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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-17

Joseph p. Joe higgins,
composing Feem, where he has
from active duty.
Joe" has spent 80 of his 90
wears in the newspaper COM
posing rooms Of the city, He
left today for Alhambra, Cal, TO
make his home with his only son,
Harold, AN electrical engineer.
Born in old yorktown. joe
went 10 Trinity School AT Sixth
and Porter. He took commercial
training I'M the old Detroit Col.
lego which later became Uni.
Nersits Of Detroit then broke into
the printing business setting type
for the Burton Abstract Co.
80 YEARS ON JOURNAL
The same year he Joined the
staff of the Detroit Journal. He
walked 10 work from his home
at % Leverett street. and only on
rainy days did he hang onto a
strap in that old Baker street
car
Joe" worked 30 years for tho
journal A year after Mr.. William
Randolph Hearst bought the
Times, Higgins Joined the Times
composing room staff,
Left widewer 43 years ago,
the yorktown boy brought up ms
son and sent him 10 the University
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-17

Of Detroit where he studied en-
gineering and became an expert
in elevators.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-17
HoNoRED BY PALS

The entire Times staff both
and edltnrlal--galh-
cred IN the Times auditorium be-
tween editions on Friday to say
good-by. Employees presented
him with a fine watch and a pile
of gifts.
First thing | do when l get
te California j. tn throw away
my alarm clock. No, I'll give ii
to "A war worker" Higgins SAID.
For years he has worked the
6 a. m. TO > p. m. Shift-luncheG
at 10 a. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-17
Joe Higgins Retires;
To Liue in California

Joseph p joe Higgins foreman of The Detroit Times
ansn be has worked for p has retired
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
Lend-Lease
Approved By.
Senate Group

Washington. April 2G.-CAPO-
The SCua'" Foreign Relations Com
mlIt"". after onc OF lis shortest hear
lncS on record, today voted it,. ap-
pruydl Of the lend lease extension
bill. already passing overwhelming
~ by the House.
only q Unc-Gay hearing va, re-
Qa'Ir"d 10 produce committee en-
d"rs"wcmt. reported 10y committee
attaches Ia have been unanimous.
Foreign Economic Administrator
Loo 7. Crowley told the committee
IL" lend lease program must be
continued until the United Nations
armies finally march down the
street oi Berlin and Tokyo"
Appearing IN support of House
approved Legislation extending lend
I',r" another year, Crowley. who
directs fine vast program. under
winch $22.rO0 600 900 IN var mi'"-
rial, have been .Cn' to the nations
allie. declared.
''r" achieve final vic'urv-rud 10
achieve # ut the earliest possible
moment. and ~ the least ros' IN
lives II is uow moro essential than
ever that tho United Nations con-
tunUc g. combine their uHtcrIal 70
Sources through lcud-lca.c and ml.-
iurI and"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
Ickes Office
Deferments
Are Criticized

". a.n&t"u. April 2G-tAPp-
Tn" Interior Departments draft de-
:r..'u' policies for is white collar
"u. .,:. drew the fire today -, the
i'.-" Appropriations COMMITTEES.
81" 'I asserted that the situation
m be eliminated without undue
Dolly"
J.. report accompanying submis-
SO. 30 the House @! the depart
#""' >H.6I2.5%U supply hIll for the
;s... year starting July !. the COM
m.''ro aid II Vas disappointed" at
'.r departments request for defer
a''' oI draft age personnel.
'H February -. the report rcla'-
'd. '.u." were 6.696 male EMPLOYEES
"''Hn"u Ia and 80 years of axe in
,H' department. and 2.22l of them
H'.l ucrUpHilonal dCicrmcnts. >
w." "' whom were deferred AZ the
!.'''..- request Of the department.
TIE committee said il was of tia"
"Tln.pn tina, ONE persons now
holding white collar jobs could IN a
greet majority of cases bc replaced
"''"n1' GCir:InCnt TO the war effort"
i expressed regret that 50 many
o''''m.CI's have been requested for
SOM" single men as well as married
men with no children holding posi-
Ton. 40 the department which the
committee considers not TO be essen
tai"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26

