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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24
Pupils Collect
SIS, 118 Pounds
OfScrapPaper

New Hanover school children
have collected SIS, lib pounds Of
waste paper since school opened
this year, and $50 in prizes will
be given to the schools with the
greatest collection of paper &C.
cording to enrolment, by the Viii.
mington Paper Stock company in
a contest closing Oct. 81.
Much interest and enthusiasm
has been shown in the contest and
it is hoped that all of the schools
will have a collection to turn in
at the end of this last week OF
competition.
First prize is $25, second prize
SIS and third prize, $40.
Although the contest ends Oct.
81, j. F. Warwick of the paper
company, says that he hopes the
schools will continue to collect
waste paper because it is the No.
l critical war material.
The Chestnut Street school, at
present, leads the contest with 49,
100 pounds, the Wrightsboro
school has 11,57O pounds, Lake
Forest school, 7,940 pounds, Hem
enway school $500 pounds, Brad
ley Creek school, 5,578 pounds,
Winter Park school $3.50 pounds,
Maffitt Village school, 2,49Q
pounds, Carolina Beach school, L.
$50 pounds and Peabody schooA
2,290 pounds.
A similar waste paper contest
is being conducted in Bladen, Co.
lumbus, Fender, Duplin and Ons-
low counties, by the paper COM
pany.1
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24
Council Will Confer
With LeGrand Shortly

A tentative date for a meeting
of city officials with j. @. Lee
Grand, democratic nominee for
New Hanover county's only seat
in the 1945 House of Representa-
tives, will be set at City Council
meeting tomorrow, Edgar D. Vow,
said yesterday.
City officials are expected to
confer with LeGrand on proposed
legislation for the city, he added.
City Manager A. c. Nichols re-
ported yesterday that plans for
city extension were pretty well
COMPLETED.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24
SCHELDE BATTLE
GROWS CONFUSED
Canadians Are Withdrawn,
From Breskens; Mud De-
lays Patton In South

LONDON, Tuesday, Oct.
24.-(P)-The British Second
army early today hammered
at 'S-Hertogenbosch, the Ger
man shield for all Of western
Holland, and the enemy de-
lenses seemed about to buck
lie, but Canadian forces to the
southwest were reported
withdrawn from Breskens on
the south shore of the Schelde
river estuary in a "confus-
ed' situation.
The Canadian First army had
taken Breskens, a ferry port on
the long waterway leading to Ant
werp, Sunday and had pushed be-
You'd. Late dispatches from SUI
preme Allied headquarters at Pa
ris,s however, said the Canadians
had retired from the town last
night and that there was see-salv
fighting in the area.
In their advance on 'S-Herto-
genbosch, the British wiped out
a whole battalion of the 712th
German infantry division and
took 500 prisoners, including one
regimental and one battalion COM
mander.
The hard-driving Tommies,
smashing in on 'S-Hertogenbosch
from three directions, rocked the
Nazis back approximately six
miles in liberating the important
towns Of Schinjndel, Middlerode,
Olland and Bruggen. They receiv-
ed turnu 1tu0us welcomes from the
Dutch populace.
Fresh momentum was given the
British offensive against the wes-
tern flank of the Holland bridge
head by new attack launched
at midnight from the south side Of
the Zuid Willemsvaart canal,
southeast of 'S-Hertogenbosch.
The Germans tried desperately to
regain their balance and realign
their defenses, but were handi-
capped by an obvious shortage OF
artillery in this sector.
Dempsey's vanguards in three
columns were two and one-hah
miles northeast of Rasmalen, four
miles east of it and four miles
south at St. Mfchaels, were fight
ing for bridge across the Dom
mel river at Boztel, six miles to
the south.
An upper British spearhead, ap-
preaching the city from the north
east along the railroad from Oss.
was reported within five miles OF
'S-Hertogenbosch. A flooded coun-
tryside and thousands of anti-per-
sonnet mines added greatly to the
difficulty of the Allied advance.
,S-Hertogenbosch, city of A.
900 also known as Bots LIE Due,
is a junction of five rail lines and
an important center of motor
roads and waterways. The Nazis
captured it May IL, 1910, after
German troops in Dutch uniforms
seized it's vital bridges and defense
centers.
German military commentators,
conceding British gains in the
area, said the obvious aim Of the
new offensive was to cut off Ger
man forces south Of the Mas
(Meuse) and WAL Rhine rivers
fcort;nued an Pare Five: Col. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24
FESTIVAL
SET FOR TONIGHT

