The Wilmington morning star. [volume], February 04, 1945, FINAL EDITION, Page 8, Image 8

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WOMAN CHARGED
WITH INFANTICIDE
Within 30 hours after the dirt
encrusted body of a baby girl was
found in the yard of a residence
at 217 South Second street, Wil
mington law enforcement officers
had lodged in jail the 23-year-old
wife of a Marine who, they said,
confessed to burying the infant un
der the back steps of the house
but avowed “I did not kill m>
baby.”
Preliminary hearing for Mar
guerite Evelyn Smith, nee Tucker,
of Laurinburg, charged with in
fanticide. was ordered postponed
yesterday until Feb. 6. She is be
ing held in jail without benefit of
bond. .
Two hour;; after the infant was
found at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dr.
A. H. Ellioh city-county health of
ficer,' had established by labora
tory’tests that the baby had not
had medical care and that it al
most certainly had breathed after
cinn.
Coroner Asa W. Allen announced
yesterday that no inquest oio the
death would be held as the baby
has already been buried.”
Police sai- they obta!'-ed the
confession from the woman, who
admitted the father of her daugh
ter was a man she dated two
months in Wilmington while her
husband was on foreign duty,
shortly after they approached her
in Laurinburg, where the search
led after questioning of residents
of the Second street home.
Officers said Mrs. Smith, former
ticket agent at the Holly Ridge
bus station, told them she was un
attended at the birth on Decem
ber 29. She was also quoted as
saying that, to the best of her
knowledge, the infant Pved about
two minutes after birth.
The following cay, according to
the confession, she tool: the bodv
to the bac.iyard, dug a hoie under
the rear stvbcase, and buried it.
She said she returned to her home
in Laurinburg the next day.
Officers said the woman's* hus
band, Staff Sgt. Lacy N. Smith,
who was at home with her Friday
night on a 20-day furlough after
19 months foreign duty, said sim
ply, ‘‘I want to think it ad out.”
City Council To Open
Incinerator Bids Soon
Bids to furnish the City of Wil
mington with materials necessary
in the construction of the $104,000
refuse incineration will be opened
by the City Council at 10 a. m. on
Wednesday, February 14, it was
announced yesterday.
The city has advertised that it
will require 250 tons of concrete
sand, 600 barrels of Portland
cement, 110 M common brick, 600
bags brixment, 28 squares of
asbestos roofing, 25 M feet of lum
ber, 17 tons of reinforcing steel,
20 tons of structural steel and
other materials.
Proposal blanks may be obtain
ed from the office of City Clerk
J. R. Benson.
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DOG FREEZES TO ICE
Don’t let your dog sit on ice
That’s the advice Stanley Marsh
all of Buffalo, New York, is givinj
his friends. A few weeks ag'
Marshall was out fishing througl
the ice on a pond near his home
He took his dog along with hin
for company. The animal playee
about for awhile and then sat dowi
beside his master to rest.
When it came time for Marshal
to go home his dog wouldn't move
He couldn't. He was frozen solic
to the ice. In order to free thf
animal Marshall had to secure ar
axe and the services of an experi
enced woodchopper. The dog was
carried home with a large piece
of ice attached to his hind quar
ters. But, after a few minutes
spent beside the kitchen stove all
was well again.
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A CURE FOR NOISY DOGS
The other day I was asked tc
give some advice on how to quiel
two Scottie dogs a friend of mine
owns and kennels in his bach
yard. My friend told me his neigh
bors had been complaining tha1
every day while he was away a1
work from time to time the twc
dogs would go on a barking spree
—much to everyone’s annoyance.
I asked only one question. II
had to do with when the dogs ware
fed. I learned that some days the
dogs’ owner would feed them be
fore he left for work in the morn
ing. Other days he would feed
them at night when he returned,
or maybe his wife would feed
them some time during the day.
I suggested that the two Scotties
be fed every day at the same time
and that if this were done in two
or three weeks he would find that
the dogs had quieted down.
A dog not fed at the same time
each day will be looking for, ex
pecting and often demanding food
all the time. That was the case
with my friend’s two dogs. They
had learned that if they barked
enough there was a chance some
one would bring them food. Sc
most of their barking was for this
reason.
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THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
A reader of this column writes,
“I have owned my Pointer dog
for three years ever since he was
a puppy. He is finely broken for
hunting and as a house-dog. 1
am very fond of him. But in these
three years he has not shown the
least sign of affection or of friend
liness for me. He obeys me and
stays constantly wherever I am.
But not once has he exhibited any
sign of being fond of me or even
of liking me. He does not even
wag his tail when he sees me.
“Yet my family tell me that,
whenever I am away from home
for any length of time, he mopes
and acts heartbroken, doesn’t eat
much and spends his days lying
beside my favorite chair. Yet when
I return he hardly looks at me.
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“Build a platform for your do;.”
How do you explain this? What’s
wrong with him?’’
I am writing that man that there
is nothing wrong with his dog.
There are batter ways for a dog
to show his deathless adoration for
his master than by jumping up on
the latter and wiping muddy feet
on his clothes. I am telling him
that his dog obeys him, attempts
to go everywhere with him, grieves
for him when he is away. What
more can anyone ask of a good
friend, canine or human?
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WHEN NOT TO CALL DOG
If you are out walking with your
dog and he strays into a street
heavy with traffic, never call to
him to come back to you. If you
do, his instinct to obey will prob
ably make him return at once,
recklessly ignoring the traffic. If
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you don’t call to him, he will prob
ably cross the street safely and
then you can go across to him.
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GIVE DOG A PLATFORM
Now that winter is here and
spring will follow with its result
ant thaws, it’s a good idea if you
keep your dog out-of-doors to be
sure he has some sort of platform
or bench on which he can climb.
