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ORDERS UNNECESSARY

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 7. - (P) -
Members Of the dairy industry in
Mecklenburg county informed Of
ficlalS of the Food Distribution Ad-
ministration that regulatory orders
of that agency were unnecessary
here but that they would be pre-
ferabie to rationing of milk.
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u. S. S. Wisconsin,
Super Battleship
Launched By Navy
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of the Badger State governor.
She shattered the champagne
bottle against the bow, winch
towers higher than a five-story
building, nearly a minute be-
fore the ship began its 5O-sec-
ond descent along the greas-
ed ways.
While the Navy kept secret
the details Of the Wis. con-
struction, James Fighting Ships
gives the length Jof ships OF
her class as $50 feet and the
beam as approximately lOS
feet.
Her displacement at full load
is given, also unofficially, as
$500 tons and her speed as 80
knots. Her main battery will
consist of nine 16-inch guns,
according to James.
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AUXILIARY MEETINGS

The Woman's Auxiliary
branch meetings of st. James
Episcopal church will be held
Friday in the Parish House
Immediately after the evening
prayer service at 4 p. m. St.
Madeline's branch will meet
with Mrs. j. A. Miller, Ill Ken
wood Avenue, BrookwO0d.
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PARKING METER

Chief of Police C. H. Casteen
advised Tuesday that new park
ing meters, installed on Front
street between Dock and
Orange, will be put in oper-
alton Thursday morning at 8
O'clock. There are % new me-
tiers in the area.
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PAPER CAMPAIGN
SLOGAN IS. SET
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their services for the show and the
theater management are donating
the building.
All residents of Wilmington are
urged to save all scrap paper as
every scrap is vitality needed to
speed victory. The paper collection
situation is vastly different today
from the las. paper collection. in
which many dealers suffered loss
and all collectors suffered from
having it in their way SO long. The
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FIREWORKS ILLEGAL

Police Chief C. H. Casteen
Tuesday reminded residents it
is illegal to sell or discharge
fireworks within the city limits.
The department has been in
Structed to enforce the law and
offenders will be arrested, he
warned.
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City Briefs
ARRESTED

Oleumel Afford, Negro, ar
rested for speeding and reck-
less operation of an automo-
bile, caused considerable dam
age Sunday night when he ran
into another car at Lake For
esi. The operator of the other
automobile left the scene inn
mediately after the accident,
and his name could not be OBJ
tanned.
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Obituaries
LETTER H. WILLIAMSON

JEITER n. WILLIAN0O1
CHADBOURN, Dec. 7.-Jetter H.
williamson died at $3.50 p. m. In
the Thompson Memorial Hospital
in Lumberton today after a long
illness.
Mr.. Williamson, who was mem
Der of a prominent family, was a
farmer and lived in Evergreen.
Funeral services will be held at
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BOOK REVIEW

Under the auspices of the
USO-YWCA club, Third and
Grace streets, Rabbi Mordecai
M. Thurman will give the Sec
0nd in a series of book-reviews
when he discusses John p.
Marquand's latest best-selltng
novel, $50 Little Time" at
s p. M, Thursday, Dec. 9, in
the USO-YWCA clubrooms. The
review is open to the public.
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BLOOD SOUGHT

Police were requested to aid
in finding donor with type 2
blood for Mrs. Allene McGirt,
a patient at James Walker hos
pital, by Wednesday at 8 a. m.
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COURTS MARTIAL
TO Be DELAYED

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permitted to appear before court
martial in open session and de-
fend their own actions-let t h e
chips fall whece they may"
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S9,689.88. 1t was announced
that total collections for both
city and county, was $17.92l.lS.


YOUNG TO BE HERE
James r. Young, author OF
ssBehind the Rising Sum-, who
served as manager of the Jap
an Advertiser, an American
owned paper, for thirteen years,
will come to Wilmington Mon
day. Dec. Is, and speak here
Monday evening.
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DANCE

:. An informal dance is schedu-
led for Dec. 8 at the Caro-,
lima Beach city auditorium,
given by the USO for service
men. Music win be by the Fort
Fisher band.
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TOBACCO STOLEN

Mrs. H. B. Turner reported to
police that large quantity Of
tobacco and cigarettes were
stolen from her car parked on
Front Street Friday morning.
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TAX COLLECTION