aGa0m,, 10000 isolated New Guinea
~jnrIHc."-
General MrcArIhur .ald the Ait
ape island chain had DcCu cleared of
~Japau,a", bat made no mention al
AItapc village, tive miles northwest
Ul The urdruur.
Allied bumbcrS struck at every
point from which the japanese could
mount aerial counter blows. while
2IuInd forces in tiy ilu,laudia area,
advancing from the northwest IN
auk!c-dccp red mud a, the base Of
TN" towering C.yyiupS raugc. were
last reported well beyond SaDruu.
This would put them three miles 81
less from the llOl!andIa dirirOmc.
largest OF three within the Yankee
and Dutch pjuCcrs.
The tore" which lan|"i - miles
"a the northeast WAS well beyond
PIN village. which is eight miles
from the TAM aIr field. Thus the
JAYS of In" pircCvS wcrc about
twenty miles apart.
While Iho muddy and rugged ter
rain sill! presented about as much
opposition - the icw Japanese en-
CnuntCrcd. ono Dutch correspondent
wrote tha: the main Japanese force
has not yet boon engaged. This
force has been estimated al li.OOO
iTpppS-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
Pitt Grand Jury lndicts
Meadows For Embczzling

,'IccnrIllr. n. C.. Apri 20 -lAIr-
me Ifi' county grand jury to-day
returned true bills Of Indictment
"r'Ins' DR.. Leon Meadows. president
- East Carolina Teachers College.
,h"rE'ng sixteen count Of cmbClllc-
,''h, and u of false prc'rnSC IN
III" handling OF special student and
college funds.
nc sixteen counts charging en-
m,n|''in"'i cover approximately $l2.-
Uu'' % the $l&.G3G3i which u recent
S,''" auditors report charged Dr.
N'''ahrwS had not satisfactorily ac-
,'U'I'cd for. The college board of
J"S''cS c~%oncraicd the college prcSi-
ocm, Of this charge.
INC indictment charging false
Dne'cnSc was a companion bill to the
Wv charging cmbezzlcmcnt and Gov
-" only II point in the lG-cUunt
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
AmericansPressin
Air War On Nazis.
Who Fight Flercely
German Areas And
Channel Districts
Feel Plane Might

London, April 26 - (AP) -
American heavy b m b ers
smashed at targets in Bruins
wick. German aircraft pr0duc-
ton center, carly today. carry
ing the prc-lnvaSiun aerial Of
fcnsive, heaviest the world has
over seen. through the twelfth
consecutive day.
The bomber fleet. which numbered
into Germany fer the third time in
as many days, was described as of
medium strength" escorted By up
To $50 fighters.
This indicated the total force
was similar Ia that of OvGr 1000
EiancS frcm Britain. which hit
three Nazi airlicids in France
and industrial targets i'm Ger
many yesterday, but smaller than
The 1000 plane armadaS sent out
in daylight five times since the
gigantic offensive began.
h German radio declared the
American force invading the air over
In" Reich tangled with Nlxi fighters
III fierce battles ~ the air drive.
which has SCuurEcd enemy targets
~ = IaO-mIlc arc across Europe,
rolled forward.
while the heavy bombcrs con-
tinIrd their unprecedented cam
paIen To knock The rrcmy'S air
dciciScS Hat. hundreds Of fight
or planes blackcncd the skies
over the rhaIncI in an onslaught
against targets in occupied terri
" similar Ia Tie attacks which
''"' three h0:ihcr~ Yesterday.
The cNplnSiri., from their as
S1ult> were heard all the way
across the channel.
In eleven days this mighticst of
sky Ui!cnSIVcS has lamh.Sted tho
Germans with over $4,000 IONS of
"NEosIv"S and thousands Of Inccn-
diaries and cost the American and
British probably ~ than 2.3OO air.
men and 800 planes.
Most of the $500 men aboard
these lost aircraft are believed to
he safe as prisoners. But that
that personnel cost does not in
cludc the dead and wounded on
planes that returned home after
sky battles.
The material cost includes about
S5O.6On.000 in aircraft, probably as
much IN education expenses of fliers
II crcwmCn. and tremendous
amounts for bombs. fuel. mainte-
mace. wages and dozens of other
items involved in hitting the enemy
with huge air strength.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
GERMAN
SUNK BY BRITISH

