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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
WAR BONDS:
They Clue Their LiUes'

'They give their lives-You lend
your money"
That is the slogan of the treasury
departments second War Loan drive
opening April IL, which has as its
objective raising 10 billion dollars
through the sale of government
securities. A substantial part Of this
vast financing-the most stupendous
in world history-will be loaned by
people in ordinary walks of life.
Financial experts point out that
there are in liquid funds in the U. S.
at present, more than 40 billion dol
lars which should 60 into the pur-
chase Of government bonds. It is
from this huge reservoir that the
treasury expects to meet its new
goal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
SOUTH PACIFIC:
Prelude TO Storm?

A lull in activity on both the Allied
and Jap sides of the Pacific war had
been taken by some observers to be
merely the prelude to q storm
ahead.
Action for some days was con-
fined to local air and sea attacks in
various sectors of the South Pacific.
:. In the Solomon islands, air raids
were traded. American bombers
strafed Rekata bay, while the Japs
inflicted some damage on Guadal-
canal. Further to the east, an Amer
lean submarine torpedoed and sank
a Japanese submarine. In Burma,
American fliers attacked the long
railway viaduct between Mandalay
and Lashio, a bridge north of RAN
COON and the Thai railway juno
ton. The Raj bombed Donbaik,
north of Akyb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
RUSSIA:
Action SIackens

Although the tempo of battle on
the Russian front had slowed down
and action appeared to be drifting
into a deadlock in several sectors,
the Red army had continued its dog
ged drive through the spring slush
and mud toward Smolensk.
Meanwhile German onslaughts de-
signed to gain control Of the upper
Donets river valley had slackened
following the furious resistance Of
the Russian defenders. rt
The Russian move toward Smo-
lensk took the form of a north-south
drive. The heaviest assault. A So
Wet war bulletin reported sharp
thrusts by the Red forces north Of
Dukhovschino, 50 miles northeast of
Smolensk. At'the same time Rus
sian column was reported moving to-
ward Dorogobuzh, below the Mos
ow-Vyazma-Smolensk railway and
so miles east of Srnolensk. Fierce
counter-attacks with heavy concen-
trations of artillery backing up in
fantry were being undertaken by the
Germans, a Russ communique re-
ported.
To the south, the Germans were
paying a heavy price in men and
material for their effort to gain con-
troll of the upper Donets river basin.
Nazi attempts to establish bases on
the east bank of the river had been
severely. .repulsed. I'm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

feverishly reform their ranks in the
Southwest Pacific. Those months &C.
cupied the bulk of a Japanese army
that might otherwise have driven
into Australasia.
BY April 9, however, the limit Of
their resistance had been reached.
Their numbers dwindling, their sup
plies running low-without adequate
support of aircraft, tanks and guns
they were being pressed farther
and farther back toward the sea.
A few managed to escape to the
rockbound fortress of Corregidor,
which also later surrendered.
The spirit of this army was best
described by Lieut.. Norman Reyes,
a young Filipino officer broadcasting
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
Teach Principles of Government,
Character of Enemy Countries

Instruction at the school Of mill
tary government is of two types: a
lecture program, and a program OF
practical problems.
Under the first, students are
taught the principles Of military gov
eminent, military courts, proclama-
tons, ordinances, state and munic-
ipal governments, international law
and public administration. They are
also given detailed information re-
garding the conditions and charac-
teristics of the countries and regions
which may be occupied.
Under the second, the class, divid-
ed first into small committees, actu-
ally conceives plans for the setting
up of military governments in GER
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

natural gas supply, all meals have
to be prepared on wood or kerosene
stoves. Because the tropical heat
makes storage of fresh foods difficult
canned foods must be used almost
exclusively. This reduces the posi-
bility Of variety in the fare. Troops
served by the galley are continually
on the move. Each troop move
ment means change in galley site.
A part of the unit is generally on
some special detail which makes it
late for meals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

Housewives who think it burden
to plan and prepare meals for the
average American family might
grow old in a week facing the prob
lem of marine corps cooks on Quad
alcanal.
With no electric or gas appliances,
and without American markets and
chain stores, these uniformed cul-
mary experts have to feed the big
gest-eating, hardest-to-please fami-
lies of all.
With no electric power plants or
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
RAW MATERIALS:
Allies NOw Solvent

