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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
Committee Begins Study
OF North Carolina Jails

RALEIGH, Jan. 29.-tRHA COM
mittee set up by former Governor
]. M. Broughton last year, and
headed by DR.. Allen Winston, COM
missioner of Public Welfare, today
began a study of jails of the State
with view of recommending
legislation for their improvement.
The committee will continue it's
studies at another meeting before
making its recommendation to
the current General Assembly. The
group was named by the former
governor to obtain information as
to needed improvements and to
make the necessary recommends
ton to the Legislature.
At the present time only %
county jails of the State are on
the approved List of the Federal
Government, and meet the stand
ards required by the Federal
Courts before prisoners from these
courts may be incarcerated there
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
|HEATLESS SCHOOL
ORDERED CLOSED

LENOX, Mass, Jan. 29.-(UP)-
The heatless 40-room mansion from
which % students Of the Duncan
School for Boys were removed
Saturday, was formally ordered
closed by the Board of Health to-
day, and Headmaster William c..
Duncan said his plans were "some-
what indefinite at the moment"
After examining the premises,
Mrs. Elizabeth ]. Flynn, chairman
Of the board of health, instructed
Duncan to vacate within 48 hours.
She described the building as "hor.
ribly dirty and unsanitary."
The headmaster, who was away
on business when State troopers
found the students huddled around
a single stove to keep warm, said
he was amazed" at the publicity
which accompanied the incident
Upon his return this afternoon, he
declared two-week vacation fol
teachers and students, and all bu1
six left shortly for their homes
The boys. ranging in age from
eight to 20, repeatedly paid tuitior
fees of $1,4O0. One o them Don
aid L. Schley, 10, Of Millburn, N
j., was hospitaized in Pittsfiele
with a fractured leg on which h,
had hobbled for two weeks. &C
cording to his classmates.
Meanwhile, Building Inspector V
is. La Liberte filed a report witt
the State Public Safety Depart
ment in Boston, containing 81 rec
concentrations necessary to brin
the school into conformity wit
safety regulations.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
Millions Slvitch To
Mutton Suet Idea
For Chest Colds
Quickly Relieves chiIdren's Colds
Coughs, Loosens Phlegm

Quickly Relieves ChiIdren's Colds
Coughs, Loosens PhIesm
Many mothers all over America
are switching to this idea of get
ting fast relief for these chest cold
miseries. They are simply follow
ing Grandma. For years she count
ed on mutton suet to help carry her
home medication to do it's pain-eas-
ing work on nerve ends in the skin.
No wonder so many more now well
come Grandma's idea as improved
by science-Penetro, with it's multi
medicated formula in a base con-
tanning mutton suet-that acts both
as counter-irritant and pain-reliev-
er when you spread it on, and as
a soothing aromatic when breathed
IN. And so today Penetro hurries
along newer help in the old reliable
way-help that eases painful mis-
cry, lessons coughing, loosens
phlegm, soothes chest rawness-so
that you can rest more comfortably
and give nature a chance to restore
vitality. That's why millions are
switching to Penetro today-why
druggists are recommending it. 25c, 4
Double supply 35c. For all your fam
lly's chest Geld miseries, be sure !
you get white, easy-to-use Penetro. u
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
LONGEST SUPPLY LINE
Stilwell Road Links 1929
Mile Route To China

MYITKYINA, Jan. 20. -UP)-
Here is the distance on the world s
longest supply line. the 1928 mile
route from New York to Running
China:
From New York to Calcutta, via
the Suez canal-11, 1904 miles.
From Calcutta to Ledo via the
Army-operated Bengal-Asso rail-
way-85 miles.
From Ledo to Running over the
neWly-opened "Stilwell Road"-1.-
044 miles.
Under the most favorable condi-
tons, it takes approximately 90
days for supplies to traverse the
route.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
PATTON MEETS FELIX
Prince Of Luxembourg Frisk-
ed By Police

WITH THE THIRD U. S. ARMY
Jan. @-(UP)-There was an Am
eEcan brigadier generals star or
The lender Of the station Wagon
with portly gentleman in Bri
IlsA Uniform at the wheel.
Tough and wary MP Sgt. T. LOT
tbs Of damon, O., looked the driv-
ef over and told his buddy: HE
looks mighty suspicious to me. "
BN I'm the Prince of Luxem-
u9ufg' the man protested as LOT
Jus stopped the vehicle and frisk-
Cd his pockets.
Yeah, Bud we'll I'm General
ration and I want to see your
papers pronto," Lotus replied.
ne Soon saw them. He was talk
Jug 10 Prince Felix of Luxembourg,
oEsadler in the British Army.
felN commended Lotus on his
issuance, shook hands and hit the
N0yal road toward his capital.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
sN0oD IS SHOWN
AGAINST MARINE

