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Evening star., 1944-04-02
BY Joseph I. Richman.

Last fall the manufacturing plant of
r. c. M. Burton & Sons, Gil e street
NV, hummed with activity in race
to produce thousands of sleeping bags
for American naval forces facing the
bitter Alaskan winter.
One hundred and twenty women busily
sewed duck down and feathers into
sleeping bags capable OF keeping men
warm in temperatures 1870 degrees below
zero. The Navy order of the day was
"rush!"
1t was large operation for his small
firm, according to E. l.. Burton. Over
100000 was borrowed from banks on
the basis of a Navy contract and the
firms previous record before a penny
was collected.
A four-story building was rented and
additional machinery purchased Cash
was required to build up stock pile of
scarce duck down and feathers. New
workers were hired and trained.
Production was pushed to 500 bags a
week. The race was won.
Not So Simple
mot as simple as it sounds" MIR.
Burton declared, recalling that IS years
ago his father, a North Carolinian,
started the firm when his unit of the
Union Navy was disbanded here at the
close of the Civil War. Today Mr.. Bur-
ton Is aided by his son, Elmon Burton,
jr, %, who supervises the firms defense
work. While a younger son, Pfc, E.
Douglas Burton, as, who was manager
Of peacetime awning making, is in Eng
land with an ordnance outfit.
Three years ago the Burtons employed
Is people, manufactured everything
from awnings to sleeping bags on a
small scale. Before the war they made
some flags and pillows for the Mari
time Commission. After the outbreak
the Navy called for bids on sleeping
bags, SO the Burtons found themselves
in the fray full force.
Now that difficult production sched-
ules have been mastered and heavy
investments made, the Burtons face a
threat confronting thousands of the Ma
tions war plants-expiration of con-
tract. Release of trained workers and
idleness of machinery would result if
the firm could not find new work.
Smaller War Plants Corp.
To the Smaller War Plants Corp,
created by Congress June II, 1912, went
the Burtons with their problem
"At last a Government agency has
looked to it's own back yard when it
set out to do national job" declared
Mr.. Burton, who explained he was not
sure where he was going to turn before
talking with the SWPC.
A month ago the SWPC opened its
office here to help the little" indus
trialist in this area. 1t is located in
the same building as national head
quarters First street and Indiana ave-
nue. NV, and managed by an expert
enced industrial engineer, W. C. Luther
The work of the local Office explains
what the SWPC is attempting to &C
complish
Prime function of the agency is as
liaison between small war plants and
the procurement needs of the Army,
Navy and lease-lend This is followed
up by arranging for contracts priori-
ties, loans and equipment. Small oper-
ators, who once looked on enviously as
Evening star., 1944-04-02

the German domestic radio are telling
their people at home and what Trans
ocean, the German foreign news serv-
ice, and NaM foreign broadcasts are
saying abroad. Often, 1t seems, DR..
Paul Joseph Goebbel's right hand does
not know what his left hand is doing.
For there is tremendous difference
between the two reports.
Recently, for example, when Russia
announced that as a result Of the Khar-
kov trials some German Gestapo mass
murderers had been sentenced to death,
the German foreign radio blared out the
Evening star., 1944-04-02

