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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
ERNIEPYLE
CONTINUED. from Page Four

Here is a sad story. 1t concerns
tank driver named Corp. Donald
Wore, a farm boy from Auxvasse,
Mo.
The corporal had a girl back
home he was crazy about. After
he come to Italy she rent beauti-
full new big photograph of herse
Like most tank men, he carried
it with him in his tank.
The other day a shell hit the
tank. It caught fire, and the whole
crew piled out and ran as fast
as they could. Corporal Wore had
gone a little way when he suddenly
stopped, turned, and went dashing
back to the tank.
Flames were shooting out Of it.
and its heavy ammunition was
beginning to go off. But he went
right into the flaming tank, dis
appeared moment, and came
climbing out with his girls
picture safely in his hand.
A few hours later the crew came
trudging back to home base, Mail
had arrived during their absence
There was a letter for corporal
Wore from his girl. He tore it open.
The letter was merely to tell him
she had married somebody else
They said that if it hadn't been
such long walk back, and he
hadn't been so tired, Corporal
Wore would have returned to his
tank and deposited the picture in
the flames.
About a year ago I wrote an
item about the numerous uses we'd
found for the brushless shaving
cream which is issued to front-line
troops.
Its virtues are legion. 1t is per-
feet for sun and windburn, nurses
shampoo their hair in it, it soothes
fleabites and softens chapped
hands and cracked fingers. And
now the soldiers have discovered
that if they'll massage their feet
with it once a day, it goes long
way toward preventing the dread
ed trench-foet.
It's a shame somebody doesn't
save with is oncve in a while.
Some soldiers were telling me
the other day about running onto
another soldier stretched out in the
back seat of jeep, way up front,
almost in No-Man' s-Land.
His helmet was down over his
eyes, and he had half-smoked
cigar in his mouth. They were in
dangerous territory and they went
to take a closer look at soldier
so nonchalant.
He was dead. A sniper had shot
him through the back of the he'll
met. He was just lying there, look
in perfectly relaxed, the cigar still
in his mouth. He had been dead
two days.
The other day I ran onto Maj.
Henry Frankel, of Brooklyn.
I've been crossing his trail ever
since July of 1912 in Ireland, and
every time I see him he has gone
up a notch in rank. When first
knew him he was a lieutenant.
Major FEankel speaks b u
eight languages, but as far as
can see, a man with his luck
doesn't need to speak anything.
Listen to this
The other day he was digging a
dugout in the back yard of 4 place
he had picked out for billeting, and
he dug up a case sad half OF
fine cognac, numerous bottles OF
benedictine, anisette and old wines,
a box of silverware, and a gallon
of olive OIL
4 Being an honest man, Major
Frankel hunted up the Italian
owner who had buried it, and gave
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him back everything except the 1s
bottles of cognac. These he kept
as reminder of his own meticu-
lous honesty, and shared them
with other parched and deserving
Americans.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

Argentina has about third
larger acreage in cotton than in
1941-42 Northern Brazil expects to
harvest 81 per cent more cotton
than last year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

First American flag to be flown
in Alaska was raised by U. S.
Marines at Sitka on Oct. 10, 1867.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07

The Japs have given up trying to
hold more than important cities and
transportation lines, particularly in
Northwest China where guerrilla
fighters close In behind the Japs as
fast as they advance There Is
no draft in the guerrilla army-the
only way to join is to kill Jap and
take away his rifle and ammunition
The guerrillas have also TAX
en- more than 5000 bicycles and tons
Of other equipment An import
ant part Of the guerrilla forces Is
the army Of Little Devils" as the
Japs cali them. These thousands Of
kids from to IL years old, serve
as messengers, medical helpers and
saboteurs Bomb fragments are
carefully gathered to make hand
grenades and for surgical instru-
ments Propaganda leaflets are
kept and used for student note
books.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07
Children's Holiday
Turns Into Tragedy


some having an arm or leg stretch
ed up into the air.
Once admitted, parents and rela-
tives stood in a long line, waiting
to give the name or names Of their
children to officials. There was a
tense calm, broken frequently by
soft sobbing.
Youngsters who had started of
happily earlier in the afternoon,
many Of them accompanied only
by other children, with the coveted
dollar and a half given them by
war-busy parents, lay dead upon
the cots.
Luckier children found running
panic stricken about the circus
grounds, were taken by police to
headquarters and to nearby school
where all had been claimed by their
distracted families by night.
A nightmare quality hung over
the hot armory. Volunteer workers
PERFORMED their duties surrounded
by the fateful cots, which they
necessarily ignored. 1t was all COM
pletely unreal. The details of dis
aSter were discussed repeatedly and
yet impersonally as If it had been
movie or q story,
Even the parents Of the small
corpses seemed to share the disbe-
lief, and one felt that today, they
awoke with fresh sorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07

