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TWO NEW BERN GUNNER DIES IN ACTION NEW BERN, July 16. — S-Sgt. Joe Stallings, 22, ball-turret gunner on a B-24 bomber near the Aus trian-Italian border, who was form erly listed as missing in action, was killed April 8 at Brenner Pass, according to word received here from the War Department by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Durham H. Stallings. ■ At the time of his death he was acting as aerial photographer on the bomber, while a railroad was being bombarded. The piane re ceived a direct hit from flak, with its bombs still undischarged. It was completely destroyed, and all 12 men aboard were instantly kill ed. A native of New Bern, bom here November 7, 1922, Sergeant Stall ings was graduated from the local high school, then attended the Uni versity of -Nebraska at Lincoln, Neb. In 1940 he enlisted in the Na tional Guard at Camp Robinson, Little Rock, Ark. Later he trans ferred to the Army Air Corps, be ing trained at Fort Worth, San Antonio, Lincoln, Colorado Springs ar.d Ventura, Cal. He was awardea his gunner’s wings in October, 1943, at Laredo, Tex. During June, 1944, he was sent to England and afterwards to Italy. Surviving are his parents; four sisters: Miss Mary Louise Stall ings, Mrs. Harold Orringer and Mrs. Ray McMaken, all of New Bern, and Mrs. Ted Dietrich, of Berkeley, Cal.; and one brother, Lt. Donald Stallings, USNR, now sta tioned in England. -v Former Wilmington Man Gets Rent Control Job A native of Wilmington, J. Frank Mclnnis, area attorney for the Of fice of Price Administration for the Goldsboro and Wilmington rent control offices since October 1942, has been appointed rent ex ecutive-attorney for the Raleigh rent control division, succeeding Qeorge W. Jeffrey, who has been transferred to the regional OPA office at Atlanta, according to an Associated Press dispatch received here last night. Mclnnis practiced law in Goldsboro from 1930 to 1942. -V A chemical battalion set out 170 tons of smoke pots along a key Italian highway below Cassino, and produced a smoke screen six miles long and two miles wide which was maintained for three days. SIMON WILL CONFER WITH ENGINEERS ON PROPOSED BUILDING W. A. Simon, Wilmington con tractor, will confer with engineers of the France Neckwear company in New York Thursday, on plans for the construction of a building to be erected here by Industrial Properties, Inc., for the company’s use. The Chicago engineer of the company, and several equipment engineers will submit to Mr. Simon their plans for the location of var ious items of equipment in the pro posed plant. The plans and speci fications for the building will then be submitted to Industrial Proper ties for their consideration in the construction of the plant. Construction of the facilities will begin as soon as permission is granted by the textile division of the War Production board. An application filed, several months ago, is now pending be fore the WPB. The lease for the proposed $50, 000 structure has already been signed by the neckwear company, which will begin operations here as soon as the building is ready for occupancy. President Asks Help For Western Railroads WASHINGTON, July 16.—(JP)— President Truman announced to day that manpower shortages on Western railroads are becoming so serious they threaten grave delays the Japanese war. In a statement sent from his Big Three conference headquar ters at Potsdam, Germany, the chief executive said that the West ern railroads need 65,000 men at once “and need them badly.” He called on all citizens who can do so tc apply for work on a Western railroad during the emergency period and for all those already working on those railroads to stick by their jobs. ---V Alcohol Only Type Anti-F, :eze On Market WASHINGTON, July 16.