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MARINES CAPTURE
MARSHALLS BASE
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with another airfield since it was
known that the japanese were at
work on there before the invasion.
Looking forward to ultimate cap
ture of all the Marshalls, Under
secretary Of War Patterson told a
Washington press conference that
this will widen the cracks in the
outer defense ring" of the japanese
empire. He added it may even
throw open the invasion route to
the Philippines and Japan itself.
Within the reefs of KWajalein is
large lagoon. It has several en-
frances and can accommodate the
largest fleet.
Bombs and shells that turned
concrete and steel defenses into
debris. daring tactics, audacious
execution, new weapons and COM
plete surprise-that was the story
of the invasion told by war cor
respondents on the scene.
Thousands of tons of explosives
from warships and planes had
been concentrated on small areas
to shatter the enemy's defenses.
Probably never before in the his
tory of warfare had such masses
of destructive power been centered
on such limited targets.
Not only were defense works,
built up in two decades of Japa-
nese occupation, blasted to rubble.
Some enemy soldiers who survived
| the concentrated bombardment
t-embled with fright and others
appeared dazed, Alva Dopking. AS
ISOLATED Press war correspondent,
reported. He was at Namur, hav-
ing landed Tuesday with the sec7
ond assault wave.
One prisoner told an American
officer that he and his comrades
on Namur knew Japan no longer
had a chance to win.
When the invasion forces knitted
into the western chain of atolls,
they struck at the heart of the
Archipelago. There was ample evil
dence that this daring opration
was a complete surprise, Dopkin
reported. The Niponese had ex-
ected and prepared for an attack
from the east.
The scene on Roi and Namu-
was one of utter destruction. Only
the steel framework of the hangers
at Roi remained standing. The
three runways were rocked with
bombs and shell craters. Buildings
on Namur were RACED except for
one battered concrete structure.
The pier was a mass of debris,
it's steel crane twisted like so
much wire.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
INAZIS RETREAT
| IN OLD POLAND
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the momentous victory, the great
est potential bag of enemy troops
since Field Marshal Friedrich Won
Paulus' Sixth Nazi Army OF $780,
600 men was killed or capture
year ago at Stalingrad.
To the north the Russian Len1n'
grad army under Gen. Leonid A.
Govorov, converging on Narva
seven miles outside Estonia, cap
tured so more villages, said the
daily Soviet con1munique. Gains
also were reported in the drive
westward from Novgorod and NO
vosokolniki all along the 23O-rnlle
northern front.
Moscow was silent on the start
ling German announcement o.
Axis reverses inside old Poland
Berlin's communique said the Ger
mans had given up Rovno ane
Lutsk "in the course OF embitteree
defensive fighting"
Illustrating the powerful come
back of the Red army is the fac
that Lutsk was captured by thu
Germans June 20, 1941, exactly ;
week after they began their at
tack on Russia.
Just off the. Observation-Disclosures
trunk railway, Lutsk is nearly 81
miles west of previously-reportee
battle lines in old Poland, and
| IS miles inside pre-war Poland, i
more than halfway across the Pc
lish strip occupied by Russia il
the partitioning of Poland in 1913!
and then lost to the Germans il
the first weeks of the war.
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ADM. LAND ARGUES
FOR SERVICE ACT
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needs of our armed forces on this
basis" he declared.
with more than 10000 900 ad-
ditional soldiers scheduled to go
overseas this year and with stag
gering quantities of equipment
needed to reinforce our invasion
plans. we must be empowered to
guard against further delays in the
realization of our production
schedule
The maritime chief said the
main difficulty was in keeping
shipya~d jobs filled, and declared
that the 1913 rate of turnover
SO per cent a year-was entirely
too great"
I'VE won't have enough able, ex-
perienced workers to maintain our
1914 schedules if shipyard workers
continue to leave their jobs at the
present high rate" he continued.
1--WE will not be able to get enough
new workers in the. right places
at the right time if we have to
continue to depend on voluntary
methods.
1--WE owe it to the soldiers, sail
ors and merchant seamen who are
risking their lives to preserve our
Democracy to guarantee that there
will be no unguarded battle sta
tons on the home front National
service constitutes the most de-
pendable way of giving this as
Surance."
Land said many Americans
feared a national service act would
mean wholesale transfer of people
from their homes to remote parts
of the country, and asserted that
nothing of the sort is likely to
happen" Nothing would be gained,
he said, by moving workers
] about scrininately from one
plant to another"
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OFFICIALS STUDY
N. C. GAS SHORTAGE
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and others producing hardwood
products had been forced to close
because of inability to get gas anc
oils.
In Wayne county alone, he said
more than 200 farm trucks and
tractors now being used to prepare
land for early truck crops have
heen sheltered because of the oil
shortage In Sampson county, al.
so great truck crop area, a sim
liar situation exists.
c. M. Barringer of New Bern
president of the State Oil Jobbers
Association and leader of the oil
industry delegation, told the gov.
ernor that North Carolina now is
getting less than half its quota Of
gasoline and oil allotted by the Pc
troleum Administration for Wal
PAW) -
This is due principally because
of transportation difficulties. But
We believe the state is being by
passed on it's deliveries of gas
through the Plantation Pipe Line
which delivers to North Carolina
at Greensboro.
He asserted that South Carolina,
supplied by the Plantation Line al
Spartanburg, also is feeling an
acute shortage Of gas The two
states, he said, comprise zone
of district 1 which included all OF
the Eastern Atlantic Seaboard.
He said that North Cardinals on
ly other source of supply was by
barges operating into Wilmington
through the inland waterway.
These two limited sources of
supply have served to form a bot
tle-neck, he declared. 1T can be
relieved only by pulling more gaso-
line from the pipe line at Greens
boro, or by al ting railroad tank
cars for immediate transportation
PURPOSES
The Farm Bureau Delegation
told the governor that farmers this
year were depending more and
more on power-operated mechani-
cal equipment to relieve the man
power shortage. Machinery has
been made available, they said,
and farmers have bought heavy
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
FACE TRIAL

