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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-20
Old NewSieS ShiVer
For Sweet Charity

from Mrs. Carl Schweitzer In the
name of 80 members of the Delta
Psi Sorority. This is the sorority's
twelfth consecutive donation.
Inspector Arthur J. Heidi of
McClelland Station, who has been
with the group for eight years,
proudly displaying checks for Sl23
from Crowley Miner and Co. and
from the Gabriel Richard Council
Of the knights of Columbus.
Circuit Judge John V. Brennan
hurried out on his lunch hour TO
buy a paper at GriSwold and
Michigan.
There was a great. big proud
grin on Joseph B. Brady's face as
he accepted a 50 bill from his 2
year-old grandson, Robert Lewis
JabeEe.- --
a {. uaase. at Grand River and
Washington Blvd, got $50 check
from Local so, the Brewery Work.
erS Union.
A group Of students from the
Henry Ford Trade School made
their fifth annual trip to Wood
ward and Grand River to present
-S22s- TO Jim Bishop. who has sold
/ papers on that corner for Is years,
The money was in an S-inch-
square cardboard box.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-20
BELIEVES PACK LOOTED

He said that because of his two
small children and the illness of
his wife he could not take the
package TO tho post office himself.
Warden thinks some one stole
the package from the mailbox
opened il. kept part Of the con-
tents and tossed the parachute
into the back yard of the Brook.
lyH house, two blocks away. Tied
10 the chute when it was found
Sunday were two prayer books, a
locket and a camera.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-20
State 10 See
Gab|e'sFi|n1
Actors War Movie
TO Feature Bond Rallies

y aCombat America" Mai Clark
Cables much discussed teehni-
color movie of Flying Fortresses
In action, will have its premieres
in Michigan in a series Of January
war bond rallies.
The picture will be available in
g6-millimeter film only, and will
not be released in the 35-milli-
meter film required for theatrical
showing. according to Frank N.
1sbey, chairman of the Michigan
war finance committee.
FOR AERIAL GUNNERS
Gable made the picture as an
orientation film for serial gunners
by order of Gen. II. II. Arnold,
army air forces chief.
Gable is the narrator and APP
pears in several OF the scenes.
Gable, Capt. Andrew J. Mcintyre
and Master Sgt. Robert BoieS re-
ceived the Air Medal for making
the combat scenes in raids over
France and Germany.
Isbey said today that Michigan
was over the top in the sale of all
but e bonds and that further
efforts OF his committee would be
concentrated on this series.
He said it would be necessary
for the states 100000 volunteer
workers 10 sell Sl0,000.000 add
hional "E" bonds by Dec. 30. and
that he had appealed TO them 10
attempt to reach that goal by
Christmas.
The war finance chairman said
he believed that GallantS of Dur
fee intermediate School. 2740 Col
lingwood. had set national rec
ord that would stand for the dura-
Zion OF the Sixth War Loan drive
" selling 1854 900 worth of r
Sbonds. averaging more than S225
for each of the $3.50 pupils
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-20

At his old stand in the Times
building. Russell A. McCloy, coun-
try circulation director, did rush
business.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-20

Pur<cyorS OF good cheer for the
half-frozen news vendors were Bill
BoeSky of BoeSky Bros reStau-
rants. and Adolph Teichman OF
2670 Gladstone. BOeSky went the
rounds with hot Tom and Jerry
as is his custom. while Teichman
dispensed hot chocolate for the
eighth year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-20
FAMILY MOVED

Warden. an interior decorator,
was working Saturday at redeco-
rating the house at 50 Woodland
which Mrs. DeQuin vacated last
week, when a mailman came with
a package.
IL explained that the house
was empty and told him he
should return the package TO
the post office" Warden said,
"but he refused and slammed IL
on the floor, When I pointed out
IL was from an overseas soldier,
he said he didn't and
walked out"
Warden said The package, bear
ing a San Francisco APO return
address, was an army K-3 ration
box tied with silk parachute
strings.
al took il home with me-
Warden continued. "and after
trying I'm vain 10 locate Mrs. De-
Quin In the phone book, I
marked Moved; Please Locate
on the package and set IL out on
top Of a mailboX at Hamilton
and Garfield"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-20

