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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12

CGruHIttpe -
Certainly with so many Of the
top ranking pros in the services,
assistance will be required if the
event. which in the last four sea-
sons has raised approximately
$4,000 for the Red Cross and
USO, is 10 continue the attraction
it has been.
Some idea Of what Russell Gnau.
Walter Hagen and the PEA Off
Gals will be up against is shown
by the way the Ryder squad,
around which the match is built,
stacks I'D at present.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12
IS IN SERVICE

Six Of the 10 members of this
squad are in the armed forces.
The onlY.--ciyilian members are
Craig Wood. Byron Nelson, jug
McSpaden and Gene Sarazen.
Jimmy Demarct and Lloyd Man
Grum have entered the service
since last summers match, Join
ing the followi.-- Cuppers who al
ready were in: Sam Snead Ben
Hogan, Horton Smith and VIC
Ghezzi.
While recruiting a challenging
team will be less of problem be-
cause Of the larger field from
which 10 select players, it's a
fact that most of the leading
players who furnished the opposi-
ton for the Ryder team in the
past also are on Uncle Sans team
now,
Evening star., 1944-12-10
"MISS FIXIT"
Continued from opposite page

did / ever get the razzberries from
the lads from New York. So | in
vented Hoibert and blamed the
bum dope on him."
At least a half-dozen sketched
caricatures of Hoibert have been
done by CT artists, and a marine
on Guadalcanal made a beauti-
fully carved bust of him. But Miss
Fixit never quite admits whether
Hoibert is real or fictional.
~Hoibext" Ixnzuortalixed
HE Hoibert bust is only one of
dozens of knickknacks admiring
servicemen have sent her. She has
a desk full of Jap souvenirs and
other gadgets, mostly handmade.
But there's nothing quite like the
pencil with sponge attached from
the marine who wrote he was send
ing it 80 you won't have to wet
your pretty lips licking envelopes
or postage stamps"
1t was probably inevitable that
the job should develop into per-
sonal appearances. Recently a
group of IL "Jap-battered' ma
rines asked her to come see them
at the hospital. She accepted in the
column with:
you betcha boots I'll come.
Tell the corpsmen to whip up some
lemonade and Hoibert will bake
cake"
For the duration, Ilona is deter
mined to do just as Admiral MINI
itz requested-continue the run"
of Miss Fixit for the boys in the
Pacific. After the war - we'll,
she's not sure. It's a question
she often finds in her mail.
Once in the column she quipped
that after the war she intended to
look for a man with a ranch and
settle down in the States.
That was mistake!
My goodness, she said. Every
ranch owner in Texas must be on
those islands," The. End
,h0 remembers tadyS
MN ADonvuoOuS
Evening star., 1944-12-10

the guys in the Pacific discovered
that Miss Fixit really was a gal -
and a cute blonde with a coronet-
halo hairdo at that - they adopt
ed her as their baby.
Wherever she goes she's usu-
ally recognized and CTS crowd
around. Sometimes, like when she
is on a date with an officer, it's
downright embarrassing.
But l don't care" she says.
Its lots of fun"
The parade of servicemen into
The Advertisers" office has
grown, too: now there's always a
line queueing back from her desk.
The Fixit service operates quite
informally. The only rules are: one
question at a time and no medical
or love problems. I'm neither a
doctor nor a Dorothy Dix" she
once explained.
Two props" have become in
tegral parts Of Miss Fixit's opera
tions during the past year. Both
resulted from expediency.
Plays No Favoritss
ILoNA. at first, was partial to
marines. She called them kin
folk" and made to-do over them
in the column. Men from other
services began to heckle. At a
party one night, someone suggest
ed that, after all. all servicemen
were Uncle Sans boys and there
fore 'kinfolk." Ever since then,
"kinfoIk" has been Miss Fixit's
term for all servicemen. It's made
a big difference in their letters -
now they hail her as "cuzzin.'
The other prop" is "Hoibert,
Miss Fixit's stooge and fall guy.
He was born to cover up mis-
take. but his Brooklynese has lived
to sparkle the column.
81 told a marine in one column,
she explained. that Chicago
paper had the largest circulation
of any American newspaper. And
Evening star., 1944-12-10

CRAZY CREATURES
MEDFORD. Oregon. boasts of a bull who sleeps in a
sitting position defying tradition.
A COW was killed by her owner at Putney. Vermont.
after she swallowed his wallet. He not only recov-
cred his money but darning needle. two fishhooks.
his drivers license and his gasoline-ration book
POLICE sought dog at Ebfed. England. for biting
three persons and found he had escaped by joining
a commando dog unit
A WHALE saved an American submarine when
attacking Jap planes mistook the seagong man.
NAL for the undersea menace.
By Sgt. Harold Heller
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23
CD DEFENSE BARS
AVAILABLE HERE

