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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-11
Thirty One Fl. Bragg
Soldiers Now Citizens

Thirty-one Fort Bragg soldiers
became citizens Of the United
States yesterday at naturalization
proceedings in Cumberland coun-
ty superior court in Fayetteville
before Judge John J. Burney, Of
Wilmington.
Announcement of the proceed
ings was made last night by Jen.
nings OTIS, naturalization exami
ner of the United States Immi
grafton and Naturalization Serv.
ice, upon his return to Whining.
ton from Fayetteville.
Included in the list Of those be
coming citizens were Canadians
Italians, &c m ms, Cubans
Czechoslovakians, Poles. Scots ane
Irish Free Staters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-11
BY HOWARD SUBTLE
Star-News Washington
Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 1C-The Ma.
tional Association of Tobacco Dis
tributors has abandoned its fight
against allotment of quotas under
the tobacco quota law, Joseph Ko-
lodny, executive secretary, reveal
ed here today.
Kolodny advised representatives
of tobacco farmers in North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Ten
necsee and Kentucky at dinner
here last night that the distributors
would not oppose crop control, and
would cooperate in the continuance
Of orderly marketing of leaf to-
oacco within the quota system.
The position of the tobacco dis
:ributors was made public at the
same time that Senator Burnet R.
Maybank, D-S. c. revealed sup
BORT by Carolina senators and con-
yrecsmen o. the proposal of S.
Charles Green, secretary of the
South Carolina Tobacco Farmers
association, that men in the service
With experience in growing tobacco
,e furloughed to assist producers
n gathering their crops. Withdraw
Il of opposition to quotas also
:ame az an aftermath to announce
nent by Representative HAROLD D.
cooley, of Nashville, of his opposi-
ion to proposals for tobacco toler-
nee as proposed in the pending
agriculture appropriation bill.
Kolodny told the tobacco repre-
entatives who were guests at the
inner given by the distributors
hat after meeting representatives
f the farm groups, he believed
he farmers should not be disturbed
4 retaining quotas. He added that,
his opinoion, the farmers and
distributors are in position to work
ut plans for proper production of
.af tobacco under the quota
ystem.
The meeting was called, he con-
nued, to promote ''better under
landing between the growers and
IL others who are engaged in to-
acco products. We have no quar-
81 with anyone. We merely want
lie assurance of an adequate sup
ly of flu-cured tobacco so more
ian a million retail merchants
no depend, largely or partly, for
Heir livelihood on the sale of Gig
rettes, may survive"
''We are convinced that, with the
operation of the Congress, War
God Administration and the farm
IS, sufficient and good tobacco
IN be provided within the quota
ystem 70 make cigarette ration
lg unnecessary, Kolodny stated.
D. A. Graham, of South Carolina,
spresented State Oranges of both
lie Carolinas, while the North Car
ina Farm Bureau was represent
lby R. S. Rogers, president. "Mr.
olodny's announcement was a
!easant surprise to me-, Graham
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-11


Breitzke, Arthur Mccord, the cab
driver who transported the trunk
to the railroad and Frank Macias,
is year old eighth grader who
told police he helped villegos move
the trunk, testified before the jury.
Breitzke said the boy had been
taken to the juvenile home after he
told officers he had helped Vile
COS.
A trunk containing woman S
body was opened in Los Angeles
last week when station attend.
ant noticed liquid oozing from the
piece of luggage. The body was
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-11

packed IN sa.t and s,,rro,,n
various =. articles of clothing, v
-, = way o'll showed the trunk wa,
sent from Chicago April 30 NV ''
John Lopez, who addresses
the same name in Los Anas1 o II t.
,,.a 4 :, wa, was given, and the b NH
Vlllegos told Crystal Civ mil.
ne was working in a Chic ap p0llcs
craft plant and that he hs 81 ar
tanned leave to return to his ' poo o.
Crystal City. 40 hume
----V-
! spoken in India. eeS are
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-11
P olicy To Keep Draft
Boards Out OF Politics
Revealed By State Head

