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Evening star., 1944-01-25
Escaped Convicts Found
Behind Prison Walls
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25.-A 40
hour search for two convicts of the
State Prison at Grateford-witha an
alarm out over seven States-ended
with the capture of the two men
still within the penitentiary walls.
The prisoners were assumed to
have escaped when guards found
dummies in their cells and long
pieces of pipe in the prison yard
early Sunday morning.
Police received reports that the
fugitives had been sighted at vari-
Gus places in Eastern Pennsylvania,
but civilian engineer flushed them
from the top of boiler and they
were captured after a brief chase
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Births Reported

Louis and Ruth Beall, girl.
Andrew and Jenny Boback. girl.
Lester and Marion Campey. boy,
Alfred and Lucille Darlington, girl.
James and Ellen Clark. girl.
Bernard and Ethel Cohen. boy.
Bruce and Lenamae Cole, boy
William and Kathleen Cooke, girl.
Charles and Anna Cooney, girl.
Wilfred and Louise Cote. girl;
Curtis and Annie Dean, girl.
Marco and Margaret De Pompa, girl,
Sidney and Helen Earle girl
Richard and Winifred Feise, boy.
John and Juanita Gibbs. girl.
Frank and Doris Graham. girl.
Harry and Mary Gray. girl
Theodore and Hilda Greer. girl.
John and Margaret Harper, girl.
David and Marjorie Hogan. girl.
Leo and Virginia Jachowski, boy.
Herbert apd Margaret Keil, boy.
Sidney and Betty Kleiman, boy.
Francis and Elsie Krobsoth, boy.
James and Anna Lewis. girl.
James and Josephine Mackenzie boy.
Charles and Sylvia Maschauer. boy.
Arnon and Edith Mehring. boy;
Walter and Mildred Mikelsen. girl.
Daniel and Myrtle Miles, girl.
George and Naomi Miller. boy.
Charles and Pauline Money. girl.
Louis and Catherine McCabe, girl.
Louis and Jessie Nichols, boy.
Theodore and Jane Norman. girl.
Otis and Ina Osborne, girl
Charles and Annie Parker. girl.
R. j. and Jeanne Porter. girl
John and Mary Rhodes girl.
Deed and Grace Ryan. boy
Edward and Margaret Schmidt. girl.
Alexander and Ethel Smith. girl.
Maurice and Ruby Smith. girl.
Dominick and Shirley Sollecito, boy.
Raymond and Elizabeth Turner. boy.
Joseph and Helen Woodruff. boy
Marion and Frances Bennett, girl.
Willie and Edna Cade, girl.
David and Alma Felden. boy.
George and Mae Ferguson, girl.
James and Mamie Hunt. boy.
Earl and Sarah jackson. boy.
Norwood and Gladys Nickens. sirl
William and Elizabeth Robertson, eirl.
Norman and Irrie Travis. boy.
Henry and Helen Washington. boy,
James and Constance Wills. boy.
William and Martha Younx. boy.
Evening star., 1944-01-25

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gance in design and fabric.
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ing accentuates the wide
shoulders and tapering
waistline. Black or navy
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Evening star., 1944-01-25

Capts. Arthur
L. Clark, War;
r e n t o n, Va;
Richard G. Bow
ard, Hagerstown,
Md, and Ken
meth Stiles, Sill
yer Spring, Md,
also were pro-
NOTED to majors.
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Evening star., 1944-01-25
10 D. {. Area Officers
Promoted by Army;
7 Physicians Called

The War Department today an
nounced the promotions of 10 Dis
trict area officers and the orders for
two physicians to report for active
duty.
Those advanced to majors were:
Capt. Francis B. OMahoney, sta
Evening star., 1944-01-25

toned ! n t n e
Army Air : orces
headquarters at
Gravelly Point,
was formerly an
attorney for the
r e C o Instruction
Finance c orp.
He lives in the
Wakefield H a ! !
Apartments.
Capt. Charles
K. Milroy, sta
toned in AAF
headquarters at
t h e Pentagon,
WAS ennlnved in
Evening star., 1944-01-25

the Federal Loan Capt. +. B. O'Mahoney.
Agency for two and half years
before going into the Army. He
lives at 806 South Wakefield street,
Evening star., 1944-01-25
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
FORMER CITIZEN DIES
AFTER SHORT
ILLNESS

