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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12

escape, leaving 40 of their number
dead. The remainder took refuge
in a house.
Alphin, who b d e taking
part in the action, had also bagged
a stray sniper with four carbine
shots, lead a detail in setting the
house on fire. The ten paratroopers
ranged themselves about the house
and shot down Germans as they
attempted to leave the building.
"Everytime a head popped up, it
was met by at least 30 Shots, -
Alphin recalled. - -
Finally, some of the Nazis still
in the house, signified their desire
to surrender, and the paratroopers
permitted them to leave the build
ing and become prisoners.
Later the detachment was called
upon to assist in the drive on
Carentan. In the suburbs Of the
town, machine-gun fire pinned
down the advance elements includ-
ing the paratroopers, and sniper
in tree clipped Alphin's leg with
a machine pistol bullet. He crawl
ed to safety through 800 yds. of
terrain exposed to machine gun
fire, until he reached medics who
carried him the rest Of the way
to an aid station.
Officially, A1phin was a mortar
sergeant, but the unit lost its NOR
tars on the second day, and he be-
came a combat patrol sergeant.
Alphin's wife, Mrs. Lura Alphin,
also lives at Beaulaville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
China's First Lady
In New York Hospital

NEW YORK, Sept. 11-lR-Mme.
Chang Kai-shek, first lady OF
China, is a patient in the Hardness
pavilion Of the Columbia-Presby-
terian medica; center, John Nc
Cormack, hospital superintendent,
said today.
She entered the hospital early
this morning, but Mccormack said
ne was not at liberty to disclose
the nature of her illness.
The wife of Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-Shek has been in Brazil
recently, undergoing medical treat
ment. During her visit to the
United States last year, Nine. Chi
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
HANNECAN SAYS
Clio TALE FALSE

CHICAGO, Sept. II -tR-Robert
E. Hannegan, Democratic national
chairman, today termed absolute.
ly untrue" a statement he attri-
buted to Republican leadership
that President Roosevelt during the
national Democratic convention di-
rected Hannegan to "clear every
thing with Sidney"
This was a reference to Sidney
Hillman, director of the CLIO poll
cy action committee. 4
Hannegan, reading state
ment at press conference, said
the opposition's strategy was 1.-The
simple and outworn approach of
raising false issues and repeating
them often enough in the hope that
they finally will be mistaken for
facts"
He declared that Gov. John W.
Bricker, Republican vice presiden-
tlal nominee, Saturday night gave
further currency to the wholly
false invention that when the Pres
ldent was passing through Chicago
while the Democratic national con-
vention was in progress he directed
me in this language: Clear every
thing with Sidney -.
"The fact is that President
Roosevelt with whom 1 conferred
alone on that occasion did not say
that" flanagan added. "Nor did
he say anything else that coul
have been tortured to convey that
meaning. That story is absolutely
untrue. don't know who invent
ed it. I presume that Republican
orators will keep repeating this
iavorite fiction until election day in
the forlorn hope that some people
will believe it is true"
Celebrating on his prepared
statement, Hannegan said he con-
ferred with the President alone on
his train on that occasion. He
said he Hannegan) talked with
Hillnan only once during the
democratic convention, in Hanne-
CAMS room, and the only state
ment Hillman made was that he
was for vice President Henry
A. Wallace for denomination.
Il said I was for Senator Tru-
man fro vice president, Hannegan
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
COUNTY. HOME UP
FOR DISCUSSION

Discussion of admissions to the
county home filled most of the
time Of the Board Of County Com
missioners at their weekly meet.
ing yesterday.
A letter was read by Addison
Hewlett. chairman. from Governor
Broughton, calling the attention
Of the board to a booklet, publish.
ed by. the National University Ex-
tension Association, which praises
the work of the institute of Govern
ment at Chapel Hill. The governor
thanked the board for it's previous
cooperation with the institute and
asked that it continue its good
work.
The Springer Coal company was
awarded the contract to furnish
coal for the courthouse this winter.
The board approved the applica-
ton of E. P. Davis for beer
license for his place on Tyler
Street, near the shipyard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
Beulaville Paratrooper
Among F irst Normandy

HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN
THEATER OF OPERATIONS,
Sept. 11-tR-Sergeant Rom Alp
hin, Is, of Beaulaville, N. c., an
infantry paratrooper, has been
awarded the Purple heart at U.
S. Army General hospital in Eng
land, for bullet wound he sustain
ed in the Normanyd campaign.
Alphan, .snot through the left
ankle by German sniper, is re-
operating.
He was in France for less than a
week before he became casualty,
but he and his squad of II men
made their presence felt. p
Parachuting into Normandy in
the early hours Of D-day, they re-
manned in hiding until day
light.
Their first mission was German
ordnance shop in a small village.
The paratroopers swept in, firing
all sorts Of weapons, and cleared
out the Germans and their equip
ment in matter of minutes, os-
ing only two men in the process.
Later tat same day, German
motor convoy, including a number
Of prime movers towing 49, field
pieces, was destroyed.
Bazookas and grenades set the
first two trucks ablaze, and forced
the Germans to flee from
the others. The trucks, loaded with
ammunition, blew up and their
crews, numbering about 70 men in
all, met the paratroopers' concen-
trated fire when they attempted to
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12

ballet dancers from closed theaters
were working in factories and that
actors were siaouldering spades
alongside elderly businessmen.
Younger and still younger boys
were being trained for sniping and
guerrilla warfare, and Reichsmini-
ster Goebbels injected pictur-
esque touch of streamlining to this
mobilization, ordering military
haircuts for all boys under IS.
One German broadcast told of
"newly-assembled divisions fea.
turing tank-busting platoons con-
sisting entirely of volunteers of II
to 10 trained in CLOSE combat"
suicidal anti-tank tactics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
Mars Hill College
Opens September 19

MARS HILL, Sept. 11-Fourteen
members of the faculty and adj
mlnlstrative staff of Mars Hill
college will enter upon their duties
with the opening of the fall term.
September 10. n spite of the num-
Der from the faculty who have
been called into military service
and other war duties, a full staff
VII be reaay>to meet the demands
OF an increased enrolment this
fall, President Blackwell announc-
ed today
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
TRAINING

Aviation Cadet Benjamin Mills
Washburn, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. M. Washburn of Glen
Arden, has completed primary
training at the Naval Air Station
at Dallas, Texas and has reported
to the U. S. Naval Air Station at
Pensacola, Fla. to continue his
advanced work which will qualify
him as an aviation pilot. Cadet
Washburn was graduated from
New Hanover High school, River
side Military academy, and at
tended Davidson college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
TRANSFERRED

Sgt. Herbert N. King, son OF
Mrs. A. King of Sumter, S. c.,
and brother of Mrs. J. H. Gar
rett of 208 Wright street, Whining
ton, has been transferred from the
Panama Canal Zone to Fort Nc
Clellan, Ala. Sergeant King en-
listed in the service in July, 1910.
He. was stationed in Panama for
three years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
SERVES IN FRANCE

F F c. j o e
Harrington, %,
S o n Of Mrs.
Mary E. Har-
rington of Ra-
leigh and neph-
ew of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. B. Dex-
ter of Wrights-
vile Beach, is
n 0 W serving
with the 320th
I n t a n try in
France, A prad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

a ang was a patient at co,..
rasnt y. ian hospital for Sosplun nj.
inert Of what was descr ri, treat
as the after-effect Of 'I ini,'s! Tie,
ceived in China seve r!1Sles y
before. N'efal Yea,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12

nAnnl>uIUN uate of Need
ham Broughton High school 1941,
Private Harrington entered the
service in January, 1912, and re-
ceived his basic training at San
Louis Obispo, Calf, and mis- adj
vanced training at Camp Rucker.
Ala. He went overseas in MAJ
1912. He holds the good conduct
medal. -
Cadet-Midshioman Burton Kel-
lock Myers, Jr, 10, son of MIR.
and Mrs. B. K. Myers, Sr.. of 1917
North Thirteenth street, has COM
pleted six months of sea training
as deck cadet---midsaipman
ABOARD merchant ship carving
vital war supplies to the far.flung
nattiefronts anG has reported to
the U. S. Merchant Marine acad-
envy at Kings Point, N. Y, for
nine months of advanced training.
Upon graduation he will be quail
1led to serve as third officer in
the Merchant Marine.
Myers, high school graduate,
also attended the University of
North Carolina. During his school
Gays ne was tennis champion
and member of PM Gamma Delta
fraternity. He was appointed to
The Merchant Marine Cadet corps
nine months ago and received his
preliminary training at the acad-
envy. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
LABOR READYINC
. PAY BOOST DRIVE

