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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
PRESIDENT SAILS
FOR HOME AGAIN
Mr.. Truman Exchanges
Hearty Greetings With
King OF England
By EVERETT WANDER
United Press Staff correspondent


United Press Staff correspondent
PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. a.
WH-President Truman sailed for
home in the cruiser Augusta at
$3.50 pm. today, alter a meeting
with King George, to report to the
American people in broadcast
speech on the Big Three Berlin
conference.
The President, after flying from
Berlin, lunched with the King
aboard the battle cruiser Renown.
The King paid the President a re-
turn visit to the Augusta.
AS the American cruiser steam
ed from this historic port from
which Drake sailed to smash the
Armada and the Pilgrim fathers
sailed for the New World, the Au-
gusta band played God Save the
King. Renown, as the King stood
alone on her bridge, broke out the
American flag alongside the Royal
Standard and the band played the
Star Spangled Banner, the King
standing at salute.
The President stood alone on the
Augustus deck as the Au'
gusta passed the Renown.
Just as the Augusta cleared the
harbor, the King sent this mes
sage to the President:
It has been very real pleasure
to me to meet you during your
all-too-brief visit to my country
today after your recent labors ii
the great causes to which the AL
lied Nations are pledged.
II send you my best wishes fol
your homeward voyage and fol
your safe return
The President replied:
"My heartfelt thanks for youl
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03

WASHINGTON, Aug. q WD =
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P.
Anderson forecasts more roasts
and steaks this fall and winter but
said a hue and cry" would soon
be raised over the shortage OF
soap.
Writing in American Magazine,
he said that an abundance of nutrl-
tious food will be available Tor
everybody but that the rest OF l945
will be hard on the "epicure' who
will miss many Of his favorlte
foods.
AS for soap, he said I'VE are
pretty short on oils and fats" He
said that, through somebody
failure this year, we are not get
ting our usual quota OF oils, usee
in soap manufacture, from the
Argentine Republic, even though
she has had an abundance"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
NATIONS STRIKE
NOW TOTAL $4,000
By The Associated Press

ftV line ASSOC1dtCu ANSS
The nations idle labor total crept
nast $4,000 again yesterday, the
highest mark in week, with about
two-fifths of those off their jobs
belonging to strategic metal work
ing industries.
Nearly 1,375 open hearth workers
renewed a walkout begun week
ago at the Republic Steel Corpora
ton, Cleveland, Ohio, to enforce
full crew. demand. The cor
noration's 9S-inch strip mill, how
ever, will resume rolling today,
company officials said, as 125 mill
workers voted to return to work.
All departments of the foun3s-
town, Ohio, Sheet and Tube Com
pany were closed except the coke
ovens in walkout of 81 main
tenance employees which idled l.
300 persons in dispute over
change in a line shift.
Eight plants of the Reynolds Met
ais Company, Inc, in New York
City: Glendale, L. L., N. Y: Louis
Vile, KY, and Richmond. Va, were
idle as $500 aluminium workers
stayed off their jobs over CONTRACT
negotiations on 10 issues.
Other major continuing walkouts
were in Southeastern shipyard:
where $500 were idle in Tampa
Fla. $500 cigarmakers; in Chica
60, $500 moulders and foundry
men, and Observation-Disclosures, Ky.
2,7OO coal miners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
UTILITIES BOARD
DENIES SERVICE

RALEIGH, Aug. 2. -P)- The
State Utilities Commission today
denied the application Of the Car
DINA Coach Company and Queen
City railways to operate from
Jacksonville to Camp Lejeune over
State Highway "a. A dissenting
opinion was filed by Commissioner
Fred Hunter. err
The commission denied the ap'
pications on the ground that the
congested condition at Jacksonville
lis the result of the applicants
failure to furnish transportation
to passengers delivered to them
by the Seashore Transportation
Company which does operate ovel
the proposed route"
In it's opinion, the commission
held that the present service OF
fered by the Seashore Company Il
adequate. The opinion SAID:
1.-THE Carolina Coach Compan.
does not have the buses in opera
ton and is not providing prope
services for its passengers orig
mating at Jacksonville, and doe
net maintain sufficient schedul
over it's lines leading from Jack
sonville to accommodate its pas
sengers and eliminate the congest
ed conditions. 1t does not appea
from the evidence that the Quee
City Coach Company has been S
negligent in the care of its pasc1!
gers.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
FoamyBeer From Abroad
ToBe Long Time Coming

time although the people are al
ready busily engaged in the ire
mendous job of reconstructlng
devastated areas resulting from
six years of war.
In Switzerland, where beer also
is a popular drink, the situation
is not SO bad although during the
war, the quality of the beverage
deteriorated badly. The Swiss never
exported any of their pre-war pro-
duction of 100000 gallons, find
ing it no more than adequate for
themselves.
During the war, production
dropped about go per cent and in
quality it became about equal to
American beer during prohibition
Before the war, German beer was
very popular in Switzerland and
Continued on Page Eight; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03

