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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press
RED HOT SHEEPSkINS

. NEW YORK-More than half
of the graduates of New York's
public schools this month will
receive "ersatz' diplomas.
Fire in a printing plant pre-
vented completion of the certif-
icates so temporary substitute
diplomas will be awarded.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
A SMALL WORLD

BEND, Ore j. o. Lammi,
ranger for the Deschutes Ma
tional forest, sold his home
here, sent his wife TO live with
her parents and left for the
Army.
His first assignment: Back to
Bend to an engineers replace
ment training center.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14

It's a -blooded tale of the
northwest woods, is Broken
River by John and Ward Haw-
kins (Dutton; $3.50. We've
waited quite long time for a
book from these two since their
"Pilebuck, novel of the west
coast shipyards, sabotage and
stuff.
The book does things in big
way-it deals with big spruce
needed by Uncle Sam for his air.
plane industry, big men who
mount big obstacles to get that
timber out, and big women who
surmount big barriers TO get the
men they love.
Story is built around Rack
Tinker, who grew up IN the
woods as founding, who learn
ed the numbering business from
the ground up, and who saved
the old adopted family home
stead in the nick Of time by I'M
yelling the villain. Plot is
rather melodramatic, yet it IS
human. Love element is swell,
and good one for Hollywood to
ponder over.
You'll love Rack, Sara Bishop,
the gal, and the other real char
acters who help to vivify the
book.
Another tale of the timber is
Sverre Nord's autobiography, A
Logger's Odyssey (Caxton: So.
This book tells factually Of the
romance behind numbering.
Nord, Norwegian born 800
miles north Of the Arctic Circle,
migrated to the United States as
a youngster. He landed at Bos-
ton, and eventually wound up
among the loggers Of the Pacific
Northwest.
His career is typical Of many
Americans who acted on the adj
vice of Horace Greeley. He made
and lost fortunes in the lumber
business, dabblcd in shipping,
took flier at stocks and a gold
seeking trip TO Alaska, went
broke many times. and had more
than his share Of hard knocks.
Narrative is in the form of let
terS sent -to"a friend while Nord
was making an automobile tour
of the United States and Canada
in 1881. And in addition TO the
interest contained in the bio
graphical material of this ordin-
airy man who took advantages Of
the opportunities America offer
ed, you get a swell idea of how
much the country has changed
since he made his trip more than
decade ago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
TOO BUSY!

wv
WILLIMANT1C, Conn.-Staff
Sergeant Fernand LeClaire re-
cuperating from war wound
in a Temple, Texas, hospital,
was asked about his postwar
plans by his former employer.
The sergeant replied that cur
rently he was seeking assign
mcnt as an aerial gunner and.
falling that, would work as a
civilian for Army ordnance be-
cause ii neither case, I'll know
that I'm not letting the boys
down." -;sN
Sergeant LeClaire lost a leg
wiping out an enemy pillbox.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14

Up in Vermont hen laid three.yoIk egg that
measured 8l2 by 6R inches Twelve of those would
make the present ceiling price per dozen just obout
right.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
TALE OF THE INDIES

While it's fiction, there's prob
ably a lot of truth behind Bar
oness Van Boccop's novel, The
King Tree" doubleday, Doran:
So 50). in connection with ex-
ploitation of the East Indies by
the Portuguese and Dutch.
King Tonic is ruthless land
grabber in the days when the in
trepid explorers of those two ma
tons were spreading their en-
pircS. He rounds out his dream
of an Indian empire when he
marrics off his half-caste daugh-
ter to a scion of Dutch nobility.
His son-in-law, brought TO the
iungles TO learn the business,
proves TO be an apt pupil of the
old man, but not so his son,
Evart, who hates the jungles and
is resentful of his mixed blood.
A young Dutchman, Yam Dirk,
approaches Evart and asks his
help in getting job on the Su-
matran plantation. Eyart finally
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
. IN HOLLYWOOD

don't have to be funny. You just
have TO be a finder"
Allen said he had collected
about 1000 Joke books during
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14

the last ten years, but that he
never looked at EN-. The best
humor,' he said, lis spontane-
GUS"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
One off every 1000 children

born i'm the United States dies in
its first year of life as the re-
suit of an accident.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-14
Hiqh|ights from The Latest Books

follows Dirk to the Indies. Then
Saskia, a young American girl,
appears on the scene, and we
have the familiar plot Of both
men falling in love with the gal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
American Soldier Hears
From German Guard That
Hitler Suffered w ound S

