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REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR AMD BATAAN FINAL EDITION jnion Heads Order End To phone Strike ■ —Av Walkout. Alt* tfVud,WLBI. -fold By Leaders iuiie house called Sint Settlement Promised i„ Dispute Originating In Ohio WAShSSonTnov. 23.— JL-fte telephone strike was "SdS of Ohio and Wash 5or Board they were ask • striking members to go hack on the job. They asked also that sympathy strikers, ih as those at Detroit, go back. .. . . T?nbw» G Pollock, president oi the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers and Mrs. Mary E. Gan «iii president of the Washington Telephone Traffic Union advised dip War Labor Board of their de cision after the WLB turned the strike problem over to the White House, a step preliminary to seiz ure o! struck war facilities. Nathan Feinsinger, public mem ber of the War Labor Board, said both strike leaders walked into his 0f-ce at 5:20 p. m. and voluntarily otered to return to work. Feinsin ger said he assured them that the strikers could return to their for mer jobs. "These people were impressed," Feinsinger said, “by the fact the War Labor Board and the Govern ment meant business and seizure (of telephone exchanges) was im minent.” Feinsinger said the union lead ers acted independently of ®ny ne (Contmued on Pate Two: Col. 11 TIDEWATER POWER COMPANY TO MEET ON REORGANIZATION A special meeting of stockhold ers of the Tide Water Power Co., will be held December 23 to act on 8 proposed merger of the concern’s wholly-owned subsidary, the Cape Fear Power corporation, with the company, officials announced yes terday. Call for the meeting was issued by L. D. Latta, secretary, under order of the board of director". Formal notice of the session pub lished today, shows its purposes, in addition to the merger, include au thorization and issue of bonds in the principle amount of $4,500,000, bearing interest at such rate as shall be determined by competitive hidd.r.g pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, h addition, the authorization of m issue of $1,000,000 of serial de Dentures, bearing interest at such as shall be approved by the of directors, and maturing ■ ally within 10 years from date ti.nssua’ and to authorize execu «and delivery on an indenture Payment of the bonds uch conditions and terms as ' ■ be authorized, and to mort tEontinued on Page Five; Col. 7) . . --—V—— “ob Hope Entertains honied Child Who Is Waiting: For_hfer Dad |AAft; HI- Nov. 23. - UP) _ titbv p„^miler and a surprise vi f'.ed’LhpriTK12n 3ob Hope bright ly for -ar,Jisgiving Day holi *;>■ strirtiear'C!ld Patricia Atta ttia, , m n,Wl*h Emphatic leuke retoven- 'j0d disease from which But "I, 'S rare failure*,® day was saddened by Seabee fvV,rece;ve word of her seen i„ ‘ er whom she has not kas rI'ZIT' - ,The Red Cross Perinissl. »d :‘at 'be Navy gave Attawav ? f°r the futher, Cpl. M.F South PacifiC°mt home from the Hope j . Sixth War t ltcg0 t0 aPPear at Burned boan raflies, made a •a! in a <? • ° ^c- Charles hospi police car. Canada Ends System Of Volunteer Army; Shakeup Is Sighted r™A' Nov- 23. _(*>)_ The Canadian government, after fight ing five years of war by sending only voiupteers to fight abroad, abandoned the policy today under a tidal wave of opposition which threatened . to put the veteran Prime Minister W, L. MacKenzie King out of office. Before a tense' House of Com mons called together expressly to debate a nation-shaking crisis arising from an immediate need for reinforcements on the Western front, the prime minister announc ed that partial conscription for overseas service had been effected by an order-in-council and that 116,000 drafted men had been made available for service overseas. King disclosed yesterday that he had written earlier this month that he believed conscription for over seas duty almost inevitably would bring a general election and would risk national dissension and per haps weaken Canadian unity and strength “for generations to come.” Today his government admitted, however, that the voluntary system had failed. _ J ir SOCIAL SECURITY BATTLE IS SEEN WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. — (TP) — After the traditional day of feast and pleasantry, Congress grapples again tomorrow with a pre-Christ mas schedule loaded with issues that may blast leadership hopes for harmony. Focal point is the first post election meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee, headed by Rep. Doughton (D-NC). When tne committee breaks up, Congress probably will have a good idea whether there is to be one last 194 4battle between the White. House and Capitol Hill — this time on whether the Social Security tax will be alolwed to double on January 1, as provided in the basic Social. Security law. A bloc of Republicans, aided by some Democrats, is intent on “freezing” the tax at its present level of one per cent each on em ployers an demployees Congress has done this thrice before. Doughton said he