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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
BY RUTH .MILLET

Many commentators seem sur
prised that civilians, instead of
listening to the governments stay
trains this-summer plea, are
crowding them to capacity, as they
rush off for a week in the noun
tains, a visit to Aunt Susie, or a
nice rest at a lake resort.
Why should anyone be surprised
at the picture? Have they forgot
ten that civilians have Morale that
has to be constantly built up?
Morale, as a reason for doing
what they wanted to do, got so
popular with civilians as soon as
they learned the word from the
Army.
If certain things were necessary
for soldiers morale, tn ey just
naturally figured certain things
were necessary for their own.
Civilians-or SO they tell them
selves-are keeping up their
morale when they spend the price
of small war bond on an eve
ning's entertainment. They are
keeping up their morale when
they buy new furniture for the
living room, instead of making
the old do.
Women are keeping up morale
when they buy SIS and $25 hats
out of their earnings. They are
keeping up their morale when
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
Deans-Cullen
Wedding Set
For Thursday

rhe wedding Of Miss Juanita
,,.ureI Deans and Lieut.. William
n cullen will take PLACE at the
rsmple Baptist church in Whining
u, m Thursday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock.
The ceremony will be performed
l., CHAPLAIN Davidson of Bluethen-
.no1 Field, and Mrs. D. c. Gilbert
ill render the musical selections
viii" vii" Miss Charlene Register as So
Miss Deans will have as h r
naid-of-honor and only attendant
her sister, Miss Annie Deans. She
,,ill be given in marriage by her
father.
hest man, Lieut.. Robert Conner of
Btethenthal Field; and ushers will
be Lieut. William Highdon and
lieut.. Dallas Clarey.
No Invitations are being issued
brt friends Of the couple are in
vited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
Stay-At-Homes Are Best
Civilian Morale Builders

they crowd swimming pools and
golf courses and movies-insteac
of Red Cross workrooms, and the
hospitals that are crying for more
nurses aides.
And that's what they are doing
on trains, their luggage filled with
vacation wardrobes - keeping UP
their morale.
NEW INTERPRETATION
It's a funny thing, but when
civilians took over that word
morale and made it their own
they never used it to apply to
something they ought to do-only
to the things they knew they
shouldn't.
You haven't heard the family
who is vacationing at home talk
ing about how they are doing ii
for the good of their morale,
have you?
Yet doing what we are asked
to do for the good of the war ef-
fort ought to do more for our
morale than anything else a civil
lion might do.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
COTTON YIELD
TO SET RECORD

RALEIGH, Aug. g. (R North
Cardinals 1914 cotton yield will
probably be the highest on record
the state department of agriculture
said today in predicting a total
production of 10000 bales.
Crop Reporter j. J. Morgan est
mated this years yield would be
about 430 pounds per acre on 1872.
600 acres. This yield would pro.
duce 114,000 more 500-pound bales
than last year and $4,000 more
than the 10-year average, Morgan
said.
The 1914 acreage is the lightest
since 1878, Morgan said, with the
exception of 1889 when only 1884,
900 acres were planted.
'"These prospective yields should
hold under average weather con-
ditions," Morgan said, but added
1T is too early to predict the yield
if adverse weather occurs within
the next two months
A tropical storm which struck
the eastern section of the state on
August blew over the heavily fruit
ed cotton plants, but caused very
little breaking of the limbs, Nor
gan said. He added that only slight
boil weevle infestation was expect
ed because of hte advanced growth
Of bolls.
Many farmers consider the year
1914 as an ideal cotton year." he
said. THE big prospective yields
prove that cotton trives under dry
showing conditions. May, June and
July were hot months and served
= hold back boil weevil infesta.
ton.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
PERSONALS

Lieut.. Ernest R. Burgess former
" stationed here and recently sta
toned at Fort Monmouth, N. j.,
is spending several days in the city
enroute to Fort Benning, Ga.
Mrs. Foster Edwards and son.
Val JOINER, are visiting Ensign and
Mrs. John Worth McDevitt of Nor
folk, Va.
Mrs. S. c. Kellam of 219 South
Third street, is patient in the
Bullock clinic where she underwent
an appendectomy.
Miss Maude Webber, teacher OF
Bible in New Hanover county, is
spending some time in Oakland,
Calf, where she is engaged in
Child Welfare work.
Miss Mary Lib Moore, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Moore
of Currie, is a patient at James
Walker Memorial hospital, where
she underwent an appendectomy.
Miss Elizabeth Hardwicke will
have as her guests at her home on
South Front street this week Miss
Patricia Wadsworth of Moline, ILL.,,
and Miss Ann Upchurch of Hen
derson. Miss Hardwicke returned
to the city Tuesday from Daytona
Beach, Fla, where she attended a
houseparty composed of her former
classmates at Hollins college Miss
Wadsworth, Miss Upchurch, Mrs.
Robert Mabe of Ell Paso, Texas,
and Miss Carolyn Peters of Winter
Park, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
BatterYDance
Will Be Given
This Evening

