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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
Supply Of Foundation
Garments Is Stretched
To The Breaking Point
Bv DOROTHY ROE

NEW YORK, April 5. -tR-Amer.
lean women faced an ungirdled tu-
ture today as the corset industry
announced stocks of rubber for
foundation garments now are prac'
tically exhausted.
Issuing an urgent appeal that
home-front corset buying be cut tc
minimum, the Corset and Bras.
siere Association of America ano
the Associated Corset and Bras
siere Manufa cturers, Inc, an
nounced that existing stocks are
barely sufficient to supply the
needs of women war workers
So that these workers would moi
be subject to non-support, the in
dustry pleaded that the rest Of
American womanhood abandon
plans to streamline suits with
new girdles and urged all te
hang on to what they had because
there might not be more for the
duration.
1t added that hoped-for develop
ment of rubber substitutes tt
streamline the American figure
has thus far failed to snap the
corset industry out of it's dilemma,
as all stocks of one type of syn.
thetic are now available only for
military supplies, and research Or
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
Baptist WMU
To Hold Meet
AT Wrightsboro

The 33rd annual session of the
Woman's Missionary Union of Will
mington Baptist association will be
held at the Wrightsboro Baptist
church on April 10, at 10 am.
Mrs. D. w. Merritt is superintend-
ent, and the theme of the session
will be Face Today, Plan for To-
morrow.
The days program follows:
9:55 Musical Meditation, Mrs.
Bishop Willis; 10 Call to Worship,
Hymn for the year, No. IA; 1905
Period Of Praise and Worship,
Scripture Reading, Mrs. r. P. An
derson; Solo, Mrs. S. W. Brinson;
Scripture Reading, Mrs. M. B. Ed
wards; Soloist. Scripture Reading,
Mrs. c. H.. Hayes; Soloist. Scrip
ture Reading, Mrs. E. E. Dye;
Soloist. 1920 Special Prayer, Rev.
H. S. Strickland; Words of Wei.
come, Mrs. A. E. Rogers; Re-
Spouse, Mrs. H. M. Eadie; 1890
Minutes, business, appointment OF
committees, announcements. 1O:4C
Today's Achievements, Tomor.
rows Tasks, Elk. Comm. & Presi.
dents: Song: Publish Glad Tidings,
No. 95; 11:4o Today Molds Tomor-
row, Miss Mary Curtin; 1905 Spe
cial Music, Mr.. Henri Emurian
12:15 Address, Today and Tomor.
row in Missions, Miss Pearle John.
son; loo adjournment.
Lunch
200 Song; We've a Story to tell
to the Nations, No. 3l2; 2:O5 Scrip.
ture and prayer, E. W. Pate; 2:1C
Conference, How to teach Mis-.
sions," Miss Mary Curtin; 800 Re.
ports of Committees, election of of.
ficers, announcements. $40 Me.
mortal Servi ice, Mrs. William
Brice; 1928 Closing Message, Mrs.
Carl Lewis; Praise God From
Whom all Blessings Flow, as Ben
ediction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
ANZl0 BEACHHEAD
FIGHTING FLARES

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Ma
PIES, April 11-tR)-In a flare-up
of fighting on the Anzio beach
head, American and British troops
have thrown back and inflicted
casualties on several strong Ger
man patrols attempting to infil-
trate through Allied lines between
Carroceto and Littoria, it was an
nounced today.
(The Nazi-controlled Vichy radio
said Tuesday that American rein
forcements had landed on the
beachhead near Rome and that
tit seems another Allied offensive
in this sector is imminent"
The eneny's unusual patrol &C.
tivity sometimes in platoon
strength - indicated nervousness
over Allied plans. Three miles
west of Littoria American troops
ambushed Nazi patrol, killing
three and capturing two others,
and four similar engagements
southeast of Carroceto saw the
Germans slapped back with loss
es.
Some Nazi prisoners captured in
recent days in Italy have been mi
nus toes which were amputated as
result of frostbite on the Rus
sian front, a headquarters COM
mentator said.
A company of Germans yester-
day made attacks at two points
against Italian troops holding Mt.
Marrone in the mountainous CEN
trail region of the main Italian
front. but were thrown back with
losses of seven killed and one cap
tured. This was the first prionser
taken by the Italians since they
Joined the Fifth Army.
All along the main front on eth
err side of Casino there were ar
tillery duels and patrol clashes,
but there was no sign of impend-
ing major operations. Allied guns
set fire to an enemy ammunition
dump in the Casino area.
The Allied air forces continued
their attacks on Nazi communica-
tons, medium and fighter-bomb-
ers hitting rail bridges at half
dozen points below Rome and
bombing ports on the Italian west
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
other types has not been perfect

