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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
PUMPING STATION
Will GET MOTORS

The War Production Board has
issued a new priority Of AL for
the electric motors yesterday need
ed to put the Kings Bluff pump
ing station, and the new pipeline,
in operation, and shipment for the
vital machinery is scheduled to be
made ''by October A." City En-
gineer ]. A. Loughlin reported yes
terday morning.
Loughlin, who has been awaiting
the motors for some time, said the
first order was evidently seized
by the Army. nd is probably
somewhere in France"
Pumps for the station at Kings
Bluff are coming direct from Nor
ristown, N. Y, and are expected
to arrive by the end Of this week.
The electric motors are already in
production, and should reach the
city by October II, as they are
coming by fast motor express.
On order are three pumps, two
electric motors, and one gasoline
engine for the station.
Meanwhile, A. H. Guion, build
ing the station at Kings Bluff has
gone as far as possible with con-
struction work until the equipment
is here, ready for installation.
With the machinery on the site,
assemblage should be only a mat
ter of weeks, and then the new
system, tapping salt-free water at
the Bluff, will be set in operation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04

New Hanover citizens being ap
preached for gifts to the Commu.
nifty War Chest are asking a multi
tude of questions, according to the
solicitors, a prerogative which the
collectors honor.
Last night, Ranald Stewart, 1915
drive chairman, answered a few
queries put to him by a Star-News
reporter.
Here they are:
What is the National War Fund,
to which you say part of our
Community Chest dollar goes?-a
federation of war-related philan-
thropies established early in 1913
to provide essential wartime serv-
ices to members of our fighting
forces and Merchant Marine and
to supply essential wartime relief
to our Allies and to refugees from
occupied countries.
What is the Funds objective?-
To speed victory, and save lives
by providing the American people
with an opportunity to contribute
once a year to campaign uniting
many separate war appeals in one.
Will there be another campaign
of the sort within the year?-No.
USO, British War Relief, United
China Relief and all of the rest
of the "a agencies depend upon the
present War Chest for their sup
port.
Does this campaign conflict with
the Red Cross appeal?-No. The
Presidents War Relief Control
Board has given the War Fund
right of way" in the fall and
Red Cross in the spring.
Is there duplication of Red
Cross and War Fund services?-
No, indeed. The areas of operation
have been clearly defined. In some
instances; there is cooperative ac-
tivity between the two, but never
Is there government power in the
National War und?-There is gov
eminent power behind it. but not
in it.
Who directs the National w a r
Fund?-A board of directors made
up of 145 citizens representing all
major interests and sections of the
country. Winthrop Aldrich. New
York banker, is the president.
Who d r e CT s our Community
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
Chest Drive Solicitors
Answer Many Questions

Chest, with which the War Fund
is merged? A board of directors,
representing local organizations
and interests. The Rev. Walter B.
Freed, Lutheran minister, is the
president.
How does the National War Fund
handle it's foreign relief distribu-
ton? - Some member agencies
maintain their own personnel in
the field. But for the most part
NWF agencies make use of spar-
ticipating agencies established
relief and welfare groups.
Is there adequate supervision OF
foreign relief?-The NWF keeps in
close touch with appropriate gov
eminent agencies so that no dis
tribution can be made without the
approval of those agencies, n d
their assurance that supplies w
reach those in need, and not fall
into the hands of the enemy. A
further check on distribution is at
forded by letters received + r o m
abroad.
How does NWF report its expen-
ditures to the public? - Through
periodic releases and reports,
through state war funds, and prin-
cipally by means of an annual
budget statement issued about
July Is.
Are administrative and campaign
expense of the National War Fund
economical? = Yes, in 1943 it
amounted to .085 of the national
goal.
Are organized groups supporting
the National War Fund?-Yes, the
fund has proved to be a great uni
flying force. welding together all
segments of American life in a sin
gleness of purpose. Support for it
comes from farmers. laborers. Of
flee workers., executives, business
firms, oranges, and professional,
nationality, fraternal, and religious
groups.
What are the advantages of the
National War Fund?-Elimination
of duplication, conservation of ener-
gy of community leadership, and
reduction Of campaign and admin
istrative expenses. The NWF COM
bines the American genius for or
ganlzatlon. the American capacity
for economy, and the American ira
dition for philanthropy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
SERVICEMEN SET
BEHAVIOR MARK

