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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04
With Ernie Pyle

field and he spent all his extra
money collecting guns. He belongs
to the Ohio Gun Collectors Assn.
He says each one of the gun col
lectors back in Ohio has differ
ent specially. Some collect pistols;
some muzzleloaders. His own hob
by was machine pistols. He has
IS in his collection, some of them
very expensive ones.
Ironically enough, he has not col
lected any guns over here at all,
even though he's in world of
machine pistols and many pass
through his hands.
cit isn't so much the collecting"
he says. II just like to take them
down. When l monkey with a gun,
I like to take it clear down and
put it back together again.
10th also likes to talk. He'll talk
all day. AS the other boys say, if
he could always have new type
machine pistol to take down and
somebody to listen to him at the
same time, he'd constantly be the
happiest man on earth.
Eggs are not plentiful enough in
Normandy to supply the whole ar
my, but good scavenger can dig
up few each day. We buy them
from farmers wives for sic and
eight cents apiece. We're hoping
some day to buy some from a
farmers daughter.
These Normandy eggs are fine
eggs, and about every fourth one
is as big as duck egg. The five
men in our tent are all egg con-
scious, so we make it a practice to
shop for eggs as we 60 about the
country.
We pass up regular breakfast in
the army mess and have our break
fast in our own tent every NOR
ming. By some inexplicable evolu-
ton of cruel fate I have become
the chef or this four man crew
of breakfast Gargantuans.
Those four plutocrats lie in their
cots and snore while I get out at
the crack of dawn and slave over
two Coleman stoves, cooking their
fried, scrambled, boiled or poach-
ed, as suits the whims of their
respective majesties.
Except when I'm away with
troops, I've been at this despicable
occupation now for two months.
And although my clients are. smart
enough to keep me always gra-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04
By JOHN SELBY

Lake Supreior," by Grace Lee
Mute (Bobbs- Merrill; $3.50.
Up to the present, the American
Lake Series is holding up as well
as any similar historical series
now in progress. Grace Lee Nute's
Lake Superior is a really fine
job of research and organization,
about a district which has strange
ly been neglected, and now may
be overdone. 1t may be overdone
because Miss Mute has opened up
a hundred or more channels that
may prove attractive to writer's.
once the auctorial center of gray
ity moves westward across t h e
Hudson River. .
Anyway, Miss Mute has explain
ed Lake Superior from the DAYS
of the Indian to this spring Su-
perior is a misnomer, of course
The French called it lie lac su-
perieur,' which only means "up-
per lake" BY chance, Miss Mute
points out. Superior was truly =
superior lake in the English sense
as well. 1t is not only the largest
of the Great Lakes; it is the most
dangerous, the most remote, the
Least well explored and the most
Ike an ocean. There is no space
here even to outline the com2li-
c a I e d historical BACKGROUND
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BOX
INDUSTRIAL PROPOSALS

To The Editor:
A long time ago before war broke
there was considerable discussion
going the rounds in connection with
various industries and enterprises
that might be induced to come to
Wilmington. AT that time, as I re-
call, I suggested the establish
ment of some wineries AND the
encouragement of grape growing.
You, of course know all about the
Muscadine grapes and the great
number of varieties that have been
known to have been cultivated in
this section. In days gone by there
used to be the Bear Winery, and
Garrett also had winery here, so
yeu see what has happened in the
past could happen again. I also
recall one other thing that has
proven out successfully in limited
way and that is the fact that during
strawberry season in the past
people have come here and prepar-
ed the Strawberries for shipment
elsewhere for canning and preserv-
ing. They employed quite a num-
Der of people who picked the straw
berries, sugared them and put them
up in barrels for preserving at
other points. 1t seems to me that
if they have done this before they
could do it again, but why not put
the Strawberries and other berries
up right here instead of sending
them away. It has been suggested
so many times that a preserving,
picking and canning plant could
be located successfully in Whining
ton and employ quite a number of
people.
remember also having suggest
ed very ambitious program call
ing for a sandbar highway from
Baldhead to Hatteras. A highway
of this kind would be a great deve-
loper of our entire shore line from
resort standpoint. The road would
be unique and a scenic highway
second to none in the East.
I remember also having suggest
ed flood control program in con-
nection with the upper reaches of
the Cape Fear.
I also recommended the manu-
facture of medium grade furniture
and various kinds of containers
made of wood, such as beer crates,
coca cola crates, and crates for
other kinds of beverages.
These suggestions are only a few
which have been discussed from
time to time. 1t has been thought
by some of us that a number of
diversified industries would be
most helpful in our city in order
to use cross section of our local
labor supply. d.
w. w. STORM.
Wilmington, N. c.,
Aug. 3, 1914.
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Manuel Quezon

Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippines,
had known for years that he was MORALLY
ill. But he hoped, and often said, he wanted
to return to his native islands at least once
again after the Japanese invaders had been
driven out. Although he will not return, his
lifetime of service to this Pacific island nation
stands in his stead as a monument to his
courage and his faith during the Philippines
darkest years.
He often said, 'My loyalty to my party
ends where my loyalty to my country begins
And when he said that, no one ever doubted
that he meant it.
Brilliant sunshine flooded parts of his native
Luzon on the morning of Feb 20, 1912, but not
in his heart. The Japanese invader had come
and he must leave.
He boarded a United States submarine that
day, and with heavy heart began voyage
that eventually took him to an America he
once detested.
First the Spaniards, then the Americans and
now the Japs. At all times during his life he
was fighting against, or protesting their &C.
cupation of his beloved islands.
And so the once dapper, magnetic president
of the Philippines, his luxurious yacht no longer
riding in Manila Bay, was an unwilling ref
ugee. A new chapter in his life was about to
unfold. What the future held for him none
could say.
When he arrived at Washington some weeks
later, he said:
fo md hal
sojourn in the United States was not planned
or contemplated by me-"
The unhappy exile explained that in
December 1s41, shortly after the Japs struck,
to plunge America in the second world war,
General Douglas Macarthur told him the Unit
ed States government had invited him to es-
tablsh a government in Washington.
For weeks he hestitated. Finally, he was
virtually spirited away when Macarthur, at
beleaguered Corregidor told him he should
go to a neighboring island to supervise the
collection of supplies for the troops on Bataan.
So he said later, II left for Visayan is
land in submarine, a trip that lasted two
days and one night. That took us through the
Jap blockade lines. Several times we passed
close to their destroyers"
1t was a hazardous voyage. Then, in a
motor torpedo boat piloted by the naval hero,
Lieut.. John Buckley, he made the next leg
OF the journey to Mndanao. From there he
flew by night to Australia in an army bomber.
IN Australia he conferred again with Mac
Arthur and decided to 60 on to Washington
Ihere ne plunged into the work Of his country
He leased Belmont. the estate of Brigadier
General Patrick j. Hurley. near Leesburg
Va, for his wife and three children.
Addressing the United States senate, he ex
pressed the hope that America would adopt 8
new war slogan-"Remember the Philippines.
| Later he told the House Of Representatives
that death, ruin or destruction had no
oaunted the spirit of the "Fillipinos, NOR les
sened their faith in America"
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interpreting
The War
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON,
Associated Press W. wv

Associated Press War .os, :.
Names Of French towns on s,sS'
miliar to Pershing's AEF o 0rve la
ing through the war news ne, sae'
American armored power sto,, a.
open valley of the Loire ''Vad
Brest, St. Nazaire, Tennes "
ties, Anglers, they all stir memo "sn'
OF another war. The fighting , ms'
from this side of the Atlantis n men
ed that way to victory over ara PASS
generation of Germans in l9l7-, v'
Their sons and their Sons, ~
are wheeling their ponderou, ' "a
chariots over the same ROAD - n "s'
against all but negligible ena aus
resistance. 'Ay
1t was up the Loire valley tr,,,
Brest and St. Nazaivre that por.n
ing's men moved to reach ' ss'
Marine, the Neuse and ultjr1.ts g's
the Rhine.
The graves Of thousands WIN f.n
then lie ahead, still in enemy hans NJ.
to beckon this generation Of AmsS '
leans on. And they are answer,
| the call, shoulder to shoulder agsis s
with British and Canadian c Sr,'
rades. wis
With American capture Of Raw
mes, the critical COMMUNICATE
hub in Brittany, the fate Of ths '
great peninsula that thrusts wsst.
ward into the Atlantic is sealed
That it is but feebly held BY tbs
Germans is now established T.,
complete conquest so it will bo.
come the entry port in France fl.
fresh waves of American armed
power can be no more than day,
or even hours away.
An obvious first major obiectv,
of the Allied incurison into France
once the bloody beaches Of Nor
mandy had been left behind h,,
been gained. At Rennes, or now
probably beyond it enroute to #,
next goal, the fast moving co
umn which took the city in il,
stride is already churn;ng the dust
of the northern slopes of the Loire
valley. The streams it crosses now
all flow into the Loire. And up the
Loire lies the great interior mill.
tary highway across France from
west to east, the longer but more
open road to Berlin.
1t may be to keep such impor,
tant channel ports as lie Havrse
out of Allied hands that the foe has
so concentrated his defense in the
Orne sector. Or it may be under
Berlin orders to hold there to the
bitter end to protect robot bomb
launching centers farther east be.
| hind the channel coast that Brit.
tany was risked and lost.
| Whatever the reason, the result
has been Allied success in expand.
ing the front sufficiently to bring
the whole weight Of General Mont
gomery's ever increasing 2lst Ar
my group into action simultaneous
ly for the first time.
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Our Chief Aim

