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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04

There's lots OF work they could do"
Sgt. Mary G. Mauery, Hopkins,
MIMI, said she supposed sit would
be good opportunity for those
who want to make it a career" but
added lit would be awful hard to
get girls on a voluntary basis.''
That was the opinion of the girls
commanding officer, Capt. AIDE
laide M. Burns, Yonkers, N. Y, a
veteran of 81 months service.
"Formation of the WAC was def
initely an emergency measure"
she said. 'There would be no in
centive for, girl in peacetime to
join when she could accomplish
the same mission as government
or service worker. A civilian has
corresponding privileges, higher
pay, more freedom of movement
and less restraint"
Most of the other girls nodded
agreement when Captain Burns
added definitely Il see little basis
for a permanent WAC after the
emergency"
But it was Cpl. Vasilike Schinas,
a medical miss from Washington,
D. c., who pertly pushed the needle
all the way in and then wobbled it
around.
Women" she said, "just cannot
be militarized no matter how you
look at it. Women insist on think
ing for themselves in peacetime or
wartime. That makes them of little
use to the Army
Now take it easy, Genera, take
it easy. That's not my idea. That's
lust what the woman said
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DailyPrayer
FOR THE FUTURE

All time is an eternal present to
Thee, o Eternal Creator and Ruler
of the universe; and Thy plans
for mankind include two worlds.
We pray that Thou wilt make us
ready for what Thou art making
ready for us. In the splendors of a
new order of life, ruled by love
and justice, may we bear worthy
part. Whatever the new day may
hold of deprivation and change
and sacrifice, may we meet it in
the spirit of those who seek to ~
low Christ, even to a cross. De-
liver us from fear and panic and
pettiness; and teach us the eternal
soul value. We would not shrink
from temporal changes; for Thou,
O Father, changest not; and Thy
love is constant in all the muta-
tons of life. Lift up our hearts,
and our imaginations, and our pur-
poses, that we may be good SOL
d1ers of the new day, wherein Thy
will may be done, and through
which Thy Kingdom may come.
Amen.-W.T.E.
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NEW BERN ATTORNEY
PRAISES VETERANS
OF WORLD WAR TkO

NEW BERN, Sept. s'-W 1,-S.,5
H. Lee, local attorney ana WIN IN
War l veteran, paid trl01te i.y
World War II service men fIt'I =.
night at special meetlns .Fs
Observation-Disclosures post OF OK,
American Legion called by f w.
Commander l. H. Brite IN
cordance with the plan OF De Io.,.
ment Commander Victor ~ 'O'
son of Pittsboro. NM.
The winning of the rece4y ' fa-
flict has made it possloie .art
Americans to continue to va. .,
the streets in safety, the lot1 ,rs,
army captain said. 1t va %
worth the sacrifices, he aSSeI IA.
but he expressed the hope II ~ 4
two world wars in quarter " 20
century would be enough 10 ~. e.. 70
citizens of the entire coui"'
work for world peace. rol
Also on the program "eie .;rad
J. B. Mullineaux, recently ,,,bo
from active army service .ors.
has been in both world N' ~
C. L. McCullers, secretary u
chamber of commerce , a." II.
former veteran of World wa
and Commander Brite.
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BY KENNETH L. DIXON

HONOLULU!P)-Now that the
wars over, Woman's place most
definitely-put that chair down
now, sweetheart, and let me finish
my sentence-most definitely is not
in the Army.
Furthermore, womens duties
now should be of a (gulp) family
and not of a military nature.
Please understand that the fore.
going opinions do not necessarily
represent the view of this writer.
Rather they represent the majority
response when a bunch of WACS
stationed at nearby Hickam Field
were asked their opinion of a bill
being discussed in Washington
which would set up the WAC as
part Of the regular peacetime army.
In word Cor rather six words
which still is far under par for
any woman's last word course) the
war weary WACS said of their own
organization:
"Disband it-as soon as practi-
cable"
Specifically it was Sgt. Lee Cor
rallo, Lockport, N. Y, teletypist,
who bravely voiced that ancient
anti suffra gette phrase about wo-
mans place. Still undaunted, she
swallowed twice and added that
crack about Wornen'S duties being
of a family nature now.
Lees place certainly won't be
in the Army long, for she is being
discharged under the point sys-
tenn after three years service. But
other less lucky lasses agreed
intellectually with her.
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WOMEN WILL HEAR
BOND SALES PLAN

