davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-02-20
Monastery Is Eliminated.

i,oUu-IOH tdukeT ana B 6,UOU-tOn
transport.
Monastery Is Eliminated,
Over In Europe, the fighting Is
going on at an increased tempo
with the INazis reported yesterday
tossing four divisions against the
Allied beachhead at Anzio, but SC
far making no impression on the
defenses.
Wednesday, regretfully but never.
theless efficiently, Allied planes and
artillery opened an attack on the
Benedictine Monastery on Mount
Casino which quickly leveled the
abbey buildings and either killed O,
trapped in destructive artillery
barrage most Of the German troops
who were using the abbey to spot
artillery shots hurled into American
positions approaching Mount Cas-
sino. For two weeks the attack wal
held In allegiance, but finally senti.
ment and a respect for religious
edifices was forced to yield to the
necessity for prevention of furthe,
sacrifice of Allied troops placed in
jeopardy by the Nazi use of the
buildings.
A heavy attack was launched or
Casino, the strong point of the
Gustave Line, and as the week
ended there were definite indica-
tions that capture of Casino short
ly might occur.
With clearing weather, Allied air
craft came more completely into
the picture, striking at Nazi bases
and lines of supply.
Pictures OF German prisoners
seized in the 5th Armyb various
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
MANY TAR HEELS
AMONG WOUNDED

WASHINGTON June 27-RAThe
War Department made public to-
day the names of the following
North Carolina soldier wounded in
action. The announcement includes
casualties in the European, Medi-
terranean and southwest Pacific
areas.
European Area
Sgt. Herman L. Hill-Julius E.
Hill, father Randleman.
Mediterranean Area:
Pfc. Johnnie N. Fales - Mrs.
Mary P. Fales, mother, 622 Cald-
well Ave, Wilmington; Pfc.
Johnnie G.. Almond Grady B.
Almond father, Ri. 4 Abe
marie; Pfc. Jack W. Ba-bee =
Mrs. Myrtle Smith Barbee, wife.
Rt. /, Staafield; Pvt. David F.
Barham - Mrs. Mary F.. Bar
ham, mother, Reidsville; Pvt.
James F. Blanton - Mrs. Mamie
B. Blanton, mother, Rt. 2, Shell
by; LIST 1t. Howard v. Cation =
Mrs. Marian L. Cation, wife, Pvt.
Verlyn W. Conner = Mrs. Dolly
Adams Conner, mother Marion:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28

Pvt. Clarence w. Davis - Mrs.
Maude T. Davis, mother Ashe'
boro.
Pvt. Herbert L. Foster = Mrs.
Dorothy M. Foster, wife, Luca'
ma; M-Sgt. Watson c. Gregg :
Mrs. Frances Gregg, mother,
Lexington; Pvt. Ralph G. Hall -
Mrs. Brymo N. Hall, wife, Rt.
Y, Lenoir; Pvt. James L. Hunt
Mrs. Nora j. Hunt, mother, Row.
land; Tech. 4th Or. Lloyd c.
Johnson, mother, Rt. 2. Taylors-
vile; Pvt. James Kendrick -
Mrs. Maggie A. Kendrick, moth
er Rt. l, Price; Pfc. Joe R. La
nie1 - Silas A. Lanier, father,
Rt. 2, Ellington; Pfc. Lee R.
Ledford - Mrs. Rebecca L. Led
ford, mother, Asheville.
Pvt. Leslie T. Mann Mrs.
Prudie Mann, mother, Newport;
Pvt. Charlie R. Cccarn = Mrs.
Faith w. : CcCarn, wife, Lexing-
ton; Tech. 5th Or. Quintia A.
Noblock = Mrs. Elizabeth P.
Nohlock,. mother, Cleveland; Pfc.
Thomas E. Ross - Mrs. Mary
E. Ross, mother, Kings Noun
tain; Pfc. Morris Roth - Mrs.
Rebecca F. Roth, mother, Char
lotte; S-Sgt. Paul L. Shoemak-
err = Mrs. Emma L. Shoemaker,
wife, Rt. 1, Troutman; Sgt. DIV
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28

