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Evening star., 1944-12-10

Mr.. and Mrs Darwin r. Hauser of
Oakland, Nd, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Evelyn C. Hauser, to Corpl. Robert
A. Foster, U. S. M. c., son of Mrs.
Gladys Amis Foster of Washington
and the late Professor Foster.
Miss Hauser, who formerly resided
in Washington, is a member of the
United States Cadet Nurse Corps
and is undergoing training at Memo
rial Hospital in Cumberland.
Corpl. Foster attended Western
High School and Lawrence High
School, Lawrence, Long Island, and
was employed by the British Min
istry of Supply in Washington be-
fore entering the service. He at
present is attached to the Officer
Candidate School at the Marine
Barracks in Quantico. Corpl. Fosters
late father was in the Romance
Language Department at the United
States Naval Academy and later at
George Washington University.
Evening star., 1944-12-10

Grain ofnciating and using the dou-
BILE ring ceremony.
The daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Joseph Anderson Creedle OF Fincn-
ley, the bride was escorted and givefs
in marriage by her father. Her
dress of ivory satin was worn with
q veil Of illusion that fell from a
coronet of orange blossoms and lace
and she carried prayer book over
laid with white orchids and gyp-
sophia.
Mrs. Walton Mason Jeffress and
Mrs. Herbert Francis Puryear
sisters Of the bride, were the ma
irons Of honor and were costumed In
ice-blue faille. Their headdresses
were short wells of ice-blue net and
they carried bouquets Of yellow
chrysanthemums.
Clyde Perch of Clarksyille, dressed
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Weddines
Continued From Page B-3.)

gown Of ivory slipper satin and a
heart-shaped tiara of the satin held
her f1ngertip- length veil. She car
ried prayer book bound in white
with white orchids on the cover,
and her young nephew, w. Robert
Perkins III, was her trainbearer.
Mrs. Robert E. Ames of West
Hartford was matron of honor for
her sister. and Mr.. An1es was best
man. She wore sea-green lace and
carried nosegay of autumn flowers.
1t. and Mrs Relish went to Sea
Island on their wedding trip. The
bride attended schools in Washing
ton and 1t. Relish was graduated
Thursday from Army Air Forces
School at Yale University.
The marriage of Miss Eunice Far
man Murray, daughter of Mrs.
Lucille Willcocks Murray, to Lit.
Robert w. Dittmar, U. S. M. C. r.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard A,
Evening star., 1944-12-10

Liberty Baptist Church in Finch
ley, Va, was the scene Of the we'd
ding of Miss Mary Louise Creedle
and Sergt. Earl Manley Underwood
jr., which took place at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, the Rev. William j,
Evening star., 1944-12-10

= LADIES look your most CLAM
OROUS in . new Personality
Permanent, an "Individuelle'
Oil Croquignole Wave Of SOFT
4 NATURAL-LOOKING, long last
ing QUALITIES. Plenty of
gorgeous RINGLETS. Styled TO
= YOUR face! Complete with ex-
pert setting! Haircut not in
ciuded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
1876 INDICTED
THROUGH BOARDS

A grand total of 1876 men have
been indicted into the armed
forces through Draft Board No. l
for Wilmington and Draft Board
No. for New Hanover county
since the passing of the Se1ective
Service act in 1910, according to
figures obtained from the two
boards yesterday.
Board No. l has indicted 1887
white men and 686 negroes. Board
Nc 2 has called 1904 white men
and 209 negroes.
These figures do not include
members of the 10th Infantry,
Company I, the 252nd Coast Artil-
lery, Battery A; and the 105th Me-
dical unit, Company a. all Nation
al Guard unist which entered ser
vice prior to passage of the Select
i've Service act
The total also does not include
i7-year-olds nor any men who en-
tered service by volunteering at
navy recruiting station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
TYPHOONS STRIKE
BREST PENINSULA

LONDON, July 3.-R)- Rocket
firing Typhoons, a terrifying wea-
pom to the Nazis blasted the Brest
peninsula from Normandy bases
today while up to $50 Fortresses
and Liberators from Italy bombed
German transportation and sup
plies in the Balkans.
Bad flying weather reduced sup
port of the British-based Allied air.
men for ground forces battling in
Normandy to a minimum.
The 500 to $50 heavy bombers
which blasted targets in Romania.
Hungary and Yugoslavia included
Eighth Air Force units which flew
from England in a shuttle flight.
One oil storage plant outside Bel
grade, Yugoslav capital, was left
in flames and smoke, Rome dis
patches reported. The plant was
central distribution point for oil
supplies to Nazi Balkan forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
Little Change Noted
In Mayors Condition

