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Bricker Unfolds
His "A Platform
Continued from Page One)

tC0ntlnued from Page One)
'ood subsidies as 'postponing" the
lay Of payment, the Federal war
ballot bill as inadequate in con.
trast to his personally-favored idea
Of a State ballot for servicemen,
a civilian labor draft as too late
now to do any good. Federal hous-
ing as infringing on a Job private
INDUSTRY can do.
He also took a shot at what he
called British interference" in U.
5. elections, referring to published
editorials in Britain favoring con-
tlnuance Of Mr.. Roosevelt in DOW
er
Bricke-, evincing confidence, re-
vealed his ideas in greater detail
than ever before and said that this
was possible because he had had
time to formulate them since he
first decided to get into the race.
His confidence was echoed by
House Minority Leader Martin of
Massachusetts who introduced
Broker, saying:
The old elephant is on the
march; he shifts victory in the
air.
Martin said the G. o. P. would
win in November because mil
lions Of honest. sincere, patriotic
Jeffersonian Democrats will sub
merge party to the welfare of their
country and join with the Repub-
Acans. He recalled that after the
fi-st World War The people turn
ed to the Republican party to re-
build and reorganize the economy
OF this country and history is re-
peating ITSELF
Broker was the principal speak.
ef at party gathering to celebrate
.Llncoln's birthday, held in the
MayfloWer hotel.
he laid down a five-plank plat
Will IeCOIHIIlSIluGUs
l. Return to balanced budget"
FEDERAL financing.
q Establishment OF responsible
cabinet government by elininat.
ing cars and super-imposed
agencies.
8. Simpllfied tax laws that re-
man stable, so drawn as to en-
courage venture capital and ex.
pahdng business; lower Federal
lax .a&es as soon as possible after
the war ends.
T. Assurances that State and To-
eal governments have autonomy
hOt a mere sham and pretense
ington.'
D. clear-cut government labo1
rsoley defined by a fair law anc
!uSt enforcement OF that law. in
s ...uolng a prohibition on wartime
Rfnl1e-
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NC. Bigalny Case
Appealed Again

RALEIGH, Feb. 1O.-RLO. B.
Williams and Mrs. Lille Shaver
Hendricks, Caldwell county defend
e4lts in a bigmay case which re-
Gently was argued in the United
States Supreme Court, appealed to
the State Supreme Court today
from second conviction in Cald-
well county super 4or court on the
same charge
Adrian j. Newton, supreme
court clerk, said the defendants
based their new appeal on an as
signment of errors in the courts
action in ordering a new trial aft
er the U. S. Supreme Court re-
versed the first State Supreme
Court decision in the case.
Williams and Mrs. Hendricks
first were convicted by a jury on
bigamy charges in February, 1871.
They appealed to the State Su-
preme Court, which upheld the
lower courts decision. Attorneys
for the two then appealed to the
U. S. Supreme Court and the de-
cision was reversed. Later the
State court ordered a new trial.
Judge H. Hoyle Sink, presiding
over the first trial, sentenced Will
liams to from three to 10 years
and Mrs. Hendricks to from three
to five years.
At the second triaI on Novem-
be1 20, 1943, Judge Sam J. Err
vim, Jr., sentenced Williams to
from one to three years and Mrs.
Hendricks to from eight to 20
months.
The charges grew out of divorces
granted Williams and Mrs. Hend-
ricks in Reno, New, on October
4, 1910. The two We're married the
same day at Las Vagas, New,
and came back to Caldwell county
to live. They were then arrested
on bigamy charges.
The State charged in both it's
indictments that the couple went
to Reno for their divorces 'for
the purpose of avoiding the North
Carolina divorce laws" The State
further charged that the Reno di-
vorces were frauds against the
State of North Carolina
In its ruling, the U. S. Supreme
Court held that the Reno divorces
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Filler Is Heard
By The Civilians

