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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-26
N. c. EGGS, POULTRY

RALEIGH, Oct. 25.-lRL(NCDA)
Egg and poultry markets steady
to firm.
Raleigh-US Grade AA large
S.; hens, all weights, Is.
Washington-US Grade A large
81 to IS; broilers and flyers 30
to 81.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-26
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-26
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
N. C. HOGS

RALEIGH, Oct. 25.-lR-(NCDA)
Hog markets steady with tops
of 14.40 at Clinton, 14.55 at Rocky
Mount and 1855 at Richmond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
U. S. PLANES Am
CHINESE TROOP,

cHuNeklNG, Aug. 2o-s-,.
ported by U. s. 18th Al. SpA
planes Chinese troops ,to so'N
and captured apt. Laotungpo, +. ,s ,,ns'
~ f. fortified hill position so..s. .'
of the Burma Road city Of r's
ling and inflicted an e,tir naa'
100 casualties on the enemv 4,
Chinese high command said y y
day. ''4o .
With the capture Of r.so.,,.
Chinese troops in Yunnan wv.
now hold all necessary p aauylaa
to launch an attack on r SUs.g'a
The supporting American ' nl
which flew 45 sorties. dos s,aAs'
seven japanese wareborso "0ya
Lungling, ''eS a
On the walls Of besieged 7.,.
chung, IS miles northwest o. 1vs'
ling, the Chinese captured u L 4si
plllboxes and Joined two n~s,, %'e'
ly separated footholds thar re e:y'
er planes of the 18th Air I Fa...
started fires inside Tengcb,1n,' '''
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
POLICE OFFICIAL
TO EXPLAIN PRINT

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 20-lRHCapt.
James o. Barker of the Miami
police department said today he
had been called upon to explain
mis- fingerprint work in the Cakes
murder case to the National Asso-
citation for Identification.
He will make his explanation at
the associations convention Aug.
% at Deadwood, S. D., he report
ed and added: Il haven't the
slightest doubt of its outcome"
Barker was called to Nassau,
Bahamas, by the Duke of Windsor
after the. burned, beaten body of
Sir Harry Cakes was discovered
July 8, 1913. Sir Harry's son-in-
law, Alfred de Marigny, was ac-
cused of the crime and acquitted.
Charges were made by defense
counsel that a fingerprint was fall
sified. Barker did the fingerprint
work in the case.
''The charges were made by the
defense in their effort to place
everyone on trial except the de
fendant, :" Barker stated. Experts
retained by the defense have car
ried those charges to the associa-
ton"
Among defense experts were
Capt M. B. O'Neill of the New
Orleans Identification bureau, and
Leonard Keller, inventor of the
| lie detector t..5t
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
WHITEVILLE MART
REPORTED IN LEAD

WHITEVILLE, Aug. 20.-The
Whiteville tobacco market is lead
ing all markets of the border belt
in pounds sold, according to an
unofficial announcement m d e
here yesterday by M. B. Kibler
Jr., sales supervisor for the White
vile market. Sales have already
passed the 100000 pound mark,
he said, with. prices holding firm
at an average of approximately "A
cents. Better grades of tobacco are
bringing from At to 40 cents.
During the first six days on the
Whiteville market, he reported
that 1914 sales exceeded those of
the first six days of last year by
233 1913 pounds, and that the aver
age price received this year dur
ing the first six days was 3.05
cents above that of the same Pc
Rod last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
CHINESE ARMY
ON OFFENSIVE

CHUNGKING, Aug. 20|tR-Chi-
nese forces. are attacking Japa-
nese positions north and south of
the Yangtze river in an effort to
prevent enemy reinforcement OF
their Human province strength, the
Chinese high command said to-
night.
In southern Human in the vi
cinity of Japanese-held Hengyang,
fighting was mounting in inten-
sity.
Chinese troops drove against tae
port of Ichang on the Yangtze,
westernmost point of the Japa-
nese penetration into central
China. Three strategic points
northeast of the city were retaken
by the Chinese, the high command
said.
From the east, west and north
west, Chinese columns were pic
tured as advancing against the
important highway town Of Tang
yang, 81 miles northeast of Ichans
and a connecting link for Japa
nese overland supply from Han
kow, and another column was at
lacking the Yangtze port of Wan
chieh west of Shasi.
South of the Canton ankow raj
city of Hengyang, Chinese force:
were attempting to recapture Lei
yang and stem the Japanese drive
down the railway toward Kwang'
tung province.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
LIMITED CONTROL
OF AVIATION URGED

