davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-06-28
McCuIIum
Continued From First Page)

=
food and they lacked water and am
munition, but they fought on and
won. ..-.
With the colonel and some of his
staff I visited the He'll Farm battle
field. The job of the top echelon
was to secure the La Barquette
locks and to destroy a bridge on the
Carentan-St. Mere Eglise cause
way. They did it, but it cost heavily
in casualties. The Germans were
expecting them and had dug in,
covering all field and roads from
almost impregnable machine-gun
positions, from which they had to
be routed out with grenades and
bayonets.
The colonel himself dropped in q
field not far from a French chateau
He is an expert with rifle and pistol.
1t was pitch dark at 1:30 am. Dune
6 and as he hit the ground and tore
himself loose from his parachute a
German machine gun opened up 45
yards away. He shot twice at the
flash and heard a cry
Later two dead Germans were
found in the pit. The colonel ran,
shedding gas mask and papers, and
made for the shelter of hedgerow
200 yards away. He remembered
the password and cricket signal and
when he heard another cricket he
called out. Soon he gathered a
couple of platoons around him.
With them he secured the La Bar
quette locks and drove up toward
the road.
Make for He'll Farm.
That job done, the scattered
remnants Of the men who had
dropped all over the fat marshes
(some of them are still there), rallied
and made for the French farm
stead now called He'll Farm. They
dug foxholes under .88 and
machine-fun fire and prepared to
stand.
I'VE thought we were gone," one
of them said. Those 88s were
hell, and we were running low
on ammo and grub"
The Germans, out in the marshes,
had broken open many of the
equipment packs and taken the
K-rations and ammunition in
tended for the Yanks. These were
found later in German packs.
They lay there for day, in their
foxholes, taking the hell of enemy
fire and losing men, and about S
pm. of June 7 the forward patrols,
who had been fighting off German
enveloping and flanking action. re-
ported a large body of Germans
moving south across the marsh to-
ward their position.
The ferries apparently had been
driven south from the St. Mere
Eglise region where a fierce fight
went on for two days, with the
Yanks finally victorious.
Pour on Fire at $50 Yards,
The colonel ordered the men tc
hold their fire until the battalion
OF German parachutists was about
$50 yards from the farm, and then
they poured it on. More than 100
Germans fell dead or wounded in
the first few minutes. The others
came in, tossing their equipment
away as they came.
The battlefield was strewn with
enemy rifles and equipment when
l visited it. There were machine
guns, personnel belongings and all
the debris of war, Among the pris-
oners was lieutenant colonel who
insisted he had come in for par
llamentaire" instead of surrender.
He was marched to the prison pen
with the rest.
While the colonel and his men
were making for the locks of La
Barquette, they were pinned down
at a road bend by accurate SO and
machine-gun fire. With them was
a naval lieutenant artillery observer
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Postwar Preparedness

We favor the maintenance of
postwar military forces and estab-
lishment5 of ample strength for the
successful defense ana the safety
of the United States, it's possess
sionS and outposts, for the mainte-
nance of the Monroe Doctrine and
for meeting any military commit
ments determined by Congress.
We favor the peacetime mainte-
nance and strengthening of the Ma
tlonal Guards under State control
with Federal training and equip
ment as now provided in the Ma
tional Defense Act.
Evening star., 1944-06-28

ton allowances on oil. gas and min
erals; Cd administration of laws re-
lating to oil and gas on the public
domain to encourage exploratory
operations to meet the public need;
k continuance of present Federal
laws on mining claims on the public
domain, good faith administration
thereof, and we state our opposition
to the plans OF the Secretary OF the
Interior to substitute, a leasing sys-
tenn; and % larger representation
in the Federal Government of men
and women especially familiar with
western problems.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
States Rights Are Stressed
In COP Home-Front PIonks

