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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
MRS. A. ]. MALLARD

WALLACE, July 20 Funeral
services for Mrs. A. J. Mallard, 70,
who died at her home at 2:30 pm.
Saturday, will be held at S pm.
Sunday in the Wallace Presbyterian
church. Interment will follow in
Rockfish cemetery.
Surviving are four sons, A. K.
Mallard of Wilmington, c. E. NAL
lard of Mooresville, J. A. Mallard
of Greensboro, and H. H. Mallard
of Wallace; two daughters, Mrs.
L. @. Myers Of Burgaw, and Miss
Myrtle Mallard of the home. Four.
teen grandchildren and four great
grandchildren also survive.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
i,.ses were declared to be twice

,a...s were declared to be twice
those Of the Chinese.
The communicate failed to con-
+r,o ) chinese central news agen-
a ~ report that on the Kwangtung
province front the Japanese had
withdrawn from Tsingyun, near
canton. but said the Chinese were
continuing to make progress
northwest and northeast of Using
yum.
The Hengyang defenses received
close Chinese and American air
support, many japanese being kill.
ed in repeated bombing and STRAIT
:ny missions, the Chinese announc'
ed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
FLORENCE BATTLE
GETS UNDER WAY
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(C0ntlnucQ from rage One)
Press correspondent Lynn Heinzer.
Ing wrote from the Florence bat
tlefield, Germans holding the last
ridge between the New Zealanders
and the city itself lashed out with
two counterattacks, each of COM
paay strength.
Despite heavy Eighth Army Ar
tillery fire, the enemy put t W o
dents in the New Zealanders' line
in the St. Michele and la Romo-
Ia areas, rolling them back 900
yards.
With a vengeance. the New Zea-
1anders restored the situation ear
ly today and moved ahead for fur i.
ther gains, Helnzerling reported,
but he added that German Tiger
tanks with theic long nm. guns
operating in ideal rolling defensive
country were making the Allied
Progress difficult.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
LEAVES FOR VISIT

Mrs. A. Simon of FOG North
18th street, has left to visit her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Simon, who are
making their home at Manhat-
tan Beach, N. Y. Her son
was one of three men in a
class of 200 qualified for in
structorship in the Merchant
Marine.
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CHINESE CONTINUE
TO HOLD HENCYANG
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(COntlnueQ from rage OuSJ
Northeast of Hengyang, but had
evened the score by hopping up
the vicinity of recently recover
ed Keiyang, on the railway 300
miles south Of Hengyang, and were
attacking the Japanese held city
ct ,Chaling, so miles to the east.
In the fighting on the outer peri
meter 4 Hengyang, A Chinese
communique said, the Chinese
yesterday recaptured five strong
points in the east, made some
progress in the south after repuls-
ing several japanese attacks beat
Oft the Japanese in six hand to :
hand engagements in the westward
swayed back and forth in fluid
fighting in the north. Japanese
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
CLUB MEETING

The monthly meeting of the
South Wilmington Home DEM
onstration club will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock In the home of Mrs.
M. G. Gage. A demonstration
on "Cool Foods for Hot Days"
will be given. All members
and women Of the community
are invited to attend.
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EARLY PEACE OFFERS
WORK FOR CONGRESS
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CONTINUED from rage Onc)
mittee to agree on the final form
of a bill.
Chairman Reynolds (D-NC) ex-
pressed doubt whether he can
muster a majority of the commit
tee Tuesday to check up on pros
poets for a compromise.
Few on Capitol Hill believe
there is a possibility Of producing
quorum in the senate itself for
the transaction of major business
until absent members have been
notified postwar measures are
ready for floor action.
Imperative
War Mobilization D ir e r
James F. Byrnes sounded a warm
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
REVIVAL SERVICES

Revival series at the Church
of God, South Fourth and Mar.
steller streets, will continue
through next week. Sunday
mornings subject will be "The
Working of Satan" and SER
mon at the night service will
be 'The Lords Return, What
Will It Be Like?"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
BIRTHDAY

