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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-12
Semaphores Of Safety

When a motor car driver extends his left
arm at full length straight out Of his window
the driver in the rear expects him to make
left turn and starts to edge around on his
right side If, instead of turning left, he turns
right, contrary to the generally accepted
signals, he invites disaster to himself and the
following auto. This faulty use of signals was
witnessed at Market and Third treets and a
collision was avoided only because both driv-
ers were alert and their brakes tight.
Although there was no accident it appears
advisable to note again in these columns, as
has been done from time to time for some
years, that the left arm extended straight out
from the drivers window is the approved
signal for left turn. If it is desired to turn
right the arm should be raised with the hand
pointing skyward If traffic ahead is blocked
or moving slowly the approaching driver in
reducing speed should trail his arm, prefer
ably with fingers spread and palm to the
back.
Although these three ways of converting the
left arm into semaphore for safety in traf-
fic have been in general use for all of twenty
years, it is to be remembered that young
sters are constantly arriving at the age en-.
titling them to drivers permits. Parents or
others who teach them to drive are morally
obligated to see that they not only know the
signals but apply them as often as they are
at the wheel. Adults are to be encouraged to
Use them too.
It would be supposed that their application
would have become practically automatic
with mature persons who have been driving
cars long time. The episode at Third and
Market shows that in all cases it has not
More thoughtfulness Of the responsibilities for
safety of persons at the whell would elimi.
nate the fault and probably prevent accidents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-12

as Chief Of State ut Vichy was inhuman and
by normal standards intolerable But we fail
to see any reason why he should wear leg
irons, which invariably cause frightfll sores.
Is it possible the French police authorities
have such little faith in the security Of his
cell that they must chain him up, or has
the spirit of the French revolution survived
so wrongly that prisoner, in addition to
facing death must also be tortured? Truly,
the more we learn Of French legal practices
the less are we able to understand them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-12
Laval In Chains

Pierre Laval arch traitor of France is con.
demned to die before firing squad, unless
the sentence is commuted, which it should
not be, or he is granted new trial to which
he may but should not be entitled. He has
been transferred to a cell in death row at
Fresnes prison, which we may assume is a
secure prison from which felons have little
chance to escape and in addition to the in
dignity of being dressed in burlap, is chained
to the wall with leg irons.
Laval deserves no sympathy. His conduct
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-12
Operations Suspended

Announcement that the Etayl-Dow plant at
Kure Beach is to close down comes with a
shock all the sharper because it had been
said only a few days before that no change
in operations was in prospect
Wilmingtonians will welcome word now
ever, that the plant is not to be dismantled
or abandoned, but will be occupied by skele'
ton crew, which encourages the hope that at
some future time it will be back at capacity
production.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-12
BY FRANKLIN BANKER
Associated Press Staff Writer

ASSVSA0SCu 1ACSS 0tdIl VAAtCT
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 11-R-Dis.
closure of one of the most drama
tic chapters of World War IL
how dozens Of daring American
airmen flirting constantly with
death worked in the greatest sec.
recy to develop a death bomb
err" as an answer to the Germans
rockets and buzz-bombs was
authorized by the Army Air forces
today.
The death Bomber forerun-
ner of the atomic bomb in that it
was designed to destroy all enemy
personnel and war installations
over a wide area at single blow,
was born at a U. S. bomber base
in England.
Principally it comprised worm
out Flying Fortress damned to
capacity with tons of explosive
many times more powerful than
TINT.
Good for no other purpose be-
cause the heavy duty of its tour
Of pilotless B-17-once $250,O0O
worth of airplane-would be sent
crashing down on its target by
means of radio apparatus in a
small control plane flying nearby.
Because of the great hazard in.
volved, only volunteers and veter-
an fiers were assigned to develop
the Death Bomber" which "died''
as it killed.
A crash on take off might have
killed everyone at the base. Once
safely in the air, the two-man
crew of pilot and co-pilot bailed
out and the bomber was guided
over the English Channel by radio
control.
Spared from the salvage pile,
dozens of old bombers were con-
signed to this project when, after
the 1914 invasion of France, the
Germans began their flying bomb
and rocket bombardment of Eng
land.
Because the Air Force was loath
to use any weapon unless its aim
ing accuracy was ensured, the
Death Bombers" were never EN-.
ployed in any great number. A few
were dropped on the giant con-
crete buzz-bomb launching rum
ways the Germans built along the
Pas De Calais. coast of France.
After that the war rolled SO swift
ly on to Germany that standard
type bombing filled the. bill.
The Kamikaze technique later
evolved by the Japanese resem-
bled the Death Bomber" idea, but
no fliers were in the American
planes and only WORKOUT Forts
were used for their last, colorful,
destruction blow at the enemy.
The project was brainchild Of
II. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's Eighth
Air Force. It's development occur
red in the Eighth's Third Bomber
Division, commanded then by Maj.
Gen. Earle E. Partridge and form
erly by Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lee
may, the B-29 bomber Of Japan.
The experimentation conferred,
however, within the crack Flying
Fortress group of Col. William Da-
vid of Calhoun, Ca, former Univer-
sity of Georgia football and boxing
star. Much of the engineering work
was done at his bomber base. Ex-
perts from his group loaded and
flew the lethal planes at another
base, secret and sequestered to
keep loss of life at a minimum.
Here one of Americas great Sec
rets of the war was kept secret
right under the noses of the Ger
mans. The bombers, conspicuous
with their white paint, were park
ed out on the open on hardstands
but camouflage netting apparent
" hid them successfully from the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-12
VICTORY BELLIES
PLAN GRID FETE