Fred H. Stapleton, 49, former
well known resident of Clintwood
and son-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gallie Friend, died in a hospital
at Huntington, w. Va, last Sat-
urday after an illness of only a
few days. His death was attribu-
ted to a cerebral hemmorhage.
Funeral services were held at
Huntington Sunday, and the body
was brought to Clintwood for
burial Monday afternoon. Rites
here were a song and prayer SER
vice conducted by the Rev. Cicero
Dobbs, and burial was in the
Clintwood cemetery. Active pail
bearers were: George Branham,
E. J. Sutherland, Clarence Stone,
Hansel Fleming, Everette STAN
ley, Avon Sykes and Charles
Perkins.
Mr.. Stapleton came here from
Lee county in 1914, where he en-
gagged in the mercantile business.
m 1917, he was married to Miss
Eula Friend and is survived by
his wife and two children, Fred
H. Stapleton, Jr., of Huntington,
and Mrs. Sam Turner of Jackson
sonville, Fla.
He had been engaged in the
automobile business in Hunting
ton for several years, and before
that he was employed by the
White Oak Lumber Co. of WEIGH,
w. Va.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
Bart Colley Dies
In Florida

Bart B. Colley, n year of age,
one of Dickinson county's best
known citizens, died in Florida
On Sunday night of this week, the
victim of a heart attack. He had
been i'll for some weeks and was
taken to hospital on Saturday
and passed away the following
day.
The body was brough here on
Wednesday, and funeral services
will be held on Friday, by which
time absent members of the fam
lily are expected to arrive
He is survived by the widow
and four children. They are:
Charles Colley, of Washington, D.
c., Mrs. Julia Presley of Airing
ton, Va. Mrs. Lake Ellis of Buch
anan, w. Va, and Mrs. r. C. Mil
Ter of Clintwood.
He was one of the pioneer cit
liens of this section, and was well
known as carpenter and lum-
herman. His entire life was spent
in this county until last fall when
he sold his property here and
moved to Symmetrical, Florida.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
BEN BOILING BADLY
INJURED IN SHOOTIN
SCRAPE

Bonnie Boiling, son of Morgan
Boiling of Pound, was shot four
times in the chest during an al
tercation on Thursday night Of
last week at a dance hall near
Pound. The shooting was alleged
to have been done by George
Branham of Shelby, KY, who
fled after the affray. The shoot
ing occurred at place run by
"Jeems" Chidress at the mud
hole" near the foot of the noun
tain. Boiling is married and has
several children.
At last report the wounded
man was said to be in a serious
condition but hopes were held
for his recovery.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
Carter Robinson.

Carter Robinson.
Among those who, is is said,
will be in the Friday call and who
will go to Abingdon in the morn
ing are the following:
Errnan Neel, Elva Rose, Joe
c. Fleming, Elmer Crum, STAN
ford Stanley, Everette Viers,
Estes Anderson, Clarence Odell
Counts, Graden Stanley, James
Nowlin, Perry Gilbert, Arnold
Mays Oliver Willis, Guyal Ad-
kins, Carl Hawkins, Earl J. Stan
lard, Bryce Sykes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
E. A. Reedy
Taken by Death

Elder Emery A. Reedy, one of
Dickinson county's best known
and revered citizens, died al his
home near Willard Monday night
after long illness at the age Of
IS.
Burial will be in the Pewther
Chapel cemetery Friday. Burial
has been delayed pending the ar
rival of his son, from an army
camp in California and two
brother from Florida. Religious
services will be conducted by
Elder Willard Martin and other
ministers of the Freewill Baptist
church.
Elder Reedy was born on Rush
Creek, this county, the son Of
Kiah and Lavada Reedy. While nc
was small boy the family NOV
ed to Shelby Creek, KY. where
they resided for several years,
finally returning to this county.
He was member of the Free
will Baptist church all of his
mature life and had been min
lister for 40 years. He almost con-
stantly travelled through this and
surrounding counties conducting
funeral services and regular
church services until incapaciat-
ed by the illness that finally
brought his death. He had lived
in virtual retirement at his home
the past two Or three years and
his passing was not unexpected.
Elder Reedy was elected Com
missioner of Revenue for this
county in 1927 for a four-year
term.
He was married in early life,
his wife dying many years ago.
Later he married Miss Ethel
Yates, who survives him.
He is survived by the following
sons and daughters: Claude
Reedy, Clintwood hardware deal
er; Clyde Reedy, principal Of the
ErNinton High School; 1t. Carl
Reedy, in the army; and E. A.
Reedy, Jr.; Mrs. A. c. Lawson,
Mrs. Everette B. Stanley and
Misses Era 10, Lora and June
Reedy.
Also the following brothers and
sisters: Martin Reedy, Copper Hill,
Tenn; ]. R. Reedy Detroit; Hen
ry Reedy, Umatilla, Fla; E. N.
Reedy, Miami, Fla; and Mrs.
Jack Couch, Coeburn.
The following sums up entirely
the life and character of this man:
Emery A. Reedy was man of
God, who freely gave up his life
for his work. He was tireless in
labor, patient in suffering, bold
in rebuking sin, holy in life and
conversation, and triumphant in.
death.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
WEDDING BELLS RING FOR
NINE COUPLES DURING
JANUARY

