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Evening star., 1944-09-16
More Flying Bombs,
Possibly Launched BY
Planes, Hit London
D. the Associ.ted prss..


LONDON, Sept. 16-German ro-
bot bombs which may have been
launched from airplanes smashed
into Southern England and the
! London area shortly before dawn
today, underscoring the govern
ment's warning that evacuees
should not flood back to the capital.
One flying bomb wrecked seven
houses. In one of them, five chill
dren and an adult were killed out
right. -Four others in the same area
were seriously injured. It was the
first flying bomb attack In more
than two weeks.
Some persons here said the bombs
appeared to be the type discharged
from aircraft. A few flying bombs
previously are said to have come
from due east on pickaback planes
This form of attack could be carried
out from airfields in the heart of
Germany.
Allied armies are overrunninR
most of the coastal regions of the
continent from which the flying
bombs were first launched, but the
Germans still hold Calais. Boulogne
and Dunkerque on the French coast
unspecifled areas on the Belgian
coast and all the Netherlands
coastal regions.
Only last night Lord Woolton
Minister of Reconstruction, appeal
ing to those who have been evacu-
ated from London to stay put, de-
clared. I'VE should be foolish to as
sumo that the enemy has exhausted
his capacity to invent devilish in
struments Of destruction, which can
be discharged from a safe distance
until the time when the Raj finds
out their hiding places"
Lord Woolton disclosed today
that approximately 100000 London
homes and apartments have been
totally destroyed by enemy raiders
and flying bombs since 1910.
He said the 80-day attack by fly
ing bombs accounted for the COM
plete destruction of $4,000 dwellings
and damaged l,104 900.
Meanwhile, the German radio as.
serted a new secret weapon, radio
controlled explosion poats,' hac
sunk 50 Allied ships and damaged II
others in the English Channel ir
recent weeks.
The new device was described as
light speedboat loaded with higi
explosive, carrying an unarmec
pilot with a lifebelt. At 200 yard,
from the target the pilot hits but.
ton. which trusts him into thu
water, and a command boat. BY
radio control, guides the explosive
unit toward its target.
Evening star., 1944-09-16
Richmond Pilots Body
Recovered From Lake
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH. Tex, Sept. 10
The bodies of Second 1t. Tazewell
Seldom Wharton, jr.. pilot, of Rich
mond, Va, and Corpl. Aloysius Joe
Paliszewski. gunner. Of Conemaugh,
Pa, killed Wednesday in the crash
OF q Marine Corps dive bomber in
Lake Bridgeport. near here. were
recovered from the lake waters to-
day.
The plane still is under some 80
feet Of water. The bodies were not
in 1t.
Evening star., 1944-09-16

A sailor, veteran of l3 major bat
ties. and winner of a citation for
cool action under intense fire" had
to pause three times yesterday
while he was getting marriage
license, to wipe his damp forehead.
Shooting Japs is easier than get
ting married. he declared,
Another seaman, warrant officer
the merchant marine who lost a
leg while adrift for 48 days in the
North Atlantic, found getting mar
ried lust a breeze" 1t was a lot
easier, he said, than having four
ships shot from under you.
Seaman First Glass John Alpon
Gray, %, of 300 Taylor street NE,
got back from the South Pacific
September 8. Two days ago he put
a diamond ring on the proper finger,
left hand, of the 20-year-old bru-
nette girl he met in Seattle in July,
1943. Today he will marry her.
The second seaman, Warrant
Officer Fred Fioreo. q. of White
Horse, Alaska, was married yeSter-
day to Marine Pfc. Barbara Full
bright, 81, stationed In Arlington,
at the home of the Rev. Herbert o.
Cooper in Rockville, Md. The couple
met five months ago at Servicemen's s
Club No. l, 306 Ninth street NV,
and were engaged before their first
date ended.
Wipes His Forehead.
Josephine Ann Romano, the
bride-to-be, accompanied Seaman
Gray to the license bureau yesterday,
and helped wipe his forehead with
her handkerchief as he filled out
the final forms. He had applied
several days ago. She has been
waiting here for him since Septem-
Der, 1943 when she left Seattle to
come to live with his mother, Mrs.
Jessie M. Gray.
The blond sailor ruffled his hair,
and bushed, when asked about his
part in the battles of Midway, Tu-
lagi, Guadalcanal, Santa Cruz, Tar
ava and others. 1T wasn't so bad,"
he said.
Letters from home helped. Miss
Romano wrote one every day, and
he answered when there was time" :"
He met her while his ship was in
port at Seattle, and before he left
they decided to marry when he re-
turned.
After the war. Seaman Gray saws.
they will live here. Before he en-
listed in the Navy just after Pearl
Harbor he worked with the Safeway
stores, but he hasn't decided what
he will do when the war Is over.
His bride might have something
Evening star., 1944-09-16
Freedom Day Asked

