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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-30
RUNS INTO CAR

Mary Ramey, years old, of lO43
Vinewood, was treated for lacera-
tons of the face at Wyandotte
General hospital after she ran from
behind parked car into the auto
mobile driven by Ralph Pawlaczyk
1928 Vinewood, Saturday.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-30

Religions may waste away. but the
fiteSt survives; and so long as we
have the right ideal, life is worth
living and God takes care of our
life. = Mary Baker Eddy
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
LEWIS AVERTS
Mine WALK0UT|
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TONS 400, 900 soft coal miners, rec
ommending that they continue
work under the old contract in the
interest of the war effort and the
necessity for coal production at
this crucial stage of the European
conflict.
Lewis told the WLB yesterday
that the miners had not forgotten
what he called the loss Of substan-
tial amounts of retroactive pay
during the five months of govern
ment operations in the 1913 wage
dispute. For that reason he asked
that the operators be required to
put in escrow SIS, 1000, 900 to cover
liability for his demands for one
month. The board declined to do
this.
The operators and miners are
scheduled to resume negotiations
tomorrow, but one operator said
it was likely they would ask the
board Immediately to take over
the dispute and begin hearings at
once, abandoning further collec-
tive bargaining. s
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02

Soviet Army Is Strange Outfit
To Ydnks Liberated In Poland

from the United States actually is
made in Russia. I've had them
point to a new job and tell me
proudly it was Soviet made.
knew better, but did not want tc
argue"
A lieutenant from the 85th In
fantry Division, captured in the
Allied drive to Rome last May,
conceded that the Russians "dio
the best they could for us, but
they certainly have lot of diff.
ferent ideas from ours.
''They willingly gave us their
vodka and fatback-big slabs oil
pure fat they eat with their drinks
We ate part of the dish and were
about to gag, but the Cossacks in.
sisted we take more because il
would keep us warm.
1.-THE standard of food is so diff
ferent it is funny. When we got
American rations in Odessa, the
Russian commandant forbade any
being fed to the Russian guards,
contending that it was too good
for them.
II think it is safe to say you
won't find any Communists in this
crowd" :
Without exception the former
prisoners paid the highest tribute
to the generosity of the Poles.
One infantry lieutenant said, iii
the Poles had two of anything
they would give you one and a
half. When we marched through
towns the Germans tried to keep
the Poles back, but they broke
right through and gave us food.
When we crossed the border into
Germany it was the exact reverse
the guards got everything and
we got nothing"
On another point the Americans
were in absolute unanimity. The
Russian is the toughest drinking
man they have ever seen.
eve were unable to drink the
first vodka they gave us, it was
so bad," one officer said. "It
worked in our cigarette lighters.
We actually saw Russians drink
part of a bottle and then pour the
rest into the tanks of their trucks. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
n. f. FARM LAND
LEADS IN VALUE

RALEIGH, April 1.-(P-North
Carolina leads the Nation in its
increase in farm real estate values
during the past 20 years, accord
ing to estimates released by the
Federal and State Departments OF
Agriculture.
An average acre Of North Car
Dina farm real estate worth $lOo
30 years ago now is valued at
1924. California, in second place,
shows an increase of SO per cent.
Curtis Tarleton, Agriculture De-
partment statistician, said. al
though exceptionally profitable
crops of tobacco and cotton have
been a major factor in the sharp
increase in land prices in North
Carolina, the broader significance
of these increases must be a.
praised in the light of impending
postwar adjustments in the agrl-
cultural production of the area.
He said that there has been a rise
of II per cent in the value of farm
real estate in the United States
during the past year and five per
cent during the past four months.
Reports show that prices of farm
commodities and farm incomes
reached new record levels IN
1914, and prospects for 1915 ap-
pear bright in most agricultural
areas
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
By holland NoRGAARD

