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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUM
EA,-by wireless)-While driving
in jeep I picked up couple of
soldiers who proved to be para
troopers. One of them, Paul Isbel,
of Middleton, O., has made %
jumps and never been scratched.
He was among the paratroopers
in the big landing that took Naz-
dab airfield. l asked him how it
went.
"All I knew" he said, was that
Il swung once and then my fanny
landed on a tree"
His buddy, Paul Davidson, of
Tampa, Fla, has also made %
Jumps. He sprained his back once
and was in hospital for month
By a coincidence, earlier in the
day I had picked up two other
|paratroopers nf the same outfit
Carl Polo, of Trimountain, Mich,
Metcalf. Wachapreague, Va, who
has made 80 jumps, and Jesse
has made II. Neither has ever
been hurt. Their outfit had six
men killed by enemy action, but
they left so dead Japs on the
ground at Nazdab. That was last
September, when General MacAr-
thur flew in Fortress overhead
while the men jumped.
Paratrooping carries more risk
than the foregoing might suggest,
and sometimes an action brings
a dozen or a score of fractures.
Back injuries are frequent.
The troop carrier command here
divides its work between para
trooping and the hauling of vital
freight, without which the New
Guinea campaign could not have
been carried on. 1t is impossible
to get men and SUPPLIES over the
Owen Stanley Mountains by
ground, and until recently it was
too hazardous to use shipping. AS
Ia result, troop carrier planes
opened up airfields in the interior
at spots inaccessible except by air.
Scouts get the natives to NOV
down strip Of the waist-high
kunai grass. Then transport
plane lands with engineers. They
even have baby bulldozers which
are small enough to get through
airplane doors. They have carried
2 1-2-ton trucks, bombs, jeeps, saw
mills, gasoline, and steel mating
for runways.
When native Workmen are need
ed they are packed in, so to each
plane, wearing only '1aplap' or
what Dorothy Lamour would call
a sarong-and many of them wear
ing only what Gypsy Rose Lee
could call a G-string.
Brig. Gen. P. H. Prentiss of San
Antonio, Tex, who is in command
of the troop carriers, says these
fuzzyWuzZies chatter with delight
at the strange experience Of fly
ing.
Incidentally, General Prentiss
has just been given the decoration
of Commander of the Order of the
British Empire by King George
for his work in transporting Aus
tralian troops, moving a division
over the mountains by air, and
evacuating casualties. He took out
about $500 men in November, and
about the same in December. A
year ago he evacuated 1900 men
after the Buna campaign.
Onco cnron IF Coporo1 n.,.-A:-,
transports landed on one end of
an airstrip while the. Japs were
still fighting on the other end. In
1943 his command carried $50, OOO,-
900 pounds of both troops and
freight.
Trap doors are cut in the floors
to drop supplies and equipment.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
INJURED

DALHART, Tex, Jan. n.y.
1t. Ernest K. Whitner of 5l4 LIZ,
St, Gastonia, N. c., was in]ulsu
yesterday in a heavy b o NJ b e. y
crash near the Dalhart Army flelg
In which four men were killed aH'
six injured.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Fair Enough

.:s.n.sy f.1 ~. '' ,..:o o1 view: s:.e,
.ad sften disasree with them much many Of
dis readera His articles tic good purpose d
aakinH people think
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18

this property and other deVeIoP
nents which may be made in a..
cordance with our postwar plan
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18

Polish statesmen seem to have in mind the
historically retrospective picture of the de-
funct Polish Empire, embracing the Baltic
countries, the Ukraine and even the great
Duchy of Moscow. It is this complex that
is responsible for the death Of modern Poland.
DIR. Tewik Rustu Aras, former Turkish for
eign minister.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
TOP OF THE MORNING

TOP OF THE MORNING
81 will lift up my eyes unto the HILL.
And to the sky above them where white
clouds rise.
Toward the shining sun;
Toward the light that knows no shadow;
Toward illimitable space.
Then, overawed by magnitude, thought
will return to look on little things;
Upon the pattern of a leaf against the
sky,
The cool green curve of grass, the CLINT
Of apples reddening in the sun
Then it is comforting to know that
God made all these.
He made the stars of all the universe
And He is very great;
He made the grassland He is very near.
NJ. E. UShold.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete Victory.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Woman Held for Jury
In $1,000 Store Theft

