The Wilmington morning star. [volume], January 04, 1945, FINAL EDITION, Page 2, Image 2

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Hodges’ First Army Opens
Long-Awaited Offensive
‘ (Continued from Page One)
idNjDvember. Such German towns as
’ .Sobenthal and Northweiler also
were leveled so as to avoid cost
..l£ house-to-house fighting “when
return,” a front report said.
The Seventh Army was fighting
off continued German attacks on
the Lauter line and on the north
west shoulder of the Hardt moun
tains f. ther west, but last night
these assaults were reporting
diminishing in strength.
To the west, the Germans dis
lodged the Third Army's right wing
from a 15-square mile bridgehead
over the frontier river Blies and
followed through with a crossing
the river to recapture Blies
bruck on French soil.
Between these sectors. cracK
German mountain troops had ex
tended a long-standing salient in
the Seventh Army's Hardt moun
tain line to the Reipertswiller
area, 21 mites southeast of Sar
reguemines and eight miles south
of the Maginot bastion of Bitche,
Where the Yanks were counter
attacking with some success.
Latest dispatches said that the
Germans were cramming' every
man and machine they could mus
into the salient, determined to
told it whatever the cost.
Not only was the enemy mass
ing before Lt. Gen. George S. Pat
ton's threatening tanks and coun
tering their every advance, but
Germans were reported reinforc
ing their lines on the north flank,
which has been stabilized since
the first week of the battle.
Patton himself, however, had
brought together a formidable
force and was moving deeper into
the enemy flank, concentrating on
a 15-mile front radiating out oi
Eastogne. Seven more villages
had been captured.
The greatest single new advance
reported was a five-mile thrust
northeast of Bastogne along the
St. Vith railroad to Bourcy, only
five miles south of Houffalize, hub
and strongest base of the German
slient. Houffalize and other road
junctions in the area have been
under fire for two days from Am
erican guns in the Bastogne area.
A second tank column operating
east of Bastogne captured Mager
et, Banochamps and Harzy, respec
tively three, four and three and
one-half miles outside the city. A
third, advancing between the
Benochamps and Bourcy columns,
moved east-north east to the vicin
ity of Longvilly, four miles from
Bastogne.
On the western end of Patton's
currently active front, tanks
crashed up to the outskirts of
pivotal St. Hubert, 14 miles west
of Bastogge. after a small patrol
had entered the city and been
forced to withdraw by the fire of
hidden German gun posts.
CONGRESS OPENS
IN SOMBER MOOD
(Continued from Page One)
the 79th Congress, including Rep.
Helen Gahagan Douglas. (D.-Calif >
wife of film star Maj. Melvin
Douglas and herself a movie star;
Rep. William J. Gallagher. <D.
Minn.) a former street sweeper;
Sen. Homer E. Capehart. (R.-Ind.)
who made millions selling the mu
sic machine which bears his name,
and Sen Wayne L. Morse (R.-Ore.)
former member of the War Labor
Board.
And there are some colorful and
controversial figures missing. Rep.
Hamilton Fish (R.-N. Y.) was de
feated; Sen. Ellison D. (Cotton Ed)
Smith (D.-S. C.) lost in the State
primary and died soon afterward,
and Sen. Hattie W. Caraway, D.
Ark.) the Senate's only woman
member, lost to J. William Ful
aright, also a Democrat.
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Bladen Sheriff Probing
Murder Of Night Officer
(Special to the Star!
ELIZABETHTOWN Jan. 3 —
Sheriff H. Manly Clark of Bladen
county reported tonight that he
still is hoping to obtain a confes
sion from Jim Smith, Negro, as to
the alleged murder of Walter
Peak, 65-year-old night watchman
who was killed at Devane Hall
Lumber Co., mill here early yes
terday morning while he was
sleeping in the boiler room during
His off-duty hours.
Sheriff Clark had previously in
dicated that charges would be pre
ferred against Smith today, but he
declined to make a statement > -
What A Cough!
And how it hurts, and nags
And disturbs your sleep.
Chronic bronchitis may develop if
vour cough, chest cold, or acute bron
chitis is not treated and you cannot
afford to take a chance with any medi
cine less potent than Creomulsion
which 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, inflamed
bronchial mucous membranes.