work for a contest over these uues-
tions In selecting their delegations.
Promises FEPC Probe.
The Republican plank promises
an immediate congressional inquiry
to determine whether there has
been segregation and discrimina-
tion against Negroes in the armed
forces. The party also promises
to create a permanent Fair EN-
ployment Practices Committee by
law. The existing FEPC was set up
by President Roosevelt by execu-
tive order, and financed to date
from his emergency funds. Con-
gress recently voted an appropria-
tion to continue the agency for the
next IL months, after Southern
members had waged fight against
the creation of the agency by ex-
ecutive order.
The Republicans also recon-
mended abolition Of poll taxes by
constitutional amendment and de-
clared for antilynching legislation
Although the Republicans in
dorsed the purposes of the National
Labor Relations Act and Wage-hour
Law, they criticized severely the
New Deal handling of labor affairs.
AS predicted in advance, they con-
demned the scattering of labor mat
ters among many boards, declaring,
"the Department of Labor has been
emasculated." They charged also,
that the continued perversion of
the Wagner Act by the New Deal
menacesn the purpose OF the law
and threatens to destroy collective
bargaining completely and perma-
nently."
Labor Plank. f
The labor plank condemned the
freezing of wages at arbitrary lev.
els, urged the placing Of all govern
mental labor activities under the
Secretary of Labor, and closed with
this statement: s->r~7.
"The American labor movement
and the Republican party, while
continuously striving for the better
ment OF labor's status, reject the
Communistic and New Deal con-
cept that a single group can benefit
while the general economy suffers" 4"
To the farmers, the COP prom
ised: Support prices or commodity
loans, or combination of both; dis
posal Of surplus war commodities
without destroying markets or con-
tinued production; search for sound
crop insurance, with emphasis on
making it self-supporting.
The platform holds out to busi-
ness aid by changes in taxation,
elimination of excessive and re-
pressive regulations and Govern
ment competition by the enforce
ment OF laws against monopoly and
unfair competition, and by provid-
ing simpler and cheaper methods
for obtaining venture capital nee
essary for growth and expansion"
Insurance Control.
Touching on the recent battle in
Congress over Federal versus State
control of the insurance business,
the COP came out, as on similar
issues, for State control, where local
needs can best be met.
"As soon as the war ends" the
platform continued. the present
rates of taxation on individual in
comes, on corporations and on con-
sumption should be reduced as far
as is consistent with the payment
Of the normal expenditures of Gov
in the postwar period. We
reject the theory of restoring pros
perity through Government SPEND
ing and deficit financing
1t also declared for limitations
on spending by Government cor
porations of vast sums" not appro-
priated by Congress, but obtained
by directives
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Howoiii

Hawaii, which shares the Nations
obligations equally with the several
States, is entitled to the fullest
measure of home rule looking to-
ward statehood, and to equality
with the several States in the rights
OF their citizens and in the applica-
ton Of our national laws.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Puerto Rico

Statehood is logical aspiration
OF the people of Puerto Rico, who
were made citizens of the United
States by Congress in 1917; legisla-
ton affecting Puerto Rico, insofar
as feasible, should be In harmony
with the realization of that aspira-
ton.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Agriculture

We salute the American farmers
their wives and families for their
job of wartime pro-
duction and their contribution to
the war effort, without which VIC
tory could not be assured They
have accomplished this in spite of
labor shortages, a bungled and in
excusable machinery program and
Evening star., 1944-06-28
EquoI Rights

We favor submission by Congress
TO the States of an amendment to
the Constitution providing for equal
rights for men and women. We
1avor job opportunities in the post
war world open to men and women
alike without discrimination in rate
OF pay because of sex.
Evening star., 1944-06-28

mistakAble language, the role Of the
Federal Communications Commis.
sion.
All channels of news must be kept
open with equality Of access to In
formation at the source. II agree
ment can be achieved with foreign
nations to establish the same princi-
Piles. 1t will be valuable contribu.
tion to future peace.
Vital facts must not be withheld.
We want no more Pearl Harbor
reports.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Good Foith

The acceptance Of the nominal
tions made by this convention car.
ries with 1t, as matter Of private
honor and public faith, an under
taking by each candidate to be true
to the principles and program herein
set forth.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
D. 6. Librarian Honored

Miss Jane Brewer, recording
secretary of the Washington chap
ter, Special Libraries Association,
has been appointed chairman of the
Membership Committee for the ma
tional association.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Two-Term Limit for
President

We favor an amendment to the
Constitution providing that no per-
son shall be President of the United
States for more than two terms of
four years each.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
indians

We pledge an immediate, just and
final settlement Of all Indian claims
between the Government and the
Indian citizenship of the Nation
We will take politics out of the ad-
mlnistration Of Indian affairs.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Anti-PoII Tax

The payment of any poll tax
should not be condition of voting
in Federal elections and we favor
immediate submission of consti-
tutional amendment for its aboli-
ton.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Anti-Lynching

We favor legislation against
lynching and pledge our sincere eff
forts in behalf on its early enact
ment.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Alaska

