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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-10-27

lessneSs, and l had need many a
time to hold him back and curb
his impatience.
Among his comrades he was
much beloved, being of a gener-
Gus disposition and ever ready to
lend a helping hand to a weaker
friend. | have seen him come in
from many a long march more
than half carrying a friend who
was worn out.
While | know his death will
be sad news to you, still it is an
event which all must face, and es-
pecially soldiers, and there can
be no cleaner or more manly way
70 meet death than in action"
Twelve months after the ar
rival Of the lieutenant's letter,
Bill Sugg was buried IN the ceme-
tery here in Chapel Hill. At the
head Of his grave is stone bear
ing the inscription: "W. NJ.
Sugg, Jr., 1876-1900 Com
pany c., 1st North Carolina Vol
unteers, Spanish-American War
-. Co. D, 43rd L. S. Volunteer
Infantry Killed September 80,
PaIo, Leyte, Philippine Islands,"
The grave next to Bills is that
Of his father, whose head-stone
bears the Inscription: w. NJ
SugQ, 1844-1915 T.. Company G,
1lth \. {. Regiment, Army Of
Northern Virginia
BjII'a nephew, William w
SUgg, is in the present war Cap
tain in the motorized section Of
the Army.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-10-27
Harvest Festival a Success

The Third Harvest Festival,
held on Tuesday Of this week at
the Recreation Center, was well
attended. Green vegetables were
on display, and one exhibit
showed tWenty-fOur species Of
vegetables grown in one garden.
Another exhibit contained ten
varieties Of pumpkin and squash.
There was large showing Of pot
plants grown by the Garden
Club members. Arrangements Of
dried materials for house deco
ration were shown, and the cut
flowers were Of unusual size and
beauty The jam, jellies, and
pickles and the pot plants were
sold without difficulty. Mrs. F. II.
Edmister and Mrs. r. w. Bost
were in charge of the Festival.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-10-27
Leyte, the Island Invaded by the Americans,
Is Where Bill Sugg Was Killed "A Years Ago

in the Army and was sent across
the Pacific TO help put down the
Filipino Instruction.
He was big fellow with curly
black hair and blue ewes. He was
strong, and bubbling over with
vitality, and he loved action. He
had known horses all his life and
vas a. much al nome in the sad
die a. On the ground. He became
one II the mounted scouts at
tached u the 43rd Infantry.
These hor.4mcn had highly i'm
pDrtant and highly dangerous
jon ~ d. in tracking the enemy.
largely made Up IF gUeriIlas,
over HiId mountains and thr0uVh
J1nples Many Of the Jnsurrcc-
tO3 were not equipped a. soldiers
bat we're trIbe8nen armed with
primitive weapons. The best
kno"u If these weapons VAS the
DoIo, d large heavy knife, and the
men vino carried it we're called
boicrDs. Some IF the men who
had nOI1s also had rifles. and it
IA. d rife bullet through the
mead that killed Kill Sugg when
h Waa out ahead If the main
part of the company one Sunday
afternoon On the island Of IAytc.
He Was On the road from TacIO-
ban " Palo, tWo places that have
been in the war news this week
Kjlps commanding officer at
the time MAS Lieutenant Gordon
Johnston, VINO had been a foot
ball coach here at the University
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-10-27
A Marines Fading Appetite

Gene Mcintosh, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs.. {. T.. Mcintosh. came home
one evening last week from Par
Ri Island, S. e., where he had
for three months taken his boot
training ~ Il Marine. Hard as
nail. and the picture Of health,
by way of greeting 10 his mother
he Osscd her up against the cell
Ing a. though he had been bat
Il hand grenade then, his eXu-
bcrancr somewhat subsiding, he
settled down 10 rcgale his par
cnt. with some Of his recent cx-
pcricnces.
Presently Mr.. Mcintosh asked
liz he had had SIMMER He said
no, he hadn't, but that she must
not ~ ~ any trouble-that
Marine had TO become accus-
toned to ab.tcmiousness in food
as well as to many other forms
IF sclf-dcnial. Knowing what the
boy liked, however, the mother
set before him four scrambled
eggs. two large slabs Of roast
beef, quart Of sweet milk, five
slices If toast, jar Of MARINA
lade, a large dish Of baked ap-
pIeY, and haIf-gaIIon pot Of
strong, hot coffee. In the twink
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-10-27

