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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
BALKANS BLASTED
BY Raj B0MBERS
Four-Engin Halifaxes Join
Aerial Assault From
Italian Bases

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, April 20. -(P)-RAF four
engined Halifax bornbers poined
the relentless onslaught from Ital-
ian bases against Nazi communica-
tons in the Balkans with a disrup-
tive attack early today on rail
yards at Plovdiv, 80 miles east of
Sofia in Bulgaria.
Destruction of Plovdiv's facili-
lone rail link between Sofia and
ties primarily would affect the
Istanbul, Turkey, but it also would
help paralyze other Bulgarian COM
munications and further jar the
waverinC morale of the Bulgars.
CreWmen of the Halifaxes said
they saw bomb flashes in Plovdiv's
yards and that fires were mount
ing as they turned for home. Lib
orators and Wellingtons attacked
the same target on Monday night.
Low visibility grounded Italy :
based American heavy bombers
yesterday, and there was no indi-
cation they had resumed their at
tacks today. Raj Wellingtons
made an early morning attack on
the German supply ports OF Liv-
orno, Piombino and Santo Stefano.
Allied planes flew approximately
600 sorties yesterday without en-
countering a Nazi craft or suffer-
ing a single loss.
Bullets sang amid the rubble of
Casino on the lower Fifth Army
front as Allied machine-gunners
peppered the ruins of the Contin-
entail and Des Roses Hotels, the
most troublesome German positions
in the town. There has been vlr-
tually no change in opposing posi-
tons at Casino in recent quiet
weeks. Allied troops still cling to
the Casino railway station, though
it is under heavy enemy mortar
| fire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
Obituaries
MRS. MATILDA d. VESSEL

Mrs. Matilda D. VESSEL, of 2402
Market Street road, died early
yesterday morning in James Walk
er Memorial hospital after a long
illness.
She is survived by one daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. M. Hewlett. and one
son, Albert C. VESSEL, both of
Wilmington; and one sister. Mrs.
w. J. Krappe, New York city,
and one brother, A. P. Dunkell,
of Ridgewood, N. J.
Funeral services will be con.
Quoted from the chapel of Andrews
mortuary Friday morning at II
o'clock by the Rev. E. W. Halleck.
Interment will follow in Oakdale
cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be A. A..
Keels, Leon Hewlett, D. B. Pack
ard, Jr., D. M. Holmes, J. R.
Blinn and Charles Smith. Honorary
pallbearers will include DR.. H. A.
Codington, DR.. Houston w. Moore,
W. A. McGirt, w. I. Baxter, It.
Robert, Miller, S-Sgt. R. K. Hart
and B. E. Wilder.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
SOLDIERS HONOR
BUDDY'S HEROISM
CONTINUED from Page One)

at Nashau, H. H., and with utter
disregard for his personal safety
dove into the waters and extracted
three of his fellow soldiers, from
certain death. Dover, dove into
the waters and swan to the side
of the drowning men gathered one
under his arm and swan to a raft
where he placed him. He swan
back and rescued the second SOL
der, returned the third time to
rescue another.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21

lines from the south, Allied bonn
bers destroyed between six and
nine planes in air battles or on
the ground at Woleai, midway be-
tween the fortresses OF Truk and
Palau. A second group Of four en-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
VICTORY BELLE MEET

The regular meeting of the
USO Victory Bellies will be held
at picnic at 1922 Nets ave-
nue. Monday at $3.50 p. m. Girls
are asked to come to Second
and Orange USO for transpor-
tation or to go directly to the
picnic. Call 2-2617, USO, by
Sunday night to place reserva-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21

gined bombers hit the sam. ,.,
Thursday but details were s s.t
available. Another Liberator ,o a."
smashed at the Satawan air 5
on the Nomoi islands southess s's II,
Truk for the third consecutive N
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
QUARTERLY MEETING

QUARTERLY MEETING
The S g a t Methodist
church will hold its regular
quarterly meeting Sunday at
IL am. A "bring your lunch"
session will be held. The public
is cordially invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
AUXILIARIES' TEA

The Young Peoples Service
League of St. James Episcopal
church will serve tea to the
members of the Women's Auxi-
liaries today at 5 pm. in the
Parish house.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
REVIVAL SUCCESS

RL VIV III OCOOICO
Revival is continuing with very
good success, at Bethel Bap-
fist Church, Leland. All are in
vited to attend and hear Rev.
R. H. Mills of Sumter, S. C.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
MRS. CORA WITHERS CLARK

