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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
MUSSOLINI SAID
TO BE VERY ILL
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new Fascist regime in northern
Italy under the German backing,
the Germans issued newsreels of
Mussolini with Adolf Hitler which
showed the former duce to be
drawn and haggard.
Some reports last November
said he had committed suicide,
but these were denied by the Ger
man press, as were Spanish re-
ports in December that he had
died of stomach trouble. Various
rumors from time to time have
portrayed him as being of unsound
mind, living a refuses life under
German honor guard in northern
Italy.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
NO B. GASOLINE
BOOST IN SIGHT
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stood, probably will be about Is
per cent larger than the 5000 al
location figures of this month.
But there is little prospect that
present eligibility standards for
new tires will be broadened.
Part of the increase of between
1000 and $4,000 tires will be
designated for commercial vehicles
the rest will go to highly essential
which use passenger car sizes, and
"B" and &c" card motorists whose
have not been met under the
smaller quotas.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
PIPELINE IS GIVEN
PRAISE BY ENGINEER
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have had to spend considerable
money for repairs to salt-corroded
pipes and plumbing fixtures. MIR.
Carter pointed out.
The Kings Bluff pipeline. which
is being built of reinforced con-
crete pipe 80 inches in diameter
and manufactured in 16-foot sec
tons, has been installed by the
Federal Works Agency for dis
lance of approximately IL miles be-
You'd the TONERS Creek pumping
station. Workmen are now laying
pipe about mile east of Living
ston Creek, and the work is pro-
crossing satisfactorily despite re-
cent rains, according to Roy P.
Hess, construction superintendent
for Price Brothers of Dayton, Ohio.
the general contractors.
About eight miles of the line re-
mains to be laid. Through ar
engagements with Federal Works
Agency, the city has taken over
Price Brothers contract and is di-
recting the construction of the re-
naming portion Of the pipeline to
Kings Bluff.
Mr.. Hess reported that, with fav-
orable weather, installation of the
pipeline should be completed by
the middle Of August.
Reinforced concrete for the sup
ply line is being manufactured at
the Lock Joint Pipe company's
temporary plant near Navassa at
the average rate of IS sections a
day. The pipe is being laid along
the line at the average rate Of
about 20 sections day. Manufac-
ture of all the pipe needed for the
supply line will be completed ear
ly in July, according to R. N.
JONES' job manager for the Lock
Joint Pipe company.
The pipeline is supported on tim
Der pile bents across the half doz-
en- creeks between the TONERS
Creek pumping station and Kings
Bluff, with the exception of a
creek crossing near the Toomer'S
Creek station, which has been
completed, and the crossing at Liv-
ingston Creek, on which work will
be started soon. Since these creeks
are classified by the War Depart
ment as navigable streams, it was
necessary to install subaqueous
crossings of 30-inch cast-iron pipe
laid on the bottom of the stream.
Construction of the pumping sta
ton at Kings Bluff, on which work
was started on April l, by A. H.
Guoin of Charlotte, is expected to
be completed in September. The
station will be equipped with two
horsepower electric motor pumps,
each having capacity of 1900
gallons per minute. A 650-foot ca
nal, 10 feet in width at the bottom,
will be dug from the river channel
to the intake pipe at the pumping
station.
On his tour of inspection, Mr..
Carter was accompanied by Charl-
es Pearson, resident engineer
for William c. Olsen of Ra-
leigh. the consulting engineer who
designed Wilmington waterworks
Improvement: R. I. Poole, con-
struction engineer attached to the
FWA district office in Wilmington;
and Mr.. Hess, superintendent for
Price Brothers. While in the city,
Mr.. Carter also interviewed Nc
Kean Maffitt, city superintendent
of water and sewers
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
SEDITION TRIAL,
TO OPEN TODAY
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defendants, asked that, Secretary
OF State Hull and two Supreme
Court justices be called-Hull to
produce diplomatic correspondence
with Germany prior to the war and
Justices Frankfurter and jackson
to testify in connection with Bro
enstrupp's contention that the in
dlctment was an attempt to smear
Congress-"
The indictment charged the de-
PENDANTS joined in a campaign to
under mine the U. S. armed forces
as part of Nazi party program
publicly announced by its leaders
to destroy Democracy throughout
the world and to establish and aid
in the establishment of national so.
cialist or fascist forms of govern
ment in place of the forms of gov.
eminent existing in the United
States and other Countries
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
TO CONFER DEGREES

Cape Fear Lodge No. 2, 1. o.
o. F. will confer the Initiatory
degree on several candidates
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in
the Lodge temple at Third and
Princess streets. All members
of the lodge and visiting Odd
Fellows are invited, and men,
bers of the Degree staff are re-
quested to be present.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
T. J. ETZRODT