,.eu1vGTON, Jan. %. - G -
"- o5 which the prosecution said
4 s. used to strangle 18-year-old
va .4nv Berrum was introduced
D0iO% :sence today as trial Of Ma
as e't pTC Earl Mcfarland for
rne thanksgiving opened.
he ID ss 5ody of the young Chippewa
me us War Department clerk
FaLs' to WI" last October 6 in a
WIS i0T mark Her snood knotted
pubic her neck. Mcfarland, "a
sF orl,Ii native of Tennessee and
year..ooarr. n Of South Pacific war
as; < charged with ravishing and
.ser' strangling her.
a ~ ind underclothes worn by
dress Government we, girl also were
the W. IA the jury of II men and
shown Woman over the proteSt of
one so Counsel P. Bateman En-
delFp'S soon as they had been in
Ms, ,,. M Ennis attempted to put
'Euur 0ybibits behind a rail where
tns would not be in full view of
ll'' ;nry but was stopped by JUS
a a,y lanes NJ. Proctor.
't Tor1ier, Mcfarland. wearing his
,, La- Uniform with Guadal-
Ma MAJ, 1T emblem on the sleeve, heard
C Gsl.or A. Magruder Macdonald
! .o.Cribe the condition Of Miss
e par~,na's body when it was found.
d. IL S, Attorney Edward M. Cur
.,U told the jury the prosecution
lal show that Mcfarland and
WV. Berrum met in downtown
M M.5J the night before her
wa, "%s, was found and that a switch
s gyr knife and a Marine belt
, uia[ link the Marine with the
. s, A belt was found near her
'G Ennis and defense Attorney
csorge A. Cassidy, Jr., indicated
,,sr ease would be based large
IT, L an a contention that McFar-
IND has been subject to severe
MO, msntal attacks brought on by ma
laria.
urs Mildred Murphy Gage, 40,
tovsewife, although one of two
sI-pmates also is a woman, Mrs.
lillian 3. sandoe. 80. Other mem
hers Of the jury include five Gov
eminent workers. One juror, Ray
mopd NJ. Kerns, 43. was accepted
after telling the court that his
father was slain in 1941 but that
he still could be impartial.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
COL. HALSEY, AIDE
TO SENATE, DEAD

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-CUP)
Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary
of the Senate for the past II years
and a prominent member of the
Democratic party, died of a heart
ailment today at the age of 50.
He had served as an employe
of the Senate for nearly half a CEN
fury, beginning as a page in 1897.
He was elected secretary in 1888
when the Democrats won control
Of the upper chamber and was
reelected in 1913.
The Senate suspended its legis-
lative business for As minutes to
pay tribute. Democrats and Re-
publicans alike mourned Halsey
and lauded his service and per-
sonal qualities.
Sen. Kenneth Mcclellan (D-Tenn)
president pro tempore, said TT
almost breaks my heart that Col
Halsey has been taken away in
the prime of life
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, (R-
Mich.) added that ut is inpossi-
tie to imagine more totally CON-
petent secretary than Col. Halsey
has been. We shall deeply miss
and mourn this sterling public SER
want, this magnificent American,
this priceless friend.''
A native of Nelson county, Va,
Halsey was educated at Locust
Dale, (Va) Academy and Virginia
Polytechnic Institute at Blacks
burg. He was appointed a colonel
on the staff of Gov. William H.
Mann of Virginia in 1910.
Funeral services will be held
at Lynchburg, Va, his family
norna
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
TODAY and TOMORROW
BY WALTER LIPPMANN-