Puerto Rico. With these it is able to
listen in on radio broadcasts in all
parts of the world, and passes the re-
suits of its eavesdropping on to the owl.
1t is especially good on Jap effusions.
Most of Herr Goebbels emanations
comes from the monitoring service of
the British Broadcasting Co. in Lon
don, which keeps an attentive ear
tuned to all German stations as well
as those in occupied and neutral Euro
pean countries, and cables Owl every
thing of interest. The British also have
an important listening-post at New
Delhi, which hears the Jap broadcasts
to their occupied countries.
The United States listens to the Japs
also in Chungking, and both British and
American radio monitors pick up lot
OF news in Cairo and Istanbul
AS for enemy and neutral newspapers,
the British have reading libraries in
Switzerland and Sweden to pore over
European newspapers Everything of
outstanding interest it culls is relayed
on to Washington by cable.
Some Of these newspaper items, by
the way, are labeled by the British,
DO not quote name of newspaper"
This admonition usually is put on ar
ticles from small-toWn journals and are
designed to protect the underground
source that sends them out In a small
town 1t might be fairly easy for the
Gestapo to put their finger on whoever
is sending the paper abroad. And these
village papers are highly useful They
often are much more frank in their
discussions Of how German citizens are
reacting to the war than are the big
city dailies
Finally. the Owl receives q limited
amount OF information, originating with
our diplomatic missions and consulates
abroad, through the State Department.
Mr.. Gordon says fflat his news bu-
reau is not in competition with any
American press association or news
paper-that his job is to assist all of
them. But he does get laugh out of
the way he frequently scoops" the
Germans.
Scoopina the Enemy
The DNB, the Nazi tate-controlled
agency sends out its news to papers
throughout Germany by wireless, and
they pick it up and record it on radio
receiving teletypes. Fortunately, the
BBC in London also has some OF these
clever little machines which copy the
DNB report just as faithfully as those
in Nazi newspaper Offices
The BIC relays on to Washington all
items Of interest in the German news
broadcasts. Frequently stories-particu-
larly speeches Of Nazi officials are
marked hold for release" and German
papers are restricted from printing them
for day or two. Somehow Mr.. Cor
don's conscience doesn't bother him
much when he breaks these Nazi re-
lease dates with the result that official
German news is often printed In Amer
ican newspapers before 1t reaches the
German public.
One OF the Owls jobs is to observe
and point out to American newspapers
the difference between what DNB and
Evening star., 1944-04-02

newspapers, but scarcely at all to mil
lions of newspaper readers That de-
spite the fact that they hardly pick up
a paper these days without reading a
part of the bureaus daily output of
news, especially items that come from
enemy and occupied countries.
The Foreign News Bureau, Mr. Cor
don will tell you, has three main pur-
poses. 1t supplies to the press asso-
Citations and few big papers full wire
coverage on the broadcasts of enemy
radio stations and other items which
they might not receive from their own
correspondents. 1t keeps official Wash
ington apprised of this same news, so
that the War and Navy Departments
and other interested war agencies may
know, day and night, what the enemy
is saying. And, finally, it serves to
checkmate false propaganda put out
by the fanciful liars in Berlin and
Toxic
Now, to do all this, as must be OBJ
vious, requires a tremendous amount of
radio-listening in many languages, the
reading of hundreds of foreign news
papers, and the services of countless
editors and telegraph operators all over
the globe Actually, here in Washing
ton, Mr.. Gordon operates with staff
of only % people and on a budget of
$4,000 per year.
World Wide News Sources
But Mr.. Gordon unlike less fortunate
newspaper editors, doesn't have to pay
his reporters. Cooperating with him
are the Army and Navy the Foreign
Broadcast Intelligence Service of the
Federal Communications Commission,
the British Ministry of Information and
many another American and Allied gov
ernmental agency. He has the biggest
staff Of correspondents in the world, and
ne doesn't have 10 pay them.
It is because, in fact, the entire in
formation resources of the United Ma
tions are behind the bureau that it is
able to furnish to newspapers many
facts, particularly about enemy news,
which they would not get--or at least
not until much later-from their own
COTIeSEOIIueIlUS.
The Owl report is sent by leased
wire to the press association Offices in
New York. There, after editing, the
dispatches are relayed, either alone or
in combination with facts gathered by
the press associations own correspond
ents. to newspaper Offices in every part
Of the country. In addition, the owl
maintains mail. or drop copy" serv-
ice to some $50 individual newspapers.
The service was set up in November,
1912, just as the Allies were invading
North Africa, and was established par
ticularly to clear military news.
Since then it has expanded greatly
both in the scope of it's coverage and
the service offered to newspapers
Sitting at the center of this world
news machine is Mr.. Gordon, former
news editor of the Columbia Broad
casting System, who has made an ex-
tensive study of the effect of the print
Cd and spoken word on warfare and
recorded his findings In a book, News
Evening star., 1944-04-02


office is an adjunct of the Baltimore
office, which in turn serves as clearing
house for contracting agents in such
industrial centers as New York and
Philadelphia, where SWPC Offices are
also maintained
Heretofore, small-plant operator in
the Washington area hesitatingly jour-
neyed to Baltimore or Richmond in
search of war contracts Sometimes the
men they wanted to see were not acces-
sible. Discouragement resulted,
But with the opening of the local
office the picture changed. Anxious
plant operators, not waiting to be sur
veyed by the SWPC representative,
strobe into his Office armed with COM
plete details on their plants and definite
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08

