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Evening star., 1944-04-24
Flood Damage Rises
With Missouri River
Crisis Anticipated
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
Kansas and Missouri streams
swollen by torrential rains measur-
ing S inches or more in 48 hours
swept on to mounting damage to-
day, leaving at least five dead and
thousands homeless.
Relief along the smaller streams
was expected soon. however, for al
though scattered showers still were
reported throughout the area, the
downpours which dumped as much
as 2 inches of water in a half hour
had stopped.
The dead included:
Joseph Fisher, Wichita, Kans.
who collapsed while fighting lum-
ber yard fire and died in 3 feet OF
flood water.
Ralph Barnthouse, Winfield
Kans., who drowned while trying to
rescue some marooned horses.
Fred Owens, jr., 9-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Owens, Kansas
City, who drowned ina flooded rock
quarry.
Chief Petty Officer Charles H.
Lewis, Al, st. Louis, and Radioman
Michael Stane. 81, Riverview Gar
dens, Mo, both Coastguardsmen,
drowned when flood waters of the
Mississippi River swept their tow
boat under the prov of barge.
Two Killed by Lightning.
Two other deaths also were at
tributed to the storms. Two Mis-
souri, men were killed by lightning
near Platte City and Moberly, and
a farmer near Longwood, Mo, has
been reported missing.
The big question now is how we'll
the Missouri River, already at flood
stage, can handle this additional
mountain of water, poured into 1t
by every raging tributary.
At Richmond. Mo, 40 miles below
Kansas City, the Missouri River was
3ia miles wide at some places, and
there was fear that the floods might
reach last years proportions, worst
since 1908.
1t. Col. J. A. Adams, United States
Army district engineer at st. Louis,
said handling the Missouri River
would be fight all the way down. !"
Illinois State Reserve militiamen
assumed patrol on Mississippi River
levies between st. Louis and Cape
Girardeau and along the Illinois
River near Eldred and Meredosia.
Two hundred persons were homeless
after high water struck Alton. Ill.
Wichita, Winfield Hard Hit.
Some of the danger points:
Wichita, where the Big and Little
Arkansas Rivers converge, was hav-
ing its worst food since 1904, with
at least a thousand homeless.
Winfield, Kans., where two-thirds
of the city was flooded by the WAL
nut River.
Lawrence, Kans., where the Kaw
River had 500 men out sandbagging
the dikes to keep North Lawrence
from being swept away by what
may develop into the Kaw's worst
flood in Al years.
Train, air and bus service was
uncertain. or not at all, with thou
sands of weary travellers milling
around in Kansas City's Union Sta
ton Sunday. BY today most of
these passengers had started on as
trains crept gingerly over softened
roadbedS.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Two Navy Flyers Killed
In Collision Identified
,y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April 24.-Two pilots
killed In a collision of two planes
Of the Quonset Point station over
North Kingstown, r. T., Saturday
have been identified as Ensigns Jo-
seph C. Rust, "a, U. 8. N. r., OF
Alliance, Nebr., and Oswald E. Asp
lundh, jr., a, U. S. N, r., Of Glen
view, Ill.
Identiflcations were announced by
first naval district headquarters
after the bodies were recovered.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Burmu
Continued From First Page J

Bishenpur. (Kungpi apparently is
the same place as Kungrian, men
toned in yesterdays communique.) }
Here the Japanese obviously were
attempting to secure control of the
road leading west to Silchar, I'M
phal's nearest railhead.
The Japanese also were still hold
ing positions on the Ukhrul road
about 80 miles northeast of Imphal.
In North Burma, Gen. Stilwelrs
Evening star., 1944-04-24

w a S h / n 6 t o n
Sanitarium. She
had been Ill five
weeks.
A native of
S h a w n eetown,
ILL.,, Mrs. Muir
came here with
her parents as a
child and was
educated in the
l o C a ! schools.
After graduation
T m the old
normal school,
she taught for
some years at
tho Go1ac Cchnnl
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Deforestution Mapped

With an estimated forest area of
200 600 acres, half of which is owned
by the government, Fire has set a
goal of 100000 acres in its new re-
forestation program.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Mrs. CarIotta Muir Dies;
Active in Musical Circles

Mrs. Carlotta Brockett Muir, 70
wife of Charles S. Muir, real estate
executive. 706 Erie avenue, Takoma
Park, Md, died yesterday at the
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Boys Freeze to Deoth

