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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-25
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CIVILIAN U. S, 0.

To the Editor:
have read with some surprise
the press accounts relating to ara
your editorial approval of the Civil
ian U. S. o. project now beng
completed locally.
While we are all of one mnd
in doing everything possible to al
ford recreationa. facilities for our
servicemen, the idea of a publicly
supported recreational center 1or
civilians, patterned after the U. D
o. clubs, is something else entirely
U. S. o. funds were not solicited
or subscribed for that purpose, Inc
apparent benefic ares of this pro-
ject, that is, workers in war IN
dustry, are receiving ample wages
and much better able to pay fcf
their own recreation than many OF
ollr citizens who have not received
substantial income increases as a
result of the war.
The war, fortunately, appears 10
be in its clos ng stages as far as
the European phase is concerned
and if there had ever been any
justification or reason for a CIVIL,
ian project of this kind, the need
is now past. We have done reason
ably we'll fo- three war years with
out it and. incidentally, Wilmington
oW has in operation the largest
public recreatioral program IN lis
history. l understand that the local
Y.M.C.A. has no responsibility t6f
or connection with this pro7ect,
1t seems to me that many WHO
have contributed to the u S. y.
III past campaigns will be reluctant
to continue contributors if projects
o. this kind are to be included I'll
It's program.
J. @. LEGRANp
Wilmington, N. C.
,JlJIv o. 1Qdd
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Chenault Optimistic

General Chennault believes that even if the
japanese should succeed in splitting China,
as they set out to do when they transferred
thousands of troops from the Siberian frontier
and launched their campaign along the Pei
ring-Hankow-C Canton railway, they would gain
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-25

City and other old-style urban
bosses of the type for whom the
pretentious idealists of the new
deal expressed such pietistical ab-
horence a few years ago, only to
rely on them at election time and
Tor those conservative Democrats
OF the South who were able to
submit to fourth term. The party
may be united in action for this
campaign but in spirit it is some
thing with suspicion and noany
personal resentments,
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Wilmington, N.
July %, 1914.

the bitter wrongs done them by
the foe may be repaired, and that
in the fellowship of peace we MAJ.
together arrive at full felicity oil
life. Remember Thy merc% NE
little nations which are passing
through such an ordeal of suffer-
ing. Lengthen our arms IN COM
radely helpfulness to them. Grant
us the spirit of ina ination ara
sympathy, that we may understand
and share their sufferings. beNu
our knees to constant interceSsoLyY
prayer. For our whole hope anu
help is in, Thee, loving Father Oh
us all. Amen. - VIE.
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Daily Prayer
FOR OUR ALLIES

Our prayer today, gracious Faith
er of all men, is for our dauntless
Allies, who have long borne the
grievous burden of war. Grant that
their faith may fail not: and that
they may have joy and hope in
ux. Hasten the day of victory. that
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-25
With Ernie Pyle

