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ing out across the water and
seeing what their compatriOts
saw.
The hospital was in our hands,
but just barely. On up the street a
block there seemed to be fighting
I say seemed to be, because actually
you can't always tell. Street fight
ing is Just as confusing as field
fighting.
One side will bang away for a
while, then the other side. Between
these sallies there are long lulls,
with only stray and isolated shots
Just an occasional soldier is sneak
ing about, and you don't see any
thing of the enemy at all. You can't
tell half the time just what the
situation is, and neither can the
soldiers.
About a block beyond the hos
pital entrance two American
tanks we're sitting in the middle
Of the street, one about so yards
ahead of the other. i walked to-
ward them. Our infantrymen
were In dOorways along the
street
got within about so feet of our
front tank when it let go a IS
millimeter gun. The blast was ter
rifle there in the narrow street.
Glass came tinkling down from
nearby windows, smoke puffed
around the tank, and the empty
street was shaking and trembling
with the conclusion.
As the tank continued to shoot I
ducked into a doorway, because !
figured the Germans would shoot
back. Inside the doorway there was
a sort Of street-level cellar, dirt
floored. Apparently there was q
wineshop above, for the cellar was
stacked with wire crates for hold
ing wine bottles on their sides.
There were lots Of bottles, but they
were all empty.
1 went back to the doorway
and stood peeking out at the
tank. 1t started backing up. Then
suddenly a yellow flame pierced the
bottom of the tank and there was
a crash Of such intensity that ]
automatically blinked my eyes. The
tank, hardly so feet away from
where I was standing, had been hit
by an enemy shell.
A second shot ripped the pave
ment at the side of the tank. There
was smoke all around, but the tank
didn't catch fire. In a moment the
crew came boiling out Of the turret
Grim as 1t was, 1 almost had to
laugh as they ran toward us. have
never seen men run so violently
They ran all over, with arms and
heads going up and down and with
marathon-race grimaceS. TIL y
plunged into my doorway.
L spent the next excited hour with
them. We changed to another door
way and sat on boxes in the empty
hallway. The floor and steps were
thick with blood where a soldier
had been treated within the hour
What had happened to the tank
was this: They had been firing
away at pillbox ahead when their
rs backfired, filling the tank with
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-16
Book
Lovers

The first two white women TO
cross the Rocky Mountains, and
thus insure themselves undying
fame In the annals of American
history, were NarciSsa Prentiss
Whitman and Eliza Hart Spalding
They were alike only in that they
both were intent on bringing the
Gospel to the poor benighted In
dians. NarciSsa was blonde, beents-
full and high-spirited. Today she
might be called a glamour girl
Eliza was plain, less brilliant, but
had q more steady temperament
These are two of the pioneer wo-
men whose stories Nancy Wilson
Ross tells In her book, Westward
the Women" You'll read here also
of Bethenia Owens. an ex-milliner
who became a doctor, and who, in
spite of scandal and approbium,
performed the first male autopsy
ever done by woman. OF six gen
tie Belgian nuns who braved the
terrors of the unknown TO 60 u
Oregon and teach needlework and
itanies to the children of the
forest; of Sacajawea, the Shoshone
Indian girl who acted as guide TO
the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
There were almost no hardships
which these women, and others like
them, did not learn to endure.
Women were scarce in the Far
West in those days. Many eager
men, anxious to escape the stigma
of being labelled . bachelor
thought nothing Of riding their
ponies right up to the doors of re-
spectacle Portland houses. remain
ing on their saddles, rapping on the
door with a stick, until the house
wife appeared. Good morning 10
you, ma am, are you married." they
would ask. If the reply was yes they
tipped their hats and rode on. II
it was no they Immediately pro-
posed.
The Book ofLthe-Month Club an
nounceS a dual selection for January
STORY of a Secret State by Jan
Karsh, an account of the Polish
underground, and Anything CaU
Happen" by George and Helen W.
PapaShvili, hilarious tale Of an
immigrant from Stains home coun-
try, Georgia, in the Caucasus.
With paper rationing getting
stricter, it's often first come. first
serve, as far as your favorite book
is concerned. Last year when the
Illustrated Modern Library was
launched, there were four times as
many orders as books; and this year
the demand is 50 great that the new
titles have TO be rationed. Some
important new titles are Leaves OF
Grass" illustrated by Boardman
Robinson; Emerson's Essays" with
drawings by John Steuart Curry;
and Franklin's Autobiography" l.
Illustrated by Thomas Benton.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-16