NAPLES, April 1.-(P-Former
American prisoners OF war iber-
ated from the Germans in January
when the Russian offensive swept
across Poland watched with as
tonishment the great Red Army
advancing with complete single
ness of purpose-to destroy the
enemy wherever he was found.
The Soviet Army was unlike
anything American fighting men
ever had seen before and today
in Naples. on their way back to
the United States, they still
shook their heads in amazement
when describing what they had
SEEM
Upon their arrival here, some of
these U. S. soldiers were permitted
to tell for the first time part of
what they had experienced and a
group of officers from among ~e
1000 liberated prisoners VIII.
came from Odessa gave me al
interview.
Some told Of the bel!s derment
with which they watched women
officers commanding tanks in the
armored spearhead which over
ran their prison camp. Others told
of their surprise at discovering
"the Russian Army is much more
democratic than ours.''
All nodded agreement when a
young artillery captain who was
captured in France remarked, ''to
us it seemed the Russian Army
had astonishing1y little organiza-
ton. There were no sergeants or
anything like that. Every man
cooked for himself and got most
of his food from the country as
he went along. But those we saw
were sure hell-bent for Berlin"
Opinions within this small group,
all of whom must remain uniden-
titled for the present, might diff
fer substantially from those of
some of the other repatriates on
some aspect Of the Soviet treat
ment Of the Americans, who, in
most cases, were left to find their
own way from the front eastward.
Within this group, however, all
agreed with a young lieutenant
who declared, "the Russians did
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02

chickens, and to have ample for
cornbread and grits on our own
table. The way to do this is to use
our own commonsense and grow
it as we know how to do. Make
it crop of Importance. Use more
nitrogen and get seed of some of
the adapted hybrids. These hybrids
have strong root systems and will
withstand the effects of dry wealth.
err. Not all of them are adapted to
our conditions, however, and rath-
er than use one that is not, it is
better to use local, standard,
named variety with which we are
familiar.
There is a definite need for more
corn. The need is particularly vi
tai this year. DR.. James H. Hilton.
native North Carolinian from Ca
tawba county, who recently return
ed from Purdue University in In
diana to head the animal industry
division at State College, says that
we shall produce feed more abun-
dainty or we shall 60 out of the
livestock business. To do this
would be a calamity. We have
come too far to retreat and we
should have learned through bit
ter experience that we cannot de-
pend on crops alone. We need to
keep the livestock that we have
and to develop it further on a
sound and sensible basis. Such
a basis has its foundation in the
production of ample feed at home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02

the best they could for us within
the limits of their own living
standards. The food they gave us
measured up to what they them
selves were eating. 1t was Simply
that we were accustomed to a
different standard"
typical of their experiences was
the story Of a paratroop ieuten'
ant who was captured when ne
jumped into Normandy June ~
1e44 and reached the prison stock
ade at Schubin, Poland, August
II, 1914.
On January 81, his group was
marched from the camp and mead
ed west.
s"That night Russian tanks came
along, but didn't have time te
stop and we were left alone unt1
two DAYS later when an Englsh'
speaking lieutenant and six guards
arrived. All the time the Red Ar
nv was rolling by steadily west
ward and we were amazed 10 see
that at least five out OF every
six trucks were American made.
1--WE stayed there 2 IL weeks
while the lieutenant kept promis'
ing us transport. We had all the
meat we could eat, killed by Rus
sian tommy guns and butchered
by ourselves. The Poles brought us
all the bread they could.
1--WE became impatient and
started hitchhiking east. Later
we rode refugee trains and as IA
as the Russians were concerned
we were simply refugees like all
the rest. It took us five days to
20 $40 miles to Warsaw.
1--WE saw women doing every
lob in the Russian Army that men
can do. There were women COM
manding tanks in the first spear
head that reached U.S. There SEEM
ed to be no attention paid to sex.
They all loaded into the same
troop trains moving to the front.
while the Russians as an ar
my paid little attention to us, the
soldiers seemed really glad to see
us.
An artillery captain said they
saw many boys in the Red Army
who looked II to IA years old.
IA lot of their soldiers seem to
believe a lot of their equipment
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02

