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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-31
Figure It Out

Dangling before the motorst has been the
hint that with synthetic rubber production
stepped up and with the end of the war m
Europe in sight he might get new tires within
six months. 1t was always six months ahead.
But the war in Europe isn't now in sight. So
forget the tires
Latest report from the tire authorities is
that there will be fewer for those who quail
fy, none at all for other people That's leaves
it up to the owner. He take the best
possible care Of his tires learn to walk
again Even with the best of care, he may
have to walk, later.
He will get new tires when Germany and
Japan are beaten and then maybe about SIX
months after civilian production is resumed.
Figure that, and you will know when ne gets
a new tire.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-31
Raw Deal

There are many illusions to the raw cour-
age of American soldiers battling the Ger.
man breakthrough on the Western Front. 1t
nor how well drilled and disciplined, the ele-
mental necessity is courage. Without it an
army just isn't.
But it should not be required Of these men
to fight with only raw courage. They need
weapons, the best and the most weapons They
are fighting German armored divisions and
they need armor against then-tank and can
non. Courage should not be penalized, made
to fight under handicaps.
That means a raw deal for the courageous.
That isn't fair deal or square deal.
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4 PERSONS HURT
IN AUTO WRECK

Four Maffitt Village young per-
sons were injured, two of them
seriously. when their automobile
slithered off Carr avenue in East
Wilmington and crashed into a
tree about 1870 pm. Friday, it
was reported yesterday by State
Highway Patrolman M. S. Parvin.
Most critically hurt was Nell
Griffin, 16, who received lacera-
lions of her right jaw, both eyes,
cheek and lips, requiring 68 stitch
es, abrasions of the head, arms,
chest and possible skull fracture.
Madeline Braswell, II, sustained
a fractured left leg and forehead
abrasions that were considered
serious.
Slightly injured were the driver
Of the vehicle, 16-year-old Guy Eu-
banks. head lacerations; and E.
j. Windham, 81, forehead abra-
sions.
Young Eubanks, operating the
automobile that belonged to Wind
hams father, E. T. Windham, was
arrested on charges of driving
without an operators license.
Patrolman Parvin said the &C
cident occurred as the automobile
ran off the side of the straight
piece of road and crashed into a
tree, completely demolishing the
vehicle. ''The road was slippery
and they were travelling too fast, .
ne added
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Battle For Bacon

shared by Indian hunters, would
refuse to eat in captivity, thus fail
ing to plump out into luscious
roasts and chops.
The drawing Texan opined that
any hungry hawg would 60 for his
garbage right smartly. Just to
make sure, the captured wild bears
were kept without food for the first
two days Col. Coop's bunch was
right. When food was put in front
of the animals, they went right tc
work hogging it down.
There was no room for a pack
ing plant, so the Army, working
| through British authorities via re-
versed lend-lease, snapped up a
palace as butchery. All the down
stairs rooms were cleared-ornate
furniture still is stored upstairs
and Col. Coop installed his scald-
ing watts and pork production line
in the Salons.
The help is all Hindu. No Mo-
hammedans will work around hogs.
Un the beef processing plant, the
workers are all Mohammedans, as
Hindus revere cows. Workers are
examined medically weekly. Amer
lean health standards are main
tanned and every carcass under
goes a rigid post-mortem.
The hogs are fed leftovers from
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the CT mess anu can't be finished
on grain, as is usual in the states.
Bengal has a tough time getting
enough food grains for its teaming
population. However, the wild hogs
do all right; they finish off solid.
These Indian brokers' never be-
come thoroughly domesticated.
When one gets loose the GI's and
Hindus grasp a handful of palm
tree until the menace is corraled.
Several workers around the pig
gerry nave been badly bitten.
1t takes four men to throw and
muzzle big wild nog at killing
time The accepted technique for
shunting a 2O0-pound hog is grab
bling him by the tail, and dragging
him backwards, making sure not
to let go.
The pig detail was forced to inn
provise all equipment now in use.
They crossbred a motorcycle and
meat-grinders to make a power
sausage mill that now turns out
300 pounds an hour.
Currently the piggery has more
than 1000 hogs on feed. and is pro-
cessing approximately 10000
pounds of pork monthly. The fig
ure will be increased to roughly
100000 pounds a month when de-
tails of the operations are complet-
ed.
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SO THEY SAY

