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Milford chronicle., 1944-07-28
GEORGETOWN

I Local and Personal
I Miss Marguerite Engberg Of Newark. gradu-
has accepted a position as elementary teacher
in the local schools.
ford Pa. is the guest Of Miss Eta May Pet
tyiohn. East Pine street.
Alvin Lacey Of wilmington spent part Of the
Miss Olivia Paynter Of st. Georges. is Wis
iting her cousin. Mrs. Amy Kaiser on North
Mrs. Annie E. Fisher. East Lansing, Mich,
is spending sometime with her brothef-in -law,
former Congressman Robert @. Houston, and
the lAtters son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. L. p Faucet is spending several days
with relatives and friends in philadelphia
entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ricketts, Of
Buffalo. ~ r.. for a few days.
MIS- James II. Hughes III, Georgetown and
T. Nash Broaddus, Jr., Of Williamsburg. Va.
at the summer home Of her parents. DR.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hurley Of Philadelphia.
have been spending several days with rela-
tives here and near Milton.
weeks has been confined to the Milford Mem
ortal Hospital, is reported to be In critical
Friends of William Rotepeter, who came to
Georgetown the week following Pearl Harbor
with the 18th Infantry and remained here
until May Of this year. have received word
that he was killed in action in the Sicily cam
paign. No details have been given.
Seaman SIC John lockwood, Jr., OF Days
boro, who has finished his basic training at
Camp Peary, Va, is spending his iurlough
with relatives N Georgetown.
Private Thomas Wiley. stationed at the
Navy Base at Charleston. S. c.. is spending
a few days with his family here
William E. johnson, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul johnson. North Front street, GEORGETOWN.
and now stationed at Mitchell Field. Long
Island n Y, has been promoted to stan
sergeant.
Lieutenant q. g. Robert ]. Collins. son Of
Mrs. Georgia Collins, Georgetown, who is sta
toned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. is taking
q three weeks training course in Baltimore.
Major and Mrs. Roland Baker Of Quantieo. /
Va. have been visiting their parents at NILS 1
boro and Gumboro.
Entering the Army as a second lieutenant in I
January, 1871. James L. Marvel, son Of Mr.. /
and Mrs. Leroy Marvel. living near George /
own. has been promoted TO captain. and nov /
S stationed at Camp Pendleton, Va. He IS a
yraduate Of the University Of Delaware. class /
40 and held a reserve commission. He served /
"a months in Greenland returning to the /
States last October.
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-28
BETHEL

Mrs Irene Durding and daughter
Helen. of Rock Hall. Md, were Sun
day guests of Rev. and Mrs c. w.
Spry. They were accompanied home
by Miss Peggy Spry. who will spend
a lew days with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cordrey. Sr.,
spent the weekend in Baltimore with
their son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Cordrey. Jr.
Miss Joyce Eskridge Is the guest
OF Miss Judy Bell this week in Reho-
both Beach.
Robert Kennedy. Jr.. Of the L. S.
here with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Kennedy.
Mrs. Rosa Taylor and son Francis
Of Seaford and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Davis Of Laurel. spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Milbourn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Burns of Will
mington were guests on Tuesday of
Rev. and Mrs. c. w. Spry
Miss Mildred Allen of Laurel. was
an overnight guest of Mrs. Earle r.
Allen recently.
Mrs. Minnie o'Day of Salisbury.
Nd. is, spending several days with
Miss Ruth Spry was a weekend
guest of Miss Kay Allen in Bridge
Vile.
Mrs. Sam Leap was dinner guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Uric Smith on Mon
day evening.
The Count On Me Club met at the
home Of Mrs. Walter Horsey, Jr., on
evening
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dunton of
st. Albanca, n. Y, were weekend
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Hast
ings.
William Ford of Milton was din
ner guest on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Hastings.
Mrs. Bertha Eggers is spending this
week in PocOmoke City. Md, as the
guest of her niece, Mrs. Amanda
F'iggs.
Mrs. Harry Nichols spent last Sum
day in Chester. Pa. with relatives.
Mrs. Helen Eskridge spent Friday
In Viola with friends.
Mrs. Marian Cubbage returned
home Saturday after spending two
weeks in Seaford with Sergeant and
Mrs. Clifton Boswell. /
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and Alvin and Leon Transeau spent
last Sunday at their cottage at
Slaughter Beach.
The annual picnic of the Methodist
Church School will he held at Oak
Orchard on Wednesday, August 9.
Mrs. Laura G. Walls will have
charge of the music Sunday evening.
July 30. at 7:45 p. m. There will he
a surprise program as this will be
the last church service until Sep
tember on account of painting the
church. Your presence will he great
ly appreciated.
Services forr Sunday. July 50:
Morning worship and sermon at 10
o'clock. Church school at IL a. m. Eve
ming sermon at 7:45 O'Clock.
Slaughter Neck: Church school at
2 p. m. Preaching at 8 p. m.
Rev. Thos. BrintOn. Pastor
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-28

