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‘REDS’ IN ARMY
AREDISCLAIMED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—(UP)
—The War Department officials
who advised military commanders
recently that Communists could be
come commissioned officers so
long as their loyalty to the United
States was unquestioned, revealed
today that there are no 'Red'’ of
ficers in the Army and that there
won’t be.
Assistant Secretary of War John
J. McCloy and Maj. Gen. Clayton
L. Bissell, assistant chief of staff
in charge of Army Intelligence
and Counter-Intelligence, testified
before a House Military Affairs
sub-committee inquiring into
charges that War Department reg
ulations permitted the commission
ing of subversives.
But, they asserted time and
again, War Department policy has
been, is, and will continue to be
based fundamentally upon loyalty,
not what a candidate’s past per
suasions were, and that test. Mc
Cloy said, “applies equally to
Communists, anarchists, to adher
ents of Nazism, Fascism or the
divinity of the Japanese emperor.”
The inquiry was ordered by
Chariman Andrew J. May, (-KY)
after publication of what purport
ed to be a new Army directive
governing commissions. McCloy
and Bissell confirmed joint author
ship of directives issued February
5, 1944 and December 30 of the
same year pertaining to commis
sioning of subversives. But, they
insisted, the directives were issued
becaue field commanders de
manded a “yardstick” to measure
Communism. Their frequently
voiced plaint was, “What is a
Communist and what do we do
about it.”
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$1.50 After Missing
Jerries With Tommy gun
:: WITH THE 82ND AIRBORNE
'DIVISION IN BELGIUM, Feb. 6.
(Delayed)—When Lt. John
-Spooner of Winter Park Gardens,
Wilmington, N. C.. an 82nd Air
-borne Division artilleryman, snip
ped successfully with his airborne
"howitzer at a Jerry clinging to a
telephone pole, his battalion com
•■mander berated him for killed
■■ Germans at S75 per head.
Later Lt. Spooner requested a
transfer to the 504th Parachute
infantry, of same division, so that
•' he could kill Jerries at a nickel
. a head.
r During a battle in Belgium
where the 82nd Airborne Division
: helped to stem the rising tide of
Hitler’s Panzer columns, Lt.
: Spooner fired a clip from his tom
, mygun at a squad of Jerries over
: a hill.
« He missed and his old artillery
commander, who happened along,
asked him, "Spooner, how do you
• like the Infantry?”
"Jest fine, suh,” drawled the
erstwhile sharpshooting artillery
: man, "except, that ah’m already
• a $1.50 in the hole.”
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To Discrimination In
Gasoline Distribution
The New Hanover War Price
and Rationing Board today an
nounced that it had been advised
that many dealers are discrimi
nating in gasoline sales by reserv
ing portions of their inventory for
regular customers or other classes
of users.
Declaring that such discrimina
tion is a violation of gasoline regu
lations, the board said dealers
must sell to all persons entitled
to buy on equal basis.
Dealers may limit all customers
to one coupon' sales, if they so
desire, or may operate only dur
ing specific hours of the business
day. When this is done, all per
sons wanting to buy gasoline must
be treated uniformly, it was said.
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Four Soldiers From Area
Wounded In War Theaters
The War Department has an
nounced the names of four more
servicemen from eastern North
Carolina who have been wounded
:: in action in the European and
Southwest Pacific areas,
v In each case the next of kin
has been notified, and will be
H kept informed by the War De
' partment as to the serviceman's
condition.
Those in the European area are:
r New Bern—Staff Sgt. Albert J.
-Kazelis; Mrs. Myrtle M. Kazelis,
, wife.
Jacksonville — Pvt. Calvin C.
•: Parker; Dolphus L. Parker, father.
Leland—Pfc. Marrison B. Wat
I kins; Mrs. Mattie T. Watkins,
; mother.
■ Southwest Pacific area:
! Rocky Mount—First Lt. John W.
■ Brake; Jesse B. Brake, father.
German Civilians And Soldiers Dazed
And Frightened By American Advance
By WES GALLAGHER
ERKELENZ, Germany, Feb. 27.