William L. Bait, vice chairman of
the War Production board, an
nounced that the United Nations
have now achieved "solvency" in
raw materials and "are assured of
sufficient amounts of all kinds to
meet any military needs regardless
of the length of the war"
mo material is being used faster
by the United Nations today than is
being produced" he said. at can
be stated with complete safety that
whatever the length of the war, am
pie raw materials are available to
meet our military needs"
Bait credited the accomplishment
to the combined raw materials board
of the United Nations, established by
President Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill in their White House
conferences in December, 1941.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
Anril @ 1919

April y, 1917
Through the jagged jungle of
Bataan a small, open car bear
ing a white flag chugged toward
the Japanese lines. In the car
were Maj.-Gen. E. B. King and
Col. E. P. Williams who were
to announce the surrender of
$4,000 American and Filipino
troops.
Since January, these troops
had been waging valiant bat
tie against numerically SUI
perior and better equipped Jap
anese army in the tropical fast
ness of Bataan.
From the foxholes dug out of the
earth; from behind the towering
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
Army Prepares 10 Rule Occupied Countries;
Officers Taught characteristics Of Beaten
Nations 10 Assure Efficient Administration
Specialists in Law, Finance and Communication Recruited for
Service Training Aim Win Conquered Foes Friendship

Looking ahead the time when land under Axis dom
will be wresed from them the army is operating
school of military government under general supervision OF
provost marshal general at the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville.
Designed officers for future duties in military
and aison work. the school provides highly nten
sed weeks for qualified commissioned officers the
army of the United and small number of civilians
specialized training The members of this latter
the specialist section Officers Reserve
corps, prior their attendance at the school.
the United States captures territory from the
enemy is the responsibility of the commanding general OF
that particular theaer of operations military
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
ABSENTEES:
Women Worst Offenders

Women war workers were charged
with being guilty of almost twice as
much absenteeism as men, in a re-
port compiled by the National In
dustrial Conference board.
Covering Sample" group of 20
plants employing LOG, $40 persons, the
report showed that in single month
1888 worker-days had been lost
and that female employees aver
aged lie days out of the month
while male workers lost 0.65 day
each.
Women showed greater tendency
to be absent for personal reasons,
the survey disclosed. The board
found that 50.4 per cent of their alb
sences were in this compared with
47.8 per cent for men.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
SPENDING SPREE:
81 Billions in ~

Americans dipped into their war
swollen pocketbooks to the tune of
$81, SOC, 900, 900 in 1912 in a spending
wave that exceeded all previous rec
ords, according to compilation by
the U. S. department of commerce.
Officials of the commerce depart
ment warned that this spending
spree would continue undated in
1913 unless more effective steps
were taken in price control, ration
ing and fiscal policies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
AIR RAIDS:
Woe to Axis 4

Axis-held Europe will soon be SUBJ
jected to 'round-the-c1ock air raids
in which newer, bigger and faster
American bombers will carry three
or four times the bomb weight of
present Flying lFortresses. $50
This prediction was made in Lon
don by Maj Gen. Ira c. Eaker,
commander of the U. S. army air
forces in Britain. American forces,
he said, are now ready to build up a
striking power on par with that of
the Royal air force. Soon, he added,
will begin the sustained offensive in
which the Americans will strike at
Europe by day and the British will
bomb by night. i
General Eaker disclosed that in a
series of 81 raids, the U. S. army
air force has lost fewer than 30
bombers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

governments and other special
schools, is training officer personnel
to act as top administrative officers
and as junior officers in military
governments under the direction OF
a theater's commanding general. A
pool of technical talent has also
been established, the members OF
which are called upon to fill tech
meal and advisory posts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
FOOD:
3-Wdy Attack

