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Evening star., 1943-01-23
Man Burns 10 Death
In Collision Of Trucks

One man was burned to death and
another injured IN a collision of two
trucks on the Baltimore boulevard
at Queensbury road in Riverdale
early today.
Ralph Deter, Norristown, Pa.
helper on one OF the trucks, was
thrown out on the road with his
clothes ablaze and was fatally
burned before help could reach him
The driver. identified by police as
Ralph Miller of Pennsylvania, suf-
fered cuts and bruises. He was
taken to the Leland Memorial Hos
pital in Riverdale by the Bladens-
burg Rescue Squad. H-'
According to members of the
Riverdale Fire Department. who
fought the blaze more than an hour,
the accident occurred when a
trailer-truck carrying hot-uater
boilers crashed into the rear of an
other truck which had stopped for
a traflc light.
The cab of the trailer-truck. which
was telescoped. burst into flames
The driver Of the second truck was
uninjured.
Evening star., 1943-01-23
Shortage Of Butter
Declared Too Acute
10 Permit Rationing
Program Must Awoit
Production Increase
In Spring. OPA Says
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

The butter shortage is so acute
that available supplies are in
sufficient to support a rationing
program, ONCE of Price Admin
istration officials revealed today
Butter rationing win not be un-
dertaken until spring when the sea-
sonal increase in production has
built up supplies to the point neces-
sary to support rationing demands.
it WAS learned. Supplies now are at
an all-time low The seasonal in
crease in production. however, al
ready has started and will continue
until about July.
officials are studying the posi-
bility of rationing butter with other
fats and oils on point-system ba-
sis. This method probably will be
adopted. The other products which
would be doled out along with butter
include oleomargarine. salad oils,
shortening and peanut oil These
fats would be used to supplement the
short supply of butter liable to be
available even under rationing and
assure more balanced diet.
Freezing" Caused Shortage.
The butter supply was allowed to
slip below the rationing point be-
cause it was physically impossible
for OPA to take on another program
at the time. Supplies reached the
acute stage after the Government
froze 40 per cent OF storage butter
in the Nation to meet demands of
the armed forces and lease-lend
and later took over 30 per cent of
new production for the same pur-
poses.
Rationing will be put into effect
Immediately after the supply for
civilians is raised to the point nee
essary Officials are determined to
prevent repetition of the present
shortage. The surplus Of produc-
tion in the spring above current
rationtng demand will be stored to
tide the Nation over next fan and
winter
Meat rstioning probably will be
delayed until about a month after
the canned goods program has been
started. Ofncials said they wish to
see how the point system works on
canned foods before undertaking
another major program.
Evening star., 1943-01-23
S42t,46S 0verpayment
On Liner Is Charged
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Controller General Lindsay War
ren has advised the House that an
investigation of the Government
acquisition OF sne liner President
Roosevelt disclosed an overpayment
of s42l ,463.
MIR. Warren said yesterday the
liner was purchased by the Mari
time Commission in 1910 for $500 600
and that the value OF the vessel
at the time of acquisition" from the
United States Lines was only s17s,-
53l despite the war emergency and
the shipping shortage.
The controller general said the
General Accounting Once would
withhold the overpayment amount
from the accounts of the Treasury
Department, and that charges Will
be raised against the United States
Lines" for the sum.
A Maritime Commission spokes-
man said the agency preferred not
to comment last night on the al
IGRHtlOIlS.-
Evening star., 1943-01-23

