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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-01-26
Zajatci O chlebe a vods.

Podplukovnfk George Blaney
oznamil, re $50 nemeckych va
lecnych zajatcI v tabore Rey-
holds dostava nyn1 jenom chleb
a vodu pc sve "vysedavacf stav
ce", kterou zahajili, kdyz je-
jich nazisticky mluvcf byl 60
deslan pryc."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-01-26
Pfidel topiva ma tichomorskem
Dobrezi nezmenen.

Washington (OWD - Pf1-
dely tekuteho otopneho petro-
leje pro oblast pacifickeho Sc
verozapadu zGstane nezmenen
ma kupon 8, to jest Dude 10 ga
lonG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-01-26
2 Baltilmorsti krajane polozili
ziyot "a vIast.

Pred uzaverkou novin dosta-
Ii jsme zpravu, re die buletinu
War a Navy Department. re
dine 25. ledna mezi padlymi v
Evropske oblasti byli:
Pvt. Edward F. Halek, syn
p1. Elizabeth Halek, 1916 N.
Port ST. a Pfc. James F. P1cha,
syn p. Alberta P1chy, 2817 E.
Madison st.
Vyslovujeme rodinam pad
lych krajan1 nasi nejhlubs1
soustrast.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-01-26
VZpOn11nka

~VZpOfn1nka
k uctenf pamatky nasich pad
lych vojinG ceskoslovenskeho
pUvodu re statu Marylandu,
kteri polozili sve zivoty
ma oltar vlasti a Ia
"SVOBODU LIDSTVA a
DEMOKRACII SVETA"
Ma bojistfch:
Vojin VITAK KAREL,
Is. 1nora 1913
padl kdesi v Africe
Techn. Sergeant
PROBST VICTOR v.
80. bfeZna 1913
padl kdesi v Sev.-Amer. oblasti
Vojin HENRY F. LUN6X
20. dubna 1913
padl V Severn1 Africe
JOHN LOUIS sVEHLA, Jr.
Radioman 3rd Class u. S. N. r.
"a. listopadu 1913
pravdepodobne zahynul v akci
pfi dobyti Gilbert Islands
Pvt. F. c.
RUDOLF KAREL
81. ledna 1914
padl ma italskem bojisti
ANTHONY E. sLECHTA
u. S. Navy
zahynul Is. 1nora 1914
kdesi v Severn1m Atlantiku
Pvt. KAREL MATOUsEK
5. cervna 1914
zabit V bitve o Myitkwina,
Burma
Staff Sergeant
EDWIN j. NENADAL
6. cervna 1914
padl V akci pTi invasi Francie
Sergt. FRANK D. ZELINKA
10. cervna 1914
padl We Francii
1t. JOSEPH w. MELKA
zabit v letadlovem nestest1
20. cervna 1914
ma ostrove Iceland
Pvt. ALBERT C. VITAK
u. S. Army
II. cervence 1914
padl v bitve O Saipan
We Spojenych Statech:
Por. LAYTON C. ZOUBECK
&c. Unora 1913
pFisel o zivot v aut. nestest1
Vojin A E. KLfMA
"a. cervna 1913
pTisel O zivot v aut. neStest1
Porucik Letectva
FRANK J. SRAMEK
II. prosince 1913
pTisel O zivot pTi zT1cenf
Sc letadla
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
AMERICAN TROOPS
TO QUIT RED ZONE

WASHINGTON, June 10 (P -
Acting Secretary of State Joseph
C. Grew today said American
troops will withdraw by June q
from German zones of occupation
assigned to Russia.
Grew, at news conference, de-
clined to go further into the mat
ter, asserting it was primarily a
military affair.
Asked if the final lines of demar
cation between the Russian, Brit
ish, American, and French zones
had been drawn up, Grew said that
was still being negotiated. He in.
dictated an announcement might
might be made soon.
On June the four Allied powers
issued a declaration assuming SUI
preme authority in Germany n
announcing that four zones woulc
be established, one for Russia II
the East, a British zone in the
northwest, an American zone il
the southwest, and western
zone for France.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
AIDES
BEGIN SURVEYS

