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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-28

SAPGERTIES, n. Y ms -
David Branch. 16, was held by state
police today for questioning in the
brutal death of his mother, Mrs.
Hazel Branch, As, who was found
last night in the kitchen OF her
home with her head battered in by
a coal stove shaker.
NEW YORK-INS - Arrange
ments for the funeral OF William
I. Dewart, IS, president and pub
Usher OF the New York Sun, were
being made today. Dewart died
at his New York home Thursday
after a long illness.
NEW YORK-INS- Two New
York liquor dealers faced possible
indictment today on charges of
participating in a s1,500,000 nation
wide black market racket. William
f. Dunnigan, assistant district sup
ervisor OF the Treasury Depart
ment's alcoholic unit. accused the
Hercules Liquor Corp, and the
Equitable Trading Corp, OF having
engaged in above-OPA ceiling tran
sactions in II states and in the
District OF Columbia.
BOSTON-INS- An award OF
$4,000 had been made today by
a federal jury to Louis G. Balsam,
OF Cambridge. against Fulton Lewis,
Jr., noted radio commentator whom
he had sued for 100000 on a IL
bel charge. The jury deliberated
10. hours. Lewis, in denying that
the statements made in a broad
cast year ago were libelous. claim
ed they we're substantially true.
Balsam. a former professor and
dean OF men at Reed College, Port
land, Ore, was OPA rationing Of
fcer in New England.
CHICAGO-INS-The aid OF gov
eminent agencies was sought today
by the Inland Steel Company as
contract negotiations with the
United Steelworkers OF America
became stalemated on a number OF
issues.
CHICAGO-INS-Louis (. Lever
one. Chicago industralist and past
president OF the Illinois Chamber
OF Commerce, was notified today
OF his election as national presi-
dent OF the Phi Gamma Delta fra
ternity.
LONG BEACH, Cal.-INS-Dou.
glas Aircraft Co. employees at the
Long Beach plant will ballot next
Friday in a runoff election to de-
termine whether the Clio or AF'l
shall be their bargaining agent.
JOHNSTOWN. Pains East
and west bound traffic on the main
Pennsylvania Railroad line between
New York. Pittsburgh and the west
W delayed for hours today by
freight wreck near Jamestown.
WASHINGTON-INS r. Senate
House conferees neared complete
accord on the new tax bill today az.
ter agreeing to sharp increases In
amusement and luxury item levies
and several other provisions. still
to be disposed OF are Senate pro-
visions freezing the old age pen
sion payroll tax at the present level
throughout 1914 and the changes
proposed by both houses in the
War Contract Renegotiation Act.
WASHINGTON-INS-Fiye more
famous movie stars we're scheduled
to arrive in Washington today TO
take part in the Presidents birth.
day ball celebrations held to help
raise funds for the fight against
infantile paralysis. Due to arrive
today were Maria Montez, John
Garfield. Jinx Falkenburg. Brian
Donlevy and Walter Pidgeon.
Scheduled % arrive tomorrow are
Brian Aherne and his wife, Joan
Fontaine.
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See WAR-Page s
speed Victory. Buy MORE Bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-28

KINDLING WOOD. Michigan lad
der Co. Adv. 12s-a.
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See PRISONERS-Page s
Speed Victory, Ruy MORE Bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-28
Berlin Blasted

While the Allies slashed at the
communication lines between the
two Italian fronts. British bombers
were revealed 10 have treated Der.
lin to its third major assault this
month. First indication OF The siza
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-28

CHICAGO-INS-Louis (. Lever
one. Chicago industralist and past
president OF the Illinois Chamber
OF Commerce. was notified today
Of his election as national presi-
dent OF the Phi Gamma Delta fra
ternity.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-28

CHARACTERISTIC aid OF gov
eminent agencies was sought today
by the Inland Steel Company as
contract negotiations with the
United Steelworkers OF America
became stalemated on a number OF
issues.
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s-sed Victory, Buy MORE 30
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-28

SAPGERTIES, N. Y ms -
David Branch. 16, was held by state
police today for questioning in the
brutal death of his mother, Mrs.
Hazel Branch, As, who was found
last night in the kitchen OF her
home with her head battered in by
coal stove shaker.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-28