SOMEWHERE IN F R AN C E
(by wireless)-I'm sending this col
unn for some rainy day when the
regular piece doesn't get through
on time.
This one contains a few odds and
ends which 1 didn't get down, be-
fore about our invasion voyage
across the Channel to France.
l came on Navy LIST which
was a veteran of Sicily and Italy.
Size went up to England during
the winter and had just been lying
around since then.
She had fine crew, from the
captain on down. Most of the crew
have been through other amphib-
ious campaigns, but there is d
new batch of gunners who have
been in the Navy only since De-
cember and who had never been
shot at before cur crossing.
The skipper is Lieut.. John D..
Walker Jr., of Houlton, Me. He is
a gentle, courteous bachelor of IS,
fine-looking, fine-minded, and be-
Lived by his whole crew. Morale
is high on this ship. A sailor will
get you aside and tell you what a
fine ship it has been since Walker
took command.
Walker ran Chevrolet and Cad
lilac agency in his home town,
but he is not the high-powered-
salesman type at ali. Aboard ship
mis- discipline is the kindly rather
tran the Simon Legree variety.
For example, there was a little
exchange that l witnessed between
him and the table waiter in the
WardroqT.
We had SO many Army officers
aboard that they PRACTICAL crowd
ed the Navy staff our of its own
snip. At mealtime the few Navy
colored boys were hard put to keep
the tables waited on.
One of these was a little sailor
nicknamed Peewee, who hasn't
been out in the big world very
much. At first you think he is
sullen, but later you learn it is
Just a facial expression and ha
means all right. One day he went
TO Captain Walker and said:
Captain, I guess you think I'm
grouchy, but it amt that. It's just
that I'm worriag all the time"
Captain Walker had been trying
to teach Peewee some nice din
lng-room manners. Trying to teach
him to put things before his guests
delicately, and not to jostle the
guests or throw things at them.
O1e day l was eating next to
The captain, and an Army colonel
was at the same table. Peewee
wanted the colonel to get up and
make room for somebody else, so
ne just reached over the colonePs
shoulder and started hopping the
table with a wet cloth, sort of
pushing the colonel out of the wav
as he did so.
The colonel took the hint and
got up and left. The captain saw
it, and was a little embarra ssed
So he said to Peewee, in a very
kindly voice:
'Peewe, you kind of bruised
the colonel, didn't you?"
And Peewee, not getting the sub
tie hint, and taking the captain
literally, replied:
mo, sir, didn't push him hard
enough to hurt him.
The captain just shook his head
IN despair and went on eating.
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The boys in the gun crew asked
if l would come up and write my
name as big as l could on the gun,
aid then they would trace it over
IN red paint. Which they did. Ill
be very much embarrassed now if
the gun blows UP on them. To say
nothing of how they'll feel.
One of the gun crew is Seaman
John Lepperd, Ut Hershey, Pa. He
is about the oldest man in the
crew. He is 81 and has three
daughters-17, IS and l3-and yet
he got drafted last November and
here he is sailing across the Eng
hsh Channel and helping shoot
down German planes. 1t still seems
a little odd to him. 1t is cute a
contrast to the building game.
which he had been in.
ALSO on this ship / ran into one
OF my home-towners from AIbu-
querque, Electricians Mate Harold
hampton. HIS home actually is in
Pennington, M. M, but he worked
fo- the telephone company at Al
buquerque, Installing new phones.
now he is the electrician for this
ship. He is tall, dark, quiet fell
low who knows great deal more
about the Southwest than I do. He
said he has driven past our house
many times, and we has long nos
ta;gic talks about the desert and
Indian jewelry and sunsets. We are
both tired of being where we are
and we wish we were back on the
Rio Grand.
Every LIST in our CONVOY car
rled two or three barrage balloons
With each balloon was a soldier
Among the soldiers 1 talked to
CT the LIST were Corp. Loyce Gil
Eert, of Spring Hill, La, Pfc. Oscar
Davis, of Troy, N. c., and Pvt
Floyd Woodville, of Baltimore
They didn't seem especially appre-
fenslve about going to war. l talk
ed to them quite while but never
got much out of them except YES
and no. Which was all right with
me. feel that way myself some.
tunes. Especially right now.
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Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views of Mr.. Plgler
and often disagree with them much many of
his readers. His articles the good purpose OF
mai king people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-25
SUCTION LIFTS AIRPLANES

Lifting effort Of an airplane y
Cue about one-',lird to the push
+ ON below the wing and ABOUT
tWo-thirds to suction from aooVs
caused by creation of vacuum
above the wings.
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One Of those small-world exper.
fences happened to me, too, while
On that. ship. We lay at anchor in
certain harbor a couple of days
before sailing for France. On the
second day I was in the ashrooh
shaving when a sailor came in and
said there was Commander
Greene who wanted to see me in
the captains cabin.
The only Greene I could think of
who might be commander in the
Navy was Lieut.. Terry Greene,
whom I had known in my Green
witch Village days. You didn't know
l ever had any Greenwich Village
days? Well, don't get excited, be.
cause they weren't very lurid any
low.
At any rate / went to the cap
tain's cabin, and sure enough it
was the same Terry Greene all
right. BY some strange coincidence
we had both got II years older in
the meantime.
Creme held a very important
position in the convoy. He was
tickled to death with his assign
ment, for he had been in the States
almost the whole war and was
about to go nuts for some action.
l haven't seer him on this side
If the Channel to discuss it, but
I'm afraid our trip over wasn't as
exciting as he would have liked.
But you can't please everybody,
ard it was just tame enough to
emit mo fi-oc
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/ aboard our ship was Capt. Warren
Pershiag, son of General Pershing.
The captain, WHO is not a profes.
slonal soldier at all, started out
as a private in this war. He is in
the Engineers.
He is a tall, blond regular fell
low and everybody likes him. He
leans over backward not. to trade
on his fathers name. He doesa' t
speak of the General unless you
ask him.
asked if the General was still
at Walter Reed Hospital. He said
yes, and that his father was very
excited because they had just built
him penthouse on the hospital
roof.
I have been told thai despite
his age and poor health General
Pershing is very close to this war,
and that some of our General Staff
call on him almost daily for ad
vice and counsel.
On the way across the Channel,
Captain Pershing's commanding
officer gave him a mission to pre-
form the moment we hit the beach.
His mission was to steal a bull
dozer at certain spot, right away.
I checked up a couple of days
later to see if he had succeeded.
He not only showed up with the
bElldozer but with a hundred men
as well. He ever got the bulldozer
without stealing it. Just talked
somebody out Of it.
The cook on LIST No. 1872, on
which l came to France, was a
beefy, good-natured fellow named
Edward Strucker. of Barberton, O.,
which is near Akron.
Cooking on these transport ships
is a terrible job, for you suddenly
nave to turn out twice as much
food as normally But Eddie is not
the worrying type, and he takes it
all in his stride.
Eddie has brother named
Charles in the Army Engineers,
and in the past year has been
lucky enough to run into him four
tllnes-once in Africa, once in ST.
city, and twice n Italy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-25