Contain Roland Wooten, famous
,.sh+er flier recalled from foreign
ls ~r;ce after 100 combat missions
Sc take part in the Fourth War
" Ioan campaign, told the Civitan
L LIB Thursday night at the meet
' ela' held at the Friendly cafeteria
ms o,s of his experiences in Eng
, so Africa, Italy and on Malta
and Sicily.
Captain Wooten was with the
Fret contingent of American fight
- nilots to enter the European
Ior flying out of England over
lance and the Low Countries.
IN the second day of the inva-
Inn of North Africa, he was shot
down behind enemy lines, being
too low to jump, was forced to
rack up his aircraft, coming out
wifi. no worse injury than a
mrenched shoulder. He was guild
W hack to his comrades by two
Arabs
He states that by the time Tu-
.is and Bizerte fell in May 1943,
tbe Luftwaffe was badly beaten,
and it is not probable that it will
aoain be able to concentrate such
great airpoWer on a single small
target.
While softening-up Sicily for the
invasion, he said, it was pleasant
to work with the British for there
is always good hunting with those
"blokes." Landing with the first
American squadron to touch Sici-
" he was under shell fire from
German artillery for a couple of
nights. Wooten stated that the AL
lies took some plastering from
German bombers, however, with
in a few days the enemy had been
nushed back and the filters settled
down to dive bombing over Ger
man positions.
Wooten, a South Carolina youth,
having lived in Wilmington before
Joining the Air Force, is probably
The Citadels most decorated SOL
der with wings. He holds the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross, the Pur-
pie Heart, the Air Metal with ISL
Oak Leaf clusters, campaign rib
bons. and is a member of the In
ternational Order of the Flying
Boot
John K Ward, president of the
Civitan club, presided over the
meeting. Boyd Bryson, of Raleigh,
was guest.
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Upper Draft Age
Limit Is Expected
To Remain AT 90

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. = R -
Robert P. Patterson, acting secre-
-ary Of war, denied today report
that the Army would raise the up
per age limit for draftees from
SO to As. z
$50 far as I know that's not
true" he said in response to a
question at a news conference.
"You recall that when the age
limit was reduced from As to 50
in the fall of 1912, it was done as a
result of Army and Navy expert
eace that men in the higher age
group were less effective.
sThere are, of course, a good
many men in the service above
IS and lot of them are perfectly
fit but to take them by ana large
lis quite a different matter
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Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
SleepIess Nights

Doctors say your kidneys contain Is miles
Of tiny tubes or filters which help to purify the
blood and keep you healthy. When they get
tired and don't work right in the daytime.
many people have to get up nights. FREQUENT
sometimes shows there is something wrong
With your kidneys OF blaeder. Don't neglect
this condition and lose valuable, restful sleep.
When disorder of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it
may also cause nagging backache. rheumatic
ps sa sE unst snS
and dizziness.
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills. used successfully by millions for over 40
Years. They give happy relief and will help
fhe is miles Of kidney tubes flush out poison
IN waste from your blood. Get Doans F1uf
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oflcker contrasted the Republi-
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Bel You SIS Gents
That Bron-chu-line
Eases Your Cough .
Or Bronchial Irritation
Resulting from a Cold

,s 90 say B.ooklyn Pharmacy, Futrel-
49, Fharnacy, Lanes Market St. Phar-
''e @s and every druggist in the area.
taS rhe dose will give you quick unmis-
hs "a aI4 relief. A few more doses may
no al YOU need and usually half bot
aII, ooeS the trick or your druggist is
PAD for it.
W. w eope-no sweet stuff-won't make
h., p 1rug addict nor upset your stomach,
W. W. hfon-chu-line will Ease Your Cough.
v.. .,a' 90 you bet? Relief is what you
"'n' and what YOU get.
Brooklyn Pharmacy
Futrelle's Pharmacy
Lanes Market st. Pharmacy
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FRANCIS d. WINSTON

CHAPEL HILL Feb. 10-(R-Mrs.
Francis D. Winston, widow of the
late Judge F. D. Winston and a
leader in civic and Red Cross
circles, died at her home in Wind
sor today according to a message
received here by R. B. House, dean
Of administration of the Universe
ty of North Carolina. ~s
Mrs. Winston was the former
Rosa Mary Kenney. She and Judge
Winston spent part of their honey
moon here when he attended the
tenth annual reunion of his mi
versity class in 1889.
The funeral will be held at
Windsor tomorrow at p. m.
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Obituaries
MRS. LILA BEST.