No stranger to farm problems,
food production or the delicate job OF
dealing with recalcitrant congress
, men was Chester c. Davis, recently
appointed chief of the new Admin
istration of Food Production and
Distribution. Former head of the
Agricultural Adjustment administra-
ton, Davis knew the ropes in WASH
ington and how to keep from get
ting tangled in them.
For weeks the capital had expect
ed some action in the increasingly
critical food production situation. By
relieving hard-pressed Secretary of
Agriculture Wickard of his food adj
ministrator tasks and appointing Mr.
Davis as sole food czar, President
Roosevelt had created a new three
way agency, combining the Food
Production administration, the Food
Distribution administration and the
Farm Labor. administration.
Closer working agreements be-
tween congress and the food admin
istration and, minimum of official
friction in dealing with war-created
farm problems were expected to re-
suit under Davis administration.
Observers agreed that Davis had
one Of the toughest jobs in history,
but they were betting he would win.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

MANAGUA: Primitive idols, grind
ing stones and ceramic objects that
are expected to shed light on the
life and customs Of early Central
American civilizations were un-
earthed by workmen excavating for
the approaches to the Ochomogo
bridge on the Inter-American high
way near Rivas. The articles will
be housed in the natural history
museum of Managua.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

SAN JUAN: Expenditures on U. S.
naval installations In Puerto Rico,
hub of a network to fight enemy
submarines, win total more than
500, 000,0 900 by the end Of this year,
according to Vice Adm. John II.
Hoover, Caribbean area command
er, in a statement issued here. More
than three-fourths Of this sum has
already been spent in the San Juan
areas,yhe said. :. -~sY1issS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

tary government, courses in military
government are offered at the pro-
vost marshal generals training CEN
ter, Fort Custer, Mich, to selected
junior officers and enlisted men of
the corps of military police. These
courses are designed to train men
for future assignment to occupation
al police units in areas taken over
by our armed forces.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

I o n q n q l e I II Z
countless details
involved in the adj
mihistration of a
military govern
ment due to the
press Of their 9th
er duties and the
specialized knowl-
edge required in
many cases. Thus
the war depart
ment, through the
cDboo1 ~ military
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

brush; along the
scraggling noun
tains and hill
sides, and under
the torment of
blazing sun, these
men fought off
the invaders for
four months.
T h os e four
months gave the
United Nations
nrecinIIc time IN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
UNIONS:
War to Cease?

Many a priceless hour of war pro-
duction time had been lost in juris-
dictional disputes between rival I'M
ions. Although some wrangles still
appeared inevitable, the heads of
the American Federation of Labor
and the Congress of Industrial Or
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

CARNATIONS agreed to take definite
steps to end the difficulties.
Appearing before the senate's Tru-
man investigating committee Will
liam Green, president of the AFL,
and Philip Murray, president of CLIO,
promised to reopen negotiations to
end 'union raiding,' the maneuver
by which one union seeks to GUST
another from representation of
workers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09

eminent over the occupied Ianu. he
becomes military governor and is in
supreme control until such time as
it is possible to re-establish a civil
government.
It is extremely difficult for the
commanding generals regular staff
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-04-09
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYST

u. S. Forces Gain Ground in Tunisia;
New Food Gar Seeks Speedy Solution
Of Acute Farm Production Problems;
Russ Offensives Endanger Smolensk
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dby western Jews -
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-26
YEAR RECORDS:
Mighty Michigan Crushes
Western Michigan By 57-6

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Sept. IS
-lR-Mighty Michigan. operating
with remarkable precision, scored
two touchdoWns a period today to
crush Western Michigan College,
57-6. in the Wolverine home foot
ball opener before a slim $4,000
crowd for its second 1913 victory.
With 43 players getting into the
action, Elroy Cray Legs) Hirsch
and Bob Nussbaumer each scor-
ed twice.
Western Michigan, drawing its
talent from 900 navy trainers at
Kalamazoo, held off the Wolverine
juggernaut for Vi minutes, but
then Michigan broke through for
two touchodwns by Hirsch and
safety in four minutes. Big Bill
Daley presently rambled IS yards
for a second touchdown, and others
followed by Nussbaumer, Bob
Wiese, Wally Dreyer and Bill Cul-
ligan.
Mervin Pregulman, Michigan's
handy man lineman, placekicked
seven extra points, missing the
second and then booted six in
row.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-26
'S0L0NS RETURNING
FROM WAR AREAS|
Dive Senators Expected To
Make Report Within
Next Few Days

