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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-11
U. S. BAKER USES
BREAD TO LURE
JAPS TO death
BY BONNIE WILEY

GUAM tR The trouble ,
Sgt. Nick Mesko is he tends WIN u,
excel at any job. '' u
Mesko is an Army baker L..
bread, hot from the oven. has al. a.,
an appetizing aroma that b,s guy
Japanese risk their lives to st..
it.. ''ea
In defense of his bread. Mo.,..
turned Japanese killer. Now Nv
has become so good, that the ~ nv
fantry wants him and he's Soon Az :.
desert his bakery and becoms
full-time fighting man.
Mesko, whose home is at Refill.
hem, Pa, insists that he trarE,
down japanese by smell in lesdins
patrols that are rounding ns
Guam's lurking stragglers,
'We sneak along the iuno,.
trails" he explained, until We rsn
smell their camp fires Thew
haven't any mosquito repellant q,
any nets left so they try to keen
the mosquitoes off with smoke"
Patrols led by Mesko have Killed
eleven Nipponese bread stealins
soldiers in recent weeks.
"a couple of those hide-out Jan,
we shot the other day." he de.
clared. had loaves of half eaten
bread still on them"
| Mesko is one of the bakers in The
well-equipped quartermaster com.
pany bakery here which turns Oh,
$1,000 pounds of bread daily.
| Capt. Ernest w. Hohnbaum Of Hi.
aWatha, Kans., the commanding Of.
ficer, explained he was literally
born in a bakery because my folks,
who owned bake shop, lived up.
stairs over the store and that's
where 1 was born"
The company, he said, has baked
1885, 900 pounds of bread since las.
December land since we've been
in business we've baked enough
loaves to stretch 1000 miles if they
were laid end to end"
The company, supplying islands
Army Units, used its 80 gasoline.
operated ovens "a hours daily.
Mornings find long line Of trucks
ready to carry off their days "a.
ton of bread.
eve put a hard crust on our
bread so it will keep, unwrapped,
for as long as two weeks if neces'
sary," Hohnbaum said. Our bread
is as rich as possible, probably
richer than a lot of that sold state
side. For one thing, we Use milk
entirely. No water
In a weeks time the bakery con.
VertS ll7 ,UUO POUNDS OF hour, z,oW
pounds of sugar, $500 pounds Of
shortening, 1900 pounds of milk
powder, 1000 pounds of yeast ant
1900 pounds of salt into bread.
Bakery officer is 1t. Gerhard |
Erickson, of Little Fork, MINI. The
first sergeant is John H. Hand o.
Ford City, Pa, and chief baker il
Sgt. John Celip of Coplay, P2'
"About 10 per cent of our meT
were bakers before they Joined TIKI
Army" Hohnbaum said. THE res
bakers school in Camp Lee, Viz
ginia."
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-11
TOP O. THE MORNING
The blessing Of contentment fingers where
There's love, and faith. and prayer.
BY Ann Carroll.
Thankful and Troubled

It was on the fifth day after the first atomic
bomb descended, on Hiroshima, twenty-four
hours after the Soviet Union entered the Pacific
war, and the morning after President Truman
gave warning that other atomic bombs would
be dropped upon Japanese centers OF popIla-
ton and war industry, that the Tokyo radio
announced Japan was ready to accept the
Potsdam ultimatum provided Hirohito is left
as the nations emperor.
These three events, we believe, were the
factors that contributed most to the decision
in Tokyo to give up the hopeless fight. The
hitch, of course is over Hirohito. At last ac-
counts it seemed probable that the United
States and Great Britain would accept some
sort of compromise, temporarily at least, with
respect Of Hirohito, in order to have an es-
tablished government in Japan with which to
DEAL but that Russia would balk for undeclared
reasons, and that as a result cessation of hos
tilities might be delayed. Between this moment
and the time Star readers receive this issue,
the leading powers, including China, may how
ever have ironed out any differences that exist
ed Immediately after the Tokyo broadcast,
and the "stop firing order given.
In that case, the world will experience a
hush it has not known since the episode at
the Marco Polo bridge, for all the wars that
have started since-the Spanish Civil war and
1talys unprovoked attack on Ethiopia included
have been in the same pattern; for conquest
on the one hand and the survival Of decency
and civilization on the other.
With the victory at hand, if not already
achieved, the silence succeeding is strange
mingling of thankfulness and troubled specula.
ton. Having won the war, are the conquering
powers, and especially the United States, fol-
its future is our chief concern, capable Of
winning the peace? theoretically, yes. A
Charter for peace was written at San Francisco
last month and signed by fifty nations, which
contains the principles upon which lasting
peace may be established. For all its faults
and they are many-it still stands as the
greatest concerted effort by the greatest num-
Der of nations for the prevention OF further
wars.
But it will prove merely another scrap Of
paper unless the signatory powers, from the
greatest to the least, implement it not only
with an adequate police force but with moral
and spiritual standards far higher than during
the generation between the two World wars
And this applies equally to governments ano
Individuals Only recognition of moral and spir'
itual responsibility can give the San Francisco
Charter the power to preserve world at peace
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-11