_pP)—For the first time in this
war in the west, thousands of
German civilian refugees crowd
ed highways as the U. S. Ninth
Army wheeled sharply north,
driving straight for the vital
Ruhr Valley and breaking clear
through all Nazi defenses in the
greatest rout of the Wehrmaht
since the flight across France.
The fight appeared completely
gone from German soldiers guard
ing the Ruhr's approaches, and
they gave up in bunches, includ
ing officers talking freely of Ger
many’s defeat.
Veteran American officers who
fought the Germans across Eu
rope said fighting monale appear
ed completely gone in some of
Marshal von Rundstedt’s forces.
Carrying handbags and hob
bling along in lots of several
hundreds, German civilians trudg
ed into this shell and bombed
wrecked city in the opposite di
rection from vast columns of
American trops and armor speed
ing north toward the entrance of
the Ruhr.
It was the first time since en
tering Germany that the Ameri
can Army has encountered civil
ians in large numbers, and the
first time that they were in the
homeless, refugee state to which
so many other peoples of Europe
have been subjected by the Ger
man army.
The 84th Division racing fo/
ward in trucks to the right of
Muenchen Gladach encountered
virtually no opposition in more
than 10 miles—overrunning the
German 15th Army’s replacement
pool and capturing both officers
and men in a state of great con
fusion. Just north of Erkelenz
the American Army smashed
through sporadic German tank
defenses guarding Muenchen
Gladbach.
Himmler’s highly advertised
Volkssturm tried to defend this
city last night, but their perform,
ance was poor.
Some were 12-year-old boys who
had never been taught to fire a
rifle.
They hid in cellars when the
barrage was on, then came out
with their hands up when the
Doughboys first appeared.
The morale of regular German
soldiers was not much better.
More than 800 were taken here
last night and this morning, hid
ing in cellars and houses. The
city was liberally sown with
mines, for it was supposed to be
one of the strongpoints guarding
the Rhine.
On every sector of the front
tanks and troops of the American
Army clogged roads in scenes
not seen since the race across
Brest peninsula.
Eight High School Youths
Talk On Affairs Of World
Eight New Hanover High School
seniors had the opportunity to ex
press themselves on national and
international affairs at the regu
lar meeting of the Wilmingon Ro
tary Club yesterday in the dining
hall of the Friendly Cafeteria.
Presenting the discussion of
world affairs, including post-war
conscription and world trade, was
Walter Goldberg, Bill Lassiter,
Francis Chadwick, Gerald Mor
ton, James L. Wells, Jr., Irvin
Bobbitt, Wilton A. Rankin, and
Oliver Watkins, students repre
senting four American Government
classes at the local high school.
Walter Goldberg presided over
the panel on international prob
lems. Francis Chadwick spoke on
“Is Dumbarton Oaks Enough??”
and Oliver Watkins spoke on
“What Shall W'e Do With Ger
many?”
Heading the group to speak on
national problems was Bill Lassi
ter, who presented his speakers,
Wilton Rankin, who spoke on
“Growing Public Debt and Its Im
plications,” and Irvin Bobbitt, v#io
spoke on “Post-war Public W'orks
for Jobs.”
James Wells’ subject was ‘‘Is
Peacetime Compulsory Military
—
Training desirable and necessary.”
Mrs. George S. LeGrand, teacher
of American Government at the
high school, told the group that
there was no better guarantee of
Wilmington’s future than the Ro
tary Club’s interest of the young
men of the high school.
With A. S. Grist presiding, the
business of the meeting was con
sidered and it was announced that
the district conference had been
cancelled in order to conform-with
ODT requests to eliminate unessen
tial travel.
Visiting Rotarians John R. Pur
ser, Charlotte, Raymond Carney,
Oneida, N. Y., and T. L. John
son and Pete Winfrey, both of
members. Otl er guests inroduced
Clinton, were introduced to the
were Louie E. Woodbury and Lt.