H[TM LARGE
MONDAYRADS
Cops, Robbers Game
Proves Too Realistic

Los VEGAS, New, Aug. a.
R)-It was a great addition to
the cops and robbers game
when Willie Lee Lyzar, 8, found
q pair of handouts in the alley
behind the First National Bank.
But when the game was over
the handouts were still on, and
Willie's frantic parents called
In the police.
In a realistic climax to his
game, Willie got a ride to po-
lice headquarters in = police
squad car, complete with siren
and flashing red light, So the
handouts lost by detective
could be removed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
FINAL REPORT
FAILS TOPUT
APS ON SPOT
Three World Leaders Take
Straight Slap At
Franco Regime

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-M
The Big Three tonight set up the
mechanism for great powers to
write the peace of stricken Europe
and extract PREPARATIONS from
guilty Germany forced to devote
its energies to agriculture and
peaceful industry.
But on the great question In the
minds of people the world over
will Russia help smash Japan? A
6,OOO-word communicate on the
Potsdam conference was silent.
It concluded, however, with a
single, succinct sentence which
may be expected to receive I'M
easy scrutiny from Japan's war;
lords:
During the conference there
were meetings between the chiefs
of staff of the three governments
on military matters of common in
terest."
Issued simultaneously In London,
Moscow and Washington, the COM
munique was approved by Prime
Minister Attlee, Premier Stain and
President Truman.
Appraising their work in the
heart of a once powerful enemy
state, they spoke of important de-
cisions and agreements" Of
strengthened ties, of a renewed
confidence that their governments
and peoples, together with the
other United Nations, will ensure
the creation of a just and enduring
peace"
Specifically, they:
l.. Established permanent Coun'
Gil of Foreign Ministers Of the
three powers and those of France
and China. The Council was assign
ed to continue the necessary work
for the peace settlements.
2. Promised that the writing o.
peace treaty with Italy shall
be the first task of the council
after the treaty is concluded the
Big Three will seek to get Italy
into the United Nations.
8. Blackballed Franco Spain from
membership in the United Nation.
: because its government was found
ed with Axis support and because
of its "close association with the
agressor states.''
: 4. Spelled out in detail their po
Y litical and economic plans for Ger
!. many.
d Continued on Page Eight; Col. Il
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
Blaring Horn Causes
Runaway; Trees Suffer

Anachronistic or not, it's not
the machine age completely yet.
Tommie Mitchell, Negro, of S22
South Seventh, can testify to that.
He reported to police re
Thursday night that blaring car
horn scared the horse he was drlv-
ing, causing it to run away. He
couldn't stop the horse, he SAID,
and when it stopped, evidently OF
it's own accord, two trees on the
James Walker Memorial hospital
lawn were down.
In his report to the police, Tom
ME said that he will see Mr.
Darden at the hospital in the
morning." probably about the TAI
len trees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
LAVAL TO APPEAR
IN COURT TODAY
Both Prosecution, Defense
Attorneys Fight Shy OF
His Evidence

PARIS. Aug. 2.-W.D-Pierre La
val, former premier and Nazi col
laborator who has been dubbed the
evil genius of the Vlchy re-
CINE. will come face to face with
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain Fri
day before the High Court of JUS
tice which is hearing treason charg-
es against the 89-year-old Hero
of Verdun'' and former Vichy
chief of state.
Judge Pierre Mongibeaux, pre-
siding at Petain's trial, announced
after IS minutes deliberation with
the "a jurors today that Laval
will be called. The announcement
created sensation.
We decided light must be
thrown on number of things. We
therefore decided to hear Pierre
Laval at 100 pm. tomorrow" said
Mongibeaux over the objections OF
defense attorneys.
Laval will be brought from a
tiny cell in Fresnes Jail, where he
is awaiting his own trial for trea-
son, to the tiny. crowded court
room in the Palais De Justice
where for nearly two weeks for
mer French premiers, generals
resistance workers and diplomats
have been spinning out the fate o
the man who was his nornina
chief in the Vicny government
Whlchheld sway in France during
the German occupation.
Although LavaTs name ha,
cropped up time and again in thu
pe,am trial, and the defense hat
mdlcated that it sought to pu
on MIN the blame for many G
retains actions, he was not eX
expected to be called upon to ties
tify.
In some ways, he is a witnes
vented at this juncture neithe
W the defense, led by Attorne
remand Payen, nor by the prose
cullon led by Andre Mornet.
Undoubtedly he will testify frs
ana foremost in behalf of Pierr
Laval, But it is taken as certai
Continued on Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
POLICE DISCOVER
KIDNAPPED CHILD

