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The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29

son, South Carolina, according to
word received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Rudolph Peters. He has
two brothers serving overseas.
1T. VIRGIL CHANDLER has re-
Gently been transferred from Ale
media, California, to Quonset,
Rhode Island, where he is attending
a specialists school. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Chandler, who
has been with him on the coast.
JESSIE C. CARTER, S 2/c,
writes his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. c. Carter, Sr.. from San. Diego,
California, that he will not get that
hoped-for 72-hour pass. "They
stopped giving them out today"
Instead, he asks them to send him
and s inch blade knife. II know
it's not nice thing to talk about,
where l am going it may come in
mighty handy, so get me one If
you can" Nom, tell all the folks
hello for me. l thought l would
be home for Christmas, but not this
time, / guess" Carter has lived
in Coolidge district since 1896 and
is a graduate of La Palma school
He joined the navy in July of 1914.
N. M. (NAPPY) PlSANo, S NC,
writes from San Francisco to thank
the staff of Coolidge Post Office,
of which he is former employee,
for sending him Christmas pack
age and the Greeting Edition for
Coolidge service men. 81 sure was
surprised to get the package and
the Xmas Edition. / have read it
over and over again. In fact, l
have read it so many times l don't
think it will last till Christmas. 1t
seems like only yesterday that l
used to see all those boys in SER
vice, or most Of them, playing on
the streets or coming into Geo. Y.
Wahs for groceries - but time
marches oni F. To mention the
chocolates, the boys and l disposed
of them in a very short time and
boy they sure were good" Pisano
has made his home in Coolidge
since 1880 and entered the service
in June of this year. He has a
brother, Reynaldo Pisano, PM 2/C,
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29

who has been serving in the navy
since 1912.
EDGAR M. BOLLlN, &c SIC,
writes his mother, Mrs. Virginia
Bollin, from the South Pacific to
let her know that he is in port and
has received "a couple of packages
and magazines" l will be glad
when l get the Arizona Highways
magazines so l can show some of
these guys what good state looks
like. Most of the guys on this ship
are from the East coast and they
think all we have in Arizona is des-
ert." Bollin was especially inter
eSted in the latest football news
and says it sure sounded as if CUHS
had a power house this year.
PVT. CRAIG BLACKWELL
serving with the Air Transport
Command, graduated from air
mechanics school at San Bernar-
dino, California, Saturday and has
been transferred to Sacramento,
California, according to word re-
ceived this week. Mrs. Blackwell,
who was in San Bernardino with
him, returned to Chandler to be
with her parents when he was
transferred. He expects to receive
furlough in the near future.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
T/5 EUGENE C. SHIPLEY writes

T/5 EUGENE c. SHIPLEY writes
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Shipley, from England to let them
know he is o. k The men there
get everything they need but cigar
cites, he says, which they have been
so drastically cut on that, ''we
don't get near enough" He will
be mighty glad when this bloody
war is over and they all get to
come home, Shipley, says. And
by the way, bloody" is one of the
worst slang words you can use in
England and we don't think any
thing of it. When we get mad at
one of them we call them bloody
Limmies" and do they blow their
tops! l sure get kick out of them
They are about 25 years be-
hind in most cases. You still see
them driving around the streets
with one horse harnessed to a
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29

| am still alive. We are in General
Patton's Third Army and this is
the first time we have had a rest
since we left Normandy" His
group was left to occupy one of the
towns taken by the, then, advanc-
ing troops. Usually, they take a
town and move on, but at the time
he wrote Thomas and his fellow
officers were living in a house!
We ran the civilians into a back
room and we took the front room.
No longer do the people give us the
glad sign, or two fingers up for
the Victory signal. They just stare
at u.s." Thomas has two brothers
in the service, Sgt. Arthur F..
Thomas, a prisoner of the Germans,
and Roy Thomas, GIN &c, serving
in the South Pacific.
PVT. EVERETT D. PETERS has
recently been transferred from
Camp Pickett, Virginia, to Ft. Jack
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
Przennsyl