Heywood Bellamy, of Wilmington,
and Junior Rotarians Irl Sell and
Walter Goldberg.
Another announcement received
with interest by the club was that
C. B. Newcomb, past - president
and past-secretary of Rotary, is re
cuperating satisfactorily from a
recent operation.
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Man Passes Bad Check
To Buy An Automatic
Check Writing Machine
O. J. Childress, 39. of 518-G
Bickett street, Maffitt Village, was
sentenced to six months on the
State roads yesterday in Record
er’s court on three charges of
worthless checks and eight charges
of obtaining money under false
pretense. He was 'granted a 10
day stay of execution.
His most outstanding single of
fense was reported to have been
the passing of a worthless check
to a local typewriter and office
equipment firm.
His purchase was an automatic
check writing machine.
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Girl Sent To Juvenile
Court In Assault Case
The case of Bettie Damon,
charged with four counts of as
sault with lye water, resulting in
injury, was remanded to juvenile
court yesterday by Recorder’s
court.
Robert Dow. charged w7ith lar
ceny and receiving of an automo
bile, was found not guilty in super
ior court yesterday.
The case of Archie Smith, Ne
gro, charged with assault with
intent of criminal attack, still was
underway in Superior court yes
terday afternoon.
Local Man Finds War
Too Personal—A Jap
Tries To Share Shelter
WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY
ON LUZON—For Sergeant Hugh
M. Morton, Army Signal Corps
photo grapher, 12 Magnolia
place, Wilmington, the war is
becoming too personal.
During the heat of action,
while in a forward foxhole of
the 23th Infantry Division sec
tor in central Luzon, the ser
geant felt a tap on his shoulder.
Turning he saw with him a Jap
who had apparently become
confused in the din of battle and
had taken him for one of his
buddies.
The sergeant reached for his
gun but the Jap realizing his
mistake took off toward a near
by clump of bushes but Tropic
Lightning Division Doughboys
riddled him as he ran.
Says Sergeant Morton: "I
don’t like such interruptions in
my work.”
Carolina Beach Vote
Bills To Be Offered
A vote on two mutually exclu
sive Carolina Beach bills, one ex
cluding seasonal residents from
the vote in municipal elections and
the other guaranteeing it to them,
probably will take place in the
Judiciary. Committee number one
of the House of Representatives
tomorrow, Rep. J. Q. LeGrand
said yesterday.
Proponents of the first bill in
hearings before the committee
were R. M. Kermon, attorney and
former State legislator, Carolina
Beach’s Mayor A. P. Peay, Em
mett H. Bellamy and Walter Blair,
who favors inclusion of the town
under the State municipal laws
which require residence for vot
ers.
The non-resident property own
ers’ interest were defended by
W. B. Campbell, Wilmington City
attorney, and A. L. Mansfield, of
Magnolia, who proferred the theory
that ownership of property and
liability to taxation should be sole
qualifications for voting.
Rep. LeGrand, who presented
both bills simultaneously without
prejudice, maintains a neutral
postion.
WEATHER
FORECAST
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p.m.. yesterd&y.
Temperature
1:30 a.m.. 63; 7:30 a.m., 63; 1:30 p.m.,
78; 7:30 p.m., 66.
Maximum, 78; minimum, 60; mean.
69; normal, 50.
Humidity
1:30 a.m., 95; 7:30 a.m., 94; 1:30 p.m.,
49; 7:30 p.m., 75.
Precipitation
Total for the 24 hours eliding at 7:30
P-m., 0.17 Inches.
, since the first of the month,
з. 01 inches.
Tides For Today
tt «012 Tide Tables published by
и. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
Wilmington -10:5*8^
Masonboro Inlet -18:41a 2:30a
« . 9:01p 2:50d
Sunrise, 6:42 a.m.; sunset, 6:07 p.m.
moonrise, 7:46p; moonset, 7:49a.
CHERRY SUPPORTS
MEDICAL PROGRAM
(Continued from Page One)
medical school to a standard four
year school, and to construct and
equip a 400-bed hospital, nurses’
homes and other facilities neces
sary for expansion of the medical
school. No appropriation is made
for those purposes, however.
