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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Phone
Strike
Government Nav
Move in and
Seize Property

WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
(UP)-An Office of Econ
omic Sterilization spokesman
said Thursday that govern
ment action to end the
spreading strike of telephone
operators = possibly seizure
of struck properties = prob
ably was only a few hours
away.
The hint that the government
might act Thursday afternoon came
soon after operators in the nations
capital and in the war industry CEN
ter of Detroit had joined the walk
out in sympathy with Ohio oper-
ators Picket lines were formed
around telephone exchanges in both
cities.
OTHER CITIES IN LINE
Operators unions in many other
cities throughout the nation mean
while planned meetings or votes to
determine whether they would join
the Walk-outS.
Thus far the walk-out had affect
ed only long distance calls in most
places, inasmuch as all larger cities
use dial systems which do not re-
quire operators. Some smaller cities
in Ohio-Where the strike began
last week over dispute at Dayton
and where 20 cities now were struck
were virtually without service,
however. Telephone company Off
cials in both Washington and De-
troit reported long distance service
was being maintained on curtailed
basis through use of supervisory
employees.
STUDY OPERATIONS
In New York. officials of three
locals of the Federation of Long
Lines Telephone Workers were to
meet with officials of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Co. to
discuss how they could avoid work.
ing with "scab labor" in strike
bound exchanges.
Dispatches from such widely scat
tered points as Pittsburgh, Chicago,
Fort Worth, ano San Francisco re-
vealed that operators in those areas
were considering whether to join
the Walkout or not
LOS ANGELES, Nov. %. CUP)-
Southern Californians rested easier
Thursday after announcement by the
Federation of Women's Telephone
Workers of Southern California, an
independent union, that they would
not be affected by appeals of Ohio
telephone workers for sympathy
Walkouts.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23

PARIS, Nov. %. tUP)-Guy Bum
Wodehouse crisis appeared to be
settled late Thursday when French
security police agreed to release
the British humorist provided he
would leave Paris and pick place
of fixed residence.
Wodehouse, who had been detain-
ed more than 48 hours in the prison
where Marie Antoinette was once
confined, promptly picked the villa
of French friend of his, M. de
Rocuigny, not far from his own
bombed-out villa at Letouquet
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Double Poses for Hitler,
British Authority Says

elongated and showed only shall
low curve inside the top, in con-
trast with a large curve in Hitler's
ear.
The Express said Heinrich Him.
mler had carried out a virtual coup
d'etat, forcing Nazi leaders to accept
him as dictator in place of Hitler,
The Express printed a detailed
account of the asserted coup. allcg-
ing il occurred November at a
secret meeting of the Nazi hierarchy
at Oranienburg, near Berlin.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Wodehouse Gets
Liberty 0keh

when the Germans overran France.
1t was believed Wodehouse prob
ably already was enroute to his new
residence, but there was no state
ment by the French police on that
point.
Wodehouse was interrogated again
Thursday by the security officer and
angrily denied he had pro-Nazl
sympathies asserting he made his
broadcasts over the German radio
"only for fun"
He nd been arrested Monday night
at the Bristol Hotel
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Thanks Services
Held at Reims

bat units turkey dinner was served
to all Americans in France.
Lit. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges of
the 1st army sent a Thanksgiving
Day message to his troops. calling on
them to "join in giving thanks to
God that our efforts in this struggle
with evil and oppression have been
blessed with success"
The army estimated that it was
serving turkey dinners to between
one and two million Americans in
Six countries, including Germany.
Special arrangements we're made
so that every possible soldier who
so desired could attend Catholic,
Protestant or Jewish services.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
U. 5. Navy Shells
KuriIes Isle

LONDON, Nov. %. tUP) - The
Berlin radio broadcast Tokyo re-
port Thursday that United States
naval units shelled the island OF
Matau in the northern Kuriles for
20 minutes Wednesday evening.
A Tokyo dispatch of the Trans
ocean news agency reported the
naval bombardment OF Matau, APP
parently German form on Dis
tortion OF Matua, a Kurile island
700 miles north OF Hokkaido.
The dispatch said the attacking
forces withdrew because OF effect
i've Japanese defense fire,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23

PARIS, Nov. 80. CUP)-Americans
observed their first Thanksgiving
Day on the continent with war as
usual-but there were special SER
vices in Notre Dame Cathedral and
the Cathedral of ReimS.
A Stars and Stripes dispatch from
Eschweiler quoted Staff Sgt. c. A.
Little of Elizabeth, New Jersey, as
expressing the sentiment of many
American fighting men.
II am thankful that we are
fighting in the German fatherland
instead of in our own home or in
some other country" he said.
Except for the most forward COM
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Sink
Ormoc Fleet

