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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-18
I[IEuNE VILLAGE
Will WILL Get STORES

c,rp 1EJEUNE' February 1,rs 1s. l +ne
CA1N- now being invited Tor tne
BIDS s az, Of general food store e
o7sfS s5e Midway Park HOUSING
Project here. .,-.r,,ctton of an au-
Penaa's new half-millon dollar
looping ss,;s center houses oa 1000 civilian
nenf .,i T+ persons, it is planned ID
md nl-ll ta General food store IN
to oper .orarv building which will
' Ssa5y for occupancy in several
weeks a s+oro will he
The he'd ed' to provide dairy products s.
deSls sriss meats, vegetables, soft
gocs-Net ETC.. 10 members OF the
drinks ,o;tv VINO now have to ira
r0t III least five miles to the near
vel a. .+d me- The bids for the op'
est . $40 Of the temporary store
t y, oa received by the officer in
W. s.l- " Midway Park, Camp Le-
Fr 1..lndod in plans for the future
, ns, center, is a food super
SuUr 1Fot The temporary operation
n ?. 4be General food store will be a
..o o 10 that big project.
1ocb1ded with the supermarke1
., . for the shopping center is a
Pc ~r'' station, drug store, beauty par
r. H. barber shop, laundry, tailor
~, MN cobbler shop, Post Office,
III, and theatre.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-18
N. C. LIVESTOCK

N. C. LIVESTOCK
RALEIGH, Feb. 17-{P)-(NCDA)
Hog markets steady with tops Of
14.55 at Rocky Mount and Clinton.
-V-
Wood shavings, not sawdust, is
the material used to cover curcus
arenas,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-18

Final stock sales 100000.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-18
Fishing Club Changes
Date OF Yearly Porty

The New Hanover Fishing club
elect officers for the ensuing year
at a meeting in the courthouse at
8 p. M, March 5, the February
meeting having been postponed,
Secretary George Canady an
nounced yesterday.
The monthly prize list for fish
ermen also will be planned, and
refreshments will be served.
Castor oil is the only oil, either
mineral or vegetable, that is solu-
BILE in alcohol.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-18
HELD IN DEATH

CONCORD, Feb. II. - R -
R. M. Faggart, former Concord
policeman, was being held today
in connection with the death Of
Jack Moose, 36-year-oh textile
worker, at Faggart's filling sta
ton last night.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-18
NEW ORLEANS SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17-R-
Spot cotton closed steady rs cents
a bale lower here today. Sales
1,6O7. Low middling IT'S, middling
21.50, good middling 2.9O, receipts
1924. stock 244, SOB.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-18

When night falls, the fragrance
Of most. growing flowers increases
inmeasurably
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-18
Piles--- Get
Relief No W

Millions of sufferers in the last
30 years have found way to get
quick relief from the itching and
smarting Of piles. They use de-
lightful cooling, soothing and as
tringent acknowledgements ONT
ment. No wonder one sufferer
writes, 1.-THE itching and smartns
were relieved, and slept all night,
Peterson's Ointment is marve-
lous." 35c a box, all druggists, 60c
in tube with applicator. Money
back if not delighted.
The Valley settler., 1945-02-16
FROM THE ALAskA ROAD. COMM asIoN To Whom It May Concern:

To assist in the removal of snow during the winter, and in order to help make aTbetter road curing the summer, the Alaska Roe6 Ccr7Eh s lon requests that all fences be set back to the right-of-way line along all roads in the Valley. This right of-way isnsiaty etlwtda@e xsept along the G Glenn Hi ghway.
 To expedite this work tho Road Comni issi on will. 6oze out the line Of the fence, remaving old stumps,. brush, and trees, if such are along the fence line. However, it is not the policy of the Road Cnmni ss i lon :; Ito pay for the .resettine of fences on a line where they should have been erec cted ori { inally. The cooperat ion of all concerned Wi Il be appreciated, as 1t will he lp to improve the road situation throughout the Valley.
 Very truly yours,
 Lewis E. Grsmmor
 Assist tant Supe ri nten6ent.
 --------..-- THE MONTH OF MARCH HAS. BEEN SET. ASIDE FOR THE ANNUAL RED CROSS |IRIVE. .ae : MATANUSKA FILE EcTRIC ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING MARCH ], l945 IN THE COMMUNITY HALL AT 9:OO ..h.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
WiIIiom Hort Lost On Hull Amid Storm

