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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-20
Leyte Cost Tanks 5,691 Casualties
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON

United Press War Correspondent
 Allied Headquarters, Philippines, Nov. 20-(UP) = American landing parties, completing occupation of the Mapia Islands of northwest New Guinea. have i,lmped 215 miles to the west and invaded the Asia group to knock of another Japan ese warning post on the bombing route to the Philippines, it was an- nolnced today.
 The four-day conquest of the Mapias and new landings in the Asias were disclosed as other Amer ican forces on Leyte in the Central Philippines frightened their encircle- ment of the remnants of Japanese force of 5000 in the Limon pocket.
 American troops on Leyte already had killed or wounded 53,000 Jap anese on Leyte in the first month of their campaign there at 8 cost of 5,691 casualties of their own, Gen Douglas MacArthrr reported in his daily communique.
 GA. Japanese communique said Japanese planes sank three Ameri- can transports Saturday and dam aged and set af1re four others Fri day and Saturday in actions in the Leyte Gulf)
 Only slight resistance was en- countered by the small American landing parties which pushed ashore Sunday in the Asia islands, l3O miles north of northwest New Guinea and 800 miles southeast of Leyte, a supplement to Mac Arthur's communique said.
 A British warship was revealed to have commanded the naval forces which covered the American landings in the Mapia group last Wednesday. Though there were many pillboxes and other fixed de- lenses on Pegun, first island in- vaded, none was manned and only very light opposition was encount- cred.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-20
Posters Reod WorEnd Near
By ROBERT DOWSON

Limited Press Stan C0rreSpOn0entl
 London, Nov. 20 = (U.P) Swiss dispatches quoted Berlin report to- day as saying that thousands of anti-Nazi posters forecasting an early end of the war had been scat tered through the streets of the Ger man capital
 Exchange Telegraph advices said Berlin police offered a reward of 10000 marks for information lead- ing to the arrest of persons respon- sible for the distribution of posters which said:
 "The war soon will be over. The defenders of Democracy and hu- manity are approaching the Ruhr, thus depriving the Nazi criminals of their last means of warfare. This is the best news for all peace-loving and righteous people"
 Other reports of mounting unrest in Germany coincident with the AL lied grand offensive included a News Chronicle dispatch quoting Dutch-
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By ALBRO B. GREGORY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, Nov. 20-(UP)- The Sixth War Loan Drive got tn- derway today with President Roos- evelt and Gen. Dwight. D. Eisen- hover urging all Americans to carry out 8 major offensive on the home front by buying bonds and still more bonds until the $14,0O0- 100000 goal is met and oversub- scribed.
 MT. Roosevelt officially opened the drive in 8 radio address from the White House last night, call- ing on every man, woman and child to sacrifice some of our comforts to the needs of the men in service and yes, even some of our needs to their comforts"
 Eisenhower. reminding the na- tion tliat the capture Ok Aachen
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the world has ever known.
 ''It will be 8 long time before things settle down. he said.
 Nations will be bankrupt and whole economics will be disjointed. millions of men will be disgored from prison camps, many of them homeless. This United States of America of ours will be the balance wheel of the whole world structure.
 ''In these critical years to come. unhampered exchange of truth among nations is essential. in order that there may be peace on earth among men of good will.
 .sThis responsibility is one which the public must share with those who run newspapers and press asso- ciations. Freedom Of the press, as VI call it. is . right and rrivllese oI fEIanf1rl1nF 1s fena ft
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Starts SeoI Sole

Officially opening the 38th a1i- nual Christmas Seal Sale of the National Tuberculosis As. sociation, President Roosevelt becomes the first purchaser of the 1944 seal as he accepts a sheet from Postmaster Gen. eral Frank C. Walker at the
 White House.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
RatiOning
Roundup
nv The Associated Press