"Some improvement in the
condition of Mayor Bruce B.
Cameron, who was stricken
Saturday with cerebral throm-
bosis in Philadelphia, was re-
ported late last night by DR..
G. L. Brown, attending physi-
clan, at Temple university hos
pital in Philadelphia.
DR.. Brown told the Star in
a telephone conversation last
night that Wilmington's mayor
was "holding his own and had
a pretty good day" yesterday.
He said, however, that Gamer
on's condition must still be
considered critical.
DR.. Brown explained that
cerebral thrombosis might be
described as one type OF a
"stroke". 1t often renders one
or more of the limbs paralytic,
he said. In Mayor Cameron's
case, DR.. Brown reported, his
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04

right arm has become paralyz-
ed and his speech has become
affected, although he has not
become inarticulate.
Cameron was stricken Satur-
day while at the hospital talk
ing with Mrs. Cameron, whom
he had taken there for an
operation. No reports were re-
ceived of Mrs. Cameron's con-
ditiOn.
Mrs. Dan Cameron, the may
or's mother, arrived in Phila-
phia Sunday night to be
with her son. Accompanying
her was Cameron's daughter,
Miss Rachel Cameron, and
Robert M. Williams.
The mayors condition has
created widespread interest
among his many friends in Will
mington. Many inquiries about
his condition were received all
day yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
Third Drydock Launched

al District, Charleston, S. c.
Each of the 2800-tOn ocean 60
ing drydocks under construc-
ton here is 289 feet long and
"a feet wide, and the hull is
constructed entirely of REIN
forced concrete. The docks are
self-contained and will be cap
able of being towed anywhere
on the high seas. Their pur-
pose is to lift disabled Naval
and other craft needing re-
pairs from the water, and con-
tain them while repairs are
made. Each floating drydock
has complete living quarters
for its crew. ,.-
Launching and commission
ing of the other docks being
constructed will follow at short
intervals until the last one is
completed this fall, officials
announced.
The drydocks have been de-
scribed as \ highly unusual
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
GUERRILLA WARFARE
RAGING in EUROPE

LONDON, July 3.-P,-Spread-
ing sabotage and guerrilla warfare
in Denmark and the partisan cam
paign in Yugoslavia are tying up
German occupation troops sorely
needed by Hitler on the fighting
fronts, an authoritative French
source declared today.
He said there scarcely was e re-
gion in France where fighting was
not in progress and estimated that
the French guerrillas were plnnlng
down about eight Nazi divisions
that otherwise would be In action
against the Allies in Normandy.
The French Maquis were SAID &c
have killed or wounded 400 Ger
mans at a cost to themselves OF
only IS killed and q wounded IN a
battle at BarceIonette near the
Italian border, and to nave lnfllct'
ed 45C casualties on the Germans
at Bouches du Rhone. The situa
tlon in southwestern France wa:
described as "a real civil war dl
rected from abroad"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
SAIPAN DEFENDERS
NEARING SHOWDOWN

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, July 8.
-(P)-Battle scared Marines and
Infantry closed in relentlessly to-
day on the japanese defenders Of
Saipan, squeezing them into the
narrow northern neck for the final
battle for this strategic island oil
the Marianas.
The capital city of Garapan. on
the Western coast, had beer RACED,
said field dispatches. Patrols OF
the American Second Marine divi-
sion probed its blackened ruins for
isolated Nipponese units still hold.
ing out.
The Leathernecks held new ridge
positions east of Garapan, from
which they dominated the escape
corridor to the north. American
warships standing out at sea lob.
bed shells into the rubble of what
once was a city of 10000 popula-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
STIMSON AND STAFF
ARRIVE IN ITALY

ROME, July 3 -4RH Secretary
of War Stimson arrived in Italy this
evening and announced he will Gin
spect troops, hospitals and front
line installations and hold confer
ences with important persons.
Flying from the United States
by way of Africa, the war secre-
tary was accompanied by Maj.
Gen. Alexander D. Surles, the
Arny's director of public rela-
tons; Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk,
surgeon general, and Harvey H.
Bund, special assistant. The plane
was piloted by Col. T. R. Kreps.
1t. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, deputy
Allied commander in the Mediter-
ranean, met the party at the field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
BIG BOND RALLY
TO CLOSE DRIVE