A little fellow whose parents had moved
to another part Of Chicago, kept up his at
tendance at Moody's Sunday school, though
it meant a long tiresome walk each way.
He was asked, 'Why do you go so far
when there are plenty of good schools near
er home?" 'They may be good for others,
but not for me-" he replied.
"Why not?''
"Because they love fellow over there"
Quoted by DR.. Egbert Smith.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04
Wise Decision

The Civil Aeronautics Administration has a
postwar plan for building 1900 "airparks"
where private pilots may land their planes.
We applaud this excellent far sighted idea,
when the automobile industry was in its in.
fancy, think of the time, sweat and tears
the tires and the 81 parking tickets that the
citizens of this country would have been spared.
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SOMEWHERE IN NORMANDY /.

SOMEWHERE IN NORMANDY
(By Wireless) - Mosquitoes are
pretty bad in the swampy parts of
Normandy. Especially along the
hedgerows at night, they are
ferocious.
Here in Normandy they h v e
something I've never seen before
even in Alaska, the mosquito capt.
tai of the world.
When you drive along Il Norman
dy road just before dusk you'll see
dark columns extending 200 and
300 feet straight up into the air
above a treetop. These are col
umns of mosquitoes swarming like
bees, each column composed of mil
lions of them.
At first I thought they w Ell e
gnats, but old mosquito people as
sure me they are genuine, all :
wool mosquitoes. In half mile
drive just before dusk you'll see
20 of these columns. This is no
cock and bull story; it's the truth
Our troops are not equipped with
mosquito nets, SO they just have to
scratch and scratch. The mosqui-
toes, fortunately, don't you give
malaria, they merely drive y Ii
crazy.
One day at an ordnance COM
pany I was talking with soldier
scrubbing rusted rifle barrels in a
washtub of gasoline. His sleeves
were relied up and his arms were
covered with great red bumps.
They were mosquito bites.
AS. we talked this man said,
'Look at them mosquitoes hit that
gasoline"
And sure enough the mosquitoes
were diving just llll dive bombers,
but once they hit the gas line
they'd just folded up and died
beautifully and floated on the sur
face.
In one small arms repair Sec
ton that I visited the only man
who knew or cared anything about
guns before the war was a profes.
sional gun collector.
He was Sgt. Joseph 10th of Mans.
field, o. He was stripped down to
his undershirt as the day was warm
for change. He was washing the
walnut stocks of damaged rifles in
tub of water with sponge.
10th used to work at the West
iaghouse Electric plant in Mans
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04
Increasingly Important

More and more do farmers depend on eff
cient marketing organizations to e p them
with their production and distribution prob
lens. Such organizations seek to stabilize the
markets for their members. while getting them
fair return for their output. That is as
much part of scientific farming as is the
proper planting and harvesting Of crops.
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COMMISSIONED ENsl0'

NEW BERN, Aug. 8 M VIZ, sr1
veil Brinson, daughter OF W. New
Mrs. G.. G.. Brinson, OF He~ ned al
Bern, has been commlssio.l'o Grad
ensign in the WAVES, up up, cani'
uation from the oftlce-s srlib
date school for WAVES az w.
college.
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rs Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
August 4, 1915

Miss Nellie Pickaru will teach
in the brownsville Baptist orphan,
age this coming season, and Will
superintend the work of Mills Dur
ham nursery, conducted IN cohec
ton with the orphange.
Maj. General James I. Nets 4
commander of the North Carollm
division of the Confederate Ve0
rams, has reappointed all old mem
bers of his staff, he announced 10 =,
day. Dozens Of the veterans Will
leave tomorrow for Rocky NOUN
Practically all veterans from 'N
county will attend.
OAKLAND, Gallery. Joseph
N. Calender seeks divorce 1TOn,
his wife here because she dance,
the "shimmie. The clergyman 'oia
Judge St. Sure that his wife shock
ed him with the dance, IAN lnsla'
ious and wicked thing that S"a"
its victims from the paths OF rlsH'
eousness.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04