In your travels around the world
If you ever happen to be sailing
On LIST No. 1902 you might climb
ladder to a high platform astern
which holds a big gun, and look
at the breech of the gun.
There, written on each side of
the barrel. you'll find my name.
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rs Years Ago
Today
July Is, 1913
IRON THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)

JULY Is, 1919
The following were elected Off
GERS of the Sunset Park Tennis
cub last night: president, John
H. LeGWin; vice president, John
Cockey; secretary, Louis MacMll-
Ian and treasurer, ]. Laurens
An executive committe composed
of the above ard James D. Lee
Gwin, A. J. Ahrens and Colonel
J. R. D. Mathewson was appoint
ell.
Miss Mamie James Fennell has
as her guest at her home or
Wrightsville sound, Miss Florence
Robertson Of Petersburg.
Miss Anne E. Burkheimer
daughter of Mrs. Elo;se 8. Burk.
heimer, and Don r. Kirkman Of
High Point, were drowned ir
Banks channel, ;Nrightsville Beach
a short distance north of the trestle
late yesterday afternoon.
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Mr.. and Mrs Vernon Crocker
and child of Raleigh, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Farriss.
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Among the Army personnel
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-25
THE NOME NUGGET
PRIMITIVE PIN-UPS

CEYLON Jap An Ameri-
can survey group in Burma re-
Gently went into the jungle to
make some laboratory tests on
primitive natives. Deep in the
jungle they found a native vii
lage. Conducted with great cere-
mony to the hut of the chief, he
found on the wall of his hut 16
pin-up pictures from such
primitive" publications as Yank.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-25
MONDAY, DECEMBER rs, 1914.
s.

a hard boil. At once, pour in
sugar, stirring constantly. Con-
tinue stirring.
Bring to full rolling boil, and
boil hard for half a minute.
Remove from fire, skim, pour
quickly. Paraffin hot jelly at
once. Makes about 7 glasses of
6 fluid ounces each.
Dried Herb Jelly
cup herb infusion
IA cup vinegar
cups sugar
Coloring
IL bottle fruit pectin
To make herb infusion: pour
IA cups boiling water over 2
tablespoons herbs. Cover, let
stand Is minutes, strain to re-
move herbs.
Measure infusion into 3-quart
saucepan, adding water if neces-
sary, to make l cup. Add vine
gar and sugar and mix.
Place over hottest fire and
while mixture is coming to a boil
add coloring to give desired
shade. Be sure that it is COL
oring which fruit acids do not
cause to fade. AS soon as mix
ture boils, add bottled fruit pee
tin, stirring constantly. Then
bring to full rolling boil and
boil hard for half a minute.
Remove from fire, skim, pour
quickly. Paraffin hot jelly at
once. This makes about four six
ounce glasses.
NOTE: The following herbs. or
any three or four of them mixed.
together, make a good infusion.
Rosemary, thyme, tarragon, mar
joram, basil, sage and savory.
The above jelly is a particu-
larly good present for the house
hold of hunter, as it is deli
cious served with wild game.
With very little trouble you
can decorate your jars of home
made preserves so that they
make gay as well as delectable
presents. Cover the tops of the
jars smoothly with paper and
decorate with stickers in the
shape of the fruits inside. Make
decorative hand-written labels.
And if you feel slightly ambi-
tIous about the whole thing,
make a coaster trim for the
glasses by twisting crepe paper
of three colors, braiding it, and
covering the bottom and the lid
of the jelly glass with the re-
sulting trimming. This makes.
jar handsome enough to put on
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-25
BY CHARLOTTE ADAMS
APP Food Editor


