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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
BYRNES STOPS
HORSE RACING
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needed 300, 900 more workers than
they have.
The breakdown" on businesses
which disregard manpoWer reguL-
tons was taken in two steps.
First, Byrnes asked the War
ManpoWer Commission to intensity
its drive to establish employment
ceilings in areas of labor short
ages. Under such ceilings, the
VINO tells Observation-Disclosures
ing plant, laundry or tavern, for
instance-the total number OF
workers it may employ.
Then, Byrnes asked the War Pro-
duction Board to put teeth" into
the manpower regulations since the
Manpower Commission has no au.
thority itself to enforce its ceilings
The WPB did this by invoking for
the first time in the war it's broad
priority powers.
These permit it to withhold from
business materials, transporta
ton and any other product subjec
to priority control
As invoked the WPB can use tn.
power whenever it makes a find
ing that materials or facilities ar,
not being used most effectivel,
for the prosecution of the war a
result of failure to comply witt
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
Too Bloody Obstinate
To Give An Inch, Yank
Troup Defies Nazi Push

WITH AMERICAN ARMIES ON
THE WESTERN FRONT, Dec. %,
|-P-"Too bloody obstinate to
give an inch, einbattled American
|Doughboys held a solid line on the
northern flank of the German
penetration into Belgium this morn.
ling despite powerful and repeat.
led attacks.
On the southern falnk, the situa.
ton was more fluid, with another
town reported in enemy hands and
Field Marshal Won Rundstedt in.
|creasing his tank pressure at this
point of the slowing drive.
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RUSSIANS GAIN
IN WEST DRIVE
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tacks of large formations of enc
my tanks and inflicted heavy
losses in manpower and equip
ment."
Among the Hungarian towns
which the Russians listed as cap
tured along the Ipoly river was
Tolges, 100 miles southeast of
Vienna and but II from Bradshaw,
capital of the German puppet state
Of Slovakia.
Southwest Of Budapest, on the
front between the Danube and
Lake Balaton, the Russians an.
nounced they again had gone on
the offensive in the area of the
city of Szekesfehervar and now
were engaged in heavy fighting
with large enemy tank and in.
fantry formations.
The Germans acknowledged Fri
day that the Russians were only
two miles from Saskatchewan.
Saturday night they said these at
tacks had increased to unparal-
leled strength and estimated
that on that front and in the Ipoly
Sag sector the Red Army was
using 10 infantry divisions and
three mechanical corps.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
do you WORRY?
. q. RUPTURr

