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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
oan Smear es; Georges Tech Rally Beats Tulsa East West Deadoc
and Win and Randolph Field and Texas Tie in Other Bowl Tits
Win, Lose or Draw
Racing Only Pro Sport Seeing Clear Path
By GRANTLAND RICE.
Special Correspondent Of The star,

NEW ORLEANS (NANA)-What
through 1914? Last at this time
today anywhere
Racing facing uncertain with the
here struggling with Florida having trouble racing
oblivion with the turf rocking tey
fornia
Professional football only given bare chance
fesson baseball in about the
blowing in The reefs
beyond anything this country had known
al-tne au-word the survival of a planet.
Almost prophet greatest
betting spite many serious
defects Baseball survived but seou
Professional football stumbled into its biggest financial
greatest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02

Score by periods:
Southern California q 7l3 o-oe
Washington - q q q n
Southern California scoring. Touch
downs--George Callahan 60, Gordon GRAY
CD; points after touchdown-Jamison COY:
automatic safety-Austin CWashington).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Amateur and Service Postimes to Keep Going

All this prophecy guess
There
service side This part of the will pick
the ATS the will sport
What will
fathers the Redistribution
a big difference.
We still insist that the
granted is put
book that increasing casualty lists
baseball football the fight
gate receipts.
quick and favorable turn of the
difference. what the sporting
entirely beyond prophecy
ones prophecy who claims to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Outlet Is Needed for War Workers and Civilians

AT
be OF the attractions
for the remainder the civilian population
emotional whatever call it, The athletic
this
With the $4,000
the country thing racing will
gambling chance in sport The muue far have collected
100000 and ultimate and
makers behind the
as long this gold is rolling
So 1914
next sre bet amateur
needed and which doesn't receipts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02

Substitutions: Southwestern Ends
| Webernick guard-Giles; center-Miller;
| backs - Cooper. MacGruder. Dickson,
| Graves. New Mexico: Tackles-Buckley,
Stat1er, Dassoff guard-Burns: center
moore; backs-Bridler. Fiorenstino
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02

Texas A. and NJ. scoring Touchdowns-
Burditt, Settegast; points after touchdowns
turner ca. placements Louisiana State
scoring; Touchdowns-Van Buren, t2),
Goode; points after touchdown Van Buren,
Placement; Texas A.. and NJ. substitutions
~EndS, Darnell McCurry, Gibson, Wiley
K Wrlght; tackles Eberle; guards, Brown
overly, Hohn; Center, Gary; backs, Bestley
Deere' McAilister. Meuhlhause Louisiana
i TCate Substltutlons-Ends: Waller McClel-
guards, Janneck, Polozola. Reeder. Vein +:
center; Claunch; backs, Barney, G. knight,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02

individual yardase leaders:
Observation-Disclosures gained 145 Yards
n N ~ attempts, lost ID, average 1O.1 yards,
Hoernscnemeyer. gained 73 yards in II
attempts, lost 30 yards, average 25
West-Sal Rosato 4th Air Force. IL
yards in four attempts, average 3 yards:
Wedemeyer 16 yards six attempts, lost 20
yaros AVERAGE minus, / yard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02

Statistics.
r,~s. s. East. West
Yards gained rushing (neD 22a 1S
Forward passes attempted - & TX
Forward passes completed
Yards by forward passes 81 1oS
Yards lost attempted forward
passes a. ,S
Forward passes intercepted by 3 X
Yards gained. runback of int
Punting average (from scrim-
mage) 2st as1
Total yards all kicks returned "a al
opponents fumbles recovered o
Yards lost by penalties 25 *
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02