When We left I asked Toma what
he would like me to send him. He
was very shy and assured me he
wanted nothing I pressed him and
at last in a very low voice he said
something about enjoying half a
cake of soap. He said something,
too. about trousers.
BY now Toma is the owner of
three suits, carton of soap, and
plenty of cigarets to replace the
ones he gave me This store of
worldly goods will make the lad a
chief, at least
Tomas model occupies a place of
honor in my home. And not far
away from it, mounted and polished
is the empty flareshell from which
We drank our doles of water and
which Reynolds used to pour sea
water down my back while I rowed
to the island on our 2lst day.
Our stay ended in the early eve
ming when a Navy vessel COM
manded by Lit Comdr. Frank A.
Monroe, jr., reached the island. The
medical officer, 1t. Richard w. Gar
rity. took us in charge and we said
goodby to the natives.
The chief invited US to return as
soon as the war is over and to make
our homes on. the island. He said
that to make sure We would like it,
we could some first for a short visit
say a year. Meanwhile. he would
build an addition to his house so
we might all live close together.
Make chummy,' he explained.
TO Be Concluded Tomorrow
tCopyrisht, la43, by Chicago Tribune)
Evening star., 1943-01-23
WPB Restricts Use
.0f Bright C,oIors
For Clothing
Organic Pigments for
Civiliun Products Cut
Average Of 40 Per Cent
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Civilian clothing and other con-
sumner products will lose some Of
their bright coiorings As a result
of a War Production Board ORDER
The agency yesterday ordered the
use of organic pigments for civilian
use reduced an average of 40 per
cent below 4s4l. The order is retro
active to January /.
The action will be reflected in the
textile. leather. paper, print. print
ing ink. lacquer, plastics. rubber
and other industries.
How II Affects Consumers.
Here's how consumers will be
affected:
Textiles and clothing will no
longer be made in so many bright
or dark shades because clothing
manufacturers viii be required to
spread their supply OF available
dyes. Printed fabrics will contain
larger amount Of white space,
and fewer colored prints will be
available
Some shoes will be made In lighter
shades.
Paints and lacauers used for house
painting, furniture painting and
other decorative purposes may be
available in less variety and. in
some cases, in lighter shades only.
The same will be true OF color
printing for newspapers and maya
zines.
Beauty Aids Included.
Beauty aids such as lipstick and
nail polish will reflect the restric-
tions on use of bright shades. In
the case of paints and lacquers,
color printing and beauty aides,
WPB said. inorganic colors may be
used as suitable substitutes.
WPB said the order was made
necessary by shortages OF chemical
materials used in important phases
Of the war program. The agency
estimated the order would result In
saving of approximately 5000 :
900 pounds of dyes.
Evening star., 1943-01-23

viously related the story OF what
happened.
When dead and wounded were
being removed, the correspondent
reported, the doctor pinned casu-
atty tag on Col. Fuller and suggested
that he be removed from the field
Col. Fuller rose from his foxhole
There were blood soaked bandages
on his arm. leg and foot
'Evacuate me, HE'LL" he said Take
that tag and label bottle with it.
l will remain in command
He stayed with his men through
out the night, lying within 800 yards
Of the enemy, and it was not until
his wounded leg stiffened next day
that he would permit himself to be
taken to the rear.
Col. Pullers home is at Saluda,
Va, where his wife and small dsugh-
ter live
Evening star., 1943-01-23
Plane Carrying IS
Sought in Mountains
OF Southern Peru
Six U. S. Citizens Among
Missing With Santiago
Lima Transport
Py the Associated Press

Ry the Associated Press
LIMA, Jan. 23.-Rescue parties
plunged into the rugged mountains
OF Southern Peru today in search
of a Pan American Grace Airways
transport missing between Santiago
and Lima with Is persons aboard,
including two British diplomats, two
yeomen of the United States Navy,
an American civilian and three
American crewmen
The plane, which left Santiago
yesterday morning on the l 500 mile
flight, had been overdue in Lima
since pm. last night. Airway
officials said the last direct word
was received from the plane at
3 pm, when it passed over Ocona
about 400 miles southeast of Lima
The message did not indicate the
craft was in difficulty at that time
Airmen familiar with the Santi-
ago-Lima run. however, suggest it
might have been forced down by
bad weather. Flying conditions on
this route. they said, now are at
their worst because of heavy sum-
mer fogs.
Among the II passengers were
William Mackie, a British diplo-
Evening star., 1943-01-23

