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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-08-25
Medical Officer
Wins Silver
Star In Italy

Washington, D. Captain Roy
all B. Fleming, 2548 The Paseo,
Kansas City, Mo-, has been award
ed the Silver Star for gallantry in
action against the enemy in Italy
last February, the War Department
announced this week.
A medical officer with a task
force of Infantry, Armon and En-
gineers, Capt. Fleming won the
award for his devotion to duty and
care of the wounded while under
heavy enemy artillery fire during
the period from February 8 to II.
The official citation reads in part:
6 He exposed himself to hostile
artillery, mortar small arms fire
and anti-personnel mines by per-
sonally accommodating for a suit
able position for a battalion aid
station. Locating the position, Capt.
Fleming again exposed himself by
returning to the medical section
and guiding it to the position Sc
lected.
Immediately setting up the aid
station, he quickly and efficiently
administed first aid, comforted the
wounded and supervised transfu-
sions in the midst of very heavy
artillery and mortar fire concen-
tration in the immediate area He
worked during the entire period
from February 8 to IL. 1915.
The husband of Mrs. Maize Elem
ing of the Paseo address, Captain
Fleming was born in Elizabeth
City, N. c., and graduated from
Shaw University, at Raleigh, N. c.
in 1926. In 1890 he graduated from
the Medical School of Howard I'm
iversity, Washington, D. c.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-08-25

sites along the ever-changing route
Throughout the journey there is
ample time to rest, sleep and fresh
en- up in my-operated hostels,
Upon completion of the trip and
delivery of the vehicles and sup
plies to the Chinese Government,
Army transport planes take the
men back to India over the famous
hump" route above the Himalaya
mountains.
Another Negro from Mississippi
making the trip is Pfc Curtis Jack
son, "a, son of Mrs. Mary Jackson
Magnolia.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-08-25
BRANDON MAN SUFFERS
WOUNDS IN GERMANY

It's Johnnie P. Jones, colored
son of Pearlie Rancifer, Rt. 2,
Brandon, is home on furlough from
an Army hospital in Alabama where
he is being treated for wounds re-
ceived in Germany T-5 Jones, a
veteran of the North African, Sicil-
ian and German campaigns, drove
truck in France and Germany.
He was wounded in the arm and a
shell fragmen injured his left eye
so badly it had to be removed.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-08-25

There is mile of railroad in the
United States for every 563 persons
in the remainder of the world
the average is a mile for every g.
62s.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-08-25

Sgt. James L. Keys, colored, from
Johns, is serving in France with
the 4358th @. M. Mobile Bakery
Company, which is credited with
turning out more than 100 tons of
bread daily, repeatedly the largest
bread production credited to any
such unit in both World Wars. Sgt
Keys was indicted into the Army
in February, 1943.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-08-25

Pfc. Willie Scott, colored, of
Brand IN, serving with a Quarter
master Service Company, which
helped supply the 18th u. S. Army
in Europe, is now being trained
with his unit at Camp Cleveland,
redeployment center near Reims,
France, preliminary to redeploy-
ment to the Pacific. His unit
reached France in February, 1915,
and is credited with participation
in the Rhineland campaign.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
Urges Wise Buying
When Aspiri1l's Needed

Never expect to find more relief in the
field Of aspirin than you get this way.
Get st. Joseph Aspirin, worlds largest
seller at 10c. Whypay more?Why accept
less? When you want dependable as
pirin. say, "St. Joseph Aspirin, please"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
Leland School Staff
All Hold Cards In
State Association,

The twelve allotted teachers and
two special teachers, CONNER
clal and music of Leland High
school, Leland, N. c., have be-
come members of the local unit of
the North Carolina Education As
sociation according to Glenn M.
Tucker, principal.
In recent letter to Miss Ethel
Perkins, Executive Secretary of the
NCEA, Raleigh, Mr.. Tucker stated
that this is 100 per cent member
ship for the Leland school and
that Sin his opinion this is the
first time that a school of Bruins
wick county has been represented
100 per cent on the membership
files of the organization.
Mr.. Tucker is looking forward to
the time when the members of the
teaching staffs of all the schools
| of Brunswick county will be men,
bers of the local unit, NCEA and
NEA.
Beside being principal of Leland
High school, Mr.. Tucker is also
chairman of the Legislative com
mittee of the local unit of NCEA
and member of the State legislative
committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
Lady Nearly Clicked
While Lying In Bed
Due To Stomach Ga,

