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War interpretive
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conflagration. Berlin has thus far
carefully avoided that because of
its possible impairment of her Ru-
manian oil sources.
Return to Action
It is also to be noted that the
dreaded Nazi dive bombers par
ticipating in the fighting in Sicilan
waters had been out of acton for
months. The fact that they have
been sent to help Italy represents
no impairment of German air
strength being used in the attack
on England. Only in the event of
a German invasion of England or
OF Bulgaria or Yugoslavia would
they be needed for active service
elsewhere.
Operations from closeup bases
in Sicily and in the narrow Sicilian
channel are well suited to dive.
bombers. They are short range
ships. That in part accounted for
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SMALL WARCRAFT
SOUGHT BY NAVY
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heavier calibre anti-aircraft guns
and to provide the men with
Splinter protection"
1t also was disclosed that the
navy intends to equip some ships
with "blisters" to protect them at
the water line from explosions of
bombs which burst alongside
near misses"
Meanwhile Secretary Knox told
a press conference that the navy
was attempting as rapidly as pos
slble to organize its shipyards for
operating Y hours a week. At pres
ent, he said, most yards are on e
4S-hour week, with employees be-
ing paid time-and-one-half for
work in excess of 40 hours.
Some departments in some
yards already are working three
shifts, the secretary added, and
other shifts will be started in the
remaining yards as soon as enough
competent foremen are available.
Knox also announced that army
and navy forces would hold Joint
training maneuvers in the Carib-
bean starting Jan. q.
Rear Admiral Samuel M. Robin.
son, chief of the bureau of ships.
told the committee that 28O of the
new small craft were urgently
needed and that funds for their
construction would be sought in a
forthcoming supplemental appro-
priation bill. The entire 400 YES.
sells would cost about $500, 900, 900,
Chairman Vinson ID Ga.)
brought out that completion of the
400 craft az well as the rest of the
two-ocean fleet now under construc.
ton would give the navy a total Of
1893 ships of all types, including
auxiliaries.
Disclosure of the navy's intention
to build the $50 small craft in the
immediate future, largely at Great
Lakes and South Atlantic ship.
yards, came during Robinson's
testimony on a bill to give the navy
authority to spend an additiona.
$315, 600, 900 for expansion of ship
building facilities and 1894, 600, OO(
for more ordnance machine tools
and related equipment.
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WORKMEN ARE HURT
in FALL INTO TANK
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The two men we're working inside
the water tank, empty at the time,
when the scaffolding holding up the
walkway in the tank collapsed,
hurting the men to the bottom Of
the steel tank.
An ambulance from the hospital
here was called and it was neces-
sary for an inferno from the hos
pital to go down in the tank to
render aid to Crews before he
could be removed. Police had re-
moved McIntire from the tank by
the time the ambulance arrived.
Both men had been living at the
beach for some time. McIntire,
who is about 80, came here from
Florida, and Crews, about Is, is a
native of Tennessee. !
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BLACK-DRAUGHT'S long record
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breath, biliousness, loginess, when
the simple directions are followed.
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STRIKE AT S PLANE
PARTS PLANTS ENDED
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the company, which manufactures
airplane engine a n d automotive
parts, reopen the plants.
Announcement that the strike
had been settled followed a six
and one : half hour conference
among company officials, union
representatives and Dewey.
THE company" Dewey said,
'thas agreed with Gov. Murray D.
van Wagner and myself, as rep
resenting the defense commission,
on a method by which the en-
ployes at Saginaw will be returned
to work.
"All of the plants Of the COM
pany will be opened as rapidly as
possible, either Thursday morning
or afternoon. The settlement does
not involve the AFL contract, nor
does it interfere with the status OF
the ALL"
The UAW-CIO walked out at the
Saginaw plant last November. Sub
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been stationed with the U. e. Army.
Both have b e e n assigned to
Camp Davis, where they will be
battery commanders, but the types
OF battery and the regiments to
which they will be assigned has
not yet been determined, Col.
James B. Crawford, commanding
officer of the camp, said yesterday.
Though they have arrived to
make their homes in the city,
Capt. Day and Capt. Conway will
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11IRNER TO SPEAK
HERE JANUARY z
Farmer Pastor Of Church In
Germany To Appear At
Grace Methodist Church

