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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
The Tar
Heel
Gardener
By John H. Harris
N. C. State College

The phrase, too late and too
little" may have been over used,
but it expresses exactly the Vic
tory Garden situation today. Most
gardeners waited too late to pre-
pare their soil and as a result
many vegetables such as spinach,
mustard, and onions that should
be up and growing have not even
been planted. The too little part
of the phrase is probably caused
by low point value of canned
foods, bad growing weather last
summer, and misleading informa-
ton about our vegetable supply
for this year
My suggestion to Victory Gar.
deners and potential Victory Gar
deners is to grow, insofar as pos
slble, your own food supply for
1914. Last veal approximately AZ
per cent of the fresh vegetable
supply consumed by civilians was
pr oduced in the home gardens. II
we are to be fed as well this year
as we were last year, it will be
necessary for the Victory Garden
er to equal or surpass his last
years production.
We cannot help being late this
year, but we can help being "too
late and too little" There is still
time to prepare the soil and plant
some hardy vegetables such as
beets, carrots, kale, mustard, cab.
bage, and leaf lettuce. 1t is prob
ably too late in Eastern Carolina
and the lower piedmont to set out
head lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower,
and to plant garden peas.
AS soon as danger of frost is
over, tender vegetables should be
started. The soil for these vegeta-
bles should be prepared now while
there is still plenty of moisture.
The rows can then be easily laid
off later and the fertilizer applied.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
Farmer Finds Locust
Trees Make Good Fences

WILSON, Apr. IF all farmers
in this section would follow the
lead of James B. Hunt in plant
ing a few black locust trees, it
would be only few years before
there would be enough fence
posts for fencing all the farms in
Wilson county, says County Agent
]. o. Anthony of the State College
Extension Service. Hunts black
locust have grown enough since
1910 to make seven-foot post,
4 IL inches at the large end and
almost 3 inches at the small end,
with one small brace 7 feet long.
The trees were grown in an old
tobacco plant bed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
RECORD PIG CROP

NEW BERN, Apr. 2.-F. H.
Whitehurst, of the Broad Creek
community of Craven county, has
record crop of Sc pigs, now
about one month old, from 7 brood
sows, reports County Agent L. G..
Mathis Of the State College Ex-
tension Service. Whitehurst says
that the use of grain crops for
grazing has put his sows and
pigs in exceptionally good condi-
ton and has saved him a consid-
cradle amount of grain in the feed
ing program. 'He also has 8 milk
cows, that were raised on the
home farm, and they would do
credit to any herd in Eastern Car
DINA" Mathis says.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
RAID is STAGED
ON GERMAN ISLE
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Sofia had been destroyed in a raid
supported by Allied air power.
Excluding Sofia at least four OF
these strategic adriatic islands on
a 175-mile stretch from below
Flume to below Split apparently
are held in part or in whole by
Yugoslav and Allied forces. Others
have been taken temporarily, but
apparently were lost later.
Just east of Sofia is Brac, 152
miles square, where Yugoslav
trops led by an American officer
captured the port of Pucisce, Tito
announced on March Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
CHINESE REPORTED
TO HAVE VIOLATED
RUSSIAN BORDER
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Continued from Page One)
report on happenings in remote
Sinhiang-sometimes called Chi
L Sc Turkestan-many represent a
t -ird indication of hardening Rus
sian policy in the east Asia area
now that the Red army is ap-
preaching its early 1899 frontiers
in the west and has passed them
at some places.
The Russian report follows close
upon announcement last week Of
renewal with Japan of the fish
cries pact in Russia's northern
waters and the conclusion of an
agreement by which Japan gave
up her coal and oil concessions in
the northern part of Sakhalin
island rs years before the ex-
piration date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
City Editor OF State
In Columbia Killed

COLUMBIA, S. c., April 2.-(P)
Murray du Quercron Bonnoitt,
40, city editor of the State, morn
ing newspaper, was killed early
today when his automobile and
a truck collided two miles north
of here.
Bonnoitt served as state news
editor and telegraph editor of the
State, whose staff he joined in 1881
after being with the Charleston
News and Courier, the Knoxville
Journal, the Tampa Tribune and
the Associated Press office here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
Japanese Withdrawing
From Augusta Bay Area

