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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
LONDON IS BECOMING
INVASION HAPPY
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or in small towns, peoples faces
have not become marked by the
long strain of the war. Even IN
their hurry they seem relaxed
without the restlessness which
is found here.
The awareness of the impend-
ing invasion has been forced on
the people in many ways during
these past few weeks, particular
ly in the nonstop pounding OF
Europe's invasion defenses by
American and British air forces
and in tightening security meas
ureS.
Londoners know the pressures OF
the last few months have put an
added strain on nerves, and they
will be glad when ''it' happens.
"It'' always means the invasion.
cts this way, Guv'nor," cab
driver explained. "This is like
waiting for your wife to have her
first baby. And there's nothing to
do but wait"
That probably is the simplest
explanation Of how the average
man feels about invasion filters.
But there likewise is a sense of
satisfaction that the hour of de-
cision rs approaching; that the
end of long and bitter fighting is
in sight, and that the enemy's
nerves must be frayed far more
than their own by constant aerial
pounding and the threat of inva-
sion which hangs over them day
md night.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
Obituaries
Ebert ANDERSON

Funeral services for Ebert An
derson, A, of Watha, who died in
the James Walker Memorial hos
pital on Monday after long ill
ness, were held at the Watha
Methodist Church Wednesday af-
ternoon. The Rev. /. ]. Straw
bridge and the Rev. A. c. Wheeler
offidiated. Interment followed at
the Mt. Holly Cemetery.
Pallbearers for Mr.. Anderson,
who was an employee Of the A.
c. L. Railroad, were Cyrus Rookie,
Jeff Fennell, D. B. Sellers, E. F.
Pitman and Ronald Eakins.
Mr.. Anderson is survived by
his wife, Callie Moon Anderson,
four children, Elaine, Maurice Ell
bert and Rachel of Waltha, and
Theresa Anderson Of Wilmington,
his mother, Mrs. Emma Anderson,
four sisters::- Mrs. Lula Wallace,
Beulaville, Mrs. R. F. Stroud, Wa
tina, Mrs. w. A. Billiard, Savannah,
Ca, Mrs. Ned L. Mills, Watha,
two brothers, J. H. and Arthur
Anderson, Watha.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
CARRIER COMMAND
IS TWO YEARS OLD

These men are Of the commando
type, trained to get behind the
enemy and wreck his transporta-
ton, commune alton and defense
installations.
An airborne division is made up
of a parachute troop regiment and
two glider troop regiments;
field artillery battalion whose guns
are disassembled and dropped by
parachute and two field artillery
glider battalions whose guns are
landed ready for action; ordnance
units, engineers, quartermasters,
anti-aircraft units, military police,
medical units and chaplains.
Until such division unites with
a troop carrier command unit,
however, it is earthbound. The
two forces take the air together
in training at neutrality-suspicious.
Army Air Base in North Carolina.
Their combined activity was DEM
onstrated recently for newswrit-
ers on tour of army camps.
The TCC uses CAT and C-53
planes, which are military ver-
sions Of the BC-3. Each plane can
tow two CB-4s elders in addition
to carrying a full load. Each Gid
err can carry IS men or a quar-
ter-ton truck. The gliders can be
picked up singly by plane in
flight, using equipment similar to
that in service on airmail pickup
routes. Being built for use by the
TCC is the CG-13 glider, which can
carry 30 fully equipped troops.
Among the feats already on rec
ord for the TCC is the landing of
a large number of paratroops dur
ing the North African invasion
after 1,500-mile nonstop flight
from England; the delivery OF
100000 pounds of supplies in one
day to troops on Kokoda in the
South Pacific; the dropping of
paratroops behind the Japanese
at Lac and Salamaua; ferrying
$500 men from Australia to New
Guinea in less than "a hours; car
rying more than $4,000 troops over
the Owen Stanley Mountains. and
bringing them 100000 pounds of
food and equipment each week.
Troop carrier command head
quarters is at Stout Field, Indian
apolis, Ind. It operates from oher
fields in Indiana. Kentucky, North
Carolina. Georgia, Missouri. Ne
braska Texas and Mississippi.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
OLD MAN RIVER
HOLDING HIS own
Nv The Associated Press