Dr.. Erart turner nationally
lo,,,Irer on the international
will speak twice in VIII
s'V8.' on January %, appearing
ninS' raoe Methodist church at 4
q IN the afternoon and at 8
'Sock at night ~ - tho
p4or church in Berlin, Ger
A0Is from 1880 to 1884 and was
many that city when Hitler came
mus aver. Since leaving Germany
NV hAen the only specialist on
ne no" cormany" who has returned
. sa~ : to the Third Reich for first
na nY,. mast summer he went to
I'm america to study Nazi pene-
rrs.ion there,
r.o Rev. J. F. Herbert, pastor OF
church. said in announcing
,0rtpres. 81 have known DR..
~ for some time and have in
.-,t.5 him to come here on his way
'o Florida for some winter lectures
|nr Turner is a most impressive lee
.,. and. informed of the German
h.. living in that nation for
many years, he brings a thrilling
|t +r' hand story, everhancing in the
hsckeround its implications for the
|Cbrtstian world. Ewart Turner went
ss , very young Methodist preacher
\. tho nastorate of the historic
...;oor church in Berlin and with
fbis distinguished place of advantage
/. an observer he viewed the de-
Io,opment of the Nazis.'
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sequently, it charged the company
tailed to honor a rehiring agree
ment, and another strike ensued
Monday.
Picket line disorders flared at
the plant Monday, with five police
men and two unionists injured, and
brought in a force of $50 state DO
lice to maintain order. /
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M~ORGENTHAU SAYS
BRITAIN LACKS
MONEY FOR ARMS
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ordered. Then in explanation, he
said:
Haven't Got 1t"
"They can pay this year for
what they have already bought in
dollars, but when it comes to find
ing the dollars to pay for any
thing like what they n~eed-they
just haven't got it," His voice
dropped to an ominous tone as he
reached the last sentence.
The secretary Of the treasury
was testifying in support of the ad-
ministration's bill empowering the
President to manufacture war i'm
plements here, pay for them from
the treasury and then lend the
supplies to the British to be re-
turned Sr replaced in kind after
the war is over.
Officials in other departments
said that Morgenthau's 81, IT'S, 000,-
900 estimate of British assets avail
able for American purchases COW
cred only the most easily avail
able wealth. They pointed out also
that the Morgenthau figure was
limited only to the United King
dom. S
Morgenthau's statement said the
British had 1 ,516, O0O, 900 of Ameri-
can investments that could be liq-
Undated. The commerce depart
ment recently said total United
Kingdom investments in the United
States at the end of August were
81, 561 ,000, 1000, while Canada had ST..
1893, DOC, 900 invested here, and 9th.
er parts Of the empire had small.
er, unestimated investments.
Gold Sales
Morgenthau's figures also
showed $3.50, 900, 900 of prospective
gold sales to the United States,
while the Federal Reserve boare
last week estimated that new gole
production Of the empire is nov
nearly l 1000, 600, 900 per year.
British empire investments out
side the United States, were est
mated by Morgenthau today at 3,
1868, 600, 900 pounds. GA pound il
currently worth about $4.02).
Morgenthau did not add the fig
ures for British assets and est
mated receipts, but their total wal
s., 1880, 900, 900. Deducting 5000,
900, 900, the total of war supplies
contracted for, this left $311, 900,
900 to be applied to the bill for sup
plies still to be ordered during tn
year.
Committee members were curl
Gus concerning British assets il
South America and elsewhere ant
Morgenthau produced the list tina
showed total United Kingdom in
vestments outside the United State
were 1868, 900, 900 pounds sterling
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Mother, help
do her best
for your
| child's cold

goes into his tender skin gently as .
vanishing cream.
Watch how almost instantly ito
comforting vapors are released into
breathing passages. Children like
Penetro because they can feel It work
fast. Get Penetro today. Money
back guarantee Of complete salts
faction. Regular size, only 25c. Dou-
bic supply, 35c. At your druggist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16

