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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
Ne1pH 1pHanouerHighSchoo Victory
Corps Steadily Gaining Students

Through the Introduction of the
Victory Corps program, ostensibly
projected to fit high school STU
dents for military life or war in
dustry jobs, New Hanover High
school, along with other secondary
schools of the state and nation, is
quietly aligning itself with new
and revolutionary educational
methods, high school officials have
pointed out.
The Victory Corps program, rep
resenting the pith of all high
school activity related to the war
effort, is just getting foot-hold at
the local institution. Because the
standard requisites for member
ship are so high, membership in
these. beginning weeks is limited,
Miss Virginia Herrin, faculty ad-
wiser for the plan, explained. But
to discourage rapid, unhealthy
growth before the program can
deveeop on a sound and lasting bas-
is, teachers and student leaders
are proceeding carefully with their
organization and their concrete
plans.
In a statement released by the
U. S. Office of Education, national
plotters for utilization of the
strength of young Americans in
the war effort have stated that the
prime objectives of the Victory
Corps idea are two-fold: To obtain
youth for that war service that will
come after they leave school; and
the active participation of youth in
the community's war effort while
they are yet in school.
Indeed, these objectives are i'm.
mediately evident and immediate.
ly important, Miss Herrin feels
Yet the care of, attention to, ano
examination of the individual stu
dent, with a view to determining
! his physical, mental, and occupa
tional potentialities, which opera
ton of the Victory Corps program
will necessitate, promises to form
the kernel of an educational idea
which may be carried over, prac
ticably, into our peace-time schools
: Local educators have listened tt
authorities from the University O.
North Carolina who believe they
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have detected the seed of new edu-
cation planning in the war meas
ure.
In answering the question Why
organize a Victory Corps in high
schools?' The Office of Educa-
ton summarizes it's attitude in
these words: "a realistic appraisal
of our need for trained manpower,
both in the armed forces and in
war production, makes It evident
that the high sc.-ool can't go on
doing business as usual. High
school youth is impelled by pa
triotic considerations to point its
training to preparation for war
work, to tasks requiring skill of
hand and strength of body, coup
led with intelligence and devotion.
The $4,000 high schools of the ma
ton with their 6,500,000 students
should speedily undertake the
adaptation of their curricula and of
their organizations to train youth
(and adults, also) to~)do their
part in the victory effort"
A high school student, pledging
himself to membership in the Vic
tory Corps, elects with the help OF
his teachers to join one of flv" oil
visions-production service, COM
munity service, land service, air
service, and sea service. He must
expose himself first to guidance
that will help him choose wisely
some phase of the war effort to
which he can give himself direct
ly: he must concentrate on a rigid
plan for physical development; he
must redirect his studies so that ne
NAV take those courses basic to
citizenship training for American
life. and those CO ses peculiarly
necessary to the field OF endeavor
which he will enter.
After student has indicated his
intentions to sire, physical train
ing. to work at special studies,
and to participate currently in al
least one wartime activity, and aft
er he has chosen work in one OF the
five Victory Corps divisions, he
must apply himself diligently. Sup
pose boy enters the air service
division. This means that he is
! planning service in the armed for
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
British Nauy Has Grip
On Mediterranean Area

operations but the submarine men
ace is ever present and necessi-
tates day and night sea patrols.
Acquisition of a string of air
bases in North Africa enables the
Raj, incluing a number of Cana
lian, and American squadrons to
patrol far out in the Mediterranean.
The success of our voyage demon
strated what French newspaper
here described as the magnificent
immunity of the Royal Navy
After the voyage through the At
lantic with stormy weather send
ing destroyers and corvettes toss
ing madly and laying the troops
low with seasickness, we passed
into the Mediterranean. British
troops got their biggest thrill of the
voyage in seeing the lights OF
Spanish coast towns blazing like
fire--bombed cities.
For the most it was the first real
display of lights they had seen
since the war started. grand
grand" exclaimed a sergeant. TT
looks like the Brighton front in
peacetime."
We expected air attacks by day.
light, but dawn brought more Brit
ish warships instead. We rolled In
squally sea and I was on the gun
deck with tense anti-aircraft gun
ners when out of the mist to the
northwestwards loomed the Royal
Navy.
There were warships of all types
and they made an awesome and
inspiring sight. The fleet famed
out north and east with fleet air
arm planes lowering about the
destroyers securing the sea far over
the horizon
Occasionally we saw sections of
the Africa coast with Spanish Ma.
rocco and the land of the Riffs
black and rugged against the su !.
and Algeria. a distant low coastal
strip with the PACED Atlas noun.
tains. rising in the background.
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WAR PLANT LABOR
MIGRATION HEAVY
Continued from Page One)

