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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
and is not a candidate for re-e1ec-

and is not candidate for re-elec-
ton.
Registration of legal residents
will continue at the town hall
until sunset May IS, Mr.. Benson
said. Freeholders are not required
to register because they are al
ready registered on the tax rec
ords. Qualifications for legal res
ident to register are one year S
residence in the state and resi-
dence for at least six months OF
the year on the beach.
Under the new law, ballots con-
tanning the names of all candi'
dates will be mailed on or before
May Is to all legal residents who
register to vote and freeholders.
The ballots must be filled out
and returned to Chairman H. G.
Carney of the county board OF
elections prior to 9 am, June 7.
The chairman and Town Clerk
Benson will count the ballots in a
public meeting at the town hall
at noon June 7 and certify the
five high men to the governor,
who will then appoint the board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
9O6 Persons Purchase
License Tags In April

A total of 906 motorists bought
North Carolina license tabs last
month a one-fourth off the an
nual fee, Miss Minnie A. Payne,
manager of Wilmington branch OF
Carolina Motor club, announced
Monday.
1t was three times the number
OF automobile owners who bought
licenses during April of 1912, she
said.
'The rush to buy license tabs at
a reduced price was great in
April" Miss Payne commented.
"Often long lines of persons gath
cred to purchase them"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
GUARD OFFICERS
TO BE TRAINED
State Organization Will
Send Men To Fort
Benning School

RALEIGH, May Thirty
two officers of the State Guard
will attend one-week schools of in
structions at Fort Benning, Ca,
this month, Adjutant General J..
van B. Nets announced today.
The school was authorized by
the Fourth Service Command and
instructors will be officers assign
ed from the regular staff at Fort
Benning. Guard officers from 9TH
er states in the Fourth Corps Area
will also attend the schools.
The first contingent of officers
from North Carolina, 81 strong.
will report at Benning on May 16
and train until May %. The other
II will arrive at the fort on May
% and leave May 20. They will
be given training in the field and
in observation of specialized troops
on maneuvers, and will be used
as instructors when the N t h
Carolina Guard holds it's encamp-
ment this summer.
Officers who will attend the first
week <of school. are:
1t. Douglas B. Upchurch of Will
mington, 1t. Clarence B. Hood Of
Dunn, 1t. Peter H. Braak of Castle
Hayne. 1t. Richard N. Bayliss of
New Bern, 1t. Marvin P. Wilson
of Edenton, 1t William D. Payne
| of Henderson, 1t. James W. Bal
lou of Oxford, Capt. Virgil l..
Chandler of Greensboro, Capt. Joe
Robinson of Reidsville, 1t. Ray
~. Tysor of Greensboro, Capt.
Clyde A. Morrison of High Point,
1t. Richard H. Prevatt of Lum-
berton, 1t. Alfred H. Bruton Of
Concord, Capt. Charles M. Dunn,
Jr.. of Gastonia. Capt. Guy v.
Soule of Charlotte, Capt. Harry
H. Pearson of North Wilkesboro,
Capt. Alvjs c. Henderson of Hick-
ory. 1t. Kennith f. Silver of Can
ton, Capt. Clyde T. Wrieht of Shell
by. 1t. Ralph L. Provost of
Waynesville and Capt. Frank c.
Byrd of Waynesville.
In the second group are:
Brig. Gen. James W. jenkins OF
Henderson, Major Richard P. Tay-
lor of Oxford. Col. William W..
Sharp, Jr., of Greensboro, Capt.
Claude H. Ingram of Greensboro:
Capt. Madison H. Bowles OF
Waynesville, 1t. John R. Morris
of Goldsboro, 1t. Frederick M. Will
lletts of Wilmington, Major James
1R. Young of Dunn, 1t. Lonnle l..
Gates of Burlington, Major Dea-
drick c. DUNCAN of Salisbury and
Major Dameron H. Williams OF
Gastonia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
THREE MORE FILE
FOR RESORT VOTE
Total Number OF Candi-
dates Now Stands At II
In Wrightsville Race

Three more Wrightsville Beach
candidates filed before the dead
line Saturday midnight, increas-
ing the number to II who are
seeking to fill five seats on the
beach resorts board of aldermen
in the first election under the
beach's new municipal election
laws, Town Clerk R. L. Benson
said Monday.
The last three who filed are
j. E. Canady, Edward Mallory
and R. F. Meier. Mayor j. Rus
sell Wood, D. H. Penton, Luther
T. Rogers and r.. o. Grant, men,
bers of the present board, and
Frederick Willetts, c. L. Davis,
W. B. Greasy, and E. M. Hawkins
had previously filed.
The fifth member of the pres
ent board. Louis Hanson, is now
serving with the Coast Guard aux
iliary for the Sixth Naval district
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
Program For Preaching
Mission Is Announced

