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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19

1878 have been "region OF joint
influence for France and Great
Britain, which neither has been
willing to relinquish to the other.
Consequently, since 1906, the Is
lands have had an unusual dual
government, with separate COM
missioners, separate police and a
Joint court. Officially known as a
condominiun, its scrambled oper-
alton caused British settlers to dub
it the 'pandemonium.
Center of this government is at
Villa, on Efate. island junction OF
the arms of the Y. White popula-
ton is conferred at Villa, chief port
in the group. .Yanks based on
Efate are in position to explore
billy island roughly 80 by 20
miles, Astounding in tropical fruits
and vegetables
A large airfie]d is part of the
American base on Espiritu Santo
-Santo foz. short-largest island Of
the New Hebrides group, at the
northwest extremity of the Y.
Measuring rs by IS miles, its
mountains reach to 5000 feet. Lug.
awhile is it's chief town.
Near the bottom of the Y, Tana
is fertile island marked by a
night-glowing, low volcano. Within
the condeninium area, north OF
the Y. are the Banks and Torres
groups of small islands, support
ing small native populations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19

near by. The large number OF cat
tie, sheep and deer accounts for
stable meat shipments. Coffee,
copra, araucarla timber pine are
important. Mother - of pearl and
trochus shell for buttons lead ma
rine exports.
But the island stands out for
mineral we alth perhaps I'm
matched in similar area anywhere
on earth. Nickel tonnage second
only to Canada's has long been
New Caledonia most valuable ex-
port. Chrome has held second
rank. War-scaroe cobalt and anti
mony, iron, copper, silver and
gold, lead and mercury are found
in the islands serpentine ridges.
Island neighbo1s which are part
of the New Caledonia French Col
ony include the Isle of Pines, 80
miles southeast the barren Huon
group, ITO miles northwest, and
the Loyalties, paralleling New Cal
edonia IS miles northeast.
Totaling three-fourths the land
area of Rhode Island, the Loyal
ties consist of three main coral
islands-Mare, Lifu and Uvea-
and a. few tiny islets and reefs.
Highest elevation is 246 feet. Wom-
en- far outnumber men in the
groups 10000 population. Copra
and some rubber are produced for
export.
New Hebrides Chain
Northeast of the Loyalties $50
miles is the base of the Y-shaped
New Hebrides chain. Extending
500 miles north and northwest
ward, it comprises twelve main
islands, 70 small ones. Total land
area is two-tairds that of New
Caledonia Island. Population in
cludes more than 10000 natives,
1000 Indochinese laborers, 1000
French and British planters and
administrators Copra, cocoa and
coffee are chief exports.
Although not of great CONNER
cial value, the New Hebrides since
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
Duke, Queens To Offer
New Engineering Course

DURHAM, March 10. = R -
Duke University and Queens col
lege, in cooperation with the U. S.
Commissioner of Education will
offer course in engineering ap-
plications Of mathematics, to be
given in Charlotte beginning March
"a, it was announced by Dean J.
M. GODDARD of Queens College and
A. S. Brewer, Duke E. S. M. w.
T. director.
DR.. William S. McGavock. David.
son College professor of mathe-
mates will teach the course, with
Charles R. Vail, of the Duke Col
lege of engineering faculty as sup
ervisor.
The course, to be given at
Queens, will be held for Is weeks,
with twice weekly classes of two
and half hours in the evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
New Caledonia Altered
Japs' Plans In acific

in force on March II, 1912, the
Jap Australian sweep might
have reached this mineral Treas
ure Island and it's Loyalty ano
New Hebrides neighbors, where
position on supply lines as well
az geology would have aided ia
pans wa-.
Cheers greeted the Yanks al
Noumea, capital and chief port Of
the French Colony. Noumea's H.,
900 people had found they likec
Americans when a handful arrived
in 1910 to man the new seaplane
base on Pan Americans Califor'
mathew Zealand route.
At Noumea, Uncle Sans cru
saders are $500 air miles south.
west from the California coast.
Brisbane, Australia, is 1865 miles
farther southwest, New Zealand S
northern tip 900 miles southeast.
American bases on Efate and Es-
piritu Santo of the New Hebrides
group are north. 300 and $50 miles,
respectively.
Dwarfed by giant neighbors to
the west, New Caledonia is large
among Pacific islands. 1t tops
Massachusetts in area. Ridged
with irregular mountain masses, it
resembles a lUmpy, green cater
pillar, $50 miles long with an aver:
age 3O-mile width. Coral reefs
frings its sides and extend in brok-
en- parallel lines 100 miles beyond
it's northwest tip.
On the southern edge of the trop-
les, New Caledonia is land where
temperatures vary little from a
7O-degree mean, and white people
live healthily. OF $4,000 inhabit-
ants. one-third are whites, one-half
are native Melanesians. Javanese
and Indochinese are the island S
counterpart of Fiji's British East
Indians, brought in to labor in
mines and on plantations because
easy-going natives will work only
on the land they own.
Exports
New Caledonis's list of exports
is a reminder that Australia is
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
Residents Rallied To Free
French Banner, Wei
coined u. S. Troops
WHERE ARE THE YANKS?
New Caledonia, The Loyalty and
New HebrideS Islands

