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Evening star., 1948-08-31

Jail superintendent, reported that
she will be treated at the Jail in
flrmary unless the Court orders her
treated elsewhere.
Examined by Physician.
Col. Reid added that so far as he
knew Miss Gillars is in pretty
good condition. and that DR.. Mar
tin L. Cannon, Jail medical chief,
mas found her to be suffering no
physical ailments.
Present at the hearing of the
silver haired Al year old treason
suspect was Axis Salys half sister,
Mrs. Edna Mae Herrick of Conneaut.
OHIO. Axis Sally is charged with
having broadcast Axis propaganda
from Germany during the war. She
told Commissioner Lawrence she
does not agree with the charge.
Shortly before her trip to the
commissioners Office, Miss Gillars
announced before District Court
Justice Richmond B. Keech that
she has not retained any counsel
to date. The jurist thereupon
granted a motion filed yesterday by
Richard w. Tompkins, her attorney
of record, who asked that an earlier
petition to release Miss Gillars from
jail on habeaus corpus writ be
dismissed.
Tompkins to Withdraw.
Justice Keech's action also grants
request that Mr.. Tompkins with
draw from the case, and the law
yer's request that the court drop
an earlier order instructing the
Government to show cause why
Miss Gillars should not be freed
from Jail.
Mr. Tompkins had entered the
case on behalf of another lawyer,
John M. Holzworth of New York,
who has claimed he was hired by
New York interests" to defend Miss
Gillars.
The defendant repeated to Com
missioner Lawrence that she has not
yet employed counsel, although
seem to have a couple hanging
around"
Miss Gillars retained her COM
posure throughout the proceedings,
but as the hearing closed tears sud-
denly welled into her eyes and she
asked the commissioner if she could
say few more words.
Wants Witnesses.
I'D like to get my counsel, sir. I
have to have my witnesses, too. and
they are all in Germany" she said
in checked voice. She spoke Of
being held 18 months in Germany
before being brought to Washington.
Il have been told that I am now
being railroaded," she added She
did net say who told her that, but
Mr.. Holzworth, who attended the
proceedings, admitted to reporters
he had made that remark to her
during one of his visits to her at
the Jail.
With that, Commissioner Law
renee assured her you will not be
railroaded under our American sys-
tenn Of justice"
Mrs. Herrick was one of five wit
nesses who testified yesterday be-
fore the grand jury.
Ex-Paratrooper a Witness.
Other witnesses included a former
paratrooper, who dropped on France
on D day and was captured by the
Germans five days later.
The witness identified himself as
S. A. Warren, cotton farmer" of
Dublin, Ga. He said ne was a pris-
oner of war for eight months, con-
fined to a prison camp near Berlin
during that time.
Asked If he had known Axis
Sally" Mr.. Warren replied, slight
ly," and added that she had visited
his CELL
A third witness was identified as
a radio specialist, while two others
were believed to be other former
war prisoners kept in Germany.
Evening star., 1948-08-31

SSNoHSN ~AtAl a
wrist fracture
and conclusion.
The h ii d ,
La aWrence w.
Bankes, son of
Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross L. Bankes,
3519 S o u t h
E j G h t e e n t h
street, Arlington,
was taken to
Alexandria Hos
pital, where his
condition W a S
reported salts
factory today.
MrS Penkoc
Evening star., 1948-08-31
Talks With Axis Sally Twisted
Into Propaganda, Ex-POWs Say