We construct whole ports for unloading ships.
roads, ai-fields, housing facilities and stora &c
dumps In a few short weeks we convert an
isla-i into an American base.-Lt.-Gen. Bre-
hon B. Somervell, Army Service Forces chief.
No general ever has all the munitions of
war that he can use, and we can't give Gen.
eral Eisenhower too much. The skys the linn.
it.-Maj Gen. Levin H. Campbell, Army Ord
nance chief.
They (Jap flyers) have no formations and
use asinine tactics. If IS : hour student of
mine at home made the mistakes they do,
I'd wash him out.-Capt David w. Thompson
of Oak Park. ILL.,, at Mindoro.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-31
Bv DOUGLAS B. CORNELL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-Rf-
Senator Wheeler D-Mont) pro-
posed today that the senate for
mally proclaim its own peace
aims, lin the absence of the Pres
ident's taking a stand
He filed with the senate secre-
tary, for introduction when the
new congress meets Wednesday,
a resolution which would place the
senate on record for creation of a
federation of European nations"
and for:
A united nations political coun-
Gil to settle European territorial
issues.
Plebiscites under international
supervision to let liberated coun-
tries pick their own forms of gov
eminent and leadership.
A united nations economic and
social council to promote eco
nomic advancement, social secur-
ity and labor standards.
Adoption of a universal bill of
rights.
Extension of democratic prin-
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WARD ROW RULING
PLANNED TUESDAY

CHICAGO, Dec. 3O.-UP)- A
controversy between the Federal
government and Montgomery
Ward & COMPANY was in recess
today with decision as to the op-
orator of the plant, pending until
Tuesday.
Sewell Avecy. defiant chairman
of the board If the mail order
firm who has said that the army
will have to throw him out "or
fence me OUT occupied his office
until the usual quitting time and
left for home expressing determt
nation to be on the job next Tues
day
Meantime, baffled army officers
who had been denied working
space by the company after gov
eminent seizure of the Ward
plants Thursday moved a van load
of furniture INTO an auditorium
not far from the spot where 70
year-old Avery held forth.
The army created it's own work.
ing space, It was explained be-
cause there were no vacant Of
fees and those in charge did not
want to use space required by
Ward executives who, under the
army's plan, Will continue doing
their regular jobs
Although Ward vice presidents
had refused 10 deliver to army Of
ficers certain accounting books and
records, Hugh Cox, assistant at
torney general who came here in
connection with legal phases of
the seizure, said before leaving
for Washington that Army ac-
countants now have access to the
books.
But having access to the books
was only part of the battle for
records. There were no Ward &C
countants around to explain GER
tain phases CT them.
In Federal court Friday Cox sNd
attorneys for Wards disagreed in
calm and polite manner with
Cox seeking an early hearing on
petition for temporary injunc-
ton and Wards asking a delay in
order to collect information for
use in challenging legality of
President Roosevelts seizure Or
der
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Dixie Defense Command
Will Be Absorbed By
Eastern Section Soon

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-tRt-
The Army's Southern Defense
Command will be absorbed by the
Eastern Command, effective next
Monday, the War Department an
nounced today.
The consolidation is 70 effect
an economy in personnel, as well
as to simplify procedures in OPP
eration,'' the department said.
1t. General George Grunert,
chief of the Eastern defense COM
mand, will head the consolidated
organization with headquarters in
New York City.
The Southern command was
headed by Major General c. Pratt
who recently left that assignment
to become chief of the Western
defense command.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-31
A Long War