UBACH, Germany, Oct. 25.-
R-An American soldier, re-
turned to his own lines after
capture by the Germans, said
today a German soldier guard
ing Hitler's headquarters told
him the German fuehrer suffer-
ed face and leg wounds in the
bombing attempt on his life
Pvt. Donald J. Szymczsk, Of
1888 Dane St., Detroit, Mich,
said he wa3 being treated for
wounds in German hospital
when the German soldier told
him Of the bomb attack. The
bomb, he said, rolled under the
table, Hitler jumping backward
in time to escape serious injury
but not in time to c.void super
fetal wounds on his face and
legs.
Szymczsk escaped when Am
erican troops overran his hospi-
tai.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
Unconditional Surrender
Explained By Churchill

LONDON, Oct. 25-RE"Uncon-
ditional surrender in the sense OF
no bargaining with the enemy is
still the policy of the government, "
Prime Minister Churchill reiterated
today in the House of Commons.
Churchill. who will report Friday
on his recent conferences with Pre-
mier Stain in Moscow, avoided
questions as to how unconditional
surrender was reconciled with the
fact former enemies were now
fighting on the allied side, and re-
garding privileges for -nazi indi-
viduals VINO. surrendered uncon-
ditionally.
II don't think there is any rea-
son for alarm he said, adding
that such matters must be settled
between the principal allies.
He suggested that the house bear
in mind also the three-power dec
laration Of May IL to Axis satellites
warning them to quit Germany.
Agreeing to a short debate Fri
day after his Moscow report, the
Prime Minister declined to engage
in foreign affairs discussion to-
day. saying it would not be wise
to go into details on delicate inter-
national problems ION the spur of
the moment i.-- III. Is
House members. however, asked
if Germany would be made to pay
for the worthless occupation marks
with which she flooded the con-
quered countries.
1.-The issue of currency is only
one Of the many ways in which
Germany has exploited the coun-
tries she has occupied Church
i'll said. II cannot at this stage say
in what way her various exactions
will be dealt with. at the final
settlement. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
Gunner Says Cape Fear
Dining Room To Reopen

ton. Later, after the Army discon-
tinued its use of the facilities, it
was converted into a salesroom
"a for military clothing establish
ment.
Numerous other problems were a
factor in its closing, among them
being shortage of trained and other
personnel, difficulty in obtaining
equipment and food rationing.
Easing up of labor conditions in
Wilmington as the result of the
sharp reduction of activities at
Camp Davis is expected to be a
favorable factor in. the re-opening
plans. Restaurant equipment, with
many plants nearing completion Of
war contracts, is also expected to
become more plentiful in the near
future.
Mr.. Alverson was in the city yes
terday comforting with the local
management OF The hotel regarding
plans for reopening the dining room
and other matters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26

Plans to reopen the dining room
OF the Cape Fear hotel, which was
closed early in the war, as ''soon
as possible" were disclosed here
yesterday by Lyle T. Alverson, own
er Of the hotel.
Reconversion of the kitchen and
other facilities IS under way, he
added. Efforts to obtain needed
equipment are also being pushed
with the hope Of having the estab-
lishment in operation at the earliest
possible date. Intentions are to re.
open with service similar or better
to that maintained before the clos.
ing.
The dining room was one OF the
first establishments of its type here
affected by the war. During the
height OF operations of the Viii
mington Information and Filter
center, it was used as a mess for
personnel of that military installa-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
Marion D. FARRELL Dies
In Whiteuiue Hospital

Marion D. farrell, Al, died Wed
nesday night at 1910 in the Co
lumbus county hospital at White
vile. He was born and reared at
Shalotte.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Louhell Reaves farrell; two
sons, Marion D., -Jr., and Edwin
w. FARRELL; two daughters, Betty
and Lula farrell; three brothers.:
C. T. FARRELL and the Rev. R. B.
farrell of Wilmington, Roney O.
farrell of Florence, S. c.; five sis
tiers, Mrs. Hattie Smith of Rocking
ham; Mrs. Lee Clemens Of Fort
Bragg; Mrs. Maggie Benton and
Mrs. Cora Smith of Shalotte, and
Mrs. L. Godick of New York city.
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
|Yankees20
Miles North
Of Tacloban
Continued from Page One)