1t is gratifying to see, at long
last, that our agricultural leaders
will attempt to do something
about the production of corn in
North Carolina. We have tried
various means of increasing our
supply of feed for livestock and
poultry. Some have claimed that
barley is easier and cheaper to
grow than corn and have called
it "Winter corn which is an adj
mission that it is only a substi-
tute. We have. stressed pastures,
winter and summer grazing crops,
hap crops, and all the other kind
of feedstuffs that can be produc-
ed on our soils. Year around graz
ing has been attempted by many
farmers following the fine ex-
ample set by Hugh MacRae on his
now famous lime-laden 'Invershiel
Farm near Wilmington.
The truth is that all of these
are good and have their respec-
tive places of great importance in
North Cardinals farming econo-
my. Every person, owning land,
should give these crops and these
feed-producing plans the utmost
consideration and should adopt
those which seem to best fit the
needs of his own particular soil
and his location.
Yet, as I have claimed in this
column many times, we have never
given corn production the con-
sideration which it deserves. Corn
is nothing but glorified grass.
Down through the years it has
been improved and perfected. It
has been bred so that its various
varieties have become adapted to
different uses and it is the back
bone of the livestock industry. If
one wishes to know about the hog
crop OF the midwest, he needs
only to know about the corn crop.
One reason why there is a shortage
Of hogs in North Carolina right
now is that the OPA placed cell
ing on pork and allowed the price
of feed, including corn, to find its
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
Submarine Cobbler
Launched In Conn.

wxoTON, Conn, April 1.-(P)-
The submarine Cobbler, the fourth
to be launched here this year, to-
day slid down the Electric Bot
Conpany's victory yard ways inc
the Thames river. Mrs. James B.
Rutter of Bethesda, Md, served
as sponsor. Her husband, a Navy
captain, is director of services in
the Bureau Of Naval Personnel at
Washington.
Guests included Pvt. Robert E..
Falvey, Groton's "one-man ar
N.Y." who has just returned from
the European battlefields after
distinguishing himself for heroism,
and 1t. Cmdr. John H. Shilling,
U. S. N. R., senior chaplain at the
submarine base.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
The Tar Heel Gardener
By JOHN H. HARRISS
N. C. State College

The tomato is the most widely
grown vegetable in the home gar
den. 1t popularity is probably due
to its productivity plus the fact
that it is easy to cultivate and
has an agreeable taste. 1t is
most fortunate that it is also an
excellent food, being high in vita
min and mineral content.
Tomatoes can be grown on most
soils, provided they are free of
wilt. There are two kinds of
willis; the fusarium wilt and the
bacterial wilt. There are several
such varieties as Marglobe, Prit-
chard, and Rutgers which are re-
sistant to fusarium wilt. There
is no control for the bacterial
wilt, and all tomatoes are subject
to it's attack. The only way to
avoid losses from this wat is to
make paintings in soil free of
disease,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02

Tomatoes should be planted in
8 to 4 foot rows, about 3 tos3 1-2
feet apart in the row as soon as
danger Of frost is over. The plants
should be set in a rather deep
hole and the soil gradually filled
in around the plant as the plant
grows. Well rotted manure mixed
with the soil will help hold mois-
ture and also furnish plant nutri-
ents for the plant. In addition to,
or independent of, the manure,
complete fertilizer such as 5-7-5
or 5-10-5 may be used at the rate
of two to three quarts to a So
foot row. This fertilizer may also
be applied by using 2 to table
spoons to each individual plant.
In either case the fertilizer should
be placed 2 to 3 inches from the
roots of the plant and thoroughly
mixed with the soil.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
EASTER PARADE
STALLS TRAFFIC
By LORRAINE LARKIN