NEW YORK, July 20. ln
Benito Mussolini was Al +oslR -
the Berlin radio, broadca stS sAt
dispatch from his Italian hesd ing
tiers, said he celebrated vi.S
early morning bicycle ride f tha.,.a an
the park Of his mansion and niIO .ls
sequently played tennis ~ SUD-
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ROBERT SKIPPER

Funeral services for Robert
Skipper will be held at 4 pm. Mon
day at the graveside at Bellevue
cemetery. The rites were set 1or
the later date because OF the delay
ed arrival Of his sister. Mrs. Day,
from Miami, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-30
CHURCH SERVICE

Church services at st. PauPs
Episcopal church, 18th and
Market streets, will be held
today as follows: Holy COM
munion 1880 a. m. Morning
prayer 11:15 a. m.
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METHODIST SERVICE

Sunday school will be held
at 9:45 a. m. at Wesleyan
church today with preaching
at IL a. m. and 8 p. m. Young
people meet at 6:45 p. m.
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City-Briefs
LELAND SERVICE

The Leland Baptist church
will have a special service to-
day at ii q. m. at which time
the special offering for the
building fund will be taken.
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for financing holders n !.
mated war contracts tbro y, .erml'
transition period and chart ts 4 tn,
icy for the disposal Of ,' a pol
government property. surplus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
|PHI BETA KAPPA GETS6 zEROS,
 BUT JAPANESE

Atlantic City, N. J., March 23- (UP)-The popular song Johnny may have ''got a zero" in school as well as in the South Pacific, but Phi Beta KappaS get Jap planes too six of them in 45 minutes if they're as quick on the trigger as It. Jimmy Shubin of (998 Biltmore Ave) Dormont, Pa.
 The 25-year -old fighter pilot of scholarly as well as fighting pro- ficiency told of his Guadalcanal battle at the Army Air Forces Re- distribution Station here.
 we jumped a fighter formation before it saw us," Shubin said, and I got one Zero on the first dive. Then as the Japs pulled up to open battle, one of them stood in my sights. He went down flaming"
 Engine trouble forced the other Lightnings of Shubin's flight back to base, and he suddenly found him. self alone with five of the enemy.
 We ripped the sky apart then in a fight that lasted 35 minutes, , he said. "I'd never have come out alive if my P-38 hadn't had an ad- vantage of speed and climb.
 Sometimes we were whirling in a complete circle. I'd be firing at the fifth plane in their line, and the first Jap would be on my tail. Then I'd have to dive and climb, and dive on them again.
 T got one and it went down smoking. Then I caught another and he was beginning to fall apart as he dropped out of the fight. The other three Japs were determined to get me, but I got two more and the last one took powder"
 Returning to his base, Shubin claimed only the first two he'd hit, but a group of infantry officers on Guadalcanal, watching his battle through field glasses, confirmed his hope that the last four had also dropped into the sea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
EMERGENCY UNIT
 FOR SERVICEMEN
SOuthbury School May Be Converted Into Military
 Hospital

As result of long established pro- cedure of taking 8 "long-view" in preparation even for eventualities, the Southbury Training school IS being prepared as 8 possible mili- tary hospital to house evacuees In the event of air raids or disaster here or for receiving casualties from across.
 Although 1t was stated that the likelihood of the need for such a place for the above purposes IS meager similar plans have been undertaken all over the country. This is 8 standard army and navy practice and was undertaken in the last war. At the latter time a simi- lar hospital was set up In New Ha" ven but never used.
 Plans for the present set up at the school consist of an organized group of doctors from local hos pitals while recruiting of volunteer nurses is now under way. All these medical authorities will be on the inactive list. The nursing staff is to be comprised of 10 nurses from each of the local hospitals.
 The physicians representing both St. Mary'S and Waterbury hospitals, are: Dr. Edwin Pyle, orthopedics; Dr. Joseph O. Collins, pathology; Dr. Joseph L. Harvey, X-rays: pr J. w. Borchardt, dentistry; and Drs. 0. H. Neuswanger, Andrew
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
TESTIMONIAL FOR
 VETERAN EMPLOYE

