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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
LOCAL AIRMAN
dies IN ACTION

The War Department has notified
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Pritchard OF
504 South Third street that their
son, End 1t. William Frank Pritch-
ard. 81, was killed in action over
Italy, June 10.
Lieutenant Pritchard was enlist
ed in the Army Air Corps in June,
1912, was called to active duty Jam
uary 9, 1913, and was assigned to
Santa Ana, Calf. Since then he
received training at Blythe and
Tucson, Ariz., and was awarded
his commission and wings as a
pilot at Luke Field, Phoenix, Ariz.,
November 8, 1913.
He has been overseas since De-
cember, 1913, and was stationed in
North Africa before being trans
ferred to the 18th Fighter group
in Italy.
Lieutenant Pritchard was grad
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25

the plane these lays, but will sum-
mon Edwin F. Lucas, of Green's
toro, N. c., as her fifth pilot. The
Baby" has flown 220 combat mis-
sions for a total of more than 400
lighting hours.
Pvt. Yoshio Tagami, an army
truck driver from Hawaii, also is
a pinball machine addict. Any
body who thinks he is going to re-
form him from his love for pin
call machines is nuts.
His truck was parked in a bat
tered Italian village not long ago,
when Yoshio looked into the door
Of a deserted building and saw a
pi-1ball machine and he walked in
side to have a look at it.
Yoshio began 70 inspect the CAD
set when he heard that all familiar
scream outside. He hit the floor
AS the Smelling subsidized, he
stepped back outside and found a
large hole made by German 81
right where he had been standing
before he spotted the machine.
Now Private Tagami practically
adores pinball machines.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
NEGROES VOTE
FOR FIRST Time

DALLAS, Tex, July "a R -
.laroes voted for the first time
rtrrdav in Texas Democratic
r;maries, and today there were
renorts of any unusual incident
~ ~. If A Negro having been denied
Amarillo reported eight Negroes
.,+pd in II precincts in Potter
At siIsbee, in deep east Texas,
,here the lightest vote in years
az cast, the Negro vote was re-
orted heavier in proportion to the
ronlllation than the white vote.
The Texas election bureau did
,o4 differentiate between white and
zorro votes in returns SO there
was no estimate of the total Negro
v.te.
The state democratic committe
lat to local election officials the
,nestion of receiving ballots from
Negroes who were qualified to vote
" registration and payment OF
2pll tax,
AU. s. Supreme court decision
,qc ordered the Democratic Off
,i9ls 10 permit qualified Negroes
n vote
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN ITALY,
July 14-Delayed)-Most OF t h e
men in the Tooth Battalion were
born in Hawaii, but they learned
English in school long ago-whicn
is a good thing for a trio of Yank
doughboys.
Reading from left to right the
doughboys are Sgt. John K. Ball,
New Hampton, Ia; Corp. Wilbert
c. Young, Minneapolis; and Pvt.
Serafino Mucci, the Bronx, N. Y.
When the men of the Tooth, who
have made a terrific reputation
along this front, stormed a Ger
man stronghold and killed or cap
tared most of its defenders, they
finally came to barred door. In
the building, they were debating
whether to kick it open, bust it
open, or shoot it open, when they
heard yell from inside:
Don't shoot! Don't shoot Just
bust this darn door down"
They did, and out walked the
three Yanks, who had been cap
tured a short time before, plus
one German guard-who had al
ready been convinced that he'd
better sit the rest of this one out.
Lots of soldiers get shot at more
than 1t Richard w. Walkup, Tam
pa, Tex, but lew would care to
change places with him. He heads
a bomb disposal squad, which &C.
tually disposes of any kind of live
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
PARKING METERS
BRING IN $48,l4

The little parking meters that
are serving Wiimington's automo-
biles so well in these days of heavy
traffic are also bringing in good
revenue to the City of Wilmington.
Through the IL months ending
June 30, collections through the
meters amounted to $48, 104.94, or
So. 104 more THAI the budget plan
rers had estimated. The monthly
make averaged slightly over 81
coo.
The expense of repairing the me-
ters was listed at STOP in the
annual financial statement. The
figure does not, of course, include
the salary of the regular full time
coilector-repairlnan
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
Tue Companies
Granted Charters