wranted to avoid a fight if possible, and it appeaed to be generally conceded on the hill that Mr. Roosevelt would veto another “freeze” bill. Meanwhile, the Senate had two brewing controversies of its own. The question of setting up a Missouri Valley Authority was toss ed into its lap, as an amendment to the proposed billion-dollar flood control authorization. Waiting for it also was the ex plosive St. Lawrrence wateway project.. Senators Danger (R-ND) and Murray (D-Mont) dropped in the Missouri Valley Authority amend ment. It proposes to create an MV A on the line of the TV A to foster flood control, navigation, hy droelectric power and related works, in line with Mr. Roosevelt’s idea of seven agencies similar to TVA. __ OP A OPENS DOVE TO STOP RISE IN CLOTHING PRICES WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.— — The. Office of Price Administration tonight launched a drive to nip a rise in clothing prices. Price Administrator Chester Bowles announced that “simple, easy - to - understand” dollar-and cent ceiling prices will be fixed on low-cost infants’ and children’s garments for which the War Pro duction Board allocated 40,000,000 yards of cloth. The second move was issuance of a regulation aimed at reduction of ‘ over-finishing” and “iancying-up” of fabrics, a practice OPA said has “added greatly” to the cost cf both cotton and rayon clothing. Both programs, described as the first of a series of mo\es.to hold clothing prices in line, follow close ly stabilization Director Vinson’s edict that a recent slight but “dis turbing” rise in living costs "must stop”.: Reds Resume Czech Push; Tokaj Falls Petrov** Army Captures Csap And 30 Other Pop ulated Areas STRAIGHT FRONT SEEN Moscow Fails To Mention New Details Of Battle For Budapest LONDON, Nov. 23.—(/P)— The Red army resumed its of fensive i n Czechoslovakia west of Ungvar today, grind ing through rain and mud for gains of as much as 16 miles on a 25-mile front. At the lame time the Soviets recap tured the famous wine center of Tokaj in northern Hun gary. vywouuas uy iviarsnai ivan Petrov’s fourth Ukrainian army in Slovakia and Marshal Rodion Malinovsky’s Second Ukrainian ar my in Hungary gave the Russians a virtually continuous active front of about 55 miles stretching across the frontier northeast from Tokaj to Sobrance, a town ten miles northwest of Ungvar. In the fresh drive in Slovakia, Petrov’s army again seized the railway junction of Csap (Cop), which has changed hands several times in recent weeks, and occu pied more than 30 other populat ed places. The offensive apparently was aimed at the big highway and rail way hub of Kassa (Kosice), ap proximately 40 miles west of the fighting today. A chain of hills about 800 feet high must be crossed to reach itassa, but once this is accom plished the Russians would have a straight front from Miskolc, the northern Hungarian rail center, into Poland. In today’s fighting, Soviet for ces smashed due west of Nngvar 16 miles to Budyovce. The broadcast Russian commu nique said more than 3,000 Ger (Continued on Page Five; Col. Z) -V An rn DPTiTinw nvu 1 V A MAI A » ■ V • • iVEff HEARING FOR FLORIDA PURCHASE WASHINGTON, Nov 23.— W> — Ihe Atlantic Coast Line Railroad will pretition the Interstate Com merce Commission to reopen the Florida East Coast Railway reor ganization case, the ICC was in formed today. John C. Donnally of Washington, counsel for S. A. Lynch and Joseph van B. Wittmann, minority bond holders of the Florida East Coast, told the commission in a letter that the Atlantic Coast Line’s petition' would be in support of a Lynch Wittmanr. petition that the case be reopened for consideration of a new reorganization plan. The Lynch anc Wittmann peti tion filed earlier this month W'as accompanied by a proposed plan which would permit purchase by the Atlantic Coast Line of 60 per cent of th e reorganized Florida East Coast’s stock. The petition said that Atlantic Coast Line had approved the proposal. However, the St. Joe Paper co. of Florida, owner of approximate (Continued on Page Five; Col, 8) -V Ethel Barrymore Leaves Hospital For Virginia NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—W—Ac tress Ethel Barrymore, accom panied by her daughter, Ethel Barrymore Colt, left Flower-Fifth Avenue hospital today for Hot Springs, Va., to recuperate from what her doctor described for the first time as pneumonia. Holiday Affords Lharice To Aid War Loan Drive WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.