Meats. fats, etc. - Book 4 red
stamps II through To now valid
indefinitely. No more red stamps
will be validated until June 4.
Processed foods - Book a blue
stamps A8 through Q8 now valid
indefinitely. Next series of five
stamps will not be valid until June
l.
Sugar - Book stamps 80 and
81 good for pounds indefinitely
Stamp 40 valid for 5 pounds fol
home canning through February
%, 1915.
Shoes - Book 3 airplane stamps
1 and good indefinitely.
Gasoline - In northeast and
southeast, 10-A coupons Wild for
three gallons through August s.
Elsewhere, liza coupons good for
three gallons through June 81. BIZ,
B-3, CO and C-3 coupons good for
five gallons everywhere.
Fuel oil - Period 4 and 5 cou-
pons valid in all areas through Au-
gust 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15

freezer locker. AL other packs of
fruits or vegetables should be
taken to the locker plant and put
in the sharp-freezer as soon as
possible after packing.
Before placing them in the
locker, all packages should be
clearly marked with the name of
the product and the date of pack
ing. Gummed labels do not stick
we'll to containers at freezing
temperatures and most ink will
run badly upon exposure to damp
ness. Therefore, the use Of a soft
lead pencil for marking on card
board or an adhesive tape for
labels on glass or tin is recon-
mended
DR.. Jones points out that more
detailed instructions on the pre-
paration of fruits and vegetables
for preservation in freezer lockers
may be obtained by addessing a
request to the Agricultural Exten-
sion Service, N. C. State College,
Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
Eastern N. c. Farmers
Are Urged To Rake
Sweet Potato Beds

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh
May 14-Sweet potato plant beds
in Eastern Carolina, where plants
have not come through the ground
as yet, should be raked with a
yard rake or fine pronged rake
to keep a dust mulch, and then
the bed watered, says Johnny Las
sitter, Extension horticulturist at
State College.
He suggests that the bed
be raked after each rain and that
some of the soil be removed, if
more than three inches is cover
ing the potatoes.
He reports that some growers
have about to 5 inches of soil
on their potatoes and that in some
instances the potatoes are rotting
rather than sprouting as they
should. He urges these growers to
remove some of the soil, keep the
crust on the bed broken, and to
water the beds when necessary.
Potato plants coming through 3
inches of sand, or clean top soil,
will have an ample supply of roots
developed to make an excellent
plant" Lassiter says.
Where growers desire plants
early, from which to make vine
cuttings, they can remove the soil
covering the potatoes down to one
inch, he explains. AS the plants
break through the inch of soil, two
more inches of sand can be added
so as to give the desired 3 inches
OF soil for root development.
Much care is NEEDED, if growers
expect to pull from 1,5OO to 1000
plants from each bushel of pota-
toes bedded," Lassiter says.
He points out that several thou
sand bushels of new seed stock
have been brought into the state
directly from Louisiana this spring
and that these beds should receive
special care so that just as many
plants as possible can be grown
from them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
CANNING POWDER
/. WARNING ISSUED

College Station, Raleigh, May IA.
Don't use canning powders be-
cause nothing takes the place of
heat properly applied in right food
canning methods, warns Mrs. Mary
Lee McAllister, Extension econ
omist in food conservation at State
College.
For safety we must hold to
canning rules based upon scientific
research" says Mrs. McAllister.
"Process fruits and tomatoes in a
boiling-water bath and all other
vegetables, and meat, and poultry
in a steam pressure cooker.
1.-THE Federal Food and Drug
Administration has recently taken
legal action to prevent interstate
distribution of one canning COM
pound. Bend innocent-looking
trade names you may find such
substances as formaldehyde, sail
cylic acid, boric acid and its COM
pounds.
Experiments have shown the
treacherous botulinus can grow
and give off its deadly poison in
canned foods put up with powders
containing boric acid instead OF
adequate heat processing.
Certain chemicals may not be
harmful in one small dose but
when taken frequently in canned
foods, they might have a serious
cumulative effect. Even m l ]
doses may make some people ILL
Mrs. McAllister also points out
that some powders are compounds
that lessen food values, such as
the bisulfites that destroy
vltamin b.. She insists that can
ners stick to the proven methods
Of food conservation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
WHEAT EXCELLENT
LIVESTOCK FEED