William Francis Hart, Is, son of MT. and Mrs William Hart of 295 North Main street, was aboard the Hull" a destroyer of the Pacific fleet which was lost along with two other American destroyerS during a severe typhoon in the western Pa cific, according to a Navy Depart ment telegram the lads parents re- ceived today.
 A radioman third class, young Hart enlisted in the colorS April 21 of last year and began sea duty October last year after completing his boot training at Sampson, N. Y. He finished three years at Crosby high and was graduate of St. Mary's Parochial school. Before signing up for the service he was employed in an A. & F. market on North Main street.
 Besides his parents he is survived by a brother, Joseph, IT, and a sister, Mary 16.
 The other two destroyers sunk during the typhoon were the Spence and Monaghan. The Hull on which young Hart served had a normal complement of about 150 men, but only the commanding officer, four other officers and 49 men were res cued.
 The Hull was skippered by It.. Cmdr James Alexander Marks of Maryland. The Navy said the dis aster happened while the vessels were taking part in recent combat operations in the western Pacific The Hull was built at the New York Navy yard and was commits stoned January II, 1885.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
RodioMoscow Hits Voticon

London, Jan. 12- (UP) Radio Moscow today quoted the govern ment newspaper Izvestia as attack ing the Vatican for what it describ- ed as feelings of mercy" toward Germany.
 The Vatican's policy, it charged, has stepped across the vital inter est of freedom-loving peoples"
 IZvestia, according to radio Mos COW, said the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano was highly dis satisfied with the suggestion that part of eastern Germany be given to Poland
 "The Vatican's feelings of mercy toward Germany have reached such extent that for the sake of its Polish emigree flock it does not wish to tread on Germany's soil" Izvestia said. But it will not be the liking of the l)eople-people who are fight ing for their freedom ad nfor their very lives.'
 Radio Moscow also quoted 1zves- tia's renewed attacks on Switzer- land for alleged favoritism toward Germany, the Polish government in London and remnants of "FasciSm' in Romania and Bulgaria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
Briggs Gets
 Trumon S Job

Jefferson City, Mo, Jan. 12- (UP)-Gov. M. Donnelly today an- nCunced the appointment of State Sen. Frank P. Briggs, Macon, Mo, Democrat, to the United States Senate to succeed president elect Harry s. Truman.
 Donnelly announced the appoint ment of his close personal friend shortly after he received Truman's resignation.
 Briggs will not take office until Jan. 18, however, since Truman's resignation does not become effec- tive until that date. Two days la ter, Jan. 20, Truman will be sworn in as vice president.
 Briggs served as Donnelly's cam paign manager for both the prim- ary and general elections.
 The appointment, which is for 8 tWc-year, uneXpired term, came as no surprise to political observers in the state, who were Speculatlng long before the primary election that Briggs undoubtedly would be the appointee should Truman and Donnelly both be elected.
 Briggs served as president pro- tenn of the state senate last session
 He was born in Armstrong, Mo. Feb. 25, 1894. He attended central college at Fayette, Mo, and was graduated from the university oi Missouri in 1915.
 He was first elected to the State Senate in 1882, and last week was sworn in to his fourth term in that body.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
Bad News For Pipe Smokers

Washington, Jan. 12.-CUP)- Pipe smokers, who so far have large ly escaped the plight of cigaret smokers, may soon be joining them in line at tobacco store counters.
 Tobacco industry SpoKeSmen, here to seek price increases, Sald today that the shortage of pipe to- bacco would become severe by March.
 John R. Murphy, general man. ager of smaller tobacco manufac- turers, said raw tobacco prices and other production costs had doubled since 1942 while price ceilings re- mained the same.
 "The OPA," Murphy said, insists on considering pipe tobacco produc- tion as a part of the Cigaret indus try, which is making money, and not as separate business which IS not.
 OPA'S comment was that the smoking tobacco men wanted re lief without delay whereas 1t was not OPA policy to permit action until investigations were completed.
 Murphy intimated that if things keep on the way they are pipe smokers will have to turn to snuff and chewing tobacco. He said the chewing tobacco industry was i'll good position to take over the eX- pipe and ex-cigaret smokers be cause it had been granted price relief.
 "The happiest men nowadays, he said, "are manufacturers of spit tOonS."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
Senator Killed After
 Horse-Racing Inquiry