How long is the war going to last? For tne
country and most Of its fighting men, perhaps
another wear or two. For the many who won
come back Another day or week or month
put for thousands upon thousands OF others
if will last for 20 or 80 or 40 years, through
the daily reminders Of infirmltles, shocks
fears and shattered nerves.
will be forgotten by other as the years pass
and today sharp events blur and fade. Only
the evidence of the naisfortunes will remain
And the thousands will become pitiable OF
eccentric old men to their families, their
friends, and the casual passers-by.
It is always so with war. This year the
number Of neuro-py chiatric patients OF World
War admitted to veterans hospitals is high
er than ever before. The peak is expected
in 1s49 81 years after Armistice Day. For
many veterans of 1919 the impact OF war
peak intensity did not come in BelIeau Wooo
or Chateau Thierry. 1t awaits them in the
years ahead.
And it will be so after this wa-. The Vet
Grams Administration already is looking TO-
ward the peak year OF 1875, when it is ex-
pected that 300, 900 beds in veterans hospitals
will be needed to care for this wars survlv-
ing casualties Already there are 10000 beds
in "a hospitals. and 10000 OF those beds. have
been added since the G. I. Bill Of Rights
was passed.
In many ways problems of military medi-
cine are easier in this war. Speed of trans
portation, sulfa drugs and use of blood plas-
ma have saved countless lives. Many wound
ed soldiers and sailor today are back in
service after recovering from wounds that
would have meant death or permanent dis
ability in the last war.
But there are new problems, too. While
there are no gas cases today there are more
burns than in World War l. There are more
and severer neuroses, the consequence OF his
torys most terrible war. There stubborn,
recurrent tropical fevers.
To combat these Big. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
Administrator Of Veterans Affairs, recently
established a special medical advisory group
includes leading authorities in all special
fields OF medicine. They will study new prob
lens rising out Of this war. advise on pro-
curement Of competent personnel for the Ad-
mnistrations expanding needs and determine
the research and educational facilities need
ed in the Veterans Administration and &C.
operating agencies.
This new group is another example Of the
Veterans Administration Jealous discharge
Of its duties. But the best efforts which it
can give can only repair some OF wars dam
ages. For many it can only minister, not
cure, as the war becomes a dim memory,
but suffering and sorrow remain.
But though there may be no cure for these
patients, it lis possible to prevent a recur
renee in another Is years. That, however
is task for the worlds leader Of govern
ments, not it's physicians.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-31
TOP O'THE MORNING

Lord. as we look out across the broad
fields of the Universe and observe Thy
plans and provision we stand in Thy pre-
sence with bowed head and a contrite heart
(. In the blue sky by day and the twinkle
of the stars by night we witness Thy
glory and feel Thy majesty -. May we
lift our hearts at this time not in supplicat-
ion for something we do not have but in
gratitude for that which we do have May
we join in a mighty chorus with all Ameri-
cans, of praise and Thanksgiving for the
way Thou hast already blessed America.
And finally, Lord, give to our enemies,
and to us, a deeper appreciation for the
beauty of life, for the warmth of friend
ship. for the depth of character, for the
importance of honor, justice, and truth. and
for the majesty and power in the ideals
of Jesus Christ Our Lord.
From "A Thanksgiving Prayer"
BY Mr.. L. A. Martin
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Gen. Wilson, Chief
OF British Mission, ,
Named Field Marsha

LONDON, De-. ao-IRI- g.. 7c.1 ID
Henry Maitland Wilson oo,+ new VISION
of the British JOINT o'al- elevated
in washington has been M office
to field marshal, the wa
announced tonight. Allied
Wilson, former Supreme ;mf.eerra1esn
Commander in the tie. 'rield
theater, succeeded the t ia, assisn'
Marshal Sir John Dill in the ;t as
men tat at the American capital
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APPOINTED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-tRH
The Navy announced tonight ap-
pointment of 1t. Comdr. John E.
Conley, Underwood, Md, as officer
IN charge of the press section
Bureau of Public Relations. AT
the same time designation of 1t.
W. Joynes MacFarlan, Arlington,
Va, as executive. officer, press
section, Bureau of Public Rela-
lions, was announced.
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Thirty-seven per cent of France S
land is arabic, and about SO per
cent of her prewar population
was directly engaged in agricul-
ture.
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U. S. production of 52,008,o 900
bushels of flaxseed in 1943 was
one and one half times the 1882
Al average.
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Four or five species of aphids
commonly attack fruit and foil
age Of the apple tree.
Evening star., 1944-06-06

will be perhaps little poorer for
the loss.
Miss Christie's play is an adapta-
ton of her popular magazine serial
of several seasons ago which ap-
peared under the title And Then
There Were None"
For those who read the pundits,
instead of Miss Christie, it perhaps
should be summarized briefly as the
story of 10 humans, eight guests
and two servants, who find them
selves at house party in a strange
island palace. A paralyzingly dull
first act establishes that their host,
a chap named u. N. Owen Un-
known, get itO, is not going to be
among them, but that he seems to
have sent along gramaphone rec
ord which welcomes them by ac-
cusing each of the group of having
committed a murder. In naming the
host so phony- -etically and providing
the gramaphone record, Miss Chris
tie has merely approached cuteness
She really hits it on the nose with
mantle full of little Indian images
underneath huge framed repro
duction of the old nursery rhyme
about Ten Little Indians standing
In line" 1t is not squealing on the
author to say that every time there
is death one of the the Indian
images is supposed to disappear.
(That they don't confuses the day
Evening star., 1944-06-06