tC0ntlnucQ from rage O0e)
war production program continues
unabated, we can expect a small
number of large American COM
munities to have gathered up the
great majority of all war workers.
This committee can readily fore
see that an annual (postwar) total
Of 100000 persons moving be-
tween states in search of new en-
ployment is not possible but prob
able"
I'VE shall be fortunate indeed
if we do not have sizeable unem-
ployment for a considerable per-
ioG of time. Every small manufac-
turing plant which might be used
on war work and every communi-
ty in which such plants are being
shut down is serious loss to Am
erica's postwar program.
There has been considerable
discussion of the probability that
America will be feeding the world
in the early postwar period. If
we do not begin today to stock
pie staples against this period,
such heavy drains on current Am
erican production will have an in
evitable bad effect upon the at
titudes of the American public
during the reconstruction period.
Already the drain of foodstuffs on
lend-lease account is becoming a
political issue"
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VINO OPENS DRIVE
ON LABOR PIRATES
Continued from Page One)

directive putting it into eject went
to all employers and workers en-
gagged as much as so per cent in
war production.
Employers are directed not to
solicit, interview Or hire any per.
son engaged or recently engaged
in war work un-ess the worker
presents written permission to
make the change from his former
employer or from the employment
service. Upon demand of the EN-.
ployment service. employers must
release any worker engaged con
trary to the plan. .
Workers desiring to change jobs
are directed to apply to their EN-.
ployers for permission. Applica.
tions must be acted upon within
"a hours. If the worker is not
satisfied with the decision, he may
appeal to the employment service,
then to the area VINO office.
Several illustrative circumstan-
ces'' of justifiable reasons for
changing jobs were listed as less
than full-tine employment, work
below the employees skill, wages
below average for. the job, trans.
portation difficulties, and "com-
pelling personal reasons"
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A NORTH AFRICAN FORT, Jan.
lo,-P)- Far-reaching control by
the British fleet now is firmly es-
tablished in the western Mediter-
ranean as a result of the North
African landings, and sea supply
routes to the Allied forces in Tun-
sia are being tenciously and effec-
lively guarded by powerful units
of the Royal Navy.
From the United Kindom and the
United States, trops, tanks, guns,
vehicles and all the vast quantity of
needed supplies are reaching North
Africa in conveyed merchant ships
I came to this war zone aboard
a troopship carrying British COM
bat units from Britain, and saw
British warships screen us on the
way from Gibraltar. With calm
confidence the Navy audaciously
shepherded us along the hot spots
OF the Malta convoy route which
until a few months ago was certain
to involve air attacks.
But the Royal Nays grip on
vast sections of the Mediterranean
has become so firm that I did not
see a shot fired in anger. The only
aircraft overhead were Allied pa
trols, fighters and bombers.
Our convoy was only one of the
many the Navy is getting through
and the outstanding manner in
which the North African sea routes
are being protected is a vital fea-
ture of the current campaign. The
seagoing traffic is one of the most
emphatic first impressions here.
| Along the coast and ina number
of ports I have seen British and
American shipping moving safely
with surprising unconcern over the
proximately Of a major battlefront
and enemy bases. Destroyers
swarm all over the place. The
Italian navy is not daring any
major interference with it's surface
fleet against the Allied military
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ces as an aviation cadet, or as an
aircraft repair and maintenance
worker. AS an air division recruit,
he must have pursued or be pursu-
ing a course in pre-filght aeronau-
ticsc; Co he must have pursued or
gram which includes one year OF
high school physics and three years
Of high school mathematics; (b)
he must have pursued or pursuing
a course in pre-flight aeronautics;
(c) he must have pursued or be
pursuing a course in automotive
mechanics, radio, electricity, or a
vocational shop course which gives
preliminary preparation for the
servicing, maintenance or r.tpair
of aircraft; td) he must eSpar-
ticipating in a program Of physical
fitness (required); and (e) he 1 bust
be participating in a program OF
military drill.
A student interested in the pro-
duction service phase of the Vic
tory Corps program will be taking
courses definitely pointed to pre-
paration for work in the field of
agriculture. Students electing land
service will be preparing for serv-
ice in some branch of the Army
ground forces; those entering the
sea service division are looking
forward to service in some branch
of the Navy or Merchant Marine !;
those electing work in the COM
munity service division are plan
ming jobs in community service
occuptions such as teaching, so.
cial work, medicine, nursing, den.
tistry, librarianship, or other pro-
fessional services; commercial
work or homemaking, nutrition,
and similar activity.
The present Victory Corps pro-
gram is entirely voluntary, Miss
Herrin declared. 1t is the hope Of
high school officials that social
pressure" will edge high per-
centage of the student body into
participation in the plan. Limited
facilities for promoting the physic'
al fitness measures required are
currently being experienced al
New Hanover High; instructors
feel, however, that they should not
sacrifice any Of the high physica,
fitness standards stipulated by the
u. S. Office of Education.
After student organization OF the
Victory Corps is perfected at New
Hanover High, the members vii
don Victory Corps insignia, whlcf
will identity them as belonging tc
various branches of the VIC serv'
ice.
Because of its appeal now, be-
cause of the contribution educa
tion-for-victory can make to"arc
the war effort, because the pro
gram will encourage student-eval
nation and intelligent pupil guld
ance and because it may be INT
beginning of new, broad schoo
nlan for the future, T. T. Hamll
ton. Jr., principal of the mgr
school, Miss Herrin, Ule A. White
head of the VIC advisory commit
tee and teachers in every depart
nnent are watching the Victory
corps with interest as it takes roo
and begins to grow.
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Berlin Claims Tokyo
ENJOY Meets Russian