American youths captured by the
Germans after D day were offered
cigarettes, drinks and a chance to
send messages to their folks in the
United States when they made re-
cordings for Axis Sally's" propa-
ganda.
This is the story told by three
spokesmen for a larger group OF
former GIs, summoned to Wash
ington to tell the grand jury of the
activities of Mildred Gillars
brought from Germany to answer
treason charges.
1t wasn't so much what informa-
ton she got from them that count
ed, the former servicemen con-
tended, as it was "the use" she
made of their recorded words. They
charged she turned and twisted
their words, for rebroadcasts to
the United States, in what they
concluded was an effort to weaken
the American war effort.
In at least some Of her interviews
with GIs captured by the Germans
she used the International Red
Cross to cover her operations, ac-
cording to William r. Chestnut, Is
q paving construction worker from
Phenix City. Ala, brought here from
a job at Newberry, S. c.
Recalls Questions.
Questions she asked the group, 1t
now appears, we're designed to show
that the American forces were fac
ing hopeless case," Mr.. Chestnut
said.
Asked about the personal appear
ance of Miss Gillars, Mr.. Chestnut
said, "Oh, she was a doll. She was
made UP to be quite a doll"
Mr.. Chestnut and two other for
mer paratroopers nabbed by the
Germans during the invasion of
France were among a larger number
Of former GIs lodged at Chartres,
France.
One Of these, Alan Tappenden,
"a, now chemical plant worker
from Marquette, Mich, backed up
the story Of meeting "Axis Sally"
as told by Mr.. Chestnut.
Mr.. Tappenden said he was in
the same group when recordings for
later broadcast were made by Miss
Gillars.
Known by Another Name.
A somewhat more personal &C
count was given reporters by a
third member of the trio, Michael
Evanick, 20. a former paratrooper
with Purple Heart, now a window
washer in New York. After being
lodged at the Chartres prison camp,
he said he remarked during an inter-
view with Gestapo officers, that he
had heard of Axis Sally. There
upon, he said he was asked If he
would talk with her.
But we didn't know her then as
Axis Sally" he told reporters here.
I'VE knew her as the Berlin B.
Can you get that printed? Every
body then knew her by that name"
Evening star., 1948-08-31

said she was at work in the Penta-
gon and that her husband, an
engineer at the Navy Annex, Ar
lington, was at home.
Mr.. Bankes heard Lawrence cry
ing and on investigating found that
a bedroom window screen had been
unlocked and his son had fallen
out,
Evening star., 1948-08-31
Thurmond Speech Slated

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 81 IPS.-
Gov. Thurmond of South Carolina,
States rights Democrats presidential
candidate. will speak at banquet
of the Young Democrat Clubs of
Virginia here October 8, Thomas D.
Odom of Suffolk, club president, an
nounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1948-08-31
Lawn Porty in Arlington

A lawn party will be given at
7:30 pm. tomorrow at the home
of Mrs. Herbert Todd, 2616 North
Military road, Arlington, for the
benefit of the parsonage fund Of
the Walkers Chapel Methodist
Church.
Evening star., 1948-08-31
Meat Buyers RetoIiote

When butchers in Dublin set a
maximum price they would pay for
beef. housewives refused to take the
inferior quality beef and switched To-
mutton.
Evening star., 1948-08-31
Arlington Boy, a,
Falls 80 Feet to
Steps and Lives

A 4-year-old Arlington boy yes
terday fell more than 80 feet from
his bedroom window to concrete
steps leading to the basement, but
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

Cows viii Work Hard
Estimated production Of milk for
i948 will be HIS billion pounds.
according to University Of Illinois
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
HOUSTON