East scoring - Touchdowns. williams.
minnesota aftan Sub for ,Avery), Pihos; point
a aseI touGhdown. John Tavener, Indiana
nf ss-Iouchdowns, DeFruiter. Renfro; point
sh touchdown. Norberg, placekick East
sSuns.itutlons = Ends. Sergy Natayette),
he2mer lDuke), Scuders (Ohio Statej:
tackles, Tayener fIndanal, Plevo cPur.
d dpe sSuards, Teschner Brown, Jaffurs
quarterback, Doherty CBoston coiIsqe} ..
nnssioacks' Williams minnesota. Ksns
1pennl, Dimanchef Purdue; fullback'
Dousherty (Miamn west s1Ihstiti,tinnSH
Ends, Croft Southern Methodist Brown
tStanford-u. C. L. Az; tackles, Messmer'
t4th Air Forcel. Flowers Texas Chris
thai % c. L. Al; center, Clement IOregon
State); Quarterback. johnson (Pacffic1 :
haifoacks, Wedemeyer (St Mary'sl, Mo.
I raies 'st. Marys); fullback, Rosato Villa
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Scoring: Observation-Disclosures Griggs
Tabor; Clark-touchdown, Harper; extrs
point, HAYNES fpaSs)
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-03

Members of Jasmine chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, will meet
tonight in the Masonic temple.
The theme of the meeting will
be citizenship"
FOR SALE New furnace door
and CRATES, at EDER HARD
WARE. 5-l'
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Ross were
dinner guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Ross on We'd
nesday evening, in observance OF
Mrs. R. P. Ross birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Walker had
as dinner guests Tuesday even
ing, C.P!O. and Mrs. I. L. Deh-
merit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Owen were
Billings visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. Mabel Dyckman, Mrs.
Mary Haverfield and Jane and
Judy H%averfield accompanied
Sam Haverfield to Billings last
Friday.
Miss Lois Cass has been i'll for
the past week.
Mrs. Lyle Tintinger, Jr., and
Miss Betty Bell were dinner
| guests of Mrs. Mary Haverfield
on Tuesday evening.
Merle Finnerty was confined
to his home Thursday due to ILL
ness.
John S. Thompson and son,
Johnny, made a business trip
] to Joliet Saturday afternoon.
HARDIN DRUG CO., A.. M
Hicks. Let us be your prescr1p-
ton druggist. 27-tl
Thomas Traphagen spent sew
eral days this week in Billings
on business matters.
DR.. and Mrs. J.. w. Schubert
made a business trip to Bill.
ings Friday night. While there
DR.. Schubert attended a meet
ing of the Yellowstone Medical
Association.
Dan w. Maddox, George w.
Gustafson and Bert w. Kron-
miller attended a war bond rally
in Pryor Saturday night.
Miss Adeline Bellon spent
Saturday night in Billings.
! Mr.. and Mrs. C.. B. Schneider
went to Lodge Grass Wednesday.
Mrs. James Durkin, Joan and
Tommy returned with them.
Joan, who has been quite i'll
| with tonsilitis, was somewhat
improved Thursday morning.
Roy Chambers was taken to
Billings this morning to undergo
an emergency appendectomy.
Edmund Kelley, who has been
attending the University OF Mon
tana at Missoula, returned to
Hardin Friday. He will spend
the next few months at the
home of his parents, MI. and
Mrs. E. L. Kelley.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-03

: PHONE YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO NO. 8

hospital in Bremerton, Wash,
and has, been named Carol jan
ct. Mrs. Rice is the former Mar
jorie Sweeney, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. r. Sweeney of Har-
din.
Mrs. Warren Meredith left to-
day for Camp Hale, Colo, where
she will join her husband, 1t.
Warren Meredith, who is sta
toned There. She was accom-
panied by Miss Isabelle Robert
son, who will attend to business
matters in Denver.
SPECIAL price on Iiinoleum
rugs. 7 #. 6 in. 10y 9 it,, $3.45;
9 it. by 10 #. 6 in, 1855; 9 #.
by IL it., $6.49. EDER HARD
WARE. 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Milligan
and daughter, Dorothy, of Bill
lings, were in Hardin Wednes-
day transacting business and
visiting friends. They were &C
companied by Mrs. Milligan's
sister, Mrs. Peters, and her
daughter, Shirley, also of Bill
lings.
|. B.. H. McCarty, chairman of
the board Of commissioners OF
Big Horn county, left Hardin on
Wednesday night for Helena
where he will attend the mid
winter conference of the Mont
ana County Commissioners As
ISOLATION.
Wesley otto Bear Ground of
Wyola transacted business in
Hardin Wednesday. He is en-
gagged in livestock feeding near
Wyola.
Billy Ross, small son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Ross, is receiv-
ing treatment for pneumonia at
the Lucy VIM hospital.
HARDIN DRUG co. A.. M. Hicks.
Where the Valentines are pref
tier. 2-3
MIR and Mrs. Carl Nordquist
arrived in Hardin last weekend.
They have been living in Oregon,
where Mr.. Nordquist has been
employed. They plan to make
their home in Hardin.
Tom Mouat is receiving treat
ment at the Lucy VIM hospit-
al.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-03