I have suggested this before but
it is worth repeating.
Snow-covered or frozen ground
becomes wet and muddy when it
begins to thaw. A dog forced to lie
unprotected on such ground may
develop a serious cold from the
dampness. Usually a dog will not
suffer any harm from lying in the
snow, but he would prefer a bench
or a board on which to sun him
Mlf. Dogs can stand almost any
amount of cold weather providing
they are not subjected to damp
ness or drafts.
* * *
' THE QUESTION BOX
Question: Our new puppy who is
six months old chews the'legs on
the furniture. He also eats dirt.
Do you think he may be lacking
something in his diet?—S. H.
Answer: My guess is that he is
suffering with worms. Suggest you
take him to a good veterinarian
for a complete check and allow
him to prescribe ethe proper type
of worm medicine needed.
Question: How many different
kinds of dogs are there?—W. N. K
Answer: That is really hard to
answer exactly. There are hun
dreds of different combinations of
mongrels. Today in this country
there are 107 recognized breeds.
Will Preach Here
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The Rev. Charles A. Epperson, of
High Point, noted radio preacher,
will speak nightly from Tuesday to
Friday this week at the Gospel
Tabernacle.
Marine, Navy Airmen
Maintain 5 To 1 Ratio
Over Japanese Airmen
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.— UP)—In
three years of war, Navy and
Marine Corps fliers have establish
ed a superiority ratio of more than
5 to 1 over the Japanese.
To January 1, the Navy disclosed
today, Japanese planes shot down
in combat or destroyed on the
ground by its fliers totaled 9-819
against 1,882 planes lost. The fig
ures do nyt include losses to anti
aircraft lire by either side.
The score in 1942 was 1,134 *►>
384, for a ratio of 3 to 1; in 1943,
2,212 to 351, or 6.3 to 1, and last
year, 6,473 to 1,147, or 5.7 to 1.
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CALLS FOR PUNISHMENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. — UP) —
House Democratic leader McCor
mack of Massachusetts called to
night for the trial and punishment
of Nazis and Japanese guilty of
persecutions “in their own country 1
or in conquered lands.”
EPPERSON PLANS
TO SPEAK HERE
The Rev. Charles A. Epperson,
of High Point, secretary of the
South Atlantic district of the
Christian and Missionary alliance
and secretary of the North Caro
lina Radio Preachers’ Fellowship,
will preach nightly at 8 o'clock
from Tuesday through Fridav at
foe Wilmington Gospel Tabernacle,
Sixth and Orange streets, Taber
nacle officers announced last
night.
The Rev. Mr. Epperson con
ducts a daily radio program from
station WMFR, High Point, and
periodic broadcasts from station
WPTF, Raleigh. He is a native of
Asheville, who assumed pastor
ship of the Christian Alliance
Tabernacle in High Point after
ministerial education in the North
and many years as a pastor in
Raleigh.
Leaders of the Tabernacle ex
pressed their hope that the public
will take advantage of this occa
sion to hear the message of the
noted radio preacher.
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rosthumous Citation
Received By Mother
Of Hampstead Soldier
The Presidential citation and
Purple Heart medal, awarded post
humously to Sgt. John M. Sidbury
for military merit and wounds in
action, have been received by his
mother, Mrs. Martha S. Sidbury
3f Hampstead.
Sergeant Sidbury, who was born
!n Wilmington on July 9, 1919, was
billed in action in German last
September 13. Entering the service
on April 9, 1943, he received mili
ary training at Camp Blanding,
Fla.; Camp Joseph T. Robinson,
Little Rock, Ark.; and Camp Pic
:ett, Va. He went to England in
Dctober, 1943.
At the time Sergeant Sidbury was
nducted into the armed forces, he
vas employed by the Seashore
transportation company, in New
3ern.
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FRANCE TO GET
MORE U. S. FOOD
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. — UP} —
The Government announced tonight
a far reaching program for French
civilian supplies, hut pnvately of
ficials conceded that
American relations will get worse
before they get better.
The announcement 9oye.r®d
thousands of tons of food stuffs
industrial materials, and badly
needed transportation equipment
including 700 locomotives and 9 000
trucks, authorized for French pur
chase here.
The gods are being shipped as
rapidly as cargo space becomes
available. The announcement dis
closed that 46,000 tons of civilian
supplies were shipped to France
during January. Other goods are
to be stockpiled near ports for
movement as tonnage becomes
available.
Officials said, however, that
the -French people are now goinj
through one of the worst winters
in their history, suffering intense
ly from lack of fuel, clothing and
food in many parts of the country.
They said the failure to get sup
plies delivered in time to prevent
this suffering inevitably means
some loss of good will between
France and the other Allies.
“Somebody has to be a scape
goat,” one authority summed it
up, “and it looks like we're it—
we and the British.”
The supply failure is blamed on
a greater need than was antici
pated last summer, when it was
not thought that all of France
would be liberated as quickly as
it was, and also on the heavy de
mands of the military forces on all
forms of transportation. Thus there
has not been such shipping avail
able for French civilian goods and
there has been little transportation
inside France to distribute goods.
In some instances, it is said,
conditions have led to unfavorable
comparison with the situation un
der the Germans when many ol
the French enjoyed a kind of ma
terial comfort. French political
leaders striving to solidify then
support are* inclined to blame the
United States and Britain more
frequently than the conditions ol
the war.
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Gas Holddown May Be
Lifted Monday Nigh
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.— (fh
Risin temperatures and “fine cc
operation” from the public brougt
a measure of relief today to wa
plants in areas under the govejp
ment's natural gas-use restrit
tions.
War production Board official
while emphasizing “we are nc
out of the woods yet,” said the
were hopeful the 72-hour holddow
imposed yeste da i
and the Distrh *i
t be allowed to exp .
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