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
May ID. = Wheat is an excellent
feed for livestock and can be used
by North Carolina growers to ad-
vantage, especially to help offset
the present, serious shortage Of
corn, reports DR.. Walter J. Peter
son, in charge of animal nutrition
for the Agricultural Experiment
Station at State College.
Wheat averages 1871 per cent in
protein, which is slightly more than
oats, and considerably more than
corn, he points out. 1t has only 2
per cent of fat as compared with
4 per cent for corn. Wheat has a
digestibility value as high as corn,
and a trifle larger percentage Of
total digestible nutrients.
He recommends that wheat be
ground to a medium fineness for
all classes of livestock, except
sheep, and possibly pigs when they
are self fed.
For dairy cows. ground wheat
is equal to ground corn" says Pc
terson. But, since wheat is a very
heavy feed, it us best to mix it
with some bulky concentrate when
feeding it to dairy cattle"
In experiments with swine, where
ground wheat was directly COM
pared with shelled corn as the only
grain for growing and fattening
pigs, the animals fed ground wheat
with tankage gained IA pounds per
head daily as compared with 1.3
pounds for those on shelled corn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15

IS Up IN ARMS

WASHINGTON, May A. 'R -
One thing that Mess Sergeant Rob-
ert R. Harris of Aberdeen, N. c.,
dislikes more than war itself is
the German machine gun squad
that fired bullets into the pan OF
eggs he was cooking.
Sgt. Harris, who was returned to
the United States under the army S
rotation policy, was mess sergeant
of field artillery battalion fight
ing in Italy.
The sarg was preparing food for
an observation post detail, wher
the Germans began raking h S
mess tent. Bullets landed |
around and finally one hit the par,
and scattered the eggs all over
the stove.
You can imagine what that
means to cook
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICE

"Mortals and Immorta1s" w S
the subject of the Lesson-SeEmon
in all Christian Science Churches
and Societies on Sunday, May a.
The Golden Text was from ]
Corinthians Is: 40, GAS we have
borne the image of the earthly, we
shall also bear the image of the
heavenly"
Among the citations which com
prised t h Lesson-Sermon were
the following from the Bible:
Make a joyful noise unto the
Lord, all We lands. Serve the LORD
with gladness: come before his
presence with singing. Know ye
that the Lord he is God: it Is
He that hath made us, and not
we ourselves; we are His people
and h sheep of His pasture
psalms 100: 1-3).
The Lesson-Sermon also includ
ed the following passageE from the
Christian Sc e NJ e textbook
Science and Health with Key tt
the Scripture" by Mary Baker
Eddy: Immortal man is not anc
never was material but always
spiritual and eternal. God, the di.
vine Principle of man. and mar
in Gods likeness are inseparable
harmonious, am eternal. The
Science of being furnishes the rule
of perfection, and brings immor.
tally to light" page 1867.
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portant. 1t should be remembered
that freezing does not improve
the quality of produce - if a
high quality frozen product is to
be obtained, only high quality
fruits, and vegetables must be U.S.
ed.
These should be harvested when
they are at the stage of maturity
suitable for table use and they
should be prepared as soon after
harvest as possible.
In addition to the usual steps
in preparation, vegetables ar e
blanched or scalded before pack
ing for freezing. This prevents
engine activity during the pro
longed storage in the locker, but
it does not sterilize the vegetable
The engine activity this pre-
vents occurs naturally in all fruits
and vegetables, and is frequently
responsible for undesirable
changes flavor, texture, and color.
These changes will occur even at
below freezing temperatures if the
engines are not inactivated.
Satisfactory blanching, DR.. Jones
says, is accomplished by plunging
the prepared vegetable into boil
ing water for short period -
time and then rapidly cooling it
IN cool water.
About one pint of vegetables
should be blanched at time. They
should be placed in a wire basket
Or cheese cloth bag and submerg-
ed into about three gallons of
vigorously boiling water for a
period of from one to three
minutes, depending upon the pro-
duce receiving treatment. Rapid
cooling may be done in running
cold water.
PACKAGING
The packaging operation differs
considerably depending upon the
product and the use for which Il
is intended. Fruits for dessert pur.
poses are usually covered with a
sugar-syrup or mixed with dry
sugar when they are packed. Some
fruits intended for use in pies may
be packed without syrup or sugar
Covering with syrup or mi~i~e
with sugar aids greatly in pre-
venting discoloration of the fruit
before freezing or while it is being
thawed. 1t also helps to preserve
the texture and flavor of the fresh
fruit, DIR. Jones says.
Vegetables may be packed dry
but packing in 2 per cent sal
solution is preferable. The brine
pack aids in maintaining the color
flavor and texture of vegetables ir
a manner similar to that Of syrup
or sugar with fruits.
Fruits mixed with sugar should
be put in a refrigerator overnight
to pemit the sugar to dissolve be
fore the package is placed in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
Carolina Farm Comment

