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Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
PERISHES IN FIRE

OAKLAND, Calf, Feb II. (UP)-
One army officer was burned to
death and nine others suffered
slight burns and injuries in a fire
of undetermined origin which ragged
through a barracks used as bach
elor officers quarters at Camp
John T. Knight at Oakland early
Thursday morning, army officials
reported. The body of the dead Of
ficer was found kneeling beside an
unopened window on the second
floor of the building.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
Kaiser Studies
Venezuela Deal

war market for American shipyards,
Kaiser pointed out, and would meet
the current situation in west coast
yards, which already have dis
charged many unskilled workers
and have increased supplies OF
steel, except for steel plate
Harry Morrison, Kaiser associate
in the six companies which built
Boulder dam, and George Havas,
chief Kaiser engineer, will leave
for Venezuela within two weeks
Kaiser himself will visit the South
American country next sumner, he
said
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17

PRIZES AWAITED
luring prizes await top statesmen
For selling the greatest number of
bonds the awards will be: First.
week At scout camp: second. five
dollars worth of scout equipment;
third Whittlecraft scout knife.
For largest amount in dollars /:
First. five dollars worth of scout
equipment: second. scout hatchet.
The extensive days drive will
conclude at O'Clock when the boys
will assemble at the Scout Hut for
a wiener roast and CCca-Cola feed.
THEATER TICKET
Each Scout who puts in the full
day will receive a ticket to the
United Artists theater good at any
one time next week.
The Third War Bond Army was
busy rounding UP last minute buy
ers Friday and will continue active
Saturday.
Campaign leaders jCin in sound
ing final appeal to every citizen
in the county to help finish the job
Saturday by night:
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Suit for divorce was filed in I'M
perial county superior court We'd
nesday by Martha Hicks against
William Hicks.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17

Le+s's All BACK THE Attack
BUY BONDS IN THE
4fh WAR LOAN DRIVE!
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
PRIZES AWAITED

receipts for check payments.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-15
BY RUTH MILLETT

A letter from a soldier overseas
SCOTS at the excuse many young
wives give their men for not writ
ing them every day. He says some
wife is forever explaining to her
husband: by the time night comes
and I've done the housework and
finally put the baby to bed I'm
often just too. tired to sit down and
write" The soldier thinks that is
utter nonsense.
Any woman could probably un-
derstand a mothers being too tired
at the days end to sit down and
write a gay. happy-sounding letter.
But that's beside the point.
The point is that men may not
understand, and SO expect daily let
tiers from their wives no matter
hoy. busy or tired they may be,
or how little time they may have
for writing letters. And if that is
true, the women who fail to write
as many letters as their husbands
expect are making sad mistake.
Somehow they ought to manage
to save an hour of each day or
night for letter writing. They would
if they were convinced that daily
letter was as much their duty as
giving the baby his cod liver oil
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-15
COOLEY CLEARED
ON SPEED CHARGE

WILSON, Nov. IA Up Rep.
Harold D. Cooley of Nashville was
acquitted today of a charge OF
speeding by Wilson County Court
jury after four hours and 10 min
utes of deliberation.
Cooley was arrested Oct. 20 near
Henley by Constable Ben Howard,
who charged the congressman with
going $50 to IS miles an hour, y
The representative was brought
before Magistrate Walter Kirby
who heard the case and fined
Cooley $40 and costs. Cooley then
announced lie would take the mat
ter to the county court.
In court today Constable Howard
testified that while he was driving
along U. S. highway 80, on Oct.
20, car passed him. De said he
checked for a mile and half
end found that it was going so to
S. miles an hour. He said that
he blew his horn, but that the car
continued 100 yards before hating.
In his version of the conversa-
ton that ensued Howard. stated
that Rep. Cooley told him I'm in
a hurry to attend a wedding in
Smithfield. l haven't any time to
waste"
Cooley took the stand and denied
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P Err SON AL S

Mrs. Isaac Granger, Jr., re
turned to her home here Mon
day after visit with her hus'
band, Lieut.. Granger, at San
Francisco, Calf, and with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l. B.
Granger, of Montclair, N. j..
Mr.. and Mrs. McCulloch B.
Wilson, 1906 Chestnut street, have
as their guests for few days
Mr.. Wilson's brother, Clarence
P. Wilson, of Los Angeles, Calf.
Miss Florence C. Pearsall of
Wrightsville Sound, is spending
some time in New York visiting
her cousin.
Mrs. E. L. White has returned
to her home in Oleander after a
two weeks visit in Burlington at
the home of her son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Chad
bourn Bolles.
DR.. and Mrs. R. B. Hare will
leave this week for a snort stay
in New York and Boston.
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Roosevelt Forecasts
7 Water Authorities