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 2.-P)
Pretty nine-year-old Marjorie
Wick, sought since July Is when
she went for bicycle ride with
a "greyhaired man." was -e-
united with her parents today
while John Stanley Borten. 3d.
was held in Buffalo Jail charged
with kidnapping the child.
After 24-hour search If
Rochester, detectives found Boz
ten and the child in a roomins
house this morning, police said
Borten will be arraigned tomor
row.
Marjorie appeared unframed,
but her straight, black hair hac
been bleached blond. She wa:
wearing a dress she told police
Borten made for her, and severa
pieces Of inexpensive jewelry she
said he had bought.
When her mother, Ms. Johr
Wick, caught sight of her at police
headquarters, she threw her arms
around the child's neck and sob
bed "Baby, what have they done
to your" Marjorie t. arfully ex-
planned, police said, that Borter
had dyed her hair with white
water"
Detective Chief Thomas v
Meegan said Marjorie told police
Borten took her on his bicycle
July Is to a Buffalo rooming
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
BY LEO S. DIsHER
United Press Staff Corresponds

United Press Staff Correspondent
PRAGUE, Aug. 2. -WD- Lights
are burning in the boulevard cafes
of Prague and other cities in Czech
oslovakia but the famed foamy
beer which once was served in
giant mugs is conspicuous by its
absence.
The product for which Czecho-
s1ovakia was known the world over
is practically unobtainable in no.
tells and cafes, even in Pilsen, home
of one of the greatest breweries
in the world. About the only bev'
erages obtainable are weak ersatz
tea, black ersatz coffee, water and
something similar to Lemonade
served at dinner in place Of wine.
The return OF beer, the Czech's
favorite drink, after a four-year
absence, may not come for some
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
Anderson Forecasts More :
Roasts, Steaks This Fall

He hoped that q satisfactory ar
rangement will yet be worked out
but he classed soap, along with
sugar, eggs, chickens, polk, lard,
and butter, as commodities which
will be scarce until spring "at
least"
He called for about production
of food, and an end to ''our Yankee
thrift and fear of SURPRISES"
1--WE cannot have all we want
until we learn the lesson of pro-
duction-to-the limit" he al d.
seWhat we lose through SURPRISES,
if they prove unexportable, may be
chalked up in the price of war
SURPRISES which used to wreck us
may yet save hungry world from
collapse when the last shot is
fired"
Continued ON Page Eight; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
Nimitz Report Says 116
Enemy Vessels Are
Sunk, Damaged