Alaska Is entitled to the fullest
measure of home rule looking
toward statehood,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
BOMB CAR EXPLODES
One Person Injured Seriously
In Santa Fe Train Blast

CLOVIS, N. NJ, Nov. 3C.-tRAAt
least one person was seriously in
iured today by explosion of a
freight car of bombs in a Santa
Fe railway train at Tolar siding.
The blast, heard here 43 miles
away, demolished several buildings
at Tolar. Fire spread to some de-
rallied cars. Fire crews, ambu'
lances physicians and nurses were
rushed to the scene from Fort Sum.
ner and Clovis Air Bases.
Len ]. CasseI. Santa Fe public
relations executive, reported from
division headquarters at Amarillo
Tex, that the train Of 81 cars con-
tanned only the one car OF bombs,
81 cars back from the engine,
but that others of 80 derailed cars
contained gasoline.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
Marine-Navy Veterans
Defeat Army Crewmen

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.-tR-
A Marine-Navy crew won by half
length from the Army today in
the first race of it's kind on the
Schuykill river.
The creWmen, all war veterans,
are blind and partially blind.
But the Marines and Sailors of
the Philadelphia naval hospital
knew they were leading the CTS
from the Valley Forge General
hospital when the race ended.
Only the coxswains and filters
were not blind. Through a pre-
arranged code, Chief Specialist T.
D. Evangelist of Haskell, N. j.,
kept the naval crew informed OF
the progress of the race by call
ing through his megaphone:
Ready stroke" when the Ma
rine-Sailors were behind and "For-
ward stroke'' when the crew was
ahead in the half mile race.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
1900 JAPS KILLED
S1st Division On Peleliu Is
land Announces Score

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-R-
Troops of the 8lst Army Division
killed 1900 Japanese and captured
142 on Peleliu island in the Palaus
between October 20 and November
rs, the Navy announced tonight.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in
a conrnunique said our losses were
go killed, 622 wounded and five
missing. Main points of resistance
offered by the japanese, remnants
of the enemy garrison on the
island, were caves.
The conmunique also reported a
Japanese bomber attack on Saipan
and Tinian in the Marianas before
dawn November %. No damage
was caused and one enemy plane
was destroyed and another PROB
ably destroyed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
Amateur Contest
Set December 10
At ITALIAN Hall

All non-professionals Of Will
mington and vicinity who plan to
compete in the amateur show at
ITALIAN hall on Sunday, Deem
Der 10. may file their entries by
contacting Promoter Bert Causey
at the Orion hotel, i was announc-
ed today.
The contest is also open to mem
derS Of the armed services, and
the number of applications receiv-
ed 10 date indicate large entry
for the event, it was said. En-
tres will be accepted up to Sat
uFday, December 9.
Along with the amateur contest,
IF cash prizes, the Tennessee
handlers with Arthur Smith and
sfed Kirby will be on hand to pro-
vide entertainment.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
ARMY CASUALTIES
SET AT 1886
THROUGH OCTOBER
Continued from Page One)

killed, 1866 missing, 1925 wound
ed, and 1886 prisoners.
In the Middle East, 1923 killed,
1886 missing. 500 wounded, and l..
693 prisoners, a total of 5,041.
The lowest number was in the
North American area, with 1905
killed, 81 missing, 1852 wounded,
and no prisoners, total of 2,409.
In the Philippines 1,1O1 killed, A..
933. missin, 1880 wounded and 49,
1872 prisoners, a total of 30,616.
In the South Pacific, 1854 killed,
5O4 missing, 7,278 wounded and 8
prisoners, a total of 1924.
In the Southwest Pacific, 4,420
killed, 2,029 missing, 1861 wound
ed and LOGS prisoners, total of
IT'S.
The list does not include casual
ties from the present Philippine
campaign.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
Auto Collision Kills
One And Injuries Two