M Charged with embezzling $4,000
from s. Kann's store. Helen r.
@Icasitt, 10, was held today for grand
Jury action by United States COM
missioner Needham C. Turnage.
Bond was set at 5000.
/ According to Miss Nellie Barry,
assistant cashier at the department
store, Miss Leavitt, under the alias
bf Miss Helen M. Murphy, came to
work on January 28, and at noon
the next day said she had to visit
her mother who was sick. Miss
Barry said Miss Leavitt had been
given q sheaf of $40 bills to count
The following Monday morning the
accounts were discovered to be $4,000
short.
Miss Leavitt was arrested Monday
when she applied for employment
at Woodward 81 Lothrop's, police
said.
She gave an address on Rhode
Island avenue NE, which proved
to be q vacant lot. when she
was employed at Kann's, police
said. When arrested on Monday
she gave police the same address.
Evening star., 1944-05-31

Weidemanr In matters in which
Weidemann naturally has no COM
petence. only regret that our lead
ers in the Reich are receiving such q
confused picture of the u. s. A., be-
cause OF so many actions being
undertaken Independently Of one
another
Spanknoebel said he would like all
officers Of the league to meet In Chi
cago late in July of that year and
had issued the necessary instruc-
tions.
The writer added: "I don't under
stand Party Member Gissibl. 1t is
impossible to understand why he
should work behind my back"
The witness did not explain i'm
mediately whether this referred to
him or to his brother Fritz, who at
that time headed the Chicago unit
of the Friends OF New Germany. The
Weidemann mentioned in the letter
apparently was the former German
consul general In San Francisco.
During discussion of the letter Mr..
st. George said:
Again I charge that this. is a
fake, put In the files of the Dick
stein Committee by the Anti-Defa-
nation League. may say that dur
Ing the recess this morning in
quiries were made at the House of
Representatives and we were told
The Dickstein tiles were in the hands
of the Government prosecutors. Let's
flnd out whether there ever were
hny originals Of these letters"
Again the court refused to take up
fhe matter at this time.
Defense attorneys also objected
70 this and other letters presented
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Bus Strike
Continued From First Page

pay increases and q new contract, ir
which the unions and the company
failed to reach an agreement, were
referred to panel of the War Labor
Board in Cleveland. Similar nego-
tiations for Central Greyhound lines
operating in New England, Canads
and the Great Lakes region were
referred to the panel at the same
time, he said. The panel has not vel
made a decision on them.
General Counsel Comes Here.
Ivan Bowen Of Chicago, general
counsel for the Greyhound Corp.
the holding corporation which
licenses the regional lines, is ir
Washington to help deal with the
labor difficulties here, 1t was learned
y Mr.. Dorsey, whom Government
officials striving to end the strike
have failed to reach for the last two
days, answered the telephone at his
home in Baltimore when The Star
called him early today.
He said he would not appear be-
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Sedition
Continued From First Page

solved when the Dies Committee was
organized and took over the inquiry
into un-American propaganda and
plans.
! The fiare-up over the old exhibits
occurred as the trial was resumed
after a recess of fivel days. Peter
Gissihl, former Chicago leader Of
the German-American Bund. was
recalled to the stand and continued
to identity correspondence OF the
CORNER Friends of New Germany
Group.
The letter from Spanknoebel,
whose admission was fought bitterly
by Mr.. st. George and other defense
attorneys, was read to the jury by
Special Prosecutor Joseph w. Burns.
1t was addressed Dear Party Mem
Der Kappe," and written from New
York. 1t began:
/ This is to advise you that I have
returned from Germany -"
& Spanknoebel added;
First of all, confidentially and for
tactical reasons, my official connec-
ton must continue to be that OF
leader of defense and enlightenment
in the U. S. A., for which the neces-
sary funds have also been appropri-
ated."
Tn Nazi ofiicial wrote:
"Of course, the league (of Friends
of New Germany will continue to
be used as an executive organ in
many matters relating to propa-
ganda. Among other things, two
press offices are to be set up, and
that you must pitch in with your
entire strength is understood"
Spanknoebel also said:
My office here is affiliated with
the Consulate General"
He later wrote:
"Now I have heard that without
my knowledge all kinds of negotia-
tions have been carried on with
Evening star., 1944-05-31

fore the War Labor Board even Il
that body got around to summoning
him. He said the War Labor Board
was unable to bring the company
into meeting so he saw no reason
why he should appear.
He had spent Sunday night in the
Labor Department Building with
Clyde Mills, head Of the boards
strike section, he said. MIR. Mills had
called to no avail Mr.. Major.
Mr.. Mills reported after the call,
Mr.. Dorsey said, that Mr.. Major had
said he was unable to make deci-
sion until he consulted the COM
pany lawyer and the company law
yer could not be found.
The decision, Mr.. Dorsey said, was
Evening star., 1944-05-31

by the Government because, they
said, this evidence had no bearing
on the defendants or on the alleged
conspiracy with which they were
charged.
The letter from Spenknoebel te
Kappe was the second letter relat-
ing to German activities in thi.
country admitted in evidence since
the long trial began.
Other defense counsel joined with
Mr.. st. George in denouncing the
photostats offered by the Govern
ment and demanding the originals
"if there are any,"
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Arthur }. Brondt Dies;
'Wos Industrial Leader