London. April 26-tA.D-Thr
sinking of 4 German DESTROYER nv
thr British Navy off the nOrth-
west coast of France in the
vicinity Of the Isle dc BaS wa
announced by the Admiralty to-
night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
Both Parties
May Yet Each
Name General
BN Central Press

Political Observers on Capital Hill
are predicting privately that the Mo-
Ncmbc! election may see general
pIrtcd against general in - nip-and-
tuck acc for The presidency.
Their predictions, o.! course. are
based ON the possibility that PrcSi-
dent Roosevelt Will not run for a
fourth term and that somehow or
other New Works Governor Thomas
F.. Dewey either viii not hC uomi-
mated or will refuse To- accept the
COP candidacy.
Such conditions. while admittedly
remote, would leave the iicId open
for draft MICArthur' H~"publICan
forces 10 nominate lin" Southwest
Pacific commander and tor ne Dem
uCr.,t, jn counter with a military
leader of their own.
Present chances of Macarthur are
regarded a. nunC iu, good. despite
the tremendous popular appeal Of
the general. who W0GId be q potent
pu'JiIl E.'o-.,.i"r.
J. tive Democratic picture. there is
~furo,r.'uL that Nr. EruscgrI'. re-
cUl "r1'Iu- rom general fatigue. may
decide he cduilut WIN .ul therefore
viii moi rIm.
Senator Eu,"u X. Wheeler UD)
OF M"m'Jua. arch foreign policy FOG
tC"u'nurd "u IaGc Twu.D
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
German Plane Production
Cut oLcss Than Fourth

thcs" GIg1nuc assaults arc much
higher i3in IN" German loss. The
reason Is HAT Allied heavy bombcrs
ar" HOW carrying q 10 or ll-man
Cr"H, while NaII planes seldom rate
more than three men. Fighting de-
lcnSivC battles. the Germans are now
restricting thcir an force 10 onc-man
I.GhtcrS.
With Russia knocking at Killers
nIcE door ~ RornHnil. Germany is
MS" faced with the dire prospect Of
insufficient maupowCr Ia resist u
western thrust from Britain. If the
iniulilrC Hitler decides 20 defend the
vital PlOCSti oil fields. in Romanla-
source of onC-third of his oil-hc
will need an estimated 20 divisions.
Where viii they Comc from?
NJ present nc has an estimated 30
tC 30 divisions in reserve along the
West Wall. This is his chief source,
and his most pressing problem.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
War Costs
70 Both Sides Arc
lriIIion Dollars

~. Inuis. No. AprII ?6-tNr)
MI The hrllircrcnt governments
have spent almost one iriiiiDn
dcilirS rn World War ~. more
thln twice what the last wal
cost.
Enr y. UcndrickSon. deputy di-
rector general of the United Ma
iinnS Relief and Rcha biIitation
Administration. presented this cs-
innate today in q speech pre-
pared for tho annual convention
of the General Federation or
Woman's clubs.
Allied war CUSt1 for 1914 are
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26

citation.
The true bills were returned 10y
the grand jury just before court adj
iu,rrncd for lunch aud were not Off
cially accepted until alter %
solicitor -. VI. Clark sud II" prob
ably would seek u special term of
Pitt County criminal court i0 try
thc caSc. Tn" nest regularly schcd-
uIcd term ol criminal court Is set for
August.
Tho board Of trustees, which rc-
gently accepted Dr. Meadows appIi-
cation Tor retirement. will meet III
Raleigh tomorrow TO name ~ acting
successor 10 Dr. Meadows. He had
requested that an acting head be
named in order that he might accept
other work. which he said had been
.!..I.I Ian.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
Reds Start
Attacks On
South Front
Nazis Claim Local
Victory at Points;
Soviet Count Gains