ALLIED H E A D @ UARTER S,
LEYTE, Nov %. (UP)-American
planes and PIT boats destroyed or
damaged eight Japanese coastal
vessels and four barges engaged in
Small-Scale reinforcement of Leyte
where Lieutenant General Tomo-
yuki Yamashita has swung most of
his combat strength to the defense
of the Ormoc corridor, it was an
nounced Thursday.
General Douglas MacArthur's
fighter planes destroyed or badly
damaged four small freighters, two
coastal vessels and 10 barges, many
laden with japanese troops or sup
plies, the daily communique re-
ported
WHOLESALE SINKING
More than 40 other barges beached
south. of Ormoc were destroyed
Motor torpedo boats sank two lug
gers and four troop barges off Or
moe. ano other small craft were
damaged.
The increased number of email
Snlpplng targets spotted by the u.
S. airmen indicated the Japanese
were persisting in small attempts to
reinforce and supply the Leyte
forces, but relatively few troops
were being brought in.
PEARL HABOR, Nov. 23. CUP)-
Tokyo reported Superfortress
reconnaissance flight over the Jap
anese homeland at noon Thursday
Japanese time), in apparent prepa-
ration for further intensification of
the far-flung Pacific aerial often
sive.
A Tokyo broadcast said one B-29
flew over the coastal area of ISe
bay, Honshu island, in central
Japan, at the head of which lies
Nagoya, great industrial center. The
Superfortress filed in no time"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23

LONDON, Nov. %. (UP)
The Daily Express said
Thursday it had "incontest-
able proof" that the Nazis
had been using a double as a
front for Adolf Hitler since
the July attempt on his life.
The newspaper said the
latest "official" picture of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Building Bought
For Youth Center

El Centre councilmen voted We'd
nesday night to accept the offer
of the cooperation of the War Rec
reation Council in the matter OF
removing a theater auditorium from
Seeley to Eastside Park, Ell Centre
The. building will serve the week
end needs of Negro troops on leave,
and during the remainder of the
week will be devoted to civilian
youth program which will survive
the war.
The total cost of the enterprise
it is believed will be about $4,000,
lof which the city will pay half.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23

Hitler was proved a fake by
an ear Identification test. The pic
ture, published here last Thursday,
showed Hitler" decorating Leon
Degrelle, Belgian Fascist leader.
The Express submitted the picture
to an Aural surgeon who after ex-
animation said it 'unquestionably"
was not Hitler. The surgeon said
Hitler'S ears are stubby, while those
of the man in this picture were
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23

when the japanese opened up with
intercepting fire, it added
TRANSPORTS DAMAGED
General Douglas MacArthur's
headquarters revealed that Ameri-
can heavy bombers damaged two
Japanese transports of 600o and 1000
tons in the fourth attack on Brunei
bay of northwestern Borneo within
a week.
A spokesman at MacArthur's
headquarters disclosed that Allied
Beaufighters in the Southwest Pa
cific now are using rockets against
their targets.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
FIRE CHIEF MAY IMPRESS
CIVILIANS AS HELPERS

El Centro city council Wednes-
day night passed an ordinance en-
powering the fire department chief
or the acting chief to impress civ
ilians for service in the extinguish-
ing of a fire.
The action was taken because the
city's insurance carrier had ruled
that it was not liable for injuries
suffered by such civilians unless
there were such a city ordinance
in force.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
$50 Forts Hit
Nazi Oil Field

LONDON, Nov. %. CUPo A
force of $50 Flying Fortresses with
an escort of rs Mustang fighters
attacked the synthetic oil works
at GelSenkirchen Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
D AMBllNe
IMPORTER
One Problem Solved


Jerry Robertson attacked knot
ty problem of postwar recovery.
He was joined in the attack by Ru-
dolph Miller.
They talked in lonesome accents
about the good cid days in I'M
perial Valley when the rural
schools were full of youngsters,
hundreds of fat dairy COWS stood
tummy deep In alfalfa and there
were dairy farms galore.
What we need" said Jerry lis
more Swiss dairymen.
Yes" agreed Rudolph Swiss
dairymen."
after the war" planned Jerry,
1--WE will charter battleship, send
it to Switzerland, pack it full of
Swiss dairymen, bring them back
and put tie valley on a paying
basis"
Miller agreed to be the ambas-
sadCr- -on-the water and make the
trip.
That's one less thing to worry
about.
A Tall Tale
Rod Cheney is always Dragging
about the wonders of Imperial
Gables aWav out yondor on the des-
ert in the Glamis area.
1--WE have type of lizards SO
smart that they have especially
adapted themselves to the area"
Continued on Page 6, Col. o
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
PARCELS FOR PRISONER
REACH PORT AT KOBE