Soldiers, sailors and Marines,
who have been spending week
ends here since establishment OF
camps and other military installa-
tons in southeastern North Caro-
lima, established a new behavior
record during the weekend of
Sept. 1924 when not a single ar
rest was made by Military Police
assigned to this area by Camp
Davis.
Col. Adam E. Potts, Camp Da-
Wis commander, pointed out yester-
day that it was the first time in
three years that no arrest of mill
tary personnel was made here. He
gave the men a pat on the back
by declaring 'They are just good
boys and behaved themselves.
The "no-arrest'' record also was
attributable to the reduction of the
garrison, he added.
During last weekend only 81
members of the armed forces were
arrested, including 10 soldiers,
seven Marines, and four sailors.
This, Colonel Potts explained.
showed that more Marines and
Navy personnel were in the city.
He disclosed that G. I. buses were
being used exclusively to trans
port Camp Davis personnel to
Wilmington, in a cooperative eff
fort with the Seashore Transport
tation company to bring Marines
here from Jacksonville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
1887 ARRESTS HERE
DURING SEPTEMBER

A total of 1887 arrests for the
month of September by the Viii:
mington police department were
shown by Chief of Police c. H. Cas-
teen in his monthly report yester.
day. ....
Of this number 900 of those ar
rested were white and 287 Negroes.
Traffic violations accounted for
722 Of the white arrests and 10 OF
the Negro.
This report shows a decrease of
223 arrests from September of last
year. A total. of 81, 046.20 was turn
ed over to the clerk of Recorder S
Court last month as compared with
81, 078.8O turned over in September
1913.
Total larceny for the month
amounted to a cash value Of $751;
1926, of which SIS, 5000 was rec
overed, leaving a deficit of $1,272.-
27.
The highest number Of arrests for
any one offense were of 120 whites
and SO Negroes charged with drunk
enness.
There were AZ arrests during the
month for assault with a deadly
weapon, IS for assault on a female,
five for assault and two for assault
on minor child.
One Negro was arrested for muir
der and one for manslaughter, the
same number as for September of
last year. .e
A total of IA arrests for speeding
were made.
Forty-four automobile accidents
were reported, five of which result
ed in injury.
Of the 10 automobiles reported
stolen, all were recovered.
There was one fatality resulting
from an automobile accident.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
MORE BUSES USED
ON LEJEUNE Line

The SeaShOre transportation
company, which recently added
eight round trips to its bus sched-
ule between Wilmington and jack
sonville, brought 1881 Marines
from Camp Lejeune into this city
last Saturday, E. w. Paul, COM
pany superintendent, said today.
Forty-six buses were operated
Saturday to and from the nearby
Marine post, or an average OF
every Is minutes, he said. Forty
nine buses transported Marines
back to their station Sunday.
From 3.55 to 1925 pm. Saturday,
q buses were operated from Camp
Leieune to Wilmington, carrying
an average of so passengers, and
from $3.50 to 1920 pm. six buses
arrived here from the Marine sta
ton.
Declaring I'VE can bring 5000 to
5000 Marines in here on week
end'', Paul pointed out his COM
pany is now operating IA round
trip schedules daily to Jacksonville
and Hadnot Point. The trip from
Wilmington to Jacksonville re-
quires one hour and forty minutes.
Thirty minute shuttle service is
provided from Jacksonville into the
new government-owned bus station
at Hadnot Point.
The Seashore company continues
to operate an hourly schedule be-
tween Wilmington and Camp Da-
Wis. Twenty-Five buses brought SOL
diers into the city Saturday and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
MEET
TO OPEN NOV. I

The North Carolina Methodist
conference will be held Nov. ITO
in Edenton Street Methodist church
at Raleigh, it was announced yes
terday by the Rev. ]. F. Herbert,
pastor of Grace Methodist church.
A prominent conference speaker
will be Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes
of Washington, D. c., who held a
series of meetings at Grace Meth
odist church two years ago.
Presiding will be Bishop Walter
w.. Peele of Richmond, Va, newly
appointed bishop of the North Caro-
lima conference, who succeeded
Bishop Clare Purcell of Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
Italian Paper Protests
Moroccan Troop Conduct


