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Wilmington Organist Has Serio-Comic Experience . ,ealous soldier stirred by his A irtions to be forever on the i! t 1caused William G. Robert alert highly respected Wilmington s011- for.g standing, a distress ed^ hours in LauVinburg last in?1 afternoon. which is not Sun-* comical side but also « how easy it is to cross the Pr0VL dividing good judgment Aifanaticism. i Robertson, a Scotchman of American loyalty, and an or deeP f rare talent, was return ?aIUS, bus from Kanuga Lake, in? Dyll€ and Mrs. Robertson "he",e their summers making life sPena pnioyable for various and wnl3 . other good Episcopalians, 5 a hurried trip to Wilmington afteL {or Miss Margaret Darst’s toP3-, jfiss Darst being the "^I'r of Bishop Thomas C. and the ceremony being D , jmed bv (he Bishop, beloved fSout the diocese not only tl,rilf deeo spirituality and great human kindliness but for patriotism as well. HS this point it is best to , fT Robertson tell of the epi let, ,' his own way: s% Sunday afternoon while ,he bus to Charlotte. I rld n that I could use the time ®Se some poetry which I would w m the Annual Poetry Con e”tel Kanuga Lake Inn, on Tues ,eSt 3;oht the 25th. I had a copy Saturday Evening Post and A in it a page of advertising iamd (hat had a great deal of £fspice in it. I started writ M Xnins in verses wherever I ingJUfi„d space, and finally put o the last verse on the margin T,he opposite page. This poem ! as intended to be semi-humorous _v--bich is about as close as I can ever get. ■•Then I turned to a page fur , 1 Lck and started a blank wsenoeni. intended to be serious, v ;ethPe ejected title ‘Would You rhod” i started on all this ?*ritino at about Lumberton. I fm ‘ before we reached Laurin wo where the bus makes a short Z; Tne bus had been crowded, Vrth a soldier standing in the able light at my seat. He had left the bus "'hen we reached Laurin bu'g. “After a few minutes wait, a Citv of Laurinburg policeman ' came inside the bus. while anoth er with an M. P. came along the outside of the bus. When the inside man got near me he asked. ‘Where is the man who was writing in the magazine?' In some surprise I answered that I had. He then asked to see it. and. taking it, ■ent through each and every page, stopping and paying particular at tention to my writing, which was rather difficult to read, having been done on a moving bus. “I told him where he could find hat I had written, but he went on through the whole thing, stopping at a cartoon to ask me what these marks were. I told him that that was the signature of the man who bad drawn the cartoon, which it was. I then asked the policeman at my elbow, on the outside, if he would mind telling me what it was all about. He hesitated a mom ent and then said ‘You are under suspiciou of having made notes or plans of the new airfields between here and Lumberton!’ “I tried to tell him that it was simply poetry, but he said that poetry could cover up a lot of things, which is probably true. The upshot was that they instructed me to get my bag and raincoat and come along with them, which I did without protest. Flanked on eithe side by the city policeman, any with the M. P in the offing. I was marched to a police car. and taken to the house of the chief of police. I had meanwhile shown all my identity cards to all of the police men. and now had to show them to the chief, who had at the first, shaken hands with me to show there was nothing personal in it, I suppose. ' After his questioning he said to the patrolmen: 'You haven’t any thing to hold this man on.’ Never theless, while the policemen did W me back to the bus station, they refused to let me have the magazine with the poetry I had so angerously written in it, and I caught the imp-ession that they 'ere going to have it examined, ^Presume by the F. B. I. to see if it were not some form of cry ptogram or map—which will take up a lot of the FBI’s valuable time for nothing! “The patrolmen were not dis courteous, even if one of them did turn in the car and ask, ‘Have you got a gun or a knife on you?’ I told him that I did not, and that I had only a pencil ‘on me’ which seemed to have gotten me into trouble. “They left me with the air that while I had been released from further questioning I had not been released from suspicion. The fea ture about the whole thing that was least pleasant came from the somewhat dark looks I got from the crowd around us, who had evi dently been informed by the very zealous though perhaps not too in telligent soldier what my offense was supposed to be. “I was permitte to catch a later bus, was put to some inconvience, but was afforded no indignity such as a search of my person, so that the conduct of the officers was that of men doing their duty. “I am, of course, glad that' they are on the job, but it did seem funny to be suspected of espion age of air fields, when our son is wearing wings in the service of the United States, and when I had been doing no more than writing poetry. I have always known that my poetry is none too good, but I had never expected to write some that