The Boy Scouts VINO have been
delivering Service Bar awards to
volunteer workers from the New
Hanover County Office of Civilian
Defense have been unable to make
over 70 deliveries because of in
sufficient address. The awards
represent from 500 to 5000 hours
of volunteer work.
The following people are eligible
for the award and are asked to
call at the Office of Civilian De-
tense, 416 Tide Water Building.
Mrs. C. M. Rushing, Mrs. Ruth
Dellinger, Thomas M. Robinson,
Mrs. Jane Hood, Mrs. Annie w.
Carter, Mr.. Homer S. Bloodworth,
Mr.. c. L. Paterson, Mrs. Georgia
T. Wells, Ilene Sophia Berner,
Lawrence R. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Lu-
ellie Tilden, Mr.. A. K. Billiard,
M. Herman D. Veermen, Odie
R. Heath, Jr., Mrs. Nina Dellinger,
Mrs. Ruth W. Dellinger, Fern T.
Specs, Mrs. Margaret Lorek, Ruth
Lorineen, Mrs. Lillian G. Hall
Miss Velma B. Overman, Mrs.
Gladys B. Ridaught, Mrs. kathleen
M. Dyla, Mrs. Bernard Blythe, DR..
Allan A. Fisher, Mr.. Jack W.
Townsend, Mr.. Charles ]. Raley,
John Arthur Blair, John Beaufort
Layne, Julien c.. Griffis, Jr., Ho-
mer King, Mrs. Alice L. Blair,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23

BUY WAR BONDS & STANDS
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23

Mrs. Robert Murphy, Mr.. B. H.
Blythe, M. Riley Carter, Judith
Ann Jones and Mrs. Clara Estill
Styron.
Mrs. C. C. Chadwick, Mrs. Rob-
ert S. Young, Mrs. Thomas c..
O'Conner, Mrs. Harry T. Akers,
Mrs. Mary S. Ellis, Mrs. Edith
W. Moore, Richmond David Ray,
Ethel Marie Flet, Ralph Giddens,
Miss Louise Casteen Craig, Will
liam Robert Shepard, Miss Judith
liam R. Shepard, Mrs. M. N. Gay
Mrs. Babe S. Priscilla C. Hirst
Robert Hayden Crider, Mrs. Bet
ty Campbell, Mrs. Marilouise Nc
Quiston. Mrs. Sally Elkin, Archie
T. Hardison, Claude Jordan, T. v.
Willetts. B. H. Smith. W. A. Wal
ton. a. E Wilson, L. M. Johnson,
Gunnery Lowery. L. G. Johnson,
Fred R. Niles. Jesse Cecil And
rews. Lonnie Dee Deason, Mrs.
Dolores Linton, Mrs. Eva Mae Pat
ten. Mrs. Anne Thomas Schachte,
William R. Denton, A. L. Clark,
{. r. Riley.
Negroes eligible for the award,
but with insufficient address are:
George Taylor, Buddy Johnson,
Henry Harriss, James Hooper, Je-
thro Anon Worthy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23
LOCAL RECRUlTER
GIVEN NEW POST

Recruiter Jesse A. Helms, who
has seen two tours of duty at the
local Navy Recruiting Station dur
ing the past two years, has been
transferred to similar duty at
Elizabeth City. according to an an
nouncement from Raleigh yester-
day by 1t. Cmdr. c. B. Nicely, Of
ficer in charge of the states Navy
recruiting.
The transfer is effective May /,
according to the recruiting officer,
and Helms will be replaced by
Chief J. W. Brown, who is now
stationed at Elizabeth City.
Helms first reported for duty
in Wilmington in May. 1872, and
remained here until September of
that year when he was transferred
to Raleigh to handle publicity for
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23
SANTA CATALINA
CHRLSTENED HERE