Another army dance has been
planned for this week, this event
is scheduled for tonight at Lumiaa
pavilion at Wrightsville Beach and
is being given by Battery A Of the
566th Battalion.
A feature of tonight's event will
be Betty Mcclure ano her al-gir]
orchestra, who played this p a
Saturday night at Lumina for the
regular weekend dance. Girls in
the city and beaches are cordially
invited to attend and buses will
leave the Second and Orange USO
tonight at 8 o'clock sharp. Dress
is informal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09

The long-torso mode also goes
fancy for fall in fabrics as formal
as stain and damask; in PARKWAY
secuin traceries as twinkling as a
skyfIl of stars; in numbers of COL
ors that rival those of Joseph's
coat. Sometimes three colors and
three fabrics are combined-one
for sleeves, one for the long-torso
business and one for the skirt.
Often a top of come-on color is
posed against skirt il a subdued
or blacked-out shade, and embroi-
derry as important looking as iron
grill work is used to tie up the two
tones. An example of this trend is
shown in the New York-designed
style, shown at the left. Here the
top is of American beauty crepe,
the skirt is as black and slim as
an inky streak, and for color
tie-up tracings of heavy embroi-
derry accent hip band and collar.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09

NEW YORK-Best way to look
like the Petty Girl in clothes is to
sheathe your midriff with a long
torso tunic, jumper or MILDLY dress,
a fashion that won its spurs last
spring and is carrying over strong
ly into fall in new guises, fabrics
and colors.
One version that's going to be
popular with girls from 16 to go,
because it lengthens the 1.-THE line
and doesn't spoil the effect with
any redundant layers, is the one
piece dress that pretends to be two.
What passes for a blouse that
might blur clean cut outlines is
quite often a nice kind of fake-a
pair of set-in sleeves and a dickey
which you'll see illustrated in the
brown jumper-type dress shown at
the right. Set-in sleeves and bow
tied dickey are of aquamarine jer-
sew.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
POLAND DISCUSSED

LONDON, Wednesday, Aue. o.
N-Tripartite talks on the Polish
question have started in Moscow,
with Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, pre-
mier of the Polish Governmental.
exile, and representative Of the
Soviet government and the Soviet
sponsored Polish Committee of Ma
tional Liberation taking part, a
Reuters dispatch from Moscow
said today.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
Mrs. Edna Craft,
Leamon Hanchey
Engaged To Wed

Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Greer Of Will
noinson, announce the engagement
n, Mr. Greer's sister, Mrs. Edna
Croft to Leamon L. Hanchey, of
this city.
The wedding will take place with
in the near future.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
Plan
Meeting Friday

The Spinsters will hold their an
nual meeting Friday afternoon at
5:45 O'clock in St. James parish
house, Miss Betty Henderson,
president, announced Tuesday aft
ernoon.
Officers for the coming season
will be elected and plans discussed
for the annual fall dance.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr. and Mrs. George Nehemiah
Harriss announce the birth Of a
daughter, Frances Green Harriss,
on August 5, at Marion -Sprunt
annex.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09

The oldest national flag in the
world is that of Denmark, which
has been used since 1914
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09

war years, our funds have grown
until we are in a position to meet
all postwar liabilities -
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
CLOCK

Wilmington Assembly No. IL
Order of Rainbow for Girls,
will meet today at 6 o'clock in
the Masonic Temple.
Letitia Rebekah Lodge, No.
3, IOOF, will meet Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock. Of special
interest will be the comforting
of Rebekah Degree on a class
of candidates. All visitors in
the city members of the de-
gree are invited to attend.
Chapter 40, Women of the
Moose, will meet this evening
at $3.50 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09

Chicks Matched from large eggs
are larger than those Matched from
small eggs. y
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-09
Miss Katie Davis
Engaged To Marry
Cpl. Cleve MCGOWAN

Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Davis of
Wilmington, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Kate
Davis, to Cpl. Cleve MCGOWAN, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. I. MCGOWAN
of Wilmington and Kinston.
Cpl. MCGOWAN is now stationed
at Camp Cooke, Calf. The wedding
will take place in the fall.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

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Is reg. trade marx Of General Mills. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

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ROYAL MGTTLE: "T RREEER DEATH TO
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14
Entirely New Shape!

