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BOMBERS ATTACK NAZI OIL PLANTS

LONDON, Sunday. March 4.—

(UP)—More than 5,200 Allied plane itruck a heavy blow at Germany’s erippled oil reserves yesterday and swarmed over the Western

Front to blast Nazi troops and

equipment desperately evacuating the area west of the Rhine.

Over 1.800 American bombers and fighters teamed together to

atrike the heaviest blow in weeks at Germany’s dwindling oil re-

serves, and last night fast. RAF

Mosquito bombers hit Berlin for

the 12th consecutive night. The tactical airforce, in the 19th

atraight dav of the “victory blitz”

against Germany, flew more than

8.400 sorties in direct support of

the front line troops. They destroy- ed manv barges on which the Ger-

mans sought to cross to the east bank of the Rhine.

A 200-mile long column of 8th

Air Force bombers and escort,

carrying the non-stop air offensive through its 19th straight day, headed for Berlin and then brose-

into packs to blast seven oil tar-

gets, war factories in Brunswick and the railyards at Chemnitz, __/nr roinfnrrpments moving

to the Russian front. The fighter-bmbers raked jam-_

jned highway and rail lines from ■ Wesel down along and west of the : Rhine to the regions of Cologne

and Duesseldorf. They hammered evacuation trains, cutting the rail and highway network and zoomed low in close support of the ground troops. A mass exodus of German ,

forces was reported underway but. one tactical air force communique said cryptically that it was "doubt- ful whether they will reach their J :_4- ’»

BREAK IN DETROIT STRIKES EXPECTED

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er major plants can remain in production.

A new strike, however, flared at the Detroit Aluminum Brass Corp. when 1,000 employes quit work in protest against company refusal to pay a union shop stew- ard for three days in which he was suspended for disciplinary rea-

sons. Informed by the United Press

that Chrysler officials had given their assurances that no discrimin- atoyr tactics would be used on

striking employes w'hen they re-

turn to work, Eddie Levinson said "it definitely will pave the way for a return-to-work vote.”

Levinson, public relations direc- tor for the United Automobile Workers (CIO) with whom the striking workers are affiliated, said the membership had feared the cpmpany would order discrirnina- tory discharges because of the stoppage.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for Dodge Local 3 UAW-CIO, said a mass meeting of the membership —the fourth since the strike was called—has been set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The rebellious local will hear back-to-work pleas from their nrpRiripnt. M i 1c p Mnvalr NnvaV

gave his assurances to Chairman William H. Davis of the National War Labor Board at Washington that he would “do everything in my power to end the strike.” This came after Chrysler representatives promised all workers would be returned to their jobs at pre- controversy production schedules. The case of eight discharged workers will be arbitrated.

Novak’s decision was a reversal to previous stands taken by the local 3 executive board who had demanded immediate reinstatement of the discharged workers or ar-

my seizure. Their recalcitrant po- sition was in complete defiance of the International UAW Execu- tive board, WLB and Army and Navy representatives.

-V- AIR RAID ALERT

LONDON, Sunday, March 4.— UP}—A single German plane flew over the London area early today. An air raid alert sounded and an

explosion was heard. Later the all- clear was given. It was the first attack by an enemy plane on Lon-

■ don in nearly a year. -V-

The Lincoln Highway, 3,384 miles long, connects New York with San Francisco.

Cherry Asks Greater Aid For Servicemen


with such a spirit of cooperation and helpfulness that we dedicate this Legion home here in Wilming- ton.”

The speaker stressed that it was

gratifying to know that the Ameri- can Legion, before and since the attack on Pearl Harbor, has been a “tower of strength” in America's all-out war effort.

“In the progress of this effort, we believe that the men now in our

armed forces are going to save our

United States of today and that they will manage our United States of tomorrow,” he added.

Governor Cherry called for an

over-subscription in the sale of War bonds, war stamps and the support of the financial structure of the Government during the present conflict.