RALEIGH, July "a tR Two
certificates of Incorporation were
filed today with the secretary of
state;
Wade S. Dunbar Agency of
Laurinburg. to operate an insur-
ance agency; authorized capital
stock $4,000, subscribed stock
$500 by Wade Dunbar, Mary Phil
lips Dunbar and E. H. Gibson, all
OF Laurinbu-g.
The wood company of
Waynesville, to handle coal, fuel,
heating fixtures and supplies;
authorized capital stock $4,000,
subscribed stock $4,000 by Ben j.
Sloan, S. H. Bushnell, Jr., ]. A.
Provost, all of Waynesville, and
others.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
NEGRO SENTENCED
IN HORSE THEFT

Hubert Ellis, is year-old negro
II Goldsboro, pleaded guilty to
stealing a horse, and was SEN
iepced TO eight months on the coun-
y roads by Judge Henry L. Ste
yensof Warsaw, presiding over
he July term of Superior court
lere yesterday.
The youth was at first given a
suspended prison sentence and or
Tered topay the costs of the court,
put when he was unable to pay
he costs, Judge Stevens ordered
hat he serve the road sentence.
Ellis was charged with stealing
he horse from Carolina Beach
riding academy. Solicitor Clifton
L. Moore remarked, 1T is the first
such case I have seen in ten
years.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
With The AEF
The Tooth Battalion Is Beer Free

explosive-from hand grenades to
huge BOBBY trapped ammunition
piles. Right now it's clearing out
sectors north of Rome which will
be occupied by hospitals and vari-
Gus rear area officers as the Army
moves up.
Members of Walkup's crew are
Tech. Sgt. Raymond Frech, Creek
side, Pa. who the lieutenant calls
the best demolition's man in the
army-Sgt. Gailard Krenz, Angus
ia, Wis, and four corporals, Will
liam Ziegler, Cincinnati, O., Mi
chael Vlock, LaPort, Iowa, Ed
ward Fox, PARIS, Tex, and Will
liam Woodworking, Baltimore, Md.
They all had a lot of training
at Aberdeen Ordnance grounds in
Maryland before coming overseas,
but ''that doesn't keep you from
sweating" grinned Walkup, who
mad carefully removed a hand
grenade with pia pulled from an
ammunition pile.
X
Pilots come and pilots 60 but
Baby Carmen seems to fly on
forever KNOCK on wood. The
! company which makes the ABS in
vaders is safd to expect them tt
last about so missions per plane
considering the workouts they gel
in this theater.
1t was a year ago that Stat
Sgt. Mike Brown, st. Paul, MINI.
helped assemble Baby Carmen
back in Oran. He is still serVicine
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
l 200 Employees Vote
To End Six-Day Strike
At Borg-Warner Plant


MUSKEGON, Mich, July "a.
-P)--Striking employees of the
Norge division of Borg-Warner
Corp. at Muskegon Heights vot-
ed today to end their six-day
walkout at midnight tonight.
George Murphy, president of
United Automobile Workers
(AFL) local 404, said that at
the urging of union leaders and
after being informed their dis
pute over discharge of union
steward had been certifisF to
the War Labor Board, the work
ers voted by slight majority
to return to their jobs.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
JUDGE STEVENS
DELIVERS TALK