Church news for Sunday. Octo-
ber II: Sunday school at IN a.
clock a. m. Howard R. Moore sn-
perintendent. with Edwin PRETTY
man, assistant. The hour of w0r-
ship and sermon at II o'clocl, NV
Rev. w. Stanley Grant, pastor. Eve
ming services: Youths Fellowship
at z o'clock, followed by a song
service and preaching at 7:3O n. m
Mid-week service, prayer meeting
on Wednesday at 8 o'clock.
There was a good attendance at
both church school and the hOur of
worship. Miss ROseanna Messick
gave a reading in Sunday school
in cOmmemOratiOn of Columbus
Day which date was October 12.
The minister preached a wonder
full sermon on "Tithing." He used
as his text will You Rob Cod ?"
The music for the morning was
very fine, there being a special
number by the choir, also a vocal
selection by Edwin Prettyman.
There is a welcome for ali who
wish to come to these meetings.
Mrs. Walter Studte, who has
been in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital for observation is home and
her condition is somewhat i'm
proved, but she is to go to viii
mingtOn for treatment for gall
trouble.
Charles P. Armour returned to
his home last Friday from Della
ware Hospital, Wilmington, where
he had been for several weeks for
treatment and an operation. We
are glad he is home again and that
he is feeling fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Blessing.
Sr., and family entertained the fol-
lowing guests on Sunday: Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hill, near Milford;
Mrs, Frieda Eberhard, Harrington
Mrs. Helen Luff and Gilbert Nor
gan, Vernon; Miss Audrey Laird,
Philadelphia Mrs. Louise Pleas
anton, and daughter Eleanor and
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
CEDAR NECK
Sunday, October 18th


Sunday SchoOl-11 a. m, Ernest
Watson, Superintendent.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayes, Mrs.
Katherine Hayes and daughter,
Linda carol, spent Sunday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clark and
son, Jackie.
Miss Margaret Webb attended the
Atlantic Rural Exposition at Rich
mond, Va, last week, accompanying
the Dairy State Judging Team.
Mrs. Emma Bennett, Mrs. Ethel
Gray, Mrs. Ella Rogers, Mrs. Betty
Webb and son, Genie, were dinner
guests on Thursday of Mrs. Bessie
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Strain of Mt.
Airy, Pa, and Miss Lima Clark of
Greenwood, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Clark on Wednesday.
Mrs. Josephine Shockley of Mil
ford was dinner guest on Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville ShOckley and
family, it being her birthday.
Mrs Serena Hayes, Mrs. Kather-
Inc Hayes and daughter, Linda
Carol, were callers on Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Hayes and Mr.. and Mrs.
William COverdale of Milford Neck
on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Donald Mills returned home
on Tuesday night from attending
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

We are glad to learn Mrs. Lille
FarrOw of Wilmington, who had a
paralytic stroke last week is quite
improved at this time. She is a sis
ter of Mrs. Margaret Sapp and
spends quite a little time in Hous-
ton and we do hope she will soon
be up and out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sapp attend
cd the funeral services for Mrs.
Ida Macpherson, Mrs. Sapp's cous-
IN, in Chester, Pa, on Thursday.
The Houston New Century Club
held its first fall meeting on Tues
day night, October II. with the
new president, Mrs. Richard Ben
nett, presiding. After a business
session, Mrs. J. Carroll Pearson
gave a report from the Golden Jub-
lice of the State Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs held in Wilmington on
May 13 and IA, also plans for the
coming club year were made and
club work discussed. The hostess
served an abundance of good things
to eat and drink. The meeting ad-
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15
VETERANS NOTES

Thousands of veterans who con-
tracted malaria overseas during
World War II have been cured,
Veterans Administration said.
Within the next few years, the
problem Of relapse from war-ac-
Quired malaria will be an insight
ficant one, VA added.
The rate of cures is indicated by
VA statistics. During June, 1947, ap-
prOXimately 100000 veterans were
receiving compensation for malar-
ia incurred in service Nine months
later, in March, 1948, this number
had dropped to $4,000. 1t is still de-
clining.
The number of relapses also has
declined-frOm approximately $780,
600 cases infected during the war
to less than 10000 at present.
The parasite eventually burns
itself OUT in human bodies in from
one to three years, although some
cases are known to have remained
infected for as long as 20 years.
Use of the drugs chlorOquine,
pamaquine (plasmOchin), and the
more recently synthesized 8-amino
quinOlines, such as pentaquine and
isOpentaquine, have given splendid
results, VA said.
More than half of the World War
II veterans holding converted Ma
tiOnal Service Life Insurance poll
cies have selected 2O-payment life
plans, Veterans Administration re-
vealed.
The 20-Payment Life policies
accounted for 832,19O, or SIS percent
of the 1,512,150 permanent NSLI
policies in force on June 30.
Veterans who converted to other
permanent plans include: 276.OOO,
Life; 24O,1SO, Ordinary
Life; 95,13O, 20-Year Endowment:
46,650, endowment at age so; 2O,45O
endowment at age IS
Permanent NSLI policies amount
ed to more than $6.5 billion worth
Of insurance.
Nearly 100000 veteran-holders
Of NSLI have not yet converted
their term policies to permanent
forms of insurance. The term poll
cies in force represent more than
S31 billion.
Questions and Answers
Q.-I wish to purchase an auto
mobile house trailer that I can use
during my vacation. Will Veterans
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