The S. S. Santa Catalina, a CO
type cargo ship, was launched for
the Grace Line, of New York, by
the North Carolina Shipbuilding
company yesterday morning at II
O'Clock under til sponsorship of
Mrs. w. F. Cogswell, of New York,
wife of the secretary of the IA
NOUS line. Her maid Of honor was
Miss Ann Cogswell, also of New
York.
The ship is the 18TH to near
completion at the yard.
She is the fourth in the Grace
Line to bear the name of Santa
Catalina.
The first was built in 1913, taken
over by the Navy in 1917, con-
verted into a destroyer tender and
renamed the Black Hawk. She has
maintained fine record ever
since, both in World war I and
in present service in the South
Pacific The second Santa Cata-
lima was built in 1889 and was
taken over by the Navy and re-
named the Jupiter. The third was
sunk by enemy action in the North
Atlantic a year ago.
The new Santa Catalini follows
the standard CT design of the
United States Maritime commits
sion. considered by experts to be
the best ship of its class in the
world. These ships are 459 feet
overall, Of $4,000 tons displace-
ment. with capacity for $4,000
cubic feet of refrigerated cargo;
and are equipped with the most
modern safety appliances and de-
vices for the swift handling of
cargo. Powered by high pressure
steam turbines developing 5000
horsepower, the CTS are able to
maintain a speed of 1914 knots in
service and are long range YES
sells capable of making lengthy
voyages without refueling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23
BY CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH


RUNNING, China, April 21-De-
layeO - GRD - China's whole
military future is endangered by
the Japanese invasion thrust to-
ward the Allied lifelines in north
eastern India and she is faced
with the difficult decision of
whether to risk an offensive against
the japanese rear from her Sal
ween river positions.
1t is conjectural how much the
struggle with Japan might be shor-
tened by a bold thrust westward
from the Salween. But there is no
question that a major Japanese
success in the drive toward the
Bengal-Assam railroad and the
Brahmaputra river in India would
intellectually prolong the war in this
theater.
have just returned from an air
tour to the India-Burma front
which carried me to one of the
toe-holds in Burma secured by air.
borne allied troops on the enemy's
Neutrality-suspicious. railroad inside
japanese lines. I also travelled by
automobile down the Manipur road
to the Kohima front.
One of the most decisive engage
ments of the war in the east still
is shaping up where the Manipur
Jungle rolls out of the mountains
and engulfs the Brahmaputra plain
alongside the Bengal-Assam rail-
way. This line is parallel to river
transport, the two together form
ing a feeder line for China's troops
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23
POTTS ENDORSES
JAYCEES' CIRCUS

The Hippodrome Thrill Circus
to be presented by the junior
Chamber of Commerce in Legion
Field for six nights and Saturday
matinee starting May Is, drew the
endorsement of Col. Adam E.
Potts, post commander at Camp
Davis yesterday, after plans were
explained by a committee from
the Junior chamber.
s'Th,e Junior chamber is to be
CONGRATULATED on it's alertness in
protecting the home morale, which
is valuable at peace time and In
dispensable now when it is a vita
factor in our victory campaign
Clean wholesome entertainment
builds morale and good will, and
know of no type Of entertainment
that can offer as much in the way
of thrills, comedy, and sensation!
that a circus Offers
He explained that it would b.
nearly impossible to produce
complete circus in camp for tn
boys, commended Wilmington citi
zens and firms for their plan t
provide free guest tickets for eacl
member of the armed forces nea
the city.
Members of the Junior Chamber
assisted by the Boy Scouts an
members Of the Police Depart
ment, will launch a campaign mex
week by which they hope to reac
every home and firm, not only t
invite them to the circus, but t
attempt to provide enough CUES
tickets to make it possible TO
every se-viceman who so desires
to attend the circus.
The executive committee sal
yesterday: EFT h e Hippodrom
Thrill circus will offer Wilmington
the first circus of the year-an
due to the restriction of transpor
tation, it may be the last. 1t wi
be equal to any travelling circu
and will offer vacations equiva
lent in enjoyment and relaxation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23
1859 men SAVED
IN ship SINKING

WASHINGTON. April PIP
Teamwork of the Army, Navy.
Merchant Marine and a CONNER
cial airplane saved the lives Of
1859 men when the SIS San Juan.
American merchant ship in troop
transport service, sank as re-
suit of enemy action il the Pa
cific in 1943. the War Shipping
administration announced today.
Only 70 of the 1,429 soldiers,
merchant seamen and navy gun
ners aboard were lost or reported
missing, VISA said. some Of whom
were killed by the explosion
which destroyed the ship.
Survivors were rescued by an
American destroyer. the McCalla.
the Liberty ship Edwin T. Mere
dith and Pan-American Airlines
plane operated by the Navy Air
Transport service, VISA said. and
landed at Suva in the FIJI islands
and Noumea, New Caledonia,
where the Army took care Of them.
The plane picked up 48 survivors.
When Capt. Walter M. Strong
gave the order TO abandon ship,
merchant creWmen managed to
lower all lifeboats and RATS, the
report said. Some Of these were
damned and swamped by soldiers
struggling to pull themselves out
of the water.
Despite sharks, the report con-
tinued, many creWnen repeatedly
plunged into the water to rescue
exhausted soldiers. For a time,
200 men remained aboard the ship
in an effort to keep her afloat but
she sank in 40 hours.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23
Health Service Has Not Answered Call
To judge Work OF Org anization Here