"Hy worry and suffer
any longer if we 1 1rsr
npelp you? Try a Brook ii.
talented "a Air Cush; Cr'
ms ! ms marvellous appii.
anee for most forms % o.
TTe9dlucible rupture i i;
lG9U AR ANTEED r. +.
orlng you heavenly
| comfort and eac,
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Filler EMISSIONS
CHRISTMAS DAY
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because they know their equipmen
but because they take persona
pride in everything they do to keeE
Punchin' Judy coming out OF hel
Saipan corner ready for every ne"
round.
"Of course, Boss Raynes and his
ground crew make all this possible
by their daily sweating over the
Puncher's engines and other com
nlicated equipment. And do not
think they are forgotten-not when
the cigars are distributed. ALI these
men and many others who drove
the Nips from this island and built
runways are helping to make the
new wear victorious and its next
Christmas a happier one for all
Of US.
You can picture us running
around out here on Christmas Day
in the usual khaki shirt and shorts
combination, boning turkey for
Christmas dinner and getting big
surprise out of the packages you
have filled to the last official
ounce. Undoubtedly there will be a
version of eggnog in circulation
for those who bring theiI own. And,
most surely, spontaneous Christ
mas carol or two. The chapel tents
will be more than filled-the at
tendance increases with each pass
ing Sunday.
Though I won't be sharing Jul
dy's first Christmas with you, I
will be happy with this and little
thoughts-you swinging mistletoe
over the unsuspecting in the door
way; you reaching high to put the
Star of Peace atop an evergreen
and you digging Judy out from I'm
der a pile of bright Christmas
wrappings.
so many a Merry Christmas to
you and Judy, darlings, and the
proud grandmas and grandpas
whom you will be hostessing at
Christmas dinner.
Love,
Don
Thompson's crew includes: Co.
Pilot, Second 1t. Raymond J.
Rood, Mobile, Ala; Flight Engi-
neer, First 1t. Philip N. Plumb
er" French, Portsmouth, N. H.; |
Bombardier, Second 1t. Charles H. !
Mckinney, Spencer, Tenn; Navi-
gator, Second 1t. Randall c. May
dew, Salinas, Calf; Radio Opera
tor, Sgt. Robert J. Strong, Harri-
son, N. Y; Gunners, Sgts. Edwin
Burkhart. Washington, Ind; Mer-
rill w. Staller. Twelve Mile, Ind:
Dan Bartok, Mt. Olive, ILL.,; Will
liam Cloud, Galena Park, Tex;
Corp. Waterman J. Davis, Sumter,
S. c., and Crew Chief, Tech. Sgt.
Walter Raynes, of Winfield, West
Va.
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an employment ceiling or hiring
regulat on of the War ManpoweI
Commission.
The WPB announced these con.
trolling policies:
Before action against an employ.
er, the Manpower Commission
must certify that he has refused to
comply with ceiling or hiring
regulation within reasonable time
after he has been notified Of his
failure to do So"
After such certification, hearings
will be ordered before a compG-
ance commissioner to determine
whether there is proof of failure to
comply.
Only in event the commissioner
found such proof would the WPB' S
priority sanctions be applied
In creating tn is machinery,
Byrnes noted in a statement that
the purpose of the ceilings is to as
sure that war plants get sufficient
manpower.
The vast majority of establish
ments and employees throughout
the nation are cooperating whole
heartedly with the War Manpow-
er Commission in accepting en-
ployment ceilings as essential to
war production, he said.
Il am sure that we can con-
tinue to establish these ceilings
in most instances through nego-
tiations with the establishments
and services concerned and with
their employees on voluntary
basis.
However, l am unwilling to ask
for the voluntary acceptance OF
ceilings by the many without be-
ing prepared to take positive
measures to enforce ceilings on
the very few who are unwilling
to thus contribute to our war e..
fort. l am sure that our people
want and expect our war plants
to be fully manned"
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CITY PUBLISHES
YEARLY REVIEW
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ditures, presented in percentages,
the booklet contains a brief but
definitive account Of the city fl
nance department accomplish
ments during the fiscal year. Will
mington is shown to be safely IN
the black, with an operating sur
plus of 500, 1873 and cash balance,
including special funds, of $312,-
1896.
The city's sinking fund, building
toward the retirement of $1,000, 600
in bonds due to mature in l948 and
1855, has grown fourfold in three
years and stands now at $6l3,509.
The bonded debt has been raised
100000 by the issuance OF low in
terest waterworks bonds and low
cred by the calling in of old bonds.
The civic minded resident will
swell with pride to read Con page
I'D that his city's real and per-
sonal property, in toto, is valued at
Sal, 943, 724. The tax-rate on this
| incidentally has been lowered from
81. 40 to $1.35 per hundred dollars,
despite increased operating costs.
Partially responsible for this was
the collection of $144, ISL in back
taxes this year.
Handling the swollen wartime
population of the city has brought
| in its train new municipal moves
varying from the employment Of a
| full time juvenile court case-work-
er to the letting Of the largest sin
gle engineering contract in Will
-ington's history, the order to lay
the Kings Bluff pipeline over Is
miles of troublesome terrain in
search of hew supply of salt-free
water. The estimate on this was
ST 1925, 900.
Rivalling this was another water
and sewerage project, the construc-
ton, completed recently, of the
John H. Sweeney filtration plant
and pumping station, for which he
Federal government put up hall
the $640,0 900 cost and which met
and mastered its first emergency
in a matter of days thereafter-a
December fresnet whose $500, 900
gallons of water in a single day
would have sWamped the old S.
600 000-gallon plant.
In the report, described by au-
thor Rippy as an attempt to give
Wilmington citizens a fair, accu-
rate and comprehensive account
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of city department. functions and
the disposition of taxpayers mon
ey, provocative details OF inc
workings of the engineering, re.
creation. protective inspection and
city-planning departments, a.
well as those mentioned.
There is also a complete roster
Of boards and administrative
workers and more than a hint Of
what the municipality intends te
do in the postwar era.
The booklet was produced oJ
Jackson and Bell, Wilmington
printers.
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Obituaries
MRS. CANINE WELLS

