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Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-02
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BY LEO ii. PETERSEN

NEW YORK. April ? (UP)-Steve
ONeill is counting on two rockies
to make his managerial debut with
tie Detroit Tigers a successful one.
II they come through, he thinks
he will have a contending club in
the 1943 American League pennant
race despite the fact that the
Tigers have lost more players to
The services and defense work than
any other major league team.
The rockies are Dick Wakefield,
the $4,000 outficlder, and Robert
Joe Hoover, Shortstop.
O'Neill is particularly high on
Wakefield, whom he had at Beau-
mont last year and who began pay
ing dividends on the big bonus the
Tigers gave him while playing COL
lege ball by hitting .345. The new
Detroit pilot believes Wakefield will
become one of the leagues leading
hitters in his freshman season.
CLASS IA
There is some question, however,
Of how long Wakefield will be with
the Tigers for he is single. His
present draft classification is 3-A
because he has dependents.
Hoover played with Hollywood
last year and batted 329. He is the
only bonafide Shortstop on the
Tiger roster and O'Neill believes
the fact that the rookie doesn't
have to worry about competition for
the job might help him gain the
confidence and steadiness which the
jot needs.
outside of Wakefield and Hoover,
The Tigers will 90 to the post with
a veteran team Rudy York will be
en- first, Jimmy Bloodworth at sec
ond and Pinky Higgins at third
with Roger Cramer and Ned Harris
Joining Wakefield in the outfield.
Ed Parsons, who took over last
year when Birdie Tebbetts joined
the service; Paul Richards, who
managed Atlanta, and Albert B.
Unser, up from Winston-S Salem will
share the catching. All are light
hitters.
0 HURLERS
ONeil has only nine pitchers,
but eight of them were with the
club last year. The only newcomer
is Frank Overmire, who won IA and
lost II with Beaumont in 1912.
The holdoVer moundSmen are
Tommy Bridges, Virgil Trucks,
Harold White, John Corsica, Roy
HenShaW, Harold ManderS, Harold
NeWhouser and Paul Trout. Unless
they surpass their 1912 form the
Tigers arc likely to find themselves
short on pitching
For the infield and 0utfield
utility posts there arc two veterans
Don Ross, who can play almost
any inficld or outficld position, and
Rip Radcliff. Five rockies are
fighting it out for the other reserve
bcrthS.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-02
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-02
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06
-Four Jap Vessels Sunk
Without A Shell Fired

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5-(AP)-The story of a
sea victory in which four ships of Japanese task
II were sunk without shot having been fired and while
here today. ~
The Navy confirmed the bare details
heroes OF the victory three old type, fourstack
uesuoyers veterans of World War longer fit to
gage IN 1ast-sriking hardhtting modern and
verted to minelayers.
urlng the summer the Navy had to believe the
would try to reinforce holdings in the Solomon is
dhos Mlneayers were given charts of waters through
~cn enemy conveys might pass Mines laid and the
oestroyers went about other business
linen Japanese task force ventured into the area An
explosion tore ship apart and it sank Japanese
smps swarmed around, concluding submarine had at
lacked Another explosion ship to the bottom
blown up ~
Aerial the next day disclosed that four
Japanese ships had been SUNK that probably
others met the fate F''
The old destroyers proudly bear four little Min.
opnese flags painted their sides r
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06
RUSSIANS PUSH
NEARER VITEBSK
Continued From Page One)