SPRAY, Sept. 3.-Mrs. Karl
Bishopric, of Spray, state chair.
man of the women's division OF
the War Finance Committee, who
will preside over a luncheon con.
ference of state vice chairman
and regional chairman Tuesday at
ternoon at the S. and w. cafe.
terra in Raleigh, has announced
the program for the occasion.
Allison James, of the State War
Finance Committee office in
Greensboro, will present the latest
edition of the Victory Loan overall
picture from Washington and tell
of plans for state participation ir
this loan drive which will begir
October %.
Mrs. John D. Robinson, of Wal.
lace, will discuss the 1915 tobacco
program by Victory Bond sales.
men. Mrs. Bishopric will re.
port conferences with the women's
section leaders in New York anc
Washington. Mrs. j. S. Kitchener
of Raleigh, Mrs. Donald Shoe,
faker of Asheville and Miss Ger.
trude Carraway of New Bern, the
state vice chairman, will speak
respectively on the following sub.
jects: Calling Local Clug Presi.
dents" ''Refurbishing Our Pro.
motions" and Ending War Loans
IN Blaze of Glory"
Each regional chairman present
will speak on her chief problem
during war bond drives. Miss
Harriet Elliott, of Greensboro
former director of the women s
division, will be the closing
speaker. Plans will be made for
10 regional meetings over North
Carolina to be held between Sep
TENDER 20 and October 4 and be.
tween October IA and Is. Corsid-
Grafton will also be given to the
writing Of a history of the women S
division in North Carolina.
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QUOTATIONS

With the removal of leather restrictions
coming right on top Of the ousting of blue
points and the reduction in red points-now
for a belt that we can loosen up.
Butter drops from Is to l points. That's
four more points toward the kind of steak
you wish your butcher had.
The japanese should get to know Americans
better. says Tokyo newspaper. We are about
to proove that we agree.
Everybody knows exactly how to raise chill
dren except the people who live next door.
Hiroaito can look forward to one consultation
He is about to become the best known Eyes
,o,, outside the environs Of Hollywood.
Tn the, middle ages legal documents were
,,,r;++e,, in verse Must have been tough on
,,oud.be attourney to have had to study Ia"
md poetry at the same tirne
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BY w. G. ROGERS

Needle In A Haystack: The Ex-
citing Adventures Of A Fed
era1 Narcotics Agent, by Will
lam J. Spillard as told to Pence
James (Whittlesey House;
$3.50.
Mary, Charlie and Harry are
the Williams of this book. Some
times the trade calls them gov or
stuff, or just M, c and H, stand
ing for morphine, cocaine and
heroin. An addict is a junker, a
peddler a connection, jolt shot,
a piece an ounce.
Spillard used to be a song plug
ger in Tin Pan Alley. When the
government wanted to investigate
sale of drugs in Chicago's theatrical
district, he got the job and kept it
10 years.
This book tells his experiences.
II like it because it's straightfor-
ward, not too dramatized. The agent
carried gun, maybe, but mostly
he depended on his badge; instead
of shooting, he identified himself.
Conditions are nowhere near as
bad now as they used to be. he
says; the government has caught
up with the peddlers. Keep away
from dope, he warns with the
greatest emphasis, for cures are
few and far between; "once a
junker, always a junker." China
had the right idea, he half be-
ieves, when she started to eye
cute narcotics peddlers.
Five Rivers, by Norman Michel.
SON (Dutton; $2).
His poems show pleasant
though not powerful, imagination
I like the short pieces better than
the long, and usually those with
the light touch . .s'The Preach
ers" :. better than the serious
though there are effective, NOV.
ing passages early in 1.-The Garden
OF the Innocent" - Ne''
=, Oddly, they look better than
tney sound, as if they were for
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
The Literary Guidepost

the eye rather than the ear.
Top Stuff, edited by Harold Hart
Parker Press; $3.50.
Wisecracks, nonsense verse,
boners, epitaphs. riddles and puns;
information, literary, intelligence
and personality tests; crosswords,
word mazes, puzzles of every de.
scription-this is a good book of
its kind, and it's the kind that
in many places takes two to read,
one to ask and one to answer. It
has more than 800 illustrations
It's fun if you're i'll, fun if you're
well, fun alone or in company.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
BY HOWARD COWAN,
Press War Correspondent