A program for the Preaching
Mission which is to be held at St.
James Episcopal church May GIG
was announced by the Rev. Alex
ander Miller, rector Of st. Pauls'
Episcopal church, Sunday.
The members Of the congregation
were urged to attend and Mr.. Miller
declared that 1t was only through
the cooperation and the prayers of
all those responsible for the Mission
that success would be assured.
The Rev. Karl Tiedemann, repre-.
sentative Of the Order of the Holy
Cross, will preach at the Mission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
Mussolini Asks Hitler
For Military Assistance

LONDON, May 3.-P)-The Mo.
rocco radio In report credited to
Ber'ln correspondents of neutral
papers asserted tonight that Prem
Ter Mussolini in a note to Adolf
r1ltlef had asked for immediate
military and economic assistance.
1t said that the note also asked
tnat Italian troops be removed from
Iunlsla simultaneously with and un.
oer the same conditions as German
troops.
The broadcast was recorded hv
the Associated Press,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
g2ND FRElGHIER
''IoBELAUNCHED
8 { Hoke To Be Christ
D. ...d W In Honor OF Con-
s'i {ederate General

pobert r. Hoke, named
The $, ,. Of an outstanding ing, North
IN honor General eI of the Civil var
carolina sohed at the yard of the
North 1Hasday CasS morning a. 1':1S
o'clock ;,srty ship, s2nd to near
The NV here, will be sponsored
by Mrs: s., As,lul esr,alnddaaghter of General
charlotte, 'sttendants will be her
Hoke. HsI Mrs. Alexander webb 11' o Of
mcther' snd nlI' an aunt, Mrs. w. D.
P0ll9sA, frederick Hoke, a native
RoOert a,r+on, was born on May ~
Of 1inss'n'ondi Hs studied at Kentucky Mill
1881 He e a dem d m y, near Frankfort. t.
tary - the institution at the age OF
ssysn,Tf.. sefared ed into business ir con, con,
ana e.;on r with the manufacture I VIII
which mId his family 'h'e.u-[n aotton Mil,
',nntified. wI,rS Including cotton HILL irn,,
"a lasn,"l nar mill, the manufacture OF iron ;,
paper lap lnseed p oil and cottonseed q, oll, l.
ana ana cnttonseed lotions oil mill being the
.ne over established. He continued
illst IL, these operations until the war
hesan te in 1861, and then entered oI' up
oee oe q career for which he was pecu-
ua ,;ar1y fitted. both by education 'ai-
ont and character.
He ioined Lincoln company, Tue
Southern Stars. which became Ooii.
nsnv tx" of the Bethel regiment
IN September 5, he was electeu ~
40 major of the regiment, ana "lien
.be regiment was disbanded ne was
appointed major of the S0ra req
mont Tn January, 1862. he became
lieutenant Colonel of the regiment
hon stationed near New Bern. Att
~ tho battle of Sharpsburg, Colonel
.Ioke who had been commissioned
s fu1I Colonel in August. was as
iened TO the command of the 21st
,ortb Carolina regiment.
After the battle of Drewry's Bluff,
10 was transferred to the north
ank of the James and fastened to
odd Harbor, reaching there stimuli
aneously with the advance of
Grants army. Lees infantry not
having arrived, Hoke and the cav
airy received the first shock Of the
encounter and for three days his
division bore the brunt of the con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
Two Sunday Night
Robberies Reported

Two Sunday night robberies were
reported by law enforcement
authorities here Monday.
Thieves broke into the rear of
Holmes Grocery at Ninth and
Orange street by battering down
the door, Harry E. Fales, superin-
tendent of the New Hanover bureau
of investigation said. He said $40
in cash and 20 cartoons of Gig
arettes were stolen.
Thieves also stole a number of
cartoons Of cigarettes from Shaw's
Beer parlo1 at Fifth and Nixon
streets, police headquarters re-
ported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04

flict. This was the end of Grant S
active campaign to take Richmond,
and in that decisive action General
Hoke played a conspicuous part.
Toward the end of December,
1864, General Hoke was ordered
with his command to repair to Will
mington and sustain General Bragg
in the anticipated attack on Fort
Fisher.
On May 1, General Hoke bade
farewell to his troops whom he had
so often led to victory. In his ad-
dress to them, he said, "You are
narolled prisoners, not slaves. The
love of liberty which led you to the
contest burns as brightly in your
hearts as ever. Cherish it. Transmit
it to your children. Teach them
the rights of freedom and teach
them to maintain them. Teach them
the proudest day in all your proud
career was that on which you en-
listed as Southern soldiers.
In 1877, at Governor Vances soil
citation, he became a director IN
the North Carolina railroad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
FLY ROD

