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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
D. F. WEIR DIES;
FUNERAL TODAY

D. F. Weir Of Hampstead died
yesterday morning at Duke nos
pital after a short illness. Mr.
Weir, who as born at Kings
Mountain, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. S. Weir, was business man
and farmer. He was graduate OF
Kings Mountain high school, a
member of the Baptist church and
for a number of years principal
Of the high school at Hampstead
The deceased is survived by his
widow, the former Lily Mae Can't
of Kings Mountain; two daughter
Mrs. Lillian King and Miss Jeane
Weir of Hampstead; one son D.
F. Weir, Jr., of Hampstead three
brothers., A. Frank Weir Of Gas
tonia, w. T. Weir and S. S. Welf'
Jr., of Kings Mountain; two sisters
Mrs. Mabel Hambright Of Kings
Mountain. and Miss Attic Weir Of
Charlotte; his mother aid fathef'
and two grand daughters. :,
Funeral services will be Aea
today at 3 pm. at the Hampstead
Methodist church, with the rev.
J. C. Whedbee and the Rev ',
C. Myers officiating. lntermen'
will follow at Topsail Presbyterian
cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be RODE
rick Sudbury, Atwood Sanoel,'
Harold Howard, James HoWala'
Jr., William Leary, j. H. Garrison
Honorary pallbearers will BE- %
A. Murphy, Clifton L. Moore L.
J. Kellum, DR.. Harlee Bellshl!'
L. L. Hughes, J. F. Howard, one,'
rif Jack Brown, w. M. EuoalM,'
L. w.. Trawick, James HoWdIu
ST., and J. H. Lea.
49,, fret SOuU
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
NORMANDY CAMPAIGN
PLEASES EISENHOWER

ADVANCED COMMAND POST,
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS AL.
LIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
July 3O.-R-Gen. Dwight D
Eisenhower is most gratified with
the results of the fighting in Nor.
mandy during the past week and
views the immediate future of the
campaign with high optimism.
The supreme commander of the
Allied expeditionary force is I'm.
derstood to view the favorable
trend of the campaign as proof OIL
the soundness of the policies the
Allies have pursued from the be.
ginning - that of proceeding eau.
tlously and getting the bottlenecks
out of the way before going ahead
Gen. Eisenhower conferred brief.
ly yesterday with Gen. Sir Der.
nard L. Montgomery and 1t. Gen.
Omar N. Bradley and found them
obviously pleased with the prog.
ress OF the Allied troops in the
past few days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
With The AEF
By KENNETH L. DIXON

ny AENN = i n LIZ UxAON
WITH THE AEF IN ITALY,
plot to slay Hitler, the general
conspiracy, and other recent
signs of unrest within Germany
brought certain waves Of op-
tirnism in rear areas in Italy
just as it did back home, but
up around the front the boys
remain pessimistically practi-
cal.
In Naples, in Rome, and 9TH
er cities beyond the sound Of
gunfire there was talk of the
end Of the war within a few
weeks, and cracks about get
ting home in time for the foot
ball season.
But the attitude along the
front was epitimized in the
words of a company sergeant:
'That's might fine-but the
still shoot every time you wig
gle OUR ears up here and I'm
til the quit, I'm not going to
start thinking about the war
being over
Add to the list of guys that
take their orders literally the
name Of Sgt. James Wright,
Rawick,y KY, who for three
weeks, day and night, stayed in
an Italian barn all alone and
guarded 900 cases of army ra-
tons.
Then private first class
in the 85th division, he was
placed there on guard at the
start of the big drive. Days
went by, the sound of battle
grew more distant and finally
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

