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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-18
APPOINTED

DURHAM, April IT. p Gar al.
land Brooks, who has served 10.
the past % years as deputy IN ]'
Durham register of deeds, olnes'
today was appointed by the couHJ
commissioners to fill the uneNplt,g5,"
term of the Register of DEEDS w.
B. Markham, who died last WeeA
Brooks is one of six men who nav.
1lled for register of deeds III NV
May ~ primary. His appolntIIlsA'
will expire in December.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-18
Fair Enough

(Ediotr's Note.-The Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views of Mr. Pegler,
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readers His articles serve the good purpose OF
making people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-18
MEETING

RALEIGH, April 17-lR-The
North Carolina Commission on
lnterracial Cooperation will meet
here Thursday. Political, social
and religious leaders of several
southern states are expected to
attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-18
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecution Of
the war Ia complete Victory.

TOP OF THE MORNING
God could have made the apple tree
To bear its fruitful yield
Without the need for April blooms
Above furrowed field.
] see His needless beauty strewn
About on every hand,
And wonder just what beauty waits
Within that Other Land.
IRENE MORGAN PHILLIPS.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-05-18

Miss Inez Ratekin, county libra
rian, was in Troy Tuesday afternoon
to deliver certificates to certain
school students who had taken part
in a book reading program spen-
sored each year by the library.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Geringer and
little daughter, Joan, of Tacoma,
Wash. are expected to arrive next
Sunday for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs
H. A. Geringer Of this city. The WIS.,
iting Mr.. Geringer is son of Mr.
Geringer of this city.
C. v. Manion of Kalispell was ir
Libby Tuesday to deliver to the
Universal Zonolite Insulation com.
pany the first of three new Inter.
national trucks he has sold to ths
company. The trucks are of 6-tcr
capacity with dump bodies.
! A very enjoyable evening wa.
spent Saturday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs Frank Pival when the fam
lily gathered there for farewell
party for Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Wollas
ton and family, who are leaving TO
Seattle where they will make theil
home.
Mrs. lola WEIGH had as her CUES
a short time Tuesday her brother
in-laW, w. O. Smithson, of Sacra
mento, Calf Mr.. Smithson former
ly lived at Kalispell and Grea
Falls and was back to Montana Wis
ting. Mrs. WEIGH met him in Kal
ispell on the return from her week
end visit to Missoula.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-05-18

Mrs. Clifford Hayden and Mrs.
Ray Cole were business callers in
Kalispell Friday.
Pvt. Leon Wuest spent the past
week here visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Arnold Wuest He will
leave for Camp Edwards, Mass,
where he has been stationed, this
weekend
Corporal and Mrs. Clayton Nc
Gill will return to Camp Cooke,
Calf, Monday having spent the
past week here visiting relatives.
Cpl. McGill is with the 18th Arm
ored Division.
Corporal Melvin Heath arrived a
week ago for a Today visit here
with relatives. Corporal Heath is
stationed at Camp Edwards, Mass
He and Leon Wuest made the trip
home together.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Peterson re-
turned to their home at Yakima
Wash, Saturday evening, after Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. Pederson's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angus,
Sleizer, the past 10 days.
Genevieve Hayden was hostess te
a number Of her young friends al
lawn party in honor of her sew.
enth birthday on May 10. The youhl
folks enjoyed several games, fol
lowed by a delicious lunch. Tht
honor guest received many nice
presents and good time was mac
by all.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-05-18

The Libby firemen answered An
alarm Friday afternoon when they
extinguished hot chimney fire at
he courthouse No damage resulted
fT/Sgt Don Sh3urette arrived in
the city Tuesday from Bremerton,
Wash, on a Today furlough which
he is spending here with relatives.
He is with the u. S. Marines and
is being transferred to Washington,
D. c.
Mrs lola Welch was at Missoula
over the weekend to be present at
| the official induction of a large
class into the u. S. Cadet Nurse
Corps at the St. Patrick School OF
Nursing, where Mrs. Welch's niece
Miss Marianne Strong, is one Of
the students Ninety students were
! in the class and Mrs. WEIGH reports
the induction was an impressive
ceremony.
S/Sgt. Raymond Carlson arrived
home Saturday, accompanied BY
Miss Kay Mark of California, t
spend l5-day furlough at the hom,
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Free
Carlson. S/Sgt. Carlson is now sta
toned at Camp White, Ore. An
other son. Pvt. Leroy M. Carlson
arrived Friday to spend a week
end leave Private Leroy was &C
companied back to his camp a
Moses Lake, Wash, by Mrs. Ere,
Carlson, S/Sgt. Raymond Carlson
Margaret Kemp and Miss IA.
Mark.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-05-18