Three-piece, 9-foot split
bamboo rod with plenty Of
backbone to hold the big
ones. Wood grip. Strong
reel seat below hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
OPA BOND BUYERS

RALEIGH, May 3.-tP-T. s,
johnson, state OPA director. re.
ported today that all paid ration
board employees in the Raleigh dis.
trict are purchasing war bonds on
the payroll deduction plan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
CASTING ROD

Springy steel rod. Three
piece, ~ it,, with double
cork handle and nickel
plated reel seat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04

Lasting, waterproofed Du
Pont Nylon, lib. test.
Fewer backlashes. 50yard
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
USE SCRAP LEATHER

Shoes now taken for repairing
in Britain must be half soled and
half heeled with any odd pieces
of leather the shoemaker may
have. and. he must useu p all
pieces of leather before cutting
into new stock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
GASOLINE RATIONING

RALEIGH, May 3.-LP-Gasoline
rations for tobacco supervisors and
buyers will be discussed at one
day conference here tomorrow Of
representatives of 80 ration boards
in tobacco growing sections of the
state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
Did You Know That:

It is possible for one fighter
plane of the Army Air Forces
working in cooperation with an ef-
ficient Ground Observer system to
do the work of 16 planes?
The Ground Observers Corps OF
the Army Air Forces is one OF
the largest volunteer organizations
in the country-that from Maine
to Florida alone, approximately T.
500 observation posts are manned
by more than 100000 spotters-
that it would take an army OF
$4,000 soldiers working full time
to do the same job?
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04
SCHOOL TERM

RALEIGH, May 3.-(P-Puhlic
schools in North Carolina will be
operated for a full 1S0-day term
during the next school year, Gov
ernor Broughton announced today
after surveying reports of increas-
ed state revenues,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-04

Major William H. Herring, ex-
ecutive officer of the Wilmington
Air Defense Region ID Lieut..
John O. Black, regional ground Of
ficer of the U. S. Army Air Forces
were the principal speakers at the
dutch supper meeting Of the OBJ
servers Of Post 81 held here last
week. About go spoilers attended
the meeting.
Major Herring was high in his
praise of the spoilers of the local
post and expressed his wishes that
all Avs. posts in the First Fight
er Command were as well man.
ned as post 81. Lieutenant Black
said that he has not received any
complaints about the post and that
he was very proud of it's record.
Motion pictures describing the diff
ferent phases of the Aircraft Warn
ing Service work were shown.
Chief Observer L. H. Vowel act
ed as POSTMASTER. After the talks
the meeting was opened for ques-
tlons and several problems were
discussed.
A page advertisement for vol
unteers for the Aircraft Warning
Service was printed last week in
the Star-News. The ad was spon-
sored by several Wilmington busi-
ness firms. Much favorable COM
ment was heard and results have
been secured from this ad and
the personnel of the A. w. S.
Ground Observers Corps wish to
express their thanks to the firms
which sponsored the page.
In tribute to the work of the
individual airplane observers of
the Ground Observer Corps Air
craft Warning Service Lieut.. Gen.
H. H. Arnold. commanding gen
eral, Army Air Forces, recently
characterized the corps as fre-
quently misunderstood and gen.
orally underestimated.
THE service rendered by ground
observers in our system Of nation
al defense is frequently misunder-
stood and generally underestimate
ed" he said. ''They must realize
that their part is a vital one in
the national defense. It is some
times hard for ground observers
to realize the Importance Of duty
where there is little or no air ac-
tivity. and where the threat OF
an enemy attack appears remote" :"
"It is essential" he continued,
''that each and every observer in
the elaborate system fully under
stands that the value Of an air
craft warning system is depend
ent upon its readiness before the
raid appears. 1 wish there were
some way in which I could let all
observers know that we In the
Army Air Forces fully appreciate
their devotion to duty, and realize
that They also serve who only
stand and wait"
Evening star., 1943-11-26
Jap Bombs Roar Like Fast Train
1t. WedeI Writes From Front
Conon's Son Escaped
Death in FoxhoIe
Shattered by BIust