]. C. Thornton. President of the
Wilmington Savings and Trust
Company and also President of In
dustrial Properties, Inc, gave a
talk on post war plans at the reg.
ular Friday luncheon meeting OF
the Exchange Club. Mr.. Thornton
said that industry wanted to move
south for many reasons, and many
opportunities would be presented
those cities which were able to
take advantage of same.
Industrial towns OF North and
South Carolina said Mr.. Thorn
ton, were built largely by local
interests, while some of the capital
was furnished by northern in
terests. It was through local efforts
that the industries were organized
and put into operation"
Industrial Properties Inc, the
speaker said was organized by a
group of local citizens for the pur-
pose of assisting and financing
such local and out-of-town enter
pTlSeS WHICH, WOu1O PAOVV tASy
would be an asset to the COM
munity and could succeed in the
operation.
Many small industries, accord
ing to Mr.. Thornton are better
asset to a community than one or
two large industries, as depression
or slump in business will frequent
| " attack one particular type of in
dEstry.
France Neckwear Company has
signed and paid one years rental
in advance on a building which is
to be erected through the efforts
of Industrial Properties, Inc.
This building is to cost approx
mately $4,000; any additional cost
is to be paid by the France Neck
wear Company. The type of build
ing indicated as being necessary
will cost approximately $4,000, to
$4,000, which would mean that an
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-11
As Divorce Cases Set
For Trial In August

OF the IS cases slated for action
in the August term of New Han
over Civil court, with Judge Claw
son L. Williams presiding, As are
divorce cases, while others vary
from land suits to general civil pro,
ceedings.
The civil term is scheduled tc
be called Monday morning, August
10. with one Of the largest docket
Of divorce proceedings ever to be
considered in New Hanover county.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-11
Industry Possibilities
Good Thornton States

investment of 100000, will give title
to Industrial Properties, Inc, for
a building valued at $4,000, or
$780, ZOO.
Robert Redmayne new. baby
member. was introduced by Leo
Skyes. 1t. Col. Cecil Matthes, an
old member, was present and gave
a short talk. Jack Trogdon, anoth-
er old member, was present.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-11
abornin9

for the capital Of the brave new world now
aborning.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-12
p,MPERNELs OF WORLD WAR ~

Unnumbered millions have reod and been thrill
ed by the pesudohstorcoI novel; The Scarlet Pln-
perne As will be recolIed the plot wos laid during
the French Revolutionary period ond related to ct
forts led by the 'Pimperne' to smue9Ie out OF
France those intended for the eulotine.
DoubIy interesting to everyone fon'Iior with the
story is the recent disclosure that the recent war in
Europe had its extremely nnodernized version Of the
Pimpernes. They were the members Of two secret
special mission oirborne squodrons operating out OF
small village in England.
They corred orns ammunition, food, medical
supplies rodo sets and almost endless list Of mo-
terioIs to underground fighters in oil occupied coun-
tries They carried skis and seiehs to Norweeions
and bicycles bearing the stonps Of French monufoc-
ters to French potriots. They dropped underground
o&snts in oil occupied countries and returned 9TH
"a by hundreds to England for sabotage training
They took extreme risks. and many Pod for their
daring with their lives.
They have provided one Of the most thrilling,
most heroic CHOPPERS Of the war. They rendered q
service of an importance oil out Of proportion to their
numbers Not even the scorIet PimperneI himself
could have osked or done more. He would have been
proud to have numbered himself among them
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-12
. BEHIND THE SCENES
m WASHINGTON .