Approximately 1000 volunteer
merchants aides. yesterday began
meat-store survey of 81 counties
in Eastern North Carolina includ'
inr New Hanover and covering
about 5000 outlets, according 10
an Announcement by Theodore 5.
johnson. Raleigh OPA District d.
rector. The survey is expected 10
be completed in about two weeks
M. johnson said.
Considered as of the utmost
value to the consumer and meat
dealer alike future basis Tor
promoting more complete com.
plance with OPA regulations and
thus holding the line on prices
the survey will also be the means
of preventing future illegal Trans
action, the director said.
The survey will include the hs'
of wholesale meat dealers In the
district. A check will be made O
wholesale invoices against the &C
tual delivered product and in the
case of veal and lamb the grade
of each cut delivered to the dealer
and of those still on hand. Firms
and individuals buying at whole
sale are required to keep sucl
| invoices.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
If Hitler Is Alive
Punishment Is Worse
In Enemy Underground

PARIS, June IS R Gen.
Eisenhower expressed belief to-
day that even should Adolf Hitler
be alive, his punishment is worse
than death-that of being hunte
in disguise and underground.
The supreme commander told
correspondents that the Russians
informed him I'VE have grave
doubts that Hitler is dead Elsen-
hover added:
THE Russians agreed with me
that if Hitler is not dead, he must
be undergoing the worst possible
punishment for a man who has
exercised arrogant and arbitrary
power over 100000 persons VINO
trembled over his approach, and
now to be hunted in disguise and
underground.
Il can imagine no worse punish
ment for man of that kind. 1t
would seem to me that man OF
that kind, with what he is faced,
would choose death"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
Great Lakes Highway
To Charleston Planned

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June Is
Reconstruction of superhlgh-
way from the Great Lakes to
Charleston, S. c., is the goal OF
the Great Lakes-Cincinnati-Cha--
lesion Super Military Highway
Association which is discussing
plans here for financing the pro-
ject.
The group took no action on the
financial question yesterday but
members said they were consid-
ering getting behind a bill now
before Congress which would pro-
vide for a nationwide highway
system to be financed by bond
issues and supervised by FEEDER
al commission.
Howard J. Douglass of Middles-
boro, KY, association secretary,
said that if this plan was follow
ed, the highway would be toll
road until the bonds were retired.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
OUR FLAG
By Chaplain
Frank M. Thompson

This week we observed Flag
Day. What do you think of our
flag? If you don't belong here
you no doubt will scott, mutter
words of contempt, refuse to sa-
lutte it. But if you are one of us,
real American, your blood will
Jingle, your heart beat faster
when you see il floating from the
masts of our ships, the flagstaffs
of our country or carried aloft in
passing parade.
And we are not ashamed of OUR
emotions. For our flag embodies
the dreams of all the sons and
daughters of men. Its mission is
to establish justice, insure do.
mestic tranquility, provide for
the common defense, promote the
general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves
and to our posterity.'
President Truman in designat
ing June 18th as Flag Day. said
in part that our flag is "a living
token of human integrity and
freedom.
True, we have not entered into
the fullness of that dream, there
is much that hurts in our national
life, much that must pass away.
But nowhere on this earth have
the people come into more
abundant life than under the Stars
and Stripes.
What shall I say to you, Old
Flag?
You are so grand in every field,
So linked with mighty deeds OF
old,
So stepped in blood where heroes
fell, -.-
So, torn and pierced by shot and
shell,
So calm, so still, so firm, SC
true,
My throat swells at the sight Of
you, Old Flag
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16

William David Halyourton, DR..
shown above, has been reported
killed in action on OkinaWa, &C
cording to notification received
from the Navy department by his
parents, Nj. and Mrs. William
David Halyburton, of Miami, Fla.
Young Halyburton, who held the
rating of PhM. &c, enlisted in the
NAVY in August, 1913, on his 18th
birthday. He went overseas last
December and was attached to the
U. S. Marine corps as a medical
corpsman.
A graduate of New Hanover High
school, he had been received by
the Presbyterian church as a
candidate for the ministry, and
had engaged in several religious
activities during his military SER
vice.
He is survived, in addition to his
parents, by two brothers, Joseph
Halyburton. S &c, on a battleshiI
n the Pacific, and Robert Halbur'
ton, MoMM &c, with PIT flee
in the Mediterranean, and a sis
ter, Jean Halyburton, of Miami
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
NAVY ENLISTMENTS|
SHOW GAINS HERE