115th STATION HOSPITAL, Eng
land, Jan. 30.--It's taken 4,000, 900
units of penicillin and many gall
Ions of eggnog- g-but Bill Ferry's
going to be all right.
One Of these days he'll be able
to point to a dime sized scar on
the side of his neck and tell about
the slug of German shrapnel that
clipped his jugular vein in two.
Pfc. Ferry, whose home Is in Chi
cago, can tell. too. how he lay there
in the mud Of Hurtgen Forest alone
and bleeding five hours before he
was picked up and carried away
more dead than alive to begin his
remarkable recovery.
It Is another Of those one-chance-
in-a-million cases, said Mai. Horton
Hughes of Shawnee, Okla, in charge
Of Pvt. Ferry's ward. His blood
pressure finally became so low from
bleeding that a clot formed and
saved his life, he explained.
Lungs Injured by Blast.
The neck wound wasn't all. A
larger chunk of shell tore through
the 21-year-old soldiers armpit
Another fragment buried itself in
the back of his head His lungs
were injured by the blast.
I'VE were attacking a little town
in those woods" recounted Pvt
Ferry, former steel worker who
was in the 1st Division-a veteran
of fighting in North Africa and
Evening star., 1945-01-30

weight boxer and top-ranking table
tennis player, a native of Leyte, was
wounded when he returned there
October %, the War Department
announced. DR.. Diosdado M. Yap,
editor of the Bataan Magazine,
whose Office is in the National Press
Building, is listed by Sergt. Nunez
as his next friend. Sergt. Nunez
lived here for some time
According to DR.. Yap, Sergt.
Nunez volunteered for induction the
day after the fall of Bataan and
asked for action in the Philippines
area. His was one Of the first Army
units to 60 ashore and he was
wounded. When his home town of
Baybay was liberated he asked for
and was granted pass to visit his
home. DR.. zap and he are distantly
related.
Pfc. Matthew Graham, whose
home is at So Decatur court NV,
was listed as wounded in action by
the War Department. His mother is
Mrs. Channie Graham of that ad-
dress.
Pfc. David Nesmith, 33, whose
wife. Mrs. Mabel Nesmith, lives at
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Use of $8OOWorth of PeniciI|in,
Gallons Of Eggnog Save Soldier

among the first to hit the beaches
Of Normandy. on D day.
1T was wet and cold and dark
about O'Clock, I remember. They
had mortar on the roof OF a house.
That's what got me. It kept the
rest Of the fellows pinned down SO
they couldn't come after me-or
something. Anyway, they said it
was midnight before they picked
me up."
Blood transfusions restored some
of his strength. After CAT troop
carrier ambulance evacuated him to
England penicillin treatment began.
The 100000 units used on Pvt.
Ferry-$800 worth by civilian stand
ards-is the record amount for any
single patient at this hospital.
The penicillin prevented infec-
tion and gave his wounds chance
to heal. The eggnog fattened him
and kept his appetite alive.
The eggnog almost made trouble,
however.
The first night after Pvt. Ferry
moved into ward, other GIs quer-
led him about the nurses pre-dinner
eggnog visit.
What" they asked, suspiciously,
was that?"
"Eggnog," he answered, weakly,
TO make me hungry"
The next night a suspiciously
large number of his ward compan-
ions refused their dinner with a
tired but pointed: I'm just not
hungry"
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Lag in Plane Building
Admitted in Jap DIET
EH the Associated p~ess

by tne ASSDCldleu F-eSs.
Replying to criticism in the Diet,
1t. Gen. Saburo Endo, chief of the
Aircraft Ordnance General Bureau,
acknowledged that "the existing rate
of aircraft production is far from
satisfactory" The broadcast was in
tercepted yesterday by the Federal
Communications Commission.
Representative Chu Funada de-
manded: I'VE would like to be in
formed frankly on the present con-
dition of aircraft production, to-
gether with existing bottlenecks
Gen. Endo explained the lack Of
planes on some fighting fronts by
saying: I'VE have the disadvantage
of being forced to disperse the
planes in wide areas" while ''the
enemy can mass his planes wher-
ever he chooses" thereby enjoy
ing the advantage of the offensive :"
Rembert James, Associated Press
war correspondent, reporting from
Admiral William F. Halsey's flag
ship, said that in the last five
months planes from the Sd Fleet
alone had destroyed 4,370 japanese
aircraft. This does not include Jap
anese planes destroyed by other
Navy or Army flyers. nor does it
take into consideration Japanese
operational training and combat
lpSSeS
Evening star., 1945-01-30
I Nurses and Il Aides
Needed al Founding Home

Two graduate nurses and II 'nur-
sery aides" are needed by the Wash
ington Home for Foundlings, 4610
Forty-second street NV, to COM
plete its staff after remodeling a
new unit for children to years
old and in anticipation Of the open
ing Of second unit for infants
under year old.
That announcement was made
today by Miss Evelyn Hibbard of the
home, who pointed out that women
between 18 and 80, willing to work
eight hours a day between am.
and 7 pm, are needed. Persons
chosen are paid while being trained
as chiloren's nurses, she said.
The home is a Community Chest
institution established in 1870 Ca
pacity is to be 26 children between
l and 3, and 19 under a year old.
Application may be made to Miss
.Hibbard at the home.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page.)

