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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30.

4;3O pm, Greenfield (N), beau
ty contest.
$3.50 pm, Williston {N), beau
ty dance.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28
Army Newspaper Calls This The Best
Soldier Verse Of World War II

Sgt Smith Dawess, peacetme resident of Angeles is
helping the Ledo Road of the face of His
Conversation Piece (below paints word picture Of life
there clearly that the editors of Army Times have de-
clared it the best soldier verse of World War IL
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28

Apogee in astronomy is thar
point in the orbit of the moon
farthest from the earth.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER l

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
Municipal Softbali League. Rob-
eft Strange Park:
EoG pm, Lake Forest-Wrights-
Vile Coast Guard.
o:op pm, I. H. D. of Whining
fon-Firemen.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
GUY pm, Armory, teen-age
'Ao dance. (Over IS years of age).
ohe automotive concern is plan.
nlhs four cylinder postwar auto
moolle to sell for $500.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-28
BUYS BOND

BY purchasing a new bond, LIST.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
MunitiOn Ship Blast
Kills $50 i'm California
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that an ammunition ship ex-
ploded at approximately 1920
p m. yesterday causing extern
sive damage and casualties.
Initial reports from naval
intelligent officers n d l cste
that materiel and personnel suf-
fered heavily from the explosion
which rocked buildings for
many miles around.
"A second ammunition vessel
ut Port Chicago was also re-
ported to be seriously damaged.
"Ail available medical and
rescue facilities were pressed
into service"
The Red Cross swung into aC-
ton at once. sending all available
doctors and nurses into the dis
aster area with military and police
escort.
Lee Edwards. civilian defense
first aid man, reached the deV.
astated scene shortly after the
blast and reported the town ap-
peared to have been struck by a
cyclone.
communications were com
pletely disrupted. as d constant
stream OF ambulances poured back
and forth from MARTINEZ. bringing
the injured TO disaster stations.
All schools and halls in neigh
boring towns were thrown opcr
to receive casualties.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18

PEARL HARBoR July is tINSl-Lt.
Comdr. Robert II, Price related today how he
managed to survive IL days on life raft
With only half pint Of water and two small
FISH for food
Proe. who halls from Shelbyville Ill.,
was forced down on June IL, while leading an
air croup from carrier in an attack against
A 23-ship enemy convoy 40 miles west of the
Maranas.
Anu-aircraft FIRE crippled the motor Of
ms HeUcat. and he landed smack in the middle
of the enemy convoy.
Price. who holds the Air Medal with Gold
Star plus a DFC for flying on % strikes in
nine major operations, hid behind his planes
detached belly tank for the first half hour
while A Jan destroyer circled near by. Later
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
HeIIcat Pilot Survives
III DAYS Aboard Life Raft

he was forced to depend on his life-jacket
because he was burned around the arms and
neck by gasoline which had ignited.
The nights were cold, but his one chief
worry was water, on which he rationed him.
self 10 a single sip at dusk daily.
On the third day of his ordeal, Price
grabbed a seagull that had perched on his
toes and, after shnning it, tried to eat the
bird but couldn't as it was salty.
Sharks furnished him with his frst-and
only-meal by soaring two fish out of the
water into the raft on the seventh night.
IL found the meat sweet and juicy" he
related.
Late in the afternoon of June q, Price
said, he saw the rescuing U. S. destroyer only
200 yards away and heading straight for the
raft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Ndziis Shoot
AtWounded