Creomulsion blends beechwood
creosote by special process with other
time tested medicines for coughs.
It contains no narcotics.
No matter how many medicines
you have tried, tell your druggist to
sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with
the understanding you must like the
way it quickly allays the cough, per
mitting rest and sleep, or you are to
have your money back. (Adv.)
You Can Fight, Too,
Buy War Bonds
35 Jews Sacrifice Lives
To Blast Nazi Tire Plant
NEW YORK, Jan. 3—(iP)—The Po
lish Telegraph Agency said today
a group of 35 Jewish engineers
died in a suicide action which des
troyed a rubber factory in Polish
Silesia turning out tires for the Ger
man army.
‘‘A survivotv whose story has just
reached London through under
ground channels, said that the ac
tion took place just before the start
of the recent German offensive on
the Western Front, and that the
entire plant, as well as its outbuild
ings and stores of tires, was de
molished in an explosion that could
be heard for miles.” the Polish
Agency said. *in addition to the
Jewish engineers, all the German
supervisors and large numbers ol
Nazi workers were killed.
“The Nazis had kept the Jews in
the factory because all were irre
placable specialists. In carrying oul
their scheme, the Jews smuggled
in dynamite and placed it amoms
machinery, power installations,
boilers and stores. As the fusing
was of an instantaneous nature, i
meant that those who set them of;
would be immediately blown up
Thus the Jews had no hope of sur
vival—and all engaged in the plar
perished.
“As reprisal, the Nazis publicl}
hanged all the Jews they could fine
in the district—11 men and an 18
year-old boy.”
DRAFT OF FARMERS CHINESE CLEAR
APPROVED BY FDR YUNNAN SECTOR
(Continued from Page One)
the Nation still needs all the food
it can raise, the loss of produc
tion through the draft of youthful
farm workers “should not result
in a critical condition."
2. Hershey has stated that un
less young farm workers are made
available for draft quotas, occu
pationally -deferred men over 26
would have to be called.
3. Chairman J. A. Krug of the
War Production Board reported
that this alternative would make
it “extremely difficult, if not im
possible to meet critical war de
mands. Moreover, Byrnes said,
the older men—“most of whom
are fathers”—would not meet the
expressed needs of the armed
forces.
Byrnes suggested that Draft
boards reclassify and induct as
many farm workers 18-through 25
as can be permitted under the so
called Tydings amendment to the
Selective Service Act. He noted
that the amendment does not grant
“absolute exemption” to such
men and “was not so intended.”
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Local Yard Leads Nation
In ‘C Ship Production
(Continued from Page One)
contract awards, plus construction
allotments for 226 new ships
(which include contract for 15
awarded the North Carolina yard
late last week) calls for delivery
of 9,000.000 tons of shipping during
the first six months of this year.
Still pending, he said, is a ten
tative ship construction program
under consideration by the Allied
joint chiefs of staff. But beyond
that there are no programs of war
shipbuilding in sight, he added.
Apparently the 17 yards who re
ceived contracts for the addition
al 226 ships in the new' program
are the “efficient" yards to which
the Admiral referred.
“It's reasonable for us to take
care of those yards which are most
efficient inasmuch as we can,” he
added.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
KANDY. Ceylon, Thursday
Jan. 4.— (UP) —Chinese force
from the Salween front have cap
tured Wanting, near the Burm;
border, and are driving south ii
swift pursuit of retreating Japa
nese units to close the last 15
mile gap still held by the enemy
on the Ledo-Burma road route t(
India, a Chungking communiqui
said today.
A second major Allied victory
in Burma was disclosed by £
Southeast Asia Command com
munique which said that Britisl
troops have reached the centra
Burma rail center of Yeu afte.
a 75-mile drive from tne Chind
win river in four weeks.
After capturing Wanting, tht
Chinese also stormed and took th<
nearby enemy strongpoint of Kiu
ko, completely breaking the Japa
nesc hold on the Wanting area ant
sending remnants of the garrisor
fleeing south toward Namhkam
last Japanese stronghold on thi
Ledo-Burma road route, which al
ready is under two-way assault.
The fall of Wanting completely
clears China’s Yunnan province ol
the enemy and marks the lates
of a long string of successes by
American-equipped Chinese troop;
who went on the offensive las
May when they struck westwar'
across the Salween river.