Emil Rufleth, Al Highland ave- nue, who is celebrating his 50th ar- niversary as an employe of the Amercian Brass Company, was hon. ored at a testimonial dinner tend cred by members of the company's foremen's association at the Copper Kettle last night.
 MT. Rufleth, who is foreman Of the press department at the Water bury Brass Goods division of the company was presented with several gifts.
 Attending the dinner were James Kilbride, Michael Madden, Edwin Simpson, and Frederick w. Walker half-century veterans; Herbert W, Coe, vice-president in charge of the division; Superintendent Frederick w. Burns, and John Wright, general manager of the division.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
25 STATE SCHOOLS
 TO AID BOND SALE
LeavenwOrth High Under- writes $l2,5OO Share of
 Price of Plane

More than 25 Connecticut schools have signed up for the campaign to have their name on Connecticut built Chance Vought Corsair fighter planes through Series E War Bond purchases, Mrs. Raymond E. Bald win, chairman of the State War Finance Committees Schools-at- War program, announced WedneS. day.
 Among the schools which are uIa- dertaking to raise by June the $50,000 purchase-price of the gull winged Corsair, which has become outstanding in air warfare against the Japs, are Stratford High school, East Hartford High school, Alfred Plant Junior High school in West Hartford, New Haven High school, Central High school in Bridgeport, Danbury High schol, and Suffield's combined South Street Bridge Street, Mapleton High and West Suffield schools.
 Bulkeley High school, New Lon- don, and St. Joseph school, Norwalk, have started drives to raise $25, 900, half the price of the plane, quarter shares of $12,500 have been under written by Leavenworth High school of Waterbury, Hamilton school of New Haven, Israel Putnam school of Putnam and Center school of Seymour.
 Smaller shares are the goals of Vine Street school, Hartford; Bell town school, Stamford; New Fair field Consolidated school, Danbury; Whitney school, Stratford: Church school, Oxford; Highland school, East Haven; and the Nathaniel White and Whittelsey Avenue schools, Cromwell.
 The smaller schools of one town, such as Suffield, may count their combined War Bond purchases to- wards one Corsair, Mrs. Baldwin said, in urging schools that cannot alone underWrite the $50,000 total or the $25,000 and $l2,500 shares.
 Series E Bond application blanks left over from the Fourth War Loan and stamped with the names of the schools can be used for Corsair sub- scriptions the Schools-at-War chair man explained further. She added that by making use of these appn- cations children can sell bonds to their parents and friends away from the school since the school will be credited with the sales.
 Campaign materials are being sent to all schools wishing to take part in the CorSair campaign as soon as official entry cards are re- ceived at Mrs. Baldwin's office. Schools wishing additional supplies are asked to write to Mrs. Baldwin at 36 Pearl street, Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
ALLIED VICTORIES RIDE TO DISTANT FRONTS ON ''WORKHORSES OF THE AIR''
 
Sovino GuodoIeonoI and SoIeFno Beoehhe

passengers aboard.
 The DC-Ss also made possible Pan Americans feat of straddling the African continent with a chain of airfields leading to the Mediterranean and the Orient And since the completion of that aerial highway, they have been making daily routine hops from North America to Egypt, Persia and India, rushing vitally needed suplies to our Allies.
 The most spectacular single wal service rendered to date by these planes was in supplying Guadal- canal when sea communications had been severed. Following the battle of Savo Island, IS especially equipped Marine Corps GAYS were flown from San Diego to New Cal edonia. From there, under the Southwest Pacific Combat Atl Transport Command, they main- tained daily service into Guadal- canal - excepting one 24-houl period-from September 1, 1922 un- til February l, 1943.
 BROUGHT FIGHTERS FUEL
 On two occasions, they were credited with saving our occupa- tional forces from defeat and our whole Southwest Pacific venture from disaster. Once, they rushed in anti personnel ammunition when none existed on the island and the enemy had pushed forward to the edge of Henderson Field. On a second occasion, they flew in gas- oline when our stores had been blown Up by Japanese naval bom- bardment and our planes lacked fuel to rise and fight off enemy at- tackS.
 In all, these planes, and others that were added to the command flew a total of almost 1000 trips into Guadalcanal; and on each trip out, they carried our wound ed back to base hospitals, saving thousands of lives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
Transport Planes Credited With Saving
By NEA Service