More men signed up for duty
in the Nevy Thursday at the Will
mington Navy recruiting station
in the pastoffice than on any 9TH
err day in the past year, Chief j.
w. Brown, petty officer in charge,
said yesterday.
Although records were not avail
able as to the number of Navy
enlistments for any single day
since the beginning of the war,
Chief Brown stated that yester-
days 20 enlstments were~ the
largest daily number since he has
been on duty in Wilmington, a
total of 10 ID months.
Wilmington 17-year-olds who
signed up for service are Howard
Douglas Bridges, Is spofford
street; william Everette Britt, 2O6
N. Sixth street; Alfred Kenneth
Burris, Jr., 1920 Orange street,
Willie Vernon Canaday, Route l.,
James Allen Groom, Jr., 1416
Castle street, Francis Marion Foy.
Jr., 6O0-C Avery street; Robert
Walton Holmes, 314 Grace street:
Victor Earl James, SIG S. Sixth
street; Hugh B. McEarling, 107
F Marion Drive; Emil Meyers, Jr.,
I41O S. Fourth street; and Carl
Leonard Sexton, COG S. Fourth
street.
Other 17-year-olds enlisted yes
terday are Leave Bryant Smith,
Laurinburg; Robert L. Smith, ,Ru.
dolph Mears and James Dixol:
Mclean, Jr., of Ltlmberton; Billy
Jackson Tarte, Cerro Gordo; Her
bert Fowler, Jr, Laurel Hill; Lee
Roy johnson, Atkinson, and Lin
don Switzerland, Jr., Magnolia.
The men enlisted for duty ir
the medical corps, general service
or as radio technicias.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
Brig. Gen. F.. L. Eubank
Heads 3rd Air Division

LONDON, June 15.-(R)-Brig
Gen. Eugene L Eubank, Port
Arthur, Texas, has been named
commander of the Third Air Di-
vision succeeding Brig Gen. Nor
ris B. Harbold, VINO becomes chief
Of staff of the division, U. S.
Eighth Air Force headquarters
announced today
The Third Division is made up
of Is Flying Fortress. groups Eu-
bank formerly commanded all
heavy Commandment aircraft in
the Philippines and has been
deputy commander for Eighth All
Force operations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
City Dog Catcher
Will Begin Rounds

The city dog catcher begins his
roundup of dogs without tags Mon
day and Chief of Police C. H.
Casteen today warned owners Of
valuable pets either to look out
for the animals Or run the risk OF
having them confined in the city
pound.
He said persons keeping dogs
and not purchasing licenses for
them would be prosecuted.
With the annual rabies scare
approaching, il was emphasized
that stray dogs must be rounded
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
District Lions Meeting
Is Planned at Kinston

KINSTON, June 15.-R-Dele-
gates began arriving here tonight
for the first wartime business
meeting and election of district
Sic of Lions International.
The meeting opens tomorrow
with luncheon for the 50-odd dele
gates. Candidates for the district
governorship include Deputy Gov
ernor Jimmie Glover of Nashville
and Attorney Gather Beam of
Louisburg. Each delegate of the
81 clubs represented is empower
ed to cast his club full voting
strength.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
Censoring OF Mail Ends
Between u. S.-Britain

WASHINGTON, June Is. -(P)-
The censoring of mail between the
Tinted States and the United King
dom ended today.
Brendan Bracken, then British
Minister of information, informed
parliament a month ago that this
phase of wartime control over
United Kingdom-U. S. communi
cations would end in about 80 days,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
PRESBYTERIAN

First, Third and Orange streets,
Rev. William Grove, Jr., D. D.,
Minister. Church school 10 a. m.
Worship 11:45 a. m, Young Peo-
pie Z p. m, Worship 8 p. m.
St. Andrews Covenant-15th and
Market streets. Rev. Frederick W..
Lewis, D D., minister. Church
school 9:45 am. Worship II am.
Pioneers pm. Senior-Y Dung Peo-
pie 7:15 pm. Worship 8 pm.
Immanuel-Fifth and Meares
streets; Rev. Wade H. Allison,
pastor. Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Worship II a. m. and 8 p. m.
Pearsall Memorial.-East Will
mington. Chaplain Frank M.
Thompson, acting pastor. Sunday
school, 10 a. m. Worship, II a. M.
Young Peoples League, 7:15 p. m.
Cape Fear, Shipyard Boulevard
at Vance street. The Rev. Philip
M. Cory, minister. Sunday school
GAS am. Worship II am. 8 pm
Youth Meetings $50 pm.
Colonial Village Chapel-An de-
nominations. Sunday school 9:45
2. m. under auspices of Winter
Park Presbyterian church,.
Myrtle Grove, Sunday school
p. m. Worship p. m, Rev. John
Mcleod preaching.
Community Chapel. - Worship,
1915 a. m. Worship every second
and fourth Sunday, 8 p. m.
Delgado, Sunday school 9:45 am.
Worship 1880 pm. Sermon by the
pastor Rev. c. c. Myers.
Winter Park-Alfred K Dudley.
pastor. Worship II a. m. and 8 p
m. Sunday school 10 a. m. Child.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16