CHARLTON, April 2O.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Cora Withers
Clark, 80, widow of the late Oscar
l.. Clark, Sr., who died this morn
ing at $3.50 after a lengthy ILL
ness, will be conducted from the
Clarkton Presbyterian church Fri
day at pm. Interment will fol-
low in the city cemetery.
Surviving are one son, Clarence
S. Clark, of Clarkton; five daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Tom Woods, of Charlton,
Mrs H. L. Joslyn and Mrs. S. W.
Thompson, both of Morehead City,
Mrs. Wake Bourne Of Rocking
ham, and Mrs. J. E. Wayland, Of
Morehead City; one sister, Mrs.
Raymond withers. of New , YORK
CITY; one nephew, DR.. ]. ]. With
ers, of Davidson; 20 grandchildren
and 6 great grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21

MARRIAGE LICENSE
Register of Deeds Adrian B.
Rhodes issued a marriage Ii
cense Thursday to Lawrence
Morse, FL, and Josie Stewart,
22, both of Painted Post, N. Y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
MRS. HATTIE YOUNG

CHARLTON, April 90 Funeral
services for Mrs. Hattie Young, p,
who died in a Lumberton hospital
Monday night after a lengthy ill
ness, will be conducted from Mt.
Zion Baptist church Thursday at
II am.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.
Carrie Gilbert, of Shallotte, Mrs.
Lucy Townsend and Miss Delphia
Baldwin, both of Whiteville; five
brothers, ]. A. Baldwin, of Penn
broke, Vamp Baldwin, Of White
vile, c. A. Baldwin, Of Clarkton,
Haynes Baldwin, of Charleston, S.
c., and Henry Baldwin, of Shall
lotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
City Briefs
MEETING WITH TEACHERS

MEET1NG WITH TEACHERS
Miss Julia Wetherington, with
the State Department of Pub
lie instruction, Raleigh, is in
the city this week meeting with
elementary teachers, H. M. Ro-
land, superintendent of schools,
announced this morning. Miss
Wetherington is discussing
classroom methods, particular
ly those that apply to instruc-
ton in reading.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-21
VISITING

VISITING
Miss Patsy Ruth Schnibben
of Florence, S. c., is visiting
her cousin, Miss Bette Louise
Cleeve, 1872 Orange St., for
the spring holidays.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Germans Prove Expert Help
On Farms in Montgomery
Prisoners Talk AnimotedIy While Working;
One Sings I'm On Old Cow Hand

A tall, bronzed German drank
deeply from a water bucket, gazed
at wheat shocks dotting the field
and rejoined his nine perspiring
companions, all of whom carried
pitchforks.
The 10 men, clothed in blue denims
with the letters p w. stenciled in
white on their backs. are among go
German war prisoners helping
Montgomery County farmers pro-
duce food for our fighting men. The
prisoners, working on five county
farms under a contract with the War
Department, are the first to be as
signed to agricultural work in the
Washington area.
| A visit yesterday to the farm of
Miss Mary Brooke near Olney, where
the prisoners were working under
the watchful eye of military police
man, disclosed that these erstwhile
"supermen" employ the tools of
peace as expertly as they did those
of war.
Instead of welding automatic pis-
tolls and submachine guns, they
handled the pitchforks to throw the
wheat on to wagons to be taken to
the threshing machine.
All were tall and muscular and
from their bearing it didn't take
much imagination to clothe them
in the field gray of the Wehrmacht.
But the change in their fortunes
Evening star., 1944-07-27
3 Maryland Road Project,
Approved by WPB

Relocation Of Queens Chapel road
In Prince Georges County and re-
surfaclng OF the Baltimore WASH
ington boulevard from the Balti-
more city line to Laurel are among
eight Maryland highway and bridge
projects approved by the Facilities
Review Committee of the War Pro-
duction Board, Gov. OConor an
nounced yesterday in Anna polls ac-
cording to the Associated Press.
Although II projects were rec
commended by the State Roads
Commission, four were rejected
State Roads Commission officials
explained that the proposed Queens
Chapel road relocation calls for the
Strengthening of the highway be-
tween University drive and the
bridge over the Northwest branch
OF the Anacostia-a distance of ap-
proximately a quarter of mile
In addition, Ager road, which
now intersects Queens Chapel road
would be extended to meet the re-
located highway. At present the
road curves sharply between the
bridge and Ager road. The curve
would be eliminated in the pro-
posed relocation.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Girl Hit by Truck, Beaten
By Driver in MARYLAND
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PIKESVILLE, Md. July 27.-An
18-year rold girl was knocked dowr
by a truck yesterday and ther
dragged into a woods and beaten
by the driver, Baltimore County and
city police reported.
j. j. Erbergs. serviceman for the
Consolidated Gas & Electric Co.
told officers he rushed to the girls
rescue when he heard screams fol-
help while driving along the Mil
ford Mill road, near Pikesville.
He declared the young woman was
trying to escape from the woods by
crawling on her hands and knees
AS Mr.. Erbergs approached. he said
he saw colored man flee into the
underground.
Mr.. Erbergs reported the license
number of the truck which had
been parked by the roadside near
the woods.
County police communicated with
the trucks owner, a Towson busi-
nessman, who gave them the name
or the driver he thought was in
charge of the vehicle.
The girl was under treatment at
the West Baltimore General Hos
pltal for multiple cuts and bruises
Evening star., 1944-07-27
MA Awards Contracts
For 7 GreenbeIt Schools