The Old Newsboys shivered in
the cold today, dressed In a
variety Of clothing.
The only one who loo e d
reasonably warm was William
Freimuth, young attorney. who
-appeared ready for business
dressed in his red-cheekered hunt
ing clothes. Others stamped numb
feet and waved their arms around
ears mufhed in scarves or ear
muns and envied Freimuth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-20

Traditional stops were made by
the -paraderS before the safe
began. al corners formerly held
by their dead comrades. At each
stop the Old NewsboyS stood AT
attention While the band played
Aud Lang Syne.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-20

Councilman Sweeny and Atty.
-Capizzi, Old Newshoys
president, shared a corner with
the wind.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

to- combat outbreaks that up to
August 5 have been the worst for
any such period in % years.
Even prisoners have helped in
creating W h*a t.. Bash O'Connor,
president of the National Fzounda-
ton, terms '''The Miracle of, HEX
ory. North Carolina" Men prison
lers helped construct the sewage
system. Women prisoners at Cen
trail State prison, Raleigh, w er e
given the opportunity to volunteer.
A group of 80 white women and
several Negro women responded.
They. were encouraged to think
that the service they are render
ing, despite the danger of conta-
gion of one of the most horrible
diseases known, will count. strong
ly in their favor in connection with
any plea for a pardon.
What has happened to that group
constitutes a miracle They live in
a row of tents. They have no
guards and no locked doors.
When the term of one young girl
prisoner expired, she refused to go
home. 81 have become so attached
to the children can't leave now
she said simply. II like the work.
I don't want to co.
Then she went off to perform
among all the unpleasant things
one of the most mental tasks
to be done in hospital
That is the spirit of 1.-THE Mir
acle of Hickory"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

Saturday. The bill moves on to
the floor from rules committee
hearing Tuesday morning.
War Mobilization Director James
F. Byrnes favors a maximum
compensation of $40 per week for
workers losing employment during
the reconversion period. While
this proposal was rejected by the
House Ways and Means commit
tee, headed by North Cardinals
Rep. Robert L. Doughton, a move
to establish some such figure
seems, to have gained strength in
the House, forecasting strong
effort to inject the proposal as an
amendment to the bill.
The 'state's rights" provision,
giving to the states me power to
administer unemployment COM
pensation.. remained. in the Dough-
ton bill. Senator Walter F. George,
Democrat, Georgia, chairman of
the Senate Finance committee,
spearheaded a fight which pre-
vented substitution in the upper
body of a provision for centra-
lied federal agency to admins
ter unemployment benefits.
While the issue of surplus prop
erty disposal and unemployment
compensation are under consider
alton, members of the Senate Ma
tional Defense Investigating COM
mittee, whose Craftsmanship was
recently handed over to Senator
James NJ Mead, Democrat, New
York, following resignation of Vice
Presidential nominee Harry Tru-
man of Missouri, will look into the
surplus property situation to obtain
an idea concerning the nature and
amount of such property available
for sale in moving to peacetime
operation.
The problem of building better
postwar nation is also of active
concern to- the House Education
committee, headed by North Car
olina's Rep. Graham A. Barden
of New Bern. With the coopera-
ton of a 12-member advisory COM
fnittee composed of the nations
leading educators, Barden is lead
ing an investigation of the prob
lens of Americas institutions of
higher learning. DR.. Francis J.
Brown, professor of education att
New York university, is on leave
to direct the study. Dean Herbert
Herring of Duke University is a
member of the advisory group.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

son to suggest crop that can take
the place Of the soybean and he
has pushed lespedeza. About 1000
acres of this legume are planted
in the county and Jameson ex-
poets this acreage to expand rapid
ly once local seed supply has
been established. The lespedeza
and permanent pastures are badly
needed, he says, for the 112 men
now growing beef cattle and the
1850 women producing lambs and
wool.
AS one studies the farming stu
alton IN this county, he is impress
ed with the fact that the diversity
OF enterprises and the progressive
attitude of the growers makes it
one OF the best agricultural coun-
ties in North Carolina even thuugh
its. small area keeps it from being
recognized as such on statewide
bases '--
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