One lady said a few days age
that she used to be afraid to 60 to
bed at night. She was swollen with
stomach gas, which always got
worse when she went to bed, and
the gas would rise up in her throat
after she lay down and would
nearly choke her. She couldn't lie
flat. Had to prop herself up on
pillows. Recently this lady got
INNER-AID and now says gas is
gone, stomach feels fine, bowels
are regular and she can go to bed
and sleep soundly.
INNER-AID contains IL Great
Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear
gas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable peo-
pie don't go on suffering! Get IN
NER-A1D. Sold by all Drug Stores
here in Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09

Meat loaf baked in a ring mold
Is good served with the center
filled with small buttered onions
and glazed carrots.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
Obituaries
CAROLON STEEN

LUMBERTON. Oct. 8.-The frs
death from infantile paralysis re
ported in Robson county this yea
is that of Carolon Steen, 2-yeaf
old daughter of Mr.. and MS
Ellard Steen, Indian couple, whlcl
took place at their home in Ray
naham section, Saturday night. DR.
E. R. Hardin, county health officer
reported that the child became IL
two days before and the case was
diagnosed as polio on Friday.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at Pleasant Grove
Methodist church with the Rev.
Thomas SWEET in charge. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery
p. F. MGIRT
ROWLAND, Oct. 8.-P. F. Nc
Girt, "a died at his home this af-
ternoon after a long illness.
Surviving are his wife the former
Annie E. Mitchell and three daugh-
ters; Mrs. J. w. Freeland, CT
Norfolk, Va, Mrs. W. E. Bracy OF
Washington, D. c., Mrs. N. A.
Doerr of Washington, D. c.; four
sons, Herman, Frank, Glenn and
Forest, all of Rowland.
Funeral services will be held
with interment in Ashe-
pole cemetery with the Rev. j. 1.
knight, officiating.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
CHEST CAMPAIGN
GETS GOOD START
Continued from Page One)

the peoples of the world, Bishop
Darst mentioned the dependence
of local agencies upon the Commu
nifty Chest funds to continue their
work of community welfare. "We
are not giving just our money" he
said, 1--WE are giving a part Of
ourselves"
H. A. Marks. general chairman
for the campaign, who presided
at yesterdays meeting listed the
breakdown by divisions of the
campaign goal as follows: Indus
trial division, 500, 1000; Commercial
division, $21,50o; Public Service
division, $4,000; Government divi-
sion, 1000; Special Gifts division,
$4,000; Professional division, $6,-
500, General, $12,375.
L. D. Latta, Chairman of the
Chest Budget committee, also ad-
dressed the group on the work of
his committee in studying local
needs, and outlined steps in pre-
pairing the final budget for this
years local goal.
Immediately following the lunch.
con meeting of the key workers
and firm Representatives of the In
dustrial, Commercial, Public Ser.
vice and Government divisions,
supplies began to move out to the
participating firms.
Messenger Corps
A corps of messengers, organi.
zed by R. H. Hubbard, former
secretary of Civilian defense, who
is serving as a volunteer staff
member at campaign headquart.
ers, will deliver the supplies. Mem
bers of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts
and Brigade Boys club are serving
on this transportation committe
Hubbard is being assisted in this
work by w. A. Stewart, director,
Brigade Boys club; Morris Mil
ler, physical director of the club;
Carol Tinsley, field executive Of
Boy Scouts, and Mrs. Ruth Rus
sell, office secretary, Girl Scouts
Several firms have completed
Their organization for the drive
ahead of schedule, Mr.. Marks
general campaign chairman, re-
reported, and early reports are
most aging.
Red Feathers" awards for ex.
ceeding firm quotas have been
made to the Pepsi-Cola Bottline
company in the Industrial Divi.
sion, Hughes Brothers, S. & 3. Solo,
mon company, and Colonial sto.es
in the Commercial Division, and
Jefferson Standard Life Insur,
ance company, in the Public service
division.
L. D. Latta, chairman of the
Chest Budget committee of the
Community War Chest Campaign,
explained to the workers and firm
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09

representatives at the meeting, the
work of his committee which in
cludes Mrs. Herbert Bluethenthal,
John Hardin, Warren S. johnson,
Howard A. Penton, Pomeroy Mich
OILS, W. D. McCaig, Thomas B.
Lilly and j. G. Thornton.
During a six-month tensive
study of budgets" explained Lat
ia, 'the committe worked in pairs
of two, visiting the different agen.
cies and studied the routine anc
problems involved. After each
agency was studied, the com
1nittee submitted their findings
and recommendations to the bud
get committee as whole
After the budget committee stud
led the reports handed in by the
subcommittee, the final result.
were presented to the Chest Boarc
of Directors on September 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
backed by force.