WANTED = SMALL APARTMENT IN
city. Now or in near future. Phone
1924.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08

FOR SALE: 81 IL ACRES OF LAND,
10 acres cleared, good farm land. Plen-
ty of wood, room house on highway
1903. Reasonably priced. See Thomas c.
Beck. Bolivia, N. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
MART CONCLUDES
EXCELLENT WEEK
By VICTOR EUBANK

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-tR-Ths
stock market today concluded ito
best week since early July with
specialties continuing to attract
the principal buying.
From Monday on various groups
took their turn on the rising side
and the averages enjoyed their
widest uptorn Thursday with the
first million share session since
Sept. 7.
Revival of speculative and in
vestment demand was attributed
partly to waning of reconversion
fears as longer European war
seemed in the cards. to peacetims
business prospects, earnings, divi.
dends, little more initiation psy.
chology and last, but not least,
broadening Wall Street optimism
regarding the November election.
Rails had their periocs Of
strength after the Interstate Com
merce Commission was petitioned
to Teinstate 1912 freight rate in
creases which were suspended last
year. Broad expansion of retail
spending gave merchandising Sc
curities lift. Helpful also was
the sale of a stock exchange seat
for $4,000, up $4,000 at the highest
level since 1888.
The Associated Press 60-stock
composite was up L of a point at
$50, is fourth successive advance,
and on the week showed a net
gain of g where it was only g
under the July top. Transfers TO-.
the short proceedings amounted to
446,915 shares compared with 502,-
200 last Saturday..
On the day peaks for 1914 or
longer were touched by Woolworth,
i Gimbel, Associated Dry Goods,
Kennecott, Electrical 4 Musical
Industries, Worthington Pump and
Consolidated Cigar. In front were
Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward
Tri-Continental Corp. Canadian
,, Pacific, Sinclair Oil, Westinghouse,
! Anaconda and Du Pont. Laggards
,, included Bethlehem, Great North
ern, Goodrich, United Aircraft
! American Can and j. I. Case.
Bonds were steady. Commodi
, ties were spotty during the week
and today wheat, at Chicago was
. IA cent a bushel lower to IA
D higher. New York cotton was tc
S so cents a bale lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08

The first law making vaccina-
ton compulsory was passed in Ba-
varia in 1907.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. T. tR Hogs
were called nominally steady to-
day because salable receipts to-
tailed only 300 head, not enough
to make a market. The top was
STATS. Cattle and sheep were
steady.
Salable receipts included 600 cat
tie and 1000 sheep.
Market sources said this has
been a week of near record light
supplies of hogs and attributed at
least part of the reduction to a
tendency of producers to hold the
animals in the country to await
the effect of the $3.50 support
price which became effective last
Monday. To date the regulation has
had no effect on the market.
Compared with Friday of last
week the. cattle market was active
and all top kinds were steady at
$685.. ALI other grades of steers
closed Is cents higher. Good and
choice yearlings were especially
active on the advance. Best 98s
pound yearlings steers brought
$1S.25, heavy grass steers reached
$3.50 and the bulk of good anc
choice fat steers brought from
$3.50 to -18.
Stockers and feeders were 2,
cents higher. Good and choice
stocker offerings sold from $12 tt
$13. Fed heifers were, Is to 81
cents higher and grass heifer'
were up Is cents. ALI except gooe
beef cows lost an early so cen
advance. Good cows were firm
bulls generally Is to 40 cents high
er, and vealers were firm.
Compared with Friday of las
week the slaughter classes O
sheep were Is to so cents higher
and some native ewes were up al
much as rs cents. Feeding lambs
were scarce and carried a strons
undertone.
The market was active ant
strong at the close. Late sales O
good and choice native lambs wer,
mostly at STATS. The weeks to)
was $14.85.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
|BURCAW'S AIRPORT
APPROVED BY CAA

