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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
Post Office Receipts
For January, l943 Hit
New High Figure Here

Post Office receipts for
anary, 1913, show a S5,756.79
increase over the same month
last year, it was announced
Monday afternoon.
The postmaster said that he
felt if these figures could be
used as a basis for judgment,
then 1943 receipts would great
ly exceed those of 1912.
Last year, it was explained.
was supposed to be the banner
year, for Post Office receipts
had presumably reached their
peak, but now it appears that
1943 will see an even bigger
year.
The January 1912 receipts
were S33,584.S5 and the Ianu-
ary 1943 figures are $39,44l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
NATOVO IS TAKEN.
Triumphant Red Army
Now Only IS Miles
From Big Base
HACK NAZIS TO PIECES
Soviet Troops Annihilating
Trapped Germans Near
Voronezh

MOSCOW, Feb. 1.-(P-
The Red army, driving 80
miles westward into the Uk-
raine, has captured Svatovo
on the Acknowledgements
Voroshilovgrad railway to
reach a point "a miles south
east of Kupansk and 95 miles
from Kharkov, a special So
Wet communique announced
tonight.
Meanwhile other Russian
units we're hacking to bits the
surviving German remnants
trapped in the pockets west
Of Voronezh on the front
north Of the Ukraine, and
were pounding forward in a
swift reconquest of the Cau-
casus on the southern and
southeastern approaches to
R0st0y.
svatovo apparently fell to the
Russian column that had captured
starobelsk several days ago. Star
oeelsk is on the Valuiki-Voroshil-
ovgrad railway. valuiki already is
in Russian hands, and Red army
units last were reported within 10
miles of Voroshilovgrad, a Donets
basin industrial center.
The Russian midday communi-
oue reported that 900 of the sur
vivors of the two great German
armies of $50, 900 men were killed
in their last pocket OF resistance
in the Stalingrad factory district.
u,ont;nued on Pare Two: Col, ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
Army Warns Public:
New Restricted Zones
Announced For State

armed forces or a member of an
enforcement agency engaged in
the performance of official duties
shall enter upon or leave the zones
by water except from places GUS
tomarily used for such purposes.
The territory included in tn e
North Carolina zones which Colo
mel Goeppert has defined as "re-
stricted" is described as follows:
Zone B-60: Location: The area
consists of all th~ Islands, Banks
and Dunes along the eastern coast
of North Carolina, bounded on the
north by the Virginia-North Car
olina border: on the east by the
Atlantic Ocean; on the south by
the North Carolina-South Carolina
boundary, and on the west by the
Inland Waterway, Bogue Sound,
Core Sound. Pamlico Sound, Ro-
anoke Sound and Currituck Sound,
Continued on Page Eight; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
PULLMAN MURDER
ADMISSION MADE
Negro Cook Admits Slay-
ing 21 Year Old Bride
On Train

ALBANY, Ore, Feb. 1.-A-A
loose jointed. Unconditional Negro
dining car cook related for the
fourth time today details of the
lower 13 knife-slaying of pretty
Mrs. Martha Virginia James, 81
year-old Navy officers bride.
Nine days after pre- dawn
scream awakened passengers in a
California-bound sleeping car Rob-
ert E. Lee Folkes gave straight
forward recital of the Staying, said
Harlc% L. Weinrick, county dis
trict attorney.
The statement was similar to one
he had made to Los Angeles po-
lice, but more detailed. Weinrick
declined to divulge it's content.
Folkes repudiated the first two.
None was signed, Weinrick dis
closed, and Folkes will not be ask
ed to sign the story given today.
Still alert after night-long ques-
tioning, the cook was returned to
his cell shortly after 6 am. AL
most Immediately he was sound
asleep.
Although 35 railroad detectives
and scores of California and Ore
gon local, county and state Off
GERS have built tight case against
the Negro, Weinrick said, the mo-
tive for the Staying has not been
learned. Fclkes told Los Angeles
police that he had not intended
to rape the Norfolk, Va, woman
when he entered her berth.
early this morning." Weinrick
said, "Folkes described all his ac-
tivities the night of the Staying,
and admitted his guilt in the pres
ence OF State Police Lieut.. R. R.
Howard, DR.. Joseph Beeman, head
OF the state police crime labora-
tory, Court Reporter Kathleen
Miller anu myself"
Welnrick saio an effort will be
made to prepare the Negro's trial
Tor the circuit court session open
ing February 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02