Three boys, ranging in ages from
q to 10, we're frozen to death re-
Gently while sleeping in a palm.
rooted nut at Mazatlan, Mexico.
Evening star., 1944-04-24

Douglas " Johnson II, 3layearold Of Col and Mrs
Douglas " Johnson, 3409 N Fifteenth street. Arlington Va
reacts with typical smaboy wonder the model
train exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution Bridges
built by E. while the constructed by
1t Dan H. Wade, Coast Reserve Star Staff Photo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

AS a child, Marion Brown Elliott
~ Brown Amy, 100000 Colo
u y RADIO mine heiress, was treated
with lavish kindness by her parents.
Since then she has sought in vain
for similar treatment at the hands of
three successive husbands. AS, one
after the other, each disillusioned her,
she firmly gave him the air.
Now, four years after their divorce,
she once more has hailed Joseph ii.
Amy, her third and last spouse, into
court-and once more the basic ques-
ton at issue is kindness toward her.
Recalling the $4,000 Westchester
New York; dream mansion, which
Joseph gave her as a wedding pres
ent, Marion now claims in her suit
that he financed the deal with a
$4,000 mortgage and $4,000 in
cash. the latter borrowed from her.
Both mortgage and debt are still
outstanding, she declares, and-the
cost of living being what it is these
days-she wants her $4,000 back,
plus the usual six per cent interest.
Joseph, on the other hand, says he
doesn't owe her a cent, because the
law makes debts uncollectable after
a lapse of six years. Anyhow, he adds,
she agreed to cancel this one in ex-
change for the deed to the house.
The petted, sheltered daughter OF
Lyman b. Brown, Denver mining and
oil millionaire, Marion was the out.
standing debutante of her season.
Almost as soon as the last daZzled
guest had left her coming-out party,
Nixon Elliott. promising young bust.
nesSman, led her straight TO the
altar for her first marriage.
This surprised no one, for ii was
inevitable that so rich a prize would
be snatched up quickly. And, once
. December ~, 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

ought to be superlatively tender to a
sensitive, wealthy beauty, who was
neither dumb nor subject 10 bolts,
CHAMBERS, or other equine ailments.
But, alas, the theory didn't stand
up. For one thing, DR.. Browns first
wife's divorce hadn't become final at
the time of his marriage TO Marion.
When the significance Of that dawned
on them, they were perhaps some
what disconnected. At any rate, after
the decree did become final, they
went through another ceremony.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

He wanted TO give her home. She
had the dough and he didn't. In the
circumstances what could he mora
natural, he probably reasoned, thai
to say, Darling, lend me $1,000
1 want to give you present.
When he said this, the glow of the
honeymoon was still shining.
Now, four years after their divorce
ON grounds of incoDipatibility-the
glow has faded. AL that stands out
now is the cruel, cold, down-to-earth
matter of ten thousand bucks.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

Which, of course, was a far cry
from the consideration she had been
used TO at home. On the rebound,
she flung herself, divorce decree in
hand. into the arms of Wallace Brown.
Scarcely her financial equal, Wal
lace's qualifications for the JOB va.
Gated by Mr.. Elliott, seems to have
been chiefly his looks and the fact
that he was a horse doctor. A man
who went around being kind to dumb
animals, Marion apparently reasoned,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

AS a child, Marion Brown Elliott
~ Brown Amy, 100000 Colo
II y RADIO mine heiress, was treated
NTH laA.ich l.iraLrancc kAL hnr. roI1ls
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

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charge, and others 10 the
effect that the kindly vet
had cuffed and cursed her
despite the fact that She
was footing the bilIS-thc
court gave her permission
10 exchange her married
name Brown for hcr
maiden name, Brown.
II may seem odd that
Joseph II. Amy, her ncNt
port OF call, ever should
have attracted her. For
he already had been a..
vorced once, and, by a CO
incidence, his first wife,
Celeste, had charged him,
of all things, with cruelty.
MY husband" Celeste
had testified. lat the least
provocation would tear my
clothes from my body"
In any case. they were
married, and then there
arose the problem of the
$4,000 home, which has
now come home to rooSi.
Mr.. Amy docs not deny
that he asked his wife for
the necessary $1,000 down
payment on the property
Nor does he seem 10 feel
any conjunction over
having done so. she
knew y ad no other
funds" he declares simply.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24
Rpjf'P;9S%''oSS;fF:
%$[}Rj66doS.'S'''::''::S'''''''.. >. >. :.
TAI ~ NUV the prize
been duly VIC
NU gener
thought

