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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-06
AVERAGE SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, April 5-R-
The average price OF middling
1916 inch cotton today at ten
designated Southern spot markets
was cents bale higher at 21.08
cents pound; Average for the
past 80 market lays 2103: Mid.
ding 7-8 inch average 1894.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-06
BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO. April 5-R-(WFAl
Butter was firm today and un-
changed at OPA ceilings.
Eggs were firmer; Large spe-
Gals "a 1926 IL: Large extras
1876: Medium extras % 1929 IL;
Standards 31-31 1-3; Current re-
ceipts 20 1884; Dirties %:
Checks q 10.
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N. C. EGGS AND POULTRY

RALEIGH, April 5-NCDA-
Egg and poultry market steady.
Raleigh-U. S. grade A large
(clean white) 80 Hens, all weights,
% to Is.
Washington-U. S. grade A large
SO to 81; Broilers and fryers % IL
10 30.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-06
NEW ORLEANS SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, April 5-tH-
Spot cotton closed steady and I'M
changed today. Sales 1900, Low
middling 1870, Middling 2O.95,
Good middling 2l.35. Receipts A.
4O1: Stock 242, 566.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-06
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. April s. lR Hog
prices moved higher today in re-
spouse to curtailed shipments.
Fed steers and yearlings were
generally steady to strong. Slaugh-
ter lambs gained 10 cents in &C.
tive trading.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-06
NEW YORK FUTURES

NEW YORK. April 5. = OPP =
Irregular price movements charac-
terized trading in cotton futures
today with closing values 20 cents
bale higher to Is cents down.
Quiet spot markets, approach OF
the extended Easter holiday and
a tendency to await developments
alb DAD he'd many traders on the
side lines. Liquidation in the May
position and selling of later months
by commission houses outWeighed
the support which came from mill
price fixing. Early planted cotton
in southern Texas was reported as
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-06
CLOSING MARKET
PRICES IRREGULAR
NEW YORK

STOCKS - Higher leaders
in quiet advance.
BONDS - Steady; Rails in
late rally.
COTTON-Quiet; hedge sell
ing and liquidation.
CHICAGO
WHEAT - Steady; Opening
of lake navigation delayed.
RYE-Steady; Eastern COM
mission house buying.
HOGS-Active generally to
to 20 cents higher. Top $14.05.
CATTLE-Steady to strong.
Steer top $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-06
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES

NEW ORLEANS, April 5.-F1-
Cotton futures closing prices were
steady 10 cents higher to 10 cents
1o,uer Nor hale
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-06
N. C.. HOGS

RALEIGH, April 5-(NCDA)-
Hog markets steady with tops
of 1885 at Rocky Mount and 1885
at Richmond.
The Omaha guide., 1944-04-22
N. w. Bell Telephone Co.
To Receive National
Security Award Of U. S.
Office of Civilian Defense

Brigadier General Paul X. English,
USA., Chief of Staff of the Seventh
Service Comamnd, will present the
National Security Award Of the Unit
ed States Office of Civilian Defense
to the Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company at ceremonies ODE held in
the Central High School auditorium
in Omaha starting at 7:45 pm. April
81. The ceremonies will be attended
by telephone men and women, their
families and escorts, representatives
of OCD., the Army and the Navy and
state, county and city officials. Ad-
mittance will be by ticket.
Frank Fogarty, General Manager
of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce
will be the master of ceremonies.
R. ]. Hopley, President of the Nor
thwestern Bell Telephone Company,
will accept the award on behalf of the
Company.
Buttons sybolizing the award will
be peSented by Colonel Joe w. Lee
dom, Acting Regional Director of the
Seventh Civilian Defense Region, to
Fred r, Kappel, Vice President Of
the Company, on behalf Of the men
and women responsible for the man
agrment of the Company throughout
its territory Ray L. Rogers 0; Des
Moues, Iowa, General President of
tli- Northwestern Union Of Tele-
rt;,rc Workers. will accept tie but
tons OH nt alf Of tie ,r;Gn'> ntr
b IS ard Tcrn D. Berry, Chair II
Of the Omaha Inter -deD -tE,ental
Plant Protection Committee, will ac-
cert the buttons on behalf Of the
plant protection forces.
Other speakers on the program in
clude Major General c. H. Danielson
USA., Commanding General, Sever
III Service Command; Brigadier Cell
eral Guy N. Henninger, Adjutant
General Of Nebraska, and Dan B.
Butler, Mayor of Omaha.
w. R. Johnson, Vice President and
General Manager for the Northwest
ern Bell Telephone Company for Ne
braska and South Dakota, will well
come the guests. The invocation will
be offered by Chaplain (Col.) Earl
D. Weed of the Seventh Service
Command. A Color Guard of the
Nebraska State Guard. in charge Of
Lieutenant Herman Zoesch, will pre-
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
ENDORSES UNITED NEGRO
COLLEGE FUND DRIVE