The records of the County
Clerks office show the following
couples applied for marriage Ii
censes during January:
Andy T. Mullins, "a to Eileen
Price, 26, both Of Clintwood.
George Albert Williams, % Of
West Dante to Estel Marie Coll
ms, 18, of West Dante.
Robert L. Mullins 20, Dante,
to Delsie Lee Sluss, FL, Skeetrock
Carlos Stanley, 20 to Lula
Stanley, 20, both of Long Fork.
Harold Mcmillan, % to Thel-
ma lessee, %, both of Trammel.
Basil Edwards, %, of Tense.
to Louise Lyall %, Dwale.
Clyde Milan, 81, to Emogene
Mccoy, II, both of Leck.
Chas. Folk, 81, Hampton Va.
to Evelyn Dotson, Is, Clintwood.
Adrian Mccoy, Fl, to Marian
Powers 81, both Of Trammel.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
So Draftees
In January Call

nina WIN tIlSlI Quotdo III
armed forces, have been ma
heavy calls during January
the first part of February. F.
three men of this county in
Jan. 29th call were accepted
service. Two calls have
made so far in February,
80 draftees leaving for Abin&
on Feb. 1st, and "a more to Il
here Friday morning.
The following men were
cepted from the Jan. 10Th call
A r M Y
Ersel Johnson
Oscar Farmer
Hodger Mccoy
Goebel Radford Powers
George Wythe Salyers
Arnold Clayton Stanley
Leonard Sykes
Emmett S. Davis
Elmer Crabtree
Charles Dee Mccoy
Charles Arnold Willis
Charles Monroe Turner
Willie Gordon Smith
Gilbert Phipps
Clarence Sykes
Delmer Dewolfe King
Oliver H. Bowman
Alex J. Mullins
Curtis Clinton Smith
Vernon Ransom Mullins
Colvert Clinton Rakes
Raymond Lloyd Smith
Ralph L. Brooks
Steven Walker Edwards
Preston Willie Hill
Delmar Victor Grizzle
N A v Y
HAIRLESS Yates
Edward Sexton
William Hasten Mullins
Ellis Epling
Garland Kennedy
Tollie COlley
Harley F. Derossett
Emery Martin Hall
Gilmer c. Hall
James Fleming
Curtis Fair
Noah Ransom Powers
Acie r. Ford
Earl Harrison Russell
Monroe Patrick
Alfred Columbus Green
Gerald E. Culbertson
Hobert Nelson Ward
Truman Fleming
William Lloyd Spriggs
Everett Hasten Dotson
Charles c. Kennedy
James Elmer Smith
Raymond Swanson BARLEY
Ernest Buford Colley
(See next column)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

Melvin Phipps of Isom drop
ped in Tuesday to sign up for
the Herald.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

Franklin Ray Fleming &c,
son of Mrs. Leafy Willis of
Norland, who is stationed at the
U. S. Naval Training Station
at Farragut, Idaho. He likes
the navy.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

Ralph Newberry, Of Roanoke,
was here Monday to answer the
call of the local draft board.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

LOST-One Kerosene ration book
Finder please return to Silas
Mullins. Tivis, Va.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

Squire Noah Stanley has re-
turned after short visit in Ten
nessee.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

John Kendricl<, good farmer of
Isom, dropped in today to renew
his subscription to the Herald.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

Vanburen Crabtree is home
from the army, with a medical
discharge.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

Phillip Baker of Omaha came
in Wednesday to have the paper
sent to his son, John Matt, who
is now in England.
Evening star., 1944-10-22
PACIFIC
CYCLONE
BY JOSEF SRAELS Il
BY JOSEF ISRAELS Il

