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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-22
CLOCK

WndC-SO.EVeT C&C1e VI tllC
Kings Daughters meets at the
home of Mrs. George Bailey IN
Forest Hills on Thursday aft
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Winter Park Home Demon
stration club meets Friday aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs.
w. F. King.
Lansford Bible class of the
First Baptist church meets
Monday evening, April 26, at 8
o'clock in the ladies parlor of
he church. Mrs. J. C.. Latimor
and Mrs. Grady Kelly will be
hostesses.
Regular meeting of the Re-
bekah degree will be held
Thursday night at 8 o'clock in
the Junior Order Hall. Visi-
tors in the city members OF
the. degree are invited to at
tend.
Women of the Moose meets
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock
at the Moose lodge, 416 North
Front street.
When a favorite bit Of ename1e
jewelry becomes Clipped, Veror
ica Lake uses nail polish remove
to transform it into a good-lookin
all-metal piece.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-22
MIND YOUR MANNERS

Test your knowledge Of correct
social usage by answering the fo.-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
l. When setting the table where
should you put the water glass?
2. If there are candles on din
ner table should they be lighted?
3. If there are flowers on the
table should the arrangement be
low enough so that those sitting
across the table from each other
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-22
Miss Mary King Named
Head Of Adelphians
At Woman's College

GREENSBORO, April 21.-Head-
ing the four major societies at the
Woman's college the coming year
are Misses Mary King, of Will
mington, president of the Adel-
phians; Mollie Bowie, Monroe, the
Aletheians Anne Carter. Walnut
Cove, the Comedians; and Scott
Tyree, Rocky Mount, the Dikeans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-22
Informal Dance Slated
Tonight At Kure Beach

An informal dance will be given
tonight at Kure Beach for men Of
the 53rd Battery, Lieut.. Edwards
announced Wednesday night.
Girls planning to attend are re-
quested to meet at the Wilson hut
at Fourth and Princess streets
at o'clock from where buses will
leave for the beach.
The dance scheduled for Friday
night at the Hut in Wilmington
has been postponed, Mrs. Powers
announced, due to Friday being
Good Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-22
Holy Week Services
At St. Paul's Church

Holy Week services at St. Paul S
Episcopal church at 18th and Mar
ket streets will be as follows:
Maundy Thursday, p. M, cele-
bration of the Holy Communion.
Good Friday, 10:30 a. M, morning
prayer; 8 p. M, evening prayer.
Easter Eve Holy Baptism, p. M.
WILSON, April 21-lR-The Viii.
son board of aldermen voted to
purchase $50,O00 in War bonds
with surplus funds on hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-22

FRENCHMEN REPRIFvp,,

NEW YORK, April 2l-p
Paris radio, in a broadc... A
corded today by the U. s re-
ment's Foreign Broadcast Intsr ,I-'
gence Service, said Pierro T Wills
would permit Frenchmen ho, -"
81 and % years to rem. 'e0
France avoiding shipment to c.'
many for compulsory labor
ice, if they would volunteer =.
work in French coal mines u
there was a coal shortage ora
critical situation" in French O'
dustry. III
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-22

don't have to look around the flow
ers?
4. Should one ever return to
the table silver which has been
dropped on the floor?
5. If one is called away from
the dinner table to answer the tele-
phone should he ask to be excused
before leaving?
What would you do if
You think you have been treated
discourteously by salesperson--
(a) Avoid letting that person
wait on you in the future?
(b) Complain about the person
to the manager of the store?
Answers:
l. About half an inch from the
tip of the knife.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. No.
5. Certainly.
Better what Would You Do"
solution-(a).
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-04-22

aise sauce, bread, butter, or
margarine, apple and rhubarb
pie, tea, milk.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
National Family Week
Praised by President
By the Associated Press.

