davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-26
Tx PROVED IT'S WORTH
IN HIS CASE, STATES WELL
KNOWN GREENSBORO MAN
DISTRESS FROM INDI-
GESTION, CON NSTIP A.
TION, AND TOXIC PAINS
PR o Mp TLY YIELDED
ND HE CAN E A T
PLENTY NOW-DISCUSS-
ES CASE.

Statements from happy men and
women come from near and far as
DIR. FOSTERS L-K continues it's
record of success in relieving the
distress of indigestion, loss of appe-
tite, weight and strength; sluggish
elimination, dizzy headaches, mus
cular pains, run down feeling and
similar harrassing symptoms due
to insufficient flow of gastric
juices. Mr.. J. B. Freeman well
known resident of 1921 North
Street, Greensboro, N. c., declares:
L-K was simply a blessing to
me. Every time I ate, indigestion
would follow and gas would make
my stomach feel so tight I had
difficulty in breathing. l felt so
weak and run down. Food seemed
to do me very little good and what
did eat seemed to sour and set
my stomach on fire with heart
burn. I had to take strong laxa-
tives all the time and I felt so
weak and nervous I was about
ready to give up.
eff it hadn't been for L-K re-
lieving me like, it did, ], don't be-
lieve could have gone on with my
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-26
rcr1pSE uIsIRu.ITY

A lunar eclipse is visible to three
fifths of the earth, While a solai
eclipse is only visible to one-f1th'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-26
COFFEE

Stamp No. % good for one pound
through February Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-26

The Na.chez Indians averaged
six feet III height and were one
of the principa. tribes of southern
United States. s-s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-26
AT A GLANCE

tobacco products must continue
this practice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-26
TO FOOD DEALERS

To Local Dealers: Regulation 268
as amended, effective January a.,
establishes fixed percentage mar
gin of profit over net costs at
retail level on the following: Ba-
nanas, cheese, butter, fresh citrus,
fruits, poultry.
Regulation 238, as amended, eff
fective January'14, establishes fix
ed percentage margin of profit on
the following: Coffee, canned fish,
cooking and salad oils, shortening,
corn meal, efaporated and con-
densed milk, pure maple and can
syrup, flour, flour mixes, and can
ned citrus fruits and juices. The
last date for determining new max
imum prices nnder this regulation
is March 10;} last date for filing
with the War Price and Rationlng
Board is March 20.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-26
MATCHES, REGULATION 12s

The Office Of Price Admins
tration has ruled that retailers
who, during March 1912, gave
away matches with purchases OF
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15
WASHINGTON

Americas newspaper reading
public, always hungry for political
spice, will have an appetizing dish
served up before the 18th Con-
gress is very old, in the form of
Chairman Martin Dies request for
additional funds on behalf of his
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities.
This time, Dies is expected to
flavor his stew with a long
awaited report on Nazi activities
in this country. For years he has
concentrated on Communist activ-
tiles. The Communist and their
front organizations, actual and al
legged, have always made the most
sensational kind of copy in the
newspapers whose headlines he
coveted. Dies carried what liber-
ais called his "Red-baiting" to a
point where the charge was free
ly made that he accepted the CO.
operation of Nazi sympathizers
and shielded them from adverse
publicity.
The heroic struggle of the Rus
slams having made "Red-baiting'
less popular than it was, Dies has
turned his attention towards the
Axis to some degree. Of the
seven subjects covered in his re-
cent annual report, only four were
concerned with Communistic &C
tivities. One dealt with the Jap
anese and their doings in the
United States, another with the
Axis front movement and a third
with anti-Semitic propaganda.
Dies has issued no specific re-
port on the anti-Semites. In sum-
marizing his activities during the
past year, he recalls that last jan
uary he brought "a score of wit
nesses to Washington for probe
into their alleged anti-Semitic
activities" The witnesses were
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15

