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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
Second Battalion, Isolated
On Hill, Refuses Offer
To Surrender

It will be long time after tnf
battle guns are quiet before the
full story of the hell experienced
by and the heroisms won by vii
Ynington's men in khaki in this wal
can be unraveled.
But piecemeal, the tales CONT
back to townfolk of what the Will
mington fellows from one end Of
the world to the other are suffering
and accomplishing.
The newspieces that filter in dc
not fail to point to the military ex'
PLOTS of representatives of the old
National Guard men who told their
Jobs and their kin goodbye on Sep
TENDER 16, 1910 to enter the nation
nj defense program, before it was
converted into a war program by
the ultimatum of Pearl Harbor.
There were 265 of the old Guard
to file off to war that day: IS fell
lows from the Battery A, 262nd
Coast Artillery: 40 from Company
A, 1O5 Medical Detachment; 80
men of Company I Of the 10th In
fantry; 40 Of headquarters detail
of the 252nd Coast Artillery; and
30 men of the Band Section of the
252nd.
It would be impossible to guess
where even decent percentage of
the fellows are now. The companies
have been split up, divided, and
recognized, and the individuals
shipped wherever the whims of the
Army have determined.
Some of the men have been kill
ed. Many of them are officers now,
particularly is this true of the
contingent who left with Battery
A of the 252nd; about half of them
attained bars or leaves or eagles,
reports a member Of the guard
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
Pfc. Borgstrom Receives
Discharge From Marines

CAMP LEJEUNE, Oct. 7.-R-
Boyd Borgstrom received his
honorable discharge from the U.
S. Marines here today and began
the long trip home to his parents
farm near Tremonton, Utah.
Borgstrom, a private first class
who served 10 months in the South
Pacific, was granted his discharge
upon instructions from 1t. Gen.
A. A. Vandergrift, marine COM
mandant, when the marines par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Borgs-
from, petitioned for his release.
Three sons of the Borgstroms
nave been killed in battle and an
other is missing in action. Say
ing they felt they had given
enough, the Borgstroms requested
that Boyd be permitted to return
home and help them run the farm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
T,vo Will Speak At
Church Homecoming

The Rev. Andrew J. Howell and
the Rev Samuel Wander Nicer viii
be keynote speakers at the Home
coming services this weekend at
Bethany Chapel Of First frespy-
terrain church, on the Castle Hayne
road.
The two ministers will speak at
the II o'clock Service, which will
be preceded at 1890 am. by a
special service to take the place
of regular Sunday School classes.
The Rev. Mr.. Howell filled the pull
pit at the chapel when it W s
erected in 1912, and the Rev. Mr..
Wander Nicer has served as pastor
for the past year.
After the morning worship, a
community dinner will be served
On the grounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08

Russell, Miss Marguerite Mitchell,
Miss Nell MacRae, E. c. Adams,
W. M. Dickson, B. B. Reynolds
and F. H. Thomas, assistants.
A. S. Trundle, Jr., captain; Mrs.
H. E. Boggs, Mrs. M. T. King,
Miss Josephine Janicki, Miss Lucy
Dowless, L. R. Ingram, E. L.
Lewis, w.. E. Hand, J.. R. Chasten,
L. C. LeGwin, T.. T. c. Skipper
M. v. Bennett, D. A. Lockfaw, R.
IS. King, P. J. Baschon, j. H
Tienken, J. L. Gholson, E. p
Crawford, J. H. Tillman, and A.
IL. Williams, assistants.
j. F. Rogers, captain; R. l.
Skies, M. G. Schnibben, G. B
Copeland, p. R. Fowler, A. H
Williams, T. w. Walker, R. w
Farmer. J. W. Page, E.. P. Wealth
ersbee, o. E. Lewis, W, H. Hum
phrey, E. C.. Carson, E. ]. Afford
and H. P. Merritt, assistants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
HARVEST FESTIVAL
PLANNED OCT. 20

