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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
Obituaries
MRS. F. A. BISSINGER

Funeral services for Mrs. F. A.
blssinger, 81, who died yesterday
morning at her home at 214 North
Seventh street, will be conducted
at II a. m. Monday at St. Paul S
Lutheran church by the Rev. Wal
ter B. Freed and the Rev. Edwin
F. Keever. Burial will follow in
Oakdale cemetery.
Mrs. Bissinger is survived by
four daughters, Mrs. Neill McEach
ern and Mrs J. O. Broughton, OF
Wilmington, Mrs. Herbert Jones,
of Washington, D. c., and Mrs.
John Killing, of Springfield, Ohio;
a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frederick
Bissinger, of Robersonville, son,
Richard Bissinger, of Wilmington,
and a sister, Mrs. John Bullwinkle
of Charleston, S. C.
Active pallbearers will be Fred
Hintze, c. J. Oldenbuttel, George
F. Tienken, Hugh McEachern, Co
Ion Kerr and Hugh Price. Honor.
airy pallbearers are to be John
Rulfs, Paul Hess, Glasgow Hicks,
DR.. ]. E. Evans, DR.. E. P. Walk.
er, DR.. ]. C. VESSEL, and w. A
Mailer
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
NATURAL CASUSE
REDUCED BY WpB

WASHINGTON, Feb, ?
In new fuel conservation cro
down necessitated by the co 1a.h
winter in years, the War pro 1SvA
ton Board today ordered tbr. '
day ban on the use of natural ,,i'ss'
mixed heating and cookjng y, VI
in night clubs, theaters and o, So
amusement places in seven V E.
Central States and the Distr;o A's,
Columbia.
Warning that critical gas ybo.
age is hampering war prodnn. g.S
WPB also solicited the coona~s s,toa
of householders and nunicinaI ' .n
thorities in the affected ave-, "
asked home consumers to reJ,,4
temperatures to IS degrees .s
called for strict CONSERVATISM 'IIa
schools and other public bu,Idjr. ~
The 72-hour ban became sfts.
tive at 7 pm. today and will nos
tinue until 7 pm. Monday n n eo'n
be extended if the severe we,N 40.
continues. '''''
1t covers New York. PennsvIv.r.
ia, Ohio, West Virginia Kenhc,r
and parts of Maryland and nsrt.
of Virginia. Most of those , tsts
were affected by an order 1o,,
week prohibiting the purchase ' >.
coal by home consumers with noo. -.
then a five day supply in tbsi.
bins. '''e''
The ban came as the Nation w,.
recovering from cold wave wbics
plummeted mercuries from coa..
to coast, paralyzed rail traffic anJ
prompted a new four-day embsrso
on civilian freight 10 ease the move
ment of coal and other vital cor
modities.
Temperatures were rising toG.y
but the weather remained well bs
low freezing in the North. II wa,
70 degrees above at New york
City and 20 above at Washington
Coolest spot in the Nation wa,
Bemidji, MINI, where the tenn.
perature hit rs below.
Rail yard operations in Buffalo
again were at a virtual staDdstiIl
and rail traffic in Rochester Al.
bany and Syracuse was badly lam.
med. Some 1900 New York State
Guardsmen were called out Tor
service as yard workers, coal driy.
ers and snow shovelers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
s64 QUESTION
Yank General Wants To Know
When Japs Will Fight