Inc collision of a pulpwood truck
WIN a Seashore Transportation
'aS O. U. S. highway No. l, about
@Sll miles north of Wilmington,
,.'eaneSday night, resulted in the
q NJ Of Alex Samuel, Negro Of
=; .a!llnonsville, S, c.. and serious
INJURIES to two Wrightsboro Ne
4 s'eS' Howard Gilchrist and Will
ss.,l James, according to State
ANYWAY Patrolrnan C. j. Fergu
s0n.
NO arrests were made. Coroner
ma . W. Allen said an inquest would
" % ned at 10 a. m. Saturday.
NIL, LIE patrolman said the acciden
~ ,.ufed as the truck crashed int,
. ss rear Of the Seashore bus, op
r'rea by Earl c. Atkinson, of r
~ l. Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
pAvING MACHINE
TO BE USED ON
SIX CITY BLOCKS

having of six blocks OF city
..rsets will be started Tuesday and
s ~ c;tv's new Barber-Greene as
a as,lt t paving machine will be put
p !a.o service, City Manager A. c.
Nichols s'J announced yesterday.
' N some cases the paving work
ill extend existing streets.
Vs. Sand asphalt paving will be laid
~ two blocks of South Eighth
S s.reet, between Carolina avenue
sad MIN street, extending an exist
;ns street; one block on Wright
l r+Toet between Third and Fourth;
block on Second street, from
WIGHT 10 Meares; a block on
fourteenth street, between Rankin
and Grace; and a block on Six
teentb between Market and Dock.
NICHOLS said the city contem-
mates paving Twelfth street, be-
tmpen Market and Dock, but curb
;ng has not yet been laid.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
HO[IsE APPROVES
WAR POWERS ACT
WITH RESERVATION

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-CP)-
The House voted overwhelmingly
todsv to renew the adminlstra-
don's broad war powers - but it
MT a string on its auprova.
Il sent the Seneate a bill to ex-
tend through 1915 the life of the
second War Powers Act - legisla-
five basis for the War Production
Board, rationing, War Food Ad-
ministration and many other war
time agencies.
But this time the Houes approx
cd an amendment empowering the
Federal courts to review and en-
Join WPB orders suspending indi-
yidual ALLEGATIONS of critical ma
terials.
The original bill provided for no
court review of any rulings by the
war agencies. Persons dissatisfied
with War Production Board action
had but one recouse-an appeal to
the Office of War Mobilization.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
UMBERTO GIVES
BONOMI JOB OF
NAMING CABINET

ROME, Nov. 80. Up Grown
Prince Umberto has entrusted to
Ivanoe Bonomi. who resigned as
premier, the task of forming
another government, it was an
nounced officially tonight.
Bonomi later said he would con-
suit with the leaders of the six
political parties in an attempt to
form new cabinet.
II do not know whether I will
be able to form cabinet,'' b.
nomi said. cat present there are
three parties against me and three
are willing to come into a gov
eminent headed by me-"
Bonomi identified the parties
supporting him as tn e Liberals,
Christian Democrats and the La
Dor Democrats, with the Commu.
nists, Socialists nd Actionists
against him.
announcement OF Umberto's re-
quest that Bonomi make the new
attempt followed an earlier uncon.
firmed R o m radio broadcast
heard in London that Meuccio
RUM, minister without portfolio ir
Bonomi's previous cabinet, had
been designated to form a gov
ernment.)
Asked tonight whether he would
attempt to bring parties outside
the coalition into the government
Bonomi replied it was unlikely
but that 1--WE will have to see. .
Those outside the coalition include
the Monarchist and Democratic
parties.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
REPORTS

Linwood M. Ellers, ST &c
leaves Thursday for Davisville,
r. l., for reassignment after
spending 30-day furlough Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. C. Ellers, 312 South Sixth
street. Eliers is in the Mob
and has spent two years in the
southwest Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
HURLEY CONFIRMED
Senate Gives Unanimous Ap.
proval On Envoy To China

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3o.-LR-
The Senate unanimously confirm
ed today the nomination of Maj
Gen. Patrick J. Hurley as ambas-
sador to China.
Appointment of the former Re-
publican Secretary Of War to the
diplomatic post recently vacated
by the resignation Of Clarence E.
Gauss was approved without de-
bate.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
City Briefs
SOLDIER LEAVES HOSPITAL

Sgt. Jasper Stephen Crowley,
Of Pine Castle, Fla, near Or
lando, who was taken ill soon
after coming to Wilmington to
visit his parents, the Rev. and
Mrs. ]. S. Crowley of sos S.
Third street, has returned to
the home of his parents after
being confined at Bluethenthal
Air Field hospital for seven
weeks. He will return to Orlan-
do today.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)