RALEIGH, May 10 R Brig.
Gen. J. Van B. Nets, state direc-
tor of selective service. summa-
rized today policies adopted by the
headquarters here 'to divorce the
selective service system absolute
ly from any suspicion of partisan
politics"
Pertinent parts of h e policy,
enunciated in 1912, were directed
to members of local boards, gov
eminent appeal agents, and COM
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-11
Give
Your Feet An
Ice-mint Treat
Get Happy Cooling ReIief For

Burning Callouses-Put Spring in Your Step
Don't groan about tired, burning feet.
Don't moan about callouses. Get busy and
give them an Ice-Mint treat. Feel the COM
forting, soothing GOODNESS of Ice-Mint driv-
ing out fiery burning :. aching tiredness.
Rub 1ce-Mint over those ugly hard old
corns and callouses. as directed. See how
white, cream-like 1ce-Mint helps soften
them up. Get foot happy today the Ice
Mint way. Your druggist has Ice.Mint.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
Fire Peril

Under the whitening late summer Sun. the
danger Of fire increases. Forests and fields
are finder dry. Farm barns are crammed to
the roof with inflammable livestock feed
This year the danger of fire is greater than
normal, because Of the manpower shortage
Forest protection agencies have lost many of
their trained Smoke chasers'' and no longer
can count on large numbers of men to combat
conflagrations. Last year in the single state
sheds, and grain fields swept through CTS 900
acres. Nine out of ten were man-made and
therefore preventable. Such fires do irrepar-
able damage to the war effort. They destroy
natural resources that only time can replace.
Where standing timber has been wiped out,
this means hundreds of years.
From now until the first soaking fall rains
efforts to prevent fire should be redoubled.
Extreme care should be used in burning trash
Every cigarette butt should be completely ex.
tnguished. Extreme caution should govern
the use Of matches.
-iieio ale SIlll peIdlleS 1Or failure TO OBJ
serve preventative measures during the fire
season. But even these are futile unless the
public intellectually cooperates wi h fire
prevention authorities. In most instances. the
thoughtless culprit who starts fire through
carelessSness, is not apprehended. He may
wreak destruction totaling many millions OF
collars He may also bring death of many
persons.
These are things we should take dime to
think about during dry summer days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
Rubber From Honduras

Reports are in circulation that nurseries
which will eventually supply 1000 and 1900
pounds of raw rubber per acre annually are
being cultivated in Honduras Taking the place
the United States, the Honduran nurseries are
expected to provide planting stock for tens
of thousands of acres of high yielding hevea
rubber. The stock is as good as any in the
world, according to Charles Morrow Wilson,
author of ''Trees and Test Tubes
If the rumors are well founded and Hon.
duras proves to be as satisfactory for rubbe,
production as the islands in the southwest
Pacific, it should be possible for this country
to meet its needs without paying the monopo.
istic prices prevailing in the past and without
the long haul involved in importing from the
Orient-provided, of course care is taken to
prevent the creation of another monopoly such
as the Dutch and English enjoyed for so many
years before the Japanese took their planta.
tons away from them in the early rush OF
their conquests. ~.
Now that Honduras has joined Brazil and
Haiti in rubber cultivation it would seem that
this country may assure itself of a sufficient
supply from Latin America when the world
returns to normally. That still leaves the
problem OF synthetic rubber plants built in
the war emergency to be solved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
The Pitiful Petain

