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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-04
BY ROY ROBERTS
Speaking for Whitney Martin

N0pOdhAAA6 IVA yVA1eACy 1VAGA I'LL
DENVER, July g. Up Fourth
of July. . holiday. ;. good day
for watching a ball game. Let's
go down the street to an Old
Timers diamond
Looks like a. major league game
in miniature, doesn't it?
The kids are wearing regulation
suits and using regulation equip
naent. They're playing under big
league rules. The scene is the same
on diamonds all over town this
Fourth of July.
= -ese boys with "old Timers" on
their T-shirts are on the sports
trail for certain. Five or six years
along the trail, maybe sooner,
some of them might be playing in
the majors. But that's not the main
idea.
Chief purpose of Denver's uni
que boy baseball program, origi-
mated and conducted by the Old
Timers association of Denver, is
to interest boys in competitive
sportsmanship, clean living, clean
thinking.
Next, give the boys something
besides unorganized kid baseball
with its gang fights, name-calling,
shoddy play, destructiveness.
The Old Timers association, men
who missed out on supervised play
when they were young, provide the
diamonds, quits and coaches. The
boys do the rest. The Old Timers
set nothing out of it but the warm
feeling that they may have helped
a boy along the sports trail, help
ed him cut the right pattern for
his life.
The OLD Tim ers, nnachas ovnarts
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Ethly Dow Employees
Awarded Army-Nevy E
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since. The third presentation was
the Plant Guard Guidon, awarded
in October, 1913, by the Fourth
Service Command, for excellence
in plant protection. With the pro-
duction &C." this plant will have
received all awards which may be
earned by this industry.
The Kure Beach plant, which
was constructed in 1888, was one Of
New Hanover county's leading
peacetime industries. With the adj
vent of war, and the heavy de.
mand for the company's product
the plant assumed new importance.
Production was stepped UP anc
schedules have been maintained tt
supply the tremendous require
ments of the armed forces, to-
gether with civilian needs.
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likes Weather Luck
Runs Out In Normandy

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED E PEDITI O NARY
FORCE, July 3-(R-The Supreme
Command would like to reverse
the one-time plea of dust bowl
farmers in America for a train
maker" and advertise for a rain
stopper"
Gen. Eisenhower famed wealth
err luck which held good for the
north African, Sicilian and Italian
campaigns has run out both ends
of the barrel and his lucky"
coins, rubbde to induce good
weather, have been worn wafer
thin.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-04
Unidentified Negro
Found Dead In Riuer

The nude body of an unidentified
Negro in his thirties, was found
floating in the Northeast river at
Horse Shoe Bend, Fender county,
Friday, by Ed Hand, Negro, it was
reported here yesterday.
Coroner H. E. Blake, who view
ed the body, said no signs of foul
play was evident, and ordered i'm
mediate burial,
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Brazil To Participate
In Peace Conference

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 3.-(P
An Infringement containing the
main points Of the United Nations
Peace program has been received
by the Brazilian government and
Brazil has been officially invited
to participate in the peace confer
ence, the Agencia Meridional said
today, quoting an extemporaneous
speech by President Getulio Var
gas.
The agency reported that Vargas,
in a speech Saturday at Belo Hori.
zonte, said a. items had been
agreed upon for discussion.
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Plumbers Defeat Bragg
tooth. Diuision, III

the fourth inning by TRIPPING In
Coward who collected two hits dur
ing the engagement. The Plumbers
garnered four blows OF BlackWood
in the five frames he worked and
added five more safeties off his
successor, Krofsick.
Coward, Allen and Bohannon
paced the Pipemen's hitting with
two hits, apiece.
The Plumbers will play the Max
ton Air Base team on the Ameri'
can Legion Field at $3.50 Wednesday
night.
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Morris Field Pilot
Parachutes To Safety

f. CHARLOTTE, July 3.-(P)-An
A-20 light bomber based at Morris
field here crashed today between
York, S. c. and Rock Hill, S. c.,
officials at the base said.
The pilot, Capt. Donald J. Nc
Clellan of Allentown Pa, reported
that the left engine of the plane
caught on fire and blazed furious
ly, making it necessary for him to
jump. He parachuted without in.
jury.
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GENERAL KILLED