NEW YORK. Jan. 10.-tREThe
Berlin radio tonight broadcast a
German Transocean news agency
dispatch dated Kuibyshev, Russia.
reporting that the Japanese am
bassador to Russia, Naotake Sato.
spent 80 minutes today with S. A.
Lozovsky, Soviet vice commissar
Of foreign affairs.
The dispatch added that there
had been no official announcement
thus far nthe conference.
Another Transocean agency dis
patch dated Chungking said that
Alexander Panushkin, Soviet am
bassador to China, had arrived in
Chungking.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
PUBLIC OPINION
NOW RESPONSIVE
Said To Be Deplorably
Backward Before Jan
tack On Hawaii

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-xR-
American public opinion was "de-
plorably backward until Pearl Har-
bor" but has been vigorously re-
sponsive to events since then" the
American Council on Public At
fairs said today.
The council, a private research
organization, based it's finding on
= survey of political scientists,
leaders of public interest groups
and public opinion experts.
AL things considered, the Ameri-
can public has been superbly arm
ed with the facts during the past
year." said M. B. Schnapper, coun-
Gil executive secretary.
One of the most significant
things about the recent revelations
Of the State department is that un-
til we entered the war public opin-
ion was stepped in prejudice and
preference, in isolationist wishful
thinking. By and large, unpleasant
facts were ignored. Our government
could not pursue a firmer and bold
er foreign policy for the simple
reason that American public opin-
ion was dominated by illusions. 1t
took Pearl Harbor to blast those il
luaons.
But if public opinion was de-
plorably backward until Pearl Har-
Dor, it has been vigorously respon-
sve to event ssince then. Most of
the credit belongs to the two great
news services, the Associated Press
and the United Press, to the radio
networks, and to the Office of War
Information. They have made Am
erica Intellectually invincible."
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
Navy Will Take Over
Part Of N. Y. College

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-tR-The
United States Navy will take over
the Bronx branch Of New York
city's Hunter college and establish
three of the largest training school
for Waves ana Spars in the ma
ton, Mayor F. H. LaGuardia an
nounced today.
The mayor. in his weekly radio
talk, said $500 women would be
stationed at the college to train
for the Navy and Coast Guard
auxiliary services, and that this
number may even be expanded
to 5000 or 10000"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
Obituaries
MRS. ISABELLE O. STOKLEY