— <•*>) — Reports from all sections of the country showed that Thanksgiving was a “big day” in tire Sixth War Loan drive, the Treasury said to night. . . , , “Thanksgiving should help and not hamper the drive,” said Ted R. Gamble, national war finance director, after hearing news of in tense and unexpected activity in the 1 l-billion-de!!ar campaign. While General Dwight D. Eisen hower was on the radio asking the people at home to oversubscribe the loan and “then to transform the money quickly into vital fight ing equipment,” the people were using their traditional holiday to do just that. Instead of lounging at home, most of the six million volunteers were hard at work ringing door bells, while workers in the war factories were producing the “Vit al fighting equipment” Eisenhower said his millions of fighting men cannot be stopped by mud, cold, or bullets as they keep up their incessant pressure against the enemy, but they need “myr iads of shells and tires and blank els and guns and planes.” The figures of today’s sales won’t show up in the national totals for several days until the money is deposited in Federal Reserve barks. No figures were issued Thanks giving, the fourth day of the Nov ember 20-December 16 drive. Yes terday it was announced $482,000, 000 had been collected from indi viduals. The individual quota is $5,000,000,000. ■ti ^ French Fighting In Strasbourg «ss*ler Cutting Off Nazi Escape; Yank Infantrymen Seize Limon JAP DIVISION BADLY BEATEN Entire Yamashita Line In Danger Of Annihila tion By U. S. RAINS LASHING FRONT Rolling Country Ahead Will Make Way Easier For Americans GENERAL M’ARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP PINES, Friday, Nov. 24. — QP)—Rain-pounded American infantrymen have captured the Japanese bastion of Li mon and have driven 1,000 yards south in a sudden up surge of a battle which has practically destroyed the ene my’s first division. Headquarters reported today the 32nd Division plunged through shell-battered Limon Wednesday, in the biggest advance in more than two weeks. The entire Yamashita line, upon which the Japanese depend to hold Leyte island, is in danger of being rolled up, the communique said. As heavy rains continued to lash the battle front, the Yank infantry men drove through the mountain village to the nearby Leyte river. "The enemy,” said the commu nique, "in his bitter defense of this (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) -V UVVLKNUK. rKAIbbS PRODUCTION RECORD OF LOCAL SHIPYARD ‘‘I have been informed by the highest authority that when this war is over, no shipyard in the country will be able to show as fine a record as this one,” Gover nor J. Melville Broughton declared at the launching of the U. S. S. Union at the North Carolina Ship building Co., yesterday afternoon. His speech marked the yard’s re ception of the National Security Award from the Office of Civilian Defense for excellent safeguards against air attack, sabotage, fire and accidents. Recalling the launching of the yard’s first vessel, the Liberty ship Zebulon B. Vance, on the eve of the Japanese attack at Pearl Har bor, the state's chief executive re viewed the yard’s contributions to the war effort. The S. S. Vance, he added, is plying the seas today alter many, many thousands of miles of service. ‘‘Not only have you built ships at the lowest cost but you have built good ships,” he said. Referring to the award of the Maritime Commission’s ‘‘M” pen nant in the early days of the yard, he said presentation of the National Security Award was “another point in achievement” in the yard’s pro gram of advancment. “This award, (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) Fayetteville 20, NHHS 0; J V’s Defeat Wallace, 40-6 (Special to The Star) FAYETTEVILLE, Nov. 23.—The Wilmington Wildcats, playing a strong defensive game, were de feated by the Fayetteville Bull dogs, 20-0, in a Thanksgiving night game here before a crowd of about 2,000 persons. Early in the second quarter, after a first period of see-saw bat tling, Fayetteville’s Salley carried the ball across the Wildcat’s scor ing line for two touchdowns with Riddle kicking one extra point. In the fourth frame, Baskel, again pounding through the New Hanover line, romped across for the final score of the evening. Rid dle’s toe again gave the Bulldogs an extra mark. Fayetteville made seven first downs during the game with New Hanover racking up five. Sykes, Bannerman and Hobbs of Wilmington received credit for the major share of the local hon ors in the contest. While their big “brothers” were taking a shellacking in Fayetteville, the New Hanover “Jayvees” had a field day (or night) at home. Tackling Wallace, the younger lads rolled up a score of 40-6 at Legion Stadium. The Jayvees scored 1b every frame with Partrich breaking the ice earljMn the first quarter. Gris som, not to be outclassed, came through with an 11-yard line buck to make the second tally of the night. Mullinux shared honors in the scoring with Begore claiming his part of the spotlight in the closing minutes of the game. Clayton boot ed the ball over for extra points in four out of six attempts. The Jayvees were never threat ened seriously aid no punts were made. THE LINEUPS Pos. Fayetteville Wilmington LE—Kelly_ Hanson LT—Riddle _Oshworth LG—Buie -.—. Finer C —Shuford . Monk RG—Berry _ Corbett RT—Lutterloh _ Hobbs RE—Moore_Jones QB—Salley..Sykes LH—Daskel..