Final plans for the FAN Foot
ball Frolic to be held Saturday
night, were completed by the
group chairnnen of the Second and
Orange UsO Victory Belle club,
which met at special meeting
recently, to plan activities for
their groups.
It was decided at the meeting
that the girls will wear sweaters
and skirts, and colored ribbons in
their hair to champion some col.
Iege football team or the Army
or Navy. 1t was also decided that
canes with pennants or some ap'
propriate insignia, will be worn or
carried by each girl.
The following girls were ap'
pointed to manage and edit the
Victory Belle regular monthly
newspaper: Mary Benson, Bar
bara Sternberger, Vivian Carte,
Mary McCrary, Virginia Nance,
Josephine Powell, Louise Muir
ray, Marion White, Edith Habe-.
NIGHT and Doris Quincy. The
staff members will meet the third
Monday of each month.
Group chairmen attending the
meeting were Dorothy Pearsal,
Group /; Edith Habe~nicht, Group
"a; Hazel Long, Group 3; Virginia
Nance, Group 4; Sybil Powell
Group S; Mary McCrary, Group
6; Mary Helen Stalvey, Group 7;
Anna Mae Rabunsky, Group d
Jean Davis, Group 9; Marie E.
Register, Group II; and LoWss
Murray, Group IL.
For the Bling Date Program
this month, three girls who VIII
appear and choose a lucky part
nec to have dinner at the China
restaurant include Betty Joyner,
Anna Mae Rabunsky and Jean
Davis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-12
TOP o. THE MORNING

In your face sometimes see
Shadowings of the man to be
And eager, dream of what my son
Will be in twenty years and one.
But when you are to manhood grown,
And all your manhood ways are known.
Then shall l, wistful, try to trace
The child you once were in your face?
Julia johnson Davis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-12

Americas first automobile race
was held in Chicago on Thanks
giving Day, 1895.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-12
Religion
Day ByDay
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
THEY WORRY ABOUT 1T

Too many persons are oVer-afx'
ious about today and tomorrow.
Present rationing restrictions bring
burrows to thei4: brows; and con-
temptation of the future fills them
with fear. They are so busy mourn
ing at the Wailing Wall that they
do no work upon the Retaining
Wall.
Suppose the worst does come to
the. worst, and much of our present
food supply will be unobtainable.
Nobody will go hungry. Elaborate
meals, with their many dainties,
may be ruled out; but there will
be no lack of essential food to sus-
tain life. Let us remember that the
majority of mankind live on SIM
pie diet of rice or bread, with a
bit of greens or fish to SAVIOR it..
Our real needs are very few. More
Americans suffer from over-eating
than from hunger.
However stringent our dietary re-
strictfons may become our spirits,
which are our real selves, remain
unaffected. Thousands of hermits
have subsisted on an incredibly
meager fare, for the sake of their
spirits. These may be the days
wherein we shall learn, with the
apostle, to "keep our bodies under"
and to express the divine powers
of the soul.
Whatever may befall, Thou art
still our Protector and Provider, o
God. Make us more Jealous to
share and to serve than to indulge
our own ppetites.-Amen.
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tons without Investigating ade-
quately. Moreover, he said, rack
eteers use honest names at times
without permission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-04
MISTAKE