LdODlNG O(HOOLS FOK
WAR EFFORT
New York-PJesident Franklin D..
Roosevelt this week endorsed the ST.
100000 drive of the United Negro
College Fund by predicting that "men
Of good will everywhere" would sup
port the campaign, and praising the
schools for their contributions in the
war effort.
In letter to Walter Hoving, nat
iona1 chairman Of the Fund, at the
office, SO East 57th Street, the Pres
ident expressed his familiarity with
the work of many of he twenty-sev-
en- participating colleges anl declared
that these schools have contributed to
the war effort, not only in the field
Of Negro leadership, but also in prac-
teal training of skilled and technical
workers.
His complete statement follows:
Thank you for your letter telling
me Of the cooperative action under
taken by twenty-seven accredited pri-
vate Negro colleges as a means of
meeting he Negroes need for higher
education and the nations need for
increased unity.
Il have long been familiar with
the work of many of these Negro col
leges and have made personal visits
to a number of their campuses in re-
cent years. Despite their limited re-
sources, these schools have made
manifold contributions to our war eff
fort, not only in the fell Of Negro
leadership, but also in the practical
training of skilled and technical work
ers for the arsenal of the Democrac-
les.
"These institutions have still a
greater contribution to make in the
period which will follow our assured
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sent the colors.
A chorus Of about so telephone
men and women, conducted BY Martin
Watten, will sing four songs" THE
Star Spangled Banner, Eternal
Father, Strong to Save" Rise, Men
Courageous, and God Bless Am
erica
The National Security Award will
be presented to the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company in recognition =
superb standards of protection and
scour " established for the safety of
its personnel, service and plant fact
tiles i'll the 633 cities and towns il
serves as well as its network of long
distance lines throughout Iowa. Mime
sofa, Nebraska and North and South
Dakota The superior measures for
which the award has been granted in
clude protection against sabotage. air
raids. fire, accidents, and other laz-
The Omaha guide., 1944-04-22

Los Angeles, Calif-(By ]. Robert
Smith, for PPNS) AS a result Of
his usual appeasement method in mat
ters pertaining to the Army and the
Negro, Brig Gen. Benjamin 0. Davis
turned out to be an unwelcome guest
Of his people in this city because the
highest ranking Negro Army officer
is quoted as saying, He personally
knows of no discrimination against
Negroes in the Army" In an inter
view with members Of the daily press
Thursday, Gen Davis, who is attach
ed tc the Inspector Generals office
in Washington, also told newsmen
that whenever charges of discrimin-
alton are called to the attention of
the War Department, an immediate
investigation is launched and remed-
ial action taken, if necessary. In his
press conference the General further
said, ITO the best of my knowledge,
Negro troops are serving in all thea
tres of war, and the are acquitting
themselves in an exemplary fashion" :"
The guest speaker efore the local
chapter of the American Legion, the
same night, General Davis told his
audience that the Negro is disgruntl-
ed for two reasons. One, because he
is not being inducted speedily enough
into the Army, and secondly, when
inducted he is not given the opport-
unity to do more fighting. The sit
uation here has wildly brought back
to the minds of local leaders the
white-washing done by General Davis
when he was assigned to England to
investigate the alleged mal-treatment
of Negro soldiers there. The Gen
eral, who is accompanied by Truman
K. Gibson, civilian aide to the Secre-
tary Of War is ehre making a tour
Of local military facilities,
The Omaha guide., 1944-04-22

