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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30

Dorothy H ocutt,
IA. M. MurreY Wed

R1rRGAW, July 29.-The Burgaw
Rantist church was the scene OF
the wedding Of Miss Dorothy Ho-
cut daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Leray Hocutt, and Albert
Milton Murray, USNR, son Of Mr..
md Mrs. James Albert Murray OF
Burgaw, on Tuesday evening, July
IS, at $3.50 O'Clock.
The Rev. H. Manly Hocutt OF
.Asheville, uncle of the bride, per-
formed the ceremony. Mrs. Wiley
Batso, rendered the nuptial music
and Lambert Edwin Turner OF Will
mington, uncle Of the bride, sang.
The church was decorated in
ralms and gladioi were used at
either side of the altar, these were
thanked by three seven branched
candelabra holding burning tapers.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
wedding gown OF white lace fash
ioned with a heart-shaped neck
line, and tiny covered buttons ex-
tended from the neck = the waist
line in the back. The full skirt
ended in a slight train. Her veil
of illusion fell from a coronet en-
kroidered with pearls. Her only or
nament was a 'avaliere with dia-
rload center, which was worn by
the brides mother at her wedding.
She carried a bouquet of white
carnations showered with tube
roses and ribbon streamers.
Miss Ruth Hocutt, sister Of the
bride, was maid of-honor. She wore
gown of aqua net made with
shirred bodice and very full
skirt. She wore a shoulder length
veil of illusion which fell from a
hslo effect. She carried a nosegay
of pink carnations tied in pink net.
Little Miss Nancy Bradshaw,
cousin of the bride, and little Miss
Judy Murray, niece of the bride
groom, were flower girls. They
wore pink net with bouquets Of
snapdragons.
Frederick Murray, of Whining
ton, brother Of the bridegroom,
was best man. Ushers were Ho-
race Corbett, brother-in-law of the
bridegroom, and Alex McLendol,
10th of Wilmington.
The brides mother wore navy
sheer dress with white accessories
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All Girl Band
Will Play Al
Lumina Aug. z

Coming here Wednesday night
for a one night engagement at
I,unina pavilion at Wrightsville
Beach will be D'Artega and his
top-notch an-glrl orchestra when
they will play from 9 until l o'clock
for a dance at the beach resort.
D'Artega's band will play for a
concert on Tuesday night at Camp
Davis.
One of the raost popular COM
positions of D'Artega is I'm The
Blue Of The Evening, which held
the spotlight on the Hit Parade.
The most exciting news Of the
musical world is the story Of D.
Artega's new au-girl orchestra.
His radio fans will recall the thirty
five piece symphonic swing or
chestra that he directed on top
commercials programs. The new
y Artega setup promises to be the
finest he's ever had for it COM
Zines the finest girl musicians il
the country plus the best looking.
He spent over SIX months selecting
his musicians and held over 600
additions before selecting the
twenty girls that now comprise the
organization.
This new D'Artega orchestra has
attracted widespread comment.
Upon completion of their current
tour, they will return to New York
for summer commercial. Out
standing feature Of the band is its
versatility. Not only do they play
the impressive symphonic swing"
arrangements but are equally at
ease on torrid swing and Jump"
tunes. There is also a band within
a band, group Of seven girls
whose jam sessions are as solid
as any heard. In addition to direct
ing the group, maestro D'Artega
writes the beautiful string arrange
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BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Lieut.. and Mrs. R. E. Jordo, :.
Wrightsville Beach, aanor,,. ,
birth OF a daughter, Laura .,." wy
July 2. ""
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was placed a beautiful white or.