GIN 4EJa-- u G4I lIClQS-LLCSS
achievements did not just hap
pen, nor did they come about
through hasty decisions Of clever
men They were the fruit of
years q study and practice.
There vas improvisation, q
course, made necessary Dy mex
E'@~,e1 ,-rIs = events but i was
improvisation based upon sound
knowledge. There were brilliant
e-3cE decisions, III hey were de-
-->-.--s "a co-.C ta"e 5@e1 made
Only cT ~.e1 Tto 1ac ABSORBED
- Fundamental principles q ne
~f-7s1% q "@r ana ~ ar, q war,
How .as CIVILIAN education
compared r. effectiveness. with
Evening star., 1944-04-14
|Court-MartiaIed jap
Ready 10 Forsake US.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT MCCLELLAN, Ala, April
IA court-martial board hearing
the case of Pfc. Ben Ogoua, one of
% Japanese American soldiers ac-
cused of refusing to take infantry
training, had before it today state
ment quoting the defendant as say
ing he did not plan to live in the
United States after the war.
Pfc. Ogoua is the seventh of the
% to stand trial and the second to
face the present court-martial. A
sixth was convicted by that board
yesterday and five others we're
judged guilty by the first of the four
courts-martial assigned to hear the
cases.
Pfc. Ogoua's statement, read to
the court yesterday, said his sergeant
called the Japanese Americans a vile
name when they refused to take
infantry training. "We didn't know
what we were doing, so I Joined the
group that quit" he was quoted as
saying.
IhoSe convicted by the f1rSt board
and their sentences are:
Pvt. Masoa Kataoka, 80 years in
prison; Pvt. Richard T. Nakamura
rs years; Pvt. Katsumi Taniguchi
and Pvt. Utaka H. Morinaka, 20
years each, and Pvt. Tim T. Nomi-
yama, S years.
Army appointed counsel represent
all defendants, and findings of the
board are to be reviewed by the
Judge Advocate Generals office in
Washington.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Session 10 Revise
Soldier Vote Law
Refused by Dewey
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, April 14.-Gov
Thomas E. Dewey denied tonight a
request of Democratic minority
leaders that he call special ses-
sion of New York's Legislature to
revise the States soldier vote law.
In rejecting the request of Sem
ator John j. Dunnigan. the Bronx,
and ASsemblyman Irwin Steingut,
Brooklyn, Gov. Dewey called the law
the simplest and best" of its kind
in the United States.
The minority leaders had asked
the special session to amend the
law and permit relatives and friends
OF servicemen to apply in their be-
half for war ballots They acted
after being informed by William T,
Simpson, Republican chairman of
the State War Ballot Commission,
that applications for war ballots,
under the new law, must be signed
personally by the voter.
Gov. Dewey said the time allowed
for applications is greater than
that specified by the War and Navy
Departments"
He added that under our State
law it is easier for a soldier to vote
on Guadalcanal or in Italy than II
is for a citizen in New York City
He merely signs his name and re.
ceives ballot, which he fills out anc
mails.
This is the simplest and best
soldier vote law in the United States
and guarantees to every member o1
the armed forces who wants to vote
a full ballot. Nothing could be SIM
pier and remain honest"
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Two Bakers Fined SIS
For Health Violations