LONG BEACH, Cal.-INS-Dou.
glas Aircraft Co. employees at the
Long Beach plant will ballot next
Friday in a runoff election TO de-
termine whether the Clio or AFL
shall be their bargaining agent.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-28

NEW YORK-INS - Arrange
ments for the funeral OF William
7. Dewart, IS, president and pub
Usher OF the New York Sun, we're
being made today. Dewart died
at his New York home Thursday
after a long illness.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-28

JOHNSTOWN. Pains East
and west bound traffic on the main
Pennsylvania Railroad line between
New York. Pittsburgh and the west
W delayed for hours today by a
freight wreck near Johnstown.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-08
Church Council Wants
Jan ShrineS Bombed

NEW YORK. Feb. s GNS)--
The American council of Christian
churches urged Congress today
to demand the bombing and de-
struction Of the TWO great Jap
shrines at Ise and YaSunkunl--
the heart Of japanese war
mindedncSs. "
The council warned that con-
tinuance of official tenderness
toward japanese state Shinto
will cost hundreds of thousands
OF American lives. To destroy
the two false shrines would
"shatter the idea that holds
Japan together for war B" the
council added
"They are as truly military
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-08
international Photo

detectives a. any factory. for
they manufacture the will 10
fight" the message to Congress
said
ISe was described az the
dwelling OF the sun goddess who
has commissioned Japan 10 con-
quer the world according 10 the
Shinto militarists, and YaSunkuni.
the supposed dwelling of the
spirits OF the deified war dead, the
protectors Of the realm.
Buy War Savings Stamps the
convenient way. Order them
delivered 10 your door from your
Detroit Times carrier-Salesman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-08
Vatican Protests
RdidonSt.PauI' S

LONDON. Feb. 8 GNS)-The
Vatican radio announced today
that il had lodged a formal pro-
test with Fascist officials in Rome
against the action of armed
guards in forcing their way into
the buildings of the patriarchal
81. Paut's BaSciiica.
The guards. il was said. were
commanded by Or. Pietro Caruso,
chief OF Rome police.
In a broadcast to Germany, the
Vatican station said:
"The Holy See herewith reit-
crates an expression of its most
profound Indignation
An earlier Vatican broadcast
gave no reason as TO why the po-
licemen had violated the Holy
Sees extraterritorial rights.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-08

Nee Killed
lnCrackup

GUADALCANAL, Feb. s tUP)
Navy officials today released
the story of a pilot who said he
witnessed the death of 1t. Robert
n. Hanson Of Newtonville. Mass.
marine ace. who crashed into the
ocean near Rabauf on Feb. 3 as
he attempted to tie the American
record by downing his 26th en-
envy plane.
1t. Creighton Chandler of West
Point, Miss, who was flying near
Hanson, reported that the ace
sent hrs piarre into a straffng dive
and struck the sea.
"The right wing hit the water,
the gasoline tank exploded and
the plane somcrsaulted," Chand-
Ter said.
Chandler added that he dropped
his own plane toward the sea and
saw nothing but debris.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-10
WORKERS SOUGHT
FOR NAVY YARDS


The recruiting Of civilian war
workers, thousands of whom are
needed to meet the. increased wo-k
schedules Of ship production and
repair at a number of west coast
Navy esta blishrnents, is underway
here by Arthur. W. Smith, in room
los of. the custo1lho
Particularly. needed are mach
inists, coppersir1iths, electricians,
helpers ghipfitte-s and many 9th
err skilled and semi-skined work
ers. Appointees; are guaranteed free
transportation to the west coast
establishments, and adequate hous-
ing facilities at reasonable. cost
upon arriving for duty.
{ The estabis hments needing
workers are Mare Island Navy.
yard, Vallejo. Calf; Naval Dry
docks, at Hunters Point, San Fran
cisco, Calf Terminal Island, San
Pedro, Calf; the Puget Sound Ma
Wy yard; Bremerton,. WASH; the
Naval Air Stations at Seattle. Wash.
and Alameda, Calf; and Naval
depots in Hawthorne, : New, and
Clearf;eld,. Utah.
Appointments will be made IN
accordance with War ManpoWer
commission policies and Employ
ment Sterilization. plans.
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headed the Diesel school at Ne,