stop, or whether it had been end
ed first by Soviet design. with the
German counter-attacks coming as
a result.
In any case, there were 1ndica-
tons that the Red army might
be using the relative luil in prep
aration for a smashing resump-
ton OF its assault to carry it
across the great Dnieper river
along which the front is now sta
bilized.
For the second day in success
sion the Moscow communique re-
ported relative inactivity. The adj
vance on Vitebsk was made in
local engagements said the
bulletin, recorded by the Soviet
monitor, and elsewhere there
were only "active reconnaissance
operations and artillery duels."
Both Berlin and Moscow dis
fensive. The leading editorial in
fensive. The leading Editorial in
the Moscow army newspaper Red
Star took cognizance of the Ger
man counter tia ks today, say
ing that a repulse Of them lis
one of the most necessary under
takings for furthering our sue.
cessful offensive" Red Star said
that the German counter-attacks
were aimed especially at the bas-
Of large wedges which the Rus
slams have driven into the enemy.
Berlin indicated that the Ger
man "withdrawar' had been halt
ed on the Dnieper line, and that
a stand may now be made there
The Nazi military commentator
Capt. Ludwig Sertorius said that
the German command has OBJ
viously decided upon the Dnieper
line as a general line for the end
Of the disengaging movements"
Earlier the Berlin radio had
quoted expert observers of mill
tary matters as saying that "the
westward movement Of the Ger.
man army, which has been con.
Quoted according to a wholesale
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06
Fifth And Eighth Armies
Driving To Rome Battle
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
all militarily important establish.
ments.)
From the airmen's point of view
that all land operations consist
of a battle for airfields," the
Allied gains since the start of
the Italian campaign have been
extremely effective, as they have
brought Allied air striking pow r
nearer vital Axis targets which
up to now have been almost in
accessible.
Among the wrecked planes found
on the Pomlgliano airfield was one
which had been ready to take
OFT with a German colonel and
his staff in command of the areas
as the Allies approached. Accord
ing to Italian Caribinieri, the party
was just about to board the plane
when Allied fighters swooped down
machine-gunnin and set it attire.
Many other wrecked German craft
and their crews were found en-
both airfields.
On the Adriatlc coast, Mont
gomery's vanguard was reported
only 40 miles from the important
coastal city of Pescara, which is
at the eastern end of a main later
al road running south westward
across Italy to Rome. There were
indications the Germans were
throwing reinforcements into Mont
gomery's path.
The line marking territory now
in Allied hands runs froln a point
a little north of Naples to Mont
esarchio, thence to point 10
miles east of Benevento. and from
there almost cue north to the
.driatic coast.
radio France in Algicrs report
ed that an Allied spearhead was
within IS miles of Rome at che
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06

point and that the Germans were
falling back steadily toward the
capital. This Was not borne out
by any official announcement.
In both coastal areas the Ger
mans left pockets of resistance in
orchards and other places afford
ing natural shelter, and these were
being wiped out ore b. one. The
Nazls continued to make as MANY
demolitions as possible.
AS American patrols famed out
north and east ct Naples with.
out finding indication that the enc
my intends to make a serious stand
short of the Volturno river, the
work of reconstruction in the great
port itself progressed rapidly
Water and some food had been
transported oy truck to alleviate
the hardships of the popuIat IN.
The people were caring debris
from the streets and assisting in
the removal of German-laid mines.
Allied air forces, out in full force
again as the skies cleared, bat
tered the enemy behind the front
lines and smashed important COM
munications farther northward on
the peninsula.
The attack on Greece was
new strength of the Northwestern
ney strength of the Northwestern
African Air Force-that it not only
could wage a relentless offensive
in Italy but also could lunge out
to take German pressure off the
British defenders of Coo.
To achieve this, the airfields
around Athens and at Argos in the
PeloponnesGs were attacked. The
Nazis, who once ruled the air of
that region with such deadly eff
fectiveness. did not send up a
single fighter to ward off the
Allied attack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06
Il s. WORK BAN
NOW OFFERED
Continued From Page One)

..,;t non-combat duty In Wash
,oeron for draft age non-fathers
.57dine Army and Navy commits
Sans except where their services
IRE indispensable.
Bailey said Marshall told him it
.lreadv was the Army's policy not
ia assign officers under % to
Washington unless the deputy
thief Of staff or secretary of war
approved
Later Senator Clark offered
another provision to the Bailey
Clark amendment to set up a
medical commission Of one Army,
one Navy and three civilian doc
tors to determine whether physi-
cal standards Of the Army and
Navy can be lowered to permit
induction Of some of the millions
of men now classified as physi-
caIlY unfit for duty.
Majority Leader Barley of
Kentucky. calling the Senate into
session an hour earlier than
usual tomorrow in an effort to
reach final vote, said this pro-
vision was acceptable to the Ad-
ninistration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06
CIVIC COUNCIL
TO AID OFFICERS
Group Plans Lounge For
Services Commissioned
Men In City

conservative Of various civic
,,t. who are interested in es-
GU JTshing an oper forum to clear
,a ',.c projects, met Tuesday at 4
in the Chamber of Commerce
Pro- ."c. with H. A. Marks presiding.
TN Tho idea of this board vas pre-
-+,4 about month ago by the
l,,.o,,ber of Commerce and public
'' ",.o. was sounded wner letters
.ro written to each civic club
-" t5o city. The purpose of this
~ ,,, forum is to forward civic
'og9 -+ and present dupli-
,. of public activities.
'' w. the fiIst meetin- of their
vic ouncil" Tuesday, F. P.
o,Crovlev suggested that more be
y G~o for service officers as con-
= .@ $eS has already been done
."r enlisted men. His solution
~. DC an officers lounge
,,.5sch would be separate from the
o,fcers club nov established and
1 V- no fees. The Chamber of
corme.,e agreed to lake charge
Of this project.
VI 4 committee including Richard
p+5sors chairman, the Rev. Wal
t ~ Freed, and C. David Jones,
a-ors appointed to make further
'rsrs for this board, and organize
5notbe~ meeting for next week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06