me Harvest festival spon-
sOlea by the City Recreation
a;, will be held to-
hs sh' at p. m. in the Penn
o OlOhe Jones playground, OPP
s so New Hanover High
s sG;nool, 1t was announced last
lss by Mrs. Josephine Gal
'egner, director.
,tt aapproAlmately 300 persons
l,s .iaed the dress rehearsal
crova n'sh'' and capacity
oerf" a Is expected for tonight
be ssa'lng arrangements have
dsna. made by the Recreation
De charged. N''''s'on Will
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24

presenting the Painters Di-
strict Council No. 8 A. F. OF
L., refused.
II fought for that flag ov-
erseas, and I don't like to see
1t profaned by that sort of
thing,'' the sergeant said.
''Take it off"
When the picket again re-
fused. the sergeant grabbed
the small flag from the pla-
card and held 1t in his hand.
The rest of the soldiers, whose
number by this time had In
creased to several score, sur
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-RL
Under the leadership Of aggressive
General Charles De Gaulle, the
Republic of France emerged to-
day from four years of defeat,
occupation and the ravages Of
war to take control once more Of
its own destinies as a sovereign
nation already promised a posi-
ton of power in the councils OF
peace.
Two actions by it's allies marked
the renaissance Of the republic:
l. The United States, Britain
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24
Soldiers Tear US. Flag From Union
Picket;s PLacard When He Refuses

rounded the picket while the
sergeant warned him not to
place another flag on his sign.
eve aren't going to bother
you," witnesses quoted the ser
geant, "but if you try to put
q flag on this sign again Wen
not only take it off, we'll tear
your sign up, too"
Union officials did not iden-
tify the picket, but said he was
protesting use of non-union
painters In redecoration of .
liquor store. They had no COM
ment Immediately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24

KANSAS. CITY, Oct. B.
(P)-A group Of soldiers, sew
eral of them wearing. over
seas service ribbons, seized a
placard from q union picket to-
day near the busy downtown
intersection of 18th and Balti-
more and removed an Ameri-
can flag which had been at
tached to the sign.
The spokesman for the SOL
diers. a sergeant wearing sew
eral service ribbons, ordered
the picket to take the flag OF
the placard. The picket, re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24
JAPANESE FACE
ENFORCEMENT
MacArthur's Forces Drive
Enemy From Hills And
Out OF Swamps