(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, As; 1880 am, Al; 1880 pm,
so; 7:30 pm, 40.
Maximum SO; Minimum Al; Mean At;
Normal 50.
Humidity
1870 am, 100; 1880 am, SO; 1880 pm, 4s;
7:30 pm 81
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm,
0.2O inches.
Total since the first of the month
2.03 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ----- 10:47a 5:20a
Hosp 5:58p
Masonboro Inlet -- 8:30a 2:O8a
3:52p 2:48p
Sunrise, 700 am; Sunset, SOB pm;
Moonrise, SAT pm; Moonset, 1928 am.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01

A Christmas bingo party,
sponsored by the Woman's
auxiliary Of chapter No. 40 of
the Loyal Order of Moose, will
be held at p m. today at the
Moose hall on North Front
street. Members and their
friends are invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
s1ETTINIUS WINS
SENATE APPROVAL
Continued from Page One)

Continued from rage Ohe)
art an increase in steel produc-
non s4tottjnius, former chairman of the
o 'sd Of United States Steel, then
soa!a member of the National De-
| vas Council. Calling U. S. Steel
ien 1,Torean company LANCER voic-
a, t +he belief that stettinius and
eO Wv Morgan & Co. id not want
!. =, mills built in the. West.
s'e naoanse of the nominees lack
Of fCoTesight," the senator said,
o. .a ar school children had to
hn sa nation wide scrap drive.
as ~ he cts with the same vision
G cecretary of State as he acted
s a.. 5 5tseI," the North Dakstan added
f o.s s'I children who collected scrap
,I lns Tor this war will be carrying
~. INNS in the next.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
ATTORNEY TO SPEAK

Emmett Bellamy, local attor-
ney, will speak on "The Or
phans' Court" at the monthly
meeting of the Life Underwrit-
ers Association of Wilmington
at p. m. today at the Famous
Grill.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
'qnset Park Man
Ends Air Course

d NV Victor S. Gore, Jr.. son
us ~, " S. Gore, 4 North Jack.
slsts sSeet, Sunset Park, has com.
u,tss AZ . framing and has been grad.
,cbo a rom the Chanute Field, Ill.
Trsinti, ol the Army Air Forces
lining Command.
teiysa .e attending the school he re.
sN ~ instruction in electronics
ions ii various technical opera.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-01
PTA SQUARE. DANCE

The Maffitt Village Parent
Teachers Association is spon-
soring square dances Saturday
nights, Dec. 2 and 9, at the
Hewes building at Maffitt Viii
lage. The public is invited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-24
Woman S Body
On Florida Beach
Points TO Killing

LAKE WORTH, Fla. March "a
GNS)--The battered body of
Mrs. Charlotte Frieda Huber. 36,
was found yesterday near the surf
IN front of the ocean estate of
Mrs. Dudley s. Blossom. a half
mile south OF the Bath and
Tennis Club.
The discovery was made by 1t.
Col. Ben p. Gale of tho army air
forces and his wife. a daughter Of
Mrs. Blossom. The Gales and
their two children had gone 10
the fashionable beach for a swim.
The body was cut and bruised
on the neck and face and the
back Of the head was crushed.
Sheriff L. r Baker said ne had
asked States Atty Sidney j.
Cats Jr. 10 investigate the poSSi-
bility of murder Ie said Mrs
Huber was a waitress at Lake
Worth. Her husband Pctcr
Huber is a chef al the Fort
ttNV-dyT1C-- fTTri-, Country ftttf.--
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-24
Road Camp Fugitive
Tells Previous Escape

Jack Ellis. q of no W Can
field admitted TO police today
that ne had escaped from "a prison
road camp Al Moundsville. W Va,
last June and came 90 Detroit
hoping to get INTO Canada.
Ellis who was arrested az the
Garfield address on information.
told police that he had escaped
from prison once before while
serving a sentence tor breaking
and entering.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-24
Farm of Ford
Hin BURNS

FOrty-fOur head Of cattle are
dead and a large barn and two
outbuildiHgS in ruins as the result
of a fire on the farm owned By
r. r Bryant, brother-in-law of
Henry Ford. ON LaForge road
near Ypsilanti last night
Flrcmen summoned from town
ship stations saved the farm house
and other buildings The blaze
was discovered by Raymond Ran
dOlph the caretaker who was
-Ahle-Ln- nnlA-GIGhl- hl4d-D[
-cattIo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-24

should pay something until such
times as she remaTries."
mo, sir" Sinkler answered.
II don't want To pay anything.
That isn't the way We agreed. -
THE problem Of allm0ny il
referred To the friend Of the
court for settlement before the
decree il granted" the court
replied. mir. Sinkler will have
Ia pay something"