Mr.. Wallace cannot win his fight
for power without undermining his
influence. 1t is most unwise of him
to make this fight. If he wins it,
and obtains personal control of the
governments loan agencies, he
will make it infinitely difficult for
himself to exercise persuasive lead
ership in the great undertaking
which is his real concern.
For no one who has studied the
problem will suppose that a high
level of production and employ
ment in time of peace can be main
tanned by the use of government
credit alone. Certainly Mr.. Wal
lace does not suppose it. Govern
ment credit will be one among
many elements in an effective pro-
gram: its effectiveness will depend
upon how we'll it is co-ordinated
with the credit policies of the pri-
vate banks, the insurance compa-
MES and industrial corporations
with taxation, with government ex.
penditures, with the price and wage
policies Of farmers, trade unions
and business men. Nothing could
be more fatal to this coordination,
and to the acceptance of all the
inter-related measures, than t h c
idea that Mr.. Wallace thought he
could solve the problem by disburs-
ing government credit, or even that
any large part of our people thought
Mr.. Wallace thought he could do it.
Because the undertaking is one
which cannot possible be carried
through by any power that could
conceivably be vested in Mr.. Wal
lace, he could not make a greater
mistake than to begin by making
fight for power. The power, if
he got it, would be altogether in.
adequate to solving the problem,
and, for that very reason alone,
Mr.. Wallace would be in a stronger
position if he did not have the
power than if he had it.
Without power he could hope, II
he mobilizes the best economic
intelligence of the country, to ex.
ercise a formative influence upon
all who exercise power in this
field. With considerable personal
power, but by no means complete
power, he can become only one
among many who exercise power
and contend for it. If in addition
he gets this power after a fight
which divides the country
leaves his opponents irreconciable
the power will burn his hands eve.
ry day that he attempts to use it.
In this matter it is imperative
to recognize the difference between
power and influence, between COM
manding and persuading. The mil
itary operations of war require .
very high degree of power and
command. But an enormously
complex undertaking, such as the
attainment of high level employ
ment in time of peace, is possible
in this country only if it enlists
the willing action of all kinds of
people who understand it and be-
lieve in it. This willing action can
not be compelled. It can only be
induced, and at the center of gov
eminent that inducement will be
created only by continual explana-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
Col. Boettiger, FDR'S
Son-In~Law, Is Honored

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. -(R)-
1t. Col John. Boettiger, son-in.
law of President Roosevelt today
received the Legion of Merit for
Exceptionally meritorious con-
duct" in Italy.
The presentation was made by
Maj. Gen. John H. Hilldring di-
rector of the Army's Civil Affairs
Division. Boettiger was 1iaison
officer of the Allied military gov
eminent in Italy from September
9, 1943 to January II, 1914 He now
is assigned to the Government
branch Of the Civil Affairs Divi-
sion here.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
WATCH OUT !

Winter ills are prevalent. If you are
eonstipated you may be sure you are
more susceptible to certain of them,
and you should do something about 1t
right away. And while you are about
it why not do a THOROUGH job by
taking a Calotab tonight? Nothing
acts just like good old Calotabs to re-
Heve temporary constipation and help
sweep out virus-laden mucus and
other putrefactive waste matter. Use
only as directed. (adv)
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
Singer Granted Divorce
On Grounds OF Cruelty

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29.-RA
Singer Ann Mccormack was grant
ed divorce today on her testi.
mony that her husband, Clarence
Stroud of the stage and radio
Stroud Twins, struck her.
HE hit me about three differ
ent times. 1t made me i'll and l
had to stay away from work." she
told the court in describing a
backstage set-to at Earl Carroll S
Hollywood theatre-restauran last
September.
Clarence recently received an
honorable discharge from the
Army.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
New Orleans Shipyard
Hiring Negro Welders

NJ, "'AnsHlNGToN, Jan. 20. -(P-
r ns residents Committee On Fair
s4a ~ Practice said today
koI Deita Shipbuilding Co., New
rsI sa,lS' had begun hiring Negro
vit describing the step as a ere
m ,s,ua Of the company's employ
nit+ +s pol'cy,' Malcolm Ross, com
hi ~ ;, CHAIRMAN, said the hiring
"b.s ~ Negro production welders
] If ' n,. l1elped to relieve a shortage
durireal uers reported by the firm
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
Wilmington Tops State
In New Construction

RALEIGH, Jan. 29-(P)-A 1854
per cent decline over the previous
month was reported for December
building construction authorized In
the State by the statistics division
of the Labor Department today.
The $4,000 total represented an
increase of 1875 per cent over De-
cember, 1913.
Wilmington led the cities with
.S119,862 in authorized construction,
Charlotte running second with $685.
1893 and Winston-Salem third with
$780,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS

RALEIGH, Jan. 29.-(P- The
Division of Statistics of the De.
partment Of Labor reported today
that December figures on the en-
ployment of minors totaled 1919,
with 1887 certificates issued to
boys and 1882 issued to girls.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
CONSERVES DIGIT

ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. 2e-(R-
This city conserves fish by num-
hering it, many lakes and open
ing the odd and even numbered
lakes to anglers on alternate years.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30

The first LID. of Harvard COL
lege was conferred on Professor
John Winthrop in 1773.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
" S.,ooMslNATIoN CONFIRMED

The ss'SS dG Jan. 29.-WP)-
NON 2ena(e today confirmed the
te 4 -4auon Of T. Hoyt Davis to
t.ict 3 . Judge for the middle dis
~ Of Georgia.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30
ITALIANS AID JAPS
Chinese Capture Air Crew.
men Near Checking

CHUNGKING, Jan. %. = Up -
A Chinese Central News dispatch
published here today charged that
some Italian aviators are flying
for the Japanese air force.
The dispatch said crew OF ltal-
ians was found aboard a japanese
plane which made a forced landing
recently in western Cheklang ana
had been taken prisoner.
BENJAMIN Franklin received an
honorary AM. degree from Har-
ward Co11eoe in 1853,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30

Genuine plate glass-for true re-
Election. Ground and polished,
both sides. 1-2 inch beveled edge.
24-inch round. octagon, or square
shape. Copper sealed back. Hang
ers attached. Exceptional value!
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30

" i d e fl or
hugging. Grace
fully urn e d
wood shafts. Re-
m o v a b lie glass
tray.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-30

Easy to paint,
smoothly sanded
:nasonite and fl
oreboard. Draw
ers have fibre
BOARD bottoms.
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Built to retain
level support
sleeping surface.
Wetproof treated
cover. 28x52 in
ches.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-26
Red Arrow Division Marking
Beginning of Fourth Year

Elmira, \. Y. Many Of his men
have worn the Red Arrow and
CROSSINGS for more than four years,
having entered the Division long
before Pearl Harbor These are
honor.guests at the celebration 20
commemorate the start of their
fourth year overseas. During the
festivities, a pause will permit re-
Election of past trials and accomp-
lishments, and memorabilia the su-
preme sacrifice Of two of its mem
bers in operations on New Guinea
and Leyte. Although single
loss OF life is a high price for vic
tory, the loss of but two men
among several hundred who have
called 32d Signal Company their
home, is comparatively small, and
most certainly, a tribute to their
ability.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-26

With the send Infantry Division
in the Philippines-start OF their
fourth year overseas in combat
against the Japs in Southwest Pa
cific operations. is being heralded
by Signal Corps men OF the famed
Red Arrow" Division, in one OF
their ACKNOWLEDGEMENT towing on
Luzon, this week.
The 32d, primarily a Michigan.
Wisconsin army division. and now
composed Of men from all states OF
the Union, many OF whom are for
mer employees OF Bell Telephone.
Western Electric and other L. S.
communications agencies. departed
for overseas early in 1912. AS part
OF the Division which first won
fame in World War | in being
first TO crash the HindenburS line.
men OF the 32d Signal Company
gained presidential recognition in
working alongside Infantrymen in
the first attack on the japanese by
a L. S. Army division. Overcom-
ing communications obstacles hith-
erto unknown. Red Arrow signal
men toiled alone in the malaria
infested jungles surrounding Buna
in New Guinea, as the sole Yank
communications unit in that new
zone OF action. Since that time.
32d Signal Company personnel
have figured in strategic amphi-
bious and overland operations on
New Britain, at saidor and Aitape
in New Guinea, on Morotai, Leyte
and now Luzon.
Medals and citations are num-
erous among the Red Arrow sig
ral corps, including several award
ed their veteran leader, 1t. Col.
Dayton W. Garlick OF Syracuse and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-26
County Receives
Dog Permit Fund

County dog licenses for the year
I945 have been written in the city
treasurer's Office for $50 dogs. The
amount collected was 1920 which
was paid to the county treasurer
Tuesday. The County license is
$3.50 for male and unseXed dogs
and $500 for females. Beginning
June l, penalty of 50 is added
making the amount $3.50 for male
and unsexed dogs and S. for female
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-26

dogs. The police department Is
listing all dogs in the city and to
date ESQ have been listed on the
east side OF the river and5in nearly
all Of the first ward Registration
Of yaccinated dogs under city ord
nance No. 13S is sl.OO for male or
unsexed dogs and 50 for females.
Under this ordinance, the dog must
be yaccinated every year and
vaccination certificate from the
must be presented to-
gether with the fee to obtain the
tag.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-26