J. E. Canady, of the back
tax department Of New Han
over county, reported total tax
collections for November as
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The dog star, Sirius, is more
than 80 times brighter than our
own sun. ... ,.
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3;N p. m. Thursday from
Evergreen Baptist church Of w.,
ne was a member with tho p
G. M. singletary, pastor, offi "s'
ing. He will be assisted ~.
Rev R. W. 10y, pastor Of :. NJ
evergreen Methodist church ne
the Rev. A. T. Peacock. psstos ac \,
the Chadbourn Baptist church G ~. Of
lal will follow in the Boardl pa''
cemetery. - N''IaN
Surviving him is one bro,,..
&. G. of Evergreen, three S sS.ae'
Mrs. Corenna Sanders Of '', w5
mlngton, Mrs. Chas. Coyjno+or" WIZ i,
Bamburg, S. c., and Miss ps, VI
Williamson of the home. '''
-V-
Wood makes only 10 10 % r,,
cent ash as equivalent to coal +"
-V-
Food is called tucker, br .,
AnZacs. W Mt
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and British infantry have to feel
their way forward.
From hard-Won IL e i 6 h S on
Monte Maggiore, American artil-
lery rained shells on German
troops still holding out on the
south side Of the Garlgliano. With
in the Anne leans fie1d of fire was
the one remaining bridge across
which the enemy must withdraw
to escape the closing grip of the
Allies. There was no indication
that. Casino, some nine miles
from the farthest American adj
vance, mad yet been brought I'M
,der- artillery fire.
OF the 26,5O0,000 telephones in
the United States, 100000 are
residence phones.
About 70 per cent of the land
in American Samoa is forest.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-08

About 70 per cent of the land
n American Samoa is forest.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-08

Anzacs. W NE
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Wood makes only 10 TO % ~,
cent ash as equivalent IN co,i ~
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own sun.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Fighting French Report
New Sabotage Activities
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Fighting French headquarters re-
ported last night new series of
sabotage operations inside France,
indicating the underground" there
is Systematically working to cripple
German preparations for defense
against an Allied invasion of the
coastal region opposite England.
Information received on recent
operations disclosed, a spokesman
said, nearly a dozen attacks on rail-
way lines leading to the coast, in
volving either train wrecks or de-
struction of the line with resultant
lengthy interruptions of traffic.
simultaneously, other sabotage &C
tions and bombings were carried out
in other parts of France, he said
including the bombing of buildings
used by pro-Axis organizations. In
Marseille a bomb thrown into a
streetcar killed seven Germans and
wounded many others.
Evening star., 1943-04-20

from the line of fire of machine
| guns and mortars spatteringz dive
-. and, tracer ammunition into. an
"enemy" position in the wooded
hills of West Georgia. The men
were learning how to solve a battle
indoctrination problem under con-
I ditions which more nearly ap-
preached actual combat than any
thing the Chief Executive had seen.
The emphasis was entirely on
military might as Mr.. Roosevelt S
special train rolled in and out of
the Southeastern States. He visited
no war production plants. He passed
through or skirted cities and towns
and the only crowds he saw were in
khaki. He made no speeches.
Morale undoubtedly got boost,
for wherever the commander in
chief appeared, always unannounced,
eyes lighted up and smiles appeared
on thousands of faces. If there was
any skimping on demonstrations of
enthusiasm, apparently rigid disci-
pline could be held responsible.
But at two stops the enthusiasm
bubbled up into ringing cheers and
unrestrained applause.
At the WAAC center at Oglethorpe
some of the newcomers just couldn't
hold themselves in check. They
shrieked and yelled and beat their
hands together. And as the Presi-
dent left, after watching "a COM
panies of trainees pass in review,
more of the girls, including some
wearing military police arm bands,
ran pell nell toward his car. But
they couldn't keep up with its speed.
Attends Church Services.
The next day, Palm Sunday,
thousands of soldiers were of duty
at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark,
and they and their officers cut loose
at the top of their lungs as Mr..
Roosevelt rode through the post. He
attended church services with 3,400
of them in a tremendous field house,
and when he waved to the boys
afterward the din was ear
shattering.
The President saw five Cover
nors. They were Prentiss Cooper
of Tennessee, Homer M. Adkins of
Arkansas, Olin D. Johnston of
South Carolina, Ellis Arnall of
Georgia and Chauncey Sparks of
Alabama.
The secrecy of this trip was not
Evening star., 1943-04-20
First Inspection by Roosevelt
Thrills WAAC at Fl. OgIethorpe

