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Evening star., 1944-02-28

Nd, who was
one Of thre e
WAVES killed
Saturday In q
plane crash at
Olathe Ma va ]
Air Station near
K q sas City,
Kans.
Navy omcials
notified Mis- 8
Vajda's parents
that her body
would be sent
home today.
Miss Va ] d q
had been in the
w AV r 8 less
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Ethel Parton, 81, Dies;
Wrote ChiIdren's Books
BY the Associated Press.

6y t0e AeSocleCed PreSS.
NEWBURYPORT, Mass, Feb. %.
Miss Ethel Parton, 81, noted
author Of children's books and most
famed for her series Of stories on
a girls life in Newburyport a cen
tury ago, died yesterday at Anna
Jaques Hospital.
A native Of New York, she was a
granddaughter Of Nathaniel Willis,
q founder Of the Youths Compan-
ion, and her first literary contribu-
tions to the magazine appeared
when she was is.
She was an adopted daughter of
James Parton, Newburyport biog-
rapher and historian. A brother,
Hugo Parton Of New York, survives.
Evening star., 1944-02-28

than a year and was described as
q girl who loved the SERVICE" A
stenographer for an insurance firm
here before her enlistment, she re-
ceived her training at Hunter Col
lege, New York, and the Jackson
vile (Fla) Naval Air Base.
She is survived by three brothers
and two sisters. One brother, Pfc
Julius Vajda, jr, Is stationed in
Mississippi. A sister, Rose Marie
is cadet nurse at Garfield Hospital
here -
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Lease Lend Supplies
Shipped 10 Russia
Valued al ID Billion
By the Associated Press.

|
The major role America has
played in furnishing the sinews
Of war for the Red Army's drive
against Hitler was on record to-
day in a lease-lend report setting
the total value OF such ship
ments at more than four and a
quarter billion dollars.
Included n these supplies were
1900 airplanes. America also bull
warked Russia's fighting strength
with 4,700 tanks and tank destroyers.
1T, 900 tons Of explosives and a vast
quantity Of noncombat material
and food. n
Shipments valued at $4,243. .804 900
were sent to Russia from the start
Of the Soviet aid program in Octo-
her, 194i, to the end OF last year,
Administrator Leo T. Crowley re-
ported.
Peak in December, 1943.
The flow Of lease-lend hit its peak
in December, 1943, bringing the ton
mage for that year to figure almost
double that Of 1925, ,400, 900 tons
against 100000 tons.
Only one out of every 100 Russia
bound lease-lend ships was sunk in
1913, compared with IL out Of each
100 in 1912, Mr.. Crowley said, and
several hundred more ships were
dispatched.
Upwards Of 5000 Of the warplanes
turned over to Russia were ferried
all the way by air, Mr.. Crowley said.
More than 5000 planes were sent
in 1943, twice as many as In 1872
his statement continued. Virtual
ly all planes sent to the Soviet
Union have been combat types. In
1943 they were principally Bell
Airacobra P-39 fighters, Douglas
A-20 attack bombers and North
American Mitchell B-25s."
Other Items Supplied.
An s,40o-o -oo0-ton total Of arms
and supplies dispatched to the Rus
sian ally in the ~ month period
included these additional items:
More than 10000 trucks, $4,000
jeeps, nearly $4,000 other vehicles.
More than 6,000, 900 pairs Of army
boots.
100000 tons Of aviation gasoline,
other fuels and lubricating oils.
1.350,00 tons Of steel, 384, 900 tons
OF aluminium, copper and other
metals, and $400 0O0, 900 worth OF
machinery and machine tools.
Mr.. Crowley said food shipments
for the same period totaled 1850 ,00t
tons, mainly wheat and flour, sugar
meat, dried peas and beans, pow
dered milk, dried eggs and othe,
foods needed to maintain Sovie
Army rations. More than 580,0O
tons Of fats and oils were included
lplus $4,000 tons Of butter primaril,
for use in Soviet Army hospitals.
| 5000 Tons Of Seed Sent.
"1n addition to food" Mr.. Crowle.
said, I'VE have sent 5000 tons o
seeds under lease-lend to aid Sovie
production Of its own food in ney
agricultural regions and in devas
tated areas reconquered from tn
Germans.
To reduce the Russian needs TO
United States aviation gasoline, las,
1000 tons Of refinery equipment hav
been sent and American engineer
now are aiding in construction o
the refineries. Also, machinery ha
been shipped this year for com
plete tire factory capable of turnin,
out 100000 military tires . yea
from the Sovet's own synthetic an,
natural rubber supplies.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
WAVE Margaret vajda
Ito Be Buried in ArIinqion