New HeDf1ueS lSlanQS
This is another of twelve arti
cles titled Where Are The
Yanks?" The series has been
prepared by the National Geo
graphic Society for The Will
mington Star-News to inform
readers bout the regions
where American service men
are stationed. An article ap
pears in the Star-News each
Sunday.
National Geographic Society
Sweeping southeastward from
big New Guinea, the curving land
bridge of Melanesia runs through
the Bismarck, Solomon, Santa
Cruz, New Hebrides and Loyalty
island groups, hooks westward and
anchors at New Caledonia.
Japanese plans for conquest Of
the Pacific were rudely altered in
mid-1940 by events on New Cal
edonia. France had fallen. In her
far-off colony with the Scottish
name, the Governor and few
officials promptly goose-stepped
into line behind Vichy. Almost to
a man, however. New Caledoni-
ans, French and native, rallied to
the new Free French banner and
forced Vichyites to take ship for
Indochina.
Had Vichy prevailed in New Cal
edonia, Japan might have been
granted permission to establish
naval and air bases there as in
Indochina. She would have contin-
ued without check her well-started
grab of the islands nickel and
iron.
Or had the Yanks not arrived
-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19
FIRE ON DEMONSTRATORS

STOCKHOLM, March 18- E -
A Swedish traveller arriving sS
Malmoe today from Denmark said
that he witnessed German troops
firing on anti-war demonstrators
in Potsdammer P1atz in Berlin
last Friday. He said he was I'M
able to say, however, whether
any of the demonstrators had been
killed or wounded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-19

Argentina is the leading tire
producing country of the other
Americas, with Brazil ranking
second.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-07
LIBERIA AWAkEN5
u. ). Interest

WASHINGTON, Nov. Z (ANP)
With the announcement by thu
state department and the Foreign
Economic administration that al
FEA mission is going to Liberia
increasing evidence is developing
that the interest of the United
States in this West African repub
lie is taking on greater proportions
whereas it might have begun as {
wartime measure, it is now pro
ceeding as presumably a great busi
ness deal.
A full list of the members of the
mission has not yet been released
but its publication is expected t.
reveal the kinds of specialists who
will go, and naturally, give indica
ton of the broadness of the mis-
sion's studies.
There are historic ties between
the two countries which have beer
guarded, more or less, by American
missionaries who have gone t.
Liberia. The exigencies Of war
however, prompted this govern
ment to do more than assume {
passive interest in Liberia. First &
defense agreement in 1912 then {
lend-lease agreement in 1943 were
negotiated. Since then Liberia ha:
Joined the united nations and. Of
course, will have her delegates a.
the forthcoming conference on thu
maintenance of peace.
The first real cue to American
ambitions in the small republic wa:
given over a year ago by stat.
department official speaking a
.he Chautauqua institute, who OBJ
served that Liberia looms out O.
Ill proportions to its size for /;
number of reasons" and expressed
doubt "that in any plans which ma,
':e worked out for internationa
security after the present conflict
Liberia :. will be one of the foca
POINTS of special importance to tn
Americas"
Until recently the Firestone Tir
and Rubber Company has been al
most exclusively the only American
business firm in Liberia. It's larg
rubber plantation holding have in
ured to the benefit Of the people O
Liberia. But it is safe to predic
that with the FEA mission goin,
there, other American bushes en-
terprises will shortly be finding a.
interest there. Already what
known as the Liberian-America
corporation has been formed fo
the purpose of exporting palm o.
and palm kernels. This concern
being aided by the Commodit
Credit corporation, f e d a
agency.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-07
negro Schools and Educators
Urged 10 Use u. ).
educational Matter

