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Milford chronicle., 1944-01-07
Delaware Park
Officials Hope
TO Hold Meet
This Spring
Donald P. Ross, An Off
cial of The Association,
Favors Operation Of
The Track For Thirty
Days.

Oficials Of Delaware Park hope
TO run a 30-day meet this year.
Donald P. Ross. an officer of the
Delaware Steeplechase and Race
Association, operators of the track,
said Wednesday night of this week
that the association intends to run
a meet IL possible. II would be a
30-day meet. starting on May 29
Directors of the association will
meet on January IA. While the pos
sibility Of reopening this spring
will be discussed. no definite de-
cision is expected to be reached at
that time since the ability of the
park to operate depends upon
changing conditions. A definite de-
cision will probably not be made
until April.
Mr. Ross said that he is in favor
OF conducting a meet this year and
believes it is possible to do so.
1t was pointed out that motorists
under present conditions may use
their "A" gasoline rations for
pleasure driving and that racing
fans could club together to drive
10 the track at Stanton.
The track was unable to operate
last season because Of the lack of
transportation facilities. Driving to
the track was forbidden under the
pleasure driving ban, and special
trains and buses were prohibited
under regulations of the Office of
Defense Transportation.
The track opened in 1887 and
operated with increasingly large
crowds each year until the war
forced the suspension of racing
here last year. The track regularly
drew thousands of racing fans from
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Maryland as well as from Della
tuara
Milford chronicle., 1944-01-07
Buy Your Fertilizer
Now, WFA Urges
Sussex Office Advised To EncOur-
age Farmers To Make Purchases

The War Food Administration
urges farmers to help in making
the 1894 distribution of fertil-
izer fully effective by making i'm
mediate application for mixed fer
tilizers needed now and next spring
and accepting delivery during win
ter months, according to work just
received by the Sussex county ex-
tension Office.
VIA officials, in charge of the
fertilizer program, stress that far
mers can expect to have an ade-
quate supply of fertilizer during
1943-44 crop season by applying for
it and taking delivery as soon as
possible, thereby making it pos
sible for manufacturers and deal
ers to deliver fertilizer over a long
period. In all. il is expected that
between 10 and IL per cent more
chemical fertilizer will be avail
able to farmers in the 1943-44 crop
season than during the past sea-
son, when farmers used a record
10.5 million tons.
Because of transportation, labor
and storage difficulties. it is nee
essary to keep mixed fertilizer NOV
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Milford chronicle., 1944-01-07
Lost Ration Books Go
To Dead-Letter Office
Owners Fail To FIJI In Addresses
On Cover Eliminating Return

Hundreds Of lost ration books
dropped in the mails by the finders
are being sent to the dead letter
office every month because the
owners failed TO fill in their adj
dresses on the covers, the Office
of Price Administration said today.
Because of lack Of addresses or
incorrect addresses more than 500
lost books could not be forwarded
10 their owners by the Post Office
Department In the last two months
Instead these books had TO be sent
10 the dead letter Office. with the
result that applications for new
books had to be made at local
War Price and Rationing Boards.
Through the cooperation OF the
Post Office authorities, lost ration
books deposited IN the mails are
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Milford chronicle., 1944-01-07
40 Thousand Smokes
Ordered For Soldiers
Gift OF The Citizens OF Milford,
Project Sponsored BY Klwanians

The first order for free ciga-
rettes for our fighting men on the
battle fronts was placed this week.
The local Kiwanis Club placed
jars around in the various stores
and sode fountains and liquor es-
Establishments a few months ago.
Regular collections have been
made and the sum of $111.O0 bank
ed.
This first order was placed di-
rect with a national manufacturer
OF a leading brand for four cases
of ten thousand in each case. The
four cases viii be shipped TO as
many battle areas according 10 the
needs of the zone
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Milford chronicle., 1944-01-07
Dover Stores VIII
Close Wed. Afternoon
Members OF Mercantile Section OF
&. OF c. Decide On Closing