siderable data on anti-Semitic ~.
paganda as well. This should s s,
prise hardly anyone, since raoo..
sedition indictments have show
that pro-Nazi propaganda saso,a
inevitably to be interlaced will
anti-Jewish diatrades. Voorhis ~
committee member most critic,
of his chairman's methods d..
not subscribe to the charge tbs.
Dies has shielded pro-Nazis. Rut
he did refuse to sign the COMM,
tees annual report on the ero,na
that Dies should have DISCLOSE
his information about Nazi actv
tiles long ago.
Voorhis attributes the delav fl
Dies alleged propensity for actins
or failing to act on behalf of ths
committee without troubling IA
consult it's members. The Califor.
MAN believes that if the GROIN
had been called together for a dis.
cussion, disagreements amOuv
committee members could hav.
been ironed out and the report
published.
Other critics offer different
reasons for the delay. Some be.
lieve that Dies wanted to protect
respectable isolationists" who
might be embarrassed by disclOs
ure of their more or less innocent
relations with Nazi propaganda
But Voorhis, who should know
says he does not believe that any
respectables would be smeared.
Some Jewish organizations are
known to have urged against pub
LEGATION, on the ground that
Nazi propagandists might tear
the horrible examples" from
their critical context and circulate
them as congressional endorse.
ments" of such anti-Semitism
Voorhis thinks that precautions
could be taken against such dis.
tortionS.
The favorite explanation here
for Dies delayed timing is that
the Texan wants his publicity
bombshell set off just before Or
during his appeal for more funds
No one doubts that he will choose
the moment for its maximum
effect.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15
DIES TO APPEAR AGAIN
BY CARL HARTMAN
Copyright, 1913, Jewish Teegraphic Agency, Inc

heard in executive session. "The
character of the testimony" Dies
goes on to say" was, by and
large, of such extreme and fanat-
ical tenor that in the opinion of
this committee no good purpose
could have been served by taking
it in public"
No recommendations by the
committee with regard to these
propagandists appear to have been
made, although they are con-
demned strongly:
This committee has held from
its very beginning that anti-racial
and anti-religious propaganda is
un-American per Sc. It has al
ways been so, and it may be said
to have particularly vicious
form of un-Americanism in this
period when one of the chief char
acteristics of the Axis powers has
been the dissemination and prac-
tice of anti-racial hatred"
Critics have pointed out that
Dies only mentions coincidental
relationship between anti-Senitism
here and in Germany, although he
condemns both by implication. At
least one cynic has compared his
attitude to that of the editor who
fearlessly denounced the man.
eating shark, having first ascer-
tanned that the shark was not a
subscriber.
Dies report on the Axis front
has repeatedly been ready for
some time. According to Rep.
Jerry Voorhis, who furnished much
of the material, it contains con-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15
Ben FrankIin's Birthday
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
Copyright 1943, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ

On January II we mark the
birthday of Benjamin Franklin.
An added touch of piquancy is
added to the occasion this year by
the fact that not so long ago the
Nazis attempted to picture Frank
lin as one of their own boys,
charging that he had warned early
America against the Jews. No
one would have been more amused
to hear this than old Ben Franklin
himself, and no incident shows
quite so glaringly the contrast be-
tween Franklin and the Nazi
theology as this attempt of the
Nazis to pin an anti-Semitic label
on him.
Franklin once said that he had
achieved his diplomatic triumphs
by telling the truth. This, he
said, completely upset the other
diplomats, for they were used to
lying and when a diplomat said
one thing, they assumed the truth
to be the reverse. AS against the
Franklin idea that the way to win
was to tell the truth is the Nazi
boldly urged by Hitler in
Mein Kampf-as much lying as
possible and the bigger the lie the
better.
And in this attempt to put into
Franklin's mouth statements a
gainst the Jews, the Nazis were
giving a fine example of their
principles. For Ben Franklin, by
no conceivable stretch Of the i'm
agination, can be identified with
anything that remotely resembles
NaZism. The world has not pro-
duced a more benign, more be-
nevolent, a more liberal and hu-
name person than he; man free
from prejudice, and hating all this
farrago of nonsense that Hitler
breaches. Franklin did many
things. He invented one of the
first really modern stoves, he
discovered the fundamental laws
of electricity, experimental in ar
tificial refrigeration, helped bring
foreign aid to the American Rev
olution, founded a University an6
a library, but above all, it was
the humaneness which he person
flied which made the worlds heart
warm to him.
He was always striking the
same note. When" he asked
will men cease to be wolves to-
wards each other ?"
And let us remember, he didn't
burn books. He founded one OF
the first libraries in the country
instead.
He contributed to the building
of the first synagogue in Phila'
delphia.
He was not man of any dog
matte religious convictions. Yet
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15