Japanese bombs don't whistle
they roar like fast freight train,
according to Washington officer
who was the only one OF four men
who escaped death in foxhole, hit
by a bomb, somewhere in the South
Pacific.
This description comes from First
1t. Theodore Carl Wedel, son of
Canon Theodore o. Wedel of Wash
ington Cathedral, and warden of the
College of Preachers.
Recovered from injuries received
In his narrow escape, 1t. Wedel
now Is back on duty with his regi-
ment, according to letter to his
father describing the fight against
the Japs in various parts of the war
zone. The story of 1t. Wedel's es-
cape fro mthe foxhole was cabled
sometime ago by the Associated
Press. He is Yale graduate.
Recalling events leading up to his
injury. 1t. Wedel wrote that the
battle-ground was mud and foxholes
and heat and artillery shells scream
ing through the air, and the whine
OF Jap sniperbullets (once heard
never forgotten); living in the same
clothes for 80 days without wash
ing or shaving, and eating nothing
but cold canned rations for weeks
on end and feeling most Of the time
that this must all be a dream-it
can't be happening to me.
The thing that 1 remember most
wildly" he wrote. happened the
day before was injured. We had
been fighting our way through jungle
tor days, never able to see more than
10 feet ahead of u.s. Finally we cap
tured ridge-and standing on this
ridge, with dead Japs all around us.
under our feet, we could see a fiat,
shell-torn plain in front of us
stretching all the way to the air.
port which was our objective. 1t
meant we were out of the jungle and
the end OF the battle was near.
To me it was the most wonder
ful sight I've ever seen-just like
emerging from a tunnel into sun
shine. Strangely enough, I never
was as afraid as I thought I'd be
.-since I had the attitude if thev
hit me, they hit me, and if I'm only
Evening star., 1943-11-26
| Program on Stamps
Planned Here Sunday

A special program dramatizine
the history Of the postage stamp
accompanied by an exhibition Of
stamps Of the 81 American republics,
will be presented at $3.50 pm. SUM-
day as the next In the series of
Washington Welcomes You" events.
The program will be held in the
Hall OF the Americas of the Pan
American Building, Seventeenth
street and Constitution avenue NV.
The public is invited. with special
invitations extended to servicemen.
Evening star., 1943-11-26
to the city and stamp

newcomers to the city and stamp
collectors.
Features Of the program will In
clude talks about postage stamps
folk songs associated with the his
tory Of some stamps, sung by Latin
American girls in costume, and a
radio dramatization highlighting
stories about several stamps.
The exhibit showing stamp issues
of the 81 American republics is COM
posed of items selected from private
collections loaned for the occasion
by American philatelists.
The climax of several sessions
celebrating the Pan-American Cen
tenary Of the Postage Stamp, Sum-
days program is sponsored by The
Star in cooperation with the PAN
Evening star., 1943-11-26

wounded, I'll get rest in hospital
with clean sheets and beds, and If
I'm killed my worries are over. -
It's nice to know for sure that
you're not coward anyway.
THE medical care on the battle
field and in the field and base hos
pitals is magnificent Everything Is
done to save lives and ease pain
that medical science knows. That
should be great comfort to you at
home"
Give him crisp War bond for =
Christmas present to be remembered.
Keep on backing the attack.
Evening star., 1943-11-26

American Union. Additional In.
formation may be obtained from the
District Information Service. 400
Pennsylvania avenue NV. RE. 7500,
Ext. 1904.
Evening star., 1943-11-26

Invest your Christmas savings In
Uncle Sans War bonds. Keep on
backing the attack.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-22
PAPER MILK CONTAINERS

This war which has stimulated SO
much that is worthwhile in medical
and scientific development has like
wise contributed to many an advance
in the field of commerce. A good ex-
ample is afforded by the paper con-
tainer business. War-made shortages
of glass and metal containers, as
we'll as shipping space, have given
tremendous impetus to improve
ments in paper container manufac-
turing.
Perhaps the greatest advance in
this field has been the development
and mass manufacture of satisfactory
paper containers for milk. Compared
to bottled milk, say the manufacture
ers in this field, cartonned milk re-
quires less than one-third the ship
ping space, thus markedly easing the
gas and rubber situation in the
trucking field and the tank car short.
age on the railroads. There is also
considerable saving in tonnage,
for glass bottles weigh more than
ten times as much as paper contain
ers. Moreover, the paper-packaged
milk requires no return trip for the
pickup of empties, and facilitates
work on the part of the distributor,
who no longer has a re-washing and
sterilization job.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-22
MORE TAXES TO BE RAISED