would throw me into the “Held for Questioning’ cate gory.” -V U. S. AIR FORCE REPULSES JAPS (Continued from Page One) to the northwestward in a Major Sea battle. That fleet, which in cludes airplane carriers and war ships has been engaged by U. S. forces for two days. ‘It is still too early to estimate the outcome of the battle at sea being fought off the Solomon Is land,” he Navy’s communique re ported. At least half a dozen enemy vessels previously had been re ported damaged in that battle. As for the situation at Guadal canal, they said the American forces “are holding their posi tions in the face of strong enemy thrust and in each action have in flicted heavy damage on the at tacking Japanese forces.” The reference to “strong enemy thrust” was Interpreted as cover ing the over-all scene of the Japa neseattempt to move back into the Solomon Islands, key spot in the Pacific which could control ap proaches to New Zealand and Aus tralia. High praise came from the Navy for the work of U. S. fighter planes based on Guadalcanal. The com munique declared “the perform ance of our fighting aircraft based on Guadalcanal has been austand ing.” Even warmer words came from a naval spokesman who said that “noteworthy in the battle thus far is the magnificent performance of fighter aircraft based on Guadal canal.” As previously reported, those fighters shot down 21 Japanese planes in a strong enemy attack on Guadalcanal Sunday. Three American planes were downed. On Tuesday, the United States fighters went into the air to meet an attack by 16 two-motored bomb ers escorted by 12 Zero fighters. They defeated the enemy, shooting down seven bombers and five of the swift zeros. One U. S. plane Was shot down. Of the 13 enemy vessels known to have been damaged severely to date in the Solomons action sev en were hit off Guadalcanal. One of these was a transport, which was abandoned. The Navy has re ported that least half a dozen other Jap ships were hit in the sea bat tle northeast of the Islands. Of the ships damaged in the sea batt-e, two were aircraft carries and one a battleship. In addition, the score in the accompanying air battles showed 33 enemy planes have been shot out of the air, while U. S. los ses have totalled only four. MANY GERMANS KILLED BY REDS (Continued From Pace One) after the special announcement telling of the drive on the Kalinin and western fronts, said: “In the area northwest of Stalin grad intense battles continue. The enemy has concentrated large forces of tanks and infantry and under cover of his air force is con tinuously attacking our positions. “Our troops are repelling enemy attacks as well as launching coun terattacks upon the German Fas cist troops.’’ Deep in the Caucasus the Ger mans were-, acknowledged to have* reached Mozdok, only about 55 miles west of the rich oil city of Grozny. The advance to Mozdok represented a 40-mile Nazi gain from the Prokhladnenski sector to the west, but the Russians said fighting was continuing in the lat ter area. Soviet troops still were hanging on the German flanks northwest of Stalingrad inside the Don river loop itself at Kletskaya, but the main Nazi drive had passed that city to cross the Don for a bloody tank and infantry descent on Stalingrad. The Red army also was battling stoutly southwesf~of Stalingrad in the Kotelnikovski sector, where the communique said “Soviet forces are holding the enemy on slaught and wearing down his man power by repeated counterat tacks.” Sixty-two Nazi tanks were re ported hit by one Soviet unit in this sector, and a second unit de stroyed 13 others and killed 500 Germans in the fighting below Stalingrad. One rifle detachment fighting in the main struggle northwest of Stalingrad was reported to have destroyed at least 29 German tanks. In this flat sandy expanse be tween the Don and the Volga rivers hundreds of German bodies litter ed the approaches to Stalingrad. The Germans were believed to be only 30 miles from the city, but the communique did not disclose the exact distance. Scores of tanks became funeral pyres for their crews, but the Nazis continued to roll big reserves forward. The big Soviet counter drive against the Nazi “hedgehog” de fenses in the Rzhev , Ghatsk, Vyazma triangle west and north west of Moscow did not come as surprise here. There nave been rumors of this great struggle for days here. It was common talk on the streets, but the press had not carried a word about it. The Germans have held this strongly fortified area throughout the winter despite Russian gains to the north and south of it. MAYBANK BUILDS UP BIG MAJORITY _ (Continued from Page One) had a majority but this home coun of Maybank gave him 10,000 votes to the good, which overcame the Blease strength elsewhere. Olin D. Johnston, Spartanburg lawyer, won the nomination as gov ernor, an office he held from 1935 to 1939. His, opponent, Wyndham M. Manning, Sumter farmer and son of South Carolina’s first World War governor, Richard I. Manning conceded defeat in his third con secutive try for the post. The vote in 1,467 precincts; Johnstcn 114,714, Manning 104,285. Three of the