of thousands of men in uniform be-
fore.
1t was midmorning and a threat
of rain was IN the air when the
President left special train carry
ing him on his second major wartime
tour of military posts. He was
greeted by Col Oveta Culp Hobby
director of the WAACS; Maj. Gen
William Dryden. commanding the
4th Service Command, of Atlanta
Col. Duncan G. Richart, command
ing officer at Oglethorpe, and Col
Hobard B. Brown, commanding the
WAAC training center.
When they drove into the center
three companies of trainees formed
guard of honor and a 36-piece
WAC band played THE Star
Spangled Banner"
AS he approached, hundreds OF
girls who had just reached the fort
to start their training course forgot
all the reserve they might have ac-
quired and cheered and jumped up
and down.
Their enthusiasm was showing
signs Of injecting "a companies OF
WAACS drawn up on the rolling
green field. But Mr.. Roosevelt's
car pulled up beside the flag pole
and the review was on.
"A perfectly grand show" the
President exclaimed after it.. was
over.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
BY the Associated Press

BY Ine Associated Press.
ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN
IN TENNESSEE, April II de-
layed President Roosevelt paid an
unadvertised call at the Sd Wom-
ems Army Auxiliary Corps training
center at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, and
some of the new trainees-even
some of those wearing the arm
bands of military police-forgot all
about discipline as he started to
leave the parade ground
Across streets and lawns they
rushed, with shrill feminine shrieks,
trying to get up close.
Wait until We tell our secret!" one
of the khaki-clad lasses screamed.
Gee" called another. Il got to
touch the Presidents dog!"
Never before had Mr.. Roosevelt
inspected a WAAC center and it
was a decided novelty for him to
hear military commands in soprano
and to see nearly 1000 girls in smart
summer uniforms stride briskly past
him in formal review.
The WAAC show rather took the
edge of an inspection later in the
day OF the 80th Infantry Division,
which is in the final stages of its
training at Camp Forrest, near Tul-
lahoma. Tenn. After all, the Com
mander in Chief had seen hundreds
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page)

the first time a training center for
the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
April II, Camp Forrest, Tenn,
where the President inspected the
whole 80th Infantry Division, with
every item of its equipment laid out
for him to see and 10 months of con-
centrated training behind it.
April 18, Camp Joseph T. Robin
son, Ark, near Little Rock, where
he attended Palm Sunday church
services with 3,400 officers and men
in tremendous gymnasium.
The Chief Executive told the press
it was hard to pick out what had
impressed him most. He thought it
was the great improvement in troops
OF all kinds, as compared with what
he had seen on his trip last Septem-
Der. He said he thought the coun-
try was turning out snapper troops
in better physical condition.
Morale in general he described as
very, very high, and he asserted the
men looked aWfully fit. He spoke.
too. of the permanent value of the
educational and physical training
programs in military camps.
Troops Eager to End War.
The officers and men, he said. are
eager to get in the show and get it
over with
Last fall the Chief Executive said
he had found Washington tagging
far behind the rest of the Nation
IN war spirit and he declared he
thought exactly the same thing
now, after seeing the Southeast. -.
The people away from the Ma
tional Capital, he said, have much
better sense of proportion and per-
Evening star., 1943-04-20

shooting down one Zero and dam
aging two others when Japanese
planes attacked his BIS bomber
as it was returning to its New
Guinea base. 1t. Superfne boarded
an abandoned vessel in active COM
bat area to obtain strategic mate
rial.
1t. Superfne's wife, Mrs. Mar
gorie E. Superfne, resides at 1921
Sixteenth street NV.
Gen. Hodges, wing commander OF
the 9th Army Force, was awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross to
add to the Silver Star pinned on
him last month. A flying cadet in
the World War, he remained in the
Army after the armistice
A graduate of the old Business
High School, Gen. Hodges married
Eunice H. Fadeley in 1917 Mrs
Hodges temporarily makes hel
home in Sarasota, Fla, with hel
daughter and son -in-laW, 1t. Col
William E. Elder of the Army Ali
Corps.
Mrs. Hodges mother resides al
4509 Argyle terrace NV.
A son, James F. Hodges, is an
aviation cadet stationed at San An
tonic, Tex.
Evening star., 1943-04-20

