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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
USO SCHEDULES
3rd AND GRACE

Saturday p. m. 49, Dancing les
sons; $3.50 p. m.-Full length mo-
vie; s p. m. - Party with infor-
NAL dancing and special features.
Sunday $3.50 .m.-11.30 a. M
Morning mocha; $50 p. m.-Mu-
steal hour with Mrs. Miriam
HUMPHREYS at the piano. Sand
wiches and coffee in the kitchen.
5th AND ORANGE
Saturday 4 p. m.-Coffee hour,
bridge and sports; 8 p. m.-Bin-
go, special prizes and informal
dancing; 1920 p. m.-Coffee club
and song fest.
Sunday 9 a. m.-12 n.-Break-
fast, sports and games; p. M
Musicale; 7 p. m.-Buffet supper;
8 o. Song cost Ind games.
4th AND ANN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for beds
all day; At p. m.-Coffee dance.
Sunday 9 a. m.-12 n.-Breakfast;
Afternoon - voice recordings and
games; 8 p. m.-Bingo.
9th AND NIXON Negro
Saturday ST p. m. Social hour;
8 o. m.-Informal dance.
Sunday 9 a. m. Breakfast;
Afternoon informal dancing;
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Plans Are Completed
For Visit OF Bricker
To Chapel Hill Campus

CHAPEL HILL, March 3-RN
Plans were completed here to-
night for the visit to the campus
tomorrow of Governor John w.
Bricker of Ohio, candidate for
the Republican nomination for
president this yeyar, who will de-
liver an address in Memorial Hall
at 8 D. m. under the auspices OF
the Carolina Political Union, non
partisan student organization.
Harvey White, Of Birmingham,
Ala. chairman of the CPU, will
preside.
Governor Bricker was to have
arrived in Durham late tonight
where he is to meet with Republi-
can leaders Of the state tomorrow
morning before coming over to
Chapel Hill for luncheon.
Preceding his address tomorrow
night the CPU will be host at a
supper in his honor at the Caro-
lima Inn, and following the pro-
gram, part of which is to be. broad
cast over Southern network from
Memorial Hall, there will be a
public reception ia Graham me-
mortal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
BOMBERS AIDING
PACIFIC DRIVE
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nape that has not already been
outflanked by American amphibl-
Gus forces. Three of the by-passed
Marshall atolls were hit by Army
and Navy planes simultaneously
with the Ponape raid japanese
garrisons there are Being starv-
ed OUT Secretary of the Navy
Knox remarked.
The raid on Paramushiro, Knox
noted, sreemphasizes that we can
20 where we please and do what
we want. Our freedom of action
grows more pronounced all the
time.
Japanese freedom of action is
steadily shrinking. Even off the
China coast Nipponese ships were
reported daring to move only by
night or by devious routes. Amer
lean Mitchell bombers sank an
other small cargo vessel Thursday
in the South China sea off French
Indo-China.
In Burma enemy troops offered
stiffened resistance to South Afri.
cans less than 40 miles from the
port of Akyab, and counter-attack-
ed other Allied troops seven miles
farther north. A large body of Jap
anese was reported being liquidat-
ed near Ngakydauk pass in south
west Burma and a smaller group
surrounded nv Chinese in the fax
north.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
BLACK RESIGNS
ASFCA GOVERNOR

WASHINGTON, March 8. -(P-
President Roosevelt today accept
cd the resignation of A. G. Black
as governor of the Farm Credit
Administration. Black is leaving to
take a new assignment in Iran.
The President wrote Black that
he has been "an important part
# the administratio from the be.
ginning" adding:
1.-The country will not soon for
get the situation of the American
farmers in the spring of 1888, I am
glad to say that you have demon
strated marked ability in many
important posts of responsibility
and trust, latterly as governor OF
tie Farm Credit Administration. -
A Western Democratic group led
10y James C. Quigley, Nebraska
rational committeeman, recently
demanded the custer of Black and
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
on the ground that they had mis-
managed the farm program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
CHICAGO GAMBLING
ROSS IS WOUNDED