ASSAULT HEARING
TO BE CONTINUEE
The case of Ernest Brooks. Jr.
16-vear-old Negro, charged wifi
criminal assault and burglary, wai
continued in Recorder's court yes
terday until January 18
The trial of W. D. Norris, white
man charged with assault wit!
deadly weapon on female, was con
tinued until January 12 and he
was placed under $300 bond.
Alberten Mitchell was found guil
ty of allowing beer tn be sold ane
consumed on Sunday on his pre
mises and was fined $50 and cost;
with 30 days default and 10 day;
stay and placed under $100 bond
The case of Wilden Baldwin. Ne
gro, charged with assault and a(
tempted robbery, was continuee
until January 19.
So glad you’re back...Have a Coca-Cola
... or offering a soldier the comforts of home
HOME! There’s no place like it. And nobody knows it better than a fight
ing man back on furlough. Ice-cold Coca-Cola is one of the comforts of home
everybody welcomes. That’s why frosty bottles of Coke belong in your
home refrigerator. At the words Have a Coke, refreshment joins the party
to make it gayer, brighter. The good old American custom of the pause that
refreshes is spreading in many lands around the globe,—a symbol of our
friendly home-wavs.
• OTTLED UNDE* AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
WILMINGTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
01944 Tfc. CJr. J I
THREE MARINES
WIN CITATIONS
CAMP LEJEUNE, Jan. 3.—Three
U. S. Marine officers recently re
turned from overseas, have been
decorated and cited here for IheTr
achievements in combat.
They are:
Lieutenant Colonel McDonald I.
Shuford, 30. of Georgetown, S. C.,
received the Bronze Star Medal for
directing a special weapons group
of a Defense Battalion during the
amphibious operations on Vella
Lavella Island in the British Solo
men Islands. During the operation
the Marines accounted for 42 Jap
planes.
Major Carl M. Johnson. 26, of
Salt Lake City. Utah, received the
Bronze Star Medal for directing
a 40mm gun battery attached to
a defense battalion on Vella Lavel
la Island which drove off repeated
Japanese attacks and helped ac
count for 42 Jap planes shot dowm
during the operation
Major William M.' Tracy, 27 of
Meriden, Conn., received the
Bronze Star Medal for directing a
' 90mm antiaircraft battery of a de
fense battalion. His battery shot
down 13 of 16 enemy planes at
tackin them during amphibious op
erations on Rendova Island in the
British Solomon Islands.
All three officers are now at
tached to the Training Command
‘ at this camp.
EXPERT EMPLOYED
FOR POSTWAR PLAN
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1 (Continued from Page One)
and to find out rrom the people
. what can be done to make Wil
mington grow and flourish.”
, The industrial survey will be
completed in about sis months,
and if it proves satisfactory, the
Planning Board thereafter will dis
cuss terms with Mr. Simons for
the immediate preparation of a
I city planning and zoning study.
. Recommendatory zoning power?
were recently vested in the Plan
: liing Board by the City Council.
Attending last night's meeting
S were Mayor W. Ronald Lane, Ed
1 j gar L. Yow. Robert R. Romer,
' j Garland F. Currin and Robert S.
' LeGwin, councilmen; H. R. Em
ery, and W. A. Fonvielle, members
1 of the Planning Board; A. C.
Nichols, city manager, W. B.
1 Campbell, city attorney, J. Fred
Rippy, Jr., assistant to the city
manager, and Mr. Simons, Mayor
Lane and City Manager Nichols
serve also as members of the
- Planning Board.
Grandma Switches A
■ To Her Mutton Sue
Newer Relief For Children’s Colds’ I
Muscle Tightness Bei
Pioneer grandma liked to “rub”
her children’s colds with a “home
rub” containing mutton suet. Sue!
a rub was her “old reliable” foi
relieving chest muscle tightness,
soothing bronchial irritation, loos
ening phlegm, checking coughing
easing sting of chapped lips anc
nostrils. Today science has modern
ized this principle with Penetro, the
salve with a base containing this
same old fashioned mutton suet
plus 5 active ingredients—so now
Grandma’s old idea is switching
millions to this newer relief.