headed the Diesel school at New
London, Conn.
Makers last assignment prior to
the beginning of the war was in
the office of the Secretary of the
Navy, as head of the Office of
He was also the naval
representative on the National In
ventors' council.
Two of the captains sons are
also in the Navy: Lieut.. Gg)
James E. Maye~, Jr., pilot of a
Hellcat in the South Pacific, and
Lieut.. David B. Maher, gunnery
officer on a submarine, at present
in Atlantic waters. His brother,
Commander Arthur L. Maher, ex-
ecutive officer on the u. S. S.
Houston which was sunk. is p-is-
oner of the Japanese. and Sec
ond brother, Lieut.. Frank K. Ma
her, also of the Navy, is "some-
where in the Pacific"
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after questioning, but they arr
major ones and do credit to any
man now in Naval service.
Equipped as he is with first-hand
knowledge of what naval warfare
is like, and stationed in New York
where he can view the whole naval
picture in good perspective, h 5
words are worth listening to when
he says:
THE war against the Japs in
the Pacific has made excellent
progress, but we still have a long
way to go and lot to do before
we finish.'
The ships that roll off the run
ways at the North Carolina Ship
building company have to undergo
a fine tooth comb survey before
they are ready for service. The
inspectors who determine the final
fitness of those vessels are person
mel of the Commissioning Detail,
Immediately responsible to t h e
Sixth Naval District headquarters
at Charleston, but also under the
jurisdiction of Capt. Makers Of
flee, at so Church street, New York
City.
Capt. Maher said 155 officers and
500 men are directly attached to
the East Coast commissioning
service, but that there are many
more thousands of persons W h o
serve as officers and nucleus crews
of the various ships and who are
available to the commissioning
service.
Capt. Maher makes periodic re-
views of the work of his inspec-
tors; it is for this purpose that ne
came to Wilmington. He has been
at his present post for a little over
three months. -
AS commanding officer of h e
U. S. S. San Juan, anti aircraft
cruiser, commissioned in Febru-
airy 1912, Capt. Maher took that
craft to the South Pacific imme-
diately thereafter, and introduced
her to the bitter naval struggles
at Guadalcanal and Tulagi, in those
days of first offensive operations.
The crew included about so Off
GERS, and 700 men.
The San Juan was soon thorough
ly acclimated to the ways of war,
and was one of the vessels which
became a rg e for concentrat-
ed air attack by Japanese carrier
planes at Santa Cruz, where the
Jap navy was routed in August,
1912. The San Juan, according to
Cap. Maher, came through her
trials practically undamaged."
After year and three months,
on the San Juan, Capt. Maher took
command of the U. S. S. Washing
ton, battleship which served as fleet
flagship. Here he was stationed
for a year, and was engaged in
two mNjor campaigns and num-
Der of shore bombardments. The
Washington carried staff of $50
officers and more than 1000 men.
Capt. Maher was cited for bril-
liant command at Tulagi by Ad-
miral Norman Scott, an official
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-10
MOODY TO SPEAK
AT FOOD MEETING


Hillman Moody of Raleigh, dis
trict representative Of. the War
Food administration will be the
keynote speaker at meeting OF
the Wilmington Area Food Advls-
ory committee at 4 pm. Monday
In the chamber of commerce as
sembly.
The conference was requested TO
be held by Moody, who said that
recently a number of fruit brok-
ers and wholesale grocers have eN-
pressed considerable interest in the
food supply situation.
"A few items are consistently re-
ported in very short supply in
his area. At the same time. they
read in trade papers and elsewhere
sf huge government stocks of
!ood'. Therefore, there is consider
lble confusion in the minds of
tome of these regarding the food
supply situation.
The meeting in Wilmington, he
said, is for the purpose of clearing
up misunderstanding about food
supplies. ....-.
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Captain Maher Says Nation Still Has
Long Wav To Go In War Against Japan