L. S. Dillon of Troy transacted
business in the city yesterday.
Harold Gompf was in Eureka on
business several days this week.
William Good of Rexford was a
business visitor in Libby Tuesday.
Miss Neva West and Miss Edith
Baeth were Eureka visitors over the
weekend.
Johnny Friend is here visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.
Friend, for short time. He is en-
ployed in the shipyards at Portland.
Miss Cecilia Ann Nolop arrived
home for a visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Nolop. She will
return to her studies at the Uni
versity of Washington about July l.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-05-18

A. D. Morton, petty officer second
class, arrived Saturday noon on
five-day leave. II had been thought
that he would be stationed in Cali
.fornia, and Mrs. Morton. had made
plans previous to his arrival to go
to California with him. when he
brought the disheartening news of
the change in plans.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-05-18


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application cords, DO so No
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IL. q. What does non-occupational plan mean?
A. Non-occupational means that the Association
does not give double benefits If the occupa-
nonal injury or sickness is covered by the
Workmens Compensation law or the En-
ployers' Liability law then the Association
does not pay benefits in addition to the com
pensatlon benefits However, If the occupa-
tonal injury is not covered by the Work
mems Compensation Employers Liability
law then even though it is injury re
ceved on the job the Association will pay
the benefits as set forth in the master policy
Is. @. Am l covered for bombing?
A. Yes. Under this plan Of insurance civilians
are covered against invasion, bombings in
Juries received during blackouts, war, OF
acts of war, and other war hazards that occur
within the confines Of the United States.
IA. @ What are the benefits under the plan?
A The benefits are manifold and are set forth
IN the certificate which is a description Of
the master policy You receive hospitaliza-
ton for specified amount for certain
number Of days, as well additional ben
efits for h-ray, operating room, anesthesia
laboratory, up to an amount equal to five
times the daily benefits allowed for the
hospital ROOM
Is. O. How many days am | allowed for hospital
ization?
A. The number of days allowed is specified in
the certificate and is in accordance to the
plan your group selects.
is. O. Is this number Of days allowed during q
Contract year or each time l enter the
hospital?
A. The number Of days Of disqualification is al,
lowed each time you enter the hospital
from sickness accident You may 70 tc
the hospital as often as your doctor thinks
it necessary and stay the limit of the num-
Der Of days allowed for each illness or ac-
ldent you may have
II. G. How long must be confined in hospital
to be entitled to the daily benefits?
A. No required number Of hours of confine-
ment is necessary to receive benefits
IL. O. How long do have to be member Of the
plan before l am entitled to benefits?
A. No required waiting period is necessary I'm
mediately upon the effectivness of the GER
tificate you would be entitled to enter the
hospital and receive benefits Immediately
whether for an accident or Illness or an op-
Grafton
IS. @. Would be entitled to benefits il I had
an existing condition needing hospitaliza-
ton or operation and which knew existed
at the time my certificate became effective?
A. Yes. You have immediate coverage regard
less of your past health condition.
20. @. Do have to sign up for year?
A. No. You may discontinue the protection at
any time.
FL. @. Who are eligible dependents?
A. Wife or husband and unmarried children
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the ages of three months and eighteen years
cords with any officer Of your
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| GROUP HOSPITAL !
If you have not turned in your
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
about your Group Hospital Insurance? :?
l. O. What is this special plan?
A This is special plan of hospital benefits
and hospital extras. Also surgical fees bene-
fits if selected by the group. This plan is
issued to groups of people working for
employer who, on account Of their wholesale
buying power purchase much more
liberal policy at considerable less cost than
if bought Individually
O. @ Do have to pass physical examination
to become member OF the group?
A No Not if you make application for the in
surance within thirty days after you become
eligible. However, If you do not make app
cation within the eligibility period, then you
must show evidence of instability.
3. @ Am restricted to the Of certain named
hospitals under this plan?
choosing anywhere in the United States
Canada Alaska or Hawaii.
4. @. Are the benefits under this plan payable
directly to the hospital to me?
A. Benefits paid to you but in order to save
you time and trouble you may assign these
benefits to the hospital to the extent Of their
charges and the benefits will be paid direct
to the hospital You have your choice in
this matter
$. O. Will you pay be benefits If 60 to Vet
Grams Hospital?
A. Yes
g. O. Would you pay me benefits ii 60 10 a
state institution for let us say, tuberculosis?
I. @. II my hospital should cost less than
the amount shown entitled to in the
certificate what would be paid to me?
A. The full amount shown in the certificate
would be paid you regardless of the price of
the room you selected in the hospital.
8. @. Must l give notice to the insurance COM
pany that am going to the hospital?
holder notify his company SO that the claim
paying machinery may be set in operation
and the certificate holder receive prompt
payment
8. O. What doctor may have?
A. Any legally licensed physician, surgeon, os
teopath, chiropractor and if hospalized
for oral surgery any licensed dental surgeon
10. @. Is my doctors approval sufficient for
you to recognize hospital confinement?
A. Yes
H. O. Do I receive any benefits il not confined
to the hospital?
A. If your policy carries surgical benefits
rider, then you entitled to the amount
named in the schedule, if operation
performed, regardless of whether not you
were confined to hospital.
t. Weekly benefits paid whether at home
in hospital.
Leave your application
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Evening star., 1944-05-17