was placed a beautiful white or
child.
The maid-of-honor, MISS Bever.
ly Walton, wore q beautiful floor
length dress of white taffeta and
ret. 1t was designed with full
gathered skirt, low fitted bodice
short puff sleeves and sweet
heart neckline. Al arrangement Of
white net was worn in her hair.
She carried an old-fashoned nose
gay of pink carnations, mixed as
tiers and small yellow daisies, edg-
ca with blue net and tied with a
large bow of blue ribbon.
The three attending bridesmaids,
Misses Hazel Maj shburn, Meredith
Perkins, and Gwendolyn Rackley,
were white floor length dresses
identical to that Of the n1aid-of-
honor. The flower arrangement for
the bridesmaids was the same
also, excepting the net and ribbon,
which was of tuchia. They wore
long white gloves.
The flower girl, Little Judy Hill,
hree-year-old daughter of Lieut..
and Mrs.Leon K. Hill, was an
exact duplicate of the maid-of-
honor with her long white dress
and miniature nosegay. The ring
bearer, Jimmie Hudson, small son
of Lieut.. and Mrs. James G. Hud-
son wore a knee-length white Palm
Beach suit with Elton jacket, and
carried the traditional white satin
pillow. He is a cousin of the
bride.
The brides mother wore a
powder blue floor length dress OF
CT epe and lace, fashioned with a
V-neckline and short sleeves. She
wore shoulder corsage of white
tube-roses.
Sgt. Paul Townsend of C m p
Stewart, Ga. acted as best man.
The ushers were Sgt Artie Shaw,
Sgt Earl Mckee and Lieut.. George
van Dyke.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, the bride and bridegroom
waited in the vestibule of the
church to receive congratulations
from their friends, after which they
proceeded to the home OF the brides
parents, where about zlfty guests
were entertained at a reception.
Mrs. Van O-den is a graduate
of New Hanover High school and is
row al employee of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company. Be
fore entering the army, Cpl. Van
Orden was in college at Georgia
Tech, Atlanta, Ca, where he had
been studying civil engineering for
three years. He is now stationed
at Camp Davis where he has been
irr the past year.
Those entertaining the bride were
Mrs. L. H. Rouse: Misses Beverly
Walton and Hazel Marshburn:
Misses Gwendolyn Rackley, Gladys
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Evelyn Rouse,
Cpl. Van 0rden
Marry In Church

Miss Evelyn Aileen Rouse,
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. henry
louise Of Wilmington, became the
ride of Cpl. James Ernest Van
plden, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Eynest Van Orden of AGRA. N. Y,
IN Saturday. July IS, at $3.50 pm,
IN the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church.
The church was beautifully ar
ranged with palms, ferns and white
gladioi. The wedding cere-
nlony was performed by candle
Light, the Rev. I. D. Barclift, pas
tor of the church, officiating, using
the double ring ceremony. A pro-
gram of nuptial music was render
ed by Mrs. j. J Fowler, and prior
to the ceremony two selections were
sung, Il Love You Truly" and
Because" by Mrs. o. E. Durant
Jr.:
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, was dress
cd in a wedding gown of white
Marquisette, fashioned with
high round-neckline with deep yoke.
A ruffle of Chantilly lace eacircled
the yoke and the brides train. The
lcag full skirt was made on to a
fitted bodice fastening in the back
by. row of tiny buttons covered
with duchess satin. The sleeves
were full length and came to a
point over the hands. The veil of
bsidal illusion was shirred to fit
a dipped halo o. corresponding
Marquisette and lace, being caught
in the center by cluster of orange
blossoms. She carried a white Bible
showered with white satin ribbon
and tube-roses, on top of which
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'nents that highlight his libr,,
Although few people know :.
is one Of the greatest music mir ~
in the business and in HE ''a'
Gays was responsible for msnv y,
the musical arrangements Wy u
by Andre Kostea'anetz, Paul wb isa
maa, Mark Warnow and A.,
man. to mention a very few, ~ '9 u
also a versatile musician ,ns "
70 less than five instrum..ss ''''
piano, accordion, sax, flint.
guitar. 'aa
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PROPOSES MEETING

LONDON, July 29-tRHA reuters
dispatch from Lahore, India, today
said Mahomed Ali Jinnah, presi-
dent of the Moslem league, dis
closed he had received letter from
Mohandas K. Gandhi, nationalist
leader, proposing a meeting and
said he had accepted.
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and a corsage of white carnations.
The mother of the bridegroom wore
q dress of black with white &C
cessories and a corsage OF white
carnations.
Mrs. Murray is t h youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hocutt
and received her education at Bur-
gaw High school and Campbell col
lege.
Mr.. Murray is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Albert Murray OF
3urgaw and received his educa-
ton at Burgaw High school and
Anderson's Aeronautics school in
Nashville, Tenn. and is now serv-
ing in the United States Navy.
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Women Of Beach Chapel
Will Meet On Tuesday
At Harbor Island USO

Women Of the Chapel-on-the-
Boardwalk, Wrightsville Beach are
armed to meet at the Harbor Island
UBO on Tuesday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock. The Rev Walter B. Freed
will be the speaker. Women Of the
community are cordially invited to
attend.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
Professional WOman's
Club To Hold Meeting

The Business and Professional
Woman's club will hold its regular
meeting in the form Of a buffet
supper at the nome of Miss Ruth
Humphrey GIL Grange street Fri
Gay at 6 o'clock.
Those planning to attend a e
asked to call Miss Humphrey i'm
mediately, phone 5536.
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Bowen-Fritts Wedding
Planned Saturday At
Temple Church Here

