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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-12

he went to work for the bank in
1884 he was not a skilled bank
employe, but was instructed on
how to post the books. He asserted
that at that time there were a
number of leash items" being car
ried by the bank.
It was while posting these ac-
counts, the witness asserted, that
he noticed a number of checks
being paid which were not good.
They were carried forward until
the next day but were not con-
cealed by improper entries except
on the days wsle the examiner
came to the bank. On such &C.
casions, he asserted. the items rep
resented by wo,r h lie S checks
which had already been paid, were
fictitiously charged to other peo-
Piles accounts until after the ex>
aminer had completed his work
They were then restored, he as
serted.
Dotson testified that this prac-
tice continued until 1889, but the
items were not improperly charged
except when the examiner was
about to check the bank.
The witness testified that the
first improper charge made per-
manently on the books of the bank
was made in January 1889 and
remained in one from OF another
until after the bank closed.
The charge was made, he as
serted, to cover overdrafts by per-
sons working in me bank in the
following amounts: Dotson $627;
Robert E. Free $595.15; Woodrow
P. Miles $1,145.3; and w. H. Pow
las $3.50. The witness asserted that
the fact that this improper charge
had been made, on the books of
the bank was known to all four
of the employees concerned.
Dotson then described in detail
the complicated system of double
books" by which a true set and
''false' set were kept in the bank.
He said that this system was not
installed all at one time but came
into being bit by bit as the volume
of the overdrafts to be concealed
gradually became heavier and
heavier.
He asserted that the 'manipula-
TONS of various persons accounts
to carry the steadily growing over
drafts became too voluminuos for
the system in use in 1910 and a
different system had to be in
stalled that would take care of the
larger volume of daily account
''manipulations."
Asked by Judge Johnson J.
Hayes as to who was the author"
of the system, Dotson attributed
the method to Powlas but declared
that Powlas, Free, Miles and him
self were all familiar with the
system and used it.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-12

Commerce; Col. Leroy W. Hearon,
Advertising director of the Wash
lngton Star and a past president of
National Newspaper Executives
Association; Kenneth B. Elliott,
vice President in charge of ad-
vertising for the Studebaker Cor
poration, and George R. Katz
president of the Katz Agency, Inc,
New York.
Others on the program are Carl
c. Council of Durham, P. H. Bate
Of Charlotte, P. G. Laughridge %
Salisbury, Roy Philips of Ashe.
vile, c. A. Fury of New Bern
Roy M. Ziegler of Charleston, and
Rol Parker of Chapel Hill.
The final event on the program
will be a banquet given by the
Herald-Sun papers of Durham
Around 100 executives are expect
ed to attend.
R. H. Carson of Raleigh is pro
gram chairman and M. F. Mar.
daugh of Durham is convention
chairman.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-12
Carolina Advertising
Executives To Meet
Jan. 24-25 In Durham

DURHAM, Jan. II. --P)- The
Carolinas Advertising Executives
association will hold its sixth an
nual meeting in Durham January
24-25 with a long list of speakers,
some of them national figures.
The program announced TODAY
said speeches would be made by
Don Bridge, Advertising director
of the Gannett newspapers now
serving as War Finance con-
sultant in Washington; DR.. How
ard T. Hovde, a consultant in the
Department of Commerce Blu
reau OF Foreign and Domestic
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-12

sequently with the shores of Eu-
rope.
Members of the commission were
honored at a reception given on
Monday at p. m. at the Cape
Fear club by the Greater Will
mington Chamber of Commerce.
Those members present were Roy
Rowe, chairman, Burgaw; E. c.
Brooks, Durham; Ben Douglas,
Charlotte; and William c. Olson,
Raleigh.
Lee H. Smith of Burlington was
unable to be present at the recep
ton.
Accompanying the commission
in their visits to various parts Of
the state are Captain T. H. Davis
manager of the Smith Reynolds
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-12
MRS, CLARA r. HINES