Following a meeting of the
members of the mercantile section
of the Dover Chamber of Commerce.
called by the chairman of that
group on Monday of this week. it
was unanimously decided by the
members to close their stores ev-
cry Wednesday afternoon begin
ming with next Wednesday. January
-. This early Wednesday closing
will continue until next Septem-
ber. The majority of the stores in
Dover are cooperating with this
plan.
Milford chronicle., 1944-01-07
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, December 27, To
Tuesday, January 4, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford. reports the
following thermometer readings for
ber 29, to Tuesdays January 4, in
elusive
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-30

ties, in relation to number of
men involved, than the Marines
had ever hereto suffered in a
landing of this type.
AS dawn broke, the Higgins
boats, which had been milling
around in the black Of pre-daWn,
pulled up on the lee side of the
transport and received their
passengers. Riding low in the
water, these craft churned off TO
hypothetical place called the
Zine of departure" They wait
ed there.
From the bridge of the trans
port, we saw them through our
binoculars, until smoke drifted
out from the island and obscured
them from view. When we
could see them no longer, we
went about our business on the
boat. But suddenly the Jap
shore batteries opened fire and
e geyser of water shot up abeam
Of us and quite close. Another
went up aft. Our ship decided
to circle out Of range; then came
back a short while later.
While this somewhat minor
show was going on, the Marines
in the assault waves were be-
ginning to get their first glimpse
of war in its most fiendish and
hellish forms. The Japs had
come out of their hoies-they
had set up everything in their
arsenal and were preparing to
the first waves of
They nearly succeeded, too.
1t was later estimated that
about 1000 Marines started that
aSsault-but it was
only a small group of probably
200 to 800 men who Waded
through the graveyard of fire
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-30

to the beach and seized control
Of narrow strip.
This surviving group of men
held the island, alone and under
frightful conditions, for most Of
the first afternoon. Behind
them, in the sea, floated the
bodies of hundreds of their
buddies.
Back on the transport, we had
started to receive casualties. The
attitude and expression on the
faces of these men revealed more
than a thousand words could
describe-they had been through
the worst Of nightmares.
1t is impossible to describe
lucidly or even coherently the
course of the three-day battle.
l remember getting in Higgins
boat at noon the second day and
hitting the TaraWa jetty under
no worse than sporadic fire.
And l remember trailing along
with a patrol Of six Marines into
the jungle. The men had already
reached that stage known as
trigger happy"-a sense of
nervousness which causes men
TO shoot at almost anything that
moves, especially if it looks like
q Jap. The sun was casting sharp
shadows from the Coconut trees
directly along the patrols path.
Suddenly, one of the Marines,
in one single motion, leVeled his
carbine and poured stream of
bullets into a tree top. He had
seen the shadow of Jap Snipcr,
tied in a tree, along the path.
The sniper, however, had been
killed the day before by other
Marines.
| lived on the island for the
next two days and saw the Mar
ines swoop VIGOROUSLY over 1t.
| saw some humor, too, but on.y
on this rare occasion when |
stopped TO hear Marine serg-
cant instructing a line of Jap
prisoners in the English Ian
guage. Nov say Toto cats
dog -, the sergeant instructed
his prisoners. And the Japs, OBJ
lIvious of the meaning of the
sentence, repeated the phrase
time and again.
There were many unforGet-
able sceneS-Scencs which after
year still remain vivid in
memory and are best forgotten.
But out Of that blood shambIcS
we came away with the know
ledge that the road TO Tokyo, no
matter what obstacles 1t pre-
sents, will inevitably be Travelled
by American forces. For us,
Tarawa was a bitterly won vic
tory; for the Japs it was the
handwriting on the wall.
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IS EPILEPSY INHERITED ?
WHAT CAUSES r.?

A booklet containing mo opinion, Of 10.
NOUS doctors on fhi, interesting subiee,
will be sent FREE. while they lost, 10 ony
rsodsr writing TO the sdueofionoI Division.
rs Fifth Ave.. New York, NY, Dept. M-724
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-30
Marines Sacrifice on Tarawa Beach
Recalled on Its First Anniversary
BY JOHN b. GARRETT
Specialist First Class
Coast Guard Combat Correspondent

A year ago the Marines hit
Tarawa. They landed with high
optimism; there wasn't man
among them who wasn't in high
spirits, for they had seen the
task force pour its heaviest
shells into the island for inter-
minably long hours. And they
knew that the Army Air Force
had been pounding the island
for days with block-busters and
daisy cutters (anti-personnel
bombs).
The contagious feeling Of OPP
timism was summed up by a
corporal in a special weapons
unit Just before he slid down the
sally net of the transport: Man,
feel sorry for those little
yellow dogs on the island"
Ringing in his ears were the
final words of Marine Major
Schoettl: Hit the beach, boys,
and give 'em HE'LL"
And the Marines of the End
Division did just that-but that
three-day assault, victorious IN
the end, resulted in more casual
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
Meeting Held Of
Il All Garden Club