The wedding of Miss Lillian
Elizabeth Bowen and Sherman
Luther Fritts will take place Au-
gust 5, at 8 o'clock in the evening
at Temple Baptist church.
Friends and relatives of the
couple are invited to attend the
ceremony.
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N. G.. Sorosis Members
Requested To Attend
Meeting On Friday

There will be called meeting
Of North Carolina Sorosis Friday
morning at 1890 o'clock to dis
CESS revision ct the constitution
ard bylaws and other important
business.
It is urgent that all members be
present for this session.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, July 20. -(P)-
Cotton futures advanced here to-
day on trade buying and week end
short covering. Closing prices were
steady IS to IS cents bale higher.
Open High Low Close
Evening star., 1944-10-15

until 1916. Gas rationing will relax in the
East, tighten up on the Pacific Coast. We
still have Japan to lick. There1l be 100000
to 100000 new radio sets by next autumn.
and typewiters and alarm clocks in abund-
ance. Most things will be priced at about the
1912 level, or 20 to Is per cent over 1889.
New cars will cost Is to 80 per cent more than
Evening star., 1944-10-15

Clark Gable and many others. Police quelled
riots after indiscreet retailers advertised small
lots of electric irons.
MILLIONS of little things We't to make UP
Americas day-to-doy We...
New words crowded into the language: Jeep,
CT Joe. pin-up girl door-key children, bobby
sox brigade, svingshift, V-mail. An Usage
Indian introduced himself and family: I'm
Brave Eagle This is my son, Fighting Bird,
and my grandson, Four -Motored Bomber"
A bus overlooked Virginia town during
blackout and carried a passenger five miles
too far. Tulane graduated one man from its
law college in June, '43. In Los Angeles, the
r. c. Averys, both 73, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary by taking 10 minutes
of from work in plane factory. Restaurants
wryiy revived the gag: BE nice to the waiter
-. we can always get customers!"
Emily Post amended the laws of hospitality
so hosts might be frank about war restric-
tions Colleges cut four-year courses to three.
Wedding gown and ring sales leaped; the birth
rate beat all records since 29 Child delin-
quency rose as mothers took war jobs.
Department sales went up and up In
Henry, ILL.,, they decided to sell the poorhouse.
Miami Beach shops offered hand-painted
neckties at $3.50. The national debt went over
$500, ,OOO, ,OOO,O 900 and 10, SOC. 900 people paid
an income tax for the first time in 1914. OPA
made the Stork Club roll back coffee from
50 cents to IS cents cup. Gasolineless
citizens stayed home evenings, 80 night bur-
glaries dropped 10 per cent, daytime thefts
Evening star., 1944-10-15
Our war effort is just four
wears old. What has it done
to your life? And what will
it do in the days aheadr.

TTow have we been getting along since
Ill Caribbean cruises went out, and Frank
Sinatra came in; since servants became rarer
than mink, and Marry Doats" became a
kind of anthem; since the boys went off to
war, and the girls took to whistling at men?
It's four years now since 16,628. .943 young
Americans registered for the first peacetime
draft in our history, and the emotions of mil
lions of American families were catapulted
into the midst of war. Years that have seen
girls transformed into "trainmen," BARRIERS.
newspaper copy boys; while the boys
and their fathers were writing glorious new
pages in our saga -. in Bataan, Saipan.
St. Lo. and on the assembly line. Exciting,
maddening, tragic. triumphant years. And,
because they happened to US Americans,
funny years as well. Let's examine them.
We'll begin with the story Of A,reriea's
,c0xse,p. ).
Today almost one of every three factory
workers is woman. But in early AZ. more
than one plant blossomed out with the old
warning: NO Profanity. Women Working
Inside" The Wacs and Waves came into
existence. and later the girl Marines; and
New York Herald Tribune headline read:
MARINE CORPORAL BRIDE" In late summer,
AZ, Hudson Motor hired girls as auxiliary
MP's, giving them pistol and jiujitsu train
ing. That fall, Cmtiss- Wright, Buffalo, start
ed a day nursery; Consolidated Vultee in
stalled Dorothy Dixes" to solve emotional
problems. The first woman traffic cop ap-
peared. girls replaced pinboys in bowling
alleys, and Pennsylvania high school hired
the first girl football coach. The sweater-girl
controversy began when So were sent home by
Vought- -Sikorsky Aircraft for looking too dis
tracing. Women were driving cabs, street.
cars, buses, acting as conductors, bellhops,
car washers, radio annomcers, and cowglrls.
-Four thousand lumber "jills" were busy in the
Northwest Mainbocher designed Wave uni
forms; Lilly Dache did turbans for aircraft
workers.
Next, look at the amazing w0y we'Se been get-
ting along minus se0ds Of things ,ce all used to
think we1e indispsnsoble.
Norfolk thieves stole tires, but ignored
diamond ring. They left this note: Roses
are red, violets are blue, we like your jewels
but your tires are new" Nyion was banished
and leg-paint took the place of stockings
Mems vests were outlawed. In April, AZ,
woman rented safe deposit box for her spare
girdle. A Hollywood restaurant dreamed up:
Plenty of coffee. First cup Sc. Second cup
$780," Brooklyn housewife asked her ration
ing board for the price ceiling on BLACK mar
ket gas" Shoes we're third highest in food
of highjacking - first being liquor and rayon
Fuel shortages closed stores in Boston and
schools in Philadelphia Lodgers took their
alarm clocks along to work. lest they be stolen
Evening star., 1944-10-15

