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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
State Produces 68PerCent
OF Nations Tobacco

RALEIGH, Dec. 90 R North
Carolina produced So per cent OF
all flue-cured tobacco grown in the
nation this year, and its total pro-
duction of all types will be APP
proximately Al per cent OF n e
country's total, a survey by the
State Department of Agriculture
showed today.
Statistician J. J. Morgan, who
made the survey, said that the
State would produce 1888, ,OOO
pounds of flue-cured leaf, compar-
ed with 1,osO, O03, 900 for the nation
as whole, and 100000 pounds
of hurley, compared with the ma
tions total of 491, SOB, 900.
The nations total flue : cured
crop in 1943 was 1888, 532, 0CO pounds,
compared with a 10-year average
was 6,848,O 900 pounds.
Morgan said that on the basis
of estimates of December l, the
Eastern North Carolina belt - the
country's largest - would produce
s72, 900, 900 pounds with an average
yield of LOO pounds on $4,000
acres. The Middle and Old Belt
production is expected to total
27O, 400, 900 pounds on 100000 acres,
a yield of 1,O4O pounds which is
a new record for these two belts.
The Border Belt produced 80, 7OO,'
600 pounds i'm North Carolina or
$4,000 acres and had yield Of
1.15O pounds an acre.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21

The ar
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press ". ~

Despite slight lifting Of ~
ned news blacokut, the si tre A.
on me American First Arrnv ,N~ ~;rHl
wing in Belgium remainesd right
OBSCURE at the end of the to,,s 100
gay OF the sustained Nazi co 3Y~..a
attack to warrant the con vJ~.',er
mat it already had run its ' co1s.
But pleced together, and EI hurst.
on negative rather than no oased
factors involved, the currf ST~ sN
tie reports indicate that wbiis val al
enemy may not have been b., ne
completely, mis- effort Sgs "a''n
contained. The surprise effpo ZEN
wearing off and there i ~ y
oence that the enemy has b e..'
able to consolidate his four t5r wen
INTO a single dangerous SaIie f,+ sSS
begin a wheeling movement no,. "
ward. ''' i'Ofll'
An important fact in the nra,...
incomplete and scanty outline a,
lhe situation is American rsc. "
ture of Monschau. The town Nt ~.
Within the German border n !rs.
vitality important to the Nszi, way "a.
protection Of the flank and d. ua .oF
OF the indicated narrow sali ea.
reaching to the Stavelot area Bs s,i.
IN American hands it repracan vA
a potential counter-thrust ium1 1,,+s
site to lop that whole stay.1o n,
salient off at it's base.
--latest field reports indicate tos,,
has been no material chanua "
the situation at the apex NJ n, n,
Nazi Stavelot salient since Il cr,
the Notwithstanding higbw,y ~,
and possibly the Liege-Luxembonrss
railway beyond it, both import.rs,
communication laterals for omcl
shifting of Allied troops to dangsr
points. Presumably it is rnon
the basis of the overrunnino "a
one or both of those arteries Bsr
lin founded its otherwise mesnino
less claim of having cut the fire,
army in two in Belgium.
To effect a break-through nj ,
critical nature, the German Conn.,
ter attack must drive nanv miIs,
farther westward, however than
it has yet reached or wheel Al.
ruptly north or northwest to mt
flank Allied Aachen communics.
tons. The 15-mile gap between
the Liege section of the Meuse
and the west end of Hurtgen Forest
offers the only discermble threat
to rear communications via Aacben
with the Allied front of the Roer
But to wheel that way the at.
tackers need far more elbow room
than they have yet gained. A
turn north from the Stavelot area
up the Luxembourg-Aacnen high.
way would merely expose another
flank dangerously to Allied assault
from the west
| Circumstances still warrant the
conclusion that the German OBJ.
Elective is strictly limited, that
the maneuver relied wholly upon
surprise for any chance Of sue.
cess, and that time is now run.
ming out against the foe with ever,
increasing possibilities that an,
other Gripping German military
disaster will be the ultimate re,
suit of so risky nature.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
A Sniper's Gun