National Freedom Day" would be
celebrated February l Of each year
under resolution introduced by
four Republican Senators. The day
would commemorate the signing BY
President Lincoln OF a congressional
resolution proposing adoption Of the
18th amendment to the Constitution.
Evening star., 1944-09-16
FoIo's Ticks Prove
TO Be Common Type,
u. S. Experts Say
~ the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
HAMILTON. Mont. Sept. lS.
Experts at the United States
Public Health Service Rocky
Mountain laboratory studied
the ticks received by mail
closely.
Then they advised ofhciAls in
Washington that the little bugs
taken from Fala, President
Roosevelts Scotty, were just
ordinary dog ticks after ali.
Evening star., 1944-09-16
Dale Carnegie to Wed
Secretary in November
~ the Associated Prsss.

~ L0s AB10eIAto0 Ffe91s
NEW YORK. Sept. 16.-Dale Car
negie, author OF How TO Win
Friends and influence People," viii
marry his private secretary, Doro-
thy Price vanderpool Of Tulsa,
Okla. he said yesterday.
Mr.. Carnegie said the wedding
would take Place In Forest Hills,
Long Island. November 3. It win
be the second marriage for each.
The daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Price Of Tulsa, Mrs. Wander
pool Is graduate Of the University
Of Oklahoma and Stephens College,
Columbia. Mo.
Evening star., 1944-09-16
$500 U. S. Planes
In Chino, Jops Soy
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 15.-The Tokyo
radio declared today that American
planes operating in China had in
creased from 400 last spring to $500
this month.
Evening star., 1944-09-16
Quebec
Continued From First pase.)

Wnen ne expected that the PreS-
dent and the Prime Minister would
conclude their talks, he replied
that they would be ended today.
Then he added. as an afterthought,
that he meant the Quebec, phase
OF the talks. Some correspondents
interpreted that to mean that Mr..
Churchill might accompany the
President back to Washington. Now
1T appears more likely that the
two will go to some Canadian va
cation spot where they can enjoy
an entirely private talk together.
ON The Record Movements.
At any rate, their movements
after today will be of the record
and 1t is probable that nothing
more will be heard of them until
they return to their respective cap
italS.
Yesterday Mr.. Early and Robin
Cruikshank, press representative OF
the British Prime Minister, he'd a
staged" press conference for the
benefit Of the American Army
Signal Corps, which wanted to
record the scene for its files. While
the ofdcials and reporters sweltered
under kleig lights no one coulc
think OF anything important to
say and eventually the conference
broke up amid general laughter.
Washingtonians may be interested
to know that one of the officials
arriving here yesterday was 1t.
Col. John Henry, an emergency Of
ncer, who in civilian life is a staff
correspondent for The Evening Star
Col. Henry's role here was moi
made public. During most of the
war he has served as an aide to
Maj. Gen. Patrick j. Hurley. How
ever, Gen. Hurley Is now in China
Evening star., 1944-09-16
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
Farm Group
Holds Meeting

rRALEIGH, June 21- tR More
than 300 delegates representing
high SCHOOL clubs throughout the
state registered here today for the
annual convention Of the No-t4l
Carolina division Of future farm
,ers of America.
Russell Gaylord of Bath, presi'
dent of the organization, presided
at the opening session this after
noon. The session was devoted tt
committee reports and to report:
Of Roy H. Thomas of Raleigh, state
advisor, and r. J. Peeler OF Ra'
leigh, executive secretary.
Later in the day tests were giver
to Carolina farmer candidates, ane
public speaking contest was held
with representatives from the flvt
districts participating. Presentation
Of forestry awards featured nigh
session.
Tomorrow program will includ.
the election of officers and an ad
dress by DR.. Clyde A. Erwin, stat'
superintendent of public instruc
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
.JuriStS Meet
At ASheville