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY
OVERLOOKING LIVORNO, July
18 UNS)-American troops bat
tering their way the last few
miles toward Livorno (Leghorn)
today charged the Nazis with
firing on Yank stretcher-bearers
carrying the wounded although
they bore a Red Cross flag.
Cpl. Bob Kelley of Watertown,
S. D., walked half a mile under
whitening machine gun fire to
rescue two occupants Of wrecked
jeep.
While Kelley returned carrying
one of the casualties, the NaziS
fired 20 rounds OF ammunition al
him.
Kelley. sweating and excited
said:
They knew damned well 1
was carrying a wounded man.
had TO leave the other In
ditch, but he Is olSay for now.
The guns cant get ut HIM"
Kelley had fashioned tourni'
duet from a tree branch for the
wounded mans broken and bleed
ing leg. II probably saved his
life.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
FDR Reported
Planning TO Quit
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clear that he personally favors l6
years in the White House for
President Roosevelt. He said a
vast majority OF the convention
delegates feel the same way, but
he explained:
ct has been common knowi-
edge In White House circles
that Mr.. Roosevelt's health
rules out all hope Of his serving
another four years In the presi-
dency.
"When that fact became
known, the clique's strategists
began scheming 10 place Wal
lace i'm the White House. They
agreed the nations voters would
never elect wallace rs president.
$50 they indicted Mr.. Roose-
Welt, much against his wishes,
70 seek another term, with Wal
lace 40 his running mate, and
then 70 resign and retire TO pri-
vate life a few months after the
election"
The condition of Mr.. Roosevelts
health has been one Of Washing
tons most closely guarded Sc
crets. the senator declared. He
said the Presidents ailments had
been aggravated by a chronic
throat malady and abnormal blood
pressure.
Mr.. Roosevelt was swayed tot
seek reelection, said the senator,
by a desire 10 perpetuate the
lofty political structure erected
during his IL years in the White
House.
Lobby gossip had II today That
some New Dealers. seeing their
hopes waning, were willing 10
compromise and accept for the
second place spot any top Tight
braintruster. But the majority
stood adamant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
i. 5. Wdrships
She'll GudmB Base

PEARL HARBOR. July 1S
UNS) Smelling of Guam
by u. S. battleshipS, cruisers and
deStroyers was announced by
Adm. NimitZ.
1t was the first time that
had fired their big
guns against Guam, augmenting
the great destructive power of
cruisers. destroyers and carrier
rocket planes and bombers which
have hit the island in IL days of
sustained sea and air assault.
The sea attack executed Satur-
day was followed Sunday by an
other air blow with carrier rocket
planes and bomberS.
Enemy installations on Rota
Island were attacked for the
eleventh consecutive day on Sun
day by carrier planes. On Satur-
day. Liberators blasted Param
Island in the Truk atoll.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Air Fight
OverReich

LONDON. July Is (INS)-
U. S. bombers engaged in sky
battles with German fighters over
the northern Reich and western
Baltic areas today, the NaZI
agency DNB reported.
The FEC recorded German
broadcast reporting OF the APP
proach Of Allied raiding forma-
tions from the south. over the
Austrian Tyrol and toward Ba-
variaD
Berlin radios announced that
strong formations of Allied craft
were heading toward Schleswig-
Holstein and northwest Germany.
The Germans continued to send
robot bombs over English south
ern counties in the early morn
ing hours of today. Both damage
and casualties were reported.
Spec plywood Mosquito
bombers. equipped with block
busters, struck the Nazi capital
during the night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Ydnks Gain
After Setback

LONDON. July Is ms
American forces today hurled a
three-pronged attack into German
positions in the area Of st. Lo
and gained considerable ground
after being pushed out of the
eastern limits of ST. Lo proper by
two German counterattacks, a
Reuter- frontline dispatch said.
Headquarters of Cen EiSen-
hover said. meanwhile. that it
had no comment TO make on a
German claim that the Allies had
begun a new large scale offensive
in France today.
(The British Second Army
opened drive southwest Of
Caen. the Nazi agency DNB
reported today The German
agency admitted that Field
Marshal RommelS troops had
abandoned forward positions in
the st. 10 area in the face OF
new American penetrations.O
The official communique said
that the Allies achieved further
gains in both the area of Lessay
and in the Movers area. south
west of Caen.
Between st. Lo and Periers,
the Americans captured Martins
vile and L'Abbaye.
-
weather, Allied warplanes blasted
heavily German positions in ad-
vance of ground force assaults.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Tokyo Admits
Fall Of Sdipdn