any sectarian principles, John
Adams said that the members of
every church, whether Quaker,
Maravian. Catholic or what not,
liked to say that Franklin was
almost" a member of his church.
AS a matter of fact, as a young
man, Franklin once dallied with
the thought of starting new re-
ligion and even went so far as to
draw up liturgy for one. 1t was
a liberal sort of ethical cultural
religion with a minimum of
dogmatism.
And yes, don't forget that
Franklin wrote a chapter in the
Bible.
What, you never heard of the
Chapter of Benjamin!
Well, Benjamin Franklin had a
great deal of fun with it-but it
was motivated by something more
than fun.
Whenever someone aroun d
Franklin, some Presbyterian may
be, knocking a Baptist, or per-
chance a Baptist knocking some
total unbeliever, Franklin would
get out his chapter of the Bible
and have the man read it.
And this is what he would read:
The story of how Abraham one
day stood at the door of his tent
looking for a wayfarer to whom
to offer his hospitality.
After a time Abraham spied a
traveller and hallood to him!
Come to my tent, that We may
refresh yourself with food and
rest your weary bones and in the
morning you may resume your
journey.
The traveller is, of course, very
grateful. The repast which Abra-
ham sets before him makes him
particularly happy and he ex-
Ipresses thanks to Abraham and
also to the idols which he wor-
ships.
"Ah, he is an idolator." This
is too much for Abraham, who
straightway rises to drive the
guest out in the night.
In the middle of the night, God
appears to Abraham.
abraham, Abraham, because
he was an idolator you could not
endure him for one night, though
il have endured him these many
years." says God.
Franklin took this story, which
he said he got from some ancient
rabbinical source, and dressed it
up in Scriptural style, and, being
printer, had it bound in a copy
of the Bible and when some AFRO
CANT bigot came around he would
read it to him. Very often it
would deceive the reader, for
Franklin could initiate the Biblical
style very effectively.
Thus Franklin worked against
the bigots, the little Hitlers of his
day, even as he worked against
the Hessians- those Germans OF
1776 who, like their descendants
today, strove against the derent
impulses of mankind.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-01-15

unOccuped France, additional 1SVUUV
Jews will have to wear this yellow David photograph of which
has Distribution Committee Reports from abroad
about to be aPped
unOuped France Until Hitler marched into that area the JOINT
had carried argeae program OF eheI
emigration behalf Of 10000 Jewish refugees there
Though the JDC American organization cannot continue 10
territory Jewish committees France
relief work by borrowing what they need the spot Ihe
JDC. has promised 0 repay the loans after the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

facing Tennessee, was un-
doubtedly chosen by the
killer because of its seclusion.
The fourth crime was dis
covered at 10 o'clock on the
night of March 9, 1941, by
the son of a farmer, whose
place lay between the town
of Portageville and Point
Pleasant.
A dull red glow in the east.
toward the river, where there
were no houses and not much
10 burn at that time of the
year. warned 20-year-old
Charley Penman that the mys-
ferrous murderer had paid his
annual visit. With unusual cour-
age the youth sprinted for his
car and streaked to the fire.
The first thing he saw at the
scene was the twisting skeleton
Of an automobile Silhouetted
against a wall of flame fed by
spattered gasoline. When his
ewes became accustomed TO the
glare, they became transfixed
on two bodies sprawled on the
ground close by the pyre. His
momentary terror and revulsion
passed, young Penman slid from
his car and braved the blister
ing heat 10 drag the nearest
victim await was q girl!
The other victim proved TO be
a young man whose clothes
were still Attire; but Penman
smothered the flames.
March Slayer Strikes
Neither victim showed signs
Of life; there was nothing fur
Their Penman could do there so
he drove 10 phone And IL
was from this call that Sheriff
Albert RanSburgh Al New
Madrid, 10 miles To the north.
learned that the March muir
derer had struck again
The sheriff called the hos
pital for an ambulance and
then, on his way 10 Point Pleas
ant, picked up his deputy. Her
shell Kimes, and Patrolman
Olian Dacus OF Portageville
Ransburgh turned his atten-
ton 10 the girl first. Apparently
20 or younger, her lovely face
was distorted by mouth
wound that bled protusely, and
even as he watched the girls
head moved and she moaned in
pain.
she's alIvew he shouted.
where's that ambulance ."
Some one answered that its
red headlights could be seen
coming down the road and
this was followed by A call from
Officer Dacus The boys
alive, too"
First aid was applied until
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