ASHEVILLE, June 21.-1f a ser
ious effort is to be made to attain
iIite' national peace We must rea-
lie that we cannot 60 along in the
old ruts." Manley o. Hudson, judge
Of The permanent court for inter
na.ional justice, told the fourteenth
juoic;al conference of the Fourth
Circuit and U. S Attorneys of the
Southeast in joint sessions here to-
day,
Courage will be neded," Judge
Fue.sol: declared, soma of our no
TINA! preoccupations may nave to
be- subordinated, new loyaltl.s r1ay
reed 10 be cultivated.
Harlan F. Stone, chief justice 0:
the United States, open "a the pub
lie session of the conference inthe
U. S. District courtroom this MOI
ming at 10 o'clock.
The visitors were greeted BY
Judge John J. Parker senior cir.
cult Judge of the fourth circuit
and two addresses were heard, one
by attorney general Francis Biddie
and other by DR.. Hudson.
This afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock
commander James ] Robinson, re.
porter of the advisory committee
on rules and criminal procedure a
pointed by the Supreme Court, pre-.
sided during lengthy discussion
of the second draft of the rules
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
REDUCED
ON MIXED FEED

RALEIGH, June 81. = P) - A
reduction of from five to 20 pei
cent in the price of mixed feec
has been effected in eastern North
Carolina by a check of charges
being made by mixed feed deal
ers by the OPA, T. S. Johnson,
director of the Raleigh district
said today.
The investigation already made
in Is counties has resulted in u
voluntary contributions represent
ing overcharges above OPA ceiling
prices totaling $4,322.20, Johnson
said. The remaining SO counties
will be checked soon.
The action, johnson said, lis
designed to help the farmer and
livestock grower purchase his feed
at prices which will permit him te
make a better profit and keep him
from being squeezed by his owr
price. ceilings. Mixed feed prices
have fallen from five per cent ir
some areas to 20 per cent in others
since our mixed feed price acc on
began"
He said that although mixed feed
generally is still scarce due to alb
normally large livestock herds,
most violators of OPA price regu
lations have been brought into
line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
American Forces
Ready For Battle

WITH AMERICAN FORCES BE-
FORE CHERBOURG, 9:31 pm,
June I'll R Powerful American
forces were drawn up before Cher
bourg tonight, preparing for the
kin-getting ready to hurl an over
towering weight Of men and metal
on the trapped German garrison
that is entrenched in its last-stand
defenses.
Civilians struggling through the
lines said that within the City the
Germans were preparing f o a
street-by-street defense, knocking
holes in the corners of buildings
and setting up machine guns and
anti-tank guns to cover the ap-
proaches.
| With methodical precision t IN e
American doughboys closed in on
the heights overlooking Cherbourg
a encountered the core of the
enemy's last line Of defenses -
blockhouses and concrete pillboxes.
For the past II hours they have
been probing positions, locating
strong points and getting ready for
| the final thrust
The fall of Cherbourg now is a
matter of time. That much is ap-
parent. There is little chance for
the enemy to make a "Stalingrad'
of the city because the Americans
have superior hitting power on
land, sea and in the air.
Thus, fifteen days after the first
landings in Normandy, the dough
boys are ready to batter in the
6 e of the city whose control
would give the Allies a valuable
point of entry for supplies.
But, as the Americans frightened
their arc of steel about the Ger
mans perimeter of defenses, they
met stiffening opposition f r o m
strong points fixed SO that the
lines of fire criss-crossed, will
each point supporting its neighbor
AZ yet the Americans have made
no effort to smash the Cherbours
line.
Forward patrols have found enc.
my pillboxes clustered in each de.
fensive area, most of them appar
emily having been previously pre-
pared, but some very recently
constructed.
/ In drawing back on their inner
defenses, the Germans gave ur
much ground and several strong
points which, it seemed to the
Americans, they should have tried
tc ho'd if they intended a do-or-die
stand.
Obviously the enemy had not re
! covered from the confusion a n c
disorganization which followed the
American breakthrough to the Yves
Coast and subsequent drive north
ward. Many guns and much ma.
terial which might have been saved
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
5000 PLACED
IN APARTMENTS

Placement of approximately S.
600 persons here in war housing
apartments, an average of 450
placements per month, has been
made since June 20 of last year,
Louie E. Woodbury., Jr., assistant
director of the Housing Authri-
ty in Wilmington, disclosed yes
terday.
In spite of the many rumors to
the effect that employment is on
the decrease the housing situa-
ton remains acute, Woodbury.
said. During the month of April
604 families were placed in apart
ments by the War Housing Cente-,
greater number than was placed
in any other monthly period during
the year and in May 433 place
me,1ts were made.
: While there are some vacancies,
Woodbury. said, it has been found
that many people qualified TO-
placement prefer waiting for
specific localities.
The 5O0-unit Riverside apart
ments are rapidly filling and it
is expected that they will be COM
pletely occupied by the first part
Of July. These two-story brick
veneer apartments are located in
Sunset Park near the North Caro-
lima Shipbuilding company. Each
unit consists of two bedrooms, a
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
LENDING FIRMS
/ HELP HOUSING