The Federal Works Agency today
announced the award of contracts
for construction of a 12-classroom
elementary school and five-room
addition to the high school at
Greenbelt, Md.
The FWA said the contract for
the elementary school was awarded
to the Nardis Construction Co.
Mount Vernon, N. Y, on its bid OF
$l38,240. The contract for the high
school addition was, given the E. L
Daniels Co., Arlington, on its bid
of $99,224. Both buildings are to
be completed in l20 days.
Henry J. Sullivan, regional FWA
director for the Washington area
said both buildings will be of two
story, brick and reinforced concrete
construction.
Funds were allotted for construct
ing and equipping the school build
ings to meet increased enrolment
demands,
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Industrial Survey Sought
By ARLINGTON County

Arlington County Manager Frank
c. Hanrahan has been authorized
by the County Board to request the
Virginia State Planning Board to
authorize an industrial survey of the
county and surrounding sections of
Northern Virginia, it was announced
yesterday by Leo c. Lloyd, board
chairman.
The survey would be made by the
Bureau of Industrial Research of
the University Of Virginia, recently
created under grant from the
Rockefeller Foundation. Planning
Engineer Frank l.. Dieter said the
program would include complete in
dustrial surveys for each section of
the State and that reports would be
available to responsible organiza-
tions SUCH as local planning COM
missions and chambers of commerce.
The Arlington County Planning
Commission already has prepared a
partial industrial survey from a zon-
ing standpoint. Information OBJ
tanned in the proposed State survey
could be used to supplement this
report, Mr.. Dieter said.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
League TO Launch Drive
To Educate Voters

An intensive campaign to get out
as many votes as possible In the
presidential election this fall and to
inform voters on issues and candi-
dates will be launched Immediately
by the Maryland League of Women
Voters.
The State Board of Directors of
the league voted at meet
ing at the home of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Durward " Sandifer, Sill
yer Spring, to undertake this project
first. Local committee chairmen for
league units throughout the State
will be appointed to direct the work.
Booths manned by league men,
bers also will be set up throughout
the State to provide information for
absentee voters.
The league also will endeavor to
contact residents who have declared
their intention to vote but have
failed to register. Appeals to vote
will be made through organizations,
printed matter and in house-to-
house canvass.
Mrs. Reba Lewis, Bethesda, has
been appointed chairman of the
campaign in Montgomery County. A
chairman to direct the work in
Prince Georges County will be ap-
pointed by Mrs. Lincoln H. Clark,
College Park, president Of the county
league.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Shooting Of Mary|ander
On Highway investigated

Maryland State police today were
investigating the shooting of a 28-
year-old Brandywine man, who was
found staggering along the highway
near his home last night with %.
caliber rifle wound in his left side.
Trooper L. N. Brown said the
wounded man, Joseph F. Stone, was
brought to the Waldorf barracks by
a motorist who had seen him.
Mr.. Stone told police. Trooper
Brown said, that woman he coulG
not identify had approached him or
the road and shot him"
The trooper said investigation
disclosed that Is minutes before he
was found, Mr.. Stone had borrowed
a .22-caliber rifle to kill a dog.
The rifle with one cartridge dis
charged was found near where the
injured man was picked up. Police
said in the past they have had fire.
quent calls from Mr.. Stone that
people were molesting him"
Police said Mr.. Stone was taken
to Providence Hospital, where his
condition was reported as satisfac-
tory.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
lsiNRstioniinq
&Remindery@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8 and
AS good indefinitely. Each stamp
worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats. Etc.-Red stamps A-a
through Z-8 continue good in
definitely for 10 points each. All
meats except beef steaks, roast
beef and choice cuts of lamb point
free. Until further notice, three
red stamps will be validated every
four weeks instead of every two
weeks.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound Of waste kitchen fats you
turn in. The fact that lard, short
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list does
not mean fat collection is less
essential.
Susar-Book No. 4 stamps 80, 81 and
80 valid for S pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 1 stamp 40 good for s
pounds for home canning through
February %. 1945.
Gasoline-No. 10-A coupons good
for 3 gallons each through August
8. B-3, B-4, C-3 and ca coupons
good for S gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps and 2 In
Book No. 3 good indefinitely fo1
one pair Of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and s cou.
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 30. Period /,
1944-5 fuel oil ration good now
for 10 gallons per unit.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
tobacco Men Press
Market Holiday Plan;
Price Plea Rejected
Aid of Two Governors
Sought After Vinson's
Blunt No on Ruises
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Southern tobacco men stayed on
the offensive today in their fight
for higher prices denied them by
the ONCE of Economic Sterilization
Although Director Fred M. Vinson
announced that rejection of de-
mands for increased ceilings was
final, spokesmen for f1ue-cured crop
growers and warehousemen refused
bluntly to back down and called for
help from at least two Governors.
Mr.. Vinson upheld late yesterday
the recently y-announced ceilings of
80 cents pound for loose. ungraded
tobacco and 43h cents for graded
and tied leaf.
Saying they would take nothing
less than 2-cent increase, tobacco
men from Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida re-
iterated that the decision marked
only the beginning of the fight,
undertaken, they said, because the
ceilings provided scant profit mar
gins.
The tobacco men, led by H. L.
Wingate of the Georgia Farm Bu-
reau Federation, said the first new
step would be an appeal to Gov.
Broughton of North Carolina and
Gov. Darden of Virginia for support
Of market holiday"
They wanted to know how far the
Governors would 90 in backing up
their determination to keep flue-
cured markets closed indefinitely.
Georgia and Florida markets were
scheduled to open Monday. but a
flve-day holiday was ordered. Gov.
Broughton said in Raleigh last
night that he doubted North Caro-
lima growers would favor indefinite
postponement of the auction season.
Tobacco awaiting sale in the
Georgia and Florida auctions might
be damaged by continued suspen-
sion, Government officials said, but
they were reported as not concerned
over delayed openings of later
markets.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
{. H. Callahan, Alexandra
Official Seriously III

Charles H. Callahan, one Of the
founders Of the National Masonic
Memorial and Alexandria, COM
missioner of revenue for the last
40 years, remained in a serious con-
dition in Alexandria Hospital after
a major operation yesterday, ac-
cording to his physician, DR.. H. D.
Wolff, jr.
DR.. Wolff said today several blood
transfusions have been given the
85-year-old Masonic leader and 9TH
ers would be given.
Mr.. Callahan was one of a small
group that pressed for the erection
OF the George Washington memorial
on Shooters Hill, and sales of his
book, Washington, the Man and
the Mason" helped raise funds for
the memorial. He is a former mas
ter of Washington Alexandria Ma
sonic Lodge and former grand mas
ter of Virginia Masons.
Evening star., 1944-07-27

enemy, and his way around.
So, when on the early morning
Of June 6 he htlrtled from the door
of a CAT airplane near Hiesville,
France, and landed safely behind
the enemy lines it was like being
on familiar, territory to Sergt. Ny
ers. He didn't know then. in the
blackness of the June night, while
Jerry machine guns played tattoo
of death across the hedgerows that
Hiesville was to be big part of
the show, and later headquarters
for an American outfit. Nor that
near here the next afternoon an
American general was to die, killed
In a glider crash.
But Sergt. Myers knew he was
fighting the Jerry again, and was
glad. Il was part of demolition
outfit" he told me. when landed
I joined up with Lieut.. j. H, Reeder
of San Diego, Calf. We gathered
together a few men, and tossed a
few grenades where they did the
Tost good. Early on the morning
of June s, after dawn broke. we
ran into a nest of 88s. Those babies
shoot fast but we captured them
without loss. The bazooka men
were wonderful They cracked those
B8 gunrers into cold meat When
man is hit with a bazooka shell
there isn't much left of him.
Many Snipers Around.
We went on to Hiesville, where
we joined up with ma ior and two
pilots out of glider. helping them
get jeep out of their wrecked
glider. Then we blew up the glider
with TINT. There was plenty OF
snipers around Hiesville. They pes
tered the CP for couple of days.
Il went back to the CP and VOL
unteered for patrol. going back to
another CP near Vierville. We got
into a cross fire from machine pistols
and light machineguns and went
Evening star., 1944-07-27