Burnie G. Odom and John
Thomas Livingston, wanted
here for theft of 1894 Chrys-
Ter automobile belonging to
Earl Sharpe, will be tried in
Laurinburg Friday on charge
of transporting whiskey, and
will then be released to New
Hanover county authorities for
handling, according to police.
The two men are former en-
ployes of the Queen City ga
rage. Sharpe's car disappeared
from the shipyard Monday
night.
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U. S. TROOPS
OUT OF CASINO
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infantry is pouring into the town. ~
The battle for Casino heralded
the approaching end of three
months of hard, bloody fighting to
crack the enemy's main mountain
defense line across Italy.
Bitter toulouse fighting
was expected inside Casino be-
fore the last Nazi suicide squads"
were wiped out. Yank troops were
within 500 yards of the towns rub
bled streets at one point. and it
virtually was surrounded. The Ger.
mans still had artillery in Casino.
howeve.. and were making a des-
perate stand. The civil population
had fled.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
VFW POST HONORS
LATE COMMANDER

The James A. Manley Post No
2573 of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States, adopt
ed a resolution at their meeting
January 81, commemorating the
death of Post Commander w. A.
Wylie, wno died in Wilmington
December 81.
Mr.. Wylie, who was 50 years Of
age at the time of his death, had
been U. S. commissioner in Will
mington during the last three years
of his life. He is survived by his
wife, his mother, Mrs. J. K. Wylie.
both of Wilmington and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. William Pullman, Of
Long Branch, N. J.
The resolution reads as follows.
'In recognition of the long and
faithful services of our late Com
rade W. A. Wylie, the members
of the Post, at its meeting on Jan.
81, 1914, wish to express their
profound sorrow at the death OF
Comrade Wylie and their deep ap-
probation of his untiring efforts as
Comm ander Of the Post.
His tact, magnetic personality,
and knowledge of his organization
work made him an ideal command
er. Through his inspiring leader
ship the work of the James A.
Manley Post has been so success
fully and intelligently carried on
that its many activities have gain
ed the grateful recognition of the
people of Wilmington, as well as
OF the members themselves.
BE it therefore resolved. that
this expression be sent to the
family of our departed Comrade
w. A. Wylie and that it be spread
upon the minutes Of this meeting
and also published in the Press
(Signed) Resolution Committee
Comrades the Rev. Edwin F.
Keever, Charles H. Foard. keith
K. Kimmell. and Oates C. Craw-
ford"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
Three Local Women
Enlist In The WAC

Three Wilmington women have
been accepted this week in the
Womens Army Corps, and have
left for basic training at Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ca, 1t. Gussie Heifner,
director of WAC recruiting in Will
mington, announced Thursday.
Mrs. Margaret Walker of II Mes.
bits Courts who has a husband
in the Army, one brother in the
Navy, and another brother in the
stenographic activities.
Miss Resale Oliver, of 1906 Mar.
ket street, has also been assigned
to do stenographic work. Miss
Bernice NJ Dobson, of All Dock
street, will be assigned to the med
ical unit.
Mrs. Walker and Miss Oliver
will be stationed at an air field.
"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
EXAMINATION