Last rites for Mrs. Clara Rogers
Hines, who died Monday at her
home in Seagate after a long i'll
ness, will be conducted from the
residence at 2:3o p. m. Wednes-
day by the Rev. j. E. Allard
Interment will follow at the New
Seagate cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Luth-
er T. Rogers, Jack F. Rogers,
Linwood Rogers, Charles w. Sum-
merlin, Woodrow Rogers, and
Frank Sneeden.
Honorary pallbearers will be z.
A. Sneeden, w. G.. Butler, DR.. w.
c. Mebane, r. C. Skies, DR.. A. H.
Harriss, Will c. Rogers, Frank
MCGOWAN, L. Larkins, J. A. Or
rell, S. E. Loftin, Thomas K.
Woody, w. A. Taylor, and Frank
Harriss.
Mrs. Hines is survived by her
widower. John E. Hines; three
daughters, Mrs. ]. E.. Bowen, Jr.,
Mrs. F. H. Woodcock, Mrs. E. W
Clemmons; five sons, Edward
Paul, John R., James l., and
Luke T. Hines; II grandchildren
one great grandchild; one sister,
Mrs. Mary R. Summerlin; and
three brothers, George H., Charlie
and Wilson Rogers.
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Obituaries
p. X. MURPHY

Funeral services for P. K. Muir
pm y OF Rosehill, employee of the
Star News circulation depart
ment, who died of a heart attack
Tuesday, will be held Thursday
at 2 p. m. in the family cemetery.
Mr.. Murphy is survived by three
sons, David, Russell, and P. K.
Murphy. Jr.; three daughters,
Misses Mary, Marilyn, and Emma
Murphy; his father, D. H. Murphy;
five sisters, Mrs. J. E. Teachey,
Mrs. A. W. Whale, Mrs. George
OFT, Miss Jessie Murphy, and
Miss Velma Murphy; two broth
ers, T R. Murphy and M. B. Muir
ply.
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MILLER TO SPEAK

RALEIGH, Jan. 11.-P)-Dr.
Julien Miller, editor of the Char
lotte Observer, will be the princi-
pal speaker at the annual banquet
of the Raleigh merchants bureau
on Thursday night.
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torney for the defendant, asked
for examination of the prisoner
by a psychiatrist and continuance
of the case.
The court ordered examination
of Setter by DR.. Frank L. Whelp-
ley of the state hospital at Colds
boro, but denied continuance.
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WILMINGTON AREA
IS AIR MINDED
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started, ought to lead the nation, :"
he declared.
George Franklin, consultant for
the North Carolina League of
Municipalities, revealed that in his
opinion cities and towns should
receive outside assistance from
some source of revenue for de-
velopment of air facilities.''
Among the specific points dis
cussed was the use of airplanes
for ferrying Cape Fear section
cargo-strawberries, beans, other
truck crops. Bluethenthal Field
was cited as the airport in a di-
rect line with Bermuda-and con.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-12
NORWOOD b. THOMAS

HENDERSON. Jan. II. - P) -
Norwood Branch Thomas, 70, re-
tired merchant and well known
civic leader, died at his home
here yesterday. Funeral plans
were not announced pending ar
rival of out of state relatives.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-12
MRS. ANNA MARTENS

Mrs. Anna Martens, go, died in
Raleigh Monday morning after a
short illness. it was learned here
last night.
She is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Henry Habenicht, and
Miss Marie C. Martens, both of
Wilmington. Several grand chill
dren also survive.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted Tuesday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock from the chapel of An
drews Mortuary by the Rev. Walter
B. Freed, pastor of St. Paul's
Lutheran church. Interment fol-
lowed in Bellevue cemetery.
Pallbearers were Martin Won
Oesen, Mang1es Won Oesen, George
W. Tienken, G. F. Tienken, J. H..
Tienken, and S. w. Shaw.
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Wednesday, January 12 1914 WILMINGTON STARS

airport in Winston-Salem, and
Mr.. Franklin.
H. A. Marks, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, introduced
the members of the commission
to the Chamber group.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-12
CHATHAM A. BORDEAUX