Funeral services for Mrs. Cam
mic Wells, 40, of Rocky Point,
who died at 7:30 p. m. Thursday
in James Walker Memorial hos
pital, will be held today at $3.50
q. m. in the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. NJ Westbrook. OF
Castle Hayne.
The Rev. c. c. Myers and the
Rev. c. r. Taylor will officiate.
Interment will follow at the Guyton
family cemetery in Rocky Point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24

Michael Arlen the English nove-
list, was born Dikran Kuyumjian,
at Rustchuk, Bulgaria, Of Armen-
ian parents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
JOSEPH HALL McGOWEN

Joseph Hall McGowen, 10, died
yesterday morning in his home in
Watha after a long illness.
He is survived by two daughters
Mrs. M. B. Daniels, Of Wilson, and
Mrs. H. c. Player, OF Fayetteville
one son, Joseph H. McGowen, OF
Watha, one sister, Mrs. J. o. Bryan
of Chattanooga, Tenn, and one
brother, w. B. McGowen, OF Tur-
key, as well as by eight grand
children.
Funeral services will be held TO-
day at p. m. in his home. Inter
ment will be at the Mt. Holly GENE
terry near Watha.
Service on 1874 miles of rail lines
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24

Service on 1874 miles of rail lines
in the Dominican Republic was sus-
pended in 1941 and the roadbeds
were converted into highways.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24

york and nIn' 90 IIty~day ana 49,,
sands T, bsnpn lsyIo1
springs; For men, women and e6 irp nsfd padsr
R swlp sem On trial to proveit Not soid durable
beware OF limitations Write for F soid stores
Res,lts nG-rlsk trial order plan and nd bbcok %
'soohs COMPANY ss2 Stats St, ' s,f,s.1 NJ,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-15

Daphne Willoughby Abruzzi.
married when II and a widow at
Is, returned to her home town.
North Wintridge, after an absence
of twelve years, eight of which
were spent in Paris, London, and
Naples. After her husbands death.
she worked four years for Corinne
Hollis, a New York decorator. On
the train Daphne thought Of the
many fanciful letters She wrote to
her friend, Kate Dennison, describ-
ing the romantic Carlo, her must
clan husband -. concert tours. viii
las, gay bohemian affairs. She also
thought of Alan Pembroke, a Young
architect, whose orchids she was
wearing. At the station she met
Kate Dennison and her husband
Tommy and went to their home,
Later Daphne told Kate that
Cousin Ella left me a house and 4
trust fund of about $1,000 a wear.
Daphne says that she has no intcn-
ton of remarrying. but Kate is
skeptical. Soon Daphne is busy re-
newing old acquaintance and starts
remodeling Cousin Elias former
home assisted by an adoring sub
deb, Buff" Turner. While wedding
the garden, Daphne saw that she
was under the observation Of :
strange man and his dog. She
tripped over a vine AID wrenched
her ankle. After the Granger band
aged it, she asked him il he knew Of
any available gardener. He offered
to work five hours q day and when
she asked his name. he said, Steve.
Just call me Steve AS she left in
her station wagon, Daphne kept
thinking: Steve who?
CHAPTER SIX
The way to find the answer was
simple: She drove her car straight
down the hill, instead of turning
back to town. This way she would
pass the metal m~ailboXes on posts
At the road edge.
There were three boxes in the
row which obviously belonged to
the three rustic cottages. Daphnc
leaned out of the car and squintod
At the names painted on them. The
Grst n read Ii -. pe; the second
one, o. Pulaski; and the third, in
faint letters, proclaimed its owner
to Ee S. W. Bronner.
"I've got my gardener" She told
Mrs. Gibson over tea-cups, later.
"They're more precious than
tires. Is he under ninety, Daphne?"
asked Laura Loughlan.
considerably. About thirty
FIVE, | Think
"Then he's either the village
idiot, or completely unreliable, and
YOU won't get any work out Of him.
someone said.
Il think | will. hope he'll be
= good worker, because he Ger
tainly isn't a talkcr," Daphne re-
marked grimly, as she turned to
listen to Mrs. Russell. She cor.d
catch only snatchcs Of her chat.
g.. We're not going to have paid
help now We kept her on be-
cause she needed the money -.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-15