other types has not been perfect
ed.
1.-The corset industry has now
practically exhausted stocks of
rubber and rubber fabrics which
were on hand in the spring of 1912
when further manufact of rub
ber-containing fabrics for civilian
goods was stopped" the industry
statement read in part. mo sat.
isfactory substitute for rubber has
been found. The rubber short
age is critical because only SUD-
porting garments made with a GER
tain amount of rubber are suffi-
GENTLY flexible to be comfortable
in active work. These are the gar.
ments which are needed by wom-
en- workers in war plants, and
which the corset industry is now
asking women on the home front
to conserve"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
Country Club
PlansParty
For Golfers
Gene Sarazen, Joe Ear, Miss
Fox And Miss Byrne Will
Play atch Saturday

The Cape Fear Country club will
entertain on Friday evening at $50
o'clock in honor of Gene Sarazen,
Joe Ear. Kay Byrne and Kathryn
Fox. professional and amateur
golfers who are at present on ex-
hibition tour Of service camps from
Florida through North Carolina,
and who will play in an exhibit
ton match at the Cape Fear Coun-
try club on Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock
Their schedule for this week in
cludes exhibitions at Goldsboro
Wednesday. Camp Lejeune on Fri
day and Wilmington Saturday and
from here will 60 to Fort Bragg
where they will play on Sunday.
Miss Byrne: who is the New York
state champion. and Miss Fox will
60 next week to Pinehurst, where
they will enter the And annual
North-S GU h Woman's amateur
tournament, April 1921.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
PERSONALS

Sgt. William C. Wells has re
turned to Gunter Field, Ala, aft
er spending the Easter holidays
with his wife and baby at their
home on Chestnut street.
y
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Franklin Smith
and infant daughter Nancy, have
returned to their home in New
port News, Va, after spending
a week with Mr.. Smiths parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Barrier of
Wrightsville Beach, were called
to Monroe today by the death of
Mr.. Barriers niece, Mrs. Amos
Stack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
Farmers Urged 70 Kes,
Seed In Food CamnaS;o

RALEIGH, April Ii up
Lands Bennett, seed "
ment specialist of the Agric,p,i,,o 'e
Experiment Station, said 4,usa
"all good seed should be kent T0' !,
the food for freedom figbt%' ;. -,
urged farmers having wheat an an
rye, and barley seed erqibia' ~ \
certification to mail their ANN: -o
tons by April Is, the closin9q p ~
with the manpower sbors.r 1s'
acute Bennett said, r4+ se
portant that we take advon.. IN
of every available shortcut w.
food production efforts, Man.. ".
mers have learned that wbon l, ID;
quality seed is used, the ra4 ',.s
at harvest are greatly incroo. WIZ.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
Pretty Soprano
Sings Tonight
In High School
Florence Kirk Will End Co.
peratiye Concert Series
For Season

The climax of the musical sea-
son of the Cooperative Concert
association will be this evening
with the appearance of Florence
Kirk, brilliant young soprano of the
New Opera company, New York
Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janiero
Teat-o Colon and Buenos Aires,
when she sings for an anticipated
packed house in New Hanover
High schools auditorium. T h e
membership was completely sold
out last fall, and admission to all
concerts of the association is by
membership card only.
Miss Kirk will make her appear
ance at $3.50 o'clock and will have
as her accompanist, Archie Black
at the piano.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12