brief story suggesting what could happen
If the reluctance Of individuals to buy E War
Bonds were carried a step further has reach
ed this office. 1t is told in a copyrighted item
from the Milwaukee Better Business Bureau
1t goes like this:
An American soldier in a snipers post on
one OF the steaming, Jap-infested south Paci-
flc islands had been doing his job we'll Sud-
denly there was a movement behind him. It
was his superior officer Whispering:
Buddy, you'll have to give me your rifle. -
Why" inquired the SHIPPER 1--WE been do
ing all right In the last five hours I've picked
off nineteen OF the Nips; why must l give
up my gun now?''
Il hate to tell you,'' replied the officer,
''but the fellow back home whose War Bond
purchases paid for that rifle wants his money
back
1t would be but short step from refusing
to buy War Bonds until it hurts to cashine
this, it would be the equivalent of this Of
ticer's saying "the fellow who paid for tina
rifle wants his money back"
And that the people not buying bond.
In maximum quantity is shown by the fac
that :his type bond was far from the goa
when the Sixth War Bond campaign closes
last Saturday
Five times Wilmington went over the to-
m all divisions Of previous bond drives. Th
time, along with the country at large, it fel
down. And even though bonds bought befor
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
LAWMAKER SEEKS
CHEAPER SESSION

RALEIGH, Dec. 20 Up Rep.
John Umstead of Orange said here
today he would ask the 1915 House
of Representatives to amend its
rules to cut out "unessentlal clerk
hire and eliminate other employees
who are not essential"
Umstead, veteran house mem
Der and author of important legs.
lation during several sessions SAID
the 1943 House alone wasted ap'
proximately $500 of unnecessary
clerk hire" and employed IS as
sistant seargeants-at-arms 'When
six would have served the puE'
pose
He said that survey he mace
revealed that the last house
amended its rules to provide lot
a total of 27 clerks. "Of these d
were assigned permanently 10
House committees which receiver
five or less bills each during the
64-day session. g,
Two of the committees ne Sd,1'
did not handle a bill during the
session, yet one expended S5oG ), l0l
clerk hire and the other S55O'
House clerks in the last session
were paid S. daily for "a os S',
or a total of 1884 for eacA cls!a
serving the entire session Ho. .ss
assistant sergeants-at-arms "sl'
paid $3.50 daily.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
BY JOHN SELBY
situation Normal by Arthur
Miller (Reynal g. Hitchcock: $2).

Miller (Reynal g. Hitchcock: $2).
Quite a while back certain
movie producer sent Arthur Miller
out into the world of the military
camps with an idea. The idea was
that it would be nice to produce
movie that really did express the
soldier-the kind of movie that
could be shown in Army camps
without rousing horselaughs all
over the place. There have been
very few of these, by the way.
Mr.. Miller was good choice
for that sort of assignment. He's
not very old, he had some expe-
rience knocking about the world,
and he has a certain amount of
what the universities still call ed
ucation. There were two more
qualifications, too. One was that
he has a ready sympathy which
he is not ashamed to show, and
the other is that he can write.
Really write. This does not mean
that MIR. Miller is one to whip
adjectives all over the corral. It
means that when ne starts out to
describe a man or a situation or
an emotion, the thing stays de-
scribed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
Congress May Probe
Supply Hijacking In
European War Zone

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. -(P)-
Reports that thefts of gasoline and
food from supply lines has been a
serious problem for American ar
mics in Europe brought talk today
of a Congressional investigation.
Both Senate ard House commit
tees evinced interest in press dis
patches saying that pilfering Of
supplies reached such proportions
at one time as to menace military
operations, but had since been
curbed.
Dispatches have told of instances
of American soldiers selling sup
plies and of gangsters 'hi-jacking"
them for resale on the black mar
ket.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
Myrna Kennedy, Actress,
Dead OF A Heart Attack

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20. , Rr
Mrs. Merna Brayton, 3d. W.,
known as Merna Kennedy Ss'T a.
actress, died today OF heart ~
tack. ri Forrest
Br iyt MS she was best known r,15, 10,
t Rrsf feminine me lead opposite ch'f i.,t
Chaplin in The Circus. nc nS- in
film was Lady With A Pa lI,;te D.
1882. She was the former ", direc.
Busby Berke.ey. film dance 3o2 a. and
tor. whom she married in -S'7 o.
divorced in 1888, v.olakee,
Born Merna Kahler IN Aa ;a asi
III. she came to CallfoFil@
child.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
Yanks Use Flame Bomb
Made From Belly Tank
Against Foe In Burma