is building church and furnish
ing minister in the new housing
project at Marietta, Ca, in Nor
folk, Va, the Woman's Society Of
Christian Service has opened a
Wesley Community House for
children otherwise without place
to play, and four ministerial work.
ers have been sent for service in
nearby villages; at Guilds Lakes,
near Portland, Ore, churches, Sun
day schools, community houses,
and daily vacation Bible schools
have been opened; in New London,
Conn.,, trained religious and social
workers have been employed by
the Methodist Church and a com
munity school and several Sunday
schools have been established.
while there has been cooperation
between the Church and the city's
Child Care Committee.
what should be done with Ger
many?" asks DR.. Ernest Fremont
Title, of Evanston, ILL.,. and after
reviewing various proposals he
says: eve can choose to believe,
despite all the evidence to the con-
trary, that the German people, one
and all, are uniquely and incurably
wicked; and we can treat them ac-
cordingly. But that way madness
lies-madness and ruin for all
Europe, and not for Europe only
but also for the whole world. Per-
haps, after all, we would do we'll
to base our answer on the insight
of Him who said, 'Ye have heard
that it is said, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor and hate thine enemy. I
say unto you, Love your enemies;
do good to them that hate YOU
Perhaps we would do well to recall
and lay to heart words spoken TO
a great gathering in Madison Squire
Garden, New York City, by Ma
dame Chang Kai-shek. who in the
name Of Christ, which she did not
hesitate to pronounce, declared that
hate is not the way out"
Reports reaching Anne. lea
through repatriated prisoners
of the japanese and through even
more circuitous circles indicate
that all Christian schools, all
Christian schools, all Christian
orphanages and other welfare in
situations, and most of the Christ
ian churches are still in operation
in Japan. Before the war, there
were $4,000 Protestant Christians,
$4,000 Roman Catholics, and A.
600 Greek Catholics in Japan.
While they were thus less than
one-half OF one percent of Japan's
population (73 millions), 1t has
been emphasized that their influ-
ence was far greater than their
numerical strength would indicate.
A recently-returned missionary
from Japan says: "Shinto religion
with the Emperor as its living
deity is the expression Of national
ism which in this time OF emer-
gency is fostered to the extreme.
Herein is the danger to Christian
ity. Christians are loyal to their
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
GEORGIA MARTS
OPENING TODAY

ATLANTA, July 30.-tRHGeorgia
and Florida flue cured tobacco
growers and warehousemen, beaten
in their week-long battle for two
cent increase in announced ceiling
prices, pitched in today to make
tomorrow's delayed market open
ings as successful as possible.
Reports of bullying warehouses
came from throughout the growing
belt while here in Atlanta State
Commissioner Of Agriculture Tom
Under spoke in highest praise of
those who made the fight.
Just back from Washington,
where the Office of Price Admins
tration yesterday turned down re-
quests that the ceilings on ungrad-
ed and united tobacco be increased
from 80 to Al cents per pound, and
on graded and tied from 43 IL to
As IL, Under said he had never
seen case better presented.
'In my many trips to Washing
ton, it was the first time that have
seen all the people - governors,
senators, congressman, growers
of the five flue cured growing
states in complete unison.
"Also, never did see as cold
blooded decision as the one
reached by the OPA, a decision
which the government officials
could not attempt to justify.
Under said that all those who
fought for the higher ceiling were
united in saying that this action of
OPA was reputation of the Chi
cago platform pledge of the demo-
cratic party to put the farmer on
even basis with the industrial
worker.
1.-THE industrial worker today is
getting an average hourly wage of
one and three tenths dollars per
hour. Under this ceiling the farmer
cannot possibly earn more than Is
to 30 cents an hour. He will re-
ceive less per hour for his 1914
labor than for his 1913 labor
Yesterdays decision was reached
after long conference involving
senators, representatives, cover
nors, commissioners of agriculture,
growers and warehousemen and
members of government agencies.
The tobacco de1epatiop ropro !
senting Georgia, Florida, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Vir-
glnia, told Economic Sterilization
Director Fred M. Vinson that the
requested increase could be alb
served by retailers of cigarettes
without raising prices to consum-
ers.
Vlnson ruled, however, that the
question was properly one for OPA
to decide, and was outside his
Jurisdiction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
DRUG TO COMBAT
CATTLE DISEASES
Nv Thompson Greenwood
Agriculture Dept. Editor

RALEIGH, July 3o.-tR'-Peni-
cillin - when it becomes avail
able - holds promise Of being as
effective in treating certain 1--we
stock diseases as 1t has been IN
human medicine. DR.. william
Moore. veterinarian with the N.
C. Department Of Agriculture, re-
vealed today.
Although tests with it on live
stock are not yet complete, DR..
Moore said that he "felt safe" III
saving that penicillin will mean
new day for livestock production
in many sections of the state.
Mastitis, which has cut the pro-
duction of milk in North Carolina
several thousand gallons each
week, has been treated effectively
with penicillin, according to DR..
Moore. He added that ''crude pc
nicillin appeared to be extremely
effective against streptococcic
mastitis, and the infusion of So
dunn penicillin in the udder pro-
duced no unfavorable local reac-
TONS"
eff this early veterinary re-
search is borne out by later tests
which we hope will DE comp1et-
ed by next spring - this new drug
may eventually be a substantial
factor in the fight North Carolina
and other states are now waglng
against mastitis among thousands
of dairy herds" DR.. Moore de-
clared.
The unprecedented demand for
milk which has been brought
about by lend-lease and military
requirements has resulted in a
rush for greater production by
producers Of milk throughout the
nation. This attempt to obtain
greater production is largely re-
sronsible for the recent spread OF
mastitis and thus insures greater
production, according to Dr..
Moore.
Pointing out that authorities
now estimate that feed alone rep
resents eighty per cent of the to-
tai cost of producing pork, and IS
per cent of the cost producing
beef, DR.. Moore said that these
figures are especially significant
for farmers in view of today's feed
shortage.
Penicillin will save feed costs,
too, he said, as diseased animals
waste feed.
To prevent waste OF feed, and
hold costs to a minimum, the vet
Urinary division of the state de.
partment Of agriculture is urging
an intensified fight during these
war years against parasites and
livestock diseases which render
animals unthrifty and prevent eff.
ficient feed utilization. It is the
opinion of veterinarians that pen
icillin will prove a major weapon
in this war, just as it has on the
fighting fronts.
4 Such diseases as enteritis
scours, dysntery, and erysipelas.
said DR.. Moore, may completely
sabotage a sound feeding program
whereas preventive measures
against these diseases, and against
internal parasites, are simply SEN
slble insurance that today's feed
supplies will be utilized by the
animals with maximum efficiency
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
Police Chiefs Meeting
Draws Three From State