The City Recreation department
is planning harvest festival At
Pembroke Jones park on October
20, Jesse A. Reynolds, director, an
nounced yesterday.
Reynolds said the entertainment
will feature the folk songs and
dances of the allied nations-Eng-
land, Russia, China, and America.
Beginning .avith the American In
dams in their colorful harvest GER
emonial, the early American
dances, Virginia reel, square
dances, and the swing of the pres
ent day follow along wit h the
songs of the early days.
Several hundred children from
the schools and the recreation CEN
tiers will participate, Reynolds
said. Costumes have been made
by parents under supervision of
the department. Music will be pro-
vided by the High school band un-
der the direction of Lieut.. Lacock.
The program is to be city-wide
in scope, and is planned for the
pleasure of the children and en-
tertainment of their parents and
friends. The public is invited.
The event will be under the su-
pervision of Mrs. Elizabeth W.
May, and directed by Mrs. Jose
phine Render Gallagher of the
Recreation department.
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, public
S h s, the Belcher dancing
school and other community organ
izations are cooperating in the fes-
tival.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08

and guns moving out, radioed the
range This time U. S. shells were
merciless. The lost battalion could
report: Total destruction BY night
Americans were in Mortain, and a
rescue battalion had worked itself
up the hillside. The regiments col
one1 heard then of Kerley's talk
with the S. S. officer.
''Said an officer: You had hell
Of nerve to tell the Germans
that
"Said Capt. Kerley: They had a
hell of nerve to put a proposition
like that up to me- -
That's a dramatic episode. And
it's a pretty safe guess that Will
mingtonians were participants in it,
else Sgt. Kelly wouldn't have Slip
ped all the accounts of the story he
could get to the folks at home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
10th Infantry Setting
Fine Record In Battle

here to keep an eye OH the nOnls
front.
One of the old Wilmington Nation
al Guard unit who is proving dill
gent in keeping his family inform
ed of the activities of Company
is First Sgt. John I. Kelly, former
engineer of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, now somewhere in
France. He clips out the best Of
the writings about his division, and
his infantry which appear in "Stars
and Stripes and sends them home
to Mrs. Kelly, the former 1vey D.
Orange, together with trinkets and
mementos he picks up in the con-
quered lands.
BY the way, Sgt. Kelly is re-
ported by fellow Wilmington ms
to be an expert soldier. He has E
fused a commission more than once
preferring to wear his sergeant S
stripes.
7 Recently, the 10th, of which Will
mington's Company is member,
has come in for lot of military
honor. The whole 30th division OF
which the 10th is a part, drew
the highest plaudits from Major
General Lawton J. Collins, Seventh
Corps commander, for holding off
the last major attack of the Ger
man Seventh army in the vicinity
of Mortain,'' in August.
General Collins singled out the
10th infantry for peculiar men
ton in his statement: 'the tenacity
of the Second battalion of the 10th
Infantry which when isolated on a
hill east of Mortain, held out for
five consecutive days against det-
ermined efforts of the Germans to
annihilate it,
Perhaps the best account of the
brilliant and patriotic stand Of the
Second battalion of the 10th at
Mortain is contained in few para
graphs from the August 81 issue of
thine.
"Mortain was critical spot.
There the Germans had thrown
four armored divisions into desper-
ate counter-attack. The object to
pierce the narrow waist of the u.
Is. corridor from Normandy, thus
split the Allied front. Ont U. S.
division, new to combat when it
landed in France, took the brunt
Of the Panzer blow, recoiled, then
4tood and slugged.
'On an ear-shaped hill, by passed
in the Germans thrust was one Of
the divisions battalions. 1t was in
a fine position and in a bad way.
It held a priced spot for directing
artillery fire, and it was surround
ed, raked by German shells. It
had many wounded, and no medical
supplies, but food and ammunition
were dropped by planes.
by the third day the battalion's
plight seemed hopeless. Up the
hill, under a white flag, came a
shiny-booted SIS officer. His ultima
tum to the battalion's gaunt, lanky
black-bearded commander, Capt. R.
A. Kerley; surrender by 8 o'clock
that night or be destroyed totally.
Texan Kerley's reply: go to hell"
Then he amplified: IT will surren-
der when every one of our bull
lets has been fired and every che
Of our bayonets is sticking in a
German belly
''The hillside took an awful going
over that day and night. There
were many more wounded. U. S.
shells also began to fall PUNK in
the battalion's lines. But the big
155mm projectiles did not explode.
They were salvos of mercy: smoke
shells stripped of powder, cotton
packed with sulfas, plasma, NOR
phine.
after five and half days the
Germans retired. Capt. Kerley's
outfit spotted long line of tanks
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
BOND DRIVE

SPRAY, Oct. T. Up The wo'
mems division of the North Caro-
lima War Finance Committee is
launching a drive for sale OF pin
money bonds,'' joining in a ma
tionwide plan to reach housewives
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
WOUNDED IN ACTION

WASHINGTON, Oct. tn The
War department today announced
that PFC. Melton j. Ballard, Of
Albemarle, N. e., son of Mrs.
Fronie Ballard, had been wound
ed in action. in the European
theater.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
SPEAKER