ny the hSSOSiAGcu TTeSS.
CHICAGO, April l5-President
Roosevelt cited the pressing wartime
necessity of strengthening and safe
guarding family life in a letter made
public last night.
He wrote that the sponsors of Ma
tional Family Week, May 20, have
performed a noteworthy service at
this time in bringing the spiritual
resources of Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish bodies to bear on the pressing
need of Strengthening family life" J"
He added:
mo more important task faces
the American community today than
that of maintaining its homes. The
health and happiness of children.
the guidance of youth, the security
Of families must be guarded from
impairment in wartime so that the
well-being of the Nation Is as
sured. -"
Il trust that no community no
church. no sincerely religious citizen
throughout this land, will fail to find
way to share in this Nation wide
observance"
Mr.. Roosevelt's letter was ad-
dressed to the Rev. Harry c. Munro
Of the international Council of Re-
ligious Education. who is secretary
Of the Committee on National Fam
lily Week. The other committee
members are the Rev. Edgar
Schmiedeler, secretary of the Ma
tional Catholic Conference on Family
Life. and Rabbi Israel Goldstein,
president of the Synagogue Council
Of America"
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Florida Barge Canal
Proponents Crowd
Appropriation Hearing
Two Witnesses Heard
At Executive Session;
ReyboId to estify
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Proponents of a proposed barge
canal across Northern Florida
crowded into Senate Appropria-
tions. Subcommittee hearing room
today to support an amendment to
the War Department civil functions
appropriations bill to provide s44,-
000, 900 for its construction.
Only two witnesses. Charles P
Summerall, retired, chairman of
Florida's S Ship Canal Authority. and
Chairman Mansfield of the House
Rivers and Harbors Committee, were
heard at the executive session and
both reported they urged the start
ing of work Immediately on the
project
Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold. chief
of Army Engineers, who has esti-
mated construction would require
minimum Of two years. attended
the hearing. He will testify tomor-
row.
Proponents of the canal say it
could be built lin 10 months"
Ickes Repeats Opposition.
Meanwhile, Senators Pepper
Democrat. Of Florida and Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan,
started preliminary training for
their annual scrap over the Florida
canal. Both fighters reported them
selves in excellent trim.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes at
his press conference today reiter-
ated opposition to the proposed
canal for movement of oil.
Mr.. Ickes insisted that materials
required for such a canal and for
barges could be put to better use
in construction of pipelines. which
he said would bring in more Pc
troleum"
Allotment Defeated.
The allotment was turned down by
the House Appropriations Commit
tee. 2l to 10. but Senator Pepper ex-
pressed confidence the Senate group
would vote for it.
Ill be ready when the bill reaches
the Senate floor" Senator Vanden-
berg said.
'We've abandoned all peace time
projects and any argument that this
canal would be useful for the war is
utterly invalid"
Senator Pepper termed it vitality
needed last link in the inland
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Austin Bill
Continued From First Page.

80 per cent of the 27,70G applications
to the board for wage increases. the
employers either initiated or joined
in the applications.
That indicates, he said. that ''em-
ployers are putting pressure on the
board for the obvious purpose OF
solving the manpower problem"
Bidding with higher wages, either
TO keep present workers or attract
others, Goes not solve the overall
labor shortage. but merely results
in moving workers from one essen
tial plant to another, Mr.. Roth de-
clared.
He insisted there is no present
way of enforcing War Manpower
Commission freeze orders to keep
workers in one place. and added:
Unless we can get some orderly
process of mobilizing and utilizing
manpower it will be extremely diff
fcult to get wage sterilization"
More Workers Needed.
Earlier, the maritime chairman
said the need for more workers in
shipyards is a matter of simple
arithmetic if the commission is to
fill It's schedule of 10000 900 tons of
shipping this year. as against 8,000,-
600 tons in 1912
Senator OMahoney. Democrat, OF
Wyoming said he remembered that
Admiral Land testified at hearing
in January that the shlpbuilding
problem then was one of materials
rather than manpower.
Admiral Land recalled that. but
reminded Senator OMahoney he
also had pointed out then that the
commission had been put on notice
that the manpoWer situation would
change. In 1912, he added. the
agency felt fairly comfortable re-
garding the situation.
Before Admiral Land indorsed Mr.
Patterson's argument in support OF
the assignment of workers to essen
tial industry, Senator O'Mahoney
had made the point that the bill
involves compulsion and asked the
witness if he favored placing a man
in a shipyard and compelling him
to stay there.
Question of Labor Priority.
" wouldn't 60 that far the ad-
miral replied, explaining that it
should be question of priority, de-
cided by some higher authority
whether a man remained in a ship
yard or went elsewhere.
Generally speaking" he continued
II am in full accord with the objec-
tives of the bill. Some call it mill
tarism, but that's misnomer
There is nothing military about the
War Manpower Commission or Con-
gress."
Senator Austin. Republican. of
Vermont. co-author of the measure
remarked:
The bill doesn't compel any man
to stay in any place"
rs the voluntary system of re-
cruitment no longer effective?" asked
Senator OMahoney.
That's true. it Is not effective, v
the maritime chairman answered.
He had repeated at the outset the
testimony he gave the House COM
mittee yesterday that the labor turn
over in the shipyards has reached q
rate OF ll.2 per cent month, OF
whom only 2 per cent have gone
into the armed services. The others
1eoye for m nv ron sons he oddad
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Vegetables
Continued From First Page. }