Your children will like Penetro
the first time they feel it spread
smoothly on chest, throat, back—
; its mutton suet makes it melt in
stantly, vanish quickly. It gets tc
work 3 ways at once to make youi
' youngsters more comfortable—(1)
1 Penetro relieves colds’ pain as its
Gen. Plastiras Becomes
Head Of Grecian Regime
ATHENS, Jan. 3.— (UP) —Gen. j
Nicholas Plastiras, anti-Monarch
ist nero of the Greek revolution
of 1922, formed a new government
today and he and his colleagues
took the oath of office to Regent
Archbishop Damaskinos.
Plastiras assumed the prime
ministry and three other portfoli
os in the cabinet, with six fellow
ministers and five “working un
dersecretaries.’
(British dispatches said that
Plastiras had assumed the prime
ministry and the posts of war, na
vy, air and merchant marine. Oth
er ministers, it was said, were M.
Sophianopoulos. foreign; Aristo
teles Sideris, finance and supply;
M. Kolyvas, justice and health;
Pericles Rhallis, interior and ed
ucation; I. Glavknis, national
economy and exchequer, and Gen.
L. Sakellaropoulos, communica
tions, transport and posts and
telegraphs.)
It was hoped that a regency gov
ernment with Plastiras as Premi
er, projected after Prime Minister
Winston Churchill intervened per
sonally in the Greek situation,
would bring an end to the Greek
civil war.
Fighting continued in central
and eastern Athens between Brit
ish troops and left-Wing ELAS for
ces, but on a reduced scale. The
rest of Athens was generally quiet.
jThe British communique said an
! attempt to blow up the headquar
Poor Digestion? □ 3
Headachy? □ □
Sour or Upset? □□
Tired-Listless? a a
Do you feel headachy and upset due to
poorly digested food? To feel cheerful
and happy again your food must be
digested properly.
Each day, Nature must produce about
two pints of a vital digestive juice to
help digest your food. If Nature fails,
your food may remain undigested—
leaving you headachy and irritable.
Therefore, you must increase the flow
| of this digestive juice. Carter’s Little
Liver Pills increase this flow quickly—
often in as little as 30 minutes. And,
you’re on the road to feeling better.
Don’t depend on artificial aids to
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! Little Liver Pills aid digestion after Na
| ture’s own order. Take Carter’s Little
i Liver Pills as directed. Get them at any
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tillions of Mothers
t Idea For Chest Colds
'oughs, Bronchial Irritation and Chest
ng Hailed Everywhere.
mutton suet helps carry medication
to nerve ends in the skin. (2) Re
lieves muscular tightness and con
gestion through counter-irritation
(increased blood flow). (3) Loosens
phlegm, eases coughing through
pleasant inhalation of instantly re
leased vapors
Your child will feel relief so
quickly—as painful misery eases,
as coughing is lessened, phlegm
loosened, chest rawness soothed.
Naturally he’ll rest more comfort
ably and give nature a chance to
restore vitality to his little body.
That’s why so many mothers are
thanking Grandma for her idea—
are praising science for perfecting
it—are going to druggists every
where to buy Penetro. Relieve your
chest cold miseries as millions are
doing—today get your jar of white,
easy-to-use, economical Penetro.
lers of the Greek national guard
Monday night was frustrated.
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To provide postwar employment,
electrical manufacturers of the U.
S. are enlisting their hundreds oi
thousands of workers as volunteer
salesmen-educators to create a ae
mand for peacetime electric pro
ducts after victory.
Navy Labor Recruiter
Seeking Workers Here
Miss Elizabeth Farnum, labor re
cruiter for the Navy Department
in Washington, D. C., will be at
local U. S. Employment office un
til January 13, to recruit clerks,
typists, stenographers and other
administrative workers to work in
the Navy department, she an
nounced last night.
Interviews will be held in the
U. S. Employment office from £
a m. until 5 p.m. each day.
She stressed tnat transportation
will be paid to Washington, hous
ing secured in advance, and all
workers will be met at Union S'»
tir in the Capital.
Salaries range from $146 to $184
monthly, and no educational re
quirements were mentioned. How.
ever, Civil Service examination!
will be necessary.
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Chasing a mouse with a lighted
candle a New York state woman,
accidentally set fire to her house.
This seems to be carrying h»
scorched earth theory a bit too
far. _
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