RALEIGH, July 30-tR-Three
officials in the field of law en-
forcement in North Carolina will
be on the program of the 51st an
nual conference of the Internation-
al Association OF Chiefs of Police
in Cleveland. Ohio, August 14-16
The men are Maj. j. T. Arm
strong, Of the North Carolina state
patrol, Chief of Police Walter F.
Anderson of Charlotte, and Edward
F. Scheidt, the FBFs special agent
in charge at Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
AWARDED BADGE

WITH THE AMERICAN DIVIS.
ION. Somewhere in the Southwest
Pacific, July 3O-tAEPfc. Hubert
Hartsell, of Oakboro, N. c., over
seas IA months, has been awarded
the. Combat Infantry badge for
his performance Of duty in action
against the enemy on Bougainville.
Hartsell is mortar gunner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
PLANT HONORED

CHAPEL HILL, uly 30-tR-The
National Munitions company of
Carrbo-o, first plant in North
Carolina to receive the Army :
Navy E award, has been notified
a third star has been awarded it,
signifying a renewal Of the E
award.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
With The AEF
No Optimism In FOXhOleS Yet

The drive north has not been
without plenty Of counterat.
tacks. In one place the Ger
mans cut back through our
lines so deeply they reached
a battalion regimental COM
mand post, and the guys here
dropped their maps and type
writers and grabbed for car
bines and forty-fives. In one
such counterattack one Of our
rifle companies used 10000
rounds of ammunition in less
than "a hours. If there were
100 men in the company, which
is doubtful, considering casual
ties, that would be 100 rounds
per man which is strictly more
than average shooting.
The Germans will Try any,
thing once. 1t. Harold Bishop,
of Binghamton. N. Y, tells
about the American patrol
which found what appeared to
be an Italian civilian sitting on
a log. They asked him if there
were any Kaisischkes dtalian
for Germans) around. "Si' he
replied. They asked him how
many? "Si" he said. They ask
ed him where they were? Isl
ST. he repeated.
Somewhat suspicious now
they eyed him a minute and
then a doughboy asked if he
might by any chance be a Kali
sischke himself.
"Ya" said the German in
civilian clothes, waving his
hands reSignedly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
n&yuS.n III. uoRLD
CD I'll 1 S$['s!?s

'The reason the Chinese could
resist the Japanese SO long and
so successfully is because China,
people are living on FARMS" says
the Rev. John T. S. Mao, former
pastor of the st. Therese Chinese
Catholic Mission in Chicago, and
recently appointed procurator Of
the Vicariate of Making, China
"If China, like so many other
countries, had been completely in
dustriaized, she would have beer
destroyed adds Father Mao. I'm
an industrialized nation, when fac
tories and equipment are destroy
ed, the people are destroyed. An
enemy cannot destroy farms.
Where farms exist, the farmers
exist also. Only land is indestructi-
ble." When the war is over, Father
Mao expects to go to Marking and
there establish, under Bishop Yu-
pin, school of social science.
Because of the acute paper short
age in England, both the British
and Foreign Bible Society and the
American Bible Society, which
usually print in England, are hav-
ing large editions of French h,
Czechoslovakian, Rumanian n d
Serbian scriptures printed in
Sweden. This is part of a program
of 100000 worth of Bible printing
which the British Society has ear
marked for postwar Europe. Mean
while the Netherlands Bible Society
reports the largest sales in its
80 years of Bible publication. It is
reported that $4,000 Bibles, 10000
New Testaments, and 10000 por-
tons of the scriptures were printed
and circulated in the Netherlands
last year.
1.-The Godfather Committee" has
been formed by the men of Christ
Episcopal Church, Savannah, Ga.
to keep in touch with members of
the parish now in the armed SER
vices. Each member of he Com
mittee has the name and address
of a member of the Church who is
in service. 1t is the duty of the
godfather to attend one celebration
of the Church who is in SER
vice. 1t il the duty of the god
father to attend one celebration of
the Holy Communion each month
on behalf of the man in service,
to pray for him, to write him a
letter each month, and to promise
to assist him in readjustment to
civilian Life.
Among recent efforts of the Me.
thodist Church to take the Gospel
ministry to people working in
boom-town defense and war-pro.
J duction areas are the following: il
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
Kill Your Piles!