There could scarcely be a more
acceptable gift to any household
er than jar or two of home
made jellies or jams. Perhaps you
put up enough last summer so
that you can afford to be gen
erous with your supply at Christ
mas time. If not, there are very
good winter jellies which you
can make right now.
Honey Orange Marmalade
IL cups prepared orange and
lemon (see below
2 IL cups honey
1-2 bottle fruit pectin.
To prepare fruit, remove skins
in quarters from | medium
orange and l medium lemon. Lay
skins flat; shave off and discard
about half of white part. With
a very sharp knife cut remain
ing rind into fine Shreds. Add ID
cup honey, IL cup water and
Is in addition to the 2 ID CUPS
Lie teaspoon soda (This honey
specified above) Bring to a boil
and simmer, covered, ten min
utes, stirring occasionally. Re-
move sections of fruit pulp free
from membrane. Add pulp and
juice to cooked rind; simmer
20 minutes longer Of orange is
very sweet, add juice of extra
lemon)
Measure honey and prepared
fruit, solidly packed, into large
kettle, flooding each cup with
Juice or, if necessary, with water.
Bring to full rolling boil over
hottest fire. Stir constantly before
and while boiling Boil hard
minute. Remove from fire and
stir in bottled fruit pectin. Then
stir and skim by turns for Just
five minutes to cool slightly, to
prevent floating fruit. Pour
quickly. Paraffin hot marmalade
at once. Makes about glasses
of 6 fluid ounces each.
Cranberry and Fresh Orange
Jelly
IL cups sugar
l IL cups cranberry juice
Canned or fresh).
IL cups fresh orange Juice,
strained
box powdered fruit pectin.
Measure sugar into dry dish
and set aside until needed.
Measure juice into 3-to-..
4 quart saucepan and place over
hottest fire. Add powdered fruit
pectin, mix vel | an continue
stirring until mixture comes to
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-25

the table just as it is, and the
bottom covering protects the
table from possible dripping jel-
ly, besides offering a decorative
note.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-25

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25
Girl SoftbaII 9
Faces PORT Huron
loCroix SoftbolIers
Trounce Diamond SoIt

Manager William LaCroix Of
the D. n. Cooley girls softball
team announced today his team
would play the Sheriff Lucas
girls softball team Of Port Hur-
on at Shadyside Park on Decora-
ton Day. Game time has been
set for 2:30 p. m.
The Cooley team annexed
their first game Of the season
last night when they took Dia-
mond Crystal into camp by the
score Of 8 to 3 The game was
played at st. Clair and was a
makeup tilt for the one post
poned by rain last week.
Doris Krausc and Jean Ran
dolph divided hurting duties IN
this game. the former going the
first four frames and Miss Ran
dolph finishing with the last
three.
LaCroix called attention to a
practise session for the team "a
be held at Shadysidc on Friday
night beginning al : o'clock. A
full turnout is urged.
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Bathers Challenge
6. p. Blue Devils
Tilt Is Scheduled
Fridoy OF Pointe

Tomorrow the M.CHS. Bath
crs Will challenge the Blue
Devils Of Crosse Pointc i'm the
second game of the season with
that High School The game Will
take place az the Crosse Pointc
ballpark. In a previous game
with Crosse Pointc, Mount
Clemens chalkcd up a 50 vic
tory and now the Blue Devils"
will have their last chance for
a comeback.
The Bathers have practiscd
strenuously for the past week
in order 10 be in shape for the
coming game. Five victories
now arc maintained by tho
Bathers with chances Of getting
four more. Four games are
scheduled before the completion
of the season, one being a home
game with RoSevillc. This game
will take place on June at ST.
Mary's Stadium.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25