er D. Smith = Solen L. Smith
father, Rt. 2, Ashe.
Pfc. Marshal E. Stone = Leroy
j. Stone, father, Cramertoa; Pvt
Charles o. Tankersley Mrs
Addie E. Tankersley mother
Rt. l, Zircon;a: Pfc. Theodore R
Thompson Mrs. Gennie F
Thompson, mother, Rt. l, Steeds;
Pvt. Charlie R. Walker - Mrs
Sallie L.. Walker, mother Rt. 2
Mill Spring; PIT. Lester Young -
Mrs. Melba w. Young, wife
Townsville; Robt. L. Young =
Mrs. Nancy V. Young, wife, Mt
Airy.
Southwest Pacific Area
Pfc. Arthur E. Creech = ]. A.
Creech, father, Ri. 2, Zebulon;
Sgt. Willie L. Lequi1e = Mrs.
Bertha Buchanan Lequire, mother
Bryson City; LIST. 1t. Lawrence A.
McInnes = Luther McInnes, faith
err. Rt. l, Shannon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
IA Officers Arriue
For Special Course

CAMP DAVIS, June 27-Forty-
three officers from antiaircraft
artillery camps throughout the ma
ton arrived at the Antiai-craft
Artillery school here today to be-
gin four-day conference on lat
est methods of air raid warning
services and intelligence.
The conference is being conduct
ed under the supervision of Major
Walter H. Murray of Manhattan,
Kansas, and Major Francis x.
Bradley, formerly of the division
of training publications Camp
Davis, and now assigned to thesAn.
tiaircraft Artillery c o m m n d,
Richmond, Va.
Brig. General Bryan L. Milburn.
commandant of the AAA school,
welcomed the visiting officers tc
the conference.
Much of the material under dis
cussion at the conference will PEE
tain to new information on antiair'
craft artillery intelligence serv
ice ad operation room procedure
which is contained in a new AAA
field manual just completed by
the Antiairc-aft Artillery school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
Douahboy's Farewell To Naples

bitter and you wrote your
stories and then got out and
hurried back to the front.
1t was the place the boys
left going home, going to the
Pacific, to India; flying up to
be on the channel invasion. 1t
was the place where they be-
gan talking about this new push
in the spring and everybody
was skeptical at first. Tackling
too much with too little again,
we all said.
And now with the big push a
: success, Naples has become
place you hurried back to in
order to pick up your gear and
move on to Rome and beyond,
glad to get away from in the
end.
It's going to seem funny,
not coming back anymore" the
soldier repeated. ''But if I new
err see Naples again I reckon
it will be too soon.''
Yes, that's right, because
somehow through the winters
repeated stalemate Naples be-
came associated with failure
land repeted shortges. It fl
lnally became the city we had
to come back to because al
though men were dying in the
mud and misery up there still
there was little or no progress.
And now that the tenor of
the war has shifted to swift
victory and rapid advance, it's
good to get away from the
winters grim reminders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
ROTARY LEADERS
PRESIDE AGAIN


Nine past presidents OF the will
mington Rotary club were present
At the clubs weekly luncheon yes
ta t. and each presided again
for three minutes, giving a brief
resume of his term in office.
They were: Dan Herrin president
in 1882 33 Roger Moore 1916, -,
Fred r Matthes 1928-29, James F.
Root 1929, Davis Howes 1s33-34,
H. A. Marks 1885, Elvie L.
White 1s4o-41, Eugene W. Edwards
le42-4s and the 1884 president
Richard S. Rogers, whose presl'
deacy terminated at the meeting
Lawrence H. Hubbard OF Dur
and Bradstreet was formally IN
Quoted into the club in brie1
ceremony in which he was told o.
the clubs history and ideals, ane
was presented with the Rotary
code of ethics and given the Ro
tary button.
No Rotary meeting will a k {
place next Tuesday. it was an
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
With The AEF
nv KENNETH L.,DIxON

= =
WITH THE AEF IN ITALY,
June IA. Delayed -RElfs
certainly going to seem funny"
the soldier said, Singing the
last of his gear into a barracks
bag and yanking the draw cord
tight; certainly going to seem
funny not coming back to Ma
pies any more"
Yes, it was going to seem
funny. All winter Naples had
been the place to come back to.
Like all cities and towns be-
tween Casablanca and Tunis,
all the spots where the war
paused or begged down, it had
become a temporary resting
place between campaigns.
Beautiful from a distance,
hanging on the slopes under
Mt. Vesuvius' red nav, Naples
had turned out to be a filthy
and foul smelling place up
close. Still, there was beauty
here and there in the city and
it had come to be the rain
bows end for all the guys along
the front.
The city was still a war zone
last October. Through much Of
the fall and early winter the
air raids were regular and
rough and yet you came to.
laugh and smart crack about
them because they could not
be compared with the front.
Up there in the mud and cold
and rain you pass t h e time
talking about what you were
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28