WASHINGTON, Nov. IA Up -
President Roosevelt said today the
administration hopes in time tc
have seven waterway authorities
similar to the huge Tennessee Val
ley authority.
He did not set out the seven
regions to his new conference. but
be mentioned such water sheds as
the Missouri river. the Mississippi,
Arkansas, Columbia and Ohio riv-
ers.
The subject arose over report
er's statement that a senator had
said the Missouri valley authority
plan would be dead if the plans
drawn by the Army engineers is
adopted.
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by Alice Brooks

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A playmate large as life-32-in.
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has pattern of doll only; direc;s
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This pattern. together with a
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Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coins
for these patterns to Wilmington
Star-News Household Arts Dept,
259 w. 18th ST., New York II, N.
Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS
and PATTERN NUMBER.
Our new 32page Needlework
Book is yours for Fifteen Cents
more. 100 illustrations of designs
for embroidery, home decoration,
toys, knitting, crochet, quilts.
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Style Note
From Guam
Nv MARINE PFC. JOSEPH
nj. PURCELL

GUAM-For all their shrewd anc
canny reputation, the japanese,
when it comes to ingratiating them
selves with the women, are about
as subtle as "Banzai" attack
Long before enemy occupation Of
this island, the women of Guam
all o. whom claim a native, flash
ing beauty, were incorrigibly
American.
They thought American, acted
American, spoke American ex'
cept for tace OF Chamorro tongue
and even INDUCED in envious
gossip and Aances when the gal
in the next grass hut broke, out
with a new addition to her ward
robe.
They followed American fashion
trends with the enthusiasm OF a
C. I. Joe describing the contours
Of pin-up model and they talked
about the wares of Elizabeth Ar
den and Helena Rubinstein with
authority.
But the Japanese w h should
have been satisfied with their mill
tary victories of 1941-42 and let
the native tastes in feminine finery
go by the board, put their little
feet down.
A short time after their occupa-
ton, invading authorities issued an
edict warning the natives that
American h bits, particularly
those dealing with dress, would not
be tolerated.
It began with some sort Of glib
berish that the emperor froWned
en- loud american colors and styles
and ended with the suggestion that
the Guamanian women conform to
more conservative japanese
dress-or else.
And that is where the Japanese
made their first mistake-discount-
irg, of course, the military sagaci-
ty of coming to Guam in the first
place.
Their popularity with the native
women, which was nil at the be-
ginning. sank to new low, and
campaign was started to out
wit the tiny Oriental - sartorially
speaking.
Instead of disposing Of their styl-
ish Occidental garments as their
masters ordered, t h women OF
Guam wrapped them in bundles
and put them away in secret hid
ing places.
Cosmetics of all types, silk stock.
Iings and undergarments were plac.
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Music Clubs
M eet Today
In Goldsboro

The 10Th annual meeting OF the
Southeastern district of the North
Carolina Federation of Music clubs
will be held today at the Colds
boro hotel in Goldsboro with Mrs.
L. A. Wilson of Rosehill, district
director, presiding.
A luncheon will be served at the
hotel to all attending members at
| l o'clock. The morning portion of
the meeting will be devoted to the
work of the senior clubs and the
afternoon session to the work Of the
junior clubs.
Hostess organization is the Major
and Minor Music club of Colds
boro. led by Mrs H. c. Selby, pres
ident. Mrs. j. Kenneth Pfohl of
Winston Salem, state president,
will be the guest of honor.
Musicians from Wilmington,
Goldsboro, Fremont, Rosehill. Mt.
Olive, Wallace, Kenansville, Rich
lands. Warsaw, Atlantic and New
Bern will have parts on the pro-
grams.
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the charges. His account of the
incident was corroborated by Mrs.
Cooley and his sister, Mrs. Mabel
Downing, who were also in the
car.
The congressman denied that he
was speeding, and that he had de-
layed stopping when the constable
blew his horn. He said that since
he was in the middle of the road
when he first stopped beside How
ard he went on ahead and pulled
up on the side 100 yards away.
The congressman charged the
constable with telling Mrs. Cooley
to "shut up twice during the time
he was making the arrest.
Cooley testified he then told the
constable he would have it o
with him. if he spoke rudely to
Mrs. Cooley again.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-15