Przemsyl, near the southern end of the Rus
so-German battle line. which has fallen into
Russian hands, has had it's character signally
altered in recent years by the development
|of petroleum in it's neighborhood, says the
National Geographic Society
Before the ravages of World War !, it was
town of orchardy and flower gardens with
a mixed population chiefly Poles and Ruth
enes.
Previous to the declaration of World War II,
however, life in the city had changed With
the exploitation of the nearby oil fields in
dustrial life took on new significance. The
great petroleum belt in the heart of which
Przemsyl lies extends roughly from Krakow,
to Lwow and then south to the Carpathian
Mountains.
Przemsyl, fortress-city is built on the
banks of the San River, tributary of the
Vista Wistula) and is strategically located
amid the foothills of the western Carpathians
which form natural defense wall to the
SOUTH At the point where the city stands. the
San makes a great curve extending II miles
northwest to Jaroslaw. In this arc hills rise
nearly 1,40O feet high
In the early 18th century the State of Prem.
syl, then border land between Russia and
Poland, was founded by Russian princes. Aft
er 1910, the land was annexed by Casimir
the Great Of Poland. On the hills overlooking
castle reputedly built by him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
More Defiance

Station KsTP in Minneapolis may not get
very far with its request to the National War
Labor Board that the President take over
Minneapolis Local 70, American Federation
of Musicians, because of the locals contin-
ued strike in alleged defiance of the WLB. It's
an interesting idea, however, as a test of
possible precedents established in the Mont
gomery Ward case; circumstances in both
disputes are somewhat similar.
James Caesar Petrillo, the Federation Of
Musicians rational president, ordered strike
of the 16 union musicians at KSTP on July Is.
Since then, the president of KSTP alleges,
Mr.. Petrillo has ignored the WLB order for
the men to return to work. The radio execu-
tive also alleges that Mr.. Petrillo previously
defied the WLB when he failed to appear in
response to a summons during contract
dispute last May.
It is further contended that Local 70 is run
like any other business" not only with the
usual officers and board of directors, but with
sideline operation of a restaurant poolroom
and bar, duly licensed in the locals name
President Roosevelt, it will be recalled, ex-
ercised his wartime power to take over Mont
gomery Ward because the company had de-
fled the vernment as represented by the
WLB, and because its business was neces-
sary to prosecution of the war. CA regional
WLB later ruled that a Sears, Roebuck & Co.
plant in Milwaukee, engaged in business SIM
liar to Montgomery Wards. was not a war
Industry.
But it will also be remembered that Attor-
ney General Biddle by-passed the war-neces-
sity line of approach in justifying the gov
ernment's action in the Ward case by stating
in federal court that mo business or property
is immune to the presidential ORDER
In the present request of KSTP for govern
ment seizure, the WLB opinion is that the
War Labor Disputes Act prohibits any action
against union until the plant involved is
taken over Yet there remains Mr.. Biddle's
unqualified opinion that mo business or prop
erty'' is immune to the Executives power
So far the government has never challenged
the powerful Mr.. Petrillo's pursuit Of what
he wants
We think that it might be to the benefit
Of labor if his frequently unreasonable de-
mands might once be challenged. Particularly
in circumstances similar to those which re-
suited in punitive action against Montgomery
Ward, it seems only fair that the government
pursue consistent course, matter which
foot the shoe happens to be on.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
DAVIS OFFICER
IS FOUND DEAD

Capt. John Freeman Austin of
Blackwell, Okla, a student officer
at the Antiaircraft Artillery school
at Camp Davis, was found in his
quarters Saturday morning mortal
ly injured from gunshot wounds.
A military investigation, headed
by Major Winton G. Tracy of the
AAA school, was Immediately
started according to the post
public relations officer.
The officers wife, Mrs. Winifred
Porter Austin of Ell Paso, Texas,
who resides at Wrightsville Beach,
said she could advance no theory
as to the reason of his death.
Captain Austin was City Editor
of the Blackwell, Okla, Times-Re-
cord and public relations counsel
for the Wichita, Kansas, Medical
Society before entering the Army.
A veteran of the Caribbean and
African campaigns, the officer S
last military assignment before re-
porting to Camp Davis was as
public relations officer for the
AAATC at Fort Bliss, tex.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
Hospital Board Adopts
Cameron Resolution

