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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13

The island of Tinian in the Mar,
anas is largely a low tablel,r,
devoted to sugar cane raising
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
House Gives Surplus
Bill Top Schedule
Continued From Page One)

surplus property director with
broad authority to supervise the
orderly disposition of government.
held SURPRISES that will be salable
in the domestic markets. Similar
legislat ton is being studied by a
senate military subcommittee.
There was prospect that Kill
gore bill hackers would renew in
the House their fight for liberal
unemployment benefits for civil
liam workers thrown out of jobs
after the war and for returning
veterans. The same coalition OF
Republicans and southern Demo-
Gratis that defeated the Kilgore
bill in the Senate was confident it
could hold its ground in the House.
The George bill leaves entirely
in the hands of the states the
standards for unemployment bene-
fits, adds several million govern.
ment workers to coverage and
guarantees the solvency of state
social security systems. 1t does not
boost existing state compensation
levels averaging about $40 weekly.
1t also sets up bipartisan con-
gressional committee and com
mittee representing industry, Ia
Dor agriculture and the public to
help determine questions of policy.
In addition, the measure authorizes
loans and grants to states and
municipalities to finance job-pro.
viding public works.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
State And National History Made
At Davis During Past Three Years

camp for antiaircraft regiments, it
later became the temporary home
Of the Barrage Balloon training
center, then in February, 1912, the
Coast Artillery Officer Candidate
school was moved there from Fort
Monroe, Va, and afterwards the
"A schools and AA Board for the
testing Of new anti-aircraft weap-
ons and developments established
headquarters there.
Davis thus became the m t
complete anti-aircraft p o any
where in the United States. It did
not consist merely Of the one main
reservation built on swampy POGO
sin land of Onslow and Fender
counties. 1t was in actuality the
focu1 point Of an extensive area OF
military responsibility which in
cludes all the Carolina coastal
counties stretching 352 miles along
the seashore from the Virginia Dor
der to Myrtle Beach, S. c.
For the numerous army install
lations in this strategic coastal ter
ritory Camp Davis directs their
internal security, police forces,
supplies and adminissration-ev-
erything. in fact. except the fight
ing Of their combat teams.
The military responsibility in
corporates practically all branch
es Of the service-infantry. mech
anized cavalry, coast artillery, and
tanks and tractors, air forces and
paratroopers, airborne command
training and combat teams, in ad-
dition to the primary function of
anti-aircratt artillery training for
the Army ground forces.
The camp is also unique in that
its anti-aircraft firing points are
not on the main reservation. One
is at Sears Landing. The other is
at historic Fort Fisher, famed as
the scene of the worlds greatest
naval bombsrdment up to the time
of the War Between the States. its
capture early in 1865 by the Fed
eral fleet resulting in the subse-
quent defeat of the Confederacy.
: Besides the many men stationed
at Camp Davis, there have been
as many as 1000 women, includ-
ing Wacs, army nurses, librarians,
.hostesses, recreation workers,
WAPs or Women's Airforce Serv-
ice. Pilots, and vows, or Women
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Lost Battalion
Finally Rescued

WITH AN AMERICAN INFAN.
TRY BATTALION NEAR NOR
TAIN, France, Aug. 12.-(P)- This
battalion was rescued this afternoon
after being cut off by the Germans
for five and one-half days on an
ear-shaped hill just east of Nor
tain.
The Germans repeatedly had de-
manded that the battalion surrend-
er, but at the blacklist hour, on
Wednesday night, the captain. in
command sent this message back
to the crock SIS. troops surround
ing his force:
II will surrender when every
one of our bullets has been fired
and every one of our bayonets is
sticking in German belly"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
County Schools Open
Fall Term Sept. Is
Continued From Page One)

tOOHtluucu rom rage One)
ditorium. The teachers of the New
Hanover High school will meet Fri.
day, September is, at $3.50 am
Freshman Day will be Friday, Sep.
TENDER Is, $50 a. m. until l O. clock.
ALI other principals will arrange
their own faculty meeting on Satur,
day morning, September 16.
"A countrywide meeting for
Negro teachers will be held in the
Williston Industrial High School,
Friday, September Is at 1900 noon.
The faculty meeting for the Willis
ton Industrial School will be held
Thursday, September IA at 800
pm.
Regular work in the New Han
over schools will begin September
10, at 8:45 am.
TT is essential that all princi-
pals and teachers attend these
meetings"
DR.. A. H. Elliot, city-county
health officer, yesterday reported
no new cases of polio here.
From Raleigh came information
that the State Board of Education
will meet August II in that city to
determine uniform opening date
for schools. Governor Broughton
has asked the board to cooperate
with recommendation of the State
Board of Health that school open
ings be delayed at least until Sep
TENDER 10, and longer if the cpl
demic has not subsidized by that
time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
SLAIN CORPORAL
TO Be H0NORED