WITH THE EIGHTH US. ARMY
Batangas, Luzon, Feb. q PJ
japanese generals must have
gone crazy" 1t. Gen. Robert Eltn'
elberger, commander of the Eishth
U. S. Army, said today when he
put the question, where in hell
are they going to fight"
eve hit them at Mindoro Island
and dare them to fight. We land
ed at Lingayen and give them an
other chance to fight. Again it's
no. said the general
Then we hit them at Subic Bay
and now we come in from Batan''
gas, 81 miles from Manila and GER
tainly prime defense area. Those
Jap generals must have gone crazy.
Where in hell are they going 10
fight?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
FIRST CRASHES
INTO GERMANY
Continued from Page One)

were about to turn make a
stand. The thaw was hampering
the more advance more than Ger
man resistance. Along the front
several highway centers east OF
the Siegfried Line were in artil-
lery range.
To the northeast, 1t. Gen. Jean,
de Lattre de Tassigny's French
First Army drove up to the Rhine
along a 30-mile front and was
slowly enveloping Neuf Brisach,
. the railway crossing city near the
Rhine due east of Colmar. The
salient once menacing Strasbourg
was obIiterated.
Fighting ragged near Bisheim, a
little over a mile from the town
and between it and t h Rhine
Ahead of the ground forces, ar
tillery fire burst on the Neuf-Bris-
ach bridge, without which many
of the $4,000 Germans believed de-
ployed around Colmar might new
err get back to the Reich.
The U. S. Seventh Army front
to the north was flaming into &C.
ton.
1t. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's
troops crossed the Moder river
just west of Haguenau, IS miles
north of Strasbourg warded off two
counterblows and inflicted heavy
losses. Units across the river east
OF Haguenau beat off a tank-led
counterattack at Oberhoffen.
The best weather in ten days re-
leased hundreds Of ighterbombers
to batter German railroads from
the Ruhr to the Black Forest
across the Rhine from south Al.
SAGE.
This campaign was designed to
prevent the transfer of German
forces from the West Front to the
east.
1t was considered unlikely that
any of the German divisions with
drawn from the west had yet
tackled the Russians, because of
the disorganized state OF railroads
In the Rhineland.
The remainder of the Western
Front was quiet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
Red Spearheads 80 Miles
From Capital, Nazis Say

Oder and Warthe rivers, IT, miles
north of Frankfurt. The Naz1 DNH
agency said that second power
full Red Army attempt to sieze ku'
strin by storm had failed.
Northeast of Kustrin, however.
Zhukov's tank spearheads were
thrusting toward Stettin at the
mouth of the Oder in two columns
81 miles apart, Berlin Indicated
The DNB agency said Soviet van
guards advancing toward Stettln
had reached the area of Pyritz and
Arnswalde, % and 80 miles south
east of the important seaport, but
were dispersed between the two
towns.
The thrusts toward Stettin ap'
peared designed to reach the Bal.
tic and seal off several hundred
thousand Nazi troops in Pomeranla
in repetition of the enlightenment
of East Prussia, now nine-tenths
conquered.
The Red Army's drive, which
has as much as 80 miles inside the
eastern Reich along 395-mile
front, appeared to be slowing or
the second anniversary OF the Nazi
defeat at Stalingrad.
An unreasonable thaW ,eportedly
had turned some of the worlds best
tank country into mudflats bog
cling the treads of Zhukov's tanks
which have carried the Russians
more than 255 miles in the last
% days.
Thaw not only made quagmires
CT frozen fields and marshes, but
thinned the layers of ice covering
the Oder river along the eastern
oank, Zhukov's army and the First
Ukrainian Army of Marshal Ko.
new are stretched for all almost
continuous 205 miles, and are bat
ting for further 9)-mile section
east of Berlin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
ARCHIE LEE FARMER

LUMBERTON, Feb. 2.-Funeral
services for Archie Lee Farmer,
50, who died Thursday, will be
held this afternoon from the home
on Route 4, with the Rev. E. B.
Fisher officiating.
Born in Laurinburg, March IS,
1875, the son the late Robert and
Mollie Farmer, Mr.. Farmer op-
Grated the Sunnyside Dairy for the
past Is years. He was a member
of the Red Springs Methodist
church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Sallie Fields Farmer; four sons,
Alfred L. and Herman, of Lumber
ton, Archie, stationed at Fort Ben
ming, Ga, and W. B. Farmer, OF
Portsmouth, Va; and four daugh.
tiers, Mrs. J. L. Thrower, of Jack.
sonville, Mrs. M. ]. Livingston, OF
WATERFORD, S. c., Mrs. G. R. Hug.
gins, of High Point, and Miss Isabel
Farmer, at home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
PROHIBITION BODY
SUPPORT IS ASKED