The board of managers of Com
munity hospital recently passed the
following resolution of regret over
the death of Mayor Bruce B. Cam
eron:
sit is with a sympathetic Of feel
ing of genuine regret we pause 10
note officially the passing Of ON
distinguished citizen and fellow
townsmen. The honorable Bruce b
Cameron. We feel that in his pass
ing, this Hospital, for which d.
gave freely a splendid service WINE
member of the Board of Manas
ers, has sustained very great loS'
His business ability and safe c0ur
Gil was always shared with 'ns
hospital along with his private CON
Germs; and while for the last yee,'
he was not officially connected WIN
the Hospital, his council ana auSN'
were always available and Se'e'
ously given. =,
His elevation to the Mayofdy0
of our City was not to develop
greater citizen Of him, but an a.
testation by our citizenry OF w
inherent business genius OF IN"
great character. He loved WHINE.
ton and worked untiringly lot
institutions, as our hoSPNo+
schools parks, Fairgrounds, dn'
streets eloquently attest HIS a.. g..
crosby to all the people reSalol's H.,
of race has greatly endeareo iDi'
to our people. His, as we We"
was the true American spirit on
any community is the poorer WIZ
bereft of such parsonage j..
"Your committee feels keenly "
loss our community has susta~v =.
but we bow reverently to the
exorable decree of Him VINO Is w.
wise to err. Be it further res0Ns-
That we request the Press 10 c".',
these resolutions that they III
prove an inspiration to othel' .,
really live an unselfish lie III ~
true American and: -,
THAT copy of these Seh'lit r.r.
be sent to the family Of MI O@ n,
eron and a copy be placed III .;-r
permanent records of this lfS'''
tion."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
AIDES TO NURSES
CONTRIBUTE Time

Nurses aides contributed 2,7OC
hours of service to James Walker
Memorial hospital during June and
July, George R. Darden, superin-
tendent of the institution, announc.
ed Saturday.
''The work of our local women,
in the capacity of nurses aides
trained through the Red Cross, has
been invaluable" Darden COM
mented.
1.-The hospital acknowledges with
appreciation the vital work the
nurse aides are doing" he added
The number of hours mentioned
were given by aides who have
completed their academic training
A class of 10 is now studying meth.
DDS under Miss Augusta Futchs of
the hospital staff.
Comprising the aides are house.
wives, many of whom are without
servants, and office workers who
give their spare time to minister
ing TO the sick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
christmas Stocking Bomb
Exhibited At Smithsonian

target for tonight.
Over and above the whisky, the
big yellow-pained ''lifesaver" con-
tains sunburn lotion, cigarettes,
fishing tackle and other provisions
for life on the deep, including food.
A sunburned airforce captain
from Texas leaned over the case,
contemplating the equipment
with the unfeigned interest of a po-
tential customer.
He checked off two sets of signal
flares, a first aid kit, four pack
ages of K-rations, four packs OF
cigarettes, three boxes of sunburn
lotion, a can opener, a waterproof
can full of matches, a flashlight,
a tiny compass, a length of heavy
fishline, two colorful fishing lures,
the fifth of 86-proof whisky, and
IA sealed beer cans full of Phila-
delphia water.
The captain shook his head.
That's an awful lot of chaser
for such a little whisky" he drawl-
ed
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
Complimentary Abuse

Evidence introduced in the washington Sc
djt.on trials reveals that Governor Dewey, as
well as President Roosevelt has been the
target of abusive articles in bundlst, anti
Semitic and ultra-solationist publications. De-
fense attorneys protested the insult to the
Republican candidate. Actually, OF course
the abuse was a distinct compliment
All patriotic citizens, regardless OF party
should rejoice that both candidates for our
highest office have experienced the cleansing
process of being denounced by these un-Amr
lean elements.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
Colhoun Is Endorsed
By Local Underwriters

E. Dudley Colhoun, home office
manager of the Shenandoah Life
Insurance company, Roanoke, Va,
was endorsed as a trustee of the
National Association Of Life Under
writers by the Wilmington Life I'm
derwriters association at a meeting
Friday.
George H. Parhanl, of Equitable
Life Insurance company, demon
strated how life insurance might
be used advantageously in the ac-
emulation and conservation of es-
tates from the inheritance and in
come taxes.
A report was made of the addi-
ton of several new members, to
boost the associations membership
to 40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
interpreting
The War
BY K1RKE L, SIMPSON
Associated Press War Avail,


