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Evening star., 1944-12-16

The military situation in China has
improved somewhat, but it is relative
and temporary improvement. 1t is not
by any means a comfortable assurance
that the worst is over.
The Japanese threat to Kweiyang has
been abated for the time being. That is
about all that can be said.
The japanese appear to have made a
try for quick dash into the important
communications center, just as the
Allied armies on the western front made
a quick try for Arnhem last August. But
the Japanese outran their supplies ut is
hardly to be supposed that the Kwangsl-
Kweichow railway is as yet operating
behind them) and their advanced ele-
ments were too weak to resist the power
full Chinese counterattack which was
launched against them. They have been
driven back over the border of Kweichow
Province, which has thus for the mo-
ment been cleared of the enemy.
But most certainly the defeat of this
overambitious Japanese effort for a
quick success contains no guarantee that
they will not try again. Almost surely
they will They will consolidate their
positions wherever they can bring the
Chinese pursuit to halt; they will
build up stronger forces and improve
their supply lines and then they will try
to 60 ahead again, this time more me-
thodically but with greater power.
u y
We also should remember that the
Japanese have scored an impressive sue
cess IN linking their northern forces
with their forces in French Indo-C China.
If they can hold on to this gain, they
can now complete, with relatively
small amount of work, a through rail
connection from their forts on the Sea
of Japan and at the mouth of the
Yangtze River right down to Singapore
at the tip of the Malay Peninsula. II
the Indo- Chinese railways can be con-
verted from meter to standard gauge,
the whole distance of some 1000 miles
can be traversed without transshipment.
This will be very great help to the
Japanese supply problem for the south
ern areas, which up to now have had
to be supplied entirely by sea.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
Praise for Fra Giovanni

To the Editor of The Star:
On your editorial page for December
13 there appeared a communication
from Fred Thompson which I hope
none of your readers missed. No doubt
those who read it have said in their
hearts: Encore! Encore! Encore!"
Meantime, may not ask Mr.. Thomp-
son to be good enough to publish some
thing about the author of that Christ
mas greeting of 1913. This will make it
all the more interesting, I'm sure, to
many of your grateful and appreciative
readers. Certainly 1t will be helpful and
consoling to many sorrowful soul, for
in Fra Giovanni's Christmas greeting
they will find not only the secret of
happy Christmas, but the secret Of right
and happy living. SKY PILOT.
Evening star., 1944-12-16

One Of the burning questions fac
ing the Japs now is Tokyo.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
Mrs. Joseph Hines,
Recent Bride, Feted

Mrs. Neill Hines, Jr., entertain
ed at a miscellaneous shower on
Wednesday evening in honor Of
Mrs. Joseph Hines, recent bride,
at the home of Mrs. Edward Lewis
of Leland. Upon arrival the bride
was presented with Corsage of
yellow roses.
The bridal motif was used in
the decorations. Games and con-
tests were played throughout the
evening with Mrs. Bessie Friemuth
and Mrs. Joseph Hines. honoree,
being the winners. A salad course
was served at the conclusion Of
the evening.
Those attending were: Mrs.
Joseph Hines, honoree, Mrs. Ro-
land Dixon. Mrs Bessie Frimuth,
Mrs. Johnnie Futch. Mrs. o. A.
Patton, Mrs. Edward Lewis, Ms.
Neill Hines, Sr., Mrs. Russell Jen-
'kins. Ms. K. B. Dresser. Mrs.
J. L. Blake, Mrs. H. T. Lewis,
Mrs. o. w. Perry, Mrs. Clayton
Robbins, Mrs. Garland Bordeaux,
Mrs. Harrell Paden. Linda Lee
Hines, Mrs. Neill Hines, j.. and
master Russell jenkins.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
Herring-Butle
Vows Announced

At a simple ceremony perform
ID by the Rev. Lon L. Day at his
home on Kentucky avenue, Savan
nah. Ca, Saturday ev e n n g,
February 5, at 7 o'clock Miss
Mabel S. Butler. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. R. G. Butler of Savan.
nah. was married to Pfc. Thomas
Jefferson Herring, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. R Herring of Wilmington
The bride wore a navy dess
with accessories to match and a
corsage of white gardenias
Miss Mary 10 Butler, sister of
the bride, attended as maid of :
honor. Miss Sara Herring of Will
mington, sister Of the bridegroom,
also attended.
Immediately after the ceremony
the couple left for a wedding trip
10 Wilmington, where they will
make their home. Mr.. Herring is
now stationed at Fort Bragg and
has served overseas. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. V. Hales, aunt and uncle of the
bridegroom, entertained the couple
on arrival in the city.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
Social Events Set
This Week At Hut