Charged with health law viola
tions, two bakers yesterday were
fined $25 each in Municipal Court,
while two other food handlers
elected to forfeit $50 apiece.
Those fined were Mrs. Katherine
Roster, Rosters Bakery, 2l00 Rhode
Island avenue NE, for having eX-
posed food; George Bohnert, Boh-
merits Bakery, 703 Michigan avenue
NE, for flies on the premises.
Durant Mcdowell, Lincoln Grocery
Co, 1901 S street NV, and Hyman
Fineman, Parkview Pharmacy. 3501
Georgia avenue NV, forfeited $50
each for having rat feces on the
premises.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Arabian Pipeline Probers
Call Ranking Navy Expert
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate's special Petroleum
Policy Committee turned today I'd
the Nays highest ranking Oil ex-
pert in its inquiry into the proposed
rans-Arabian pipeline and the for
eign oil picture.
Chairman Maloney said A. F. Car
ter of the Navy Department had
been summoned for questioning at
a closed session--one of a series In
which the committee is laying the
groundwork for public sessions at
which Petroleum Administrator
Harold L. Ickes and others will be
heard.
Mr.. Carter is an advocate of quick
construction of the line to pipe oil
from the Persian Gulf area to the
Mediterranean as a means of sup
plying Allied forces with fuel, pre-
sumably before the war in the Pa
cific is over, as well as for use in
the reconstruction of postwar
Europe.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
| Is Flyers Saved
| After A Hours
OnRuftsinPoci
~ the Associated Press.

ns tne associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.--The
names of Is men rescued unharmed
A hours after their twin engine Navy
plane en- route to Hawaii was forced
down 300 miles southwest of San
Francisco Tuesday, were announced
yesterday by the 18th Naval District.
The Is crewmen and / passenger
aboard three life RATS were located
Wednesday night by a Navy patrol
|plane and picked up by a destroyer.
They are:
1t. r. w. Briggs, pilot, Duluth,
MINI.
Ensign ]. S. Musial, co-pilot,
Akron, Ohio.
1t. J. Rowley, passenger, Hacketts-
town, N. j.
j. Placzek, aviation machinist' s
mate, Perth Amboy, N. j.
G.. Plant, aviation machinist's
mate, Lansing, Ill.
H. D. Patterson, aviation ma
chinist's mate, Butler, Pa.
M. l.. Pimette, aviation ordnance
man. Berlin, N. H.
William E. Nelson, seaman, Beloit,
Wis.
r. F. Beattie, Seaman, Paterson,
N. j.
A. G. Bright, aviation machinist's
mate. Norfolk, Va.
l.. A. Henderson, seaman, Niagara
Falls, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
ier-Scientist Leaps
To Death in View Of Wife

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. April IA
soldier scientist leaped to his death
from the eighth floor of hotel
while his wife looked on, Deputy
Coroner William Unger reported
yesterday.
He identified the man as Wendell
Zimmerman, 81, of Morgantown, w.
Va.
Deputy Unger said the soldiers
wife, Marian, "a, told him that Mr
Zimmerman, physicist, was resent
full of being drafted while working
on projects he considered impor-
tant, and three weeks ago went
AWOL from Camp Crowder, Mo. He
joined her at Santa Monica and they
came here April 3, she said.
Mr.. Unger reported that Wednes-
day night the Zimmermans mixed a
poison potion which failed. Awaken
ing this morning, she said, her hus-
band suggested both leap from the
window, then vaulted the sill and
plunged eight floors to death. Po-
lice found Mrs. Zimmerman hys-
terical.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Greater Effort Urged
In Paper Salvage

A plea for greater efforts in the
conservation and salvage of waste
paper was made today by officials
OF the District Salvage Committee
as Director Howard Coonley of the
War Production Boards conserva-
tion division warned that "a real
shortage" of store bags and wrap
ping paper should be expected dur
Ing the next four months.
ALLEGATIONS OF wood pulp for
manufacture of those items will be
less than a third of prewar supplies
because manpower shortages have
slowed the cutting of pulp, Mr..
Coonley said. One new bag or piece
OF wrapping paper, he said, must
do the work three or four did be-
fore the war.
The committee announced that
waste paper, from which new bags
and wrapping paper can be manu-
featured, will be collected tomorrow
in Southeast Washington, in ac-
cordance, with the regular monthly
schedule. Thirteen salvage com.
mittees will comb their respective
areas for all bundled newspapers
magazines, corrugated cardboard
and old books placed on front
porches or directly in front of the
main entrances of Southeast homes
The paper should be tied in bun
dies to prevent its being scattered
by wind and must be put out before
$3.50 am, the committee said.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Heads Of D. {. Institutions
Face Welfare Hearinq Call

