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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
Cromartie Clan
Holds Reunion

The annual meeting of the Gro
martie Clan was held at Marsh.
burns Beach at White Lake recent
/ ly and was presided over by DR..
Dewitt Clark, presidentof the clan
The Rev. j. W. Miller, offered
the prayer, and America was sung
by the assembly.
Cap. Bill Monroe was recogniz-
ed and he introduced his bride,
whose home is in Texas. A mo,
ment of silent tribute was observ.
ed in respect to the following mem
bers who have died during the
year: Christopher Monroe, David
D. Sloan, Colin S haW, E. c. Clark,
ST., Jim C-omarties, La Fayette
Cromartie and Charlie D. Cromar-
tie.
The clan decided to complete the
service roll begun last year, and
members were urged to cooperate
in making the roll up to date, by
mailing to Mrs. George Sloan,
route three, Wilmington, names OF
any clan members now in service
of the country (not previously
sent.
Mrs. Annie c. Council with the
assistanceof Miss Alice Clark
and DR.. Alvah Cromartie were
appointed to prepare couples of the
sketch of Cromarie clan. that
each member may receive a copy
at the next meeting of the clan.
Officers were unanimously re.
elected for another year as follows:
President, DR.. Dewitt Clark; vice
president, James Monroe; secre'
tary, Mrs. George Sloan; treasurer,
Mrs. Freddie Butler.
The speaker of the day, Hon. j.
B. Clark, was introduced by DR..
Clark. Congressman Clark in a time
" speech reminded members that
although victory has come to us
in the United States, after the
greatest war in history, one which
extended 10 the boundaries of earth
itself, we have only reach the half
Way mark. He said that the world
today is small in size compared
to that of few years ago, and
that the United States is a world
power from now on; and there is
no way for us to retreat. He
pointed out we must build on the
foundation which our boys in the
service so recently laid, and this
will call for drastic change in ou-
thinking and living. Stressing the
observance of Christian principles
that justice and right may prevail
in our international dealings as
well as at home, he urged all to
practice faith, fidelity and patience
He said, "our traditional policy OF
isolationsim is gone. We have be-
come dominating power OF the
earth. God grant we may have
! the faith, fidelity and patience for
so great an undertaking.
A picnic dinner war served at the
conclusion of the meeting to the
eight members present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
Victory Menus

Fish SOuffle
Salmon Souffle
Buttered Lima Beans
Broiled Tomatoes
French Bread
Fresh Peach Ice Cream
Salmon Souffle
l IL cups cooked or canned
salmon.
l IL cups milk.
2 tablespoons butter or marag
rine.
2 tablespoons flour.
IL teaspoon salt.
3 eggs.
1-S teaspoon pepper.
l minced onion.
1 tablespoon chopped celery.
l tablespoon chopped pinniento.
Saute onion and celery in but.
ter or margarine for five minutes.
Stir in flour. Add milk gradu.
ally and sti- over low heat until
the mixture thickens. Cool. Stir
IN cooked, faxed salmon, season.
lngs, pimiento and egg yolks.
Fold in egg whites which have
been beaten stiff but still moist.
Bake in buttered casserole, set
in pan of hot water, at $50 de-
grees one hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
SELASSIE GETS CAR

LONDON, Aug. 22.-P-Haile
Selassie, the Emperor Of Ethiopia
and "Conquering Lion Of Judah"
has a brand new Rolls Royce.
The British government presented
the limousine to - today in
Adds Abada as 4 gift.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
Swain-Crittenden Wedding Is Set
AT ST. James On Saturday Afternoon

Plans have been completed for
the wedding of Miss Mary Eliza.
beth Swain, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George T. Swain, 608 Orange
street, and Capt. Thomas Lauris'
ton, of Southbury, Conn, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler P. Crittenton,
which is to take place this Safer
day afternoon at 5 o'clock at ST.
Jones Episcopal church here.
The Rev. B. Wood Gather viii,
perform the ceremony.
Miss Swain will have as hel
maid-of-honor, Miss Virginia Bar
ton of Suffolk, Va, and Miss Kath
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
by Alice Brooks