Plans for a final bond rally to
be held on the closing day of the
Fifth War Loan drive, Saturday,
in the lobby of the Cape Fear
hotel for all people who are in.
terested in buying an extra war
bond" were announced last night
by the hotel management.
Featured on the program, which
will begin at 7 o'clock, will be
Bobby Vernon, noted accorionist
and vocalist, an all-G. 1. variety
show composed of former profess
sional entertainers, and the 143rd
Army band of Camp Davis, under
the direction of Warrant Officer
E. P. Gersch.
Sales at the hotel bond booth
increased during the weekend
from the purchase of bonds by
servicemen stationed at nearby
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04

The U. S. S. ARDC-3, the
third of eight concrete dry
docks being constructed for
the Navy department by the
Tidewater Construction cor
poration at its local yards, was
christened and commissioned
yesterday afternoon at
o'clock, under the sponsorship
of Mrs. III. B. Buse, wife Of
Commander H. b. Buse, who is
in charge TO construction.
The matron of honor was
Mrs. James A. Norris. wife Of
J. A. Norris, project manager
of T i d e W a t e r Construction
corporation.
John S. Gregory, vice presi-
dent of the n S ru C t i o n
corporation, made introduce
tory speeches at the christen-
ing ceremony, where Com
mander Buse placed the ARDC
3 in service on behalf of the
commandant Of the Sixth Nav
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
ALLIED FORCES
CAPTURE SlENA

ROME, July 3. -P)- American
and French forces occupied the
medieval city of Siena, 81 airline
miles from Florence, early today
without damage to its famous
art and architectural treasurers,
while Yank troops on the west coast
eyicted the Nazis from Ceclna IN
bitter house-to-house fighting and
thrust on within Is miles of the
prize port of Legnorn.
The quick and virtually uncon'
tested capture of Siena by French
infantry and American artillery
and tank units followed weeks Of
hard fighting on its mountainous
approaches. A special announce
ment of the city's fall came lmmed'
lately after a communicate said tbs
French had fought % within two
miles of it's ancient walls.
Mondays German high COM
mand communique said Nazi troops
were withdrawn north OF Slena
without pressure to spare 'preclous
memorials of culture OF the an
cient historical town.
Siena is rivalled only by Flor
ence in the wealth of its renaissance
art. Its black and white marble
gothic cathedral is regarded as
one of the worlds most beautl1ul
structures.
American units stormed past &C.
Gina despite some Of the most stuo.
born German resistance since the
fall of Rome. .o,
Exceptionally heavy stree,
fighting occurred, which caused
us. as we'll as the enemy con,
siderable casualties, and we los'
a number of armored vehicles IN
the engagement" an Allied spokes'
man said. ,.
after the most vicious opposition
The enemy mined and boopy-trap Trap.
ned the town, and resisted from
house to house."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04

Appropriation of $32,17319 was
made by the federal government
to offset the additional expenditures
and to supplement the county funds
already appropriated for the pur-
pose. The federal appropriation to-
gether with the remainder of the
county budget allotment will enable
the board to spend Sc, 100 on plant
maintenance, $7,154.26 on cpaital
outlay and $21, 1000 on Institutional
service in closing out accounts for
the fiscal year just ended.
The board also was asked to ap-
propriate $1,000 for Improvement
of the Negro library at 9th and
Princess SITS. and $4,000 for the
rehabilitation of tn Negro boys
club building. Both requests are
being considered by the board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
American Soldiers
Among New Victims
Of Rocket Bomber.

LONDON, July g. Up An
other deadly parade of flying
bombs dromed over southern
England tonight and an undis-
closed number of American
soldiers were among the days
victims of the Nazi spite
weapon.
In some places civil defense
services were getting workouts
reminiscent of the days of the
heavy German bombings Of
England and there were long
hours on "alert.''
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
Presidential Nominee
Outlines Summer Plans

ALBANY, July 3.-(P)-A "down-
on-thefarm'' summer campaign,
with political and state business
carried on in Albany and speech
writing done on week-ends at his
486-acre Pawling farm, was out
lined tentatively today by Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey.
Strengthening reports that his
strategists want to keep the Re-
publican presidential nominee "un-
der wraps" until after Labor Day,
Dewey told a news conference in
his executive office today that he
Planned no major speeches in ne
next two months but may have to
travel in the next month";" appar
emily to campaign conference
With other Republican governors
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
laps SLAUGHTERED
IN NORTHERN BURMA