NEUKO GUNNER OF FLYING
FORTRESS RECEIVES AIR
MEDAL, CLUSTER POST
HUMOUSLY
A Negro flying sergeant, killed in
action over Italy, was honored post
humously April 2, 1914, by the Army
Air Forces at ceremony held in the
ST James Presbyterian Church at
Greensboro, North Carolina, WHEN
Mrs. Louise Mears, mother of Tech
nical Sergeant William G.. Mears. re-
ceived the Air Medal with the Oak
Leaf Cluster, the War Department
reported
Sergeant Mears had completed five
missions as an aerial gunner on a
tlying fortress and had an %nemy
Mcsserschmitt 10 to his credit before
his plane was shot down in the Med
itcrranean Theater of Operations Apr
il 26, 11943. The 81 year old serg
cant entered the service from Guffalo
New York, though his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. CASTOR Mears, live in
Greensboro.
Captain George H. Fitch represent
ing Colonel Victor R. Woodruff, Com
manding Officer of the AAF Tech
meal Training Commands Basic
raining Center No. 10 Greensboro,
made the presentation to Mrs. Mears.
The Omaha guide., 1944-04-22
NAACP CHAPTERS MARX
NATIONAL NEGRO YOUTH
WEEK APRIL 2S-29

New York-More than 5000 mem
bers Of 90 college chapters and 115
youth councils of the NAACP will
observe National Negro Youth Week
April 1929. On Sunday, April 30,
in church and chapel services, the con
tributions Of youth to the war effort
at home and abroad, will be discussed
BY youth members and church pas
tors. During the week school assem-
blies and classes will give attention to
Youths Needs Now and in the Post
War World"
On Friday, april Is, simultaneous
mass meetings will be held to stress
the program of the NAACP. AT the
same time they will give the kick
off, to the Nationwide Membership
Campaign which begins on May /.
Saturday, April 90, will be devoted
to various types of entertainments,
celebrating the 35th Anniversary of
the NAACP and ending the weeks
activities.
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In recognition of his service to
the American Legion, American
Legion Post No. l presented a set
of silk desk flags to ]. E. David
son, president of the Nebraska
Power Company. National Com
mander Warren Atherton was the
principal speaker at the April
meeting, at which time the pre-
sentation was made.
The flag stand holds Old Glory
and the American Legion flag.
and it also carries the national
emblem of the Legion. The back
Of this emblem has the following
engraved inscription: presented
to j. e. Davidson in recognition
of his services to the American
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effort.
4 am sure that men OF good WIFI
everywhere will extend to you their
good wishes for your sulcess in this
venture.
"Tery sincerely yours,
FRANKLIN ID. ROOSEVELT"
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EDITH ABBOTT
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Miss Edith Abbott, former dean of
the School of Social Administration
of the University of Chicago, will be
one of he keynote speakers at the Ne
braska State Conference of Social
Work to be held May 18th to 18th.
Miss Abbott will address the lunch
con session on Saturday, May 18th.
Her speech will deal with the respon-
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sibility Of the whole community for
social welfare and will be Of interest
to The general public.
The Conference this year will con-
duct many sessions of vital war time
interest, stressing the needs of return
ing service men, the needs Of youth,
and the problems that will ultimately
face the civilian war worker.
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ingredient as reliable old 3jach
Draught? Ans. Yes, in a form nlusi
children find pleasant to take.
Your children should like Synn
of Black-Draught Caution. use
only as directed. The big SOC b L
tie contains more than three time.
as much as the old trial size.
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Legion"
In thanking Commander Vim
cent c. Hascall of Omaha Post No.
l for this honor, Mr.. Davidson
said: From the time Omaha Post
No. / was organized, as an Amer
lean citizen 1 have had very high
regard for its Legionnaires. I have
cherished the opportunity to do
what 7 could for the American
Legion, in my endeavors to indi-
cate in small way my respect and
admiration for you ALL"
In 1929, Mr.. Davidson was Sc
lected by the Legion as Omaha's
outstanding citizen of that Year
and was presented the American
Legion civic Service CitaI>-s.
The Omaha guide., 1944-04-22

NEGRO GUNNER OF FLYING
FORTRESS RECEIVES AIR
MEDAL, CLUSTER POST
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ards which would interfere with the
successful prosecution Of the war.
Each of the employees of the Nor
thwes ern Bell Telephone Company
will receive on April 21 one of the
buttons syinbolizing the award, which
they will be entitled to wear anytime
aftcr the presentation ceremonies
here. The Company has more thaa
1A.Co0 employees in the five states
where it operates.
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These Questions may decide
what laxative to give your child

Ques. Is it true that children take
more readily to a child's laxative?
Ans. Ans, that's generally so. Ques.
What do you mean by a "child's
laxative?" Ans. A laxative like
Syrup Of Black -Draught. designed
specially for a child's needs and
tastes. Ques. Does Syrup of Black
Draught contain the same laxative
The Omaha guide., 1944-04-22