BERN. Switzerland - INS-Ru-
mors persisted today that King
Leopold OF the Belgians has been
released by his German captors
and that he will cross the Swiss
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-26

frontier some time Wednesday. The
reports said the Germans we're
bringing the captured monarch TO
the border near st. Margaretten
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-26

Christianity reached Britain from
Gaul during the third century.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
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body, not in pain but in fright. There
really was no pain, he insisted.
4 melodiouS voice spoke to him
in Portuguese, assuring him that the
operation would cause him no diScom
fort. Then there was a sharp tug at
his stomach, and the same soft voice
told him the operation was over.
Di Bernardo recovered with star
Ting rapidity. Forty-eight hours after
the operation he was up and walking
about Five days later he made a 30
mile auto trip over bad roads TO have
%-rayS taken. They showed that his
appendix actually had been removed.
Furthermore, comparison S o W g
that the appendix in the alcohol jar
was inflamed and enlarged in the
manner shown by the earlier X-rays.
The doctors admitted they were
baffled. No one but an extremely ac-
complished surgeon could have per
formed such a successful operation,
they said, even in well'Gghted room.
But if living surgeon performed
it, how did he get into that room?
The skeptical witnesses had no
answer to that question. But If the
great Houdini were alive, no doubt
he could explain it. No type of phySi-
cal restriction-such as handouts,
straitjacket, prison cell or sealed
room-was ever able to restrain him.
In Pindamonhangaba however,
where 20 per cent of the 1000 inhabi-
tants-including Di Bernardi-attend
weekly spiritualistie meetings, the
operation was hailed as another proof
of a link with the hereafter. The two
mediums were deluged with demands
for repeat performances, but they
fatty refused. During the operation.
they said, they had felt all of the pain
that Di Bernardo had been spared.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY Ij
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

whose inflamed appendiX-it had been
Innounced- 10 be removed by the
! eft but ghostly hands OF DR.. LuiZ
Comes do Amaral, a noted Rio de
anciro surgeon who had died 10
Fears before.
Perhaps the most skcpucal OF
hose in attendance we're three doc
Iors. all of whom declared that they
bidnt believe in spiritualism. Their
k.rays had confirmed "Dr. Amarals"
diagnosis that Andre hi Bernardo, an
italian born steclwOrker, was suffer
|ng from chronic appendicitis.
All preparations for the operation
here made in accordance with the in
5truCtionS OF two mediums, who said
Ihey were in constant communication
NTH the deceased surgeon. -
Di Bernardo. dressed in pajamas,
MAS bound by his arms and legs TO
harrow cot in the 12foot.squarc room.
The three doctors and six reporters
from various newspapers scaled the
Straps. Then they boarded and sealed
| he only window and finally tapped
Ihe walls and tiled floor for any pos
bible secret outlet.
The doctors spirit, ii was an
bounced. had requested a pair OF rub
Der gloves, a roll of bandages. two
1 lars of alcohol and a medical book
bpen at the page referring to aPPeR-
Iiectomics. In addition, water was
provided in several bottles and a pail.
The only door opened into a 5-foot-
Sou anteroom, where the doctors,
Ind ediums and the newspapermen
were to wait. The door was locked
bnd sealed.
All lights were cxtinguished. For
bn hour and so minutes the II men
BAT in the crowded room. The only
sounds were the groans of the me-
HUNS, who twisted and squirmed as
though they were in agony, and the
Strains of Gounod's Ave Maria, played
March 25, 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

continuously on a monograph
Finally a voice, apparently coming
from nov here announced;
The operation is completed. You
may now enter
The doctors and the newspaper.
men unsealed and unlocked the door.
Di Bernardo was exactly as they had
left him, except for a fresh, two.inch
incision in his abdomen. 1t had been
expertly scwcd up with catgut. al
though no Catgut had been left in the
room. The bandages had been applied.
The room contained no scalpel, but
the incision indicated the use of a
sharp instrument. And in one Of the
alcohol jars was an appendix.