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Handy, Ceylon'
Ju1v 3-(R-A suicide force OF
Jananese stabbing from the west
has been wiped out in an attempt
to seize he firmly held man ar
mort south of the resieged Japa-
nese bastion of Myitkyina In north
Burma, Allied headquarters all
nounced tonight. .u;od
The field was taken by An1eo
airborne troops at the outset "
he attack agains Myltkylna' anu
served as base of operalonS
against the enemy stronghold.
South. of the field Chinese troops ops
are firmly established on ~, !n =
Waingmaw Ferry road, nolan! -
positions. along line Wnlca y.
the. future may connect Win inc
Ledo route by way Of Bhamo'
about rs miles to the south.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04

SAID.
Notification that the award has
been conferred was received at
the local plant yesterday, in the
following letter from Robert P.
Patterson, Undersceretary of War;
''To the Men and Women
of the Kure Beach Plant,
Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company
This is to inform you that the
Army and Navy are comforting up
on you the Army-Navy Production
Award for your fine record in the
production of war equipment.
The Award consists of flag to
be flown above your plant and a
lapel pin which every man ano
woman in your plant may wear as
a symbol of his contribution to
American freedom.
''This award is your nations trl
butte to your patriotism and to
your great work in backing up our
soldiers on fighting fronts. I have
full confidence that your present
high achievement is indicative o.
what you will do in the future.
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT P. PATTERSON
Undresecretary of War"
Nomination of the plant for thu
award was made by the South
eastern Procurement District
Army Air Forces Materiel Com
mand, at Atlanta, Ga.
This marks the fourth occasion
of recognition of Ethyl-Dow EN-
ployes' activities in the furtheranc'
Of the war effort" Cantwell sale
in announcing the award. 9TH
first was the Treasury Minute MAJ
Flag, for participation in war bon'
purchases, which was earned earl,
in 1912. This was followed in tn
summer Of 40 by the Treasury ''T'
for bond purchases in excess Q
10 per cent of the payroll, re
cord which has been maintaine
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project, in two respects: the
reinforced concrete construc-
ton, and the fact that the dock
sinks sufficiently for the ship
to be warped into the now SUBJ
merged dock. Then the water
is pumped out of the hold, the
drydock energies to normal
floating condition, the water
runs off the deck back into the
sea and the ship to be repaired
rest high and dry on the
cradle-like deck.
The Tidewater Construction
corporation plant for the build
ing of the drydocks. is located
one-half mile above Hilton
bridge on the Northeast Cape
Fear river.
After the ARDC -. 3 was
christened and commissioned,
a reception was held at the
Cape Fear club for attendents
of the ceremony.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
MinskFalls
ToRed
In Il Hours
RATTLE SPECTACULAR
Russians Gain $50 Miles
On Road To Berlin
In II Days

LONDON, Tuesday, July 4.
-(P)-Two Red armies clos
ing in from opposite sides
crushed all German resist
ance in the White Russian
capital of Minsk yesterday in
about IL hours, routing the
Nazis from their last major
Stronghold on Soviet soil,
Moscow said today as the
mighty Russian advance en-
quilted more than 1,150 popu-
lated places and stabbed with
in 80 miles of the Latvian
citv of Daugavpils.
The great Soviet summer Of
fensive covering 150-miles-or al
most one-fourth the distance to
Berlin-in II days, surged west
ward on all fronts in White Rus
STA and Moscow announced that
Red troops were fighting with
bayonets and small arms for pos
session of the rail junction of Pc
lotsk, and had begun to battle their
way through the streets also in
Molodeczno, another rail center
farther west in old Poland.
The victory at Minsk, over a
force of German defenders re-
ported to number possibly II d.
visions, was accomplished with
spectacular speed as enemy op-
position collapsed under the steel
pincers of the first and third White
Russian armies.
The early morning supplement
to the Russian communicate said
mobile units broke into Minsk
Sunday night from three sides, the
northeast, east and southeast. By
T am. the Germans were cleared
entirely out Of the eastern part OF
the city and by noon the capture
of the capital was complete.
A report on German losses has
not yet been made by the So
VETS but the supplement said
many prisoners and large quanti-
ties Of war material were taken.
The probing arm of the First
Baltic army reached out some
so miles west of Polotsk and cap
tured Iody in old Poland, just le
miles from the important city Of
Daugavpils OvinsD in southern
Latvia.
The Moscow radio, following an
nouncement that Minsk had beer
taken declared: German sol
der on the eastern front are be-
ing hurled into a monster death
machine. German generals have
testified to this Gen. Bauemler,
captured at Mogilev, said Hitler
personally gives orders to hold or
to the last. These orders are back
ed up with reprisals. 90
The Moscow broadcast warned
Germans that "a frightful de-
bacle will overcome the German
nation unless something is done
about it at once"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
Nine. Procope Gives
Birth To Baby Boy