Help the new bride simplify her
housewok by keeping towels iden-
titled. These motifs are as decora-
tive and colorful as they're useful.
Simple stichery and these mortifs
mean pleasant hours of needleWork
Pattern TIP has transfer of 10 mo-
tits averaging 5 34x6 IA inches.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coins
for this pattern toWilmington Star
News Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
14th St., New York II, N. Y.
Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS
and PATTERN NUMBER.
Just out! Send fifteen cents more
for our NEW 1945 Needlework Book
"a illustrations of designs: GRO
cheting, knitting, embroidery, dolls,
other toys, nome decoration. Free
Pattern for two crocheted hand
bags printed right in the book.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
Lorayne Rubenstein,
Bride-Elect, Honored

Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Dlugin, of
1o1 South Seventh street. enter
tanned fifty guests at a dinner par
ty at the Plantation club Sunday
night in honor of Lorayne Ruben
stein, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
1. Rubenstein of Rochester. Min
nesota, whose engagement has been
announced to Cpl. Benjamin Dlu-
gin.
The bride-elect was graduated
from St. Paul's Central.
Cpl. Dlugin attended the Uni
versity of North Carolina. He
served twelve months overseas
with the Third Army.
The wedding will take place in
the fall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
Nurses Aides Class
Will Open On Monday

Mrs. Sandy Marks, chairman Of
Nurses aids, has announced a new
class will be formed on Monday
morning, August n, at $50 o'clock
at James Walker Memorial hos.
pital, and will be in charge Of
Miss Augusta Futchs.
The need for more nurses aids
here is still very urgent and it is
hoped that all persons interested
will attend the class beginning
Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23

l., citv is because we just can't
W .:retc6 our gas that far:
" .ad we are going to have to do
n ching one of these days about
s W. living room sofa we weren't
INK .s,oa TO replace until the end of
~ war, or think up an entirely
.t us, reason for hanging on to the
I'D wreck
And we can't put off entertaining
.nv longer on the grounds that 1t
~, natriotic in war time, and soon
,sa have to quit. saying that we
rant get food.
Remember all those wonderful
4tinos we are going to do just as
.onn as the war was over? Well,
somebodv may call our hand on
tbose especially the small try who
lave good memories for such wild
promises.
Business Does 1t, Too
And we individuals aren't the
only ones old alibies and excuses.
FIRMS and businesses that have
named the war for all their slip
HOS, poor service, and mistakes
are either going to have to do
better from now on or think up
other reasons for giving inferior
service.
But don't worry too much about
H. Maybe for while we can get
by with blaming the reconverslon
period for all the things we don't
get done. And maybe that will
1--WE US an interlude in which we
can again start doing instead of
talking producing instead of
promising. But it won't be easy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
Nv RUTH MILLETT

o,e thing we've got to get busy
...no right away is to get a new
'u'' II aIbies and excuses.
~ e. many of the old ones aren't
W even now, ana more and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
BrOiled Tomatoes

4 tomatoes.
"a cup cracker meal.
l teaspoon thyme.
l teaspoon salt.
IA teaspoon pepper.
4 tablespoons butter or marga-
rine, melted.
Cut the tomatoes in half and ar
range the halves in an overproo1
dish. Combine the cracker meal
thyme, salt, pepper and melted
butter or margarine and mix
thoroughly. Spread the cracker
meal mixture over the tops Of
the tomatoes. Broil about three
inches from the flame in a pro
heated broiler for about five
minutes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23

more of them
are going to be
outdated as the
months so by.
Look what the
end of gasoline
rationing h a S
done. We can't
stall around any
longer saying
the reason we
don't visit the
Whosits in the
C o u n t r y or
spend a week
end with rela-
tives in a near
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Lieut. and Mrs. Roger Sturges
Riley announce the birth of a
daughter at Touro infirmary. Mrs.
Riley is the former Jeanette
Lyons of New Orleans. 1t. Riley
is stationed overseas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
Peace Is Wonderful, But
Now You Need New Excuses