LONDON, July 3-R- Flying
bombs have killed Maj. Gen. Sir
Arthur Scott, retired, his wife,
Aimee Byng, novelist, and Sir
Percy Alden, for years prominent
in the campaign against slums,
it was disclosed today as the Ger
mans resumed rocket bomb at
tacks on southern England after a
brief post-midnight lull.
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With Big John Wilborne scatter
ing six hits and tanning twelve
men, the Shipyard Plumbers romp-
ed on the Fort Bragg Tooth Divi-
sion baseball team, II, on the Am
erican Legion Field last night.
The first three innings, of the
contest were scoreless as Wilborne
and the Soldiers Blackwood locked
horns in what held promise of be-
ing stirring hill duel.
Sam Paxton, Plumber leftfield,
broke up the scoreless deadlock in
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National League
TODAY'S GAMES
National League

New York at St. Louis (2)-Feld-
man (6-2) and Fischer Q-6 VS.
Munger (1O-2) and Brecheen CD
Brooklyn at Cincinnati CD -
Head (4D and Gregg (6-8) VS.
Gumbert go and Carter (3O.
Boston at Chicago (2)-Barrett
$50 and Tobin go or Hutchin.
son (5-3) VS.. Passeau go and
Fleming (2-6).
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh o.
Lee (4-2) and Gerheauser (48) VS..
SeWell (9-5) and Butcher $50.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-04
Danish Strikes Spread
Despite Radio Appeals

STOCKHOLM, July 3.-P)- Ra-
dio pleas by prominent Danes and
pledge Of German concessions
had failed tonight to stop Danish
workers strikes and demonstra-
tons, which repeatedly had spread
from besieged Copenhagen to 20
other towns, while the Stockholm
newspaper Aftontidningen declared
that the Danish Nazi Schalberg
corps might be removed.
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WASHINGTON, July 3.-lR-
Fighting this global war and get
ting ready for it has cost the ma
ton $199, $40, 900, 900 since July l.,
1910, or about $40, 5000 day,
the Treasury department reported
today.
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MCSPADEN TAKES
VICTORY TOURNEY

CHICAGO, July 3.-(P-Jug Nc
Spaden won his fifth golf tourna-
ment of the year today by shooting
a one-under-par 70 to Lieut. Ben
Hogan's 70 in an 18-hole playoff
for the Chicago Victory National
championship.
McSpaden, holding a two-stroke
lead after shooting par IS on the
first nine, was one under the Edge
water standard coming in with an
other IS. Hogan had 1886.
Hogan took a par to Jugs on
the 10th to gain a stroke, but his
opponent holed a IL foot birdie putt
to take the 18th and gained a three
stroke margin by pairing the 18th
when Little Ben Clipped long for
a 5.
Hogan birdied the next two holes
to pick up two strokes, but jug
again climbed to threestroke lead
with a sevenfoot deuce putt on the
18th. They finished the 18th with
pars.
Cards for the last nine:
Par in -------344 455 434-36
Hogan in ------344 544 444-36-73
NHoC,,der in Aod AXE do1 Ok IN
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WAC HEAD HosP1TAL1zED

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July g.
(P)-Col Oveta Culp Hobby, direc-
tor of the Women's Army Corps,
is in the Brooke General hospital
for complete medical check up, it
was announced today by hospital
authorities.
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American League

Cleveland at New York ~ -
Reynolds CD and Poat (2-3) VS..
Dubiel (6 g. and Page (5-5.
Detroit at Boston a. Corsica
(5-8) and NeWhouser Q15) VS..
Bowman (6-3) and Terry .Q6).
St. Louis at Philadelphia o.
HollingsWorth $50 and Jakucki
(53) VS.. Newsom (6-6) and Black
(5-5.
Chicago at Washington ca -
HUMPHREYS (2-O and Haynes (2-0)
VS.. Wynn (68) and Niggeling
(6-2).
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PLANE PRODUCTION DROPS

WASHINGTON, July 3.-R)-
Aircraft production in June skid
ded to the lowest level in ten
months, with only 8,049 planes de-
livered, or a drop of 9.5 per cent
from May, the War Production
Board reported today.
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WEATHE

( By U. s. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 PM, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, So; 1880 am, 60; 80 pm, 81;
7:30 pm, n.
Maximum 80; Minimum IS; Mean "a;
Normal 70.
Humidity
1:so am, rs; 7:3o am, 80; 1870 pm. 3d.;
1880 pm, So.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm,
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
0.32 inches.
Tides for Today
From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington Observation-Disclosures 6:13a 3:20a
8:51p 3:24p
Masonboro Inlet ---------- 5:50a 12:03a
6:32p 12:05p
Sunrise, sos am; Sunset. 1927 pm
Moonrise, sos PM: Moonset, 1888 am.
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Unbeaten .Shipyard Plays Bragg Tonight
STAN DIN CS