CHAPEL HILL, Oct. 7.-(R-D~.
Henry a. Atkinson, general secre-
tary of the Church Peace Union,
will be one of the principal speak
ers at the fifth conference of the
Southern Council on International
Relation here Wednesday,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-08
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15
RR's Resume Most Runs
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 nent beach and Grey cables and a shorter bridge at Warehan. ThoueN train service on Cape cod Was not expected to be restored for At least 2l hours, the railway was attempt- Ing to arrange shuttle service for the affected area,
 Some delays were anticipated he. tween dreenbush and Plymouth and Braintree, where many trees have fallen across the tracks, but service between Bralntroe and Boston was nearly normal. Delays also were expected between Boston, Fall River and New Bedford.
 Most troublesome spot In Connec- tlcut, the New Haven Railway said, was south of Merlden, where O big culvert was washed out, Service on the affected local routes was ex- pected to Do suspended for more than 24 hours.
 A spokesman for the Boston & Maine Railway said that, apart from two small wAShouts ct Faley on the Fitchburg division, the system suS. tained no apparent damage and that service through Farley would be re sumed in Q matter of hours,
 All commuter lines were normal, aB were trains running between Bos- ton and points in Maine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15
Full Weather Report

Boston, Sept. iB-- (UP) - New England weather forecasts
 CONNECTICUT, NEW HAMP- SHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHU' eETrs, and RHODE ISLAND - Fair and cooler tonight, Tomorrow fair with moderate temperatures.
 The New England extended weather forecast:
 The temperature in New England during the next four days will aver age from two to Six degrees above the seasonal normal. Warm weather tomorrow and Sunday will he fol- lowed by cooler weather late Sunday and Monday with temperatures Fis- Ing again by Wednesday.
 Normal temperature for thii period at Boston and New Haven Conn, b 63 degrees; Burlington, Vt., Concord, N. H., and Portland, Me, 80 degrees; Nantucket, e2; Passport, Me-, bb.
 Rainfall will average from one'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15
OBITUARY

LANEsE--Mrs. Antoinette Lanese, 7B HillView avenue, died in St, Mary'S hospital yesterday. She was c native Of Italy and had resided in the city for 70 years. Mrs. LAnese was 6 member Of MontagneSe Auxi' liary.
 Surviving are four sons, Nicholas, James, William and John; Boh- in-law, Michael Deilini, oil Of Wa terbury, and il grandchildren,
 The funeral will Do held tomorrow at Q e, m. from the Maiorano funer- al home, e6 Willow street, to St, Thomas church, where c solemn high Mass will be celebrated ct 10 Q. m. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call ct the funeral home today, 2 to 10 ?. n. HURLEY - Funeral service for Daniel Hurley, 50, 0 former resident of Waterbury, who died Sunday n Worcester, Mass were held Wod'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15
FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Meiina Ga. mentagne) LaFanger, 0l Yale street, WaterViile, will De feld at 0:ib G. m. tomorrow from the Belleviile funeral home, ee East Clay street, to st. Michael'S church at 10 for q solemn high Mass of requiem. Burial will Do in Calvary cemetery, Friends may call ct the funeral home from 9 to 10 3. m. today.
 The funeral of ovila J, delinas, g Savings street, will Dc held te. morrow from the Deileville funeral home, 60 East Clay street, at o;3o \, m, to St. AnnB church for c solemn high Mass of requiem at 10. Burial will Do in Calvary cefa" etery. Friends may call at the fus neral home from 3 to 10 ?. m. today.
 The funeral Of Arthur W. Bran. dow, 2iM High street, will be held from the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, ct 0 Q, m, tomor' row, Rev. Francis o. Ayres, rector of St. Johns Episcopal church, ofs ficIating. Mir. Brandow was fatal iy injured by an automobile while he was crossing Cherry street, near High street, Wednesday night. Burs ial will be in Round Top cemetery, Cairo, N. Y. Friends may call ct the funeral home today from 3 to , and ' to Q p. m.
 A Memorial service will be held Sunday at D, m. ct the Grace Baptist church for Pvt Joseph Lee Robinson, 26, 72 Vine street whe died from c severe illness Aug. l6 ii Italy. Rev. Jonathan Reed will of' ficiate.
 Pvt, Robinson, the first Water bury Negro soldier to die in this war, was the son Of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Robinson. He entered serV' Ice Feb. le4l, and had been in the Mediterranean area for about @O months.
 The funeral of Ernest R, Carey i4 Welch St., Waterville, was held today at ii Q. m. at the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central Ave, Rev Evan F. Bergwali, pastor of Grace Methodist church. oficiating. Burial was in Pine Grove cemetery, War ren, Mass.
 The funeral of Miss Nora A. Quirk 59 Luke street, was held this morn. ing at s:l5 from the Bergin Funeral Home, 200 East Main street, to St. Francis Xavier church at 9 where a solemn high Mass was celebraed by Rev. Myron Miller, of Hartford, as- sisted by Rev. James A. Broderick,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15