NOT nearly as easy as having the
war to blame for everything.
Still we used to manage without
the war-and maybe we can again
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23
SOMERVILL ENTERTAINED

CHARLESTON, S. c., Aug. o.
R)-Gen. Brehon B. Some-vill,
chief of the Army Service Forces,
flew to Charleston from Washing
ton today for routine inspection
of the Port of Embarkation and
other military facilities here. He
was entertained at luncheon by
City Council
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-23

ryn Snow of Wilmington, will be q
bridesmaid.
Capt. Crittenden of Southbury,
Conn.,, as best man.
No invitations are being issued
but friends of the couple are cor.
daily invited to attend.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
TWO b 90S LOST

Two of the B-29S were lost. Gen
Power said one 10 intense anti
aircraft fire and the other 10 a
Jap night fighter.
He highly praised pathfinders OF
the SupcrfurtreSS forces for their
precision bombing which ilIumi-
mated the target area for the
larger waves Of SuperfortS which
followed them over the city.
we had over 800 planes in
the whole operation" he said,
"and this was really something,
feel. Heretofore the Mari
anaS-ba>ed planes have come
from Saipan and Tinian and this
was the first time large scale
Guam combat force went into
action. ---
Now from these three bases
less than l30 miles apart, we
TIM -gTthcF forces Of Superforts
that will make life exceedingly
miserable for the japanese home
folks.
In weeks Ia come, IL neCes-
SarN, Japan will be bombed by
thousands of our planes, not
hundreds"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
Civil Liberties
Promised by Tito

NEW YORK, March 10 QNS)-
Guerilla Leader Marshal Tito in a
broadcast 10 Yugoslavia reported
today by the FEC, declared that
after the enemy was driven from
the country the new government
would introduce a program includ-
ing, among other things, extended
civil liberties.
The YugoSlav leader said that
the FIRST and main object would
be breaking "quishngs and traitor
forces
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
War Workers Ignore
Flood , Win Praises

WILMINGTON, Del. March 10
tINS)-Workers who wadcd over
submerged trestles or came by
boat across the fiood-Swollen Ohio
River 10 their Jobs at the Mar
shall, w. Va. plant of the Du
Pont Company today received a
special message from Du Pont
headquarters. II declared that
men and women employees mar
tanned full production of materia
vitality needed by the chemical
warfare service despite floods
throughout the area.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
HAMPER CHANG'S Effort
l. :. TO HE'D KAI-SHFK

" SHIN TON, March 10
QNSl - Responsible Washington
officials said today that the L. :
government would not approve
shipment of arms and munitions
10 the. Chinese Communist army
without the approval of GeH-
CraliS>imo Chang kaI-Shck.
The issue was raised by reports
from Moscow that the Communist
government in Ycnan has re-
queSted the United States 10 turn
over certain stocks of arms and
munitions which Amet+tttt- f-t-t-t->
had captured from the japanese.
Washington officials said that
p although etieh request has Hot
Net reached Washington ufftct-
ally IL was a likely move for
the Communists TO make II was
--+tftt+-t4-ettt-titst-t4Tt-ff,-- fe,ti--ttttFti
forces have been principally
armed by captured guns
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
Record Raid
Blasts Tokyo
$500 City Blocks
Ra1ed by Bombers
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high ground in their latest push
SuperfortreSs assault. according
10 a dispatch by the Russian
TaSS Agency
Brig. Gen. Thomas Power o
Fort Worth, Tex, commander o
SuperlortS based on Guam, whC
cruised over. the blazing targer
area for two hours. described the
city as "a sea of flames"
I'VE did so times more dam
age than In the Feb. 25 raid
when we knocked out 2i0 city
blocks" Gen. Power asserted.
Interviewed by NBC CORE
Spondent Bud Foster in a broad
cast from Guam. tired. red-eyec
Gen. Power SleepleSS for more
than AZ hours, said:
Visibility was good hut there
was ~ much smoke that some
Of etiF planes had to fly on in
strumentS and smoke even got
into the cabins of the planeS
through the open bomb bay
doors
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
Shddrey Zedek Rites
To Honor Girl Scouts