so inaccurate that the owners were
either overlooking or undertook
ing their products.
John Parker, neighborhood lead
er of the Wayside Community in
Hoke County, says his four neigh
bors will pool their labor this year
to harvest the small grain and to
cultivate and harvest the tobacco
crops on the four farms this year.
Ira Newton, reports that he and
three neighbors in Red Springs,
Route l section, will do the same.
]. w. McPhaul, F. F. McPhaul,
and Cation Gibson, owners OF COM
bines, have agreed to harvest all
of the small grain in the Antioch
and Allendale communities. SINH
lar reports come from other coun-
ties as the farmers swing into ac-
ton after a season seriously de-
layed by constant rains and short
ages of labor and gasoline.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
Very Strongly Guarded
Convoy Is Attacked By
Raj Off Dutch Coast

LONDON, May 14.-lR-Royal
Air Force Beaufighters attacked
strongly guarded convoy off the
Dutch coast today, hitting two
merchant vessels with torpedoes
and leaving one escort vessel list
ing heavily, the Admiralty an
nounced tonight. One Beaufighter
was reported missing.
The German radio admitted one
ship had been torpedoed in an at
tack on a convoy off the Tristan
islands, but said three Beaufight-
ers were destroyed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
Whv Soldiers Were Stuck
At Casablance Explained
By Government Officials

WASHINGTON, May IA - War
Department officials said today
that they believed most of the $50
soldiers whom Ernie Pyle recent
ly found stuck at Casablanca
had been caught by the Army
order of last March, freezing all
prospective Air Force trainees
overseas who had not yet left for
the States.
These men were eventually or
dered reassigned in the theaters
from which they had been sche-
duled to depart for air training
back home.
Some of the men got in touch
with Mr.. Pyle when he was in
Casablanca recently and told him
they had been there for weeks
awaiting orders, and had no ap-
parent prospects of getting any
where-either home or back in the
front lines.
Gen. H. H. Arnold, head of the
Army Air Forces, in announcing
that the Air Forces training pro-
gram had been cut back-because
air casualties we're lighter than an
ticipated, and the demands of the
Ground Forces were increasing
spoke of his full knowledge of the
disappointment" this would bring
to personnel of the Ground and
Service forces volunteering for air
training, and expressed his "heart-
felt appreciation for their profforec
services"
Master Sergt. James Knight and
Pvt. Gerard Stillwell, mentioned
by Mr.. Pyle, have now been re-
stored to their original units, the
War Department said. The men
were never '1ost,' it said, but
were under orders at all times
pending War Department action.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
COLOR, FLAVOR
! HELD BY FOODS
FROZEN