result that the health of the civil
population on this continent is
better than it was before the war.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-15
A Grim Prospect

The causes for these conditions
are not difficult to determine
break up of Public Health service,
crowded and uncertain living
quarters, and lack of food. But
the situation indicates the neces-
sity for eternal vigilance. Our
enemy is scotched not killed. 1t
awaits, ever ready to renew its
deprcdations at the slightest OPP
p]ortunity.
There is another lesson, which
is that to preserve u own gains
we must not let any refugee or
immigrant enter u country
without an extra careful exami-
nation as to the possibility of his
being a tuberculosis carrier.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-15

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-15
By LOGAN CLENDEN1NG, MD.

THE WAR mas not relaxed the
vigilance of health authorities in
the United States, Canada, Mex
leo and Central America, with the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-15
Indicator of Conditions


tuberculosis, as I said, is mere
ly an Indicator of general health
conditions abroad. | was talking
to a doctor recently returned from
China. He showed me some PIC
lures of little children with nutri-
tional dropsy their legs and
bellies and faces all swollen.
This is an old story Of war and
famine. American scientists, DR..
Gideon Wells and Roger Perkins,
studied post war nutrltlonal
edema in Rumania in 1918, as did
DR.. A. j. Carlson in Russia. Their
first theories were that the condi-
ton was due to lack of vitamin A
in the diet. But this a disproved
when Emma kohmann showed
that the real cause was lack Of
protein in the diet-meat, eggs,
milk. 1t rapidly clears up when
these foods are given-in fact
when any kind Of a complete and
balanced diet is furnished.
The burden of rehabilitation of
these stricken peoples must fall
upon our magnanimous and great
hearted country. Since we have
really improved our health record
on rationing it may be supposed
we a stand the annoyances Of it
for a few wears more. Certainly
We cannot let the little children
in foreign countries suffer in or
der to provide midnight lunches
for ourselves.
QUESTIONS AND NSWER
p. A. Cts there any treat
ment other than surgery for Du-
puytren's contracture of the hand?
Answer: Dupuytren's contrac-
ture is the formation of scar tissue
in the palmar tendons Of the hand,
causing the fingers to remain in a
semi closed position. | have never
known exercises or stretching or
massage to do it any good. Surgery
! is usually successful. but tedious.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-15