RALEIGH, June 21.-tREA total
Of $79,O50,000 has been advanced
to So, 400 North Carolina families
by private lending institutions since
1884 to provide better housing, Au-
5rey c. McCabe, state director of
he Federal Housing Administra-
ion, said today.
McCabe said that the loans adj
RANGED by the private concerns
we're insured by FILA through its
Insured mortgage program, allow
ng low down payments and long
sayment periods.
From June, 1884, to June, 1914,
w.2OO loans totaling $14,450, 900 for
alterations, repairs a n d improve
ments to existing structures were
Insured by FILA. In addition, 49,
200 loans totaling $64, 100000 for
use in buying or building homes in
rental housing projects were ap-
proved in the state. McCabe said.
The agency assisted in providing
large scale housing facilities for
war workers during the emergen-
cy, he said, by iasuring financing
for new privately built war housing
units and for conversion of existing
housing into additional units o r
war workers and their families.
1.-The peacetime job of FILA"
McCabe said, will be to stimulate
through its insured mortgage pro-
gram the production of sound, at
tractive homes for a broad-scale
market"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
MEMORIAL PARK
+ PROPOSAL MADE

The suggestion that Wilmington
consider a memorial park in trib'
ute to it's servicemen and women
in the present war was made by
Jesse A Reynolds, director Of the
CITY recreational program in talk
Yesterday to the Kiwanis club.
Reynolds made the proposal in
the course of a discussion OF means
by which citizens could assist in
the recreational work which the
city government has actively car
ried forward during the past year.
He did not elaborate on the mem
orial park plan, but said that citi-
zens could help otherwise by giving
suggestions to the recreation de-
partmert for improvements in the
service.
Reynolds traced the development
of the activities of his department
since he came to Wilmington last
August, and said excellent cooper
alton had been received from the
school board, housing authority and
other local agencies. The city gov
eminent pays a part Of the cost of
the work,and the federal govern
ment makes a substantial contri-
button, in recognition of the fact
that this is a congested war area.
G. F. Ball, representative of the
Standard Oil company of New Jer-
sey, was introduced by o. H. Shoe
maker, chairman of the New Han
over County War Price and Ration
ing board, and made an appeal for
public cooperation in the CONVEX
sation of gasoline.
He said price control officials
had estimated tina: if the black
market were eliminated, every au.
tonobile driver could get two
more gallons perricnth. He urged
drivers to refrain from acc ,pt:ng
gasoline tickets not issued to them
by the rationing BOARD.
! Shoemaker tharktd the k:wan-
fans, as individuals and as a club,
for cooperating with the price con-
srol and ,rationing program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
|KO0NCE SPEAKER r.
AT EXERCISES

~ donald Koonce was the prln-
49,, sneaker at the graduation ex'
erc;ses Of the class Of Red Cross
Volunteer Nurses Aides last night
# St. Paurs Lutheran Parish
house.
The following nurses aides grad
,,ated after completing an 80-hours
course: Misses Daisy Lee WOOD
b,,rv Ann Woodbury., Mary Eliza
beth Lopez, Theresa stora, Madge
plaver, Elizabeth Fryer, Vivian
r.rter Janice Pickard, Margaret
Pickard. Anna Won osen. Mes
DANES Louise Fryer, Bette Cas-
sell Nora Weaver, Frances Muir
DIV, Jeff Shepherd, Myrtle Bare
foot. Irene Heenieck, RozeAa hay
ett Martha Mckenzie, Marjorie
Davis Pearl Kyle, Margaret Fad
iie Frances Ford and Esther Pee
pies. -.
presentation of service bars TOT
$50 hours Of volunteer service as
nurses aides were made to: Miss
es Emma McEachern, Billie
HUM Catherine Freemuth, Mes
danes Wilbur Jones, Isabelle
Watts, Peore Crawford, William
emerson and Helen M. Shepard.
The program for the evening was
as follows: professional, Mrs. I'm
ma Gade 1-utaff; invocation, Rev
Carl Fisher; welcome to the hos
p1taI. J. C. Roe, chairman OF tn.
hoard: Red Cross pledge, Mrs. N
H. Foy. vice-chairman, Vcluntee:
Especial services, American Re-
Gross: music, Misses Moore ant
Mills. student nurses; address, DR.
Donald Koonce; presentation Q
service bars for $50 hours of vol
unteer service as Nurses Aides
Mrs. D. R. McEachern, chairman
Nurses Aide committee; Gaping
Miss Beadie Britt, superintendent
of nurses, James Walker Memo
rial hospital, and Miss August;
Futch, Red Cross instructor; Sta
Spangled Banner.
All persons interested in enter
ing the next class are asked t
meet in the office of Miss Futcl
at James Walker hospital on Jul.
7 at 8 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22