Argentine diplomats in Europe, including a
member of the Rome legation staff, are re-
ported from Goeteborg, Sweden, to have en-.
countered Marshal Petain, the rat Laval and
members of the Vichy cabinet at Freiberg,
on their way home from the Reich. They say
the octcgenarian Petain is practically in col
lapse can walk with difficulty and then only
with aid from his wife. The only direct quo
tation from him is that he is delighted
France is freed. They add that he will have
no communication with the Germans and re-
fuses to speak to Laval
The burden on Marshal Petains conscience
is enough to weigh him down. It is not sur
prising that he "seems to be in trance
In contrast is the attitude Of Pierre Laval,
who is described as maintaining cordial rela-
tons with the Germans.
But there is something else of even greater
interest in the interview with the Argentine
party at notwithstanding which should
help in reshaping Argentinian public and Of
fetal opinion. The former consul general at
Berlin, Miguel Angel de Gamas, who seems
to head the group, told interviewer:
'We encountered spirit of desperation ev:
erywhere. To give an idea of the chaos in
Germany, we had to wait day at town
near Rostock on our way to Sassnitz "a Bal
tic Sea ferry porD and Sweden because of
the transport disruption caused by Allied air
raids. Travelling conditions there are now
hopeless.
'We Travelled for days across the Reich and
received no food or water. Luckily, we had
few bottles of mineral water
"At the town of Fredrichshafen, close to
the frontier, we saw many aircraft factories
completely flatened. Toward t h Siegfried
Line region we saw old women and 12-year-old
children-even younger ones-digging defense
trenches"
Reasonably such testimony as this ought to
convince the government and the people of
Argentina that they have nothing to gain and
much to lose by clnging to the Hitlerites and
turning cold shoulder to their fellow Ameri.
can republics, including the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
Can't Measure Effects

irresponsible spokesman for labor attemnt
10 measure the man-hours lost through strikes
LII terms OF the time lost by the striking work.
ers only. The hypocrisy of their method was
revealed during the Philadelphia transit strike.
IN letter to the President regarding that
strike, William Davis, chairman of the
war Labor Board. wrote 1T involves up.
ward OF 5000 employees of the Philadelphia
transportation Company It is depriving
some 100000 people of transportation, about
Soo'ooo OF whom are war workers.
Actually no one can measure the far reach
ing effects OF a wartime strike Anyone who
even attempts to justify such a strike is tar
ring himself with the same brush of near
treason which blackens the soul of every strik.
ing worker. The plain fact is that there is NO
excuse whatsoever for strikes during wartime.
1ney will boomerang against the cause Of
legitimate unionism surely as the sun rises
instead of trying to excuse past strikes
whose damage can never be repaired; union
representatives should work to avoid further
! strikes until the war is over and won
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
Daily Prayer
FOR ACCEPTED PROyIDENCEs

SOIe AOSGI L Eli fhOVlDENCES
AS we peer over the boundaries
of cur petty personal interest, we
see Thy stately steppings, o Lord
GOO of Hosts, across the history
OF time. the largeness of Thy
ways aWes and chastens us. Thou
art the Lord of endless ages; and
even our dull eyes may see how
Ihou are working Thy purposes
out. Quicken our understanding
we pray, that we may behold Thy
PRESENCE In this Transforming era.
IN deepest reverence, may we seek
to lay hold upon Thy pure will
1of us and our. day. Grant us
strength to accept whatever Tho,,
sendest-even to the sacrifice of
cur dear ones in battle-as part
OF Thy Father design. Deliver us
from the sin of living small and
material lives in large and spir-
l1ual time. Turn our THOUGHTS
more and more insistently to
contemplation OF Thy ways with
our fathers across the centuries.
Lord. increase our faith" Amen.
-W.T.E
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22

man antitrust act, for the most part have
been in effect for many years Some Of them
are necessary in order to comply with the
provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act.
Virtually every important act of a railroad
is already subject to the approval of the In
terstate Commerce Commission and regula-
tory commissions of the various states But
centralized government is reaching out for
more authority which at every turn limits or
destroys state and Individual rights. Never be-
fore did the preservation Of individual and
states rights depend so completely on the
protection of Congress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
With The AEF
GUYS From Brooklyn

was all so quick we hardly saw it
happen" -.
"Say, Sergeant, interrupted the
lieutenant, ''if he wants news, tell
him about your decorations and
how you turned down soft COM
mission because you wanted to
fight as an infantryman."
1t was glib Weisman's turn to be
embarrassed, but he recovered
quickly.
Nav, decorations are a dime a
dozen and keep quiet about that
other business. Lieutenant. I've got
a law practice to think about and
nobody will ever want crazy man
defending him in court"
well, 1 guess that's that" sigh
ed the lieutenant. Come back
some other time and We'll try to
dope out some news
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
Utilize Empty Lofts