Mrs. J. c. Layton, probation OF
ficer of the Juvenile court, yester
day issued an appeal for the sup
port of the National Probation AS
ISOLATION, saying that an increas
ed understanding Of the means o.
preventing and treating juvenile
delinquency has resulted from In
terest generated during the war
years.
She stressed the Importance Of
utilizing the new understanding In
providing improved services to the
youth of our country.
''Many boys and girls will come
before our court this year as first
OFFENDERS" MIS-. Layton. said
sour job is to guide them Alright
and prevent them from becoming
habitual criminals.
Zone of our finest aids in this
work is the National Probation AS
sociation, which for years has
been helping youth find itself by
pIOI1lOClOIl VI well VI SdlllLSu JuVS-
nile courts and probation depart
ments. These not only help to re-
build thousands of young individual
lives, but save the County, tn e
State and the Nation the enormous
expense of maintaining them in re-
formatories or prisons.
The officers of the National Pro-
baton Association are: Roscoe
Pound, Dean Emeritus of the Har-
ward Law S h 90 l, PRESIDENT;
George w. Snyth, vice president;
Henry DeForest Baldwin, treasur-
er, and Charles L. Chute, execu-
tive director.
Contributions should be sent to
Mrs. J. C. Layton, probation Of
ficer, juvenile Court. Wilmington,
and checks made payable to the
National Probation Association.
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CONTINUED from Page One)

(COntlnued from rage OneJ
seal off 1000 square miles of Po-
merania.
Capture of So]din cut the first of
two railroads linking Kustrin and
Stettin and the second Of four Ber-
lin-Danzig railroads. More than $50
other places were captured.
AS the Germans prepared fer a
death stand on the Oder's hanks,
a Nazi broadcast said Soviet tank
detachment had attempted to cross
the frozen river northwest of Ku-
strin, 80 miles northeast of Berlin
A Berlin radio commentator,
Wilfred Won Ofen, said the cour-
ageous citizens of Kustrin chased
back tank detachment trying to
cross the Oder, destroying six of
them and damag ing others
A bitter struggle repeatedly ragged
for the 13-Way road and rail center
of Kustrin at the confluence of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
Trial OF Former Head
OF ECTC Is Recessed

GREENVILLE, Feb. 2-(P-The
first week of the trial of DR.. Leon
R. Meadows, former president of
East Carolina Teachers College, on
charges Of embeZzlement and false
pretense involving more than s1S,-
600 of special college and student
funds, ended late today when Judge
Clawson L. Williams recessed the
court until 10 am. Monday.
The State presented the testi-
mony of twelve witnesses today in
an effort to show that DR.. Meadows
had procured receipts from work
ers in amounts in excess of money
received by them, and using the
padded figures. received rem-
bursement from college sources
ces and allegedly converted the
funds to his own personal use.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
Wilmington Major Meets
Sister In The Philippines

William F. Corbett, son of W. z.
Corbett of 1911 Rankin street, had
two reason for being happy recent
Lyle received a promotion to the
rank of major and experienced
reunion in the Philippines with his
Army nurse sister, Mary Nettles
Corbett, who had just been ad-
vanced to the rank of first lieu
tenant.
The father yesterday said it was
not the first time his son and
daughter had been reunited on for
eign soil. They spent a week to-
gether last summer in New Guinea.
Major Corbett, who has been on
duty in the Pacific with the Eighth
Army for nearly year, was gradu-
ated from New Hanover High
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
JAMES w. WELLS