NEW YORK. July Is GNS)-
japanese imperial headquarters
admitted for the first time today
that all Jap resistance on Saipen
had ceased.
The admission OF the fall OF
Sdipan was made IN an official
Communlquc. 10 days after Adm.
Nimltz announced the conquest OF
the Jap base.
The communique. transmitted
by the Jap Domei. said all mem
hers of the Jap units on the island
were believed TO have met he
roic death by July Is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
State Derns
Split on Y. P.
BY FRANK NORRIS
Time star CorrespsaAsat

CHICAGO, July Is - Divided
over the nomination Of a candi-
date for vice president. Michigan 4
delegates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention arrived here to-
day prepared for battle.
Many Detroit delegates. particu-
larly those affiliated with the CIO.
are demanding that the states
80 convention votes be cast for
denomination of Vice President
Wallace.
FAVOR BARKLEY
Old-line leaders are inclined
toward Senator Alben w. Barley
of Kentucky.
Barley is almost certain Of q
majority of the Michigan votes II
il appears by Friday that he is TO
be the nominee. He will get all 3S
if the unit rule is adopted whereby
all of the states votes are con-
trolled by the Will OF a majority
of the delegates.
PROPOSE MURPHY
In an effort to stop the swing TO
the Kentucky senator. il was
rumored the Go faction from
Michigan might offer TO support
Supreme Court Justice Frank
Murphy. thus placing the old-lins
Michigan delegates at a disadvan-
tage.
The Michigan caucus Will be
held at 4 p. m. today in the Morri-
son Hotel
There will be fight over the
election of a national committee
man to succeed Edmund c. Shields
of Lansing, who is retiring. Ed
ward j. Fry, nominee for COVER
nor. is supporting +. Cyril Bevsn
OF Detroit. while a large number
of outstate delegates are back OF
William M. Donnelly. also Of
Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Duke Tax Voided

NEWARK, N. J.. July Is GNSl
A tax of $l3.806. 695 imposed on
Doris Duke Cromwell by trustees
Of Hillsborough Township was
ruled null and void" today by
Federal Judge Fake because OF
undue notice.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
.Livorno Ndziis
0utf|dnked

ROME, July 1S tINS)-Ameri-
cans today outflanked the strate-
gic west coast port of Livorpo
OLeghornl and smashed 10 within
sight of the port city after cap
turing a number of towns and
villages.
Troops of the Eighth Army on
the east coast seriously threatened
the port of Anco after scoring
advances Of between two and
three miles.
Near the coast the Yanks adj
.vanccd a mile north of Pogogna
to within half a mile of Fauglia
after by-paSsing Tripalle.
British troops north OF Arezzo.
southeast Of LiVorno. already have
crossed the ArnO River.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
OIds Seeks Women

LANSING, July 18-Because OF
a serious labor shortage. the Olds-
mobile division of General Motors
has opened an employment office
in downtown Lansing to recruit
women war workers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18

not 30 severe as early unoffi-
cial accounts Indicated"
Norman Montellier, United
Press writer, among the first
newSpapermen 10 reach Port
Chicago after the blast, reported
that Deputy Sheriff John Long
estimated the dead at $50,
mostly naval personnel Long
said he believed that between
$50 and 800 persons had been
injuredD
Two navy barracks containing
between 800 and 1000 men
were situated near the scene Of
the explosion. Most of the naVy''
casualties were believed
to have been in these buildings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Race P dnk
To Be Mild
Phrasine Expected
TO Piaca+e South