By NEA Service
 Washington, March 9 - While bombers and fighter planes have been making aviation headlines in this war, much of the flying which has proven most militarily vital has been done by unarmed trans ports-the "work-horses of the air"
 Douglas DC-3s and various mil- tary versions of this transport are officially credited with turning the tide of battles in both the Mediter- ranean and Pacific. At Guadalcanal, they twice flew in munitions and fuel that preserved our precarious toehold in the Solomons. At Saler- no, they dropped 2600 paratrooper where they were able to turn the enemy flank when 1t seemed that the battle was lost.
 AS air ambulances, the DC-3s, C-47s and C-58s have saved the lives of thousands of Infantrymen and Marines by bringing in plas- ma and evacuating the desper- ately wounded to base hospitals. MET CHALLENGE
 At the time of Pearl Harbor military authorities questioned whether the DC-3 transports could handle the global job which had to be done. The DC-3s were land planes, and their payloads were limited by CAA peacetime regula- tions to 5000 pounds.
 But the DC-3s were given the job because they were the only transports that existed and were being manufactured in large quantities. Overnight, they be- came blue-water sailors, not only taking oceans in their stride, but carrying more than twice the load permitted them by CAA.
 Thu 1t was that the Air Trans port Command was able during 1942 to carry 5000 per cent more aerial freight in these planes than had been carried by all domestic air lines in the previous year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
'Hate-To-Get-Up Morning Feeling Recognized Aibi

Hartford, Conn.,, March 2S.- (UP)-UnemplOyment compensa- ton Commissioner Cornelius A. Moylan refused to believe today that Miss Theresa Meli's repeated tardincss In reporting for work was "wilful, intentional or delib- erate."
 Rather, he said Miss Meli just "hated to get up," and couldn't overcome the desire of the inert recliner to take an additional 40 winkS".
 Miss Meli lost her job in war plant because of her weakness for sleeping over, and she appealed the dismissal to the commissioner.
 The commissioner said he was mot enough of an Optimist" to believe that anyone enjoyed get ting out of bed, and that anyone who claimed he awOke "jOyOusly and with much gustO" was a "pre- varicatOr of parts"
 As for alarm clocks, the com missioner called them "diabOlical inventions and devices"
 MOylan found Miss Meli entitled to unemployment compensation, as she had been dismissed from work on insufficient grounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23

Allan, vice president. Following the reports the election of officers will be held, then the installation of new officers and a round table discus sion on future plans and activities of the Club. The nominating com- mittee is composed of Herbert s. Smith, pr. John c Walker and James Littlejohn.
 The Sunday Noon Club will unite with the Waterbury Federation of Mems Bible Glasses in its annual Palm Sunday Communion Service on April 2 at 8 a. m. in the First Baptist church. Rev. Ivy Snuff will be the preacher.
 April 2 at the regular meeting of the Sunday Noon Club at 11:45 a. m. in the Chapel of Second church, Fay Clark will be the speaker on the subject Radio Equals X". This will be the closing meeting of the season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23

Early in the war the DC-3 also proved, by flying the southern ranges of the Himalayas, that 1t could surpass its service ceiling with full payload. Tn such num- bers as were available, it replaced the Burma Road in the ratio of one plane to fourteen trucks, and so justified the remark attributed to Chiang Kai Shek: Give me 50 DC-3s and the Japs can have the Burma Road
 The Japs got the road, anyway and from then until mid-spring of 1943, DC-3s and C-47s con- praised China's only contact with the outside world. During the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
DOCS 60 INTO
 TRAINING FOR - COMBAT DUTY
By JEAN IRVING