eating it was part of the grand
strategy ch g d at Casablana
with President Roosevelt.
Turkish and British war lead
ers examined the present situa-
ton in Europe, and particularly
in those regions wherein Turkey
is directly interested" and reached
agreement "on all principal
points, the announcement said.
Only one was named-the man.
ner whereby Britain and the Unit
ed States would be liable to help
Turkey materially to consolidate
her own general security"
1t added that consideration also
was given to postwar problems
on which agreement was again
reached"
An authoritative source said both
Roosevelt and Premier Stain has
previously been apprised of the
meeting, and the decisions reach.
ed there had been placed before
them.
The fact that Churchill was ac-
companied by six highly placed
British officers, all commanders
of forces operating in the Middle
and Near East and Mediterranean,
was taken as evidence that the
conversations with the Turkish del
egation were not confined to po-
litical questions alone.
The conference was held at Ada
ma near the Syrian border last
Saturday and Sunday, and was
called at ChurchilPs request, the
foreign office reported.
Churchill later returned to Cairo.
Speculation among competent
observers went far beyond the an
nouncement of agreement being
reached.
What occupied observers espec-
tally was the question whether the
conference with Turkish President
Is1net Inonu and his high officers
presaged Turkeys emergepce into
a new role.
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
BY WALTER LIPPMANN

In discussing the meaning of the
Casablanca meeting it is best to
follow the rule of common sense
laid down long ago by William of
Ocean, one of the great doctors
of the Church. The rule, which
is known as Oceans Razor. is
that in explaining a situation one
should not use theories which are
unnecessarily complicated. The
rule would apply, for example, in
answering the question why Soviet
Russia and China did not partici-
pate. 1t would apply in nothing
that the President specifically sug-
gested that the meeting be known
as the unconditional surrender"
conference. And it is an excellent
rule for not getting too muddled
about the political muddle in North
Africa.
Thus when the official commu-
nique says that Stain was cor
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02

Inhabitants of the coastal Sec
Non Of North Carolina have been
warned by Colonel Lloyd W. Goep-
peft, commanding officer of the
Sarohna sub-sector, that new
boundaries and restricted zones
nave been set in the state and
u-at vlolators of the new restricted
zone regulations set up are SUBJ
'ect 10 several penalties under law.
Absolutely forbidden on the ter
ii'ory named in the new procla-
ilsNon are the following, in the
possession of civilians or men,
perS Of the armed forces not en-
SdSed in performing their official
uuueS: bombs, explosives, d o
transmitting sets, codes or ciphers,
pi.iclores, drawings, maps of mil
i'afy installations. Nor may any
person use or operate a camera,
;4inoculars, field glasses or similar
instrument in the nature of a sig
Ddi device. No person not in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
Walter Lippmann SAYS:
Complicated Theories
Out On CasablancaMeet

daily invited but that he was too
busy with his great offensive to
leave Russia, that really is per-
fectly good explanation. Stain is
conducting what might prove to be
the decisive battle of the war:
is there anything in the least bit
strange that he did not feel able
to make long and hazardous air.
plane journey to attend a confer
ence? And if the question is why
he did not send Mr.. Molotov or
some one else to represent him,
the fact that Russia for the best
of reasons is not at war with
Japan is a sound enough reason
why Russia did not participate in
a conference which had to take
decisions for fighting Japan.
If Russia could not attend, does
it not follow that China could NOT
be asked to share decisions which
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
RUSSIANS SMASHING
AHEAD IN DRIVE ON
KHARKOV-K -KUPXAMSK
u. S. Fliers Continue
Pounding Jap Bases
In Solomon Islands