VATICAN CITY, Oct. 8 lR -
The newspaper Osservatore Ro-
mano has protested in strongest
terms against the conduct of Nor
rocan troops stationed in Italian
territory, asserting "it is truly
time that this state of affairs be
resolved and finished"
Osservatore said the Morrocans
stationed in certain places in the
provinces of Rome, Littoria, Ma
poll, Salerno and Trapani were
violating women and children,
damaging property and endanger-
ing public safety while their CON-
officers said they were
unable to suppress them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
Hearing For McGiu
Continued To Oct. IL

A preliminary hearing for Lu-
Their McGill, Negro of GIL South
Ninth street, on charges of assault
with. deadly weapon with intent
to kill in connection with the
slashing of Patrolman j. C. Will
hanson, yesterday was ordered
continued until October IL.
McGill is lodged in Jail, unable
to make a $4,000 bond.
The Negro, who cut a five-inch
cash in the officers neck Satur-
day night when Williamson was
making another arrest at Seventh
and Castle streets, was arrested
last night. Officer Williamson. de-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
Army Will lnactiuate
WASPS On December 20

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3REGen-
eral H. H. Arnold announced to-
day the Army Air Forces will in
activate the Women Air Force
Service Pilots on December 20
''unless there are unexpected and
much higher combat losses in the
air war over Germany"
The announcement said the de-
cision to release the volunteer
women pilots from further service
was based on present indications
that by mid-December sufficient
male pilots will be available to
fill all flying assignments in this
country and overseas. The WASPS
have been largely used in ferry
ing services.
Recruitment of personnel for the
WASPS was halted last spring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
GENERAL MERRITT
AT CHERRY POINT

CHERRY POINT, Oct. Brig
Gen. Lewie G. Merritt, USING, O.
Ridge Spring, S. c., in addition tt
his duties as commanding genera
of the Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing,
has been named commander OF the
Marine air base at Cherry Point
and all its auxiliary facilities and
outlying fields.
Col. P. E. Conradt, USING, OF
Portland, Ore, who has served. as
commanding officer of the air sta
ton at Cherry Point since last April
will continue to be the commanding
officer of this station and Will also
serve as deputy commander OF the
air bases in this area.
Col. C. F. Schilt, USING, of Mon
rovia, Cal, who has been on duty
here for more than a year, first
as commanding officer OF the sta
ton and later as temporary COM
mander of the new Ninth Wing
here, will be retained as the wings
chief of staff.
General Merritt arrived here last
June II, following service as COM
manding officer of the Fourth Ma
rine Air Wing in the Marshall is
lands. Previously he organized Ma
rine Fleet Air, West Coast, at San
Diego. Before World War II he
built the air, station at EVA near
Honolulu and served as its first
commandant. At the outbreak of
war he was in Arabia. For some
time he was an official observer
with the Royal Air Force during
the North African campaigns.
Colonel Schilt is also a veteran
Marine aviator. He wears the Con-
eressional Medal of Honor and Mic
araguan Cross of Valor for skill
and daring in landing supplies and
removing casualties for beleaguer-
ed Marines in Nicaragua in Janu-
airy, 1928. He also wears the Legion
OF Merit presented here last No
vember for outstanding leadership
ir the Solomon Islands.
Colonel Conradt was first assign
ed to duty here last December as
deputy air station commander,
when Colonel Schilt was the sta
tons commanding officer. He be-
came it's commanding officer in
April. During November, 1881, he
was in charge of a group of Marine
planes from Quantico, Va, which
participated in the dedication of
the local airport, now one Of Cherry
Points outlying fields. Since then
he has been on duty in China,
Haiti, Nicaragua and the South Pa
cific.
Cherry Point is now the Marine
Corps largest air station, and, ac-
co-ding to naval officers, the local
station is the largest, airport in
the world" Among its outlying
fields are those at Atlantic, Bogue
and Pollocksville; and among its
facilities are the air fields
at Kinston, Greenville, Camp Lee
Ieune and Columbia. s q
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
MANY CASH WAR
BONDS AT BANKS