tured Burauen, nine miles inland
from Dulag, where main roads
through Leyte valley meet. The
Americans previously overran
nearby San Pablo and its cluster
OF adjacent airfields.
Capture of Burauen gave the
Americans control of the south
ern end of Leyte valley, where
they are attempting to bottle up
Japanese troops, and furnishes a
new springboard for a northern
drive.
Forward patrols and armored
anits of the 7th division are fan
ming out to the north from San
Pablo toward Dagami, another
important road juncture nearly
in the center of the north-south
highway running through the val
ley.
Meanwhile, elements of the
Goth division were advancing from
Tanghas, a coastal town nine
miles north of Dulag. They have
enveloped strong Japanese posi-.
tons in Catmon hills and are ap.
preaching Tabontabon, an island
river town little more than fur
miles southeast Of Dagami.
Other units were pushing out
from Palo, in the north central
sector of the 'front.' apparently
aiming toward Santa Fe, the
northern end Of the Leyte valley
highway. These forces seized a
hill west of Palo and captured
Tanauan, four miles to the south.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
MACARTHUR TELLS
OF NAVAL VICTORY
Continued from Page One)

the east coast of Samar, consisted
Of four battleships, several cruiser.
and eight destroyers. It made con
tact with one of our escort carrier
groups off the east coast of Samal
and was attacked with gunfire, >
said the communique.
Carrier planes from that group
supported by naval a1rmen from
another American task group
drove off this enemy force, forcing
it to retire to the north.
Detailed information was no
available on enemv losses, Mac
Arthur said, but first reports indi
Gated the Nipponese lost severa
cruisers and destroyers. In add
ton, three battleships, two cruisers
and an unspecified number Of des
troyers were badly damaged.
'Ship casualties sustained by ou1
forces said tn e communique
''were an escort carrier sunk and
several escort carriers and destroy.
ers damaged"
adm. Chester w.. Ninitz an.
nounced at his Pearl Harbor head
quarters early Wednesday that the
American light carrier Princeton
had been lost in Philippine waters.
He did not give a definite loca-
tion.)
MacArthur's communique, devot-
ed largely to the naval actions,
reported that American doughboys
had thrust forward in the northern
sector of the Leyte front to the
north of Tacloban provisional capt.
tai of the newly inaugurated Phil
ippine constitutional government.
Enemy forces ARE disintergrat-
ing in one sector" Of that area, it
was reported.
Seizure Of dominating hills west
of Palo, also in the northern sector,
and the capture of Ponauan, 10
miles to the south, also were an
In the southern sector of the
front. elements OF the 9th corps
captured the main road center Of
Burauen, nine miles inland from
Dulag beachhead.
japanese shore based planes
made large scale daylight attack
on allied shipping in Leyte gulf be-
fore dawn Tuesday, headquarters
Fighter planes from
American carriers tore into the en-
envy and broke up the formation.
In this fierce aerial action 50 enc
my planes were shot from the
skies by naval airmen. Antiaircraft
fire accounted for three more.
General advances on Leyte, with
the freeing Of IA more villages,
was reported by Macarthur in a
delayed communique Wednesday.
The most extensive advance was in
the southern sector. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
British In Greece
/ Make Fresh Gain,

ROME, Oct. 25-tRAThe British
drive to clear the Germans out of
Greece has swept up Dhomokos, 80
miles north of Lama. and the Ger
mans have evacuated Volos, sea-
port on the eastern coast of Greece,
allied headquarters announced to-
dau.
The communique said the Ger
mans moving nocthward out of Vo-
los, which has a population Of 49,
900, were suffering heavy casual
ties at the hands of Greek guerril-
las. These Germans face grueling
125-mile trek to the Yugoslav Dor
der, through mountainous country
thickly dotted with guerrilla bands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
Beet Sugar Professors
Giuen Bonus By Vinson

. WASHINGTON, Oct. Is Up
Sterilization Director Fred M. Vim.
son has authorized the Commodity
Credit corporation to pay a subsidy
to professors of the 1914 sugar
beet crop to compensate for in
creased production costs.
In directive signed October 20
Vinson approved recommendations
OF the War Food administration
that CCC pay up tc IL IL cents a
hundred pounds on the amount by
which professors 1914 production
costs exceed 1871 costs. Ceiling
prices are based on the latter costs
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
continued from Page One)

