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REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR AHD BATAAN _ESTABLISHED 1867 Morgentnaii Wants Income Tax Boosted Suggestions Of Federal Sales Tax Are Fought Off At Hearing arguments spurned Administration Knows Odds Against It For Amount Asked WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. __ (Tp) _ The administration Slewed its almost hopeless campaign for 510,500,000,000 in ne\v taxes today, but fought off suggestions of a Federal sales tax. Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate finance committee the nation’s skyrocketed war income could well bear that amount of additional taxes— an argument rejected by the House when it voted a tax I bill cut to ?5U4<),UOU,UUO. Arguments Spurned Morgenthsu and his aides spurn ed arguments that less government spending would lighter the tax need and said a sales tax would be entirely unls-r to low-income families, and wouM be more trou ble than it is worth The administration officials open I ed their renewed pits for heavier I taxes, xr.ow’ng thai tne odds were I heavily against thei■ getting $10, I 180,000.300 (tom tins C ongress. The 1 House vote coupied with the re I mark of Chairman George D-Ga) I u: ihe Senate tinam t committee I (hat it would De impossible to go I for afield ol tin House bill, left l little hope for tne Treasury pro f posal "An essential part of fighting a tear is paying for it in the right "ay at the right time,” Morgen* tniiu declared, "It is a great fal lacy to suppose tna we can fight his.ory's greatest war to save what we hold mos-. dear without financial sacrifice. “Kasicst Way” Taxation now, during the war, is the easiest way to make that sacrifice. ' But lie was quick to caution against a sales tax when Senators Eyrd tD-Va.) ana Vandenberg • ivliolr.) asked whether the! hasury would agree to that form i of taxation as a revenue producer. Such a tax . . is completely lacking in any relation to ability 10 Pay. lVlorgenthau declared. He estimated a 10 pel cent Fed eral suies tax—potentially worth S6.000.000.000 in war-time revenue iContinued on Page Nine; Col. 7) I MCCROSKEY NAMED IMS COMMANDER ■ General Assumes Com £ m2n<l Of Anti-aircraft I Training Center ■ camp DAVIS. Nov. 29— UP) — 9 '• g--m. Samuel L. McCroskey ■ 'Y':;rc(l ct,IIilE'id of the anti-air ■ ,"'". a 1 Heiy training center here HpriP nGer **■ was levealed that B. /• Gen- Jams R. Townsend, B - , :0li‘ commander, had been Bnndprcc 'o a oost as yet unan Hnounced. B\minV Io.'15scllci’ «* native of Carouna. had been in com-' ■ .nere snce April 26. He Hcamn u1C fro'11 a Slr»'lar post at IBv-' Hdr' Calif. Gen. McCros ■v/'. [nnnci' commander of New '-aircraft artillery ■ev;,.. ;r's' "-as Gamp Davis’ first |Br". ' officer when the post Mt0 being in 1941. He was ■ In a lieutenant colonel. r®w;isend was born at Bur IBpYp K ^ Gi- vvas graduated from H Greei'sboro, N. C„ schools and B^hnced on Page Seven; Col. 3) ■ ^ Program Will Be IS sed At Graduation ^B^Officer Candidates ljp.-a.-r DAV1s.-An innovation in ™.eudc,uau„n of officer candi Anti-aircraft Artillery ■r:.,;1 °e introduced next ■ '.,"1.:,, ihe successful candi H A neceive their commis IBrea ah Chapel in the School ■ ''- th - preV‘°us classes have IB-r-i in 11 corr-meneement exer p«The fj.-f; Camp 'heater. i^Blrnrr’.i<ii inllCuatlnS class to be IB t,m;” Y111 a chapel is Class 9 !h- a a candidate course H - aw • S‘ hr,o! is 17 weeks IB- r,f-:^s »i*nowledged to be ™'mY's Iff, moir difficult of the ‘ °Ulcer candidate courses I , Tar Heel Ground Crewmen At Munda Am„<?;roun‘| crew members of the famed 13th Air Force are standing in front of “Snafu,” the first Ca<Vri*rn*l,0r plane to land on Munda airfield in the Solomon Islands. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt one in »nalu on her recent visit to this South Pacific base. The ground crewmen are all from North Carolina. Left to right, front row: PFC William II. Bass, Selma; Sgt. William Bovd, Four Oakes; Cpl. Jady Eatmoii, Princeton; Sgt. Roy Fhster, Lynn; PFC Desmond R. Harper, Erwin. Left to right, back 'a.n H°lbrook- Stokesdale; Sgt. Ralph Melton, Tarboro; Cpl. James R. Moore, Standlev: Stalf Sgt. Harold C. Myers, Northville; Sgt. Silas Myers, Lexington; Cpl. Bovd II. Wiseman, Greeiis _ ro-___ __ _ _ _ (AP Photo). Declaration Of Epochal I ,Importance Is Expected LONDON, Nov. 29.