Funeral services for Mrs. Lila
W. Best, n, who died at her resi-
dence, SIG Broad Avenue, Green's
boro, on Tuesday, were held at
Haines Chapel in Greensboro
Thursday afternoon. The Rev. j.
Ben Eller, pastor of the ASHORE
Street Baptist Church, and the
Rev. w. P. Jones, pastor OF the
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
conducted the services. Burial fol-
lowed in the Best Family Gene
terry near Goldsboro.
Mrs. Best was the wife Of the
late DR.. B. W. Best of Greensboro.
She is survived by two sons, ]. H.
Best, of Greensboro, and A. W.
Best, of 2l2 Wright street, Will
:nington; ten grandchildren, and
eight great-grandchildren.
She was the daughter of the late
A. F. Williams, and Rosalind Jar
mon Williams of Kenansville, N. c.
She was the grandmother of Ben
W. Best Of Myrtle Grove Sound.
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MAsQUERADING

NEW YORK, Feb. l0-(R-Ger-
man Gestapo agents have been
making an effort to ferret out
Danes sympathetic to the Allies
BY masquerading as .Engnsh-
r., aimed saboteurs landed by pala-
cnute,'' the Swedish newspaper
Attontidningen said in an article
.eported today by the Owl.
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MRS. PAULINEMcDONA

Funeral services for Mrs. Pau
line Mcdonald, 81, who died in
Shollotte Thursday at M, will
be held Friday at a. m. at Beulah
church near Hickmans Cross Road
by, the Rev. L. M. Mills. Interment
will follow in Benton cemetery.
Mrs. Mcdonald is survived by
her husband, Edward Mcdonald of
Wampee, S. c.; one son, Edward
Mcdonald, Jr., Of Wampee; par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. McLamb
Of Shalotte; seven brothers, W..
j., Robert, Dayton, Aaron, Len
non, and James McLamb, all of
Sholotte. Yayton McLamb Of Char
lesion, S. c.; three sisters, Mrs.
W. A. Hardee, Mrs. R. J. Sum-
mersett, and Mrs. A. D. Long. all
of Shalotte.
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r. T. BRITT

R.. T. Britt, 83, prominent farm
er of Columbus county, died sud-
denly at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. L. Wallace at Hlck-
DRY Wednesday at 7 a. m.
Mr.. Britt is survived by his
wife; three daughters, Mrs. H. j.
Hooks of Whiteville, Mrs. Maude
Boyette of Suffolk, Va, Mrs. R. L.
Wallace of Hickory; two sons, Ro-
bert H. Britt and Ronnie O. Britt,
both of Whiteville; four brothers,
J. A. Britt of Daytona Beach, Fla,
w. c. Britt of Lake City, S. c.,
C. r. Britt of Nahunter, Ca, and
R S. Britt of Whiteville.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
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and marriage were legal and
should be held valid in North Car-
o1ina
Evening star., 1944-02-23
ChiIeans Arrest "A
In Nazi Spy Ring
p the Associated Press.


SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 23.-The
Chilean government last night an
nounced the arrest of IA persons in
a spy ring organized by the German
Embassy air attache before his de-
parture from Chile.
Anibal Jara, director general OF
the Chilean Information Depart
ment, said the ring gathered and
transmitted information by wireless
to Germany. He said one of the key
figures was a 37-year-old Chilean
Gutllermo Kunsemuller, who spent
several years in Germany and took
special courses in radio espionage.
The whole organization, Jara said
was directed by Ludwig Won Bohlen,
the German air attache who re-
Gently was repatriated to Germany
Those detained included six Ger
mans, five Chileans, two Paraguay
ans and one Pole. Jara said all were
connected directly with the opera
tion of clandestine radio equipment
which was confiscated and that all
confessed.
Kunsemuller, technician in the
Chilean Air Force, was quoted as
confessing that he handled princi-
pally the specifications of United
States military equipment in Chile
Clandestine messages were first in
tercepted in the United States and
then in Chile, Jara said.
Evening star., 1944-02-23
Gas Denial Strands
Tourists in Florida
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 23.-
Thousands of tourists who drove
their cars to Florida were stranded
today, with no gasoline for the trip
back.
Rationing boards in principal re-
sort areas said Northern tourists
who drove down will get no gaso-
line to go home. Hundreds Of ap-
pllcations are being rejected daily.
In the Miami section many winter
visitors are shipping their cars home
by rail
At. st. Petersburg, where $1,000
visitors are registered, a spokesman
for a tourists committee asserted
an appeal would be made to the
OPA in Washington unless supple
mental gasoline rations are issued.
Tampa rationing officials said
winter visitors, who obtained enough
fuel to drive down, were lust out
of luck" in getting an extra amount
to return home
The district OPA Office here di-
rected boards to:
Continue your policy of not is
suing supplemental gasoline for
driving from winter home to per-
manent residence. irrespective of
carelessness and disregard of regu-
lations by Northern boards"
Evening star., 1944-02-23
Finnish Negotiator
Returns 10 HeIsinki
by the Associated Press.