GUAM, Friday, Aug. 3. -P)-
U. S. and British carrier pilots
sank or damaged 1r6 Japanese
ships and destroyed or damaged 278
aircraft in their Monday sweeps
over Honshu, Adm. Nimitz said
today in his final report" for that
cay.
Twenty-four Of the ships, includ-
ing two destroyers and two, midget
submarines, were sunk. OF the 90
damaged, SO were warships. These
included an escort carrier, a light
cruiser, six destroyers, nine de-
stroyer escorts, submarine and
seven midget submarines, 4 ub-
marine tender, gunboat, five
identified simply as combatan1
ships, and naval auxiliary.
The raids, initially directed al
the Tokyo area but widened to in
clude Nagoya and the Maizuru nav
a; base on Western Honshu because
of bad weather. also damaged the
great Nagoya naval arsenal, naval
dock and buildings at Maizuru, four
main buildings of the Kanto Special
Steel Co., and the japanese Inter
national Aircraft Company. Both at
Hiratsuka, near Tokyo.
Nimitz's communique was issu-
ed while four japanese cities and
a big oil refinery center still
smouldered from the greatest aer-
ial raid in history, and radio To-
kyo declared that the pre-invaslon
aerial blows at the vaunted for
tress island of Kyushu systematic
cally were battering vital trans
portation links.
Latest reports by some OF the
5000 fliers in 800 Superfolts which
dumped 1852 tons of bombs anc
mines early yesterday told of grea'
fires set visible for 100 miles.
Smashing in just above buildings
and trees with machineguns blaz
ling, ISL Iwo-based Mustangs yes
terday destroyed single engine
Tighter, rocketed IA small craft
knocked out seven locomotives ane
damaged seven, and hit power sta
tons and factories in the Nagoy;
and Kobe areas.
All Mustangs returned, but !:
were damaged slightly by heavy
ack-ack.
Targets included four factorie
and the Okazaki, Meiji, Kiyosu
Komaki and Kakogawa airfields
The IA small craft, from so to IS
feet in length, were set afire.
General Macarthur reported
from Manila that $50 Far East Al
Forces planes battered the Maya
saki area, where they sank 10 ship
and damaged three and a sub
marine Wednesday. Other FEAl
strikes from Korea to Borneo an
the Celebes added another II ship
sunk or damaged.
FEAT planes surprised 20 Japs
= nese aircraft in the air over M
y goya. They shot down six and tn
, others fled.
) Nimitz's communique disclose
/, that, for the first time, British an
American carrier pilots concer
trated on the same target, the Ma
zura naval base. Previously, the
had struck simultaneously but {
4 separate targets in coordinate
t strikes at the enemy's home i
S lands.
k One of the destroyers damage
e was of the 1900 ton Terutsuki, VIII
is big. modern enemy Warshi]
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
TAKES OVER COMMAND

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 2.-lPJ-
Commodore Merlin O'Neil, U.s.
CGR, a veteran Of European and
Pacific invasions, arrived here to-
day to assume command as dis
trict Coast Guard Officer fo- the
Fifth Naval District. He succeeds
Rear Admiral Gordon T. Finlay,
USCG, who leaves Norfolk August
Z to assume duties as director Of
the Eighth Naval District in New
Orleans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
HEART ATTACK FATAL

ASHEV1LLE, Aug. 2.V(F)-Mrs'
Birdie Skolowski, Ga, of Spar
tanburg, S. c., died suddenly as
the result of a heart attack in an
Asheville hospital today. She is
survived by the husband, R.
Skolowski of Spartanburg, and a
daughter, Mrs. M. B. Shamberg,
of Brickton. The body will be
taken to Goldsboro, N. c., tomor'
row for services and burial.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)

Eastern Standard Time)
~, by U. S. Weather Bureau)
.n ast;eIeorologlcal data for the "a hours
N'''s $50 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
,.5 1;'O am, 70; 1880 am, "a; 100 pm, 86;
MAJ. Maximum Sc; Minimum u; Mean 7s;
Humidity
7.3 nov am, 80; 7:3o am, SO; 100 pm, 80,
Precipitation
OC0 inches. -'0 e Nv p'''
NO lOtal since the first of the month,
~ Tides For Today
II rom the Tide Tables published by
o. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Will. High Low
"'-iN1heton ------------ 5 :29a 1927;
M.s.., 5:l2p 1881
'oHporo Inlet - 3:26a 9:29;
Co., 4:o5p 10 :3ol
Sunrise, s:25, Sunset iii; Moonris
'TpSa; Moonset 1852.
"a MVer stage at Fayetteville was report
"a to be Ito feet.
continued on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
KILLED BY TRAIN

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Aug. =
R)-A man tentatively identified
by draft card as r. c. Macknight,
about IS, of Hillsboro, N. c., was
killed today when he was struck
by a pickup freight train on the
Lehigh Valley railroad tracks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
Big Tbxee Creates Council Of Foreign
MiniHzzrs To Write Peace Treaties Of
Ed. Jpe; Allies Take Toll Of Jap Ships
HIGHLIGHTS FROM REPORT
OF TRIPARTITE CON FER ENCE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-F
-Highlights of the report on
the Tripartite conferences:
President Truman, Gen.
eralissimo Stain and Prime
Minister Attlee leave this con-
ference, which has strengthen
ed the ties between the three
governments and extended the
scope of their collaboration
and understanding, with re-
newed confidence that their
governments and peoples, to-
gether with the other United
Nations, will insure the crea-
ton of a just and enduring
peace.
The German people have be-
gun to atone for the terrible
crimes committed under the
leadership of those whom in
the hour of their success,
they openly approved and
blindly Obeyed.
German militarism an d
Nazism will be extirpated and
the Allies will take in agree
ment together, now and in the
future, the other measures
necessary to assure that Ger
many never again will threaten
her neighbors or the peace of
the world.
1t is not the intention of the
Allies to destroy or enslave
the German people. 1t is the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03