RESULTS
No games scheduled in either
league.
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WAR COSTS RELEASED

Sunrise, sos am; Sunset. 1927 pr
Moonrise, sos PM: Moonset, 1888 a.
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DISCUSS
SANlT0RIUM HERE

The Junior Chamber of Com
nerce met in the assembly room
of the Tide Water Power Power
company last night and spent most
Of the business meeting discussing
the tubercular sanitorium election
which was voted out by the Board
Of County Commissioners Monday.
The chairmen of the Red Cross
Sanitorium committee told mem
bers said he saw no reason why the
county government should throw
the election out when public senti-
ment seemed favorable toward the
proposed hospital.
The Junior Chamber adopted a
resolution asking the committee to
work wit representative of other
organizations in Wilmington in or
der to further efforts toward the
proposed hospital.
The committee was asked to ap-
pear with other representatives be-
fore the Board of Commissioners
at their next regular business meet
ing Monday, asking them to recon
slider the resolution and let the
matter fall before the public in a
general election.
At the meeting, Sgt. L. B.
Rouark, of the city police depart
ment, was accepted as a member
Of the Junior Chamber.
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goals. 1t. Roger Residence con-
tributed to the offensive with his
snappy feeding of the ball to the
point gathers.
The ARRAY became a bit rougher
in the second half, as the 556th.
cagers endeavored to check the
Officer marker making with a
close defense. In tn final period
the Officers drew 10 fouls and
made good 7 of them.
1t. Don Davis was top man in
the Officer scoring as he sank
on 3 field goals and 8 fouls. Cpl.
Fred Cibulka grabbed the tally
ing laurels for the 556th. club with
8 points.
The opening tilt in which the
117th. E. M. hoopsters toppled the
111th. E. NJ five by a 1924 mar
gin was not as rough as the other
contest was great deal closer.
The 117th. quint came from behind
in the last quarter to snatch the
game out of the fire. Trailing by
a 1913 count at their half time,
the 117th. moved up to within ]
point of the 111th, as the score
stood at 1918.
Pvt. Howard Kossler of the
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BY THEODORE A. EDIGER

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 29.-(P)-
Rogers Hornsby's signing as the
.944 manager Of Vera Cruz in the
Mexican baseball league gave the
circuit the biggest publicity boost
Of it's 20 years in the United States
jIsst as the loop was enjoying its
greatest popularity at home.
Prior to the Rajah's signing, the
moguls had limited the number
of foreigners on team to five in
stead of six because of the tremen.
dous interest among the home
talent athletes and an all-Mexican
staff of unnpires was hired for the
first time.
On the whole, the season which
opens March 16 has rosy prospects.
Parks have been enlarged, lineups
belstered and franchises moved to
within easy travelling distance Of
U. S. fans.
Jorge Pasque' president of both
the Vera Cruz club and Of the
league, said he Immediately &C.
cepted' Hornsby's salary terms.
reported to be $4,000. It is the
record salary in a loop where the
players pay averages $50 month
ly and the team limit a month is
| 81. 400.
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Camp Davis continued its fast
hardwood pace last night as the
Class A American League int-a-
mural tourney opened up with 2
games. The competition in this
play-off is made up the four top
CUNTS from the league. In the first
engagement of the doubleheader
the 117th. E. M. Hoopsters drop
ped the 111th. E. M. five by a 30
"a count. The afterpiece was a
rough contest in which the 584th.
Officers triumphed over the 556th.
E. NJ, 1919.
The Officers, who captured the
regular season crown, led the
556th. Basketeers throughout the
entire encounter. They had moved
to a 1874 advantage at the end of
the initial heat and pushed on to
1T lead at the intermission.
The 556th. outfit simply was un-
able to penetrate the tight defense
that the Officers threy up in the
first half. Pfc. Dutch Streibelmier
and Spl. Charlie Hodges scored the
lone 556th. field goals in the first
half. 1t. Leo Signaigo spanked
the Officer tallying in the first
two cantos by racking up 4 field
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-01
WERNER IS NAMED
ENGINEER OFFICER