portation of nurses. Everybody
pitched in to help.
But still the cases came. One
afternoon officials of the hospital
the. state health department a n d
the National Foundation decided
that another so : bed building was
needed. Contractor Herman, w h o
had won the nickname .Kaiser"
for his swift construction work,
worked all night on .blueprints, his
wife assisting him AT 7 o'clock
the next morning the new struc-
ture was started. Four days later
it was completed and patients were
being moved in.
Aid Is States
Today, with III patients in the
emergency hospita'. another n e W
building is being constructed with
the same speed. 1t will increase
the capacity of this emergency hos
pital to over 200 beds.
The cost of this tremendous bat
tie against polio is being borne
by the National Foundation, h e
March of Dimes organization,
which has sent epidemic aid of
some form into 10 states this year
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28
:;
By NEA Service

HICKORY, Aug. 27.-The people
of North Carolina are at war
against poliomyelitis. Virtually ev-
iery one of them is volunteer.
Like the boys fighting over there,
they think last of their own safety
first of those who are stricken
down by one of mans Oldest and
most mysterious enemies, infantile
paralysis.
About two months ago infantile
paralysis began to stalk through
a group of counties in the Pied
mont area of North Carolina. Fol-
lowing no pattern, it struck down
a bright spirit here and then spread
dark curls on white pillow many
miles away from any other case.
Things were fast becoming des-
Derate. Normal hospital and nurs-
ing facilities were quickly made in
adequate by the rapid spread of
the disease. 1t became evident to
C. H. Crabtree, North Carolina
state representative of The Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
sis, that emergency disqualification
was imperative.
Camp Transformed
Crabtree rushed to Hickory,
which had few ses itself but
which was in the approximate
center of the affected area. At
Hickory he conferred with DR.. H.
G. Whims, local health officer for
three counties, and DR.. A. Gather
Hahn. Hickory physician who al
so is chairman of the CataWba
County Chapter of the National
Foundation.
The Catawba County Tuberculo-
sis Society has a fresh air camp
of 81 acres several miles from the
city, in pine and oak woods Sec
ton, where 60 underprivileged chill
dren had been sent to build up.
their bodies during tn summer
months. This was offered as the
site of an emergency hospital. 1t
was quickly accepted.
In one hour one hot afternoon
the camp was evacuated. The 60
children were returned to their
homes. The camp W disbanded.
Almost before the dust of the re-
firing campers had settled on the
red Catawba County road going up
to the camp, another quiet, terrible
heart wrenching caravan start
ed descending on Camp Hickory.
Mothers and fathers from the foot
hills came with strained faces and
grim jaws, bringing from some of
the best homes in North Carolina
children whose little bodies were
limp with paralysis, in spasms of
pain-some of them unconscious.
Where gay campers frolicked
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

Paralysis hospital near Hickory.
Guard units turned out to cut trees
and clear the grounds. The water
company installed a three-inch wa
ter main and turned their old one
inch line over to the gas company
so there would be gas available.
More General Hospital at Black
Mountain, convalescent hospital
for soldiers, provided SIS beds, .55
mattresses and an assortment of
hospital item. Local stores con-
tributed sheets and other necessi-
ties.
The National Foundation rushed
expert polio doctors and physical
theNapists from other parts of the
country. The Red Cross recruited
nurses from all over the south. An
iron lung was urgently needed. In
an hour nearby chapter of the
National Foundation provided it.
The police chief put all his cars
and men to work helping out. The
fire department sent a chemical
truck and men to give fire protec-
ton. The American Legion donat-
ed cigarettes for workmen. T h e
state provided a bus for the trans
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28
BY F. H. JETER

