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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
Notes USO Campshow Entertainers

THERE WERE A SCORE OF MEN AND
WOMEN WITH BROWN INSTEAD OF GILT
BUTTONS ON THEIR I MFG K NJ AND
PATCHES ON THEIR UPPER ARMS READING
"USO CAMPSHOWS EN- ROUTE TO ENTER
TAIN BOYS"
Finally | noted at least two other war cor
respondents and couple Of guys in AeiVvies2 for
the state department.
1t was truly strange group of strangers to one
another in strange setting, plus this final strange
fact-NONE OF US KNEW EXACTLY HOW,
WHEN OR WHERE WE WERE GOING
We knew we were going by boat but nobody
knew what kind.
We certainly didn't know when we'd be off.
Finally, while we knew were bound for the
Mediterranean area, didn't even know where
we would dsembark.
The pilots and nurses had no way of knowing
where they had been assigned, the USO people had
no itinerary.
The OWIers simply knew they were bound for
Algiers
EVEN CORRESPONDENTS HEADED FOR
NAPLES WOULDN'T KNOW UNTIL WE GOT
THERE WHERE ELSE WE MIGHT GO OR BE
SENT.
We thought of adopting the old dtty, 81 don't
know where I'm going but I'm on my way as
theme song but decided it Was too much of an
underStatement,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
Falls Asleep Almost at Once

We found an empty bunk and taking off my
shoes, pants and coat, | climbed under the bed
covers falling asleep almost before the officer had
closed the doors behind him.
Although Van told me to sleep late if | chose
and generally need only such a suggestion to com
ply willingly the noise of other guys getting up and
dressing the next morning woke me about $50
| sat up and looked around
found myself in the lower of a deHble-deeked
bunk situated at one end of a single story wooden
frame house some 20 feet long and about % feet
wide, with beaverboard partitions and wood floors.
1t was divided into three sections in each of
which stood big pot-beled stove
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
Is NEW INSTITUTES

AS part of The proposed pro-
gram provision is mazda 1nL-nC
less than Is new Institutes of APP.
Piled Arts and Science. each Il
serve the needs of men and women
who VIII not want the usual de-
gree programs IN colleges and
universities
Discussing the need fer eNPaH-
sion OF educational Opportunity Ia
the state 10 meet the requirement
Of use. Dr. Stoddard said:
There can he no question OF
the Importance h useful educa-
tion. Courses in the institutes
We propose should be practical.
They must provide a useful eN-
tension OF education beyond the
secondary level"
With Or Morrison in complete
accord, DR.. Stoddard added
THE constant aim Of the in-
stitutes will he 90 relate cur
riculumS 10 the actual needs of
the students preparing for Vo-
catiOnal career I'm two years"
OUTSTANDING FEATURES
Outstanding features Of the in
stitute plan. as outlined by DR.
Stoddard. are.
. To be located on a regional
basis IN -e,Ftei--t-- -yt.t-er y ff5rTT,T-
group of committing students
and 10 take advantage of OcCu-
pational differences in COM
munitlcS.
o Major eHFFieHitn1S wifi Ire
established in relation 10 place
ment opportunities on a long
= rTenT baSiS
Believing il possible 10 establish
the proposed Institutes m a short
time so as 10 accommodate be-
tween Z0OO0 and 30000 students,
Or Stoddard pointed TO a pro-
gram Of useful education as being
particularly necessary ti1eH-
sands OF young men return from
military service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23

facilities" for some 10000 transient guests
These terms are mine and derive from rather
chilled sense Of humor.
| was still feeling a little the worse for wear,
but washing and shaving did wonders and as the
sur began peeping over the treetops | walked over
to the mess hall for a bit of breakfast,
The mess halt turned out to be a huge room
easily 60-fo0t square with cafeteria arrangement
at one end and couple of hundred uniformed
figures busily stufling food into themselves
II WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISED TO LEARN
THAT HALF OF THEM WERE GIRLS EITHER
WACS OR ARMY NURSES.
The rest of us comprised heterogeneous
gathering.
There were about 50 pilots easily distinguished
by their leather Jackets and caps which always lock
as if they had been slept in for several days.. About
one-third of these pilots were colored.
There=wefe several young French officers,
some with wings, others with paratroop insignia.
There were men in uniform with no designation Of
rank on their shoulders (who turned out to be with
the OWL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
Gillian, Natures" Medicine