A military funeral, with burial
In Arlington Cemetery, Is being
planned for Margaret I. Vajda, 20,
pharmacist mate, Of Capitol Heights,
Evening star., 1944-02-28

HUbERT, ELWOOD G. To the pastoi
ef st. Paul A. NJ. E. Church.. Rev. j. NJ
Harrison. tr.; choir and members, visit
ins pastor, the Rev. g. Oliver Wins: mem.
bers of the various branches Of the Ma.
sonic orders, Columbia sLodse, No. So
bors and friends: We wish to express on,
thanks for the many acts OF Kindness
shown us during his illness, the expressions
VERNETTA NJ. HUBERT AND FAMILY
C6s
Evening star., 1944-02-28

Grease makes gunpowder! Savs
waste kitchen fats. Take them IA
your meat dealer.
Evening star., 1944-02-28

Grease makes gunpowder! Save
waste kitchen fats. Take them 10
your meat dealer.
Evening star., 1944-02-28

BRAxTON, CORNELIA A. On Monday
CORNELIA A. BRAXTON. beloved daugh-
ter of Mrs. Agnes jackson and sister of
Mrs. Clara Dawkins, Mrs Della Foote and
James M, Randolph p. William H. and
Richard M. jackson. Also surviving are
other relatives and friends Notice Of fu-
neral later. Arrangements by MCGUIRE.
Evening star., 1944-02-28

EDWARDS, CHARLES A. Suddenly, on
Saturday, February %, 1914 at his resi-
denGe: 435 18th St; Sc. CHARLES A.
Edwards. Friends may call at his late
residence until 8 am, Tuesday. February
90. Services will be held at the lee funeral
home. 4th st. and Mass. ave ne. at ii
Am. Relatives and friends invited In
terment Union Cemetery, Alexandria, Va
Evening star., 1944-02-28

ruary 26, 1914, ANNIE BRAUND, beloved
wife of the late George L. Braund. sr.
Funeral services and interment private.
Evening star., 1944-11-19

and his tonguemolstened pencil
were ahead of me- changed my
dinner hour from eight to seven.
thereby achieving Prime Ribs of
Beef au JUS" Advancing it an
other hour, got under the penciled
wire in time for Chefs Special
T-Bone Steak" But the line above
was already dark and inscrutable.
Apparently it was something even
more in demand than steak.
The mystery fascinated me.
Once, using a bit of bread as an
eraser, l attempted to rub through
the blackened barrier and sue
ceeded in uncoverlng an unmis-
taxable initial N - but the rest
was a hopeless smudge
Noodle Soup?
SOMETHING beginning with an
Could it be Noodle Soup
or New England Boiled Dinner
or New Orleans Shrimps"? Or
perhaps a misplaced "Nesselrode
Pudding? A dozen possibilities
plagued my mind, and l took to
dropping in at La Petite Patootie
earlier and earlier in the hope OF
beating Emil and his pencil to the
draw. But | was always too late.
Finally one morning in despera-
ton | invaded the restaurant at
llo'clock. The lunch hour had not
yet begun. No one was in sight but
Emil, diligently folding napkins.
And there on the table lay a
pale virgin menu. unsullied by
the touch of lead! As ! reached
for it eagerly. Emil pounced on it,
pencil in hand, and quickly blacked
out the top line. He was not quick
enough, however. for ] had seen
the legend that lay beneath his
pencil strokes and the mystery
was solved. 1t read, mo Gratuities
Accepted
With a sigh Of relief, | tipped
Emil five dollars 1t was worth 1t.
Evening star., 1944-11-19