plan, has in most sectors of the
eastern front been completed"
With both Berlin and Moscow
agreeing that the Russian adj
vance was not for the moment
continuing, there remained the
question of which side dictated
the halt.
In Moscow there has been a
real silence on whether the Rus
slams have attempted to cross the
Dnieper and on all operations
along it since it was reached. In
the past such silences have meant
generally that the Russians have
gained their detectives of the mo-
ment and are preparing for some
thing else. Meanwhile they let
the Germans and the rest of the
world guess.
Red Star did not specify the
areas of the Nazi counter-attacks.
Meanwhile the German army COM
munique today said there were
strong Russian ounter-atta cks
against the Nazi Kuban bridge
head in the Caucasus and on the
north central front at the mouth
of the Pripet river and west Of
Smolensk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06
FDR SAYS JAPANESE
RETREAT IS DEFEAT
Continued From Page One)

enemy's retreat was in line with
the evacuation of Kiska in that il
marked withdrawal rather thar
fight to the death, the earlier
Japanese policy. He said that, as
such, it was anew blow to Japa'
nese prestige and claims of in.
vincibility.
Mr.. Roosevelt pointed out that
American airmen were sinking
Japanese barges day after day.
He said that the barges were the
one means the japanese had for
large-scale movements from island
to island in the area, and added
that some escort craft also had
been sunk.
For more than one month the
self-powered barges, of steel and
wood, which the Japanese have
been using in efforts to remove
from all-but encircled Kolomban-
CARA island a garrison once said
to have 10000 men, have b n
hunted down continuously. AS the
evacuation attempt reached a peak
destroyers of Admiral Halsey's
command descended on the area
and dealt out wholesale destruc-
ton to the troop-laden craft.
A spokesman at Halsey's head
quarters suggested that t h at
tempted withdrawal from Kolom-
bangara spelled the enemy's plan
to abandon his last holdings in the
central Solomons.
Gen. Macarthur announced that
six. more of the barges had been
destroyed by U. S. planes and
naval units, bringing to more than
$50 the total number destroyed
since September /.
His communicate announced also
that Australian forces slashing
northwest of Lac toward Madang,
in New Guinea. had reached the
headwaters Of the Ramu valley
and occupied Kaigulin village, so
miles south of Madang. In the
Solomons theater, it said, so Japa-
nese planes came in to attack
American-held Vella Lavella, but
interceptors destroyed at e t
six. At the same time, Allied air
bombardment forced a 1880 : ton
japanese cargo ship aground at
Cape St. George, New Ireland.
Undoubtedly, the strategy meet
ing laid precise plans to add power
and speed to the blows against
Japan. The strategists, in choos-
ing the next place to strike, could
aim at any point in the theater,
from the Kuriles, northeast of ia
pan proper. to Bougainville island
in the northern Solomons, Japan's
last stronghold there.
Recent raids on the Marcus and
Gilbert island areas by two car
rier task forces prove TIL a the
fleets strength has increased to
a degree where both ships and
men are ready for-snd looking
fora fight.
1t is recalled that it was but
a short time after Halsey vent
to Australia to confer with Mac
Arthur that Halsey's command
launched the New Georgia cam
paign June 80, tn ebay MacAr-
thurs men occupied the Trobriand
and Woodlark islands and landed
at Nassau bay in New Guinea.
That was the start of the drive
that led to the Allied capture of
Salamaua. Lac and Finschhafen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06
Tot Tight
COUGHS s ssit !:

When cold gets down in your throat
and the tight phlegm keeps you cough
Ing and coughing trying to expel it, then
Is when you will appreciate the help of
Mentho-Mulsion. This modern cough
preparation contains special ingredients
that quickly help loosen the tight phlegm
so you don't need to keep coughing.
Mentho-M ulsion also soothes the irri-
tated throat membranes and allays the
tickling sensation. 1t Is such a comfort
to have on hand for night coughing due
to colds.
Mentho-Mulsion comes all ready to use
there's nothing to mix-nothing to fix.
Ideal for children as well as adults.
Druggists sell Mentho- Mulsion on the
understanding that you are to be de-
lighted or your money will be gladly
refunded. Use only as directed. (edv)
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-06