a fixed percentage above the whole
sale price. The next step. freely
predicted in OPA, will be to cut the
wholesale prices.
The markups are not expected to
make much change in retail prices
and officials said the results could
be judged only on a store by store
basis.
On cabbage, the percentage which
retailers may add to wholesale cost
was put at IS per cent for indie
pendent stores with an annual bust
ness volume of less than $3.50 900
81 per cent for chain stores with vol
ume under $3.50. .O0O and so per cent
for larger stores of either type.
On carrots. lettuce. peas, snap
beans, spinach and tomatoes the
mark-up was set at 80 per cent for
all types Of retailers though clas-
silica tions were set up which may be
the basis for some differentials in
the future.
changes weekly.
Retailers will be permitted to
change prices. however. only once
week-on Thursday.
Off1cials said they had no inten-
ton of using the No. 3 book to ra-
tion any new commodities but could
make no promises because of the
theoretical possibilities of special
emergencies. Books 4. 5 and 6 are
in the design stage, so No. prob
ably would not be needed for new
rationing if any did become nee
essary.
Because of their plan to use No.
book only as a replacement. OPA
also is trying to figure some easy
way of distributing it. and odds to-
day are that 1t will be handled by
mail.
The new book already is printed
and stored in warehouses at strate-
gic places throughout the country.
All that remains to be done is to
send the books ON to the local ra-
ton boards to han dout or mail.
The volume has two kinds of
stamps. In one group are four Sc
ries, one bearing pictures Of tanks,
another aircraft carriers, a third
airplanes and a fourth field artil-
lery. These are likely to be used
for shoes. sugar and coffee-the
tank stamps for shoes, perhaps as an
example
In addition the book has four
pages of point stamps similar to
the canned goods and meat stamps
in book No. 2.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Discovery Of New
Vegetable, Rich in
vitamin {, Reported
Word of Currot-Beet
Combination Reaches
London From Holland
London From Holland
By a Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.
LONDON tBy MaiD "A new root
vegetable, the "wobbie," has just
been introduced in Holland, accord
ing to information received by the
Netherlands Press Agency here.
The production of nameless
Dutch gardener, it is said to be a
cross between a carrot and a beet
and looks like q carrot shaped beet.
1t contains, according to the report,
three Or four times more vitamin c
than either carrot or beet. Large
areas are being planted with this
new crop, says the report, since the
Dutch are normally heavy root vege-
table eaters and the anti-scurvy
vitamin. most abundant in citrus
fruits and tomatoes, is sadly lacking
IN the national diet.
New Vegetables Rare.
How beet and a carrot, two
widely different species, could be
crossed Is not explained in the re-
ports, and the new vegetable may be
a mutation of some sort from either
one of them rather than a cross.
But II the reports are true, it is
pointed out here, it is the first new
vegetable introduced into agriculture
for generation and may be a con-
tribution of first importance.
From the same source come re-
ports OF some supposed japanese
accomplishments in the conquered
East Indies, also without significant
details. First is that the Japs, with
almost 80 per cent of the worlds
natural rubber in their possession,
have a superf1uity together with a
shortage of shipping So. according
to the report. they are refining it in
Sumatra and making it into some
sort OF seaworthy rubber boat.
These boats are loaded with goods
for Japan. but when they get there
they are dismantled and the rubber
converted to strictly war purposes.
Oil From Rubber.
The Japs also, according to the
Dutch reports to London, have dis
covered new process for making
lubricating oil from rubber. They
previously had announced the crea-
ton of factory for making avia-
tlon spirit from rubber.
They also claim the discovery of
a process for making lubricating oil
from castor OIL" the report says,
and now announce that IS 900 acres
OF land In Sumatra are to be used
Tor growing castor oil plants"
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Mother Defends Youth
Accused Of Staying
Sister in Kansas City
Mrs. Welsh Tells Of
Close Relationship
Of Her Two Children
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. April 15.-Mrs
Marie Fleming Welsh, mother OF
George w. Welsh, jr., and his a.
year-old sister, whom he Is accused
of numbering, testified today their
relationship was ABOUT the closest
you ever knew"
Mrs Welsh was the first defense
witness in her sons trial.
Stopping three times to fight back
tears and control her voice, she told
of the horror stricken moment OF
finding the body of Leila Adele
Welsh In her bedroom the morning
of March 9. l941.
Her voice broke as she told OF
receiving her daughters last kiss
shortly before the girl went to her
bedroom where she was slain.
Her 28-year old son watched his
mother from the defense table.
Tells Of Finding Body.
After telling of finding the girls
body in bed the mother related the
story of her own life. her years at
the University of Missouri. the mar
riage, the years in which her four
children were born, their life on a
farm, the events of the week Leila
was slain.
At the close of her story, Chief
Defense Attorney John T. Barker
asked the mother to face the jury
and tell them the rela ationShip be-
tween the brother and sister.
They were the closest brother
and sister you ever knew she said.
He watched over her as father
or older brother. He was careful
about the boys she went with. They
had played together since babies on
the farm. They went to the little
country school together and to
high school. They used the same
car: we had only one. They double
dated togethen They entertained
friends together. I gave little din
ners for them. They were close
Motion Overruled.
Circuit Judge Albert A. Ridge
overruled defense demurrer mo-
ton for an instructed verdict OF
acouittal after the State closed its
case.
Mrs. Welsh told of being awak-
ened about o'clock the morning
Leila was slain "by thud or rather
like two thuds."
The mother attached no par
ticular importance to the noises. she
said, but she went to the living room
where she saw George asleep on
q davenport. She related that she
lurned out a reading light and went
back to bed.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Four Dead, "a Missing
In Navy Casualty List