- Sutton RH—Bryant _ Johnson FB—Cheshire_Bannerman Score by periods: Fayetteville -0 13 0 7—20 Wilmington _0 0 0 0— 0 Fayetteville scoring: Touch downs—Daskel, Salley 2; points after—Riddle 2. Officials R. Bauer, U. Crane, H. L. McCafferty, F. G. Vossler. Nazis In Metz Give Up To The Yanks ] fei , ■...^......yki..; Beaten in their own war, captured members of a German machine-gun crew under guard of Fifth Division fighters stumble through a street in Metz, on their way to the rear of Pattons Third Army. U. S. Signal Corps Radiophoto. (International Soundphoto). I U.S. Apparently Opening Aerial Battle Of Japan WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—(A5)—There are increasing signs that the real air battle of Japan now is beginning, with America’s B-29 strategic bombing force undertaking the destruction of the Japanese air force. Along with the invasion of the Philippines this means that the strategy for finally crushing the Pacific enemy Is CHINESE CAPTURE 10 TOWNS TO OPEN BURMA ROAD LINK CHUNGKING, Nov. 23.— (P) — Chinese forces who captured the Japanese stronghold of Mangshih on the Burma road last week end have cleared long additional stretches of the road with the cap ture of 10 more towns south of the mouth of the Mangshih valley, the Chinese high command an nounced today. As a result of the spirited drive by Chinese troops in Yunnan prov ince in collaboration with the American-Chinese campaign down the Ledo road from northern Bur ma, the China link of the Burma road virutally is ready to be re opened to military traffic, accord ing to Chinese press. The stretch between Lungling and Tehgchung already is open, these reports said. Mangshih airfield has been tak en and repair work has begun on its landing strips and hangars. Mangshih itself was found to be saturated with mines and booby traps, which are being removed with the assistance of American li aison engineer personnel. (Mangshih is about 40 miles east [Continued on Page Two; Col. .3) though there may be 12 to 1! months more of fighting in the Pa cific and Asia. This strategy has at least foui main objectives: 1. To knock out the Japanese fleet. This largely was accomplish ed during the sea battle of the Philippines last month. But the Japanese will try to repair as many as possible of their ships. 2. To knock out the Japanese ait force. The Nipponese have suffer ed enormous losses; the rate of at trition has been running 5 to 1 in favor of United States fliers. But the enemy continues to restoeic his blasted air bases because his plane production capacity has not been hurt seriously. Its destruction must be the first great purpose of the strategic bombing attacks on Ja pan. 3. To exploit the invasion of the Philippines by conquering Luzon, from which the southern half oi Japan’s empire can be cut off from the northern half. This also will afford bases for the next seaborne invasions tightening the ring oi American held islands around Ja pan. 4. To invade China, Japan or both and finally defeat the Japa nese army wherever it can be found. The Japanese high command now can see this pattern as clearly as anybody else and has begun to make counter-moves. First was the ill-fated attempt to destroy the Ley te landing in the Philippines by a fleet action, which precipitated the big battle. Failing in that, the Jap anese poured reinforcements into Leyte and obviously into Luzon also. This slows down the Philip pines campaign but speeds up de struction of the Japanese army. The latest counter-move was the enemy’s fighter-plane challenge to (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1' CHURCHILL HAILS AMERICAN POWER LONDON, Nov. 23.— Utl —Prime Minister Churchill, in a surprise Thanksgiving speech to an Anglo American audience tonight hailed the United States as the world’s greatest military power and de clared that together the Allies 1 were moving irresistibly “and, perhaps, with God’s aid, swiftly towards victorious peace” Nearly 8,000 people, including many hundreds of American ser vicemen, jammed huge Albert hall to hear a gala concert dedicated to the United States and its tradi tional holiday. The audience rose and cheered when Churchill enter ed a box to hear the program conducted by John Barbirolli, for merly conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony orchestra, and again when he mounted flag draped platform behind which hung a huge portrait ot Abraham Lincoln. The prime minister said Ameri cans never had more justification for thanksgiving than today “when we see that in three of four years the United States has, in sober fact, become the greatest military, naval and air power in the world. “That, I say to you in this time (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) i --V lokyo Radio Claims U. S. Marines Are A Bunch Of Roughnecks By The Associated Press The Japanese don’t like the American Marines, the Tokyo ra dio said last night, which seems to make it mutual. The Marine Corps, the radio said i in a broadcast recorded by the Federal Communications Commis-j sion, is composed of “a bunch of roughnecks” who “don’t give a hang about their lives” in landing operations. The radio went on that ‘‘It is said in America ‘Tell it to the Ma rines.’ This has the same meaning ' a? ‘Don’t be silly’. That is to say, the Marines are all so ignorant that they may believe you when the gen eral public would not” 100 Navy Men Have 1 urkey As Maffitt Village Guests More than 100 sailors stationed in the Navy receiving barracks at Maffitt Village were entertained with a Thanksgiving dinner by resi dents of the community in t n e Hewes cafeteria yesterday, and tur key with all the trimmings was served by mothers of servicemen and others who did not have their families with them for the holiday feast. The dinner was given the service men, stationed here to form armed guard crews for vessels leaving the Port of Wilmington, from purchases by the tenants of the housing proj ect. As it was impossible to invite the boys into their homes, because of conflicting working and dining hours, it was decided that the youths would snjoy themselves more if the holiday spirit was pro vided for them as a group. While the defense workers were at the shipyard, where no general holiday was observed, the women ; of the community, assisted by^ Girl • Scouts, dispensed with the business of Thanksgiving dinner for the boys ; in service, many of whom were away from home the first time. _ Elsewhere in the city, homes ' were opened to visiting service men, but most of the military per sonnel remained at their stations, 1 for the military bill of fare yester- 1 day was superior to most of those 1 offered by civilian hosts, hit by ' wartime shortages. A Thanksgiving Day dinner was ‘ served to members of the Salva- j (Continued on Page Five; Col. 8) i iNEMY PINNED AGAINST RIVER Another Army Of France Takes Battenheim To The South 3PPOSITION IS BITTER Germans Counterattack Repeatedly Near Hoven And Beck SUPREME HEADQUAR* T E R S ALLIED EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE, PARIS, Nov. 23.—(/P)—French arm ored forces fought their way toward the center of Stras bourg tonight after an 18 mile dash to the Rhine which sealed off the overland es cape route for an estimated 70,000 troops of the German 19th army, now pinned against the almost bridgeless riv^\ The second spectacular B.hin* breakthrough in five days. Imperil ing nearly one-seventh of the for ces the Germans are believed to have committed on the Western front, came as the bitterest bat tle since the invasion thundered in to its seventh day far to the north On the Cologne plain. As the French Second Armored Division pressed into the outskirts of Strasbourg against light resis tance, the First French Armored division more than SO miles to th* south seized Battenheim, four miles north of MuLhouse, and push ed on north up the Rhine, This was the southern jaw of a giant pincers reaching around (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) ISO FORTS POUND GERMAN OIL PLANT AT GELSENKIRCHEN LONDON. Nov. 23.— —A de tachment of 150 Fortresses of the U. S. Eighth Air Force, escorted by 75 Mustangs, jabbed the Nord stern synthetic oil plant at Gelsen kirchen — which normally produce* 30.000 tons of fuel monthly—with 500 tons of bombs today and a few hours later RAF Lancasters follow ed up with another blow at the same target. The American attack was mad* under such adverse weather con ditions that special instrument* were used to lay down the explo sives. Only meager flak was en countered and no German plane* were seen. All bombers returned safely but three fighters were missing. Meanwniie, a small force of Ita ly-based 15th Air Force Liberator* hammered military targets in Aus tria and Yugoslavia. A narrow gauge rail route from Sarajevo to Brod—the only line open to the Germans fleeing from central Yu goslavia—was bombed. Poor weather for the second suc cessive day limited operation* against Germany’s oil supplies aft er they were heavily pounded in a 24-hour attack by nearly 3.000 Al lied bombers. _ir_ British And Poles Clear Many Nazis From Cosina Loop ROME, Nov. 23. —UP) —British and Polish troops, slogging for ward in the hills south of highway ) between Forli and Faenza against strong German resistance, hav# captured a few more villages and ridges and cleared most of th# NTazis out of the Cosina river loop southeast of Faenza. The Poles, after capturing Mont# Piano, moved 500 yards east and :ook the village of San Mamant# igainst bitter enemy resistance, rhey also captured Oriolo and lan Biagio, northwest of Mont# Piano. In fighting through these rug. ?ed hills at the edge of the P# ralley and the Poles cap cured 140 irisoners and inflicted heavy cas lalties in killed and wounded on he Germans. American Fifth Army force# ;outh of Bologna engaged only in >atrol clashes, in one of which hey ambushed and killed a party if nine Nazis. The Mediterranean air force# lew over 2,300 sorties yesterday, ncluding sweeps into southern Germany, Austria, ^Yugoslavia and lorthem Italy. \
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