going, to. do when you got back
to Naples, and guys who had
just come from there drew an
audience all around them tell
ing what they'd done and how
it had been.
You came back to Naples
with several days beard on
: your face, covered with mud,
wet, tired, !, cold but happy,
your bedroll and your rucksack
getting heavier by turns as you
trudged up the steps and Ma
: pies with it's life and music
and laughter was the place
that reminded you how good it
was to be alive.
It was the place you return
ed to after the bombing mis-,
sions, staggering a little in
your walk and in your talk of
flax and fighters and then
ashamed of yourself when the
boys who. had made 10 or 20
missions to your one dropped
in to spend the evening.
It was a place lots of them
never returned to = Big Dog
Ed, Texas and Whitley. There
were more of them who didn't
return. After they were gone
a while you quit talking about
them until someone came along
who knew definitely where
they had fallen.
More and more it became a
place people would 60 from
when the war arguments
around the table grew grim and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
MARINE HOSTESS LEAVES

CAMP LEJEUNE, June ~. ~
Mrs. Ross S. Kingsbury, who has
been senior hostess at the Tent
City hostess house ever since it
was opened IS months ago, has
left for Camp Pendleton, Cal,
where she will take charge Of a
new hostess house. She is the
widow Of 1t. Col. r. S. Kingsbury,
USING.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
REPORTS TO MARYLAND

Pvt. Joseph
M. Parker, 81,
W h o recently
completed his
basic training
at Camp Croft,
S. c., has re-
ported to Fort
Meade, Md, af-
Ter spending a
furlough with
h i S mother,
Mrs. Carrie D.
P a r k e r of
VIZ e h t sviue
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
Do This When
Baby Frets, Cries

Loss Of sleep and fretfulness in baby il
frequently caused by tormenting diaper
rash. So sprinkle his irTitsted . skin with
change. A 40-year dependable favorite.
cialits. Costs little. Demand Mexsana.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
SUBMARINE DUTY

Townsend, fire
man first class,
has completed
basic training
at the Subna-
r i n e school.
S u b m a r i n e
base, New Lon
don, Conn, for
duty with the
growing fleet
of u n d erseas
fighters. T h e
son of Mr.. and
NH~e IT To,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
VISITING FAMILY

Sgt. j ameS II.
Long, who re-
Gently received
h i 5 promotion
to sergeant, is
S p e n d i n g a
short furlough
with his moth
er, Mrs. A. c
Long, in Park
ersburg. He is
stationed with a
q u artermaster
truck COMPANY
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28

send of 115 Harrison street, he
entered the naval service in Aug
ust of last year and had recruit
training at cambridge, Md. He
attended New Hanover High
school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28

Sound. Before his induction into
the Army in December, 1913, Pri-
vate Parker was employed by the
North Carolina Shipbuilding COM
pany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28

The original Monitor, the ship
that changed warcraft design and
construction, was built in 100
days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
INFANTRY SCHOOL

INFANTRY SCHOOI
First Lieut.. Garnett D.. Har-
grave, Jr., son of M. and Mrs.
G.. D. Hargrave of Is South 18th
street, is attending the officers
advanced course a. the Infantry
school, Fort Benning Ga. Lieu
tenant Hargrave was commission
ed in November, 1912.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28

nounced, as the organization will
observe the 4th of July holiday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-28
IN ENGLAND

IN ENGLAND
Edmund Billy York, son of Mrs.
Louise York of OH Nesbitt Courts,
is stationed in England with the
amphibious forces of the Navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-23
THE FOUR DARK YEARS
(New York Times)