The war in Europe is survi,.
toward multiple crises east w.
and south for the Nazis this wal,
end, and there also are M l.,
grim portents across the p.c;.'
Prime Minister Churchill ,,,d,,,r'
eddy spoke with fore knovIad ouOl.
events to come, when he told IN NJ, VI
lament Japan's day of DOOM par !.
now in sight. "
The interval between tbs g.
crash of Germany. "perhaps so ma,
and that of her strap-haaging sI NJ.
ponese Axis mate will be far IVY. W.
than once seemed probable. cb rs
chill said. Revealed Allied mov n,,
to step up the attack on Janan
all fronts, and do it now witbM,.
of the war on Germany, gave HI,
words added significance. lily
Finland lettering
Turkey had thumbed her No..
at Berlin abruptly to break all w
lations and send Nazi diplom.t.
and spies packing. Finland wv.
tottering her way out of the w.rs
Bulgaria quaking internally vii,
anti-Nazi commissions.
Eastward, whole German ar,r;,.
were cut off in Latvia and n.
tona. The German army in F,.
land was pictured by Swedish y.
ports as preparing to embark h,
an escape down the Baltic
On continental battle fronts, RI,
sian power blows had preached fl,
Vistula line deeply along its so,,tb
ern upper reaches to threaten Kr,
kow and German Silesia. II mi
the Nazi high command under
terrific triple stran in the east IN
deployment of the home reserve,
being rushed to stem the Russia,
tidal wave.
In France the signs of dwindln,
German reserves increased Amer
lean armored power roared out NJ
the Normandy beachhead 10 csr.
the Breton peninsula. That driv.
ended the battle of Normandy II
foreshadoWed the swift conquest Of
all Brittany and its vitality impor
tant deep water ports and rail and
road web. With that achieved III.
battle of France proper will open
in style. A German retreat behind
the Marine and the Meuse if not
the Rhine before winter comes can
already be foreseen.
London disclosed the arrival in
Britain of a Free French armored
division enroute to France. Allied
! planes continued blasting al far
scattered targets, some of which
might indicate new continental in.
cursions in early prospect.
From Florence westward 10 III,
coast above the Arno some Of III,
most rugged mountains in Italy
bolster the German Gothic from,
deep lined with guns. Eastward.
and southeastward to the Adriatic
coastal shelf, tall mountains clus-
ter thickly. That mountain wall
forms a powerful protective screen
for the valley of the Pc behind it,
but east of Florence it is a thinner
wall than in the west
1t seems likely, then, that the
chief weight of attack beyond Flor
ence will shift eastward.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
BY FRANCIS J. KELLY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -tRNThe
Smithsonian institution is packing
'em in with it's newest exhibit
a bottle of blended whisky in a
locked, glass-top case just east OF
the stuffed bird department.
While drinking liquor is pretty
scarce around the capital, the
Smithsonian probably would not
have put the jug on display if il
hadn't been one Of the presents in
a Christmas stocking bomb
which the Coast Guard contrived
for the relief of shipwrecked Ma.
riners and downed airmen.
About a foot thick and four
feet long, the light metal cylinder
has a concrete-weighted nose and
air-filled rumble seat, which makes
it float like buoy when it splash,
es from a rescue plane into the
sea alongside life raft. It's label.
ed food and water" in four Ian
guages - English, Norwegian,
French and Spanish-so the men
on the raft won't think they're the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
TOP OF THE MORNING

/ The lack of emphasis on the renslous
aense has brought the world to the cage
If destruction. Today as never before pray,
}r is a necessity in the lives OF men ana
nations. Our deepest source OF power ana
perfection has been left mlserao!y unoe-
feloped If the power Of prayer is again
released and used in the lives of common
men and women, there is yet hope that
eur prayers for better world Will De
answered
=; DIR. Alexlus Carien
Quoted in What 1t Takes"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
Cd Cd ID 81 d; ! & S;!'5

To help combat juvenile delin-
quencv by providing leisure time
activities for boys and girls of
pre-confirmation age, to help pro-
mote Bible study, and to give OPP
portunity for practical acts OF
Christian helpfulaess, the Ameri.
can Lutheran Church is organic
ing 1.-THE Lutheran Boys and Girls
of America" throughout its, local
parishes. The headquarters is at
the Lutheran Center, 4106 Frank
lin Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06