Nelson Bunting Of Fort Bragg. N. c., has
been visiting relatives at Roxana for a few
days.
Corporal Calvin Mitchell Camp Bowie Tex
has been visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
George Mitchell at Frankford.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
Because rye been there sometimes when

Because I've been there sometimes when
those letters were opened. I've seen the eager
hands reaching for them, and then the white
stricken faces. I've heard voices whispering
the first words aloud. y. The Secretary
desires that tender his deep sympathy >
What can decent guy do or say at a
time like that? I just turn and stumble off
Hating my job Hating the war. Hating Japs
and Nazis SC hard I have to grit my teeth.
But I'm not quitting After all, somebody 5
got to carry the mail. And when it gets
worse than I can stand. I've got safety
valve. I go back to the postoffice and buy
another War bond. Somehow. that's 1eicf.
Its what can do personally to end sorrow
and suffering quicker to save some of those
wives and mothers on my route from getting
the wrong kind of letters''
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25

painted hundreds Of times, has been razed to
the ground. It stood close to a great Lon.
don electric power plant an early objective
of the Luftwaffe."
To the normal mind all this is sheer fiend-
ishness But the Nazi mind is not normal, as
was amply demonstrated. not only by party
purges while Hitler was climbing to the chan
cellorship, but by the burning of Germany S
own greatest literary and music treasures.
What world this would be if Hitler should
by any accident win this war and set up his
dominion everywhere
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
LEAF SALES Time
MAY Be REDUCED

RALEIGH, N. c., June 24.-lR-
A proposed reduction of sales time
on flue cure tobacco markets
looms large among problems to be
considered at the tobacco associ-
alton Of the United tates' 44th
annual convention here Tuesday
and Wednesday.
The Associations sales commit
te, headed by N. M. Schaum of
Wilson, has proposed an approx
mate 80 per cent reduction in sales
time and elimination of one set of
buyers on major markets. Farm
ers Of the Cardinals border belt,
contending the curtailment would
cause manpower and tobacco loss
es, have marshalled data to place
before the sales committee when
It's meets here Monday to frame
final recommendations David H.
Fuller, Lumberton tobacconict and
attorney, has been elected to head
the farmers group.
F. S. Register, sales committee
member from Henderson, said to-
day he anticipated tobacco market
opening dates this season would
correspond with those of last year,
Opening dates, sales hours, six
OF tobacco piles. selling speed on
the auction floor, and other details
Tor the 1914 season will be deter
mined at the convention, after
mittees.
approximately 300 keymen of
recommendations r m the COM
the nations tobacco industry are
expected to attend the convention.
scheduled to be devoted entirely
to business. A. B. Darlington of
Danville, Va, is the associations
president and L. L. Gravely of
Rocky Mount it's vice president.
New officers are to be elected on
the final day of the convention.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
KING PETER, TITO
WILL CONFER soon

LONDON, June "a -tR- King
Peter of the Yugoslav government
in-exile and Marshal Tito of the
Yugoslav partisans probably will
meet face to face soon to draft
final details for notification of all
Anti-Nazi elements into wartime
government for all-out blows
against the Germans.
Reports reaching London today
said that Tito and Peters new
premier, Ivan Subasic, had reach
ed preliminary agreement on these
four points:
Tito to accept Peters sovereign
ty and Peter to let the Yugoslav'
choose their own form of govern
ment after the war:
The partisans and government
group to quit propagandlzlng
against each other;
Military collaboration; and
Discussion of means of creating
government including all patrlo'
tic yugoslav elements.
While these points were uncon'
firmad, diplomatic circles did nov
doubt them
Peter and Subasic now are IN
Italy and opinion was that meet
ing between the king and the mar
shall would be arranged shortly
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
Interpreting
The War
BY ELTON c. F.v