OS>
The Mississippi river stage at St.
Louis remained stationary for sew
eral hours yesterday after reach
ing crest of 81 feet, nearly two
inches above the level reached last
wear on May "a and about two feet
less than the record high OF 41.39
feet established in 1874.
Near Harrisonville, ILL.,, levee
failed early today to inundate an
additional 10000 acres Of farm
land in Illinois, bringing that
states total flooded acreage to APP
proximately $4,000. The Red
Cross reported approximately 562,
900 acres under water in Missouri
as the result of floods mainly
along the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers.
Coast Guardsmen, Army engi-
neers and civilians were struggling
to hold Choteau island levee above
St. Louis on the Mississippi wher
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WEARY SOLDIERS TAKE
HOLLANDIA AIRDROME
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first credited to the division. Next
day Sgt. Vincent Sandercack, Pen
Argyll, Pa, and Pfc. Robert Petit
bone, Liberty, Ind. dove into the
bush and brought out the first en-
envy prisoner taken by the division.
AS the troops advanced they kept
asking: Wonder when the tanks
and trucks will get up?" They did
not know a torrential rainstorn,
had swept one caterpillar tractor
over a cliff and buried another IL,
a landslide and that tanks couldn' t
get through.
The food supply problem CO..
serious the third day. The air.
force was called in and supplies
were dropped by parachute, but
even then the ground troops re-
NAMED on meager rations for the
whole operation.
At night they slept in foxholes
dug in Hollandia's red clay. Palm
leaves provided a measure of COW
er from the rain. They took quick
baths whenever they found a like
y stream.
From the standpoint of specti-
,ular warfare this operation was
to the troops because
here were only minor skirmishes.
But strategically it meant the cap
ture of an important base with on
~ handful of casualties.
And this new base points toward
The Philippines, to which Gen. Dou-
glas Macarthur plans to return in
the not too distant future.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
POLITICS TAKE
The SPOTLIGHT
IN EASTERN N. E.

Politics took the limelight over
the weekend in eastern Carolina
counties with former Governor
Cameron Morrison. candidate for
the U. S. Senate delivering a rous-
ing speech in Robson County back
ing Roosevelt for a fourth term.
While in Fender county candidates
for the primaries, to be held on
May 81, were announced,
Branding New York's Thomas E.
Dewey as a little boy pupil of
Herbert Hoover, former Governor
Cameron Morrison candidate for
the U. S. Senate, declared at the
Robson County Convention held in
Lumberton Saturday, that Franklin
D. Roosevelt will be reelected -
November by an Overwhelming
majority. He urged his hearers for
support of fourth term and the
continuation of the principles and
programs of the Democratic party.
eve have already nominated
him., said Morrison, who will con-
test the senate seat with former
Governor Clyde r. Hoey in The
May 81 primary. "And woe unto
the poor little vituperative souls
who are trying to undermine the
confidence of the people of this
nation by fighting him."
The convention passed resolu-
ton endorsing Governor Brough-
ton for vice president Of the Uni
ted States.
w. Harrell Humphrey of Lum-
berton was reelected chairman OF
the Robson County Democratic
Executive Committee, Mrs. A. B.
Holmes of Fairmont was named
vice-chairman and Okey Stephens
of Luuberton, secretary.
All member of the county con-
vention who will attend the state
convention next week were named
delegates.
Fender county candidates for
the House of Representatives are
J. T. Wells and J. V. Whitfield.
Mr.. Wells, who previously repres-
ented his county in the House, is
a former member of the Board OF
County Commissioners, and chair
man of the Selective Service draft
board. He is a veteran of World
War /. Mr.. Whitfield is president
Of the Fender County Farm Bu-
reau and has been active, recently,
in working with the OPA to Sc
cure better prices for Eastern
Carolina truck and farm products.
The three incumbents seeking re-
election for the office OF County
Commissioner are: J. F. Bradshaw,
K. S. Pigford and A. H. Page. o.
F. Rivenback, \lrmer OF the
Middle Holly section Of the coun-
ty. is also candidate.
Unopposed candidates running for
office are Roy Rowe, State Sen
nate; D. J. Farrior, T.dJ.5 Henry,
C. r. Rogers; members of the
Board of Education; l. S. Bowen,
Judge of the Recorders Court; H.
G.. Walker, Register OF Deeds;
Leon Goblet, County Solicitor.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
AIR WRITERS SEE
new AAF SECRETS
Nation Need Not Worry
About Enemy's Weap-
ons, Officer Says
By JAMES sTREBIG