A meeting of the All Garden
Club was held last evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Ro-
bards, in the Fosbee Apartments,
according to Club Reporter Dick
Keithahn.
Those prese were Frank
Hughes, Leonard Matthews, George
Rhodes, Marvin Rhodes, Virginia
Mires, Carmen Beach, Lynn Bod
ding, Barbara Eickhoff, Soma Lou
Eickhoff, Kenneth Eickhoff, Bill
Forward, Josephine Haired, Kath-
crime Bavard, and Dick Keithahn,
the official reporter.
The meeting was called to order
by President Kenneth Eickhoff, fol-
lowed by an active demonstration
on the transplanting of cabbages
by Mrs. Robards. Refreshments
we're served at the close of the
evening.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
EVERGREEN
FIELD DAY
TOMORROW

Tomorrow afternoon, beginning at
2.30 o'clock, the third field day of
the summer will be held at Ever
green Bowl.
Although the previous field day
events have been conducted in the
swimming pools, tomorrows contests
will be held on the field. There
will be events for children of all
ages including the following. Boys
25-yard dash, girls 25-yard dash,
boys 50-yard dash, girls 50-yard
dash, boys running race cages II to
15), girls running race cages IL to
15), boys backward race rs yards
cages 10 to IA, girls backward race
25 yards cages IL to 15).
Tennis Tournament
Tennis players are urged to sign
up for participation in the tennis
tournament which will be held
sometime next month. High school
students may participate in the jun
ior division. Contestants should sign
the list which is posted on the tennis
court bulletin board at the bowl.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27

issued by losing pitcher Luke Ham
lin. Jack Kramer was credited
with the win.
Rain stopped the tilt between
Detroit and Boston in the first OF
the eighth with the score tied at
1-all. Two Red Sox were on base
with only one away when the
downpour came.
Alley Donald exercised his old
mastery over the Cleveland Indians
by allowing only seven hits as the
New York Yankees defeated the
Tribe 6 to 8. Boosting his record
over the Indians to IL victories
against one loss, Donald retired
the side in order in seven of the
nine innings.
The Chicago White Sox defeated
Washington to with a run in
ninth inning rally after the Sen
ators had scored two runs in their
half of the ninth to tie the score.
A war fund crowd of more than
10000 watched, including Commits
stoned K. NJ Lands, who refused
to bulge from his unsheltered box
seat when rain interrupted play for
an hour and 20 minutes between
halves of the second inning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
0RS0N WELLE5
film LEAVING
CAPITOL SHOW

A strange shipboard romance off
the Turkish coast between a man
whose life is in peril and a woman
whose life is lie, makes the un-
usual theme of Journey lnUo
Fear" Orsen Welles' latest film
for RKO Radio, which ends to-
night at the Capitol Theatre.
Joseph Gotten and Dolores del
Rio are co-starred in the thrilling
picture, which is hailed as one of
the years most unusual offerings,
Gotten, as Howard Graham, an
American engineer about to return
to the States after inspecting the
needs of the Turkish Navy in a
rearmament program, encounters
Miss del Rio as a Latin dancer
who sets out to fleece him and
winds up by falling in love with
him.
The Turkish secret police, learn
ing that the Nazis plan to kill Ora
ham, try to smuggle him off 10
Russia on a Black Sea steamer,
but the Gestapo puts two of its
killers aboard the same ship. In
desperate peril, Graham confides in
the dancer, who tries to help him
but fails The vessel reaches b.
tum with Graham still unframed,
but helpless, and his subsequent eff
forts to escape cause the breathless
climax of the picture
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
REGIMENTS
With PAST
IN FRANCE
60th and 10th Saw Al-
tion in Last World
War There
BY HAL BOYLE