ELIZABETH CITY, Aug. 81
Pasquotank is another OF the Al
bemarle counties threatened with
a crop failure this season but for
the timely rainfall of early July.
The early Irish potato crop, cover
ing about 4,500 acres of the coun-
tvs best farm land, was not up
to par except in spotted instances.
AS a rule, the potatoes were
small and, because of this, the
growers suffered from the lack of
this income source. In the past,
Pasquotank farmers have followed
their early Irish potatoes with corn
and soybeans but more lately they
have begun to plant a second crop
of cabbage and snapbeans follow
ing the potato harvest.
County Agent P. H. Jameson
says that out of the 4,500 acres
usually put to potatoes, $500 acres
of the land is next seeded to cab
bage, 1000 acres, 70 snapbeans,
and the remainder in corn, soy
beans, collards, and the like.
and more cabbage have been seed
ed this summed. Seeded is the
word to use because actually the
young plants come up so thick, on
the row that they must be chopped
to stand like cotton.
1t is not generally known, but
Pasquotank is surplus corn pro-
ducing country. 1--WE have always
sold some corn" Jameson said.
Usually, we plant around 1000
acres and in good seasons our pro-
duction is much above the general
average for the state.
We are growing more hybrid,
planting over 400 acres of this new
corn last year, with an increase
this season. Many of our farmers
have some corn tt sell every year
but we are making an attempt to
expand our livestock production so
as to feed the corn at home. With
county average of about 40 BUSH
els an acre, livestock feeding
should be profitable
Pasquotank farmers are growing
more full-seeded oats to be follow
ed NY lespedeza for livestock feed.
This supplements the corn crop
and one can see some excellent
herds of both dairy and beef cat
tie all over the county. ~.
Swine growing is one of the old,
established farm practices but
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

the Senate version Of surplus prop
erty disposal legislation Tuesday,
conferees will be appointed by
Speaker Sam Rayburn and Vice
President Henry A. Wallace to at
tempt an agreement on differences
in the views Of the two bodies on
the manner Of administering the
sale of millions of dollars worth
OF land and war materials which
may be converted to peace time
use.
The senate Friday overrode
recommendation of William L.
Clayton, appointed by President
Roosevelt as surplus property chief
for postwar agency under a sin
gle administrator. previously ap-
proved by the House. The Senate
bill would provide for an eight
member board to direct surplus
sales. Two members from each
House would sit in as observers,
thus making Congress "the boss"
in the program.
The Senate measure also placed
heavier restrictions on the sale of
everything from war plants and
farm lands to trucks and jeeps,
with the interior and agriculture
departments given authority with
the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration in the sale of certain
properties. =. Z So
While conferees are seeking a
compromise on the surplus prop
erty issue, the House Tuesday will
begin consideration of the social
ed George bill, providing unem-
ployment compensation for war
workers during period of recon
version following the end Of the
war. s.s
Since the, issue of contract ter
mination has been agreed upon,
the decision of amounts and man
ner- of distributing unemployment
compensation remains as third
point in, program designed to
prevent chaos and provide for a
well-rounded economy as the ma
ton moves again into peacetime
living. .t
With a wide divergence of views
on the amount of compensation -
some favoring as high as $35 per
week "to eliminate bread lines
the House is certain to see con-
siderable fireworks before the
compensation issue is settled,
probably not before next Friday or
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28
TRANSPORTATION SLOWED

CHUNGK1NG, Aug. ~. = az =
Transportation between Shanghai
and Kobe, Japanese seaport, is
now being conducted mainly with
large wooden boats that take 81
days for a journey which prewar
express liners did in SO hours.
Chinese report said today.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

three days before peas -o4- pau
were set up. Volunteer nurses who.
scoffed at fear took their places be-
side weary parents. Women left
their kitchens in Hickory and other
towns to bend over camp stoves
and make soups for the sick. The
camp director agreed to stay for
a few days to help cook and is
still there. q
Local doctors came with patients
and just didn't go back home.
They stayed because the heat of
the battle with polio was such that
they quickly saw their. duty was
on those piney Catawba slopes. DR..
Whims dropped all other work and
took charge of the hospital. At his
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28
NAZI GENERAL KILLED