Associated Press Aviation Editor
DAYTON, O., April 30.-A min
iature of tomorrow's air war with
bombers of breat taking size ane
fighters of grotesque design was
demonstrated today for a group
of visitors at Wright Field, the
birthplace of virtually everything
new in American military avfa-
ton.
The Army Air Force Materiel
Command, which supplies the air
branch with items ranging from
belt buckles to bombers, was host
to, the annual convention of the
Aviation Writer'S Association.
The. guests looked at a plane
with no propeller, one with no
wings and, as Brig. Gen. Franklin
0. Carroll said, the nation need
not worry about the enemy's boast
of secret weapons because the
United States has plenty OF its
own.
Among the items which the WIS.,
tors were given permission to say
hey watched being tested were
he jet propulsion fighter plane
quilt by Bell Aircraft and powered
With the General Electric built
vhittle engine; the B-29 Super
Fortress built by Boeing and the
lew Pol Black Widow night fight
.r built by Northrop.
The jet plane demonstrated in
:wo flights the unusual qualities
IF performance reported for it
~ pilots who have been testflying
he sleek craft for many months.
Not only were the guests shown
hose planes and others as yet I'M
announced which are flying daily
= tests, but they also were given
summary of the practicable fu-
lure for new planes under con-
estrucsion.
Carroll described the steps in
producing new war plane de-
ign - the birth of the idea and
requirements, the wind tunnel
lests for aerodynamics, the static
.ests fol strength, the flight tests
If the actual plane and finally it's
est in combat.
New designs in gun turrets and
bomb sights were exhibited along
With the terrific firepower of the
Is nm. aircraft cannon, the eight
wing guns of a P-37 Thunderbolt
and rocket launchers. In the huge
wind tunnel which can reach a
speed of around $50 miles an hour,
Visitors saw propeller tests being
..un on an engine of almost fan
-astic size, designed for plane
O match
e-.3 -V-
Two million tons of naval aux
Larry vessels and other support
ng craft we're completed in the
United States last year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01

the water level had risen mr.
the levee top but was benz p b'.
in check with thousands of s nela
bags. The Army engineers inJ 5a!la'
ed they hoped to be able to Ni b1,
the water there but felt that " n1
immediate heavy rains wol1d any
stroy the levee. The weatber ue'
reau has predicted scattered sbn ou'
ers and thunderstorms for ''V w.
area. LIS
A prime mischief maker t,a
was a 30-mile-an-hour wind 10y th.y,
was rolling the already turbr L,a.
water into heavy waves f,,rtb on,
endangering already heavi}v-taveda
levees. 'DAeu
The Missouri river had beo,o !.
fall along its entire course and W. W
stage was 35.7 feet at st. Cbsrl .,ie
where thousands of acres had honn
flooded when the river crested ~. 81
1854 feet yesterday. a.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
A GOOD CRATER

The earthworn lends itself to
grating experiments so readily
that many freakish specimens
have been concocted in the lab
oratory. Even when the tails of
two worms are united, they will
grow into a headless worm, which
may live for months despite the
fact that it cannsx eat.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
PRIME MINISTERS
TO GATHER TODAY
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Canada; John Curtain, Australia;
Jan Christian SHUTS, Union OF
South Africa, and Peter Frasher,
New Zealand, will be Sir Godfrey
Higgins, premier of Southern
Rhodesia, as an additional en-
pire representative. Viscount
Cranborne will participate as
Dominion Secretary.
Details of plans so far shaped
for armistice terms to Germany,
occupation of the Reich, rehabi-
lltatlon and feeding of Europe
ana the prosecution of the war
against Japan after victory in
the west are to be laid before the
governmental leaders for infor-
nation and comment.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
ALExEI NovIKov-PR1BOY