] luck Y n NIXON
would devote himself
thenceforth TO keeping
his beautiful bride
in a happy mood.
That s o m g h ow he
failed to do so, became
clear soon after the
births of their daugh.
ter and son. Nixon eA-
hibited his theory OF
what had caused the
trouble by launching a
100000 alienation Of
affections suit against
his recently widowed
mother in law, Mrs.
Katherine II. Brown.
Then, dropping this &C
ton, he turned TO meet
a flank attack in the
fform of a divorce suit,
launched by Marion.
HE criticized me all
the time" Marion com
planned in court. mo
matter what l did, il
didn't suit him. ! tried
to please him, but il
was no use. For days
at a time, he refused TO
speak 10 me. When he
did, it was usually with
a..ANs -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

Not only was the second less spor
taneous than the first but, before tn
attendant celebration was over, il ~
came downright unpleasant
While the festivities were still g
ing on, the doctor got sleepy Marol
testified, and, unable 10 induce her Il
60 10 bed any other way rippc'
off her clothes in front Of guest
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
RELEASED

Arrested on a technical charge
OF vagrancy, Thomas ]. Thigh
man, Negro, was brought into New
Hanover county Recorders court
Tuesday morning because he did
lot want to work for j.. N. Bryant.
local lumber man.
Tilghman, it appeared, had TAX
en- job with the Tide Water Pow
er company of Norfolk, Va, and
was released because he did not
have a proper release from his
former employer, ]. N. Bryant.
Bryant commended that under the
manpower ruling, Tilghman had
no right to leave him. He stated
that the Negro should work for
him because he had not released
nm. However, after the Negro
showed the court that he had
visible means of support, he was
released from the charge of vag-
rancy. He told the court that he
"just didn't want to work for Mr..
Bryant
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Fortress Radioman
Recommended For DISC

A U. S. BOMBER BASE IN
ENGLAND, Feb. 1-LP-The Dis
tinguished Service Cross has been
recommended for Fortress ra-
dioman-gunner who, though twice
wounded and temporarily blinded,
saved a comrades life and kept
firing until he became unconscious
during the tough raid on Bremen
Nov. 26.
The hero is Tech Sgt. Marcus A.
Bordeaux of Gonzales, La, who
is returning to the United States
for further medical treatment of
his eye.
When burst of cannonfire
struck the flying fort ''Mrs. Don
ma Mae Bordeaux was knocked
to the floor and wounded over the
left eye, but he stumbled back to
his gun to fight off further enemy
attacks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
JUNE T. WOOTEN

CHARLTON, Feb. L. Funeral
services for June T. Wooten, "a
year old Clarkton farmer who died
at 3:15 a. m. Tuesday of heart
attack, will be held from the home
Wednesday at 8 p. m.
Mr.. Wooten's first wife was the
late Mrs. Rena Shipman Clark
Shade and Milton, of Clarkton, and
rommie, of Chadbourn; and three
daughters, Mrs. W. B. Fletcher.
Mrs. x. Brown, of Clarkton, and
Mrs. R. @. Powell, Marion, S. c.
Mr.. Wooten is survived by his
second wife, Mrs. Bernice Brown
Wooten, and their children, two
sons, Herbert and Pat Wooten, both
of Clarkton; and three daughters,
wards of Bladenboro, and Mrs.
Mrs. Leo Nance, Mrs. Neal Ed
Bryan Gooden, of Elizabethtown.
Other survivors include brother.
S. G. Wooten of Clarkton; three
sisters, Mrs. Bessie Powell, OF
Whiteville; Mrs. Arthur Council OF
Danville, Va; and Mrs. Cora Ste
vens, Savannah, Ga; several
grandchildren and great-grand-
children. Six of his grandchildren
ere in the armed forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
REPUBLICANS URGED
TO DRAFT STASSEN
Continued from Page One)

subserviency to the executive will
not work, and strike at the very
heart of our Democratic system, "
Ball declared. I'VE need as presi-
dent a man who knows politics
and how to work with politicians
and who recognizes that he has
no monopoly on wisdom"
Ball said that nearly a years ago
Stassen advanced program for
formation of an international or
ganization to preserve peace. The
former governor believes, he said,
in providing clear and speedy pro
cedUre for settling labor disputes
and has advocated shifting taxes
from productive to consumptive
sources.
Social security, he believes,
should be expanded to cover all
economic casualties, but he sees
it's role as providing a floor below
which we do not permit individu-
ais living standards to fall, rather
than bed in which the national
economy goes to sleep" Ball said.
Ball pointed out that Stassen can
not campaign because he is in the
Navy, adding:
eve who believe he can do the
best job for America must, in
stark reality, draft him for a
greater and higher service to his
country
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
ESTONIA REACHED
BY SOVIET ARMIES
CONTINUED from Page One)