state's six repre sentatives in congress who had op position were renominated by big majorities on the face of nearly complete returns. They are Butler B Hare in the Third district, J. P. Richards in the Fifth, and John L. McMillan in the Sixth. The nomination is equivalent to election. -V DANCE CURE The tarantella danc weas origi nated in Italy as a cure for per sons who had been bitten by ta rantulas. The victim was sup posed to rid himself of the poison by dancing until exhausted. -V FEMALE FIRE BRIGADE The men of Nettkow, Silesia, Germany, never bothered to form a fire brigade, So 1 of the village women took on the responsibility. Cobbs Creek BLENDED WHISKY I I A blend containing 4% of 6-year-old, 7% 5-year old, and 19% 4-year-old whiskies with neutral spirits. 86,8 proof—70% grain neutral spirits $110 ' X PINT $010 4m QUART CONTINENTAL DISTILLING CORPORATION, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Chuhsien Attacked \ By Chinese Forces - --- (Continued from Page One) ' results.) Chinese soldiers who reacned the southwestern suburbs of Chuhsien by the railway from Kiangshan could see flames in the city, a front-line dispatch to the Central Daily News re ported. It added that the first fires set by the Japanese in dicated their withdrawal was imminent. Another Chinese column striking westward across the country from Changshan occupied Chaohsien, about 15 miles west of Chuhsien, Monday and continued its advance toward the city, Chinese reports said. The Central Daily News in a re view of the war apparently in spired oy official quarters said the offensive in the Solomons and the Chinese counter-offensive in Che kiang and Kiangsi provinces would force the Japanese to revise plans for their continental advance. Hith erto most Chinese authorities have expected an early Japanese attack on Siberia. “These two thus far successful operations are two bright spots on the global front,” the review said. The battle of the Solomons was seen as an Allied tactical victory in the sense that large units of the Japanese navy had been forc ed to come out in the open and risk a frontal fight in accrod with Allied plans. “Since this battle apparently is following the lines anticipated by the Allied command there should be little doubt of the outcome,” the review said. “A Japanese defeat in this sector of the global front, following the Coral sea and Mid way defeats, mav be expected to bring a radical change in Japan’s war plans.” The American air raid on Aug. 11 on Yochow. Yangtze river port in Hunan province, killed between 400 and 500 Japanese and caused fires enemy barracks and ware houses lasting 12 hours, Chinese reports said. -V AXIS MOVEMENT NOTED IN EGYPT (Continued from Page One) British pilots have repeatedly terri fied Messerschmitts in their sweeps. At last the desert has a fighter which is more than a match for the ME-109 at any altitude—as at tested by the fact that the Mes serschmitts have preferred to run away rather than engage them. For the first time Messerschmitt pilots have had to look above them as well as below. Up to now their superior step-up for high altitude has almost always given them top positions. United States Army Air Force planes also are here side by side with British planes on the desert airfields. The newest in the Ameri can line is the two-engined bomber. As one American air group ar rived a captain strolled over the desert scrutinizing it carefully. An RAF officer wanting to welcome him and cheer him up. if need be, asked, “Well, how does it look to you?” “It reminds me of heme.” replied the American. To the puzzled Brit on he added: “I am from southern California and was a surveyor in the desert.” The enemy has brought parachute troops into Egypt, both German and Italian, and for some weeks they were used as elite infantry. They are reported out of their positions now and the question is whether they will revert to their proper role. If they do, there may be plenty of excitement around these sandy w'astes for everybody. Today’s at mosphere is one of calm waiting with undertones of mild tension. The German air force has not been very active, but perhaps this is because they are holding back until their hour comes. -V W. H. Wend Gets Papers For Work With AWS Here W. H. Wendt of Wilmington received his certificate as dis trict civilian director of the air raid warning service from head, quarters of the First Fighter Command of the Army Air Forces. The certificate was signed by Brig. Gen. J. K. Cannon, commander of the First Fight er Command, and by Ma.ior Oscar C. Tigner, regional sig nal officer. Mr. Wendt, who was ap pointed several months ago, supervises civilian workers of the warning service in this area. WEATHER (Continued From Page One) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26— (^—Weather Bureau report of temperature and rain fall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Free. Afheville- 73 51 0.00 Atlantic City- 71 56 0.00 Boston _ 67 50 0-00 Burlington- 74 72 0.00 Chicago _ 82 55 0.00 Cleveland - 81 51 0.00 Detroit__ 78 54 0.00 El Paso_ 90 66 0.00 Galveston _ 90 81 0.00 Kansas City_ 86 75 1 60 Little Rock _ 90 68 0.14 Meridian - 86 71 0.00 Minn.