'Wilmingtonians, who were tax.
ing advantage of the first oppor.
tunity to cash war bonds without
delay, Monday turned in 721 ir
the amount of $19,2O5.06, D. M.
Darden, secretary Of the Whining
ton Clearing House association, re-
ported yesterday.
Most of the bonds were of the
$25 denomination and had been is
sued during July and August, he
said. Some persons attempted to
cash in bonds that were bought
in September, but to no avail.
Critical of the bond cashing-in
wave, ]. G. Thornton, chairman Of
the War Finance committee, de
clared that persons who buy
bonds with the thought in mind to
Immediately cash them are n t
helping the war effort but imped-
ing it. It would be better not to
buy. at all.
eve have no criticism of per-
sons who bought bonds with the
good intention of holding them, and
then misfortune forced t h e m to
cash them in. But very few Of
those cashed yesterday were o r
emergency purposes.
The redeeming of war bonds yes
terday was easier" Darden said,
but Monday '1ong lines of per-
sons were at every bank until clos
ing time.''
In the past, it has been neces-
sary for a bond holder to wait for
a period between applying for the
cash value of bond and receiving
it. Under the new plan, the bonds
are cashed at the banks and the
owner can obtain his money i'm
mediately.
The Treasury department, in
commenting on the regulation
which makes it possible for
immediate cash payment on Sc
rails A, B, c, D and E savings
bonds, has asked the public not to
redeem any bond before maturity
date unless real personal emergen-
cy requires such action.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
ROUGH REVEILLE

KWEILIN,s China, Oct. l -
(delayed)- UP - Capt. Don
Quinn, of Roanoke, Va, a
member of the Bitter End
club at an American airbase
here, has invented a new kind
of reveille for his comrades
two pounds of INT fused and
placed just close enough to
their hostel building to jolt
them out of their slumber.
Quinn, one of the crew left
at this base, tried out a half
pound block of INT yester-
day morning and upped the
quantity of explosive this
morning. It's surefire method
of waking people, but hard on
the nerves, what with the
Japanese so close.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04

II carried them back to the post
Sunday.
Seashore's schedule from jack
sonville to Wilmington is 1870 am,
3:45 am, 5 am, 7 am, 9:35 am,
1901 am, 2:20 pm, $3.50 pm,
5:35 pm, 6:10 pm, 7:30 pm,
$40 pm, 10 pm, and 1890 pm.
Leaving Wilmington for Jackson
vile, buses run at am. 8 am,
9:45 am, 11:45 am, l pm, 2:45
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
J. A. Porter Bound Over
To u. S. District Court

In a hearing before U. S. Com
missioner J. B.. Swails Monday,
j. A. Porter, of Warsaw, was re-
leased under $3.50 cash bond to
appear before the Oct. % term IF
the U. S. District Court, on charges
of possessing, removing and con-
cealing non tax-paid spirits.
Arrest was made by State High
way Patrolman Whitley.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
PROTEST

WASHINGTON, Oct. g. R A
protest was lodged today with
Price Administrator Bowles and
War Food Administrator Jones
against recent establishments by
OPA of ceiling prices on South
Carolina beans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
PASTOR KILLED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4-lR-The
Rev. Matthew E. Hansel, g., re-
tired Presbyterian minister from
Marion, N. c., who came here two
years ago, was killed today when
he was struck by a truck while
crossing a street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04

LONDON Up POSTWAR co,.
o. British rents at a fair ti .V
through the establishment M
courts all over the country i, ~ Y
der consideration by an jnfo,ssp
partmental committee on III.
ture of Rent Restriction act.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04

spite his wound. shot McGill in
the stomach as he escaped temper
arily in a taxi.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER a.

pm, 4:3o pm, $50 pm, 7osI
10:45 pm, 1915 pm, lis ,rl
2:15 am, and 3:15 am.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-04
NATIONAL WAR FUND