49, bomemaker will find that
The ,,o n.y. flavor, testure, and nu-
the '. e0'C n,lality of her fresh fruits
tritiV 'e.eeetables is more nearly re-
and ssS yben they are quick-frozen
tsineo .,, h they are processd by
t .sr other method -. ouroo+ ,,ro
Il sN' +be fruits and vegetables
cedafe, .onares in her home and
she pa: and stores in freezer lock-
freezes '5, Sl compare favorably with
rs ss' ,s frozen produce,
corll'nre. ivan D. Jones biochemist
says l vi with the Expert
in no. cation at State College.
Fooas fr,,its he recommends that
lne rsrolina homemakers pre-
Nofln IN freezer lockers include all
'srss If berries, sour cherries and
peaches -, are asparagus, snap
S'7 lima beans, peas and corn
p pvt of the cob Corn on the b COD Is IS
Gu. ,o WI Dr.. Jones says but as
a a i is bulky, it will use too much
vital space o+hor veee+ab,e
~. ulV Give a good frozen product,
s ul+' IS they are available through
Ou u. ~ ,,ost of the year, they too
G oso,,l d be avoided because OF lack
Of space
'e satisfactory containers for use
0a the freezer locker must be
,mianid.tiaht, moisture-vapor proof
i aqd in many cases, alright. If
s slIs container is not moisture-vapor
n ,rc the product stored in it Will
p ~, o,+ while it is in the locker.
N.Y. u.;. driving would cause the pro-
1 sl IN lose flavor, color, and to
a1 ssroo undesirable texture
changes ~ ,,
toidng cardboard cartons fitted
with moisture proof cellophane
Tnsrs as containers for packaging
t,. and vegetables. This cello
nb.ne liner should be heat-seal-
i p and if it is properly sealed, it
will ,,-i make an alright package also.
In addition to the cellophane-
lined rectangular cardboard car
Tons the housewife may also use
the cylindrical, waxed cardboard
cartons lice cream cartons), tin
cans or glass fruit jars as con-
tainers.
Glass fruit jars are much less
desirable than other types OF
vaer.vapor proof containers be-
cause they are not straight-sided
and so do not store compactly. |
Nearly twice as many one-quart,
rectangular, cardboard cartons
may be stored in a given space as
one-quart fruit jars. And further
more. the frozen product is not
easily removed from these jars.
Preparation
The preparation of fruits and
vegetables for storage in the locker
S very similar to that required
When preparing them for table
se-washing, peeling, and trim
ming plus blanching (of vege-
ables) and packaging.
The selection of fruits and vege-
ables for this prcess is very i'm
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
TO HAVE SILENCE

BOMBAY. May 14-LP-Mohan.
das K. Gandhi, the Indian nation
alist leader now staying at near
by resort, will observe fort
nights silence to assure his unin-
terrupted rest, his doctors an.
nounced TODAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
OVERLOAD

WASHINGTON, May 14.-lP -
Willard W. Rice, national service
director of the Disabled American
Veterans, declared today the So
called &C. I. bill of rights - vet
Grams benefit legislation pending
in the House of representatives -
would overload" the Veterans
administration with new RESPONSE
piIities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15
Russian Relief Aided
By Two Fighter Pilots

NAPLES, May 14.-(P-Enlist
ed men of a Marauder squadron
based in Sardinia sent a money Or
der of $500 to the Russian War Re-
lief Society in New York request
ing that "if practicable the funds
be used for the benefit of some
former squadron of the Russian
air force"
Staff Sgt. Llyod E. Frank, New
York, and Tech. Sgt. Glenn B
Wiprud, Seattle, started the bal
rolling.
"It was just to show our admira-
tion of the Russian fighting quail
ties" Frank explained.
More than 20 per cent OF Nazi
aircraft IN the "a STERN frf,nt are
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15

Without the usual camouflage, a
Flying Fortress is not only harder
to spot against the clouds than
painted plane, but can fly 10 miles
ar hour faster.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15

The famous LVT boats used in
the South Pacific are actually
tanks that can swim and are equip
ped with revolving turret and a
37-mm. cannon that can fire from
any position.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15

The British Mark w Mosquito
bomber is unarmed and flies with
little regard to formation, depend
ing upon its speed for protection.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15

More than 20 per cent OF Nazi
aircraft on the eastern front are
now reported to be obsolete.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-15

Faced with the fact that cotton
growers of Johnston County had
declared their intentions of not
planting over 60 pc: cent Of the
acreage seeded to tse crop in 1913,
business Interests Vt the county
have staged a cottol -growing con-
test in which they are offering
500 war bond to tie highest pro-
Queer on S acres Ia each Of the
II townships of the county, and
$500 war bond to tn 1t grower who
is the county chant pion. All con-
testants must enrol by June IS.
The prizes will go 10 the actual
producers. Cotton 81 ners, buyers,
warehousemen, fertil ger manufac-
turers, oil operator }, and mer-
chants are cooperate hg to furnish
money for the bondg.
Owners of pressure cookers will
operate them more efficiently this
next canning season due to a
thorough going over that all the
cookers have been receiving at
clinics held over the State in re-
cent weeks. District home agents
have carried members of the agri-
cultural engineering staff to dis
trict meetings at which the county
home agents have had the owners
of pressure cookers to bring their
Gamers. Special attention was paid!
to safety valves and gauges. The
safety valves on nearly every cook
er examined need cleaning and
adjusting. Some of the gauges were
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