MRS. ISABELLE O. STOKLEY
Mrs. Isabelle Owen Stokley, "a,
died at her home on Wrightsville
sound Sunday morning at 4:25
o'clock, following an illness OF
long duration.
Funeral services will be held
in the chapel of Andrews Nor
.uary at o'clock Monday after
nocn, with the Rev. Sankey Lee
Blanton officiating.
Active palbearers will be grand.
sons of Mrs. Stokley, w. H. Stok-
ley, III, R. G. Stokely, Jr., j. D.
Loughlin, J. E. Walker, Jr., w H.
Lane, and Burnell Curtis. Honor.
airy pallbearers ]. o. Hinton, DR.
J. F. Robertson, DR.. George NJ
Koseruba, J. D. Robbins, Jr., Pau,
Bergen, E. L. Robbins, A. C. Rey-
nolds, Julian Kornegay, ). z. Re.
gister, Julius We'll, Jack Huggins
A. L. Meyland, Marshall Westcoat
A. F. Gibson, ]. A. Oldham, o S
Hinton, E. H. Switzerland, W. c.
TAYLOR, John Funderburg, E. R.
Pickard, and U. A. Underwood.
Mrs. Stokley: a native of Mul
lins, South Carolina, is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. W. W.
Higgins, Wilmington; three sons.
W. H. Stokley, Jr., w. D. Stokley
and R. G. Stokley, of Wilmington
two nephews, J. A. Oldham anc
A. F. Gibson, of this city; ano
eleven grandchildren and sever
great grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
KEEP WORKING
When Colds Cause
Sore Throat, Coughs

Take just one swallow of Thox-
Inc. See how quickly even one dose
brings palliative relief. Double act.
ing, it soothes as you swallow, then
works internally. Eases raw throat.
loosens phlegm, stops coughs al
most at once. Pleasant taste - for
adults and children. If not 1000
satlsfied get your money back. 35c,
QUO and $1.00. Get Th0xine today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
Noted Author Giuen
Advancement In Army

FORT MONMOUTH, N. j., Jan.
10.-RHDashiel Hammett, author
of the Thin Man" stories and 9TH
er yarns, has been promoted from
private to corporal technician in
the Signal corps, the Army an
nounced today.
Hammett who enlisted last
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MRS. ]. H. MINTZ

Mrs. ]. H. Mintz, of Waycross,
Ca, mother of w. K. Mintz and
W. S. Mintz of this city, died Sat-
urday night in Waycross.
Funeral services will be held al
II a. m. Monday morning.
She is survived by six children
W. K. and w. S. Mintz of Whining
ton; Mrs. Lola Davis, of Waycross,
James Mintz, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. Mary Pigot, of Jacksonville
and O. K. Mintz, of West Virginia
also two brothers Lud Mason o.
this city and George Mason.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11

September, is stationed in the Sig
nal corps plans and training Sec
ton at nearby Camp Charles
Wood. He was a medical corps
sergeant in the First World War.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
City Briefs
REGULAR MEETING

REGULAR MEETING
Cape Fear Council No. "a,
Daughters of America, will
hold its regular meeting Mon
day night at 8 p. m. in the Ju-
nior Order hall. All members
are urged to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11

BIBLE CLASS
The Mcclure Fellowship Bible
class will resume it's weekly
meetings at the YMCA Monday
evening at $50 p. m. DR.. C. H.
Storey, pastor of st. Andrews
Presbyterian church, will be
the guest speaker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
JOHN d. REYONLDS

OXFORD, Jan. 10-John D. Rey-
nolds. 81, died here suddenly Sun
day afternoon at 1:2O p. m.
Funeral services will be held at
the Pittard-Vaught funeral home
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
with the Rev. M. L. Banister off,
ciating. 1nterment will be made in
the family plot at Oakdale ceme-
terry, Wilmington.
Mr.. Reynolds is survived by two
sons, H. K. and J. F., OF Ports
mouth, Va; three daughters, Mrs
c. G. Terrell, Durham, Mrs. D. H.
stancill, Washington, D. C., and
Miss Marion Reynolds, Whltevllle'
and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be members 0,
the Oxford Masonic Lodge and
Odd Fellows Lodge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
MANY PERSONS DROWN

ANKARA, Turkeq, Jan 9-De-
layed)-tRABetween 20 and SO
persons were reported drowned to-
day when the 400-ton motorboat
[hsan sank near Istanbul during
a sudden squall. Besides the crew
of eight there were go Bulgarian
subjects of Turkish descent aboard
the ship on their way to Turkey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11
MRS. THOMAS F. WOOD

Following sudden recurrence
of a recent illness, Mrs. Thomas
F. Wood died at her home, loo
South Fifth street, Sunday at noon.
Surviving are her husband; a
son, T. F. Wood, Jf., Chicago, Ill.,
and a sister, Miss Ruth S. Smith,
Richmond, Va.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-11

A rifle bullet reaches its high
est speed at $50 yards from the
barrel of the gun.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03
Race Riot EooteeIf
Gets Prison Term