CHICAGO, March 3. -P)- Big
John J. Williams, South Side
a,,,hling boss, was wounded by
spray of shotgun slugs today,
- investigators theorized that he
INV have been attacked by gun
law who made an unsuccessful
Effort to obtain money from him.
rantain Daniel Gilbert, chief of
o,e States attorneys police, stat
Nv IN +ne shooting may have been an
~ :sdirect offshoot of the murder of
, ,ra Sonny Quirk, overseer
W., ~ . chain of gaming houses, last
'' Williams and seven other men
.ore charged with engaging in
""nnspiracy to kill Quirk. Williams
sr sJ two others were tried and
INV a.o,,itted last December. The case
at asinst fourth defendant was
s as,ssmjssed. The other four have
GUIDED arrest.
slT T,e captain figured the fugi-
,.as may have shot Williams be-
u he declined to furnish funds
~. . would enable them to sur
Iader and finance a defense.
Wl1iams, wounded in the back
md hands, was in bridewell
S,ital where his condition was
at Ssr as satisfactory. Detec-
.;ros asked who shot him. He re-
'Ted Santa Claus" Later, how
ever. he reported he did not get
ooos look at the men who fired
mon him as he drove his car at
s4tb and Whipple streets.
Last Dec. 20 Williams posted q
e NON bond at Fort Worth, Tex,
~ charge of aiding a soldier
friend to desert from the army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
TRIAL OF VICHY
OFFICIALS ENDS

ALGIERS, March 3. -P)- Ten
Vichy officials were convicted to-
day of numbering and torturing
informed members of the French
Foreign Legion, and four receiv.
ed death sentences as the first OF
the French purge trials' came
to dramatic close in tiny
chamber of Algiers' Palais de JUS
tice.
Senegalese troops with fixed bay
onets held back impatient witness
es, their friends, lawyers, journ-
alists and the just plain curious,
as the special military tribunal
filed in to return it's verdicts after
four hours elaboration.
Sentenced to death were: Sgt.
Maj. Jean Baptiste Finidori and
1t. Xavier Santucci, Corsicans,
Sgt. Maj. Raphael Duphin, a
Frenchman, and Otto Riepd, a
German. It was alleged that Fini-
dori, Dauphin and Riepd beat pris.
oners with crowbars, and thai
Dauphin tormented others by
forcing them to drink soup full,
of salt.
Attorneys for the four filed ar
appeal with a military appellate
tribunal, which can either affirm,
the judgment or order new trials.
Their last rescourse would be ar
appeal for clemency to Gen. Char.
les De Gaulle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
TOP OPERA
VISITS in CITY

The unique and charming Flor
ence Kirk, internationally ia
NOUS opera star, spent Thursday
and Friday in Wilmington giving
superb" performances at near
by Army centers.
Miss Kirk stated that she would
remember her visits to Bluethen-
thai Army Airbase, Fort Fisher
and Camp Davis with greatest
esteem and with Undoubtedly,
most enthusiasm The young
singer gaily acclaimed, 'Those
boys are tops!"
Miss Kirk, Philadelphia, de-
clared that she was finding the
South, on her first USO tour, very
receptive and congen1al. She will
leave Wilmington for Florence, S.
c., Saturday, and from there go
10 Charleston, S. c., Jacksonville,
Fla, and Havana, Cuba. She will
make return trip to this city
April II at which time she will
appear at a concert.
The talented soprano made her
debut October "a, 1912 with the
New Opera Company of New
York, after which Toscanine read
her reviews and asked Tor an audi
ton. He awarded Miss Kirk two
contracts with the Philadelphia
Symphony orchestra, two with the
New York Philharmonic orches-
ira, and one with Victor record
ings.
She made her South American
debut in the South American
Opera, 'Teatro Colan'', in Buenes
Aires in July 1912, later appear
ing in 'Teatro M,nicipaT' in Rio
de Janerio. She then returned to
the United States for season with
the New Opera Company of New
York; however, she returned to
South America again in 1913 be-
fore staring in the English YER
sion Of Girl of the Golden West"
with the San Francisco Opera
company.
Stating that she had one pet
"Foggy', Miss Kirk sheepishly
said she was guided by numbers.
She enjoys remembering dates;
however, we didn't inquire furth-
er as to which kind, did we Capt.
Roland Wooten?
Soldier critics from the Army
Airbase acclaimed Miss Kirk "a
captivative singer who knew
what type of music they found a
pleasure mot too high-brow''.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
LENTER SERVICE