Londnu, April %. - Cap -
The Red army has launched AN
attack on It broad front in south
crn Russia from the Carpa-
thlanS To the Black Sea. Ger
man and Romanian reports said
today.
y German COwmrnIuur said the
NaIlS had scored u '"cumDlctc de-
icnSivc victory after heavy battles
when the Red army attacked IN n
owe Dnl"S,cr yesterday with strong
artillery and an strength. The Nalis
asserted they hid scaled off Soviet
hrcnk-thrrU@hs. Sine" last Saturday
tn" Russian communicates nave
omitted mention at any large scale
land lighting.
II Germans SAID their forces.
alrEC with Rninanian troops. had
driven into Russian lines north
west of IaSi yesterday and smash
cd enemy offensive preparations.
and added that Hungarian trnopS
had frustrated Soviet counter
thruStS supported by tanks in an
area between the Carpathian
n"'"i''''N III" me uppr Dhi"N-
ter.
'"' W" "''i?' Nh''ilNHII"' in''io5
90 "'''' 'iE" "r'''IilF III Il mi%t'N
"'''|."'' OBJ us i'tt ~"i''h"'N" 1"
.'!I'n on .lu.'' iiI'i'i ''Ei"nS ana
r'"'S ""',' ''' Hh|'H Una! chFl'.-
I,,,"'' ~ '''@' 'i'1".''''" WIN IN"
N.'.',' -" "''a.,' I'''lN" 'n"'I'i war
IVY" |'''. ''' t'N'','' ~''"!dr'S'
--no m ~" H,s'"" '''''"' "''I'''" MAI
',''''' wa ,''i'" W." n''N S"'i'
- ''t',''" .'" 'I'''''""' '"'"F swept
iru. n,' ''.', IN" '''.i''''' ~ 'h'.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
GIut of Markets
Causes Decline in
Prices for HOGS

raleigh. April 26 - tAPJ - Hog
prices hav" declined from ten To- fiji
teen cents since March. principally
because Of the heavy flow Of hogs
TO market. Bailey Rich. marketing
specialist with the State Agriculture
Department. said TODAY.
Rich said that government puir-
ChaaCS iOr lcnd-lCaSc and for mill
tary supplies mad declined and there
was a lack 0i Labor in packing
plants. The Richmond terminal
CLOSED today until Monday.
Rich said that farmers should hold
their hogs. especially the light
weights.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
DRAFT Calls For 1914
Largely Men Under 20

Washington, April 2~6.--tiPb-
House Military Committee mem
bcrS saw i'm latest Sclcctivc ser
vice figures today an Indication
that. barring Il big upset III the
fighting front. draft calls for The
rest of this wear will he filled
mostly by men under 20. with
few fathers over that : being
inductcd.
However. III making that prCdIC-
ton, Chairman Costello. California
and other members Of
tho draft subcommittee. emphasized
II strategic plans require uuuSri-
large calls in some months. then
10 the extent that Younger and older
men now being indicted under Cur-
rent policies arc not available n
those months. larger numbers of
older men must DC called
Figures given Co-tcllo's commit
tee by S]clCCtivc Service showed a
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
By Droves In
Japs Dying
Burma Drive

Southeast Asia Headquarters.
Randy. Ccylon. April 26.-(AP)
Japanese jungle troops are de-
sncratcly attacking rail and road
blocks established in central
Burma by Allied Chindist air
borne troops. and arc coming
III 10 the attack like a boxer
with his head down. and dying i'm
drovcs.' an Allied observer said
today.
Al tho same time, British forces
continued tu tighten their grip on
lmphll-Knhima area. which had
threatened Ivy a Japanese in
vaSl"n uf India. designed ia cut the
Bengal Assam railroad, Allied sup
ply I'm" I" China and north Burma,
= c"nmunIpuc from Admiral Lord
Mpuu'bIttCn announced.
Tn" C"mnuuiQuC said British fore
e. yesterday captured the Mapo hill
north of the Imphal plain.
lniIIciInE heavy casualties on the
enemy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
FIR Fourth Termers
T'rounce Opposition
In Tuesday Voting
Massachusetts Has
Big Vote That Way;
Dewey Pennsylvania
or The .lSSociuicd PrcSS)

