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Evening star., 1943-02-07

legends, but the account of Frank
lin and his rolls can be depended
upon. In his own record OF his
life he tells how he walked into
Philadelphia. At a doorway was the
young woman who was to become
his wife. As she told him In after
years, he seemed to her an amusing
sight with his rolls and bulging
pockets.
After spending a night at an
inn, Franklin visited Andrew Brad
ford, the printer he had heard
about while in New York. He was
greeted pleasantly, but Bradford
said there was no place open In
his shop at that time
Philadelphia then had only two
print shops. The youth from Bos-
ton decided to go to the other one
and see what fortune he might have
there. To his delight, he was given
work at once.
Proved Skill in Printing.
Months passed and Ben proved
his skill in printing. Well-known
men sometimes came to the shop.
and among them was william
Keith, Governor Of Pennsylvania
Keith was friendly, but sometimes
he made promises which were not
kept.
The young printer was greatly
pleased when the Governor said:
"You are a bright young man
and ought to have print shop
Of your own"
Il haven't enough money to buy
a press" replied Franklin.
Il will help you out about that"
said Keith, Il will write to your
father and tell him he ought to
set you up In business"
That promise was kept. and Ben
travelled to Boston to talk things
over with his father. Mr.. Franklin
was glad to see his son again, but
said that a boy of ID was too
young to go into business.
Returned to Philadelphia.
Rather sadly, Ben made the re-
turn trip to Philadelphia. and told
Keith what had taken place. The
Governor was ready to meet this
new turn of affairs.
IT you will go to England" he
said, Il will give you . letter of
credit, and you can use 1t to buy
a press and type. You will be able
to pay for these after your shop
starts work"
Acting on the promise, Ben
boarded a vessel In the harbor
The Governor said the letter Of
credit would be sent aboard before
sailing time.
The mail sack Was opened after
the ship was at sea. Then came
a great blow for young Franklin.
The sack did not contain the letter
Of credit!
Had Companion on Voyage.
Travelling with Franklin was q
youth named James Ralph. To-
gether, they had left Philadelphia,
and together they reached London.
The two young men found q
room In which to live. Franklin
got work as a printer, but Ralph
did not flnd job for months. In
the meantime, Franklin paid for
the food and lodging Of both Of
| them.
The firm for which Franklin
worked employed about IS men.
Franklin was soon singled out as
an interesting person-partly be-
cause he would not drink beer or
ale. The other printers drank a
great deal, but Franklin persuaded
one or two of them to break tho
habit.
For almost year he worked a.
printer In London. Then he was
given a position as a clerk. The
man who hired him was a mer-
chant. In six months, he took
Franklin with him on a voyage to
Philadelphia. The merchant died
soon after reaching port and Frank.
lin found himself once moro with
out work
Evening star., 1943-02-07

ly every day,
walking through
the halls, clad in
uniforms of all
branches of Un-
Gle Sans fight
ing forces. Home
on furlough they
come back to
school to see
their old teach
ers. Only half q
year ago they
were just school,
boys, now they
are real men,
fully equal to the
tremendous task
Evening star., 1943-02-07
| Hearts and Darts
| Help Buy Bonds
| For Ohio Girl

Lenore Davis has three ways of
making money. but one of them is
particularly appropriate at this VAL
entine season. She makes hearts
and arrows and sells them for Is
and 20 cents.
II make the hearts out of walnut
and the arrows out of cherry wood, -
Evening star., 1943-02-07

" b ) II 3 y + I y
S | g h t. Wear
ing old. rum
e d clothing,
h is pock e t S
b Il ! G in 6 with
shirts and stock
ings, he had
only a Dut c h
dollar when he
entered the city.
This he quickly
changed, buying
It h r e e penny
worth" Of rolls.
Some stories
a b out famous
men are only
Evening star., 1943-02-07

probably have
guessed, it is an
imaginary coun-
try Of which
Harvey is the
governor. Hi =
land has a flag,
a national Ii
brary, a national
theater, a tele-
phone system
(for local calls
only. of course)
a radio, a news
magazine a n d
many other in
teresting things.
IT n @ library
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This m o d e r
Goliath of con-
crete and stee.
es to I h {
breath = taking
height Of 1,24e
feet.
On the 85th
floor of the tow
ering structure
is a busy restau-
rant. There is
also a sort of
open circular
balcony offering
the sight-seer an
excellent birds
eve view of the
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Poor Son!