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20.-4RE
Drastically limited federal control
of postwar aviation, with the gov
eminent concerned chiefly with
safety regulation, is advocated by
Representative Bulwinkle ON c.
head of the aviation subcommittee
of the House Interstate and For
eign Commerce committee.
"Aviation will take a decided
jump after the war and we must
be prepared for it, BulWinkle said
yesterday in an interview.
''For national defense, we must
retain strong air force in Alaska
and I don't see why, for the life
of me, those airports cannot be
used for commercial flying as
we'll"
The congressman said that
safety rules and economic prac-
tees must be regulated but as far
as indiscriminate appropriations
for airports goes, 1 am against
it."
Back from an Alaskan inspection
trip, he will look over midwest air
fields before returning to Washing
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
RATION ROUNDUP
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Meats, fats, etc. Book Four red
stamps A8 through Z8 and 40
through DIS valid indefiltely.
Processed foods-Book Four blue
stamps Az through ZS and AS
through F5 valid indefinitely.
Sugar-Book Four stamps, 30, 81
and 80 valid indefinitely for five
pounds each; Stamp 40 good for
five pounds for home canning
through February %, 1945.
Shoes - Book Three airplane
stamps l and 2 good indefinitely.
Gasoline - In northeast and
southeast liza coupons good for
three gallons through Nov. 8. Else
where, 12-A coupons valid through
September 81. B-3, B-4, C-3 and C.
4 coupons good everywhere for five
gallons.
Fuel oil-Period Four and Five
coupons valid in all areas through
Sept. 30. New Period One coupons
may be used as soon as. received
from ration boards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
HOEY TO SPEAK
AT WHITEVILLE

WHITEVILLE, Aug. 20.-Clyde
R. Hoey, North Cardinals United
States Democratic senator nom.-
nee, will be the principal speaker
at a bond sales rally to be held
here next Thursday in connection
with the North Carolina War FL
nance Committees War Savings
Bond program for the 1914 tobacco
season. The program is being spon-
sored in every town in North Car
DINA where there is tobacco
market.
The campaign locally is being
sponsored by the Whiteville Junior
Womar's club and is being headed
by Mrs. Leroy Gore, chairman OF
the clubs war service committee.
Mrs. N. B. Chestnut, chairman OF
the wonaan's division of the county
war finance committee, has set up
organizations or active promotion
of bond sales among tobacco farm
ers in Tabor City, Fair Bluff,
Chadbourn and Whiteville.
A booth will be set up in each
warehouse manned by volunteer
workers. The booth bond sales will
continue daily throughout the re-
mainder of the tobacco marketing
season. Sales will begin next Mon
day.
The address here Thursday by
Hoey will highlight the first week
of sales under the plan and is ex-
pected to attract a large number.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21

the next, this area was settled by
the Greeks and Romans. Mar
seille, originally Massila, was
founded by the Ionian Greeks in
900 B. c., as trading post, be-
came a rival of Carthage as a
port, and in the Punic Wars took
the side of Rome. 1t became in
fact the Gateway to the Orient"
in 1869, with the opening of the
Suez Canal, and received the ex-
otto products of the east for dis
tribution to Europe.
Historic Strife
Toulon, a great natural harbor,
became a naval base in the 18th
century. when it was fortified by
Louis XII and Francis I, and for
centuries was an objective in the
wars VITA Spain and England. Ma
poleon's career really began there,
when, in 1893, he forced the be-
sieging ships of those nations to
withdraw.
Nice bears great Greek name
Nike, for victory, and Mo-
naco has its Port of Harakles.
The Roman conquest of this area
dates from the year 1874 B. c., and
the roads they constructed can
still be traced at various points.
During the Middle Ages strife
among feudal families of the ter
ritory was almost continual. but
it became part of France upon
the death of Renee of Anjou, King
of Sicily, when Louis XII made
sure it would become the per-
petual property of the French
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21