All persons interested in be-
coming licensed to do plumb
ing work in Wilmington and
New Hanover county are re-
quested to contact Theodore
Schrader, plumbing inspector,
before Tuesday, when a plumb
ers' examination will be given
in the Grand Jury room of the
Courthouse.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
WAC OFFICE MOVES

The recruiting office for the
Women's Army Corps has been
moved from the Maffitt build
ing to new and permanent
quarters in room 300 in the
Southern building, across the
street from the Post Office,
1t. Gussie Heifner of the WAC
announced Thursday. The Of
flee will be open daily from
am. to s pm, and the tele.
phone number is 2-8362.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
FIRING NOTICE

1t. Col. Carl W. Holcomb,
Gao, announced the following
notice of firing to be conduct.
cd by the Antiaircraft Artillery
school of Camp Davis: Place:
Sears Landing Firing, Sector
No. 2. Danger Zone; Water
area known as Sector 2 to in.
Clude distance off shore of
$4,000 yards at Sears Landing,
and the air area above the
water area up to an altitude
of 60,000Z feet. From February
6 to IL daily from s a. m. to
IL p. m.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
City Briefs
BIBLE CLASS

The Woman's Bible class Of
the First Baptist church will
meet at the home of Mrs. A.
G.. Smith, 804 Dock street Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock.
Group Four will entertain.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
MRS. DELLA JACKSON
MRS. LOIS STUBS

Mrs. Lois Peele Stubs, 20, OF
I'll South Second street, died sud
denly of a heart attack Thur 5day
at 800 p. m.
From all indications, she was
Washing her hair when she was
stricken. She was found by W. D.
Brown, owner Of the home. She
was subject to severe attacks OF
indigestion and fainting heart troa-
Bile. Coroner Asa Allen said her
death resulted from a heart at
tack.
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in preparation for the 1914 farm.

ing season.
The governor said he would pro.
pose that PAW ether make avail.
able a sufficient number of rail
tank cars to relieve the shortage,
or to bypass such states as Geor.
gia and Florida on the Plantation
Pipe Line long enough to fill stor.
age tanks at Greensboro.
Georgia and Florida, he said,
have access to other pipe lines and
water sources of supply.
He said he would confer with
PAW officials tomorrow in an eff
fort to relieve the situation.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
FIRING NOTICE

Major John b. Morrissey,
53rd CA, announced the follow
ing notice of firing to be con-
Quoted at Kure Beach: Danger
Zone: Water area 5000 yards
off shore from Carolina Beach
south to Fl. Fisher. February
4, from a. m. to S p. m.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
OYSTER ROAST

An oyster roast will be held
at Stokley's Travellers Protec-
tive Association at 8 D m.
Friday. All members are in
vited to attend. r. T. Rawley,
state secretary of the associa-
ton, will be present.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04

FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE
Members of the C0nverma
ton class will assist the Rabbi
M. M. Thurman in conducting
the regular Friday night serv-
ice at 8 p. m. in the Temple of
Israel. The public is invited.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
MEETING

The 1. b. E. w. No. 495 will
meet at 8 p. m. Friday in the
Labor temple at 1917 North
Third street.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
WILLIAM j. KEMP

EL1ZABETHTOWN, Feb. -
Funeral services for William j.
Kemp. n, who died Wednesday
morning at Fayetteville hospital
after short illness, will be held
from the residence Friday at
+. m. Interment will follow in
Trinity Methodist cemetery.
He is survived by one son, DR..
Malcolm D. Kemp of Southern
Pines, and one grandson, Malcolm
Kemp, Jr.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Leroy Jordon of Oakland,
Calf, and Jewell Gillard, of
MuskOgee, Okla, were issued
a marriage license Thursday by
the registrar of deeds of New
Hanover county.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-04
w. H. KYLE

Funeral Services for w. H. Kyle,
who died at his home in Fayet-
teville Wednesday night, will be
held Friday at II a. m. at St.
JOINS Episcopal church.
He is survived by two sons,
James H. Kyle of Fayetteville and
H. M. Kyle Of Florence, S. C.
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Obituaries
MRS THOMAS !. ROCKS