One leg is stronger and longer in
the average human being.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

son Russell, Wilmington; Mr.. and
Mrs. William Blessing, Jr., John
and Bill Eisenbrey, Houston. The
occasion was given to celebrate
Mr. Blessings birthday. He receiv-
ed a number of useful gifts. All
reported a swell time and deDart-
ed wishing for Mr.. Blessing MANY
happy returns of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Parvis and
children called at the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Collision and Mr.
and Mrs. William Collision. near
Dover, on Sunday.
Mrs. William Armour of Cbes-
ter, Pa, and son Earl of Whining
ton, are spending this week at the
nome of Mrs. Pearl Messick and
family.
Mrs. William Armour of Ches-
ter, Pa, and son Earl of Whining
ton, are spending this week at the
home of Mrs. Pearl Messick and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Tatman and
cnlIuren, Jane and John, of Will
mlngtOn, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. S. G. Armour.
Mrs. Howard Melvin of Chester.
Pa, has been staying with her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Rattle Scott, dur
ing her bereavement at the loss of
her husband, Heber F. Scott. Their
son Edward, who is stationed in
Hawaii, was able to get home for
his fathers funeral and burial,
which was on Saturday afternoon
at 2:3O O'Clock. Mrs. Scott expects
to go home with her daughter, Mrs.
Howard Smith, of Lake Charles,
La, for the winter.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

the Atlantic Rural Exposition at
Richmond, Va, where he participa-
ted in the judging contest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey A. Milbourn
and daughter, Ida and Mrs. Sara
Cooper and grandson, Byron, Jr.,
spent Tuesday in Wilmington shop
ping.
Mrs. Estella Watson, Mrs. Grace
Kibler, Mrs. Dorothy Lohand, Mrs.
Henry Warren, Mrs. Mabel ClOgg,
the Misse Harriet and Alice War
rem attended the funeral of Mrs.
Charles Mcpherson in Chester. Pa.
on Thursday.
The Cedar Grove Farm Bureau
Planning Group will meet on
Thursday evening, October 21st lat
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Granville
w. ShOckley. This is a very i'm
portant meeting for the election of
officers. ,a
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Clark and
children of Candy Park were supper
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Clark on Friday.
Miss Margaret Webb and Mrs.
Eugene Smith visited in Dover,
Lepsic and WOOdside on Monday.
Mrs. Charles Watson of Slaugh-
ter Neck, spent Tuesday with her
sister, Mrs. Thomas Carroll and
family.
One leg is stronger and longer in
the average human being.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

journed till Tuesday night. Octo4
Der 26, when the Bible. viii be the
subject and Mrs. Dukes Robb and
Mrs. William Blessing will have
charge of the program.
Mr.. ard Mrs, S. G.. Armour onter-.
tanned at turkey dinner on sun
day, Mrs. Jennie H. Hendricks, of
tOwE. Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Tatman and
children of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Yerkes,
and children went to ConowjneOa
Md, OH Sunday.
Mrs. Tillie Armour of Chester
Pa, is spending sometime with Mr..
and Mrs. S. G.. Armour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard r. Moore of,
Lynch Heights, spent a part 0: last
week in Philadelphia While there
they attended a baseball game at
Shibe Park.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