as a result of the conclusio.
h !. in Europe. 1t ws s,'a Of
firmed at the Office of Cen r1 Coa'
That is the termination n had been m mp
effective this morning. made
Other International mail csn,,.
ship continues. -e'ASof'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
ADVENT CHRISTIAN

First Church, 5O4 S. Sixth street.
Rev. James R. Lee, pastor 9:A5
am. Sunday school. 11:15 am.
Worship. 3 pm. intermediate
Youth. $50 p. m. Senior Young
People 7:45 D m. Worship.
Fourth Street. Corner South
Fourth and Church streets. Rev.
H. j. Wilson, pastor. 10 am. Sun
day school. II am. Worship. 8 E. m.
Worship.
Piney Grove, Rev. George Saun-
ders, pastor. 10 am. Sunday
school. II am. Worship. 1880 pm.
Worship.
Middle Sound, Rev. G. T. Shep-
ard. Assistant pastor. 10 am. Sun
day school. II am. Worship. pm.
Loyal Workers Society. 7:30 pm.
Worship.
Blakes' Chapel, Hampstead. Rev
P. T. Batson, pastor. II am. Wor-
ship. 8 pm. Sunday school. $50
Loyal Workers. 7:30 Worship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
FIRST VETERAN

AsHEBORo, June 15.-Y-v.,
Franklin Luther Of Randolph 1 ea''
ty, walked II miles to AshehoVo la'
day to become the first vo+o U.O 10
join Dixon post of the Am. sa %
Legion. ''e'lcaa
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
LUTHERAN

st. Paul's - Sixth and Market
streets. The Rev. Walter B. Freed,
pastor. Sunday school Gas am.
The Service II am.
St. Matthew Seventeenth and
Ann streets. The Rev. Carl H.
Fisher, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45
am. The Service: II am.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
HOLINESS

Church of God, Corner of Fourth
and Marstellar Street. V. D. Combs
pastor. Radio broadcast 1880 am.
Sunday School 10 am. Worship Il
am. Evangelistic Service Sunday
7:45 pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
EDUCATOR DIES

ASHEVILLE. June 15.-RADr.
Charles W. Dabney, former presi-
dent of University of Cincinnati,
died at Mission hospital here this
morning at $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

First Christian, Third and Ann
streets. James Lawson, minister.
Sunday school Gas am. Worship
II am. and pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
MISREPRESENTATION

Castle Heights, Fifteenth n Il
Castle streets. Sunday school, 2
pm, Worship, 8 pm. Mrs. w. T.
DeVane, Jr., Leader.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
COMMUNITY CHAPEL

Carolina Beach - Fourth and
Cape Fear boulevard James B.
McQuere, pastor. Sunday school 10
am. Worship II am. Challenge
Union Z pm Worship 8 pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
CATHOLIC

st. Mary's - Corner Fifth and
Ann streets. Monsignor c. E. Muir
ply, pastor: Rev. E. A. Rigney and
Rev. J. H Tevlin, assistants. Con-
LESSONS Saturday 4 to 6; Z to 3
pm. Masses on Sunday at 7, g.,
1920 and II o'clock.
Wrightsville Beach, st. Therese's
-206 So. Lumina; Rev Thomas
E. Curran, pastor. Mass on Sum
day at 10 am. Confessions before
Mass.
Carolina Beach - Immaculate
Conception - st. Joseph's Street.
Rev. Thomas E. Curran, pastor.
Mass on Sunday at 8 am. Comes
sions before Mass.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
CONGREGATIONAL
lCOl0redl

Oregon y-Seventh and Nun
streets. Rev. M Williams, pastor.
Sunday school 10 am. Worship
11:15 am
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
EPISCOPAL