Memorial services for Cpl. Ale1
Houston Pridgen of Wilmington
who was killed in action June
In France, will be held at Seagate
Baptist church this afternoon at
o'clock.
An Army chaplain from Camp
Davis will be in charge.
His wife received telegram
from the War Department the first
of July that her husband war re-
ported missing III action. She re-
ceived a second message July "a
that he was dead. .
Technican Fifth Grade Pridgen,
"a, entered the Army in January,
1912, and was attached to a medi-
cal detachment of an infantry di-
vision. He had been stationed in
England since November, 1913, and
participated in the invasion.
Survivors are his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. A. Pridgen of 1916
Dock street; his wife Of 521 IL
South Front street; five sisters,
Eunice Ruth Pridgen Of Whining
ton, Mrs. Jack Gurganious of South
port, Mrs. L. G. Marshall of Balti-
more, Md, Mrs. w. H. Harrellson
of Wilmington. and Pvt. Elizabeth
Stevenson, WAC, Chattanooga,
Tenn; and three brothers, Cpl.
John E. Pridgen, USA, somewhere
in France, Jack Leo Pridgen and
Stephen Edwards Pridgen of Viii
mington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13

Ordnance Workers. The wor,
even fly planes for tow+.
practice BY anti-aircratt run,s ss'
and repair the big guns usss ,''
coastal defenses. W 10Y
The name of the rar,
Ma Gen. Richmond Pearso, W.
wis., d,1,;,a ma, native of statesvili Ien r d..
e curing his more than 40 ye,r. Who i
at. West Point and the co Instructor
OF Coast defenses at San F ranlid
during World War I. ''' FRANCISCO
For two years the con,n,
officer has been Col, A,,d,i na
Potts, UsA, a native Of pias {.
b put a descendant Of Nort lh,D mt
linians. His great-grandta I'll caro-
wnom ne was named, the he p .o'
Adam Empie, was rect l1,e u. sev'
James Episcopal church At " W.T. ~
mington and an Organizer a. =, Will
Episcopal Diocese Of North u r. NE
lima in 1877. vi Nafo'
T. Colonel Potts has m de u.
camp an integral part Of Num- Ie
Carolina, has sent his men w, Win ]
anti-aircraft demonstrations W.T." W.T.
entertaining war bond shows IA t n,l
region, and in turn has encoD re
aged the soldiers stationed ths,.
to know North Carolina history VIZ -
visit its towns and showplaces :, ,r y
to appreciate the outstanding MA,
tiles of the states past as well ' =,
its present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Bonds, BilEold Taken
In Bus Station Robbery

C. c. Webb, of RID. No. 8,
Wilmington, reported to police
that he was robbed, early Satur-
day morning at the bus station OF
his black billfoid that contained
S175.OO in cash, and war bonds
valued at $3.50.
The bonds, on which payment
was ordered stopped, were 500
bond, two $50 bonds, and two $25
bonds
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Mad Seaman Kills
Trio On High Seas

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struggle. Breaking away, Pono
next stabbed Felipe Martinez,
who died almost instantly of
his wounds. Beegle said. 49,
Pono then ran forward in the
ship and inflicted fatal wounds
upon August Kramer, who was
asleep in a hammock, after
which he stabbed himself twice
in the chest and fell beside
Kramer's body. He died three
hours later, Beegle said.
The bodies of Pono and his
three shipmates were buried at
an undisclosed port on the way
here from Africa The FBI here
is investigating the tragedy be-
cause the ship is of American
registry and this is its first
American port of call since
the slayings occurred.
More than 100000 former pupil
If new York City's public school
are now in the armed services
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Red Armies Continue
East Prussian Drive
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ka itself is only 10 miles from the
East Prussian border, and other
troops fighting along the Augustow
canal farther north are within II
miles of the frontier.
Rokossovky's troops, spread out
over a broad front between the Bug
river and Warsaw, also were threat
ening to collapse the last big Ger
man defenses before the southern
border of East Prussia. Dabrowica
10 miles northeast of Warsaw, and
less than four miles from the Warp
saw-Bialystok railway, fell to the
Soviet forces in this big Wheeling
movement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
ROBOT SALVO FIRED