No answer has yet come from
the United States Public Health
Service, Washington, on the request
to them for a representative to
visit Wilmington and appraise the
work of the Consolidated Board OF
Health, DR.. A. H. Elliot, citycounty
health officer, disclosed yesterday.
DR.. Elliot pointed out that the
request had to go through the reg
ular channels, and was thus sub
mitted to the State Board of Health
before it could be transmitted to
Washington. The Raleigh organlza-
ion has not yet acknowledged re-
ceipt of DR.. Elliot's communica-
ton, under date of Friday, April
IA.
The administration of the local
health setup has been the subject
of much discussion within the past
two weeks, since Mayor Bruce B.
Cameron, in melting of the
health board on April 10, declared
that the organization is not fulfil
ling its obligations to the commu-
nifty. Mayor Cameron has pointed
out that the Ciy of Wilmington and
citizens of the town are contribu-
ting a substantial amount of the
Board of Health appropriation, and
that better service is due.
Mayor Cameron has stressed that
his attack is by no means personal,
and that it has been made in the
interest of constructive improve
ment of an expensive institution.
DR.. Ellio has been agreeable to
an evaluation OF the administration,
and has amitted that after the
opinion of the Public Health au-
thority has been given, and in the
event that it is advisable, he will
submit his resignation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23
Japan Endangers China's
Whole Military Future

disaster for the American forces
under 1t. Gen. Joseph w. Still
well on the Ledo road. China also
has air transport over the Hump
A Japanese victory there easily
would offset the toehold advanta-
ges gained by the Allies air-borne
exploits and indeed might spell
in upper Burma.
It already is difficult to see how
patrols of japanese could be bar
red from the vital rail line and
adjacent supply dumps where the
encroaching jungle offers perfect
cover for hit-and-run raiders.
Even if the Manipur front were
stabilized this threat would persist.
Apparently the situation can be
saved only by the destruction or
routing of the Japanese operating
in that complicated theater.
Many military observers hazard
the guess that on the basis of the
present situation the war with ia
pan vet may be a five-year affair.
But they say China holds the trump
card in the Burma-Assam-Manipul
game with a strong chance of short
cutting an otherwise tedious strug-
gle.
There has been pressure in the
Chinese press for a Salween Of
fensive. AS long ago as April 3
Mag. Gen. Tu Ii Ming, command
ing the Chinese Fifth Army group,
declared in speech here that
China is fully prepared for a gen.
eral offensive aimed at reopening
the Burma Road.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23

Sir Walter Raleigh was behead-
ed as spy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23
BEACHHEAD FIGHT
ENTERS 9TH MONTH

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY AT
THE ANZIO BEACHHEAD, Italy,
April 22-tR-The battle OF the
beachhead entered it's fourth
dreary month today with small
American infantry attacks which
pinched off a German salient OF
about 500 yards depth.
The local operation melted no
German prisoners and no Ameri.
can lives were lost. However, at
least four fortified positions
around a farmhouse were occu-
pied.
I'VE put a tank to shooting up
the house that was giving us
trouble" reported Maj. Mark T.
Markin, Jr., former assistant tele-
graph editor of the Des Moines,
Ia, Register. after three shots
only one wall was left standing"
Last night concentration Of
more than 100 American field guns
blotted out German infantry
company that was forming for a
limited assault in the central sec.
tor.
For more than month the
beachhead struggle has limped
along at snaips pace with Meth
er the German 18th army nor the
Allied forces committing more
than battalion to any offensive
action.
On number Of days more mill
tary policemen are hit by shells
il the port zone than there are
infantry casualties on the entire
front.
Sir Walter Raleigh was behead-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23

the States Navy recruiting. He
was transferred back to Whining
ton last May.
Recruiter Helms succeeded Chief
R. L. DeLoach as petty Officer in
charge of the Wilmington station
in September. DeLoach now is in
charge of the Raleigh sub-station.
Helms is we'll known in eastern
North Carolina as a recruiter, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23

is given credit for promulgar1ng
almost every large enlistment
drive in this section since the war
began. Through his efforts, two
.New Hanover County Navy Days
have resulted in large enllstments
in 1943 a total o. 70 men were en-
listed here on August 8, and on
August 8. 1943, II seventeen-year-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-23

section. VII THIS
A member of the Naval Reserr.
since March, 1912, Helms ~Ge'Ve
former newspaperman. Wben
volunteered for the Navy, he 81 NJ, ne
acting city editor of The Ps1o %as
Times. 4'olelsa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-10
WENDELL l.. WILLKIE