During the first six months OF
1913, age 10 predominated in the
frequency of arrests.
Evening star., 1943-04-08

Nations Organize Tor pests Now?- --diuussed
BY Senator Joseph Ball Of Minnesota and Joseph
Flynn, author.
VOL, 8:30-Busy hf. Bins|s: 4 spy and .
stolen fur coat.
WT0p. S:30-Dsath Valley Days: "0ld 1sek,"
good samaritan.
Wh, 9:00-kusit HALL: Rags Rsgl,nd.
WMAL. 9:30-SpotIieht Band: Horace Aeidts.
from me Marine Cops Air Station in Santa
Barbara. Calf.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
This i

to eat and grow rapidly BY au-
tumn, the young shad will be from
3 to 7 inches long. From now on.
they make steady trek toward
the sea.
Shad mature when three to four
years old. That is when they return
Evening star., 1943-04-08

chard and the Green Meadows
They wouldn't mind SO much if she
had to hunt them in order to live
1t is because she doesn't have to
hunt them, yet does it, that they
hate, feal and despise her.
On tlis particular morning she
sat on the doorstep of Farmer
Browns house trying to decide
whether to 90 down on the Green
Meadows and try to catch Danny
Meadow Mouse just for fun. or to
go over to the Old Orchard and
see if she could catch one of the
feathered folks there. From where
she sal she could see into the Old
Orchard. Presently she saw some
thing moving there. A cruel, eager
gleam crept into her yellow eyes.
"Ah!" murmured Black Pussy to
herself It's that Rabbit who lives
down in the Old Brier Patch! What
business has he up here, Id like
to know He has been too smart
for me SO far, but one Of these days
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Natures Children
Bv LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
(Alosd sdpidiSSinld)

AtCou Su ptu tSStHLuJ
Shad is famous for it's delicious
flavor, and it is probably the best
known and most highly priced fish
on the Atlantic Coast of the United
States. There are indications that
there is an abundant harvest this
year. But there is the question of
men and boats to gather the harvest
in. The range of the shad is from
Florida to the Gulf of St. Law
renee.
1t ascends all suitable coastal
rivers to spawn. The seasonal runs
begin In November on the south
ernmost river of its range, the st.
Johns. and ends in late May in
New Brunswick.
After spawning, the shad returns
to the sea, where the greater part
of its life is spent. Indeed, little is
known about this period, for after
the shad have deposited their eggs,
they make their way back to the
sea and are not seen again until
they return to the rivers the follow
ing spring. These fish have been
found a distance OF 500 miles from
the sea.
The shallow fats near the mouths
of creeks seem to be the preferred
spawning grounds. The eggs are
deposited loosely. There is no nest
They fall to the bottom and many
are buried by the shifting silt
Millions of these eggs are carried
downstream by the heavy spring
rains: others are eaten by eels and
other fish.
In from six to ten days, the eggs
hatch. They are less than y inch
long, transparent and extremely
lively. Within one week. they begin
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

Black Pussy wasn't the least bit
hungry. Oh. my. no! She had had
all the milk she possibly could drink
and all the meat she wanted be-
sides. In fact. Black Pussy never
had known since she was born what
1t was 70 be hungry and not be able
to fill her stomach. So this beau
tiful spring morning she had had
the best of breakfasts and there
wasn't the least excuse in the world
for her even to think of hunting
anybody Now Black Pussy can be
as gentle and loving as any one I
know. She can purr so softly that
you never would guess that she can
be cruel and heartless. and that in
her heart always is the longing, the
black longing. to hunt and kill 1t
Is because of this that she is so
hated and feared by the little people
of the Green Forest, the Old Or
Evening star., 1943-04-08