Heads of District welfare institu-
tions are to be called as witnesses
when hearings are resumed Tuesday
by the D'Alesandro Subcommittee of
the House District Committee on
the bill to transfer all the admins
trative powers of the Board of Pub
lie Welfare to the Commissioners.
Strong support for the plan to
convert the Welfare Board into an
advisory body and to centralize it's
powers in the Commissioners has
been voiced by Commissioner Guy
Mason and others and has met with
vigorous opposition by Frederick w.
McReynolds, veteran chairman of
the Welfare Board, who resigned In
protest against the move.
Among officials asked to testify at
the hearings next week are Paul
Kirby, assistant welfare director:
Miss A. Patricia Mofss, head of the
Child Welfare Services; Otto J..
Cass, superintendent of the Home
for Aged and Inf1rm, and heads of
the penal and correctional institu-
tions and the Receiving Home for
Children.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Publishers 10 Discuss
Postwar Role al ANPA
Meeting April 25-H
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 14.-The war
time publishing problems of news
papers and the role of newspapers
after the war will be discussed at
the annual convention of the Amer
lean Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton here April 1927, it was an
nounced today.
Methods adopted by small and
meoium-sized newspapers to con-
serve newsprint, ration advertising
and control circulation are among
topics to be discussed on the opening
day.
The publishers will consider also
postwar planning and whether a
plan can be formed "to guarantee
freedom of expression for the peo-
Piles of the world as an effective
preventative against future war"
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York, mentioned as possible Repub-
lican presidential nominee, and Eric
Johnston, president of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, will
speak at the annual dinner of the
Bureau of Advertising April 27.
Officers will be elected at noon on
April 81. The afternoon session that
day will be devoted to discussion
of FIN radio, with Walter j. Damn
of the Milwaukee Journal presiding
Buell. w. Hudson of the Woon-
socket (R. - Call is chairman OF
the committee in charge of the
opening day discussions. Arthur P
Irving of the Glens Falls IN. "
Post-Star and Times is vice chair
man and other members of the COM
mittee are: Joe M. Bunting, Bloom
ington Gll) Paragraph; Carl B.
Short, Roanoke (Va0 Times and
World-News, and Frank Walser,
Hazleton (Pa.) Standard Sentinel
and Plain Speaker.
Frank S. Hoy, Lewiston CMe.) Sun
and Journal, and Clare Marshall,
Cedar Rapids Gowa) Gazette, are
acting in an advisory capacity to the
committee.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Radio MentoIist
Reads q Fine in
Judges Mind
From Yesterdays Last Edttion)

From Yesterdays Last Edttion.)
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 13-Joseph
Dunninger, "the master mentalist"
of radio, turned his piercing gaze
upon Magistrate Anna Kross in Up
town Traffic Court today.
We'll, what's on your mind?" the
judge asked.
"Oberlin, Mr. Dunninger replied
promptly, referring to Oberlin Col
lege IN Ohio. You're contemplat-
ing sending your daughter there"
Amazing" said the magistrate,
who then turned her attention to
the business at hand-the matter
OF overtime parking, to which Mr..
Dunnlnger pleaded guilty.
What about the fine?" she asked
Il can read your mind. but I can't
change It," Mr.. Dunninger said.
You're right" agreed the magis-
trate. -Four dollars fine"
Evening star., 1944-04-14
AFL Builders End Strike
Al High 0ctane Project
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 14.--Some
1,100 workers were due to return
today after AFL officials announced
a satisfactory adjustment" Of diff
culties which caused a one-day
stoppage of construction on the
General Petroleum Co.'S 100-octane
gasoline refinery at nearby Tor
rance. III
Business agents of Is AFL unions
notified their members yesterday to
end the walkout, called in protest
to use of nonunion Southern Cali
fornia Edison Co. workers for install
lation of electrical equipment on
the site.
"A satisfactory adjustment has
been reached" announced Lloyd C.
Mashburn, secretary of the AFL
Building Trades Council.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Capt. Johnson Trails
Bong by Two Planes
BY the Assnriated prns.

