m. Trucks will begin collecting
l pm. If anyone fails to have his
paper collected, he is asked to call
4486.
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VESSEL WRECKED
IN OREGON STORM

cOOs BAY, Ore, March 17-tF)
Coast Guard rescue crews pat
+1;no rains, high winds and pound
10 seas to rescue the 80 man crew
IT small cargo vessel breaking
w IN the rocks offshore said to-
.iaht thew no longer could see any
one aboard.
Four efforts to rig a breeches
buoy line have failed.
A third line which was shot from
the ship had just been secured
ashore when the vessel rolled with
the tide and it snapped. Since then
there has been no sign OF lie
aboard and darkness was rapidly
settling over the shoreline.
High waves have been smashing
against the ship all day and veteran
euardsmen said there was so much
of the lumber cargo floating onto
the beach they believed the ship
must be breaking up. --.
The vessel was driven aground
during the night by 95-mile-an-
hour gale. A>..
The vessel ran aground off shore
this morning in a heavy storm
LA shing the coast from Newport
Oregon, to the California border
The gale was expected to sub
side tonight, but the heavy sea:
endangering the stranded freight
er probably will continue for q
hours, the weather bureau said.
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ARKANSAS MAN ADMIT
Staying SIX PERSONS
CONTINUED from Page one)

driver returned from California
about two months ago driving a
new automobile loaded with Bibles
and had informed acquaintance he
was selling the books. The detec-
tive chief said a new Bible was
found in Halls room here.
Hall was. being held today on an
open charge pending the filing of
specific charges on warrants which
Captain Scroggin said would prob
ably be issued later in the counties
involved.
In addition to his wife Hall ad-
mitted, according to Scroggin,
that he had robbed and killed the
following persons.
Boiler Inspector NeWcomb on the
highway near Conway, Ark. March
8,
E. c. Adams, OF Humboldt, Kans.,
near Fordyce, Ark, in Dallas
county, February 1.
Doyle Mulherin, of Little Rock,
truck driver for a packing com
pany, near Stuttgart, Arkansas
county Feb. 8.
In each case the bodies Of the
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COUNCIL QUIET ON
PROMOTION ACTION
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present Civil Service actempow-
ers the commission only to COIL
firm or reject council choices, not
to initiate candidates..
In the letter which the commits
sion authorized last night to carry
its recommendations to City Man.
ager A. c. Nichols, it used the
word nominate" to describe its
choice of Padrick and Billiard af-
ter rejecting Corbett and Sellers.
The commission members pres
ent Friday night, Chairman N. S.
Westbrook, R. II. Williams and
R. L. Fryer, interviewed Chief j.
L. Groom and Captains c. N. Riv-
embark and F. A. Tatum, whose
questionnaire- had served
as basis for the merit-ratings Of
the men eligible for advancement.
The merit-scores themselves are
filed in the City Managers office.
The commissions dissent from
the councils recommendations
was explained by Mr.. Westbrook,
who said that in his experience, mo
sgruntlement" was to be expect
ed in a department wthen promo
tons were made on a basis Of
seniority.
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M'KEITHAN HEADS
JOB OFFICES HERE
CONTINUED from Page One)

nounced that Peter A. Reavis, SUI.
pervising interviewer in charge Of
the Wilmington offices since the
resignation in October, 1914, of Fe-
ix A. Scroggs, former manager,
had resigned yesterday to take 9th.
er employment.
A supervising interviewer to re.
place Mr.. Reavis will be appoint.
ed in the near future, Mr.. Shep-
herd said. He added that Preston
W. Moseley, currently serving in
the branch office of the USES at
Laurinburg, will return as an in
terviewer to Wilmington tomorrow
Two veterans of World War II have
also been added to the Wilmington
irtervieWer-s staff.
A North Carolinian and a former
high school principal, Mr.. McKeith-
an has served for more than two
years as manager of the USES of.
flee at Washington, which is &C.
corded number-two classification
by the organization. Wilmington
has a number-one rating. Prior tc
his assignment to Washington he
had managed the office at Bry.
son City. Previously he was an in
tervieWer in the Sanford office.
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DRAFT MAY TAKE
MORE OLDER men