The weekly schedule of social
events planned for this week at
the Woodrow Wilson hut in Will
mington will include:
A dance by the 423rd Base Head
quarters, Air Base squadron for
Tuesday evening at o'clock; with
the we kly bridge party on
Wednesday evening for all service
men and women to which a cordial
invitation is extended to service
wives in the city. This game starts
at o'clock.
Wednesday evening a dance has
been arranged at Service Club
Two at Camp Davis by the 561st
Battalion with the 18th Army band
furnishing the music for dancing.
Girls in Wilmington, members
of the dance club are cordially
invited.
Friday evening Battery C of the
490th, Battalion will be hosts at
the hut in Wilmington, and Satur-
day evening the weekly open-house
party will be given at the hut with
the land Band from Fort Fisher
playing for dancing during the
evening
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
PERSONALS

Lieut.. Colonel Jack Bowman and
Mrs. Bowman Of Elgin Field, Pen.
sacola, Fla, have left for Wash
ington, D. c.. after spending sew
eral days with their uncle a d
aunt, DR.. and Mrs. N. A. Culbreth
at their cottage, Shore Gables, at
Carolina Beach.
Ensign and Mrs. Lamar w. Nc
liver have arrived in the city from
New York, where Ensign McIver
graduated from the Hospital Corps
School of the United States Mari.
time Service Training Station Of
New York city. After short visit
in Wilmington Ensign and Mrs.
McIver will return to Seattle,
Wash, where he will serve his
interneship at the Marine hospi-
tai there.
T. D. Hall of 2109 Nets ave-
nue. is patient at the Veteran
hospital in Fayetteville.
Harry P. FullWood has returned
q Washington, D. c., after visit
here with his mother, Mrs. Flor
ence K. Fullwood.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
Dorothy Darling Walters
WEEDS Joseph T. Blythe

NEW BERN, Feb. 26.-Mrs. NJ
Francis Jones, of New York city,
has announced the marriage Of her
daughter, Dorothy Darling Wat
te.'s. to Joseph Thomas Blythe.
chief petty officer, U. S. Coast
Guard, on January 20, in the Navy
chapel at New York city. T h e
bride is the daughter of Mrs. Jones
and the late Keith D. Waters OF
New York city. The bridegroom is
the son of Mrs. Lottie Hart Blythe
and the late Capt Joseph T.
Blythe, U. S. Navy, of New Bern.
Mr. and Ms William E. Odum
of New Bern, have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Dor
othy Mindo~ah, to 1t. Charles H.
Richardson, U. S. Army Air Fore
es, son of Ernest c. Richardson
and the late Mrs. Richardson. of
New Bern. The wedding will take
place during March.
Mr. and Mrs. J. c.. Owens of
Cole~ain announce the engagement
of their daughter, Marian, of Cole
rain and New Bern, to Charles w.
Warrington, Jr. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Warrington of New
Bern, the wedding to take place
in March.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
Miss Ann White To Enter
Cornell Graduate School

Miss Ann Carolyn White, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. White OF
Wilmington, will leave early this
week to enter the Graduate School
of Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York.
Miss White was recently gradua-
ted from Meredith college IN
Raleigh, magma cum laude, with
major in sociology. She was an
active participant in student al
fairs on the campus and is
member of Kappa Nu Sigma
Honor Society. For her freshman
year she held scholarship award
ed on the basis of her excellent
record in New Hanover High
school, where she was graduated
in 1910. At the end of her freshman
year, she was the recipient of the
Kappa NJ Sigma scholarship,
which is awarded annually to the
freshman attaining the highest a.
cademic rating in her class.
Miss White, who was one of eight
students to be graduated under an
accelerated program, completed
her college work in three and one
half years and no summer school.
She has the highest academic re-
cord of the entire class of 1914 at
Meredith college, and among the
senior superlatives she is most
intellectual" During her junior
and senior years she was student
assistant in research in the Depart
ment of Sociology and Economics.
Miss White has been appointed
graduate assistant in the Depart
ment of Sociology and A1thropo-
logy at Cornell university, where
she will begin work on Master S
Degree in sociology.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
Home Agent Lists
Weeks Schedule