General MacArthur'S Head
quarters, Philippines, Oct. %
Army Radio)-R-
American ground forces to-
night held the main coastal
approaches to Leyte valley
after winning dominating hill
positions and fig h t ing
through swamps that had i'm
peded the westward thrust of
their invasion front on Leyte
island in the Central Philip
pines.
Spearheaded by tanks, the
doughboys drove stubborn Japa-
nese from the hills blocking the
northern entrance to the valley
while other forces threaded the
swamps at the southern anchor
Of the line.
These advances threatened to
encircle Nipponese defending the
already were in retreat north
westward. Doughboys of the Sew.
enth division were in hot pursuit.
They overran the enemy's hedge
row defenses in an effort to catch
the fleeing Japanese.
Yanks of the 24tn division, COM
manded by Maj. Gen. Frederick
A. Irving, knitted out from Palo-
In the northern sector. They COM
bined surprise and overwhelming
firepower to seize an important
hill southwest Of the town of about
5000, overrun earlier
A heavy bonbardment by Ann
erican warships standing off Leyte
in the :uf dislodged the Japanese
from their concrete positions atop
the hills. When the bombardment
lifted the enemy started to reoc-
cupy their dugouts. American IN
fantrymen, however, OUTRAGED
them and gained the summit
through sniper and machinegun
fire.
The southern spearhead, paced
by tanks led by 1t. Col. Herbert
R. Edmondsen of Gainesville, Ga,
hurtled strong enemy defenses in
its thrust from Dulag. This opera
ton as well as the action to the
north was developing in terrain
ideal for armored warfare.
| Palo, the hub from which the
northern thrust was stemming, is
about IA miles above Dulag.
Both east coast ends of Leyte
valley, which roughly parallels
the eastern coast of the island.
are held by Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's assault forces. The VAL
ley. is about Is miles wide at it's
lower end, on the gulf, tapering
to a width Of about 10 miles at
the northern end on Carigara bay.
It is about IS miles long and is
crossed by many rivers.
"a communique today from
Adm Chester w. Nimitz at Pearl
Harbor told Of aerial strikes at
Japanese island positions in the
western Pacific but made no men
ton Of rev carrier aircraft at
tacks on the Philippines. Such
sweeps over the Philippines were
launched daily for week by the
air arm of Adm. William F. Hal
sey's Third fleet. The last report
ed raid was on October 20, u. S.
ime.)
indications were that the OPP
erations developing from Dulag
was driving the japanese north
westward up the open valley.
Their retreat could be cut off
by the American thrust from Palo,
thus forcing the Japanese into
the hills where his supply prob
lem would become precarious.
(The immediate objective OF the
Dulag forces appeared to be San
Pablo, seven miles inland on a
highway leading o the coast. Be-
yond San Pablo is Burauen, where
the roads turns north toward Dag
mi, a highway terminal)
AS these ground drives develop
ed Tac1oban became the tempor-
airy capital of the first free gov.
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24
PHONEY LAVAL

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-lR
Auction of the property of
Pierre Laval today at Chatel-
don his government-seized es-
tate, was a failure because
most Of Laval's famous anti
que furniture was not genuine"
the American broadcasting sta
ton in Europe (Absie) said to-
night in a French-language
broadcast recorded by the Of
flee of War Information.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24

Continued on Page Five; Col. Az
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-24
FORECAST

vii mington and Vicinity: Fair an
warmer.
Temperatures yesterday;
High es; Low A.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07
,"BONDS FOR MERCY

The Treasury Department has
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07

spring by Archbishop Edward
Mooney. to see Camp Fire Girls in
each Catholic parish. The young
sters, aged seven through high
school, are willing, according to Miss
Theresa Del Favro, director of girls
activities for the Catholic Youth
Organization, but before the groups
can be organized, more guardians
or leaders are needed. So the spe-
cial committee, officially the Arch
DIOCESAN Committee for Camp Fire
Girls headed by Mrs. Frederick S.
DeGalan of Detroit, issues now a
frantic call for housewives and bus
mess girls to take over and initiate
Camp Fire groups. All the prospec-
tive guardian needs to do is to con-
tact the parish pastor, states Mrs.
DeGalan, who will get in touch
with the new Camp Fire Committee.
The new guardian then takes a
twelve hour training course. In this
area this contact will be made thru
Mrs. James DeMaggio, Downriver
chairman.
PLAN CAROLING PARTY
The Horizon Club met Wednesday
evening to plan for a caroling party.
Miss Elizabeth c. Kelly, the Field
Secretary, Is practicing with them.
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ally. We are on the road to Berlin
and the more help the better. We
hope to spend Christmas and New
Years in the States next year.
Sincerely yours,
Sgt. Erwin Anderson and
PFC George Bodnar
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07
PLAN CAROLING PARTY