ASSOCIATED freSS COrreSponuentI
WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN
FRANCE, July o. - Two famous
American regiments which shared
IN the heavy fighting in France
in the last World Wharf.-The Goth
and the l2Oth-played prominent
roles in the Normandy campaign.
The 60th's most recent feat was
at strategic ST. Lo on Periers
Road July IT, in a bayonet and
hand grenade battle with seasoned
German troops. Earlier the same
doughboy "go-devils' lived up tc
their fine reputation earned in
Tunisia and Sicily by becoming the
first regiment in the division to
cross the Douve River in the break
neck dash across the Cherbourg
Peninsula to seize Barneville on the
coast and beat back a strong Nazi
counterattack in the st. Jaques and
Denehou area.
Before the landing in France the
Goth fought three-day battle for
the port Of Layautey in Morocco,
and IL battles for Maknassy, Tu-
nisia. The outfit also participated
in the 17-day campaign in Sed-
jename Valley, climaxed by the
capture of Bizerte. The regiment
also saw heavy fighting in Sicily.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
IZ''J:;;I|''U|!J5v|.
- THkArNE wv
BEST SHOWS.
LOWEST PRICES
12-YEAR DELAY
IN CORPSE CASE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. July IT.
Unclaimed for twelve years, the
body Of Frank Finnigan will be
buried by the Haines Funeral Home
this week because the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars have purchased the
mortuary and insisted upon its re-
moval
1t will be sealed in vault, since
United States Commissioner Thos.
Price has ruled that the Territory
is unable to pay the customary fee
for burial of an INDECENT because
of the long lapse of time since
death.
Finnigan, an oldtirner, left no es-
tate but records indicate that he
had daughter, Mrs. j. Cluffertory
of Los Angeles, and a son, Frank
Mankato of Minneapolis, at the
time of his death.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
SHIBE BALL PARK
WILL BE ENLARGED

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July n. -
Connie Mack and the Athletics
have million-dolla expansion
program for Shibe Park ready to
go after the war.
The Philadelphia Record report
ed today in a copyrighted story
the plans which are said to call for
5000 additional seats along the
first and third base lines, making
room for $4,000 fans, development
of modern restaurant, and a
newer and more complete press box.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
LONG GAMES
PLAYED IN
p. +. LEAGUE

The Pacific Coast League went
strong on overtime games last night,
San Diego and Sacramento at the
top of the list for the long distance
honors going 16 innings and Sac
ramento winning to 2.
Close behind, the Seattle Rainiers
and Portland Beavers struggled IL
innings in a scheduled first seven
inning half of a doubleheader, the
Rainiers climbing out on top and
then the Rainiers won the next by
shutting out the Beavers.
The Los Angeles Angels upset
Pitcher Bob Joyce's four-game win
ming streak and defeated the San
Francisco Seals to l.
The Hollywood Stars ran rough
shod over the Oakland Acorns 9 to
2 for the second consecutive victory
of the series.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
BOSTON IN ~
SPLIT WITH
CINCINNATI
(By Associated Press

After knocking Bucky Walters
out of the box with 9 to 2 VIC
tory in the National League yes
terday, Boston dropped an 8 to 5
nightcap to Cincinnati, splitting the
twin bill, Dick Barrett held the
Reds to seven hits and one earned
run in the first game.
Pittsburgh, meanwhile, move d
into second place in the National
League standings by defeating the
New York Giants 6 to 5. Fritz
Ostemueller, though he failed to
finish, was credited with the win
his eighth this year. Nick Strince-
vich came to his aid in the ninth
when the Giants loaded the bases
with only one man out.
The Brooklyn Dodgers took over
last place as they lost to Chicago
A to l. Lee Fleming pitched a
steady game as the Cubs gained
their sixth victory with six hits.
Clyde King, 10, University of North
Carolina Tarheel, made his first
start with the Dodgers and re-
manned in the contest until the
eighth inning when he was lifted
for a pinch hitter.
st. Louis scored two runs in the
tenth inning to take an to 6
victory over Philadelphia. Danny
Litwhiler sent the Cards out in
front with a three-run pinch hit
homer in the eighth and scored
the winning run when Johnny
Hopp singled in the tenth. Hopp
scored later on Stan Musia,s hit.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
STORM ACROSS vIsTULA

MOSCOW, July 27.-The Russian
infantry early this morning was
storming across the Vistula River
southeast of Warsaw, and thou
sands of amphibious trucks, cover
ed by massed artillery fire are ne
gotitating the last great natural
barrier before -Silesia and
gravely threatens the whole Ger
man central front en- the level
plains.
The BIC broadcast heard today
a NBC broadcast which said the
Russian troops in one sector are 3S
miles from Warsaw.
Underground advices said War
saw, the greatest Polish city with
100000 population, is hearing the
first sounds of the approaching
battle surge across the Vistula, and
is threatened with evacuation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
GAMES WEDNESDAY
Pacific Coast League