WASHINGTON, Sept. H. Up -
Labor unions, FESTIVE under war
time wage controls, already are
getting set to intensity their drive
for increased base pay rates wher
war production is cut back ano
the mandatory 48 hour week is
lifted as the administrator contem.
plates doing once Germany is de-
feated.
Other developments to look o r
are demands for cuts in withhold
ing taxes, cancellation of war bond
deductions by many workers, and
perhaps a per d of increased
strikes.
! Both the CLIO and the ALL al
ready have taken the line h t
workers should receive the same
pay for a 40 hour week that
they have been getting for a 48.
The CLIO economic outlook !,
published this week end, makes
this argument and it also has been
advanced by AFL leaders.
y II
employment situation will be in the
reconversion period, but the one
certainty is that lot of working
individuals stand now to take a
sizeable cut in the weekly It Ike
home" pay. envelppe) if returned
to a 40 hour week.
To be exact, if you have been
working 48 hours, with time and
a half after 40 hours, and you are
cut back to 40 hours, your reduc-
ton in total earnings will be %
per cent plus.
Non munitions production ac-
counts for a third Of the workers
in manufacturing, but OBJ
viously far more than that number
will be affected by the cutback in
the work week.
Employers nay continue the 48
hour week as long as they wish,
of course, provided they pay the
premium wage for the extra eight |
hours if they are in interstate COM
merce. The expectation is, how
ever, that those employers subject
to the fair labor standards act,
by and large, will return to the
40 hour level almost as quickly as
additional manpower becomes
available.
: In other words, under the spread.
the-work plan, factory can pro-
duce the same volume of goods
and work the same number of
hours, but those hours would be
divided among larger number of
workers. Thus the individuals work
week and pay envelope would be
reduced.
In areas where additional, COM
petent workers are not available,
some employers may prefer to
keep their workers on the 48-hour
week, even after the requirement
is lifted, in order to maintain
profitable production.
And where vital war items are
involved, of course, the government
will have the last word.
There may be other exceptions.
An employer making civilian goods
risks losing proficient employees to
a 48 hour plant if he cuts every
body's workweek in his plant to
40 hours. He may find it expedi-
ent business to pay premium wages
to proved producers rather than
straight time to anybody who may
happen along.
The change over to a partial
civilian economy may reduce the
volume of certain civilian goods,
in the opinion of some government
experts. Textiles, for instance,
which are already tight. If this
low wage industry dropped back
to 40 hours in civilian lines, its
present serious manpower problem
might be further aggravated. How
ever, the government may insist
that the industry continue on
40 ho,1r y,,oa11
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12

Here are first photos Of North
Americans new BIS Mitchell
bomber with its deadly nose (close
up at right, packed with eight 80
caliber machine guns. This new
model also carries six more. for
ward weapons, plus two each in
waist and tail turrets, making it
the most heavily armed battle
plane in the world. And that's not
counting the deadly load of bombs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12

Give coats, sweaters, socks, nit
tens and blankets frequent airing
and brushing as they are in year
round danger from moths.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS

Tech. Sgt. William F. Mitchell
has returned from six mont1s
overseas in the European theater
OF operations and is visiting his
wife at their home at 8l5 Mills
Alley.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
HOME FROM OVERSEAS I.

Maj. Earl 2. Robinson, S., son
OF mr.. and Mrs. S.. r. Robinson
OF Wrightsville Beach and husband
OF Mrs. Mildred Robinson Of 3o3
Wrightsville avenue. is now being
processed through the AAF reds
trloution station No. 2 at Miami
Beach, Fla. Major Robinson. staff
officer for two years in the North
African theater. attended Clemson
college, where he received B. S.
degree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12
WEATHERs occupar,o,,

r NEW YORK, Sept. IL 'OS
Frank Jay Gould, ex.n ~. e
Iona and turfman Nv wsas nj
Nazi occupation of tbs "eaaas
Rivera and his business ~, sreas
New York expects to hss s 0,les !,
from the 66-year-old Solo,; r. olsr
Gould as soon as Allies ' NJ q ID
cation lines are in ooers .Elnnc
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-12