LOCKPORT, N. Y, March 3.
-(R)-Seaman First Glass John
D. McDonough, 10, Of Lockport,
was notified aboard ship in the
Pacific his mother had died,
and that he was to be given
a leave home.
But, when he was alighted
from the train at Buffalo CEN
trail terminal, he was met by
his father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Linus J. McDonough.
why, Mother, I thought you
were dead" the sailor, pal
and trembling, said.
His father explained he had
received a wire from his son
Tuesday, saying he was en-
route home. The mystified par
ents had no chance to COM
municate with him, so they
met the train in Buffalo.
Seaman McDonough, believ-
Ing the message he received
was intended for another John
McDonough. has notified Seat
tie Naval authorities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-04
ADVISORY SERVICE
OFFERED BY CHEST

E. L. White, president of the
Wilmington Community Chest and
Council, yesterday announced a
free advisory service to citizens in
terested in checking the reliability
of national or international philan-
thropic agencies asking for con-
tributions.
while the majority Of national
and international philanthropic or
CARNATIONS are sound, intermingled
among them are 4 number of SUBJ
standard agencies and quite few
outright rackets,' Mr.. Viii e
warned. because it is difficult for
a layman to sift good from bad
philanthropic organizations ap.
pealinge to him throughout the
year." Mr.. White continued, 1--WE
are glad to provide this professions
al advisory service to givers with
out charge"
"Your chest" he said, sis in
a position to obtain essential re-
ports on national and internation-
al philanthropies from a non-profit
agecy in New York City, for the
national protection of contriDu-
tors
Local citizens are urged to use
this contributors advisory service
in two ways:
By writing or telephoning the
Chest office at 40 Tide Water
Building about any national organ
ization, at the time or request for
a contribution and before giving.
By mailing to the Chest for
check-up each year their list of
non-profit organizations, compiled
for the March 18th income tax re-
turns. Givers may delete the
amounts of their gifts, since
amounts are not needed in check
ing as to reliability of the agen-
cies involved. When the list is re-
turned to the contributor, the an
notations serve as a guide to him
or to the organization on renewal
giving as desired during the year.
Generous contributors are warn
ed especially to exercise caution
when requested to purchase books,
posters or other merchandise on
behalf of philanthropies, or when
asked to contribute in response to
a telephone call from a stranger.
With respect to letterheads hav-
ing long lists of prominent names,
Mr.. White warned that q number
OF prominent people lend their
names to high-sounding organiza-
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(By the Associated Press

WASHINGTON, March. 3-lR-lt
was a busy week in which Presi-
dent Roosevelt came back and told
about Yalta. There was lots of talk
about manpower legislation. E, ..
And Henry Wallace finally made
the cabinet grade.
But at weeks end there was
still a lot that hadn't happened.
Aubrey Williams chances to be-
come Rural Electrific alton Admin
istrator hit new snags. There had
been little actual progress toward
the manpower controls Mr.. Roose-
welt had requested for war .produc-
ton.
PRESIDENT REPORTS
The dramatic highlight of the
week was President Roosevelt's re-
port on his talks with Churchill
and Stain at Yalta. He went be-
fore joint session of Congress
and, sitting in a red plush chair
in the House chamber, talked for
SIS minutes, largely about how
strongly he feels the United States
must get into the International
swim to help preserve peace.
If the U. S. stays aloof from
world problems, was the burden of
his theme, it will be the U. s. re-
sponsibility should another war
sweep the world.
Nearly all Democrats and some
Republicans liked his argument;
the Republicans who didn't COM
planned mostly that he hadn't told
anything new. Senator Wherry (R-
Neb) didn't like the way Poland
was being treated.
There was bipartisan approval
of Mr.. .Roosevelt's reporting direct
to Congress, only one day after
getting back from his fiye-Week
journey.
THE NEW SECRETARY
Friday rolled around and Henry
Wallace became Secretary of Com
merce, 40 days after his nonina-
ton by President Roosevelt set
Congress into turmoil.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-04

Pocket knives of various types
are vital equipment for men in all
branches of the services and in all
the war theaters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-04
ARTILLERY DUELS
BOOSTED IN ITALY

ROME, March 3.-W.H-1ncreas-
ed artillery duels and patrol clash
O marked activity today along
the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts
In central Italy.
American mortars pounded the
Germans north and west OF Gal
lcano while ground troops drove
off an enemy patrol near the town.
German grenade fire fell on U. 5.
positions near Mt. Rumici, u miles
southwest of Bologna.
The Germans yesterday bonn
barded newly-won positions in the
Mt. Belvedere sector with artillery
and mortars.
On the Adriatjc coastal front,
British Eighth Army units at
tackled an enemy strongpoint on
the Senio Dyke bank and clashed
with several patrols.
Allied Italian-based planes con-
eentrated on communication tar
gets, rail lines and supply centers
In north Italy yesterday. Bremen
Pass rail lines were pounded and
four ammunition dumps in the Pc
valley were destroyed.
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U-BOATS MASSED
FOR LAST DRIVE
BY JOHN A. PARIS, JR.