MASS BRENNAN-A solemn high Mass of requiem will be celebrated satur. day morning, Sept. 18th, at s:30 o'clock, at the Immaculate Con. ceptIon Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Dennis and Mary Carey Brennan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15
Soldier Vote Factor
 In COP Maine Win
Chairman MitcehI of State c. O. P. Committee Sees
 RepudiatiOn of New Dealism, Elillman in Victory

vote is nearly oil New Dealish. The returns from Maine demonstrate that the contrary Is true."
 "In io40, in the same election in Maine, Republicans received eS.e per cent of the total vote, Mir. Mitchell said. '"This year, 70.6 per cent of the total vote went Republican, the largest percentage in history. Flee. ton records covering hundred years show that when the Maine Republican vote has gone above CD per cent, the Republicans win nae tionally. This year, the Maine Re- publican vote is above 0b per cent by Q wider margin than ct any other time.
 "The Maine election returns are Q sad blow to Sidney Hillman and hia Political Action Committee, because they poured in men and money to make Maine's state election 0 test for the whole country, They failed in their aim to defeat the two Re. publican Congressmen, Robert Hale and Margaret Smith, both of whom received more than 60 per cent of oil the votes cast
 "The rank and file of working people in Maine refused to accept the dLctation of the Political Action Committee aS to how they should vote, and American Federation Of Labor leaders publicly repudiated Hillman and the PAC."
 "The voting in Maine Is c fore. bodlng of doom for the fourth term policy of clearing everything with Sidney"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15

Hartford, September iS. = The soldier vote was one of the principal factors in the overwhelming Re- publican victory in tho Maine elec- uon this week, Harold ', Mitchell, chairman of the Connecticut Re- publican State Central Committee, said today in e statement which he aaid was based upon an official analysis oi the election returns from Maine,
 ''It was disclosed in several tests which were made in significant pre- Rincts in Maine, that the absentee votes cast by men and women oi Che armed forces, in this country and overseas, were more than twice ls heavily Republican as were the civilian votes in the same areas, Chairman Mitchell said,
 "This Is of interest and signiti. sance in Connecticut, and through. out the country, because 1t de' stroys another fiction built up by : the Commander -in- Chief -carn paign promoters, that the soldier
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15
LOCAL PRISONER
 TAKEN FROM NAH

vittel, Franco, Sept, iC-tUp)- Americans liberated from . Ger. man internment camp here include ed:
 Priscilla ThlGrry, Watertown, Mnss,; Alexander Slenne, Gardner. Mass; Elsie Robinson, Bridgeport, Conn, Charles Pond Newport, R. T.; Virginia Nash, Watertown, Mass. Claire Mendel, Burlington, Vt,; Ja. dwiga, Kiledxiej, Waterbury, Conn: ATSslia JuEseyk, Wentland, Collinss vile, Conn; Maeel Gardner, Prove idencs, R, I, Florence Gilman, New London, Conn; Frank Carlton, sa- lem, Mass; Joseph Beuchard, 0ons cord, N. H.; Helene Baxter, Quincy, Mass,
 fourth to two.third inch and will occur late Sunday or Monday and again about Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15
Eden Joins 
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labeled as "thc Declaration of Que- bee" in which they tuolined In gen- eral terms the forthcoming battle for Europe and accelerated warfare in the Pacific,
 There was some doubt whether Eden's role In the conference would Do explained ln any detail in the immediate future by the prSeident or Churchill because decision on many of the international political problems are being kept aS secret as major battle plans.
 British officials here pointed out that any report of Edesl's part In the conference should take Into consid' eraton that he has not had the op. portunity talk at length With Churchill for some time whereas, MT. Roosevelt held three long con" ferenceS with Secretary Of State cordOll Hull just before leaving Washington last week,
 Peace terms for Germany were obviously the most pressing problem in which Eden was involved ir talks with Church ill and the President But 6 backlog of other problems was building up.
 BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15

RAY-In this city, Sept. ltth, I94t, Mrs. Mary Ray, of IS Elmwood Avenue,
 Funeral Monday at g;3O a. rn., from Bergin Funeral Home, 900 East Main Street, to St. MaFgarets Church, at Q a, m. Burial in new St. Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15
ARMY ELBOWS Srd EASTMAN