Funeral services for Chatham A.
Bordeaux, rs, retired rail road
constructor of this city, who died
Sunday at 8 p. m. were held
Tuesday at II a. m. in the Flynn
cemetery.
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Before the war, Britain pro-
duced one-third of her food; now
she produces tWo-thirds.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29
Do We Need To Practice Safety

heavy toll of war workers and mil itary personnel as we'll.
 We, of Bradley Field, both mili- tary and civilian personnel, should take heed of these figures and at tempt to conduct ourselves safely in the performance of our official duties, as we'll as during our hours of relaxation.
 Our accident record is good, but analysis shows that the majority of recent accidents to both military and civilian personnel could have been prevented by the observance of ordinary common sense safety practices.
 IF WHAT YOU DID YESTER- DAY STILL SEEMS SAFE TO YOU, THEN WHAT YOU ARE DOING TODAY IS NOT SAFE ENOUGH. .~--.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

Most decidedly, YES. Recent sta tistics released by the U. s. De- partment of Labor state that acci- dents are killing and injuring more persons on the home front than on our battlefields.
 The Department states that in the period between Pearl Harbor and 1 January 1914, 750O more persons have been killed in indus trial accidents in the United States than have died in our theaters of war.
 Permanently and temporarily disabled workers exceeded our war casualties 60 to 1, and 56,00O,000 man-days of war production were lost because of industrial accidents.
 Off -the-job and highway acci- dents, in addition to the above fig ures, also took an unnecessarily
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29
Brahms Second Symphony, R. Strauss,
 Tchaikowsky Works At Library, Tuesday

"The greatest force in making America a country of music lovers has unquestionably been mechani- zation. Through machines, the mountain came to Mohammed: music came to the average Ameri- can." So says David Ewen in Music and the Monograph, a captain in the Music Lovers Handbook, edit ed by Ellie Siegmeister.
 MT. Ewen could have gone fur ther. Through machines, music has entered the Army camp via the Base Library. Here, every Tuesday evening, is scheduled a concert of recorded music for the military "music lover" with programs made up of his request numbers. Join us next Tuesday and enjoy The 1912 Overture .. Tchaikowsky Symphony No. 2 ........ Brahms Piano Concerto, No. 1,
 Rachmaninoff Death and Transfiguration,
 Strauss Bring along your cigarettes or pipe. We furnish the books or writ
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

Fire at No. 1! It's the German Messerschmitt Me. 210,, a low wing, twin engine fghter-bomber. Both edges of the wings taper to rounded tips. There is a gun blis- ter on each side of the fuselage. The tapered tailplane has rounded tips and a single fin and rudder. A new version of this plane, the Me. 40, has a similar silhouette.
 (Courtesy Dodd, Mead & Co.,, publi.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

After month in the guardhouse, Pvt. Grogan swore off liquor. On his first night away from camp he came abreast of a tavern.
 "Grogan, my boy," he told him. self nobly, tits hard but you've got to do it. Pass it by."
 Bracing himself, he marched en past the door, then stopped.
 "Grogan, my boy" he told him. self, jubilantly, "you did a fine job Come on back and I'll buy you a shot,"
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29
OPA Job
(Confisned from Page One)

olution urging states to finance their own postwar programs.
 At their April 4 meeting, the committee also asked that the Gov ernment give all discharged fight ing men a pamphlet of some kind outlining Government benefits to ex-servicemen and presenting in- formation to help them readjust to civilian life.
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Officer of the Week
 (Costiaaed from Page One)

the 29th. In January 1943 he was promoted to First Lieutenant and this past February first added an- other silver bar.
 The Captain, his wife Mrs. Mar ie R. Warehouse, and four-year-old daughter, Barbara, reside in Suf- field at present, but call Great Neck, Long Island, their perman- ant home.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