WILLARD, Feb. FLAMES W.
Wells, 60, of Route l, died at 1;5O
p. m. yesterday at James Walker
Memorial hospital in Wilmington.
A merchant and farmer, Mr..
Wells is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Rosa R. Wells; two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Fred Hall, of Kerr.
and Mrs. N. C. Bland, of Willard:
son, Staff Sge. William P. Wells.
of Fort Bragg; step-daughter,
Mrs. R. C. Newton, of Portsmouth,
Va; a brother, Herbert Wells, of
Teachey; a sister, Mrs. R. l..
Wells, of Teachey; and five grand
children
Funeral services will be held
at p. m. Saturday from the home
with the Rev. M. W. Warren, of
the Centenary Methodist church,
officiating. Burial will be in the
Rockfish cemetery in Wallace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
FOOD RATIONS
k CUT In BERLIN
CONTINUED from Page One)

Munich, was likely to become the
seat of the German government.
A dispatch to the Stockholm
newspaper Dagens Nyheter from
Berlin said that the city was not
truly front line capital. Barri-
cades were rising all over, even in
the center of town, while children
played nearby, and engineers were
blowing up bomb-ruined buildings
to get materials for defenses.
Though there was no panic, the
dispatch said, tension was plain
and newspapers telling of the
progress of the Russians were
snatched from the hands of news
vendors.
Newspapers in Berlin, quoted by
German radios emphasized popu-
lar determination to resist.
Berlin in this struggle will not
stand behind Warsaw, Leningrad
and Moscow said the Nazi party
newspaper Voelkischer Beobacht-
er. 1--WE have to remember also
Clemenceau' motto that he would
fight in front of Paris. in Paris
and behind Paris
Describing the building of de-
lenses, German radios said that
details could not be given for Sc
curity reasons.
(The Blue Network heard a
Swiss broadcast reporting that the
Nazis had told foreign correspon-
dents that they might remain IN
Berlin ito witness the interesting
performance of the defense of Ber-
linz
A DNB broadcast to German
newspapers ordered priority pub
LEGATION of warning that the AL
lied Big Three meeting would re-
suit in a great propaganda often
sive against Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
GOLD MINERS KILLED

TIMM1Ns, Ont, Feb. 2.-(P-
A double-decker cage carrying
IL men snapped its cable at the
1,000-foot level in the Paymas-
ter mine and plunged 100 feet
to the bottom of the shaft to-
day. At least three men were
killed. Some of the men were
known to be alive as rescue
workers; endeavoring to get into
the steel enclosure with torches,
could hear them talking.
The accident was one of the
worst in the history of this
northern Ontario gold mining
area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
CANADIAN TROOP
REVOLT CHARGED
Continued from Page One)

troop ships carrying draftees over
seas. Let him tell you why some of
these men arrived in Britain with
out rifles"
Bracken challenged the Defense
Minister to show that a single re-
enforcement demand from Canadi-
an military headquarters at Lon
don to the department of National
Defense since he became minister
has been met to the extent requs-
td.''
A statement issued by McNaugh-
tons staff asserted that inquiries
concerning the movement of troops
overseas were made in London,
that full reports had been received
on embarkation, and 1.-The discipline
at the ports in this country and on
the ships had been satisfactory and
the men had made very good i'm
preston on arrival"
The statement asserted that
these were serious charges and
Bracken would be given every
chance to substantiate such a
"careleSS lItterance
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
BLAZE DAMAGES
DOWNTOWN STORE

A two-alarm fire which devel-
oped from undetermined causes
ravaged one side of the T. W.
Wood Seed store managed by L..
G. Walton at 1O8 North Front
street last night, doing damage to
stock estimated by Mr.. Walton at
between $4,000 and $4,000 and CIV
ing City fi-emen an hours hard
work before it was subdued.
Flames chung most stubbornly to
the double wall which divides the
Wood store from that of Samuel
Bear. ST., and Sons wholesale gro
cery establishment. Fire Chief j..
Ludie Groom described it as "dif-
ficult fire. which gave the de-
partment bad battle" to put out
John Bremen, an employe OF
Samuel Bear and Sons, said he be-
lieved the damage to their store
was trifling. Firemen prevented
entry by the public, while police
and Military Police detoured traf-
fic away from the three-hundred
block on Front street.
The office of the Congress of In
dustrial Organizations, located on
the second floor of the Wood store,
sustained no damage, according to
Bruce Davis, CLIO national repre-
sentative
The first notice of the fire tele-
phoned in by an unidentified man,
was received at 9 p. m. A fire de-
partment officer turned in an ad-
ditional alarm from a fire-box at
Front and Grace streets at 800
p. m. The last trucks did not leave
the scene until more than an hour
later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03