He is General ''Howlin' Mad" Smith,
of the United States Marines. Maybe
he looks harmless - but ask the Japs.
nRopERLY his name and title are Lieutenant General
il Holland McTyeire Smith, USMC, Commander of Fleet
Marine Force in the Pacific But to half million Marines
he's Howln Mad Smith. real soldier from head to foot
paunchy spectaced bristlemusached little you might
take for srnatown dentist He's nevertheless fueand
birthstone Marines idea of parboied general with
alternate twinkle and CLINT of steel in his mild blue
To the taccans at the War College Howlin Mad Smith
is the father of modern amphbous warfare who fashioned
brandnew weapons and tactics to win brandnew His
amphbous forces have taken all the islands from Guadacana
Guam for Uncle Sam He's rough tough and thoroughly
human His creed is get things DONE and he's and
fumed anything anybody that stood in his His
cyclonc tactics have played havoc with the Japs and
occasionally they have stirred up hornets nest at home But
deny that he played large part putting the
Us into position for attack on Japan proper.
Wallace Beery in Action
More than correspondent seeing the ncongous figure
of baldng yeaod sloppy green jungle dress hop
nimbly to Jap-held beach with carbne under his
shouting loud and proane comments has thought he
ing Wallace Beery playing Marine Corps general 'Howin
Mad coorfu that And many say he's scientifically
great panner and strategs any Allied commander in
this war Marines everywhere love him and his legend
and quite prepared justify his comment, made
after Tarawa. that tits willingness die that wins
the atolls and islands for Uncle Sam.
Recently he became the second active threestar general in
the Marines, service in which rank and honors far
harder than in the Army Navy The only who rank
him in his corps Gen. Tommy Holcomb, retired
Commandant of the Marine Corps and 1t. Gen. A. A.
Vandegrift. present Commandant
Within three days of the initial landings Sapan General
Smith had established his headquarters in ruined Charan
kanoa The town still under intermittent Jap mortar and
artillery fire and the nearby front lines hotter But
Howln Mad spent most of every day appearing unexpec
edly in frontne positions what going The
sentry at forward command post particularly taken
Evening star., 1944-10-22
He Leaped for \ Foxhole

LATER atop Mt Tapochau highest peak of Sapan General
Smith climbed up situation We supposed to
have the peak but when the General arrived sudden
mortar barrage "Howln Mad leaped for fox
hole with the aacty of who has learned to respect
explosives After couple minutes in the hot excavation
he climbed to his feet smiling sheepshy and moppng sweat
from his forehead HELL said he this looks kind of silly for
general doesn't ?" When the batch of mortar shells
he stood fast with the rest of the Marines
General Smiths Marine Corps began by accident in
1905 The accident that there officer vacancies in
TW-Io-l1-44
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Jaycees and Sea Scouting

The recent decision of the Wilmington Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce to sponsor Sea
Scout training here deserves hearty welcome
by all friends of Scouting. We've often thought
that it is ironcal that Wilmington, the port
city of North Carolina, has not ventured into
this important division Ct the Scout -~ogram.
The program, according to present p.ans,
will include training in seamanship, ifesaving,
swimming and the regular physical fitness
activities of the Scouts. Long boat cruises and
shorter weekend outings will be planned and
social activities will have their part.
The assistance of the Jaycees can certainly
he pu' to good use. Scouting has expanded
here in the past two years as the result OF
the conmunity's great increase in population.
Demands have reached new heights and even
now Scout Executive C. W. Baker is looking
for an assistant. The fact that the young men
Of the Junior Chamber are anxious to take over
extension of Scout work into a too long ne
elected but most fertile field is gratifying.
Their enthusiasm, exhibited in many other
successful projects, should produce worthwhile
results in the near future Meantime, they
will also be laying the foundation for an even
greater Sea Scout program that can be ex-
pected in the postwar period.
. Wilmington is among the best locations in
the entire South for Scouting's nautical &C.
tivities The river, Greenfield lake, nearby
sounds and the sea provide unsurpassed all
around sites for the full realization Of the
rrogram Being coastal city, its youth is
naturally more boat minded and seamanship
carrie greater appeal than in the inland COM
u1unities.
In giving greater attention to the recreation
al opportunities of New Hanover's youngsters,
the Jaycees are rounding out their varied pro-
gram of community betterment. It is entirely
fitting that these young men-all within the
age bracket that furnishes the most progress
sive Scout leadership-should lend hand in
the wider program. With the background so
favorable and the need so great, plus the en-
thusiastic assistance Of the Jaycees, one can
reasonably foresee success for Sea Scouting
here in years to come.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Interpreting The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