Lieutenant Colonel John L.
KNIGHT. Jr.. distric t engineer,
United States Engineer Office OF
Wilmington. announced Tuesday
that Major Paul E. Werner, corps
of engineers, has been appointed
executive officer for the Whining
ton Engineering Division.
Major Werner succeeds l. =.
Hewitt, civilian employee OF long
service, who is returning to the
nosition of chief of the engineer
ing division, which he occupied
nrior to the assumption of his duty
as executive officer in August
1913.
Coming to Wilmington in De-
cenber 1913, Major Werner was
assigned as assistant to district
engineer in the engineer-super-
vised war construction program.
Major Werner reported for ac-
tive duty in May, 1941 as first
lieutenant, attached to the staff OF
district engineer, Mobile, Ala
bama. and has since been con-
tinuously associated with war con-
struction throughout the South.
Major Werner reported to the
Wilmington Engineer District IN
July 1912, in the capacity OF as
sistant chief of the Engineering
Division in the Wilmington office.
In May 1913, he was transferred
to Camp Butner as area engineer
and was responsible for all major
military construction at that IN
stallation, and also at the Ralelgh
Durham Airport and the Seymour
johnson Field, the latter a train
ing school at Goldsboro.
In announcing changes, col.
Knight also stated that LIST. 1t.
James L. Norris had been as
signed to Operations Division OF
the District Office. In addition to
other duties, Norris will become
District Safety Officer.
In order to produce more Ell
ficiency, the District Engineer an
nounced, the organization of Resi-
dent Engineer has been stream
lined' by making each separate
camp office report direct to the
district office. This ruling becomes
effective March l.
The revised "streamlined" list
of offices and officers in charge
are as follows: Camp Davis
Capt. John H. Disher, Jr.; Fort
Bragg-Capt. L. c.. McDuffie, Jr.;
Camp Mackall-Capt. J J. Cole,
Jr.; Camp Butner-1st 1t. Lester
W. Draw; and Greensboro Basic
Training Center-1st. 1t. W. j.
Heard.
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SENATE STUDIES
DANIELS ACTION
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will be unable to investigate de-
partment or agency of the govern
ment.''
Daniels refused yesterday to an
swer questions of Senate agri-
culture subcommittee Investigate
ing the Rural Identification Ad-
ministration. He took the position
that his relations with the Presi-
dent were of a confidential ma
ture'' and that his testimony
would mot serve the public in
terest."
The aroused committee met to-
day to consider whether to seek
his prosecution on grounds of con-
tempt of the Senate, but adjourned
after instructing the committee
counsel, Carroll Beedy, to assem-
BILE the law and the evidence. A
meeting tentatively was set for
Saturday to consider Beedy's re-
port. .--
f. A majority of the five-man COM
mittee indicated they considered a
much broader question was in
volved than simply. whether &C
ton should be taken against Dan
iels, 41-year-old newspaperman,
writer and son of Josephus Dan
iels, World War I secretary of the
navy and former ambassador to
Mexico.
Chairman Smith D.-S.C.) of the
committee said this is a test of
the power of Congress to get in
formation from the executive
branch of the government.
Refusals by representatives of
executive departments to answer
questions of Congressional COM
mittee have been not infrequent
since the war and have been a
source of increasing irritation to
the legislators. Their stands have
been based on a Presidential Or
der forbidding disclosure of con-
fidential matters if this might eff
feet security or would not be in
the public interest.
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Three Matches Scheduled
For Fridays Mat Action

With three top-fight bouts plan
ned, this Fridays graphing show
at ITALIAN Hall seems set to be
the best mat action offered in this
section in quite while.
Promoter Bert Causey has ar
ranged these three tiffs so that
every type of wrestling will be
present in the nights entertain
ment. The main event on the NAM
moth card will be battle between
Dr.. Len Hall and Jack Dillon. DR..
Hall is a pharmacist turned crap
pier who has plenty on the ball.
Employing a highly scientific style,
he has been rightfully termed the
bone bender with thousand
holds"
The limb twisting doctor is ex-
pected to need every ounce OF his
cunning as he meets Roughhouse
Dillon. The burly Jack is quite well
known to the Wilmington mat pa
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-01
Glass A Cage Tournament
Under WayAt Camp Davis