WASHINGTON, Nov. Z (ANP)
An appeal was made to Negro
schools, colleges and universities to
use the vast assortment Of material
now being distributed by the educa
ton section of the war finance div
ision of the United States treasury.
The appeal was made by William
Dean" Pickens, chief Of the inter-
racial section, national organiza-
ton subdivision.
'It appears that many Negro
schools and teachers have not in
the past and do not now receive
these essential and valuable sug-
gestions to stimulate thrift pro-
grams among Negro Students" !"
Pickens said.
He explained that faculty men,
bers, teachers and educators mere
ly have to write to the, education
section of the war finance division,
Washington building, Washington,
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-07

The official announcement
speaks of the seaport which is to
be constructed in Liberia. This is
imperative if the other projects
which are afoot are to have any
value. Liberia does not have a good
harbor. 1t needs an outlet for it's
goods and materials. Furthermore,
it needs roads. At present there
are not more than $50 miles of
roadway in a country of $4,000
square miles.
The American government is aid
ing both in road building and in
the harbor construction. The latter,
to be sure, will serve other than
commercial purposes. It is not un-
likely that this government will re
tain rights in the port which will
permit its use by American naval
vessels, an important feature.
And as Liberia develops CONNER
cially, so will it gain political sta
ture. It's representatives have al
ready participated in the various
world conferences held under the
auspices of the united nations. The
view now becoming widely recog-
nized is that with the aid of the
republic will be aided in it's bid for
a place in the world organization.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-07

D. c., in order to get the educa-
5ional material. They should, Pick
ems said, mention the status or
class of their school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

man MAaclearV & Texas hey and D afaaunle Of TDxa1 A. 6 M.. saw them and said 'izell, give me q rope and E'll 90 got thom,e
 s'tlo stripped, grabbed Q heavy fope and dlVed Into tho cold slrceln, mo uefmans must have seen him but for some reason they held their Ire. Ho almost reached tho boat but swift water pouring through the crack ln the dam forced him back and he had Cd return. Then Q French civilian came down and swan Co tho boat with R rope and it wae lowed safely Co shoro."
 Different Picture
 Private First Class Ronald ]. Moh. skl, Sa, of New York City told me ho sat around the other night listening Co Q radio program from hAck homo and heard how folks had been site ting up for two nights waiting for the war Go be over"
 "Tho next day I was thinking about this and walking down Q road when I was nearly killed by Q NaRl machine gunner" he said. '"Thoso folks back home might come over here and sit In this damned orch- ard"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

0uARDA.-uabr Guards, aa, former rtsldent Of this city, died Tuesday in santa CruR, Callf.
 Born in Italy, ho came to this country a Ryears ago. ffo lived In Springfield, AEass., for two years prior tn coming Co Waterbury where he resided Q short time. Mfr. ouarda later went Co California where he enlisted ln the Q. 6. Army. He was in the service for five years. After he received his dlscharge he made his homo In santa Cruz.
 Surviving arc two brothers, Ilareo, Waterbury, and 0ustave, Italy; and one sister, Mary, of South America,
 The funeral will be held from the Laporta funeral home, 67 Holmes avenue, time and other or. rAngenlents Go be announced later Burial will be in the family plot in Calvary cemetery.
 EAFRRRxERE = Armand A. La- Eerriere, 6bi East Main street, was found dead ct his home this morning. He had been ill for some time. pr, Harold Morrill,, assistant medical examiner, was notified,
 A native Of Canada, MT. LaFer. riere was 6 resident of Waterbury for the past % years and was ein. ployed by the soovill Mfg. co. most of the time. He was e communicant of Sacred Heart church
 K Spurviving are his wife, Marie (Lamontagnel LaTerrlere; one son, Sergt. Armand LaTerriere, Q. s. Army, stationed in England; and one brother, Joseph, Montreal, Canada,
 The funeral will be held from the Bergin funeral home, 200 East Main street, Saturday morning ct 8:S0 to Sacred Heart church at 0. Burial will be In the family plot in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call ct the funeral home this evening and to. morrow afternoon and evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Ethel D, Barrows, New London treasurer,

Etnel ID, bnrrowS, NeW Lonuon treasurer.
 Hartford, Conn, Sept. 7-- (U.P) Plans for long-distanee freight air line operating between this country and South America and connecting 2S cities east of the Mis- Sissippi river, were announced to- day by James N. Laneri, Glaston- bury flyer and one.time pilot for the Martin Johnsons.
 Laneri announced that the air line probably would Do established within six months and would he op- erated aS International Freight Air Lines, Incorporated for S2,000,000.
 He said an application would be filed soon for Civil AeronautieS Au. thory approval.
 The line would operate out of Hartford, with the main route run. ming to the northern tip of South America and with branches in ma- jor cities in the east and middle west, including Boston, New York and Chicago, Laneri said, with Q possible croSs.country route to be established later to California,
 Laneri, test pilot for Douglass Aeronautio Corporation in Tulsa, Okla, for the past year, said three DC.4 transport planes would be available to the company in four months and plans were being made to acquire more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Urges End 