said they were "a very good force
indeed. and I would be happy TO
command more like them"
Heroism Related.
The last Teinforcements which the
Japs are known to have received
reached Guadalcanal early in No
vember, he declared. They land
ed east of the American airfield.
Their main forces were then, and
still are, on the western end OF the
island.
Col. Fuller led his battalion in the
fight to kill off the men and break
up the organizst ton of the one or
two battalions, totaling l.500 men. in
the eastern landing party. He said
that objective was fully achieved
About half OF the | 500 were killed
and the rest forced to withdraw, by
platoons or companies, to join the
main forces on the west.
While he said nothing at the press
conference about his wounds, a ma
rlne combat correspondent had pre-
Evening star., 1943-01-23
Driving Jops Off GuodoIconoI
Just To-Day Task, Marine Says
Only 1000 Left
On island, Virginia
Officer Reveals
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A veteran marine officers report
that Japanese troops on Guadal-
canal have been whitfield down from
$4,000 to fewer than 1000 and the
Nays announcement that Amer
ican troops are ''mopping up" pock-
cts of enemy resistance. emphasized
today the possibility that the cam
paign there soon may be VIGOROUSLY
concluded.
1t Col. Lewis B. Fuller, wounded
seven times last November 8 during
an assault that drove the foe from
the eastern end Of the strategic
island, believes the Nipponese could
be wiped out in 10 days with a
full-scale offensive.
He expressed that opinion yester-
day, but explained that he didn't
know what were the plans of the
commanding general there. He es-
timated the Japanese have lost
II 900 men in land fighting since
the battle of the Solomons began
Z,
he said, probably 1000 to 1000 are
stragglers, who are poorly armed
when they have arms at all and
are scattered through the mountains
and jungles.
Before Col. Puller gave his ac-
count, the Navy reported that Amer
ican troops were advancing against
Japanese positions in some sectors
and units of the enemy forces were
being eliminated.
Officer Is Virginiau.
Col Fuller, soft-voiced Vir-
ginian who commanded a Guadal-
canal battalion before the Army
moved in to relieve the Marines
estimated the original Jap forces,
plus reinforcements, totaled Is 600.
Before he left the island January
l. he SAID. 1000 were killed and 1000
others died OF wounds Since then,
he noted, the Navy had reported
an additional 1892 killed, leaving
fewer than 1000 there now.
Tanned and rugged in appearance
Col. Fuller gave first-hand account
of the American fighting for control
of the Solomon Islands in an in
formal press conference at the Navy
Department
Henderson Airheld. built by the
japanese and seized by the Marines
early In the fighting. has been eX-
panded so that it can now handle
the heaviest and fastest American
bombers, he said, and new flight
strips have been built
The Army was taking over. under
command of Maj. Gen. Alexander
M Patch jr., when Col. Fuller left
and he said it was his understanding
that all marines were to be with
drawn His own regiment, in which
he commanded battalion, was
| withdrawn and is now ready to &c
ahead anywhere they want us to
go ahead" he said.
He praised the quality and fight
ing spirit of the Army men who
went into the battle before he left
One force was composed OF troops
from the Dakotas. and Col. Fuller
Evening star., 1943-01-23
z Die, Z Hurt os Planes
Collide in Midoir
BY the Associated Press.

DOUGLAS, Ariz. Jan. 23.-Two
flying cadets were killed and a third
cadet and instructor injured yester-
day in an aerial collision of training
planes.
The Douglas air base public rela-
tions office identified the dead as !.
Thomas E. Anderson, 25. an en-
listed man who was stationed at
Hickam Field when Jap bombers at
tackled Pearl Harbor. His mother is
Mrs. BERTHE Anderson of Chilhowie,
Va.
Kenneth A. Anderson. 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Anderson,
Lead, S. Oak.
The men were not related
The injured are Second 1t. Jerome
D. Kesterson. %, Orovine, Calf, and
Cadet Robert j. Alsop, 20, Wamego,
Kans.
Evening star., 1943-01-23