tn first flockx of Canada geese
move southwark into Michigan by
mid October and usually the main
flight is over by early November
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-16

den City, Van Buren, Twp Belle
Vile. Romulus Twp, Canton Twp
Sumpter Twp, Dearborn Twp, Tay-
lor Twp. Livonia, New Boston and
Huron Twp.
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Rumania Is trying to erase the
handwriting from the wall.
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newspapers addressed to Chicago newsdealers also
were aboard.
Despite the good wishes Of express and aviation
officials and the best available weather reports the
craft was forced down at Mt Jewett Pa. after eight
hours flight Strong headwinds over the Alleghenes.
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Ir. Strauss GaAtZ

Mr.. Strauss GaAtZ
Wyandotte News Herald
Wyandotte, Michigan
Dear Mr.. CAN'T:
wish to thank you and your staff
Of the Wyandotte News Herald for
taking such a courageous stand
against State Proposal No. 4.
I also wish to thank you for pub
fishing my speeches opposing this
amendment. have personally
thanked Alma Bowers, your Trenton
reporter, for her fine cooperation
I am sure the people in the down.
river communities feel proud to have
a newspaper like the Wyandotte
News Herald.
Yours very truly,
Francis s. Thomas
Supervisor
Netherlands East Indies
November 3, 1914
Gentlemen.
Your copy Of the Wyandotte News
arrived here and I can't tell you
how much happiness is brought to
me in this desolate jungle and Jap
infested island. 1t sure brought me
back to Wyandotte.
I enjoyed every bit Of it and it
was nice to know the whereabouts
Of some of my buddies. Thanks for
your interest in us boys in the
service.
Convey my best wishes to my
| friends and neighbors.
Sincerely,
Cpl. Chef Zuzga
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-16

JUST Is years ago this month, the first fullscale
j experiment in the transport of express by air was
undertaken. The early morning of Nov. IA, 1919,
huge 4-engined Handley-Page bplane lumber across
Mitchell Field. Long Island. and slowly rise into
the air on nonstop flight New York to Chicago.
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: BUY WAR BONDS -
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-16

1IlC ""OCA "0'o 1uI1 O1 S4u1o1IJ nv
lie jellyfish about the size of your
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02

buying. to make clothes last longer, eat less
costly foods, see fewer shows, smoke less
tobacco walk oftener to work, cut corners
as never before But every penny thus saved
and invested in bonds really constitutes cap
ital to be available wher money will be most
needed. and which between purchase and ma
turity will be drawing i34eres' higher than
almost any other form # investment. Y
We have said before, out its Importance
iustifies this repetition, kat if all amount OF
money equivalent 10 the '.tal sought through
bond sales were to be collected in take sthere
would be no direct return to the taxpayers,
whereas if invested in war hcre~ the pur-
chasers will not only &c: their money back
but a dividend as well.
It should not be necessary to cite a strictly
selfish reason for buying bonds 1t is the
manifest duty of everybody to buy them for
the part they are aying III tie war effort
But if their purchase must be reckoned as
business enterprise, 1t ma. be truthfuny
said that no other security on the market
today is either so safe OF SO profitable
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
GERMAN SEAMEN
LANDED IN ERE