PHILADELPHIA, April 6 Up
J. Etzrodt, 81, interna-
tional representative of the news
paped printing pressman's union
AFL) here for the past 20 years,
died today in a hospital following
a short illness.
A member of the first regional
labor board undez: the NRA, he
was appointed in 1888 to the ad-
visory committee of the unemploy-
ment compensation division. At
the time Of his death he was an
alternate member of the national
commission.
He was. the pressman's Boston
representative before assuming
the Philadelphia post.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
FIRST AID CLASS

Mrs. w. Guerard Simkins,
vice-chairman of Red Cross
First Aid committee. announ-
ces that a class in Standard
Red Cross First Aid will begin
at the U. S. o. club, 5th and
Orange streets on Tuesday,
April rs, at 10 a. m. under the
instruction of Mrs. E. C. Hicks,
a qualified Red Cross instruc-
tor. Interested persons are ask
ed to call Miss Shawbaker at
the U. S. o. club, telephone
2-1269.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
w. P. CROZIER

LONDON, April 16.-R) - Will
liam Percival Crozier, IS, editor of
the Manchester Guardian, died to-
day.
He joined the newspaper in 1903,
and had been it's editor since May,
1892. He had been a director of the
Guardian and of the Evening News
since 1921.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
City Briefs
COURT TERM

Thirty two divorce cases are
scheduled to be heard by Judge
w. C. Harris of Raleigh when
he uresides over the April term
Of civil Superior court, open
ing Monday. All uncontested d.
vorce cases are set for Mon
day.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
Ford's Willow Run
Plant Is Producing
A Liberator An Hour
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ties at Willow Run were overcome
when the management decided last
summer to farm out a large part
of the sub-assembly work on the
Llberators. Both management and
Army Air Forces representatives
nave indicated that additional in
creases in production volume are
likely at Willow Run.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
WEATHER
Temperatures Sunday:

Temperatures Sunday:
High: 79-LoW: So
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday
Temperature
1870 am, $50; 1880 am, SO; 1870 pm 70,
1880 pm, II.
Maximum 70; Minimum SO; Mean II;
Normal 81.
Humidity
1870 am, "a; 1880 am, 80; 1870 pm, so;
1880 pm, Sc.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm,
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
$50 inches
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Wilmington ------- 4.49a
SLIP l2:09p
Masonboro Inlet - 2.2ea a.5aa
2:57p 9:16p
Sunrise, 5:3s am; Sunset, 6:45 pm:
Moonrise, 2:19 am; Moonset, 1:02 I'm.
-V-
Beacon fires in early lighthouses
were sometimes maintained by
priests.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
BINGO PARTY

The Catholic Daughters will
sponsor a bingo party Wednes-
day evening, April 10, at Sis
O'Clock at the Woodrow Wilson
hut. Reservations can be made
by calling 5917, $3.50, or 61166,
The public is cordially invited.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
Lands ARRIVES

TEHERAN, April Is CR -
James M. Lands, director of U.
5. Economic operations in the
Middle East, arrived today by
plane on his second routine visit.
He will discuss lend-lease matters
and refugee and Red Cross ques-
lions.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
NUTRITION CLASS

A Red Cross Nutrition class
will begin on Monday, April "a,
at 1886 D. m. at the U. S. o.
club. 5th and Orange streets,
A class will be taught by Mrs.
Richard N. Percy. of Kalama-
zoo, Mich. Interested persons
are asked to call Miss Shaw
baker, telephone 2-1269 to
make reservations for the
class.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
VISITING

1t. Eliza Y. Wooten, nurse
attached to the Walter Reed
Hospital, Washington, D. c.,
and 1t. Edward Wootten are
with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Y. Wooten of
Wilmington, for a few days.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

Yes, people the nation over have repN |
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
L. E. PHILLIPS

BARTLESVILLE, Okla, April 16.
-LR-L. E. Phillips, 81, co-found-
er with Frank Phillips of the Phil
lips Petroleum Co., died today.
He had been in ill health several
years, and seriously i'll since last
summer when he suffered a
stroke.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete, but it is expected both
the funeral and burial will be here.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
l.. p. YALE

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April Is. - Up
-Lucius P. Yale, 70, retired pres
ident of the former Yale & Reagan
company, railroad and waterway
contracting firm of St. Louis and
Chicago, died at his home today
after an illness of more than two
years.
AS chief engineer at various
times of several railroads, he was
a pioneer in railroad construction
in the west before organizing his
own firm shortly after the turn of
the century.
Yale & Reagan built hundreds of
miles of railroad before branching
into waterway construction, most
OF which conferred in the Midwest,
particularly on the Mississippi riv-
er. Yale retired and dissolved the
firm several years ago but re-
tanned an interest in the Illinois
Sand and Gravel company, Chica-
go, of which he was vi%e presi.
dent.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
Too Late To Classify