(New York Times)
Four years ago today the Dark Ages
returned to Denmark and Norway And
thi0 way of saying it is unfair to the
scattering of saints, statesmen, builders
and artists who did much to tighten the
historic medieval night The Nazis moved
in to protect the Danes and Norwegians
to protect them from peace, from COM
fort, from democracy, from decancy, from
honor. from intelligence. The high quail
tiles of the protected peoples did not
die under this blight, but the Nazi rot,
pest, fungus. whatever one may call it,
fouled all the public places. This was
to be the beginning of the Hitler millen-
MUM.
Some 900 years of that projected rule
of the beast theoretically remain The
Nazis never succeeded in winning the
friendship or respect of anv honest Dane
or Norwegian Their iackboots strutted
about the streets but their hearts skunk.
Within a few months of their arrival 1t
was already clear that they were present
only until the hostile strength at every
Quarter of the compass could gather It
self to destroy them. They could not
really conquer tiny country like Den
mark or a thinly populated land like
Norway. Violence, which was all they
had to work with. was not enough.
It will not be 996 years, or 996 weeks,
or 996 days, before this abomination is
ended. Even the hours might be counted
in not too many figures. The Danes and
Norwegians have been patient and brave.
Their civilization lives Soon 1t will reas-
sert itself
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-23
QUEER IDEAS
Sacramento Bee)

Connecticut pastor recently resigned
his pulpit in protest against the decision
of the church officials to display near
the pulpit service flag showing the num-
ber of Young men from the church VINO
had Joined the colors Said this minister;
ANY symbol. which raises one group
of men above another group for special
honor commendation or service IS
fundamental Genial of the brotherhood
of man under God.
What nonsense. This is stralnlng at
gnat with a vengeance
Far from being denial, such a service
flag is q symbol of the finest of all broth
arhoods-that of men. who without dis
tinction of race. creed or class are en-
Gagged in the noble assignment of defend
ino their flag and their country.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-23
FEATHERS OF THE RACE"

Fathers of the race seeking entry to your fellow
ship.
have the eternal password-"A Son Given in War
do not demanding, neither 90 beg ADMISSION
Out of my Father heart know your hearts.
We no longer have pride We longer believe in demand
So out of great humility to my brothers in
suffering
Nor does it which side of the tracksor of the
word-yOu may live. .
If YOU have given-as | gave-al your hearts PRIDE
AS your part of Humanty's great sacrifice,
Then neither will you ask any questions.
You admitted to our great Fraternity
Let us sit together the banks of quiet stream
The Voga the Rhine, the Yangtse, or the 70,
And tell each other of the dreams we had for nm
Whom we loved better than our very lives s.
Him for whom planned since early MANHOOD.
Let US. my brother-fahers hold together in loss
And in the cleansing flame of pain burn out
The ancient hatreds, al vanity and all prde ~, .o f
That have made man say MS orothefs slTce 'e u"e "
And as we talk together, sharing our common pain
You NAV be sure I'll never hate again ,
Let us pledge faith that will hence be brothers
Because of this-our Brotherhood of Fathers
written by Angeles memorial to his so"
VIII his life in air combato
Marine Corporal Henry Ger of Venice Calf wrote the
before IN he N,s0v Ha sS1nsss ;snd a'y during the
"THIS LAND IS NINE"
What makes soldier love the land
That gave him birth and life?
What makes him sure It's worth the price
OF death in mortal strife?
Whv is it he must fight and die
To make nation great?
Is it human failing,
Or it is merely fate?
I've posed a question often asked
Since the very start OF time,
And the only answer can give
The nhrase-"This land is mine
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-23
SOUND. SCOTTISH SUGGESTION
(Riversid,a Daily Press

Everyone knows by now that parents
are responsible for juvenile delinquency
Our experts are constantly radlscoVerlng
the fact with fresh delight. Newspapers
dutifully chronicle the repeated pro-
nouncements.
Now the house of lords in London mas
taken up the study of delinquency and
reached the same conclusion. Only, the
Earl of Glasgow has put it in a some
what different way.
81 want to debunk.' said he. the prop,
ooanda one hears about Gaming being bad
for people because it is supposed to or9t-
alize those who use if as well as the VIC
tins. Looking around. ! know that most
of YOU have been caned in YOUR youth Tor
the good of YOUR souls. and | cannot see
anv brutalizing signs in YOUR faces
Sociologists would frown on the I'M
nlied remedy, of course But some de-
rnouent parents might apply it IN SIM
pler cases with beneficial results.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-23
Two Army F|iers
Die in Crash

LUKE FIELD, A H., April %
CUP)-TWo aviation students anc
flying instructor were killed Fri
day in a mid-air collision between
two training planes a half mile
southwest of here, Colonel Lester
S. Harris, acting commanding Of
ficer, announced Saturday.
A second instructor, Lieutenant
Roy L. Tweedle, Phoenix, para
chuted to safety.
The dead:
Lieutenant John E. Beard 26
instructor, Baker, Ore.
Acting Corporal Raymond A. Mar
inconz, 20, Milwaukee, Wis, and
Silvio Marinconz, Vulcan, Mich.
Student Officer Lieutenant Jack
F. Meyer, 26, Omaha, Neb.
A board OF Officers is investigating
the cause of the collision.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-23
LABOR COUNCIL MAKES
CONCRETE PROPOSALS