LONDON, Aug. 81. -(P- The
German official news agency DNB
said today Nazi Infantry General
Hausfe had been killed in action
on the eastern front east of Lwow
in southern Poland.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28
Conferees To Work
On Postwar Bills
BY HOWARD SUBTLE

WASHINGTON, Aug 27-Congress swings down the
last lap postwar legislation during the
ing week. House and Senate leaders, conference seek
to iron out differences in versions measures providing
up regulations for disposal of surplus war property
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

as assistant director.
Army Helps
Quickly it became apparent that
the principal camp building was
not large enough. The single tele-
phone rang constantly with w o r d
of new cases. Something had to
be done and done quickly. -.
The Army provided four big hos
pital tents. O. E. Herman, a local
contractor, sat up all night to call
neighbors and ask them to drop
their other jobs and become car
penters for a while. In the NOR
ming, IS men were on hand to
erect platforms for the tents. State
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

A newly developed magnet brake
will stop a one-eight hip. motor
making $4,000 revolutions per mxa-
ute in less than six turns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
HOME FRONT FORECAST Air-BOrne Vegetables Are Postwar Possibility

waste, less expansive containers, saving in refrigeration.
 Rates will have to be low, economists calculate, in order to sell enough vegetables and fruits to make the business pay. Strawber- ries, grapes, cherries. melons, pine- apples, lettuce, asparagus, and many other fresh foods are being studied for air transport possibili.' ities, beginning shortly after the end of the war.
 STITCH IN TIME
 Don't look for sewing machines to be made for household use for a long time, War Production Board warns. A sewing machine Is a fancy affair requiring such precious parts as fractional horsepower motors, ball bearings and castings. These must go for military needs for no telling how long.
 Sewing machine manufacturers and WIPE officials, however, are al- lowing themselves to think of what they will do when their SIM Day arrives. It will depend, they say, on how big the first orders are. If production starts off by dribbles, 1t will probably start with one or two pre-war models. If 1t starts off with 8 bang, more models can be made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

is the figure of a man to conjure with, to fill the screen with roar-
 ing adventure and tempestuous pas- sions. Tn all the thrilling West no person lived so excitlngly, no pion- eer rode as adventurously as did he. Under the spirited direction of Will liam A. Wellinan, the film mounts to @ thousand thrilling climaxes;
 the Cheyennes on the warpath; the greatest Indian battles ever filmed;
 the hand-tohand death fight of Buffalo Bill and Yellow Hand; the spectacular buffalo hunt; the strange torture ritual of the Indian Sun Dance; the revenge for Busters last stand, and many others. Yet for all It's brilliant spectacle and action, Buffalo Bill' holds one of the strangest and most enchanting romances ever known. For even as the nation cheere dhin and moved westward, even as his exploits were shaping a newer and greater Amer lea, he was torn between the love of two women as far apart as the poles. And while he was winning the heart of the nation he served, he lost the love of the woman he adored only to have her return to him when he needed her most. In the title role, Joel McCrea achieves the full promise of acting greatness all his previous roles have presaged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
 America's Card Authority

The 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Tour nament for the national kiockout team-of-four championship was won by four of the country's best-known players, Mrs. A. M. (Helen) Sobel and B. J. Becker of New York, and Charles H. Goren and Sidney Silo- dor of Philadelphia. None of the four previously had won the Van- derbilt tournament.
 Tn the 56-board final, the margin of victory was close only li20 points separated the two teams. In this match even an extra trick counted lot. The hand shown to- day was bid the same in both rooms, and the opening lead was the same. Mrs. Sobel. however, made five-odd for her side.
 East won the opening lead with the ace of hearts and shifted to a small diamond. Mrs. Sobel (South) won with the ace and discarded duinmys jack of diamonds. She led low trump and went up with dummy's ace, overlook the nine of diamonds with the ten, discarded dummy's heart on the king of dia- monds, and ruffed a heart. Then two rounds of clubs were taken, and Mrs. Sobel threw East in with the king of spades. East had to lead 8 heart, upon which Mrs. Sobel dis carded her losing club and dummy ruffed.