result that the health Of the civil
population on this continent is
better than it was before the war.
But not so in the rest of the
world.
The problem of reconstruction
will be enormously complicated by
these grim conditions.
1t can perhaps best be illus
trated by the situation in tuber-
culosis. For rs years there has
been a worldwide decline in Incl
dence of tuberculosis, accelerated
immensely, especially in this coun-
try, during the last three decades
by deliberate planning and cam
palgnlng.
Effect of War
In 1899 when the war started in
Europe the mortality from tuber-
culosis in the United States was
n. In 1943 it was AZ. Canada's x
p%erience has been about the same.
In England and Wales the rate
rose during the first years of war
from 81 to 50, but from 1871 it
has again declined.
In countries where the ravages
of war have been an immediate
experience, however, the story is
entirely different. Statistics are
naturally spotty, but we have
some reliable ones. In Paris the
tuberculosis mortality rate rose
10 per cent during the first six
months of 1941, owe 1899. Among
children the rate has increased 80
per cent.
In Holland and Belgium the in
crease is so per cent since the be-
ginning of the war. In Germany
from 1889 to 1912 the increase is
"a per cent. In Rome $3.50 per
sons died from tuberculosis in the
first half Of 1944 compared to an
annual average pre-War mortal
ity Of 1900.
Reports on Japan
Japan has always been a gen.
GRAFTON behind western countries
in tuberculosis control. For two
decades prior to Pearl Harbor the
rate was about 200 per 100000
population. Exact figures are not
available, but scattered report.
indicate a major up5Wing in Incl
dence.
Evening star., 1944-10-25
Portrait Swindle Scheme
|Churoed to Artist"

A 35-year-old colored man was
arraigned before Municipal Court
Judge Ellen K. Raedy yesterday for
allegedIy swindling at least 900 SER
vicemen along the Eastern seaboard
by taking orders TO paint their por-
traits.
Horace Ignatius Lancaster, IS, OF
the TOO block of T street NV, who
was held on $1,000 bond for a
further hearing November 2, talked
the servicemen out of from So to
SO each, according to police, by
promising to paint their portraits
To gain their confidence, he ex-
hibited the work Of another artist
police said.
Evening star., 1944-10-25
TWA has the pattern Of
schedule frequency

IVA mas fno Pofforn or
schedule frequency
Seven round trips week direct from the
United States to London, two round trips a
week from London to Cairo, and one round
trip week from Cairo to Calcutta with over
twice as many flights to the British Isles Is are
now available to travellers and shippers.
TWA offers new low rotes
TWAS proposed rate using Stratohnen is
$263.8O direct from New York to London as
compared with the present minimum air rate
Of $572.0O. (The.prewar fr.t.cla.s steamship
rate was $4,000 TWA'. proposed fare from
Evening star., 1944-10-25
Princess Beatrice Is III;
Dauqhter of Victoria
Ev the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
S, LONDON, Oct. 25.-Eighty-seven
year-old Princess Beatrice. last sur
viving child of Queen Victoria, is
seriously i'll and 'her condition is
now causing grave anxiety" said a
bulletin issued last night by the
royal physician.
Princess Beatrice is a great-aunt
to the present King of England
She was the youngest of nine chill
dren born to Queen Victoria.
Her husband, Prince Henry OF
Battenberg, was Prussian cavalry
officer who became naturalized after
their marriage in July, 1885. He
died of African fever off the coast
of Africa in 1896.
The princess has been governor
and captain of the Isle of Wight
near Portsmouth, since her hus-
bands death,
Evening star., 1944-10-25
Ready to double the present service frequency
x Ready to cut present Transatlantic rates in half

In accordance with an application for an
around.the.world air route filed with the Civil
Aeronautics Board on June 10, 1914, TWA
is ready to start regular, frequent, low-cost
transatlantic service by January l, or shortly
thereafter.
Evening star., 1944-10-25
Senator Aiken Urges
81. Lawrence Seaway
As Postwar Project
By the Associated Press.