Speaking to the Legionnairs, Gov- ernor Cherry asked them to recall the “innumerable examples of the spirit of sacrifice with which men

go into battle, ready to die for high and fine unselfish spirit which constitutes the summation of pa- triotic purity and personal unsel- fishness in the human heart and soul.” he said.

The speaker cited numerous ex-

amples of past support of the American Legion to the armed for-

more than four million men who fought in World War 1, more than one-third of them are now members of the American Legion. He called the Legion the “biggest, strongest and most powerful veterans’ organization ever establish- ed anywhere.” He recalled that there are approximately 12 million men and women in the present armed forces, and pointed out that about one-half million of these are being discharged annually and being replaced by others. “This means that eventually there will be some 12 million to 15 million persons eligible to membership in the American Legion,” he added.

The Governor told the Legion- nairs that they must see that the best of care is made available to disabled veterans and that adequate provision is made for' the

dependents of disabled and deceas- ed veterans. He called for proper educational opportunities, special training, discharge pay and other aid at home, as well as business and farm purchases. ‘‘These are

primary and concrete problems and ought to be handled fairly uniformly and justly,’’ he said. “Any plan or scheme of assistance to the members of our armed forces should apply equally to the sol- diers of every state. There must not be any geographical differ- ence.” he added.

Governor Cherry said that in

Nc -th Carolina’s first obligation is to nelp to see that adequate veterans’ care legislatipn is adopted by Congress. The so-called G. I. Bill of Rights at present seems rea-

sonably adequate. If, in the future, additional needs develop, the peo- ple of this state will speak through connection with these problems, our Representatives in Congress to secure corrections or expan- sions,” he added.

Others participating in the cere- monies of the dedication of the home were Adjutant General J. Van B.Metts, of Raleigh, George K. Snow, of Mount Airy, department commander, James Caldwell of Raleigh, department adjutant, Mrs. Roy McMillan of Raleigh, representing Mrs. J. W. Hend- ricks, department president of the Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. T. J. Gause, national defense chairman of the auxiliary, Norwood S. West- brook, post commander; Mrs. J. C. Seymour, president of the auxiliary, Wimington Post No. 10; W. J. Riley, chef de gare, Voiture 245, 40 and 8; Addison Hewlett, chairman of the New Hanover Board of Commissioners, and Cap- tain George D’Orange, of Wilming- ton, the oldest legionnaire in North Carolina.

Ceremonial marshal was C. Da- vid Jones, sheriff of New Han- uvei uuuiiiy.

The invocation was given by Dr. E. F. Keever and the benediction was pronounced by the Pev. J. L. Davis, post chaplain, Wilmington Post No. 10.

Following the ceremony, a barbecue was served by the Wilming- ton post to approximately 650 guest. The barbecue luncheon was prepared by Legionnaire L. F. Sol- lee, chairman of the refreshment committee. Other members of the committee were John Donnelly, Harry E. Fales, George H. Hutaff, Jr., George Fick and Porter Wag- staff.

Members of the Finance committee, which raised $25,000 for the purchase of the home and more than $25,000 more for renovations, are J. G. Thornton, chairman; W. A. Fonvielle, John A. Stevens, E. A. Laney, Ben Kingoff, Warren S. Johnson, W. D. Jones, F. B. Gra- ham, and R. B. Page.

Members of the Home committee are W. K. Rhodes, chairman; W. A. Hughes. J. R. Hollis, Harry E. Fales and Wilbur D. Jones.

Those of the Furnishings committee are C. Knox Council, aîir- man; L. M. Todd, Conrad Wes- sell, Jesse Weeks and J. Melvin.

Members of the Renovating committee are Charles H. Foard, chairman; John Donnelly, D. R. Langley, and Allie Moore.

The Legion home was open for inspection yesterday from 1:25 c.m. until. midnight. A dance for

PAPER COLLECTION SLATED MARCH 18


ior Scouts, who have aided in previous drives, are expected to undertake even greater participa- tion this time. Jaycee and Scout leaders have predicted a collection in excess of 100,000 pounds.