The regular church day of
the Woman's Society of Chris
tan Service of Grace church
will be postponed until We'd
nesday, April II with meetings
as follows: Spiritual Life
group II a. m. Circle meetings
at 1880 a. M; Business meet
ing IL noon and luncheon with
circle six as hostesses lis pm.
A meeting of the Stamp De-
fiance chapter, OAR, will be
held Friday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock in the Sorosis club
house. The election of officers
will take place and an inter-
esting program has been plan
ned.
The annual meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Union of
the Wilmington Baptist associ-
alton will be held at
the W,lghtsboro Baptist
church, THURSDAY, April 10, at
10 am. Lunch will be provid-
ed by members of the WINS.
all members are urged to be
present and pastors are cor
daily invited
District Nine, North Carolina
State Nurses association will
meet Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock ct the Nurses home.
A meeting of Goldenrod
chapter, 142, OES, will be held
Thursday evening at 8:15
o'clock in the Masonic Temple.
The Fidelis class of the First
Baptist church will meet We'd
nesday at 6:15 o'clock in the
church social hall.
The regular meeting of
Rebekah Degree, IOOF, will
be held Thursday evening at 8
o'clock in the Odd Fellows hall.
Visitors in the city are invited
to attend.
The Philathea class of the
First Baptist Sunday school
meets with Mrs. w. R. Zebe-
lin, 718 Dock street Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. R.
L. Wicker is associate hostess.
A meeting of the Winter Park
Prayer band will be held
Thursday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock at the home of Mrs. E.
G.. Hall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
Leadership Of Governor
Broughton Is Praised
By Army Commander

RALEIGH, April IL up Gov
ernor Broughton received a letter
today from Maj. Gen. F. E. Uhl,
commanding officer of the Fourth
Service Command, which stated:
Your energetic leadership in mi
tiating the organization of COM
munity war COMMITTEES to encour-
age labor to stay on the job is
highly gratifying.
1.-The example set by North Car
DINA will, undoubtedly, stimulate
other states within the fourth serv-
ice command area to accelerate
their programs"
Governor Broughton met with Ia
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12

Dor, management, and civic rep
resentatives of IL industrial cities
few weeks ago to organize COM
munity war committees for North
Carolina centers of wa: produc-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
FEVER BAGS

WASHINGTON, April IL tR -
Customers will have to manage
with far fewer paper bags and
much less paper wrappings. the
War Production Board (WPB>
said today, announcing the civil
lion supply Of such wrappings has
dropped to less than one-third of
normal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
All Nurses Aides
Asked To Meet AT
Hospital Friday

There will be an important meet
ing of all Nurses Aides at the
office of the superintendent of
the James Walker Memorial hos
pital on Friday evening, April IA,
at o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
Won PAPEN ARRIVES

NEW YORK, April lI-lP-r
Berlin radio said today that F., IL
Won Papen, German ambass.s.
to Turkey, has arrived in Tn. ss.
bull from Ankara and Twill 1;, 'a
very great reception in the w.
few days" ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
Anniversary Dance
Planned Monday By
Searchlight Outfit

Monday evening, April II, the
359th Searchlight Battalion will en-
terrain with a dance in Whining
ton at the Cape Fear Armory on
Market street in celebration Of its
first anniversary. Dancing will be
to the music of the 143rd. popular
army band of Camp Davis and
will be from until midnight.
A floor show is being planned
and refreshments are to be served
turing the evening. Dress is op-
tional and girls of the dance clubs
in Wilmington are invited to at
tend, Buses will be provided and
will pickup the young ladies at
the Second and Orange USO short
ly before 8 o'clock.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr.. and Mrs. Sturgis White an
nounce the birth of a son, Theo-
dore Lowell White, April 3, at
Marion Sprunt annex.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
CLUB CLOCK

The W. H. S. Class of St.
Andrews Presbyterian church
will meet Wednesday night
Immediately following t h
weekly prayer service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12

Sir Walter Raleigh was bebo,.
ed as a spy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

The words car and kaiser are
both derived from the Latin
caesar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12

coast. Two Allied and one Ger
man plane were destroyed during
the day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12