suEaped her legs. which hna been
clawed By q lion as she crawled over
his cage Ia her haste 10 escape.
At first, after my wife had gath.
cred five Of our brood and hustled
them to safety, ] looked around teE
Jimmie, but after Q time ] realised
he must be lost.
heard the screams Of other chill
dren--and to me each one sounded
like my Jimmie.
It was hell. People tMaped cee tl1n
bleachers and into the sawdust and
there was nothing to break their fail
but fiery death. None Of Us spoke IS
we carried out the bodies. There ives
nothing we could think Of 70 say.
Then 1t was all over, and knew I
could do nothing more so ] hurried
back TO my family outside.
They were all crying, and 50 was
I. We all thought Of Jimmie and
made our way YEARLY 10 the car.
And who do you suppose was sit~
ting there in the back seat waiting
for us-that darn fool kid-Timme.
II thought you were dead, Daddy"
he bawled. "You always told me 70
60 to the car II I ever got lost, and
/ sure was lost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07
BY BETTY ROURKE


UNITED Press stan COrrespondent)
Hartford, Conn.,, July 7.-(UP)-
Circus day, the holiday Of children,
was a day Of tragedy for them and
their parents.
Fair, hot Thursday, "a perfect
circus day" which started so happily
and with such joyful anticipation,
ended in panic and death for the
little ones.
In a barnlike state armory, 80
Of their bodies lay, many burned
beyond recognition and hundreds
Of parents and relatives wandered
dazedly among blanket-draped cots,
peering fearfully at faces and cloth
ing.
Small feet. some bare others in
charred leather remnants, protuded
from the blankets. Sometimes two
on cot, they were segregated from
the bodies Of adults, who, on the
whole, seemed to be less burned
and mangled and therefore more
easily identified
Parents passed slowly along the
lines, accompanied by a nurse and
a policeman. An almost unnatural
calm froze them. Mothers and
fathers making an Identification
wept with restraint or not at all
They seemed dazed and unable to
feel.
A fireman identified his wife and
one child, his face blank, stony
Then careful and methodically, he
looked for his two other children
Many families suffered double
and even triple losses. Some mothers
died trying to protect their children
Some Of the blanket-wrapped
forms, lying with such chilling still
ness, had assumed strange pastures
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07
Walter WirlcIaeII
CO1St-tO-COaSt

immigrants from Europe to America
from 1776 to 1880.
DR.. II. H. Kung, vice-president
and finance minister Of China (who
Is now in this country discussing
Far East economies with President
Roosevelt), Is a direct descendant
Of Confucius, whose Chinese name
was Kung Fu-tzu The pigtail
was forced on the Chinese by their
Manchu conquerors. DR.. Sun Vat
Sens followers in the Chinese Revo-
luton Of 1911 cut off their pig
tails in public meetings as the first
sign Of their independence. Today
the pigtail Is rapidly vanishing in
China Sun La Sens carefully
laid plans for the beginning Of the
revolution were put into action
ahead Of the scheduled date as the
result Of an accidental explosion.
Because Of this, the revolutionary
leader read about the rebellion in a
Denver newspaper over his morning
coffee While soliciting funds
in England for the revolution, DR..
Sun was kidnapped by agents Of
the Chinese Legation there and was
about to be spirited back to China
for execution when q sympathizer
within the Legation carried note
from DR.. Sun to his former teacher.
The teacher reported to a British
newspaper, which broke the story
and brought about his release.
The Chinese DO eat chow mein.
The words mean ''fried noodles"
and chow mein, Chinese style, Is
fried soft noodles with a special
sauce Of vegetables and meat :.
Chinese wine Is drunk hot :.
Chinese women are not the meek
servants Of their husbands that the
Japanese women are. IN Chin
csc household 1t Is the wife who
holds the purse strings In for
mer days one of the favorite ways
Of saving money was to buy gold
leaf. In many well-to-do family
the wife slept on sheets Of golf-leaf
spread under the mattress :.
There are two kinds Of special de-
livery stamps" for Chinese letters.
A chicken feather attached to the
envelope indicates flying speed,
while burned corner on the en-
velope means this letter has the
urgency Of fire" There are 300
dentists to care for China's $50
million people and 1900 doctors.
New York city has 5000 dentists
and more than 10000 doctors :.
The Chinese symbol for trouble Is
two women under one roof.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07
THINGS I NEVER KNEW ABOUT
CHINA

RHNGs I NEVER KNEW ABOUT
CHINA
That China declared war on Japan
the day after Pearl Harbor-al-
though they had been fighting
since July z, 1897 That Japan
has not yet declared war on China,
preferring to consider the fighting
there as the "China Incident" !.
This incident has already cost
Japan more than ten times the
amount she spent on the Russo-Jap-
anese war and five times as many
men Every Chinese town Of
more than 10000 population has
been bombed at least once in the
seven years the war has been going
on Chungking, 1.-THE most
bombed city in the world" has L.
60S air-raid shelters capable Of ac-
commodating 426,59o persons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07
GOosEPOwER W ACTION

Hickory Flats, Miss. lUPl-Be.
cause Of the meppogeg shortage, y
a, FaFT, coFneFsvllle cotton farmer,
has res0yted 70 go0sepoWeg, paFI
said 10 geese VIII keep On average
acre Of cotton free Of grass ana
Weeds--aIsd Ne claimed that boil
EeeVlls would not invade Acids N
which geese are kept. ~ goose
proof fence and Q little water h I'll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07
lone MAN CARRIES
| OUT FIFTY BODIES
War Plant Machinist As.
sists Others in Looking
for Son

(Alden b. Crandall, q war plant
machinlst, took his wife ana six
children 70 the circus. he told his
story TO Mary Harrington, United
Press STAR correspondent
BY ALDEN b. CRANDALL
Hartford, Conn, July 7-(UP)-
One Of my own boys was missing
and I couldn't see for the tears as
I stumbled around the ruins Of the
circus tent with other rescue work.
ers
Mostly, the people I saw were
calm. For myself. felt as If death
had come already and I may as well
move slowly. The bodies I and the
others picked up were all CHARGED
the wreckage Of what had been
happy, laughing humans only min
utes before.
In all I carried so bodies out.
I came upon one historical little
girl sobbing ''mommy, mommy, why
did you leave me alone?"
I gathered her into my arms and
she WINGED as my rough sleeve
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07

Lynn, Mass. (UP)-The youngest
naturalized citizen in the United
States is l0-year-old Collette H. Du-
cette. A native Of ST. Raphael Que,
Colette would not have been elig-
ible for naturalization until she
reached 10 If she had not been
adopted legally by Mr.. and Mrs. AL
fred w, Ducette.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07

Total export Of onion seed from
the Canary Islands to the United
States increased SO per cent In vol
ume and 152 per cent in value In
1o43 over 1912 exports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07

that's needed to handle the geese"
Farr said. Using them really pays,
because a goose stays on the Job
early and late-and doesn't OBJ
serve war-saving time"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07
SENDS HOME JAPANESE RYFE8

bENUO HUME JAE AgNBDB III -
Holdenville, Okla. (UP)-AGrs. Ka-
tie Banta has quite Q collection Of
souvenirs from the Pacific war area
including q Japanese rifle, complete
with bayonet and shells. The latest
souvenirs received were two and one
half months coming from the war
theater where her son, sgt. Chesley
Eason, Is stationed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07
MRS. HUMPHREY
SON ENTERTAINED
The Birthday Club Feted
Them at Farewell Party
Recently
WATERVILLE
Correspondents PhOne-S.65ll

Waterville, July z 49, Mrs. George
Humphrey was honored recently at
q farewell party by the Birthday
Club Of Chase Company. Mr.. and
Mrs. Humphrey and son Paul are
leaving July 14th to take up resi-
dence in Vallejo, Calf. Present were
Misses Nora Williams, Minnie Man.
solf, Helen Guilfoile. Mrs. Gertrude
Weingart, Mrs. Mae Kluttig, Mrs.
Esther Salini and Mrs. Humphrey.
Arrives In Hawaii
Private Irving Gables, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Gables, IL Patter-
son Court, has arrived in Hawaii
with an A. A. r. ordnance unit. He
was the former proprietor of the
Gables Upholstery Shop before his
enlistment in November, 1912.
Personals
Mrs. G. Arthur Du Bots Is regis.
tered at the Sea Breeze, Inn, Guon-
ochontang, r. I. Mr.. Du Bots is Wis
iting with relatives In Salisbury.
Isabelle Platt and Jayne Kelley of
Hartford spent sometime in WASH
ington, D. c.. enroute to Newburn,
". C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Barlow and
family are mentioning at Bay View
at Mrs. Sadie Lynch's cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Stephens,
of Patterson city, have returned
home after spending several days In
New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rasmussen
and daughter are spending a week
at Silver Beach.
The Women's Society for Christian
Service of Grace Methodist church
held their regular business meeting
Wednesday night at the church.
Routine business was transacted
with Is members present.
The weekly Bible meeting win be
held at Gospel Hal this evening.
The 6coviIl girls softball team de-
feated the Meriden All-EtaFs last
NIGHT at WateFyille Park by q score
OF 9 to 5. The 6coyill girls came
near having another home run but
the umpire called 1t an out. There
was some controversy over II, and
II was the opinion Of the spectators
that the player was safe.
Several local families were quite
upset yesterday until they found out
that relatives IN Hartford we're safe
from the fire IN the Circus tent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-07


Hospitals, founded by DR.. Norman
Bethune IN the guerrilla area, is
headed by highly trained Japanese
doctor He asked to be allowed
to work in the hospital after he
was taken as prisoner of war +.
All of these hospitals are supported
mainly with American funds, but 1t
Is nearly impossible to get supplies
into the area. One shipment Of
drugs has reached there In the past
four years One Of the hospitals
Is built into caves in a mountain.
Doctors walk more than ten miles
q day in making their rounds .
Two others Of the four are scattered
in small huts in villages. One Of
these has been forced to move more
than 20 times by Japanese advances.
It's so well organized now that all
patients, equipment, staff and drugs
can be moved to mountain strong
holds on a half-hour's notice by
the local peasants volunteer trans
port service No direct reports
have been received from the fourth
hospital since 194l.
Marco Polo, who visited China
from 1875 to 1892 land brought
back to Italy a grand new dish
called spaghettD, wrote that AL
over the country Of Cathay there
is q Kind Of black stones existing
in heds in the mountains which
they (the Chinese) dig out and burn
like firewood. If you supply the fire
with them at night, you will find
them still alight in the morning:
and they make such capital fuel
that no other is used throughout the
country" That was the first that
Europeans heard about coal.
One of every five persons in the
world is a Chinese There are
more Chinese eating wheat flour
than there are eating rice But
the Tice diet of the Chinese peas
ants has no enlarged their stomachs
and colons that they would suffer
severe hunger pangs from American
army rations, despite the much
higher nutritional value :. Ameri-
can soldiers would starve on Chinese
Army rations because they could
not swallow "a ounces OF rice daily
In all Chinese drinking games,
the loser instead Of the winner
drinks A wolf Is the emblem
of, cupidity and rapaciousness-just
like on Broadway Chinese shake
their own hands when greeting
each other At big feasts they
have their soup at the END OF tne
meal There are no war orphans
in China. Nine. Chang Kai-shek is
the Official mother of all children
whose parents have died In the war
school teachers In Human Prov
ince get paid in rice instead OF
money.
sing Sing is the name of a popu-
lar cafe in Chungking =. The
Chinese word for America, Mel
Kuo," means beautiful country.
english is Chinais second language.
II is q required subject In every mid
die school American child health
programs In China have eliminated
the binding of the feet OF girl
babies, even In the most remote
sections of the country .. The
migration of SO million Chinese
refugees (more than the population
Of Great Britain, France or italy,
TO the interior provinces Is the
greatest mass trek in history. out.
numbering by almost 20 million the
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-05
Bier1nan in
Gopher Camp.