LONDON, Jan. 1-tR-The Fire
governments information bureau
announced today that 1854 German
seamen, possibly SUI, vivors of the
Bay of Biscay fight Ct Dec. % in
which thre- If IL Nazi destroyers
were sunk, had been picked up
by the Irish snip Kerlogue and
landed at Queenstown in neutral
Fire.
There was possibility, how
ever, tina, sonIe OF the rescued
men were The crew Of the German
blockade runne1 sunk by aircraft
in the Bay of Biscay, the day be-
fore the, battle with the German
destroyers.
The information bureaus an
nouncement said the men were
landed early this morning. Pre-
sumably they Will be interned as
that would be in line with Fire S
policy of neutrality. American and
British airmsn forced to land in
Fire at various times in the war
have been informed rear Dublin.
Following the action in which
the British cruisers Glasgow and
enterprise Sank three out of II
survivors in iifeboats About 70
crewnen were seen abandoning
the burning blockade runner the
dav before.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
1914 GIVEN QUIET
WELCOME BY CITY

Wilmingtonians, without fanfare,
ushered in the New Year, 1914.
Most citizens were engaged in
their own individual celebration.
Beyond that, the city was relative
ly quiet.
Even police headquarters, the
sheriff office, and the State High
way patrol could report no unus-
ual happenings, minimum OF ar
rests for minor offenses.
Front street seemed to own its
usual number of pedestrians Sat.
urday, but business appeared slow.
Some department stores remained
open.
The post office made city deliv-
cry of mail Saturday morning, no
rural delivery. The office was open
from 10 a. m. until IL noon.
City Hall and the county court
house employees were on holiday,
as We're Atlantic Coast Line work
ers, and grocery store employees.
The shipyard was operating.
Entrance of the year was mark
ed by the blowing of whistles and
the ringing of church bells. Par
ties at number of homes and clubs
were in progress when 1943 made
its exit.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
Man Of The Year

In the opinion .of Time magazine. the Man
of the Year is not the head Of a world power,
but the American chiefoi-staff General George
c. Marshall.
The magazine explains is selection by say
ing that it was General Marshall who as
stunned the duty, on the day Germany invaded
Poland, of Transforming worse -than-disarn-
ed United States into the worlds most eff
fective military power" In view of this serv-
ice it is he who more ttian any other (man)
could be said to have armed the republic. -
Before selecting General MARSHALL" the
magazine adds, Time considered the claims
of Prime Minister Churchill Generalissinlc
Chang Ka-shek, Premier Staha and Presi-
dent Roosevelt
We offer a double saute--to Time and to
General Marshall.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
Bond Campaign Nears

One of the first major jobs the American
people must do this year is to buy $14, 900, 0O0,-
DOC worth of war bonds TIL, selling cam
paign is to open on January 1s. The rebudget-
ing Of individual expenditures ought to start
at once if success is to crown this new crusade,
out of the proceeds of which American fight
ing forces may be supplied with the tools
they need fog victory.
The Treasury department is Looking to the
nations retail merchants to take a leading
role in the campaign. The merchants have
responded nobly to previous similar requests
They will not fail now. But i. must be ac-
cepted as an indisputablc fact that the mer-
chants cannot guarantee the goal will be
reached without having assurances OF public
support in their effort We may believe they
will do more than their part They'll stretch
a point, go far out of teir way, exceed the
prescribed demands upon them. to put the
crusade across. But without the people in
all walks of life. all occur iors professions
and trades, matching their efforts in the form
of increased bond purchases. they will fall
short of their goal.
Wilmington has passed the goa in all pre-
vious bond drives it can do it again i
workers in all lines If gainful endeavor Sc,
that they have a personal responsibility ii
winning the war and MAKE whatever sacri
fice is necessary to increase their bond buying
In the last analysis, l. is inaccurate t
look upon bond purchasing as an actual sac
rifice. It may be necessary to- go without
some of the things we are accustomed t
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
Flu Control