MYITKYINA, North Burma. Dec.
20.-(P)-The U. S. 10th Air Force
is using a new, homemade flame
bomb against the Japanese in Bur-
ma.
1t is a fighter plane belly-tank,
filled with the same liquid used IN
flame throwers, which spreads
sheets of flame over wide areas.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
Wallace Has Luncheon
With FDR, FIees Press

WASHINGTON, Dec, 2 Wallace,
Vice-President Henry y, a. January
prospectively out Of a 5oo eoa with
20, had two-hour luacog and then
President Roosevelt '0g Joor Of the
dashed out side o0''
White House. - chance
f fe Ii't to waiting automobile mob IN Il, The
lost. Wallace ALREADY moS
ear and had whirled away
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21

January will be credited IN the 0iA'''
drives total, there is so little OF December
left that the purchase pace will have 10 De
sharply quckened to reach the goal by CLOSING
time.
We will not be doing our duty toward the
boys at the front if we do not MAKE up 1iie
deficiency in community purchases.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21

alternate notches in which a As
cartridge currently indicates Whe-
ther Col. Kinds is "bereit", pre-
sent for duty. or "schauer" Or
"auftlarung", On reconnaissance.
If the bullet rests in a notch
reading untersclupf, you'd better
grab a foxhole. That means in
deep SHELTER
Names make news dept. - the
town of Julich-ncw besieged for
the tenth time in its bloody mill
tary history dominates the main
crossing of the river Roer on the
old DOMAIN road between Mas
tricht and Cologne. The first Duke
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
BY KENNETH l.. DIXON

WITH THE AEF In Germany
Dec. 10. -(Delayed -(P)- Sgt
Wilkie C. Bryten halls from Cody
Wyoming, has been nicknamee
Cowboy" lie is willing to ride
almost anything into battle-ano
since he has had three tanks sho'
out from under him, he sometimes
has to do just that.
The Cowboy lost his last iror
steed at Geraonsweiler. Then he
put on a little personal rodeo. Il
happened when three German TANKS
got the range Of the General Sher.
man which the Cowboy" com
mandS.
The Sherman, 5000 yards away,
was disabled and one crew mem
Der was wounded Everybody
abandoned the tank until the en-
envy stopped Smelling it. Then
Cowboy climbed back in and
started firing the 75-mm gun. But
the range was 100 great.
So out he jumped and ran
through 500 yards of small arms
and artillery fire to group OF
tank destroyers. He mounted the
turret of the nearest and took
over direction Of its Comm fire
against the three enemy tanks.
One was kayccd and the other
two retreated.
Another iron horse roughrider is
Sgt. Jerome Debenhardt of Mil
waukee, a 30th Infantry Doughboy.
He was riding atop a light tank in
scrap and was pretty much ex-
posed.
When the Germans shot at him
with an anti-tanK gun and a ba-
zooka from roadblock, Jerome
vaulted off the tank and charged,
firing as he ran. A short time lat
er the roadblock and the dead
Germans were removed and the
tank continued on its way with
Jerry still in the saddle.
If you can read German, there
is no trouble in finding out where
Col. Kinds, Of Nashville, Tenn,
commander of the 4lst Armored
Regiment is, as soon as you step
into his command post.
A signboard which once read
Der Rektor lst' now has been
changed to Der Oberst lst' as
this officer owed into a German
schoolmaster' rooms. Below that
unfinished sentence are several
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-21
WITH THE AEF
Tankmen In The Saddle

of Julich was the famous tenth
century soldier, Cerhardt the First.
Outside the gates of Julich fate
today has placed another Gerhardt
Maj. Gen. Charles Gerhardt,
commander of the attacking 29th
Division.
Pfc. John White, of Utica, NY,
102nd Infantryman was munching
an apple while helping to mop up
resistance in a small town. When
he had finished eating it, he heav-
ed the core down cellar stairway
he happened to be passing-and
out jumped a scared German,
shouting 'Kamerad.' He thought 1t
was a grenade.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

When an artist sets out to do rovshneIy beautiful
portrait he finds his subject prettest in bore-ormed,
borenecked, lowcut dress. Thots precisely why you'll
find these new summer froeks the most fIotterng
black siren with its doring sloshed neckne and dro
nnotc horem skirt) to peek-oboo eyeet prettes,
breezy prints and dewfesh cotton, they've bare arms,
bare necks some have bare backs. And low and be-
hold, they're rovishinely becoming, gorously cool.
tier Third Floor Of Fashions The Hseht Co.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