ullIOl, II Df' hPh" m h""th
conducted this week in all Meth
odist churches in the District and
nearby Maryland under the direc-
ton Of the Rev. George l.. Conner,
campaign chairman.
During the dinner. representa-
tives OF each OF the churches in the
union will give the number of new
members obtained during the drive
Present membership in the orgsni-
zation is 3,343. The goal is 1000
members.
DR.. Hough is a former pastor of
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, Baltimore: Central Meth
odfst Church. Detroit. and the
American Presbyterian Church.
Montreal. He also has been presi-
dent of Northwestern University.
At the invitation OF the British
Ministry OF Information, Dr. Hough
spent last summer preaching and
lecturing in England. His address
will include experiences of that visit.
Ee is the author of several books.
Evening star., 1943-01-23

matte courier; Alfred Howard Of
the British diplomatic service;
Charles Petke and Allen Slattery,
United States Navy yoemen; Alex
andre Crows Kahn, identified only
as an American civilian: Leon Win
ters, Briton, and Claudio Planet,
son of former Chilean foreign
minister
The American members of the
crew were listed as Golden Gardner.
%, pilot; Robert Turbyne, 81, CO.
pilot, and James Ewying. 81, radio
man.
Three women were among the
other passengers, who included three
South Americans and two Dutch
citizens. The planes purser was
Peruvian.
Evening star., 1943-01-23
House Gets Measure
To Extend Coal Act

BY the Associated Press.
A measure extending the life Of
the Guf1ey Bitunlinous Coal Act
until two years after the war has
been introduced in the House by
Chairman Doughton OF the Ways
and Means Committee.
Originally passed in 1887 to stabil-
ize the soft coal market by fixing
minimum prices. the measure was
extended in ls4l, but Is due to expire
April Is.
Evening star., 1943-01-23
Police Find Few Clues
To Identify Boby's Body

Homicide squad detectives had
few clues to the identity of a 2
week-old baby found dead yesterday
afternoon in a box In the baggage
room of Union Station.
Investigators said a box holding
the infant was checked in a locker
on the first floor OF the station last
Sunday The date was recorded by
an automatic timer with which each
locker is equipped.
The following day the box was re-
moved to the basement baggage
room, according to terminal regula-
tions. Yesterday the box was
opened and clerks found the BODY
Evening star., 1943-01-23

y IL z PA lIlIlPdI
speaker at the
annual victory
dinn er Of the
NJ e I h o d i s t
Union of Wash
ington at $50
pm. Friday at
Hamline Meth
odist c h u r c h.
His subject will
be Living De-
mocracy.'
The affair will
climax the an
nual member
ship drive of the
Evening star., 1943-01-23
in Brief

By the Associated Press.
Senate:
In recess until Monday.
Foreign Relations Committee
hears Mayor La Guardia of New
York on Edward J. Flynn nomina-
ton
Labor subcommittee resumes
hearings on voca tional rehabilita-
ton measure.
House:
IN pereSS
Evening star., 1943-01-23
DR.. Hough to Speak Friday
AT Methodist Union Dinner

DR.. Lynn Harold Hough. dean of !
Drew Theological Seminary, will be |
Evening star., 1943-01-23

This is the 18th installment OF
the story OF Capt. Eddie Rtcken-
bdcker and seDen companions
and their three Ueeks' fight for
life against the periIs OF the
equatorial Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-14
Fire Destroys Home
Of D. A. Stands, L.,
On Audubon Boulevard

A fire of undetermined origin
which spread rapidly completely
destroyed the home of D. A.
Stands. Jr., Audubon Boulevard,
la!e Monday afternoon. Damage
was rot estimated but the home
was total loss. firemen report
ed.
An adjacent residence and out
buildings were scorched by the
intense flames, but damage was
not serious. Company Five and
he auxiliary truck from the main
station answered the alarm which
was sounded at 5:25 p. M, but
the fire was well advanced before
firemen arrived.
Cooler weather was given as the
cause OF a sharp increase in fire
alarms over the weekend when
local companies answered eight
alarms all of which were caused
by chimney defects or carelessness
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-14
Obituaries
F. L. HYATT