STOCKHOLM, Feb. 23.-Juhu K
Paasikivi. former Finnish cabinet
member whose arrival here Fehru-
ary II led to rumors that his gov
eminent was trying to contact Mos
COW with a view to negotiating q
separate peace, returned to Hell
sinki by plane today without any
indication that Finland is any
nearer getting out of the war.
Paasikivi played an important
role in negotiating the treaty which
ended the Finnish Russian war oi
1939-40.
He referred to comment on the
subject of Finish peace negotiations
but he appeared to be in a less
iovial mood than on his arrival
giving correspondents the impres.
sion Of man whose mission ha:
been none too successful.
When asked if he planned to re.
turn to Stockholm, Paasikivi said
I've been here too long already"
A possible indication that a Rus
sian-Finnish peace is not likely il
the near future came from Helsink
yesterday when it was disclosed tina
Finnish trade negotiations with
Germany were resumed February Ia
However, some diplomatic observ
ers expressed the opinion that peac,
negotiations might not have gon,
beyond the sounding out stage ant
Finland still may find way to qui
| the war.
Evening star., 1944-02-23
|Af Least fO'Ki|Ied
In German Attack
lon London Area
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. ga substantial
number Of German raiders made a
two-directional assault on London
last night, showering high explo-
sives and fire bombs over wide areas
here and in other English sections,
causing at least 10 deaths and start
ing fires In several districts.
Ten raiders were destroyed and
antiaircraft firepower hurled at the
Germans from London at times was
the greatest and most concentrated
OF the war, it was announced
officially.
Terrific barrages met the bonlbers
who entered the metropolitan zone"
a defense official said. Many types
OF German planes. old and new, we're
identified and some used fresh
tactics in trying to elude antiair-
craft concentrations and search
lights.
Nazis Fly at High Speed.
"In one area, a mixed battery re-
ported the raiders speed at more
than 400 miles per hour At Dover,
heavy guns, searchlights and Bofors
were all engaging the planes which
dived 1,100 to 1000 tcet IS they went
over the Channel at the end of the
raid"
Making their 11th assault on Lon
don this month and the fourth in
five nights, the attacks came in two
waves over the east and south coast.
They converged on London and then
spread out.
The main cargo Of the raiders was
incendiaries, perhaps many of them
the new explosive type the Ger
mans say they now are using. In
size the attacking force appeared
equal to any sent against Britain
in recent nights, perhaps larger.
For more than an hour a massive
and continuous barrage was hurled
skyward.
A number of schools, including a
famous one in the London area,
were amongn the buildings wrecked.
Family Of Six Killed.
One house was destroyed and six
others were damaged by incendiaries
dropped in the outskirts of an East
Anglian town and several casualties
were caused at one town in the home
counties.
An entire family of six were killed
in one house. Next door three chill
dren were killed and another was
injured. A number of persons were
injured in nearby village, where
several cottages were demolished.
One bomb dropped in a hospital
grounds just as an ambulance ar
rived with injured from another
district, but did little damage.
Evening star., 1944-02-23
Nazis See Churchill Hint
OF Delay in Invasion
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Prime Minister Churchill's speech
yesterday indicated, in the opinion
of competent Berlin quarters" that
the invasion of Europe from the west
has been postponed until fall, a Ger
man Transocean radio broadcast
said last night.
The broadcast. recorded by the
Associated Press. linked two excerpts
from the speech-"the spring and
summer will see vast increase in
the force Of the (aeriaD attack
directed upon all military objectives
in Germany and Gcrman-occupied
countries" and "the whole of this air
offensive constitutes the foundation
on which our plans for overseas in
vasion stand in the scales"
From the reference to the spring
and summer seasons the Germans
said lit appears the invasion is to
be started when summer is over"
Evening star., 1944-02-23
II Curious Men Freed
In Near-Riot in TAMPA
BY the Associated Press.


TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 23.-Adjudgee
innocent of wrongdoing" because
they were merely curious" II col.
|ored men arrested on charges o1
inciting a riot received suspended
sentences in Municipal Court here
but seven others were fined or sent
to Jail.
The arrests grew out of an Incl
dent Sunday night In which a crowd
estimated by police at 1000 collected
Ioutside a military police station in
Tampa's largest colored section and
demanded release of colored SOL
|dier.
While I think the majority o1
you men are innocent of wrongdoine
and were merely curious" Judge
Tom Watkins told the II Yesterday
your failure to leave the scene
when ordered by police contributed
to the disturbance and, therefore
under the law, you are guilty"
Fines ranging from SIS to s25 OF
Jail terms from Is to 80 days were
imposed on six other defendants
who had previous police records
while seventh, described by police
as ringleader in the disturbance
drew 60-day Jail sentence.
Evening star., 1944-02-23
Two lunatics Recaptured
Of -Four Who Fled ASYLUM

BY the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Feb. 23.-
Two inmates of the ward for the
criminal insane of the Rhode Island
State Hospital who escaped last
night were recaptured today near
the institution and search for two
other missing inmates was under
way.
Police apprehended John Sullivan
26, about 3 miles from the hospita
in Cranston, and Atmore Allen, "a
of Block Island, was found hiding
in the cellar of a hospital building
across the street.
Neither resisted recapture, police
said. Hospital authorities told police
Allen revealed that the other two
fugitives. identified as James Baker
26, of Providence, and Augustine
Barbarosa, 80. of Pawtucket, were
headed for New York when he saw
them last.
John F. Regan, assistant superin-
tendent of the hospital, said the four
men escaped after slugging an at
tendant and a gateman. He an
nounced he had discharged Charles
Capron, 48, a first-foor attendant.
Evening star., 1944-02-23
| Allies Assuming
| initiative on
| Burma Front
b. the Associated Press.

~ WIG hosOCldleC FTeSS.
NEW DELHI. Feb. 23.-Allied
troops are wrestling the initiative
from the Japanese on the Arakan
front in Burma, a Southeast Asia
Command communique said today
Sustained attacks by British and
West African troops have driven
the japanese from strong points in
this sector in the last few days
Mopping up operations continued
throughout yesterday. Remnants OF
japanese columns attempting to
withdraw to the east have been
engaged by Allied infantry and have
been hammered severely by artillery
fire.
Gurkha units have played ma jor
part in routing the enemy, front-line
dispatches reported. Scores of de-
moralized japanese troops have been
wiped out by the knife-wielding In
dian troops.
Evening star., 1944-02-23
Tito InfIicts Big Losses
On Nuzis Near Sorojevo

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 23.-Swarmine
down on the Germans in the Kali
novich area south of the Bosnian
capital of Sarajevo, the Partisan
forces of Marshal Josip Broz (Tito)
have inflicted major losses on the
enemy, a communique of the Yugo-
slav Army of Liberation said today.
The communique. broadcast by
the Free Yugoslav radio and record
ed by the Associated Press, said
that during the last three weeks of
January Partisan detachments cut
the important greb-Belgrade rail-
way, main link between GERMANY
and the Balkans, in number OF
places and that traffic was para
lyzed for a considerable period OF
time"
Evening star., 1944-02-23
Eden Tells Of Appeals
To Spain on Neutrality
BY the Associated Press,

LONDON, Feb. 23.-Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden announced to-
day that Britain and the United
States had made a series of requests
to Spain to take a stricter view
of her obligations of neutrality and
said conversations now are pro-
Iceeding in Madrid"
Speaking for the government in
Commons war debate, Mr.. Eden
said active German espionage in
Tangier was one of the points
raised. 1862
I'VE never asked anything from
Spain but strict neutrality" he de-
clared.
In the dark days of the war
when we were alone, the attitude of
the Spanish government in not CIV
ing our enemies passage through
Spain was extremely helpful. It
was especially so at the time of the
North African liberation. But as
time passed We felt it right to draw
the attention of the Spaniards tc
certain practices by which they were
helping the Germans.
Evening star., 1944-02-23
IConudiun House Hears
Hint of Big Allied Drive
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, FEB. 23.-A hint oI
major Allied military operations
within the next three or foul
months" was given in the House ot
Commons last night by Munitions
Minister c. D. Howe.
Speaking of shipbuilding at Pic
tou, Nova Scotia, Mr.. Howe said:
Il can say to the House that
within the last three weeks we have
had most urgent cables for help ir
delivering 4,700-ton ships to Great
Britain, urgently needed for opera
tions within the next three or fouI
months"