Gillian is an advanced medical
compound containing juices from
rs hcalth-giying herbs. II mixes
with the food in ones stomach.
thus helping 20 eliminate the poi.
sons that foster stomach troubles
and 90 permit the kidneys and liver
to Junction properly II usually
acts within 10 minutes to stop gas
pains. sourness. blOat and belching
Users say it VIII not gnpe or nau.
seate YOU like ordinary liver medi.
cines II tends 20 make your liver
more active and 10 clear away the
old bile from your system. At the
same time Gillian aids in relieving
sluggish kidneys. backache and
muscBlaf-aehcS aufi pains caused
by faulty elimination. Gillian VIII
help bring out gases and impuri-
ties that may have caused vow
days oil mlsery-lrom headaches
and dizzy spells.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23

Gillian is recommended and sold
by the drug stores listed below
and all other Detroit and Michi-
gan drug stores. Help yourself tO
health. Start today by buy ing a
bottle Of Gillian. One bottle will
convince YOU. Get the Emily size
and save the price % a bottle.
The Gillian Medicine Co, Keith
Bldg. Cincinnati, o.
- PAUL'S CUT-RATE DRUGS
AC'S CUT-RATE DRUG STORES
DRUG STORES
nd Michigan Drug Stores
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23

The camp is a big one having watering
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23

ADNIE rInt-MF ST
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-07
PFC. LEROY H. SHOEMAKER

PFC. LEROY n. SHOEMAKER
has been transferred from San An
tonic, Texas, to Lubbock Army Air
Base. Lubbock, Texas, where he
says it is pretty cool, and windy
as heck. You think Arizona is
dusty You can't see your hand
before your face here and they say
this is light" Shoemaker says
that the farmers near Lubbock
have just begun their plowing and
that it surely made Kim homesick
for the old farm to see so many
tractors and freshly plowed fields.
He is hoping he may be able to
have his wife and son join him
while he is stationed at Lubbock,
but is not sure how he will find
the housing situation. Maybe it
will not be too long, he says, be
fore the war is over, and all tie
family can return to the rancn.
Leroy is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-07
News Exchange Column For
Coolidge Men In The Armed Forces

Edgar Shoemaker and has two
brothers in the service, 1t. D. q.
Shoemaker, and Pvt. Edgar Shoe
maker jr.
FLOYD GUNSOLUS.- has been
promoted from fireman second
class to fireman first-class, accord
ing to word received this week by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Gun
solus. He has been serving on a
transport ship in the South Pacific
for the past II months. He is well
he writes, and hopes to be able tC
see his parents soon.
AIR WAC PFC. MARY E
MOUNT, a member of Mariana Ar
my Air Field Womens Corps dc
tachment. has been presented the
Good Conduct Medal for "exem
plary behavior, efficiency, and fl
deity" Col. Charles Backes, com
manding officer, announced today
Pfc. Mount. who entered the serv
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-07
Elsberry-Stratton
Wed In Wee Kirk O.
The Heather, L. A.

Miss Gloria ElsDerry and Harvey
H. Stratton, first-cla5s petty Off
Ger, U.S.NR., were united in mar
riage Saturday evening at six
thirty o'clock in the Wee Kirk O.
The Heather at Glendale, Califor-
MIA. The birdie is a former Cool
idge resident. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rodney Elsberry. Her moth
er was present for the ceremony.
The birdie wore a suit of winter
white wool with navy blue acces-
sories, and corsage of white or
chids. Miss Barbara. Butler was
maid of honor. Size wore a rose
suit with navy blue accessories
and blue flowers. Paul Strattor
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-07

was best man. The post chapla n
of Fort Hueneme, where the groom
is stationed, performed the cere-
mony.
The bride is graGuate Of Cool
idge Union High School and at
tended Arizona State Teachers
College, Tempe. She is d past
worthy advisor of Coolidge AS
sembly, Order of the Rainbow
Girls, and a member of Phi Beta
Epsilon, a social sorority. She was
employed as a fashion and pkotOg-
'apher's model in Los Angeles be
fore her marriage.
The groom is the son of Mrs. B.
Stratton of Los Angeles. He is a
graduate of Belmont Union High
School and was a student at the
University of Southern California
Los Angeles.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-07

o Mrs. Mabelle Taylor, worthy
grand matron of the Grand Chap
ter of Arizona, Order of tie East
ern Star, and Mrs. Myrtle Jones,
associate grand matron, will attend
a general grand chapter session in
Phoenix, April 18th and 18th.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-07