OF course you can't shoot Piles, but
within a few minutes after the first
application. China-Roid usually starts
lighting the agonies of Piles in ; ways:
!. Soothes and eases pain and itching.
/. Helps shrink sore swollen tissues. g..
Promotes healing by comforting irritat-
I'd membranes and alleviates nervousness
eue to Piles. Has helped thousands while
they worked and enjoyed life In greater
comfort. Get c. ina-Roid from your drug.
gist today under positive guarantee OF
complete satisfaction or money back.
DON. wait. Fight your Pile misery with
Chinz-Roid today Tear this out: Take
1t TO your druggist. Be sure to get renu-
Inc, guaranteed China-Roid. Knox
Company Quality Product. If he Is sold
out, ask him to order n TOR you. Only
s5c
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
TOKYO CLAIMs 11s PLANES

NEW YORK, July 80. - (R - A
japanese imperial headquarters
communique claimed today that 119
enemy aircraft were destroyed
in raids on bases in China July
'27 and %, without the loss Of a
single Japanese plane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
SCHOLARSHIP GIVEN

CHAPEL HILL, July 30.-R-
The establishment Of the Marvin
B. Smith, Jr., memorial scholar
ship by Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin B.
Smith of Burlington. in memory OF
their son, a University Of North
Carolina graduate of 1926, was an.
nounced today by President Frank
P. Graham and Administrative
Dean Robert B. House.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
BAPTIsTS TO MEET

RALEIGH, July 30.--lREThe an
nual joint session of the state Sun.
day School and Baptist Training
Union conventions of the Negro
General Baptist State Convention
will be held at Shaw university
August S-10,- it is announced by
Rev. c. E. Griffin, general secre.
tarV.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

country and to their Emperor, and
another god besides the Lord. 1t
is evident that some Christians
have made concessions, but it is
unite certain that many have not.
It is equally certain that many who
have will recover their position of
faith"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
SET FLYING RECORD

SEVENTH AAF HEADQUAR.
TIERS, Central Pacific, July 3d.
R-The Pathfinder squadron has
flown the longest regular combat
missions of any bomber squadron
in the world and has set more
"firsts'' than any other land-basec
group in the central Pacific, 18th
Army Air Force headquarters sale
today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
SAVE MANPOWER.

WASHINGTON, July 30. - B -
Federal agencies have made real
strides toward saving manpower,
the Civil Service Commission told
President Roosevelt in a quarterly
survey made public today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
JIM BYRD

Funeral services for Jim Byrd,
who died yesterday morning in
Whiteville after long illness, will
be held tomorrow at p. m. at the
Peacock Funeral home in Chad.
bourn. Rev. w. L. 10y will Off
ciate.
Mr.. Byrd was formerly employ.
ed by the Atlantic Coast Line rail.
road. He was a Mason of the
Chadbourn lodge No. 607 A. F. and
A. M, and was also a member of
the Chadbourn Methodist church.
The deceased is survived by two
sons, one daughter, one brother,
two half brothers and three half
sisters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
CRUDE OIL FOR SALE

SAN FRANCISCO, July 80. -(P
Some 100000 barrels of crude
oil from the Elk Hills naval pc
troleum reserve in Kern county
will be offered for public sale Au-
gust is, the Navy announced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
Obituaries
JAKE SMITH

Jake Smith, 80, died Saturday
morning at the home of his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Erastus Smith
near Chadbourn.
Mr.. Smith is survived by two
brothers; Ralph Smith of Chad
bourn, and Joe Smith Of the U. S
Navy. Also surviving are three
sisters; Mrs. D. F. White Of Nor
folk, Mrs. W. I. Stone of Whining
ton, and Mrs. w. F. Gibson Of
Portsmouth.
Funeral services will be held to.
day at p. m. at the home of Mrs
L. H. Edmundson, an aunt, neal
Fremont. Interment will follow
at the family cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
The