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-LR
-Continued aerial pounding of
Japanese bases in the Solomon
islands was reported today by
the Navy in a cOmmunique
which also stated that sixty-two
enemy troops had been killed
on Guada!c~lal and 20 had
been captured.
Communique number 267 said:
"South Pacific: (all dates are
east longitude)
81. On January 70, U. S.
troops OH Guadalcanal island
killed 62 Japanese and took 22
prisoners.
SO. On January goth:
"(A) During the early after
noon, force of Marauder me-
dunn bombers Martin Egg at
tackled enemy positions on Ko.
lombangara island.
COB During the evening, Ma
rauders bombed the enemy held
area at Munday OIL New Georgia
island.
"(C) japanese planes bombed
U. S. positions on Guadalcanal
island. One enemy plane was
shot down.
SO. On January 30, during the
morning a force of Marauder
medium bOmbers with AiracObra
escort BELL P-39), bombed enc
my positions at Munda on New
Georgia island"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
BITTER FIGHTING
Approach OF Major Action
For Showdown Is
Signahzed
ENEMY HOLDING FAID
Nazis Supported By Heavy
Artillery And Dive
Bomber Fire

LONDON, Feb. 1.-{P)-
American troops have attack
ed German positions in the
tactically important noun
famous area of central Tu-
nisia in three limited but bit
terly contested sectors and
air action has risen in violence
over nearly the whole of
the North African theater to
signalize the approach of the
major action that will usher
in the showdown. Supported
by artillery and tanks, made
heavy assaults in an effort to
recapture Faid pass, about
$50 miles west of the import
ant Axis coastal positions of
Sfax, and two other Ameri-
can columns beat against the
railroad town of Maknassy,
33 miles inland from the gulf
of Gabes, while the Allied air
arm struck hard and effec-
lively overhead.
But at last report today the
enemy still held Faid and was
being supported by heavy ar
tillery and dive-bomber fire.
20 Tanks Knocked Out
An Allied spokesman in London
said that 20 Axis tanks had been
knocked out in the Faid sector.
To the north OF this area, Brit
ish infantry and artillery stood
astride the road leading down from
Pont du Fahs toward Robba, along
the Grand Dorsar' range COM
manding the approaches to the
middle Tunisan coast, and hurled
back powerful German attacks
headed up by 52-ton Mark vi
tanks. Two of these giants were
knocked out along with four light
er tanks.
In this fighting, the Germans
came forward at first in light ar
ray-with a squadron Of 16 tanks
and 25 truckloads Of infantry-but
British fire blew them back. They
then sent in large tank and in
fantry force, which suffered heavy
losses.
Allied planes knocked out seven
enemy transports and one or more
tanks.
At the eastern end Of the North
African battle line, two columns
of the British Eighth Army were
driving toward the Mareth line in
southeastern Tunisia, behind
which considerable forces Of Field
Marshal RommePs fugitive army
Of Libya were in position. Field
dispatches reported "many con-
tacts' had been made with the
Rommel force.
British headquarters in Cairo, in
a communique covering action only
as of yesterday, announced the re-
capture Of the town of Zuara. only
35 miles short of the Tunisian bor-
der. thus establishing that the
main British bodies were we'll for
ward near the frontier. Advanced
British elements already had
thrust into Tunisia.
In widespread air battles over
Tunisia. the Allied connunique
from North African headquarters
reported the destruction Of at least
(Contnued mn Pare Two. Co1. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
French Claim Situation
In North Africa Worse

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-(P)-Fghting French head
quarters here made public tonight letters from North Af-
being packed with men known for their devotion to the
Axis, that a the military communications conrol-
ed by the friends of the Axis and that friends of the AL
lied still held in concentration camps other
wise prosecuted.
The letters dated January and a. but Jean
Baube, the headquarters spokesman said that later
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
ALLIED B0MBERS
SMASH AT RABAUL
u Fires Started By Heavy
Attack From MacAr-
thurs Airmen

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Tuesday, Feb. Up
Allied warplanes returned to the
attack on the oft bombed japanese
base of Rabaul, New Britain island,
planting: a load of bombs which
started % fires, General MacArth-
ur's headquarters announced in its
noon communique today.
An advance flight of planes led
the larger bombers to the night at.
tack, showering the Rabaul area
with flares and incendiary bombs
which lighted up the target for the
striking force which attacked with
demolition and augmentation bombs.
(COntnued mn pa1o TxDo. f,oI A,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
Churchill Visits Turkev.
Reaches Vital Agreement

LONDON, Tuesday, Feb. 2-pP-Directly from the his
torlc war strategy conference at Casabanca Prime Minis
ter Churchill has to Turkey and reached an import
ant with that nation bordering the Axisoccu-
pied Balkans an official announcement said earlv todav
His move centered attention on the region which he
himself has called the sof underbelly of the Axis" nd
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
NOTICE.!