MOSCOW, April O.-(R)-Alexei
Novikov-Priboy, 81, noted Rus
sian author of "Tsushima," the
story of the defeat of the Russian
fleet by the Japanese in the Rus
sian-Japanese war, died today. He
was a member of the board Oh
the Union of Soviet Writers of the
U. S. S. R. His works included
number of sea stories.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
PROLIFIC POLLEN

Ragweed, chief cause of hay
fever, is carried by the wind: one
large ragweed may produce 8,O00,-
100000 pollen grains in five hours
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
SINGLE MEN WEAR HATS

A secret society on Bougainville
Island in the south Pacific follows
the custom of placing a hat on the
head of each male infant, to be
worn constantly until marriage.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01

Nearly one million man-days
every year are tied up in fighting
forest fires in hte United States
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
MOURN UNDER RIANxrrs

Mourning her departed hushan.
each morning for week after bis
burial the Papuan widow crawls
beneath a blanket, to his gravs
following the trail of stick
drawn by a woman friend,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01

It is estimated that lumber pro-
duction last year was four billion
board feet below requirements
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
ROBERT LYNN

hoDeII Lynn, io-yedr-OlQ neWSpa-
perman who convered the actual
railroad wreck of the old "97''
around which the ballad was writ
ten, died today.
Mr.. Lynn, a Washington CORES
pendent for several Virginia pa
pers for several years, succumbed
to the effects of a fall two weeks
ago in which he broke his hip.
Born in Cumberland County, Va,
he started his newspaper career
on the Danville, Va, Register. And
while there, handled the story of
the "97's" wreck between Danville
and Lynchburg for the Associated
Press.
He moved to Richmond in 1895.
During his years in Richmor% he
worked on the old Richmond Dis
patch, was managing editor of the
Richmond Evening Journal from
1905 to 1915, and subsequently serv-
ed in the same capacity on the
Richmond News Leader until 1922.
In that year he moved to Wash
ington as correspondent for the
News Leader, and several other
Virginia dailies.
He is survived by his widow and
one son, Marshall Lynn, of WASH
ington.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
Briefs

MINISTER'S TO MEET
The Wilmington Ministerial
association will hold its reg
uiar weekly meeting this morn
Ing at II am. at the YMCA.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
F. E. BEANIE

Frank E. Beane, Jr., of Wrights-
vile Sound and Augusta, Ga, died
suddenly at his home in Augusta
yesterday morning.
Mr.. Beane is survived by his wife
and two children: Capt. William
R. Beane III, A. U. S. and Mrs.
Richard Parker.
Funeral services will be held in
Augusta this afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
VISITING

Mrs. Eugenia Verbiest. ar
Brooklyn, N. Y. is visiting
her SON who is stationed at
Camp Davis. While in the city
she is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. E. Blake.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01

Two million tons of naval aux
1iary vessels and other support
ng craft we're completed in the
United States last year.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-06
Rockville Neu4--SocldI I1e.s4

MIR. and Mrs. Crescent ]. Bride
and their three young children Of
Augusta, Ca, are at the home of
Mrs. Brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger Shaw; for a weeks visit.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bride formerly
taught in Montgomery County pub
lie schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Dawson
and their five young daughters Of
Philadelphia spent the greater part
of the holidays at the home of Mr..
Dawson's mother, Mrs. Henry A.
Dawson, ST., near Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Barnard Welsh
expect to leave Sunday for Miami,
Florida, where they will spend sew
eral weeks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-06
OLNEY
Mrs. J. w. Dillon
Tele. Ashton 2722