Congregation Shaarey Zcdck
VIII honor is Girl Scout troop al
tr7T STUO5Tf SCTVICFS NCNt SatuT-
day morning Boy St-urrt- troops
lui and i6i and Cub Pack IG4
all sponsored by Shaarcy Zcdck.
VIII participate m the service.
Or A NJ HcrShman rabbi viii
preach on Scouting ' The Girl
Scout troop sponsored by me Cal
vary Presbyterian Church has
been invited 10 the service.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
POINTS OUT OBJECTIONS
why hasn't industry pro-
tccted accumulated seniority 80


Ferguson asked sharply.
". j Cronin. secretary Of the
AutomotiNe Councils manpoWer
committee. replied that one OBJ
lection OF industry was that 1T
might increase turnover 10 make
transfers easy.
Both Crnnln and RoHther.S
brother. Victor. accepted Fergu-
sons invitation 10 meet Monday
and work out an inter-plant
seniority plan Incorporation with
WMC officials.
Questioned by Ferguson about
apparent reluctance of war work
cTS to exceed production quotas.
RCuthcr declared employees had
found that too often more sweat
means less security ' Once con
Ninccd they may work themselves
out of a Job by cNcrting greater
effort went ea. workers won
be fooled again
Let me tell YOU what hap
pened in the OldS plant
Reuther began The armed
services were In need of guns
80 the men exceeded the sched-
ule by 500 per cent.
"TheN were awarded the
army and navy f. award, hut
following -that-thr men-weHt
from II seven io five and then
10 three day week.
Now they are afraid they
witt work themselves 0ut or
job and they feel their duties aS
hIeadMinnerS -tn-their- families
compelS them To see that they
have security. even though the
sons of many of these men are
in the foNholeS."
Reuther cited another instance
in which he sand men were penal
ized because they exceeded the
quota.
when they got out the last
tank there was no more work
for them" he declared.
RECORDS PRODUCED
To support his argument he
sand that during a time when
the newspapers were headlInlng
that the government needed more
equipment the unemployment com
pcnSation here went up 400 per
cent
Discussing abSenteciSm, Rcuthcr
introduced - photographs OF alb
Sentce reports of men who were
ordered home from their lobS in
the Dodge steel hammer shop be-
cause there was no work for
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
Sd Crash Victim Dies

IONA. March 10 The death
today i'm Blodgctt Hospital IN
Grand Rapids of Mrs. Leo Mel
drum i5. brought 10 three the
number Of fatalities IN a head-or
collision of Two cars last Monday
on M-2l luSt west OF here.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11

= them. On Feb. Q. he testified, the
same shop sent "a men home for
I that reason.
RELATIONS DEBATED
FerguSon'S persistent question
ing led the JAW vice president
into a wide variety of labor-man-
agement relations. Reuther teSti-
fed that labor-management shop
committees were never given a
voice in decisions affecting pro-
duCtion or efficiency Instead, he
said. they were confined 10 such
activities a. bond setting and cam
paigns for blood bank contribu-
tlOnS.
--iriitt'- ietfrtor Michigan senator
wanted 10 know who was 10 blame
for the recent Dodge strike in the
ChrySler plant.
Reuthcr replied that in his opin-
ION ChrySler could have avoided II.
and that if union officials had
been permitted 10 work on the
grievance in advance they could
have settled il without a StOppage
since he believed all strikes avoid
IA
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
FOLLOWS RoMNEY