vealed that any one of the three shots could have caused Hoopers death.
 Aten planned to question Floyd Modjeska, Springport, Mich, grain elevator operator, Kyle Van Auker, clerk. of Eaton Rapids, Mich, and M. D. Howard, Lansing, a bus line employe, who found the body.
 At the state capital of Lansing, special grand jury Prosecutor Kim Sigler revealed that Hooper was the principal witness against three defendants named in recent war rant charging bribe conspiracy in- volving horse racing legislation.
 The warrant named Frank D.. Mckay, Grand Rapids multi-mil- lionaire and former Republican state leader; Floyd Fitzsimmons, Benton Harbor sportsman and rae ing lobbyist. and former Represen- tative William Green, Hillman, Mich, Republican. as defendants.
 Hooper figured in other grand jury actions when he charged Will liam Burns, executive secretary of the State Medical Society, with at tempting to bribe him to influence his vote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
M-W Income On U Upgrode

Chicago, Jan. 12-UP)-An Army spokesman said today that business had increased at all but one Mont gomery Ward and Company retail store under its control since the government took over certain Ward properties last month.
 The statement was in reply to a charge by the mail order house that the Army's operations were ruin ing the company's business"
 AS San Rafael. Calf, the state ment said, there had been decline in volume but elsewhere sales had increased to as much as 120 per- cent, the largest increase being at St. Paul.
 The spokesman said he did not mean that the army was doing a better job but merely sought to refute claims that the firm ha dlost business since the Army took over under a presidential executive or der after the firm refused to com ply with a War Labor Board di- rectiVe.
 The government filed 28 new af- fidavits in federal court yesterday in support of its petition for a temporary injunction to restrain Ward officials from interfering with ramy operations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12

Jackson, Mich, Jan. l2 - (U Po A kiLe" who shot State Senator Warren G. Hooper twice through the head and left his body in a flaming automobile was sought to- day by police who theorized the A. year-old legislator may have been slain to keep him from testifying in an investigation of bribery involV- ing horse-racing bill.
 Eooper's body was found last night in the burning car, which ap- parently had skidded to a halt near Springport, on the road from the State Capitol at Lansing to hiS home at Albion.
 Jackson County Prosecutor Murl K. Aten summoned three men for statements on what they saw last night when they halted their car behind Hooper's on a highway lead- ing out of Lansing.
 Three bullets had been fired at point blank range into the left side of Hooper's head. Police examina- ton revealed the murder weapon had left powder marks, and ballis- tics experts said the fatal slugs were .38 caliber. An autopsy re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
Fifth Army Stobs German Territory

Rome, Jan. 12-(UP)-American Fifth army snow patrols thrust deep into German territor. all along the front today, engaging the enemy in series of the liveliest actions for some weeks.
 An improvement in weather con ditions produced an increase i'll pa- trol activities on front of both the Fifth and Eighth armies the Daily War communique said.
 German patroling was less aggres- sile, but the enemy reaction to the Fifth army stabs included brisk ar tillery and mortar barrages.
 Pfc. Horace D. Brigham Of Wash ington, D. C., flushed three Ger mans during one of the patrol ac- tions and engaged them hand to hand when his rifle damned. He knocked out one by throwing his rifle and took on the other two. In the scramble a German bit one Of Brigham's fingers to the bone. The scrap was broken up by German mortar fire which ttrced the com batants to seek separate cover.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
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 Fight Seen
BY MAC R. JOHNSON TuifaI PraSS War (torracn0uf