Mrs. R. H. Lomax and son,
Jimmy, left this week for their
home in Dayton, Wyo, after
spending several days visiting
relatives and friends in Hardin.
Mrs. Lewis Bochy left Tues
day for Mountain Home, Idaho,
where she will join her husband,
Pvt. Lewis Bochy, who Is sta
toned there.
Miss Alta Cochran spent the
weekend in Billings with
friends. On Monday Miss
Cochran attended an OPA meet
ing in Billings.
Miss Betty Hammer under
went an emergency appended
tony at a Billings hospital
Monday.
Mrs. Warren Meredith was a
Billings business caller on Mon
day.
We have the truss in stock
that will give you service and
comfort. Let us fit you. HARDIN
DRUG co. A. M. Hicks. 4O-4
D. L. Egnew left Monday on a
business trip to Los Angeles and
San Diego, Calf.
Mrs. Clara Powers of the North
Valley community is a guest
this week at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Bennett.
Word has been received here
of the birth of a daughter on
Sunday, Jan. 80, to MI. and Mrs
William F. Rice. The girl was
born at the Harrison Memorial
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in roping in a small corral.
Red Cross ladies met to sew
at FerguSonS on Tuesday. 1t
showed steadily all day piling up
at least 8 inches.
Dwight Ferguson was out SELL
ing $4,000 War Bonds on Thurs
day in the snow storm before a
wind should rise and block all
travelling in this valley.
Mrs. Johnson used her show
shoes two mail days this week.
Jack Murray and Bill Nu-
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begging have completed the
Rosebud ice harvest.
MI. and Mrs. VIM. v. johnson
started out calling on Sunday,
but found the roads blocked
with drifts into several ranches
and not having snowshoes, were
obliged to return home without
calling, except at the Helveys.
Snow was shifting rapidly on
many places in the road and it
is likely the school bus may have
lsome digging to do on Monday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-03
Kirby Kernels

Johnny Young, IT, recently
left for the Marines. Jess and
Joe, his older brothers, preceded
him in the service.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. Glenn e
turned from the Denver stock
show. We understand that they
purchased another fine horse
there. Their horse, Durable Mike
Malloy, placed first in pen
jumping. It was his first ex-
perience in THAT event in which
a horse jumps in and out of a
pen IA feet square, and four feet
high without touching. He also
placed second in triple bar
jumping. In the calf roping COM
petition Glenn made the fast
est time on two separate days,
and it was his first experience
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-03
MIKE
SEZ::