-St. Paul _ 70 60 0.00 New Orleans- 86 73 0.28 Norfolk _ 74 63 0.00 Portland, Me.- 68 41 0.00 St. Louis - 85 62 0.00 Tampa _ 88 62 C.00 Washington - 76 53 0.00 CITY FIRE LOSS ONLY $100,000 (Continued From Page One) ings, two to metal clad structures, 131 to places other than buildings and 140 false. In the causes for alarm;, the 140 false lead the list followed by 127 due to carelessnes, 113 ot sparks from chimneys. 54 to grass and trash, 50 to automobiles, 39 to oil stoves, 26 to chimneys burning out, 23 to short circuits, 11 each to sparks from flues and unknown with the numbers ranging from one to five for various other reasons. One call was made to Wrightsville Beach. Larger pieces of equipment pur chased for the department during the year were a new automobile for the chief, a truck and an engine for the fire boat. A thorough inspection of the waterfront by the fire department in conjunction with the U. S. Coast Guard ^ was reported by Chief Croom. 'He added that “the busi ness district is under constant in spection by the inspector and the merchants are cooperating splendid ly. A general inspection of the city was conducted last fall by all mem bers of the department. They found quite a few hazards, which have been eliminated since the inspec tion, and a good many gf the buildings that they recommended to be demolished have either been torn down or completely rebuilt, making a safer, cleaner house io live in and, of course, a much better look ing city.” Charts have been placed in all stations showing the location of all cisterns and drafting wells that can be used in case of an emergency, the chief reported. He added that a chart had been made showing all fire apparatus and equipment with in a radius of fifty miles of Wil mington. Pour members of the department were injured during the year when the automobile, on which they w'ere attempting to extinguish a fire, was struck by another car. All of the men have returned to duty except H. C. Rivenbark. Others injured were C. S. Bullard, E. L. Wells and Walter Casteen. Chief Croom reported that two persons died from burns while three other, who were severely burned, received after receiving' treatment at a hospital. Members of the department have been preparing against ai>- raids by studying the different methods of handling incendiary bombs and teaching public fire defense classes. All members of the department have passed Red Cross first aid classes. -V FDR TO ADDRESS NATION 3 TIMES (Continued from Page One) would mean tough sacrifices by the American people and the imposi tion of restrictions on agriculture and labor equally. A preview of the program in its still formative stages was present ed by the chief executive today to labor’s two top men. Chairman Philip Murray of the CIO and President William Green of the American Federation of Labor. Declaring that no conclusions had been reached, they left the White House to ponder what they had heard and said they would be back a week from tomorrow to talk with Mr. Roosevelt again about inflation. Murray and Green agreed on one thing — that any super board which might direct the bat tle against inflation ought to have a labor man on it. The speech dedicating the Na val Medical center, the tallest building in the Washington Metro politan area, will be in observ ance of the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Navy’s bureau of medicine and surgery. The chief executive expects to speak about 10 minutes at approximately 4:30 p. m., Eastern War Time, and the program will be transmitted to Navy stations and hospitals all over the world. The address to the meeting of the International Student Service, to be attended by young men and '8oyf WHATRElfEF^ FOR THOSE OtACKED, frcf/y FOESy Are you looking for like relief? Then start doing this tonight. Bathe feet with foamy lather of Resinol Soap. Next apply specially medicated, soothing Resinol. You, too, should soon feel lingering Comfort. Why not buy and try both today? RESINOL’S FOR CORRECT TIME DIAL 3 5 7 5 —Courtesy— women representing all the Unit ed Nations, will be delivered at 12:30 p. m. Eastern Standard Time. “The president,” Eary said, will speak through this assembly to the youth of the world every where, in United Nations and ene my countries too, if they can be reached, emphasizing the duties, responsibilities and opportunities, of youth in the days of war andi in the days of the peace that will follow.” -V Carpenter ants hollow out homes in wood, and build gal leries, halls and rooms with the ! skill of an architect. TETTER (S* CHECK ITCHING-BURNING the antiseptic way with Black and Whit# Ointment . Use only as directed. For cleans* ing, always use Black and White Skin Soap. Shock-Proof Screw Drivers Stubby 39® r 49® 6" 55® High carbon steel blades. Unbreak able plastic handle. DaLuxe Quality Hand Drill 2.39 i/4" ca pacity. 3 jaw, steel chuck. Hollow-end handle for extra drills. Adjustable Hack Saw 1.19 Adjustable for 8" to 12" blade. 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