DETROIT, Oct. 25. - Senator
Aiken, Republican, of Vermont, in
a speech before the Detroit Board
of Commerce and the Adcraft Club
here yesterday, urged support of
the st. Lawrence seaway and power
project as a means of alleviating
postwar unemployment, expanding
foreign trade and providing cheap
power to millions.
The project, pending before the
Senate as an amendment to the
rivers and harbors bill, contemplates
eliminating rapids in the st. Law
renee between Lake ontario and
Montreal harbor by the construc-
tion of dams, locks and canals.
"All the harbors of the Great
Lakes will therefore become ocean
ports and your rail lines, instead
of being feeder lines will become
terminal roads, bringing overseas
traffic to shipside," Senator Aiken
said
The cost to the United States was
estimated in 1941 at about $285 900,
600.
Senator Aiken said both President
Roosevelt and Gov. Dewey, Repub-
lican candidate for the presidency
messaged their whole-hearted sup
port and approval of the project.
Mr.. Roosevelt's message said "the
ST. Lawrence project is symbolic OF
the great things this country can dc
by democratic means as a part of a
creative peace" while Gov. Dewey
reinterated the statement that
favor the st, Lawrence seaway prof.
ect and always have"
Senator Aiken said that during
the reconversion period, it will pro-
vide Jobs for tens of thousands OF
war workers and returning service
men"
He said at a press conference that
the critical period of unemployment
expected to follow the war may be
counteracted by constructive public
works. If we have depression, 1t
will be because we build on our fears
instead of our faith" he said.
Evening star., 1944-10-25
Dr.. W. c. Herman Dies
Noted OrnithoIoqist

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 25.-Dr. Will
liam C. Herman, II. nationally
known ornithologist, died yesterday
after years illness.
A physician, DR.. Herman was a
pioneer in the study of bird migra-
ton and was one of the first natur-
alists to receive Federal authority
to band birds to study their travels
In 1896 he was summoned into
Evening star., 1944-10-25
Saul 5. Spiro Elected
Secretary by Zionists

Saul s Spiro, for the last several
years national membership director
Of the Zionist Organization of
America and a resident OF Wash
ington, has been elected secretary
of the gsniza ton, 1t was an
Evening star., 1944-10-25
New Nurses Aide Course

The Nurses Aide program at Walsh
House, 2o20 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, Is adding a new daytime
course, 1t was announced today by
the District Red Cross. The new
course will open Monday and re-
cr,iits are needed. Applicants are
asked to call Republic $500, extern
sion 20l.
Evening star., 1944-10-25
Dancer in Draft Cose
BIumes Art. FBI SuYs

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Dancel
Keith Hall, IS, whose arrest as q
draft delinquent WAS announced BY
the FBI Monday, failed to register
because he was afraid service would
injure his dancing muscles, Agent
in Charge E. E. Conroy said.
Army life would ruin my dane
ing because I couldn't use my dane
ing muscles and I consider the
Evening star., 1944-10-25
n. Purke Thornton Dies:
White Motor Co. Official

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 25-H Parke
Thornton, 48. vice president and
controller of the White Motor Co.,
died yesterday after a brief illness
A native of Cozad, Nebr., and
University of Nebraska graduate,
Mr.. Thornton formerly was identi-
fed with Lincoln (Nebr) account
ing firm. Later he was affiliated
with Ffrestone Tire & Rubber Co. at
Akron. joining the White Motor Co.
in 1895
Evening star., 1944-10-25

nounced today by DR.. Israel Gold
stein, president OF zOA.
Mr.. Spiro succeeds Simon Shet-
yer, Detroit, who retired several
weeks ago because OF Ill health. The
new secretary is native of Pales-
tine and has lived in this country
for the last 20 years. He has been
president OF the, Tri-State Zionist
Region and Of the Pittsburgh Zion
ist Organization.
Evening star., 1944-10-25

Army As much punishment as
prison" ]" Mr.. Conroy quoted him as
saying.
Hall, arrested under his real
name os Hallenbeck. was q native
of Minnesota and had appeared in
road shows of two Broadway sue
cesses and In leading Chicago hotels
and night clubs, Mr.. Conroy said.
He was arrested in roundup OF 95
persons last week.