BOUGAINVILLE, Solomon Is
lands, April 2 -R- The Japan
-ese are engaging in fierce rear
guard actions daily while their
badly decimated remnants with
draw across the Emperor range
from the American held Empress
Augusta Bay sector.
Pounding of the retiring enemy
continues as artillery, destroyers
and dive bombers lay barrages on
troops and installations.
Three patrols, including the
famed Fijians, were pinned down
by Japanese ambush but all
escaped with minor casualties at
ter killing more than so of the en-
envy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
LoAD1NGs UP
WASHINGTON. April

WASHINGTON, April 2 ~
Freight car leadings for the sec
ond quarter of 1914 were estimated
by the Association of American
Railroads today at about 3 per
cent more than actual leadings for
the same mouths of 1913. For %
principal commodities. indicated
loadings are 9,209,50 cars, COM
pared to 8,943,507 last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
VICTORY GARDEN
INCREASE URGED

Victory gardens were tended by
1873 per cent of American fam.
lilies in 1943, and 1855 per cent
plan to have one in 1914, accord
ing to survey just completed
by the Home Makers Guild Of
America.
OF the families questioned, only
53.2 per cent stated h e y had
grown vegetable garden before
1913.
The guild is composed of pan
ell of typical homemakers, scien-
tifically selected to represent a
true cross-section of the Ameri-
can public.
Economy and patriotism, close
,ly allied in wartime, accounted
for 74.8 per cent of the reasons
given for having a Victory Gar
den in 1913. Other reasons listed
were the saving Of ration points
(11.7 per cent?, adding variety to
menus CD, hobby go and ex-
ercise Q.5.
Nearly 30 per cent of the women
questioned indicated the produce
from Victory Gardens was both
consumed at the table and put up
for future use. Some SO per cent
of the consultants canned or glass
ed vegetables in 1913, and 50 per
cent plan to increase this activity
In 1914.
L More than rs per e n t used
standard household jars for pro-
cessing vegetables in 1943, but 68.l
per cent reused coffee and other
commercial jars, indicating that
the wartime reuse program for
commercial jars had materially
assisted with food preservation.
Many consultants used more than
one type of container for this pur-
pose.
I Protection of the growing gar
den from pests concerns a SUBJ
stantial number of h e women
questioned. Seventy-five per cent
used insecticides last year, and
40.3 per cent want more informa-
ton on how to eliminate harmful
insects; 1875 per cent would like
to know how properly to use in
secticides; 1872 per cent want to
know how to protect the garden
from rabbits and other animals.
Other information desired includes
care and cultivation of vegetables,
how and when to plant, how to
use fertilizer. tips on crop rota
ton.
Most valued advice during 1874;
came from seed catalogs, accord
ing to 343 per cent of the con-
sultants Other sources of help
listed in order were newspapers
magazines, radio. the United
States Department of Agriculture
Farm Extension Service. Country
Demonstration agents, state uni
versity pamphlets, community as
sociations and garden clubs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03

The War Food Administration
has announced that organic nitro
gen, which fertilizer manufacture
ers may use, will be increased
about IA per cent. There has been
higher production of inedible nj
trogen materials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
PROPOSES MOVE

NEW YORK, April 1-lREDr.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia university, said to-
day in an interview on the eve of
his 82nd birthday that the capital
Of postwar Germany should be re-
moved from Prussian Berlin and
relocated at Dresden or Frankfort.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03