Mrs. Edgar Shoemaker, Sr., and
family.
CPL. LLOYD E. KLEINMAN has
arrived safely overseas and is at
present in England, according to
word received this week by his
brother, E. T. Kleinman.
GORDON BRANNoN, GIN, 3/6,
has arrived safely overseas and Is
now in New Guinea, according to
word received Tuesday by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. II. c. Brannon.
OHLAND S. UPTON, S 2/C, has
been transferred from Hawthorne,
Nevada, to Port Hueneme, Califor-
MIA, according to word received this
week by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
R. M. Upton.
! DAN c. PALMER, S 2/C. has
been transferred from San Diego
to Brainbridge, Maryland, to attend
a specialists school of instruction
according to word received Thurs
day by his mother, Mrs. Pierce
| Vensel.
The following changes of address
for Coolidge service men have
come to the Examiner office this
week:
Pfc. Edwin M. Miller, 323rt
Hqs. & A. B. Sqdn., Det. A Guar(
Section, MAAF, Muroc, California
Gordon Brannon, G. M. SIC, c/t
Fleet Postmaster, California.
AIS Charles B. Hanks, Tech
School AFAAF, Sioux Falls. Soutl
Dakota
Duane Wooten, APO, New Yorf
NY.
Pfc. Lee Dunlap, HQ. Co. 415tl
Inf, Camp Carson, Colorado.
Pfc. Leroy Shoemaker. S4Stl
SPAAF, Lubbock, Texas.
Cpl. Lloyd E. Kleinman, apo
80. Go Postmaster, New York
Ny.
AIS Charles B. Hanks, Tech
School SFAAF, Sioux Falls, Souti
Dakota
Pvt. Joe o. Sheriff., 602 T.S.S
Bcks. 1886, Amarillo Army All
Field, Amarillo, Texas.
1t. D. G. Shoemaker, SO Clas!
44E. BAAF, Blytheville, Arkansas
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02
Life Guards Aid Evacuation

pier were sweet away by
waves that were reported to be
as high as 80 feet.
The Wrightsville Coast Guard
station was covered with water
and a detail of Coast Guards
men from the captain of the
ports office in Wilmington were
sent to aid the guards at the
beach.
The greatest difficulty the
rescuers had on the beach was
keeping tbs, roads clear of
civilian automobiles stalled all
along the causeWay. Civilians
insisted that they be allowed to
drive to their houses to get their
fanatics. Their cars were STALL
ed along the road and had to be
removed by the service men to
allow passage of the Army We
hicles with the evacuees
aboard. Another of the has-
ards were the fallen wires
around Station one. The Coast
Guard finally stopped all civil
ian traffic across the causeWay
and then the roads were kept
open to allow a smooth flow
of rescue vehicles.
AS far as could be learned
from the life guards no one
had been seriously injured at
Wrightsville Beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02

was almost impossible to walk
along the beach the wind was
SO strong. The actual evacua-
ton of the residents began
about 5 o'clock with the
Wrightsville Coast Guard using
all the available trucks to
transport the people to the
mainland where they were load
ed into private cars, buses ana
other means of transportation
to Wilmington. Shortly after 3
o'clock Army trucks began to
arrive at the beach in what
seemed endless streams. The
Coastguardsmen were LOADING
the residents on the. trucks and
the Army was Transporting
them across the water covered
causeway to the mainland.
Water was reported TO Re 'Snee
deep at station one and all OF
the small fishing and pleasure
craft moored at the piers were
sunk by the huge waves in
Banks channel. Most all of the
private piers were demolished
along the Banks channel water
front. Several houses were re-
ported to have been blown
down and roofs were off of most
cottages on the beach.
The Atlantic View fishing
pier and the Mira-Mar fishing
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02
TREES, WIRES
LITTER ROADS

An eye witness account of the
hurricane that hit Wilmington anc
Wrightsvilie beach last night was
given by two representatives of the
Star-NeWs who made trip to
Wrightsville sound at 7:3O o'clock
last night. Trees were down al
along the highway between vii.
mington and the sound. Wires
were down and in most places
damage was done to houses and
automobiles parked along the road.
A steady stream of automobiles
and buses were coming to town
loaded with the residents OF
Wrightsville Beach, aided by the
Army, evacuating the residents
from the beach across the cause
way, which was completely cover
ed with water Army trucks were
making the trips across the flood
ed causeway in steady streams
Police and civilians directing
traffic at the Wrightsville terminal
we're warning motorists not to make
the trip across the causeway. They
informed the people that. all per
. sons on the beach would be safe
ly removed to the mainland.
! Most of the power lines to the
i beach were broken and lying across
/ the roads at seyeral 49, = -
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02
ARMY VEHICLES
AID EVACUATION