BY the Associated press.
LONDON, April 14.-Capt. Robert
S. johnson of Lawton, Okla, was
declared runnerup with two planes
short of the record of 81 shot down
by Maj, Richard I. Bong, Poplar.
Wise, when he brought down two
planes according to dispatches from
the European theater of war yes
terday.
This brings Capt. Johnsons bag
to 25 planes shot out of the air, one
less than Capt. Eddie Ricken-
hackers total of 26 which made him
the top ace of the World War Capt.
Don S. Gentle, Piqua, Ohio, has 80
destroyed planes to his credit and
Maj James A. Goodson, Toronto,
Ontario, 26, but of Gentile's and
IA of Goodson's were picked off on
the ground.
In yesterdays reports 1t. Henry
w. Brown, 2201 Thirteenth street,
Washington, D. c., was credited with
destroying two planes on the ground.
Meanwhile, at fighter base it was
revealed that the Thunderbolt
Lucky, which Capt. johnson flew
while bagging most of his 25 Ger.
man planes crashed in the Channel
on March % when one of Capt.
Johnson's mates was flying 1t on
a Berlin raid.
The pilot of the plane was 1t.
Dale Stream, 10. of Grant, Mich,
described by Capt. johnson as
probably the best young fighter
pilot I've ever seen for both skill
and courage"
Other flyers said they saw 1t.
Stream go into a-spin in a heavy
cloud. Announcement of the crash
was delayed until today to permit
notification of his next of kin.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Farm Union Head Wants
U. 5. TO Map Economy
By the Associated Press


Calling for Government planning
of full peacetime production, !"
President James G. Patton of the
National Farmers Union said to-
day that on business past record
nothing can be expected from it ex-
cept "Hardingism and Hooverism,
multiplied and compounded.
He told a Senate Military Affairs
Subcommittee considering the Muir
ray-George and Kilgore demobiliza-
ton bills that the program they
outline for reconversion lis con-
centrated on transition aids for
business on the theory that business
will then inouce prosperity for u.s.
On the contrary, Mr.. Patton said
"by leaving the postwar to the un-
certain magic of business. we can
have 100000 unemployed in this
country within four to six years
after the war"
Mr.. Patton argued that "if plants
were turned over to private enter
prise IN the absence of a Govern
ment plan for production of plenty
1t would inevitably mean the plow-
ing under of much of our productive
capacity and the ushering in of a
regime of scarcity"
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Had No Time to Count
Grenodes, Britt Comments
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, April 14.-Big, raw
honed Capt. Maurice L. tFootsy)
Britt, the Carlisle, Ark, boy who
played great football before he went
to war, was stretched out on an
X-ray table at Lawson General Hos
|pital when they. told him yesterday
he had been awarded the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor.
Here to recuperate from battle in
juries, Capt. Britt received the noti-
fication with obvious pride.
Despite his wounds" read the
citation, "he personally killed five
and wounded an unknown number
of Germans, wiped out one enemy
machine gun crew, fired five clips of
carbine ammunition and an unde-
termined amount of MI rifle am
munition and threw 80 fragmenta-
ton grenades"
Capt Britt grinned and drawled:
How the heck do they know how
many grenades I threw? You can
bet your bottom dollar I didn't have
time to count Them
The big captain from the Ar
kansas rice country paid tribute to
the little band of men who fought
heroically with him against an at
tacking force of 100 Germans. Five
of the eight in his group, he said,
had received Silver Stars.
1T should have been more" he
added. But the miracle to me is
that any of us got out alive It's
really miracle-only two of us had
to be evacuated for wounds"
Here with the captain and ex-
hibiting much more pride in his
decoration is his wife, the former
Nancy Mitchell of Fort Smith, Ark
Capt. Britt said he had planned
to take up coaching after the war
Right now, he added, he wasn't
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Threatening Notes,
Mystery Man Enter
'Jitterbug Coal Case
By the Associated Press.