The Eagles proved them
selves a team TO be reckoned
with in Junior League play
when they gave Henk Studio a
shellacking at Griffith Field
Tuesday evening to the tune of
Is to 5 The win put Eagles on an
even keel with the Gremlins
who won their first game the
previous night from A. g. w.
Root Beer.
The Birds didn't waste any
time getting started scoring
three times in the opening
frame. Three singles, and a
double by Bob Lyles, gave
Eagles their trio of scores. The
Photographers got one of the
runs back in the second the re-
suit of a walk and an error, but
the third inning for the Eagles
proved the downfall of the
Henkmen. Twelve players went
plateward in this stanza and be-
fore the three necessary outs
were made eight runs had been
marked up.
Two more Eagle runs were
added in the fourth on Don Bo-
dah's triple and singles by Mar
vim Thoel and Russ YAK. Their
last pair Of counters came in the
seventh inning YAK walked and
scored on 0. Prima's triple. Bill
Allor sent Prima home with a
single.
Three bases on balls and
Korte's single was good for two
Henk runs in the sixth and they
completed their scoring with an
other tWo-run rally in the sew
enth when Korte and Reinick
singled, T. Dunn reached first on
an error and Lick doubled.
Bill Allor, Eagle catcher, went
out after the league batting
championship in big way when
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ball. Leggett getting eight
Trailers on strikes and Duckert
having six TO his credit.
Covered Wagon drew first
blood in the third when they
scored both their markers. With
one away Harry Levy walked
and was forced at second by
Don Peltier. Ed Cwikla also
walked and John mail Pouch)
Fleming brought in both run
ners with double to left center
Bruce BoStwick singled but
Fleming was tagged at the plate
on the throw-in.
During the first three frames
Duckert faced only ten men and
had retired five Of them on
strikes. The fourth stanza
proved his downfall, however,
as all three Denmarsh tallies
we're put across in that session
With one away Ray Lorway
doubled and scored when an
error was made at first base on
the throw 10 retire Emil Colo.
Colo stole second and was sent
in as Bernie Ballantine singled
To left. Leonard Brindley then
came through in the clutch with
a long two-bagger to center field
which scored Ballantine with
what proved 10 be the deciding
rUn.
AT ST Mary's Stadium River
POinte Bar-B-Q broke into the
won column by out swimming
Andy'S TeXaco on a slippery
diamond. The final of this Tues
day night tilt was So.
Tommy O'Brien. Bar BIO
pitcher, did a little alternating
ir the Texaco first inning. He
walked Young, struck out Faul-
man, walked Reh, struck out
Crane, permitted Morden to
reach him for a single. driving
in Young, then ended the Stanza
by getting Smith on strikes.
River Pointe went thead in
the second frame on singles by
Harold Urmy and Lester HoWey
along with a fielder's choice
good for two markers. Ernie
boys added three
more to their total in the third
to run the score UP TO 81. A
pass to Don Martus, single by
AL Wegner, another by Merritt
walk to Harold
Urmy and an error produced
the trio Of scores.
The final run for Andy's was
the result Of a walk issued 70
Brig. KrauSe's single and an
error.
OBrien hung up nine strike
outs over the seveninning route
and dished out three passes.
Vance Crane, Andy's chUcker'
also issued three free tickets TO
first and was credited with one
strikeout.
Wegner, with two for four led
the River Pointe team at the
plate while Krause paced the
Texaco ten with one for two.
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Denmorsh Ekes Out Victory
Over Covered Wagon Team

I'm the closest and best played
game of the young Major League
season, DenmarSh Hotel eked
out a victory over Covered Wag-
on at Consumers Power diamond
Tuesday night, 3 to 2 1t was
the first game OF the season for
both teams.
Henry Duckert and Mary
LcGgctt hooked up in a tight
pitching duel and the outcome
was in doubt right down TO the
wire. The Hotelmcn were credit
CO with four safeticS, three of
them being doubles, while Leg
gctt was touched for only three.
Both hurlerS had plenty on the
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Cleaners Sill
Top The League
Ia Runs Mark Tilt
with Pryde Tool

Super Cleaners still lead the
Major Softball League but on
ly after one of the widest first
innings seen in many moon.
In their game with Pryde Tool
& Die last night at Griffith
Field IA runs were scored, nine
by the Cleaners and five by the
St. Clair Shores outfit and they
all came before half of the spec
tatorS could get situated TO
watch the contest.
The Tool & Die boys started
the fireworks when Joe Fierer
walked. After Jack Craze had
fouled out, Jack Ocelnik singled
Fierer to second. Basil Williams