ON The I~SSurjuJ,J D,.,..\
Rnn.,rolt ,o,,.,L ~
l.,,l.I ,'"'." ''ilil'rS
''"i'u 'Nci inc llrSl tangible
Imposition III the Massachusetts
presidential nrin,,.,. ,...,..I...
Will, ponn.,,l,.,,;, "''
;rJ;.,,,I n' N.F""'''''iN
.n''t" '''ouEh Wrlt-ih votes
Ihal Governor Thomas T.,
Dewey is their OvprwhnIuiur
choice for thc C. q y rro.;J,n
ti.,l n,,,;,,,;..
od rn; '": ""'H'N''' h'hlScil r'c"iv-
:" " ar size WrI'c-in endorsement
NV, N'''r' "'a'c hcHUplIcan
, Ni'' pursuing up "hchaI-
't,'' P'''E'h Democratic
"N'E u apparently as
,nL ,''"F '"'''' , AZ u'llhStruc-
W. I.',H"'TH.
- MS To-Day
.o,,a ","h"''H !" N~iaSsachu-
Al ,'I"S ''""",ii'ali"" "l
-, d "ri' anead "i
T'" p'ueca 10 former
.'n"' '"NcI'h ~. Ety. a fourth
I ''l"'"u. Inc makeup 0i
49,. '-'o,. "en'"crat'c dcirGd-
- W. VI """pl' as Is That
do,n 'prr
n~,r,in. III hn'h
rJ '""''"S uhrieae-
nn,
f,n,r i'''' hartman VIII
i;,m, ," H'H'''E III" majority
sc~r,in'n,," 'rS,'" It statement
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
KILLERS TRAIN IS
BLOWN UP IN RAID

Nnkara. Turkey. April 26-
,Hfb-RcporiS circulated in An
kara today that Adolf IIitIcr's
Np'cih train was blown up in
4 recent Allied raid on Stuttgart
"n'N u short time after Hitler
himself had left the train.
MI the occupants of the train
were said to have been killed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26

Of communication, north of the
battlefront.
Allied hclrhnc,d troop, hay" been
breaking the lull below Rome The
last three day. with several limited
attacks ~ the Clrauu area IN 'h"
central section. which have uctici
more than nfty prisoners.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26
Ilolia,1dia AirdrOsllc Now
LIN Sight Oh Americans;
Few Japs Encountered

Advanced Allied iIcadquirt-
rrS. New Guinea. April .G.-
Oycrcd by war planes
operated of the captured I.ldji
air field near Aiiapc. one spear.
head Of the American and Du,ch
invaders of northern New (;ui-
nca was virtually within sight
OF the main airdrUmc at Holt
nndia, tOday'S reports indicated.
OppuSltlon stIll was negligible,
General Douglas Macarthur report
cd. and the only aerial mrlc,,utIou
was from It lone Japanese plane
which bombed one Of tine liOiiaudli
Drachhcada. causing mudcgatc dam
age and light casualties.
The ihrcc-rUnWIy TJdil uiri.CId
was captured after the landings at
dawn Saturday and Immediately
American and Australian engineers
went To work with ~DulldoIcrs ana
graders while troops CHASED the
MIC the hills and jungle.
Captured enemy guns were set zap
as defense weapons and gro md crews
worked even al might by flood light,
To- whip the bnmb-poNci field INTO
Fifth air force Australian planes
based at T1dIi then were pat 10 wurk
III the campaign of Iuuih,'ation
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Cloudy and mild. with scatter
cd showers and thundershowcrs
tonight ANA ThurSdd%.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-26

more iiHu $50 hiIiipnS. Hen
dri"E>nn figured. - T." now.
IiC said, The iiiicN aud tive AXIS
had had t. spend about the same
amount. Iu! Allied cost, are al
NJiriEg faster.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

Check toHrself on these DAILY RHfe' tor tie bIg
job Of keeping food safe these maritime days
lis always Summer in your kiichenl That's why your
refrigerator important in Fall and Winter as in the
heat al JULY Foods must be protected all times TO guard
health prevent waste. Now in wartime it's even more
important to know how and where keep foods what TO
your refrigerator 10 leave out TO save space
Some OF The important rules for keeping food appear
on this page. You'll find others in "l0l Refrigerator
Ieps'a new booklet offered free by frgdare TO users
of all makes of refugerators Also its filled with recipes,
hints meal preparation, tips on how to give vital
refrigeration equipment the best OF care.
First thing 10 remember foei2 contain a lot of
this Is lost they shriyel get tough and taste
less Also health giving vtamins often destroyed.
Unless your refrigerator is high humidity type, oorer
foods to keep them moist.
Give penshabIes prompt oneniionl Never let expo.
sure to room temperatures rob your foods OF their
nutritive values, appearance and flavor. Always reig
crate pershables a. possible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
FOOD FIGHTS