— UP) — Only the alcohol type of anti-freeze will be available for civilian use next winter, the War Production! Board said today. The agency said many distribu tors and dealers "were not ordering the alcohol type on the theory that Methanol type anti-freeze might be available. This is not the case, WPB said. THE WILMINGTON MOR NEW FIREPOWER FOR YANKS USING THE NEW 57 mm. recoilless rifle, Corp. Harry Watkins looks through a telescopic sight as he prepares to fire. The gun, which pos sesses the striking power of artillery, weighs 45 pounds in contrast to the 2,700 pounds of the 57 mm. anti-tank gun on a wheeled carriage. It can be fired by infantrymen from standing, kneeling, or prone posi tions. This is an official Army photo. (International) Allied Officers Agree Wa r Could Have Las ted BY JAMES STREBIG Associated Press Aviation Editor BERLIN, July 16—(.-Pi—Allied and enemy officers are generally agreed that the war would have lasted longer and been much tough er if Nazi Germany had strarted her underground aircraft and oil production program six to 10 months earlier. American officials say the under ground plants were virtually invul nerable and air assaults would nec essarily been directed against feed er factories, transportation and storages of finished products. They assert that while the final outcome would have been the same, the Air Forces would have had consider ably greater opposition and a more diversified task. One officer said the subterranean industry would have had to be starved to death, just as the Nazi military machine died of thirst for ! petroleum. Full details of the German under ground system have not yet been released but two major types of construction have been shown to touring aviation writers. The type previously described was a low cost, easily-constructed semi - underground plant intended principally as an aircraft assembly unit. A prime example of this vas r.n installation at Muhldorf, near 'Mun ich, one of seven such projrc , in tended for the assembly of Messer sc'nmidts 262s, a twin-engine, jet propelled fighter which could be converted to bomber and reconnais sance use. The other type is an underground factory blasted into the mountain side, such as that at Ebensee, Aus tria, near Salzburg where petrole um now is produced for the Allies Next to the oil plar.t was a vast cave for ME-262 assembly. A German official said the Berlin aircraft assembly plant had not been started. t He explained the major shortage was manpower, and that only 8,000 slave laborers were available while 20.000 were needed. The Ebensee plant started pro duction last February. It is cur rently producing only 500 tons daily because of inability to get more crude oil. Peak capacity is rated at 300.000 tons annually which would make it the largest crude refinery in the Reich. The output was brok en into 10 per cent, gasoline, 35 per cent diesel oil, ,6 per cent para fine, 10 per cent asphalt, 10 Per cent heating oil and 29 per cent lubricants. A cave for high octane gasoline production had been start ed on a mountainside across the river. The Ebensee area activities, as elsewhere, were uncovered by aeri al reconnaissance but Allied air forces deemed bombing unneces sary before the plants started pro ducing. Get man aircraft production above ground was regarded as as tounding in view of the heavy Al lied raids on both great and small manufacturing centers. Air experts believe attacks on pe troleum and transportation, aided by the near-obliteration of vital in dustries like ball - bearings, were mortal blows to Hitler's war ma chine. The actual production of air craft, however, ranged just below half of the total planned. 1 Here are some figures on the actual, compared with the planned production of one and two-engined conventional and all types of jet aircraft: July, 1943 980 and 1600; January, 1944, 980 and 2,000; July 1944, 1,870 and 3,100; November, 1944, 2,420 and 3,500 January, 1945, 1,620 and 3,500. The highest production of jet air craft was 250 in February, 1945. Since that type had top priority, the output could have risen rapidly. The jets carried the threat of con siderable potential danger to the Allied effort but presented no prob lem which the Allies w’ere not pre pared to meet. _XT_ City Police Probing Theft At Restaurant Police reported last night that they were still working on the break-in at Saffo’s restaurant Sun day night which netted thieves $100. A suspect in the case has been arrested on a charge of vagrancy but so far police have been un successful in connecting him with the robbery. Entry was reported to have been gained through a back window with the thief or thieves tearing off the screen and prying open the window. Police said the New Hanover County Bureau of Identification had been called in to make finger print tests of the cash box and window. CATTY EXPERIMENT Belgium made an experiment on the ability of cats to return home from distant places in 1877. Thirty seven cats were taken 20 miles and all returned home within 24 hours. SWEATIN’ IT OUT By Mauldin I I I II I 'll » I ~l “Dammit T* NING Sr Alt. W ILMUUilUl'I. IN. O._ OBITUAR] is HARRIS HOWARD CRAIG j Funeral services for Harris How ard Craig, 54, who died in Char leston Friday evening, were held at the home of his aunt, Miss Etta Cr-.ig, 623 South .Sixth street, Mon day at 11 a. m. Mr. Craig, formerly of Wilming ton, was making his home with his sister, Mrs. Charles L. Vann,'of Charleston. He is the eldest son of the late Captain Sterling F. and Rebecca Craig, who lived in Wil mington. He was a life-long mem ber of the Grace Methodist church. Services were conducted by the Rev. J. E. Herbert, of Grace Methodist church, assisted by the Rev. C. D. Barcliff, of the Fifth avenue Methodist church. Mr. Craig is survived by Mrs. | Vann; one brother, Oliver R. Craig,i also of Charleston; and four aunts, Misses Etta and Carrie Craig, Mrs. Mattie Keen, and Mrs. Louise Mal lard, dll of Wilmington. Burial was in Oakdale ceme tery with Andrews mortuary in charge. Active pallbearers were Ken neth Mallard, Julian Mallard, Pearl McKeithan, C. B. Vann, Frank Bailey and Walter Keen. JOHN J. FITZGERALD Funeral services for Merchant Seaman John J. Fitzgerald, who died aboard a plane sent to take him from his tanker, the Reaper, i were held at his home, 907 No.; Third street, Monday at 3:30 p.m. The Rev. C. D. Barcliff held the services. Burial was in the Oakdale cemetery with Andrews mortuary in charge. Pallbearers were B. Lott, L. B. August, B. M. Rich, J. R. Math ews, A. L. Kelly, Jr., and Herb Parr. Survivors, besides the widow, are a daughter, Mrs. C. L. Hare of Wilmington; his mother, Mrs. De lia Fitzgerald, of Fall River, Mass.. | and two brothers, James and Ed ward, of the U. S. Army. FRAZIER M. WHITE Frazier Monroe White, 64, died at his home Sunday afternoon ot a heart attack. He was a nativ.e of Columbus county, a son of the late H. L. White and Sarah Ann Jolly, both of Columbus county. Surviving are his widow and twi sons, F. M. White, Jr., and E. Jenk ins White, of the U. S. Army in Belgium; one daughter, Mrs. Pres ton Hunter of Laurinburg; one brother, E. L. White of Whiteville; one sister, Mrs. Martin Nealy of Whiteville ;and three grand chil dren. Funeral services will be held at 11-a.m. Tuesday at the McKenzie chapei at Whiteville with the Rev. S. N. Lamb and the Rev. J. S. Kennedy, officiating. Burial wili be in the New Hope cemetery. MRS. HARRIETT MINTZ Funeral services for Mrs. Har riett N. Mintz, 64, of Scotts Hill, : who died at 5:20 a.m. Sunday at James Walker Memorial hospital | after a short illness, were held1 at 3 p. m. Monday at the Fourth St Advent Christian church. The Rev. H. J. Wilson, pastor of the church, of which the deceased was a mem ber, officiated. Burial took place in the family plot at Johnson r cemetery at Masonboro Sound. Surviving are her husband, Jo seph R. Mintz; one son, Linford Tir __ TTC1-I __ ' ' • UWLIO 11111 j Ulltu brothers, Alonza, Ezekiel, and Newton Stokley, all of Wilmington; j six daughters, Mrs. Homer A. Mac Rae of Sunset Park; Mrs. Marian Bryant, Mrs. Bruce Garner, both ! of Seotts Hill; Mrs. Ray Thoma* of Hampstead; Mrs. B. P. Willutts of Kirkland and Miss Edith ' liutz of the home; and 12 grandchildren. Pallbearers were H. E. Shep hard, B. L. Buck, J. C. Long, J. R. Bell, W. L. Grissom and J. F. Williams. Mrs. Mintz was born in New Hanover county August 13, 1880, the daughter of Charles and Eliza beth Stokley. MRS. ANNE M. HORNE Mrs. Anne Melissa Horne, 87. of 1816 Summer Hill road, died1 