Continued 1roni A"se 0o'
. .,id that the enemy has
's'' "defeated. seriously damag
's'a md routed. Fragmentary re
60 ~. If fi]tering in from other sour
' p. presented this , picture:
~ ~. Japanese battleships dam.
fs' with one sunk. An aircraft
asea Co., slnk. Several cruisers and
e ;atlrovers sunk and others badly
damaged' ,osses so far made
AL" were the light carrier
puDnsa luton. an escort carrier, and
prnss1pT boats sunk and a num-
SEVERE - nlanes lost: Several escort
' ~ and destroyers damaged:
u ,,,, "dI of the full story remain
50 n,l he told that these calculations
ed ". " " Undergo extensive revision.
SG a,s owl picked up a special
lm ,,snt from General Douglas
slal 'a-tsrr, as transmitted by the
N s!ssa1 corr corps, which said:
sls s,The japanese navy has receiv-
~: Inv mast crushing defeat of the
e. a,r ~ It's future efforts can only be
". wa, dwindling scale
!, q s s" the battle of the Philip
II ", nav be ranked in this war,
plis %, 81 the battle of Jutland in
3 T,r wa War i, as the decisive naval
, "s,' of the conflict.
a 4ss,mediate results for the Unit
=, ' States certainly were an cas-
W. w. Mt NJ the problem OF maintaining
.n5 81 supplying l,Il the ground forces
' = the 'sp philippines-and perhaps
III, n opening of the way, without
ne ne V serious enemy naval chal-
Or, snse. to the east coast OF emma.
sl A. first word Of the American
,;ss.ter at Pearl Harbor came
a ,rom the White House, so also
..v an announcement of the
japanese defeat.
,orters 10 his office at 5:18 pm.
ant read them this announce
ment 4s.,
, renort from Admiral Halsey that
! the e' Japanese navy in the Philip
MIN nine area has been defeated, seri-
puslv damaged and routed by the
T tinted States Navy in that area"
Although Admiral Halsey refer
rod 10 the enemy Navy in "the
philinnine area" Admiral Ernest
u King commander-in-chief Of
the fleet, already had told report
srs that this apparently included
practically all Of the Japanese
fleet"
First indications were the en-
sagement did not bring heavy sur
face ships into smuggling match
with their big guns but was bought
entirely by air blows and light
,essels. i
The Japanese units approached
n two major elements with a third
arge enemy force of land based
,lanes attacking the American |
!eet. i
II was the enemy land-based
planes which MORALLY wounded /
he Princeton, a conamuniqus
rom Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
aid.
He reported that the Princeton
tas severely damaged Monday
U. S. time). Later her magazines
xploded and she was sunk by
+. S fire. Her captain and 1873
Their officers and 1,227 enlisted
len were rescued. The Princeton
arried crew Of about 1880. MINI
, reported $50 japanese planes
estroyed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26

Cad about in your room all
evening or slip out Of that
precious dress and into a
cunning housecoat of cotton
that really looks like a
dream and is still so COM
Portable. Our stock Of house.
coats is complete $2.SS up
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
BY the Associated Press

west.
BY the Associated Press
Out OF weller of reports, here
briefly appears to be the still-de-
veloping situation in t h e Philip
r:nes-Formosa naval-air battles:
The Japanese sent two fleet
groups eastward against invaded
Leyte in the central Philippines. A
tnlrd fleet group moved down from
Formosa.
Although outnumbered, Vice
ADM. Thomas c. Kinkaid split up
his Seventh fleet to engage the two
groups moving toward Leyte.
Adm. William F. Halsey's Third
fleet carrier. planes took on the
mosa.
Kinkaid's forces won and size
able results have been announced.
reports are somewhat meager on
the Formosa action although Adm.
chester W. Nimltz h reported
from Pearl Har3or t b definite
sinking of a large Nipponese car
rier and two others damaged.
OF the two groups Kinkaid. took
on, mere is what happened:
One group moved out of the Sulu
sea through the Mindanao sea
PASSED through Surigao straits and
approached Leyte gulf from t h e
southwest. A 25-ninute naval bat
tie, plus carrier plane attacks, &C.
Cured. The japanese fleet with
drew to the southwest, leaving a
Yamashiro class battleship sinking
and several cruisers and destroy
ers sunk.
The second japanese group,
moving through the Philippine in
land sea of Sibuyan, sailed between
Luzon and Samar and was engag-
ed off thAeast coast of .Smar. It
was attacked with gunfire, then by
pines of Kinkaid's escort carriers,
supported by fliers from another
American task force, forcing it to
flee north. .-~.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26