81 James.-Third and Market
streets. The Rev. Mortimer Glaver'
rector. Holy Communion, a. m
Litany, Anti-Communion and SER
sermon, II a. m.
Church of the Good Shepherd
Sixth and Queen streets Rev. Har'
lvev W. Glazier, rector. Holy Com.
iirounion 8 am. Church school 1915
a I'm. Morning prayer II o'clock.
St. John s-Third and Red Cross
streets Rev. E. W Halleck, rec
tor. Holy Communion 1880 am.
Morning prayer II o'clock.
St. Paurs - 18th and Market
streets. Alexander Miller. rector
Holy Communion 7:3O am. Morn
ing prayer 11:15 o'clock.
St. Luke's Mission-125 Spofford
Ashley T. St. Armand, Lay-minister
in charge. Church school 4 pm
Vespers and address 5 pm.
Wrightsville, st. Andrews, 9:45
am. church school. II am. prayer
and sermon by Rev. Walter R. Noe
Carolina Beach, All Saints. Il a
m. Prayer and sermon by Rev
Thomas P. Noe.
Jacksonville, st. Anne's, 9:45 a
m. church school. II am. Prayer
and sermon by Rev. F. N. Cox
Tar Landing, st. Philips, 4 pm
church school. pm. Prayer anc
sermon by Rev. Walter R. Noe
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16

d James Doolittle was the first
man to fly across the American
continent in one day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

First Church of Christ, Scientist.
18th and Chestnut streets. Sunday
school 10 am. services II am.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
LAKE FOREST SERVICE

The Lake Forest Sunday school
will be held at 9:45 o'clock Sum
day morning in the community
hall. R. L. Diggs is in charge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
THE LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE
K BOARDWALK

Wrightsville Beach, conducted by
the First Presbyterian church, Will
mington. Church school 10 am.
Worship Ills am, Young People
II pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
BAPTIST

First.-Fifth and Market streets
sankey L. Blanton, minister. Sun
day school, GAS a. m. Worship, II
a. m. and p. m. 6;45 p. m. Bap'
fist Training Union.
Temple+Seventeenth and Mar
ket streets. w. J Stephenson, pas
tor. Sunday school, 9:45 am. Wor.
ship, II am. Baptist Training un'
ion, GAS pm. Worship, 3 pm.
southside-720 South Fifth street
J o. Walton, pastor. Sunday
school GAS am. Worship IL am:
and 8 pm. Training Union 6:4s
pm.
Calvary-Fourh and Brunswick
street. Rev. E W. Pate, pastor
Sunday school 9:45 am. Worship
II am. and 8 pm. BTU Gas pm
Tabernacle, Sixth and Ann streets
Rev. C. E. Baker. pastor. Sunday
school 9:45 am. Worship IL am
and 8 pm.
Primitive - 507 Castle street.
Rev. W. A. Walton. Worship II
am.
Winter Park.-Rev. 7. H. King.
Sunday school, 10 a. M. Blu.
D m. Worship, 8 p. m.
sea-Gate, J. E. Allard, Pastor
Sunday school, 10 am. Worsnlo
liam. B, T. u. 7 pm. Worship .
pm.
Masdnboro, Sunday school 1880
am. ]. r. Hollis, sup erintendent'
Worship 1880 Rev. T. H. King
pastor.
Ash. Soldier Bay-Woodrow W.
Robbins, pastor. Sunday school 10 d.
1890 am. Training Union, 8:So
I'M. Worship service, the second
Sunday, morning and evening
Winnabow, Lebanon - woodrow
W. Robbins, pastor. Sunday scnool
1913 am. Training Union, . pm.
Worship service, every fouf1n
Sunday, morning and evening"
Leland - Woodrow W. Robbins
nastor. Sunday school, 10 30 am,
Training Union, Z pm. worship
8 pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
METHODIST