stepped in. Once inside they
remained perfectly quiet and
listened.
From the right, through a
curtained doorway, came the
soft. regular breathing of a
sleeping man.
The sheriff beckoned to Kline
and stepped into the room. When
the deputy was in position his
superior reached for a wrist
watch that lay on the dresser;
he scanned ii briefly. then held
II for Kline 10 read the word
"Waltham" on its face. After
dropping the watch into his
pocket Ransburgh leaned over
the bed and slowly, carefully
probed beneath the pillow with
his freehand; when he withdrew
IL IL contained a small auto
matte which he showed into a
hip pocket.
Now that he had his evidence,
she sheriff roughly shook the
youth who leaped into startled,
frightened wakefulness. In an
instant the youth got his bear
ingS and reared:
why, you :"
But Kline had the handouts
on him before he could get into
action; he pushed the prisoner
into a chair so hard the sus-
poets teeth ratified. With hate
filled eyes and Snarling lips,
Moody watched the officers
search the room, a search that
yielded the final evidence-Bill
Hawkins billfold.
Realizing that he couldn't
keep his prisoner for two min
utes from the fury of his neigh
bors If he were brought TO Port
ageville. the sheriff managed to
drive Moody by a roundabout
road to New Madrid for ques-
tioning.
The prisoner admitted the
crime but the motive given for
his unnatural actions was as
queer as any found deep in the
tones on psychiatry.
Every spring, but at no other
time, he stated, came a horrible
visitation that he recognized as
such, but was powerless to resist
the desire to kill. Only when
he had satiated this monstrous
desire could he find contentment
for the remainder of the year.
Copyright, 1913. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

"Lassie Come Home COM
ing to the United Artists.
the farmyard things were
strangely quiet for that time OF
the morning: no smoke issued
from the chimney no one doing
chores
Each took a side of the house,
watching the windows warily,
and finally met at the back
stoop. A white enamel wash
basin stood beside a water
bucket on a bench--and the
basin was filled with red-tinted
water!
1T just too good 20 be
true" muttered Kline hoarsely.
There was CLEAN Of salts
faction in the sheriff's eyes as
he warned his deputy in an
undertone:
watch out for shotgun
blast. Have your gun ready
and b, sure TO shoot first. Let's
go In"
Their Man Asleep
They tip-toed up the creaking
steps 10 find the back door un-
locked. IL opened noiselessly.
From the doorway they eau
tiously surveyed the untidy
kitchen for a moment then
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

up! 1t Brown, I salute you,
sir.
Frank Scully is loose again.
Mr.. Scully, author of Fun IN
Bed" and now of 'Rogues' Cal
lery' Murray & Gee, Holly
wood, is one of those witty.
specifically brilliant, enter
tainingly impudent fellows who
live as mere reflections Of IA
NOUS names. For instance, X
Bernard Shaw and Frank Har-
ris has never exIstedswe might
never have heard of Frank
Scully. who to use his own
smarty phrase, tells what he
knows" about some Of the
most magnificent louis of our
time"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

this time over the clothes Of
Bill Hawkins.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05
Watch These Three
Danger Zones of Your Skin!

THERE are three little areas of skin that you
l. must watch with special care. For they are
danger zones" where blackheads may appear
where pores tend to become coarse-where
little lines often etch themselves into the skin.
What are these danger zones"2 Well, there
is zone No. l. the corners of your eyes, where
ofed Zines and laugh ctinkles form so easily.
There is zone No. 2: the curve next to your nose
where pores may get coarse-looking. And there
is zone g. the tiny valleys of your chin where
dust and grease accumulate and sometimes
harden into blackheads.
You don't need lot of different creams and
lotions to guard these danger zones" For now
there's one cream that takes care of four impor-
tant needs Of your skinl My 4-Pnpose Face
Cream is complete in itself-asks no help Of other
creams or lotions. Not only does il guard the
danger zones"-but IL keeps your skin looking
its cieGnest, freshest and loveliest at all tmesl
Here's what Lady Esther 4-Purpose Face
Cream does Cd II thoroughly but gently cleans
your skin. CD II Softens your skin and relieves
haky drness. CD 1t helps nature refine the
pores, helps make your skin look more delicate
(4) 1t leaves perfect base for powder.
Living Preof-In Your Own Nirrori
Why choose face cream because its expensive
or because of clever package? Judge it only
by what it does for your skin!
That's why say-try Lady Esther 4-Purpose
Face Creaml Get the smallest size jar if you like
but thy i'll When you see how radiantly clean
and fresh your skin looks after the very first APP
plcalion when YOU see how much smoother
and more youthful it appears Its time enough
10 get the largest and most economical size But
4 4 Al. Al. 1 Al.
you have ever used, get the small-size jar tOdayi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