The individual goal for each Scout or Cub is to collect 1,000 pounds or more, which will en-

title him to a citation from Gen- eral Eisenhower. If a Troop or

Cub Pack averages 1,000 pounds per members, the unit achievement award will be k shell case that has been used on a European bat- tlefield, inscribed with a recogni- tion from General Eisenhower for the unit's job on the home front.

Wilmingtonians are urged to save all newspapers, magazines and pasteboard boxes and have them ready for collection.

A definite plan for collection will be announced within a few days.

A letter from J. A. Krug, chairman of the War Production Board, to Dr. Albert K. Fretwell, chief Scout Executive, reads:

“In order to meet the paper re-

quirements for our military and essential needs, we must save, collect and move to the paper mills even greater amounts of scrap paper than ever before. We, again, urgently request the Eoy Scouts of American to expand arrd consecrate their efforts with a nation-wide collection of paper during March and April."

legionnaires and their guests was held in the home last night from 9 o'clock until the home closed at midnight.

RED ARMY TOPPLES POMERANIAN POST!


tin’s docks. Swinemuende is 5

miles northwest of Labes.

None of the German-reporte Russian advances were yet cor

firmed by the Soviet high com

mand which had clamped a st

curity blackout on the movement

of its troops. Moscow dispatche said German communications wer

hopelessly snarled in many area

by the swiftness of the Sovie

drives. ,.

Premier Stalin announced to

fall of Pollnow and Rummelsbur; in an order of the day. These tw

seven-way road hubs are at th

base of the Baltic wedge wh.c.

the Germans said had cut th

Stettin-Danzig trunk railway ye:

terday northeast of Koeslin an

reached the sea.

The Soviet communique annour

ced the capture of 80 localities o;

a 36-mile arc on both sides of Poll now and Rummelsburg, but name

only five. One of these was Gross-Petei

kau, seven miles east of Rummel:

burg and another was Dargen nine miles northwest of Eublitz am

14 miles southeast of Koeslin. A

Dargen the Russians were 17 mile east of Belgard, an important Ger man stronghold and eight and half miles northeast of Gros; Tychow, site of another America: prison camp.

Large Force Sealed Off

Although no official estimate wa

yet available it was believed tha elements of 20 Nazi divisions wer

sealed off in the great encricl: lUCill UUU11 111 •• *W\*4V* M. V111V1

! ania, in addition to the remnant of 20 German divisions alread pocketed in east Prussia and 3 more in western Latvia.

The Soviet communique did n<

mention the east Prussian secto where the Germans, with thei back to the sea southwest of Knc nigsberg, are being lashed fror three sides by powerful Russia formations which the Nazi hig command said totalled fiv armies.

Once this Nazi pocket is crushe the Third White Russian Arm can hurl its weight against Dai z:'g's eastern approaches.

The only sector mentioned asid from Pomerania in Moscow’s ui

usually brief bulletin was centri Slovakia, where Col. Gen. Iva Petrov’s Fourth Ukraine Army cai tured eight localities in slow thre< mile gains through the mountain on a 40-mile front.

Among the places seized wer

Ocova, seven miles northeast < Zvolen and 16 miles southeast <

Banska-Bystrica, former Czecht Slovak patriot headquarters; Ka inka, seven miles southeast c

Zvolen; and Prencov and Pocr vadlo, seven miles south of Bar ska Stiavnica.

Eerlin said the Russians brok through to the sea northeast c Koeslin and were overrunning th highway and railway leading 2 miles northeast to Schlawe, whit is 78 miles west of Danzig. At th same time the other Soviet unit were engaged in a great wheelin] movement around Stettin, the Ger mans said, agining up to 26 mile from their previous positions.