LONDON, Aug. 12.-RAThe Ger
mans fired salvo Of robots across
the channel late tonight provoking
a fierce coastal anti-aircraft bar
rage. The sky was red with burst
ing shells as the gunners blasted at
the missiles. Explosions indicated
some were brought down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Land Emphasizes
AKA's Importance



ing today than these vessels, MOI
do believe that there is any more
item being produced fol
the war effort. Each of these yes.
sells is scheduled to play an i'm.
portant part in forthcoming mill
tary operations, and the planned
time table of the future prosecu-
ton of the war is dependent upon
them.
accordingly, on behalf Of your
government, I urge you, every
member of your staff and every
worker in your yard, to stay on
the job, work harder than ever be-
fore, and leave no stone unturned
to insure that each of these ves-
sells is delivered on time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
City Briefs
PRICE CHARTS MAILED

PRICE CHAN1S MAIAEO
New OPA ceiling price meat
charts were mailed yesterday
to wilmington retailers, Off
Gals of the New Hanover War
Price and Rationing board
said. Officials said the new
price list must be posted In
place of any previous list that
covered beef, veal, lamb, NUT
tom and pork cuts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
ACL Troop Trains
Stopped By Boys

Continued From Page One)
truly, Mrs. J. c. Layton,
judge"
Mrs. Layton said the chill
dren seem to sense the time
for troop trains to leave the
vicinity, although their moves
are supposedly cloaked in mil
itary secrecy.
Numbers of the youths, she
revealed, try to sell articles
of ens sort and another to
men n Ne trains.
The show place of Siedlce In P
land is the palace established lon
ago by Prince Oginski.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
BUS CATCHES FIRE

A short circuit was responsib'.
for fire in a Tide Water Pow,
company bus yesterday afterpoo,
at Front and Red Cross streets
The call from Box "a was answered
by headquarters, No. 3 companv
and the fireboat.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-09
Noatak

Noatak
 Pvt. John F. Morrison, En- gineer Corps, of Juneau
 Staff Sgt. Richard CsManuell, Infantry, Haines
 Sgt. Mikal A. Hansen, Infan- try, of Ketchikan
 Private First Class Tommy Goodwin, Infantry, of Kotzebue
 Private First Class Samuel Kakik, Infantry, of Nome
 Pvt. Ivar Skarland, tempor- arily attached to Alaska Scouts, of Fairbanks
 The expedition, in which forty four civilians and soldiers of both the Ground and Air Forces took an active part, was led by Grant Pearson, Mckinley Park ranger. Pearson is credited with being one of the few who have ever climbed to the top ot Mt. Mckinley, highest peak in North America. Bradford Wash burn, well-known writer and mountain climber, also assisted and was one of the first three to reach the plane.
 During the ascent of the mountain, extreme danger was present at all times. Avalanches thundered down the slopes, carrying tons of snow and huge blocks of ice that repeatedly threatened 10 wipe out the small group of volunteers. One of these
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-09
il Alaskans Make Climb

HEADQUARTERS, ALAS ! KAN DEPARTMENT-Nine- teen members of the Army Ground Forces, stationed at Ft Richardson, took part in the re- cent mounta climbing eXped- ition that led 10 the summit of an unnamed, 12, 160-foot peak in the vicinity of Mt. Mckinley, it's purpose being to reconnoiter the scene of an Army plane crash in which 19 persons lost their lives two montbs ago.
 Eleven of the nineteen Ground Forces soldiers were natives of Alaska, four being from Anchor age. AIaskans who participated were:
 Technical Sgt. Richard D.. Nierstheimer, Infantry, of An chorage
 Sgt. Jack L. Van Zanten, h. fantry. of Anchorage
 Technician Fifth Grade Fuller s. Thompson, Alaska Scouts, of Anchorage
 Technician Fifth Grade John M. Creamy, Signal Corp, of An cholage
 Technician Fi tn Grade Jacob A. Stalker, Alaska Scouts, of
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-09

avalanches missed them by only ascant 150 feet.
 To reach the location of the wrecked C47 it had been neces- sary to route the approach from the opposite side of the noun tain. Upon arriving at the sum- nit of that portion of the ridge, the task remaining was to climb down to the place where the wreckage had been sighted.
 A party of three men, includ- ing Bradford Washburn, made the initial descent to the plane, using nyIon ropes to lower each other down over a 400-foot Icy cliff. The remainder of the ad- vance party followed the next day.
 Unable to find any trace of the victims, they finally aban- doned the quest, having become convinced that the force of the crash and the wreckage rolling down the cliff undoubtedly had scattered them over a wide see- tion of the mountainside.
 Avalanches were increasing in frequency and 8 storm was clos ing Tn as the party climbed back to their camp near the summit. Hastily gathering up their equipment, they retraced their steps, following the same route they had taken on their trek up
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-09

the mountain.
 Alfmembers of the expedition were highly commended for the parts they had played in carry ing out mission, recognized as one of the most dangerous ever undertaken in this section of the country.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-09