Rudy Grossen, hide and junk
buyer for B. Gross g. Co., outta
Sheridan. was tellin' the story
about Churchill and Roswell
wanting to enter the gates of
heaven. Churchill nocked on the
door and st. Peter SEE: Who's
there?" Churchill sez: TITS
me-" Then st. Peter sed Who
is that with you" "Oh that,
that's Roswell" st. Peter SEE:
II cant let you in-you are both
bad company" Then Churchill
sed: "Alrite, then, I'll start my
own heaven: Then Roswell
sed: That's the stuff, Churchill,
ole boy, you start it and I'll fin
ance it." Up. S. I hope nobody
tells the editer that this is not
patriotic or somethin' like that.
It's supposed to be only a joke
to laff att.
Talkin' about Rudy Grossen,
the hide buyer, makes me think
to tell you to sell your beef
hides and sheep pelts to us, not
to Rudy.
Sarpy Sam and Cliff Randall
both are gonna run for some
office agin, I think. Reading
a recent paper and what they
rote about wood make you think
that they wood, woodn't it, Sam
kin shure make EN- long, too,
but was good and I knoe all Re-
publicans will agree and the
others won't Gncludin' vegetar-
ians).
Oh Yah, Sam tole me that his
boss, Porter Kennedy, wanted
six double bunk beds. Come in,
Porter, and I knoe I kin fix you
up, and you won't get cheated
much more here than at eny
other place.
Amt it funny, walnuts don't
grow on walls and chestnuts
won't grow on chests, peanuts
don't grow on peas, but Niger
toes do grow on niggers.
Yup, we have steel coil bed
springs agin, made JUS like be-
fore the war. Priced each $685.
and $1O.85. BY the time you read
this we will have 8 living room
suites with coil springs.
Did you know that New GUM
ca is one of the richest big is
lands in the world. Wonder who
will get it after the Japs are
driven out? If some of our SOL
dier boys want to stay there af-
ter the war, they ShOod he guar
anteed good jobs for helpin'
save the place.
I herd that OMahoney, state
Senator of Wyo., is or maybe will
run for vice president with Rosy
welt. If he does, 7 hope that the
soldiers and Servicemen will re-
member that O'Mahoney was
against the servicemen gettin' a
raise over $21 a month. Me, I'm
for more money for the boys,
equal to the wages in the fac
tories.
Shure a lot of people lookin'
for the Rock Candy Mountains
since shugar rashuning.
New baby beds, $685.. Baby
bed mattresses, $685. and up.
Prize fighters are strong and
healthy guys but they do a lot
of (fainting0.
NIKE.
Al
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Mdrridqe Licenses

January 81, Lyle Edward
Taught of Lodge Grass and Ra-
chel Ann Foltz of Wyola.
January %, Edwin Hager and
Ruby M. Moore, both of Hardin.
January 81, Ed L. Long and
Genevieve Mary O'Tool, both of
Hanna, Wyo.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-03

Mr. and Mrs. Dom Davies
were guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Amos Helvey on Sun
day.
Parents of service men here
are not hearing from their sons
overseas very regularly these
days.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-02-03

Recent figures disclose that
60 per cent of the U. S. airmen
brought down in the South Pa
cific are rescued.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-27
GERMANS BAFFLED
AS YANKS ATTACK
WITHOUT BARRAGE

WITH THE BOTH INFANTRY
DIVISION IN GERMANY. Nov. 26.
-lP-Staging what 10th Corps
headquarters praised as 1T h e
perfect infantry attack" the Both
Division snatched two villages
away from outwitted German de-
tenders in a matter of minutes in
opening its part of the U. S. Ninth
Army Rhineland drive.
After tanta1izing the Germans
for a month, the boys scored the
success in Selling the towns OF
Euchen and Mariadorf before the
startled Germans knew what was
happening.
sWe fooled them by emitting the
artillery barrage which normally
preceded our attacks said 1t. p.
J. Kerrigan of Aberdeen, S. D.
Seeing no artillery fire, the Huns
didn't think we would attack.
sWe didn't start the artillery I'm
till the infantry was charging a
half mile across open fields to the
towns. Before the ferries could do
anything about it we'd taken our
detectives.
A number of Germans were
caught sound asleep. They were on
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-27