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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
Pacific Picture

| Something potent is brewing in the Pacific
south Of invaded Tinian and Guam. You spell
potent with a capital Pas in Philippines
Palau and Pearl Harbor.
Palau in the Japanese defense setup, is to
the Philippines what Pearl Harbor is to the
United States; only the Palau guardian stone
is lot closer, being less than 900 miles from
Mindanao
A week ago, an American task force stood
off Palau for two days while its carrier
planes brushed aside surprisingly weak air
opposition and devastated shipping, airfields
and ground installations. Tokyo radio says
400 carrier planes returned to the attack Fri
day. The number can be doubted but the
raid seems factual.
Such massive and repeated blows put a
finger on Palau. Whether it is to be invaded
or neutralized for bypassing, the overall OBJ
jective is the samoa move on Mlndanao.
Now Gen. Douglas Macarthur, whose New
Guinea campaign is in the mopup stages, re-
ports the first air attack in great strength on
Halmahera, between his forces and the Philip
pines. His openly expressed objective was to
wipe out Halmahera's airforce and his bomb
ers scratched off As enemy planes. the bulk
of them on the ground. Such an objective
sounds like, "clear the road; intend to pass
this way
Certainly it is tribute to Americas diver
sified striking power that such naval and air
blows can be mounted at time when other
warships, planes and ground troops are invest
ing Gaum and Tinian, $500 miles from Tokyo
but 5000 miles from the United States
And here's provocative question: Where is
the Japanese airforce? By all official ac-
counts it no longer risks great numbers to
protect Pacific bases spread over more area
than the continent of Europe.
True, it has lost something like 4500 planes
in that area this year but Japan supposedly
is able to produce i 900 planes month.
Remember the shock of reading how Ba-
taan's men were reduced to the support OF
flying crates held together by bailing wire, in
a manner of speaking. Well the Gaum Japa-
nese have their Bataan now, only their air.
force beat it week before the Americans
landed.
It all makes good reading-and keep your
eye posted for coming installments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

ever designed entirely for military use. From
these tiny beginnings have sprung in the inter
vening years the great fleets of swift fighter
planes and powerful bornbers which today are
so effectively engaged all over the? globe: in
striking at the enemies Of our country
The first two days of August will, be marked
by every AAF air base in the country with
appropriate ceremonies. .-
At Bluethenthal field, Colonel James c.
Shively, Base Commander, plans to observe
these anniversaries by intensifying the already
intensified training program for fighter pilots,
which is the Bases present important func-
ton. No more appropriate way of marking
these anniversaries exists, in the view of the
Base Commander, than to make ready, as
quickly as possible, more skilled fighter pilots
to man the powerful Thunderbolt planes which
are playing SO important part in overwhelnl-
ing the once-vaunted Luftwaffe and the air
power of Japan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
Our War-And Britain's

Britain has decided against an immediate
resumption Of civilian-goods production, such
as the WPB has ordered in the u. S. There
are several reasons for this decision, but a
major one is that the United Kingdom must
keep production up for its intensified war
against Japan when Hitler is beaten
Here is an answer to those Americans who
have questioned Britain's promises who have
argued that the war against Germany is not
'our war; and that we should have left Eng
land to her fate while we concentrated on
Japan. Britain has given notice that her long.
suffering people will do without little longer
So that when the time comes she may be able
to turn her full weight of labor, arms and men
to the Pacific for victory in the common cause
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
Freedom In Lap of Congress

Instances of unjustified regulatory oppres-
sion in the name of the war emergency, are
accommodating with frightening rapidity. Even
more frightening is the growing evidence that
the citizens cannot seek relief from this op-
preston through the judiciary. Recent at
tempts to secure court review of War Labor
Board decisions and OPA price DEGREES have
revealed that the 'emergency'' laws creating
such agencies are so drawn as to either deny
recourse to the regular courts or, as in the
case Of violation of retail price regulations,
make of the courts mere instruments Of harsh
enforcement.
If a retail merchant violates price rule,
lawyers fee and costs, because that is what
the Emergency Price Control Act calls for.
The courts have held that according to this
law it doesn't matter if the overcharge is as
little as one cent or if it occurred admittedly
through an honest mistake of the merchant or
has nothing to do with it. The fine is still $50.
One judge, in passing sentence under this
travesty Of democratic government, stated: IF
there is any element of justice, morality or
right in compelling respectable and honest
merchant such as the defendant in this case,
at such time as the present when exper-
fenced clerks are scarce and hard to obtain,
to pay a penalty of $50 for an innocent mis-
take of ten cents by an inexperienced clerk,
in which the employer who is so mulcted had
no part whatever, have failed to discover it. -
The war emergency and fear Of initiation
have driven the country to the verge of despot-
ism. Congress is the last official body to
whom the people can turn for relief 1t can
rewrite the laws and curb the authority of
administrative agencies now threatening the
foundation Of American freedom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
The Literary Guidepost