NEW YORK, April 1. - P) -
Orchids were as common as dali
sizes along New York's Fifth Ave-
hue today as the traditional pa
rade marking the city's most JOY
Gus Easter in four years of war
stalled Of its own immensely.
A record crowd estimated by po-
lice at 100000 crept along during
the morning, but halted complete
ly about noon for want of room to
walk. Police blocked motor traffic
from 47th to 53rd streets for an
hour in futile effort to dissolve
the congestion.
But, ideal Easter weather-bril-
liant sunshine and temperatures
ranging in the 70's-encouraged
more and more New Workers and
out of town visitors to stroll along
the avenue.
Even the Easter bunny was on
hand. A man dressed in a furry
costume rode atop a brilliant blue
carriage. and bowed from side to
side to the promenaders.
One little parader-about 10 -
gave the bunny big play. She
wore a hat topped with one, and
pushed a baby carriage in which
rode two dogs, also wearing bum
ny hats.
Every type Of flower from the
rare and costly black orchid spray
to the lowly pansy was evident.
Corsages ranged in size from one
lonely sweet pea to platter-pro-
portioned arrangements of gar
denias and roses.
Hats were tiny and frivolous.
One woman wore a powder blue
sailor with powder blue veil atop
her powder blue curls. Another
wore large sailor hat from which
hung a two-inch fringe. For the
most part, however, tiny flower
ed and feathered toques were fav-
ored.
Easter suits and dresses were
Of every hue from purest white
to black, with grey predoninating.
Mrs. Vincent Astor's soft grey
wool suit was distinctive, yet typi-
cal. She wore a tiny crown hat of
matching material. Mrs. Lawrence
Tibbett wore oyster grey wool,
lined with steel blue crepe, over a
simple steel blue crepe dress. Her
hat was of oyster grey felt.
Lilly Dache adhered to her own
spring fashion mode-the direc-
toire. With a black wool hustle
back suit she wore a directoire
bonnet of natural straw trimmed
with gay flowers and feathers.
In sharp contrast to these was
the street-length white embroider-
ed native garb of a Hindu woman.
Mems fashions had their inning.
James Farley, former Postmaster
General, was among the few attir-
ed in morning coat and striped
trousers. Spencer Tracy attended
mass in a brown tweed suit and
brown hat. The only high silk hats
seen were on cabbies.
Most sartorially inelegant were
four gay, cane-swinging blades in
blue denim, white canvas hats |
shading their eyes from the sun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
CAR
OUTPUT SIGHTED
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simple priority system. Until that
is done ALLEGATION of materials
will continue but producers will
be allowed to fill non-priority civil
ian orders when clear of war jobs.
The 500 limitation orders,
banning some civilian goods and
limiting others, will be revoked as
rapidly cas- is consistent with the
remaining war production.
Last falls grandiose plans to
drop the bulk of them, at once,
however, appeared to have gone
overheard. Byrnes said controls
would have to be retained on tex
tiles, lumber, paper, pulp, leather,
containers, many chemicals, and
other materials until supply is
brought up equal with demand.
Most metal controls can, be drop
ped in a few months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
6s YEARS ON ONE JOB

BURLINGTON, Vt, April L
U.H)-Harry Clough, an engineer at
a Venetian blind company, has
outlived three of his boilers and
two of his engines. With SO years
of continuous service for the same
employer behind him, Clough
says he still is going strong.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
JUKE BOX STOLEN

PAWTUCKET, R. I. April L.
WR-The thieves who burglarized
the Fenwood Grille recently must
have been swing fans. They carted
away 500 juke box weighing
nearly 400 pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-02
Carolina Farm Comment
By F. H. JETER

own place. Corn influences the
production of meat from the small
est frying-sized chicken to the
largest beef steer. Apparently,
then, we must still consider corn
as the backbone Of our livestock
production.
But, in recent years, We have
had much dry weather during the
critical period of corn growth in
summer. This is one reason why
the barley enthusiasts urge that
this feed be grown in winter when
there is much more moisture. Our
acre yields Of corn seem to have
become fixed at about % bushels
an acre average for the State. Yet
we have definite proven instances
of where different men and boys
about over North Carolina are
producing 100 and more bushels
an acre every season. Some peo-
pie are skeptical about these large
acre yields. I have been so my
self, but, I made it point to 20
out and check several of them,
watching the corn pulled from the
stalks, and seeing it shucked and
weighed. After I had witnessed
few such yields and had seen
yields OF from 100 to 1873 bushels
Of green corn from a measured
acre weighed in at the scales,
then knew that it is possible
to produce the yields about which
l had heard. Nor was there any
thing remarkable about it. Many
farmers tell me that it is easy to
make 100 bushels an acre and
that so to so bushels should be an
ordinary, everyday sort of yield.
Now that we know about using
winter legumes and summer L.
gumes to improve the land and
increase its water-holding capa-
city; we know about good seed
and their tremendous Importance;
we know about shallow cultiva-
ton; we know about the use of
fertilizer under the corn and the
value of nitrogen side applications
around the growing crop - there
should be no further mystery as
to how we might double the acre
yield Of corn in the next 10 years.
In other words, if we would in
crease our present average yield
from % to "A Or so bushels an
acre there should be no reason
why we should not continue as
great livestock State. The late w.
W. Shay, practical hog man, used
to say that no man who grew less
than an average of IS bushels of
corn per acre had any business
trying to grow and finish hogs for
the market. If he could not pro-
duct as much as IS bushels of corn
an acre, he would fail as hog
grower, or he would become an
Sin an douter" depending upon the
price of pork as compared with
the price he could afford to pay
his neighbors for their surplus
corn. Mr.. Shay set the lowest pro-
fitable yield of corn for livestock
at IS bushels an acre and he
was wise beyond his day.
Any man who tries to farm and
have livestock should look after
his corn supply. He ought to be
able to feed corn to every animal
and chicken on the place. Most IF
us grudgingly count out few ears
and nubbins to our workstock and
feel that We have really "done
something' when we give the
hardworking mules an extra ear.
We ought to be able to shovel it
out to our hogs, to mix it in feed
for our cows, to crush it for our
beef steers, to crack it for our
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-09