WASHINGTON, Nov. 90 Up -
The weight of President Roosevelt S
reelection is being felt in Con-
oress and the first tangible re-
suit may be an increase in Social
Security payroll taxes on Janu-
airy /.
Three times in as many years,
the LEGISLATORS have ignored the
Presidents protests in voting to
freeze the tax at the present level
of / per cent each on employer
and enploye. But this time Mr..
Roosevelt may get the increase ne
has wanted, due to combination
~ circumstances in which the re-
suits of the November election
play no small part.
The shadow Of a Presidential
veto already has fallen across
freeze legislation on which the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee begins hearings tomorrow
Both Chairman Doughton O-NC)
Of that committee and Chairman
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-27
CAPT. HARRY EBERT,
EX-FIRE DEPARTMENT
OFFICER, DIES AT Al

Captain Harry w. Ebert, At, Of
206 South Fifth street, a member
of the City Fire department for
more than II years, now retired,
died yesterday at 2 p. m. at James
Walker Memorial hospital after
a long illness.
Capt. Ebert entered the Fire
Department., June 6, 1927, and
served as a private at the Fifth
and Castle street station, where
he was promoted to lieutenant.
May IS, 1912, and to captain, April
16, 1943 He was relieved of active
duty because of his health Sep
TENDER 16, 1943, by the City Fire
and Police Pension Board.
Capt. Ebert was a member OF
st. Johns lodge No. 1, A. F. and
A. M. Popular with his associates,
Capt. Ebert's record indicates ex-
cellent service.
Surviving are his widow, Edna
Zellers Ebert; his mother, Mrs. E.
J. Ebert, both of Wilmington;
sister, Mrs. w. E. Stewart, Of
Wilmington; and one brother,
Wilburt E. Ebert of Dunn.
Funeral services will be an
nounced later by Yopp's funeral
home.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-27
TOKYO HELD READY
FOR ANY TYPE OF
AERIAL BOMBINGS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.- Up, -
Tokyo is no Undertook but a city
probably as well prepared to with
stand bombing as any in the
world, the Office of War 1nfor-
nation reported tonight.
The city, heavily bombed by
B-29's last week, is laid out and
equipped for the best defense
against earthquake and fire, owl
said, adding: "It may be assumed,
on the basis of civilian reaction in
England and Germany, that bomb
ing will make inhabitants fight all
the harder.
1.-THE rather general impression
that Tokyo is Undertook city,
which could be destroyed by incen-
diary bombs, is one of the most
inaccurate of popular fallacies, the
Army reports said Owl.
metropolitan Tokyo, which in
cludes the cities of Kawasaki, Yo'
kohoma, and the naval base COM
munity of Yokosuka, has been pre-
pared for years for earthquake and
fires.
1.-THE significance of this is that
buildings designed to Withstand
earthquake shocks are also well
adapted to withstand bomh
Shocks the report stated.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-27

left in flames seven. tag
near Nichols Field, on t.
skirts of Manila. They str q
Japanese convoy of $50 W
south of the city.
The Friday raid extended from
Santa Cruz, about IS miles north
west OF Manila, to Martinique is
land in Tayabas bay south of
Luzon, and presumably included
vessels in Manila bay. Nimitz re-
ported these ships sunk:
One heavy cruiser of the Kuma-
no class, previously reported dam
aged: one destroyer; four ships,
presumably small, fast transports
at Santa Cruz; nine cargo ships;
one small oiler; two luggers.
Damaged: Four cargo ships, one
oiler.
Carrier pilots inflicted great
punishment on Japanese shipping
at Cavite in the first Luzon strike
September 20 and 81, when 40
ships were sunk. II probably sunk
and IS damaged for total of &C..
The second most successful strike
was made September % when %
ships were sunk and 43 damaged
in a two-phase raid on Manila and
Leyte gulf.
Probably more than half Of these
were caught in Manila bay, but
the communique gave only the col
lective figure
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-27
RONOMI REGIME
RESIGNS AFTER
2 WEEK CRISIS