Nearly one-half Of tba
the U. S. are hupplieS roses 10y /
Texas growers. " ely
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15
Rowing Reporters

of the liver and through the
rigt kidney. 1t was lodged in
the muscles of the back just be-
meath the skin.
The kidney was bleeding
badly. and Joe was sinking fast.
He was too weak to stand an alb
dominal incision - the normal
way to get at a kidney. DR.. Hurt
had to act fast. He reached
through the chest and clamped
off the kidney.
Then Joe died. His blood
pressure dropped to zero, he had
no pulse. The operation stopped,
but the work had just started.
Under artificial respiration and
oxygen, Joe started to live again.
The operation had to stop for an
hour while he regained his
strength. Because he needed
oxygen more than ether. Joe
regained consciousness and was
semi-conscious most of the time
afterward.
When DR.. Hurt went back to
work, he took out the kidney
through the chest incision. But
the liver was still bleeding A
TRANSMISSION was needed. Already
one bottle of flood was pouring
into Joe's veins. There was an
awful 10 minutes while another
d onor's blood was being
matched TO see il ii could be
used. 1t could.
MORE BLOOD FOR JOE
More donors would be needed.
A litter bearer was sent out to
round up some volunteers from
a Signal Corps unit camped
nearby. But more blood was
needed Immediately. Sgt. Max
Wilson, of Des Moines, a mem
Der of the surgical team, volun-
teered. Joes luck held. Wilson'S
blood was the right type.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15

At onespoint in the operation
two units of blood and two of
plasma were pouring into Joe's
veins at one time.
Joe had been on the table four
hours. Rain was pouring on the
tent. The lights, powered by an
emergency generator, flickered,
died and then came back. The
intermittent artillery duel start
ed up again.
The work went on. The liver
bleeding seemed impossible TO
stop. More blood and plasma
were given.
Finally DR.. Hurt managed to
pack the liver to stop the blood.
He closed the chest and removed
the fragment from under the
skin. 1t was scarcely larger than
pea.
There was still work to be
done-another fragment was
lodged somewhere, but it would
have to wait "a hours. 1t was
now $50 a. m, and Joe had
been on the table six and a half
hours.
The next morning he was OPP
Grated again, this time under a
local, while DR.. Hurt probed for
the second fragment. Again Joe
never opened his mouth.
But afterward, Joe wanted to
talk. He asked Lieutenant
Hutchins, the anesthetist, to tell
him something: How long would
it be before he could get back to
the front?
Its a kid like that" the Off
Ger said later, that makes you
feel that nothing you can do is
enough
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15
by TOM WOLFF
NEA Staff Correspondent

U. S. FIELD HOSPITAL,
|Italy-His name Is Joe. He is
1.-THE bravest man ! have ever
seen.
Joe Is alive as ! write this,
partly because of his own per-
sonal courage and partly be-
cause of the magnificent skill
and almost superhuman efforts
|of a frontline surgical team.
Joe was hit at 9 am. by a
shell fragment which killed
three of his buddies outright. II
was high in the mountains,
miles from a road.
The fragment made Just a lit
tie hole in his chest, and il
didn't come out. Joe knew he
was hurt badly, but he still
doesn't know just how badly.
From the time he was hit to the
time of his second operation al
most 48 hours later. Joe never
50 much as moaned. I know, be-
cause / was there through most
of Il.
Joe's buddies carried him
down the mountain. 1t took IL
hours to reach this field hos
|pital.
It was five hours more before
he was strong enough to be OPP
Grated on. The operation started
at 2 am. The surgical team was
headed by Capt. Lawrence Hurt
Lexington, KY. He and his men
had had two hours sleep in the
previous 48.
DR.. Hurt made an incision
through the small wound. The
rib beneath II was shattered. DR.
Hurt removed the rib so that
the lung could be seen. 1t was
found that the fragment had
pierced the diaphragm and
passed through the right lobe
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15
, BARBS .