To the south the Second Baltic
front armies of Gen. MARKHAM M.
Popov moved on west of the cap.
tured rail junction of Novosokol.
niki and took several populated
places, the communique said.
The Nazis acknowledged with.
drawals wholesale - between Lake
linen and the Gulf of Finland in
the north; northwest of Vitebsk in
White Russia; northwest Of Kiro-
vograd, near Belaya Tserkov,
southwest of Dnepropetrovsk and
near Nikopol, all in the Caraine.
They said some breaches had been
sealed off.
One Berlin radio commentator,
Gen. Kurt Dittmar, said ''the Rus
slams are thrusting towards the
Baltic countries where the way
lies open to the whole Baltic Sea
and at the same time towards the
ancient gates of nations between
the Black Sea and the Carpathian
mountains. The fight has become
a struggle for Europe"
The capture of Kinisepp, town
which before the war had a popu-
lation of 4,400, won the Soviets
an important frontier station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
LIONS WILL SEE
U.S.. WAR MOVIE

War Department Report, an OIL
fetal U. S. Government motion
picture showing the history OF the
war from the Jap sneak attack
on Pearl Harbor almost up to the
present time, will be shown at the
weekly meeting Of the Lions Club
Thursday in the Friendly restaur-
ant banquet hall.
The film, shown in the interests
of the Fourth War Loan drive,
has been released to the club
through the Public Relations Office
at Camp Davis.
Invited as special guests to the
meeting are G. ]. Thornton, New
Hanover County chairman for the
Fourth War Loan, and E. A. Laney,
prominent local banker.
Much of the film was captured
from the Axis in various war
theatres. Such scenes include those
OF the German rescue of Benito
Mussolini, ousted dictator of Italy,
together with his meeting with
Hitler. To be shown also are scenes
taken by the Japs during their at
tack on Pearl Harbor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Yank An1phibious Forces
muade Marshall Islands

A fortnight ago Maj. Gen. Willis
H. Hale, commander of the S.
enth AAF, said three of the enc.
my's bases in the islands had been
neut- allied as much as 80 per cent.
He did not name them but the in
vasion of Mwajalein atoll would in
dictate Roi was one of the bases he
had in mind.
Crack Japanese marines were
believed to be defending the Mar
shalls, as was the case in the Gil
bert islands to the south. Ameri-
can forces conquered the Gilberts
late in November, in a whirlwind
campaign marked by the battle
of TaraWa, bloodiest in American
history.
Undoubtedly the new offensive
will cost many lives. Mo-, will it
be completed in anywhere near the
brief days it took to snatch the
Gilberts from the Nipponese. The
japanese have held the Msrshails,
under a League of Nations mail
date, since World War One, and
outsiders have been barred from
the islands since 1885, when Japan
withdrew from the League.
Powerful defenses, therefore, are
believed to have been constructed
Y the Marshalls, despite Tokyo's
frequent denials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
SPAIN LEARNING
u. S. CAN BE HARSH
Continued from Page One)

logically and hoped for German
victory and thus a break with the
Nazis would result only if the die
tator were forced out by coali-
ton convinced of an Allied victory.
The American ban on oil ship
ments was announced in brief
dispatch in Madrid morning news
papers.
After maintaining silence for al
most 8 hours on the subject, the
Spanish radio announced sharp re-
strictions on the use of LIQUID fuel
in Spain.
At the same time the radio said:
eff there is one thing Spain does
not understand it is hypocrisy andI
double dealing.
Precisely because Spain has
never evaded the burden of her
duties as neutral she has the
perfect moral strength to demand
that no one should impair her
rights as sovereign power.
The German radio asserted the
Allies have threatened to cut off
food supplies to Spain and demand
ed of Franco that he must "sub.
NIT or fight"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
PRESIDENT MAY NUI
SIGN NEW TAX RI1,
CONTINUED from Page Ono,