—(A*)—A declaration of epochal importance involving a possible demand for Germany’s sur render and signed by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin in the first meeting of the “Big Three” is expected — on the basis of foreign reports —iu ue amiuunteu penmps wunm a few days. It is speculated from reports from abroad that such a docu ment, in terms more precise than the Atlantic Charter, certainly would state the peace principles for application to Germany and her satellites. No Confirmation Although there is no confirma tion, reports from abroad have persisted that Generalissimo Chi ang Kai-shek has joined in the greatest conference yet on the war and peace .strategy of the United Nations, but it is believed that if he did so he probably participated mainly in talks apart from those attended by the Russians, who are not fighting Japan. There were reports, too, that' President Eduard Benes of the Czechoslovak government - in - ex iie was attending this conference. German propagandists anticipat ed an announcement of such a con ference with an effort to minimize its importance. "Since efforts to bring about this conference have been made for the (Continued on Cage Two; Col. 3) Few Jap Stragglers Remain In Gilberts — WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 ~W> — The Navy reported today that a “few enemy stragglers remain in the northern end of Tarawa atoll,” one of the Gil bert group occupied by Ameri can forces. The department issued the folllowing statement on the sit uation; “A few enemy stragglers re “Islands in the Gilberts are being developed according to plan. “A few enemy stragglers re main in the northern end of Tarawa atoll. “Seventh Army airforce Lib erators continue their raids against Nauru and the Mar shalls.” The Marshalls are the group of Japanese-held islands 350 miles northwest of the Gilberts. NEW SNAG IS HIT AT COAL PARLEYS Operators Question Whe ther Price Boost Will Equal Pay Increase WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.— W — Negotiations for a wage contract covering the entire soft coal indus try hit a new snag today, some operators questioning whether an average 17-cents-a-ton pr i c e in crease is enough to carry the load of a proposed $1.50 a day more wages for each miner. The price boost was authorized Saturday night ny Fred M. Vinson, economic stabilization director, who said details of how it would apply in each district would be worked out by the Office of Price Administration. The coal parley, disregarding In terior Secretary Ickes’ plea for speed, decided to ask OPA for a breakdown of the price hike so every operator would know exact ly what it means to him in dollars and cents. Ezra Van Horn, a coal industry leader, and John T. Jones, United Mine Workers' official, were instructed to seek the information and the conference was adjourned until tomorrow. Some operators said they were not satisfied with the price in crease. Ickes, government operator of the mines, and UMW President John L. Lewis were reported as reflecting the same attitude. Ickes appeared before the group to urge unanimity. Operators rep resenting more than half the 600, 000,000 tons a yeai production were ready to sign with Lewis on the proposed contract. The others, led by the Southern producers, have balked largely over the question of travel time. The new contract calls for a nine-hour day including 15 minutes (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) W eatherStalmatelnltaly Now Believed Broken By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Associated Press War Analyst The weather-bred stalemate hold ing up the Allied advance on Rome appeared ended last night, with Eritish 8th Army veterans ripping loose the Nazi “winter line” an chorage on the Adriatic coast. There were signs of an impend ing German retreat on that flank. This would expose to Allied attack tile-main lateral highway in cen tra® Italy, the Rome-Avezzano-Pes caf»a road. Advance 8th army ele mAts in hard ■ won bridgeheads abtfre the lower reaches of the