Let's admit that few men get kick
out of buying PAR of braces IS
they get out of buying, say, new
hAt. SO they want the braces they do
buy 10 be as comfortable and as long
lasting as possible That's the out
standing reason for BOSTON
Braces, made by the ma kers OF the
Boston Glrtcrs BALANCED eLa5inif,
49,. perfect freedom balanced with a
sturdy reslliency. Best available
leather and metal fittings and a wide
choice of widths. patterns and colors.
Your haberdasher can show you
how we'll BOSTON Braces fulfill
these specifications, George Frost
Company, Shirley. Mass, affiliated
with President Suspender Company.
Evening star., 1944-11-19

TIVE War Department missed a
bet when it failed to sign up
Emil as a censor. Emil is the last
remaining waiter at La Petite
PatoOtle restaurant. and he wields
a big black pencil. Though he has
almost a dozen tables to wait on,
most Of his time is devoted to
editing the carte du jour. With one
stroke of his pencil he can limit
your choice of entrees to fish and
veal; with three strokes he can
turn you into vegetarian.
Some waters draw delicately
penciled lines through exhausted
items on the bill of fare, to give the
diner a tantalizlng glimpse OF the
feast that might have been. But
when Emil deletes dish, the
blackout is complete; you never
know what you have missed. ana
inquiry evokes nothing but a raven
like croak, mo morer
Doomed to Oblivion
However, if you are habitue of
La Petite Patootie, you can guess
pretty accurately. Experience
taught me that one Of the first
items to be doomed to oblivion was
invariably Chefs Special T-Bone
Steak followed by Prime Ribs
of Beef au Jus" As the evening
wore on, other entrees made their
exit into Emil's lead covered limbo,
until nothing remained but the
faithful "Filet of Sole with Sauce
Tartare."
But there was one line. high on
the card, that baffied me. 1t was
always hidden under a blanket OF
black. No matter what time |
arrived at La Petite Patootie. Emil
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20
The Tar
Heel
- e.-.s- f-..-s 500
Gardener
By John n. Harris
N. C. State College

Did you ever sit down to a nice
serving of strawberry shortcake
and find on some of the berries
sufficient grit to make it disagree
able? Most Of US have experience
ed this at some time.
This can be taken care of in the
home garden if the plants are
properly mulched at this time of
the year. The, large strawberry
growers use straw of some sort.
Pine straw is very satisfactory and
very easy to obtain. Rake up the
clean pine straw and haul it to
your strawberry planting. Sprinkle
this carefully over the entire sur.
face of the strawberry beds allow
ing some to fall on the plants but
more between the rows.
The new spring growth comes up
through this mulch so it must not
be too heavy over the plants. The
berries are produced on top of the
mulch, thus keeping them clean.
Now is also a good time to put
out strawberry planting for a
crop of berries next spring. The
soil should be well prepared and
fertilized with a complete fertili-
zez (5-7-5 at the rate of 5 pounds
to each 100 fee of row space. The
plants should be spaced about "a
inches apart in rows three feet
apart.
There are a few varieties that
have proven very satisfactory in
North Carolina. In Eastern North
Carolina, the recommended varie
ties are Blakemore and Massey:
in the Piedmont, Blakemore and
Fairmore; and in the Mountains,
Dorset and Premier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20
Constructing OF
Hogs Being Favored
By Columbus Farmer