Rcuther. who followed Romney
on the stand said failure 10 plan
now for full postwar employment
Is The greatest single factor in
removing hundreds of thousands
oi workers from war production
n Detroit and other critical areas.
Another factor. ne said. was
that management has taken
unfair advantage OF the no-Strike
pledge &C.. discouraged unIo n
efforts 10 settle differences
TTJTcrTlng 10 throw every dispute
INTO the hopper of the War Labor
Beard
Rcuthor said War Labor Board
ttrttt' m settling CaSCS also mas
caused mounting discomfort
lie urged a laboT-management-
government conference 10 find a
solution of industrial problems.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
ChidngCIearS
China S Stand
Presents Claim
FOR ParIey Voice
Ry RAY RICHARDS
-. ! -. - -

WASHINGTON. March .a-
Cor1r.>>~H aua.yzre the FUN
t.>l a. jhs March speech by
Cmarc Na.-shrf az Chungknc
agreed TO-DAY ho ha, land down "a
nar'cef ease Tor China to hc con
saarca hy rnr delegates 90 The
United Nations conference at san
u rD~..
Tho -cruraa-,imo's declaration.
l----i ley tt-rst- -ttitf'tf-tffEa ttt
uganda lr the United States
r behalf 81. jh' north China Com
uuu>ts. holds forth enough rca
hope for ih1 growth OF China as
q great democracy 10 Justify tire
conference BAD granting The Chang
e.-v-} }ffHf--Ai sF---, t1i -tti--tatierf
against the aims OF Russia
HAMPER CmANG'S EFFORT
In tho opinion of RCp Judd r.
-Cl NIunczQt4.- the Chinese leader S.
speech snnlhIlatcS the political
position OF the north China Com
IUnl>f> engaged I'm hamppIUg
Chang War effort while seeking
10 abolish tha established kuO-
I3iHtane party
Rep Gcarhart lR) of California
.>>crtCd ina, Chlang has outlined
greater emma po7ry so above
board and reasonable that n has
lttt the Communists without "a
shred OF proof io back their two
Year CRY that tho Chang iCadCr-
sHIp is rcacuonary.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
SENIORITY ISSUE RAISED

In the course of Saturday S
hearing Senator Ferguson drafted
a labor-management committee 10
tdriiitatC transfer OF skilled work.
erS from one plant 10 another, as
war production needs dictate.
without loss OF pay or seniority.
Reuthcr had testified that loss
of seniority was the prime OBJ
StaClc' TO a free flow OF labor
between plants. and that under
the existing Sctup. IT might be-
TO a workers advantage TO accept
a Job sweeping floors in a plant
where he's regularly employed
rather than accept task cor
responding to his skill in another
lAclDIA
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
UNION TO NEGOTIATE

go" Rcuther replied. Wen
negotiate our own wage agree
ment> after the war"
Then YOU will force tht- same
wages i'm all plants without CON
Sidering the cost of living >"
Ferguson inquired
THE cost of living i a ncgli-
gible factor I'm that connection.
Reuther added General Motors
charges no less for its automo-
bilCS i'm the smaller towns"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11

in 20 months, although II ha
both the equipment and the avail
abte nanpUwUT.
I'VE have had machines idle
since the war Started,". said
Elwyn j. Corbin. the Chevrolet
union representative. Corbin,
who said his son is signal Of
iicer on an aircraft carrier IN
the Pacific, explained that
Chevrolet'S forge plant was the
biggest IN the United States.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11

fore because our presence was
required on the floor Of the
Senate. -
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
IDLE MACHINES DESCRIBED

Reuther called local union
representatives 10 the stand in an
effort 10 support his charge that
war-vital mon and machines were
idle IN Dodge and Chevrolet forge
shops. He said that Chevrolet
had not made I5-mllimctcr shells
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
ROMNEY CRITICIZED