The principal reason for this is:
BLACK-DRAUGHT contains a tonic
laxative that helps to tone lazy i'll
testinal muscles. 1t is easy to take,
and you get rs to 40 doses for only
25c. So look for the familiar yellow
box and always get genuine BLACK
DRAUGHT! ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
GREAT ALBERT WINS

MIAMI, Jan. 15.-R-Great Al
bert. the Paragon stables four
year-old which is noted for early
sneed. and Don Meade, who excels
at riding f~ront-running horses, got
together today and won the Grade
"A" handicap, first Of the series
of graded events scheduled for the
Hialeah Park meeting. /
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BRITISH AIRCRAFT
CARRIER REACHES
PORT AFTER FIGHT
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hampton and the 1,ss5-ton de-.
stroyer Gallant had been darn.
aged, and that at least IL Of the
attacking planes were shot
DOWN. S"o'
One officer put it this wav.
1 was the most tremendous.
terrifying thing / have ever
seen. 1t seemed like all the
hres OF hell had been kindled.
"A blast of q thousand pound
bomb is SO crushing, SO incred-
ible, that there are no words
to describe it,"
The first bomb fell almost at
the m oment a squadron
Of British fighter planes had
taken off to engage the Ger
mans.
Another bomb tore holes in
the carriers side. Still another
crashed and fragments from
near miss struck a gun crew
at a pom pom station. They
stood up unfinchingly to face
German machine-gun fire and
pumped shells as fast as they
could into the bombers.
Every gun on the Illustrious roar
ed at the Germans but they ken
diving in, bombs and torpedoe
narrowly missing the carrier.
British battleships, cruisers an,
destroyers attacked both German
and Italian bombers. Huge splash
es from near misses helped to hid,
the ships from the bombers.
The entire crew of the Illustrious
except the officers on the bridg,
and crew firing the pom poms-
(multi-barrelled anti-aircraft guns
gathered to help their wounde,
companions and carried then
across the flight deck to medica
stations under direct fire of ma
chlne-guns and bombs.
AS soon as a few surviving ser
lously wounded mechanics wer,
pulled out of the wreckage thei
comrades dashed in to get others
The few fighter planes which tn,
was able to get into tn,
air before the first bombs strucl
forced the Germans off temporari
ly, but that short respite was tn
only break in the attack in tn,
whole afternoon. Less than an hou
later the Nazis returned to dro]
more bombs.
Again there was the deadly vi
brating drone of bombers; agai,
flame erupted in sheets from al
the carriers guns until, witt
smoke hanging over her figh
deck, she looked like a movin.
of fire. Bombs fell to por
and starboard; at bow and stern
Another bomb crashed, causin
casualties including one RAJ
officer who had come to sea, as h,
termed it, "just for a weeks rest
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
HOW TO GO TO SLEEP

Try holding eye lids wide open. You
just can't. They soon become heavy
and you fall asleep. Is your sleep dis
turbed by irregular kidneys? Getting
up nights is not normal. When kidney
elimination needs help you may also
notice frequent, scanty, burning or off
color passage. Drink lots of soft water.
Take a kidney laxer. Ask any drug
gist for BUKETS. Your Csc back in
"a hours if not pleased. Locally at
Saunders Drug Store, Toms Drug
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not report for duty until the mid
die Of February.
Additional army orders yesterday
included:
Glenn Newman, GAG, Camp Hulen
to Camp Davis (revoked); and Pierre
B. benson, GAG, Camp Hulen. to
Camp Davis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16

The Seri Indians, who inhabit
an island in the Gulf of Califor-
mia. are among the most primitive
of all the earth's peoples
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
u1.F,7ED LIGHTHOUSE SITE

uI.FaTFD LIGHTHOUSE SITE
Two attempts, in 1891 and 1894,
orc made to build a permanent
.bigb+house on the outer reef of Dia-
|mond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras,
X r No further attempt has been
made since that time to replace the
\ ossirg Diamond lightship.
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ELECTRICAL WORK
BIDS ARE RECEIVED
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velopments in the construction work
now under way at the camp and that
work seems to be going ahead salts
factorily.
Meanwhile, Capt. and Mrs. Fred
erlck E. Day and Capt. and Mrs.
Walter G. Conway have arrived in
Wilmington from Hawaii where
Capt. Day and Capt. Conway have
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16