If your carrier fails to
leave your copy of the Will
mington Morning Star,
Phone 1911 before 900 a.
m. and one will be sent to
you by special messenger.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02
WEALTH. R

FORECAST: w.
North Carolina: Little changer am
perature Tuesday. E't
eastern Standrd Time) -
CBy U. S. Weather BureauN
Meteorological data for the "a
ending 7:30 p. M, yesterday. ~ S
Temperature ~
1:30 a. nl., 40; ?:3O a. M, AZ; l 80 80
ca; 1870 p. M, So.
Maximum 81; Minimum 40; Met
81; Normal 47.
Humidity
l 80 a. M, 80; 80 a. M, 96; 80 p.
n.., So; 1880 p. M. 72.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:30 p.
M. 600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
Tides For Today
High Low
Wilmington --- 7:34a 2:07a
7:50p 2:45p
Masonboro Inlet ---------- 5:21 l. :44a
5:37p Ii :55p
Moore's Inlet -------- 5:26a IL :49p
5:42 IL 200
New Topsail Inlet ------ 5:31a ll.54a
(Elmore's) -------------- 5:47p 12 :05p
Sunrise, :08 a. m.,; Sunset, 5 :43 p. M;
Moonrise, 4:49a; Moonset, 3:23p.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-02-02

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Continued on Page Two; Col.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-02-25
Soup Made From Fresh
Or Leftover Spinach

1t isn't often that one prepares
enough spinach to have a cup and
a half left over, but if so fine-if
not, the following recipe for a
spinach soup is every bit good
enough to warrant special prepare
ton of spinach. Or, if more con-
venient-try cooking an extra
pound or more the next time you
plan on serving spinach for dinner.
SPINACH SOUP
liz cups cooked spinach
2 cups milk, scalded
2 cups boiling water
3 bouillon cubes Chicken favor)
2 tablespoons butter
tablespoons -four
teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
Chop spinach and force through
sieve. Add to milk, water and
smooth. Return to double boiler.
Melt butter, add flour and season.
ings, and stir well. Add a small
amount of hot liquid and stir until
smooth. Return to double boiler
and cook until slightly thickened,
stirring constantly. Serves 4.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-02-25
MONTGOMERY SIDELIGHTS
BIZ ELSIE WHITE HAINEs

old house with his mother, Eveline
King Walker, in the days when
Orlando's mother Mrs. Charles
Saffell was living. He remembers
the house as long one, with floors
of wide boards in the old manner.
From references to visits paid by
men of distinction in the early
1905 the family was apparently
once very "well off"-as indeed the
family L shaped "burying ground
with its fenced off portion for the
"cullud folks would indicate.
Very little trace remains of the
graves, now covered with honey
suckle, the fence long since fallen
in decay. Some of the Walkers
remember when the last stone,
marked E.T.S. for Elijah T. Saffell
who died in 1868 of CT, was car
ried from the plot. Like many of
the old family grave yards it will
soon disappear entirely.
All through the years since the
days of the old musician, there
have been Daffells, who named
their sons Charles, and always in
some degree they have had musical
ability.
Like many of the old families
as a branch lost their land,
through lack of thrift or ambition
they became less schooled and
ceased to be a part of the civic
life of the community, while per-
haps another branch of the fam
lily prospered and became leaders
in their community. 1t would in
terest US 10 learn more of the
Saffells, many of the older families
may have been kin to them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-02-25
:: HOME AND CLUB ACTIVITIES ::

stitutes for Table Linens" was
demonstrated very thoroughly by
Mrs. Davis Claggett. This was
brought out very nicely by the
different place mats and napkins
and china. The table was arranged
to bring out the different color to
be used. The place mats and nap
kins were made of bed ticking,
Indian head, feed sacks, organdy,
etc.
Volunteers were asked to help
to explain the point system to be
used at the rationing this week.
Also it was decided to help in
sending garden seeds to Great
Britain. The bulletin on Victory
Gardens will be ready for distri-
button at the next meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-02-25
Red Cross Needs Sl25,000,000
To Finance Wartime Program