Cherry said he wanted to keep
a balanced budget and keep the
faith with teachers and low-sala
ried employes, but that he did not
know the cost of the projected
hospital and medical care pro
gram. "What we do must be done
in the light of peacetime reve
nues,” he said.
He commended the assembly “for
your efforts to firmly maintain” a
balanced budget.
He added that “many available
services, richly deserved by our
peoplpe. must be postponed for the
duration of the war. For some
time past, I have been keenly in
terested in an expansion of our
health program among our school
rhilrTrpn Qinr'P thic accomli, non .
vened, I have held several con
ferences with Dr. Reynolds, the
secretary of our State Board of
Health, and he advises me that
the shortage of personnel due to
war conditions materially handi
caps the expansion of this worth
while and much needed program.”
Some expansion of the school
health program will be made, but
the fruition of such a program
must wait until the war's end, the
Governor said, adding that “in
like manner, much of the pro
posals of the hospital and medical
care commission must be postpon
ed until some future date.’’
"Just when the capstone will fi
nally be laid for a comprehensive
and adequate plan of medical care
in North Carolina is a matter for
future legislators—but we here to
day and in the succeeding days of
this General Assembly ought to
lay the corner stone and ’he board
foundation upon which we can
build such a program as our peo
ple seek to obtain and ought to
have.”
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Bringing home the bacon has
Dvilly begun to mean some
fning.
MARINES GAINING
IN 1W0 FIGHTING
(Continued from Page One)
flyin« from the Marianas, joined
withB carrier planes in bombing
Other Seventh Air Force Liber
ators attacked the Bonin Islands
Nipponese Iwo positions Tuesday,
north of low.
Erskine’s Third straightened its
line north and west of the cen
tral airfield. The enemy finger
tip grasp is on the notheast cor
ner.
Just east of those Nipponese,
Cates’ Fourth pushed bulges into
enemy lines right and left of seiz
ed Hill 382.
The Japanese are running short
of water and probably on food and
ammunition. In contrast, Ameri
can forces are landing ammuni
tion, water and food.
The enemy still has considerable
artillery and mortar in action.
Their fire was heavy throughout
Tuesday, some of it directed at
rear areas and the unloading
beaches.
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WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 27 —
(U.R)_The old Fox house, which was
sold recently has been occupied bj
only two families in the last 10(
years. Designed and built in Eng
land, it then was taken apart
brought to America and reassem
bled here in 1845.
Nazis Hurl Counterblow
AtMt. Belvedere^ Sector
ROME, Feb. 27.—(UP)—In their
first major counterthrust at the
Allies, newly-won positions on the
left flank of the Fifth Army front,
German troops attacked savage
ly in the Mt. Belvedere sector, it
was disclosed today.
The thrust, launched Monday,
followed an artillery barrage de
signed to dislodge the Tenth U.
S. Mountain Division and a unit
of Brazilian troops from their
commanding positions atop the
lofty heights of Belvedere and the
lesser peaks of Mount Della Tor
raccia and Mount Castello.
In the fighting, which continued
throughout yesterday and up until
dawn today, the Germans lost hea
vily in killed and prisoners.
Earlier three assaults of lesser
intensity were thrown back in the
same general area, which is just
west of the Pistonia-Bologna road
about 28 miles southwest of Bo
logna.
On other sectors of the front
operations were confined to patrol
clashes, with several such skir
mishes taking place along the Se
nio river in eastern Italy.
Tactical Air Force planes were
out in strength to continue their
attacks on enemy rail and road
communications throughout north
■ ern Italy, Yugoslavia and south
ern Austria. Special emphasis was
given to the Brenner Pass rail
route, where 19 rail cuts were ef
fected by B-25 Mitchell bombers.
Six Allied planes were missing
from all of yesterday's operations,
an air communique announced.