ing, SO that your opinions and
the opinions of those about you
may reach and affect the action
Of the Congress-" Judge Henry
L. Stevens of Warsaw. presid-
ing over the July term of su-
pericr criminal court, yester-
day flung a series of ring
ing questions on the subject of
Americas preparations for
peace to members of the newly
appointed Grand Jury.
Judge Stevens prefaced his
remarks on the peace with a
plea to "render the fullest mea-
sure of service to the last
whistle"
But" he said, "there appear
to be signs of surrender. 1t
looks as though Germany will
capitulate before cold wealth
err"
Suppose they do quit. Will
America be prepared" Stevens
asked.
German officials are first go
ing to attempt to save their
necks. Then they will attempt
to save their clique SO that it
will be in a position to make
war again within 10 years,
when all their pent up hatred
and venom will be shifted and
Wanted upon the American
people.
care we going to put our
Merchant Marine in the grave
yard again? Are we going to
sink our Navy again? Are we
going to consider reducing our
standing Army to a few hun
dred thousand men? Are we go
ing to stand by and let another
Hitler emerge?" Stevens quer-
led.
God is going to quit looking
after us unless we get some
sense ourselves" he declared.
Judge Stevens, past national
commander of the American
Legion and a member of the
AEF in the last war, declared
that he was no seer or prophet
but that common sense seemed
to call for: complete demili-
tarization of Germany, $50 that
the only weapons in the hands
of the Germans will be imple-
ments for tilling the soil"; de-
industrialization of Germany SO
that the only products made
there will be those needed in
times of peace; complete re-
education, to be controlled for
two generations, of German
youth.
''This time we are not fight
ing a war to save the world for
democracy. We are fighting for
our lives, and for the ability to
keep on doing business at the
same stand. We failed the last
time because of our attitudes
and our lack of positiveness. If
we commit the same fOllies
again we may not be SO lucky
as to have other helpful nations
to head off disaster" he en-
pha sized.
"And the nearer we get to
surrender" Stevens warned,
"the more misguided people
we are going to meet. We must
think and discuss and express
our opinions to Congress.
Turning to the jurynen to in
struct them in their duties he
assured them that our courts
Of justice represent "our revolt
against tyranny"
New members of the Grand
Jury, to serve for the next IL
months, are: Carl Causey, S.
Warren Sanders. Newton J.
Kelly, Louis T. Moore, N. E.
King, H. w. Hewlett, E. L.
Matthews, Wilbur L. Russ, w.
L. Pearce.
Old members, with s.x
months remaining to serve, are
D. M. Holmes, L. T. Rogers, T.
w. Keith, L. M. Page, Sher-
man L. Schulken, ]. w. Groom,
]. Arthur Brown, and w. X.
loot, Jr.
Foreman of the Grand Jury
is ]. Arthur Brown; E. L. Mat
thews is the assistant foreman.
There are approximately GO
cases OFT the July criminal
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25

uated from high school In Triton
Ca, in 1889, and prior to goin>
into service was employed by the
North Carolina Shipbuilding COM
pany.
Surviving are his parents; one
brother, Pvt. Thomas Harold
Pritchard, now stationed at Spar.
tanburg, S. c.; and sister. Mrs.
John T. Batson of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
JUDGE APPOINTED

WINsTON-SALEM, July z5.-tP
W. Sans today was nam.
ed judge of Winston-Salem's NUM-
cipal court. He will fill a vacancy
caused by the resignation of Judge
Bailey Liipfert.
F. Gather Jenkins was appointed
assistant Judge.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
Rooms Urgently Needed
For IS New Teachers

Rooms for rs new teachers, ex-
pected to arrive in this county by
the opening of the fall term, are
urgently needed, j. w. Grice, as
sistant superintendent of schools,
said yesterday.
1--WE are asking those persons
who have rooms, or who will have
them by the tine school opens, to
call the Board # Education i'm
mediately," Gri Sc said.
Mr.. Grise said this is the first
year Wilmingtonians have failed,
thus far in the summer, to register
their rooms with the board.
'In view of the fact that the
teachers we so badly need won't
come unless there are rooms found
for them, it is important that we
have the community's full cooper
ation," he declared.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
HEADACHES NEURALGIA
Eased Quickly With BE"

Agonizing headaches and an
noying neuralgia pains usual
ly yield in a hurry to the
quick-acting ingredients in
the "BC" formula. "BC" is
also effective for the relief
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
SNOW SAVED FOR DRINKING

In the desert ranges of the west,
sheepmen sometimes cover Snow
drifts with straw to slacken melt
ing and so furnish water to tide
them over early dry seasons.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25

OF muscular aches and func.-
tional periodic pains. Acts as
a sedative in simple nervous
ness. 1Oc & Csc sizes. Use onlv
as directed. Consult a physi-
clan when pains persist.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-25
FILES STATEMENT