CLEVELAND, May 3l.-Artrur j
Brandt, 56. president of the A. j
Brandt Co., consulting engineers
president and general manager OF
the National Tool Co. of Cleveland
and board member of the Consoli-
dated Vultee Aircraft Corp, died
yesterday in Cleveland hospital.
Mr.. Brandt had served many
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Two in Sedition Case
Given Permission to
See Sick Relatives

TWO of the % defendants in
the sedition case, both under
bond, today were allowed. by
Chief Justice Edward G. Eicher
to be absent from the trial tenn
porarily.
Gerald B. Winrod. was per-.
mitted' to goRito Ibis home In
Wichita, Kans., for several days,
II necessary, to be with his fa-
ther, who was reported critical
ly Ill and about to undergo a
serious operation.
David j. Baxter, whose attor-
ney told the court the, defend,
ants child was stricken Ill at
school here, was given permis-
sion to be away several hours.
Evening star., 1944-05-31

branches Of industry. and at one
time was vice president in charge
Of operations Of the Pontiac divi-
sion of General Motors. He be-
came head Of the National Tool Co.
in 1885. Since 1941 he has been
engineering consultarlt to Tom M.
Girdler. Convair board chairman.
Mr.. Brandt was native Of Kansas.
Evening star., 1944-05-31

Israel Rabbinical College Of Balti- |
more. The exercises are the nrst to
be held at the college In the last two
years.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Rubbi Graduates

Harry Mandelkorn, rabbi and
principal of the Washington Paro-
chial School, is among II students
to graduate June Is from the Ner
Evening star., 1944-05-31

as to whether the men could return
to work without being disciplined.
Everything else had been settled,
he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

being the first American girl admit
ted TO the Ecole des Beaux.Arts. They
were married in New York in 1881.
They separated in 1910 and Mrs. Will
son sued two years later.
AS she told 1t to Superior Judge
George w. Schonfeld, the real reason
for the separation goes back to an in
vitation 10 dinner at Pasadena hotel
during the 1910 Christmas holidays.
She said:
Because he was an old patron and
had been promised a free meal, he
rushed there in our car and collided
with a truck and / was so badly in
jured we could not attend the dinner.
He exclaimed, That ends IL! and /
haven't seen him since"
From then on. Mrs. Wilson I'M
folded details of their private lives.
when we were first married." she
said. "he had his underwear made out
of flour sacks and sugar sacks.
Then he had me make his under
!. wear from his pajamaS. / would
I cut off the leg part of the pajamas.
Mr.. Wilson was not In the least
eager to have new things. He
would wear his suits until they
were worn so completely he would
ask me to use his vest SO he would
have some material for patches on
them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

Owe came to the sculptress and
the broker under a Paris moon.
- But IL parched under San Fran
cisco sun. AS result, they've been
battling in court. she charging that
he was tighter than a tourniquet, for
all his S3,OO0,00O; he saying that she
was at times too generous with her
affections and that, besides, he's
worth only S250,000.
The contestants in this curious rags
and riches roundelay are Francis A.
Wilson, San Francisco investment
broker, and Mrs. Barbara Herbert
wilson, whose differences are being
Fought out in cross-suits for divorce.
Mrs. Wilson got in the first words,
sculpturing her husband as a parsi-
monious eccentric who counted every
penny as though 1t was his last.
Wilson used an 11-volume affidavit
to recite his grievances against his
wife. but lawyers for both sides de-
cided the charges were of type that
should be sealed. His inning on the
witness stand had TO be postponed
October ID, 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
RICHES R0UNDELAY
WRR|NC Wilson's

Beneath His Fine
RaiTnent, His Wife
Charges, Francis
A. Wilson Affected
Shorts Made From
Old Flour Sacks.
from hotels and
used them in our
h ON G - except
when CUES [ S
were present"
Mrs. w il on
told about max
ing a trip To
New York, for
w hic h Wilson,
S h e says, gave
her about $50
and told the cook
to make some
S a n d w | C h es."
that were to Suf-
flee for her
meals during the
journey.
Things got so
bad, S h e said.
that in 1889 she
h a d a nervous
breakdown a n d
was taken TO a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