Open . Heeht Co.
charsa-Piots Ae-
eount-A sure
way to eose the
rigors of wartime
shopping. II soves
you ii m e mo
voting for iden-
tificotion). Is
mighty helpful in
identifying y GU
ony place.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Rails and SpeciaIties
Favored in Uneven
Stock Market
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. Rails and
specialties continued to provide the
principal bullish props for today's
stock market while many leaders
elsewhere still were unable to sur
mount profit cashing.
Carriers had the benefit of reports
the wage dispute in this field might
be settled soon and the roads re-
turned to private management Com
mitments were shelved or trimmed
in numerous instances because of
possible war developments over the
week end and the desire of custo-
mers for safety first position pend
ing the reconvening of Congress.
Sugar issues revived as Washington
concluded a molasses-buying agree
ment with Cuba.
Prices stiffened after mixed
opening and gains of fractions to a
point or so-there were isolated
wider jumpers-were in the ma
jority by midday. Best quotations
were reduced or Cancelled in most
cases near the close. Transfers for
the full proceedings were around
800 900 shares.
At 1943-44 peaks were Delaware
& Hudson, West Indies Sugar and
Armour preferreds. In front the
greater part of the time were South
Porto Rico Sugar, Francisco Sugar
Cuban-American Sugar, Santa Fe
Great Northern, Bell Aircraft
Goodrich and Oliver Farm. Lag
CARDS includd United States Steel
Chrysler. Texas Co., Du Pont, East
man Kodak, Sears Roebuck, Douglas
Aircraft and Westinghouse.
Secondary rail bonds pushed up
ward.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
6. F. Sales Head Predicts
Price Drop After War
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BOSTON, Jan. 7.-"Prices and cost
OF living are going to come down
after the ending Of wartime condi-
tions," said William M. Robbins,
president of General Foods Sales
Co., Inc, at the New England Sales
Management Conference here today.
1T is true that If price ceilings
were abolished today there would be
price increases" he said. But soon
after there is fairly free flow of
raw materials and most wartime re-
strictions can be lifted, prices and
cost OF living will begin to trend
downward.
"A basic aim in American COM
petitive business is to get large VOL
ume, and this is done by combina-
ton Of increasing efficiency, i'm
proving quality and lowering prices.
The war has only temporarily upset
this trend.
There will be neither a marked
imitation nor def1ation after the set
ting down from wartime condi-
tions," said Mr.. Robbins. There will
be powerful forces pulling both ways
at once, therefore tending to offset
each other"
Evening star., 1944-01-07
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, d c. sac All
J, lsA
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Jan. z R.-Hogs, 1000,
total, 10000; slow, steady on 200 pounds
and up strong to Is higher on hshtef
weights and steady & 70 10 19 lower on :osss
the top: 17O-19O pounds, 11.b0-13.25:
15o-17o pounds. ! ;7t-i2,a5' III 3Io-s4o; 70
Choice 30O-55O-pound sows, 11.90-12.25;
estimated holdoyer, 1000.
Salable cattle, 1000: salabie calves,
500; meager supply medium to good Grade
steers slow, steady at 12.O0-14 so. mostly;
nothing strictly choice here; best lo.4O;
heifers scarce. steady; liberal run OF cows
here, with low-srade beef cows and can
ners and cutters 10-15 lower AL cows
now $3.50 lower for week: mostly % on;
bulls steady to weak. practical top: heavy
sausage ofifierinss. 11.75: vealers scaIce
and arm at 1900 down, mostly 1a.oo-
IA 30. -, o,o.
steady, quality considered; several loads
in lots good and choice fed wooled lambs
1910; nothing strictly sood to choice so1,- o,-
mon and medium kind. 10.50-13. 90: me
dium to choice slaughter ewes. 6:72.l 81.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Store Collections
Up Sharply Here
In November
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Collections in Washington depart
ment stores in November were So per
cent OF open accounts at the be-
ginning Of the month. the best rec
ord in the Fifth District, and ahead
OF So per cent in November, 1912, the
Richmond Reserve Bank reported to-
day. Collections on installment ac-
counts were % per cent of bills due,
against 81 year ago.
Goods on hand in Capital stores
on November 80 were per cent lower
than on the same date year ago.
Outstanding orders for merchandise,
however, were 141 per cent higher
than IN the preceding year.
The Fifth District had 142 per cent
more goods on order than a year ago
and Baltimore 1874 per cent more, the
report said.
Building, Loan Heads Named.
Charles H. Kindle was reelected
president of the American Building
Association at the annual meeting
yesterday, with Arthur C. Balser,
vice president; Wilfred H. Blanz,
secretary, and Howard B. Kramer,
treasurer.
Directors reelected were John E.
Mergner, Chatham M. Towers,
Thomas S. Sergeon, Charles A. Ros-
sitter, Milton H. Prosperi William C.
Farmer, Bernard j. Coyle and w.
Dudley Spicknall. The annual re-
port showed resources above ST.
100000.
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond announced today that
the rayon industry is now second
only to king Cotton" in industrial
Importance in this territory.
Garfinckel Stock Strong.
Garfinckel 51a per cent preferred
has been strong since it was listed on
the Washington Stock Exchange a
few days ago. The first sale was
made at 26A, next at 261a and 1854,
while the stock appeared on the
board yesterday at 81.
Thirteen shippers Advisory Boards
forecast that freight car loadings in
the first quarter of 1914 will be IL
per cent above the same 1943 period,
but may be off about per cent in
the Southeast.
The United States Chamber of
Commerce estimates that two-thirds
of the country's 35,00O,OO0 families
are ready to buy automobiles, homes,
home furnishings and home i'm
provements the minute the war is
over. They already have the money
for these purchases, the survey
states. Many will start extensive
home repairs within six months.
Financial District Comment.
A. L. M. Virgins, president of the
American Bankers Association, Will
speak over the radio on the Fourth
War Loan Campaign on Saturday
night, January Is, from Washington.
He will be introduced by Daniel w.
Bell, Treasury Undersecretary.
Final quotations on 200 real estate
issues showed % per cent average
advance in 1943, according to the
Amott-Baker price survey. Four
Capital issues were in the list.
Glass I railroads in the Southern
region in November had an esti-
mated net income, after interest and
rentals, of $10,90O,0OO compared
with 8,432, ,460 in November, 1912.
The Bank of Gassaway, Gassaway,
w. Va, has been admitted to the
Federal Reserve system
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Dividends Announced
REGULAR.
New York Cotton