What's more, children love the very shape
of Cheeroats! 1t looks for all the world like
little toast-brown doughnuts,
And food value? Cheerioats furnishes food
energy! Vitamins, minerals, tool Get pack
age of Cheerioats today!
GENERAL Mills, Inc, Minneapolis, MINI.
Copr 1914. Gcnera1 Mills. Inc. Cheeroats
Is reg. trade marx Of General Mills Inc
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
BRTTAnNs O'C0NNOR,
 GENTLEST OF GENERALS.
 IS TOUGH TANK EXPERT
Rr WiIIiam. SmitI White


 WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE-On of the most bril- liant and almost certainly the gent lest of generals in the whole Brit ish army-but nevertheless one of the first field commanders to win a full scale and decisive land vie tory over the Axis in this war = confronts the Germans with indus tructible calm on the western front.
 It. Gen Sir R. N. O'Connor as WavelTs field officer beat Italy s Marshal Graziani lremember himl far off in 1941 and started Bri- tain's long march back in Africa and began to make good Churchill s then fresh and angry promise to tear Mussolinis African empire to "shreds and tatters."
 Taetician in Tanks
 Now Gen. O'ConnOr - he came back from Italian captivity in the spring of 1941 - is in the field against other tank adyersaries in another and far greater theater.
 His attitude toward subordinates and official visitors is half shy and considerate to such a degree as to make one think how improb- able were the events in his life that made him a military man at all. He is slight-hardly more than feet 6-with heavy, graying hair and a face that can only be called ascetic-the picture, say, of pro lessor in some American college.
 A Professional Soldier
 But this is only the surface pie ture and not the real one. Born. the son of a professional army man, he is a soldier through and through. Educated at Wellington college and Sandhurst Royal Military college, he served through World War Il was cited nine times in dispatches, awarded the Military Cross the Dis-I tinguished Service Order with a bar and the Italian Medal for Val or. Just before the outbreak ot World War Il, he was military gov ernor of Jerusalem.
 There is steel, very tough and long tempered, and quick snap judgment in this mana general who goes up into. the line too far and too often for the unspoken wishes of his associates. He travels by jeep. scout car or even tank as the circumstances indicate.
 I first met Gen. O'Connor back in England some months ago while both he and his command were top secrets" 1 shall never forget the difference between his manner in ordinary conversation and in talk ing about what was then still i'll the distance-invasion.
 My Dear, I Hope So
 His precise impersonal comments on what was comOing were as Sc renely offhand as a golfers idle comment on his game.
 On that day, the prime minister was at 0'Connor's command, in- specting troops. At one point dur ing the morning he turned to the general and said something to this effect.
 Do you know Montgomery thinks very highly of you?"
 O'Connor, fragile looking beside Churchills bulk, turned to his chief and said:
 Dear me, hope he's right"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
PUERTO REGAIN PAPER
 IS SCHOOL TEXT

SAN JUAN. F. R.-The Puerto Rico World Journal, only English language daily on this Spanish speaking island. has become an English text for students of the Central high school-comic strips and all - by order of Education Commissioner Jose M. Gallardo. Shipping difficulties and the con sequent scarcity of good textbooks were one reason for the novel idea, but another was the desire to give students reading that would inter est them. Student enthusiasm has resulted in the organization of a special weekly page prepaerd by the students themselves.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
S. PHILIPS CHURCH

The Rev. William Rector Services for sunday, Sept IT.
 10 a.m.-Sunday School.
 II a.m.-Morning Prayer, Litany and Sermon
 The choir will sing music by Bach and Thiman, Mrs. Leonard Campbell. soloist.
 Thursday, 7:3O pm.-Choir re- hearsal at the rectory.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Sunday masses at the St. Rose of Lima and St. John Catholic church are at 7:80 and 10 am. The Rev. Matthew HOch is pastor
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
FROM SHORTS TO SHORTS

BATON ROUGE. La.-T-5 Leon ard E. Charette of New Bedford Mass, now at Camp Van Born Miss. switched handbags with all other CT while on furlough when they changed buses in Hartford Conn. Charegte's bag contained one fiYe-pound salami, five onions loaf of bread, 150 Lincoln pen nies-and one quart of whisky.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
SCHOOL CHILDREN
 GIVEN PHYSICAL
 EXAMS THIS WEEK

Thirty school children had their mothers present while they re- ceived physical examinations on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. according to Miss D. Jackson, public health nurse. The examina- tions were given by pr. J. c. Gle ments in the Wrangel public school
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
CITY OF WARSAW
 NOW UNDER FIRE

MOSCOW - Russian and Polish troops are believed storming War saw proper from captured Praga. Four bridges across the Vfstula river are standing although the Germans claimed they were all de- stroyed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
MINERS CONDEMN FOR

CINCINNATI-The United Mine Workers convention adopted a resolution in condemnation of Pres ident Roosevelt and praising Gov. Thomas E. Dewey after scarcely a half hours debate, but didn't en- dorse Dewey.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
OUTBOUND PASSENGERS