4. wilson moved IleT I'D lcSS
and less expensive accommo-
dations, she testified, and
when she was unconscious he
visited her room to eat his
meals there so he'd get his
moneys worth.
Once he took her on a va
cation, Mrs. Wilson acknowl-
edged. But he made ends
meet, she said, by telling her
to eat whatever was in the
pantry while he break
tasted on fruit juices,
cereal and cream, a Span
ish omelet, steak, potatoes
and three cups of coffee.
The divorce suit began
circumspectly enoug h.
Mrs. Wilson made gen
eraliZed charges of cruelty
and deSertion. Then Viii
son retaliated with his
crosS-complaint.
Thereupon Mrs. Will
! son got mad and went
into details.
When they first met,
Mrs. Wilson said, he
was as fluent with his
francs as he was with
his sweet talk. For
a while after their
marriage she travelled
back and forth to
Paris, continuing her
studies and doing a bust OF
,rgeS Clemenceau, the Tiger
France, which won a prize.
inally the Wilson's settled in
Pacific Heights section of San
ncisco. And then Wilson. ac-
ding to Mrs. Wilson, tipped up
Upper on his purse.
home had 20 rooms, she re.
'ut no washing machine and
ing machine. There wasn't
gas stove, a maid testified.
Ie cook protested.
) was little that was pleasant
rs. Wilson had to say about
arriage, once the honeymoon
er. Mr.. Wilson did give her
So, 900 bracelet, she said. but
ldn't eat il.
first thing she did when she
, court was to tie up $4,000
Of Wilson's accounts, because.
lained, she had only s. to her
nd hadn't sold any sculpture
? months.
Wilson summed up her opin-
Ter husband this way:
was happy. Every time he
an affair he didn't have TO pay
* he was in Seventh Heaven.
AMERICAN WEEKLY .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

City Hall Then, she added, he repre-
scented the appointments of his 20
room residence as worth only $500.
Wilson was the happiest his wife
set forth, when he could cadge meal.
Afterward. she told the court, he
gathered UP the leftovers, folded them
in a napkin and bore them to his own
kitchen. After they had attended
wedding on one occasion, she said,
"Mr Wilson went to the icebox and
collected the cake"
lie made use of hotels, too, she de-
clared. explaining.
"He collected soap, sugar and towels
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

because OF
the illness
of Mrs.
Wilson's attorney
At that time, Mr.
Wilson hadn't yet
entered any denial
to his wife's charges that
ne was so frugal he even
rationed his baths to keep
the water meter down.
But, according to his lawyer, he
had something to say about her gal
livanting around Paris with a jew
eler and an alleged attempt to maneu-
YER him into an embarrassing situa-
ton with the wife Of a Hollywood
movie personality.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Wilson was collect
ing $3.50 a month temporary alimony
but she said she needs 81 500 because
clothes alone require 5000 month.
servants another $3.50. art materials
SITS and cosmetics $40.
The Wilson's met Economically in
Paris, where she was studying art,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

Mrs. Barbara Herbert Wilson, Who
Says Her Husband Is Just Too,
Too Frugal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

hospital Wilson moved her to less
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

He became SO
fanatical, she
testified, that
when he had to
state the value
Evening star., 1944-07-21
One Record al Least
Expected al Bel Air
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BEL AIR, Md, July 2l.-Supt.
John Wells, according to the many
horsemen here awaiting the Today
meet beginning next Wednesday, has
his racing strip in better condition
than in any previous season.
Wells is OF the opinion that at
least one new track mark will be
established during the approaching
sport. That's not very optimistic,
considering that the mile mark here
is 1::38, the 11/16 is 1:45ss and the
ss is 0:593s.
Wells has remodeled the press box,
already the finest at State track
of less than a mile He is endeavor-
ing to put it on a par with "coops'
at major courses.
Seven fiat races and q steeple-
chase. the first starting at 2:30. will
be programmed daily by Secretary
Edward j. Brennan.
Among the better-known riders
slated to ride here are Willie Kelly,
Sammy Palumbo, Johnny Tammaro
Leon Garrett, Patsy Grant, Woodie
Kirk, Ralph Edens. Benny Leggett,
Pee Wee Hummer, Scotty Prain,
Frankie Sheaf1er, Eddie Wright and
George Rose.
Evening star., 1944-07-21
By the Associated Press.