ROME. Nov. 26.-P9-The gov
ernnoent of Premier 1vanhoe 3D.
nomi, in power less than six
months, resigned today after two
weeks OF crisis in which its six
narties were unable to agree on a
program to rule war-torn, hungry
Italy.
Crown Prince Umberto, ieuten-
ant general of the realm, reserved
decision on the resignation, and
later conferred with the presidents
of the Senate and Chamber OF Dep
uties. The Bonomi cabinet mean
while continued to conduct normal
business.
Differences in the Bonomi cabl-
net arose mainly from opposite
programs of the Liberals and
Christian Democrats on one hand,
and Socialists and Communists on
the other.
A brief official communicate said
the 71-year-old Bonomi, who took
the helm in succession to Marshal
Pietro Badoglio after the fall OF
Rome last June, had decided to
resign after a conference with all
party heads.
The Bonomi governments has
protested the Severity" of Allied
armistice terms, hut an Allied OF
fetal today declared there was alb
solutely no possibility OF any nego
tiations for revision of the terms,
and that any new government
must abide by them.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-27
Jap Cruiser Is Sunk
By Third Fleet Unit
l6 Ships, Including Destroyer, Sunk By Ma.
val Filters; Y Enemy Planes Destroyed
In Fifth Raid On Luzon This Month

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Nov.
zo. -F- Carrier planes of the
United States Third Fleet sank 16
japanese ships, including heavy
cruiser and destroyer, and two
luggers, damaged five other sur
face craft and destroyed Y planes
Last Friday in their fifth raid this
month on Luzon, main island Of
the Philippines.
These results were reported in
a communicate @ today by Adm.
Chester w. Ninnitz, Pacific Fleet
chief. They increased to more
than $50 the number Of Japanese
ships irnmobilized around Luzon
island alone by Third Fleet car
rier planes in eleven raids begin
ming September 20.
That total does not include the
SO Warships sunk or damaged in
the second Battle of the Philippine
Sea. Many others have been hit
elsewhere in Philippine waters by
Third Fleet pilots and Gen. Dou-
glas MacArthur's land - based
planes.
Nimitz said % Japanese planes
were shot down by the raiders
Friday, eight were bagged by sur
face ship gunners and IS were
destroyed aground:
The Naval airmen strafed and
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-27
Barber Is Arrested
For Scraping Patron
Who Talked 7 90 Much

YoNKERs, N. Y, Nov. 26.-P
Barber Frank Pancelli, 48. was
hailed into city court today on a
customers complaint that he re-
ceived too rough shave.
A retired city fireman, Charles
Acker, told Judge Charles w.
Boote he climbed into Pancelli's
chair for an early-morning bewhis-
kering and:
ri started to talk about the wea-
Their. He CPancellD started to get
rough with the razor. I protested
and he scraped my face in three
places"
Acker made quick exit, he said,
his face only partly shaved. Judge
Boote held the barber in $500 bail
on a charge of attempted felonious
assault.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-27

Illus, JI.y w dI NlOD1llLdIlOll LII CS-
tor James F. Byrnes, and Vice
President Henry A. Wallace.
Wallace. A bit less insistent talk
was heard On Ambassador to Lon
don John C. Winant, and former
Undersecretary Sumner Welles.
Stettinius has been acting sec
rotary since Hull left active work
at the Department over five weeks
ago.
The silver-haired undersecre.
tary has worked with Hull just
over a year. He headed the Amer
lean delegation at the Dumbarton
Oaks world security conference
carrying out Hul's long and care
fully prepared plans.
Now 43, Stettinius came to prom
inence as businessman. He was
president of the board of United
States Steel when he was 33. Just
before coming to the State Depart
ment, Stettinius served as Lend.
Lease administrator.
deputy President" Byrnes has
spent most Of his life in politics.
President Roosevelt took him from
the Senate where he had served
many years to appoint him to the
Supreme court.
Then, when Americas rapidly.
expanding war production began
getting growing pains and Wash.
ington war agencies got their lines
tangled, Mr.. Roosevelt induced
Byrnes to step down from the
bench and coordinate the home
front side of the war as Director
Of War Mobilization.
Vice-President Wallace came tc
Washington in the first days oil
the New Deal as President Roose
velt's first Secretary of Agricu1.
ture. Owner of a farm journal
and prominent in international ag.
giculture, ne had not been in Gov
eminent before.