The weeks schedule of meetings
planned by the home demonstra-
ton agent of New Hanover County
follows:
Monday, Slip cover demonstra-
ton at Castle Hayne; Tuesday, Of
flee a. M, Myrtle Grove All clubs
at 4 o'clock. Wednesday, Winter
Park All club 8:45 O'Clock.
Wrightsboro All club at II o'clock.
Lumberton Agents Training meet
ing. Thursday, Carolina B h
Home Demonstration club 10 am.
South Wilmington Home Demon
stration club 2:30 pm. Friday,
Murraysville slip-cover demonstra-
ton and Home Demonstration club
10 o'clock. Saturday, All County
Council in office at 10 am.
During the month Of M h,
home demonstration clubs will be
given a lesson on Dishes Using
Little Or No Meat" by the home
agent. Now that meat is scarce,
it is more important than ever
for the homemaker to know how
to make the most of what she has,
and how to use other protein foods
in place of meat in the meals for
the family.
Meat takes an important place
in our daily meals. AS rule, it
is the main dish around which the
rest of the meal is planned. 1t
supplies in good amounts protein
and other foods used in the place
of meats. All women in New Han
over county are invi<d to attend
demonstrations given in their local
communities.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
National Head 0fDAR To Attend
State Meet In Raleigh This Week

at 8 O'Clock at which time Mrs.
William H. Pouch, president gener-
al of the society, will address the
conference. A ball will be given in
the Sir Walter ballroom in honor
of the pages following the evening
session and the Victory luncheon
will be in the Colonial dining room
of the Sir Walter on Thursday at
l o'clock with business sessions
being held both morning and after
noon on Thursday. The conference
will close at 4 o'clock.
The meeting will be presided
over by Mrs. Preston B. Wilkes
of Charlotte, state regent, in ID
ditioa to Mrs. Pouch, president
general, many notable women will
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27

The nine chapters Of the Sixth
District will be hostesses for the
44th State Conference Of the
National Society of Daughters OF
the American Revolution of North
Carolina which will be held at the
Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh on
March l and End.
The conference will open formal
ly Wednesday afternoon, at 2
O'Clock. The memorial service will
follow the business session. After
the afternoon session, Mrs. J. M.
Broughton, wife of the Governor.
will have open-house to all dele
gates and members of the con-
ference at the executive mansion.
The evening session will begin
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
SOrOsis Will Select
Delegates For State
Federation At Meet

The executive meeting of North
Carolina Sorosis will be held at
3 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The regular meeting will be held
at $50 o'clock at which time dele
gates for the state federation
which will be held in Charlotte on
May 1913 will he selected.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
CLUB CLOCK

Goldenrod chapter 142, Order O.
the Eastern Star, will meet Mon
day evening at 8:15 o'clock in the
Masonic Temple at which time
degrees of the order will be con
ferred. Visiting Eastern Stars arc
invited.
The w. H. S. class of ST.
Andrews Presbyterian church
will meet at o'clock Wedpes-
day night in the classroom.
The Ladies auxiliary to the
: Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men will meet Thursday aft
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock in the
Junior Order Hall.
The LansforG Bible class of
the First Baptist church meets
at the church Monday evening
at 8 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
Colonial Danes Meeting
Will Be Held Wednesday
At CORVALLIS Lounge

A meeting of members of the
North Carolina Society of Colonial
Danes of America will be held
in the CORVALLIS Officers Lounge,
226 Market street, Wednesday
morning, March /, al 1870 o'clock
and a full attendance is request
ed.
A meeting of the board of man
ayers will be held at 1920 am.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. GeroW, Jr.,
of this city. announce the birth Of
a son, M. M. GeroW, II, at Marion
Sprunt annex. February Is. Mrs.
Gerow is the former Theo Yopp
Of this city. Pvt. Gerow is with
The U. S. Army in ENGLAND.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
BURGAW NEWS

Mrs. V. B. Sutton has returned
to Kinston after short stay with
her sister, Mrs. J. H. Worrell in
Burgaw. Mrs. Joseph Foster and
son of Burgaw, went to Kinston to
visit her aunt, Mrs. Sutton.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
BIRTI ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Bancroft
Of Winter Park, announce the
birth of a daughter. Loretta May,
February "a, at Bullock hospital.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27

be in attendance. national officers
and chairmen and a number of
regents from other states.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Major and Ms. Graham Ed
wards announce the birth of
daughter, Caroline Louise. Febru-
airy %, in San Antonio. Texas
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
Calvary Baptist Church
To Feature Special Music