the college and government all the
facts that should be brought to
the neighborhood and to visit the
homes in the community explain
ing these various programs. 1t was
interesting to hear this couple tell
who had left the community over
the years end and who had moved
in. They knew every family and
were informed as to what each
family intended to do as regards
farming in 1914. At another home
nearby, a couple had become home
beautific cation leaders and not only
had they improved their own
grounds by planting various shrubs
and flowers but they had encour-
sged others to do the same. The
whole neighborhood had been i'm
proved by their effective work. Al
the home of Mrs. T. C.. Carlton
near Pinetops in Edgecombe Coun-
ty, Mr.. Harding and I were in
vited to have dinner with the To-
cal club. We found the food cook
ed in excellent fashion, served
well and the whole occasion han
died with dignity and dispatch.
More than 80 persons attended the
dinner and it was no small task
to prepare and serve it. I could
not help but wonder, as the host
and hostess met the situation in
such competent fashion, whether
Or not this could have been done
so nicely before home demonstra-
ton club work came into the coun-
ty.
We saw how the women have
helped to build a better type of
living on the very small farms
also. One home that we visited
had recently been improved to be-
come one of the most ''livable"
small country homes that I have
ever seen. The owner and his
wife have two children. The boy
is in the army and the girl is mar
ried. There are only 10 acres of
open land on a farm consisting of
a. acres. Yet this farm home is
furnished in simple but wonderful
taste. 1t is equipped with cleo
tricity, telephone and every con-
venience. The housewife cans
enough food from the garden and
small orchard to supply the family
during the winter and there is a
good income from the poultry
yard. Of course, most of the in
come comes from 6 acres of to-
bacco but there is also cow.
brood sows, plenty of corn, and a
supply of hay. The man has his
farm workshop and does all Of
his own repairing and building. In
fact. it was largely due to his in
genuity that the home is the model
that it is The wife says she re-
celVed her inspiration to improve
this home from attending the meet
ings of her local home demon
stration club.
All over North Carolina, the
same story will be told. From the
simple club meeting in the most
unpretentious neighborhood to the
gala occasion when the women
gather for their county and dis
trict federation MEETINGS, this work
is building a better rural civiliza-
ton throughout North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03

We are told that just one slice
of bread thrown into the garbage
each week in every American
home is the same as if our baker,
les threw away 100 million leaves
of bread year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03

Eggs, alone or in mixtures,
should be cooked at a low to mod
crate even heat to prevent them
from becoming tough and leath-
cry, say Extension home demon-
stration specialists at State Col
1ege.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03

In recent years he had conduct.
ed Sunday book and MUSIC paga
for the State, and his reviews were
used widely by other newspaper,
and by publishers.
He attended the College o,
Charleston and Georgetown Uni.
versity, and was native Of Sum.
merville, near Charleston.
The widow, the former Miss VIII
Jemison of birmingham, Ala, and
a daughter, Allen, both of Colum.
bia: his father, of Summerville, and
two sisters and a brother survive
-V-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03

The average person handles be-
tween 20 and &C buttons in dress
ing and undressing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03

Of gallons Grade
requirements military
be
demand amounts Grade milk
A. Extension dairy
College He points out that North Carolina is becoming lead
milk will
that fayoraby with similar
products other states
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-03

Coast fog signals were almost
unknown until the middle Of the
nineteenth century.
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05
Weekly Orientation Chat
5,OOO,OOO Tanks Get Family Aid From ODE Payrolls

The War Departments everbusy Office of Dependency Benefits now has five million accounts on it's books, paying family allowances and Class E allotments of pay to more than ten million dependents of men and women in the Army. This agency, an activity of the Army Service Forces, now has mailed almost 54,0O0,0O0 checks totaling over $3,000,00O to soldiers families. One ODE statistician, paraphrasing Dorothy Parker, has estimated that if ODE disburse- ments, represented by dollar bills, were laid end to end, they would wind around the world 12 times.
 Of the five million accounts now being paid, approximately three million are family allowances, paid directly to wives, children, and other dependent relatives of enlist ed men and women, the ODE has disclosed. Nearly half the money paid out in family allowances is deducted from the soldiers pay, with the remainder contributed by the government. The two million Class E allotments are paid en- tirely by soldier funds.
 During a single day in January the ODE mailed 4,601,580 checks to ten million dependents in the U. s. and in Al countries abroad where payments were permitted by Treasury Department regulations. This mailing list filed AT large mail trucks.
 The ODB's huge business is con- ducted by radio, cable and mail to and fro mall parts of the world. Messages from dependents have been received in 37 languages, in- cluding Arabian, and the transla- tion group in the ODE Communi- cations branch has handled more than 4,200 items in single month. Altogether, it's the largest opera tion of it's kind on earth.
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
 YOUR INSURANCE?