gasoline brought her to. In
stinctively she knew that she
was supposed TO be dead, so she
lay still-and events proved that
that instinct saved her life!
Then she herad the man walk
20 the front of the car and open
the door alongside of which she
lay collapsed, AS she felt the
sun-br!ght rays of a flashlight
on her eyes she fought inwardly
10 control her muscles, an en-
deavor 10 which she must have
been successful because the at
tacker finally slammed the door
closed and walked around 10 the
other side of the car. There he
again began pouring gasoline
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05
Mystery Of March Murderer
Who Strikes Missouri Community

Nl Mo-. for the fourth consecutive time in 1941 Up until
then the victims menhad been soaked in gasoline and
burned beyond recognition by hendishy clever slayer who
perperaed the crimes without leaving the slightest clue
Point Pleasant, spot of scenic beauty located the
Mississippi River in the lower right hand corner of the state
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

girl was gently raised 10 a half
sitting position; a pencil was
put into her hand and a note
book held before her on which
90 write. She manager 70
scratch:
"Hitchhlker young ..
new hunting suit :"
That was all of which she was
capable, the heroic effort re-
suited in collapse.
The sheriff had long held the
conviction that the March killer
was a native of his own county,
a maniac who by day was prob
ably an exemplary citizen-by
night a blood-thirsting savage.
With the routine duties per-
formed. the sheriff hurried over
10 the hospital TO determine who
the two unfortunates were.
There he learned that the girl
had a magnificent vitality. In
spite of a bullet wound-the
slug had torn out two teeth
and lodged in the back of her
throat, a hairs breadth from
the spine-the girl was con-
scious and anxious TO tell what
she knew about her attacker.
She could not speak, but with
quivering hands she wrote the
answers 10 Ransburgh's ques-
tons.
"My name IL Betty Peterson.
My parents are at the movies
In Portageville. How Is Bill ?"
Stopped by Hitch-hiker
The girls companion was Will
liam Hawkins, who two years
ago was a football star and
honor student at the Wardell
High School. Hawkins had
called that night in his car at
the home of Betty Jean Peter
son, presently a student of that
institution, 10 take her out. The
girls parents intended going 10
the movies, so the young man
volunteered a lift which was
accepted. The youngsters de-
clared they would drive around
a bit and pick up Mr.. and Mrs.
Peterson after the show.
AS they neared the outskirts
OF Portageville a man ran out
of a driveway and hailed them.
Bill Hawkins stopped the car
and a young. handsome. tall
man Of about % came along
side and asked if they would
take him 10 his aunt's house
about four miles down the road.
The old lady, explained the
youth, had been stricken sud-
denly ill.,. Bill Hawkins kind
heartedly invited the stranger
10 enter the car and squeeze
in beside them But the man,
seemingly. not 10 hear. climbed
into the back seat.
When they got near Point
Pleasant their passenger asked
10 get out, though there were
no houses visible anywhere.
The car stopped, the back
door slammed-then there was
a mystifying silence. Suddenly
the stranger appeared alongside
the driver; there was a CLEAN
Of metal, then a flash Of crimson
followed by a terrific reverbera-
tionl Bill Hawkins slumped
against the door to-
ward his attacker, and while the
girl stared at the monster in
gaping horror he calmly pointed
his weapon al her and fired.
To Betty Peterson il seemed
as though she had been struck
by a soaring Standardization
all went black. But
that Inconsistencies was short
lived-a maniacal. blood-chilling
laugh and a smothering odor of