Grace-Corner Grace and Fourh
steeets. Rev. ]. F. Herbert, pas
tor. Church school, 9:45 a. m
Warship, II a. m. Youth Devotlon'
al and supper meeting, $50 p. M
Worship, 8 p. m.
Trinity-Market at 14th street
Fred w. Paschall, pastor. Sunday
school, 9:45 a. m. Worship, IL a.
M Youth Fellowship, 7:15 p. m.
Worship, 8 p. m.
Epworth, Fifth and Bladen. c.
N. Phillips pastor. Sunday school
10 am. Worship and sermon IL
am, worship 8:15 pm, Father
Day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-16
CHURCHES

ren's group 4 p. m. Young Peo'
pies League $50 p. m.
Smith Creek Church School tol
the First Presbyterian ChIrch'
2:30 pm. led by X. W. Taylor
Oak Grove Chapel (of the First
Presbyterian church, Carolina
Beach road, Church school 5 pm.
Bethany, Castle Haynes road,
Sunday school 10 am. Worship IL
a m. conducted by Rev. A. j. How
ell.
Topsail, Sunda y school 1o:2o
am. Worship II am. With sermon
by the pastor Rev. c. c. Myers
Laurel outlook., 1945-01-10
Program OF WOman's
Club Describes Life
Of Winston Churchill

Mrs. Harry Penninger, president
of the Laurel Woman's club, pre-
sided at a meeting of the club Mon
day afternoon at Mrs. Joe M~arcure's
home. Roll call responses were cur
rent international relationship news
items. 5
A final report on the tubercu-
losis seal sales yeas given by Mrs.
Marion Crawford, chairman, who re-
vealed that $608 had been collected.
The community was commended for
its response to the annual appeal.
The business meeting was follow
ed by the program of the afternoon,
which dealt with the life of Winston
Churchill and was prepared by Mrs.
Crawford. Churchill, the prime
minister of England, was born Nov.
80, 1874. His mother vas an Ameri-
can and his father ar English lord.
In early life Winston Churchill was
a newspaper correspondent, served
as such during the Boer war and
was taken prisoner. In 1900 he
entered the house of commons as a
liberal and was commander of the
British navy during the first World
war. His estate is at CartwelI,
where at times he INDUCES in his
hobby of bricklaying. Since 1910
when he entered the house of COM
mons as leader of the conservative
his public career is we'll
known.
Following Mrs. Crawford's pro
gram a series of ~ pictorial posters
that were compiled by Life maya
zine were shown and studied. The
portrayal of the United
Nations war relationship was the
The posters were obtained
by Mrs. Penninger, who now has
donated them for use at the schools.
The hostess, Mrs. Marcure, sur
the group with a course of
dainty refreshments. The next
meeting was announced for Jan. %
at Mrs. Penninger's home.
Laurel outlook., 1945-01-10
CANNED FOOD INDUSTRY
DESCRIBED BY FRASER;
WAR CAUSED ITS BIRTH

Production, sale and distribution
of food has been the worlds great.
est business through the centuries
and continues in No. 1 position, Har-
old j. Fraser, sales manager of the
Billings Grocery company, a whole
sale concern, told Laurel Rotarians
at their meeting Tuesday. The
speaker was presented by Paul
Void, January program committee
man. Although acquainted with the
numerous subdivisions of the food
business the speaker confined him
self principally to the canned goods
division.
Contrary to general belief, canned
goods constitute only about IL per
cent or one-eighth of the total sales
by food retailers. That one-eighth,
however, is highly important.
Because armies fight on their
~stomachs, war was principally re-
sponsible for development of the
canned foods industry. The speak
err credited Napoleon with recogniz-
ing the necessity for a plentiful sup
ply of good foods that could be
easily handled without great loss.
Subsequent periods of war have
contributed to further development.
The word can is a contraction Of
the original canister. The metal
food~containers were known at first
as canisters because they closely re-
sembled the cases for cannon am
munition.
Trial and error, the method fol-
lowed in many another development,
found the weak spots in can-prc-
serving of foods and took away the
hazards of poisoning. Although can-
ned foods were known and used to
some extent in Atlantic seaboard
states at the beginning of the last
century they did not penetrate I'M
til so years later to the Mississip-
pi valley states, which was about
the time of the gold rush to Cali
fornia.
In it's qualifications the canned
foods business now runs into billions
annually throughout the world. As
in other times the armies continue
to rely on the metal cans for much
of their food supplies.
Comparing tin cans, glass o n
tainers and frozen food packages,
Fraser said he thought they each
places of respective import
ance and will not seriously encroach
each other. Some foods sell
in olass than in fin and
others have a better sale in tin than
in glass. The same principle ar-
plies to paper packaging of frozen
foods.
Among guests at the meeting
we're three service men, Lieut.. Mer-
rift Williams, Sgt. Donald Schei-
decker and Lieut.. Bill Graft. They
spoke briefly concerning their ex-
periences and work.