Catherine Kennedy Home, one
OF the "a agencies dependent upon
the Community War Chest for sup
port, is an endowed institution
which accepts for life old ladies
over go years of age who have no
relatives to care for them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-11
First Of War $ New Surgical
Metal Allocated To Civilians

together the ends OF severed nerves
while cuffs made of the metal pro-
tect the healing nerves.
Men with facial paralysis, whose
mouths droop and hang open loose
ly at one eide, have had saddle.
shaped pieces of tantalum placed
above in their faces, and over the
saddle tantalun wires draw the
droop upward permanently into
normal mouth position. Cleft pal
ates have ben restored with tan.
talum.
Tantalum makes good ears anc
noses, over both of which plastic
surgeons can spread live skin
Faces have similarly been restored
over tantalum foundations.
One man has belly wall made
of tantalum. His surgeon hopes the
metal sheet will serve as a fielc
over which tissues will grow tt
form natural new wall. This hope
is based partly on an unusual anc
scientifically puzzling property O.
tantalum. Ordinarily living tissue.
try to keep away from foreign sub
stances. Not go with tantalum. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-11
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor

CHICAGO, June 10. - ALLEGATION
Of tantalum, the new surgical met
al Of this war, for its first civilian
uses was announced today on the
eve of the annual meeting of the
American Medical Association.
Tantalun, one of the 81 chemical
elements, is blue gray metal,
three times heavier than lead, out
capable Of forming almost invisibly
thin wire and also sheets and plates
as thin and pliable as paper. 1t
was named after the NEUROLOGICAL
tantlus because it was so difficult
to extract.
American military surgeons have
been using tantalum to restore
mangled bodies, faces and heads
which in previous wars might have
been disfigured for life.
Tantalum's great surgical value
ie being inert. There is no irritation
to tissue and no corrosion.
The wires, used as threads tc
sew wounds, are so thin that they
leave no scars. These wires sew
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-11
CAMERON H0NORED
# TROOP REVIEW

.o1 thousand troops of the
Sc SsVe 'Aannttiaircraft Artillery Group
pan saed in formal review in honor 2I1e,
passeoo ,,or Bruce Cameron of Will
q :. M Way, yesterday at the main pa
ning'o rovnds in Fort Fisher. Brig.
rade v. R. Schuyler, command
Gen, y, of the Antiaircraft Ar
i ifI@srv Training Center at c a m p
tllei is and Fort Fisher, rendered
paws s,v Jew to the city official.
u. 49, reviewing the troops were
Als w.vne L. Barker, group COM
COL ,d Sr' and 1t. Col: Francis E.
nlan sls group executive officer.
Ne sassI helmets and rifle barrels
,! o.sr in the bright sunshine,
gDs. .roons swung by the reviewing
the NED ain in massed battalion forma-
SIAM tai n + the music of the 142nd and
ton i. , ~ Army bands from Camp
tns .,;s IT. Col. Ward Shurtz, COM
Dss .aino the 576th AW Battalion,
nl ss commander of the troops on
pi eefore the parade, Mayor Cam
..ou and General Schuyler inspect
s Il the long khaki ranks cruising
s s1oro in an Army scout car.
MA Msyor Cameron was accompa-.
.;si by his 11-year-olc son, Rob-
'' IN expressing his gratitude for
~ - review in his honor, Mayor
cameron r,1 told General Schuyler
w., s he 'felt himself a part of the
'1 two of the city executives sons
40 serving in overseas theaters
~ onerations in Antiaircraft Artil-
lery units.
NJ Major Bruce Cameron, Jr., who
heIped build Camp Davis, is with
IN automatic weapons battalion in
New Guine.
CAPTAIN Daniel D. Cameron, who
trained at Camp Davis, is also
vii an automatic weapons unit.
He is stationed in England and, in
ali proba bility, is ow in France
with the Allied invasion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-11
WELCOMS ICELAND

WASHlNGTUN, June ~. -(F)-
congratulatory resolution well
coming Iceland as 'the newest re-
public in the family of free ma
tions", was passed unanimously to-
day by the house and sent to the
senate. Iceland will become a re-
public next Saturday as the result
Of plebiscite last month which
severed her last tie with Denmark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-11

tissues, including bones and mus
cles, cling SO closely that there is
a difference of opinion as to wheth-
er they may actually be alta ching
themselves to the metal, something
almost incredible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-11
KILLED IN ACTION

AVONDALE, Pa, June 10. Up
"A schoolgirl bride of 16, Elmira
Davidge Taylor was notified yes
terday that her husband, Private
William c. Taylor, was killed in
action in Italy May 16. They elop-
ed to Elkton, Md, last September.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-11
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-11

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