school and N. c. State college,
from which he received a bachelor
of science degree. Entering the
Army in January, 1941, with a Sec
ond lieutenant's commission, he
was trained at Fort Knox, Ky, and
other posts. His wife and three
year-old daughter reside in Green's
boro.
First Lieutenant Corbett, who
has been on foreign service about
two years, entered Army nursing
service in June, 1941. A graduate
of New Hanover High school and
the Woman's College of University
Of North Carolina, she received a
masters degree in nursing from
Western Reserve University, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
35,OOO,OOO Wild Ducks
Missing From Louisiana

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 - up -
The Fish and Wildlife Division is
investigating the mystery of what
happened to 100000 wild ducks
that were supposed to have shown
up in Louisiana but didn't.
DR.. Ira N. Gabrielson, Wildlife
director, said today that the answer
to the mystery will probably be
known late this month.
"They are probably around there
somewhere" he added. 1.-THE pat
tern (of flights to southern winter.
ing grounds) was a little more
mixed up this year than usual, pos.
sibly due to early arm
weather."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03

CHUNGKING, FEB. q Up -
Reinforced Japanese troops have
fought into the suburbs Of Sulch-
wan, site of a key U. S. 14th AIR
Force base which American forces
had to destroy and abandon, the
Chinese High Command said to-
night.
The Japanese have poured heavy
reinforcements into their drive
against Allied airbases east OF
Japan's corridor between China
and Indo China, and the High Com
mand described the battle in Sulch-
wan as raging with increased
ferocity."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
18th Air Force Abandons.
Another Base In China

Abandonment Of the 14th AR
Force base at SuichWan on Jan
uary "a was announced by Amerl-
can headquarters today.
Japanese troops northWard along
the Canton-Hankow railroad pres
sed north past Kukong, fallen pro-
visional capital of Kwangtung 10
miles north of Canton.
The Chinese High Command
claimed to have repealed Japa.
nese driving southeastward from
Chaling, $50 miles north of Kukong
and said Chinese forces were
pressing on Chaling" with the
help of reinforcem
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

Chronic bronchitis may develop
your cough, chest cold, or acute plont
chitiS is not treated and you caliiiG'
afford to take a chance with any I1leal,
cine less potent than CreomuiiSlSS..
which goes right to the seat OF Ins
trouble to help loosen and expel germ,
laden phlegm and aid nature ~
soothe and heal raw, Gender, lnflaill'1
bronchial mucous membranes.
Creon,ulsion blends beech WOO ~
time tested medicines for coughs
1t contains no narcotics. ,..s
No matter how many medlcllisso,
you have tried, tell your drugglS. ~
sell you a bottle Of CreomulsioIl VIZ.
the understanding you must ike NV
way it quickly allays the cough, PEI. !,
hitting rest and sleep, or you are
have your money back. (Adv)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
LANDING CRAFT LOST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-UP)-
The Navy said today a landing
ship it reported lost in a communi-
que yesterday should have been
identified as the LIST 749 instead
of the LIST 759. The landing craft
was lost in operations in the Phil
ippine area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
PHILLIS GALE BREWER