Somewhere in Holland
Nov. 81, 1914
Dear Editor:
This short letter Is just to let
you know how much we appreciate
the clippings of news items from
your paper. We have been getting
these clippings from home fairly
regular and they are quite a morale
builder although at times they
make us kind of homesick.
We are in Holland at present and
find the people very nice. The Low
lands are okey except for the rain
and mud. At this time of year mud
becomes part of ones life.
Bombers and artillery are also
part of a GI.'s life here but one
becomes accustomed to it eventu-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07

again requested the Camp Fire
Girls to take a special part in the
Sixth War Loan Drive, as in the
last drive We received a special
citation from the Treasury Depart
ment for the splendid work accom-
plished. The national organization
also has a plan for us to sell bonds
to buy fleet of Field Ambulances.
If any group can sell enough bonds
to buy one Field Ambulance, your
group name will be inscribed on a
plate to be placed on the door of
the ambulance. All Field Ambu-
lances purchased through our sales
will be marked Camp Fire Girls,
Detroit, Michigan. Each girl who
sells $500 worth will receive an in
dividual citation.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07
DOWNRIvER REPRESENTED
AT CAMP WATHENA

Mr.. Ted Hymer, a member Of the
Camp Committee representing Down
River attended a Camp meeting
which was held at Camp Wathena,
Rose Center, Saturday. Mrs. Hymer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Affholter also
visited the camp with Hymers.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07

coming potluck supper at the home
of Mrs. r. L. Cotton, 81 Vendome
Rd., Crosse Pointe which the Board
held in honor of Miss Elizabeth
G. Kelley and Miss Doreen Harris,
the new Field Secretaries.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07

Somewhere in Holland
Nov. 81, 1914
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07
COUNCIL MEMBERS
TRAINING COURSE

Another training course for Coun-
Gil members will be held Tuesday,
Dec. IL at an afternoon session be-
ginning at pm. and an evening
session from 7:3O to $50 pm. AL
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07

Warsaw was made the capital OF
the newly formed kingdom Of Polaeo
in 1850.
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CAMP FIRE
VESPER SERVICE

The Annual Vesper Caroling and
White Gift Service of the Camp Fire
Girls will be held Sunday. Deem
Der 10 at $3.50 pm. at the Wood
ward Ave. Presbyterian church,
Woodward and Philadelphia. Those
attending from the Down River
District will meet at the City Hall
in Wyandotte at 100 pm. Sunday
to attend in body. Please bring
your White Gift for the Salvation
Army wrapped in white paper.
Don't bring perishable foods. All
Camp Fire Girls should wear their
service costumes.
BONDS FOR MERCY"
Tho Troo yoac
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07

Discarded rubber fruit jar rings
seWeo along the under edges of small
rugs will make the rugs skid-proof,
the National Safety Council reports.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07

Council members are invited to at
tend. Please contact Mrs. DeMaggio
if possible to attend.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07

The Down River District Council
Of Camp Fire Girls will hold their
monthly meeting at the home Of
Miss Ann Parks, TIA Burke, River
Rouge, on Monday evening, Decem-
Der IL at 7:3O pm. Election Of Of
ficers will be held at this meeting
and q full attendance is desired.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
NEED LEADERS

It's the ambition of a group of
women, especially appointed last
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07

- BUY WAR BONDS
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-07
ATTENDS BOARD MEETING
IN DETROIT

Mrs. James DeMaggio, member
OF the Board Of the Detroit Council
Of Camp Fire Girls attended a well
Smyrna times., 1944-07-20

back in the eye. Some of them
will be blind" All these things are
quite true, no matter how dramat-
ically they may be presented. Here
is my own experience:
Having become rather bored
with the usual amusements of the
off-duty hours, I ventured one ev-
ening, with another WAVE into a
rest home, or station, of veterans
of the South Pacific. Since that
event I have spent some of the
most wonderful hours I can re-
member right in this particular
compound. What 1 have seen,
however, has sickened me to the
extent that 1 can plead with you
Smyrnians to buy war bonds until
it hurts. Rather, I should say, to
lend your money until at hurts.
Yes, Smyrna, lend your money and
pray. We can't afford to let those
wonderful boys-our own boys
fighting Yanks, down. They didn't
let us down, and they won't.
Well, I've done it again, haven't
4? Seems as though I gradually
work around in every letter to
some sort of a lecture. Really, I
don't mean to be harsh. 1 really
don't, for I love you all-everyone
of you and everything that repre-
sents Smyrna.
So, until another time I must be
showing off again. I'll be seeing
you again though, you can count
on that.
Best wishes,
Mary Lou
Mary Louise Porter, Y-2c
u. S. N. r. w.
Headquarters, Commander-in-C Chief
Navy Department, Groom 3509)
Washington 25, d. C.
Continues on Page four)
Smyrna times., 1944-07-20