LONDON, March 3.-(P)-Packs
of swift new long-range U-boats
are being concentrated in Norwe-
gian waters for last desperate
campaign against Allied shipping
in the Atlantic.
Norwegian officials have report
ed upwards of 300 German SUBJ
marines and a considerable num-
Der of light cruisers, destroyers
and other, smaller warships now
based in NorWay's sheltered fjords.
This fleet-practically the last
of Germany's once-powerful navy
is protected by strongly construct
ed stations of concrete blocks Is
feet thick and built into cliffs, with
ferro-concrete roofs and rooms
for eight or nine U-boats in each.
These stations, according to
Norwegian sources, are distribut-
ed along the entire coastline.
There have been reports from
inside Germany, reaching border
listening posts, that only about 30
U-boats are operating in the pre-
sent campaign but that if this
experimental operation" is sue
cessful the German high command
will throw in its whole force for
what might be a last fling against
Allied shipping.
With this concentration of u
boats, light cruisers and destroy
ers the Germans are expected to
launch Goebbels' recently promised
sea campaign, which he declared
would disrupt Allied shipping and
stop the flow of men, guns and
ammunition to the fighting fronts.
Naval observers have believed
that German sea attacks on a
fairly large scale might start at
any time, although they would not
compare with the U-boat campaign
early in the war when Nazi under
sea craft had practically a free
run of the Atlantic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-04
REGULATIONS SET
FOR PUPILS HERE

The annual defamation recita-
ton contest for New Hanover
High school students will be start
ed Monday, it was announced yes
terday.
Preliminaries w ill continue
through Wednesday and the finals
will be held Friday night in the
high school auditorium. For the
latter occasion, the ROTC band
will play several selections under
the direction of Lieut.. Eugene La
cock. Vocal numbers will be
provided by the Glee club, with
Miss Sarah Robinson directing.
The program follows:
Declarations: Freshman-Sopho-
more Girls-Arden Blake, Why
Am Glad I Am An American;
Sara Hamilton, Laurels of a Moth
er; Laurie Ann Harrison, Quicken
the Spirits Within You; Ann Jor-
dan, 1 Know What I'm Fighting
For; Betty Lou O'Master, War;
Susie Rovers; Mary Ann Scott,
It's Woman's Voice.
REGULATIONS: Shirley Berger, A
Letter To a Soldier; Betty Britt,
Two Letters From Rookie; Bar
bara Canady, Norwegians; Lor-
raine DLugin, I Die At Dawn;
Lora Lou Gallagher, So Long Son:
Miriam Gentry, Kit Carson S
Ride; Oracle Gurganious, Pardon
My Southern Accent; Mary Ann
Hamilton, Snow Goose; Mary Rey-
holds Clothe the Naked; Ellen
Smith, Amt No Deer; Nancy Win
ningham, An Old Family Servant;
Sara Katherine Jordan, The Big
Fat Lummox; Clara June Ward,
My Mother Breaks Her Pearls.
Declarations: Freshman-Sopho-
more Boys-Alan Block, Pres.
ident Roosevelt's Message to Con-
gress Jan. 6, 1912; Hampton
Frady, The Constitution; Conley
Rogers, Don't Die On Third;
Charles Russell, Pres. Roosevelt
in his Speech on the Status of the
War given Dec. 9, 1912.
REGULATIONS: Harvey Britt, An
Old Family Servant; Joseph
Franklin Graham, An Old Family
Servant; Bobby Melton, Diary of
a Mailman; Jerome Evenson, The
Raven.
Declarations: Junior Senior
Girls-Joan Andrews, My Coun-
try: Mary K. Newbourne, An
Unforgettable Character; Lucy
Northrop, Heartbreak Cargo; Ann
Roth, Letter From England.
REGULATIONS: Junior-Senior Girls
Bette M Clark. The Ultimate
Catastrophe; Doris Ann Covil, The
Soldiers Reprieve; Margaret
Glover, Last Leaf; Katharine
Harriss, The Vision of Sir Lawn
fall; Lois Jack, Untitled; Cynthia
Johnson, Sixteen; Virginia Shaw,
Peter Pan; sEllen Smith, Amt No
Deer; Doris Fales, Pardon NV
Southern Accent; Helen Hicks, The
Highwayman.
Junior-Senior Boys = walter
Goldberg, The Highest Good; Lon
ME Williams, From Death to Life:
Bill Lassiter. From Journey Into
America.
Recitations-Winfield Wilson, A
Blunt of a Horse.
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CAPT. WILLIAMSON
RECEIVES MEDALS