CHICAGO. Juy IS ms
The 1874 Democratic Platform. =
was reliably reported today VII
include a mild" declaration Tor
racial equality concession 20
Negro demands and a departure
from original plans 10 aNold TINS
critical issue.
Inclusion of a general racial
plank in the platform. so phraSed
as not 10 further antagonize
southern Democrats. was On
pected TO be the political high
point OF the 1894 campaign docu-
ment. hearings on which Will be
wound up today.
On the domestic side, the plat
form drafters were understood "a
be heading toward final approval
OF these additional points. which
were said 10 have had White
House approval:
. Provision for tax incentives
10 encourage and make possible
new enterprises.
BAN BARRIERS
. Elimination of interstate and
interregional trade barriers, a
commitment important TO
southern states protesting
freight rate discrimination.
o Discontinuance of wartime
federal controls as soon as pos
Sible when peace comes.
. Business pledges 10 extend
credit 10 small enterprise, apply
war developed technologies 10
postwar industry and utilize
war plants in the peacetime era.
o Assurance 10 labor that its
right to collective bargaining
will be protected
ENCOURAGE TRADE
o A program for encourage
ment Of world trade, the devel-
opment at home of science and
useful arts, as well as OF a
government public works prof.
ectS-the latter to take up any
postwar slack.
. Effective enforcement OF the
antitrust laws.
Disclosure of the shift on the
racial plank issue came after
testimony by spokesman for
Negro organizations. serving no
tice that Negro voters will oppose
any candidate with a reaction
airy" racial record.
Tomorrow the committee takes
up the subject of foreign policy in
its final day OF hearings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
ONE SHIP NAMED

"A crew member identified
one blasted ship as the QuInault
Victory, which was being loaded
with ammunition.
The nations worst wartime dis
aSter struck shortly before IL
.. m. and Uttered a one square
mile area with wreckage.
San Francisco was shaken as
though an earthquake had struck.
1t was not known whether the
blast affected the Hercules pow
der plant IN the hills back OF Port
Chicago.
At 100 a. m. Twelfth Naval
District headquarters in San
Francisco issued the first official
statement on the disaster. which
said
preliminary reports from the
Port Chicago naval ammunitiou
magazine stated this morning
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
OTHERS MAY BOLT

The sudden bolt by the Missis-
Sippi delegation threatened TO
spearhead similar movements by
the South Carolina. Virginia. Lou
isiana and Texas regular delega-
tions. In any event, it removed
the chance of a unanimous Roose-
welt nomination.
Roosevelt convention | e d er S
were reported to be considering
not onl, seating the anti-Roose-
welt delegation. but planning to
restore the two-thirds unit con-
vention rule in an effort 10 APP
peaSe the southern revolt
Senator Joseph F. Guffey Cd
Of Pennsylvania. leader of en-
battled Wallace forces, told news
papermen that he expected the
vice president TO arrive in Chi
cago tomorrow morning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
.Daps Held
I'm Trap

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HQo
NEW GUINEA, July Is tINS)-
Americans. holding the Altape
perimeter in British New Guinea,
have smashed new japanese at
tempts to infiltrate their positions
on the Driniumor River. Gen.
Macarthur announced today.
Hunger and disease-rldden
remnants of the Japanese
Eighteenth Army, isolated in the
Wewak area for more than three
months, are still trying 10 attack
the American line, some 5o miles
from Wewak.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
2 RAIDS ON YAP

TodayS communiQue also re-
vealed more raids on zap. Eight
Jap fighters were blasted out OF
the sky. Two LiberatorS were
lost
Night patrol bombers hit the
Palau airdromes with good ef-
feet" while other patrol bombers
hit Ngulu. northeast OF Palau.
and the Sorol Islands, west OF
Woleai
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Byrnes Gets
Rooseve|tNod
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delegation. IN caucus. voted Is tc
2 10 cast its 20 votes for Senator
Harry F. Byrd OF Virginia for
president.
The President, in the letter ia
Senator Samuel d. Jackson Cd
of Indiana stated in full
I'm the light of the proba bill
ity that you will be chosen rs
permanent chairman Of the con-
ventiOn and because know
that many rumors accompany
all conventions. am wholly
willing TO give you my own per-
sonal thought In regard to the
selection Of q candidate for vice
president. I do this at this time
because l expect 10 be away
from Washington for the next
few days.
my PERSONAL FRIEND
1.-THE easiest way OF putting IL
IL this: / have been associated
with Henry wallace during his
past four years as vice presi-
dent, for eight years earlier
while he was secretary Of agri-
culture, and well before that. i
like him and I respect him. and
he is my personal friend. For
these reasons, personally
would vote for his denomination
II were q delegate To the con-
vention.
AT the same time l do not
wish to appear in any way as
debating TO the convention. Oh
viously. the convention must do
the deciding. And IL should
and I am sure II will-give
great consideration to the pros
and cons OF Its choice"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
RETREAT INDICATED