Boston -- (UP) - Hurrying to join the WaShintgon Senators base. ball team here, third baseman oil Torres was forced to give up his plane seat twice to Army priori- ties He then boarded c train but was paged by telegram and told Q plane reservation awaited him. Ar. irving at the airport, he found himself again elhowed off by an Army priority.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15
CNEA Teleplaoto)

neBday in Boylston, Mass, with bur- fol in new St. JoBeph's cemetery here, Survivors included c nephew pr. Harold Gilmore Lone Oak ave- flue, and an aunt, Mrs. John Law son, Middle street, both of Water bury.
 WHITE -- Mrs. Margaret A. (Raeburn) White, wife of James White, died last evening at her home, b2 Meriden road,
 Born May 6, 1873, in Scotland, . daughter of the late James and Margaret (Baigewn) Raeburn, She came to this country and to Water bury in 1923.
 Besides her husband she Is sur. ViVed by three sons, James, Stewart and Andrew White, this city; two daughters, Mrs. William Clarksoa, Cranford, N. J., Mrs. James craw. ford, Roseiie, V. J.; one brother, Andrew Raeburn; and seven grafld- children,
 Mrs. White was 6 member of Mil Plain Union church, Daughters of Scotia and Naomi Chapter, order of Eastern Star.
 Funeral services will be held Mon' day ct 2 D. n. from the AlderBon Funeral Home, 70 Central avenue, Burial will Do In new Pine Grove cemetery, Rev. IVey Snuff, of NH Plain Union church, ofiiciating, Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 2 to Q D. m. and Sunday from 3 to 5 and [ to Q ?. m,
 RAY-Mrs. Mary Ray ie Elm. wood avenue, widow of Patrick Ray died last night at St, Mary's hoBpi. tai after c brief illness.
 4 native of Ireland, she came here in her youth and has been Q resident of Waterbury most Of hei life.
 Surviving are two daughter, Mis- Mary Ray, D, N,, Miss Jane Ray this city; three sons, Thomas, Of Phoenixyilie, Pap John and Hubert Ray, both members of the Water deacon, and Rev. David o'Keefe, gub-deacon. Burial was in St, johns cemetery, Middletown, with Father Miller conducting the coFiniittGl services.
 A military funeral for Louis Ret. tino, 70, ie Irion street, World War veteran, will Dc held tomorrow at { e. m. from the Colasanto funeral home, e32 Bank street, to St. Lucy'i church for Q solemn high Mass oi requiem at 10. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 tc 10 p. m.
 According to pr. Irving 8. PIatt Wolcott medical examiner, MT. Ret tino took his own life by drowning Ills body was recovered Wednesday from the Chestnut Hill reservoir.
 The funeral of Miss Mae c. LunnS of New York City, formerly of thii city, will be held tomorrow at 8:iC c. m. from the Lunny funeral home 25 Central avenue, to the Church of the Immaculate Conception at 9 Burial will be in the family piot in old St, Josephs cemetery. Friendi may call at the funeral home today from 3 to s and to 10 p. m.
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary (Hub' bard) Luddy, i27 Greenmount ter race. widow of Thomas Luddy, vii be held from the Lunny funera home, 26 Central avenue, Monda! at 8:i5 a. m. to St. Patrick's churcf at 9. Burial will be in old St. Jo' seph's cemetery. Friends may cal at the funeral home tonight from to 10 and tomorrow from 3 to 10 ? m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15

WHITE--In thls city, Sept. i+th, l944, Mrs. Margaret A. (Raeburn) White, of b2 Meriden Road. Funeral Monday at 2 D. fIi., from Avenue. Burial in new Pine Grove cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15

deacon, and Rev. David O'Keefe, gub-deacon. Burial was in St, johns cemetery, Middietown, with Father Miller conducting the coFaniittGl services,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-15

bury fire department; two sisters Mrs. Catherine Hurley, Mrs. Eiiz- abeth Murphy, thIs city; two grand. children, Sister Mary Anne Ayna- deur of the Sisters of Mercy, West Hartford, Hubert Ray, this city; and a number of nieceS and nephews.
 The funeral will be held from the Dergin funeral home, 200 East Main street, Monday at e;30 Q. m. to St. Margaret'S church for solemn high Mass at Q. Burial will be in new St, Joseph's cemetery. Friends may cali ct the funeral home Saturday and Sunday afternoons and eve. nings.