BY the Associated Press.
Some sidelights on President
Roosevelts trip:
In an open car the Chief Execu-
tive, driving through the Paris Is
land IS. c. Marine Corps train
ing station, told the men:
Il congratulate you all on being
here. You are a credit to the Ma
rine Corps and l can't say more
than that
Another audience might have
yelled itself hoarse, but no disci-
plined marine muscle moved.
Apparently, marine discipline
starts early, for at the post school
house even the children were
standing stifay at attention when
the President drove by. Two or
three Of the tiniest couldn't keep
from jumping up and down when
they saw the President.
Two dogs made the trip. One
was Mr.. Roosevelt's Scottie, Falla
which goes nearly everywhere he
goes. The other was an Irish set
ter, Sister, belonging to Miss Laura
Delano, a cousin of the President.
Falla and sis" didn't like to hear
big guns firing and barked back
furiously.
Eleven-year-old Gene Edwards OF
Atlanta almost thumbed a ride or
the presidential special. but Frank
R. Wilson, chief of the United States
Secret Service, thought it would sci
a bad precedent.
Gene was with his dad, Mitchell
Edwards, who was on a business trip
through Warm Springs Ga. wher
Mr.. Roosevelt left there. Mr.. Ed.
wards told the lad he could win 6
$l00 War bond if he could get a ride
10 Atlanta on the special.
Gene put it up to White House
officials, who sort of liked the idea
but Mr.. Wilson saw some difficulties
He explained them to the disap.
pointed boy, gave him a pamphlet or
how to detect counterfeit money
| brought him over for a close look al
Evening star., 1943-04-20

as we'll kept as was that of the
Journey last fall. Rumors were
flying all through the South, and
at many posts officers and mefi
said they had had a good idea of
who was coming ahead of time.
! At every military establishment
the Chief Executive. saw, with the
exception, of course, of the WAAC
training center, big guns, tanks,
rifles and all the materiel necessary
for combat operations were in evi-
dence in profusion-down to pick
axes and galoshes.
Tr0Oks Look Snappier.
He was asked about this wealth
OF materiel, as compared with what
the Nation started with, and he
commented favorably upon it. Last
fall there was enough for training,
but peak production had not been
achieved, he said
While the troops looked snapper
than they did last fall, Mr.. Roose-
velt said it should be remembered
that he had been seeing more sea-
soned troops. He observed that in
the last war troops went overseas
and completed training there, but
now they are about ready to fight
when they leave this country.
The President spoke of the i'm
provement in living conditions. in
food, sanitation and housing and OF
how men would benefit perma-
nently from their training in better
health and mental alertness.
The President said he had made
no startling discoveries on this tour
but he said he had learned that the
Marine Corps at Paris Island was
getting a high percentage of recov-
cry from neuropsychic cases which
were put to work on farm there
and helped turn out 20 to Is per
cent of the vegetables and meat fol-
the post.
He had passed up the Navy
WAVES, he said, adding with q
chuckle that the War Department
had arranged his trip and that he
was afraid the WAACS were doing
lot of Growing.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Sideights on Presidential Trip
Even Youngsters Show Marine Discipline,
Stand at Attention to Greet Roosevelt

the President, and dad said prob
ably Gene would get his bond any
way.
The military police at Fort Ogle-
thorpe held back Sergt. "Eenie'
Nash, niece of the Chief Executive S
military aide and secretary, Maj
Gen. E. M. Watson, but Miss Grace
Tully of the secretarial staff got her
through the lines.
We'll. what do you know Mr.
Roosevelt exclaimed as the sergeant
came up to his car.
Rationing is problem even on a
presidential train. A Baltimore &
Ohio diner, which could carry sup
plies for only five days, made the
whole trip and had to take along a
stack of ration coupons so food could
be picked up along the line.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Food Conference
(Continued From First Page.)