Funeral servi C for Mrs.
Thomas ]. Rocks, formerly Miss
Alverta Tatem of Currie, who died
Tuesday at 1920 a m. at the home
of her sister, Mrs. W. j. Rocks
at Atkinson, were C n d u C e q
from the home of her sister Thurs
day at 3 p. m. Interment follow.
ed in the family cemetery al
Haw Bluff Baptist church in Bladen
county.
MRS. DELLA JACKSON
Mrs. Della Walton Jackson, At,
of Carolina Beach died early We'd
nesday morning at James Walker
Memorial hospital.
She is survived by her husband,
&. J. Jackson, Carolina Beach;
ner daughter, Mrs. W. c. Holiday,
Carolina Beach; three sisters, Miss
Lucille Walton, Mrs. R. L. Sim
mons, and Mrs. R. L. Holmes, of
Wilmington; three brothers, J.
Frank Walton, Wilmington; J. P.
Walton and P. M. Walton, Carolina
Beach.
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Norwegians possessing two pairs
of shoes lose their right to pur-
chase another pair.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
-Capades, Opening
Tonight, Have Varied
List Of Thri|Iers

Ice Capades Of 1914, only ice show
to play in Washington this season
opens = To-day engagement tonight
at Uline Arena before what Il ex-
pected to be the first Of . succession
OF capacity crowds. Starting time
Is $50.
The show is q combination sports
+and entertainment spectacle, bring
ing numerous nationally famous
skating champions on the ice in a
series Of variety and vaudeville acts.
There also are colorful costumes
and lighting effects and = we'll
paced program of specialties, cho-
rus numbers and comic offerings.
Leads are taken by two Of the
country's prominent young skating
champions, the 19-year-old Donna
Atwood and 16-year-old Jamie Law
renee. Eleanor O'Meara OF Canada
Is another feminine star. They and
numerous others have speciality
numbers backed by q well-drilled
chorus.
Several favorites of previous Ice
Capades are returning, among them
being Joe Jackson, Eric Waite,
Chuck Stein, Orrin Markhus and
Mar-Yan Reds) Mccarthy.
Jackson and Waite have indi-
vidual comic acts that promise to
be hits. Mccarthy Is q daredevil
speed and acrobatic skater who was
one of the atoms last season and
who repeatedly has cooked up new
thrills.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Schoendienst Winner
OF |. |. Batting Title
With .337 AVERAGE
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Al Schoen-
dienst, the hustling redhead whose
shortstop play at Rochester made
him the most-talked-about player
in the minors, is the official 1943
International League batting cham
pion with an average of 1897.
In banging out 1877 hits to top the
circuit Schoendienst captured the
hitting crown with Is points to spare
over Big Ed Levy of the Newark
Bears
Others among the six 800 average
sluggers were Louis Olmo of Mon
treal, who hit .315 before he Joined
the Brooklyn Dodgers; George
Staller of Baltimore and Roberto
Ortiz of Montreal, .304, and Maurice
Van Robays Of the pennant-winning
Toronto Maple Leafs, 1902.
Z Staller was the runs-batted-in
leader with 98. Eddie "ShovelS'
Kobesky of Buffalo topped the home
run hitters with 18,
Van Harrington Of Syracuse stole
50 bases to succeed George Stirn-
weiss, who set league record of 73
for Newark in 1912.
The only league record established
was a new xtra-inning mark of 81,
get when Toronto and Baltimore
battled to % tie April 23.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
ESQ Available Players
Soften Manpower
Problem for A. |.
Ey the Associated Press,