United Press Staff COErespOnderlt
 Los Angeles, Cal, Mar. g. (UP)- When CT. CD and 30 enter the combat zone, the Japs will get Q taste of a heretofore secret weapon that attacks with . quadruple threat. 't
 CT, CD and 30 Cbattery com. mander) are pups bred at Fort MacArthur for actual attack of the enemy. Superior in strength, stam- ina, courage and intelligence, the CT pups are the result of two years breeding that has combined desir- able features of several established breeds.
 Warrant Ofncer Robert H. Pearce of the Fort MacArthur canine coHn- mand, who successfully trained. watch and guard dogs, developed a plan for breeding dogs for strictly tactical purposes. After 8 year of experiments with a motley aSsort- ment of pooches. Pearce deter- mined that a cross of German shepherd, American bull terrier, and airdrale wouldj give the de- sired results. CT, CD and BC were produced, one-half airdale, one, quarter American bull terrier and one-quarter German shepherd.
 The litter of females is highly intelligent ferociouS in attack, and has the coat of the airdale parent that is natural camoudage. Now 3 1-2 months old, the dogs will begin their training this month.
 Pearce intends to keep his charges in school for eight months. They will be taught to take com. mandS and hurdle obstacle courses of barbed wire, ladders, and walls, much in the same manner as an infantIyman does. Then they will learn to attack trainers wearing padded suits, to disarm Q man and kill by a throat grip. A sort of post- graduate course will teach them to follow scent trails and stalk and, attack hidden men by day and night.
 By the time CT, CD, and BC have finished theil. schooling they will be mature soldiers, conditioned to belly crawl under machine gun fire while land mines are exploded along their path. They will go into enemy areas, attack and kill any man they find.
 Asked about the dogs chances of coming back, Pearce admitted that they were slim. q.
 Casualties are bound to be. high,", he said, "but if we can use dogs to prevent higher casualties among men we're going to do it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23

same period, C-47s provided all
 the aviation fuel used by the Fly ing Tigers, and later by our 10th
 Air Force, after pre-Pearl Harbor stocks had been exhausted. At Nanking, Hankow and Hong
 Kong, and later in Burma, they
 also snatched more than 5000 per-
 sons from the paths of advancing Japanese armies. According to Pan American, whose CNAC pilots carried out the evacuations, these planes that were built to carry g passengers and crew cer- ried as many as "A refugees per trip. The plane that carried Gen. eral Doolittle out of China had 70
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23

Lucy Millerck of the town clerk office in the city
 a most indebted so many gracious people for their response to her recent appeal for used prayer books and rosary beads members of fighting forces all over the world will climax the campaign next We'd nesday Her efforts hove been crowned with success as well they should and she is indeed grateful to all who contributed. Army, Navy and Marine chapains scat tered in all parts of the universe have been clamorng for beads and mssals for time Lucy volunteered her services and believe you she gave up much of her valuable time in this revenueless undertaking. So before she packs the final box for shipment next week. if you have any used prayer books rosary beads you would like some servceman woman to have just leave them at the Democrat Office at your convenience and we'll to it that Lucy receives them in ample time before the deadne
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23

Louis Biamonte of 154 Walnut Street Extension. instructor of mailing operations in the Milling ana Grinding Departments at Scovils, has just completed
 quartercentury of service with that industrial plant He started his daily routine there when he was not quite IS, edging and knurng erasure holders on pencils In 1921 Louis went into the Milling and Grinding Depart ment to learn milling machine operation. He became expert hand, according to his foreman Carl Ander
 About two years ago he was advanced to the posi- ton of instructor of milling operations Mr. Bamonte was born in Waterbury, September 1T, 1903. He is married and the father of ten-yearold son. Robert
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
WEST SIDE PAPER
 COLLECTION FRIDAY

Naugatuck, March 23.-Borougll trucks were making the rounds of the streets on the east side today, seeking waste paper which Is vitally important to the war effort.
 Collections will be made Friday on the West Side and Saturday { from the stores.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
ELKS WILL HONOR
 DINNENY, CURTIN

Naugatuck, March 23.-The Nau- gatuck lodge of Elks will hold @ farewell party Saturday night at the lodge rooms for Leo Dinneny and John Curtin, who will leave soon for the armed forces. MT. Dinneny is slated for service with the navy and MT. Curtin will be inducted into the army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
NOON CLUB PLANS
 ELECTION SUNDAY
Annual Reports to Be Read By Officers in Second
 Church Chapel

The Annual Meeting of the Sum- day Noon Club of the Second Cin- gregational church will be held in the Chapel Sunday, March 26 at 11:45 a. m. The President Charles Rietdyke, will preside. Annual re- ports will be presented by the Sec retary, Treasury and President. Walter M. Boyd is secretary and Robert W. Ker. treasurer. Thomas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-23
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