A further increase in the value Of
stakes has been announced by the
Westchester Racing Association for
its fall meeting at Belmont Park,
starting September l8. Including
steeplechases, IA stakes with a total
of 1850 in added money will be
raced during the 18 days.
Feature will be the 55th Futurity,
still .000-added event. Gross
value likely will be about the same
as last years S74,245.
Add Garden State Park to the list
OF million dollar" race tracks.
When a crowd of 1903 sent 81 $780,
1873 through the mutuel machines
yesterday. it was the tracks third
million dollar day in succession.
Yesterdays feature race winners:
Jamaica-Free Lance, s4.l0; Suffolk
Downs-Dense Path, $3.50; Garden
Stakeholder Song, SO 20; Arlington
Park-Sirde, $3.50; Detroit-Cuban
Bomb, $7.10.
Devil Diver is coming along SO well
In his training that he possibly may
be ready for the Butler Handicap at
Jamaica, July %. He breezed mile
at Belmont yesterday in 1:4l2s.
Washington Parks track record
for six furlongs apparently is in for
a beating during the Arlington meet
ing. Wednesday Three Dots lowered
Evening star., 1944-07-21
Montreal Lead Fades
AS Players Toss Fists

BY the Associated Press.
Montreal leads the International
League today only by half q game
as result Of last nights loss to
Buffalo, 3-l1.
As proof that the league race is q
red-hot affair. Stan Andrews Of
Montreal and Bison Pitcher Walter
Wilson teed of at each other in the
fourth. After being hit by one of
Wilson's pitches, Andrews heaved
his bat at Wilson. This touched of
near riot. No one was elected,
however, as the game went back to
normal.
After II innings OF scoreless play,
Newark pushed a run over in the
18th against Baltimore, only to have
HOWE Moss unfurl a game winning
home run in the bottom OF the in
ming with one aboard.
1t was great pitchers battle, with
Red Embree. winning hurler, tanning
16. He now has 103 strikeouts to
lead the league. Mel famed Is, AZ
each pitcher allowed only five hits.
Alex Mustaikis won his 1lth game
as Toronto defeated Rochester, 4-S.
He now shares the league lead with
Mike Roscoe Of Buffalo.
Jersey City's double header at
Syracuse was rained out.
Evening star., 1944-07-21
Death Of SchmeIinq
Aqain Is Rumored
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN
NORMANDY, July 2l-An unsub-
stantiated rumor circulated on the
battle front last night that Max
Schmeling, former world heavy
weight boxing champion, had been
killed fishting with Nazi paratroop-.
ers in the American sector.
A lieutenant was said to have
identified the body from 4 paybook
photo. but check of several hours
by public relations officers failed to
disclose the paybook or the leuten-
ant-or Schmeling.
This Is the third time We have
had that. report" said the captain
of a graves registration unit, who
then methodically looked at l60 dead
German paratroopers lying In a
cemetery field awaiting burial.
Evening star., 1944-07-21
Hebron Puts in Claim
To Service Ring Title
By the Associated Press.

PROVIDENCE. R. l.. July 2l.--
Claim of the Jacksonville Naval Air
Technical Training Center to the
service boxing championship of the
United States has drawn a protest
from the Hebron boxing team of the
Quonset tR. - Naval Air Station.
Hebron has won A of Is dual
meets over the last one and a half
years and has taken all amateur
Journeys in which it has partici-
pated.
Until I heard of the claim Of the
Jacksonville station I had supposed
that we were about as good as any,
thing in the country" 1t. Tony
Rubino, Hebron coach, said. 1--WE
have a record Of winning A Of As
dual meets, we have taken the New
England and Eastern amateur tour
neys and we retaliated for our one
defeat in dual bouts by 80 victory
in the return meet. We would be
interested in meeting Jacksonville
II 1t could be arranged"
Evening star., 1944-07-21
Jockey Lea Wounded
As Tommy and Yank
BY the Associated Press

By tho Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 21.-There's
quite story connected with Jockey
Albert Lea's ride on Gala Reign,
which finished a dead last in yester-
days sixth race at Jamaica.
Lea tells of leaving racing in Eng
land to enlist in the British Army
when war came. He was wounded
at Dunkirk and discharged. Later
he joined the American Army and
again was wounded at Casablanca.
once more receiving his honorable
discharge.
Lea, who adds that he rode in
Europe and once worked for Alfred
Vanderbilt in Maryland, waited for
weeks before receiving his first
mount on Gala Reign and then he
had to reduce three pounds in
order to weigh only five pounds over
the assigned weight, the limit of
overweight permitted