SoS1ANA Ny AOIC6.
I'VE must, If we are to realiz.
the hopes we may now dare bo,
for lasting peace, enforce o,,r ,,.;7,
for peace with strength" he eo;s o,i
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
JOHN ALEXANDER MURPHY

Funeral services will be con-
Quoted this morning at IL o'clock
for John Alexander Murphy, At,
prominent citizen of Atkinson, who
died Sunday morning at his home,
at the Atkinson Presbyterian
church with the Rev. j. A. Boyd.
pastor, and the Rev. T. K. Woody,
pastor of the Atkinson Baptist
church, officiating. 1nterment will
be in the F Irgaw cemetery.
Survived are his widow, Mrs.
Miriam Hall Murphy; two sons,
John H. and Billy A., one daughter,
Betty Ann, all of Atkinson; mother,
Mrs. Mary M. Murphy of Atkin-
son; three brothers, Bob Murphy,
of Wilmington, Charles D. Murphy,
of Atlanta, Ca, and Ashley Muir
ply, stationed in Europe with U.
S. A.; two sisters, Mrs. Malcom
Mcqueen, of Fayetteville, and Mrs.
W. H. Henderson of Davidson, N.
c.
Active pallbearers will be Hugh
Walker, Charlie Moore, Murphy
Moore, Eli Caison, Dave Camp
bell Wallace, DeVane Murphy, F.
D. Covil, and Bob Murphy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
Marshall In Report; Asks
Peaceti111e Army Training

I carrying more than 10o,000 pounds
of explosives to any spot on earth
and return to friendly base.
2. Jet fighters within five years
will fly at the speed of sound and
reach targets 1000 miles away.
When the "barrier of compressi-
bility is hurdled, as it surely will
be, there will be no practicable
limit on the speed of piloted air.
craft
8. A single bomb weighing 49,
900 pounds now exists and ord
nance engineers have blueprinted
one weighing 100000 pounds - so
tons.
4. Rockets now in production can
be guided by electronics devices
and other new instruments sensi-
tive to heat, light or magnetism.
The fuse of a rocket designed to
streak unerringly to the heart of
a factory, attracted by the heat
of it's furnaces, is so sensitive that
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
in staving off disaster in those

in staving off disaster in those
critical days. .(and in the sal
wage of our civilization.
eve may elect again to depend
on others and on the whim and
error of potential enemies. But if
we do, we will be carrying the
treasure and freedom of this great
nation in a paper Bag
He believed there is a better
chance now than ever before OF
out1awing war, but warned that
the United States must follow a
wise and strong diplomacy
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
it will aim itself at a man in reac.

it will aim itself at man IN reac-
ton to the heat of his body.
Marshall said too few Americans
appreciate how thin was stretched
the thread of Allied survival in
the "black days. of 1912. With the
German army storming toward
the Volga and the Suez and the
Japanese threatening India after
conquering all of Malaysia and
Burma, he said, the Axis were on
the verge of complete world dom
ination.
Only the valiant stand of Britain
and Russia in the face of certain
defeat, plus Axis errors and their
lack of coordinated plan, he said,
saved the United States war on
it's own soil and gave it time to
muster the overwhelming strength
that spelled ultimate victory.
"In good conscience" he said,
"this nation can take little credit
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
HEADACHES NEURALGIA
Eased Quickly With BE-

Agonfzing headaches and an
noying neuralgia pains usual
ly yield in hurry to the
quick-acting ingredients in
the "BC" formula. "BC" is
also effective for the relief
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
RAF PLANE FLIES
HESS TO GERMANY
tCentiHHed from Page One)