There has been considerable said of the
influenza epidemic in Wilmington. There is
much more to be said about it.
One of the things that calls for emphasis
is that while the disease g mid in form it
is not to be discounted for that reason. There
is excuse TO treat It with Indifference.
Only worse suffering result if it is.
One characteristic of influenza is that while
it may start in seemingly hall hearted man.
ner, the longer it remains prevalent the Sc
verer it grows.
This is not said to alarm anyone, but only
to caution everybody to recognize the disease
as a definite menace to be dealt with dras
tically.
We will do well to realize that if the present
epidemic is not curbed quickly it will quickl,
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become worse And we must also realize that
we have a responsibility for curblng 1t.
The doctors alone cannot do it. The public
must.
How? By taking common sense precautions
against contracting flu. By avoiding contact
with persons already affected By avoiding
drafts and wet feet and becoming over-chilled
BY lodging colds.
If it is contracted by going to bed at once
and following the instructions OF the health
department; and, of no less importance, by
isolating oneself to prevent passing it on to
others.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
You're Telling Me

The Japs, we're told are firm believers in
ceremonial etiquette. Maybe Tolo's fleet is
waiting for an engraved Invitation presented
formally to come cut and fight.
The Bolivian Army has Just tossed that ma
tons president out of office Some folks
have a queer idea of what constitutes a
Christmas present.
Winters first real cold wave seems to
have also put the freeze On a lot of that Vic
tory Garden Dragging.
The life of Pacific deep cea fish, according
to Photographs, is a lonesome one. Not any
more-think of all those sunken Jap supply
ships they have to play with
Zadok Dunkopf says that old-fashioned pro-
verb which begins, ITO many cooks" now
seems mighty. od-fashoned, nGeed.
Grandpappy jenkins believes he received
the most worthless Christmas present of all.
Someone sent him a steak knife.
A leopard does not change its spots. And
sadly adds Grandpappy Jenkins-neither does
a Christmas tie.
Wonder if Mussolini has MADE any plans
| does it make?
People, says a medic, who keep theil
mouths shut live longer. Are you listening
Doc Goebbles?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
Sulphuric Acid Vital
In Wartime Industries

In peacetime the largest share OF
the sulpAuric acid used in the Unit
ed States is consumed in the fer
tilizer industry. 1t serves to break
down insoluble phosphate r % k,
converting it into superphosphate
of lime which dissolves easily in
the soil and can then be drunk up
as food by plant roots.
The second largest amount is
used in petroleum refining where
it helps to tear the complex oil
to pieces Next comes the steel and
iron industry which uses well over
million tons year for pick
ling" ships plates, rods, and doz-
ems of other steel and iron OBJ
jects-a final process for cleaning
and surface-coloring.
The manufacture of explosives
stood in tenth place before the war
Now the amount of the acid used
for this purpose is held secret, but
there is little doubt that the large
quantities of smokeless powder and
INT being turned out today place
the explosives industry much near
er the top of the list.
A few of the many other pro-
cesses that consume large guam
titles of sulphuric acid are the pre-
paration of dyes, other coal pro-
ducts, miscellaneous chemicals,
drugs, perfumes, paints and pig
ments. The acid is used in the
processing of textiles: and in re-
cent years increas Ms amounts have
gone into the making of plastics
including rayon and celluose films.
Nearly all metallic copper owes a
debt to sulphuric acid, the liquid
which makes possible the electro.
lyte method of copper refining.
Chemically. sulphuric acid is
H2SO4, which means that it is
made up of two atoms of hydro
gen, one of sulphur, and four Of
oxygen. 1t does not occur in ma
ture. 1t is a tool. invented and pu'
together by man just as truly as
are the axe and the knife. Blu
this chemical tool came ages after
physical tools. The first sulphurit
acid is believed to have been made
some twelve centuries ago by Arat
chemists. The earliest trickle o.
production in the United States be
gan in 1898.
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What liquid other than water is
helping industry most to do its
war job?
The popular vote probably would
g OTTO petroleum, says a bulletin
from the Nat nal Geographic So
siety, because that dark, greasy
fluid or its products is known to
almost everybody.
But, when all the evidence is in,
it points to an oily, colorless liquid
that scarcely anyone knows: sui
phuric acid. This stuff does most
Of its work behind the scenes, and
at the very grass roots of dozens
of industries. About the only time
the average man sees it at work is
when he peers into his storage bat
terry.
Sulphuric acid has been called
1.-THE fundamental heavy chemical.
Because it has a hand in refining,
making, OR finishing most manu-
featured products, the amount of
is used is SOS. de- et an index to
a country's industrial development.
This yardstick checks with many
others in showing the United States
to be the worlds greatest indus
trial nation.
By 1925 the United States was
far out in front That year it pro-
duced and used 100000 tons of
sulphuric acid compared with less
than 100000 tons each by France,
Germany. and Great Britain. After
that, with a few ups and downs,
production increased S o w y in
most countries until war blacked
out statistics. Since large Quanti-
ties of the acid must be used in
the manufacture of explosives, the
amounts turned out in the warning
countries undoubtedly have in
creased sharply in the war years.
In the United States the figure rose
to $3.50, 900 tons in 1910, and to
II ,040. 900 tons IN 1871. the latest
year for which production has been
disclosed.
| Sulphuric acid is a powerful but
dangerous servant. Splashed on the
human body, it will scar its way
into skin and flesh. This liquid is
so strong that it will char a piece
of paper like dry heat will. Its
industrial job, fittingly. is to carry
on controlled destruction
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-02
Where Strike Blame Rests