German broadcasts called th<

situation "extremely critical in

announcing that-Marshal K. K. Ro-

i kossovsky’s flying columns strik-

ing near Koslin, 20 miles northwest of fallen, Pollnow, had cut

, the Stettin-Danzig railway, last link 3

connecting northeastern Pomeran-

, ia, the Polish "corridor” and Dan-

zig, with the lower Oder river front

opposite imperilled Belin. Although the Soviet high com-

mand had not officially confirmed the break-through to the Baltic, Moscow dispatches said Lt. Gen. N. S. Oslikovsky’s cavalry had

t rolled within sight of the Baltic at three points as long ago as Thurs- day.

Tank columns under Col. Gen. Vasily T. Volsky and Lt. Gen. T. T. Cherniavsky followed through and ahead of these mobile units Stormovik planes under Col. Gen. K. A. Vershinin pounded the reel-

j ing enemy, large number of which were inferior Volkssturm units.

■ OPERATORS, UMW ! FINISH HEARINGS

(Continued from Page One) of Lewis’ demands at 65 cents. He added that they are “as full of

1 fringes as a Hawaiian dancer’s t skirt.’’ s Fringe demands are those out-

side basic wage increases. The , UMW has come up this year with

a proposal that the operators pay j 10 cents a ton royalty into the

union treasury as a "rainy day” fund for men who dig the coal, in addition to such things as shift

5 differentials, more vacation money t and company-provided safety » equipment.

The current two-year contract ex-

pires March 31. Lewis has served s

technical notice of a possible strike if a contract is not negotiated.

Memoirs Of Labor Board Urge Raises


wages in terms of “take home pay' or gross earnings.

“As competent students o wages they recognized the essen tial inequity of using gross earn ings as the basis of wage regula tion,” the AFL members said “Instead wages were regulated ir the past by adjusting wage rates.'

But in their new report, t h f AFL members said the public group have substituted “adjustec straight time hourly earnings’’ a; the criterion of wage stabilization

“This change represents a com promise between their historical measure—wage rates—and the de mands of employers that gross earnings or ‘take home’ pa> should be used to measure wage increases. Essentially the ‘adjusted straight time hurly earnings' Ineasure is a kind of take home pay figure.

“This change has been the sole ground upon which the public members have been able to rationalize their recommendation to the president that the Little Steel formula could not be modified.”

The AFL members said use o1 the adjusted straight time hourly earnings measure (take-home pay divided by the hours worked, with allowance for some other factors) may indicate a 35.1 per cent “wage increase” but does not measure the income with which workers can meet the rising cost of living.

“But American Federation ci Labor members cannot explain to the workers of America the wage increases which they have only mathematically received. Nor can

they explain that an increase to some individual workers fattens the pay envelopes of all workers."

Obituaries JULIAN YV. MORTON Funeral services ft t

Morton, president of Hu^ Rae c< Inc., who died u ,c-

: attack Thursday at his 1 heart Magnolia Place, were û' 12

■ 4.30 p. m. yesterday » ft « ■ Episcopal church ‘bv mes

Mortimer Glover re:t0.the Rev- Right Rev. Thomas c “n the Bishop of the E,„ Carolio. ?’ cese. Burial .a, ln o.kdi".^

Active pallbearers were Wait Taylor, Dr. David B. Sloan ft Cionly, msley Lanev, James h?' ring and James Hughes H

Ilonorary Pallbearers' w.r. Richard Tufts, of Pineh ,rst an

S"V' Tompkins, s,' «

Mr. Morton is survived by y, widow; tnree sons, Sgt. Hugh Mai- Rae Morton, with the U. S. Armv m the southwest Pacific: Aviabnr Cadet Thomas L. Morton IV, now stationed in California, and W. Morton, Jr., of YVilmin°ton- °ne daughter. Miss Agnes Morton' student at Woman's college Univ' ersity of North Carolina: his mot-’ er. Mrs. Thomas Locket, and one sister, Miss Blanche Morton Vli of Wilmington.

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Head Legion Home Dedication

Governor R. Gregg Cherry, left, qhats with Sheriff C. David Jones, ceremonial marshal, and Com- mander Norwood Westbrook, Wilmington Post No. 10, right, prior to the dedication of the American Legion home at Third and Dock streets yesterday afternoon.

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