Special service for the Len
ten and Pre-Easter season will
be held at the First Christian
church during the month of
March. "The Cross of the Two
Thieves" will be the theme
for March 5 at IL O'Clock with
the pastor preaching and the
choir singing the anthem, 80
Lord Be Merciful', by Smith.
At the evening hour, 8 o'clock,
an all-musical program will be
presented featuring congrega-
tional singing of familiar old
church hymns and the choir
anthems, Ivory Palaces, by
Barraclough, and, "Saved By
the Blood, by Milan. The
public is invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
SKELETON PROBE
IS INTENSIFIED
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,,oorod from the area and had not
bapn heard from by relatives or
c1ose friends living in the neigh
borhood.
Efforts to locate Mr.. and Mrs.
rocil Nix and their two small chill
drpn we're started yesterday on
No assumption that the letters
Wearing that name were correctly
sddressed. However, Creekrnore
said he believed the Cecil could
have been short for Cecilia"
Creeknore said that Mrs. May
belle Nix. whose name was written
in the testament found in the cabin
and carrying a Schoolfield, Va,
address, recently had moved to
Panama City, Fla, and until a
few days ago was employed in a
shipyard. However, she now has
moved, he said.
The skeleton of the woman, said
by doctors to have been about %
years of age and having auburn,
or red, hair, was found by woods
man on December 8, 1912. Physi-
clans said death occurred several
months before but they could not
ascertain the cause of death.
Creekmore said today he had
been informed that Wilmington
and New Hanover county officers
had investigated an abandoned
automobile found several miles
from the scene of the finding of
the skeleton, about the time the
body presumably was deposited
where it was found.
He said the auto contained sew
eral articles of bloodstained, feni-
nine clothing. Efforts to trace the
automobile and clothing failed,
Creekmore said. .,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Obituaries
CHARLES l.. McNARY

SALEM, Ore, March 3.-(P-
Charles L. McNary was buried to-
day in the Odd Fellows ceme-
terry of the town where, as farm
boy, he started the career that
carried him to the Republican
leadership of the United States
Senate.
McNary died a week ago in
Florida, where he had gone fol-
lowing a brain operation.
More than 1000 persons assembl-
ed in the Senate Capitol for the
last rites.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Twelve FHers Killed
AS Two Bombers Crash

SHREVEPORT, La, March g.
R-Twelve Barksdale Field air
men died today in the crash of
two medium bombers after col
ision while in flying formation.
The planes were buried in mud
Of plantation field about eight
miles northeast of Shreveport.
l1ere were no survivors.
A farmer said he saw the two
planes circling side by side and
men one ship veered into the side
Of the other. One fell into a spin
and crashed nearby. The other
crashed about a mile from the
other.
Names of the dead had not been
released by Barksdale authori-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
LORDS SUPPER

The Sacrament of the Lords
supper will be celebrated Sum
day at 11:15 am. at the First
Presbyterian church, Third
and Orange streets, ANNOUNCE
ed the pastor, DIR. william
Grove, Jr. Lieut.. E. M. Brack
will sing tenor solo, Ere
quiem", by Verdi.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04

BAPTIST SECRETARY
M. A. Higgins, general Sec
rotary of the North Carolina
BAPTIST state convention, of
Raleigh, will speak Sunday
morning at IL am. at the Sum
set Park Baptist church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
PRAYER CONFERENCE

The convention of the
Churches of God of the Will
mlngtOn district, now meet
ing at the Church of God. is
featuring q Sppec1a1 prayer
conference Saturday afternoon
for the ministers and Chris
tan workers. The conference
will begin at 3 p. m. while
the evening service will be-
gin at 1880 p. M, with special
singers from various churches
appearing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
SOCIAL LIFE PROGRAM

The regular Saturday night
social life program for serv-
Ice men and women and local
church young people will be
held in the Social Hall of the
First Christian Church, South
Third and Ann streets, today
from 500 to 1000 pm. Supper
will be served from 6 to ! o.
clock. All service men and wo-
men invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
BREACHES SUNDAY

breaches SUNDAY
The Rev. Harold J. Dudley.
pastor of the First Presbyte-
rlan church of Birmingham,
Ala. and brother of the Rev.
Alfred X. Dudley of Whining
ton, who is pastor of Pearsall
Memorial and Winter Park
Presbyterian churches, will
preach at the morning service
OF the Winter Park Presbyte-
ran church on Sunday at IL
O'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
City Briefs
PARTY

The Purim party will e
held at the Synagogue on Wal
nut street, between Third and
Fourth streets, at 7 pm. Sun
day, March S. Entertainment
Is planned and the tradition
al Purim refreshments will be
served,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Special ACL Relief
Train Arrives In N. Y,