There has been lot of hullabaloo
about postwar planning. but compar-
ativelv little solid action. Thus far, not
a single town in the valley has announced
a specific postwar program. nor has any
chamber of commerce or public agency.
Or!y one organization has come forth
with a blue printed proposal. That is
the Imperial Valley Central Labor Coun-
Gil which presented a l2-point platform
several weeks ago Business interests and
civic leader groups should not feel proud
that the labor group seems to be out in
front in this kind of forethought, and
might speed up to regain leadership
which formerly was believed to be theirs
by right of precedent.
It is well to consider the - planks in
the platform which has been proposed by
the Labor Council for inclusion in the
countrywide program which it is hoped
will be formulated in the Immediate fu-
ture. In evaluating these suggestions,
the reader will do we'll to weigh them on
the scales of solid feasibility and possi-
BILE additions to tax load.
Here is what the Labor Council pro-
poses:
|. A we'll planned civic center for each
citv in the county.
2. A new county hospital of modern
design and construction, equipped and
staffed to handle all types of medical
cases.
3. The enactment of laws to make this
conntv a healthier place in which to live.
a. Recreationa, sport and cultural GEN.
ters for youth.
). Now gutter. sewer and storm drain
age with adequate tunneling for each
citv in the county.
G. Such legislation as will provide for
slum clearance and for federal. state or
municipal housing for each city in the
countv.
7. A state agricultural college for I'M
perial County.
3. Opening of the Fast and West Mesas
for homesteading and cultivation.
Construction of an adequate men,
orial for the veterans of the present war.
10 Construction of modern highway
from Blythe to inland.
II. Improvement of the highway from
Niland to Brawley.
- Construction of a modern four
lane highway from CaleXico. on the IN
ternational boundary line. to port on
the Gulf of Lower California.
It is not to be implied that this pro-
gram is complete, nor that all proposals
are necessarily acceptable. But this
newspaper does agree that every sugges-
tion is worthy of very serious thought,
that all probably are practicable in one
form or another. and that every person
with anv eve to the future. should give
those suggestions their verv best thought.
paul Jenkins
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-23
LAW SCHOOL ~OES TO WAR

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. April %.
UF) Harvard law School has
given II dean and come 1920 stu
dents to the war effort and most
of the schocl's facilities have been
turned over to the armed forces
The enrolment normally 1,40C
students - has dropped TO 80. Dean
James M. Lands il the American
director OF economic operations in
the Middle Eat.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-23
WE
the Women
BY RUTH MILLETT

A Minneapolis husband, in
cross bill of divorce, claimed his
wife wore stockings with runs in
them from ankle to knee while
she had lao pairs of new ones put
away.
Evidently that wife. if the charge
is true, just carried to an extreme
a mistake that many wives make
after a year or two of marriage
the fault of boarding their most
pleasing and personable selves to
dazzle outsiders.
Such women don't pay any at
tention to what they are wearing
if they don't count on seeing any
one but their husbands. Only if
they expect guests to drop in dc
they gay attention to what they
wear around the house.
They wouldn't think of bother
inc to have flowers on TIE dinner
table just for their own and their
husbands appreciation. They try
to set a pretty table Cnly when
there are to be guests.
Seek to Impress Others
Their manner5-even the simple
matter Of an unfailing please"
and thank you"7suffer a terrific
let-down when there is no one
around but their own husbands.
But they are always courteous to
the people they want tc. impress.
Such hoarding-even though it
is never brought out in a divorce
suits bound to do a lot to make
a marriage lose its charm.
For any husband who is even
half way bright is bound to knew
that his wife doesn't consider him
worth pleasing if she wears her
old clothes and her bad manners
for him and carefully hoards her
becoming clothes and manners
for others.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-23
WINTER KIND TO DEER

LANSING, Mich, April %. tUP
The Michigan conserva ion de-
partment reports that the state :
deer herd came through the win
ter months in excellent condition.
Lack of deep sncW allowed the
deer free movement. while extern
sive numbering operation: provided
abundance of forage. last year Sc
we're weather and lack of feed
brought starvation to thou,ande OF
the wild animals.