Have you ever stopped to cona- der how much easier the payments for your National Service Life In- surance are than the insurance pay ments you may have made in civil lian life? Then there was the old routine of receiving notice of pay ment due, and the constant danger of forgetting to submit check in time to keep the policy in force.
 Insurance officials in the Army have decided, and you will agree, that authorizing allotment from pay is much simpler and safer than the civilian method. By allotment you are not burdened with prem ium notices, receipts, and monthly remittances. In short, the burden of payment details falls on the Ar my; you never have to worry about whether or not your policy is in force. After your application is ae- cepted, everything else is automa- tic.
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M'M EMer<!
by KATE SMITH

WHAT'S NEW: When George w. Tucker did not answer the Clerks call in New York Muni- cipal Court, lawyer stepped up with a piece of paper which indic- ated MT. Tucker had been dead for 63 years. Major Joseph K. Nc Nay married the twin sister of the girl he originally had a date with, and never knew the difference. |. When a near-sighted prospective draftee at the Clarkesburg w. Va, induction center read the eye chart perfectly, it was discovered he had memorized the chart to insure in- duction. P. s. He was rejected.
 Baby bit doctor when the latter tried to remove a tiny bell which the month infant swallowed. Both were removed to the hospital, where the doctor got first aid and the baby finally had the bell removed. Cpl. Raymond E. Vanderspiegel, of Flaw thorne, N. J., now with a Marine tank unit in the Solomons, wrote his dad requesting the .45 Colt he had used in the last war, as bir- thday present. A Pittsburgh girl welder purchased two extra $10O war bonds, explaining that though she had saved up for divorce, she
Bradley beam., 1944-02-05

decided she hated Hitler worse than her hubby. Bill Dickey, the veter- an Yankee catcher, has been nam- ed the "Player of the Year" by the N. Y. Baseball Writers and will re- ceive placque in his honor at the annual dinner. Grey Clarke, who will wear a Chicago White Sox uni form this Spring, was officially certified as the 1943 American As sociation batting champion. There are about 375 big leaguers in the service and nearly 5000 minor leaguers.
 A G. I. was walking along the street leading a huge bloodhound on a leash. An incredulous sergeant who happened to be passing by paused for a moment while inspect ing the dog. "Is that a real blood hound 2" he asked. "Is that a real bloodhound ?" said the G. I. in a deeply indignant tone. "Yes, that's what I asked" persisted the ser geant. Herman" said the G. I. to the canine, Herman, bleed for the sergeant"
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A Uhaplain 2 Uhnughta

Now, as never before, the need of complete faith must manifest it. self cleraly within all the hearts of fpee-living people. This faith must be strong enough and powerful enough to overcome all obstacles and problems that are bound to present themselves in war-town world.
 We must realize the tremendous scope of this world conflict; it's many powerful influences that reach around the world. These in- fuences are striking upon the hu- man race and causing direct changes in the course of civiliza- tion. Our peoples of the world are being directly and indirectly affect ed in many ways.
 Economically, the changes are many-fold and are entirely new and foreign to the great percentage of our people. In order to cope with new situations, some drastically different from anything the pop ulace have had to encounter pre- viously, there must be a firm belief and knowledge of what is right and the will to see that these beliefs are carried out. There are changes every cay that leave stress upon the heart ano mind of nearly every individual because the changes have altered the way of living. A new thought process must take place with each new situation, and as these get more complicated our minds must be clear and above all our faith must be unyielding and ever true.
 Socially, our lives are changing every day even though we are sometimes unaware of them. To meet and successfully handle the many new ideas and customs we all must have faith and loyalty in those whose responsibility it is to make this better world in which GO lItCs OuI 4d1IIl 1IiuSL UC SCIOIlS that our way of life will be pre- served ano the living conditions of people throughout the world will be improved.
 Spiritually, the world must al- ways depend and rely upon human faith and prayer and the under standing of God and his teachings. More than ever before, our peoples are beginning to realize this and have renewed a faith and courage that were fast becoming stagnant and of no use.
 We must feel closer to God and we must each pledge to live a lit- tie better life than we have in the past. We must pledge a faith un- broken and true that will fortify us against all wickedness and evil in the world, giving us happiness, security and the joy of living in. a better world.
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O8OO. Confessions before Mass).
 Protestant Worship Service: Sun day morning 0900.
 Jewish Service: Sunday morning, 1000.
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E.M. PROMOTIONS
MEDICS