I111th. ahead, 21-1s. Sgt. Lou Jen-
neke of tie 117th. boys then took
charge of the activities. Whipping
| in 8 two-pointers aid a free throw
within three and one half minutes,
Jenneke sent the 117th. into a 25-
81 lead.
The 111th. floormen seemed to
have lost spirit with Jenneke's
outburst. Protecting their lead the
117th. played cautious ball to work
on to their 1924 victory.
The 111th. five was hampered by
the loss of two of its regulars as
Pvt. Johnny Carroll and Pvt.
Frank Waugh We're unable to par
ticipate in the contest. Carroll has
proven an especially valuable
man to the111th, in regular sea-
son play by leading all Camp
Davis intramural basketball scor.
ing with 118 points.
Jenneke paced the engagement S
marker making with II points.
Pvt. Gene Kozlowski was next in
line with 10 TALES. Kozlowski was
particularly brilliant on defence
for the 18th. team. Pvt. Jim Krum.
finger, 6 foot, inch center and
Pvt. Babe Senti were the main
STAYS in the 117th attack.
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CANADA SUSPENDS.
MEAT RATIONING
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the present surplus position in
Canada is due to bottleneck in
transportation and shipping" said
the Prices Board in a simultane-
Gus statement. sF
''As soon as these conditions are
eased and meat supplies can move
more freely into export channels,
it will be necessary to use ration
ing again to ensure an equal sup
ply of the reduced domestic al
lowance for consumers.
All machinery fer meat ration
ing will be retained. Ration book
holders were instructed to keep
meat coupons that have not
expired. The meat trade w S
asked to retain coupon value
charts and other meat-rationine
documents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-01
Hor1sby Gives Mexican
y Baseball A Great Boost

Mexico City's Delta Park, home
lot Of both the Vera Cruz nine and
the Mexico City Reds has been en-
larged to accommodate $1,000 Spec
tators. At Nuevo Laredo, across
The Rio Grande from Laredo, Tex.
i large plant has been erected
and the management is negatiat-
ing with Marty McManus, former
ly with the Boston Red Sox, as
leader.
Night games will be played at
Nuevo Laredo and at Monterrey
but not at Tampico, Puebla or
here.
Ali U. S. players in the league
last year were negroes while Cuba
sent both white and negro athletes.
Venezula's sole contribution. Vida
Lopez, was one of Morterrey's
standouts in his dual role of pitch
eJ and outfielder.
The leagues commissioner. Col.
Octayio Rueda Magro, has pro-
p.sed an annual international
series between the league cham
pions and the Pacific Coast cir
cut
Il believe we play about class
AA ball." he commented,
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ADMIRALTY ISLES
INVADED BY u. S
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at the northern entrance to the
Bismarck sea-" and remarked that
the landing was at location al
most due south of Guam and 1900
miles from the Philippines"
He said that the landing marks
a final stage in the great swing
move pivoting on New Guinea,
which has been the basic purpose
of operations initiated June 26,
1943," the date when the South
west and South Pacific areas were
united under his command.
1.-The end of the Bismarck cam
paign is now clearly in sight with
a minimum of loss to ourselves, "
is the way Macarthur summed
up the Admiralty island stroke.
The landing has made more Ger
tain the doom of japanese garri-
sons which still have precarious
hold in the northern Solomon is
lands, on New Ireland and in east
e1n New Britain.
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irons as a gladiator who can make
things tough for any opponent.
In the semi-final engagement OF
the performance Jerry Meeker and
Jimmie Coffield are slated to have
things out. Meeker took decision
over Coffield on last Fridays card
when rough Jimmie was disquali-
fled for one of his numerous illegal
tricks. Coffield was dissatisfied
with the verdict and demanded an
other crack at the popular Meeker.
The opening battle on the card
is a one fall, 80 minute time limit
affair pitting Jete Mannagoft
against Billy Bartush: Bartush be-
gain his reign of terror in Whining
ton several weeks ago, and has
used his famed "Bartush Twister"
in racking up thrilling victories in
the local squared circle.
Advance tickets for the show are
now on sale at the Orion Hotel
desk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-01
Former Net Star NuthaI
Doing Bit For War Effort

ASBURY PARK. N. j., Feb. 20.
--P)--Betty Nuthall, darling of
the tennis world in the last days
OF the golden era of sports, today
is the darling Of the British Navy.
For more than a year the Brit
ism court prodigy, who at IS smash
ed her way to the American Wom-
ems singles championship at For
est Hills in 1880. is secretary of
the Union Jack Club of Asbury
Park, recreation center for per-
sonnel of the British Navy.
Il feel I really am doing some
thing important for the war effort
in Union Jack Club work." Miss
NithaD said today as she prepared
to close the club and assume an
assignment connected with the &C.
tivities Of Union Jack Clubs
throughout the United States. The
barracks is being vacated by the
British to make room for about
5000 U. S. Naval Cadets.