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
March 10. - J. E. Holcombe of
Columbus county has found that
the cross breeding of purebred
Chester White sows with regis
tered Hampshire boars gives hin
a high quality commercial hog,
because the Chester White sows
are good mothers and heavy milk
ers. reports j. P. Quinerly, as
sistant county agent OF the State
College Extension Service.
Holcombe recently sold fifty-six
top hogs that averaged $50 pounds
each. These hogs were fed in the
lot for only 3 weeks. The remand
er OF the time they were on graz
ing crops.
One of the features OF Holcomb's
grazing program, is the use of
Spanish peanuts, sown broadcast,
according to Quinerly. 1t has been
found that this practice produces
relatively large amounts Of feed
per acre.
Green grazing crops, plus 9TH
er crops that the hogs can gather
for themselves, count most in
profitable hog production" Hol-
combe said in report to Quin-
erly. This practice saves much
labor that would otherwise be de-
voted to harvesting the crops and
feeding the hogs.' 80
Holcombe is building some per-
manent pastures on good land
this year and he plans to get adj
oltlonal cheap feed from this
source: D. E. Prevatte, another
Columbus county farmer, is ioin.
ing Holcombe in putting this pro-
gram into effect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20
BY F. H. JETER

There will not be as many Vic
tory Gardens in the towns and cit
les of North Carolina this season
as least. At least that is the WORD
coming to those whose business il
is to foster these gardens over the
state. Many city people who tried
to grow gardens last year, learned
for the first time, that it is not
enough to plant some seed or set
some plants in a well ploWed
piece of ground and then go out
a few days later and harvest nice.
fresh, succulent vegetables. II
was learned that there are dis
eases which kill the young vege'
tables: that there are insects
which feed upon them; that the
plants have to be cultivated; thai
seeds do not always come up; and
that rain will not fall as the gard
ener needs it. Many and humor-
Gus have been the comments
heard from city gardeners about
their experience of last year. Some
said their snapbeans cost them
at least So mess and that their
tomatoes cost an easy so cents
each. Nevertheless, the city gar
deners of North Carolina and the
other states of this nation made a
valuable and definite contribution
to the food supply and released
just that much food to be con-
served for our soldiers and allies.
It is to be hoped that these anna
teurs will not give up so easily
but, when warm weather comes
and the ground becomes dry
enough, they will be in there again
growing food despite the cost in
labor and money.
Having a good garden calls for
much planning. Country people are
fast learning this important les
son, especially now that they do
not have the labor that was once
available. I was grealy interested
in what the home demonstration
agent of Brunswick county recent
ly told the man who came to one
of her garden meetings. She ex.
planned the value of having good
equipment in the home as well as
out on the farm. She said that a
pressure Gamer, for instance, is
now must in the farm home
because it saves so much time
and labor for the housewife. A:
to planning the garden, she said
''Plan it SO that the time to car
the vegetables does not come al
the same time as the curing Of
tobacco. A woman cannot be ex.
pected to do all of her houseWork,
the cooking, washing, gardening,
chicken raising, COW tending, and
children rearing in addition tt
working at the tobacco barn all
day and then going into the hot
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20
IA Bushels Per Acre
= Wheat Yield Forecast

CHICAGO, March 10 -RH A
wheat yield of about IA bushels
to an acre was forecast for 1914
today by the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics. This would COM
pare with a national average yield
for all wheat last year of 1865
bushels to an acre.
The bureau pointed out that Win
ter wheat got off to a poor start
last autumn, because of dry wea-
Their, and asserted there was I'm
certainty about the spring wheat
outlook. Consequently, the bureau
said, lit would seem best to ex.
pect about IA bushels per harvest
ed acre in 1914 and allow for ne
more than usual acreage aban-
Comment"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20
WHITEVILLE MAN
CLAIMING RECORD