Hollywood 8; Oakland 2.
Seattle 4, 5; Portland 8, 0. First
game IL innings.
Los Angeles 5; San Francisco l.
Sacramento 3; San Diego 2.
National League
Cincinnati 2, 8; Boston 8, S.
Chicago a; Brooklyn l.
Pittsburgh 6; New York 5.
ST. Louis 8; Philadelphia 6.
American League
Detroit L. Boston l, called at end
of eighth inning on account of rain.
New York 6; Cleveland 3.
ST. Louis 4; Philadelphia 2.
Chicago 4; Washington 8.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
POSTPONED
BALL GAME
ON SUNDAY

Says Shavey Koski, that game
between the oldtimers of the Ju-
neau diamond and the Support,
postponed from last Sunday on
account of weather conditions, will
be played next Sunday afternoon
starting at o'clock-if the weather
does not repeat wet conditions.
Shavey says he has been able to
keep his squad in shape and all
players seem to be in good trim.
The same report comes from the
Support camp and the players Of
that section also are rarin to go.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
Leonard Lowell and
Wife Here On Visit

Leonard Lowel and his wife, the
former Alvhild Leirlalnon, arrived
here Tuesday for visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lowell.
Mr.. Lowell was 1888 graduate
of Juneau High School and attended
the University of Washington. At
present he is employed as an en-
gineer at the Boeing Airplane Fac
tory in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
5 LEAVE FOR SOUTH
VIA pAA AIRLINES

A flight was made this morning
by Pan American World Always
carrying Mildred Wrenn to White
horse and Alvin v. Ross and Ike
Taylor to Fairbanks.
Chris Bailey, Daniel Campbell, T.
L. Allen, Eric Blume, and George
Salo were passengers today for
Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
M0T0R5HIp PATRICIA
IN WITH TWO PERSONS

Outgoing passengers on the Pa
tricia trip to Skagway were: G. j.
mining, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Roosi,
Mrs. H. Ellingen, and w. H. Thomas.
The latter two were passengers for
Haines.
Returning with the ship from
Haines were Verna Scholz and
Frank Morris,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
BROWNS WIN
GAME OVER
AT HLE
(By Associated Press

In the American League yester-
day the leading st. Louis Browns
made it two straight over the
Philadelphia Athletics with a to
2 victory, although the Athletics
outhit the Browns IL to 6. Ray
Hayworth's homer in the fourth
inning with two men on base pro-
vided the winning margin. Both
runners had reached base on walks
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
new INVASION
NOW IMMINENT
ASSERTS BERLIN

LONDON, July ~. - Allied
warships and transport landing
craft are reported by the Berlin
radio tonight as concentrated
with several divisions of troops
i'm the coastal area of the Tyr
rhenian Sea for an imminent
new landing in northern Italy,
around Laspezia and Genoa.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
ROBS HIS OWN CLOTHES

PITTSBURG, Kans.-A burglar
arrested by Police Chief Tom Sow
ers admitted he stole some gar
ments from cleaning plant. The
next day he discovered one of the
suits was his own which had beer
left to be pressed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27

10 miles northeast of Warsaw.
Brest-LitOvsk is also ITO
miles east of Warsaw and 80
miles southwest of BialystOk.
Both cities are crucial defense
points along the line which the
Germans strengthened over
several years.
The fall of both cities would
indicate a virtual collapse of
the German central front.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
HERE FROM ANGOON

Mr.. and Mrs. Oberlan Arnold,
teachers for the Indian Service,
have arrived here from Angoon and
are guests at the Baranof Hotel,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
EAsTERNERs HERE

Miss H. Beavers and Miss Isabelle
Coleman, OF Minneapolis, Mimi, are
in town and guests at the Juneau
Hotel 4
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27

When washing single garments.
conserve hot water by washing in
basin or small container rather
than big tub.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27

Empire Classifieds Payl
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-27
COLLAPSE OF
NAzI CENTRAL
FRONT Seen
Crucial Defense Cities Now
in Hands of Soviefs-
Warsaw Next

Continued from rage One)