Sarigro river, appeared converging toward Chieti, key protective bas tion for the coastal stretch of that read. With the river behind them, no other important natural defensive front appeared to bar the way to a foothold on the eastern end of the Rome - Pescara transportation artery. British scouts reported Nazi-kin died fires behind. German front lines, foreshadowing a retirement from thg, upper end of the front below Rome. Collapse of this sec toi inevitably must mean the fall also of the last mountain barriers in the center, and permit a 5th Army forward surge toward Cas sino and into the Liri-Sacco valley short line approach to Rome. Fifth Army capture of the height cf Falconara, north of Mountiqui lo: already has put Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark’s troops in a posi tion to take quick advantage of any 8th Army gains farther north. How deep the 8th Army has cut into Nazi high ground positions was not immediately indicated. It was obvious, however, that the Allied attack in that sector sprang from improved weather conditions and was following the. same pincer pat tern as the Sicilian campaign. The 8th Army commander Gen eral Bernard L Montgomery, sent his men over the lower Sangro on a specified mission to drive the foe “north of Rome.” Their bridge heads across the Sangro are about due east of Rome now and the next river barrier on the Adriatic slope of the peninsula is the Ater no-Pescara which parallels e Rome-Escara road. The river lies ■ (Continued on Pace Two: Col. 7) BREMEN BOMBED IN DAYLIGHT RAID Fortresses Streak Through 65 Below Zero Weath er To Make Attack LONDON, Nov 29.— (ff)—Streak mg through 65-below-zero weather, U. S. Flying Fortresses with pow erful fighter escort continued the mighty new aerial offensive against Hitler’s Europe today by heaping more destruction on the German port of Bremen in the second such daylight assault in four days. In the attack on Bremen, which suffered a terrific pounding Fri-; aay t?y a record number of U. S; big planes, and other European targets during the day, 13 Amer ican heavy bombers and 18 fighter planes—16 of the latter American —were reported missing, while 35 Nazi aircraft were shot down. An indication that the RAF was permitting no slack in the new aerial drive came tonight when the Nazi-dominaied radio stations at Bremen, Friesland, Hilversum, Calais and Luxembourg faded from the air. Deutschlandsender. the big Nazi station in the Berlin area, also went silent, indicating that the RAF again might be blasting smok ing Berlin, which was about one third demolisheo in last week’s night RAF attacks. Under clouds of Thunderbolts end Lightnings, the Flying For tresses made ihe 800-mile round trip to Bremen in temperatures dipping as low as 65 degrees be low zero—the coldest weather in which American high altitude bombers ever have operated from Britain. Bremen, a city of 340,000 nor mal population and a port second in importance only to Hamburg, has been attacked six times by the Eighth Air Force. Meantime, RAF Typhoon bomb ers with a Typhoon escort streak ed out to blast the enemy airfield at Moorsel. Belgium, and attack ed enemy shipping off Brest, while Mosquitos delivered a stinging, low-level attack on a railway cen ter in northwest Germany, setting f;re to at least one Nazi mine sweeper. CANNON USED ON U.S. PLANES WASHINGTON, Nov. 29— l/P — Arpior-smashing 75 mm. cannon which make ordinary airplane guns seem like pea-shooters have bean installed in U. S. medium bombers and one pilot used the flying field artillery to sink a Japanese de stroyer. . The Army disclosed today that its B-25 Mitchells—the type that raided Tokyo—now are armed with <5’s similar to the famous French field* pieces. Out For The Duration The Empty Stocking Fund is being discontinued ( for the duration. This decision was reached after careful study of local conditions through which it was found that em- j ployment is so widespread and parents generally so well able to provide for their children’s Christmas that the customary appeal to the public is not necessary. i For the small number of families not prepared to j meet Christmas requirements the Salvation Army, the { Welfare department and other organizations are pre- ] paring to look out for the youngsters. ‘ This suspension of the Empty Stocking Fund is ^ only temporary. t When the war is over, and as the need for it re- ( turns, the Star-News will find its chief holiday hap- t piriess in renewing this ministration to the needy ‘ children of the community, with your generous help. ‘ -----—-- 1: VETERAN BRITISH 8TH ARMY OPENS ITALIAN OFFENSIVE; RED PINCERS CLOSE ON NAZIS —.