SINISTER-Are many OF the
implications OF Jean Cabins
performance in "The Impos-
ter" Which is Keith's nert at
traction. The picture is Ga
bins second in America, to
1Dhich he came as a refugee
from France, 10here he Uds
knoWn as the screens out
standing dramatic actos.
lights out of the actors trying to
remember the score at any given
point in the play.
An individual with a passion for
NOT, reading mystery stories may
not be qualified to pass judgment
on those in Miss Christie's homie
idal fable. But that does not deter
him from saying that they look
like singularly unattractive lot,
which is not an imperative of ma
lures slanted toward homicide. 1t
seems rather arbitrary of Miss
Christie to have assumed than no
one among them should be allowed
an untainted appearance at least.
That is the case, however, of even
the pretty girl who plays the social
secretary, of the amiable old gen.
eral who is driven bauty by re-
morse, of the stalwart, heoric young
man who keeps his, and the girls
courage up, and of the psychiatrist
who is driving himself crazy. 1t
seems more logical in the case of the
atrophied spinster, of the dull
witted policeman, of the beetle
Drained young aristocrat, and even
of the servants and the crafty old
judge who dominates the inquisi-
ton aimed at exposing the mur-
derer.
If the casting of the play does not
give you too easy a clue to the
solution of the mystery, it is in
order to say that there are a pair
OF excellent minor performances by
Nicholas Joy as the old general.
Miss Winwood as the frigid female
who reads the Bible aloud at house
parties, and by Harry Worth as the
psychiatrist. When he
did not have line trouble, Mr..
Hobbies gave a convincing portrait
OF the venerable jurist. Michael
Whalen was slickly representative of
the young adventurer type and Miss
Morgan quite the same in the role
OF the girl much too pretty to have
been trapped in any such sangu-
mary surroundings.
Howard Bays setting is one that
goes effectively and easily from the
promisingly bright to the terrify-
ingly dank. That the action doesn't
is what is wrong with Ten Little
Indians" Hopelessly wrong, it would
seem.
Evening star., 1944-06-06
Paramount Lines Up Mexicans

day Mrs. Beery works Veronica
must stay home and play nursemaid
and housekeeper.
Studios used to enforce strictly a
rule that no actors be allowed to use
their bungalows or dressing rooms
as overnight living quarters-but
now with the housing situation
growing worse by day, some leniency
is being shown in special cases.
Judy Garland has been living in
her bungalow dressing room off and
on. Ethel Barrymore spent several
nights on the RKO lot in Culver
City during the making of None
But the Lonely Heart" 1t is not
uncommon for players living far
out in the valley and having early
calls to make arrangements for
overnight accommodations on the
lot.
This is rather sane outlook un-
der existing conditions and it was
no surprise therefore to find that
Twentieth Century-Fox has turned
Shirley Temples old bungalow suite
over to Peggy Ann Gardner and her
family for a bit OF light housekeep-
ing.
Peggy Ann, her mother and
grandmother had been living in an
auto court. Result was too much
noise and too little sleep for the
girl who is playing the important
role of Francie in "A Tree Grows
in Brooklyn" So. the Temple bum
galow, vacant most of the time since
Shirley departed four years ago, was
turned over for their use.
X
Some one asked Laird Cregar lust
why he decided to reduce. Cregar is
now down to a neat 26O pounds. a
drop from close to $50.
Il was at crowded reception. i"
he explained, "and while there I
overheard two women in converse
ton. One said, IN meet YOU bv
Laird Cregar in 10 minutes That
did it,"
released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1944-06-06