Z UUT OUU.
Father" cried the son of the
absent-mlnded professor, there's a
bug on the ceiling"
The professor, busy reading at the
time, answered without raising his
eyes from his book. Step on it and
leave me alone"
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Traffic Hazard

The children had been very en-
tive while the teacher tc en-
about the animals. Now i'd
name some things that al ~
dangerous to get near to, ana &c {
horns"
Little Mary: Il know, Miss teacher.
"Well?"
Motor cars, Miss"
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False Promise
Sent Franklin
To England
Worked as Printer
In London for
Nearly a Year
By UNCLE RAY.

At the time he arrived in Phila-
delphia, Benjamin Franklin was II.
His better clothes we're being sent
from New York by sea, and he
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Boys and Girls
Help War Effort
In Many Ways
But Victory Corps
Work Also Prepares
Them for Peace
Prize Contribution
BY ELLEN LEVY, 16.
George Washington High School

NItNdI
Last years graduates, coming back
to visit their schools, look different
from the returning graduates of
other years One can see them near
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Boy Is Thrilled
By View From
S:kyscraper
New York Shrinks
When Seen From
Famous Tower
Prize Contribution
BY RAYMOND BLAND, Is,

Central Hlsh School
While at my uncle's home on
Long Island last August I had the
great thrill of visiting New Yorks
towering Empire State Building
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Prize Contrib ution
BY PAULA SIMONDS, IL,

visited Harvey Witen 1921 Patterson street
talking
the stairs would until after you
would
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Business Discussion

First Tramp: Here's story about
a guy who done no work for 30
years
Second Tramp twearily): "Oh,
don't talk shop"
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Say II 4gnin

N0y II 4 gam
+ Are you the man who sold me
car last Veek?'
Yes"
/ Well. will you give me that sales
talk again? I'm getting discour-
aged" JUANITA WADDEL.
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Riddle A nswers

l. The outside. 2. Long ones. 8,
Let me down. John Deere" 4. Give
1t to foreign missions. s. Because
those colors won't run.
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trfc way W0uIU II1dKe you 1ccI ots'
though you were on ship.
Hiland is bounded by the four
walls of Harvey's bedroom. AS you
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
MAYOR PROCLAIMS
ANNUAL NAVY DAY
Continued From Page One)

all of those who by their sacrifice
and service in the Navy have made
it the spearhead of victory.
Nov. therefore I. Bruce B.
Cameron, Mayor of the City of Will
mington, North Carolina, hereby
proclaim and set apart the week
of October "a to October 30, 1913,
as the appropriate and designated
period of fitting celebration by our
people and the paying of proper
respect to all of those who serve
in the Navy, Marine Corps. Coast
Guard and Merchant Marine, and
particularly on October q, 1913,
l request that our schools, civic or
anlzations and churches sponsor
celebrations of respect, that all of
our citizens pause for a moment
OF prayer, and that we according
ly express our appreciation to all
of the aforesaid units constituting
our NavySpearhead of Victory.
In testimony whereof, I, Bruce
B. Cameron, Mayor aforesaid, have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the official seal of the City of
Wilmington, North Carolina to be
hereto affixed; this 23rd day of
October, 1913.
Bruce B. Cameron,
Mayor"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
Lands ASSAILS
PRICE-ROLLBACK
Continued From Pare One>


twill always adjust the price. Fair
prices must replace subsidies. We
must insist that full control of the
food program be placed in the
hands of a single food admins
traitor"
While Lands charged that the
subsidy program was an attempt
to draw consumer votes for Mr..
Roosevelt in 1914, ne added that
''bungling bureaucrats" mist as
sumo full responsibility for a Sc
rious food shortage which he pre-.
dicted would occur this winter il
the administration insists on the
price-rollback plan.
Vinson voiced his objection to
Legislative pice-fixing in a letter
to Chairman Wagner (D-NY) OF
the senate banking committee stu
dying a bill to force a 35-cents-a-
barrel increase in crude petroleum
prices. Present producer prices
are about $1.50 a barrel.
The bill was proposed by Sena.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
new SALES TAX
MOVE EXPECTED
Seen As Result OF Refusal
To Increase Individual
Income Tax Load