Dental invitation to attend the Brit
ish- -Russian-American conference.
For week, Joseph C. Grew has
been Acting Secretary-and the
State Department explains merely
that Mr.. Stettinius is "out of town" "
Three Other Key Men Abroad.
Special missions in Europe also
are taking three key men of the
White House staff overseas:
Press Secretary Stephen Early to
examine public relations at Supreme
Allied Headquarters. Presidential
Counsel Samuel I. Rosenman to sur
vey the need for civilian supplies,
and Administrative Assistant LAUGH
lin Currie to try to choke off Swiss
aid to Germany.
The White House wasn't saying
anything about Mr.. Roosevelt's per-
sonal plans for his birthday His
whereabouts were not disclosed. So
far as was known, he was spending
moments of both seriousness and
gayety with close friends and ad-
visers and was receiving the usual
congratulations from other chiefs
of state
This anniversary finds the Presi-
dent leaner by 5 or 10 pounds but
his physician, Vice Admiral Ross T.
Mcintyre, reported him in excellent
shape when he took the oath of Of
fee for fourth term 10 days ago..
This winter he has escaped the
colds which usually poster him.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Engert and Morris Retire
From Diplomatic Service

Cornelius Van H. Engert. 81,
American Minister to Afghanistan,
and Leland Morris. SO, Ambassador
to Iran, are being retired after long
and distinguished service, Acting
Secretary of State Grew said yes
terday.
President Roosevelt yesterday
nominated Wallace Murray, director
of the State Departments Office of
Near Eastern and African Affairs,
to succeed Mr.. Morris, and Ely E.
Palmer, American Consul General
at Sydney, Australia, for the At
ghanistan post.
Herman D. Baruch. a brother of
Bernard Baruch, retired capitalist
and presidential adviser, was named
Ambassador to Portugal, a post now
vacant.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Bellevue Citizens Elect
s. A. Snow President

Onicers were elected last night at
the first meeting Of the newly Or
ganized Bellevue Citizens Associa-
ton. They are S. A. Snow, presi-
dent; r. H. HarWell, vice president;
E. r. Isner, treasurer, and Mrs. Mil
dred Winfree, secretary. .
The association unanimously
adopted two resolutions at the meet
ing, which was held in the Bellevue
Recreation Center. One resolution
protested rent increases in the Belle
vue Naval housing project, while the
other opposed the project being
turned over to another agency. It
is now under the Jurisdiction OF the
Navy Department.
Seyenty-four charter members
were present and, pending agree
ment on regular meeting schedule.
agreed to meet again next Monday.
A spokesman for the association said
it would ultima tely seek membership
in the Federation of Citizens Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Hitler Empire Faces Downfall
AS He Begins 18th Year of Rule

ming mainly from the Paris radio
included:
The German general staff has told
Hitler bluntly that he has lost con-
troll completely of the military sit
uation.
A German special envoy has been
sent to Stockholm to make contact
with Allied authorities.
The Nazi capital is being shifted tc
Munich.
"a Chicago Daily News dis
patch from Bern, Switzerland,
reported that Hitler will remain
in his Berchtesgaden stronghold,
while Foreign Minister Won Rib
bentrop will 60 to his chateau at
Fuschil and Gestapo Chief
Himmler to his villa near
Munich)
These are only a few of the stories
making the rounds in Europe
Whatever their worth, Berlin
broadcaster quoted a military com
mentator as summing it up thus:
Never in centuries has Germany
been faced with situation SO heavy
with fate"
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Silence Greets Report
EIIioh's Sister Asked
"A Priority for Blaze