One hundred Army trucks from
Camp Davis were pressed into
action as it became necessary to
handle the evacuees from Wrights-
vile Beach during and after the
disastrous storm which struck this
area last night.
Emergency housing and feeding
facilities were made available and
the trucks were ordered to move
into the storm struck area as soon
as members of the Camp Command
were appraised of the desperate sit
uation caused by the sudden gales
wreaking havoc along the coastal
area.
Col Adam E. Potts camp COM
mander, in concert with Brig. Gen.
c. V. R. Schuyler, of the AAlATC
here, and Brig. Gen. Bryan L. Mil
burn, commandant of the Anti-Air-
craft Artillery school, cooperated
in making the trucks and other IA
cilities available. All officers kept
in touch with the situation through
out the evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02
US. Troops
SIN ash Out
In Brittany
DRIVE THUNDERS ON
American Armor Pointed
At Heart OF France
In Great Victory

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, Wednes-
day, Aug. 2.-(P)-Surging
columns of American armor
pointed at the heart of France
broke into Brittany at four
points Tuesday, smashing
ten miles from captured Av-
ranches in two directions
and infantry forces taking
over abe brunt of the thun-
derous offensive along a wide
front, bagged a one-day to-
tai of 1872 prisoners from
the broken ranks of the re-
treating Germans.
While the armor drove down the
coast beyond Avrancnes American
infantry came into its own with a
powerful inland smash into the
streets at Villedieu-les Poeles and
Teosy- sur-Sur, and along the whole
inland side of the Yank break
through German crumbled.
AS the great offensive rolled
into its ninth day, Supreme Head
quarters communique said armor-
ed spearheads captured two dams
in an area ten miles southeast of
Avranches across the Selune river,
boundary of and last natural bar.
rier before Brittany. A front dis
patch said the advance was so
swift the Germans had no chance
to blow up the installations.
The Americans also smashed
across the river four and one-halt
and six miles southeast of Av.
ranches, taking Pontaubault and
Ducey.
Ten miles east of Avranches the
doughbsys strengthened their hold
along the See river. capturing
Breezy, a road junction.
Associated Press Correspondent
ives Gallagher in a dispatch from
the front said the Germans prob
ably would try to halt the drive
before the. Americans surge com
pletely out of the Cotentin PENN
sula and into the interior o.
France. where Field Marsha
/ Guenther Won Kluge would be I'm.
able to establish line.
! Even if he did establish a lins
temporarily by throwing in new
divisions rushed from other parts
of France, they never again woulc
| be able to stalemate the Allies a:
they did IN the first 50 days Of
the invasion. Gala cher wrote.
1t. Gen. Omar NJ Bradley ha
caught up with his timetable am
is swinging. along now far bette
than was expected ten days age
having accomplished the three pr
mary detectives assigned hin-se
Continued on Page Three; Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02

Tommy Hawkins, Billy Stew
art and Jake Wade, Jr., life
guards at Wrightsville Beach
reported last night at 8 pm.
that the Army and the Coast
Guard had almost completed
the evacuation of the residents
of Wrightsville Beach. The life
guards aided the service men
in warning the residents to flee
the beach and also helped In
the actual evacuation of the
people.
The life guards were notified
by the Wrightsville Police de-
partment to start warning the
people to leave the island re-
sort at 4:30 o'clock in the aft
ernoon. The three guards with
the assistance Of Pete Herring,
Billy Stewart and Claude San
ford began door to doorwarn-
ing service urging the residents
to leave the beach at once.
Most of the people were very
cooperative, the guards said,
while some of them refused to
leave their property.
The peak of the storm hit the
beach between $50 and 1880
o'clock when the wind reached
its highest velocity, which was
reported to be IS miles per hour
at times. The guards said it
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02
HOUSING PROJECTS
SHELTER EVACUEES