WASHINGTON, March 17-(P)-
Heavier drafting of men 80 anc
older from essential jobs was
foreseen by Selective Service to-
night as it authorized deferment
of some $4,000 younger men in
five vital war industries.
The Government broke its rule
that not more than 80 per cent OF
workers in the 1929 age group
could retain deferments, for the
benefit Of the steel, coal mining,
transportation, synthetic rubber,
and non-ferrous mining industries,
including copper, lead and zinc.
1T is obvious that if we don't
get them under 80, we'll have to
take the older men," said a Sc
lective Service headquarters
spokesman. THE draft calls are
not being reduced"
1t is reasonable to expect, he
stated also, that the older men
drafted as combat requirements
will not be drawn from the five
preferred industries but from 9TH
ers rated less critical.
The new Sefective Service in
structions to State draft directors
mean that the five industries NAM
ed will get more than half as
many deferments of young men
as all essential industries pre-
viously were scheduled to receive.
About $4,000 men aged 1929, it
is estimated, now are in the de-
ferred IA and 2-B classes in in
dustry.
Selective Service punctured the
80 per cent ceiling upon recon-
mendation of the inter-agency
committee on deferments created
by War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes last month.
The committee obviously is in
for more trouble. Pressure for
similar relief already is being ex-
erted by the Navy in behalf of it's
critical production programs, and
aircraft manufacturers are report
ed hammering for more protec-
ton OF their young craftsmen.
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PORTS AUTHORITY
MEASURE ADVANCE
CONTINUED from Page One)

4
Senator Ward had notified him that
he would raise no opposition to it.
After questioning from the floor
had elected the assurance that no
state funds were asked for its i'm
fermentation, the Junior college
hi secured upper house approva
without difficulty. The bill was
written by Cyrus D. Hogue at the
instance of DR.. John T. Hoggard.
chairman OF the New Hanover
Board of Education.
II authorizes the Board to axis a
county election by which the public
will decide whether or not it wants
to establish a Junior college and
pay for its launching with tax
not to exceed seven cents per S100.
The institution would use existing
County school facilities to begin
with and pay its won way subse'
quently with tuition fees.
1t has been pointed out in sup
port of the project that numerous
World War 11sveterans will be re-
numerous
World War II veterans will be re-
turning to the county after hos
tilities cease with guarantees of
Federal financial assistance to con-
tinue their educations.
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Superfort Commands
Using B-A Liberators

WASHINGTON, March 17-(P)-
The Army Air Forces disclosed to-
day that the two Superfortress
commands are using B-24 Liberia
tors to supplement the operations
Of the giant bombers.
A list of aircraft sin current
use in the various theaters," in
cluded Liberator bombers for both
the Marianas-based 21st Bomber
Command and the Asia-based 10th
Command.
The fact that the 21st Command
: operating from Saipan, Tinian
and Guam-also has B-24s is sig
nificant in view of the newly won
American position on Two Jima,
$50 miles south of Tokyo. The sug.
gestion is that the 21st is ready te
begin using Liberators against the
Japanese homeland as soon as the
air strips on Two are ready.
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ANTWERP BLASTED
BY NAZI VB0MBS

ANTWERP, March 17-O.G-Ant
werp, Europe's greatest port, was
attacked almost continuously by
German V-bornbs for four months
until the end of January, but sup
plies poured through its docks to
the Western Front, it may now
be revealed.
Great areas of the city were de-
vastated a the Germans tried des-
perately to wipe out the city.
British pioneer troops and civil
ian defense workers, many vet
Grams of the German blitz air raids
on London, Liverpool and Ply
mouth, were rushed to Antwerp
to aid in its de1ense.
Because of security reasons,
many of the details of the attack
may not be revealed. 1t can be
said, however, that the attack start
ed early in October and was main
tanned to January 81.
Some of the V-bombs which the
Germans prepared for London wee
believed to have been directed
against Antwerp. AS the city was
battered by hundreds of bombs,
the Berlin radio boosted that If
we can't take Antwerp City, we'll
make it a port without a city"
Many residents were evacuated
as bombs fell an Antwerp and near
by communities. One fell at an
Antwerp crossroads during the mid
day rush hour. Another fell on a
packed motion picture house.
By January, Antwerp was the
most b1ighted city in Belgium but
it, port carried on.
ALI motion picture shows for
civilians and all meetings of more
than so persons were banned. The
rule later was relaxed to permit
limited numbers to attend shows
Government workers received an
extra 30 francs bonus daily. 1t was
called danger money"
There were few air raie shelters
because in Antwerp you strike wa
ter after digging 10 feet. Most
p ople lived in cellars.
Hundreds of houses were destroy
ed and thousands were damaged. |
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Third Army Holds More
German Territory Than
All Yanks in 1853
WITH AMERICAN TROOPS