WASHINGTON, July 3 Up -
Madame Hjalmar Procope, wl1e
Of the former Finnish minister
who left the United States last
month under. state department
orders, gave birth today to a nine
pound baby boy.
Nine. -Procope had stayed behind
to await the arrival Of the child
which is her third. Procope like
wise was given the opportunity to
defer his departure, but decided
to hurry back to Finland.
Procope and three aides were
asked to leave the country be-
cause of actions which the State
Department termed "inimical' to
the interests of the United Staes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
MACAR7HUR'S SHOCK TROOPS
INVADE NOElNFOOR ISLAND:
CAPTURE KAMLRI ALRDROME
STRIKE CLOSER
TO PHILIPPINES
L eapfrog Tactics Used
By Allied Invaders
In Newest Move

ADVANCED ALLIED
New Gui-
nea, July (Tuesday)-(P)
100 miles
closer to the Philippines, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's shock
troops landed on tiny Noem-
foor island off Dutch New
Guinea and within two hours
captured plane-littered Kami-
RI alrdfome, most important
OF three Japanese airstrips.
Allied troops thus moved in next
door to the last important Japa-
nese base on the New Guinea main.
land. Manokwari, once the eneny's
strongest position in Dutch New
Guinea, is only so miles west OF
Noemfoor.
Inc landing was lightly opposed
ana only As Japanese dead were
counted in the first few hours of
fighting. Allied losses we're minor.
Noemfoor, approximately 900 sta
lutte miles rom Palau and 800 from
the Philippines, advances MacAr-
thurs bombed line 100 miles west
from American-occupied Biak is
Land and closes to the enemy the
entrance to Dutch New Guinea's
huge Geelvink bay.
Veteran shock troops stormed
ashore over Noemfoor's coral
peaches Sunday morning and with
IN two hours captured Kamiri
drome and 80 damaged enemy
planes in the strip area.
Macarthur Independence Dav
communique said:
The movement was an amnh;-
olous one and the troops went
ashore through the surf under COW
ef OF naval and air bombardment.
LANDINGS were made through mar
row, difficult coral reefs general
~ regarded as impractical for
such purpose.
AS result, the attack was com.
pletely unexpected by the enemy
and his defens preparations were
outflanked.
our forces consequently land.
ed with practically no loss, either.
naval or air, and promptly secur-
ca the alrfleld, our main objective,
without a struggle.
The seizure of this base will
give added breadth and depth to
cur air deployment and will furth-
ef dlslocate the enemy's South
seas defenses already seriously
shaken by our previous advances.
warshlps started Smelling Noem-
oor's west coast beaches before
dawn while small landing craft
made their rendezvous offshore
and fighters and bumbers flew
overhead in support. 1t was a
famlllar pattern worked out in 10
previous amphibious assaults with
IN single year.
Cruisers and destroyers under
the command of Rear Adm. Will
liam M. Fechteler opened the bonn
bardment at 6:53 am.
(Fechteler directed forward
echelons at the Admiralty islands
invasion Feb. 20, commanded a
carrier during the Hollandia- All
tape landings, and commanded the
landings at Biak island May 27.)
The bombardment continued un-
til few minutes before the first
troops rushed ashore at 8 am.
While Japanese guns were level
ed against the warships briefly, the
landing itself was virtually unop-
posed until the troops were well
ashore. Then mortars or artillery
fire forced the invaders to duck
their heads momentarily.
By 9:51 am. infantrynen had
spread over tn 5.OOO-foot Kamiri
drome. Shortly after 10 am. all
enemy mortar or artillery fire had
been silenced, and the troops were
pushing southeast toward Namber
airstrip in the northeast and Kora-
| S0r0n fhn thirI
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-04
Chinese Struggle
For Railway Route

CHUNGKING, July 3.-R-Chi-
nese troops have been hurled
against strong enemy spearhead
which stabbed As miles south OF
encircled Hengyang on the Canton
Hankow railway, the Chinese high
command announced tonight, and
bloody fighting ragged IN the area
where the Japanese were attempt
ing to seize the entire 1,000-mile
north-south rail route across Chi
ma.