Following T/3s to Staff Sergeant: Michael J. Muzio Leon F. Stortzum William L. Skinner Milton Weiner Following T/4s to Sergeant: George s. Boyce Charles E. Chagnon Charles Collins Bernard E. Friedman Jules P. Hebert Emil A. Kula Maurice A. Lussier Lewis Milesky James Burns :: Antonio R. Colella Norman D. Copenhagen Russell J. Gordon :: :: William c. Kitchens Carmen A. Lapi Winslow l.. Merritt Donald s. Pincoski Following T/5s to Corporal: Francis J. Anton George Basar Joseph c. Bond Anthony L. Carlo Ernest A. Dorrier Howard Gnagi William F. Jureit, Jr. William l. Kohler Stanley J. Kornacki Harry L. Layman, Jr. Archibald Morrison John R. Orshak Philip Rielly Leo J. Slominski Stanley J. Szaro Melvin T. Williams Dominick A. Arigo Harold Benjamin Frederick J. Brobeck Forrest F. Cobb Paul J. Duchaine Saul Halfond Donald E. Keefe Thomas H. Kolucki Thaddeus A. Kurek Dung Y. Louie Lyle F. Moore Edward C. E. Olivenbaum Donald Reichert Wilton H. Robinson Arthur Sweeney William H. Troy, Jr. Chester Woloszyn
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esrd AREA

Services discontinued. In the fu- ture. transportation will be pro- vided to Base Chapel +t1, IS min utes previous to each Service.
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status of nOn-commissioned off

status of non-commissioned off cers.
 0. I was indicted last year and will be 38 next month. Will l then be eligible for an over-age dis charge?
 A. No. Only those men whe reached their 38th birthday on or before Feb. 28, 1943, were eligible for discharges as average. At pre- sent it is the policy of the Army to keep everyone in service who can be useful in any manner.
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HOSPITAL

Sunday afternoon, Semi-Secular Musical Program 1400. (Recreation Room).
 Catholic Mass: Sunday morning
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aY 9I;Sa

Q. Is it possible to send mail to prisoners of war. And are they per mitted to answer your letters?
 A. Of course you can send mail to prisoners. In fact, this practice is encouraged. The mailing address of prisoner of war is forwarded by Red Cross authorities through the Governments Prisoner of War Information Bureau. Most prison CTS, however, are strictly limited in the amount of mail they send out, SO you may not hear from them for many months, if at all.
 Q. When I was drafted last year, I named my mother as beneficiary of my National Service Life In surance. She has since died, how ever, and now I want to name my father beneficiary. He is a resident of Cuba. Is this okay?
 A. In most cases, it is acceptable to name a person living outside the U. S. as beneficiary. If your father were a resident of Germany, or some other Axis nation, how ever, payments to him would be held up until the end of the war.
 Q. Is it possible for a warrant officer to be broken" or reduced in rank by a court-martial?
 A. No. Although warrant off cers are not commissioned officers, they are not enlisted men either and may not be reduced to the
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CHAPEL No. 2 (West Gate)
CHAPEL No. 1 (SOutheast Gate)

Catholic Services: Mass at 1000. Protestant Worship Service at HOO.
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Q. Is it possible for a warran officer to be ''broken" or reduced in rank by court-martial?
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-09-23

Who is he? There he is: the first
one you meet. Listen,look, hur-
ry, hurry, hurry, and help where
you are. Sunday, Sept, "a, l0:45
a. M, Wen speak on Get Your
Bearing" Sunday School at
high noon; 6:10 p. M, young peo-
pies Bible test; 1880 p. 11lp text:
"Contentment". Don't fail to
hear Rev. Dennis when time
permits you. Mt, Zion is moving
on with the Fall and Winter
Spiritual Campaign. And our
members show their eagerness
to serve. Sunday, Sept. II, joy
and gladness filled each hearers
heart, as the Pastor pointed out
the danger in contention, which
comes through our belief in our
own perfection; we are so good,
that all who fail to think and
act as we do are on the wrong
road. Thus we keep the way
blocked. At 7:45 Rev. Dennis
preached on "He is Worthy"