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-lR-
Back from the war zones next
week will come five senators who
have seen Americas military
might at first hand-and the halls
Of Congress are likely to resound
soon thereafter with some sharply
worded criticisms of affairs at and
near the fighting fronts.
Colleagues expect Senators Rus
sell D-Ga), Chandler O-Ky),
Mead D-NP), Lodge R-Mass)
and Brewster (R-Me), to bring
back with them ammunition for
hours of debate on questions
ranging from the post war dispo-
sition of military airfields to the
extent of Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thurs authority in the Pacific.
Chandler sent word ahead that
he intends to make the Senate a
platform for an appeal to name
Macarthur the supreme COM
mander for the Pacific and Asia,
including India, Burma and CHINA.
Chandler insists the Southwest
Pacific has not received enough
men, planes and guns, and that
more military help must reach
China if that country is to con
tinue the fight against Japan. HIS
view has had some backing from
Russell, chairman of the group
The Senate will want to know
more about the charge made by
Brewster in Algiers last month
that the American North African
economic board was contracting
for large amounts of wheat there
at prices so to 60 cents a busnel
higher than in hte United States.
Returning little more unified
than when they left Washington
several weeks ago, the committee
members are expected to split
into groups for reports to the var
ious committees they represent
Chandler and Lodge will tell the
Military Affairs committee what
they know about the disposition
of men and materials all over the
world
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-26
Coast Guard Is Winner
In Sec0nd-Haf OF PLAY
By lack Sords

end of the end of the week,
Saturday and perhaps a Sunday
game may be necessary.
Coast Guard is the favorite to
win the series.
The tentative battery for the
Guards will be Tex Lancaster and
Billy DeCover. The Firemen will
have either Clyde Jordan or Rob-
ert Ship on the mound with jim
my Casteen behind the plate.
The Hanover All-Star team will
be announced in a few days. One
player for each position will be
chosen, except for the pitcher, in
which case two pitchers will be
on the team. A manager and three
utility players also will be chosen
on the All-Star squad. The fifteen
electees will be awarded sterling
silver baseball watchcharms. The
newly champions will win
the loving cup as permanent
possession.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-26

The curtain on the Hanover Soft
ball League rolled down last week
as the Coast Guard Ten won two
games to clinch the second-half
title winning a forfeit over Coast
Line, TO, and whipping the Fire
men, 81.
The Firemen came in second,
three IL games behind the lead
ers. Coast Guard held the lead
throughout the second half, though
they were tied several times by
the Firemen before the latter team
started to fade in the closing
weeks.
The Brigade Boys club ended
in third place, thereby failing to
defend their 1912 championship.
S,arNews, by winning forfeit
game during the last week, was
able to clinch fourth place after
riding in the cellar almost all
the second half.
In winning, Coast Guard lost
one game in IS, the loss being
a 10 defeat at the hands of Clyde
Jordan and his Firemen a month
ago. It was the only shut-out suf-
fered by the champions in about
so games this summer.
The Firemen COPIED the first
half flag with a 14-2 record. fol
lowed by Star-News in second,
three games behind. The champ
ions were not members of the lea.
que during the first-half, but re.
placed the Coppersmiths to begin
the second-half play.
The two half-champions, the
Firemen and the Coast Guards
open a 4-out-of-7 series Monday
afternoon to decide the 1913 Lea
que Championship. Games will
start at $50 pm. at Robert Strange
Park, and will be played every
day this week. If the champion
ship has not been decided by the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-26
WORRIES
CARDS IN LOSING
TO PHILADELPHIA
National League Champs
Can't Repair Gum
bert's Ailing Arm