midway between that place and
Russian held Kirovograd. They
have already thrust down the line
far enough to be within striking
distance of the junction where the
Krivoi Rog feeder of the Nikolaev-
Znamenka rail comes in from the
east. Another Second Ukrainian
column is moving down the direct
Nikolaev-Kirovograd line. A juno
ton of the three forces in the re-
gion of Now Bug would seal the
fate of all Nazi troops still north
east and east of that point.
The situation of the Germans on
the Baltic flank is no less grave.
1t now seems that as expected the
Russian drive into Estonia across
the Narva isthmus has been sus-
pended in favor of closing the
Luga-Volkhov trap by a converg-
ing of the Leningrad and Volkhov
armies on Luga, cutting the last
escape route to Pskov. Current re-
ports say the Russians have cross
ed the Luga River both above and
below the town to bring the jaws
of the great trap so close together
that junction might come within
hours.
When and if those two Red ar.
mics meet all Nazi forces still
seq between the Luga and
the Volkhov would be doomed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11

Fire Chief j. Luddie Groom has explained
this, time and again. His concern has beer
well founded in view Of the fact that closely
parked automobiles in the narrow driveways
would block the entrance Of fire-fighting equip
ment and the speedy placing of hose and hin
der the evacuation Of patients in case OF fire.
With the hospital preparing to open its new
annes, traffic into and around the institution
will be even greater. The councils decision,
therefore, is most timely.
The new rule may work an inconvenience on
2 few but all familiar with the situation car
readily realize what the congestion would mean
during fire. blaze in a building as old as
the hospitals main structure could roar out
of control in few minutes. The precious time
lost while firemen wedged their trucks and
other gear between the parked cars could
have meant the difference between life and
death for many a patient or attendant.
The ordinance is now in effect. Anyone drlv-
ing to the hospital must cooperate in its OBJ
servance. Those too thoughtless to do other
wise should be penalized to the maximum ex'
tent-a $40 fine to be exact-as their careless
ness could be a contributing factor to ca.
tastrophe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Miss Kellems Again

Vivian Kellems, the industrialist who refuses
to pay taxes on her war plant earnings until
after the war, is back in the news again. She
is still after the government, as was to be ex-
pected.
This time she is criticizing the aged institu-
ton OF bureaucracy and saying that the United
States has Travelled far on the road which
leads to totalitarianism
Il am not being melodramatic nor am ]
Joking. We are but one step removed in this
country from the firing squad and the concen.
II alton camp the industrialist told the Phila.
delphia Rotary club.
Under the Roosevelt administration, which
is the only one many of the youths now fighting
have ever known, the nation has drifted ia,
from the route outlined by the Founding Faith
ers in the Constitution and by Lincoln in his
Gettysburgh Address.
Lincoln said this was nation of the -peo
ple by the people and for the people," Since
that time and notably in the past twelve years
this has been distorted until it is now some
times said, a nation of bureaucrats, by the
president and for my friends
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Blue Flag In Solomons

According to history, the Confederacy died
four score years ago, but a dispatch from
somewhere in the Solomon islands indicates
that it is still alive, at least for group OF
Southerners stationed there The bonnie blue
banner flutters as gaily there as in Georgia,
and the Carolinas when States Rights was at
stake.
The flag is being flown mainly because oil
Colonel Brice of Fairfield county, South Caro-.
lima, who commands Marine fighter planes
stationed there, and his office is known popu'
larly as 'Comconforsols" or Commander Con
federate Forces in the Solomons.
The men of Colonel Brice's command aren't
all Southerners, but having Southern accent
helps, the dispatch says, adding that wall signs
have been posted warning any persons OF Yam
kee tendencies TO stay at safe distance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
BY JOHN SELBY

s"THE VISITOR by Carl Randau
and Leane Zugsmith (Random;
$2).
There is kind Of professional
prejudice among reviewers against
two-dollar books. This is the price
range in which all mysteries and
rental library slop are published;
one of the surest ways for a pub
Usher to bury a novel is to print.
on the jacket, the fatal figure:f2
''The Visitor by Carl Kandau
and Leane. Zugsmith, is in that
range. More damning yet, i. is a
type of mystery novel. being a
story Of suspense. The only point
in the book is whether the chief
character is actually the son Of
the grieving mother, as he says
he is, or whether he is an ;mpos-
ter. The novel is short, so that the
suspense need only be sustained
through ITS pages. But if anyo ody
thinks sustaining suspense (the
more tony among reviewers and
editors sometimes speak Of car
ryipg tension insteaO through us
pages is chore that can be tossed
off between supper and bedtime.
let him try.
1t Is, on the other hand, one Of