Katherine Gratiot, who is em- ployed at the Bank of Kodiak, is working evening at the North land Photo Shop.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-09

Mrs. Georgia Sumerlin is employed in the women's depart ment at Kraft's.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-09
Notice

If it's a special date, a busl- ness occasion, or just every day public appearanees-your shoes should be shined.
 Try the new Kodiak Shoe Shine Shop, now open in the Lyric theatre building.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
TYPING OPENS FIELD

TYPING OPENS FIELD
In the typewriting group more
than 100 patients have learned the
keyboard and have become moder-
ately fast typists since the class
began three months ago. One pa
tient. with a head injury which
paralyzed his side, is learning to
type to regain the use of his hand.
But the majority have expressed
TIE desire to make typing an inte-
gral part of their postwar work.
And so it is in the other fields.
In the radio repair class only one
patient in a group CT 80 had had
any previous technical radio expe-
rience. Now the entire class can
take a set apart, repair it and even
build their own sets. Several Of the
men plan to abandon their previous
occupations and open up repair
shops.
AID FROM EXPERTS
Civil service and companies with
foreign holdings are assured trained
veterans with neW-found Skills in
foreign languages or advanced
mathematics through these classes.
To top off the group instruction,
individual help is given by mem
bers Of the Hollywood writers mo-
bilization 10 veterans interested in
a writing career, while a group Of
talented and famous artists are in
structing in sketching. painting and
drawing.
These are just a few of the classes,
which include a variety CT subjects
and trades. such as theatrical make
up, radio script writing. airport
management. voice instruction, air.
craft assembly and construction,
and modified engineering.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
LEARN RADIO REPAIR
Britain's S Birth
Rate Jumps:
Marriages Drop

LONDON. Sept. d. CUP)-The
stork continued TO work overtime
in England and Wales during the
first three months Of this year, a
tabulation Of the Registrar-Gen-
erals records shows.
In the first quarter Of 1914 there
were 14145 babies born. a figure
which represents a birthrate Of
l7.9 per 100C population. the high
est quarter rate since 1926.
But Cupid's arrows apparently
went wide of their mark in the
same period The number Of mar
riages was the second lowest for
any quarter since the war. though
the rate is still slightly higher than
that of prewar years.
up to March 81 this year 62.599
couples were married. This number
exceeds by only 262 the figure for
the first quarter last year, which
was the lowest of the war. II e
1888 more. however, tran the first
quarterly average for the five years
before the war.
Of the babies, 94964 were boys
and e9.18l were girls. giving a ratio
Of 1855 bows &c every 1000 girls. The
average for the 10 preceding first
quarters was 1860.
The provisional infant mortality
rate OF So per 1000 related live
births was "A below the average for
the 10 preceding first quarters and
was the lowest rate on record for
this period CT the winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
Germans Subdue
Danish Rebels

The German Transocean news
aea.Cy announced that a state of
emergency Lad been declared in
Denmark ana that the Danish po-
lice force had been suSpendedD
The Danish Liberation Council
announced that a general strike
which began at noon yesterday
would end. The agency appealed to
Danes to remain calm since the
hour of open resistance had not yet
arrived
The Danish press service said the
revolt began at IL a. m. yesterday
when Danish police heard that the
Germans intended to occupy gov
eminent buildings and dismiss po-
lice forces numbering 10000 men
throughout Denmark.
Police reinforced the palace
guard and hastily erected barbed-
wire barricades around the palace,
the dispatch said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
KIDS FUND BUYS LICENSE
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DOG

CINCINNATI, Sept. 2l. UPD-
Joe doesn't belona 10 anybody-just
to everybody.
He's the neighborhcod dog who
appeared in suburban Bellevue as a
pup more than eight years ago. He
hasn't adopted particular home,
preferring to take handouts.
When the Hamilton county dog
catcher decided recently to take Joe
to a new home in the country, the
Bellevue kids rebelled. and so did
Joe He jumped through a screen
in the dog wagon and back to his
pals. who promptly purchased a
license for him from a community
collection.
Now Joe is listed officially as
"the neighborhood dog"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
CORN-EATING CAT
VINDICATES BIRDS