Mrs. Marion Runkles will sing
at the morning service at II
o'clock at Calvary Baptist church.
Mrs. Runkles will sing. How Love-
" Are Thy Dwellings, by Liddle.
M. and Mrs. George White will
sing duet, Heard the Voice
of Jesus. by Osborne. at the
evening service.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper c. Innis Of
Winter Park announce the birth
of a daughter, Marilyn Eloise,
February 16 at Bullock hospital.
Mrs. Innis is the former Eloise
NeWkirk of Willard.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-27
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

M. Sgt. and Mrs. Joe R. Chad
wick announce the birth of a
daughter, Josephine, February 10,
at Marion Sprunt annex. Mrs.
Chadwick is the former Miss Err
|nestine Royal.
Evening star., 1944-12-31

twenty holes in the master ticket. and if all
ten of Jim's punches matched up, they'd pay
off at the rate of around thirty-fve hundred
to one. Jim never expected to win, though
once in while six or seven spot would
come in.
At lunch time he'd drop into the little
restaurant near by, prop up noon edition,
and read while he ate. Or he'd call Joan on
the phone, and they'd lunch at some quiet
place.
lHE old Jim had been friendly easy
going guy. He'd never have become Supreme
Court justice, nor wealthy; but he'd have
built up a comfortable law practice and his
clients would have trusted him.
Nov I'm square peg in a round hole, " he
mused, as the steamer locked And when he
thought of Joan his heart ached - he felt
sick all over He'd known encouragement in
the jungle, but nothing to equal this.
I'll promote couple of stiff drinks" he
thought, build up my courage, then call her
up. No, that's the wrong approach. She
mustn't be hurt, just gently dsillusioned -
if such thing is possible It's mess"
He scowled savagely his resentment liv-
ing thing that made it hard to breathe.
There'd be no escaping her glad little cry,
Tw-l7-H-A
Evening star., 1944-12-31
After fighting Japs, was he
too tough and brutal to be
Joan's husband? The drama
of a soldier home from war

of a soldier home from war
CMcE dawn jim Alden had stood at the
y transports rail, watching the familiar
shoreline of his homeland: the beaches where
he'd dug clans; the rver-mouth marshes
where he'd hunted ducks and geese; and be-
yond, the snowy Cascade Mountains Once,
as kid, he'd followed that range from Baker
to Rainier, and climbed the latter.
Well, his body had survived two years of
war against the Japs; but somewhere in the
jungle, the Jim Alden that people knew =
the Jim Alden Joan Winn loved = had died
The dying had begun in the training camp,
when they'd taught him tricks that would
break Jap's body, take a Jap's life. At first,
facing other Americans. sense of American
fairness had governed his actions. 1t was
game, like football or boxing But the ser
geant, who'd been through the mill, and
wanted the Jim Aldens to return, had said,
Use every dirty trick I'll teach you. then
think up some of your own. You'll need them"
So THE Jim Alden that people knew had
begun dying. Death came somewhere in the
Jungle night, when buddies died at his side;
when yellow animals in human form slithered
through the muck of the jungle floor and
struck swiftly with knives, or hurled grenades
with blasts and sudden cries. The Japs made
the rules, and you had to play the game their
way if you wanted to survive. So the old Jim
Alden had died, and jungle brute was born.
That was why the Jim Alden returning
home, with medals and medical discharge
for wounds received in action, was hard,
ruthless, cynical, restless. Somewhere in his
depths, though, streak of decency had sur
vived. His arms, he felt, that had held Jap
in life and death struggle, were unfit to hold
girl sweet and lovely as Joan Winn. So he'd
break the engagement. 1t would be tough,
cruel after Joan's loyalty - loyalty and love
expressed without restraint in hundreds of
letters. But she'd loved and become engaged
to the old Jim Alden - not the jungle brute
A man, fighting out there, wanted to come
home to familiar things "a girl who fitted
the picture he'd held throughout. He deserved
that his old job, and chance to pick up
where he ID left off, But girl who d remained
constant deserved man who fitted the pic
ture she'd held through long, lonely months;
not the disillusionment that would comes as
a mans newly formed character traits came
TO the surface after marriage. Jims face
was bitter as he stood at the ships rail and
weighed the things that must be done.
The old jim was rather vague IN his mind
49, blotted out by what he'd gone through.
He remembered that he used TO walk down
TO his little law office at nine o'clock in the
Evening star., 1944-12-31

years rent in advance, and locked the door.
Sometimes in the afternoon, he used to
have beer at the tavern near by. Often the
runner from the Chinese lottery would come
into the office, and Jim would give him a
quarter, mark ten crosses on lottery ticket
and say, "Sure, I'll buy rice and tea for the
Chinaman." The Chinarnan would punch
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
Willow Run
Output Hd|ved