Rail workers place the blame for failure to
compose their differences with management
and their rejection of President Roosevelt as
arbitor upon War Mobilization Director James
F. Byrnes. They are wrong.
Their purpose is to Shift responsibility Tor
their strike threat in the war crisis to others.
They want to evade responsibility themselves.
But they have chosen to shift the burden to
the wrong shoulders
President Roosevelt himself is responsible
for this as well as all otaer labor disputes
because he closed his ears to all complaints
and his eyes to glazing inefficiency in the
labor administration, and also because he at
tempted to prevent initiation with artificial
controls.
In the grave emergency this nation now
faces, the rail unions and the steel workers
too, haven't leg to stand on, but in seeking
to Justify themselves they ought at least to
trace their alleged grievance to its true source
the White House.
President Roosevelt has chosen to surround
himself with incompetent adviscrs-Mrs Per.
kins, Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes Henry Wal
lace, for example-and has refused to replace
them despite repeated demonstrations of their
inefficiency
AS consequence word goes abroad to the
enemy that the United States is in the throes
of labor rebellion and the government is sc
weak that the Army is forced to take over
and operate the railroads. The German prop
agandists are making the best of their OPP
portunity to tell their satellites that the Unit
ed States is falling apo and they will de
better to stick by Hitler than rise against him
The parsonage in high position in thi!
country who calls the threat Of railway ane
steel strikes great tragedy and may have
the effect of prolonging the war, with &C
companying heavier casualties, is correct
Certainly he is right in saying that revol
in Germany, France and other Nazi-controllet
countries is probably delayed
There will have to be a great change il
this countrys administrative policies if tn
United States is to have its proper place il
achieving victory in 1914.
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By BARBARA ELLIS BROWNE

Now that the Scharnhorst is
sunk
I've got d wonderful story for
you," said the Commanding Off
Ger of the R. A. F. bomber station,
sitting in his office in spring of
l942-but you mustn't write it
yet"
He seemed 10 expect appreciative
comment; so l mustered some for
him, although l did not feel ap-
preciative. had come to the bomb
er station for the night in the
hope that big force would go
out to bomb Germany and that
sagas of the air would be reveal
ed in the littl. snippets of talk
that would be pried from the air
crews when they got back in the
dawn hours.
And now the c. o. had told me
there would be no fights that night,
but that he had a big stcry-which
mustn't write.
"Just look here" said the C.. O.,
with all the pride of father of
a bomber station in the latest
exploits of his boys
He lmrolled d large scenic photo
graph on his desk, weighted it at
the four corners, placed a stand
with a magnif.-ing glass made
to fit the eyes like binoculars upon
it, and beckoned to me.
What l saw was obviously g
Norwegian ford, it'll shapes upor
the surface of "the wrinkled sea, %
that looked like two near toy
battleships. Everything appears
toy sized from the air, l thought
still bending o~er the map, bu
my wandering thoughts came tt
an abrupt stop. We're those battle
ships SO little when you compar
ed them with the coastline of the