Captain Odell Williamson, son O.
j. B. Williamson and the late Mrs
Williamson, and husband of Mrs
Virginia Williamson, of Shallotte
has been serving with an artillery
division as a liaison pilot in Europe
for over year.
He is the holder of the Air Media
with five Bronze Leaf clusters ane
one Silver Oak Leaf cluster, the
Silver Star, the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross and the Croix de Guerre
He is also entitled to wear the Eu
ropean theater of operations with
three major engagement stars, the
Eastern Defense and the Good Con
duct ribbons.
His division landed on Normandy
beachhead June Is and was heavily
engaged at once. He was awarded
the Air Medal for his meritorous
achievement in aerial flight over
enemy-held territory In carry
ing out his duties he succeeded in
aiding in the destruction of enemy
artillery batteries, and his assist.
ance in turning back enemy coun'
Gter-attacks, materially added i'm
Epetus to the steady ADVANCE of ou1
forces" according to the citation
Capt. Williamson won the Silver
Star g for ext o rdinary
achievement in aerial flights on
September l and in Belgium and
France :. Throughout the opera
ton tthen) First Lieutenant Will
hanson flew his plane in advance
of the point and flanks of his col
umn, reporting the position of en-
envy troops and installations and
other pertinent data. At one time,
1st 1t. Williamson noticed that
the column had halted, and, with
out thought for his own safeey,
landed his plane in a field and pro-
ceeded on foot to investigate.
Learning of an enemy attack, he
took his plane off under small
arms fire and informed the col
umn commander of the situation.
During the entire progress of the
mission he heroically flew his
small plane continuously, despite
anti-aircraft fire, in such a man.
ner as to obtain all possible in
formation of enemy installations
and risked his life innumerable
tine His absolute disregard for
himself in such a hazardous as
signment, and his heroic devotion
to duty, reflect the highest credit
on himself and the armed forces
Of the United States" The citation
concludes.
Capt. Williamson entered the
service in March, of 1912 and has
approximately 300 missions to his
| credit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-04
SoIons Close Week With
Many Problems On Hard

The former vice president, VINO
takes part of the job held by Jesse
Jones, was confirmed 56 to 81 by
the Senate only after President
Roosevelt signed the George Dill
removing lending agencies from
the commerce department.
Undaunted, Wallace promptly
laid out course of action by which
he said he hopes to make the de-
partment a potent force IN Amerl-
cas- economy.
WILLIAMS DEFEATED
The Senate Agriculture Commit
tee turned thumbs down on another
presidential nomination, that OF
Aubrey Williams to head the REA:
The adverse vote was II to 8 and
there was one report party leaders
were suggesting that Williams, a
former social worker who once
headed the National Youth Admin
istra ton, ask the President to
withdraw his name.
SENATE DISSENSION
At the start of the. week, Ma
jority Leader Barley of the Sen
ate saw so much dissension among
his colleagues on manpower con.
trolls that re doubted a bill could
be passed in weeks time. He
was right. When the Senate quit
for the week, it had made just one
concrete stei toward a bill. This
was intended to assure that need
ed young farmers won't be drafted.
The House has passed work-or-
Jail bill. When the Senate will pass
any one of three proposals. or a
combination of them-with or with
out drastic penalties-is anyone
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-04
Sen. JOHN MOSES
CLAIMED BY DEATH

ROCHESTER, Mimi, March s.
W.R)--An abdominal ailment brought
death today to United States Sen.
John Moses (D-ND) who worked
as a railroad section hand when
an immigrant boy of 20.
The 1anky, resonant-voiced Mos
es, who came to this country from
Norway in 1905, was three times
governor governor Of North Da-
kota before advancing to the Sc
nate in the 1914 general election
in which he defeated Gerald P.
Nye, republican, who held the Of
flee 10 years.
The first democrat ever elected
to the congress from North Dakota,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-04

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-04
BRAZIL COMBATs
INFANT DEATHS

RIO DE JANEIRO-(P-Brazil.
ian medical leaders and the press
are cooperating in campaign
seeking ways and means of re-
ducing the nations high infant
mortality rate.
OF every 1000 Brazilian children
born alive, 245 die before their
first birthday. Southern states like
Curitiba, where the average is ia
per 1000 make healthier show.
ing than northern centers like
tropical Fortaleza where one child
in three dies before reaching a
year old. Still births in Brazil
average 70 per 1000.