Washington, Sept V--(Upl-= As. slstant Attorney General Wendell norgo today charged at least one American firm with aiding Ger many to rearm after the last war through Cartel agreements, and de- manded not only an end Go such agreements, but the breaking up Ol German trusts by the Allies.
 In testimony before the senate Kllgore committee on war nioblllEa- tion, Herge cited a secret agreement between the Bausch and Lornh op- tlcal company Of Rochester, N. Y., and Carl zelss of Jena, Germany, which he said helped Zeiss Go "evade the spirit and the letter of the Versailles treaty" forbiddlng Ger many to rearm,
 "If these agreements can ba con- tinued, revived or renewed in the future" he declared, '"rhis country can win the war but Germany will have gone far towards the winning of the peace"
 Berge said it would not De enough merely to prevent resumption of cartels-"If we are going to destroy 0ermanye military power :. we must develop and apply c program to control and to break up the rlon- opolistic firms of Germany"
 This, he said, would involve the following clements:
 1. we must acquire patents and technological know~how which the German firms acquired during the war, These must be made avall- able to the American people,
 2, "The future work of German laboratories must be made avail- able to firms in this country. The German laboratories which cone tinue to exist must opertae in full view of the rest of the world with adequate safeguards 30 that their discoveries cannot be kept secret,
 3. we must break up the Ger. man firms. Firms liko I, c. TAr- ben should at the very least be split up into separate companies and these not permitted to come together again,
 {. "Some German firms prob- ably ought to he physically removed from Germany and their laborator- les internationalized."
 Turning to the Bausch and Loanh agreement with zeiss, Berge pointed out that the products of these firms --perisoopes, range finders, bomb- sights and gunsightS-were of pri- mary importance In war.
 He said the American firm gave U. s. military information to its German partner which 1t had been ordered to keep In strictest secrecy by the U. 6. Army and Navy. BauSch and Lomb was so concerned that this disclosure should not become known, he added, that it told its agent in Germany to tell zeiss to "keep these reports In strictest eon- fidence and In c separate file under look and key"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
FUNERALS

The funeral of Walter Aston, Southhury, will be held from the home of his brother, Albert Aston, southbury, ct 2;So p. m, tomorrow Burial, which will be private will Do in Pine Hill cemetery, that city.
 The funeral of William James Doyle, Winsted, former Waterbur- ian, will be held ct S:30 Q. m. to. morrow from the Maloney funeral home, Walnut street, Winsted, to St. Joseph'S cemetery, Torringford street, Winsted. Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon and evening.
 The funeral of E. Clayton Easter- brooks, who died ct the home of his sister, Mrs. Charles Rogers, 4S State street, was held at l ?, m. to. day from tho Lincoln & Potter fu- neral home, Willimantic. Burial was in new Willimantic cemetery.
 The funeral of Thomas Francis Hayes, 07 Fuller street, will be held at ii a, m, tomorrow from the Al. derson funeral home, 70 Central av. enue, Burial will be in Grove ceme. tery, Naugatuck. Friends may call nt the funeral home from 3 to , and [ to Q ?. m. today.
 The funeral of Frank J, Tfenka, 70 Chestnut avenue, was held thS morning at 8:iB from the Mulville Funeral Home, 2T0 West Main street to St, Cecelia'S church at 9 where Mass was celebrated by Rev. Peter Cuny, Mrs. Albertine O'Donnell was organist and SoloiSt. Burial was m Calvary cemetery with oonmittal services conducted by Father Cuny. Bearers were Thomas Oostelo, George Carey, Harold Dunphy, James Moore, Edward Phelan and John Egan.
 Tho funeral of Frank Ulrik Anderson, 2O7 Piedmont street, VIII Do held tomorrow ct 2p. m. from the Anderson Funeral Home, 70 Central avenue, Rev. Francis Q. AyreS, rector of St, Johns EpSeopal church, officiating. Burial will Do in new Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call ct the funeral home today from 3 to 6 and to Q p. m. and are requested to omit flowers.
 The funeral of Mrs. catherine Dinova, wife of Merle Dinova, 70 Radcliffe avenue, will Do held from the Mulville Funeral Homo, 270 West Main street, tomorrow morning at 0:iS to SS. Peter and Paul church at Q for 0 solemn high Mass. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may eall ct the funeral home today rem 2 to 10 ?. m.
 l,e funeral of Miss Frances Go.
 aAa Franek, ie Sarsfield street, will be held Saturday ct SIS from the Lunny Funeral Home, 2B central avenue, to gt. Cecilia's church ct Q. Burial will be in Calvary ceintery. Friends may call ct the funeral home today from 2 to 10 ?. m. and tomorrow from 3 to 10 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Fight
 Faces Patton
tuontInued irom pAge Q