To preserve it under the strong
lights Of the set, celery is painted
with shellac when used in movie
scenes,
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Of
Cold Symptoms

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salve or 666 Nose Drops generally re.
hieves cold symptoms the first day.
ADV
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mucous congestion as vapors act in
breathing channels. Outside-med-
ication-plus acts to step-up local cir
culation.
II your child is miserable with
sneezy stuffiness-cough tortured,
achey chest muscles-rub Penetro
thoroughly into chest, throat and
back. Rich in comforting, relieving
medication, it also disappears as it
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. - (AP) -
Weather bureau records Of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending
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Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it. 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, in
famed bronchial mucous men,
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un-
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CIRCUMCISION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
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I NIGH r; x

Sleep is one Of Natures sur
est aids to cold relief. Penetro
is a first aid to sleep when
colds miseries strike. For
Penetro, with its quick dis
appearing mutton suet. base
plus special medication,
brings comforting relief two
waysat once-inside and out
side. Inside y helps breakup
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ordered. Then in explanation, h
said:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

The first of these beasts sighted off the coast Of
British Columbia The to spot it was the navigating
officer of steamship In his the freak seemed to
body about 40 feet long and brownsh color Some
days later wellknown lawyer of British Columbia, to-
geher with his wife and friend were standing on the
the north side of Cadboro Bay The members of
this trio cold sober Suddenly, they huge head
itself of the a stones throw away The
lawyer described what he shaggy, with a long
undressing jaw and unduating body that seemed to
be somewhere between 70 and so feet long"
About two years ago Capt Sal Colletto of the Cali
fishing boat Dante Alighier" and every member
of his got closeup of salt water monstrosity
which convinced them that the of ancient times
and of the Middle Ages not concoctng grim fairy
tales when they told of the beasts they had sighted Cap
tain Coleto's cookone Dominic Costanzasaw 1t first
1T had face like old man. monkey" he said.
Its eyes twice big biscuits and its mouth
cured like crescent Its long black body and it's
head covered with barnaces and big around
as a barrel 1t weighed maybe eight or nine tons"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

paunch They chopped the serpent into % pieces loaded
lighter and ferried them to Easport where
fertilizer plant bought them When the 'paunch' was
opened contained the undgeed of eight sheep
which had belonged a at Campobeo named Flagg.
These sheep must have been grazing near the shore or
walking the serpent caught them. Mitchell
and his friend said it could its head and neck for so
probably had difficulty grabbing the frightened
animals.
Gorged by such a meal the killer may have sunk to
bottom sleep off the effects and didn't wake up until
the tide went out and left it high and dry,
Mitchell described the sea-going snake In his own
having round head and jaws that when opened
resembed two huge earthenware bowls Inside were two
rows teeth inches long The eyes
were let black small beady the eyelids cup shaped
and hard as The body covered with heavy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

-HE ONE man in the United States
who probably knows how the
! greatest number of sick people are
getting along is julius Lowenbein, IL
year-old resident of Asheville, North
Carolina. who on more than 1000 Sun
days has visited quarter of million
patients at sanitariums and hospitals
in and around western North Carolina.
A native of Hungary, Mr.. Lowen-
bein came to New York in 1898 at the
age of %, Two years later he came
to Asheville for his health, after he
learned he was suffering from tuber-
culosis. His own loneliness while he
was a patient prompted him to be-
come friend of the thousands of sick
who had no friends to comfort them.
From the time he recovered his health
until the present-more than a third
of a century-he hasn't missed but
two Sundays in paying visits to from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

~f4E fARD-HEADED residents of Grand Manan Island,
| far out in Bay of Fundy, seeing serpents
! again There's doubt about il, according TO the
lobstemen and herring seiners who swear
its the real thing
The creature described by fishermen who have actually
seen IT, appears to have great and ugly head like
dragon swins breakneck speed throwing its head
from side to gups down bushels of fish from the
island just now
The hardy and usually unexcitabe fishermen of Grand
classify the queer critter that has upset
their lives they just call it sea serpent
A few of the islanders believe that the sea beast
that has kicked up all the fuss and excitement may be
three huge baskng sharks swimming tandem and In
single file Since often so feet long they
could together the illusion of something approximate
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