MOSCOW, Nov. %. UP)-T'he
first consignment of parcels for Al
lied war prisoners in Japan trans
shipped through Russia have arriv-
ed in Kobe, it was announced Thurs
d9y
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
WEATHER

Continued unsettled. Showers
Friday and Friday night No change
in temperature. No froStS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
Coast City Eyes
Postwar Plans

Her is seventh article on "What
Other Cities Are Doing About Post
War Planning.~
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-23
WEATHER

Maximum Wednesday IL, minimum
Thurs. 46; am. Thurs. 81, humid
ity 81; noon Thurs. IS, humidity IS;
pm. Wednesday 65, humidity 81.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-30
SCHOOLS TO USE
WAR SURPLUS IN
NEW CONSTRUCTION

All worn equipment in New Han
aver county schools will be re-
nIaced and all other necessary
an1ipment for an efficient school
MORAN will be obtained from sur
nluS war commodities when they
become available, it was announc-
ed yesterday by H. M. Roland,
gJperintendent of education.
More than 1000 items are ex-
pected to be placed or the school
list Of surplus commodities, bene-
fling every department in all
county schools, Roland said.
Among the items expected to be
made available that could be used
BY schools are microscopes, office
machines, typewriters motion pic
ture machinery, films and visual
education equipment unsurpassed
by any supply previously available.
A washington committee is now
busy cataloguing the thirteen bill
lion dollars worth of items that
will be available to schools and
other unsupported institutions.
The date the articles, which were
manufactured for the war effort,
will become available has not yet
been set, except in a few cases.
Roland said the request for items
for New Hanover schools would not
be made until congress passes
the proper authorization for their
release
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Here's The Way To Beat
The Shortage Of Smokes
APP NeWsfeatures

NEW YORK-How to beat the
cigarette shortage, or five ways 10
live with less tobacco and like it:
/. Look squarely in the mirror
and ask yourself: Am slave to
tobacco?' If Fhe answer is no
keep trying to buy cigaretts. Ii
it's yes" get another mirror.
2. Keep your cigarettes IN a
pocket lined with DISTINGUISHING
kind of pocket everybody IN a
night club has when it comes time
to pay the check.
3. Make each cigarette last long
err. excellent remedies for lip burn
can be found in the advertising
columns.)
4. Fine yourself a nickle every
time you smoke. Before you know
buy pipe and a pound of tobacco.
5. To insure more cigaretts for
yourself, tell your lady friend
SIN oking is unladylike. (This tip is
for bachelors; married men know
they can't tell thei: wives any
thing.)
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fore had been forced to bail out
when enemy flax disabled his ship.
On that occasion. however, the pilot
flew the ship back across the front
lines before making a crash land
irg.
Sgt. Spencer M Little, son of Mr..
and Mrs. L. N. Little, of Bolton,
has been awarded an Oak Leaf
Cluster to the Bronze Star Medal
fer meritorious service against the
enemy in France July %. The cita-
ton reads:
During operations near Vile
baudon, Sgt. Little, who was serv-
Jag as an ammunition sergeant, left
the battery position with his half
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-30
BY RUTH COWAN
APP NewSfeatu TIRES

WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN
GERMANY.-GI Joe has changed
since he entered tn Reich. In
France, Belgium and Holland, he
was gay and friendly Even in for.
ward areas he found time to crack
wise-to flirt with pretty civilian
girls, to wave to passing Ameri-
can Army nurses. He threw candy
to children.
Now he is as yoo-hoo-less as
Lieut.. Gen. Ben Lear would like.
That is the first and most no.
ticeable thing about him. CT Joe
as he speeds about in a jeep, plods
through the mud, stands guard, is
a solemn-eyed individual.
I was with some of these same
troops in Normandy. That battle
at St. Lo was tough one, but
CT Joe had a joke to tell. In Lux.
embourg he would call out: Hey,
don't you war correspondents
know when the war is going to be
over so we can go home?"
But there is none of that now.
These men aren't wasting words.
Perhaps few els when they
first entered Germany threw gum
to German kiddies-waved to Ger
man girls. 1t is hard to realize
that the people in the fields, be.
side the roads, in this mile are
friends and in the next are enc
mics when the uplifted road bar
riers marking national boundaries,
are discolored and sometimes diff
ficult to see.
But a few miles into Germany,
after few weeks stiff fight to
gain and to hold ground, and CT
Joe became very grim.
He was pelted with flowers,
cheered from Normandy up on in
to Holland. Men and women waved
from amid the wreckage of their
bombed and shell-blasted homes.
If he stopped there was a clap
patty-clap of wooden shoes as chill
dren crowded around to shake
hands and to ask: "Gurn?' or "a
smoke for papa, pleeze?"
But as he neared the Dutch-Ger-
man border his role as Liberator
began to grow thin. Once over the
border it was very different
story.
Now as he drives through the
untouched streets-there are such
in captured German towns, the
townfolds are indoors, sometimes
with blinds drawn at their front
windows. The peasants in the
fields hardly look up. Children
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N'lllons Switch To
Mutton Suet Idea
For Chest Colds
''''hy Relieves chiIdyen's Colds
soughs, Loosens PhIeem

ShII0sSH &Vl0S
:, soushs, Loosens PhIegm
,,a many mothers all over America
sn In switching to this idea of get
n; s .asV relief for these chest cold
5 a,T rss They ae simply follow
d =, grandma. Fer years she count
Ion Ta mutton suet to help carry her
ne ' "! A1edlcation to do it's pain-eas-
n II n mOfk on nerve ends in the skin.
e en- ooader 50 many more now well
b. ~; urandma's idea as improved
sS;;a,ssta'ee7.Penetro, with it's multi
tsisnated formula in a base con-
as c0, mutton suet-that acts both
er v wSulter-irritant and pain-reliev-
asootI;;i you spread it on, and as
b. hn iillg aromatic when breathed
slopSs 1 na, 50 today Penetro hurries
eaVe e lever help in the old reliable
s,g, Iitelp that eases painful mis-
paiesynte S sens coughing, loosens
Tat s rn,, sootlles chest rawness-so
nd s svu can rest more comfortably
Nsliif, nature ia a chance to restore
seteS;;n mats why millions are
dugy;sstgs TO Penetro today-why
dsubIe, s,S are recommending it. 25c,
lys ~ e5 supply 35c. For all your fam
sou y s4e 81. cid miseries, be sure
CIV "Alte, easy-to-use Penetro.
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track to replenish the ammunition
supply. Returning b r t y, he
brought back with him three wound
ed infantrymen and the news that
the enemy in counter attack
had cut off the battery by bringing
a rear crossroads under anti-tank
and small arms fire.
Later in the same day. Sgt Lit
tie again left for ammunition, al
though it was known that the cross.
roads were under fire. Upon reach
ing the crossroads, Sgt. Little I'm.
hesitatingly took the half-track
through the gauntlet of fire. Re.
turning with full load of ammuni-
ton, Sgt. Little again drove the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-30
Hl1-RUN HEARING
! 0ELAYED IN COURT
17,e case of Lewis E. Gore, Ne

MIN case of Lewis E. Gore, Ne
l"' ,,,bo was returned from Win
Sro, Salem Tuesday by Charles
slon n sberiffs deputy, on a charge
sn0 VT and run driving resulting
Of l dasth was continued in Re-
IN S a Court yesterday until De-
colu sar 6 and Gore was placed I'm
e ssr a $500 bond.
de 1--we . was charged with failing
o4- wv after an automobile operat-
to to ' bT him struck one driven v by by
ed W SINGLETON, February 7, 1941,
|lp aoeident resulting in the death
Of oH u Jackson, 36-year-old white
a was sentenced on two counts
man. nssau,t on female. On the first
70. ", s'' judgement was prayed by
s0sn nol;citor, the sentence was or
t 1Y.od nut into immediate effect
deFF0 4an DAYS stay and he was
y ,..sd under $500 bond.
p an the second count ne was
.o0t VII to six months in jail to
st. ssi-' assigned to the roads, with
DE-. ~ davs stay and he was placed
'tn dar $500 bond. The two sentences
uIlu' "a RIM concurrently.
af T ~ white youths Robert Suggs
~" lack Walls, charged with mali
a siaas mischief and damage to per
cl snsI property, were taxed with
s aa.ps and sentenced to 20 days in
e w II he assigned to the county
.rr, The sentences were suspend
. ID mon condition that the defend
~ a. not enter the grocery store
s'n meat market Or hot dog stand OF
cy N, Reid Of Maffitt Village for
" n ~, of two years. The boys
ae ps'' found not guilty II of disor-
. ser,I, conduct in Reds store.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-30
Duke Alumni Planning
Annual Dinner Meeting