Josephus Daniels, World War Sec
retary of the Navy, told the House
Postwar Policy Committee today the
Pearl Harbor disaster was "convinc-
ing proof of the necessity of con-
Isolidating the Army and the Navy
Mr.. Daniels, who was Navy Secre-
tary when President Roosevelt was
Assistant Secretary, testified that
the japanese could not have made
December 7, 1941, the day OF
infamy" If the general and the
admiral charged with the duty OF
preparedness and vigilance had not
been asleep at the switch"
Pearl Harbor well might be re-
corded in history as the day OF
Army and Navy breakdown, limited, y
the publisher of the Raleigh IN. c.
News and Observer commented. He
added:
That calamity, due to divided
command in the Hawaiian area, Is
convincing proof that perfect cohe-
sion of the fighting forces must take
the place of two arms working
separately and without co-ordina-
ton. Whatever doubt had formerly
existed as to the demand for one
department OF national defense was
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Welfare Board Urge.
Howard B. Gill Tor
District Penal Post
Assistont to Director
Of U. S. Prisons Picked
For Sc, 500 Position

Howard B. Gill. assistant to
the director of the Federal Blu
reau OF Prisons, today was rec
commended for the post of gen.
eral superintendent for penal
institutions of the District by the
Board OF Public Welfare.
The post has been held for more
than a year by Ray l.. Huff, who
also is director of welfare. Mr..
Huff's holding of two positions was
criticized recently by the Rover
Committee and Controller General
Warren.
The position carries a salary OF
$6 500, less $500 for rent of a home
provided at Lorton Reformatory
The Commissioners have forwarded
Mr.. Gill's papers to the Civil Serv-
ice Commission.
Harvard Graduate.
A graduate of Harvard College
and Harvard School of Business,
Mr.. Gill was superintendent of the
NOTlOlk MASS prison colony from
October 20, 1927, until April S, 1894
when he was removed by Gov
Joseph B. Ely after prolonged hear
ings in which he was charged with
laxity of administration, according
to the Associated Press.
Mr.. Gill claimed politics was be-
hind the custer move. After the
hearing Gov. Ely praised Mr.. Gills
Norfolk plan" but declared it was
too indefinite and not well enforced
He said, however, that Mr.. Gills
personal conduct was proper,
Mr.. Gill was said to have tried new
methods of treating prisoners ir
Massachusetts,, including the use Of
Ipsychiatry.
When Herbert Hoover was Secre-
tary OF Commerce he named Mr.
Gill to special committee to inves-
tigate prison labor conditions, thus
giving him chance to become IA
miliar with conditions in 10 States
AS assistant to the director of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons, Mr.. Gill
Evening star., 1944-05-17
NCONClNUeu Page At, Column
U. 5. May Decide 10 Ask
Turks 10 Stop Exports
Continued Page A, Column
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, May 1.-THE State
Department in Washington, in co..
ordination with the military, may
decide soon whether to demand
complete cessation of Turkish ex-
ports to Germany, it was learned
today :F
1t was understood that reports on.
such shipments recently were for-I
warded to Washington, the action
following the Turks recent agree
ment to stop sending Nazis badly
needed chrome,
These factors. it was believed,
will be weighed in making any deci-
sion:
l. The value of the shipments to
the enemy's war machine and their
contribution to preserving the Ger
man home-front morale.
2. The cost to the Allies in get
ting the Turks to agree to forego
that source of profit.
3. The possibility that invasion
and Russian action will cut off the
supply line and make diplomatic
discussions unnecess2ry.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Mother browns Her Two
Children in Cisiern
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCKFORD, Ill, May 16.--Mrs.
Helen Mcmahon, u, drowned her
two babies In a cistern today, Police
Capt. Ralph Fossler reported. The
victims were Judyne Kay, 3, and
Jane Louise, IA months.
The officer gave this account of
the tragedy:
Mrs. Mcmahon, wife of a war
plant worker, was visiting at the
home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Lundvall. Mrs. Mcmahon
was in ill-health and during the
absence OF her mother dropped the
youngsters in the cistern.
She drove to Belvidere, Ieaped into
the Kishwaukee River, but waded
out and went to a grain elevator
and mumbled an account Of what
she had done. She was brought
to the Rockford Jail later.
A warrant charging the woman
with murder was issued and States
Attorney Max Weston said he would
ask the grand jury next Monday to
indtct her, on that charge.
Mrs. Weston also announced the
woman had been given mental
examination by physician and may
be given sanity trial.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Roosevelt Pledges Aid
In Carrying Out Ito
Social Economic Plan
Tells World Labor Group
Stond Against Poverty
Hos Great Significance