and with gambling casinos, yacht
ing facilities and international ten
mis- tournaments thrown in, the
Azure Coast became magnet to
pleasure seekers from all CONT
mental Europe and the United
States.
Cannes was perhaps the most
fashionable of the resort cities:
there were the 2O0-foot yachts and
the creme de la creme OF inter-
national notables - Lord Louis
Mountbatten, with his blue flannel
yachting jacket and his yellow
polo, shirt open at the throat; Noel
Coward, the Duke of Windsor, W..
Somerset Vaughan. the King OF
Sweden, midas fabulously wealthy
Aga Khan, King Carol and. too,
phonv fortune hunting noblemen.
Nice, a prosperous city of 200,-
900. threw open the doors of her
hotels for the opening of the sea-
son in December. American mil
ionaires and remittance men from
the Continent and the British
Isles, the elderly rich in search
of the warm subtropic climate
thronged. south on the famous
blue Train" from Paris. The
Riviera was alive again, and would
burn through six months of gay
life and millions of dollars. Mar
seille. Frances largest seaport,
and Toulon, her great naval base,
came in for their share of tour
lists too. but the great playland
lay to the east
Centuries before the foodlignted
highways led from one casino to
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
'ONE-MAN ARMY
WELCOMED Home

SPRING MOUNT, Pa, Aug. 20
-tR-The Zone Man Army of An.
zic" received his Official welcome
home today, and most everyone in
the Perkiomen valley opined he
''never saw anything like it,
AS for the hero himself, Pfc. AL
ton W. Knappenberger, the five
foot-four, 100 pound country boy
who won the Congressional Medal
for holding off two companies and
Staying 90 Germans on the Italian
beachhead-
This is terrific" said he, as he
turned, grinning, to the girl he is
to marry Saturday.
The Lower Frederick Fire COM
pany of Spring Mount, which spon-
sored the celebration, was proud,
too, for more than 300 members Of
q firefighting units in the valley
turned out with sirens blowing to
lead the parade.
Farmers and villagers poured in
to town in shiny cars, battered ja-
lopies, on foot, and even in bug
gies to see 1.-The Army ride by
in a sky-blue coupe, his arm
around his fiancee, Ruth Eichoff.
On Ruth's third finger, left hand,
sparkled a diamond that Knappen-
berger bought with contributions
from neighbors who heard pick
pocket took all his money, $3.50,
the day before he sailed from Ma
pies.
'tAl is my ideal" Ruth said.
"Sure was nice of these folks to
do this
The parade started out in the
country. AS it approached Spring
Mount, families moved out onto
the porches or sat down in rocking
chairs on the lawns to view the ex-
citement. A huge banner strung
across the main street bore only
the name Knappenberger.
The hero's mother, Mrs. Harvey
Seibert, stood on her front lawn
with so relatives and friends, clad
in the traditional cap and plain
dress of the Menonnites. Asked
how she felt about the honors be-
ing paid her son, she said:
Il just feel natural. AL was al
ways a good shot. He always did
well shooting foxes in the woods
when he was a boy"
1.-The Army arrived home AL
gust 8, broke but happy, to see
MON" and present her with his
medal. Within few days, we'll
wishers had given him 1868.
He and Ruth and Nom went
to New York for three days, but
he returned home saying, '1'd ra-
Their live in Spring Mount
Besides the engagement ring and
the trip, Knappenberger bought a
wedding dress for Ruth and a blue
serge suit for his stepfather.
AT the wedding, which will be
performed by Lutheran minister
Saturday, Knappenberger will car
ry servicemen's watch present
ed him by the firemen today. They
also gave him a gold plaque sig
nifying life membership in the fire
company.
Then it's back to the fight.
'1t's the only thing to do" he
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
CHERRY TO SPEAK
TO JUNIOR ORDER

RALEIGH, Aug. 2O.-tRER.
Gregg Cherry Democratic nonni-
nee for governor. will be the. prin-
cipal speaker here Tuesday on the
opening program of a two-dav
state convention of the Junior Or
der, United American Mechanics
Cherry will speak at a banquet
at $50 p. M, at which DR.. CLYDE
A. Erwin, state superintendent of
public instruction, will be the
POSTMASTER. State Councillor CLYDE
"A. Shreve will preside at a con-
ference preceding the banquet.
Election of officers will feature
the Wednesday morning program
beginning at 10 o'clock. A business
session in the afternoon, clrnaxed
by the installation of officers. will
close the convention program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
DEATHS FROM T. B.
SHOW DECREASE