The MAAF flew over 1,550 sorties
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“I sincerely pray that all members of the human
family may, in the time prescribed by the Father'of us all,
find themselves securely established in the enjoyment of
life, liberty and happiness.”
THIS 38th ANNUAL REPORT summarizes another success
ful year in Jefferson Standard history. It tells the story of good substantial
progress. It shows the strong financial position of the Company.... IJ Behind
the facts and figures are countless human interest stories of life insurance at work_of widows and or
phans made financially secure, of children educated because of foresighted fathers and mothers, of men
and women made comfortable in retirement, of mortgages cancelled upon premature death of homeown
ers, of cash funds provided for emergencies. . . . Jefferson Standard, and its representatives from
coast to coast, proudly present the 38th Annual Report with appreciation to the many friends and policy
holders who have contributed to the Company’s excellent progress.
INTEREST EARNING AND INTEREST
PAYMENT MAINTAINED
Again in 1944, as in every year since 1907, Jefferson
Standard maintained its national leadership in in
terest earned on invested assets. During the year 5%
interest was paid on funds held in trust for policyholders
and beneficiaries.
INCREASE IN ASSETS
JLTotal assets are now $142,939,569 which represents
an increase of $14,693,244 for 1944. For every $100
of liabilities there are $110.17 of assets.
SURPLUS FUNDS INCREASED
•JLSurplus, capital, and contingency reserves total
$13,200,000. This represents a high ratio of addi
tional funds for policyholders' protection.
SUBSTANTIAL GAIN IN INSURANCE
IN FORCE
^-In 1944 the insurance in force increased $40,032,074.
The tctal is now $542,565,115 protection on more
than 200,000 policyholders.
BENEFITS PAID
JLThe Company paid policyholders and beneficiaries
$6,377,351 in benefits in 1944. Total benefits since
organization in 1907—$144,149,126.
WAR BOND PURCHASES
During 1944 the Jefferson Standard invested $9,640,000
in War Bonds, thus making a substantial contribu
tion to the anti-inflation battle and toward final victory.
Total U. S. Government Bond Holdings—$25,237,015.
r.38* annual statement-*
FINANCIAL STATEMENT • DECEMBER 31, 1944 |j
ASSETS
Cash .$ 5,128,207
United States Government
Bonds . 25,237,011
State, County and
Municipal Bonds ... 4,091,192
All Other Bonds. 12,231,105
Stocks . 8,835,827
Listed securities carried at
market, cost,or call value,
whichever is lowest.
First Mortgage Loans. . 62,937,355
Real Estate . 6,457,834
Loans to Our
Policyholders . 10,978,394
Secured by the cash value#
of policies.
Premium Loans and
Liens . 2,545,503
Secured by the cash value#
of policies.
Investment Income in
Course of Collection . 1,144,613
Premiums in Course of
Collection . 3,195,383
All Other Assets. 157,141
Total Admitted Assets $142,939,569
LIABILITIES
Policy Reserve*. $112,811,235
This reserve is required by
law to assure payment of
policy obligations. H
Reserve for Policy Claims 110,113 |
Claims in course of settle- | !
ment on which proofs
have not been received.
Reserve for Texes. 442,617
Premiums and Interest
Paid in Advance ... 1,619,919 |
Policy Proceeds Left
With Company. 10,500,746
Dividends for J
Policyholders . 1,326,494 ■
Reserve for All Other 8
Liabilities . 2,027,745 |
Liabilities. $129,739,569 ■
Contingency Re- I
serve . $2,200,000 ii
A fund for contingencies, H
depreciation on real estate
and investment fluctu
at.ion/s.
Capital .... 4,000,000
Surplus Un- f|
assigned . 7,000,000 ||
Total Surplus Funds for I
Additional Protection «
of Policyholders .... 13,200,000 I
Total .$142,939,569 I
**. n. RADCLIFF, Branch Manager
local agents
G. CLINTON MURRAY j r THORNE
HERBERT L O’NEILL A. B. CROOM, JR.
tl. c. rAKKS YATES
Offices 604-5-6-7 Murchison Bldg. — Phone 2-3048