Among the exclusive features of
these thrifty heaters is the ia
nous Duo-Therm Dual Chamber
Burner that gets more heat from
every drop of oil!
Patented Power-Air Blower
another exclusive Duo-Therm
teature-distributes heat even
ly, warns floors and far corners,
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

saves up to $50 on fuel bills!
And there are 20 other fea-
lures that mean more comfort
more ecONOmy-when you heat
your home with a Duo -Therrn!
See the handsome new Duo
Therm Royal Circulator MOagi
Find out how simple and easy it
is to tend the fire by turning a dioH
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

CTOP TRACKING coal and ashes
~ through your living room,
playing nursemaid to a messy,
Old-fashioned stove!
Get a handsome new Duo
Therm Fuel Oil Heater that will
look like million dollars in your
living room and give you work.
less, dirAeSS heQH
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

Administration guarantee a loan
for the purchase?
A.-NO. Loans for pleasure Dur
poses cannot be guaranteed or in
sured by Veterans Administration.
Q-I would like to change the
beneficiary on my National Service
Life insurance without letting the
old beneficiary know about it. May
l do this?
A.-Yes. A veteran may change
the beneficiary or beneficaries of
his National Service Life Insurance
at any time without their know
ledge or consent.
Q-One of my arms was ampu-
lated because of injuries received
while l was in the armed services
during World War II. May l select
the type of artificial arm | want
and the firm l want to buy it from ?
A.-Yes, you will be permitted TO
select the artificial ann of vOur
choice, but it must be purchased
from an approved prOsthetic appli-
ance manufacturer under contract
with Veterans Administration.
Q.-TO what benefits is a veteran
with yellow or blue discharge en-
titled? ~
"A yellow discharge from the
Army is dishOnOrable and the veter-
an is not entitled to Veterans Ad-
ministratiOn benefits. A yellow dis
charge from the Navy may be hon
Orable or other than honorable If
the Navy discharge is dishOnorabIe
the veteran is ineligible for bene-
fits If the Navy discharge was is
sued under conditions other than
honorable, the veteran is entitled IN
file a claim and VA will determine
whether the discharge was issued
under dishOnOrable or other tban
honorable conditions. The latter
also applies to blue discharges
from the Army.
DR.. N. S. Nicholas, VilIanova Atb-
letiC trainer C9D match h. -: -.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

DR.. N. S. Nicholas, VilIanova Atb-
IetiC trainer, can match his size ag,;nst
the biggest member of the Wildcat
football team. Nicholas tips the scales
at 200 pounds.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-11-17
Meeting Or Tabor Merchants
l. Called For Next Week

A special meeting of the all
members of the Tabor City Merch-
ants Association as well as mer-
chants and business men who are
not members of the organization
has been called for next week
il was announced today by
Larry C. AShby. executive score
;lrN.
Me: chants will be advised of
the date and time by letter. The
meeting originally had been set
fer Thursday, but was postponed
because of conflicting meetings.
The meeting will feature dis
Gus lions of number of questions
that the association feels are pub
lie rItters and should be decid-
ed by association members and
nCn-memberS together. Ashby
said.
Among items to be discus ed
are:
l. a set schedule of holidays
to be observed by local stores.
,. A schedule of the months
during which Wednesday after
noon closing will be observed. with
the suggestion TO be made that
the Wednesday closing be made
a year-round observance with the
exception Of the two tobacco
m rr'leting months.
3. Plans for next years Caro-
tinaS Yam Festival.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-11-17
More Join Beer
Boycott Proposals