Funeral services for Franklin
L. Hyatt, So, who died of a heart
attack at his home near Clarkton
Stature day morning. were held Mon
Ray afternoon at his residence. The
Rev. R. w. Strickland, Baptist
minister, was in charge of the
services and interment was made
in the cemetery in Whitevlle.
viving are his widow, the
former Miss Minnie Brifman of
near Dillon. S. c.. three sons, c..
Hyatt of Clarkton, Eugene Hyatt
Of tbs U. S. Navy and Willie Stead
Hyatt of Clarkton, three daughters,
Mrs. Noah Mcpherson, Clarendon,
Misses Imogene, Lois, and Vir-
ginia Hyatt, all of Clarkton, his
mother, Mrs. Frank Hyatt of
Whitcviue, four brothers, Curtis
Hyatt Of Detroit. Austin and Man.
ming Hyatt of Whiteville and Wal
'er Hyatt of Dillon, six sisters,
Mrs. Atlanta Daniel, Mrs. Mamie
Campbell and Mrs. Erlene Nc
Donald of Dillon, S. c., Mrs. Katie
Cashwell, Mrs. BERTHE Stevens and
Mrs. Louise Wilmington of White
Vile.
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RAIN IS NEEDED

The temperature for the past
week averaged SOL degrees which
is 81 above normal, Paul Hess,
weatherman, reported Monday.
The high was 70 degrees and the
low 80.
The rainfall is still considerable
below normal as the total for the
week was onl- 0.01 inches which
is 6 inches less than normal.
Mr.. Hess reports that this To-
cality still needs a god rain. The
soil is very dry and the weather is
not good for winter truck.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-14
DIVORCES GRANTED

Twenty-Five divorces were grant
ed Monday when the first day
of the Civil term of New Han
over County Superior court met
at 10 o'clock, with Judge John ].
Burney, presiding.
Divorces were granted to Jul
Jus C. Brown from Annie w.
Brown; Sidney Beneman from Hat
tie Lewis Beneman; John B..
Jamison from May A. Jamison;
Vera White Long from John B.
Long; Sallie May Justice from
Vernon F. Justice; Luvenia Kea-
ton from James Keaton; willie
Clark from Earline Clark; Betsy
Barnes Thompson from j. c.
Barnes; Ruth Williams from Rob-
ert Williams; Estelle S. Fowler
from Austin D. Fowler; Vivian
Millinor from Henry Millinor; Flos-
sic Horne from Clayton Horne;
w. L. Bryan from Vera P. Bryan;
Hazel (Moseley) Malpass from
Henry Earl Malpass; Viola Mae
Barber Keir from Alexander
Keir; Paul L. Sayre from Kathryn
Elizabeth Thorn sayre; Gladys M
Griffin from George Griffin; Lena
D. Spain from William Spain; Sa-
die w. Carlisle from Grady J.
Carlisle; Ruth Joyner Marshburr
from Moses M. Marshburn; Addie
Phillips from Thomas Phillips;
Alice C. G. Carter from W. o.
Carter; Evelyn M. Smith from
Howard Smith; Louis J. Evans
from Ruby Thomas Evans; Lloyc
Tuck from Faye Smith Tuck.
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137High School Students
TOWOrk FOrLOcal Firms