WITH AMERICAN TROOPS
IN GERMANY, March 17-(P)
The United States Third Ar
my alone now controls more
German territory than Amer
lean forces ever occupied in
1888.
This fact emphasizes the mag
nitude of the job taken on by
military government detach-
ments moving into town after
town and district after district
as they are cleared by the adj
vancing YankS.
The Third Army's area Of op-
erations inside Germany rough
Iy. corresponds with the area
into which the Americans
marched after the 1918 armis-
tice-that is, it did until 1t.
Gen. George S. Patton's armor-
ed columns broke loose east of
the Moselle river. Now nobody
knows how large the area is
likely to be next week.
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REDS SLASH INTO
STETTIN DEFENSES
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enhof and suburban Altdamm, six
miles to the northeast.
Berlin said the Russians had
broken through the Nazi line to
Altdamm, last big bastion on the
east and three ana one-half miles
from Stettin, in day of "the most
murderous fighting in Pomera-
MA" Moscow did not confirm the
report.
Driving On Altdamm
Other Soviet elements were
driving on Altdamm from the
north, however, and reached the
east shore of the wide Dammscher
Sea at Bergland and Wilhelms-
felde, six miles northeast of Stet-
tin and five above Altdamm.
Moscow announced that Zhukov's
troops had captured another 1000
prisoners in the Stettin area, in
Guiding the commander of the
402nd German Infantry Division,
1t. Gen. Scheinitz.
|
Russian army, wiping out the rem
nants Of 100000 crack Nazi troops,
won the fortified stronghold OF
the Frisching river and to the
the frisching river and to the
southwest advanced up to two
miles toward the coast and the
town of Heligenbeil, one of the
last two big towns in German
| hands.
Advancing toward the already
cut Brandenburg-Heilig coas-
tai highway, the Russians seized
Warnikam, less than a mile from
the road, and surged toward He'll
lgenbeil from the southeast, cap
turing Bilshoefen, five miles from
the bastion. In all, the Russians
took 10 asst Prussian places and
more than 700 prisoners.
While the Germans described
the battle before Stettin as one of
the "greatest importance for flu
ture operations" Moscow as COM
muniques announced that lib Ger
man tanks and IS planes had been
destroyed on active sectors of the
front
Apparently in conjunction with
an offensive, not confirmed by
Moscow, toward Moravska-O stra-
va, Czechoslovak industrial city
guarding the Moravian gap, Soviet
heavy bombers dashed the city and
set big fires, Moscow announced.
The latest offensive, reported
by Nazi commentator Col. Ernst
Won Hammer on the Berlin radio
and not confirmed by Moscow,
erupted on a broad sector in a
flat corridor between Lake Balaton
and the Danube River about IS
miles southwest of Budapest.
Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin, CO.
conqueror of Budapest, counter
attacked after a 12-day battle
which halted a Nazi offensive ap-
parently aimed at a breakthrough
to the Danube in order to delay a
Soviet push toward Austria.
| According to Won Hammer, pow
erful Soviet forces struck after
the familiar massive artillery bar
rage. He said one Red Army prong
struck toward Saskatchewan, a
communications center 80 miles
southwest Of Budapest, but that
its drive ''petered out under Ger
man fire" and claimed that the
second prong farther north was
"sealed off,