The White House and War De-
partment today maintained silence
in the face of a published report
that Col. Elliott Roosevelt's sister,
Mrs. Anna Boettiger, arranged the
flight Of his dog Blaze. The Incl
dent is now being scrutinized by .
Senate Military Affairs Subcommit-
tee because three servicemen were
put of the Army plane on which the
dog went to the coast.
Il don't think we are going to
have any comment" said Jonathan
Daniels, administrative assistant to
the President, when queried on the
report. He recalled that Press Sec
retary Stephen T. Early, in discus
sing the matter at press confer
ence shortly after the incident was
disclosed, said it grew out of "re-
gretable combination of circum-
stances" Mr.. Early said no one at
the White House was responsible
for the "A" priority on the plane
which gave the animal precedence
over the servicemen.
Col. Roosevelt has denied any re-
sponsibility for the dogs fight on
a priority basis. Recently returned
to duty in London, he told news
men there he sent the English bull
mastiff across the Atlantic and left
it at the White House in the hope
it could be flown to his bride, Ac-
tress Faye Emerson, in Hollywood,
If any empty bomber happened to
be going that way on an opera
tional fight.
According to reports here today,
Col r. w. Ireland, chief of the Air
Transport Command, Air Division,
made space available for the dog
at the request of Mrs. Boettiger.
Col. Ireland was reported out Of
town today and callers were re-
ferred to the Office of Maj. Gen.
A. D. Surles, director of the War
Department Bureau of Public Re
lations. There they were told there
was no information on the matter.
A spokesman commented that the
subject was under investigation In
the Senate and that it was to be
assumed all the details were "
come out there
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Col. James Roosevelt
Admits Sending Wire
That Delayed Train
By the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30.-Marine
Col. James Roosevelt, the Presidents
son, says that at the suggestion Of q
Pullman conductor he sent tele-
gram which railroad onicials said re-
suited in an hour and seven minute
delay in the departure OF a train
from Chicago.
The Marine Corps oficer told re-
porters here that he and his wife
were returning from his fathers in
auguration on the Pennsylvania
Railroads Manhattan Limited,
bound for Chicago, when the wire
was sent.
when we reached Crestline, Ohio,
Saturday, the Pullman conductor
began making out a list of passen-
gers going west of Chicago because
we were running late" said Col.
Roosevelt, adding:
Il was ninth on the list. He asked
If was travelling on duty status and
I said was. He suggested sending
a wire and we worded 1t together,
just stating that we'd be in Chicago
at s pm. and we'd appreciate it if
they would consider the fact that
we'd like to make the City of Los
Angeles train at that time. I just
assumed that this was normal rail-
road practice.
Il naturally didn't think they'd
hold the train more than two or
three minutes"
With a laugh the colonel added:
II don't know what's so awful
about it."
Col. Roosevelt told a reporter in
Salt Lake City Sunday night: II
didn't ask to have the train held"
He said it must have been the con-
ductor of the Manhattan Limited
who made the request.
But on arriving here, he said: 81
hope and believe We didn't hamper
the war effort. We had no priority
and asked for none. I hope nobody
was inconvenienced
Later, railroad ofncials said fast
travel westward just about made up
the lost time by the time the train
reached Salt Lake City. The train
was three hours late on arrival here,
but 1t was explained that was due to
delay caused by a freight wreck.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, jan 30.-Amid portents
Of perhaps the greatest defeat in
Germany's history, Adolf Hitler to-
day started the 18th year of his rule
His downfall and that of all who
have clung to him were apparent in
signs blazing in a Europe battered
by nearly five and q half years Of
war.
A Berlin broadcast quoted DR..
Robert Ley, Labor Minister, as say
ing the day would be one "of work
and fight such as all days are now. y
Heretofore it has been Hitler's GUS
tom to speak, but London was skep-
tical and guessing that If he did it
would accomplish little more than
further depressing the home folk.
What can he say?" asked the
London News Chronicle.
Words will not satisfy the Ger
man people now"
Hitler's whereabouts were not
clear A Moscow radio commenta-
tor said last night he was thought
to be on the eastern front.
Today's German rumors, stem
Evening star., 1945-01-30
New Type Ronge Finder
Gives Deadly Control
By the Associated Press.


ROCHESTER, N. Y, Jan. 30.-De-
velopment of new-type range find
er. the MILO, which gives deadly
accurate control Of 40-mm. antiair-
craft gunfire, was announced today
by Eastman Kodak Co. and the
Rochester ordnance district.
The finder, 80 inches long and 10
inches in diameter, uses two tele-
scopes to give two target images,
one red and one blue. The gunner
gets his bead by superimposing the
two images until q natural color
target is spotted.
The finder is mounted on a di-
rector which supplies firing data
electrically to the battery of guns,
which it aims automa tically. The
director automatically computes
range and height factors.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Miss Bishop Appointed
To Education Post

Miss Catherine Bishop, a teacher
at the Hine Junior High School
has been appointed director for the
District Department of Business
Education of the National Educa-
ton Association, the NEA an
nounced yesterday. She will direct
the issue of a quarterly professional
magazine.