later killed in action; at Santa
Cruz, Maher was cited again, and
received the Navy Cross at the
hands of Admiral Halsey. +
Maher was graduated from An
napolis in 1915, from the subma-
rine school in 1917, and attended
the graduate school from 1924
1926.
In his Naval carer, he has COM
manded eight Warships: four sub
marines; one submarine tender;
one destroyer leader; one light
cruiser; and one battleship.
At the Naval Academy he served
for a time as instructor. in sea-
manship navigation, and la e I
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Dickie Dobson, Emerso on: Head,
Paige Taylor, Walter H In t,
Dorothy Hines, Jaime Andrews,
Claude McAllister,, l.. "A. Black
burn, Kenneth Herring, Merton
Futch, Don Taylor, George Shep-
ard, and Charles Caudill s
Fifth row: Julian Rogers, Frank
:Costin,. Charles Cooper Albert
FanshaW,s Jon .Ohe!leiser, Lieut..
Lacock, Mrs. Joyce, Bobby Ben
nett, Frank Farrow, Franklin Hall.
and Martin SWart.
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Nv EMMA CARR BIvINs

Capt. James E. Maher, United
States Navy, commanding officer
of the Central Commission detail
for the East Coast, a visitor to
Wilmington recently, has a desk
and travelling job now that bellies
the adventure he has known in
this war.
A quiet, somewhat reticent man,
he discusses his present assign
ment concerning the commission
ing of tie ships being manufactur-
ed on this coast for war duty much
more readily than he describes the
fury of the battles he has known
in the last few years in the South
Pacific.
And he admits to his honors only
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Britt, Sarah Bellamy, Billy Hurst,
Betsy Hurst, Harris Sneeden, John
Gerdes, David Darden, Vernell
Peacock, Norma Cummings. W. b.
Cole, Douglas Hall, Billy Jean
Wall.
Second row: Geraldine Colkitt,
Ann Jordan, Betty Blake, Peggie
Lewis, Virginia Nietscne, Kenneth
Murphy, Dick Corbett, Carolyn
Newton, ia n ct Currin, Carol
Marshb,1rn. Aubrey Merritt. Ed
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NEW STATION MANAGER

WHITEVILLE, September 9. -
John E. Hill, of Florence, S. c.,
has assumed management of the
Whiteville bus station. Hill was
associated with the Florence bus
station for three years psior to
coming to Whiteville.
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ward Teachey, Lawrence crawley,
Harriet Gallup. =. 81 -.
Third row: Rachel Morris, Jack
Chadwick, Gene Russ, Billy Bird,
Gene schenek, Tommie Vaught,
Frances Hayes, Cecilia Farley,
Don, McAlister, Charles Cum
r11ings, Dick Nucton, Billy Lyerly,
Barclay Brown, Margaret Olden-
buttel, Bobby Orrell.
Fourth row: Beverly Jurgenson,
Basil Furr, Freddie Holmes,
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Pictured above are students who
attended TIL e Summer Music
school during the past months
under auspices of the Board Of
Education. Students received in
struction in the fundamentals of
music and were tutored in band
and orchestral instruments by
Lieut.. E. j. Lacock, j. r. Dobson,
and Mrs. Jean Joyce. all music
teachers in the local schools.
In the first row are: Mary
Porter. Pearl Award. Guinevere
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Faiirmont Leaf Sales
Termed Satisfactory

FA1RMoNT, Sept. sc. B. Stat
ford, supervisor of the local to-
bacco board of trade, today re-
ported that tobacco sales this sea-
son have been the most salts
factory" Of any season in the his
tory of the market.
Sales this year have amounted
to 19,054,618 pounds for a total Of
So, 3S2,295. As, at an average OF $44.
--V-
Wood used in building the C-54
Skymaster could cover u by u
floor.
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Residents Of Liege
Acclaim Liberators

LIEGE, Belgium, Sept. 9.-(P)-
Twenty-four hours after their lib
Grafton the people of this industrial
city on the banks of the Mouse riv-
er still were wildly acclaiming the
Americans today as. infantry and
armored columns passed through
and closed in on the Siegfried line.
Along the Boulevard Freres Or
ban and in the place of st. Lam
bert in the heart of Liege thous-
ands of people stood and cheered
the troops. Every time vehicle
stopped, girls rushed to it and kiss
ed the occupants.
G.,inning, embarrassed dough-
boys and tankmen in battle-stained
uniforms were having a fine t;ple,
and so was the city of Liege.
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SENTENCED