Continued from Page on,,
return of the new levies in fi,,
total government revenue.
Historically, refusal BY tbo =,
executive to sign the bin e"lel
not be without precedent D a,
Roosevelt in 1888 allowed w.t. y.
soo,ooo,oOo tax bill to become ~, 49,
without his signature becsr,
objected to notifications IN S4 tS he
ter-repealed undistributed .ne la
tax acts well as to the c p'ollts
gains levy. capital
There appeared little liko,u
that the new bill would reac lLi'o N
White House before the wesi he
at the earliest. Conferees W s'end
two houses reached agreemer4 NE
it yesterday, but todav's wv on
was that the final DRAFTING c ot U
bill as changed in conference u,,' We
delay it until Thursday or Fr mSuld
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
. Obituaries
]. E., REDFERN

Funeral services for j. E. Red
fern, IS, who died at his home at
Scots Hill at $3.50 a. m. Sunday
after a long illness, were held
ct Scots Hill Methodist church
by the Rev. j. c. Whedbee and
the Rev. c. c Myers Tuesday at
2:30 D. m. Interment followed in
the church cemetery.
:, He is survived by his widow,
the former Matte Dunlap; two
daughters, Mrs. H. T Elder Of
Zig Bear Lake, Calf, and Mrs.
A. W. Ballard, Jr., of Norfolk, Va;
two sons, R. H. Redfern and E. D.
Redfern, both of Norfolk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
MINISTER IS KILLED

ALBERMARLE, Feb. 1-iB-n.
Rev. M. T. smathers of Ashebo we
wen-known Methodist minister WY
killed instantly today in a colb, Ss'
of the automobile in which he , wv.
riding and an ice cream truck J,
Richfield, 10 miles north Of how, "
Five other persons We're ipnnr'
ed. They were brought to 4 bo,
pital here. '''''
They were Mrs, Simon,
daughter of MIR. Smathers. and ba,
two small daughters T. V. MaIner NV
Albermarle lawyer, and Jaw Bsr'
ringer, Richfield contractor
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Rail Contract Signed
For New improvements
Of Atlantic & N. e.

RAEIGH, Feb. l. tA The
Boar of directors of the Allan
tic nd North Carolina railroad
toda finally approved contract
withthe Navy for Is years where
by ie Navy will spend some $780,
000and the state 5000, 900 on i'm
PREVENTS to the road, which runs
frh Goldsboro to Morehead City.
Gvernor Broughton said that the
Navy will retain a title lien on all
material they furnish the line un-
til it is paid for out of freight rates
and other payments by the Navy
to the line for services rendered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Mpor1antMo,mntiy,
el~tCOUCH IS

1-For = persistent cough-one that has
lasted for days or longer-see your
musician: Don't try to treat such :
cough yourself. It may indicate a serious
condition.
For cough due to cold see your
aragg1st and get Mentho-Mulsion, the
modern, tasty cough preparation that
Starts soothing relief from the very first
aose' Acts fast to help loosen tight
pniesm. soothe irritated throat mem-
oTanes and allay the coughing. Comes an
ready to use-nothing to mix-nothin-
TO nx. Ideal for children IS well =.
ADULTS. Druggists sell Mentho-Mpas;on
On inc understanding that You are to be
or your money will be gladly
ssaanded. Use only ~ directed. (sJ,.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
ALLIES REPULSE
JAPANESE DRIVE


increased by % planes shot down
there Sunday. That made the
enemy's total losses at the fortress
in January approximately $50.
During the raid by Solomons
based planes, a merchantmen was
sunk and a destroyer and two
freights set on fire.
On northeastern New Guinea in
the Allied ground drive toward Ma
dang, Australians in the Ramu
valley captured three villages. On
the nearby coast at Saidor, Ameri-
cans of the Sixth Army killed 43
Japanese.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
(Continuet from Page One)

Maj. Gen. Charles H. Corlett, in
vaded the Kyajalein area.
The invasion plan presumably
called fo-. securing the tiny, light.
ly defended islets near Kwajalein
and Roi isla 1ds, and then blasting
at those twcstrong points prepare
tory to capturing them.
Kwajaleir has an excellent har-
Dor and saplane and submarine
bases.
The American forces struck at
the heart f the Marshall archipe-
lago, bQthas to geography and vul-
nerabilityy This thrust was not as
suicidal S it might appear, be-
cause of ne pre-invasion pounding
America Seventh Army Air Force
and Nav planes carried out con-
sistently for more than two
months.