apparently hadn't caused them to
become sullen or nonco-operative.
They talked animatedly among
themselves as they worked, and the
officer in command said they liked
the work. The prisoners ranged in
age from % to 33.
The officer explained that five of
them had been captured in France
soon after the invasion. The others
were captured in Italy.
Although the officer said they
knew only smattering of English
one was familiar enough with it to
sing. I'm an Old Cowhard" during
lunch. The officer said they wouldn t
talk about the war.
The prisoners work from 9 am.
to pm, with an hour off for lunch.
They are taken to and from the
farms in an Army bus from Fort
George G. Meade. Tney also bring
their lunches from Fort Meade.
The men started work yesterday
and are willing workers, according
to Miss Brooke, who pointed out
that the prisoners cleared "A acres
yesterday.
These men are very good work.
ers," she emphasized. Il would ad-
wise any one needing farm help to
get them. The only disadvantage
is that they must work in groups Of
10 and cannot be separated
The prisoners had only one COM
plaint-no beer.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
RondoII Slated to Speak
At Silver Spring TONIGHT

Blanchard Randall, jr., Maryland
Republican senatorial candidate
will be the principal speaker at a
picnic and rally at o'clock tonight
in Sligo Park, near Wayne and
Perry streets, Silver Spring, Md.
Others listed to speak are Rep
resentative Beall, Republican, a
candidate for reelection, and Mrs.
Lulu Powell, Republican national
committeewoman from Maryland.
Mrs. David H. Baldwin, chairman
of the Montgomery County Wom-
ems Club, sponsor of the rally, will
preside.
Republican leaders from nearby
areas will be present, Mrs. Baldwin
announced.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Blind Newsboy Loses 500 Pup
Being ruined as 'Seeinq Eve

Alexandria police today were
searching for a pedigreed boxer bull
puppy lost by a 16-year -old blind
news carrier.
Detective 1t. Russell Hawes said
the dog was presented Saturday to
Richard Hutcheson, 234 Evans lane,
Alexandria. by his stepfather, Ed
ward B. Holder, and was to have
been trained by the youth to lead
him over his paper route.
The dog still requires special care
and the youth is fearful it might
be harmed unless 1t can be found
and given proper handling.
1t. Hawes quoted the boys stepfa-
ther as saying he had purchased
the dog for 500. He said the price
had been $50, but was reduced be-
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Dr.. Fred I. Hauser, AZ, Dies
In Purce|IviIIe Home

Special Dispa tch to The Star.
PURCELLVILLE, Va, July 81
DR.. Fred T. Hauser, AZ, Purcellville
physician, died at his home here
Tuesday night after a long illness.
DR.. Hauser came to Purcellville eight
years ago from Fort Monroe, where
he served on the Army medical staff
He was a graduate of the Medical
College of Virginia of the class of
1888. He served his interneship in
the Memorial Hospital of Richmond
following which he practiced medi-
cine in Bland.
DR.. Hauser was a native of VIM
ston-Salem, N. C. and at the time
OF his death was on the staff of
the Winchester Memorial Hospital.
He was member of the Northern
Virginia Medical Society and the
Loudoun County Medical Society
and was prominent member of the
Bethany Methodist Church here.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Juanita Shannon Hauser, and two
sons, Fred and Shannon. Funeral
services will be held at 2 pm. Fri
day from Bethany Church. The
Rev. j. c. Murphy, assisted by the
Rev. Paul Watlington. will ofiiciate.
Burial will be in the Goose Greek
Cemetery, Lincoln.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Gen. Reckord's Nephew
Is Killed in Action
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. july 27-Cant
John Reckord of Baltimore. 26-year-
old nephew of Maj. Gen. Milton A.
Reckord. was killed in action June
% in the European war theater, the
War Department has informed his
family.
His uncle, Gen. Reckord. is pro.
vost marshal general of the Euro
pean theater and former command
ing general of the Sd Service Com
mand, with headquarters in Bal
timore.
Capt. Reckord's father was the
late John G.. Reckord. He is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. William
U. Hooper, Baltimore; his widow
Mrs. Betty Calling Reckord, Cations
vile. and an infant daughter.
He entered the service shortly
after his graduation from the Uni
versity of Maryland in 1941. He
attended the Military Academy at
West Point for one year before
enrolling at the University of Mary
land.