Associated Press Staff Writer
Substituting for Kirle L, sjmns.-
l The weeks battle reports t rsa
Europe and the Pacific brousht
some of the most hearteniru sl''
In almost five years of wor1d Nv.
fllct; only in isolated Chin, WA.
the picture bleak. "a'
saturday American dougbbov.
grimy with the stains ot ,.,n
along the reaches of the Cor+o,..'
peninsula, looked down upo ,yen tsa
harbor of Cherbourg, one ms, me ne
Frances great ports. Brjtish 9 %. Of
American troops to the south st ana
bed at Nazi lines. wi S'd0'
In Italy, Allied fighting r,..
stood a hundred miles nortb n'en
Rome while the German higb ao, VI
mand cast desperately about Ol =.
lind where it might dare w;tbI u
troops. '-0id V
Open Offensive
The Russians mounted
offensive on the east, rollins S' tas
ward in the region of the Vite i
toward the Latvian border ma.n
while maintaining relentless nras
sure on the faltering Firms.
All this brought into shran +oou.
statement by Prime Mi-7istas
Churchill made public at the stsrt
of the week. ''
Churchill said that the month,
OF this summer may bring full
success to the cause of freedom
On the Pacific front the Jana.
nese, alarmed by the invasion NJ
their vital stronghold in sainan
risked sending a substantial seq.
ment of their fleet into the waters
west of the Marianas. There fol-.
lowed long range aerial ex.
change with the powerful 59th task
force of the American Navy. The
Nipponese fleet lost a 19,00O-ton
carrier, destroyer, and three
tankers, with damage to a battle
ship, three carriers, cruiser and
other craft, and 1858 planes shot
out of the air. An American sub.
marine, stalking in where surface
ships could not reach, put three
torpedoes into a 28,O0O-ton aircraft
carrier, probably sinking her.
From southeast Asia tidings also
were good British forces regaiaec
control of the long contested Ko
hima Imphal highway in India
War in the India Burma area il
being waged with the prime pur
pose of reopening the Burma roac
to China. Until that is done, or az
China Coast, China must fight witt
equipment sent by air or built il
her own meager arsenals.
Japan fully aware of this, is
throwing its Kwantung army into
an effort to split China and knock
her out of the war.
In general, it is a situation in
which little help from the outside
can be given at present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
Postwar Recommendations

A group OF forty scholars studying interna-
tional relations has been collaborating on prob
lens to be faced in the Pacific area after
the war. The group is headed by Prof Ralph
Barton Perry of Harvard and is known as
the Universities Committee. Following con.
ference at Princeton report has been made
public in which eight recommendations for
postwar treatment Of Japan are made.
The conferees explain that they base their
recommendations on unconditional surrender
and total dissolution of the Japanese EN-
pire as provided Sin the Cairo communicate. I"
They recommend:
81. The terms of peace should, in general,
be designed to discredit the militarist elements
in Japan, to bring home to the Japanese peo-
pie the fact Of defeat, and to encourage the
emergence of a political regime willing to CO..
operate on friendly terms with other coun-
tries.
g. Complete military defeat effective dis
armament pending the establishment Of gen.
eral security system, and the elimination of
colonies are necessary to prevent a recur-
renee of Japanese aggression.
80. The chief guarantee of long-run security
in the Pacific is to be found i, general
security system and strong China.
"a. The military occupation of Japan should
be limited to the period and extent necessary
to enforce the terms of surrender and should
be international in character.
IS. To promote the economic development
of China and to prevent economic chaos in
Japan, it is essential that japanese industrial
productivity be maintained. =
Is. If Japan is to be accepted in the COM
nunity Of nations on the basis of equality po-
ltical, social and economic reforms are nee
essary. These reforms cannot be imposed
from without, but must develop from within
There is reason to believe that such develop
ments are possible given appropriate encour-
agement by the victor nations.
81 When these reforms have been realized
her intention to cooperate with other nations
on peaceful terms, all discriminatory controls
should be eliminated.
g. Because Of their importance in the field
of military strategy and civil aviation, the
future disposition of the Japanese-mandate
islands is of concern both to the United States
and to other nations. These islands should
not be permanently allocated to the exclusive
control of any one nation, but should be placed
under international control 80
Whether the program is workable or on all
counts advisable is not for us to say. But the
scholars report is notable for its realistic
viewpoint-in contrast to many other, and SEN
timentaly n1awkish, views held within univer-
sity walls and far beyond them in the past
We are making progress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
Used Car Rationing
Not Planned By OPA