The Chamber Of Commerce Is starting a
search for factory sites and buildings with
the object of attracting new industries to Will
mington and New Hanover county.
While this is going forward might 1t not
be advisable to list the empty lofts Of down
town buildings, many Of which have sufficient
floor space to meet all needs Of small in
dustries? They are yielding no revenue un-
tenanted, are in no way an economic asset
to the community.
If Wilmington is to become the thriving COM
mercial center its city builders envision for
the postwar era it will be necessary to draw
not only major industrial plants but small
factories as well, and there is no better loca-
ton for them than on the second and third
floors of buildings in the business center which
now and for long time past have served
only for the accumulation Of cast-off material
and breeding place for spiders.
A business census taken not long ago in
Oklahoma City revealed 30-odd small manu-.
featuring plants in similar locations in single
block. The thing to remember is that they
were there because Oklahoma City leaders
went after them They did not drift in on any
high business tide. They were brought in by
the efforts Of men who had the commercial
advantage of their city at heart.
It would be an injustice to think that Okla
homa City has better business leadership than
Wilmington Surely similar campaign to the
one conducted there would bring as satisfac
tory results here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
With The AEF
Nv KENNETH l.. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN FRANCE,
Sept. 21-tRNMen of a heavy weap-
ons company sat on a rainy hill
side eating K-Rations and trying
to heat coffee.
No, they didn't know whether
such and such regiment was
around the bend of the road. How
ever, it should be having very
busy time if it were there, some
body opined ASSEMBLY. Why? Well,
because the Germans also were
there.
"Well, so long as you're going
to stay here WHILE" 1t. Cor
nelius Mickey Grace of Brooklyn,
company commander, said present
ly, "You might as well write some
thing about U.S."
"Okay-what' new around here?
"Ten my wife I know all about
my new son now" said Mickey
waving a fistful of mail. II just got
letters giving the play-by-play."
THAT amt news, Lieutenant"
said Pfc. Walter Comstock Of
Cleveland, Ohio, "Everbody mas
babies"
Well, what is news about this
OUTFIT" the lieutenant asked.
TOO many Brooklyn guys"
snapped Sgt. Simon Weisman, 32-
year-old ex-lawyer from Minneap-
oils, chewing a chunk of K-Ration
cheese as he spoke.
who else is from Brooklyn?''
"Well, you asked for it," said
Weisman YEARLY. Line up men.
Get your notch ook out. will intro
duce them sowly."
"These other two lieutenants are
Leo Lamar, machinegun platoon
leader, and Hyman Pregament, an
81-mm mortar platoon leader.
That's three Brooklyn officers
which should give you the germ OF
the idea
Grins spread around the faces
OF the dirty soldiers grabbing their
first rest in several days as the
introductions continued.
Reading from left to right,
these are G.. is Pfc. William Ga.
BILE, machinegunner who used to
work in Brooklyn. The rest are
privates who live in Brooklyn--i1
they ever get home again, which
some of them are beginning tc
doubt. They are Alan Melville, Ro-
sario SpineIli and Louis Rivera, all
machinegunners.'
THAT seems to be all of them
around at the moment, but there
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22

are plenty more if you want them
rounded up. Also, we've got a few
Bronx boys and if that's not enough
here's Sol Nagorsky, for instance
another private"
Just then a short, stocky, pug
nosed 1rishman came stalking up
He had Pics single stripe or
his shirt
ooh, yes, if that's not news
here's Irish Bobby Brady, former
featherweight fighter from Jersey
City. He's fought all the champs
He's still fighting, too. Tell him
about those four Germans the other
day, Bobby"
'Aw, forgot it, said Brady, legi-
timately embarrassed. II just
lost me head, that's ALL
mo, now you tell him." insisted
Weisman. p.
well, I sees these mugs walk
ing along the road and they comes
up to some dead doughboys and
they stand there laughing and
pointing at them. You see, me cap
tain has Just been killed a little
while before" explained Bobby,
so before I thought just lost me
head and tied into them"
"All four of them he knocks
down with his bare fists" said a
grinning soldier nearby. land it
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
Capitalization Dangers