I will be too smart for him. I'll Just
to have something on his mind.
hope he has. If he has he'll be
careless. I never knew it to fail"
OF course it was Peter Rabbit, and,
you remember. he did have some
thing on his mind. He was trying
to flnd the new home of Winsome
Bluebird. Black Pussy watched him
as he, hoped about through the
Old Orchard looking up in the trees
for a glimpse of the beautiful blue
coat of Winsome Bluebird. She saw
that Peter was so interested in what
he was doing that for once he had
forgotten to watch out for danger
Swiftly and silently Black Pussy
stole across to the stone wall on the
edge Of the Old orchard. Carefully
she raised her head and peeped over,
the tip of her black tail twitching
with eagerness. Peter was hopping
about in the most careless way.
Black Pussy crept over the wall,
then, making herself as fiat as pos
sible, crawled swiftly behind a tree
and lay fiat down in the grass
Nearer and nearer came Peter. Only
the tip of Black Pussy's tail moved.
A hard. cruel light grew in her yel-
low eyes. Nearer came Peter. and
nearer. Careless Peter! He knew
that the Old Orchard was not a safe
place for him in broad daylight, but
he had forgotten. Dear me. dear
me, what a dreadful thing it is to
forget! Here was Peter letting his
curiosity lead him straight into dan
ger and forgetting to even watch
out. And there was no one about
to give him warning Another hop
would bring him within single
jump of Black Pussy.
Right then she made a mistake.
a mistake which other people often
make. She let eagerness overcome
patience. Yes. sir. that is what she
did. Instead of waiting for Peter
to make that next hop she crept
forward Just few steps, and then,
Just as she prepared to spring on
him, Peter saw her. Right then
and there there was a lot of jump
ing. To begin with. Peters heart
jumped right in his mouth. Anyway
he thought it did. Peter himself
jumped, Jumped with all the strength
of those long hind legs OF his. which,
you know, are meant for jumping
And Black Pussy jumped. It was
regular jumping match, and
Peters life was the prize for which
they were jumping. For just q wee
Evening star., 1943-04-08

to their birthplace to deposit their
eggs. This journey is taken for
several successive years.
At one time, shad fishery ranked
among the first as to catch. Today,
the shad has twenty first place
among our Atlantic and Gulf va
rieties of fish. Last record of
catch was in 1885, when about g.
200, 900 pounds were brought in.
Shad is taken mostly by haul
seines, drill gill nets and trap or
pound nets. At one time, some of
the shad seines were 4 mile in
length. There have been too many
obstructions erected in some of tie
most famous Of the rivers and
streams where shad had been run
ming each spring for centuries past.
The flsh came again and again, but
finally either tried other streams
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Take MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY,
This Weeks
Slip o the Tongue

I'VE had an awfullv dull trip
No. Awful means, filled with OF
capable Of exciting awe. dreadful
terrible" Do not use the word ir
the meaning Of very: exceedingly
Better say: We had a very dull
trip.
Wrong: Thanks. aWfully' This
expression. originally British. wher
taken literally is the height OF
absurdity. Right: Thank you very
much
Wrong: Its awfully sweet OF
YOU Sweetness may excite admi-
ration or affection Also it may be
cloying. But to say that one is sc
sweet as to be awesome is patiently
ridiculous. Right: It is very sweet
Of you.
Wrong: Hes awfullv witty No
He who is cleverly amusing would
never stir up a feeling OF awe
Better say: He is very exceed
ingly) witty
Wrong: Ruth is dreadfullv at
tractive." Nonsense. If she inspires
dread. she repels. Better say: Ruth
is very (most, Quite attractive.
Wrong: They are dreadfully
rich" Wealth may cause envy. but
not to the point that one is filled
with dread about it. Right They
are very exceedingly rich.
Wrong: They are dreadfully in
love" Imagine lovers dreading each
other! Right: They are very much
in love.
Wrong: "She Is terribly popular
with men" One would have hard
time convincing girls in these man.
less days that popularity is some
thing to be regarded with terror.
Better say: She is exceedingly pop
ular with men.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
5000 Knives and Forks
Stroy With Students
; the Associated Press.

b! the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, LA barrel
with 56 pieces of silverware in it
has been removed from the front
OF the Louisiana State University
fountain room and school authori-
ties have admitted defeat.
The barrel was put out about two
weeks ago, after the food dispensary's 5
manager had reported that nearly
5000 spoons and knives had strayeo
away since last July. Authorities
thought that an appeal to the stu
dents might result In the return of
3 substantial number, but the cut
lery is apparently needed for those
midnight xnacks and bull sessions.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Points for Parents
BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

Listening chdren adopt the attitudes complaining
adjustable
to-leayn an mother ~ NNS~'
Evening star., 1943-04-08
ON IHE lll Today.

Star Flashes: Latest news, WhAl al AS
pm.
News for Schools: Prepared specially for
classroom listening. WMAl at Its pm
WINK, 7:30-Batdsn Anniversary: Program
conducted by the Rev. R. {. Fendrith.
WRc, 8:00-Briee and Morgan: Frank falls
from his family tree
WT0P. 800-Grspeyins Rancho Bert lahr.
WhAl. 830-Town Meeting: From the Uni,
yersity Of North Carolina Should The Uaiied