WHITEVILLE, Sept. 9. - Joe
Watts, operator of Cokomo Grove
station on highway rs, between
Hallsboro and Lake Waccamaw.
was given IL months on the roads
here yesterday by Judge Richard
Dixon, presiding over the Superior
court, when jury found him gull
ty of possessing whiskey for sale.
The case had been appealed from
the recorders court.
Evening star., 1944-02-21

PACKARD 1941 Clipper sedan; black, 8
good tires, radio and heater, Al through
Packard 1887 12o CO. sedan; black,
white sidewall tires; this is good buy
for some one.
Packard 1941 de luxe sedan; 3 good
tires, radio and heater; this is a clean car
throughout.
1o4o Oath ST NV RE 0l23
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Uncle Roy's Corner

The olden Norsemen used to
speak about god of winter called
"UH." He was said to move from
one mountain to another with great
speed, and on his feet he wore skis.
1t was quite natural for the Morse
men to put skis on their god Of
winter. They, themselves, had been
using skis to cross snow for time
untold. Without long, narrow
shoes" Of this kind, they would
have had great trouble in going
from one place to another.
1t may be that Norsemen wore
skies before they learned to make
ocean-going boats. Eleven hundred
years ago, one Of their poets spoke
Of such boats as Skis of the sea-"
1t is believed that people at first
had no idea Of making a sport out
of skiing. They needed skis for
travelling, but the thought of ski
contests does not seem to have come
to their minds.
The first record Of a regular ski
contest goes back less than a CEN
tury. In about the year 1860 there
was gathering IN the Telemark
district of Norway, and ski contests
were held,
The contest idea soon spread to
Sweden and Denmark. Later it was
adopted in Switzerland, Canada, the
United States and some other coun-
tries.
In Norway, before the present war,
lit was custom to hold "the Nor
Evening star., 1944-02-21

North showed good Judgment IN
believing his singleton king would
solidify a suit South had bid so
strongly, and the slam contract was
not actually bad one.
West opened the club eight,
dummy played low and East wisely
ducked, South winning with the
ten. A spade was led to the king
and a club back to South's ace Now
South led the spade ace, discarding
a heart from dummy. He then led
the spade jack and East won with
the queen.
East's brilliant lead at this point
was low heart into dummy's ten
ace. If East had made the normal
return of diamond, South would
have put up the ace, drawn East's
remaining trumps, and entered
dummy with heart lead so he
could run the clubs and discard his
remaining diamonds. But East's
heart return took out South's only
entry to dummy. South discarded
one diamond on the heart ace and
one on the club king, but now he
knew he could not get another dis
card on club because East would
trump. So South tried the diamond
f1nesse, and Vests king took the
setting trick
Saturday you were Howard
Schenken's partner. With both sides
vulnerable and the opponents 40 on
score, you held:
4 A j 10 5
y 40 954
8 83
462
The bidding:
Jacoby. Schenken. Lightner. You.
II Pass 81 90
AnsWer-Pass. To bid at this point
simply because your opponents have
partial score would risk a big
set-perhaps 1700 points. 1t is too
great risk to take, even for the
chance of saving the rubber.
Score 100 per cent for pass, 80 per
cent for double, nothing for three
hearts or three spades.
Question No. 1,625.
Today the bidding is the same, but
you hold this hand:
A A j 10 5
y A 10 954
8 632
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
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wegian Derby" each year. Among
the events we're cross country races.
In one of these a record of 1914
miles in hours and 7 minutes was
made on skis. This was a speed Of
very close to 71a miles an hour.
Another cross-country record was
made by Lapp who travelled 1873
miles in 81 hours and % minutes.
His average was almost 61a miles an
hour, which was very good for such
a distance.
In 1885 group of Russians made
a long distance record, and it really
was long g-distance!" These men
on skis travelled from Lake Baikal,
in Siberia, to Murmansk, a city in
European Russia near the Arctic
Ocean. The trip amounted to $500
miles and was made in less than
six month.
Evening star., 1944-02-21

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