NEW YORK, March 8. Ill.,
Ten Old Style, reconditioned Goa
ches, comprising a ''relief train
special section of the Atlantic Coast
Lines Tamiami Special, arrived
here today from Florida with 200
passengers.
1t was the second special train
to New York in two nights bear
ing persons who had been strand
ed in Florida resorts by inability
to obtain transportation North.
The train was three hours and
seven minutes behind schedule.
The ancient cars had been donat-
&c by the Pennsylvania, Erie and
Atlantic Coast Line railroads I'M
der an arrangement approved by
the Office of Defense Transports
lion, it was said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04

The January, 1914, quota of new
passenger automobiles was Is, 800
Lowest since rationing of new
cars was put into effect
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04

research findings indicate that
badness, not hairiness, is a sign
OF masculinity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04

$3.50 p. m. - Movie, "This Land
Is Mine"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04

We have taken two hundred coats and have re-
duced them clearance this nendousv low
price and offering them for sale for Saturday only.
These really the greatest clearance values in
that have been able to offer in years only
great need for the extra space this will make avail
abb in store would make reduce these coats
sale at such drastic levels. All these coats sold for
from S1698 to much 500 SO previously. you really
need coat if you an extra coat for hard use,
these at once.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
Prospects in the Pacific

There is no D-Day mystery surround ing our current campaign in the Pacific. The consolidated forces of General Mac Arthur and Admiral Halsey are advaTlc- ing step by step, almost calling their shots, toward the Philippines, the great est Pacific prize short of Japan itself. Liberation of the Philippines will be a terrific blow to Japan in loss of strategic position, supply and prestige. And our gains will be correspondingly great. We shall then have two barrels pointed at the heart of Japan. Manila is less than 1900 miles from Tokyo, well within the announced range of the B-29 super bomber. It is within 700 miles of the China coast. Japan Is clearly facing her doom, but that doom does not seem ii1l- nninent Most Allied military leaders foresee long and difficult fight, even when the great force of America and Bri- tain can be concentrated on the Pacific war. For China's strength Is waning as ours grows ir the island campaigns.
 The Chinese army IS still brave, but increasingly weary. It Is still wretched!y armed and supplied. And there IS little we can do about 1t at the moment. Until we can and that day now seems distant, Japan will probably continue to tighten klSk kEAP Okl SAhklaI LAO LAlaGvSA AAOW SpNAy she fares elsewhere. Some military minds admit the possibility of Japan's continuing the war for some time even with the homeland lost, If she can retain Manchuria and her Chinese territories
 Most of these military minds now ap- pear to believe that there Is no bypasSing great land campaign in China to drive every Jap out Of the occupied territory So we shall need speed as well as power, before Japan's grip on the continent be- comes too paralyzing
 Yet General MacArthur, who probably knows the enemy as well as anyone has q new and encouraging view. He says that Japan Is already doomed by the de- terioratlon of her high command and of- ficer material, and by the possible public reaction to 1t. This is important, for 1t may give us new propaganda weapons for an attack which Up to now has been ex- trenely difficult because of Japan's cul- tiire and national psychology.
 "When public opinion realizes that it's generals and admiralS have failed" says General MacArthur, "the revulsion in Japanese thought will be terrific. Therein Hes the basis for ultimate hope that the Japanese citizen will cease his almost. idolatrous worship of the military and readjust his thoughts along more rational Iine6.D Therein may also lie the strong est hope for a speedy victory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
The Satellites' Peace

It is unlikely that the Nazi government will get any wrong ideas from the lenient armistice terms given to Finland and Romania. The drafters of these terms might have judged that the chief sin of the Finnish and Romanian people was an excess of discretion over Valor. The governments of both countries have be- haved reprehensibly, But an American could at least understand the Finnish peoples predicament, even if he could not excuse their action. And he could under stand the Romanians helplesSness against a government which has long kept them poverty-ridden and all but voiceleSs,
 But the Nazis know that 1t is different with them. The Germans were an edu- cated, enlightened people. They knew what was happening, But thousands of their soldiers stand already convicted Of barbarous crimes for which no excuse of ignorance can be offered, Europe will remember German complacency and German crime. And SO surely will the men who dictate Germanys terms. The Nazi government and the German people know this. That's why they are still fighting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
Time for Statesmanship