pointment only" Cleveland socialites studied
housekeeping in school they'd founded.
FoR millions of US, the big brobIe'w was
place to iise.
Country clubs became workers dormi-
tories and abandoned trolley cars were apart
ment houses. A Los Angeles reporter arrived
with police at murder scene, and applied for
the victims apartment. Said the landlady:
"It's already rented-to the police sergeantT
production centers mushroomed.
Childersburg. Ala, jumped from 500 to 6,OOO
population. In scores of towns the YWCA
found three shift renting of the same bed in
lodging houses. In Washington, d. c., they
found % girls sharing seven beds.
We WERE aluays proud Of ou mobility; bat
sce'se had to cut d0wn.
In May, AZ, Boston Checker Taxi put 10
victorias in use. and in July the city granted
its first hitching- post permit in generations.
Car pool" and "share-a-ride" programs
spread nationwide. Etiquette authorities de-
clared women war workers might thumb rides,
if they substituted Identification tags for
thumbs US. planes over Europe were burn
ing more gas than all A-ration holders.
Lors of rs WAo couldn't 90 to wor felt we
,ceren't doing enough in Otsr 9-t0-5:N jobs, so
zoe bitcted in on, the home 'front.'
Movie theaters held scrap" nlatinees, but
some housewives complained kitchens had
been denuded 50 Junior could see double
feature Over-zealous salvagers collected bum
dies of Sunday papers dropped by trucks
Saturday night in Wilton, Conn. Movie stars
sold Bonds or joined USO-Camp Shows,
Carole Lombard losing her life ON tour. Vic
tory gardens sprouted in backyards and on
golf courses. Thousands of US enrolled in first
aid classes; other thousands provided long
handled shovels and buckets of sand in our
attics. We were ready for anything. A Chicago
dancer sold the nylons off her legs for s., 500
in Bonds. Blood donations involved millions,
and Pvt. John Larson, saved by TRANSMISSION,
worried: What if l have the blood of Giant
fan - me Dodger rooter?" A Los Angeles
boy taught his dog to lick War Stamps, sold
several hundred dollars worth to fascinated
spectators.
AND nov - ws're waiting for Johnny to come
marching home.
Only 100000 of the 100000 war
modified women are expected to retire from
industry. The Department of Labor sees
total of 10000, 600 men and women released
from war jobs and the armed forces. Probably
18,OOO,OOO of them will want work.
Prospects are good, say most experts. This
will be goods -famished country. War has
forced r,eorle to save more than S1O0 QQQ-
Evening star., 1944-10-15

rose seven per cent Sales of black lingerie hit
an all-time high. Vitamin pills doomed.
ONE subject that dropped ont Of our co'srerso-
tion ,Oas unemployment.
New Orleans Roosevelt Hotel, advertising
for elevator operators, said: mo one under 65
need apply" Mrs. William Burns of Newark.
N. J., seeking maid, offered use of her mink
coat ON the girls days off. A Los Angeles cafe
man had his window permanently lettered in
gold: Monterey Cafe - Waitress Wanted"
A Kansas City night owner used his two
daughters as mattresses, his wife as hostess,
his ex-wife as hatcheck girl. his father as door
man. The city editor of Springfield, ILL.,.
paper was criticized for not carrying picture
of the latest group of selectees. His defense:
MY photographer was in that group" The
only shoeshine parlor left in N. Hollywood
proudly displayed notice: Shines by ap-
Evening star., 1944-10-15