CLUB CLOCK

The Myrtle Grove Home
Demonstration club will hold
the November meeting and
luncheon on Thursday of this
week at 10 o'clock at the club
house.
The East Wilmington Home
Demonstration club will hold
its monthly meeting Thursday
at 3 o'clock with Mrs. ]. T.
Carroll. An oyster roast and
white elephant sale will be
sponsored by the club and
each member is asked to bring
a white elephant gift.
The Crepe Myrtle Garden
club will meet with Mrs. W. E.
Starnes at Garden City on Fri
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Mrs. Smell will talk on Suit
able Trees for this locality.
The Ladies Aid Society Of
St. Matthew'S Luthern church
will meet this evening at 8
o'clock at the church.
A meeting of the What-So-
Ever circle, Kings Daughters,
will be held at the home of
Mrs. Leon L. Motto, 313 Church
street Thursday afternoon at
$50 o'clock. Mrs. D. B. Rob-
ertson, ST.. will assist the hos
tess.
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War Wife Must Add Daily
.. Letter To Routine Duties

every day or making beds and
washing dishes.
No matter how strongly a wo.
man feels that she hasn't time to
write a letter every day or hasn't
enough to say to warrant a daily
letter-if her husband expects one
she should mapage to get one off,
somehow.
For it certainly isn't going to dc
her marriage any good for her hus.
band to be building up the resentful
telling that she can find time TO,
everything the baby needs-but nc
time for what he needs-a daily
letter from home.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-15
Garden Club
Will Present
Noted Lecturer

Nh. announcement of lecture
n be given by DR.. Alexande:
snrunt. Jr., Of Charleston, S. c.
southern representative Of the Ma
t;onal Audubon Society, before the
members of the Cape Fear Gar
den club at the December meet
inc was made yesterday at the
regular meeting held by the cluo
IN ST. James Great Hall.
DR.. Sprunt will appear here on
Tuesday morning, December IL,
and also will show slides illustra.-
ing his lecture, wonders OF the
Southern Wilderness An annual
feature of the December meeting
will be the collection OF Christmas
plants which are given each year
to "shut-ins" in the city Members
are asked to keep this date IN
mind.
At yesterdays meeting Mrs. Dot
M. Tyler of Kinston, spoke to the
members on Flower arrangements
and illustrated her talk with at
tractive arrangements. using some
of her own containers and some
furnished by the club.
Two new members were welcon-
ed into the club, they were: Mrs.
]. w. Ryssy and Miss Ann Shaw
baker. Following the routine bust
ness of the morning the awarding
of the blue ribbon for the best
arrangement of the morning, an
added feature to this years sche-
dule was given to Mrs. D. M.
Dorden for a beautiful spray 81
berried shrub.
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ed in boxes and concealed from
the prying japanese.
The clothes came to be looked
upon as priceless items Of morale
and the women were determined
to keep them at all cost.
Today the Japanese are gone,
end although She women have lost
much due to the necessary ravages
of VIZ, their homes blasted and
their fertile fields gouged and
pocked by shell fire, Guam never
theless is a colorful place.
Everywhere native women a e
turning out in a riot Of color, their
faces generously powdered and
rouged, in a victorious gesture to
the West.
And red, white, and blue is the
popular color combination.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-15
Carolina Beach Plans
Community Sing Friday

A community sing will be held in
the city hall auditorium at Caro-
Liza Beach on Friday evening at
o'clock. The public is invited to at
tend and join in the singing of both
popular and old fashion songs. The
singing will be under capable lead
ership and a get-together spirit will
prevail throughout the evening.
The Home Demonstration club is
sponsoring this affair.
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Red Cross Camp and Hospital
Council To Meet In New Bern

luncheon to be served at Queen
Ann hotel. During the afternoon Wis
itors will be taken on a sightseeing
tour of the city, with stops at sew
eral of the old homes. Among the
special guests invited are officers
of the Central Camp and Hospital
council of the Red Cross, which
serves military installations in the
central part of North Carolina.
A delegation from Wilmington Is
expected to attend this event.
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Members of the Red Cross chap
tiers throughout this coastal sec
ton will meet Thursday in New
Bern for the session of the Tar Heel
Camp and Hospital council of the
American Red Cross. Mrs. John D.
Robinson, of Wallace, council presi-
dent, will preside over the meet
ing.
The meeting will commence at II
am. in the federal courtroom with
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-15
Bradley's Greek PIT. A
Will Observe Fathers
Night At Thursday Meet