Alumni and friends of Duke Uni
versit- from New Hanover n d
Brunswick counties will hold their
annual dinner meeting at 7:30 pm.
on Dec. II at the Blue Top lodge,
L C.. LeGwin, Jr., president of the
club, said yesterday.
Miss Azalene Switzerland will be
in charge of the program which will
include a technicolor motion pic
ture of last years Duke Carolina
game.
few DAYS. The ticket committe is
comprised of George w. Beverly.
Mrs. L. O. Fonvielle, Mrs. A. S.
Tr,1ndle and Mrs. Warren Barrett.
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You may not be fortunate
in owning the originals but
you may have a lovely
likeness of Early American
crystal in these charming
pieces with crocheted edge.
Salad plates and grace
full stemware that will be a
distinguished addition to
our own table or to the
lucky recipients!
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Chloe Is A Changed Guy
SinceHeEnteredG Germany

simply stare. Only occasionally is
there a friendly gesture.
But that is all right with CT Joe.
l watched an American soldier re-
garding an elderly German dig
ging in the ruins of his home and
bringing out some cobbler's tools.
WELL he said in the direction
of the German. "How do you like
it? War on your own doorstep"
The German probably didn't I'M
derstand English, but even so he
didn't turn his head.
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WHITEVILLE MAN
HELD BY GERMANS

WHITEVILLE, Nov 90. - The
Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Strickland
have received word from the War
Department thai their son, Staff
Sgt. Prince E. Strickland, reported
missing in action over Germany
since October IS, is a prisoner of
war in Germany.
Sgt. Strickland was nose gunner
or B-24 Libe1 ator and once be-
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half track through the enemy fire
and delivered the much needed am
munition to the battery, thus en-
abling the battery to help break up
a couner attack which later de-
veloped. The initia tive. courage and
devotion to duty displayed by Sgt.
Little reflects credit upon himself
and the military service"
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Temple Baptist Church
Expects Ne,u Minister

The Rev. W J Stephenson, of
Madison, Ind, will arrive in Will
mington tomorrow to assume du-
ties as pastor of Temple Baptist
church, it was announced yester-
day by T. T. Hamilton, chairman
Of the pulpit committee. He will
preach his first sermon here Sum
day..
The Rev. Stephenson entered the
Southern Baptist Theological Sc
minary Louisville, Ky. in 1899, and
graduated three years later with
q masters degree. He is the son
Of a pastor Of Baptist church in
Charlotte. His wife is the former
Dorothy Taylor of Raleigh.
-V-
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
IICH (scabies>
Needs Something Better Than
Surface Relief

When you are tormented by Itch
,,cshleS), scratches, camp itch, or
.Fear Itch, don't be satisfied with
medicine that can do nothing
more than relieve the surface dis
vMplHl9rt, Use David's Sanative
, "asn which actually destroys itch
PARASITES sa on contact. 60 cents at
N.Y. N.Y. ofug sotre, Or send direct to
I r"enS q Minor, Richmond, Va.
+ ~ r. oAly as directed. Money back
-oI SatlsfIed. (Adv.)
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MOTHER TO SPONSOR SHIP

CHARLESTON, S c., Nov. 20
P)-Mrs. c. G. Thigpen of Macon
Ca, mother of six sons in the serv-
ice, will sponsor the USS Chilula,
a new fleet tug, when it slides
from the WAYS of the Charleston
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Warriors of ancient China ana
Peru were the first reople to use
nickel.
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Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Fri,
day morning. (
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Storm Fails 10 Halt
Collection Of Paper
By School Children

Despite the storm and the absence
Of many children from school, paper
continued to flow in today in The
Evening Star PTA Salvage-for-
Victory program. .
At the Buchanan School, for in
stance, in spite Of the slippery walks
a ton Of paper was collected by the
children, representing about half an
average days collection in fair
weather.
The pupils at Buchanan received
their Salvage-for-Victory pennant,
which they won by exceeding 100
pounds per capita, at a special as
sembly this morning. When told
that their 6S,oo6 pounds represented
six piles as high as the Washington
Monument, they broke into loud
APPLAUSE.
Noyes School, which also has
entered the honor roll with 1861
pounds per capita, also received a
Salvage-for- Victory banner this
morning. Addison will receive one
tomorrow morning. .
Collections tomorrow in the Sec
ond district, together with the lead
ers, follow: