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Evening star., 1945-03-08
BY DON WHITEHEAD,

hnooSldtNa TiEoS war SUiIcspUhutUi.
COLOGNE, Mar. 8-Doughboys
walking through the streets of Co.
logne looked up yesterday from the
wreckage of the ruined city to see
Cologne Cathedral with its slender,
graceful spires rising above the
devastation wrought by Allied air.
raids.
Those fragile, beautiful spires,
I-darkened by the weather of seven
centuries. rose straight into the
heavens out of some of the severest
destruction witnessed by these
American troops in Europe.
All around the ancient edifice
Cologne lay in waste. For blocks
there was nothing but the skeletons
of buildings and debris piled many
feet high. Tons of bombs had
ripped out the heart of Cologne
Chunks of concrete had been tossed
about like pebbles and huge steel
girders lay twisted like hairpins.
Hit Seven Times.
And yet in this devastation was
the miracle of the Dom. Seven
times in two years the cathedral
had been hit by bombs and yet it
stood with remarkably little serious
damage to its Gothic beauty. How
it survived while everything around
1t was laid waste no one can sav.
But there it was like d promise
OF hope amid the shambles of de-
spair. and in and out of its doors
wandered Doughbays while shells
from American guns rustled over
and crashed into the city on the
east bank of the Rhine.
There was report before the
troops entered Cologne that the old
part OF the city was SO per cent in
ruins. Almost every one scoffed
at that claim as an exaggeration
But none who walked through the
old city today doubted the figure.
Damage Is Terrific.
In two hours of riding and walk
ing about the city I did not see an
undamaged house or one that could
be called habitable. If any one
lived in them they lived in base
ments or deep AFRAID shelters.
Across the street from the cathe-
dral were blackened and still burn
ing German Panther tanks which
had been knocked out by a Sher-
man tank in one of the last fights
inside the city.
In the cathedral. whose floor was
Uttered with debris, Doughboys
walked In silence, their helmets in
their hands as they gazed at the
vaulted ceiling and towering columns.
Capt. Michael Cooney, San Diego,
Calf, former priest of Holy Rosary
Church. San Bernardino, Calf,
gazed at the scene. =
It's amazing, isn't it." he said.
Its amazing how it escaped when
everything else is laid waste
On the south side of the church
one section of the wall sagged in
and was supported by heavy tim
bers. There were holes in the roof.
some of them bricked up. Some
figures of saints on the columns
were damaged, but not seriously.
The center aisle was remarkably
free of damage except for holes in
the roof and SO far as I could see
Evening star., 1945-03-08
New Bedford Seeks
ESQ Volunteers for
Tire Cord Plant Jobs
By the Associated Press.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Mar. g.
A meeting of management, labor
and civic officials was called today
by Mayor Arthur Hartman of New
Bedford to discuss ways and means
of recruiting $50 volunteer workers
for jobs in tire cord plants as the
War ManpoWer Commissions con-
troversial labor draft program again
begged down.
Mayor Hartman said the volun-
tary manning of the Fisk and Fire
stone tire cord plants was suggested
by VINO Chairman McNutt.
The VINO program does not pre-
vent volunteering by workers." Mr..
McNutt said in a telegram to Mayor
Hartman last night. The mills
could be fully and quickly manned
by approximately $50 volunteers"
IF you, as Mayor of New Bedford,
would urge citizens with the needed
skills to volunteer the wire con-
tinued, "and they respond promptly,
the problem would be solved and
the VINO program for these plants
would no longer be necessary"
The McNutt message came as
VINO officials continued to inter-
view textile workers listed by their
employers as possible referrals for
transfer to the cord plants.
Antonio England, regional director
of the Textile Workers Union OF
America, CIO, said not one worker
was recruited yesterday.
Paul N. Devlne, regional director
of VINO, said there will be no
change in our program" as result
of War Production Board an
nouncement that the tire industry,
because of its truly remarkable
output, could return to a siX-day
week
In a joint statement, the WPB
and the War Department said that
the tire output had far exceeded
the production of two of the vital
ingredients that go into tire making.
carbon black and tire cord
For that reason. the statement
added, the tire industry was freed
OF its Seven-day a-Week work
pledge.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Italian, Belgian ENJOYS
Received by President

President Roosevelt today re-
ceived the new Belgian and Italian
Ambassadors-Baron Robert Silver
cruys and Alberto Tarchiani, who
called to present their credentials.
Maj. Gen. Patrick j. Hurley, Am
bassador to China. was another
White House caller He was accom-
panied by 1t. Gen. Albert C. Wede-
meyer, who succeeded Gen. Joseph
w. StilweH as chief of staff to Gen
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek.
Admiral William F. Halsey. jr.,
commander of the Sd Fleet, Iunched
with the President.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Public Penici|Iin Sales
To Begin March IS
by the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
Penicillin will start moving through
regular drug trade channels March
Is, the War Production Board an
nounced yesterday, but will be sold
only in vials for ''parenteral medi-
cation" This means for injection
into the blood stream or muscles.
The action will make the drug
available to all hospitals, physicians
and drugStores.
Heretofore. civilian distribution
has been made by WPB Office in
Chicago to 1900 hospitals.
If hospital is unable to get peni-
cillln from regular distributor, it
may order from the Chicago unit
which will remain in operation for
a time to meet emergency calls.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
DR.. Hopkins, Former Head
OF Home for Lepers, Dies
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 8.-Dr
Ralph Hopkins. SO, New Orleans
dermatologlst who received wide rec
ognition for his work with leprosy
died last night
DR.. Hopkins has been associated
with the National Leprosarlum at
Carville, La. for 43 years. He was
director from 1902, when it was
known as the Louisiana Leper Home
until 1920. Since that time he has
been consulting dermatologist.
A native OF New Orleans, DR..
Hopkins was graduated from Tulane
University aad was professor of der
matology at the school.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
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Evening star., 1945-03-08
Ken Maynard Fined $3.50
OnDrunk Driving CHARGE

Ey the Associated Press 81
LOS ANGLES. Mar. 8-Cowboy
Actor Ken Maynard was fined $3.50
yesterday after pleading guilty to a
charge of drunk-driving.
Maynards attorney told the court
the ac.or had paid for all damage
result ing when his automobile
struck the rear of another car last
December g. The attorney said
Mrs. Benjamin Michael, so, a pas
Isenger in the car struck, was in
jured.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
FOUND

DOG. white, male, with collar and chain.
in Hyattsville: friendly. P G. c. O. ANIMAL
RESCUE LEAGUE. UN. 1241.
GLASSES, in red case. found at 4th at
r. l. ave. ne. Tuesday evening MI. S215.
P0IKEIBOOk. lady's red leather. at
Moss Pharmacy, 1lth and M sts NV:
owner please identify. 1924 10th st. NV
ant 503,
PAIR ROLLER SKATES, corner of Queens
bury and 44th ave, Hyattsville, Md own
er call UN. 07S2 and identity
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Nuzis Sink Swedish Boot

STOCKHOLM, Mar. 8 (P).-The
Swedish fishing boat Vaestkust was
rammed and sunk by German u
boat early today near the island of
Smoegen north of Gothenbarg
Swedish dispatches reported. The
slx-nlan crew was rescued.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Millers Hove Second Son

A second son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Miller, 4844 Quebec
street NV, at Garfield Hospital
Tuesday and both mother and son
are reported doing well. Mr.. Miller
is assistant general manager of the
Associated Press and chief of it's
Washington Bureau. The Millers
have two other children-a son,
Ranne, 10, and daughter, Jean, 6.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
LOST RATION COUPONS.

RATION BOOKS. No 3 and 4. in name of
MCKINLEY WHITE and LOTTIE WHITE
OIL. 800.
RATION BOOK. NO. 4, lost End of March,
vic; 25l6 Columbia pike, in name of Helen
T. Larner. CH. 900, Ext 613.
RATION BOOKS BAND a-Marparet and
Lorraine. 1918 Sth- st. NV
WAR RATION BOOKS 3 AND 4, issued to
Henry and Laura johnson, 1855 HAYES ST.
ne: reward. No phone s.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-31
LIQUOR SALES
INCREASES HERE

Total tax-paid liquor sales in
New Hanover county for the six
months period ending December 81
were $1,819,219.85, an increase Of
71.59 per cent over the same peri
cd last year, W. D. Macmillan,
chairman of the Alcohol Beverage
Control board, said yesterday. Tho
increase was not in profits, he add
ed, but because Of an additional
So per gallon Federal tax on liq-
uor, which went into effect April
l, 1914.
The gross profit on sales was
$40, 1882, the chairman reported,
with an operating profit Of $438,-
1920, of which $40, 418.73 went to
the state of North Carolina for
taxes.
There was net profit Of $685..
124.47 for the 1914 six-month peril
cd, a 4239 per cent increase over
the 5000, 365.78 in 1913, he ex.
planned.
During the period, s495, 578 %, i1l-
Guiding the state tax, was paid
out, he concluded.
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The Eye Glares Behind Bars
AS Huge Dope Ring Is Smashed

was identified as Enrique DiartA
described by Treasury men as /
notorious smuggler. Early last Mo-
vember, Diarte was found near Ii.
juana, Mexico. He had been shot
through the heart, his throat cut,
and his skull crushed. Mexican
police arrested a former associate
Of Diarte and charged him with
the Staying.
Into the middle Of these pleasant
people the courageous narcoticA
agent had infiltrated himself. Mon
genthau's narrative does not mem
ton the agents name, but records
in the Federal District Court at
San Francisco show him to b
Benedict Pocoroba.
Pocoroba had been quietly gath.
ering evidence. One night the Cain
fornia gangsters, fearing double
cross by the New York end of the
conspiracy, chose Pocoroba to hold
an enormously valuable shipment
overnight and then give 1t to Jos.
eph THE Eye" Tocco, who had
come from New York to take the
dope back east.
Pocoroba had to give the stuff
up as directed because if he
hadn't, he would have exposed the
Government hand prematurely.
But THE Eye" was captured on
his way to New York with tho
goods on him.
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But third man alleged to be
ring leader still is at large, and
the Narcotics Bureau today offered
a $1,000 reward for information
leading to the arrest of Joseph
Michael Dentico, of New York.
The cast started in New York
in 1912 when Treasury agents be-
gan looking into activities of the
10th street mob" formerly head
ed by the notorious Lucky Luciano
now in prison.
Several of the gang were arrest.
ed and others were traced to the
Bahamas. The result: II persons
were indicted at New York - but
the dope operations continued. II
now appeared that the major sup
ply OF the gang was opium and
heroln from Mexico and that the
New Workers were dealing with a
remnant Of the old BLACK Toni
Parmagini gang in California. Sc
the Treasury agents moved west
ward.
One of the alleged California
opium dealers was Big Nose
Charlie LaGaipa. Last June, while
being watched closely by Treasury
agents, he vanished. Police found
his automobile. with bits of brain
tissue on the instrument panel
The rest Of big Nose" has not
been found.
The Mexican seller of the dope
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BAGGAGE MASTER
SENTENCED HERE

Admitting that he had pilfered
cigarettes, chewing gum, whiskey
and miscellaneous articles from
the baggage cars of trains operat-
ing between Wilmington and Au-
gusta, Ca, during the past six
months, a 32-year-old Atlantic
Coast Line baggage master yes
terday was sentenced in Record
er's court to eight months work
on the New Hanover county farm.
AS a result of six months thiev-
ing from the baggage of railroad
travellers, Troy o. Crisp, had yes
terday turned over to officers his
loot, which included seven quarts
of whiskey, an electric iron, Is rolls
of kodak film, two pairs of gloves,
20 packages OF chewing gum, one
billfold, one band ring with dia-
monds setting, a bracelet, neck
lace, two pins, a pocketknife, tape
line, scissors, fountain pen, and a
railroad coach light.
At the time of his arrest here
January 81 by Police Chief c. H.
Casteen, Supt. M. M. Deschamps
and Capt. j. C. Clements, of the
ACL police staff. Crisp repeatedly
had in his possession 81 packages
of cigarettes, one box of cigars, II
rolls of film, IA packages of chew
ing gum, and fountain pen.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-31
ALLIED FLIERS SEEK
TO SEAL OFF JAPS
SUPPLIES IN BURMA

CALCUTTA, Jan. 3o.-(R-The
mounting fury of Allied air attacks
on Japanese lines of communica-
ton in Burma gave evidence today
of the determination of the Allied
command to prevent the escape of
the enemy as an equipped, effec-
tive force.
The Japanese immediate position
is unenviable as it is beset by at
least six Allied columns from the
Chinese border to Cheduba island,
and the enemy's long-range pros
pect of salvaging any material in
the current retreat daily grows
DINNER.
Constant destruction of the
Taungup-Prome road and rail
bridges has denied the Japanese
in the Kaladan and Arakan areas
needed munitions and largely has
dictated their withdrawal With
the softening Of enemy resistance
1t. Gen. Sir Philip Christison's
18th Corps has plunged ahead in
a series of coordinated moves
which have cut the only road suit
able for the removal of heavy war
gear near Kangaw.
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Southern Teachers Tell
OF @8 Monthly Wages

Arkansas, she said, receiving
$1,260 a year.
THE only reason 1 can get by
is that l live with my parents"
she said.
Lacking funds, she testified.
teachers painted the walls and the
woodwork of their schoolhouse
in which a wood stove supplies
the only heat.
She was followed by. Miss Wilma
Puchurch of Pershing school, in
Douglas county, Neb., who, after
Is years as a teacher, now draws
SLIPS a year.
It's hard going, she said, what
with paying 1.-THE to the church
and trying to feed and clothe her
self.
She's been offered lots of jobs
for twice as much money, She
conceded.
but somebody must teach the
children" she said.
The lot of Florence Christmas,
a Negro principal at Antioch
school in Copiah County, Miss.
attrac ted even more senatorial
curiosity.
She teaches the fifth to eighth
grades for $50 month. In the
summer she gets more than that
in a week working in factory.
why teach them" she was ask
ed. The reply came proudly:
cts my profession.
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Local Clothing Stores
Join Merchants Division

Wilmington Ready-to-Wear mer-
chants met at 1920 am. yesterday
for the purpose of organizing as
a special section Of the Merchants
Division of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Meeting at the Chamber office,
they elected Oscar Block, Of the
LaMode shop, temporary chairman
of the group and decided to hold
regular meetings on the second
Tuesday of each month at 10 a. m.
at the Chamber.
No resolutions were made but a
discussion on lay-aways, return Of
merchandise, alterations of gar
ments and other pertinent subjects
was held.
Walter J. Cartier, secretary OF
the Chamber, served as SECRETARY.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 up -
So THE Eye" stepped from a
train and Treasury agents pounc-
ed on him and seized 622 ounces
of smoking opium and eight ounces
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau issued today the hair
raising details of one of the larg-
est dope-smuggling cases in years.
The hero of the case is an 1tal-
ian-speaking agent of the Narcotics
Bureau who worrned his way into
the gang and was actually en-
trusted with a fortune in dope to
hold overnight.
The story moves from New York
City to the Bahamas, then to Cali,
fornia, and on to Chicago, where
''the Eye" was nabbed.
"The Eye" now is glazing out
of prison window. He is Joseph
Tocco of New York. Also behind
the bars is his California dope
supplier, Sam Maugeri. They were
convicted at San Francisco in No.
vember.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-31
OVERCAUTION HELD I
REASON FOR CRASH
THAT KILLED ENVOY

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 30-(P-
Too great precaution by the pilot
was the cause of last weeks plane
accident in which Soviet Ambassa-
dor Constantine Oumansky and
eight others persisted, a prelini-
nary report by the investigating
committee showed today.
Gen. Gustavo Salinas, Mexican
air force commander, said conn
mittee members told him that ape
parently Rogue Velasco Ceron, vet
eran at the controls, made the as
cent very gradually in order not
to force the motors. In the dark.
ness, the plane struck fence.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-31
BRITONs BREW BARLEY BEER

LONDON, Jan. 30-(UP)-Add to
the ever-growing list of wartime
discoveries: barley beer. 1--WE have
been shown during this war that
good beer can be breWed from
British barley alone" an English
food official told the crop-drying
conference at Royal Horticulture
Hall. "But I have heard it said
that the beer would even be better
if it were somewhat dehydrated."
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-(R-
Senators got a glimpse today into
rural America where teachers
struggle to educate the children
on salaries ranging from $48 to
$50 a month.
Three women gave the Senate
Education Committee the picture
from their own experiences, in
support of a bill authorizing $780,
600, 900 year in Federal subsidies
to schools.
There was the trim-figured and
youthful Mrs. Margaret Daniel of
Richmond, Ark, principal of a
three-room grade school where she
and two associates teach IS pu-
pills over a range of eight grades.
She's one of the "highly paid
members of her profession in
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WANTED: ALL KINDS OF USED FUR
niture or anything you have for sale.
Regardless of condition. E. M. NAL
lard. Phone 5636.
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WANTED: ALL PEOPLE SUFFERING
kidney trouble or backache to try
"Kido' 97c. Money back guarantee
at Saunders Drug Store or Brooklyn
Pharmacy.
Evening star., 1945-03-27
Mrs. Helen KimmeI| Dies;
Widow Of Navy Officer