1t won't be long till husbands
protests will have to be cut
short before the lawn is.
A huge shipment Of butter Is
coming from Argentina. We sim
cerely hope Uncle Sam will let
us help him spread it around.
II you can't be glad for the
good things you have, there are
plenty of bad things you can be
glad you haven't.
Three-fourths of the United
States is flat-until March Is.
Workers in an Indiana bakery
struck for higher wages and
shorter hours. More dough OF
one kind and less of another.
Family Jars usually are filled
with the fruit of discomfort.
When coffee was rationed
some restaurants jumped the
price. Now they're merely
charging a nickel rental on the
cup.
We want to be sure that the
boys who are somewhere over
seas don't come back to no.
where in America.
Fermenting mash killed 10
pigs on a Texas farm. How
about picked pigs feet for Sun
day dinner?
Criticism Of the looks-like-a-
dime penny has died down. 1t is
passing.
When children are taught ia
BILE manners they don't spill the
beans or get you in the soup.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15

Probably the first use of the
magnesium flare was made by
the Germans over Paris on June
7, 1918, in the form of a bomb
that exploded releasing a linen
parachute provided with a mag
nesium base.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15

Criticism of the looks-like-a-
dime penny has died down. 1t is
passing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15

Fermenting mash killed 10
pigs on Texas farm. How
about picked pigs feet for Sum
day dinner?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15

When children are taught ia
BILE manners they don't spill the
beans or get you in the soup.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15

We want to be sure that the
boys who are somewhere over
seas don't come back to no.
where in America.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15

Family jars usually are filled
with the fruit of discomfort.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-15

Workers in an Indiana bakery
struck for higher wages and
shorter hours. More dough OF
one kind and less of another.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-05
Reports Show That
Thrift Shop ThriveS

Reports made at the Thrift Shop
August meeting, Friday at the
home OF the president, Mrs. Will
liam Snyder, showed that the shop
is thriving. The chairman OF the
social service committee, Mrs. Alex
Longnecker, reported that dona-
tlons have been made for fencing
at Woodruff School, for furnish
ing a room In the new Boyer Hos
pital annex, for Rackham dental
care and for tonsil and adenoid
operation for a child in the city.
Several new members were add
ed. Mrs. Guy Kennedy, Mrs. Ward
Dunlap, Mrs. J. r. McCulloch. Mrs.
Ray Fletcher, Mrs. Earl Freeman,
Mrs. Evelyn Weaver, Mrs. Clar.
ence Bottomley and Mrs. Frank
McLane.
The shop Is closed for altera-
lions until Sept. s. Shortly after
II is opened, there will be a bun.
die sale. The soliciting committee
made an appeal for discarded clo-
thing and household goods which
may be found during their fall
cleaning.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-05
Begole News

Begole, Mich. Aug. 4-Dinner
guests Sunday at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Scott were Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Fieldmire and
daughter, Wauseon. o.; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Smith, Paulding. o.;
Mrs. Alice Barnes and daughter
Marion, Pasadena, Calf; Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Ingall, Dearborn, and
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Scott and
children, Ypsilanti.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Miller, Evans
Lake. were hosts Sunday at fam
lily dinner. Guests included Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Reed, Saline; DR..
and Mrs. Karl Valentine, Detroit;
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Harrison,
Wayne; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Davis. Saline Mr.. and Mrs. George
Williams and son John, Ypsilani;
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Budd and Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Budd and sons.
Mrs. Dorothy Zeigler left Wed
nesday for Camp Blanding, Florida,
where her husband Is stationed.
Miss Louise cakes, who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. Homer
Marsh, left Tuesday for her home
in Obion, Tenn.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-05
Committees Named
For Carpenter W.R.C.

At the August meeting OF Car
penter Women's Relief Corps, Fri
day afternoon, general orders nam
ing committee appointments were
read, and the local president. Mrs.
Bert Gillette, appointed her de-
partment aides.
Committee appointments made
by the department president are
Mrs. Pearl Raymond, childfare, and
Mrs. Vincent Celebrezze, junior
club. Mrs. Ollette's department
aides are Mrs. Edward Grannis.
Mrs. John Slater, Mrs. Minnie
Rust, Mrs. Harold Baskin and Mrs.
Raymond.
Mrs. Baskin was winner OF the
mystery box, provided by Mrs.
Grannis, this month.
Ii was decided TO have birth.
day luncheon with Mrs. Slater,
chairman, at the next meeting.
Sept. l.