Grand Coulee dam contains
enough concrete to build a high.
way from New York TO Seattle
and back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
ELASTIC TOP
PANTIES
SEC
y All Sizes

With a yawn and a stretch, slip
into that inviting bed and under
these warm covers and know that
you will have a delightful nights
sleep when you are in one of our
comfy pajamas. In all cloths and
colors and sizes ------$1.9S up
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
TOKYO'S CLAIMS

NEW YORK, Oct. Is. = Tokyo
claimed tonight-by way Of Der.
lin-the sinking Of three American
aircraft carriers, two cruisers, a
destroyer, and four fully-loaded
troop transports, as well as Grip
pling Of two U. S. battleships and
en- additional cruiser. Tokyo con-
Guided it pronouncement with the
assertion that the Japanese fleet
was pursuing fleeing American
task forces.
The Japanese version Of the Phil
ippines engagement was quoted by
the Berlin radio in a broadcast
recorded by the Blue network.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26

The first permanent French set
Element in. the lsua .World was
founded by Samuel 'Champlain in
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
japanese Navy Routed
In Philippines Battle

cruisers and the battered remnants
OF the enemy retired to the north
west.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26
By C, YATES MCDANIEL

SEVENTH FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Philippines. Thursday. Oct.
26-RHJapan lost the first. a n d
possibly the decisive. round in an
about battle to malt on the Phil
ippines line the American advance
toward their home islands.
This occurred early yesterday
morning when Vice Adm. Thomas
c. Kinkaid's outnumbered fleet
battered and put to rout Japanese
battle forces converging on Leyte
gulf.
Complete results are lacking as
the action is continuing with
planes from Kindaid's hurt but still
lighting carrier force hitting the
surviving enemy warships as they
are retiring westward through the
straits south of invaded Leyte.
The fate Of the American army
ashore at Leyte hung in a precari-
Gus balance for an hour Wednes-
Gay morning as Kinkaid executed
nls daring decision to take on two
attacking enemy forces at once
With his outnumbered fleet.
The admiral threw half his bat
aeshlps and a strong flotilla of pa
Hol torpedo boats against the enc
my force steaming into Leyte gulf
from the southwest.
other American battleships went
" me support Of Admiral Kinkaid's
edrrler force, which already was
unoer heavy attack off Samar is
,aiia by a japanese fleet led by
a. least four battleships and a hea-
" cruiser. This fleet had many
destroyers.
A1er Is minutes of broadside ex-
s ,nsnse an. and closely pressed de-
oa strikes, the Japanese for
w., winch approached from the
11o o began Withdrawing
n rIat!Ag one Yamashiro class bat
s .e abandoned and sinking and
,,aS. ID cruisers and destroyers
Dst tne Americans lost only a few
vsssol torpedo boats. Some larger
K;nIs. We're damaged.
resoh .iAsio other battleship force
e esSrned the critically threatened
own owners just in time. Kinkaid's
aged y c tsal planes heavily dam
: SSe three battleships and three three
v vi,a C Cleopatra Drink a Pearl
An An" ia,,, stomach Ulcer Pains?
one wh whey story CT cleooatra !. III.
" Of two Of 4" IA samirer praised the beau
SsFOpped on vi h in pearls. whereupon she
eeIank it. 's se. INTO a glass Of wine and
mis- had si hne Would hardly have donc
those whn e suffered after-eatinr ,sins
Or Ulcer n. are distressed with stomach
,,lseaftburn. 'f hn. Indigestion. gas pains.
should Conditions eaus .nsa, 10 nloat and
rdsa r. ny udga. Get S , excess acla
u nose must tes from from your druggist. First
Us and ,.t convince or return box to
se.Ack ST. DOUBLE YOUR MONEY
''fes .yer Snuers Drug Store and drug
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-26

It is bright answer the alarm
clock gets in college dormitories
all over the country. We are send
ing the girls off to college with
the gayest sleep and lounge togs
that they have ever had. Glamour
gowns. warm snuggly pajamas,
robes that are bright and beauti-
full and quite bewitching. They are
all here in the shop now for you
to see.