Leaving thls week via the North land line were J. E. Gates, Miss A. J. Wilson, Fred Burton. Jean Jen- kins, W. G. Andrews, Peter John. E. o. Connor and H. Fairhurst to ketchikan; and the following to Seattle: Mrs. O. H. Waller, Mrs. H. bingham. Oris F. Lull, Mrs. James Hussey, P. J. Hussey, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Supa
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
DAUGHTER FOR GRANTS

Mrs. Fred Grant gave birth to d baby daughter this morning at Bi- shop Rowe General hospital. The infant weighed six pounds and four ounces.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
CHINESE ARMIES ARE
 JOINED IN YUNNAN

CHUNGKING-Chinese forces in North Burma and in Chinas Yun- nan province have established con tact somewhere in Yunnan, a n d now control the trail between Myit- kyina and Tengchung.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
FuNNS BEAT OFF
 GERMAN ASSAULTS

STOCKHOLM = The Films an nounce a German attack on Hog land island, and that the assaults were repelled except at one point where hopping up a weak bridge head is continuing"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
PITCHFORK vs. GUN

CAPE TOWN-Lt. Archie Turn bull of the South African Sixth Di- vision recently captured an Italian position with a pitchfork. Wounded and without his pistol, he attacked a German machine-gun nest in one of the buildings with a pitchforR until it surrendered.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday.
 10 a.m.-Sunday School
 n a.m.-Morniug Worship. Tuesday:
 2 p.m.-Wrangel Institute. Wednesday.
 7:3O p.m.-Alissionary Society. Friday:
 7:30 p.m.-Choir practice.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15

The tusk of the male elephant is preferred to that of the female for commercial ivory.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-15
SALVATION ARMY

Sunday Services:
 11:O0 a. m. Holiness Meeting.
 2.30 D. m. Sunday School. 7.3O D. m. Salvation Meeting. Week Day:
 Wednesday, 2 D. m. Youth Night Friday. 7:30 p. m. Salvation Meeting
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
Little Scientific Basis

The poisonous nature or dangers
of meat as an argument hasn't
much scientific basis. One has
only to adduce the studies OF
Thomas on The Health Of Car
nivorous Race" which were the
Eskimos. They live exclusively on
raw meat, and contrary to belief do
not eat much fat or blubber. They
are very healthy. High blood pres
sure or kidney disease is less pre-
valent among them than among US.
Examining nearly two hundred
Eskimos between the ages of 40
and GO, Thomas found the average
blood pressure to be 1929 They are
very active and vigorous. so they
must get vitamins from the meat.
Those who think that mans
structure IS designed for vege-
tarianism made a mistake. 1t
would not be scientific to say that
man cannot subsist on a vege-
tartan diet for a long time and re-
tain his faculties, as witness Ber-
nard Shaw. Although, according
to II. G.. Wells, Shaw cheats: he
has taken to using vitamin tablets
lately and since some Of them are
of animal origin he doesn't call
them food. He calls them-"Those
chemicals"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-21
CHAPTER ELEVEN

ANDREA AND Dennis Archer
had often dined at the exclusive
Ouinnipiac club. and Beth had
heard much OF 1t, but she never ex-
pected that she would be entering
its portals at broad noon with Den
nis-to get a Job.
He left her in the ladies' lounge
while he went in search OF Henry
Slade, and she took advantage Of
the moment to inspect herself, glad
that she'd worn her new navy and
white striped seersucker suit. Her
whxe cotton gloves were spotless,
her tan oxfords shined. She rubbed
a little OF her lipstick off and
thrust the stained handkerchief
into her bag as Dennis approached
with a worried-looking man Of
about so, who had shoulders
stopped as II he carried the weight
Of the nations burden upon them.
Dennis introduced them and she
was aware of pair Of piercing
eyes studying her while Dennis ex-
tolled her qualities (of which he
could have known nothing) as EFF
ficiency, loyalty. ambition" Then
Dennis was gone. with a brief
handshake for each OF them. Some
thing warm in the pressure of his
hand gave her the first warm feel
ing she had had for him, but the
awareness Of it was quickly passing
because Mr.. Slade began to talk to
her.
What happened In the next II
minutes was conducted at a tempo
that made her feel as II she were
looking at a dizzy film run off at
lightning speed to the accompani-
ment of machine gun fire. For. in
that length of time she was given
the slight information that Mr.
Slade, president Of the Arkansas
Folding Box Manufacturing COM
pany, had been drafted by his gov
eminent "a little, she gathered, TO
his consternation) was in immedi-
ate need OF a secretary for his Of
fee in Washington In which he
spent only a portion of his time,
and expected her to report for duty
not later than the following Mon
day.
He couldn't have disappeared in
puff Of smoke. but so quickly did
he disappear, after hastily writing
a check and an address on the back
81 an envelope. that Beth found
herself sitting down weakly on the
edge of gilt chair. unable TO be-
ieve that so much had TRANSFERRED
n the short half hour since she {
net Archer.
She looked at the check first
First weeks salary and enough