Accompanying the former y. S
Attorney General were five asso
cietes: John j. Parker, U. S. al
ternate judge on the War Crimes
Tribunal, and four technical ad
visers including Herbert Wechsler
head of the war division of the
Department of Justice; James H
Rowe; Quincy Wright, professor Of
International law at the University
Of Chicago, and Maj. Robert Stew
art.
AS Biddle arrived, no definite
time had been set for the first
meeting of the Tribunal where Bid
die will sit with representatives
of Britain, France and the Soviet
Union. The Soviet judge has not
arrived, it was understood, and
may not until Wednesday. The
French delegation was said to be
incomplete and the appointment OF
Francois De Mention as Frances
chief prosecutor was not yet con-
Grrned.
1t was reported that the first
session here may be an informal
"get-together" around the green
topped table in the Berlin Peoples
Court where defendants in the
July 20 Hitler plot were tried.
Indictments are being translat-
cd into language of the four oc-
cupying powers in Germany and
may be published after the first
meeting of the judges. it was re-
ported. Earlier reports here said
the indictments probably would be
released simultaneously in Ger
many, London and Washington on
Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
CONTINUED from Page One)

He said that mans discovery o1
atomic power could we'll destroy
him but that there is more to fear
than the atomic bomb in another
war. Development of aircraft,
rockets, electronics and explosives
and other scientific advances, he
said, are $50 incredible that wild
est imagination will not project us
far from the target in estimating
the terrifying future.
Quoting from heretofore secret
report by Gen. H. H. Arnold, Chief
of Air Forces, Marshall disclosed
that:
/. The next few years will pro-
duce jet propelled bombers that
can fly 500 to 600 miles an hour
and bomb targets 1,5Oo miles dis
tant. An ultimate certainty are
bombers faster than the speed of
sound which will be capable of
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09

of muscular aches and fune.
tional periodic pains. Acts as
a sedative in simple nervous.
ness. 10c & Csc sizes. Use only
as directed. Consult a physi-
clan when pains persist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
LADY DONKIN

Lady Donkin, the former Louise
Reston, died October 3rd, at the
home of her son, Judge Isaac Bates
in Pinner, Middlesex, England.
She was the daughter of the late
Marie Louise DuBrutz and Will
liam Reston of Wilmington.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.
John Victor Granger, Mrs. B. R.
Graham and Mrs. Andrew Harriss,
all of Wilmington.
Her first husband was Isaac
Bates of Belfast, Ireland and after
his death she married Sir Bryan
Donkin of London, England.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
w. H. COATES

DILLON, S. c., Oct. 8.-W. H
Coates, Sc, died Sunday in E
Florence, S. c., hospital.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Georgia Causey Coates, eight
daughters including Mrs. George
W. Farmer, of Wilmington, two
sons, two sisters and five brothers.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday morning at II o'clock at
the Second Baptist church with the
Rev. Wade Gainey, officiating.
lnterment will be in Riverside
cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15
EUdngeHstic SerDices
At Church Of Christ

Evangelistic services which opened
at the Bluffton Church of Christ last
week will be continued thru next
Sunday, with special features at $50
p. m. each evening except Saturday.
Rev. Milton Fronsoe, pastor of the
church, is in charge of the series,
and Mrs. Fronsoe leads the evange-
listic singing.
Special music for the services in.
cludes the following: Ebenezer Men
MONTE male quartet, this Wednesday +;
Bluffton college string trio, Thurs
day; Cincinnati Bible Seminary
singers, Friday. The Cincinnati
group also will sing on Sunday, in
addition to holding Singspiration
service at 2:30 p. m. on that day.
Rev. Fronsoe's subjects are an
nounced as "The Lords Day., We'd
nesday; "The Communion Service,
Thursday; "A Good Man Who Need
ed Christ, Friday; and Popular
Misconceptions of the N. T. Position"
and Neutrality Impossible, Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15
Lecture On Reformed
Church Sunday Night

DR.. d. A. Bode, pastor of the First
Reformed church, New Knoxville, one
of the leaders in that denomination,
will speak on the background, creed
and tenets of the Reformed faith in
a lecture at the First Mennonite
church here Sunday night at 1880
o'clock.
The lecture will be the second in
a series dealing with history of the
different denominations presented
each month in the First Mennonite
church and arranged by the pastor,
Rev. J. N. Smucker.
DR.. BODIES New Knoxville congre-
cation comprises one of the largest
Reformed churches in the Middle
West. Special music will be fur
nished by the ST. Johns Reformed
church of this place.
In March leading representative
of the Presbyterian church will speak
for that denomination, followed by
lectures by speakers from other
faiths to be announced monthly. The
public is invited to attend these
meetings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15
Bluffton Youth With Front Line
Hospital Serving Army In France
Reveal Spot Where
Airnauu Met Death