WASHINGTON. Aug. Is (UP)
Maj. Gen. Oliver p. Echols. as.
sistant chief of the army air staff
told the Senate war investigating
committee today that the aircraft
industry's working force would be
reduced by $4,000 workers by
next July.
Production at the Ford Willow
Run plant in Michigan, which
makes Liberator bombers. will be
halved by next December, he
said.
The reduction in employees will
be made possible. Echols ex-
planned, by the recent cutback in
aIrplane production which re-
suited from the fact that Ameri-
can losses of heavy bombers have
been less than anticipated.
Senator Ferguson (R) of Mich
igan asked if the cut at Willow
Run was being made because the
Flying Fortress had proved a
better ship than the Liberator.
Echols said that the Fortress
superiority affected only the way
we cut back"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19

The President said that a SINH
lar agreement should be easily
reached between this country and
China for occupation Of Japan bu,
that it has not YET come 20 that
point. Such an agreement has
been mentioned only in personal
conversations between himself and
Gen. Chang Kai-shek. he SAID.
MIR. Roosevelt made the disclo-
sure at his news conference today.
II followed a declaration made TO
correspondents who accompanied
him on his five-week Pacific war
tour that Allied troops will occupy
both Berlin and Tokyo. regardless
Of the time and circumstances
under which the AXIS armies ca
pitulate.
In response to questions IT mrs
conference, the resident said
that the matter OF military oc-
cupation of Germany had been
worked upon by the European adj
visory I'm mittee and that a
general understanding had been
reached between the three
countries.
He emphasized that the UNDER
standing was OF a general nature
and that details had not been
gone into.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
Windsor Men
Lost at Sea

Seven Windsor area men were
reported today among casualties
suffered in the loss of the Cana
dain corvette Regina which was
announced today by Hon. Angus
L. Macdonald. minister of ma
tional defense. The Regina was
reported lost while going TO the
aid of a merchant vessel in diff
culties in invasion waters.
Stoker William John Cramp of
1913 Victoria, Windsor, was re-
ported missing in action.
Injured in the action were Will
liam Oneschuck, 1903 Cadillac,
Windsor; Francis Lacey, Amherst
burg; John Frederick Reuvers.
1l06 <. Wyandotte, Windsor;
Robert Andrew Taylor. Sudbury;
John Walsh. 1871 Vaughan, Wind
sor. and Murray Washbrook Of
Roseland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
(See Map on Page Two)

ROME, Aug. Is (INS)-
German resistance on the
French Riviera front was of
ficially declared to be crum.
bling today as the Allies
smashed % miles inland and
advanced methodically in all
sectors.
Omitted Press dispatches re-
ported Allied advance units
more than 30 miles inland at the
eastern end of the beachheadD
Allied headquarters disclosed
that al least 1000 Nazi prisoners
had been captured thus far, in
GLIDING a general and his entire
staff.
Known casualties in the three
American spearhead divisions OF
the four-day old invasion were
only 300 today. The phenomenally
low figure included all troops
killed, missing or taken prisoner
up TO noon yesterday.
Fordward elements of Maj. Gen.
Patch's l.. s. Seventh Army are
only three miles from the seashore
resort city of Cannes and less
than seven from the great naval
base at Toulon under heavy artil-
lery bombardment.
A strong Allied Spearhead
thrust deep into southern France
from the central sector of the
steadily expanding beachhead,
which now covers an area Of al
least 600 square miles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19

the Seine" Mcmillan quoted an
Allied headquarters spokesman
as saying.
"Some of our men have been
fighting almost without a break
for the last five days. They
manage to carry on because they
realize they are I'm on the great
est victory of Allied arms In the
west--and the greatest defeat
the Germans ever suffered I'm
western Europe"
Mcmillan said the German
front had lost all cohesion and
that chief resistance came from
isolated bands of suicide troops
who fought to the death in pockets
far behind the Allied spearheads,
On the Paris front, only weak
rearguards appeared to be oppos-
ing the American march and Ger
man radio reports limited that the
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