fF}rtttf1cr-,1 replying 10 RumueyiS
earlier testimony, SAID the IN
du>try SpokcSman'S estimate that
productive rtt1rrruCy- WIS - 10
so per cent down from prCwar
lelels-Hitt-- have heeH- drawn 4etit
OF the dlr
The LAW leader agreed that
both men and machines were idle
IN Detroit plants but where Rom
Rey blamed tAe CIQ ier Sueh
idlcncSS Rcuthcr sought 10 pin
the responsibility upon poor man
agtment.
fir admitted. however. that out
put could be stepped up - to
20 per cent without bringing a
single additional worker into a
war plant providing there was
better utilization of manpOwcr
and scheduling rf production ny
company and procurement agcn-
CICS.
Reuthcr criticized the tenor Of
RomneyS presentation as a fac
tor which would not tend 10 in
crease productivity in the plants
DENOUNCES- COUNCIL
HE could increase IL better
by sincere cooperation" de-
clarcd the JAW spokesman,
who went on 10 dcnounce the
Automotive Council as a war
time front for the Automobile
M anufcturerS Association
which came into being As
press agent for the ANA.
TT we could get management
Ia pay a. much attention 10 hu-
man relations as they do To
production we would have no
trouble, RCUther added.
He insisted management "aS a
whole has not accepted I4a4eHS-i4
the automotlNe Industry and cited
what he said We're two examples.
Management Of the Chrysler
Corp. $ Dodge forge shop, he said
refused 10 use the firms pri-
orlty to rcStoCk the company store
with special gloves used 10y forge
workers to handle hot forglngS.
As A result, he said. the men had
TO substitute old socks and rags
and worked with bleeding hands
and fostering sores.
The union had 10 send itS own
representative 10 Washington. he
added 10 confer with UndcrSec.
rotary Of War Patterson and WIPE
officials because the company
didn't have time 10 bother with
such things as the well-being of
its workers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
UNION IGNORED

As it was. ne said. the corpora
Ton discharged eight men without
giving the union an opportunity tC
investigate or discuss The merits
OF the case.
RcutAel- cited as another eN-
ample of bad manpoWer planning
a union charge that the govern
mee' -wa> importing Mexican la
Dor with guarantees OF wages and
transportation expenses " h n
plenty of domestic labor Was
available
He SAID hc believed there would
be no shortages anywhere IN
the manpoWer field with fun utI-
tTzdt1OU of available supplies
III women were placed i'm the
proper spots il would solve the
entire problem" he said There
are 10000 available here in the
Detroit area"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
PROMISES INVESTIGATION

In a Chicago case, ne went on.
a company hired away a WLB
7 representative VINO had gwen q
decision in favor of the union and
sent him 10 a WLB rchcarinC 10
argue against his own decision.
Ferguson termed the Chicago
case violation Of federal statute
and promised an investigation.
Reuthcr charged many Detroit
plants equipped TO turn out critical
war work are not being fully
utilized despite availability of
workers with the required Skills.
Men are rcaSSiCncd 10 work un-
worthy of their SkllS. called in for
a few hours and sent home or laid
of and their plant closed he de-
Clared
Specific instances he cited were
the steel hammer shop of the
Dodge forge division, which he
said had an unused capacity of
2OiO0 75-millimcter shells a day,
the forge division of Tlmken Axle,
ChcvroletS forge division and
Fishers plant No 81, which, he
said ordered a 20 per cent layoff
during the last three weeks in
February.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11

them. On Feb. 9. he testified, the
same shop sent "a men home for
that reason.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

bonds "to speed the prosecution OF
the war and combat postwar in
fiation."
Following Mr.. Mason's talk, Pfc.
George Paul, As Madison street NV,
a returned wounded war veteran,
now at Walter Reed Hospital, spoke
to the group Of his experiences in
the South Pacific.
Pfc. Paul described beachhead
landings, enemy assaults, and close
hand battles with the Japs which
the group later in the evening. was
actually to see in two Army docu-
mentary films showing "The Battle
of the Philippines, and the Action
at Angaur."
Harry Miller announced the near
completion of the new firehouse at
Delafield and North Capitol street
but complained that no plans have
yet been made to move No. IA Fire
Company to the new flrehouse.
The association moved to write to
the District Commissioners asking
prompt transfer of the fire company.
TIL. Naylor, association president,
presided over the meeting, last of
the year.