Llkening the international
Labor Organization program for
world economic and social bet
termen to Americas Declara-
ton Of independence, President
Roosevelt today told delegates
from the recently concluded
Philadelphia conference that
this Government will do every
thing in its power" to promote
the aims of the Organization
laid down there.
Approximately 40 delegates from
Al countries heard the President s
brief speech at his desk in the
White House where the Philadelphia
declaration was signed by Walter
Nash, Minister from New Zealand
who was chairman of the confer
lence, and Edward J. Phelan, acting
director of the ILO secretariat.
Departing from the text of his
prepared address. to speak directly
to representatives from lands oe-
cupied by the Axis, Mr.. Roosevelt
expressed the hope that ''the next
time we all meet you will come di-
irectly from your own countries. ;
He added that "the restoration oi
lall the countries of the world te
their own people" is a thought that
must be kept in mind.
| Bring World Closer.
Mr.. Roosevelt also urged that the
ILO speak out against exploitation
of the poor and said he felt the ILC
was destined to bring the Who'll.
world closer together than ever be.
fore in history.
Mr.. Nash, Sir John Forbes Watson
of Great Britain, chairman of thu
employers' group, and JEFF Rens o.
Belgium, chairman of the employees
group, expressed their thanks fol
the Presidents interest in the or.
ganization.
Recalling that the conference had
affirmed the right OF all human be.
ings to material well-being and
spiritual development under condi-
itions of freedom and dignity and
under conditions of economic Sc
curity and opportunity, the Presi-
dent expressed confidence that this
depression would come to be recog-
Evening star., 1944-05-17
(See GILL. Page A-3.)
BY the Associated Press.

A writer for Readers Digest told
a congressional committee today a
proposed article critical of the Fed
eral Communications Commission
was suggested" by Wendell Willkie,
but that it never was published after
FEC Chairman James L. Fly pro-
tested it as libelouS.
The testimony was given by Greta
Palmer of New York, a writer for
the magazine, to the special House
committee investigating the FEC.
She was asked by Representative
Miller. Republican, of Missouri to
appear and bring a letter Mr.. Fly
wrote the magazine in which the
chairman said he heard the article
was to be written ard warned that
it had "fallacious legal" standing.
Mr.. Miller charged that Chairman
Fly suppressed" the article and
questioned whether this involved any
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Daniels Declares Pearl Horbor
Proved Need to Unity Services