The Bradley's Creek P. T. A. will
hold the November meeting Thurs
day evening at 7:45 o'clock at the
school and guest speaker Of the
meeting will be Major Earl W.
Bergner, base surgeon at Bluethen-
thai Army Air Base, who will ad.
dress the group on Care of Our
Flying Personnel.
Fathers night will also. be OBJ
served at this melting and short
talk will be given by Robert Ker-
mon, local attorney. A cordial in
vltation is extended to all parents
to be present.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-15
MASONIC REUNION

NEW BERN, Nov. 14.-The an
nual fall reunion of Scottish Rite
Masonic bodies in the Valley of
New Bern is under way here and
will continue through Thursday.
Masonic degrees from the fourth
through the 32nd are being con-
ferred on a class Of candidates.
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NAZI GENERAL killer

. LONDON. Nov. 14-g-7.
German Transocean News "
reported tonight that Ii s c
Georg Rosenbuscn, inspector 'a Il,
the land Notifications for ~, 90 Oh
many in the north, had beer Yer It,,
ed in action. Mil
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-15
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer S. Neb-
lett announce the birth Of
daughter, Leslie Morrow, Novem-
Der II at Marion Sprunt annex.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06
.HliiOIl
Falls

ROME. oct. 6 QNS) Allied
land forces in Greece pushed for
ward along the coastal road of
the northern Peloponnesus 10
capture the fortified port of Rion.
SIN miles from Patras, an official
announcement said today as
Turkish broadcast reported Nazl
troops fleeing from Athens.
Rion guarded the entrance TO
the strategic Gulf OF Corinth. The
defenSeS there and those in the
port of Antirrion, on the opposite
shore. protected the narrows TO
-tt1c entrance of the gulf, hut-the
Germans failed to do any Smelling
from Antlrrlon.
While British troops extended
the drive 10 clear the Na2ls from
southern Greece, other land forces
of the Adriatic landed at Santi
Quanranta tSarande). Albania.
and fought against the Germans
entrenchcd within the port for
treSS.
Santi Quanranta lies at the
northern end of the Corfu channel
opposite the island of Kerkkira
CORFU.
Allied artillery on the Dalma-
tian islands meanwhile continued
TO shell German positions on the
YugoSlav mainland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06
Blast Hurts Man
Out Of Window

Two mattresses and man GUS
TONER were injured slightly today
in an explosion in the White
Tower hamburger shop at Wood
ward and. Dawson, in which the
interior Of the building was
wrecked and the man was blown
through a front window.
Treated at Highland Park Cen
eral Hospital for shock, bruises
and first degree burns were Mar
celia Starnes.- 10. of 81 E. Grand:
Iva Wilson. 81. of 40 Grove and
Ralph Marrocco, AZ. of 14146
Greeley Miss Starnes and Greeley,
more seriously injured, were adj
mitted TO the hospital. Miss Will
son was given first aid and re-
leased.
Frank A. Ford. Highland Park
fire chief. said he believed the
blast was caused by gas from the
the refrigerator.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06
Jap Oil
Hub Hit
GEN. Ma,
-~~-r -

~ f'za ---ab odA
four days on Jap oil facilities at
Balik Papan. Borneo. described as
"the most lucrative strategic tar
get in the Pacific" was revealed
today by Gen. Macarthur.
Forty tons of high explosives
hammered the area. Some Of the
heaviest anti-aircraft fire ever
encountered in the Pacific greeted
the raiders. and 40 Jap fighters
rose to intercept the Americans.
Yank gunners blasted Is Zeros
from the sky, and the attackers
lost seven Liberators. more than
at any other single action in this
theater of war.
Other u. S. planes slashed at
Jap shipping in the Philippines.
Moluccas and at Ceram, sinking
or badly damaging a total OF nine
enemy vessels.
At Jolo in the Philippines pa
troll planes sank a 1000 ton
freighter transport and left a
1.000-ton freighter in flames. At
Amboina. in the Moluccas, bomb
ers destroyed a 1.000-ton freighter-
transport. sank four smaller craft
and accounted for a large flying
boat and other aircraft.
Another 1000 ton Jap ship,
coastal vessel. and many barges
were blasted at Ceram.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06
9Th Takes
Hey Town

ROME. Oct. G HNSl-Aneri-
can Fifth ArmYtroopS captured
the strategic town Of Loiano, 10
miles southwest of Bologna, today.
Driving through the rain. other
Yank elements seized Monzuon,
On the Adriatic flank of the line,
Indian units of the British Eighth
Army captured VigneIa.
Bombers slashed at Nazi rail
targets in the Pc valley and
blasted shipping in the Adriatic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06
Jap Losses Set
At III 10 j. s.