WASHINGTON, June "a. -R)-
The Office of Price Administra-
ton said today it is not planning
to order rationing of used passen-
ger cars when they are brought
under price ceilings July 10, but
1t left the door open for rationing
later.
In statement which it said was
a reply to erroneous and wide
spread reports" that rationing will
go into effect with the ceilings,
OPA explained that the war pro.
duction board and the Office of
Defense Transportation have not
reached decision ION the ques-
ton of whether used cars will be
rationed."
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when set be between $500 and
$5. O-"Sufficiently liberal to per-
NIT reasonable profit to the pro
ducers."
16O,OOO FIGHTING TAR HEELS
More than 100, 900 North CAROLYN
lans including almost 1000 women
are now serving in the army of the
United States.
A recent tabulation of army
strength by states, shows that as Of
January. 1914, exactly 1872. 1888 Tar
heels, not including those discharg-
Cd are included among the 7,48l.-
s23 Americans in this branch Of
the service. OF this number. 1.733
are women.
At the rate these were indicted.
North Carolina today has about
@z,0oo more in tn army.
navy figures H y not been is
sued.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
Buy More Bonds

What about that extra bond have vol
bought it yet? And If you have how about
buying another one in excess of your regular
commitment by payroll deduction or other spe.
sial budgeting?
Surely you are not willing to stop short OF
your utmost cooperation in this Fifth War
Bond campaign. You can't, none Of us can.
DO our part by cutting any corner in this
crusade. Too much. too great part of the
ultimate victory, depends upon the support we
men and women at home give the boys out
there fighting for our. for the worlds, Sc
curity.
We can't all fight We all are not called
upon to lay down our lives, as so manv Of
them are doing. But we certainly will moi
deserve to be saved if we withhold any penny
we can invest in these bonds that are fur
nlsh1ng the armed services with the TOOLS the
equipment, ammunition, food, guns, tanks,
ships, essential to victory.
If you think you are doing all that YOU
should, consider bereaved households, where
wives, mothers, sweethearts are grieving May.
be you've never been at home where the
death notice has just arrived Maybe you
have been able to close your mind to the
suffering of friends into whose mailbox such
a notice has found its tragic way.
If so, read this letter from a mail carrier.
1t will wiring your heart. It ought to open
your purse, too. We publish it here with per.
mission of the Postoffice department. II
reads:
mo, 1t isn't my feet i.
I used to like my job. Plenty of exercise
and fresh air. Plenty of friendly folks along
my route. happy when brought them letters.
Now I've got the toughest job in America.
1t isn't my feet that hurt these days--its
something else. Call it my heart
TITS those official envelopes War Depart
ment. Navy Department. Nearly every weel
now, one or two Of them have to 60 in my
bag, heavy on my shoulder. And my fee
drag as climb the steps, and hope nobody
will answer the bell before can get away
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25

Iceland fell under foreign rule;
first, Norway, in 1862, then Den
mark, in 1880. Enigrations to Am
erica followed the nations dark
est hour in 1888, when unprece-
dented volcanic damage capped a
long era of plaques, famines and
raids by sea rovers.
The turn came in the 10Th cen.
fury. On June II, 1911, Patriot Jon
Sigurdsson was born. His life of
labor put Iceland on the road back
to freedom that becomes official
on the 133rd anniversary of his
birth.
Freedom in effect came during
Sigurdsson's life when the King OF
Denmark gave Iceland constitu-
ton of it's own on the 1,000th an
niversary of settlement, in 1874.
The Icelandic-Danish Act of I'm
ion, effective December l, 1913,
made Iceland a free and indepen-
dent kingdom. The only tie was
personal-the King of Denmark
was also King Of Iceland.
The Union Act was contract
TO be effective January l, 1914,
with Iceland free to act fo- indie
pendence if no renewed agreement
had been completed by that time.
Denmark was to represent Iceland
abroad in foreign affairs.
On April 10, 1910, Germany in
vaded Denmark. Iceland's Althing
acted at once to take over foreign
affairs and to transfer royal power
from the captive king to the Ice
landic Cabinet. Later it appointed
Sveinn Bjornsson, an experienced
diplomat, as the first Icelandic
Regent. His third annual term ex-
pires June 18th.
In May, 1941, a resolution of the
Althing proclaimed Iceland's in
tention not to renew the 1918 Act
Of Union. A second resolution stat
ed the plan to become a Republic.
That these decisions were over
whelmingly popular was. proved in
the four-day plebiscite of May 20
%, 1914. In this plebiscite SO per
cent of Iceland's eligible voters
men and women over 21-partici-
pated. Over 81 per cent favored
cutting ties with Denmark. Almost
81 per cent voted for Republic.
The Althing converting June 18th,
will not only adopt the constitu-
ton of a Republic but will appoint
a President of Iceland to one
year term. In 1945, under the new
constitution, Iceland's voters will
elect a President to a four-year
term beginning June 18th.
Thus Iceland officially regains
her ancient independence under
strange conditions. Iceland's lead
ers protested British occupation in
May, 1910, pointing to Iceland's neu-
trallty. They warmly welcomed
protection arriving July 7, 194l. |
from still neutral America. Thew
regard the agreement that oreced. |
cd the arrival Of United State for
: aS outstanding in Iceland's |
long history. It contains Ameri-
"a. S promise to champion Iceland's
independence, not to interiors in
!celand's government, and TO with.
1raw promptly at the wars end
The United States sent its fret
to Iceland to Reykiavik
n September, 1941, while Icela,d,s
'lrst Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to tho
United States arrived for duty in
November 10Th of that
year. N
In the words of that Minister
he Honorable Thor Thors. .Tn
decent world, Iceland will al
ways be a free and SOVEREIGN
country. In world of aggression h
10 nation, no idividual can he (,
rec, because aggression is based
m slavery at home and abroad !"
--V---
PASTORS TO MEET
DURHAM, June 24-lB-rou1r +
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Want0n Destruction