Phyllis Gale Brewer, aged five
months, died early Thursday morn
ing in James Walker Memorial
hospital.
She is survived by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Brewer. OF
Carolina Beach road, by a sister,
Joyce, and by four brothers, Rob-
ert, Hubert, Leonard and Larry.
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday at 2:30 p. m. at the Yopp
Funeral Home by the Rev. V. D..
Combs. Burial followed in the Sea
Gate cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
SENATE'PREPARES
NEW LABOR PLAN
Continued from Page One)

tnority in the War Mobilization
Office.
Byrnes would have the right,
however, to designate any agency
he chose to administer the act as
it affects individual cases. Thom-
as indicated his belief that the
War Manpower Commission rath-
err than Selective Service would
get the assignment.
Discussing the bill with news
papermen, Thomas acknowledged
that he has opposed compulsory
work legislation in the past and
is going along on the current en-
deavor only on the grounds that
President Roosevelt and the Cen
eral Staff have asked for it.
He said the legislation might
prove "a shot in the arm" for
American fighting men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL

The Sunday School class of
the Myrtle Grove Presbyterian
church will be held at 3 p. M,
it was announced, and chnrcn
services will be conducted at
1880 p. m. Capt. Barrows, OF
the Salvation Army Mobile
Unit is scheduled rs guest
speaker
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
TO ATTEND MEETING

Henry 1. Shepherd, director
of the Wilmington administra-
tive area of the War Manpower
Commission, will attend re-
glonal meeting of VINO offic-
lals in Richmond, February 8
and !, he announced yesterday
He was unable to say what
the, meeting would involve,
other than general manpoWer
procedures, policies and resa-
lationS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
PETE ANGELO

Pete Angelo, 47-year-old fish
dealer of 315 Harnett street, died
yesterday at James Walker Mem
orial hospital. Funeral services
will be held at p. m. today at
the Kingtuck Baptist church in
Fender county. Burial will be IN
the church cemetery.
Angelo was born in Greece, May
10, 1898. No survivors were listed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
APPOINTED MANAGER

BRUSSELS, Feb. 2-(UP)--Virgii
PlnSley, vice-president and gen.
eral European manager of the
United Press, today announced the
appointment of Walter L. Cronkite,
Jr., as UP manager for the low
countries. At present Cronkite will
make his headquarters in Brussels
where the UP has reopened its
preWar. bureau. Later he will have
offices in Amsterdam.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03
WEATHER
eastern Standard Time)

tEdStcTn STANDARD 1lme)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, 800; 7:30 am, 26.2; 1870 pm,
40.5; 1880 pm, 1913
Maximum 45.4; Minimum 1873; Mean
80; Normal AZ.
Humidity
1880 am, IS; 7:3o am, 81: 1870 pm, %;
1870 pm, 49,
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
wilmington --------------- 1:5sa 9:1oa
2:13p 9:sop
Masonooro Inlet 11:39a 5:37a
5:56p
Sunrise, 1908 am; Sunset, 5:44 pm;
Moonrise, 11:41 pm; Moonset 1o:45 am.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03

The keep leftover egg yolks,
cover them with cold water and
store in the refrigerator or icebox.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-03

Henry Ford once owned an i'm
ported Minerva, his personal car,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-21
rs a Challenged!
Play Ball..
II You Cant!

Things have gone too far-its
time for taunts to crystalize into ac-
tion-but definite action.
That's the attitude of least half
Of Juneau's Volunteer Firemen, I'm
plications of creaking bones are re-
scnted. Now-the gauntlet has been
flung.
At a secret meeting of Fire Com
pany No. l. Sunday, it was voted to
open negotiations for bitter battle
of baseball with Fire Company No.
2. The Company of the first part"
put it this way:
1T is realized that Company No. 2
it made up Of decrepit has-beens,
but we hope the warm weather of the
past two weeks has thawed out that
bunch Of cripples enough to play
ball
This is a challenge to Captain
joe Johnston and his nine old men
to appear at the Firemen's Ball Park
tc dc battle with ball and bat. AS
incentive to bring those talking
fire-eaters out of forced retirement
we offer a wager-a chicken dinner