Casey Chambers IS ol S}tl, ST.
Antoine Negro. was sentenced
10 SIX months to ltte years ju
jackson Prison log IUdgc Scallon
IN recorder cuWr on charges Of
entering without breaking.
Riley Chapman lH. ol 6l2 =.
Ferry testified 'rs', during the
race riots uu june -N Ee ,1W
Chamber make five trips into 3
grocery 40 6Ui r. Ferry and
carry away bags of sugar tNo
cases of soft drnk, and five
broomS.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03
POLITICAL STATUS

In q declaration Of the political
status of Jews in the postwar
world the conference adopted q
statement. saying.
I'VE earnestly hope that
world order based on the four
freedoms and the Atlantic
Charter will also find It's eX-
preston In an international bill
of rights embOdSing: Cd Full
and complete protection Of life
and liberty for all nhabitants
Of all countries without distinc-
tiOn Of birth, nationality.N Ian
guage, race or religion: (2)
UnequivocaI equality Of rights
in law and in fact for all the
citizens of every country: t3)
The inalienable right of all re-
ligiouS. ethnic and curturaI
grnupA-ta maintain AMI festrr
their respective group Identities
on the basis ~ equality"
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03
Builds II Ships in Month

II ~ Nc On Sept : rTTS1
The Permanent Metals Corp. Of
Richmond. Cal established -a
record of q Liberty ships dcliv.
cred into service during August
as The nations ShipyardS COM
pleted 16i vessels. the maritime
commission announced today.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03

Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, il one Of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03
Allies Urged
To Rescue Jews
From Axis Now

NEW YORK, Sept 3 GNS)-
Delegates 10 the American Jewish
conference closed their fve-day
meeting yesterday with unani-
nous adoption of a resolution urg-
ing the democracicS 10 take steps
at once 10 rescue as many Jews
as possible from AXIS Europe,
The resolution. endorsed by the
enthusiastic vote Of the 500 dele
gates, called for a public warning
by the democracles that all guilty
Of crimes against the Jews will
be brought 10 justice.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-03
COUNTS IN RESOLUTION

The resolution also:
/ Urged immediate cOnSti-
tuition OF the Allied commission
on war crimes which was prom
lSed a year ago.
Demanded recognition Of
the right of all Jews who can
escape the AXIS 10 asylum in
any United Nations territory.
3-Called for recognition Of
the further right of Jews not
only 10 find a haven in PalcS-
tine but 10 establish homes
there
4 Urged that tho neutral
nations bordering Axis terri
tories be encouraged by every
means. including financial aid.
10 give shelter 10 As many refu-
=eetz-As- flpxS1tteI- 4Ft4e-t4ti.4 t4ti y y
children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
DIVORCE ACTION S. FILED HERE TODAY Various Allegations Made By Plaintiffs in Papers
 Recorded

Several divorce actions were filed in superior court today by Water burians and residents of surround Ing towns.
 William B. Garman of West Che shire seeks divorce from Mabel L. Garman of Bridgeport, claiming he was deserted September IA, l936. The couple married January 3o' 1915 at Ephrata, Pa.
 Victoria Skoblicki Wolkowyski of Waterbury claims her husband John Wolkowyski, also of this city, has been intolerably cruel since the day of marriage, February 15, 1885. She seeks alimony as well as divorce decree.
 Charges of misconduct cruelty and desertion are made by Mildred Goldfarb Preblud of Waterbury in her divorce complaint against Will liam Preblud of Providence, R. |. She states her husband became ln- tolerably cruel January 1, 1887 and deserted her in February 1888. Sep tember 23, 1886, is given as the date of marriage, and the petitioner seeks alimony and permission to re- sume use of her maiden name.
 Mary King Mayo of Waterbury seks divorce on the ground or cruelty from Arthur Leonell Mayo also of this city. The couple mar ried February 3, 1884 and cruelty is alleged to have started the follow Ing year. Permission to change her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25
BLACKOUT WAS
 A BIC SURPRISE
Successfully Conducted Here According to Harold
 Perry, Chief Warden

Naugatuck, May 25.--The blackout Monday night which was a complete surprise to local residents, was a success, Harold R. Perry, chief air raid warden, said today.
 The blackout started at 9:l1 and ended at 9:59. Three incidents were reported as having been responded to, but MT. Perry said he believed some were unreported.
 Factories compiled with the black out, and the town really was dark ' he said.
 A large number of auxiliary po- lice and number of air raid Wardens and auxiliary firemen Wer on the job, he added.
 Police, fire utility and road re- pair units responded to the three incidents, MT. Perry said. No ar rests were reported.