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
March 10. - One thousand baby
chicks were put under electric
brooders and homemade oil burn
ers and at the end Of three weeks
not single chick had been lost.
This is the record of ]. L. Har-
relson, Whitevi1le, Route 4, as re-
ported to the State College Exten.
sion Service by Farm Agent
Charles D. Raper of Columbus
county.
Harrison placed 800 chicks un-
der an electric breeder and zoo
chicks under homemade oil burn
ers. He took two heating units out
of his tobacco barn, added a can.
opy of sheet metal, and regulated
the heat by adjusting the burners
up and down. ''Harrelson likes the
oil ourners better than The .]ec.
tic brooder,'' Raper says.
HARRISON plans to build special
range shelters for housing hi;
pullets this simmer so that they
can 60 on grazing crops and be
kept On fresh, disea se-free soil. He
also plans TO keep 40 hens ir
his laying flock next Wi lter.
C. D. Branch, of Boardman, has
just completed a brooder house
and is planning to build a specia.
laying house ior his "Record O.
Production chicks which are
scheduled for early delivery &C
cording to Raper.
The farm agent points out tina
buying only good chicks, keeping
the poultry house clean, providing
IL square foot of floor space fol
the first 6 weeks and / square foo
thereafter, and giving the chick
plenty of fresh water will maxi
for success in handling poultry.
He also notes that the chick
should have l inch hopper spac,
at the start, 2 inches at 8 weeks
and 3 inches after 6 weeks. H,
suggests that good starting masl
be kept before the chicks at al
times and that low roosts be in
| stalled after weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20
BY THOMAS GREENWOOD
Editor N. C. Department Of Agri-
cUlfure

RALEIGH, March 10 -lF- TIE
great number Of hogs now being
marketed has necessarily at
fected the cattle market TO some
extent, but this situation will IN
doubtedly be relieved within the
next few weeks, T. L. Gwyn.
livestock marketing specialist
with the State Department of Ag-
riculture, said today.
II see no reason for discourage
ment among producers, for cattle
can be raised profitably at
present prices. and these prices
are likely to hold for SINE time,
said Gwvn. He added that there
is now no surplus Of beef o. OF live
cattle" o- - e $50.
Gwyn pointed out that last fall
there was some forced liquidation
of cattle in certain sections where
drought conditions existed and
where the feed shortage forced
some stock to reduce their heads.
with the exception of a few
congested markets where these
conditions reveiled, there has been
no serious decline in prices of fin
inished beef or of the better
grades of replacement cattle"
It is Gwyn's opinion that with
the rising costs of feed and labor
any further government regula-
tons would tend to raise rather
than lower price levels to produ-
GERS.
To illustrate a statement to the
effect that the production of heavy
breeds of cattle is increasing in
North Carolina, Gwyn said that
tine first out-of-state beef cattle
sale sponsored by North Caro-
lima breeders association will be
held in Demopolis, Alabama, on
March 20. He said that a total of
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20
Production Of Livestock
In State Is Increasing

rs Hereford bulls would be sold
s.; this auction, which is being
supervised by the North Carolina
Hereford Breeders Association.
Among the bulls to be sold will
be many from Hereford herds
O. this state. ", H. Booker and L.
/. Case. both leaders in livestock
work in North Carolina. are now
selecting the animals for this
sales, which is expected to attract
hundreds Of The outstanding cattle
men in the southeast. according to
Gwyn.
Discussing the production of
beef caftle in war time, Gwyn Of
fered the following suggestions to
producers:
Don't crowd your pastures.
Beef competition will evidently
be keen on all classes of cattle,
and it is important to get grass
cattle fat. Discontinue the sale of
good beef-type calves for veal
and grow them out at home, in
stead of selling the good ones
and restocking with inferior
cattle. Sell your cattle when fat
and ready to go, providing you
are receiving market price for
them. BY so doing, more uni
form flow of cattle will be main
tanned on the market, and conges-
ton will be avoided"
"Gwyn expressed the belief that
grading and distribution are the
two most important items in cattle
business, declaring that 1.-The dis
tribution problem can to some ex-
tent be alleviated by the coopera-
ton OF livestock market opera
tons, county agent, and the states
agencies in Raleigh, and it is
likely that definite marketing
problem for beef cattle will be
organized this year"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20
WIRELESS LIGHT BuLR