Not at No. 2! It's the British Mosquito, a twin engine, low-wing bomber The main taper of the wing is on the trailing edge. The line of it's leading edge is broken at the center panel by projecting radiators. The engine nacelles ex- tend beyond the wings trailing edge. The tailplane is tapered and has single fin and rudder.
 lers Aircraft Spotter by Lester Ott.i
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London-Bruce Barrow, a Brit ish soldier was fined SIP for speed ing down London street in self-propelled invalid chair during a blackout.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

ing-paper, and, above all, the MUSIC! The time? 1945 Tuesday.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29
Reorganization and Spring Cleaning

Bradley Field all of could do we'll fall line bit and spring cleaning policy mp6es and streamnes military ad avoiding duplication of will be needed perform the job for which all Bases the First Air Force responsible
 and the tendency slow down and is only polone the Therefore additional effort that home New resolutions good cleaning of in ewith the eoveral policy
 H.. E.. JOHNSON,
 Colonel Air Corps,
 Commanding.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Hotel Workers Case
Put Up to Lobor Bourd

The checkoff and closed-shop de-
mands of 1850 employees OF Is
Washington hotels which have stood
In the way Of contract renewals be-
tween the AFL Hotel and Restaurant
Employees, the AFL Bartenders' In
ternational League and the WASH
ington Hotel Association resulted
today in certification of the case to
the War Labor Board by Secretary
of Labor Perkins.
Arthur j. Harnett, secretary OF
the association, said wages and
working conditions have nothing to
do with the dispute, but the en-
ployers have opposed inclusion of
the checkoff and closed shop condi-
ton. There is MO strike and the
litigants have been negotiating
without success since April IL with
L. j. Smith of the Labor Department
Cancellation Division acting as me-
diator.
Evening star., 1944-05-12

Secretary of state Hull's statement
that both Father Orlemanski anc
Prof. Lange went on the invitation
of the Soviet Union as private
American citizens, acting in theil
own individual capacities and with
no official status. Continuing, MIR
Lesinski wrote Mr.. Biddle:
1T is quite apparent from the
foregoing letter of the Secretary OF
State that the Rev. Mr.. Orlemansk
and Prof. Lange were acting in their
own individual capacities, as spe-
cially invited guests of the Soviet
Union. I am. therefore, of the
opinion that both the Rev. Mr.. Orle-
manski and Prof. Lange have di-
Irectly violated the provisions of Sec
ton S of the Penal Code of the
United States"
Further on. the Michigan Rep
resentative added:
''Inasmuch as the Rev. Mr.. Orle-
manski and Prof. Lange have violated
the provisions OF our penal code, I
am calling on you to take appro-
pirate action, upon their return to
this country, as it is quite apparent
that they have been carrying fon
both verbal intercourse and writ
ten correspondence with a foreign
government with the intent to in
f1uence the measures and conduct
of that government in relation to
the policies of the United States.
Il am also calling upon you to take
appropriate action as to these indi-
viduals in regard to their acting as
agents for foreign country without
being properly registered by our
State Department in accordance
with existing law"
Evening star., 1944-05-12
| French Admiral
Given Life Term
lFor Treason
By the Associated Press.

cs the Associated Press.
ALGIERS, May IA special
military tribunal today convicted
Admiral Edmond Derrien of
treason and sentenced him to
life Imprisonment.
The former commander of the
French naval base at Bizerte was
accused of surrendering his forces
TO the Germans at the time of the
American invasion of North Africa
in November, 1912.
Because of the admiral's age-he
is 61-he was not sentenced to hard
labor but simply solitary impriSon-
ment.
The court absolved him of sur
rendering the base voluntarily tC
the Germans, but convicted him OF
turning over the warships. This
saved the admirals life, for had he
been convicted on both counts OF
the indictment ne undoubtedly
wouid have been sentenced TO death
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Federol Workers Get
Similar Treatment.