Pearl Harbor, Jan. 12-(UP)-The third fleet hurled hundreds of car- Ter planes against Japanese forces eff the coast of French Indo- China today. and there were indications that the biggest naval engagement since the battle of the Philippines last October was imminent or under way.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz dis closed in 22-Word communique last night that Admiral William F. Hal- sey's rampaging third fleet had sail ed nearly 300 miles vest of embattled I.uzon in the deepest American pen- etration yet of the South China sea to challenge the enemy again in his own StrongholdS.
 Carrier aircraft of the Pacific fleet are now attacking the enemy eff the coast of French 1ndo China between Saigon and Camranh Bay" the communique said. It was one of the briefest of 230 communiques is- sued by his headquarters since the start of the Pacific war.
 Use of the phrase off the coast" clearly indicated that Japanese ships were under attack, but whether part of the Japanese fleet had been brought to bay or reinforcement convoy bound for the Philippines had been intercepted awaited furth- CT news from the scene.
 However, Camranh Bay is consids cred the fourth best natural harbor in the world with protected anchor ages for a large number of capital ships, cruisers and destroyers, while
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
Reds Winter Drive Begun

London, Jan. 12.-(UP) Berlin reported today that the long brew ing Russian winter offensive in Poland had started on a broad front west of the Vistula some 12O miles below Warsaw with an initial im- pact which drove several wedges in the German defenSeS.
 Nazi broadcasts reporting the new Soviet drive from the long dormant SandomierZ-B -BaranoW brldgehead across the Vistula said extremely bitter fighting was raging and ac- knoWledged German reVerSeS i'll the first phase of the battle.
 Russian troops and armor maSsed in the bridgenead won by the Red army last summer mounted the oi- fensive after a drumfire bararge by hundreds of guns, the Germans re- ported.
 For several days the Germans had reported patrol and reconnais- sance jabs from the Russian bridge head preparatory to the push to- ward Silesia. German artillery had been Shelling Soviet troop concen- trationS and columns moving up to the front, the DNB news agency reported.
 A few days ago United Press Cor respondent Henry Shar.lo reported from Warsaw that formidable Rus sian and Polish forces were masscd in the Praga area of the Polish capi- tai in readiness for winter of- fenSive.
 Subsequent reports told of Rus sians and Poles gathering hundreds of thousands strong along the east bank of the Vistula and in tue brdigehead south of the capitol i'll readiness for 8 sweep across the frozen Polish plains which with the coming of spring will turn into mud.
 The first reports of the Sando- nlierz- -Baranow drive did not make
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
Uncle Sam Makes Ouer 135 B-29 Superforts Monthly

The B-29, Krug said, is one of several hot" military planes, whose overall production of last October must be tripled by March. For some types of planes, the boost must be as high as 600 or 700 per cent, he added.
 Among the other "hot" planes, Krug said, are the jet-propelled fighter, which has not yet been reported in combat, Navy fighters, and the C-54 Skymaster cargo plane. And the output of flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers must be maintained at the present level instead of at a reduced sched- ule which previously had been plan ned for them.
 The revised schedule calls for an output this year. Krug said, of 82, 2,25O planes, as compared with the 96 900 produced in 1914.
 The 1045 schedule originally call- ed for 76,000 planes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
Agreement Ends
 Scovill Dispute

The majority of the Al employees involved in the tube mill dispute at the Scovill Company will be re- stored to jobs at the tube mill If available and on jobs of a similar pay rate character as those formerly performed and to their former sen- iority status and entitled to all rights and benefits to such Senior- ity," it was stated today in joint statement released by Robert F. WalkinShaW, representative of the Scovill Brass Workers union, Local 569, and Alan c. CurtisS of the com- pany.
 The statement pertains to the agreement reached between both parties yesterday at a conference in the office of War Manpower Di- rector William F. Fitzgerald at Hartford and brings to close a dispute which has enSued since last May when workers of the tube mill walked out in protest to company actions and were declared fired. Final directiveS of the NLRB ruled that the company must rehire the men but could take what disciplin- ary action it saw fit.
 The joint statement as released today is as follows
 '"The following agreement was reached at Hartford yesterday be- tween the Scovill Mfg. Co.,, and the Scovill Brass Workers Union Local 569 CIO in settlement of the tube mill controversy. This statement has been prepared jointly:
 "A-The employees to be reinstated as per the VILE directive will be treated in 3 categories: Those who are-one-c considered disciplined by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
Montgomery's Men Contact
 Patton's Third Army Near
 Germans Melting Salient
BY J. EDWARD MURRAY