LOST: OvER-ARM ALLIGATOR BAG
containing ration books, wallet. pass
es, etc. Generous reward. Phone 2-3311,
Vivian Jtnes, News Dept.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

Fingernails of the Statue of
Liberty weighs more than 100
pounds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03
Odds Now Favor
ouads' Survival

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3-lP)
The odds are now tWo-to-one
in favor of A, B, c and D-thc
Cirminello bankruptcies.
DR.. Ralph M. Tyson, pedlatri-
clan in charge, said the quads
have a good two-third' chance
of living.
The most critical period is
passed and if they live through
the first 48 hours-up this morn
ing-their chances are excellent,
he said.
The latest hospital bulletin
said the four babies all appear
TO be in good condition and
their mother, 30-year-old Mrs.
Kathleen Cirminello, is also do
ing fine.
Papa Joseph Cirmincllo,
meanwhile, took his first time
out" from his Wlfc's bedside
since the quads were born
Wednesday. he SAID ne was 60
ing home ito take a shower and
change clothes"
The babies, born in a history
making Caesarian operation, are
still known as A, B, c and d.
The first three-A, B and Care
girls and weigh 3 pounds, 8
ounces; 2 pounds, IA ounces and
3 pounds, 8 ounces, respectively.
The boy is D and he weighs 3
pounds, ounces,
The National Institute Of Dia-
per Services said from New
York that its Philadelphia Agen-
cy would provide free diaper
service which, the institute csti-
mated would mean about ~ doz-
ems week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03
Diminufive Editor
Is Cleared of Libel

acted in self-defense after the
Mexican, Jose Davila, resisted
| arrest.
Prosecutor William d. Bruss-
tar read Lathers' entire story on
the shooting into the court rec
ord and said he particularly OBJ
jected TO a statement that 1.-The
murder Of a Mexican here last
week may make it harder for
people of Mears TO get their
cherries and pickles picked next
year"
Defense Counsel Samuel j..
AndeIman told the Court Lath-
ers did not mean murder in the
legal sense" and that there was
no intent TO libel. He also con-
tended the sheriff was making
the arrest without a warrant for
a minor offense and that al
though DavIla was carrying
knife ne had not drawn it from
his pocket.
Just before the six jurors re-
tired, the prosecutor told them
that IF you acquit SWith Lath-
ers, you will convict the sheriff
The verdict was reached three
hours later.
Even the subject of local pol
tiles was injected into the trial,
described by one toWnSman as
the best show since stock COM
panies stopped playing Villages
decade ago" Andelman asked
the sheriff if the fact that both
he and the prosecutor were run
ming for reelection Nov. 7 had
any thing TO do with bringing
the charges. Littiebrant replied
with an emphatic mo-, adding
that he only didn't want to be
called a murderer.
Lathers, who throughout the
proceedings wore a bright green
shirt and a red string tie, was
described by one New sub
scriber as IAN editor who does
Mt pull his punches when he
thinks an injustice is being
done" A standing joke in Mears
is that wives tell their husbands
they better be good or I'll tell
Lathers on you"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03

ed militantly against Hoffman
while supporting the COP ticket
in the state and nation, Paul
Mixter, publisher of. the South
Haven paper, has charged that
Hoffman offers no constructive
program and should be defeated
even though ii means the cleo
ton of a Democrat.
Newspapers in the Fourth
District, particularly those In
heavily-populated Berrien coun-
ty where the anti-Hoffman cam
paign has been concentrated,
have been flooded with political
advertisements in recent weeks
by organizations supporting both
Foley and Hoffman.
Both candidates are scheduled
for numerous talks and ad-
dresses in the closing days of the
campaign.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03
Armies We! Takes
up Art OF Bowling
Undounted by Loss Of
Arms He Uses Feet

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Nov.
3 - up - Pvt. Norman Myhra,
19-year-old veteran from Ros-
holt, Wis, who lost both hands
in a mine explosion in Southern
France, has taken up bowling at
Percy Jones hospital and scored
"a in a game this WCCk-TOlIing
the ball with his foot
It's easy, really he explain
ed, only l find myself leaning
over now and then 10 pick up
tie ball"
Myhra got his idea from
watching other amputces bowl
during reconditIonIng classes,
He instructed fellow soldiers to
place a ball about a foot back
of the foul line and then, balanc-
ing himself, right foot on the
ball, showed il swiftly down the
alley.
In attaining the "a points in
one game, Myhra scored two
strikes - knocked down al
ten pins in one roll.
~ must just getting started, .
he declared. Wait Till I've had
a little more practise
So enthusiastic was the sol
der about his achievement that
he took his brother, Clarence,
a Navy aviation machlnist's
mate, second class, to the alleys
Thursday for an exhibition.
Clarence, who has been station
ed in Cuba, is visiting his broth
er here. the first time the two
have seen each other III fouT
years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03