The name, Toronto, Of Indian
origin, means "a place of meet
ing"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

Organized yacht racing in the
United States began about 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

Salt is used in the treatment Of
steel to produce a hard surface.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

New Guinea WIS the first so0"
sea island known to Europeans,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

Among recent efforts of the Me-
thodist Church to take the Gospel
ministry to people working in
boom-town defense and war-pro.
duction areas are the following: il
Evening star., 1944-02-10
[FAISE TEELH

mils and enjoy Rts without deni
III plate embarrassment. A daily
3ssrs.kIesn batk&eeps teeth immae.
sslatsly clean and natural looking.
This great formula was perfected
BY 1 dentist to remove stain.
brighten the teeth and helps free
shs mouth Of offending "dentuss
breath" Start Stsra. .Kleen ears
tsodAy. 500, all druggists.
Evening star., 1944-02-10

sity.
NEW ORLEANS, La.-Lt. Robert
w. Laughed, 56l6 Glenwood road
Bethesda, Md. received his Navy
wings at the Naval College for Pri-
mary Flight Instructors last week
He has been assigned to the Naval
Air Station at Bunker Hill, Ind,
as primary flight instructor.
ATLANTIC CITY.-Lt. Joseph
Whiteford son of Mr. and Mrs
Roger J. Whiteford, 10l West Leland
street, Chevy Chase, Md, is assist
ant classification officer at the
Army Air Forces Redistribution Sta
ton here. In addition to this duty
1t. Whiteford, singer, broadcasts
every Friday over the Redistribution
Station from Convention Hall. 1t
Whlteford formerly sang in light
opera. and appeared in several
Washington summer stock produc-
tlonS.
PENSACOLA, Fla.-Marine First
1t. Robert E. Ballard, husband of
Mrs. Deborah Ballard, 4l06 Military
road NV, received his wings as
naval aviator recently after COM
rleting training at the Naval Air
aiming Center here. He has been
assigned to the Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville, Fla, for duty.
COLUMBUS, Miss. - Frank G
Mowatt, 10. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Mowatt of Mowatt lane
College Park, Md. and Albert E
Burns. jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E
Burns, 5503 Massachusetts avenue
NV, recently received commissions
as second lieutenant in the Army Air
Forces
Evening star., 1944-02-10
AN-Woman Jury Awards
$4,000 in Injury Of Boy

What is believed to be District
Courts first all-woman jury in a
civil case late yesterday awarded
$4,000 damages for injuries to boy
in a suit which asked $26 $500.
The suit asked for S25 900 dam
ages from Perry Tancill and Edwin
M. Garrett, trading as Tancill e.
Garrett, for injuries suffered by
Paul Rothgeb, Is, and an additional
81 500 expenses for the boys father.
Harry M. Rothgeb In it's verdict
the jury granted the sum of $4,000
for each. The suit was brought by
the father. The boy had suffered
the injuries in l94l, it was testified,
when struck by a truck owned by
the defendants.
The jury's verdict was returned
before Justice Jennings Bailey, who
presided at the trial. Attorney Mi
chael F.. Keogh represented Mr..
Rothgeb, while Henry I. Quinn was
attorney for the defendants.
Evening star., 1944-02-10

x d vi LII IL. Stc~Ths.
coll, jr., motor mechanic (third
class, U. S. N. r., son of Mrs. Mar
garet Driscoll, 829 Sixth street NE,
recently completed a course in in
vasion craft engines at the Fair
banks Morse Co. here. Driscoll,
who saw service in the European
theater as member of the crew of
an infantry landing craft, expects to
be assigned to a Navy invasion
craft now.
SOUTH PACIFIC.-Ensign John
P. Smith, jr., husband of Betty
Hotel Smith of Loeb Arbor Gar
dens, Alexandria, Va, is with the
Seabees in the Marshall Islands. He
was graduated from the University
of Maryland in 1899 and was con-
nected with the War Department
engineers for four years before en-
tering the service in July. His par
ents reside at 1857 Newton street
NV.
LOS ANGELES, Calf. - Pvt.
Charles E. Campbell, son of Mrs.
Catherine Campbell, 1923 P street
S.E., is now a member of the Tim
berwolf Division, commanded by
Maj. Gen. Terry Allen.
ENGLAND.-Lt. Col. Eugene A.
Romig, Is, husband of Mrs. Louisa
A. Romig, 4215 Yuma street NV,
recently was appointed commander
of Flying Fortress group, the
youngest heavy bombardment group
commander in the 9th Army Air
Force.
Col. Romig, for his work as a
squadron commander in many at
tacks against Germany. has been
awarded the Silver Star for gal
tlantry in action. the Distinguished