But il there aren't any mex
pensive clothes for you to buy,
say the representatives Of WPB,
OCR, OPA, WLB, BIS, OES
and assorted governmental al
phatbetical war agencies, your
cost of living will go up, we'll
have to authorize wage increas-
es for you, and that will start
an inflationary spiral wnicn
will increase the cost of the war
and might even wreck the ma
tional economy.
II you can understand this
simple little fairy story you can
understand the main points Oh
the big fight now being waged
in Washington over the new
War Production Board-Office Of
Price Administration orders in
tended to roll back the cost and
increase the supply of the low
er-priced lines of clothing.
II may take some weeks or
even months before the consum-
er who goes a-shopping for new
clothes will be able to see the
effects Of these new orders.
They are extremely complicated
and, the buying habits OF the
choosey and spoiled American
people being what they are, it Is
impossible for anyone to predic,
how these things will work.
For instance, supposing the or
der does succeed diXertinR
cloth not needed by the armed
services from more expensive
clothing into the less expensive
lines. Suppose the little woman
goes into q shop with six dol
lars. intending to buy a house
dress at $3.50 and keep the
change. But the clerk says, sor'
~. we don't have any at S5.98
All we have are at 81 90. Okay
says the babe, I'll take three
and gimme the change to buy
pearls and chewing gum with.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-12
BY PETER EDISON
NEA staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, D. c. - Say
you're a war worker. You had
a tough time during the depres-
sion but now you've got money
in your pocket and you need
some clothes. Work clothes.
house clothes, and something a
little better for dress-up.
The people in Washington
who make studies of your daily
life. who are interested in your
welfare, who write orders IN
tended to keep you on an even
keel during war times-they
and the people who manufact-
ure and sell you the clothes you
need have q number of conflict
ing theories about how you be-
have.
Investigators for the Bureau
of Labor Statistics have gone
into hundreds of stores and
found you can't get the mex
pensive lines of clothing which
you need and which you used to
buy.
Labor union representatives
who claim to be looking out for
your interests say that because
you can't buy these things you
need high wages.
On the other hand, represent
atives of the textile mills, nine
clothing manufacturers, the
wholesalers and retailers are
prone to say you now have more
money than you ever had ir
your lifeA that in your present
plush condition YOU wouldnt
take the old, cheaper lines Of
merchandise as gift. that wha'
you want now are sl6.98 dress
es instead of S698. coats at 3d.
instead of SIS, men,s@suits at $50
instead of $3.50. Therefore. sa!
the industry people, why make
the cheap stuff?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-12
Q IN HOLLYWOOD

Rings Twice" is technically cor
rect with one exception. Set
decorators put up "Prices
Subject to Change Without No,
tice' sign. Producer Carey VIII
son took one look and said.
Take it down. ThiSNis drama,
not comedy. That line would get
a howl from today's OPA-con-
scious audiences
Twelve years ago Warner
Bros, press agents asked the
chorus girls in Gold Diggers
of 1888" to describe the kind OF
a man that could get EN-: Re-
sulting composite was heaven
ly gent 20 years Of age, six feet
tall, weight l78 pounds, athletic
type with wavy brown hair and
blue eyes. He also had to dress
well, dance better and have mo-
ney. During filming of "Rhap-
sody in Blue" 200 equally beau
tiful and purportedly as particu-
lar lassies were asked the same
question. They salvoed in utter
unison and complete accord,
Anything, just so it's man!
MIKE, MIKE e. co. u
MICHAEL DOUGLAS, Kay
Kyser's singer, will make his
film debut at Republic with
Michael O,Shea. alw y 5
thought It was Pat and Mike
not Mike and Mike, when you
get two lrishmen together.
Speaking of Kay, doctors turned
down his wife, Georgia Carroll
for that overseas tour. Seems
she contracted malaria as kid
Radio title of the year.
One of Milton Geigers script:
for The Doctor Fights is call.
ed Picnic at Nc Burney's
Point "McBurneys Point" Is
medical jargon--the spot Wher.
medics make the incIslon in a.
appendectomy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-12