ZS/[OTeTS should be stored Immediately after
meals. Place them up front where you won't forget
them. Use promptly. Put cooked meats in meat COM
parment covered containers in coolest part of food
compartment Keep leftover cooked vegetables in COW
cred dishes prevent drying and mngllng of avors.
See many tasty ways to leltovers, including
tested recipes, in ''l0l Refrigerator Helps
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

DO be sure your refrigerator keep, Safety Zone Tenn
peralurcs- from 32o to l5' or so.
Do remove food from store wrappngs packages be
fore placing in refrigerator
Do wrap and freeze ground Immediately if not to
be used within p hours Same applies 10 variety
meats like liver. sweebreads.
Do separate ground meat, into disable portions before
freezing. Place waNed paper between portions.
Do refer lO Refrigerator Helps for more hints.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
GIT THIS FREI 3S-PAoE BooKLET+
from your Frisidalre Dealer

"l0l Refrigerator Helps" For all refrig-
orator users. New tips on care and use
Of your refrigerator. Find Frigidaire
Dealer in Classified Telephone Book or
write Frigdaire, 2l4 Taylor St, Dayton
/, Ohio In Canada, address 200 Com
mcrcial Rd., Leaside T., Ontario
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
nonE.s:.1F

Don't crowd pcr-hahc food, out Of your refrigerator by
overlooking with bottled goods jeies, rei,hc,,
peanut butter etc
Don't letulk stand atroom temperatures unused
portions back in bottle.
Don't leave odorous foods uncovered.
Don't freeze ice cubes than YOU need Use the space
for storing frozen foods.
guess aboutood storage When in doubt refngerae.
70
GENERAL MOTORS SYMPHONY OF THE ARE
Every Sunday Afternoon MIC Network
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Maryland Crops Look
Better After Rains
Bumper Yields Taken
In Wheat, BorIey, Rye
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A general improvement in Mary
land crop prospects following heavy
rains which ended drought in most
sections of the State early this
month is reported by the Maryland
Crop Reporting Service.
Growing crops, pastures and fruits
were benefited greatly by the pre-
cipitation except in Western Mary
land where rain was light, the serv-
ice said yesterday in its monthly
report, giving this detailed picture:
Wheat, barley and rye were un-
affected by the drought and bumper
yields were harvested. Corn, oats
and buckwheat were expected to
produce near average yields. al
though corn prospects declined
somewhat during July.
Hay. which suffered severely after
the. first cutting, was expected to
yield about the same per acre as
last year, but a smaller acreage
probably would cut 1914 production
Fruit prospects still were good
with apples estimated above aver
age and peaches producing the larg-
est crop since 1881. Yields. of early
truck crops were reduced by the
drouth but later crops were reported
somewhat better.
July egg production of $1,000, 900
eggs was 100000 over the July.
1943, yield. Total egg production for
the first seven months of 1914 was
estimated at per cent above the
corresponding period last year, the
service said.
Evening star., 1944-08-14

1.-THE tolloDing 1Das 1Dritten by
First 1t. Weldon James, Marine
Corps public relations officer OF
Horatio, S. c., and Arlington. Va,
and distributed by the Associated
PreSS)
ABOARD THE U. S. S. TEXAS
off Cherbourg.-In a three-hour duel
with powerful German coastal bat
teries this proud old queen of the
older fleet received two direct hits,
innumerable damaging near misses
and had to fight two fires spread
ing on the main deck.
But she fought back, like an
Amazon. Three times she roared
back through shell-burst alley
swerving, twisting, turning, in a
maze of exploding geysers, with her
14-inch guns blasting a death train
of half-ton projectiles at the enemy
forts
Midway of her second run past,
German gunners scored the perfect
hit. A 9 or IL inch shell hit dead
on top of the coming tower, blew
up with terrific noise into the navi-
cation bridge 8 feet directly above,
mortally wounded the helmsman, Sc
riously wounding four others, wreck
ing third of the bridge and some
of its controls.
Before the choking clouds of yel-
loW-broWn smoke had cleared away,