the churches almost the only or
gaaization or institution that has
survived the storm of hate and
destruction. Their buildings of wor-
ship may be gone, but centers
can be rebuilt for worship, with
our help. Training will be started
for new and younger leaders in
the church. Refugees and displac-
ed people far from home can be
brought back to their homes and
helped to start in gainful occupa-
tons once more. The churches
may well become in many places
the first focus for new community
life. This the place where the
church can render its peculiar
ministry in the world-the building
Of brotherhood
TRAYS
"a Canadian missionary tells of
an evening meal in Chungking in
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek's
home which was interrupted by
an air raid. When the meal was
finally finished, the Generalissimo
asked the missionary to stay and
join in the evening devotion. 1.-THE
Generalissimo began by reading
some scripture, than prayed" he
says. II never expect to hear such
prayer agains in all my life.
First he gave a simple expression
of thanks for our personal safety,
then he added thanks for the cou-
age of the nation under fire. He
prayed for strength for the men
in the field and along the firing
lines. He prayed for strength for
himself. The most amazing thing
in his prayer was a plea that
God would help him and help Chi
ma not to hate the Japanese people.
He prayed for the Japanese Chris
tians and for all the suffering null
titudes Of Japan whose impover-
lshment was making the war on
China possible. He prayed for the
people who were bombed, for for
giveness for those who dropped
the bombe."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
Mission To Moscow

The mission to Moscow of Polish Premier
Mikolajczyk can be motivated only by the
hope of a compromise settlement of the long
and bitter Polish-Russian dispute. The exiled
Polish government in London is in no posi-
ton to demand. 1t can only ask, and hope
that Premier Stain will lsee fit to give it a
place, along with the Russian-supported Po-
lish Committee of National Liberation, in the
new government of Poland.
1t would be to Premier Stains advanta ge
to do this. To ignore the prewar Polish gov
eminent undoubtedly would ALLEVIATE the SYM
pathy of many Poles, including members of
the underground army, whose support would
be of great help in the present fighting. 1t
would also be contradiction of the avowed
self-determination subscribed to by the United
Nations
The Polish government in exile is coali-
ton of the Socialist, Peasant, Christian Labor
and National Democrat parties which existed
before the German invasion. Communists were
excluded from the prewar government, which
certaily complexities the present situation.
But for Russia now to impose a government
distasteful to the majority of Poles would moi
offer much hope for future peace.
On the other hand, Premier Stain obviously
will not consider the exed governments de-
sire to create a Poland which can play of
Germany against Russia, as it tried to do ir
the past. The actual attempts to do that
seldom worked to anyones advantage leas,
of all, Poland's For years the Poles were
under the domination of Russia or GERMANY
when they were not actually being ruled by
one or the other country. So the Russian So
luton may be best for Poland.
Mr.. Stain wants no ''buffer state" next r.
him. His evident goal is close cooperation
Of the Slavic countries, aimed at suppressin,
any growth Of German power and aggressive
ness. This ought to meet with the approva
Of everybody except the Germans Even I'll,
Polish government that has opposed Mr.. Sta
Inns plans shouldn't object on that score.
Whether the Russian premier wants to 50
vietize Poland remains to be seen. fa,
guess might be that he does not. For mn
thing, the Comintern il officially abolished
though it might be revived For another
Russia is going to be faced with trenoen
dous postwar task of rebuilding and readius,
ment Mr.. Stain won't court trouble.
Most important, Russia has no apparen
need to annex more territory. Vast lands an
vast resources lie to the east. We are awav
being told that Russias future is in Ash;
and that is undoubtedly true. But Russi
doesn't want to be locked out Of Europe. e
ther. Close ties with Slavic and Balkan neigl
bors would keep the door open And tn
prodigious triunphs Of the Red army al
daily strengthening Premier Stalin's abilit
to demand what he wants
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
ANTI-sEMITIsM GROWING

Anti-Semitism, "akin to the type
practiced by Hitler's Germany, "
is growing in America even today,
and must be dealt with frankly,
especially by church people, ac-
cording to DR.. Claiming H. To-
bias, Of the National Council OF
the U. M. C. A. Even children,
accepting whispered charges at
their face value, are organizing
and directing gangs to desecrate
synagogues and cemeteries. and
do violence to unoffending Jewish
children" says DR.. Tobias. Silver
shutters and Christian frontiers who
cover are now operating openly
a short time ago worked under
and brazenly, and prejudiced in
dividuals who have no organiza-
tional medium through which to
express their hatred and contempt
are becoming more and more bold
in public expressions Of anti-Sem-
itism. Surely such behavior cannot
60 unchallenged by Christians.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-06
POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE

WAo1INGTUN, Aug. 5.-P)-A
super explosive called pentolite 20
per cent more powerful than INT
is Delng used in bazookas and 9TH
er rocket projectiles. Major Gen.
l.. II. Campbell, chief or army ord
nance announcing this today, said
that small quantity Of this
will penetrate 5 feet
of reinforced concrete.