Paul Allen, general housing
manager of Maffitt Village, re-
ported last night that no serious
damage had been done the houses
at Maffitt Village during last
nights hurricane.
There has been no damage here
at the village, in fact we are
apalahhlng to take care of about
lou evacuees in our apartments
Allen said.
W. H. Stanley, chief of police at
me Village, reported that all main
'enance crews had been called
10 work and were doing a splendid
!oo OF assisting in the placing OF
esacuees in all availab BILE rooms.
Al Lake Forest several of the
,,eSlaents of the demountable
houses left their homes to take
.eluge in the community building
". IN the Lake Forest School.
Mlnor damage was reported al
Lake Forest. No serious injuries
were reported at either of the
-alge housing projects.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02
Gale Hits
Coast Hard Blow;
Waves 40 Fl. High
WITNESS TELLS
OF EVACUATION
Bv Sgt. EDMUND MONK

Rushing ahead of a 60-mile gale
blowing straight off the Atlantic,
thousands of summer and perma-
nent residents of Wrightsville
Beach evacuated their homes as
streets there filled with water and
the hurricane force wind whipped
the Sound dangerously over the
only two bridges leA,ing out of the
resort heavily populated with the
wives and children of military
personnel at Camp Davis 80 miles
away.
Coast Guardsmen, augmented
late in the afternoon by details
from Camp Davis, combed the
beach front and the other cottage
areas for women and children who
may not have gotten the alarm.
The writer, formerly an Asso-
ciated Press correspondent, went
to the resort late in the day to To-
cate his wife and 11-year-old
va StltOI +7sH--i--7-
Waves boiled over the bridge
gunwales as other soldier motorists
crossed toward Wrightsville on
similar errands. Lines of cars
packed with evacuees, mostly wo-
men and children, passed, headed
inland.
The two available roads leading
to the popular resort were strewn
with fallen trees, blocking traffic
and causing constant jams. Bran
ches hurtled through the air with
bullet like speed.
The northerly half of Wrights-
vile Beach-situated on a water
locked semi-island-became more
hazardous by the minute. Some
residents felt a tidal change, be-
fore nightfall would bring lei
down in the gale and high water
but none was apparent at 7 p. m.
The writer waded and plunged
through often waste deep water,
frantically seeking the cottage
where his family had been stay
ing. After a mile of mucking. ac-
companied by scores Of officers
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02
Two Negroes Shocked
By High Tension Wires

Dallie Jacobs, Negro, was shock
ed last night by fallen nigh ten
sion wire at 18th and Orange Streets
and was carried to Community Hos
pital for treatment Ct severe buns
on his right leg and both arms
His conditions was regarded as not
being serious.
Another unidentified Negro was
seriously burned when he was
electrocuted near the same corner.
He was given artificial respiration
and later taken to the hospital
where his condition was reported
nc snriO1lS 4--@
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02
Storm Taxes Police Force

teers dOnned their emergency
gear and reported to their posts
without orders from their chief.
Mary large plate glass store
windows were broken in every
part Of the city, but there were
no reports of looting late last
night. Three auto accidents
were renorted, and it was be-
lieved that many went unre-
ported.
At Seventh and Orange Sts.,
a tree blew over and large
limb was pushed through the
roof of a nearby house and
larded in the livirg "eo''7.
The worst Of the storm had
passed when w. p. Bryan,
manager of the local office Of
Continued on Page Two; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02

The trap in the Baltic was be-
ing closed by Gen. Ivan c. Bag-a-
mian's men, who seized Tukums,
rail center nine miles south OF
the Gulf of Riga and 50 miles al
most due west of the city of Riga.
Six other railway, stations were
among more than 100 taken in that
drive, the Soviet midnight COM
munique announced, describing
the threat of German catastrophe
in a single sentence:
''Thus our troops have cut all
roads leading from the Baltic to
East Prussia
How many Germans remain
there is uncertain, but their num-
bers are believed to be large. as
both the 18th and 18th armies,
once totalling $4,000 men, were
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-02

both being within two blocks
of each other.
In addition to the entire city
police force, more than so Mill
tary Police were called to duty
and assigned posts throughout
the city.
The efficiency Of the depart
ment was greatly hindered be-
cause there was no power to
operate the radio, used TO re-
lay calls to the patrol cars.
As a result, all cars were f0rc-
ed to report at regular inter-
walls back to headquarters.
Louis ]. Poisson, chief OF
the Civilian Defense unit, began
organizing his force Of volun-
teer workers at an early hour
last night. Most of the volun-