PEARL HARBOR. Oct. 6
GNS) 49, Comparison of official
figures released by Pacific Fleet
headquarters showed today that
Japanese forces had lost almost
IL men for every American killed
in the twin conquests of Peleliu
and Angaur islands in the Palaus.
American casualties through
Oct. ) totaled 1922 killed. 6.l15
wounded and $50 missing. Jap
dead for the same period totaled
11,043 killed with no figures
available on the number wounded.
Headquarters also revea lie d
that marine corps planes are
using the Peleliu airfield for
bombing operations against
Babelthuap and Koror islands in
the northern Palaus.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06
; Babies iEs ; Years
Suggested i'm Britain

unthinkable even in the first
World War but today the British
accept u as a perfectly normal
thing
Dispatches from the NJ id die
East Indicate that the matter L.
being taken with deadly serious
mos, there The baby leave pro-
postal has flooded British military
'H9r.'los M Cairo with apphca-
'.r> rom prospective fathers
THE chief difficulty appears 20
FL. 'ne' shortage Of shipping be-
tween ne Middle East and the
uufiNr country.
C4'ics In the House OF Coru-
Mon, already have been badgcrlng
frc government for an eXplana-
non To Why something has not
ht-r done 10 appease the rampant
ambition for fatherhood expressed
hy wara than 5000 TommieS IN
fUa Middle East.
~ Emory continued working with
detectives today checking over
police photographs OF girls IN po-
Ice records VINO answer generally
the de."r pi.on Of the missing
nurscmaid
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06
Bombers Smash
Ndzi Rail Hub

LONDON, Oct. 6 (UP)-Strong
formations of heavy bombers, ac-
companied by waves OF fighter
planes. passed over the east coast
of England today in the direction
of the continent.
The daylight operations followed
Raj raids last night on Berlin
and the railway center of Saar-
brucken. focal point for German
movements Of materials and
troops less than so miles behind
the American lines.
Reconnaissance phi OF o & raphs
showed that Saarbrucken was left
a mass of flames. Three Raj air
craft were missing.
Thirteen heavy bon1bers and FIVE
fighter planes were reported miss
ing from yesterdays raids on Coz
logne and elsewhere in Germany,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06
Soviet Holds
Port in Baltic

TALLINN.- Oct 6 lINSl=With
capture of the ice-free Eslonian
port of Tallinn. the Soviet govern
ment has begun bolstering what
IL calls its historic right TO an
outlet through the Baltic Sea into
the Atlantic.
With the return Of the Soviet
Baltic fleet to Tallinn, cruX of
seven centuries of struggle be-
tween the Russians and Germans,
Corndr. Vevolod Vishnevsky, who
is also a well-known writer. de-
clared today:
"The fleet will again have one
Of its main bases here. We have
come to settle seriously and for
a long time"
He also expressed the hope that
the Baltic fleet would soon be
able to dash through the KEEL
Canal into one of the German
ports where ii Will meet British
and American troops pouring
through the Skagerrak.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-06
Airing Is Near
In Oaks Talks

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 CUP)-
The preliminary planning at
Dumbarton Oaks for a new league
of nations ncarcd an end today
with prospects that the plan upon
which the Big Four have reached
about 80 per cent agreement Will
bc common knowledge soon.
The Anglo-AmCriCan talks with
the Chinese which began a week
aro may end this week All midi
cations RaiH4 "a the fact that the
Chinese have not insisted upon
any Of their views which do not
ube with those already agreed
upon by the United States, Great
Britain and The Soviet Union.
Barring side issues, the major
one 10 60 before the Senate viii
be whether certain American
troops shall be ordered into action
Ia keep the peace upon the dlrec-
ton of the council provided the
American delegate voted 10 do so