The Capitalization Of government in Wash.
fnston has grown to such an extent that Fed
eral agencies now brazenly reach out to limit
more and more The rights of the states to
regulate business within their boundaries
Following an attack by the Department of
Justice. fire insurance has now been held In
be interstate commerce and subject to Fed.
eral regulation under the antitrust laws. IT
has heretofore been regulated by each of the
q states, in accordance with the laws and
conditions applicable to each state.
Justice Jackson in criticzing this new in.
depreciation, said: II have little doubt thai
the present trend continues, Federal regr.
htion will eventually supersede that Of the
states.''
The insurance industry is in utter conf,,.
sion. State regulatory agencies do not know
where they stand. To remedy the situation
Me House of Representatives in Congress, bv
a vote Of almost IL to l, approved hill
that not only renders inapplicable the Fed
eral anti trust laws to insurance, but clearly
indicates that as a policy, the House favors
Federal interference. The bill will now hav,
to 90 before the Senate.
That Justice Jackson's fears are well ius
titled, il shown by the latest move OF the
antitrust division of the Department of Jus
tice which plans to attack the railroads unde,
the antitrust laws. The procedures which the
department claims are violations Of the Sher
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
BY JOHN sELBY

BY Valour and Arms" by
James Street; Dial: $3).
James street has set out to see
that the west gets it's share Of
credit for it's effort in the War
Between the States. by Valour
and Arms" is the latest install
ment, the third of what he expects
to be set of six books on this same
general subject. It fits rather
loosely into the framework, al
though some of the old characters
return - Dabney or so, Keith
and Norma Alexander, and a few
minor examples.
Mr.. Street believes the Union
was saved in the west. Most peo-
pie, he thinks, have no idea Of
the way in which Robert E. Lee
and his Virginia clique stole the
show, or that had Lee not done so,
the south might have netted far
more from the war. Might even
have won it. The Battle of Frank
lin was more bloody than Gettys.
burg, he points out, and although
Vicksburg held out more than a
year, when the town finally fell
the disaster for the south conpar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
interpreting
The War
BY kIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War , noN


Maj forces or all f rlla yS
Europe are reeling under s rns il
nized Russian-Allied blows 'Ebn St
is around the Arnhem gatar WI i
Holland to the vulnerabIe cc"ay in
coastal plain that the m meFnaa
parent. ''' Is a.
Complete allied success
could set the whole Nazi " Ie''
front from the Swiss bordas wet
North sea rocking. 1t coNId 10 Thy
the beginning of the end ~ ~ Spsl
battle of the Rhine almost h b..I IL
it actually began. Oelo'e
They acknowledged that
fight on that narrow sectoT =. IL
500 mile wide West front " eo ~
prove decisive" Yet swift sUi
seizure intact of the Nim @.,.S'
bridge across the lower PIE;
strongly indicates confused i'. NE
uncertain situation within eps ',a
ranks at that critical D OHM. ,
which Field Marshal Now M,
ery's chargin tanks and lear. s s..l
ging air borne forces were t.l.'
full advantage. ''Aa'
There was no question that M..,
gomery W a S already sbu+ti g,.
heavy ground forces across tbo - y
important Nijmegen bridge in,, a4
not only of quick relief for ' a..
advance air-borne troops ems NE
beseiged at or near Arnhem h..
also on widening his front ro W.T.
of the Rhine as quickly as pOs, Sta
It appeared a dangerously narroT
salient so far as it could be tr,s% S
on the maps and allied headousr
ers emphasized that Montgome,
had lost no time in expanding i,
base line south of the Waal.Phin,
and the Mas to guard agsjna
possible Nazi thanking thrusts
Not until the last Rhine cro,
sings are secured and Montgoner,
is in a position to begin pourn,
forces through t h e Arnhem.Em
merich gap will his next obier
tives become apparent.
German failure to hold Or d.
stroy the Nijmegen bridge sd
greatly intensified the triplethrea
nature of the allied left flank svr.
prise operations.
Front-line reports are ALREADY
picturing the battle as perfect
demonstration of ground-air COOP
GRAFTON. Secretary Stimson cited il
as an example of military achieve
ment, complete tactical surprised
the foe.