Inspector Ralph w. Richardson,
of the Civil Aeronautics Authority,
has approved for commercial and
training purposes the new Burgaw
airport, where plans are under
way to establish a squadron Of the
Civil Air Patrol, it was reported
yesterday.
L. L. Stevens, former instructor
at Morgan Field, KY, is the oper-
ator of the airfield. Student train
ing mas been started.
Burgaw's new airport, located
one mile west of the town on high.
way No. SO, has two 2,400 feet rum
ways. Hangers and facilities for
operation are being installed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-tP)-Clos.
ing foreign exchange rates follow
Great Britain in dollars, others in
cents:
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 10 per cent discount
or 10000 U. S. cents, unchanged.
Europe: Great Britain official
buying $4.02, selling $4.04.
Latin America: Argentina free
24.94 unchanged; BRAZIL free 5.25
IN; Mexico 20.65-N.
Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Oct. 7-P)-Sales,
closing price and net change of the
fifteen most active stocks today:
Tri Cont Corp 17,10O SIS A u.
Canad Pac 12,20O 1924 A ".
Gimbel Bros $500 20 A %.
South Pac 5000 30B A IS.
Cuban Am Sug $500 II A M.
Marsh Field $500 1714 A rs.
Anaconda $500 27B A "a.
Revere C and Br 5,1O0 121s A 3s.
Am Wat Wks 1900 95s A u.
Fost Wheel 1900 231z A Ia.
Cont Motors 400 85s no.
Pub Svc N J 400 175s A rs.
Unit Elec Coal 1900 In A VI.
Colum G and Ell 4,400 4 z no.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08

Middling spot 22.42 off /.
Jly - 21.55 21.56 21.50 21.52 off 10
n-Nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
CHICAGO BUTTER

CHICAGO, Oct. 7.-(R)-The spot
butter market was firm and nomi-
nally unchanged today. Receipts
were 1857.
The spot egg market was nomi-
nally unchanged. Receipts totalled
$3.50 cases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
NATIONAL WAR FUND

FOR OUR OWN FOR OUR ALLIES
The Social Service Exchange is
one Of the IL local agencies depend
ent upon the Community War
Chest. It is central index Of fami-
lies that have contacted the health
and welfare agencies of the com
munity. 1t helps to prevent dtpli-
cation and promotes cooperation
among the various welfare agen.
cies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-P)-Cotton
futures closed to so cents bale
lower today in relatively heavy
trading for the short Saturday ses-
sion.
There were considerable switch
ing operations from the near to
forward months. Selling was well
absorbed through mill buying and
covering in the near months but
the later positions sagged.
Because of labor shortages in the
field and consequent slow move
ment of the crops compared with
a year ago, mills fear a tight situa-
ton in the near months-account-
ing for the transferring of hedge
noSitjors into later deliveries
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-22

PVT. WILLIAM w. kULA-
KOwsKI, %, July 8, in Italy. He
attended St. Joseph at High,
worked for the Hudson Motor
Car Co, entered service in No
vember, 1912, and went overseas
last April. Surviving him are
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Kulakowski. SO66 Curt; two
brothers, one of whom is in the
army, and one sister.
PVT. JOEY r. MOSS, 80. Aug.
q, in France. Formerly associ-
ated with his brother, Ben Moss,
at Eastwood Park, Pvt. Moss left
for service last December and
went overseas in July. He leaves
his wife. Gertrude; daughter.
Marilyn, and sister, Carrie. OF
Los Angeles. Cal, and three
brothers, Moe, Ben and Edward,
of Detroit
PVT. GERARD NJ. TACK, "a,
July %, in France. Before enter
ing service in December, 1913. he
was manager of East Warren
Recreation. A memorial mass Will
be held at ii a. m. next Saturday
in, st. John Berchman's Church,
Lakefield and Z. Warren, in his
honor. Pvt. Tack is survived by
his wife. Margaret. and two chill
dren, Sandra, Z. and Jacqueline, a,
of 1887 Guilford. his mother, Mrs.
Flavia Milleville, and one sister.
Margaret.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-22
WOUNDED