RALEIGH, Aug. 20.-R-Deaths
from tuberculosis in North Carroll
ma in 1913 totaled 1,444 or 1877 per
100000 population, Frank w. Web
ster, executive secretary of the
North Carolina tuberculosis asso-
citation, announced today.
Although the percentage of
deaths shows decrease from 1912
Webster said, records from many
counties indicate an advancing
death rate He estimated the state
now has $4,000 active cases of the
disease.
Every day the war continues
to bring an increasing threat of
rise in tuberculosis in North Caro-
lima" Webster said. Resistance
to the disease is lowered under
wartime conditions such as undue
physical and mental strain, long
hours of work, inadequate diet,
crowded housing conditions, and
the unWise use of leisure time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
BULGARIA, RUSSIA
CONFER AT SOFIA
by The Associated Press)

W AM IAooOSANVCu IItSSJ
Bulgarian Premier Ivan Bagri-
anov and the Soviet charge daft
flares at Sofia conferred yester-
day, the German radio announced.
Bulgaria and Russia have never
broken off diplomatic relations al
though Bulgaria is allied with the
Nazis.
At the same time the German
radio said Foreign Minister Par
van Draganoff would read for
e1gn police statement by Bagri.
anov to members of the Bulgarian
parliament this afternoon and will
reply to members objections to
any part of the governments pol
icy.
Last Thursday night Bagrianov
in an imprisoned speech before
parliament urged that the nation
get out of the war which he said
the "great majority of the Bull
garian people never desired"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
nouncement that the middle
reel was missing"

nouncement that the middle
reel was missing"
Recent war developments
have popped up the spirits of
a Marauder group which has
been in this theatre since D.
Day of the African invasion.
In three months the motto of
the group newspapers has
changed three times. In April
there was no motto, but the
Italian campaign success in
May brought forth Golden
Gate in '48"
The invasion of France in
June switched the motto to
Fort Dix in 49, and the at
tempt on Hitler's life in July
called forth the most exuber-
ant of all-'Local Dives in '45.'
Two thirsty pilots already
have figured out their plan of
operations when they get home.
They aim to go from bar to
bar, always taking the most
crowded places. Jones will go
in first and buy a solitary drink
which he will be slipping quiet
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
RECREATION
CALENDAR
Monday, August FL


Municipal senior softbal leI5ue.
Robert Strange Park: Z p. m. Fire
men VS. City Optical. 8 p. m. T. H.
D. of Wilmington VS. Wrightsville
Coast Guard.
Tuesday, August ~
$3.50 p. m. Peabody N, commu-
nifty sing. Municipal senior softba]1
league, Robert Strange Park. 7 p.
m. Lake Forest VS. Spofford Mills
double header).
Wednesday, August ~
Municipal slowball league, Rob
ert Strange Park: Z p. m. Coast
Line VS. Lawyers. 8 p. m. Rinky
Drinks VS. Bus Drivers.
Thursday, Aug. "a
$3.50 .. m. Hillcrest (M, block
dance.
Friday, Aug. rs
$3.50 p. m. Taylor Homes (U)
block dance. Municipal senior soft
ball league, Robert Strange Park
z p. m. Wrightsville Coast Guare
VS. T. H. D. of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
(By NEA Service)

(By NEA Service)
Today a battle-ground, the
French Riviera, that fabulous
stretch of the Mediterranean sea-
board extending from Marseille to
Mentone, is best known to the
world as glittering playground
without rival. The movies and the
novelists have brought its wonders
to the bored housewife, the ro-
mantle shopgirl and the tired
businessman who never found
time to travel. They became IA
miliar with stories of fortunes won
and lost in single evening; the
jewelled women, suave men with
imposing titles, notables in the
fields of finance, craftsmanship,
literature, art-and not one whit
of it Was xaggerated.
Tourist Haven
The natural beauty of the Cote
d Azure alone would be sufficient
to entice the thousands of tour
lists and health seekers who have
swarrned to the southern coast of
France for the winter season Of
the past several decades. The un-
rivaled blue of the Mediterranean
washes a gently curved shore of
deep sea crags interposed with
sandy. snow-white beaches. An
amiable climate fostering h e
growth of stately date palms,
pomegranates. bananas. A vast
profusion of rose fields, violets.
observation-disclosures for the daily
refrigerated train which bore them
to the Paris and London markets
made il something Of a paradise,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
Whiteuiue Woman
Has Poem Published