WASHINGTON, Oct. Io.-H|
Creation Of new pressure for a re-
tail sales tax is certain, Chairman
= George (D-Ga) of the senate IL
nance committee said today, as a
result of the house ways and means
committees refusal to increase the
individual income tax load.
AS the house tax-framing body
deferred until next week a decision
y whether to make any changes IN
. the corporate tax structure. George
declared the search for addltlonal
revenue apparently is narrowing
: down to new and increased excise
taxes.
The house committees refusal
= to boost levies on indivldual III
comes, he told a press conference
"of course creates a new pressure
for a sales tax
"But." he aided, II am still OF
the opinion that sales tax Woulo
not be approved by congress over
the active opposition of the Treas
ury department"
George said it is apparent that
new or increased excise taxes such
as have been proposed on tobacco,
transportation, candy and liquor,
can produce only a small portion
of the SO, 500, 100000 in new reve-
nue. asked by the administration.
But indicating that the treasury
might have underestimate the to-
tai federal income under the with
holding system Of collecting individ-
ual income taxes, George said he
would not be surprised if the total
take amounts to $41, 100000, 900 or
$4,000, 900, 5000 next fiscal year
provided the current high employ
ment and production rate is main
tanned.
After struggling for hours with
the corporate tax intricacies, the
house committeeman showed signs
that an attempt will be made to peg
the combined normal and surtaX
rates on corporations at the present
40 per cent maximum level, rather
than accept the so per cent figure
advanced by treasury secretary Nor
genthau.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24

they could see piles of burned
bodies.
Masters Lost
The masters Of both ships, and
all except one of the navy commits
stoned officers assigned to the gun
crews, were lost, the navy reported
Second assistant engineer Ed
ward Hetilington, %, of Charleston,
aboard the empty tanker, said all
lifeboats were burned and fell in
to the sea.
Emerging from the engine room
he related, 1--WE had to run over a
mass of charred bodies which al
most blocked the port companion
way"
Four Of the survivors were taken
to a Palm Beach hospital and the
other two were taken to the Nor
rison Field army air base, all had
injuries.
The survivors said they believe
a spark generated when the two
metal hulls clashed set off the ex-
plosion.
Ironically, the moon arose few
minutes after the disaster. Until
it did, survivors said, the night
was black.
William D. Greencorn, rs, of
Franklin, Mass, a seaman for 60
years and a survivor of five pre-
vious shipwrecks, came through
again, but his 19-year-old son, Cal
vim, making his first trip as. an
apprentice seaman, was lost.
''This is the end for me-" the
sorrowing father said. I'm not
going back to sea-"
The exact cause of the collision
may never be known since all nav
igation officers on both ships died.
The points of impact were the
bow of the southbound ship and
the port fore quarter of the north
bound tanker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
20 MEN KILLED
IN PLANE CRASH
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Pfc Frank J. sloboda. East Chi.
cago, Ind.
Parachute school personnel:
Sgt. Phillip L. schoene, Syara-
cuse Nebr.
Sgt. Anthony Fiorito, Norristown,
Penna.
Sgt. Angelic Lagreca, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Pfc. Angelo L. Alvarado, New
York.
Pfc. Clinton E. Argo, Notion,
Kans.
Pfc. Charles B. Barner, Jr., Gale
ma, Kas.
Pfc. Paul D. Beerbower, Valley
Falls, Kans.
Pvt. Louis ]. Stuppia, Rochester,
N. Y.
Pvt. Claire l.. Mock. Ainsworth,
Nebr.
Pvt. John E. Robertson, New.
port. Ky.
Pvt Ralph D. Atwood, Alton,
Ind.
Pvt. John F. Anderson, Jeffer.
sonville, Ind.
Pvt. Kenneth c. Brayton, Liv.
ingston, Mich.
| Pvt. Murel M. Altman, Lands,
N. c., Mrs. Alice r. Altman,
mother.
Pvt. Bernard D. Bedell, Port Jer.
Wis, N. Y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
Relief From ~
Pile Irritation