George Burkholder, Bluffton air
man who met death in action last
September % in the European thea
ire of war was killed near Charmes,
France, when his aircraft was Sc
verely damaged and brought down
by enemy gunfire according to word
received this week from the War De-
partment by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. Burkholder residing
west of Bluffton.
Latest word from the ar Depart
ment was the first to reveal the
spot where the fatality occurred.
Burkholder, engaged on liaison mis-
sion was in a small "grasshopper"
plane at the time.
He is buried in the military ceme-
terry at Muerthe ct Mozelle, near
Metz, the parents were informed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15
Bluffton Will Play In Pre-Sectional
Tournament For First Time In Decade
Exempted and Parochial Teams
Must Conduct Own Tour
ney This Year
Winner and Runnerup of Play
Are Eligible to Compete
i'm Sectional

A decade in which Bluffton High
cage teams have been excused from
pre-sectional tournament play will
come to an end next week under a
new tourney setup that pits exempt
ed village and parochial schools
against each other at the same time
county schools are fighting it out
for the privilege of competing in
sectional play.
As an exempted village team,
Bluffton since 1885 has been eligible
to compete in the sectional tourna-
ment without playing in a qualifying
round.
This year, however, the eight ex-
empted village and parochial teams
in this district will play in a pre-
sectional tourney at the Ohio North
ern gymnasium in Ada, with only
the winner and runnerup permitted
to enter the sectional.
In their opening tournament as.
signment Bluffton cagers are pittec
against Lima St. Johns at $3.50 D. N
Wednesday night of next week, The
last of four games scheduled for the
evening.
This is a repetition of last win
ter's first tournament game in which
the Pirates competed, when they
were defeated by the Lima team in
the opening round of sectional play
st. Johns in turn went on to the
state Glass B finals before being
eliminated.
Other teams in the tournament at
Ada include Wapakoneta st. Joseph,
Delphos Jefferson, Ada, Delphos st.
Johns, Lima st. Gerard and Lima
st. Rose.
Winners of next Wednesdays four
games will play again on the fol-
lowing night, and the final tourna-
ment tilt will be played on Saturday
night of next week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15
Clayton Wiess Gets
Navy Training Honor

Singled out as the outstanding
man in the deck division of his
Ism (Landing Ship, Mediun) crew,
Clayton w. Wiess, Coxswain, USNR,
was recently presented with a gift
for his personal use by Captain
Charles F. Macklin, Jr., u. S. Navy,
Commanding Officer of the Amphib-
ious Training Base at Little Greek,
Virginia.
Wiess, whose parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Aldine c. Wiess, reside on
Riley street has completed his train
ing at Little Greek and will soon de-
part with his crew to take over a
new Ism at one of the nations busy
shipyards. After a period of fitting
out and a shakedown cruise, Wiess
and his mates will be ready to join
a fotilla of the new amphibious
craft.
The award which Wiess received,
an electric iron, leather billfold and
a certificate of merit, was presented
by Captain Macklin at review of
all the Little Greek personnel. The
certificate cited the following quail
ties which the Bluffton resident has
exhibited during his Ism training
period: Military bearing and neat
ness of person and uniform, indus
try, cooperation, loyalty, leadership,
initiative and proficiency in rating.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15
Mrs. Emma CrOnin
Rites Held Tuesday

Mrs. Emma Cronin, "a, who was
born south of Bluffton and lived in
this area during her early life was
found dead in bed last Saturday
morning at her home in Findlay.
She had been in i'll health for two
years, and Hancock County Coroner
Byron F. Voorhees, ruled that death
was caused by heart disease.
Daughter of George and Mary
Gromann, she was born near Bluff
ton Sept. 3, 1870. On Oct. "a, 1911,
she was married to William Cronin,
who died in 1888.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs.
Louise Schmidt, of Button; Mrs.
Mary Wenzinger, of Findlay; and two
step-sons, Walter Cronin and Clar-
ence Cronin, both of Findlay.
Funeral services were held Tues
day in st. Michael's Catholic church
at Findlay and burial was in thu
church cemetery.