PFC. HENRY j. CICHON, 25
June Is. in France. Now hospi-
talized at Percy Jones, he has been
awarded the Purple Heart. Pfc.
Cichon worked at Ternstedts be-
fore joining the army in March,
1871. He has been overseas for ii
months. One brother. Richard, is
in the army. His mother is Mrs.
Anna Walkowicz of 1896 Larklns.
s/sGT. CHESTER J. KILA-
NOWsKI. IS, July 7, in Italy.
In service since August, 1912, he
went overseas six months ago. One
brother. Pvt. julius, IS also over
seas, His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Valentine Kilanowski. live at 1852
Yemans. Hamtramck.
PVT. JOHN A. MEDVED JR.,
l9. June p. in France. He was
awarded the Purple Heart and is
now hospltahzed in England, ac-
cording 10 word received by his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John A
Medved Sr.. 1913 Pasadena. A
former employe at the Highland
Park Hospital, Pvt. Medved en-
tered service IN September. 1913,
and has been overseas since last
March with the medical corps.
PFC. PAUL MERNA, 20, June
30. in France. He formerly worked
at Ford's. entered service in
March. 1913. and went overseas
last January. One brother, Cpl.
John. is also overseas. His parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. William Merna
of 3647 Gilbert.
SGT. DONALD A. PAPKE. %
July 6. in France In service since
July, 1912, Sgt. Papke went over
seas the following October. and
has seen action in Africa and
Sicily He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. o. Pspke, 1888 Cadillac.
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Four DetrOiterS Killed i'm Action

paigns. A Cass Tech graduate. he
joined the AAF in January, 1912.
and has been overseas since May.
1913. His mother. Mrs. Helen
Brown, lives at 2276 Sturtevant,
SGT. HAROLD y. ALLEN, p,
the Air Medal. Radio operator on
a plane carrying paratroopers,
Sgt. Allen gave the Jump signal at
H-Hour on D-Day that sent some
of the first invaders floating
down 10 the CherbeuFg PENN
Sula. In service since February,
1913, he has been overseas for
seven months. His mother, Mrs.
V. Allen. lives at S9l1 f. Vernon
highway.
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DECORATED

SGT. ROY II. CLARK, the
Bronze Star. for heroic achieve
ment in connection with military
operations against the enemy at
Los Negros Island. He lives at
23052 Richton.
FIRST 1T. WAL TER w.
BROWN. %. the Presidential Ci-
tation for participation IN the in
yasion of Southern France G-47
1t. Brown also holds
the Air Medal and several clusters
for his activity during past cam
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-22
PRISONER

SGT. EDWIN A. MoNTRY, 30.
since July l6, in Austria. Bit
waist gunner. Sgt. Montry had
been overseas since June. Before
entering service in June, 1943, he
was a fireman with the Ecorse
department His wife. Irene, lives
at 1868 Pitt, Ecorse. and his
mother, Mrs. Fannie Z. Montry.
makes her home in the Reno
Building. River Rouge.
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MISSING
PVT. NATHAN RRonsKY. "a

since Aug. z. in France. Pvt. Brod-
sky was attending Wayne Univer-
sity and working at Packard S
before he Joined the army in De-
cember, 1913. He went overseas
last June. His parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Brodsky. live at 1881
Gladstone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-22

Biographical sketches of De-
troiters killed in action, wounded,
missing. prisoners of war. and
decorated. according to official
army and navy releases to next
of kin:
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KILLED

PVT. EARNEST cox, 80. Aug.
u. in France. A former employe
of the Central Tire Co, he had
been in service two years and
overseas since last January. He
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leaves his wife, Anna, of Gal
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