HART, Mich, Nov. 3 -(P)-
Fred of a criminal libel charge,
Swift Lathers, diminutive and
eccentric editor, went back TO
news gathering today for his
country weekly, which he boasts
Is the worlds smallest newspa-
per.
And he'll be writing for a
larger reading public now, for
throughout his stormy four-day
trial, which ended with his ac-
quittal last night, he utilized re-
cess periods TO do a booming cir
culation business.
Charges against the outspok-
en- editor, self-termed last
stronghold of the free press,
were brought by Sheriff Mar
land H. Littiebrant following
publication in the five-by-seven-
inch mears new of a story on
the sheriff's fatal shooting Oct,
of an itinerant Mexican fruit
picker. Littiebrant, exonerated
by a coroner's jury, claimed he
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03

an extensive speaking campaign.
He appeared against Foley in a
public debate and declared that
you never again will get a de-
cent man to run for Congress
from the Fourth District if you
let the Clio get away with this"
Some doubt has been cast on
Hoffman's ability TO retain the
pluralities which have marked
his elections in past years in the
face of the heavy influx of in
dustrial and migrant workers
from southern states and by the
war born industrial aspects of
the larger cities of the district.
An independent committee,
repeatedly composed of many
Republican farmers, has thrown
its weight against Hoffman, and
the South Haven Tribune, Re-
publican newspaper, has crusad-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03
Foley Fight to Unseat
Hoffman Stirs Vide Interest

NILES, Mich, Nov. 3-(PO-
The most bitterly-contested Con-
gressional contest in the state
moved toward a climax today as
Rep. Clare Hoffman, Republican,
Allegan, and Democratic candi-
date Barnard T. Foley, Benton
Harbor high school economics
teacher, drafted extensive last
minute campaign schedules.
Foley is seeking the Fourth
District Congressional seat held
by Hoffman for five terms. The
Democratic candidate, denying
that his bid for public office has
been supported by CIO-PAC
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03

funds but openly welcoming the
support of CIO members, has
conducted an aggressive cam
paign against the fiery Allegan
Congressman.
Fourth District political OBJ
servers have conceded Foley
only an outside chance of defeat
ing Hoffman but view the cam
paign as a test of the CIO-PAC
wer. Hoffman's supporters
claim that the PAC has concen-
trated its effort on defeating
Hoffman, long a foe of the CLIO.
Apparently no little concerned
himself, Hoffman has conducted
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03
POSTWAR PLANNING?

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 3 - LP7 -
FBI agents were puzzled over the
plans Of a suspect accused of
the theft from the Miami air
port Of life raft, three maChCtc
knives, seven X ratiOnS, a clock,
an electric fan, six yards of can
vas, 80 yards Of nylon and 20
yards Of linen fabric.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03

"Quite stack of newspapers | left you
yesterday, Judge Aren't goin' in the news
paper business, are your"
mo. / just enjoy reading different
papers 50 my nephew George sends them
to me whenever he takes business trip.
/ got a big kick out of some he sent me
from several counties whsre they still hare
prohibition. Particularly from some head
lines that read Drunk Driving Arrests Rise.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-03

'Bootleggers must post Ceiling Prices.
Federal Agents seize Trick Liquor Truck.
Doesn't that go to prove, Joe, that prohibit
tion does not prohibit
Il watched conditions pretty carefully
during our Is years of prohibition in this
country. The only thing could see we got
out of it was bootleg liquor instead of legal
liquor -. plus the worst crime and corrup-
ton this country has ever known"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03
me Smear is in
These Days. 's gz j3+i e soH02;xY

ed with contempt. The smeared
person does not reply. He dislikes
going near the tar-brush. The lie
then stands because it has not been
denied. 1t forms a record by con
slant repetition. The thing TO do in
every case is to pursue the lie and
the liar until they are exposed to
the nakedness they deserve. ! know
OF one puryeyor OF fslsehood who
has never told the truth about any
situation at which | happened TO
have been present. ! suppose that
his average is just about the same
concerning situations about which
| know nothing. Yet. there are many
who believe his tales because they
sound true, particularly those that
hurt people.