BISMARCK, N. Oak, April l4.-A
series of threatening notes pinned
to the door of lonely one-room
rural Schoolhouse at the edge of
Western North Dakota's bad lands
and reports of mysterious armed
masked man have entered the
case of the jitterbug coal"
Special Assistant State Attorney
General James Austin and State
Fire Marshal Charles Schwartz said
last night that Mrs. Pauline Rebel,
teacher of the Wild Plum School
in Stark County, told them she
found the first note in mid-January.
That was two months before the
first of a series of mysterious eX-
plosions and smouldering bursts of
smoke led school children and their
parents to charge that the school
was "bewitched"
Mr.. Austin said the notes, nearly
a dozen in ALL are alternately
threatening and obscene. He said
the notes could not now be made
public, but he did reveal that at
least one of the series threatened
Mrs Rebel to leave or be shot"
Mr.. Austin said Mrs. Rebel also
told him and Mr.. Schwartz that an
armed man, about 6 feet tall and
with a red bandana handkerchief
masking the lower half of his face,
came to the school early in March,
kicked the door several times, and
when Mrs. Rebel investigated, ran
into hiding.
The notes, the report of the
masked man, an innocuous coal
bucket, son-o Jumps of ordinary
looking Ignite coal, charred map,
charred mail order catalogue, and
some charred inside pages of a die
tionary are the clues Mr.. Schwartz
and Mr.. Austin have on the myster-
ious goings-on.
The teacher, pupils and others
previously testified at hearing
about the mysterious actions of a
pail OF Ignite coal near the stove.
The pail began to shake and pieces
of coal popped around the school
like Mexican jumping beans. The
school has been closed pending an
investigation.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
New York COP Drufts
Navy Officer for House
BY the Assoc iat tad Press

NEW YORK, April 14.-Lt. Comdr.
William I. Lehrfeld, U. S. N, retired,
but now on active duty, will be the
Republican organization candidate
for the House nomination in the new
18th district, it was announced yes
terday.
The district, under reapportion-
ment, includes parts of the I'd, 4th
and 9Th Assembly districts. and runs
from the Battery to Fortieth street
and to Third avenue. 1t takes in
parts of territory now served by four
Democratic Representatives.
Comdr. ,Lehrfeld, 40, once was in
command of Navy forces at Blue
fields, Nicaragua, during the 1925
revolution.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Jobs Gone Because of Protests,
Jup-Americuns Await Relief

1--WE feel ashamed" Yamamoto
told reporters at hotel operated
by the War Relocation Authority,
"that the Government has to feed
us. We want to help. But If they
won't let US work, we'll just have
to go back to that camp.
1--WE are not mad with those peo-
pie. We know how they feel. But
we are not responsible for what
Japan did. We are just Americans
and want to do our part"
The men were held at the Gila
River Relocation Center in Arizona
until the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation certified them as loyal
to the United States.
Yamamoto previously left job
on a Sussex County, Del, farm fol-
lowing neighbors' protests.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Report

District of Columbia Cloudy,
with lowest temperature near So de-
grees tonight. Tomorrow cloudy
and windy, with rain in the after
noon.
Virginia - Increasing cloudiness
and warmer tonight. Tomorrow
rain and scattered thundershowers
IN south portion. Rain beginning in
the north portion. Moderate tenn
perature.
Maryland-Cloudy and warmer
tonight. Tomorrow cloudy and
windy, with moderate temperature,
rain beginning in west portion and
spreading to east by night.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls.
Report for Last FL Hours.