Statistlcians have made Q good case in support of the idea that demand for the products of industry will be nearly unsuitable after the war. However, in- duStry holds no illusions about o post war Utopia, It knows that the remorSe- less battle to hold down costs will con- tinue. It knows that production must be combined with broad distribution to insure stability.
 For these reasons, postwar planners of production are joining with postwar planners in retail distribution to work out the problems of securing and main taining maximum flow of goods to consumers at reasonable prices. As never before, mass distribution will be relied upon to keep living costs on an even keel. A leading retailer declares that unless retail distributors can help move into consumption anywhere from 4096 to 5096 more consumer goods than have ever before been produced, we face ser iouS unemployment and depression
 Of course, producers and distributors cannot be expected to work miracles, The continuance of coSt-cutting which has marked the growth of mass produc- ton and distribution, will depend in large measure upon the people and their representatives in government,
 Before the war, legislative bodies pur- sued the fallacy of trying to equalize competition by enacting punitive tax laws designed to curb efficiency, These curbs on efficiency are best typif1ed in the class taxation against chain stores, which spread across the country like a plague few years ago, before 1t was finally realized that efficiency and size in industry do not necessarily spell mono poly. Postwar prosperity depends on public opinion eliminating the dema- gogic approach to industrial problems
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23
Changes at Scovill's

Not SO long ago we took occasion to congratulate John H, GosS on the com pletion of fifty years of service with the Scovill Manufacturing Company. We take occasion again to congratulate him on rounding out his years of service as president and on taking over the chairmanship of the board. At the same time congratulatins are in order TOT Leavenworth P. Sperry who now becomes president and general manager of the Scovill concern,
 MT. Sperry, like MT, Goss, entered Sco, wills as young man. He mas prog[eSseu from one position to another ana mas become through close attention to ouSl- ness an important figure among the many who are associated with the induStry' His father, the late Mark L, Sperry, was likewise associated with Scovills through most of his lifetime.
 MT. Goss, in becoming chairman or tne board will still be closely connected wltn the routine. The appointment or MT Sperry to succeed his as president places MT, Sperry in a position due him for years off runctiiious service and a thorough knowledpe of the details of the business He comes from family that has long been associated with the city,s inoustrlal progress and carries on tradition begun in the days when the city was only the town, and the foundations were begun TOT one industry after another which were later to become the enormous plants they are today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23

Young folks do not always look ahead at times. Today many of them find job more attractive than finishing a high school education. Lack of high school education may not matter much right now, but later the young folks will find themselves handicapped, for as the superintendent of New York City schools says: "Those who do not have high school diploma will be at an almost hope less disadvantage in obtaining employ ment in peacetime"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-23

how he intends to vote In NO-
 Vember. |
 NOTE-one provision of the soldier-vote bill authored by Sen- ator Taft of Ohio. forbidding soldiers to read newspapers and magazines of Q political nature, has been repudiated by Congress, ALASKAN AIR ROUTE
 TO RUSSIA
 The President recently told the nation about the air route to Russia via Alaska and the Cana dian Arctic. Credit for delivering several thousand aircraft to Soviet flyers by this route goes to Colonel Russell Keillor com- mander of Ladd Field, to Q Soviet flyer of equal rank, Colonel N. s. Vasin, together with two American brigadier generals who created the alr route,
 Development of this air route
 Is one of the great featS of the war. It penetrates the cOldest section of North America. the
 Tanana and Yukon valleys. where the temperature often
 goes to 70 degrees below zero.
 For years Brigadier General Dale V. oaffney, U. s, Army Ar Corps. works to improve methods of cold weather flying, Tn tents on bare runways, he and his me. chanicS experimented on planes In temperatures which actually iroze the anti-freeze solution for truck radiotors, daffney now heads the Alaskan wing of the Army Air Corps, with headquar- ters ct Edmonton, Alberta, where the Red Star is painted on Am. erican combat planes headed for Siberia and the Russian front,
 The other Brigadier General who developed the air route is James A. (Patsy) O'Connor, dim inutiVe U. s. Army engineer who built the Alaska Highway and accompanying airfelds. General O'Connor, one of the shortest men ever to graduate from West Point, went Into the North in the spring of i042 without even ade- quate maps and charts. He built fields in mountainous Solitudes where not even the Canadian Mounted Police had been before. Recently he was awarded the D. s. M, for this wilderness feat,
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