PHILADELPHIA, July 24.-(P)-
Florida Power Corporation, St.
Petersburg, Fla, a subsidiary of
General Gas & Electric Corpora
ton, filed today with the securities
and exchange commission a reg
stration statement covering 10000
shares Of 500 par value cumula>
i've preferred stock.
-V-
York is one of the oldest settle
nents in England.
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Plant roots can be kept cool and
moist by spreading loose straw on
.I.e garden afte1, watering.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Inferior Aide Proposed
To Handle Gift Drives
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The business of soliciting employees
of the Interior Department for con-
tributions in various charity and
Government campaigns is so great
/ the department wants $4,000 as
sistant to the Secretary appointed
to handle the work.
Abe Fortas, undersecretary, told
the House Appropriations, Subcom-
mittee considering the .1945 Interior
Department appropriation, he would
like to see the appointment of the
assistant, plus clerk at 1920,
authorized by Congress.
"The position of assistant to the
Secretary is designed to provide
somebody who will handle the vari-
Gus campaigns we are directed to
run in the department." Mr.. Fortas
said. "This has amounted to a
major items of business"
Mr.. Fortas listed the campaigns
as: The Mile of Dimes, the Presi-
dents Ball, payroll deductions for
War Bonds, Red Cross, campaign to
buy a bomber, collection Of clothes
for war relief, Memorial Day col
Election, another War Bond drive,
Community War Fund drive, third
War Loan drive, blood-donor cam
paign.
Evening star., 1944-04-26

deemed to be against security and
that the commanding general con-
tiI1tied to use the title of military
governor. ~ afas9 ss
aAThat condition still exists" Mr.
Thoron continued. IT feel that its
continuance is unnecessary, under
conditions as they exist now, and
that the complete restoration oi
civil authority would be justified"
Synthetic Gas Costs High.
Synthetic gasoline production
costs about three or four times what
it costs to make natural gasoline
Director r. r. Sayers of the Fedora
Bureau of Mines told the subcom.
mittee.
DR.. Sayers, testifying in hearing.
on a plan for the recently author.
lied synthetic gasoline plants fol
which an appropriation of $50 900 ,00(
is proposed, said plants authorized ii
the O'Mahoney Randolph bill will
represent small units of commercial
plants. They will not produce fol
commercial purposes, but private
concerns would be able to utilize tn.
results merely by increasing the
size and number of the units, Mr.
Sayers said.
"Of course" he testified, "ther,
are many factors entering into tn,
cost and that is one of the thing
we really need to learn; but as fa
as we can determine now, it woult
be about three or four times thu
cost of natural gasoline, dependin,
on the material used"
Evening star., 1944-04-26

and the 20 available from the reeu-
lar jury venire depends not only on
peremptory challenge, but also on
how many talesmen filling vacant
seats in the box are able to pass the
quiz Oh general qualifications and
are accepted "for cause"
1t was taken for granted, how
ever, that the defense would excuse
most, If not all, of those occupying
temporary seats in the jury box.
The jurors who occupied the box
for the time being today consisted
of three housewives, one also man.
ager of Photographic studio: a
parking lot owner, a chemist, q
grocer, bookkeeper, chemist, a
cashier at wholesale grocery firm
an employe OF the Interstate Com.
merce Commission, a salesman for q
biscuit company and craftsman.
Laughlin Replies to Ford.
Mr.. Laughlin. attorney for Smyths
and Robert Noble. made public
a letter to Henry Ford reply.
ing to the Detroit manufactur.
ers' protest against the attor.
ney's announcement that he wa!
filing motion to have Mr.. Fort
subpoenaed as a defense witness
Mr.. Ford called the attempt to linl
his name with men who ar,
charged with disloyalty to oul
country" malicious attempt IT,
obscure their alleged misdeeds ant
has no basis in truth or fact"
MI, Laughlin wrote Mr.. Ford tina
he intended to show by his testi
mony that some 20 years ago yo,
made smany utterances agains
prominent Jews, the Jewish race an.
the Jewish international bankers,
but mo attempt was made to pros
ecute you or to abridge or restric
the freedom Of speech or the free
dom of the press. This. we contend
adds further support to our theor,
of defense that the prosecution i
not brought In good faith"
| Seeks to Call Biddle and Dies.
A written motion also was filed b,
Mr.. Laughlin to summon as defens,
witnesses Attorney General Biddle
Evening star., 1944-04-26