IN the Johnstown flood of 1889
about $500 persons lost their lives.
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Fair Enough

Editors Note.-Ths Star the News accept NO
re.ponsiblity for the personal views Of Mr. Pugler
and often disagree with them much s many Of
his readers His articles serve the good Of
making people think.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17
RED CROSS FUND
 NOW $9O,l34.93

escaping from a penal institution. lected to date Tn the current Red Cross campaign toward an all out goal of $200,000, it has been revealed Emphasis on giving more this year to the drive than in previous years has been laid down by campaign of- ficials all over the nation.
 So great are the dem, ..,,s of war needs and civilian needs during these times that the Red Cross has found itself in the position Of havi!Hy to direct a steady flow of funds into these sources.
 New home nursing classes are now being formed and registrations are open for both courses. The groups will meet Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30 and Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 at the Red Cross chapter house.
 Mrs. Perry Borden Of the church enrolment group announced q meeting of campaign chairmen and workers of the church group will be held Monday at 3:30 D. m. at the Diocesan Bureau of Social Serv- ice. Reports will be given on rec turns in the war fund drive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17
Four Trucks In Crash On Southngton Mountain Todd!
More Draftees Leave
 For Active Duty Today
Final Section of March Contingent Starts for Army,
 Navy Training Centers; More Called for PhysicaIs

Waterbury's final March conting- ent of inducted fathers and others left this morning for service in the country's forces of the Army and Navy. Comprising the quota of local board l5-B the group was the second largest of this weeks de- parting inductees.
 A large crowd was in attendance at both farewell sessions first when the group for the Navy left shortly after 8 a. m. and the Army induc- tees departed shortly before 10 a, m.
 Mayor Monagan addressed the group in the citys aldermanic chambers where service kits were dispensed among the men.
 More prospective draftees will leave tomorrow from this same board for pre-induction physical examinations at New Haven, Other similar groups have already been to New Haven during this past week.
 NAVY
 Edward Rasmussen, 1ll5 West Main street; Harold Feest, B Wood land avenue; Emil O'Bernier, 4e Wyman street; Francis Gleason, 3l Chase Park avenue; Franklin Rob- ert, l8 Olena avenue, R. F. D. No. q; Biaggio Tucclllo, 9 West Porter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17
PRIESTS CHOSEN
 AS COUNSELLORS
Bishop McAuIiffe COm' pIetes List of CIergymen
 in Various Sections

Fourteen more priests in the Hartford diocese have been added to the list of Catholic clergy to sreve as Youth Counsellors in their sec- tions of the diocese. Among these is Rev, Eugene P, Cryne of this city local director of the Diocesan Bur eau of Social Service, pastor of St, Patrick's church and member of the board of the Community Chest Inc, of Waterbury,
 The list now numbers 2l named by Most Rev. Maurice r, McAulifie, bishop of Hartford. The latest ap- pointmcnts include; The Rev. Set timio Crudele, pastor of St, An- thony's, Bristol; the Rev. Eugene r. Cryne, pastor of St, Patrick's Waterbury; the Rev. George A., Dyer, assistant at St, Mary's Nor walk; the Rev. Richard Tanning, Ph. D., assistant at St, Peters, Dan- bury.
 The Rev. Joseph F. Farrell, as- sistant at St. Joseph's, Willimantic; the Rev. Bernard J. Foster, assistant at st. Patrick's, Waterbury; the Rev, John J. Kelley, pastor of Sacred Heart. Stamford; the Rev, John J Keane, pastor of St. Sebastians Middletown.
 The Rev, Alexander P. Mitchell pastor of St. Patrick's, Norwich the Rev. Vincent D. Murphy, sasist- ant of st. Francis, Torrington; the Rev, William P. O'Dell, pastor oI St. Mary's, New London; the Rev Joseph P. Rewinkel, pastor of st. Peters, New Britain,
 Also the Rev. Eugene A. Solega assistant at St. Joseph's, Rockville; the Rev. Robert P. Sullivan of St Roses, Meridcn; the Rev. Philip Hussey, assistant at Immaculate Conception, Waterbury, and the Rev George F, Dunn, assistant al St. Francis, Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17