BRAINERD. MINI, Sept 81. up
Frank Jensen. Brainerd, had been
cursing some blackbirds he suspect
ed of eating the sweet corn in his
garden.
The other morning, he looked up
from his labors on another section
and observed a big yellow tomcat.
holding an ear Of corn in his front
paws and daintily gnawing off the
tender kernels.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
BY HUBERT UNKULL

STOCKHOLM. Sept. u tUP)-
Order was reported restored in
Copenhagen after German troops
Quelled an uprising which involved
clashes with Danish police resisting
intenment and a pitched battle
outside the royal palace where
seven German sailors were killed
and a palace official was wounded
seriously.
The Swedish telegraph agency re-
ported in a Copenhagen dispatch
that Danish State Secretary Evil
Wind Larsen, Police Chief X. Begs-
rup-HanSen and Police Director
p. Stanp had been interned at
Gestapo headquarters.
The dispatch said that all Danish
policemen under Sc years old had
been interned on ships in the
Copenhagen harbor Policemen over
56. Transocean news agency an
nounced. were released.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
German Soldiers
,CoaXed to Quit
iBy Allied Pledge
WASHINGTON. .Sepf. 2.

! WASHINGTON. Sept. 81. IUP1-
ia slip OF paper. carrying a message
Fin German. has become a potent
weapon in the Allied drive through
battered Nazi lines into the Reich.
Office Of War Information officials
said
II is the safe conduct paSS-bear-
ing surrender instructions for Ger
man soldiers and guaranteeing
proper treatment for war prisoners
and is described as the most pow
erful of the Allied psychological
warfare leaflets hurled daily at re-
treating Nazi armies on the western
front
owl officials confirmed reports
that surrender papers are being
used with great success TO induce
German troops to give up and that
Germans have been fighting within
their own units to secure the passes
which viii lead them to immobil-
ity and safety as Allied prisoners of
war
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
By HAZEL HARTZOG
Jnited Press Staff Correspondent

VAN NUYS, Cal, Sept. 81. CUP)
Sparkling film actress JinX Falken-
berg tilted her head and the pen
ellis raced over drawing boards as
more than a score Of cOnValescent
soldiers turned their thoughts from
the battlefield TO the peaceful art
of portrait painting.
The scene was the army's Bir-
mingham General hospital in pic
turesque San ! eTna n Valley.
where hundreds Of southern Cali
fornia soldiers are recuperating
from war wounds-and learning a
peacetime trade at the same time.
The art class is only one Of many
types of classes in which veterans
are training themselves for new
Jobs and rehabilitating themselves
for cid ones.
LEARN RADIO REPAIR
Men who were shoe clerks before
the war will open their own radio
repair shops because they have
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
CANT CHARGE FOR DOG,
ORA TELLS LANDLORD

CHICAGO, sept. Il. tUP)-A dog
may be lust like one of the family"
but landlord can't charge rent for
him. John F. Mccarthy. director
of the Chicago OPA rent office,
has ruled.
The question arose when a man
and his wife complained that their
landlord wanted to charge rental
for three persons on the basis of
their pet dog.
But the dog got free roof over
his head Mccarthy ruled that the
landlord could not charge for him
without being in violation of rent
regulations.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
Soldiers Hell ped
BY Army Therapy

learned how to build a radio set
while still in a wheelchair.
Others, who drove trucks in civil
ian life. will emerge from the hos
pital as typistS. offering drastic
changes in their occupaticnal po-
tentialities.
When the primary purpose of
such therapy is to. provide the war
wounded patients with self-confi-
dence. the results have far exceeded
the original motive, hospital attend
ants reported
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
NEW LEG LOCK

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan,
Sept. q (UP)-Corporal Thomas H.
Griffith of the reception center here
knew that full army garb was lit
tie difficult to walk in. but he
couldn't understand what made his
legs lock occasionally while going
to the rifle range. He investigated
and found that he had his leggings
on backward and the lace inter-
locked
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
HORSE TURNS VICIOUS,
BITES YOUNG RIDER

GOOSE CREEK, Tex. Sept. q.
CUP)-Raymond G. Gaylord. :. was
horseback riding when a horse rid
den by che of his companions sud-
denly attacked him biting his foot
and dragging him off lis horse.
Doctors say the boys foot was
almost bitten off.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21

Enjoy tho convenience of city
ming water, direct pressure $
with 80 gal. per hour. Pow
with overload protection. Auto
sure switch.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-21
DESERT RAIN BARREL

The barrel cactus of the south
western deserts of the United States
is known as the rain barrel of the
desert" since it can be used for
both food and drink in emergency.