Chairman Dies Of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
and Justice Matthew Mcclure Of
District Court.
The attorney said he wanted to
prove that several months before
the attack on Pearl Harbor, Repre-
sentative Dies suggested that hear
ings be held to arouse the public to
the danger of such an attack, and
that Attorney General Biddle con-
ferred over this situation with JUS
tice MCGUIRE, then In the Justice
Department. Mr. Biddle took up the
matter with President Roosevelt, ac-
cording to Mr.. Laughlin, but the
President and the Attorney Genera
did not share Mr.. Dies fear Of Japa.
nese treachery.
Evening star., 1944-04-26

against too optimistic views on Fed
eral aid In the future. ~
The committee" he said, sis
strongly Of the opinion that here
after all new reclamation projects
should be financed with money
from the reclamation fund"
He said the committee was told
the fund would have a balance of
$50 ,306 ,460 at the end of the 1945
fiscal year.
Hawaiian Situation Hit.
Existing conditions in Hawaii do
not warrant continuance of martial
law and complete restoration of civil
authority there is justified, Benja-
min Thoron, director of the Interior
Departments Division of Territories
told a House Subcommittee.
Mr.. Thoron's statement was made
during hearings in which the de-
partment asked for $68,600 to meet
Federal expenses in the islands dur
ing the 1945 fiscal year, including
the biennial meeting of the Legisla-
| ture.
He also said governmental condi-
tions in the territory prior to the
partial restoration of civil functions
last year might be more properly
called military rule ~
Cites Conditions.
Informed the territory had beer
under martial law continuousl,
since Pearl Harbor, Mr.. johnson
Expressed his surprise, adding:
That is understandable for a few
months after Pearl Harbor, but
was amazed at the statement herr
a day or two ago that we still hav'
martial law in the Hawaiian
Islands"
Mr.. Thoron informed him tha
despite the restoration of some civi
powers, the writ of habeas corpu
remained suspended, that militar,
courts continued to try otfense.
which the commanding genera
Evening star., 1944-04-26

away by photographer. her at
torney. Mr.. Koehne, commented: /:
"This is only q small sample Of the
persecution in this case"
Many Objections Offered.
Justice Eicher told Mr.. Koehne
he was out of order.
With the court insisting that the
defense attorneys get together and
decide which jurors they would ex-
cuse first, lawyer after lawyer
jumped up with attempted motions
and objections. Justice Eicher kept
pounding the bench with his gave
and telling counsel he would hea,
nothing further at this time.
Defense Attorney Claude Thomp-
son exclaimed: IF I'm just to be
an automaton here
The court told Mr. Thompson he
was out of order.
Albert Dilling, attorney for Mrs
Elizabeth Dilling, Chicago author
and pamphleteer, tried to have the
challenges for cause of the IL seatee
jurors reopened, contending that hi
had fresh information regarding
Juror No. 6, Unger Olatus Murnan
jr., craftsman.
Challenge Denied.
Asked to state the information
Mr.. Dilling said:
Il am informed that Mr.. Murnar
Is employed by the Federal Power
Commission. Mrs. Dilling, in he
writing, repeatedly has assailed th'
radicalism of the Federal Powe
Commission. I think this fact woult
prejudice the juror against the de
fendant. I challenge him for cause
Challenge denied" said the court
Justice Eicher finally quelled tn
verbal assaults of attorneys tempor
arily by taking 25-minute recess
He instructed them at the end o
that time to be ready with their frs
peremptory challenge.
In the course of the tempestuou
morning session the court denied ,
motion by P. Bateman Ennis, attor
ney for Gerhard Wilhelm Kunz
for separate trial for him and tw'
other defendants, August Klapprot
and Herman M. Schwinn.
Mr.. Ennis pointed out that tn
three accused men formerly ha,
been identified with the German
American Bund, Kunze as nationa
Header, Klapprott and Schwinn a
subordinate officials.
/ Further Questions Submitted.
| The attorney contended the pres
lent jury venire had not been ques
toned closely enough concerning 1t
possible prejudice against the Buno
Lacking a separate trial, Mr.. Enni
Submitted list of further question
which he sought to ask jurors. Jus
tice Eicher declined.
Whether it will be possible to Sc
1ect jury from II tentative juro