ES the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-With $50
players now under Contract and ex-
pected to report to spring camps,
the American League manpower
status is in good shape for the OPEN
ing of the 1914 season, the A. l..
Service Bureau reported today.
Since the close Of the l943 season,
81 players have been called to the
colors, increasing to 1874 the number
of American League men now in the
service. Philadelphia with SO and
Detroit with 80 top the league.
A breakdown shows Ill players
in the Army, 81 in the Navy, 10 in
the Coast Guard, 2 in the Marine
Corps, 3 in the Canadian forces and
l, Charley Keller of the New York
Yankees, in the Merchant Marine.
During 1943, the National League
and American League raised q total
Of $725,l06.32 for war relief, the
Service Bureau said-bringing to an
estimated $2,130,000 the amount
organized baseball contributed to
the war effort in the last two years
Evening star., 1944-01-25
BY TED MEIER,
Assoeiatsd Press Sporta Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-sports
promoters in this big city of
7,000, 900 looked forward hopefully
to a prosperous outdoor season this
summer. There no longer is a dim
out-not even a so-called brown
one-after dark.
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia
gave the go-ahead sign yesterday
to Branch Hickey OF the Brooklyn
Dodgers and Leo Bondy of the
Giants for night baseball games.
The Dodgers and Giants promptly
announced they would play IA games
each at Ebbets Field and the Polo
Grounds.
The championship Yankees have
no lighting equipment at the Sta
dium and hence were not interest,"
ed in the La Guardia- -Rickey-
Bondy conference.
The last night baseball games were
played in New York in 1941. Their
absence in the last two years caused
a drop in attendance, despite twi-
Evening star., 1944-01-25
IS by Dorothy Kirby
Takes Miami Medal
|BySix Strokes
By the Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 25.-Dorothy
Kirby, the Atlanta amateur who
took medal honors with a IS score
IN the qualifying round of the Helen
Lee Doherty amateur tournament,
opposed Marjorie Rowe of Admission,
Ala, who qualified with an 86, in
a flrst-round match at the Miami
Country Club today.
This match was expected to fur
nish the most fireworks in the OPEN
ing round. Jane Crum of Orange
burg, S. c.. the runnerup with an
81, drew Mrs. George Wilcox of
Miami as her opponent and was
expected to advance easily.
Georgia Tainter of Fargo, N. OAK,
who posted an "a qualifying score,
was matched against Mrs. E. H.
Foulk of Oshkosh, Wis, who carded
81 yesterday.
Others in the championship
flight, with their qualifying scores,
were Mrs. Lawrence Schwab OF
Miami Beach (82) VS.. Mrs. Thomas
Nolan, Jacksonville, Fla. (89) ;
Georgia Miller, Coral Gables 1861
VS.. Jeanne Cline, Bloomington, Ill
(S0; Mrs. L. G. Pray. Washington
(S5), VS.. Evelyn Odom. Long Is
land, N. Y. 9D; Babe Wolf, Or
lando. Fla. (82), VS.. Arlene Sentle
Toledo, Ohio (92).
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Terps Need Soft Spot
After Bainbridge Tilt

Maryland's basket ball team at
last has q chance to catch its breath
and possibly win another game
when it meets Fort Belvoir at Col
lege Park tomorrow night. Service
teams, however. have been bad news
for the Old Liners this year. espe-
cially Bainbridge Naval Training
Station, which trounced the Old
Liners last night at Bainbridge for
the second time.
The score was 1925, just about
double the half-time standing OF
37-12 in Bainbridge's favor. Jack
Flynn and Dick Tuschak did what
they could to keep Maryland in
the game, scoring 10 and Z points
respectively, but their efforts more
than were overshadowed by the
Commodores' Clay Gillian, who
dropped in rs points, and Johnny
Norlander, who accounted for II.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Gonzaga Game Is Goal
In Prep-Johnnie Tilt

First round of the Catholic School
Basket Ball League ends tomorrow
with Georgetown Prep playing at
st. Johns. Both have been de-
feated by Gonzaga, the defending
champion, but each claiming a
chance to upset the Eagles the next
time around.
Both Prep and st. Johns have
enjoyed good records lately after
poor showings at the start of the
season and tomorrow's game looms
as tossup. The Little Hoyas have
won five of their last seven starts
while the Johnnies have captured
three of their last four. Prep came
along yesterday by trimming Ana
costa, 1919.
Lane ODonnen was missing from
the Prep lineup. but even without
him the Little Hoyas won handily,
taking 21-9 lead at the half. Tony
Boyer was high with Is points.
Evening star., 1944-01-25
Sees Pinboy Problems Solved.
BY Aid of Schools, Churches

cials from "the President down" are
in favor Of recreational and sports
programs for war workers. He ap-
pointed Charles E. Vance Of Nil
waukee, field representative Of the
ABC, as a consultant in his section,
Vance will be loaned to the WPR for
q short period each month and will
meet monthly with an advisory COM
mittee of 10 proprietors in Wash
ington.
A check for $4,000 from the
Bowlers' Victory Legion was pre-
sented to Grantland Rice, chairman
OF the Sports Council Of the Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
sis. Rice. in turn, presented the
check to Basil O'Connor, president
Of the foundation.
Proprietors were present from
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del;
Chester, Pa; the entire State Of
New Jersey. New York and suburb
an areas. =