intention of the Allies that the
German people be given the
opportunity to prepare for the
eventual reconstruction Of their
life on Democratic and peace
full basis
In order to eliminate Ger
many's war potential, the pro-
duction of arms, ammunition
and implements of war as well
as all types of aircraft and sea-
going ships shall be prohibited
and prevented.
At the earliest practicable
date, the German economy
shall be decentralized for the
purpose. of eliminating the
present excessive concentra-
ton of economic power as ex-
emplified in particular by
cartels, syndicates, trusts and
other monopolistic arrange
ments.
For their part, the three
governments have included the
preparation of peace treaty
for Italy as the first among
the immediate important tasks
to be undertaken by the New
Council of Foreign Ministers.
Italy has freed herself from
the Fascist regime and Is maxi
ing good progress towards the
establishment of q Democratic
government and institutions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03
FORECAST

North Carolina-Psrtly cloudy and not
mich change in temperature Friday, scat
,ered showers and thunder storms in aft
ernoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03

1t is not the intention of the
Allies to destroy or enslave
the German people. 1t is the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-03

CONTINUED on Page Two; Col.2)
Evening star., 1945-06-03
eZive Dad Old Spice an

eIve Dad Old Spice-and you
give him modern shaving efficiency and lot
taners fit mans hand, packaging please him, and
the bracng Old Spice scent he prefers. Shaving Soap in
sturdy mug $l.oo, invgating ify-S -SA0ung Lotion $780,
uvisbt 1aleum z5e', Bath Soap, cakes tar $780, =
Eacha uhon Original
Helpg Vim This War Still Our Ed... Buy Bigger Bonds
tPLn Tax
sHuLToN
Evening star., 1945-06-03

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Evening star., 1945-06-03

&Q]OIz 'Eh
I. GAY PAREE What are the
most-purchased articles bought by
CTS when they get to Paris2
In order of preference: l. souve-
Mrs of Eiffel Tower; g. perfume;
3. black lingerie; 4. music boxes.
Z. GOOD NEICHB0R -. Argentina
has only 10 per cent Of the bobxla-
tion of Latin America. What per-
centage of Latin Amerieds railroad
mileage, net0sbrint consumption,
telephones, motor cars and trucks,
does Argentina have?
Between 50-55 per cent.
&C. B., Fleetwood, N. Y.
;. WOW March, 1916, set q ne0
record in ,0ar spending by the u. S.
What Uas it.?
1t was the first time the cost of
war exceeded $4,000. .OO0, 900 for
any calendar month.
(. MAXI FREE What's the first
German newspaper since 1888 TO be
published free from Nazi influence?
The "Aachener Nachrichten,
which is edited by Germans under
Allied authorization.
L. M. X, ScGrsdale, N. Y.
s. cI KNAPSACKS How have
the soldiers k,absaeks been made
lighter tn weight?
BY using nylon.
6. IN THE DRINK :. HoW many
Mary and Marine flyers forced doson
at sea are rescued?
Slxty-flVe per cent.
7. WAR BONDS ). Who issues the
War Bonds that Ue buy?
They are issued by the Bureau
of Public Debt.
3. SENATE DEAN Who is the
dean of the Senate?
President of the Senate McKellar
of Tennessee, who has served since
March d, 1917 - IL days longer
than johnson of California.
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Former District
ElnploYe Dies

George H. Knights, 72, former
Watermaster of the Imperial Irri-
cation district, died Monday in the
Veterans hospital at Sawtelle where
he had been patient since last
December.
Funeral rites will be held We'd
nesday in the chapel at Sawtelle
and burial will be in San Diego.
Knights was born in New Orleans
and went to work for the United
States reclamation service at Fall
Ion, Nevada, in 1907 and worked
there until 1917. He worked for the
reclamation bureau at Yuma, Arizo-
ma, all OF 1918 and most of 1919. In
August of 1919 he was employed by
the Imperial Irrigation district as
Mexican inspector In 1925 he be-
came watermaster for the district.
a position from which he resigned
m September of 1910 and moved to
his ranch near Calexico. In the sum-
mer Of 1912 be moved to Los An
geles because of i'll health. He was
taken to the veterans hospital late
in 1914.
Knights was veteran of the
Spanish h-American war. Among the
organizations to which he belonged
was the Veterans of Foreign wars.
He was well known in the Calexico
= Centre, and Imperial areas.