— M STRYESHIN TAKEN Soviets Fling New Wedge From The South'To ward Zhlobin STRONGHOLDS TOPPLE Steady Advances Narrow Gop For Nazi Troops Fleeing Gomel LONDON, Nov. 29.—0P)— Russian shock troops fling ing a new wedge from the south upon Zhlobin today captured Stryeshin, only 12 miles below that rail center and key bastion for thou sands of Nazis in the Gomel escape hatch, while the oth er arm of a pincers closed in tighter from the southeast, Moscow announced tonight. At the same time, the Rus sians l'eopened a drive into the Dnieper bulge at Cherka sy, midway between Kiev and Kremenchug, toppling three strongholds including Russ kaya-Polyana, eight miles west of Cherkasy, said the communique recorded by the Soviet radio monitor from a broadcast. Five Villages Taken Five other villages besides Stryeshin were seized by General Constantine Rokossovsky’s forces driving from the south on Zhlobin, and 40 communities were envel oped in hammer blows upon the Nazis retreating northwest of Go mel, the war bulletin declared. This northwest push already had carried to about 20 miies south east of Zhlobin, Thus Rokossovsky was develop ing a strong pincers movement upon Zholbin, junction on the Go mel Minsk railroad and the Len ingrad-Odessa main line as well. His drive from the south battled forward between the Dnieper and Berezina rivers. Stryeshin is on the right bank of the Dnieper. Steady advances by the Re d army narrowed the gap for Ger man troops—perhaps as many- as 300,000— in the Gomel salient pull ing out after the fall of Gomel. Advance forces of Rokossovsky’s (Continued on Page Four; Col. 1) Amazing New Secret Weapon Being Used WASHINGTON, Nov. 29—<0 —Amazing new secret wea pons, one so sensational that a foreign scientist labeled it impossible, are working their wonders for the United Stat«» Navy. This was disclosed today by Rear Admiral W. H. P. Blandy, chief of the ordnance bureau, who said they have now been in use for months, “helping in a large degree to shorten this war.” i The weapons, which Blandy said are “fully comparable to the German radio controlled bomb and the German acoustic homing tirpedoes,” are un known either to the enemy or to the public. Continued sec recy has been possible, the admiral explained, because when the Navy loses a wea pon, it usually sinks to the bot tom of the ocean where it can not be captured and imitated. “Our new weapons can be and are kept secret except that the enemy receives full know ledge of their effects,” he said. - i Hull Brands Peace Rumors Attempt To Slow Up War State Secretary Says Reports Put Out Impair Allied Prosecution of Global Conflict — tProposals Reported Submitted WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.— I* — Secretary of State Hull took some of the wind out of the latest bunch cf ballooning peace rumors today with a sharp warning that “most of the time” such reports are put r.ut to impair Allied prosecution of the war. Hull did not say specifically what sources spread the peace talk, but it seemed clear that he oad’ Nazi propagandists in mind, rne intention, he told his press conference, is to build up over confidence among the Allies in the cope that their vigorous attacks 50 Germany will be relaxed. A short time before he spoke a lews dispatch from Stockholm quoted a Svenska Dagbladet ac count of a story in the Swiss news paper La Suisse to the effect that Germany had made a new peace proposal for submission to Prime Minister Churchill. President Roos- j evelt and Premier Stalin. This was but one of the latest in a series of stories, originating chiefly in Europe’s neutral capi tals. One from Switzerland offer ed an unconfirmed report that Pope Pius XII had undertaken to mediate an end to the war. Hull was asked whether he had any information “that would sup port rumors that a German peace move is afoot through the Vatican or other channels.” Permitting direct quotation, he gave this reply: “I think I would be safe in au thorizing you to quote me entirely in the negative about such rumors (Continued on Page Two; Col. I) County War Chest Drive T oEndOfficiallyT onight Tonight will mark the official end of the Wilmington and New Hanover County Community War Chest Cam paign. Optimistic leaders have arranged a final victory celebration which will be held at St. Paul’s Parish House at the corner of 16th and Princess streets starting at 7 p. m. when a group of civic-minded Wilmingtonians will have volun teer workers of the Community War Chest campaign as their guests. If the War Chest campaign reaches its goal 6f $145,399.12 to night, this carppaign will go on record as the greatest finish in Wilmington’s and New Hanover county’s history because workers were faced with the necessity of raising $38,000 in the final three days of the drive. Reports poured into headquarters all day Monday cutting down the number of un reported firms in the self-solicit ing divisions but campaign lead ers said that more than 50 units were still unreported Monday and (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6) DONALSONVILLE, Ga., Nov. 29—1,?)—Rural Seminole county in the southwest corner of Georgia, which voted over whelmingly for Roosevelt for a second and third term, will learn tomorrow what its citi zens think of a fourth term. The county democratic ex ecutive committee is again sponsoring its presidential prerential primary. There are about 2,200 qualified voters. The ballot is only a sentiment ■ tester, and has no binding ef fect. As soon as the committee de cided to hold the primary, the “Roosevelt Committee’’ head ed by Ellison Dunn, broke out “Roosevelt For Fourth Term” automobile stickers and Dunn predicted Roosevelt again would win overwhelmingly. GROCERIES TRIED ’ BY OPA OFFICER Sentences Are Handed Out By Judge Clemant Sut ton In Local Cases Judge Clement E. Sutton, of At lanta. Ga., regional hearing com missioner of the Office of Price Administration, is in Wilmington serving as official for the OPA hearings being held here this week. These hearings are based upon investigation findings made here two weeks ago by a staff of 13 OPA investigators under the direction of W'alter A. Kavanaugh, district price executive, and Frank p. Spruill, Jr., enforcement at torney. The following grocery stores of Wilmington were .tried Monday by Mr. Spruill: Winter Park Grocery operated sy Steve Sneedei and Effie Snee len in Winter Park was charged with selling rationed meats above selling prices. This grocery, ac cording to Mr. Spruill, was given i suspended sentence of six nonths beginning January 1. The 15 days of this period which are ictive begin January 1. R. W. Fountain, operating the Mu-Way Service Station and Gro 'ery in Castle flayne was given six months suspension with ten lays active for rationed meat vio ations. F. C. Griffith and J. F. >awford who operates the C & B l^ood Store, No. 2 were charged j with meat violations. This is the j -’illy case which was not tried. ! (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 4) I Walter Lippmann Says: German State Is Holding Many Nations In Slavery By WALTER LIPPMANN We should dishonor ourselves ind our cause if we did not face vith a candid conscience our mor il responsibility in the devasta ion of the German cities. For ibviously we cannot be satisfied o say that we are -now doing vhat the enemy did first. We re ect his moral standards and, herefore, cannot stoop to justify mr actions by his standards. The immediate problem is clear nough: the Gejman state through ts armed might is holding cap ive, and indeed in slavery, most f the nations of Europe. Fortress Europe is a prison, which must be pened not only by breaking down he prision doors, but by attacking he jailers till they drop the keys a those doors In attacking the ferman people, whose sons are le jailers of Europe, many inno ent Gernhans—women, children nd old fclk—perish. But if we efrained from attacking the cities) ke Berlin. Hamburg, Cologne, | from which the subjugation of