By the Associated Press.
The Navy announced today 18
casualties in naval forces, including
dead and IA missing.
That brings to 24.783 the total Of
Navy. Marine Corps and Coast
Guard casualties reported to next of
kin since December 7, 1o4l. The
grand total includes LIS dead
1865 wounded and 1902 missing.
Today's list did not include the
names OF any District area men.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Foreign Banana Trode
Bored to Railroads
By the Associated Press.

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission today ordered the railroads
not to accept or move bananas. in
carloads, when shipments originate
in foreign country and are sched-
uled to move through the United
States by rail to another foreign
country.
The order. effective April %. ap-
parently is designed to prevent all
rail shipments Of bananas from
Mexico to Canada. the only foreign
country with which the United
States has direct rail connections
The ICC said 1t was acting at the
request of the once Of Defense
Transportation.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
British Leader Stricken

LONDON, April Is P,-Montagu
Norman, governor Of the Bank ol
England, underwent an emergency
operation, on the Isle OF Man yes.
terday. it was announced today. He
was taken i'll while visiting rela
tives. His progress was reported
satisfactory,
Evening star., 1943-04-15
OPA Probes Baltimore
Pototo Black Market
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. April Is. The
Maryland Once of Price Admins
tration announced, today 1t had
started an investigation into re-
ports of widespread black mar
ket" In potatoes in Baltimore.
OPA ofhcials said they were in
formed wholesalers were delivering
two bags Of potatoes to retailers
and receiving payment for three, a
violation of the maximum price Of
$4.5l bag.
Potatoes have been scarce in
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
New Jersey Tops Goal
In War Bond Drive
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., April l5.-New
Jersey has already gone over the
top In its War bond sale campaign.
John E. Manning, State administra-
tor of the War savings staff. an
nounced today. The goal was $685.
$4,000. Mr.. Manning said:
The more money We get the
closer we get to victory. Let us con-
tinue our splendid efforts"
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Stimson Sees No Need
For Lowering Druft Ace
y the Associated Press.

y tbt Aoo0ctAted pfo4a.
Secretary Of War Stimson said
today that he does not believe the
manpower situation requires lower
ing the minimum draft age from 10
to II. His remark was IN reply to
q press conference question.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
By JAMES Y. NEWTON,

The turnover OF workers in plants averaging
100 cent while efforts of the War Manpower Commission
control the problem voluntary application job
freezes had produced little learned
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Gen. Cox Favors Training
Men Before Induction