NEW NEW YORK, Jan, Z (P,.-cotton ad-
March contract reaching the highest levei vel
since last October Strength in rrains
auickened a trade demand to fix prices
mission house buying broa adened on the
ausance along with local short Covering
aho New orleans absorption
ing supplied the contracts. 'AA-
csnt Lave afternoon values were so to rs
IensS ia "a ,,,s Uale higher. March, 1898: May,
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Index of Store. Sales
At New High Mark
3y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
November retail sales aggregating
IS, ,604, 900 900 were 13 per cent higher
than the same month a year ago and
sent the Commerce Departments
seasonally-adjusted index to a re-
cord high Of 174 per cent of the
l935-1939 average. a..
The departments monthly report,
released last night, showed that the
index rose 7.8 points over October.
AS prices appeared to be un-
changed from October, the rise re-
flected primarily an increase in
quantity.
Evening star., 1944-01-07

VnlcaKO Cash Market.
Cash wheat, none Barley mailing,
l.22p2-l Al ", nominal; feed, 115h-I 22R,
nominal. Field seed. per 100 pounds,
timothy, 8. 75-6.00, nom: red top, 100
1000, nominal: red clover. 81 80, nominal;
sweet clover, 1880, nominal.
Coffee now costs $500, Chinese
currency, pound in Chungking.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
Brokers' Looms Down
$1,000, 900 in Week
by the Associated Press.

The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported yesterday that loans to brok-
ers and dealers on securities held by
member banks in New York City
totaled $l,02i 100000 Wednesday, a
decrease of $17000,000 from a week
ago, and an increase of s43O, 600, 900
from a year ago.
Evening star., 1944-01-07
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK, Jan. T R.-Foreisn ex-
lars, others in cents)
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
IIn;,sd ket os Il. per cent disfoInt or s956
Europe: Great Britain, ofhcial buying
4.02: selling. 4 04.
up .o1 Of cent; Brazil, free. 5.20n: Mex
leo. 90 65n.
Nominal
Evening star., 1944-01-07

'Ex dividend. tPlus extras e2T extra
h $500 extra. 1Oc extra. . Paid IL
l943 ySlO.0O extra