solved in the fact of the disastrous
result of division and defeat"
The Japs won at Pearl Harbor
Mr.. Daniels said, because they
found the general and admiral
absent without leave
Jealousy and friction between
the two armed services on the
Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere
was an old story he said. History
is replete with the squabbles be-
tweent the Army and Navy which
prolong wars, showing the neces-
sity of combination.
Early in his own administration
as Navy Secretary, Mr. Daniels
said, he proposed plans "by which
the lack of cohesion" in the Army
and Navy could be converted into
unity of action. Mr.. Daniels
quoted former Secretary of War
Lindley Garrison as telling him:
Joe, don't care a damn about
the Navy and you don't care a damn
about the Army. You run your
machine and l will run mine"
Asked by Chairman May of the
Military Affairs Committee whether
he believed compulsory military
service in peacetime was necessary,
Mr.. Daniels said he did not.
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Probers HeorWi|Ikie Suggested
Article Held Up by Fly Protest

tinkering with freedom of the
press"
Miss Palmer told the committee
"the article was first suggested to me
by Wendell Willkie. who sent me to
see Bill Paley president of the Co.
lumbia Broadcasting SYSTEM.
She said she also called on Niles
Trammell of the National Broad
casting Co., the editors of Broad
casting Magazine and heads of the
Mutual chain. After she had gotten
her notes together, she said she
came to Washington to give Mr.. Fly
an opportunity to tell his side"
That was a very peculiar con-
versation," she said of her talk with
Mr.. Fly. She quoted him as saying
he was preparing an article him.
self and why should help another
writer?"
He told me my ears would be
(See FEC. Page A-4D
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Shouts From Defense
Interrupt Prosecution
|Af Sediiion Trial
Justice Coils Deputies
To Quiet Tumult Caused
By Rogge's Outline
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Chief Prosecutor o. John
Rogge, beginning his opening
statement at the mass sedition
trial in District Court today at
a tempestuous session of clam
.orous interruptions, promised to
prove that the 20 defendants
conspired with Hitler and his
aides to foment disloyalty in the
United States Army and set up
a Nazi form OF government in
this country.
AS the special assistant to thu
Attorney General began his addres.
to the jury. score of defense attor.
neys, all talking at once, objected te
the trend Of the statement. contend.
ing the prosecution was promising K
prove offenses not charged in thi
conspiracy indictment. Several de.
PENDANTS, shouting observations anc
Impressions, joined IN the verba
fray.
The disorder approached tumult
when Chief Justice Edward C
Eicher, his furious pounding OF the
gayel disregarded, called on the
marshal to restore order.
Pushed Into Seat.
At least one defense attorney
Claude Thompson, was pushed into
his seat by a deputy marshal, while
other deputies scattered about the
turbulent courtroom, imploring other
lawyers to sit down.
When the court refused a defense
demand to exclude witnesses from
the trial defendant, Lois de La.
fayette Washburn, shouted: "Pul
out the Government stooges."
Justice Eicher finally quieted the
explosive court room and Mr.. Rogge
proceeded, though his statement
still brought frequent Interruptions
The % defendants in this case. ,
said the prosecutor, Joined in the
Nazi conspiracy. They tried tc
teach people to hate our form OF
government.
A main objective he described as
an attempt to cause members of the
armed forces to be disloyal to their
country.
They hoped" Mr.. Rogge added
ito soften and disintegrate our So
cial structure, to destroy our faith
in our form of government"
Says Leader Was Chosen.
Leaders of various movements
among the defendants, organiza
tions disguised under misleading
labels, he said, picked Gen. George
Van Horn Moseley, United States
Army, retired. as their most likely
leader. While there was no evil
dence, Mr.. Rogge conceded. thai
Gen. Moseley had done anything
since 1899 to further the alleged
conspiracy, the testimony woulc
show he did hold views the defen-
dants approved while he was still
an active officer of the Army, In
which he once was second in COM
mand. The indictment, Mr.. Rogge
pointed out, charged, under an ACT
of June 20, 1910, conspiracy to un-
dermine the loyalty of our armed
forces.
"We will show you, Mr.. Rogge
told the jury. that the German
American Bund co-operated with
the Ku Klux Khan
The prosecutor referred to several
defendants whom he identified as
leaders of the Bund, headed by
Evening star., 1944-05-17
Boil Dispute
Reported Adjusted
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 1.-THE newspa-
per Aftonbladet in Stockholm re-
ported today that a formula has
been found for settling neutral
Sweden's dispute with the Allies
over shipments of Swedish ballbear-
ings to Germany, a Reuters dis
patch said.