80 years ago a Buffalo druggist
created an ointment for relief
from from the itching and smarting of
Files. 1t brought such quick cool
ing' soothing, astringent relief that
us tame spread throughout the
country, and made Peterson's
ointment favorite in thousands
OF OF MONIES. Ask your druggist for a
ooc oox of Peterson's Ointment
rs39aay, or 6oc tube with applicator.
money back if you are not delight
led with relief eii'-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
REDS TAKE MELITOPOL.
PUSH TOWARD CRIMEA
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developing new break-through
Friday.
Cannon Fired
Stain ordered 20 salvoes fired
from 224 cannon in Moscow to-
night, an explosive fanfare re-
served for the Red Army's great
est triuHnpns. 1t was the first fir
ing of the Soviet capitals victory
guns since the arrival of foreign
secretaries Cordell Hull and An
thony Eden.
Melitopol first was entered II
days ago, but so fierce was Ger
man resistance that progress was
made only a block at a time in
house-to-house fighting reminis-
cent of the historic siege of Stain
grad.
Hitler was reported to nave
ordered the Melitopol defenders to
make a "stand-or-die" fight, and
crack Nazi divisions were brought
up from the Crimea.
By today there was not much
left of Melitopol. Soviet front dis
patches for days have been de-
scribing great tank and artillery
battles raging throughout the city
and yesterday advices received
by the Soviet government news
paper Izvestia said Melitopol was
then in flames.
Led By Tolbukhin
The conquering Russian Army
was led by the veteran southern
front commander Col. Gen. Eco
dor I. Tolbukhin, who captured
Taganrog earlier in the present
offensive. In his command were
veteran infantry1nen who had
fought at Taganrog and the first
guards of historic Stalingrad, Sta
lin said in his order of the day.
Regardless of whether the Ger
mans decide to stand in the Cri-
mea or escape over the Perekop
isthmus, it appeared the Nazi for
ces which had been entrenched
along the aporozhe-M elitopol-Cri-
mea railway will now have to fall
back to the over Dnieper river
the way to the Back Sea at
Kherson.
Indicating the Importance at
tached to the bloody Melitopol
victory, Stalin's order directed that
the Soviet Unions highest award,
that of hero of the Soviet Union
be given to all men and COM
manders who distinguished them
selves in the great battle.
The Germans likewise put high
price on Melitopol. The Berlin ra-
dio disclosed Friday that Nazi
soldiers there were getting extra
pay, and the Moscow communicate
said German officers on this front
received TRIBE salary and all sol
diers were awarded iron crosses. "
The town of Perekop, at the head
of the narrow neck of the Cri-
mean peninsula and now the Nazis'
only land escape route from the
Crimea, lies only 100 miles from
where the Red Army pounded
through Melitopol. The intervening
country is the Prichernomorsk
plain, which offers practically no
natural barriers to the Russians
and has no large, readily-defensi-
BILE towns.
The big port of Kherson itself,
at the Black Sea mouth OF the
Dnieper, is but 1875 miles away.
Melitopol, normally of $4,000 po-
rulation, is in the center of a re-
gion which grows fruit and wheat
in peacetime. The city was lose
to the Russians in October of 1941.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
Corporal Baker, Davis
MP Hurt In Accident

Corporal Jack Baker, mem
Der of the Military Police detach'
ment at Camp DAVIS, suffered Sc
we're fractures of his right leg
Saturday afternoon when the mo.
torcycle he was riding collided
with a convoy truck at the post.
The convoy was preparing to
leave the camp, it was reported
by the public relations office, when
Corporal Baker cut in front of the
vehicle and was thrown from his
motorcycle in such manner as
to result in the extensive fractures.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
SO MEN DIE In FIRE
AFTER TANKER CRASH
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diately. l cut off the engines and
rushed topside. Forward and amid
ships were a holocaust. The for
ward magazines and gun turrets
ewere exploding. I knew the aft
magazines would go any minute.
jumped into the sea off the fantail'
Seaman Joseph S. O'Brien of
Indianapolis, gunner aboard the
northbound tanker, was on watch
on the deck.
Suddenly I spotted another ship
bearing down from the north" he
said. TT appeared to be about rs
yards away. 1t looked as though it
we're going to pass us, but as the
ship approached I saw it was 60
ing to be close.
II turned and started for tele-
phone to report to the forward
bridge. Before I got to the tele-
phone there was crash.
"A terrific explosion followed,
and 1 was blown about 10 feet
across the deck"
He leaped overheard and manag-
ed to swim fast enough to stay
clear of the burning oil which
spread out over the water.
Pick Up Survivors
Coast Guard patrol boats which
reached the scene within few
minutes circled dangerously close
to the blazing vessels to pick up
survivors.
Walter Deutsch of Huntington, NJ
Y, a quartermaster, commanded
the first rescue boat to arrive.
1--WE approached the empty
tanker from windward," he said.
"Only one man could be seen on
deck. He refused to jump until we
shouted we were going to leave.
There was a lot of screaming"
The flaming hulls floated slowly
northward in the gulf stream. The
empty, less seriously damaged
tanker ran aground. Salvage
crews hoated the vessel and tow
ed it to port, with the dead still
aboard.
The navy said it will be repair
ed, and will carry war goods again
The laden tanker .drifted almost
20 miles, burning SO fiercely thai
! it could not be approached. II
struck bottom almost atop the hulk
Of freighter sank by enemy subs
early in the war.
No one yet has boarded the ship
but men on rescue craft reported
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24

tor Thomas D-Ok1a) remarking
that enactment would open the
door or other price-fixing by Con-
gress, Vinson declared that such
procedure would wreck the AL
ministrative machinery for price
control. Thomas retorted that Vim
son merely was rejecting the
presidents views and added that
he would seek to put through the
price increase anyway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
City Briefs
SCRAP DRIVE