that violently while creating the i'm
preston that nothing was happen
ing. They are frightened to death,
aXed, shot, needed, poisoned, drown
ed and BOBBY trapped. All of those
certainly are more than implica-
tions of action They must be the
real thing. Unfortunately, they
never look like it in Ten Little
Indians" which seems to be lot of
sound about fury that is gonig on
somewhere else.
1t may have been the Shuberts
and Alfred de Courville's idea in
producing Ten Little Indians" that
1t would be suitable substitute for
the finally dying Arsenic and Old
Lace" a hilarious piece of mass
murder that ran for four seasons.
1t has the homieidal touch, and a
nice sounding cast topped by
Claudia Morgan, Halliwell Hobbies,
Estelle Winwood and Michael
Whalen. Unhappily, it always
sounds as If 1t were mystery novel
being read aloud by some people
with rather better voices than usual.
That leaves it considerably short of
being a play, which is where it
seems destined to remain.
Subsequent performances I'M
doubtedly will be much better than
last nights premiere. 1t was mark
ed by at least dozen unpremedi-
tated contributions to the confusion
of the part of both players and
prop crew. These gave it comedy
touches that were little better than
those the author thought up to ease
the strain and when they disap-
pear with more. rehearsal, the play
Evening star., 1944-06-06
Corpl. Zapf Gives
Piano Recital at
Phillips Gallery
BY ELENA DE SAYN.

The recital by Corpl. Karl zapf,
U. S. A., at the Phillips Gallery last
night, brought back to Washington
talented pianist, who has already
played here some years ago.
A taxing program, ranging from
classic to modern numbers. gave
comprehensive idea of the solidity
of Mr.. Zapf's equipment, his mu-
sical feeling and brilliant technique,
the latter lending a sense of security
and confidence to the requirements
of his difficult program.
However one missed. and in the
second half Of the recital especially,
the pianists more intimate &C
quaintance with the style, nation
ality and individuality of each COM
poser, not to mention a greater and
more definite projection of his own
personality. Beethovens Sonata,
Quasi una Fantasia Chopin S
"Scherzo B Minor" "Nocturne F.
Sharp Major" Liszt Forest Muir
murings" and La Campanella, !"
Debussy's Prelude, Sarabande and
Toccata" and Balakireff's "Islamey,"
although brilliantly performed, did
not offer much variety.
The first part of the program con-
sisted of Bach's Prelude and Fugue
in E Major" Bach -Busoni's two
chorale preludes, Come God Gre
ator," Rejoice Dear Christians; :"
Brahms "Intermezzo B Flat Minor"
and "Ballade in G Minor" and
Franck's Prelude, Choral and
EFugue." A capacity audience was
Enthusiastic in it's appreciation.
Evening star., 1944-06-06
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time OF Showing

Stage.
NatiOnal-"Ten Little Indians:
$50 pm.
Capito1-"Hour Before Dawn: II
am, l:45, 4:35, 7:20 and 1910 pm
Stage shows: 1855, 3:45, $50 and
9:2C pm.
Columbia-"Gaslight":: 10:45 am.
1885, $40, $40, 7:35 and $50 pm
Earle-"The Story of DR.. Was
SELF: 1915 am, ITO. 4:05, 7:05 and
1905 pm. Stage shows: 12:35, 3:35
$50 and $50 pm.
Little-"Mayerling":: 11:25 am.
1:25, 800, $40, tbs and 9:15 pm.
Keith's-"Show Business: 11:35
am, 1:35, $40, $40, TAO and 9:45
pm.
Buffalo Bill: II am,
LOS, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and GAS pm.
, Metropolitan-"Passage to Mar
seille": 11:15 am, 1:15, 800, $40,
7:25 and $40 pm.
Pix-"Heart of Paris: 2:05, 4:4S
7:3l and 1914 pm
Trans-Lux - News and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-06-06

TEN LITTLE INDIANS" mystery
drama by Agathe Christie. produced by
the Messrs. Shubert and Alfred de Cour-
willie, with Claudia Morgan, Michael
Whalen and Halliwell Hobbies. directed
by Mr.. De Courville with setting by
Howard Bay. At the National.
The Cast.
Rogers Neil FITZGERALD
Mrs. Rogers s------ Georgia Harvey
Fred Narracott Patrick O'Connpr
Vera Claythorne--- Claudia Morgan
Philip Lombard - Michael Whalen
Anthony Marston Anthony Kemble Cooper
William Blore -J. Pat O'Malley
General Mackenzie &C., Nicholas JOY
Emily Brent - Estelle Winwood
Sir Lawrence Wargrave-- -Halliwell Hobbies
DR.. Armstrong ------- Harry Worth