One of the current electrical de.
velopments is type of light bulb
which requires no wires whatso.
ever, deriving its power from wire.
less electronic power. Used tn
light airplane instrument panels
these lights require less durrent
than an electric clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20

AAF Fortresses are able to pre-
cision-drop 10 tons Of bombs in.
Guiding two 4000-pound block
busters from recently developed
wing racks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-20

Accident toll of the United
States amounts to 480, DOC, 600 man
days per year.. &. Sc s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-07
Hitler Seeks
 To Stay ms
(Continued from Page D

Saturday to Russlas armistlce terms and expected to receive an answer shortly, probably tomorrow.
 The Tidningen also learned that Helsinki had sounded out the Rus slams on the possibility of modifying certain of the six Soviet terms.
 The Stockholm newspaper be- lieved that Finnish note express ing a desire to continue negotiations had reached Moscow through Swed- ish channels.
 According to the Daily Express the Finnish government discussed Germanys offer to send 300 planes and 10 new divisions yesterday and finished drafting Its counter-pro- posals to the Soviet terms which the London newspaper said would be submitted to the Finnish diet at Telsinki today.
 A reliable Swedish source quoted in London News Chronicle Stock holm dispatch sa,d that although a majority of the Finnish dict was not in favor of accepting the Soviet terms, the chamber mad voted tc continue negotiations.
 The News Chronicle said the ;crln- cipal stumbling block appeared tc be the question of the Finnish naval base of Hangoe, the surrender of which was being opposed by Mar shal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim commander-in-chief Of Finlands armed forces,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-07
Tank Bombers Attack Targets Again Today
Continued from Page D

fields and military installations, bringing home to the German peo- pie for the first time that their cap- ital has been marked for day and night bombardment to destruction.
 A lone, unarmed reconnaissance plane piloted by Maj. Walton L. Weitner of Yonkers, N. r., that sped over Berlin taking photographs after the raid found numerous fires and devastation in the six target areas, a U. 8. Army announcement said.
 Weitner, commander of photo graphic squadron, obtained the first American aerial photographs ever taken of "FIitler's crambling city" the announcement said. He en- countered some anti-aircraft oppo- sition and was chased by three inc tercepting planes, but escaped with the pictures.
 Terribly Shaken
 The London Daily Mail reported from Stockholm that an eyewitness of the Berlin raid who arrived at stockholm by plane said he never had seen Eerliners quite so shaken as they were Monday"
 "rhey realized that now, anytime, day or night, the Allies can drop their loads of bombs on any part of the capital against which the best shelters afford little protection" the travellers was quoted as saying.
 If you keep on with raids like this, day and night, you'll strike a very hard blow to German morale It means around -the-clock disloca- ton of the whole life of the city on Q scale which no one who has not been on raids of this size can imag- inc.
 T was told that Mondays raid caused tremendous traffic disloca- ton. As our plane took off from Tcmplehof, we could see huge fires and clouds of black smoke over eastern and northern Berlin"
 Another eyewitness, the Daily Mail said, reported the whole capital seemed "dazed and gloomy"
 Leaflets Dropped
 The NaN-contrOlleu N'Slo EHoAV said the American raiders also drop ped leaflets on Berlin containing re- ferences to the plight of German forces on the Russian front.
 While the heavy bomberS Flew on to Berlin, 6 record force of nearly 300 Marauder medium bon1bers from the Ninth U. S. Air Force attacked railway yards near the Belgian border, the BeauvaiSTille airfield, 35 miles north of Paris, and military objectives in the invasion coast area of Pas De Calais. Some 400 tons of bombs were unloaded on the three target areas.
 RAF and Allied Mosquitoes also bombed objectives on the French coast.
 Coastal command Beaufighters torpedoed two medium-sized mer- chantmen and probably torpedoed 0 third in attacks on enemy conveys off the Norwegian and Dutch coasts Sunday night and early yesterday