velt. Members said Mr.. Acheson
disclosed that the President himself
would address the conference.
Despite demand on Secretary of
State Hull by the Senate Agriculture
Committee for permission to have
observers at the conference, men,
bers said Mr.. Acheson could promise
nothing on that score, repeatedly
asserting that other delegations
might feel sighted.
Mr.. Acheson was reported to have
said the State Department expected
the press to be represented at the
conference, pointing out that re-
porters certainly would be present
if President Roosevelt addressed the
group.
Neville Miller, president of the
National Association of Broadcast
ers, meanwhile described the re-
strictions placed on reporters and
neWscaSterS assigned to cover the
food conference as serious mis-
take"
Mr.. Miller issued the following
statement:
II believe a serious mistake has
been made in barring radio news
casters and the press from the
United Nations food conference at
Hot Springs, Va, May 18. This con-
ference is of great Importance to
civilians and is not military in char
acter.
Working under voluntary censor
ship, radio and the press have dem
onstrated that they can be relied
upon not to release information Civ
ing aid and comfort to the enemy
The right of the people to the re-
mainder of the Information coming
out of such a conference must not
be abridged" .,
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Roosevelt Takes
Same Group on
| Second Tour
BY the Associated Press.

President Roosevelt, touring war
establishments for the second time
since Pearl Harbor, took along most
of the travelling companions and
staff who accompanied him on the
first swing last fall They included:
Secretary Stephen Early, Rear
Admiral Ross T. Mc1ntire, the Pres
ident's personal physician and the
Navy,s Surgeon General; Rear Ad-
miral Wilson Brown, naval aide;
Miss Grace Tully, personal secre-
tary; Mrs. Dorothy Brady, Miss
Tully's assistant; Harry Hooker
New York lawyer and an old friend
and neighbor; Miss Laura Delano
and Miss Margaret Suckley, cousins;
1t. George Fox, White House phar-
macist; Dewey Long, transportation
and communications expert.
Accompanying Mr.. Roosevelt as
far as Warm Springs, Ga. were:
Leighton Mccarthy, Canadian
Minister to the United States and a
trustee of the Warm Springs
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
Basil O'Connor, president of the Ma
tional Foundation for Infantile Par.
alysis; Miss Toinette Bachelor o1
the White House secretarial staff.
Evening star., 1943-04-20

spective than those in Washington.
He remarked that he had not seen
or heard of single bloc. To a ques-
ton whether he was ready to pre-
scribe inspections for other people
in Washington he responded that
he thought it would be an aWfully
good idea.
On his current travels, Mr.. Roose-
welt has schooled himself thoroughly
on how marines and soldiers are 60
ing sternly about the task of learn
ing to kill, both in the air and on
land, and on how the WAACS are
training for more than a hundred
different jobs so that even more
men can be released for war.
In fact, at Fort Benping, Ga,
which skins off the upper layer of
enlisted men and prepares them for
leadership, he attended several
open-air classes for officer candi-
dates
At one of the classes, where a
skull and crossbones sign proclaimed
danger, he sat less than 100 feet
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Algerian Council Debates
Government Plan

ALGIERS, April 20 tPl.-The con-
troversy between Gen. Henri Gil
raud and Gen. Charles de Gaulle
over what type of French govern
ing body shall be set up pending
liberation of the homeland was
heatedly debated yesterday in the
first meeting of the recently re-
constituted Algiers Councils Cen
eral
Reiterating the stand he adopted
In a memorandum carried to Lon
don by Gen. Georges CatrouX, liai-
son officer between the two French
leaders, Gen. Giraud declared in a
message read to the body that he
opposes establishment of a pro-
visional government as urged by
Gen. de Gaulle.
The president of the councils
praised the Fighting French lead
er, and called for immediate for
nation of provisional govern
ment. Cries of "Vive de Gaulle'
from the gallery interrupted his
speech.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Troops Train With Live Bullets
Within lew Feet of Roosevelt

pine trees and started fires In the
grass and woods.
Through it ALL against an over
tone of machine gun and rifle
chatter and the bass notes of ex-
ploding mortar shells, the voice of
the captain explained the strategy
and any tactical errors through
loud-speakers.
The Chief Executive saw another
class learning how to direct anti
tank infantry platoons. Speedy,
light tanks firing blanks lurched
across hills and gullies at the po-
sitions only to run into enfilading
fire of 37-millimeter antitank guns,
likewise using blanks.
At another point officer candi-
dates attacked village of log
cobins in a small clearing, held by
men wearing actual Nazi uniforms
taken off prisoners in North Africa.
Using every available bit of cover,
the men crept through the woods.
Some held back to provide pro-
tective fire. Others dashed for
ward, yelling madly, to drive out
the enemy with rife fire and hand
grenades made of potatoes stuffed
with flrecrackers. Soon they had
a machine gun barking at the re-
treating NaZis from an attic.