An interesting sidelight on Tues
days primary election was the large
vote piled up by Judge Robert R.
Troyer over his lone opponent.
On the basis of unofficial returns
Judge Troyer has a lead of nearly 4
to 1. Old timers are discussing this
remarkable showing by Judge Troyer
in view Of the fact that he has held
office only a few weeks more than a
year.
1t is believed that in no other con-
tested election in Douglas County has
there been such an overwhelming vote
of confidence as that given to Judge
Troyer on April 18th.
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victory. Using education as a com
mon denominator for our many prob
lens. racial and otherwise, they can
aid the United Nations by helping
to make America a united nation
This can be accomplished in no bet
ter way than the one chosen the
pooling of their knowledge, resources
and experience in this grea concerted
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Two Navy Captains Given
Leqion Of Merit Medals

Capt. Thomas B. Britain, q ma
tive Of Annapolis, Nd, and Capt.
Ross A. Dierdorff, whose wife lives
In Annapolis, have been awarded the
Legion OF Merit, the Navy Depart
ment announced today.
Both decorations were given for
meritorious conduct during the am
phibious assault on Sicily.
Capt. Britain, As, was command
ing oficer Of a transport while that
vessel was serving as headquarters
ship July 1912, 1943. His citation
said: ".. s
In addition to his skillful and
efficient performance of all duties
assigned to the headquarters ship
Capt. Britain (then commander)
despite fierce enemy fire, assisted
embarked boats in landing assault
troops and participated in salvage
operations on the beaches"
Capt. Brittain's home address now
is Richmond, KY.
Capt. Dierdorff, 4S, received his
award for his performance as COM
mander of a naval task force and
rs commanding of1icer Of q trans
port July 10.
"By his sound judgment in plan
ming and courageous leadership
under fire, (he) was intrumental in
landing and establishing a REIN
forced combat team on shore in the
face Of desperate enemy resistance u
the Navy said.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Civil Aeronautics Aides
Probe MARYLAND Crash

Civil Aeronautics Board officials
to-day said an investigation would
be made to determine the cause O,
the crash OF a single-engined plane
near Gaithersburg, Md, Saturday
night IN which civilian flying in
structor and woman were killed.
Montgomery County police sale
the air traffic control of the Nationa
Airport could find no record of the
plane having been cleared to fiy
into the restricted Washington zone
CAB ofacials, who pointed out thai
they were only interested in thu
cause OF the crash and not whethe,
flying regulations had been violated
said 1t was possible that bad weather
had taken the plane of its caurse
Police said relatives of the dead
identified as Bradnor Cecil Mott
70, an instructor with the Civilian
Training Command at Embry Riddle
Field, Union City, Tenn, and Mrs
Lillian Fite Of near Lancaster, Pa.
wife Of another instructor at the
same field, came to Rockville yes
terday to claim the bodies.
Police said Mr.. Mott was a forme,
resident Of Essex, Md, and Lancaster
County. Pa, and it was believed
that the plane was en- route tt
Columbia, Pa, the home of Mrs
Fite'S parents.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Glare Luce Adopts
War Captive's Child
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 6.-Representa-
tive Glare Boothe Luce has adopt
ed" an 11-year -old English girl, Joy
Agnes Ogier, through the Foster
Parents Plan for War Children, Inc,
Mrs. Edna Blue, plan executive
chairman, announced here today.
Joy, from the English Channel
isle Of Guernsey, now is living at
one Of the Al children's colonies
maintained by the plan. Parents who
adopt" war children pay for their
support at q colony.
The British. girl and her brother
were machine-gunned crossing the
English Channel after the capture
Of Guernsey by the Germans. Their
father is q prisoner of war of the
Germans.
Several widely known Americans,
including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
who has adopted" three children.
support war children in England
through the plan.
Under the voluntary adoption
plan parents pay SIS a month for
support of a child. Each parent re-
ceived a picture and case history OF
the adopted child. The children
and parents correspond and par
ents often send birthday. Christmas
and other gifts to the war children
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Hospihk{hips Praised
For tqyDeah Rate
By the AssociatecF FrE