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Beall and
daughter, Nancy, were weekend
guests of Mrs. Beall's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Brown.
Mrs. Annie Fooks spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. P. Soper, Sr. On Wednes-
day of Christmas week, Mrs. Fooks
entertained informally for the
members of her family at her home
in Bethesda. Other guests were,
Mrs. Alice Dobbins, Miss Dottie
Simmons and Pharmacists Mate
End Glass, William Stacey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Soper also
gave family party on New Years
Day. Owing to illness some of the
family could not be present.
Mrs. George Carey gave a small
party on Friday in honor Of the
sixth birthday of her son Jackie.
Guests were the small boys Of the
neighborhood.
Miss Betty Powell who has been
spending the holidays at home with
her parents has returned to West
ern Maryland College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Ealy and their
daughter, Jean, of Silver Spring
were guests on Sunday evening of
Mrs. Ealy's mother, Mrs. Cath
crime Riggs, and Mrs. Murphy.
Mrs. Percy Soper is spending
part of her time with her parents
who are both very sick. Mr.. and
Mrs. Soper, ST., are also confined
to bed at this time. The flu or
grippe doesn't seem to have de-
creased much in this neighborhood.
Mrs. Robert Bolton spent a re-
cent weekend with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Justice at Mt. Airy.
Mr.. Percy Soper and family were
dinner guests on Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson Cecil in Washing
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Carroll were
guests on New Years Day of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. w. Dillon.
The Rev. and Mrs. Conrad w.
Jordan went to Sykesville on Tues
day to take their granddaughter,
Virginia and Doris VINO have been
visiting the parsonage.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-06
Local Firemen's Assn
Elects 1914 Directors

Directors of the Ellicott City
Volunteer Firemen's Association.
Inc, were elected for the coming
year at a meeting held on Wednes-
day night of this week. The direc-
tors are w. F. Kirkwood, ST., B. H.
Snipley, G. Ray Helm, Benjamin
Mellor, Jr., Charles E. Miller, E.
Reid Bosom, Charles Klein, Ed
ward d. Hilton, Thomas Ellsworth,
Louis L. Brown and Clinton Easton.
The association voted to change
the name from Howard County
Volunteer Firemen's Association to
that of Ellicott City.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-06
Mrs. Nicholas Brewer
Tele. Rockville 75-R

Mr.. L. J. Frazier of Catletts-
burg, KY, spent several days dur
ing the week with his niece. Mrs.
Anne Dawson.
Miss Alice Williams has return
cd to Wilmington, Del. after spend
ing the holidays here with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Will
liams. Miss Williams is attending
College in Wilmington.
Among those entertaining during
the holidays We're Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph GUIDE and Mr.. and Mrs.
Allison Chaplin.
Miss Constance Williams has re-
turned to the University Of Mary
land after spending the holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter A. Williams.
Mrs. William Mobley was hostess
to members of the Tuesday bridge
Club this week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-06
Navy Offers Radio
Training For II Yr. Odds

Lieut.. Comdr. H. R. Stone, officer
in charge of Navy recruiting for
Maryland, announced that the NAVY
has launched new program to en-
list young men II years of age for
Radio Technician Training School.
The recruiting officer urges all
17-year-olds to take advantage of
the opportunity and qualify for this
special technical training course,
pointing out that such training will
be most valuable for important
positions in civilian life after the
war.
Preliminary tests will be given
applicants at all U. S. Navy re-
cruiting stations in Maryland, Mr..
Stone continued. and those quail
flying will be enlisted with a rating
of Seaman First Class (RT) and
will intimately be transferred to
Radio Technician Training School.
Seventeen year old applicants
who successfully pass this test and
are in their final semester as a
member of the senior class of
recognized high school or prepare
tory school, the recruiting officer
stated, may be enlisted, with par
entail consent, as Seamen First
Class (RT) VIC, U.S.N. R., if phys
ically and otherwise qualified, and
placed on inactive duty and allowed
to continue in school until the end
of that semester or until he ceases
to pursue such course of instruc-
ton, whichever is earlier.
Complete details concerning this
new Navy training program are
available at the Navy recruiting
stations in Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-06
Changes In
Stove RatiOning

Eligibility requirements for ra-
toned heating stoves have been
widened. A consumer who has a
heating or cooking stove that can
not be used satisfactorily is now
eligible for stove rationing certi-
ficate. Ration certificates also may
be issued for stoves to heat prem
ises where essential community ac-
tivities, such as volunteer Red
Cross work, are carried on. A ra-
ticn certificate now may be issued
to landlord who wishes to buy a
stove for the use of an eligible
tenant.