in half an hour for New York City
And, the question, would you Xix,
to go this time" almost fiooreC
me. However, after some strug
Cling with my uncomfortable ex
citement, I said my yes" and OBJ
tanned pass for overnight.
Thus, in an SNU, or ats
Porter, Y-2c, flew to Floyd Ben,
nett Field, spent the night In
Elizabeth, New Jersey, with rela.
tives, and returned the following
day to Washington.
Now, to me, that was a most ex-
citing experience. And, by the by
Dribbles, Delaware is a beautiful
state, not only on the ground, but
from the air. / was really proud
of it.
So much for that episode. I only
hope I may have the pleasure OF
repeating it many times over
again. 1 am completetlty sold on
flying and hope that if 1 do any
travelling of great distance, after
the war, it will be in the air. It's
superb.
Now you've heard a lot of talk
about buying war bonds. I'm very
sure of that and don't want to
bore you with more pleading, but
allow me to say what is on my
mind, please.
You have recently probably seen
newspaper ads, movies, heard radio
dramas, speeches, etc., about why
we should buy bonds. Some ap-
peal to the fight in we Americans,
some to our sense of layalty and
love for those who are fighting and
dying over there, some to our de-
sire to make victory very soon, and
still others shame us by pulling at
our heart strings until we feel so
terribly helpless that we see no
other way to express our gratitude
to our boys and what they are
doing. Last Sunday evening, Wal
ter Winchell brought the tears of
the American public forth when he
said, eff you don't buy bonds, don't
worry; you won't have to look
every American soldier who comes
Smyrna times., 1944-07-20
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DRIBBLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David c. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.

Washington, D. c.
Dear Dribbles:
It's me again, sliding into port
if 1 may. What's the latest dope
in Smyrna, and how is everything
around we olde village? L hope,
of course, everyone and everything
is at its very best. Trusting all is
well 1 shall give you a resume of
something rather exciting (that is,
to me anyway.
About month or more ago a
Captain across the hall from my
office was planning to fly to Tren-
ton, New Jersey to make flying
hours. The plane he was to fly in
was built to carry three passeng-
ers. excluding the pilot. So, my
roommate, who is this particular
Captains stenographer, rushed
over to my officffie and asked me
if I'd like to go.
need not tell you what my an
swer was, never having flown by
plane, and always having had a
keen desire to do so. After OBJ
tanning a pass 1 hurried out to the
Naval Air Station to make the
"trip. When I arrived, however,
three Naval Offifficers on orders
had already been promised the trip.
The Captain, being every bit a
gentleman, told me to remind my
roommate to be sure to remind him
the next time he left for trip,
that if 1 still wanted to go, my
priority would be the best in the
world
Well, about a week following my
roommate dashed breathlessly
Into my Office again to inform me
that Captain M. was going to leave
Smyrna times., 1944-07-20

- Our boys must keep on fight
ENS ing-we must keep on buy
ME- ing WAR BONDS until vic
M tory is won. Keep on BACK
~ ING THE ATTACK.
Smyrna times., 1944-07-20

Washington, D. c.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
News Exchange Column For
Coolidge Men In The Armed Forces

wagon. They sure have fine horses,
though You can hardly drive down
the streets for old women about
60 on bicycles. Most of their houses
are built about $50 years ago, that
is, the newest. But some of them
are real nice on the inside One
thing you never see is anyone liv-
ing like they do in Arizona. Some
houses have five or six families IN
them, but they manage somehow.
There are lots of people homeless,
but none of them are living in
tents they just move in with
someone else Some of these
people have really seen their
share of hell"
LIT. SAM THOMAS writes his
mother, Mrs. Lucy Thomas. from
the thick of the fighting along the
German border, ito let you know