BALTIMORE, Mar. 6.-The NOR
tality rate on American hospital
ships has been less than one-half
OF l per cent, Vice Admiral Ross I
Mc1ntire. surgeon general of the
Navy, said yesterday on an official
inspection Of the Refuge, the Nays
newest and largest hospital ship.
Expressing great pride in the work
already done by Navy hospital
corpsmen on their ships and the
landing beaches in combat zones
Admiral McIntire, in a broadcast
from the office of the ships COM
mander, described briefly the
Refuge.
Although the commanding officer
and senior medical officer are vet
eran Navy men, in the main the
personnel is composed of doctors
dentists, nurses and enlisted men
not long removed from civilian life
approximately 1000 invited guests
ana Navy personnel were received
at an open house" aboard the
Refuge, which was placed in com.
mission February "a.
Comparable with any hospital
ashore, the Refuge carries complete
modern facilities, including an on.
tical repair unit, the first of its kind
on a hospital ship. She has fixet
berths for $50 patients and carrie,
ABOARD q mobile field hospital.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Publishers Not Counting
lon Additional Newsprint
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 6.-The Amer
ican Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton says that remarks made last
week by Harold Boeschenstein, act
ing director of the War Production
Board Forest Products Bureau,
should not be interpreted as a pre-
diction that more newsprint would
be available in the last half Of this
year.
In a statement issued yesterday
the ANPA said transcript of Mr..
Boeschenstein's statements to the
Newspaper Industry Advisory Com
mittee in Washington provides no
basis for counting on additional
newsprint.
The ANPA said the WPB officials
statements had been interpreted by
users of pulp and paper products
as forecast of more newsprint
in the second half of 1914.
"Mr. Boeschenstein said that no
one could reliably predict this" the
association stated
ANY improvement and even
maintenance of present rates is de-
pendent not only on supply from
Canada, as well as our own efforts
to increase the cutting of wood
but also depends upon unpredictable
needs which may grow out Of the
European invasion and other mill
tary operations.
ANY improvement in the pro-
duction in the South will currently
be more than Offset by new and
additional military requirements"
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Five Persons Hurt
In 1|aqie Aqident,J'
Two seamen Injured os
tNuvY Bus Strikes Pole.

Five persons were injured yester-
day and today in traffic accidents
in the Washington area.
Prince Georges County police said
two Navy men were injured slightly
early today when a Navy bus, trav-
cling between Washington and the
Naby base at Solomons Island in
Southern Maryland, struck a pole
on Route S, near Melwood. The in
jured, who were not identified, pro-
ceeded on to their base.
Harry D. Rosenberger, As, of 3457
North Thirteenth street, Arlington
was admitted to Casualty Hospital
yesterday with head injuries re-
ceived when his car struck the rear
OF loaded lumber truck on Route
I'll, near Fairfax, county police re-
ported.
Mrs. Daniel Kehoe, Wilmington
Del, was injured slightly yesterday
when the car In which she was rid
ing, driven by her husband, 1t
Kehoe, collided with bus on Route
l. about six miles south of Alexan-
dria, police said. She was treated
at Alexandria Hospital and released
Pvt. Helen Lee Hedges, %, a WAC
stationed at Boiling Field, was treat
ed at Casualty Hospital yesterday
for scalp injuries received when the
automobile In which she was riding
with Sergt. Harry L. Burch, ~, also
|of Boiling Field, collided with two
other cars at Bladensburg road and
New York avenue NE, police re-
ported. She was later removed tc
the Boiling Field post hospital.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Guard Is Arraigned
In Staying Of Sailor
Woshingtonion Held After
Cedar Point Shooting
Special Dispatch to The Star.

EpSSlkl OlSpALCA 10 Inc star.
LEONARDTOWN. Md, Mar. O.
w. P. Upright, civilian guard at the
Cedar Point naval base, was to be
arraigned this afternoon before
Judge Abel of the st. Marys County
Magistrates Court In the fatal
shooting of sailor, j. L. McVickers,
26, during brawl Wednesday in
the civilians canteen at the base.
State Trooper M. E. Caldwell said
Upright was attempting to arrest
a man named Helm, who was re-
ported drunk in the canteen, when
two sailors tried to interfere. In the
resulting fracas, Ofiicer Caldwell
said, McVickers was killed and an
other sailor, Frank Gerold, was
wounded.
Feeling against Upright has been
running high among the sailors at
the base, and since the shooting he
has been confined in an undisclosed
jail in Southern Maryland. After
the incident, a naval censorship was
put In effect. although the incident
has been widely discussed in Leon
ardtown for five days.
Upright heads a staff of six
civilian guards whose duty it is to
protect property of the Consolidated
Aircraft Co. stored at the base.
Cedar Point oficials said Upright's
wife lives in Washington.
The evidence against Upright
will be presented by States Attorney
Henry Gambler. If Judge Abel
holds him for the grand jury, his
case may be tried in the st. Marys
Circuit Court, which begins its
spring session here March 20.