depends on how long the war lastsp"
40 models, new homes 80 to 40 per cent
more than prewar homes.
We KNOW and like one another better ;.
Through rubbing elbows in day nurseries,
ar-sharing pools. civilian defense and other
community activities, the Colonels Lady and
Mrs. O'Grady (and their husbands) have dis
covered they're sisters and brothers under the
skin. Our young people, returning from the
far corners of the earth, many with foreign
brides will be less snug about their own par
ticular community, city, state. Our women,
with new knowledge Of their worth, can never
resign themselves again to time killing.
Well have way over LOCO, 600 more newly
weds than we would have in normal times,
and there's bound to be another marriage
boom after the war With servants rarer for
some time to come. we'll continue eating out,
welcoming labor saving home gadgets
Wen have our hands full learning peace
time tempos, calming the accumulated jitters.
But Americans have proven again they can
take it. Wen 60 on taking it - all the while
reserving our inalienable right to hate war
more than ever. The End
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

THIS IS MEMORABle DAY FOp YOUNG GUY AND ADM, FOR
THEY RIDE With THElp FATHER TO SEE IF The CATTLE AND
HARVEST ABE PREPARED FOB THE COMING OF WINTER.
SCI
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BENEFITS OF KIN OF 49,.
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Aug. lion the
basis of the last published report,
nearly $4,000 OF our 274,0e0 World
War II casualties are men missing
in action"
Officials here are finding that
the families of these missing men"
have little conception of what con-
tinuing benefits they have under
existing laws.
The missing in action" list is
composed of men Cor women who
can't be accounted for. In large
percentage of the cases, this doesn't
mean that the men are dead. Tom
Harmon, the football star turned
air ace, was twice reported missing
in action for long periods but today
is smuggling it out with our enemies.
Men who are captured, but have
not yet been reported. by the enemy
through the International Red Cross
are the most frequent cases of miss
ing in action; especially in the Pa
cific. Others missing in action are
those interned in neutral countries
tmostly after forced plane land
ings) those separated from their
units who may wander for days even
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GUAM FIGHT
COST 2,of4
U. 5. KILLED

UNITED STATES PACIFIC
FLEET EADQUAR T Err S IN
PEARL HARBoR, Aug. IL. The
reconquest Of Guam cost 7.247 AM
erican casualties, of whom 2.014
we're killed in action, Admiral Ches-
ter w. Nimitz announces in a COM
munique.
Nimitz also said 10.971 Japs have
been counted dead in Guam which
brings to 1851 the total Nipponese
killed in ground fighting in the
Marianas campaign.
The Pacific Commander reports
that 5,704 Americans were wounded
and 329 missing in the Guam cam
paign, less than half the losses at
Saipan. although the newly con-
quered area is three times as large
as the first captured Marianas is
land.
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PLUNGE IS
MADE OVER
BIG RIVER
Nazi ForCes at Warsaw May
Be 0utfIanked in East
Prussia Thrust

MOSCOW, Aug. 11.-Russian arm
les, applying great pincers in the
East Prussia thrust, are within so
miles of Tilsit and Memel and have
threatened the southern boundary,
the home of the Junkers, with a
plunge across the Narew river.
Marshal Rokossovsky is besieging
Warsaw for the twelfth day and
has begun a thrust threatening the
German army group toward East
Prussia from positions northeast OF
the Polish capital. This is an in
creasing menace to Warsaw, too, be-
cause the drive could curve toward
the Vistula and outf1ank the Polish
city from the north.
The Russians are already seven
miles inside Suwalki, the triangle
which Germany annexed from Po-
land in 1899
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-08-11
AIRFIELDS
NEAR PARIS
ARE BOMBED
Many Other Important Sec
tons Are Smashed To-
day, Last Night

LONDON, Aug. IL. - American
heavies smashed oil dumps and air.
fields near Paris, rail yards Of the
German border city of Saarbruc-
ken, and the Alsace-Lorraine cities
of Strasbourg, Mulhouse and Bel
for, apparently part of campaign
to isolate Paris.
Clear weather prevailed and re-
suits were good"
The rail yards bombed comprised
rail facilities for German troops
moving westward.
Antwerp, Metz, Lille and Sedan
were also bombed last night and
before dawn today. up to 1000 Brit
ish heavies attacked other centers
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-08-11
Will INVESTIGATE
SCARCITY, SUPPLY
OF WAR MATERIALS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Chair-
man Mead of the Senate War In
vestigating committee, has dis
closed plans for an inquiry to de-
termine whether or not there is
scarcity in the supply of war
material for the armed forces"
He told the Senate committee
that he had obtained a copy of an
unpublished section of the War
Production Boards monthly report
prepared by Lewis Badsie and Irv-
ing Kaplan, who later sought to
resign when the summary was
withheld. WPB chairman DON
aid Nelson, closed the hearings on
Wednesday.