by an orderly retreat have been
left behind.
The fight has gone out of many
of the Germans, who have seen
the hopelessness of their position.
In one case doughboys surround
ed four tanks. The crews surren-
dered without trying to fight. An
other time a German captain and
10 men with only one gun among
t h e m surrendered because they
were cut off from their unit.
Maj. Harry Sievers. former Wa.
terloo, Iowa, high school athletic
coach, said many Germans were
taking advantage of the confusion
in their ranks to escape and sur.
render. ~. -t,--
''They slip away from their col.
umns when marching at night
he said. Their officers had kept
them in line by threatening re.
taliation against their families il
they did not fight"
There have been some cases,
however, of Germans putting CT
villain clothes over their uniforms
and going into the woods as snip.
ers.
eve caught five in one GROUP
who had civilian clothes over theil
uniforms" said Maj. Ernest King
of Mullins, S. c. "They were hiding
in the woods and shooting at oul
boys, who at first thought they
were Frenchmen."
German stragglers are wander
ing in to surrender, sometime.
with amusing results.
Harry Harris, Associated Pres!
photographer of Flushing, N. Y.
found them very annoying a
Barneville. "While we were eating
the Germans kept coming in ant
wanting to know where they couls
surrender. We couldn't eat TO-
those lugs," exclaimed Harris.
French civilians suggested t,
Harris that he give up eating ant
60 into the woods and round VI
the prisoners, ''but I figured hasl
bulbs weren't good enough weap
ons," Harris said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
Former Radio Singer
Wins Senatorial Race

BOISE, IDAHO, June 21.-M -
Glen H. Taylor of Pocatello, former
cowboy radio singer, held a mar
gin of 220 votes over incumbent
D. Worth Clark for Democratic
nomination for United States sena-
tor as complete returns from Ida
hos June 10 primary election were
tabulated today. ---''.1.z.
Reports from all 845 precincts
including official returns from 548
= gave Taylor 10, 1873 votes to TO-
513 for Clark.
The state canvassing board meets
Saturday to tabulate official re-
ports. Gov. c. A.. Bottolfsen is the
Republican nominee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
Senate Bill Gives
Navy New Top Rank

WASHINGTON, June 21.-R -
The Senate passed late today bill
to give the Navy new top rank
Admiral of the fleet.
Senator Walsh O.-Mass), Naval
Affairs committee chairman, said
the two officers who would be cur
rently eligible for the new rank
are Admiral Ernest ]. King, com
mander-in-chief of the fleet, ano
Admiral William D.. Leahy, CHIEF
of staff to President Roosevelt.
The bill, by Senator Gerry 3D..
RID, now goes to the house.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
Distillers Barred
From Using Corn

WASHINGTON, June IL Up =
Distillers may be barred from u.s.
ing corn-a favorite raw material
in making beverage alcohol DUR
ing the August whisky making
holiday granted by the War Pro-
duction Board. .
Because corn supplies are at the
lowest level since the 1887 drought
year, the government may limit
distillers to the use of wheat, rye
and possibly Caribbean molasses
in making whisky.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
Fender Man jailed
On Draft Charge

Arthur William Spearman Is be-
ing held in New Hanover county
Jail il default Of a $500 bond to
await trial in Federal court here
in October, Commissioner James
B. Swails announced yesterday.
Hearing for Spearman was held
following His apprehension by Of
ficers of the Federal Bureau Of In.
vestigation and police on charges
of falling to report FOR examina-
ton as instructed by Fender
county Draft Board No. 1. r
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
Bond Sales Reach
Is Per Cent OF Quota

WASHINGTON, June 81. -P)-
Bond sales to individuals totaled
$1O81, 100000 through Tuesday. 9th
day of the Fifth War Loan, the
treasury announced tonight. This
represented nearly 10 per cent of
the 5000, 10000 quota for individ-
ual purchases out Of the total goal
of SIG, OOO, 100000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22

living room and kitchen. Occupa3.
cy of these units is restricted to
eligible war workers who are GER
titled by the War Housing Center.
Although the construction of
these units has not been complet-
ed, total of 446 units have been
released to date.
The Housing Authority has 2O4
units available in the Raleigh sec
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-22
GETS GOLD STAR

WASHINGTON, D. C., June Il
REThe Navy department an
nounced today the award Of a
Gold Star in lieu of a second
legion of Merit to Commodore Lee
p. johnson, q native Of Concord,
N. c. The award was made for
training of the amphibous forces
Of the Atlantic fleet, the Navy de-
partner said.