Many times it isn't until after man is dead that his ideas accepted That may be the case of Wendell L. Willke, of the most colorful of presidential candidates. His "One World" will per haps be read by more people than if Willke had lived his normal span of years.
 He had sincere interest in his country because he was sincere He had the common touch lacking in many of Americas leaders
 AS the Republican Party's standard bearer in 1940 the Indiana-born lawyer and former utilities executive waged strenuous campaign-he called it a crusade to democracy'-back and forth across the United States He spoke from five to fifteen times a day for than weeks.
 When the ballots counted, however MT. Roosevelt had won 38 States to Wkies 10 and had received 449 of the 531 electoral votes In the popular vote the President had plurality of about 5,000000
 The campaign took place at a time when German planes relentessly bombing England when Italian troops trying to invade Greece and when the United States pushing vast armament pro- gram Wilkies associates afterward viewed these as important factors in the Roosevelt victory Many employed men, they pointed out had just received jobs in expanding defense industries, and many voters, they argued favored retention of the chief executive
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-10

in period of world crisis.
 As Willkie rode his 16-car campaign train through the industrial East, the Mdwestern praries and the mountain slopes of the Pacific Coast he emphasized that he and MT Roosevelt differed little in basic prn cples of foreign policy Both pledged that they would not send American troops to fight in Europe. Both favored aid to Great Britain, invincibe army and navy and the development of postwar world trade.
 Willke contended however, that in trying to carry out those policies the President had made reckless statements" had antagonized foreign powers un- necessarily, had bungled and delayed the defense program, and thus had thrust the possibility of imminent the American people.
 Once the election was over, Wikie appealed to the 22O000 900 men and women who had given him the largest Republican vote in American history to form loyal opposition"
 In post-election radio address he pleged to SUD- port MT. Roosevelt with our best efforts for our country" but counseled his followers against sur rendering their convictions Any such surrender he and should be rejected
 Reelection of the President, Willkie had argued throughout the campaign would bring totalitarian government in the United States before the long third term is finished" He had sought to make the third term key issue frequently quoting Jefferson, Jackson, Cleveland Bryan and Wilson in effort to show that the Democratic Party consistently had opposed violating the two-term tradition.
 Wikies supporters taking their cue from him, flooded the country with signs saying No third term and with placards of Uncle Sam pointing thumbs down the idea.
 Wilkie, nevertheless, had expressed the hope even before the Democratic Convention that the President would be renominated
 T want to meet the champ he told reporters with a broad smile.
 Wikie repeatedly suggested that MT. Roosevelt meet him in faceto-face debate, but they did It not until late in the campaign that MT. Roosevelt began a series of political speeches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-10

rough country. Crews from the Air Forces studio are even sent to the Panama jungles to prepare film material showing airmen how to deal with snakes, jungle swamps jungle food possibilities, poison plants and first aid.
 For a long time this has been taught airmen in claSsrooms and in the field. However, the Army has discovered that this past train- ing is useless if soldier becomes panicky while landing. Seeing the situation on the screen, therefore helps him if he is forced down on the water, in the desert or jungle for the visual impression is stronger than the memory of lectures.
 Another important film subject is first aid for members of bomb ing crews while they are in the air. Finally, the Air Forces studio is turning out rehabilitation films showing airmen who have lost 8 limb how they may return to civili- an life. Army medicos hope these films may dispel the feeling of uneasiness on the part of per manently disabled airmen.
 Copyright, 1914, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-10

Another dlscouraging factor is that we have engaged only small part of the Jap Army in the South Pacific, leaving untouched vast re- serves which the Japs have been keeping at home and in China.
 Finally. Chiang Kai-shek's pres tige is increasingly on the wane in side China. He has been the chief exponent of cooperation with the U. s. A., but recently his anti-U. S. war lords have been getting the upper hand. We have to face the fact that some of them would even prefer to work with the Japs than have their territory fought over by Allied armies. It doesn't make a happy picture.
 NOTE-On the other hand, the Jap fleet has taken so many re- verses that they scarcely dare re- turn home.