Europe is directed, implemented and enforced, ‘jtill more innocent people of all sorts in the captive nations must perish. The destruction being visited upon civilian Germany is not, therefore, wanton in that it is in dubitably a potent means of has tening the liberation of the victims of the German state. We could only spare Berlin at. the cost of prolonging the agony of countless , millions who are the victims of the power organized and directed from Berlin. * * ♦ There will, we may suppose, be ; little argument among men of scrupulous conscience about this phase of the matter. But there is an ultimate question which reaches the moral basis of the terms to be imposed upon our ' enemies wnen they are defeated . and have surrendered. It is how far the people of Geimani- are to ; (Continued on Page Seven; Col. '£) ■ ‘GOOD PROGRESS' Troops Siam Into Main Enemy Defenses At Two Points On Sangro ARTILLERY BARRAGE Allied Warriors Hold Valu able High Ground On Northwest Side ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS, Algiers, Nov. 29.—(/P) —Striking with the same type of fierce night attack that instilled dread into the hearts of the Nazis in the Af rican desert, the veteran Brit ish Eighth Army has slam med into the enemy’s main defenses at two points across the Sangro river gaining van tage points from which ad uiLiundi Huvances couia make the entire Adriatic end of the German “winter line” un tenable. Fully aware of their peril, the Germans fought tenaci ously to hold heights com manding the enlarged Allied bridgehead near the mouth of the Sangro, and just as bitterly to hold rising ground across the river from the village of Archi, 13 miles in land. Too Much for Nazis The combined weight of massed Eighth Army artillery, the daylong bombings of their positions by clouds of Allied planes and the driving onslaught or British, New Zealand and Indian troops under Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery were too much for the Nazis, how ever, and official reports said the attack near the coast made “good progress.” In the second bridgehead oppo site Archi a day of heavy see-saw fighting ended with Montgomery’s warriors holding valued high ground on the northwest side of the river. It was disclosed that this second crossing o: the flooded Sangro was first achieved four days ago by the famous 78th Brit ish division, veterans of ‘Long Stop Hill” in Tunisia, but no attempt was made to enlarge it until Mont gomery sent his forces smashing forward in the darkness of Sun (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 5) -V NEW ACL SERVICE HALTED BY COURT Company Will Seek To Have Sampson County Injunction Lifted A restraining order, issued by tht superior court of Sampson county, caused the sudden cancellation oi a new schedule which would hav« added two extra trains to the Wit mington-Rocky Mount run on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. The additional trains scheduled at the request of military authori ties to take care of military per sonnel and relieve overcrowded ransportation facilities, had the approval of the North Carolina Utilities Commission. It is understood that the dis :ontinuance of the proposed trains, .vhich were to begin operation Sunday, will work undue hardship n the transportation of service (Continued on Page Four; Col. 2) WEATHER FORECAST: NORTH CAROLINA: Continued coo Tuesday. Partly cloudy west portion 'air and not quite so cool Wednesday. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U S. Weather Bureau) Meterological data for the 24 hour ending 7:30 p. m., yesterday Temperature 1:30 a. m, 46. 7:30 a m., 43, 1:30 p. n 6, 7 :30 p m. 45. Maximum 57, Minimun 2, Mean 50, Normal 52. Humidity 1 :30 a. m., 79, 7 :30 a m., 94, 1:30 p m 9, 7:30 p m, 86 Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p m. 159 inches. Total since the first of the month, .21 inches Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published bj J. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) High Low Vilminsfton -11:55a 6:24a 7:15o Jasonboro Inlet- 9:36a 3:11a 9:50p :400p Sunrise 6:39 a. m., Sunset. 5:03 p m* loonrise. 9:48a, Moonset. 8:16 d
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