Congress finally passed a pay-as-
you-go bill for increased taxes,
against Administration opposition.
Now the Administrator asks another
tax increase of 16 billion dollars,
but no one likes to say where to get
1t.
There is no argument but what
more taxes are necessary for two
purposes-to finance the war and to
control excess spending which creates
greater shortages of already limited
supplies. Both the Administration
and Congress have SO far opposed a
sales tax which would tap the great
est source of surplus revenue, be a
powerful counteractive of imitation,
and prevent the imposition of still
greater direct income and corpora
ton taxes which would retard indus
trial activity and employment.
A sales tax would be easier for the
average individual to pay in penny
amounts than incomes taxes in dol
lar amounts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-22
. C0N0WING0 =
POWER COMPANY
PEACE OF THE FUTURE

1t has gradually but emphatically
become established that the Ameri-
can peoble favor participation in a
postwar international organization
to maintain the peace of the future.
Whenever the matter has come to a
test participation has won In opin-
ion surveys rs per cent of the people
favored it. Two recent official actions
are significant. The House of Rere-
senttatives went on record officially
Tor such collaboration by adopting
he Fullbright resolution $50 to 20.
The American Legion also Endorsed
participation in an association of
free and sovereign nations" in the
1osI-wa world. A similar policy had
been previously adopted by the For
eign Policy Committee of the Re-
publican Party.
Isolationism is out The situation
is that Americans agree on interna-
tional cooperation, but disagree on
how much
This question requires lot of
thought and careful approach, and
every citizen faces the duty of con-
sidering the facts and the dangers
and of making UP his mind individ-
ually.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-22
CONGRESSMAN ASK SHOWDOWN
ON OIL GIFTS

The washington News-Post says
Conversational anger reached the
boiling point last week over reve-
lations that America is giving oil
away so fast that the nation is speed
lily becoming dependent on foreign
Powers for the petroleum and gaso-
line essential to every military and
civilian activity.
In stormy session, more than 100
members of Congress, Democrats
and Republicans alike, called for an
immediate showdown with the exec
ntive agencies over the nations
dwindling oil reserves, now estima-
ted to be good for not more than Id
years.
There were angry shouts of "let's
stop asking the bureaucrats, let's
tell 'em," and tits time we stopped
crawling before the crowd down
town." as the Congressman met in
informal session under the chairman
ship of Representative Wesley E.
Disney, of Oklahoma.
Congressional sentiment was not
pacifed by President Roosevelt's
statement of Tuesday that hereafter
Britain would contribute greater
share of oil.
Congressman said that the state
ment had been Smoked out" by
Congressional pressure, and that the
action was something like locking
the barn door after the horse had
been stolen.
Most immediate problem, the Con-
gressmen agreed, was the stimula-
ton of exploration for new oil
fields, to replace the nations vanish
ing reserves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-22
Famous French Ironworks
Developed by One Family

Like Germany's Krupp works, the
French Schneider works developed
under the guidance of single FAM
lily. The lie Creusot unit became
the largest unit in the Schneider in
dustrial empire and the center of
French World War munitions MAX
ing because Of its location in a re-
gion rich in coal and iron.
LIE Creusot lies 100 air miles
southeast of Paris, says a National
Geographic society bulletin. The
Schneider plant f1anked the railroad
for two miles, with the city spread
out beyond on both sides. Popula-
ton, which slunnped midway be-
tween the two world wars, was es-
timated prior to bombing at about
1000, as In 1918. Over $4,000 were
Schneider-employed.
Although industries dependent on
the coal Of the region were estab-
lished at lie Creusot as early as
1774, true industrial prosperity be-
gan with the opening of Eugene
Schneider's iron works in 1886. The
city was then town of $500 peo-
pie. AS early as the Franco-Prus-
sian war, Schneider's played the
part Of an industrial bulwark sup
porting the French cause in battle.
About 1876 steel replaced wrought
iron as the armor for battleships.
Its use Ii credited to Schneider,
whose foundries and FORCES have led
in many marine developments as
well as in inland uses for iron and
steel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-22

Read this! 1t will make you feel
good! 1t will make you proud OF
American initiativel
The country's railroad system,
though pressed nearly to the limit
resources, has been able to meet the
demands made upon it by the war
effort. according to the Board of In
vestigation and Review appointed
under the transportation act of 1910.
Prior to the war;" reports the
Board, sit was feared that transport
tation plants had been built beyond
any requirements, but this so-called
surplus has been lifesaver With
out it the country would have been
in desperate position"