Fourth members are now
sponsoring an about scrap
drive, and the youths have
been charged to collect every
available piece of farm scrap
between now and November Is,
Miss Ann Mason, home agent,
said Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
NANCY DE MARICNY
DISCLOSES STRAIN
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owned one of the worlds creates
fortunes.
Barred from the courtroom be
cause she will testify later fol
the husband in whose innocence
she has faith, Nancy has had tt
wait outside with her hopes ane
fears while the trial which ha!
caught the worlds imagination
proceeded through the first Weel
of sensations.
Then came a heart-breakins
disappointment today, when sht
hurried to the airport to meet hel
mother, Lady Eunice Cakes, who
flew from the United States tt
testify next week against the son
in-law she blames for the family
| troubles.
Not knowing that Nancy was
coming to greet her, Lady Cakes
hurried through customs and left
by a side door while her red
haired daughter watched for he1
in the waiting room. Tears were
in Nancy's eyes when she learn.
ed that her mother already had
gone.
Nancy had been distressed by
widespread rumors of an estrange.
ment between her and Lady
Cakes, and with solemn face she
told of a great love for her moth.
err.
The slender wife went to bee
before dark last night, feeling I'M
able to join her friends at a plan
ned gathering at the home of Ba
ron and Baroness George A.
Trolle. She has foregone daily
luncheons at a hotel when she
received a report of the morn
ing's court events from Raymond
c. SCHNEIDER, private detective
employed to help try to free de
Marigny.
ut caused criticism for me tc
lunch there" she said, and crit
cism hurts.''
In the sixth session Of the big
courtroom drama, the crown
prosecutor drove home his man
point Of the day with the test.
mony of lanky police lieutenant
with the burr of Scotland in his
voice.
Lieut.. John Douglas told of
guarding de Marigny last July
while the investigation was in
progress, and quoted the accused
man as saying at the time:
"Sir Harry, the old
should have been killed. anyhow"
But to the obvious enjoyment Of
de Marigny, Defense Counsel W.
E. A. Calender made Douglas
admit that some Of the other re.
marks he attributed to the de-
f~-7-'"~t r,oioht rot have heno as
damaging as they were first pic.
tureC.
In telling about the converse
ton, which took place about eight
hours before de Marigny was ar
rested, Douglas had quoted the
accused man as asking whether
a man could be convicted in an
English court if the murder weap.
on was not found" and whether
a man could be convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence"
Calender inquired whether the
questions did not follow a discus.
sion Of another criminal case.
II don't remember" said Doug
las, "but I don't deny it,"
''Under the circumstances, was
it unusual for Mr.. de Marigny to
ask those questions. Calender
asked, pointedly.
There was nothing unusual"
came the ren1v
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
VISITING PARENTS

Davis H. Howes, III, who
has been a member of the
freshman class at Yale Uni
versity since June, is spend
ing a week with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. H. Howes of
1716 Chestnut street. Miss
Mary Howes, student at Duke
University, is also at home for
the weekend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
VISITS MOTHER

Robert C. Whitaker, store
keeper first class, has just
spent a ten day furlough with
his mother, who lives at 1912
Market street. He was one Of
six men chosen from Navy
personnel in the British Isles
to attend the Navy Viz col
lege training program in the
United States. Mr.. Whitaker Is
now in cambridge, Maryland,
waiting further orders from
the Navy department.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
RETURNS

The Rev. c. c. Myers has
returned from funeral services
for his sister at Leesburg, Va,
and will fill the pulpits on his
charge today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
VISITING BROTHER

Miss Claire Barnes is visit
ing her brother, Russell
Barnes, who Is a student at
the Bowman-Gray School of
Medicine in Winston-Salem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

The Rev. and Mrs. j. F.
Colley, of 208 Dawson St., an
nounce the birth of a son,
Samuel David, at Marion
Sprunt annex of James Walker
Memorial hospital on Oct. 20.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
BURNEY TO SPEAK

Judge John ]. Burney will
be principal speaker at the
semi-monthly meeting of the
Brigade Senior fraternity at
$50 p. m. Monday in the club
house. After the meeting a
ping-pong tournament will be
held between the fraternity
team and a team from Maffitt
Village.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24

The automotive industry reach
es out to 81 states and embraces
almost 100 manufacturing plants
engaged in work for war and
| peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24

u,s Women .s bus drivers in the so,,..
were found to use 20 nov south
less less: gasoline % and their busesc cent m
CURED 40 per cent teweT 0r se re-
than did those driven bv Ne, aepalr'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-24
VISITING

Mrs. w. B. Boone, and daugh-
ter, Nellie Jane, and son, Dali
las Ray of Florence, S. c.,
are visiting their mother and
grandmother, Mrs. w. Tatum.