street: Frederick Hychka, 30 Sum- init street; Claude Cyr. 8l Water vile street; Charles Galiada, 1919 West Main street; Vincent Colella, l079 Bank street, James Donnelly, 54 Anna avenue; Charles Macinaus- kas, i73 Congress avenue; Clifford OLoughlin, SO Brewster street;
 Joseph Hove, 53 Waterville street; Frank Dlmanno, 648 Congress ave- nue; Robert Brown, 344 Burlington avenue; Michael Cicchetti, 93 Con- gress avenue: James Spillane, 62 Coolidge avenue; Leon Jalbert, 2 Grove court; Alfred Stasonis, 77 Drayer avenue; James Solomita, Tl Elliott street; Thomas Donahue, 3ll Willow street; Baaron Pittenger, li5 Columbia boulevard; Charles Beebe l36 West Main street; Carmen Lom- bardl, l20 Anderson street; AlbinaS Sauklis, 6 Pritchard street; Anthony Lombard, 742 Cooke street; Jack Mattrella, l9 Easton avenue;
 ARMY
 George Jokubaitis, 3 James place; Domenic Delpo. l06 Avon avenue; Michael Burneakis, 2i Green street; John Behuniak, 200 Hill street; Royal Familietti, IA Rockdale ave- nue, Oakville; S. stanton Webster 45 Aurora street; Frederick Marine l04 Bidwell avenue; Louis Marano l67 Nichols drive; Raymond Suck ley, 643 North Riverside street; Paul Lindquist, 52 Oakyille avenue; Will liam DeLeppo, l8 Henry street; Harold Shanahan, l5 Walnut street; Edward Jordan, Shadduck road Middlebury;
 Daniel Daley, sos North Riverside street; Michael Vernale, 32 West Porter street; Elmer Roach, 35 Ed son avenue; Alphonse Yeskinskas l86 Alder street; John Diorio, l4l Division street; Ernest Rhodes, lc Grandview avenue; Walter Smith l09 Green street; Richard Brothers 38 State street; Alphonse Petro- Roy 4 Sperry street; Elias Voulgaris, 36j Oakville avenue: Domenic Spallone 424 Washington avenue; John Ric' ard, 344 Washington avenue; An thony Jamele, 52 Clairmont avenue, Emile Rochon, 2l Earl street; Dan' iel Petuska, l09 Green street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17

1 Main street ran into trouble when the brakes failed as 1t came down the Southington Mountain,
 The driver tried to stop the truck by driving off the road, but as he did so, the machine struck a rock, sideswiped 0 tree, and tipped over, coming at rest at the foot of the hill on the right hand side of the road. The oil spilled out of the tanker, flooding the road,
 The second truck, owned by the Diamond Ginger Ale Company, and driven by Frencis P. Clery, 546 Syl- van avenue, stopped on the shoulder o fthe road ahead of the first ma. chine, and the driver got out to help Smedes, who as 1t happened, was uninjured.
 Meanwhile, 0 truck owned by the Frank Pope Company, and driven by Domenic Aurio, Camp street, Oakville, pulled out to pass the scene of the accident.
 AS he did so, truck owned by the Standard Trucking Company, and driven by Laurence Ryas, l40 Hawley street, also attempting to pass the scene, struck the Pope Com pany truck, spinning 1t around, then hit the Diamond Ginger Ale Com pany truck, and plunged down the with It's four wheels up in the air, 20 foot embankment coming to rest
 The driver o fthe last truck, Ryas, was slightly injured, but did not require disqualification.
 The Southington Fire Department was called to remove the fire hazard caused by the large quantity of oil on the road, State police of the Hartford barracks began an inves- ugation of the accident along witl, Officer Cushing, No arrest has yet been made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17
Boston Parade To Drow 100000

Boston, March l7 -- tAAUP) - Through streets decorated with red, white and bluc--and also green -- military and patriotic organizations will parade this afternoon as South Boston stages it's annual dual cele.. bration of St. Patrick's Day and evacuation day. More than 100000 were expected to view the parade.
 It was the l68th anniversary Of the evacuation of the British from Boston, and the l45lst anniversary of the death of the Irish saint.
 Governor Leverett Saltonstall Of Massachusetts and Mayor Maurice J. Tobin of Boston will march in the parade, which was preceded by memorial exercises on Dorchester Heights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17
NEW UNDERGARMENT
 co. FILES PAPERS

With an authorized capital Of $50,OO0 of which $25,000 has been subscribed organization papers for the Brass City Undergarment Co, l06 Mill street, have been filed with the office of Secretary of State Frances Burke Reddick. Five hun dred shares valued at $l00 each comprise the makeup of the stock Atty. Marcus Weismna, Antoinettc Ciminera and Rita M. Quinn are listed as incorporators.