Isn't that disguised initiation,
and doesn't II defeat the pur-
poses Of the orders?
CHANGES CAN-BE MADE
Realizing that their orders
may have bugs of this kind hid
den in the yardage, WPB and
OPA have both said that II the
orders don't work they will be
changed. This is big-hearted OF
them and II makes sense. II the
orders are unenforceable and
result in q clothing black mar
ket, they will have to be
changed.
Most of the noise comes from
conflict within the trade among
growers, spinners, weavers, con.
verters, manufacturers, whole
salers, retailers. Price rollback
features of the orders will un-
questionably reduce profits at
some levels. though the orders
are not primarily intended to
destroy profits as has been fire.
quently misstated. The real pur-
pose is to force production Of
more low-priced clothes. Max
ers and sellers of high-priced
clothing will take q terrible
licking, will have to 60 into pro-
duction Of Jess expensive gar
ments or 60 out of business COM
pletely for the duration. Who
else is going to get hurt and how
much is something you'll have
to wait and see.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-12
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD - Daryl Ia
muck has commissioned Oscar
Hammerstein II to write a film
usical for Alice Faye. Despite
her pleas for heavy drama, she S
receptive to a tune fllm-if 1t 5
a good story. Chester Nor
ris l6-year-old son, Brooks, has
checked into the is. Navy
Air Crewman's School at Mem
phis. Tenn. New Workers
claim that June Bright is Van
Johnsons heart throb, giving
M-G-M quite headache. e
Dick Powell gets a crew haircut
for his role in "Cornered." . +.
Lynn Bari expects her baby IN
August, then may do Broad
way stage show. VICTOR
Borge reports a Beverly Hill:
delicatessen store with a sign
"Salami, Where She's Sliced.
Miriam Marx, Groucho
18-year-old daughter, Will make
her ln&debut in the Marks
new comedy, "A Night in Casa
blanca
NON.TRAXEL TIP
Now they even have pin-ur
candy for overseas distribution
Ann Miller, Martha Tllton, Ton
Seven and Evelyn Ankers have
their photographs on the ooN
tops. Diana Lynn,-bact
from a hospital tour through tn,
south and east, lost her plan'
seat al Chicago a n q n
TO come home via train. Same
thing happened TO Olivia d.
Havilland and lots of others
Which points it up that this i
not time TO be travelling.
Major Meredith Wilson, maestro
of Command Performance,
Mail Call" and other CT shows
may be released from the arm,
shortly. Ditto William Saroyar
who is in an army hospital d
Tacoma, Wash, and may get
medical discharge.
The prc-war lunch room wher
Lana Turner works as a wait
ress in The Postmsn Away
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-12
NO APPLES FOR 81 JOE

A+ho,,oh II would be somewhat less than strange
,,d vo,oen in the Armed Forces give thought
more or less frequently to such subjects as Pos,~o
bonuses pensions and other benefits, the tyP'Co' vi
oopeors to be making his own realistic and Proot'co.
plans for his civilian future
Is he s hopino and expecting anything from me
oovernnoent in recognition OF his war services ne
still isn't stalking his future on something tho' uS'
nooht hoppen He oppeors to be determined 10 oe
sure of sonethine and through his own fores9n' oho
efforts He is doing what he con - ana II IS COTE
siderobIe-to make certain thot he VIII never s'ono
on street corner selling oPP'es.
The Office of War information is authority TOT
the report thot 80 per cent = more than "a our OF
everv S. - poid to soldiers in the European 'heo'eI
Of Operations is being sent home IN the form OF
family 'oIotments. insurance premiums war oonoS
and other savings. Obviously an enormous reservoir
Of savings has been and is being thus oooumo'o'eo
What is GI Joe going to do with his sovln9s? ne
Arn,v has been endeovorinq to find out through
letter contest conducted by Stors ana otrPes' u,e
Arny newspaper, and open to every soldier IN W
who hos War Bond allotment IN roroe or nos O0o9''
bond since Moy !.
e;nce nrizes include IS new automobiles ; cleo
+rc refroerotors and 20 cobnet rodos is unneoes-
sorv to soy thot letters have poured in by the thou
sonds And in the aggregate, they point on inspiring
and encouraging picture Of the soldiers plans tor
himself when he returns to civilian life. Let's examine
excerpts from few Of them.
An education for my five children and home
for my wife reods one. u ON going to buy couple
Of ocres on crysto clear stream and put UP on es-
Establishment Of my own soys another. And from
some Of the other letters "Estoblsh small tying
school," =. Take q refresher course under the 81
Bill Of Rights and go back to teaching. A.
tend q business management school. tstob
lish dude ronch' Provide for the dou9hte'
horn on the dov | landed over here" :. And, ir
greet many letters: Buy home
So while it is too much to expect thot all soldiers
will return to civilian life prepared to go on then
own" oreot many aren't going to have to ask any
thinq Of anyone They doubtless will strive for, one
accept, whatever they may consider their DUE But
come what may, they'll get along.
II the doy Of the street corner apple should re
turn, it isn't likely thot the typical excl Joe will b.
doing the selling More likely he will do the buying
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-12
. SO THEY SAY

was getting smaller and
smaller and the lice were getting
stronger and stronger. - Pvt.
Earl l.. Todd of Evansville, Ind,
on liberation from German pris-
on hospital.
Philanthropy is the RESPONSE
bility of the man and must new
er be the burden of the few. -
Judge Jonah J. Goldstein, New
York City.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-12