WASHINGTON. d. C. Faced with
the greatest wartime program in
history. the American Red Cross
will launch its 1913 War Fund ap
peal for $l25.O0O.00O on March /.
Chairman Norman n Davis has an
nounced.
Pointing oul that the bulk OF the
fund will he used to expand Red
Cross services TO the men Of the
armed forces and their families.
Chairman Davis urged every Amer
lean man and woman TO contribute
10 the fund.
With the approval OF President
Roosevelt. who also Is President Of
the American Red Cross. the month
Of March is being observed as Red
Cross Month. Walter s. Clifford.
president OF the American Tele-
phone md Telegraph Company. 10
chairman OF the Red Cross 1913
War Fund.
Red Cross services TO our armed
forces and to the needs OF dis
Lressed civilians on the battle and
nome fronts can be supplied only
Dy great expenditures and sacri
ices" Chairman Davis said. I'VE
are exerting our utmost efforts to
accomplish these tasks with the
least possible drain upon the re-
Sources Of The people IN funds. time
and energy. We must never falfeT
IN our determination TO meet these
definite obligations. The Red Cross
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-02-25

is confident that all our people will
be generous In their support Of the
1943 War Fund"
More than 65 percent OF the fund
received by the national organiza.
ton will be devoted to meeting Red
Cross responsibilities to the armed
forces. These include the Red Cross
overseas club program. recreation
and hospital program. the station.
ing Of field directors at all foreign
and domestic military camps and
bases, the huge surgical dressing
product IN program. and the blood
plasma project which recently was
expanded to a total Of 10000
pints At the request Of the Army
and Navy.
Chairman Davis pointed out that
the 1913 program will be vastly
greater than the accomplishments
Of last year. In which the Red
Cross aided millions Of war victims
through It's foreign war relief pro.
gram: gave aid to thousands OF
prisoners Of war: collected 1900.
900 pints Of blood for the armed
forces; produced 620.O0O.000 sur
gical dressings. and aided more
than 100000 servicemen and their
families.
The s125.0Oo,OOO quota. he said.
will finance the local. national and
international work Of the Red Cross
Tor the entire year. barring unfore
seen emergencies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-02-25

The historian, Scharf tells us
that the Saffell family was among
the prominent families of early
Maryland, and mentions w. T. R.
Saffell, author and historian born
Sept. IS, 1918 on a farm called
"Knott's Place." near GAINESVILLE,
where his father Lameck ca
Saffell resided at that time-guess
his mother must have been there
too, though Mr.. Scharf did not
mention her.
Charles Saffell, a Revolutionary
soldier, lived about five miles
North of Rockville, there he died
in 1887 at the age OF 80 years. At
the beginning of the Revolutionary
War, he lived with his father, a
French musician in Prince Georges
County. He march to Annapolis
and joined the Maryland Flying
Camp regiment under General
Rein Beall-his company was COM
manded by John Hawkins Lowe.
Saffell was drummer, fifer, and
bugler, in the battles of Long
Island, Fort Washington, Brandy
wine and others. In later days
after the war, he became an auc-
tioneer and visited all parts of
the countryside in that capacity.
In his old age he played the violin
and reproduced the melodies of The
Revolutionary War.
We have not happened upon a
reference to the time he brought
the property on Great Seneca, or
how he came by tit may have
run to Great Seneca at one time,
but the old house where Allan
Bowie Davis writes of visiting
him, was on the Whetstane Branch
of Seneca.
We started to write about this
several weeks ago and got off on
the Walker family-and by the
wayne believe we received more
letters, comment and phone calls
about those Walker articles than
any other we have ever written
there is large family connection,
you see. We have additional data
for another article some day.
When James X. Walker bought
the Saffell place, about 1890, from
Orlando Saffell and his sister
Arie Matilda Selby, grandchil-
dren of the Revolutionary music
ian, that 100 acres of land was the
last of what was once large tract
of land.
The house mentioned by the
Hon. Allan Bowie Davis was still
standing, but was very old, and
was the stable for horse of the
Charles Saffell of that generation,
then living in a small house on
the place. Members of the Walker
family remember that only one
section of the long house, built
four rooms on either side of a
large chimney, remained.
Mr.. McKendree Walker remem-
bers as a small boy visiting Mt the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-02-25

Saving extra steps when house,
cleaning is a very important item,
this can be done by taking along
a basket in which you carry
securing powder, scrub brush, dust
cloth, polishing cloth, drying cloth,
soap and furniture polish.