Paris, January 12.-UP) - American and British Forces today joined in a meat-chopper oper a t. o n which virtually eliminated the last remnants of Nazi Panzers west of the Ourthe and penetrated almost to the heart of the once threatening Ardennes bulge.
 British troops under It. Gen. Field Marshal Sir Ser nard Montgomery's British troops rammed east to estab- fish firm contact with It. Gen. George s. Patton's Third Army at the south western corner of the melting Nazi salient, southeast of St. Hubert now firmly in our control.
 The Nazis were fighting stubborn Iy at key points to protect the stiiA orderly withdrawal of their forces. now almost entirely east of the Our the. Whether Field Marshal Karl Won Rundstedt proposed to pull back the battered elements of his original 20 divisions to the positions they held before the counter-ol- fensive was not yet clear.
 On the northern flank the Amer ican First Army's 83rd Infantry and 3rd Armored Divisions fought through Langlier, mile southeast of Bihain, house by house and by late afternoon the town was in their hands Meanwhile Patton'S forces slugged their way north.
 Advance clements of both forces were within four miles of Houtfalize, key transport center which the Nazis must hold in order to evacu- ate retreating elements still engaged in the St. Hubert corner.
 British troops reported they had entirely cleared out the area west of the Laroche-St. With highway.
 The Germans have now been | driven out O1 rougnly One-nalI Iue area they occupied at the time Of their deepest penetration of the American lines.
 18,348 Prisoners
 The American First Army report ed today that since December l6 it had taken 18,348 prisoners destroy | ed 225 tanks, 19 self-propelled guns, 627 motor transports, 39 artillery pieces, 19 anti-tank guns and cap- tured IA tanks, four self-propelled guns, IA motor transports and four anti-tank guns.
 The First Army figures are eXclu- Sive of air force destruction.
 A dispatch from United Press War (CoOtjOIIad mn papa Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12

Washington, Jan. 12-(UP)-The United States now is producing well over 125 B 29 -Fortresses a month, War Production Chairman J. A. Krug revealed today in an- nouncing that the 1945 aircraft pro- gram has been increased by nine per cent.
 It was the first disclosure of the approximate number of B-29S roll ing of American assembly lines each month.
 The Bell Aircraft plant at Mar ietta, Ga, now is producing 100 Super-FortreSSeS a month, Krug said at press conference. and 35 month are being turned out at Boeing's Benton, Wash. plant.
 Two other plants also are mak- ing the Giant bombers. Krug said. They are the Glenn Martin factory at Omaha, Neb., and the Boeing plant at wichita, Kan. He declined to disclose their output for security reasons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-12
Allies o K Nozi Defi In AIsoce
By JAMES McGLINCY

Paris, Jan. 12 - (U.Po - The Allies have accepted Germany's politico- military challenge in AL sace and will make determined e1- fort to hold the province and it's caiptal city of Strasbourg, despite the hazards involved and their all ready-heavy commitments in the Ardennes, it was learned today.
 It is no secret that the main fac tor in the decision to fight for AL sace was political-the French re- luctance to yield any of their terri tory and the Anglo-American lead CTS anxiety to maintain civilian morale behind their lines in France.
 The decision forced on the Allied high command by the sudden burst of German offensive power i'll AL sace at the height of the Ardennes offensive WIS tremendous one and apparently was opposed at first by the military commanders.
 With Lieutenant General AleXan- falling back rapidly into new posi- tions in the Maginot Line south of Bitche and Wissembourg. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Sir Alan Brooke, British chief of staff, arrived dramatically at General Dwight D. EisenhoWers headquar- ters on January 3, three days after the start Of the NaZi drive.
 General Alphonse-Pierre Juin, French chief of staff, sat in on the conference and oposed any with drawal in Alsace on the grounds that it would be a severe blow to French morale as well as a boost to the Germans, who consider the province an integral part of the Reich.
 The Karlsruhe triangle is pre- cariouS area to hold because it con- tains only two satisfactory lines of communication the Sarregue- mines-Hagenau rail and road line and the line running down through the Saverne Pass. The military lead CTS might have preferred to write
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