plans for the future disposal and
management of the war housing
units here. They have announced
that Ehey will visit and personally
inspect all local war housing be-
fore making specific recommen-
dations.
Public housing in Wilmington
has gone long way toward boost
ing the city to it's present high
status in industrial activity, and
pointing the way to realization of
the industrial and economic po-
tential here. That there are still
slums in Wilmington cannot be de-
MED. Neither can it be denied
that, with the heightening of the
tempo of port activity plus the es-
tabllshing of new industries, Will
mlngton is about to embark upon
an era of expansion which will full
ly justify the name given the por.
in 1892. &.
The name was New Towr."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-09
Atom Bomb Project
Wins Safety Award

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-R-The
nations highest wartime safety
award was made today for an I'M
dertaking which could have pro-
duced history's most disastrous ac-
cident-the atom bomb project.
The National Safety Councils
award for distinguished service to
safety was presented to the Man
haitian district in recognition OF the
corps of engineers achievement in
maintaining "outstandingly low"
accident rates in facilities through
out the country.
Maj. Gen. Richard Leslie Groves,
the Army's top man on the project,
gave credit to all the universities
and industrial organizations which
"cooperated so magnificiently," in
accepting the ward on MICS "Na-
tional Hour" program. :.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-09
CRIME INCREASING
THROUGHOUT N. E.
BY CORA B. sTEGALL

RALEIGH, Dec. g. R Crime
is steadily on the upswing in North
Carolina and the trend is definitely
toward the younger crowd"
So said Thomas Creekmore. head
of the State Bureau of Investiga-
ton, and reports from most North
Carolina areas tend to back up his
statement.
'''Tais gradual increase, which
has been on the upgrade since
shortly before Pearl Harbor, shows
no evidence of immediate Decline"
Creekmore added.
He attributed the general crime
rate increase to unsettled condi-
tons and the trend of the times.
War has left hangover-a mental
and physical arrangement - which
We cannot overlook
eat least 80 per cent Of the auto
thefts in this state are by people
under 81 years of age, and the
greater per cent of all violators
are between 10 and a." Creek
more said.
Kyle Matthews, state penal SUI
pervisor, cited figures to show that
the states prison population had
increased steadily since August.
Serious as the general crime in
crease may be, juvenile delinquen-
cy seems to present special prob
lem. DR.. Ellen Black Winston, late
commissioner of Public Welfare
said that North Carolina has an
average of more than 5000 official
juvenile court cases each year.
War invariably focuses attention
on juvenile delinquency" DR.. Win
ston said, land experience in both
world wars has shown rapid in
creases."
Raleigh chief of police Ralph
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-09

was also an increase in larceny
cases.
Considerable juvenile delinquency
was reported in Asheville. In fact,
police there said youths caused
them more trouble than any other
groups in the city. Judge Wilson
Warlick, presiding in Buncombe
superior, court, recently said in
open court that ''there is less crime
in Asheville and Buncombe county
than in any similar populated area
in the state.' He said such crime
as there is, is of the petty variety
and is unorganized.
Rocky Mount chief of police J.
R. Thomas said slight crime in
crease was noted in his area, and
added that the biggest trouble was
the traffic problem and collisions.
The Juvenile problem there is prac-
tically nil due to well-organized
city recreation program for teen
ayers, he said.