When the Luftwaffe was sent out to bomb
/ England the great Nazi humanitarians sent
i to Berlin book shops and gathered up avail
able copies of Baedeker travel guides, and
Il carefully marked specific targets for demoli-
L ton, targets that had no military Importance
Il but have been associated with British culture,
4 some of them for centuries. The planning
i was carefully done that the Luftwaffe blitz
4 is designated as the Baedeker raids. Partic-
L ular attention was given England's literary
shrines.
Bath, which has figured so prominently in
English literature, equally famous through
Samuel Pepys' writings and its Georgian arch
itecture is little more than a rubble heap
But London was the favorite hunting ground
Of the beneficeat Germans. The Chapter Cot
! fee House, near st. Paul's Chatterton's cho-
. sen neighborhood and where the Bronte SIS
! ters stayed when they visited their British
publishers was RACED.
Quoting from an article appearing in the
Greensboro Daily News, additional destruction
and unaccountable escapes thus noted:
Oliver Goldsmith's home in Brick court and
Lambs birthplace are no longer. Marlowe's
birthplace and Uriah Keeps tumble ONE have
been destroyed The Old Curiosity shop in
Lincoln's sun is not mentioned in the chronicle
(prepared by A. C.. Ward) but the Poetry
bookshop in Bloomsbury has been blasted to
ruins, destroying an assembly point for the
poets of many ages
'Nine-tenths of the parish of st. Giles is
gone, a London area redole:at in literary as
sociations. The Temple, with its 18th century
history, suffered perhaps more than any other
historic center. The church, the halls and the
library with its valuable photography we've
destroyed. Christchurch in Newgate street, one
hf the Christopher Wren beauties, has gone
Forever.
'The Cheshire Cheese is miraculouslv in
sact and so is Old Bailey. Charles Dickens
house on Doughty street also has come
through so far. Also the great rallying point
OF the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood in Red Lion
square where Rossetti, and Burne Jones met
Hogarth's house in Chiswick also stands un-
touched But as much cannot be said for St.
Clements Danes, the little church in the heart
of the Strand, where Ben johnson used to
worship. Only part Of Dr. Johnson's home re-
mains.
Westminster Abbey suffered far more than
The public has been led to believe some if it
beyond repair, but Poets corner in the dim
recesses Of the nave is untouched. Keats
house in Hampstead has been partly demol-
ished and Charterhouse, associated with the
Newcombes, has had its masonry SCARED and
broken either by fire or by bomb
1.-THE great library Of Lambeth Palace is in
sadly battered condition and Southwark ca
thedral lifts battered bastion to show its
suffering. John Harvard's chapel in that edi-
flee has been destroyed; also the Lincoln tow
er at Christ-church on the Westminster Bridge
road, tower built by Americans in gratitude
Tor sympathy shown during the Civil war.
destroyed also is the Church of the Pill
grim Fathers on the New Kent road. which
commentaries those who sailed on the May
flower, and Chelsea Old church, etched and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-25
PASTORssTn Mrrr

DURHAM, June 24-(P-Town
and country pastors from through
out North Carolina will begin
assembling in Duke auditorium ~
the North Carolina college for Ne
groes tomorrow morning in a ix
day interdenominational ins~rfa
TO be held at the college.