Minneapolis, Oct. 5--AP-There
was JOY among University OF Min
nesota football followers today. but
the news that 1t. Col. Bernie Bier
man, creator of the Gophers Col
den Decade" is coming back prob
ably caused something akin to ap-
prehension in other Big Ten camps.
In the period between 1882, when
Bierman took over as head coach
at Minnesota, and 1871. his elevens
had things pretty much their own
way. They won five Big Ten titles.
shared another and five times were
rated tops in the nation.
Minnesota has suffered It's full
share OF defeats since Bierman, a
Marine reserve officer, on Jan. !,
1912, became the first major coach
called to active duty, some OF them
at the hands OF Minnesota develop
ed stars shifted to other schools in
service training programs.
BY his own wish Bierman will
serve only In an advisory capacity
during the remainder of this sea-
son, but such is the faith " fans
in this section in his ability that
they believe even his presence viii
add strength.
Leading the cheering which
greeted the news OF his return to
the campus about Oct. Is was Or
George Hauser. who took over from
his post as line coach when Bier
man was called.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-05
Wolverines
Have Hope

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. 5-AP-
Michigans football brain trusters
aren't committing themselves. but
in view OF the showing made by
the squad in practices this week
there's a feeling in the Wolverine
camp that things will be different
against Minnesota Saturday than
they were in the Indiana game.
Two factors undoubtedly account
for the fury OF blocking. charging,
running and tackle drills during the
past several days:
The Michigan gridders want TO
make amends for the poor showing
against the Hoosiers last Satur-
day and they want TO keep ;he
coveted Little Brown jug ,hey won
last year after the Gophers held II
nine straight years.
The jug rivalry, dating back 20
1903 when Michigan and Minneso-
Ia tied 6-6 and the Gophers re'us.
ed 10 give up the Wolverines water
vessel until defeated, has turned
the game into an annual classic.
Since that time Michigan has won
10 OF the games, lost Is and tied
two.
In fact the rivalry has stirred up
so much interest between the tHo
schools that Wolverine followers
figure a victory over Minnesota
ocmpensates in great par: for any
other reyerses.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-05
Bachman Picks Team to Play
at Lexington, Ky. Saturday

East Lansing, Oct. 5--AP-Coach
Charley Bachman selected a squad
OF 80 Michigan State College foot
ball players 10 travel to Lexington,
KY, for the game with the Uni
versity OF Kentucky Saturday. The
Spartan party will leave tonight
after final home workout.
Another review of Kentucky for.
nations in scrimmage and the
polishing OF their own attack oc.
cupied the Spartans' attention
yesterday. Bachman said States
punting this year ranks with the
best and that he proposes to take
full advantage OF it, Jack Breslin
and Frank Brogger have been get.
ting of long and high kicks and
now Halfback Bob Bruegger has
improved his punting to the point
where he ranks with them.
Bachman personally has tutored
the line in building defense
against the ct" formation his team,
will face at Kentucky. The Wild
Ndlst spartan SCOulS say, are ldbI
and clever at smashing a line.
Bachman plans to hold a WORK
out Friday afternoon at Lexington.
Players named for the trip did
not include Morgan Gingrass, vet
eran fullback, who enrolled only
yesterday.
The travelling squad
Ends-Don GrondZik, Richard
Mineweasher. Kenneth Collister,
Frank Brogger Arthur Arnst.
Tackles-Richard MassuCh, Pet.
er Dendrino. Dan Goldsmith. Milton
Prashaw, Ellis Phillips, Clarence
Gleeson.
Guards-RoDert Godfrey, William
Mcfarland, Glen Hatfield. Don Arm.
son, Robert Lamssies, Don Ander-
son.
Centers-Brady Sullivan, VIII
liam Johnson.
Quarterback5 - William Siler,
William Bartl. It, Robert Schroed.
er.
HaHbacks Robert Bruegger,
Herbert Speerstra. Fred Aronson,
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-05
Sports Roundup

New YOrkAPMhe Jacobs goth Century Sporting Club promoter
said Barhd of New York and Monty
Pgnato Brooklyn round bout ST. Nicholas Arena Fri
day Oct. IL.
OF the American Hockey
training touhour daily work
Heaps.
garbe working clothes
chased by the club working from daily picking
DalasAPBuness picking the Southwest Conference In
football drawn
SsS played
Sheppard Field TeIssAPThe
Boston Red soX pitching looks about like other
10 tossing and ughson taking
ing in the Army Air Forces yesterday his
police
College Station, and " needed football
and found who'd
Cashion II old secretary
been sandou the the Agges
Il OF % pass attempts for 2S6 yards and two ouchdowns
Chicago AP-The forward play in foot
ball while line
said OF Wisconsin High
the Wisconsin nterschosc Safety
Congress today that studies schools also
showed that the tacke