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 25-tP)-Har-
ry Gumbert, arm-ailing righthand-
er whom the Cardinals have been
trying to patch into World Series
pitcher, still isn't quite ready. He
was knocked out today and George
Munger, who stopped a ninth-in-
ming Philadelphia rally, got credit
for the Ga victory over the Pills
Gumbert failed by two-thirds of
an inning to pitch his first full
game since he beat Boston July
II.
A circulatory ailment which
caused numbness in his pitching
arm after few innings work has
lodged Gumbert since midsummer
The arm, treated and rested, was
put to an inconclusive test last
Sunday. Big Harry was blasted out
in the first inning.
Today he tried again and at
times the old magic seemed to be
there. In six innings he pitched to
only three batters an inning. But
he allowed eight hits in the other
2 10 innings he hurled and they
included four doubles and Coaker
Triplett's home run.
The Cardinals banged Jack
Kraus for II hits but he scattered
the umsfficiently to have had 4
to 3 triumph except for wild
throw by Merrill Way which scor-
ed two runs.
Even with the gift tallies, the
Redbirds had to win in the ninth
With two out. Danny Litwhiler
socked a double into centerfield
scoring Stan Musial.
Score by innings: r II E
Philadelphia 002 001 001-5 s 8
st. Louis $3.50 100 020 1915 II
Kraus and Seminick; Gumbert,
Munger and w. Cooper.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-26

Their most feared form Of death
is drowning, since they believe
such victim must wander or
ever. alone, in purgatory.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-26
Yanks Finally Win Pennant
With Victory Over Detroit
WAKEFIELD ERROR
STOPS TANNING
YANKEE HEADACHE
Detroit Won One OF Those
Moral Victories You
Read About

NEW YORK, Sept. 25-(P)-
c,d Chandler pitching his Goth
..o-orv of the season and his bat
,..,, mate. the veteran catcher.
OIL Dickey. contributing the game
.4nning single. the Yankees final
l.. clinched the American League
,onnant today by beating Detroit,
), in a thrilling thinning strug-
GLE
The Yanks now have won 81
osnes and lost SO. If they lose
II of their remaining games
n,b;le the second-place Washington
Senator's win all of their remain
mo nine. the Yanks will still fin
i,5 on top by a one-game mar
Southpaw Frank "Stubby' Over
nire gave Chandler stubborn
arg,Inent all the way and would
have won a 10 shutout in the
POPULATION nine innings, but for a
two-base muff by Rookie Dick
Wakefield that paved the way for
an mearned Yankee tally in the
third. The run matched the one
he tigers made in the top of the
third on Overmire's single, a sac
rfice and Joe Woods one-baser.
After that Chandler and Over
nire hooked up in magnificent
duel before a scant crowd of 6,342
Both were especially effective from
he ninth on. Chandler retired Is
ii the Is batters who faced him
il the five overtime frames, the
last "A in succession. Except for
Joe Gordon single in the 18th,
Overmire also moved down the
Yankees without trouble.
The break came in the 18th.
With one out, Overmire walked
Bill Johnson. Dickey then bounc-
ed a single over second base and
Johnson romped home with the
pennant-winning run.
Score by innings: R H E
Detroit DOL 900 900 600 oo-1 8 2
y. York 0O1 900 900 900 OIL 2
Overmire and Richards; Chand-
'er and Dickey.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-26
Penn State Uses Passes
To Crush Buckneu, 40

STATE COLLEGE. Pa, Sept. Is
-tR-Penn State crushed Bucknell,
$40, today on two touchdown pass
es shared by flashy Jack Castig-
nola in the season opener before
10, 900 fans.
The 23-year-old Castignola snatch
ed a 39-yarder from Bobby Will
liams in the second stanza and
another 10-yarder in the fol
to nit pay dirt. Dick Trumbull
and Ed Czekaj place-kicked the
points.
Bucknell, weak on the ground
just as last week when it drop
ped 7-6 tussle to Cornell, didn't
count a first down until midway
the second period in drive to
States 12-yard line on a 47-yard
heave from Mike Kostynick to
Andrew Murphy. A 23-yard loss on
tumble and pass try ended the
threat.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-26
TODAY'S GAMES

Probable pitchers in the majors
today. (Season won-lost records
in parentheses).
American League
Cleveland at New York-Smith
1850 or Poat (2-5) and Kennedy
006) VS.. Bonham 1888 and Don
aid (6-4).
Detroit at Boston-Trucks Q3-
100 and Bridges Q2-b) VS.. Lucier
(2-3 and Woods (4-6).
Chicago at Washington-Smith
GID and Ross I'D VS.. Leonard
Q1-12) and Candini GOD.
st. Louis at Philadelphia-Mun-
Grief GID and Sundra (14-10) VS..
Harris G-9) and Fagin 90.