N00NUMUDU AEUIN EANN " pierced by Allied arnor and infan- try in force they wlll give up Che ghost and sock peace,
 Inc Germans were oontestlne every inch beyond the Moselle.
 First Lieutenant Paul ?. Bellou Of New orleans told me the story ot the battle which had ragged around the Village of pont A. Mousson, straddllng the west bank of the river for the last ls hours and which was continuing. A
 "Some of our units crossed the river about ( D.. In, yesterday" he said. '"Then around 1i D. m. we went down with 0 larger group We took assault boats and dipped across the canal and everything was 60 quiet you could hear the guy next to you breathing.
 we put the boats Into the water and our guys climbed aboard. The minute they were underway oil hell broke loose. The Germans opened up with mortars, eS's, 1908 and ever ack-ack 20 millimeters, The sky and water was filled with Jerry lead"
 Buadles Killed
 'Soine of my buddles were killed but the others kept right on across padding those damned little boats.
 When dawn broke the Americans could sec one of their assault craft caught on one side of . gap thal had been blown in the river dam or the German side. One lieutenant and six men were trapped hopeless ly. All appeared wounded,
 Tt looked tough for those guys, said Lieutenant James D. Turner oi Memphis, Tenn. ''Iieutenant New
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Eremite Draft DodgeI B0qins JoiI Sentence

Birmingham, Ala Sept. 7-tUp) Arnold Earnest. 2A, who lived for three years in q cave to avoid the draft. began serving five-year federal prison sentence today.
 The farm boy was minus his hushy mustache, long hair and care- fraN manner as he was led from the courtroom where he was sentenced, No said k was powerful hard" %
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
OBITUARY j.

RRATCnAMn Bennett B. Rrltoh. ard. os, formerly of this city, died Monday in a hospital in charleston, W. Va, after Q brief Illness.
 kko was born June 0, io8i, in WA- terbury, the son oe Ecovllle end EEa- lly (Barnes) prltchard. He was grade uated from Waterbury high school and the former Bethany Military
 A former Bristol resident, MT, prltchard was associated with the Wallace Barnes co. for 90 years prior Co his retirement ln io3B. He was e member Of Franklin lodge of Masons.
 He is survived by c daughter, Mira, Frank Comerford, with whom he made his home in Charleston, and . granddaughter,
 Funeral services were held in Charleston, Committal services were held in Crockett cemetery at 3sSO today.
 WALSH = Joseph ]. Walsh, 60 Randolph avenue, Meriden, died Tuesday morning at Merlden hos- pital after Q brief illness. Among tho survivors is Q sisters, Mrs, Thomas Tracy, Waterbury.
 The funeral will be held tomorrow ct 8:S0 from the Smith funeral home, 226 West Main street, Meri- den, to St. Joseph's church, that city, at Q. Burial wfll be In St. Pat rick's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
VETERAN TRUSTEE RESIGNS POSITION
Frederick M. Adler Served on Cheshire RefOrmatOry
 Board for 25 Years
Special to tho Democratl

Cheshire, Conn.,, sept .7-The resignation of Frederick M. Adler of New Haven, president of the Board of Trustees of tho Cheshire Reformatory, has been submitted to Gov, Raymond D, Baldwin the board was informed ct Q meeting held at the institution yesterday afternoon. Mir, Adler has been Q member of the board for more than 26 years.
 Prior to serving the board as It's head MT, Adler had been It's vlce- president.
 Notice of the submission of his resignation was reported yesterday by upt, George o. Erskine. It was also reported recently to The Dem- oerat that Supt. Erskine, who ahS been In charge of the Cheshire Re- formatory for more than Q quarter of Q century, waS also planning to resign. No confirmation of the same was forthcoming at yesterdays ses- sion.
 What action the governor will take on the Adler resignation, in view of the New Haven mans long service on the board, was not i'm. mediately known nor was there any indication of c successor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
MASS

MAL0NEY-Month's mind Mass of requiem will be celebrated Satur. day morning, At 9.00 o'clock, at the Immaculate Conception Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Dr, Daniel !, Maloney,