II you are q Government vorker
80 and over, your agency will send
your draft board evidence that Won
are working in an essential activity
and you will be entitled to the same
consideration as men working in pri-
yate industry. Your case win not
have to go to the Puryear Commit
tee on Government Deferments be-
fore your agency can act. The COM
mittee, however, will "post-audit~
your case. The necessary evidence
known as an "occupational classi-
fication form" will be ready for
mailing to the draft boards In a
few days.
If you are a Government worker
aged rs through 20, the Purvear
Committee will continue TO fudge
your case before the local board
sees 1t but the committee will use
the same necessary man" tests an
those applied in private industry.
II you are Government worker
under 26, the committee now has
been authorized to ask for your
deferment, but only If you meet the
strict criteria set up by the Inter-
agency Committee which is deciding
In which war activities, plants and
occupations the youngest draft
eligibles can be considered for de-
ferfnent.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Summer DeudIine Set
For Getting Fuel Oil
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoclated Press.
Civilian consumers and distribu-
tors of fuel oil in the East Coast
must fill all their storage tanks this
summer If they are to have enough
stocks to carry the area through
next winter, Petroleum Administra-
tor Ickes said yesterday. t's
He said a large number of indus
try storage tanks have been turned
over to the military with the result
that the industry has less storage
space for civilian oil in the area.
Evening star., 1944-05-12

tGO0IlIluSQ LSJ dSS''
Marshal Stains answer: I think Ii
Is possible.
The two questions and answers
constituted the only direct quota
tions of Premier Stain in Father
Orlemanski's recital of his visit to
Moscow. which stirred up con-
siderable controversy in political
and religious circles.
Refuses to Answer Questions.
The Springfield priest, talking to
reporters as newsreel cameras
ground. refused to answer any ques-
tions. He presented the statement,
also read from little black note
book, but waved all questions aside
with no questions, no questions,
please
The priest asserted he went to
Moscow "as, private citizen" and
not as a representative of the Cath
olic church nor as an ambassador
of the United States State Depart
fnent.
He described his trip as "a mis-
sion to Moscow to help my church
and Poland" and said Il have Won
derful news on Poland, but this
will come at later date"
Telegram Praises Mission.
Meanwhile, Leo KrZycki of New
York. president of the American
Polish Labor Council, in Chicago on
business, sent the following tele-
gram to Father Orlemanski:
six hundred thousand union pro-
ducers of steel, tanks, ships, planes,
trucks and other war materials, af-
filiates of the American Polish Labor
Council salute you, courageous
man of vision and understanding Of
things to come.
I'VE believe your mission over
there will bring about friendlier un-
derstanding and relations between
our Polish brethren and their strong
neighbors, the Russians, and will
lead to closer political and economic
collaboration between these two nat
ural neighbors resulting in truly
free, independent and prosperous
peoples Poland
we believe your contact with our
gallant Russian and Polish Allies
will give us information to refute
the contention of Polish reaction
aries that fratricidal conflicts will
result from the Red Army's liberat-
ing march into Poland"
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Dean Hustie Heads
NAACP Branch Here

Dean William Al. Hastie of the
Howard University law school has
been named president of the Dis
trict branch of the National Asso-
iciation for the Advancement Of
Colored People. He succeeds the
Rev. Arthur D. Gray. who resigned
when he accepted the pastorate of
the Church of the Good Shepherd
in Chicago.
| The Rev. Mr., Gray, who was serv-
ing his second term as president of
the local NAACP, was pastor of the
Plymouth Congregational Church
here
Dean HASTE is a former Federal
judge of the Virgin Islands.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
House Member Says Visit
Violated Penal Code

Representative Lesinski, Demo-
crat. of Michigan, in a letter to At
torney General Biddle. asserted
yesterday that the Rev Stanislaus
Orlemanski and Prof. Oscar Lange,
by visiting the Soviet Union, had
violated the penal code governing
intercourse with a foreign govern
ment. He asked that Mr.. Biddle
take appropriate action" Mr.. Le-
sinsh inserted copy Of his letter
in the Congressional Record.
In his letter, Mr.. Lesinski recalled
Evening star., 1944-05-12
so Boy Athletes to Get
Awards Tonight at T

Sixty young athletes will receive
awards earned during the winter
and spring seasons at the annual
junior athletic award night of the
Boys YMCA, 1882 G street NV, at
o'clock tonight.
Following presentation of awards
there will be q father and son swim
in the pool, movies and refresh
lmentS.