at 1 p. m. Monday at James Walk-: er Memorial hospital, after a short' illness. j She is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Mary Capps, Mrs. Wood us Kellum, and Mrs. Frank J. LeRay, all of Wilmington; five sons, Hosea, Clayton, Walter, Hen ry, all of Wilmington, and William Horne, of Raleigh; and 27 grand children, 24 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 4:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Yopp RED-ITCHY-SCALY funeral home with Elder R. W. Gurganis and the Rev. Wade H. Allison, officiating. Burial will be m the Horne family cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Earl Capps, William Horne, Jr., Wal ter Horne, Jr., Henry Greydon, Horne, Frank J. LeRay and Elmer Capps. _ Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. J. E. Evans, E. J. Hardison, E. S. Buck, Henry W. Dixon, T. Lester Brown, John E. Walton, Ed. J. Scott, Andrew J. Rochelle and Clyde T. Walton. MISS ANNIE THOMPSON Miss Annie M. Thompson, 92, died Monday morning at the home of her niece, iss Annie Herbst. of Wrightsville Beach, after an ill ness of several months. Besides Miss Herbst, she is sur vived by another niece, Mrs. E. D. Urich, of Wilmington; and two nephews, Lt. Julius T. Herbst, of Georgetown, S. C., and Eugene F. King, of Atlanta, Ga. Funeral services will be held at 5 p. m. Tuesday from the chapel of the Ward funeral home with the Rev. E. W. Halleck, of St. John’s Epsicopal church, officiat ing. Burial will be in Oakdale cem etery. Pallbearers will be L. C. Robert son, H. A. King, W. E. Davis, Eu gene King, Richard Shew and W. JOHN W. ANDREWS Lumberton, July 16. — John W. Andrews, 92, one of Robeson county’s oldest citizens, died at 2:15 p.m. Sunday at his home at Route 3, Fairmont, after a long ill ness.. A life iong resident of Robeson county and son of the late William and Mary Ann Jenkins Andrews, Mr. Andrews is survived by three sons, Will and Sandy, of Fairmont, and Carl Andrews, of Eashopville, S. C.; six daughters, Mrs. J. K. Bray, Mrs. Charity Rogers, Mrs.. R. M. Griffin, Mrs. D. A. Oliver, Mrs. D. B. McKenzie and Mrs. Ray Griffin, all of Fairmont, and 39 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren Funeral services were held at 4:30 Monday from the Stephens Prevatte funeral home at Fair mont with the Rev. Joel S. John son, pastor of the Baltimore Bap tist church, officiating. Burial was in the Iona Presbyterian church cemetery. -V George Washington’s national ca reer began in 1774 when he was a delegate to the Continental Con gress. Leukemia Victim LITTLE Richard Sullivan, 2, shown here in the arms of his mother in their home in Worcester, Mass., has but 30 to 90 days to live according to doctors. The boy, suffering from leukemia, is believed to be the youngest victim of the dread blood disease. (International) | BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Eight Teachers Needed To Fiji County Qnoll Approximately eight teachers E needed in New Hanover com* grammar and primary schools Z the next school term, the B a of Education announced ves-e day. However, T. T. Hamilton mm cipal of New Hanover High sc - announced that no vacancies “ex isted at the high school, a* • end of the last school term were only three vacancies, he saH Any interested persons seekl -j positions in grammar or primary schools are requested to inquire at the Board of Education offici in the courthouse. ST. ALBANS. Vt.—(U.P.)—A news, paper extra, published by the Albans Messenger Mar 14, lgg; to spread the news that Jeflei - n Davis had been captured, was only six inches long. 7 A Q)e 3!tMce BLENDED WHISKEY , i ! National Distillers Products Corporation, New York. Blended Whiskey. 86.8 Proof. 51% Straight Whiskey, 49% Grain Neutral Spirits. <9 o ' 'I,. ' 1 "■ ' ' . ECZEMA Doctor's 'Invisible' Liquid Promptly Relieves Torture! First applications of wonderful soothing medicated Zemo—a doctor’s formula — j promptly relieve the itching and burn- ; ing and also help heal the red, scaly skin. Amazingly successful for over 35 years! First trial of Zemo convinces! 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