Assailing the Selective Service
System policy of calling up for mill
tary servicemen who, he said, cannot
possibly be transported to the fight
ing fronts for many months after
induction Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
former commanding officer of the
District National Guard, yesterday
addressed the Lions Club at a
luncheon in the Mayflower Hotel
Gen. Cox declared the basic prin-
ciples of soldiery could be drilled
into potential inductees on their
home ground by former service men.
veterans of the last war and officers
and men of the State militias. Thus.
he said. critical manpower shortages
would dissipate in some sections. and
the men called would be the better
trained for their responsibilities.
The National Guard program OF
nightly training was advanced bv
Gen. Cox as the ideal plan for Sc
lectees. He asserted that "our chief
problem is how to continue produc-
ton OF materials and food" The de-
layed calling of the draftee. he said,
would permit him. to continue in the
important war production status
during his basic military training.
Evening star., 1943-04-15

waterway system from Corpus
Christi, Tex, to Trenton, N. j."
Not only would it make possible
the movement of oil to the East. but
cotton, sulphur. salt and other es-
sentials,' Senator Pepper declared.
The argument has been going on
between Senators Pepper and VAN
denberg since 1886.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Job freeze Fails to Cure
Heavy Turnover in War Plants
Management, However, Opposes Worker
Droft, Saying 'SIove Labor Won't Produce

This is the fifth last series of articles dealing
t0h the Nations production and anpo,uer situation
The problem approached through centes
looking the possibility increasing output conserving
by of incentive plans paying labor
for production.
Askov American., 1943-11-18
IN MEMORIAM.

IN NEMOklAM.
In memory of our dearly beloved
grandson, nephew and cousin, Pfc.
William j. Clewitt who gave his life
in the service of our country Novem-
ber %, 1912.
Sadly missed by grandmother
aunt, uncle and cousins.
Mrs. Margaret Clewitt
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Mattson
Audrey and Virginia.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for the kindness and the
help they gave us at the funeral of
our father.
The Dosch Families.
Askov American., 1943-11-18
Sixteen Games For
County Seat Quint

Sixteen games have been sched-
uled by the Pine City high school
basketball team and practice will
start soon under the direction of
Coach L. P. Nell, who has recently
completed a successful football sea-
son.
The county seat team will have a
good number of candidates but few
with experience. Those seeing serv-
ice last year include William Hamlin
at center, Reynold Westrom, Silesky
at forward, and Huber, guard or CEN
ter.
Home games are as follows: Brook
Park, December 3; Grasston, Decem-
ber 10; Hinckley, January IA; Chisa-
60 City, January 21; North Branch,
January %; Sandstone, February a.;
Moose Lake, February Is; and Rush
City, February 25. Games away are:
Sandstone, December Ia; Rush City,
January 7; Barnum, January 25;
Lindstrom-Center City, February l.;
Hinckley, February 8; Rush City,
February 18; North Branch, Febru-
ary %; and Grasston at Braham,
February IL.
The south sub-district tournament
will be held in February, few days
before the district tournament which
is to be played at Pine City.
Askov American., 1943-11-18

party in maintaining a system of
tariff protection that made us strong
enough to step in at most critical
hour and save the world for future
generations.
Compromise or Nothing.
am happy to be able to tell my
readers that we have enough votes
in the House to block the attempt of
the President to carry on his program
for subsidies and rollbacks. The
measure reported out from the Bank
ing and Currency committee is not
satisfactory and must be greatly
modified before it can hope of pass
age.
In my humble judgment the rollback
in food prices contributes materially
to initiation because it leaves the con-
sumner just that much more money
to spend. Farmers generally are op-
posed to this policy but the greatest
opposition comes from dairymen who
see in its operation real threat to
the dairy industry.
r. II. n. Ylcl0S.
The President has finally bowed to
Congressional demands that tn e
United States shall receive raw ma
terials in return for Lend-Lease aid.
This is indicated in the message that
he sent to Congress last Wednesday,
which gave approval to the plan.
Heretofore, the President has been
very cold toward all proposals that
we try to get something in return
for the enormous quantities of ma
terial that we're furnishing our Allies.
Russia has already announced that
she will repay dollar for dollar, but
we have yet to hear from Britain,
who was one of the first to renege on
her World War 1 debt to America.
This war has very seriously low
cred many of our natural resources.