After teaching the subject (sta-
tistics) for number of years,
! have come 10 the conclusion
that the dice game is definitely
one of the fairest there is-Jules
Joscow, City College Of New
York instructor.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04

by NaZi subs. Another hit
a mine and went 10 Davy
Jones Locker, and. TO top
off the list, he driftcd for
days in icy Arctic waters
when a ship on the run 10
Russia crashed into IN ice
berg in the fog Every one
OF these disasters befcn him
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04
we're making TeIeehron
0Iorm clocks again!

A recent WPB survey showed that l21 3 million
American families need and want alarm clocks.
We're pitching in to help by making the Telechron
Alarm Clock shown here. They're being made in
factories in non-critical labor areas, without
interfering with Telechron's important war work.
. This alarm is the first OF many attractiue
new Telechron clocks that rciH bring you trust
roorthy. roubIe-tree time all ouer the house And,
of course, they are ong-lived - need no cindmg,
oiling, or regulating. Watch for them. When you
buy Telechron, YOU get clock made by the
Makers of Modern Time s."
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04

rying Tabbits' tcct in my
pocket and rcCiting those
old time verses that are
supposed 10 break spells,
but nothing does any good.
Friday just isn't my day. It's
no use for anyone to tell me
that jinXcS are a Joke.
They're tough.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04

what seems 20 bc his un-
lucky day.
When the second World
War broke out he enlisted
in the British merchant
marine, hoping that the
long lapse between wars
had disposed OF his peculiar
and personal ink. But it's
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04

making up IAN
tastic mishaps
that never hap
pened. b u I
+ o m m Y
S CT ggs, OF
on
.ync, England,
has a hundred
unpleasant rea
sons for being
afraid of Fri
day
During the
First World
War he joined
the Kin & s
Navy and the
cruiser he was
on hit a mine
and sank the
first Friday he
spent on the
high seas. Be.
fore the war
was over he
served on three
other warships.
Two OF them
were cracked
up in collisions
- yes, on Fri
day and the
o tn q T " @ n {
aground The
diary he kept
reveals that
this last marine
accident also
occurred on
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04

Even when /
was on shore
the bloomin'
link wouldn't
leave me be. II
/ tried 10 do
a n y W o r k
a r O u n d the
h o u s q, some
thing alW a y s
went wron e.
Once the kitch-
en- stove blew
up and another
time I fell off
the roof while I
was fixing a
gutter.
1t got so my
old W o m a n
wouldn't I g V q n
90 out with me
for a bit of fun
on a r ri d a Y
night. She re-
membered the
tram that went
off the track
and ran smack
into a lorry, and
the music hall
show that was
stopped he
middle W h g n
one of the per.
for m ers top
pied off a tight.
rope and broke
a leg.
I've tried car
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04
Fridays His UnIucky Day

still doEFing him, and
Tommy has become a leg
end among his shipmates.
Since 1899 three ships
have been sunk under him
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04

kAOSf people who talk
Nl about being jinxed are
trying TO blame their hard
luck on Fate, or attract at
tention 10 themselves by
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-04

h-you'rc right-a Friday.
Il never used 10 be super.
stitious," " says Mr.. Scraggs,
but now ! always dread TO
see Friday roll around" ."
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-23
The Wrong Dope
California Lawmakers Rup
WRA on 'Jap Propaganda

WASHINGTON, May %.
(UP) - A house appropria-
tions subcommittee had be-
fore it Wednesday state
ments by three California congress-
men opposing use of funds by the
war relocation authority to circulate
propaganda favoring the japanese
people"
Reps. Clair Engle, d., Leroy
johnson. tR), and Jack T. Ander-
son, (R9, exhibited brochures and
publicity releases which they caid
were sent by WRA in franked en-
velopes.
Tax funds should not be used
to propagandize for any racial
group Engle said. "WRA was never
set up for the purpose of ccnvinc-
ing the American people that the
Japanese are a superior or better
race. but that seems to be their
concept of their mission"
Meanwhile the WRA reported the
18th occurrence of violence in Cali
fcrnia against japanese since they
were permitted to return to the
Pacific coast in January. Two
shootings occurred in Fresno county
Secretary of the Interior Harold
l. Ickes has termed the situation
one CT national concern"
Engle said these incidents could