on to the wedding. At this wed.
ding a shot was heard, and the
shot turned out to have been fired
by another rather simple chap
who also had had a fright al
Limping Johns hands. The crowd
gathered about the supposed sui.
eide, but it was Limping John who
picked up the body and took il
home. Some time later, John hap.
pened to notice one Of the dead
mans arms move, and he was
frightened.
1t developed that what looked
like workmanlike hole in the
corpse's temple was actually little
more than bruise-but Limping
Johns reputation was made; he
had brought the man to life. Nor
was he ever able to escape his in.
creasingly horrible fate. Every
thing he did became a miracle.
Credulous women brought perfect.
~ well children to him for his
blessing and equally credulous
men built a miraculous frame :
work with great care, inserted
Llmping John therein, and then an
nounced that he was responsible.
And believed it.
There is something extremely
funny about Mr.. Goodwyn's book
and something terrifying in the
way a superstitious citizenry can
ruin man by making him a god.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
Henry HarreN Named
As Industry Chairman

Henry Harrell of Wilmington was
appointed yesterday as a district
chairman of the Brewing Industry
Foundations North Carolina com.
mittee by State Director Edgar H.
Balm OF Goldsboro.
Other district chairmen are: w
F. Little of Salisbury. W. S. Bur.
russ OF Raleigh, Fred Mills of
Wadesboro, N. S. Forester of North
Wilkesboro, c. F. Smithson, Jr., of
Fayetteville, Frank E. Barnard of
Asheville, T. E. Cunningham of
Charlotte, M. B. Thomas of Win
on-Salem, H. G. Wright Of Green's
boro, W. B. Watkins of Durham
Albert H. Handley Of Goldsboro
George S. Edwards of Rocky
Mount, ]. E. Mcpherson of Eliza
beth City and R. W. Jenkins of
Kinston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

you want to, but they shell this
barn every hour on the hour.
They're zeroed in on it,
We looked at our watches. 1t
was five minutes till midnight.
Some of our soldiers stood boldly
out in the middle of the road talk
ing. But you could sense some OF
us, who were less composed, cas-
ing close to the stone wall, even
close to the motherhood of the
big silent trucks.
Then an officer came out of the
orchard. He had the directions. We
all gathered around and listened.
We had to back up, cross two pas
lures, turn down another lane and
60 forward from there.
We were to drag back two Ger
man tanks for fear the Germans
might retrieve them during the
night. We backed ponde-ously up
the road, our powerful exhaust
blowing up dust as we moved.
As we passed the gray stone
farmhouse we could see five sill
houettes, very family through the
now almost complete might've
Germans still facing the gray
farmhouse.
We came to lane, and pulled
forward into the orshard very
slowly for you could barely see
now. Even in the lightning flashes
of the big guns you could barely
see.
MORE TOMORROW
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
Don't Tamper With Oil

The United Nations are flying to victory on
the wings of petroleum because freedom of
opportunity in the United States enabled the
oil industry to supply it, said William R. Boyd,
Jr., Chairman of the Petroleum Industries
War Council.
1.-THE American oil industry will deliver all
the oil that is necessary to every United Ma
tons battlefront in the world, as long as it
is needed he says. when the war is over.
the American oil industry will find the way to
continue to deliver all the oil that is necessary
to serve the people OF the United States"
He pointed out, however, that this broad
statement presupposed a continuation of our
nations historic policy of allowing full op-
portunity for petroleum development by men
of business vision, inventors, technologists and
scientists. Such men had full opportunity to
operate under the competitive system. When
war came, the oil industry became at once a
tower of strength for the war program
Mr.. Boyd urged orderly development of the
worlds oil resources as prime stimulant to
world peace and proposed world program
similar to the interstate oil compact under
which oil producing states in this country
have operated successfully.
The United States government, he said
should give stlong diplomatic support to such
a program, but should stay completely ou
Il the ownership Of oil or oil facilities