WHITEVILLE, Aug. 20. - The
1914 edition of The Pageant of Poe
try soon to come from the presses
of Pacific Press Publishers will
contain poem written by Miss
Helen E. Baldwin of Whiteville FAC
cording to information received
from Donald Grant, managing edi-
tor Of the publication.
The Pageant of Poetry is a col
lection of poems written by out
standing contemporary, American
poets. The title of Miss Baldwin's
poem is "How Can You Tell?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
MISSING IN ACTION

WHITEVILLE, Aug. 20. = n.
War Department has notifa, ), Ivy
Dora Horton, Route /, Whitar WHY
that her son, Pfc. Finkles Ho,t.s
has been missing in action !,
France, July 80. Private r;,s
Class Horton was indicted ~. nv
the army February 10, 1943. ny
last letter his mother receir ~,
from him was dated in Nav
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
UNIT CITATION GIVEN

ROME, Aug. 2O.-(P)-The veter-
an Sind fighter group, one of the
first American air force units en-
gagged in combat in Europe, was
awarded a unit citation today by
Mai. Gen. Nathan Twining, COM
mander of the U. S. 18th Air Force,
in d ceremony at an Italian fight
er base.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN Thu
MEDITERRANEAN T H E A.
TIRE, Aug. 10-Delayed)-
From the airbaSeS:
1t got to be an old story. The
Marauders would knock down a
bridge in Italy or France and
the German engineers prompt
ly would repair it. Then the
bombers would have to go back
and do it all over again-au to
the tune of plenty of flax on
the second run.
So the B-26 boys got mad and
switched signals. One day they
bombed bridge and knocked
it down. The next day they
went back to the same site and
found the engineers at work
and the span almost repaired.
When they got through that day
the bridge was out again. And
so was one whole German en-
cheering outfit.
Capt. Howard Hickok of
Ames. Iowa, got back from
mission the other day and found
the Thunderbolt he was flying
had been so damaged by flax
that he couldn't get the wheels
down. Even SO he seemed more
nervous than his friends would
have expected, for Howard is
known as cool character, even
under very trying conditions
The cause Of his jitters be-
came plain when he finally ask
ed the control tower to clear
the runway for a belly land
ing. ~ $500.
'4This is the colonels plane.
l sure hope the old man
doesn't take it too hard. :"
Back came tne- reply from
the control tower:
Come in, son, this is the
colonel speaking
One BPS Marauder tail-gun-
ner got tired of the German
fighter trick of feigning distress
and sneaking away to fight
again. So when a Messerschmitt
210 dived at his plane over Italy
not so long ago, he did every
thing but follow it down. AS
soon as it got within range he
uncorked burst after burst.
One German bailed out. The
plane was in plenty of trouble.
He fired more bursts and an,
other man bailed out. Delight
ed he literally leaned on the
trigger pouring a savage hal
of slugs into the fiving Messer'
schmitt-until he was tapped or
the shoulder by the waist gun
ner.
''You can quit now his side
kick explained gently, tive
men is all they carry.
After 81 months of CT MOVIES
overseas, the boys at one bomb
er base have gotten used to al
most everything. So they were
not much surprised few night
ago when the last reel was
shown first, followed by th'
first reel, followed by an an
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
With The AEF
Air War Is Tricky Business

1y when Brown enters and
rushes up to him.
Great scott, JONES'" he will
shout, how did you ever get
out of that German prison
camp
They figure that will be good
for about a dozen drinks each
place.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
POPE ENTERS REorrEsr

MADRID, Aug. 20. ~ The
NeW YORK correspondent of the
spanish news agency Etc said to-
gay mat Pope Plus had requested
the bellgerents to recognize Paris.
as an open city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21
PRESUMED DEAD

WHITEVILLE, Aug. 20.-William
Miles Batten, S 1-c, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. M. Batten of Whiteville.
officially listed as missing in &C
ton since July 10, 1913, is now
presumed to be dead by the Navy
Personnel Department. His parents
have received notice to this effect
from Navy Secretary James For
resta1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-21

The masked crab of Europe
wears a 'fhuman face" on its back.