Favor of a proposal to boycott
towns of Columbus county that
vote in favor of the legal sale of
beer has been expressed by MEM
bers of the Free Will Baptist
congregations of the county. ac-
cOrding to Rev. j. Homer Butler,
pastor of the Whiteville Free Will
Baptist church.
The proposal was first advanced
and approved several weeks ago
by the County Baptist Association,
in meeting at Evergreen.
The stand was taken after Co.
lumbus county voted against the
legal sale of beer and wine and
moves were started to get an in
dividual vote on the sale by in
&C: porated towns of mere than
1000.
Sale of beer and wine has been
illegal in the county since Octo-
Der Is as a result of the county
wide vote but some Whiteville
voters have already petitioned for
a town vote and a petition re-
questing a vote in Tabor City
has been in circulation for some
time.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-11-17
Mr.. N. G. Spivey
Taken By Death
After Long Illness

Mrs n. C. Spivey. 73, died at
her home here Tuesday, NCvcm-
Der 9, following a lengthy illness.
The funeral was held Thursday
afternoon from Saint Pau Meth
odist church with Rev. H. FREQ
Sulratt officiating and burial fol-
lowed in Norris cemetery.
Mrs. Spivey was the daughter
of the late Samuel Franklin Nor
lis and Carolina Norris.
She is survived by two daugh-
tiers. Mrs. Frank Young of Tabor
City and Mrs. William Lyon of
Sail bury; one son, Willard Spiv-
ev of North Tonawanda, N. T.;
one brother. A w. Norris of Tabor
City; two sisters. Mrs J. D.
Meares of Hallsboro and Mrs.
Sam Williams of Belmont; four
grandchildren; and three great
grandchildren.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-11-17

IS pounds of peanuts, II pounds
of hog, or pecks of potatoes
would bring enough to pay his
members hip in the organization.
Just compare this with 1882
In that year, Farm Bureau
membership Of $500 would have
required the farmer to sell 81
pounds of tobacco, 60 pounds OF
cotton, 300 pounds of peanuts,
60 pounds of hog, or 80 pecks OF
potatoes"
These figures show two
things" Small said. First, II II
weren't for the militant fight
Farm Bureau has constantly
waged on the national scale. state
county and community level for
farmers down through the years
we still would be receiving far
less for our products than we are
Secondly. the membership fee IN
Farm Bureau is very small when
you look at tn gains farmers nave
achieved because of the steady
drive the organization carries on
fer us.
None of us wants to return to
the barren, low-price days Of 1882
but if we don't organize to the
hilt, just as cthe groups are Or
ganized, We could very well lose
all o. much of the gains we have
made. Every farmer in North ca.
rolina should be a member of
Farm Bureau. and the time to
ioin is NOW-during the annual
membership campaign which has
a quota of $4,000"
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-11-17
Saturday Last Registration
Day For Water Bond Voting

Saturday, Nov. 20, is the last
day on which unregistered voters
in the town of Tabor City may
register for the vote TUESDAY
Nov. 80 on the question OF Issuing
not exceeding $4,000 bonds TOR
extension and improvement OF the
Tabor City water system. .,ra
Registrar william Stevens may
be found at the town hall on that
day by qualified voters who are
not yet registered. ."':
REGULAR registration books OF
the town will be used and per-
sons already registered do not
have to re-resi ter for the bond
plr .:iGn.
An ,.d.nance authorizing the
;,SuaH.r Il me 5on'+' was unanl-
nous .r;,oved by the town
board J". ia II, b"t the a,i.h
mus e ~ love; " inc people
at the Dol.S heio'a 1t become: et-
tecti,c
The voting will not be against
the registration but will be car
ried BY u majority Of those vot-
ing In the special election.
Many citizen In recent weeks
have spoken approval of the
proposed bond issue and are
pushing for passage OF fhe
mea MI't. .r-
1t has been pointed out that
the town is in serious need OF
waterwOrks extension both from
heath and fire protection stand
points. The project. if approved.
would extend water lines to the
point where everyone in the city
limits desiring city water could get
Ii; and At the same time, fire
protection would be extended to
app: Ultimately 80 per cent of the
towns area.
1t is estimated that only half
OF the town is now provided wa
ter for household use and only
about 10 per cent of the town't
area is afforded fife protection.