Mrs. Helen Kimmell 81, widow OF
Comdr. Harry Kimmell, U. S. N,
retired, died Sunday at Winchester
Memorial Hospital after an illness
Of 10 days.
A native of Washington, she was
the daughter of the late Henry D
and Mary Janvire Nicholson. She
had spent the greater part of her
life in this city, but in recent years
had lived in Winchester.
Comdr. Kimmell was captain of
the monitor Monterey which crossed
the Pacific during the Spanish
American War to reinforce the
forces of Admiral Dewey. A son
Maj. Harry L. Kimmel, was killed
In the World War.
Mrs. Kimmell leaves a son, An
drew w. Kimmell, Washington; two
daughters, Mrs. Philip R. Fowle and
Mrs. Winfield w. Scott, wife of 1t
Col. Scott, U. s. A., both of Win
chester: a sister, Mrs. L. @. c. La
mar, Washington, and seven grand
children.
Funeral services will be conducted
at 3 pm. tomorrow at the Fort Myel
Chapel by the Rev. Robert B. Mel
son, rector of Christ Episcopa
Church, Winchester. Burial will be
In Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-03-27
Horace 6. Prettyman Dies;
Michigan Grid Star Of 80s
BY the Associated Press.


ANN ARBOR, Mich, Mar. 27-
Horace G. Prettyman,| 81, Ann Arbor
businessman who won seven foot
ball letters at the University of
Michigan and was captain of the
football team for three years, died
here last night.
Mr.. Prettyman was owner and
president of the Ann Arbor Press,
Inc, and also owned laundry firm.
In Michigan athletic records he is
listed as having won letters in 1882
1896 ,86-88-89-90. Although he was
graduated from the university in
1885 he continued to play as a
graduate student as rules then per-
mitted.
Between 1885 and 1914 Mr.. Pretty
man and his wife operated the
Prettyman boarding house where
approximately $50 students lived
each year. The boarding house
which was razkd in 1888 to make
room for the New dental building
was the scene of the first athletic
training tables for football and
baseball teams and many campus
activities.
Evening star., 1945-03-27
Miss WeibIe Is Crowned
Queen Of Shrine Circus

Miss Gerry Weible. daughter OF
Maj. Gen. Walter L. Weible, u S. A.
and Mrs. Weible, was crowned yes
terday amid the cherry blossoms OF
Kenwood, Md, as queen of the
fourth annual Shrine Circus, which
opens at Uline Arena at 2 pm
Monday.
The crowning ceremony took place
on the Kenwood lawn of Howard
P. Foley, general chairman Of the
circus. Both Miss Weible and Mrs.
Foley are members of the Shrine
ticket distribution committee for
the big benefit show. Tickets are
available at Billiards., 1900 G street
NV, and at Almas Temple of the
Shrine, 1915 K street NV.
Evening star., 1945-03-27
Disseminated against. But their
pride has been hurt.
Serot James uipac af Nopohoctar

Disseminated against. But their
pride has been hurt.
Sergt. James Hines of Manchester,
N. H, wanted to take punch at a
soldier in camp where he visited
who asked what a Purple Heart
meant and then complained bitterly
because he had to shovel snow for
six hours. Another turned his back
on girl who said the Purple Heart
and Combat Infantry Badges should
be of prettier color.
These in themselves are little
things. But they pile up.
The officers are nearly as bitter
as the enlisted men. They assured
me that their reaction was the same
as mine. Among those to whom
have talked was 1t. Steve Phillips
Of Greenville, s. c., who spent a
week in Washington with H. E.
Hume. whose son, 1t. William
Hume, was killed when standing
beside 1t. Phillips on D day.
1t. Phillips was justly irritated
when he and his wife were refused
a sleeper from Atlanta to Wash
ington for four successive nights
although he explained his mission