Tan early morning DroducdSt
by the London radio, heard by
CHS, said that there are signs
that the Germans are prepar-
ing TO withdraw from Livorno;
most of the German heavy ar
tillery is being removed 10 the
north of the Arno RiverO
French troops of the Fifth
Army retained their hold on the
town of PoggibonSi. between Ii
vorno and AreZzo, despite persis-
tent German counterattackS.
British forces consolidated their
bridgehead positions across the
Arno River and captured the
towns of Levane and Quarata.
Some British forces pushed six
miles northwest of AreZZo. Ad-
vanceS west of -AreZzo up both
sides of the Fiber River were
reported.
BOMBERS HIT RAILS
Tactical aircraft maintained at
tacks against German communi-
cations and other military objec-
tives in the battle area, northern
Italy and in Yugoslavla,
Heavy bombers hammered three
rail bridges and a rail yard in
the lower Rhone Valley of France.
In all. 100 sorties were flown.
Four Nazi planes were destroyed
and seven Allied craft were listed
as missing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
JAP BARGEs SUNK

American air and naval forces
blasted the JapS' rear areas, MAX
ing il increasingly difficult for the
enemy to organize any sort OF an
offensive. Fighter planes also
sank a number of Jap barges.
Long-range fighters and Mitch
ellis in the Dutch East Indies
have sunk or damaged five enemy
ships. totaling $500 tons. of
Halmahera and Flores islands.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Bishop Dun Praises
Work as B|essinq

Work was seen as the fulfillment
OF Gods will by the Right Rev. An
gus Dun, Bishop of Washington, in
a Labor Day sermon yesterday at
the Washington Cathedral.
Bishop Dun, who called work
"an inescapable part of our human
situation" said Christian faith saw
in that necessity Gods will for us,
His command to us and a high part
OF our human dignity"
ITO be able to work is no curse, 4"
he said. 1T is a blessing. If mans
work often has been and is a curse,
that springs from human wrongness
in the worker or in his society,""
The bishop said a mans work
gives purpose and meaning and
moral fiber to his life, and that
nothing could bring as much Joy
as honest and loving labor"
I'VE are inescapably tied to our
fellows in our work." he said.
Christian faith sees in this fact,
too, disclosure of Gods will for us.
God has made us greatly dependent
on one another, and God wills to
give us the things necessary for our
life through our mutual service to
each other"
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Germans Caught at Mons Fight
FuriousIy to Continue Retreat

1t became evident that the Ger
mans had not expected this rapid
and deep thrust northward and that
the American line had cut across
their intended line of retreat To
the east. Even the Belgians ap-
peared puzzled when the Americans
arrived and did not know immedi-
ately whether the troops were Amer
ican, British or Canadian.
American tank forces reached
Mons last night In a march OF
more than 100 miles within six days
from the Marne. It was a wild
dash that has few parallels in war
fare.
The German opposition is almost
insane in its frenzy, but we met
tank opposition only once in the
Mons area itself, and that was by
only five machines which tie great
American column chased of quickly
Farther down the line the column
was attacked at its middle by a
larger force of German tanks of
which to 10 were knocked out.
German machine guns and snipers
were dotted all along the line of
advance, however, and they fought
with . crazed savagery.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Public Asked to File
Social Security Claims

Widows and children of insured
workers, and men and women past
IS in the Washington area who are
not receiving social security pay
ments but believe themselves elig-
ible today were asked to check with
the Social Security Board, 937 F
street NV.
j. A. Morrison, field Office man.
ager, pointed out that many persons
in this area are losing their pay
ments because they have not filed
claims. The Social Security Act re-
quires that claim be filed before
benefits can be paid.
Mr.. Morrison announced that last
year more than $4,000, 900 a month
in benefits was paid to 90O, 900 per-
sons. An increase of 81 per cent in
the number of widows payments
was shown last year over 1912 fig
ureS,