of the persons he visits he finds morose
and sad, others discouraged. and still
others happy, but for all of them he
carries the same smile, the same in
MIGRATING handclasp, and some gift or
token to brighten the day for them.
The. doctors are quick to admit that
he does their patients more good than
they do because of the way he makes
them forget themselves.
Mr.. Lowenbein's remuneration comes
in the satisfaction that he is being a
true friend to man, like the Good
Samaritan. When he walks the streets
of Asheville he is sure to meet many
persons he has visited when they were
sick and they have a reunion. But
some day he will no longer be able to
walk the streets of his home city and
pay his weekly visits to patients When
that time comes, he hopes that others
will realize the great need for spread
will carry on the work through which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

the Bay of Fndy to terrfy fishermen by suddenly
rearing wicked looking head Every few days it would
dayghts out of crew and for more than
a month the fishing industry at a standstill
Then. suddenly the islanders had real tale TO tell.
Barnacle" Mitchell resident of Wechpoo where Presi-
Roosevelt lands to to his Summer home at campo
belo walking along the beach He had been working
a sardne weir getting it ready for Winter and was
carrying home his axe to sharpen 1t Mitchell got the
of when he almost stumbled over the sea
serpens great length stretched out near the water The
beast fast asleep.
"Barnacle' reckless and courageous chap ana
he crept I'D to the freak the blade of his
into its skull. Then he for his life.
Luckily Mitchell hit the spot where he could do the
damage The great coils of the serpent wrhed and
thrashed They tore down beach bushes and threw up
clouds sand Finally the monsters tail beat feebly
few times and the great body lay still.
Mitchell went home and got neghbor to help him.
measured the and found was 81 feet 1t
was slim except in middle where there distinct
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

scales liidJ lOokeu
like scallop shells"
Capt. C. A.
Evans, of Port
w a d e N o V a
Scotia. and l.. E.
Calder, of North
Head, Campobello,
as well as several
older re s | d e n I 8
around the Bay,
recall the e We n t
wildly and how
relic We d all the
fishermen w re
when Mitchell rid
the Bay of the
dreaded "critter. y
Mitchell himself
always C a / m e d
that he had ex-
terminated the last
of a species of sea
monster that lived
in the ocean so
years ago. But to-
day the G r a n d
Manan fishermen
aren't so sure.
They think that
the new sea SER
pent may h a v g
descended from
the one that fell a
prey to that we'll
directed blow of
"Barnacle's" axe.
In 1898, a n d
a ain In 1889,
sailors and land
lu b bers too-on
the Pacific Coast
saw big, sea-going
monsters w hi C h
might have swum
out of the fantas-
tic pages Of myth
ology.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

$50 patients On those two days he was out of town
MIR Lowenbein starts out his mission of goodwill
ard chccriress Sunday morning about O'clock and
II takes him most of the day TO visit the 100
patients who eagerly his kindly words friendly smile
and the news he brings. In former days when he was
younger he visited many $50 in a single day Some
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

ing happiness and will carry the work through which
he has brought happiness to unto thousands Those who
know Mr. Lowenbein and his great kindness say that
longer pay his visits to the sick his former
patients" will always that he has plenty of company
There enough Of these pcrsons to form society to
carry the Ashevile mans humanitarian hobby.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

ing the proportions
of the so-called sea
monster.
But this theory
doesn't go d wn
with the men who
have s e e n what
some of them call
the thing They
say the head of the
monster looks like
no s h arks ever
found in t h e s e
waters. And they
clinch their argu-
ment by s a y in g
there aren't any
sharks in the Bay
of Fundy at this
TING of year.
The reason sea
serpent stories get
close attention on
Grand M a n a n is
because there are
actual records of
t h e existence of
s u C h aqu a t i C
brute s In t h e
neighborhood. On
nearby Campobello
Island t n ere are
e y e. w | t n e s s
stories, set down
in writing, h a t
q nyone can see
w no w an is to
know how a sea
serpent looks and
acts.
A sure = enough
sea serpent was
killed on Campo
bello Island, on
Nov. %, 1883. This
montrosity had ap-
peared that year
at different points
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

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