AS a cooperative move between
local business and education, 1877
students of New Hanover High
School were freed from their stud
les at noon Friday, Dec. 10, to
begin employment in A different
business establishments of Will
mington, Principal T. T. Hamil-
ton announced. These students
have their parents permission to
work and were released from
school at the request of their en-
ployers, Miss Edna Russell, in
structor in distributive education,
|'said.
Following are the students in
this program: Thomas Appleber-
ry. Bernard August, Billy Aud,
Gwen Avery, Gerald Baker, Mary
Baldwin, Paul Baschon, Jr., Nor
wood Bender, Charles E. Bennett,
Helen Biddle, Joyce Bland, Ber-
nice Bordeaux, Forrest E. Brown,
John Brown, Marie Burriss, Ora
ham Campbell, Anna Belle Carter,
Daphne Clemens, Dan Coleman,
Shirley Lockitt, Alton Collie, Pat
Coward, Archie Craft, Betty Cox.
Betty Crawford, Edward Davis,
Katherine Dixon, Joe Duke, Ran
dali Dykes, Betty Echenrod, Bet
ty Evans, Margaret Fales, Jack
Fock1er,- Catherine Foster, Jimmy
Fryar, Richard -Galphin, Edith
Gaskins, Lenwood Gay, David
Gaylor, Margaret Getty, Billy
Goodwin, Jackie Goodwin.
Max Goodwin, Ida 10 Graham,
Lottie Graham, Joseph J. Gray,
Jr.. Oracle Gurganious, Alton
Hall. Furman Hall, Betty Amer
Harriss, Weddle Harriss, Iretta
Hayes, Willard Herring, Harriet
Hines, Adam Hewett, Roy Hobbs,
Tancil Horne, Ann Hurst, Perry
E. James, Jr.
Frances Johnson, Judith Johns
ton, Sammie Lee Jones, Betty M.
Joye, George A. Justice, Shirley
Kellog, Barbara Kingsbury, Vir-
ginia Koen, Peggy Land, Nancy
Jane Leiner, Kathleen Lord, Jack
Lowrimore, Mia McClain, Mildred
McF arling, Bill McIlwain, Louise
Mcintyre, Hubert H. Mckay, Fin
ley Mcmillan, Ruth McNeal, Bill
j Johnson.
Helen Manitsas, Harry R. Mas
on, Andrew Mazier, Emil Mey-
ers, Ruth Middleton, Claire Mil
Ter, Ann Montgomery, Julia Moo
neyham, Theodore Moore, Louie
Murray, j. c. Norten, Relma D.
Orrell, Carolyn Ozment, Edward
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Palmeter, George Paturis, Ed
wood Penny, Peter Patti, Alice
Lee Peterson, Edith Peterson, Ed
ward Pickett.
Paul Player, Sybil I. Powell
Grace Price, Norma Raiford, Arr
Register, Jacques Reville, Lima
Rogers, Dorothy H. Romeo, Gin.
ton Russ, Beatrice Sellers, How.
ell Sharpe, Lois Shaw.
Virginia Shaw, Fay Sloan, Gen
eve S. Smith, Mildred Smith
Raymond Smith, Tommy Smell
Sara Anne Snow, Martha Jane
Sparks, Fritz Stelljes, Earl M
Stevens, Rebecca Strickland, Ly
la Syfnmes, Lorraine Turner, Joe
E. Venable, Virginia Black, Her
bert Walker, Eulene Wall, Tommy
Walton, Harry Wellott, Edgar Will
iams, Robert E. Williams, Nettie
N. Wilson and Mildred Wolff.
Ella -Burnette, Denny Pearson
and Robert Pennington will be
excused part of each day.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-14
ALLIES CONTINUE
GUINEA ADVANCE
Australians Forge Ahead
Two Miles, General
M'Arthur Says

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS, Tuesday, Dec.
II - P - The Australians have
made a two-mile advance north
ward along the coast on the Huon
peninsula, New Guinea.
Th= Aussie infantry, with tank
support, has crossed the Sowi river
and now is approaching Lakona,
IL miles north of Finschhafen,
Gene1 al Douglas MacArthur's COM
munlque said.
Allied planes dropped 54 tons
of bombs on the BUN area on the
south coast of Bougainville island
in the Solomons.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-14
Defamation Contest To
End Wednesday Niebt

The finals of the annual Dec
lamation contest of the New Han
over High School will be held in
the high school auditorium at p.
m. Wednesday and awards will be
made to the winners by repre-
sentative of the Lions Club who
are sponsoring this contest, ac-
cording to Mrs. Ruth Warren, in
structor in charge Of this outstand-
ing event.
Ed Davis, Jimmie Burns and
Claude Jordan are the junior-se-
nior boys who will go to the fl
nails; the freshman sophomore
boys are Neal Patrick, Jack Mar
Gus and Lonnie Williams; and
Christine Blair, Mile Barlow, and
Ann Jordan are the freshman
sophomore girls. The semi-finals
for the junior-senior girls will be
held Tuesday and the winners an
nounced later.
The R. O. T. c. band under 1t.
Lacock will play at this final ses-