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Evening star., 1945-09-11

rived at Kahili. on BougainvilIe. in
the Solomon Islands.
Admiral Yamamoto was riding in
his newest bomber at over 200 miles
an hour and was accompanied by
virtually his entire high command
in similar aircraft. Six Zeros were
known to have been assigned to
cover the admiral's flight and many
others were expected to be in the
area for the protection of their
commander.
The admiral was punctual, The
American pilots arrived within a
few seconds of the predicted time.
Leading his flight, which had been
directed to attack the Jap planes
while others flew protective cover.
Col. Lanphier successfully shot
down the admirals plane, which
was seen to fall in flames from an
altitude so low as to preclude the
possibility of any one escaping. The
second Mitsubishi, carrying other
japanese staff officers, was destroyed
by Col. Lanphier's wingman, Maj.
Rex Barber, Culver, Greg.
Lanphier Given Navy Cross.
Col. Lanphier was awarded the
Navy Cross for the mission.
The reason for the delay in an
nouncing the details of Yamamoto
death was also disclosed by the
Army today when it made known
that Col Lanphier's brother, 1st 1t
Charles w. C. Lanphier, 27. a Ma
rine Corps fighter pilot, was a pris-
oner of the Japanese and it was
feared that premature release of the
circumstances surrounding Yama-
moto's death might result in the
death of 1t. Lanphier.
A little over two years ago, Col
Lanphier, then a captain plotting a
fighter plane, won the reputation of
being the hottest" pilot in the
South Pacific. His personal record
against the enemy from January
through June, 1943, included:
Six zeros knocked down in combat
six Zeros destroyed on the ground
one 3,000-ton cargo ship sunk by
dive bombing, one enemy tank de-
stroyed by dive bombing, one radio
station and truck wrecked by dive
bombing.
Shortly afterward, Col. Lanphier
was assigned to post in Colorado
Springs, Colo, where he remained
until this week.
Father Also Flyer.
The young flyers father, after
serving as an aviator in the World
War, came back to this country to
develop the first pursuit group at
Selfridge Field into one of the finest
flying groups in the Army at that
time. The elder Lanphier was a
close friend of Charles A. Lindbergh
and in 1928, when he left the Army
for time, it was rumored that the
two flyers were to become associated
IN some aviation enterprise.
The elder Col. Lanphier accom-
panied Capt. George Hubert Wilkins
on his Arctic expedition in 1926 as
an unofficial Army observer.
The young flyers mother, Mrs.
Janet Cobb Lanphier, lives in De-
troit. He is married to Phyllis
Frazer Lanphier, Boise, Idaho, and
they have a year-old daughter, Pa
tricla Cobb Lanphier.
Evening star., 1945-09-11
Allies Landing in Jovo
Find 10000 in Camps

E? the Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Sept. 1.-THE
Dutch news agency Aneta reported
today that small Allied landing
party went ashore at Batavia in
Java, capital of the Netherlands In
dies, and found 10000 women and
children held in five overcrowded
Japanese internment camps. At
least $500 were reported i'll.
Evening star., 1945-09-11

was notlhed last
night. He had
been listed pre-
viouSly as miss
ing.
A division of
fcer aboard the
d e S t roger Un-
d e r h i | !, L t.
c h r / S tie had
been in the Pa
cifc since Feb
ruary. A C cord
ing to his moth
er, the ship, re-
turning to Leyte
from OkinaWa
ran into a nest
Evening star., 1945-09-11
Jap Suiciders Attack
Monchuriun Railway

BY the Associated rress.
MOSCOW. Sept. l1.-Attacks b,
japanese suicide groups" againsr
the Chinese Eastern Railway ir
Manchuria were reported from Har.
bin today by special correspond
ent of the newspaper Moscow Bol.
sheVik. The dispatch said the Jap.
anese were placing mines on the
road
Evening star., 1945-09-11

OF midget enemy submarines. One
submarine was destroyed by a depth
charge while another was rammed
she said.
Mrs. Christie added that when tbs
sub was rammed it exploded anc
blew off the prov of the destroyer
escort. Her son was among the vic
TINS of the blast.
A native of Washington, 1t. Chris
tie was graduated from Mckinley
High School and attended George
Washington University and the
University of Florida, from which
he was graduated. Shortly after,
wards he entered the service. HI
served in the Atlantic last year.
In addition to his mother, he /.
survived by his widow, Mrs. Eliza
beth Christie. and a son, JOSEPH
Carlisle, Is months, in Dunedin
Fla, and sister, Mrs. Francis
M. Harris. His father, Joseph D
Christie, died two weeks ago.
Missing
Ensign Ralph Elmer Wolfe, %, 6
Navy pilot, whose parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. John L. Wolfe, live at $50;
Fifth street NV, is missing in tAf
Pacific, the Navy Department an
nounced today. Mrs. Wolfe said hel
son has been declared missing as O1
August 8, after plane he wes pilot,
ing failed to return from a fight.
Ensign Wolfe was born here
graduated from Mckinley High
School in February, 1910. and at
tended the University of Maryland
He entered the Coast Guard in Au.
gust, l942, and transferred to the
Navy in March, l943. He went over
seas in June of this year. Mr.. Wolfe
is employed in the city post Office
1t. James Douglas Spencer, 26
U. S. N, whose parents lived at Il
Primrose street, Chevy Chase, D. C.
until July, is missing in the Pacific
the Navy said today. 1t. Spencer
was member of the crew of the
U. S. S. indianapolis, which was re-
Gently reported sunk by the Japa-
neSe.
He was born here and graduated
from Woodrow Wilson High Schoo
and from the Naval Academy ir
1912. His parents, Capt. Douglas A
Spencer. U. S. N, and Mrs. Spencer
left for Panama in July after Capt
Spencer was assigned there.
1t. Comdr. Charles David Hayes
U. S. N. R. whose wife, Mrs Bar,
bara Hight Hayes, lives at Prim-
rose street, Chevy Chase, D. c., i.
missing in action. the Navy Depart,
ment said today. Lit Comdr. Have.
was the subject of a story which
appeared in The Star August IS.
Evening star., 1945-09-11
|On the Roll of Homo,
Killed

| 1t. Joseph N. Christie, u. S. N. r.
25, was killed on July "a in the
Pacific, his mother, Mrs. Maye Nolte
Christie. 1448 Girard street NV.
Evening star., 1945-09-11
LunDhier

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The messenger., 1945-07-01
SEVERAL CHANGES
 IN SCHOOL FACULTY

(Continued from Page 1)
 gram at Cornell and at the Carmel, N. Y. High School.
 Mrs. Pearl D. Burn m of Bloomfield will teach the part time work in home-making at the Blue Hills Junior High School that has been handled during the past year by Mrs. Gertrude Wood ford. Mrs. Burnham is trained teacher of home economics with several years of successful teach ing experience.
 Miss Ida H. Johnson of Hart ford has been appointed to the elementary staff at the Blue Hills School. She will be assigned to a combination room of grades five and six. This is a position which does not exs5 this year, but will be necessary next year because of increased enrolment, states MT. Moulton. Miss Johnson is Hart ford Public School graduate, has studied at the Augustana Con- servatory of Music at Rock Island, Ill. and holds a bachelor of educa- tion degree from the State Teach ers' College at New Britain. For the past five years, she has taught in the Central School at Winsted.
 Miss Agnes F. Gallagher of Hartford will teach grade three at the Bloomfield Grammar School, succeeding Mrs. Della B. Lagan, who is retiring at the end of this year. Miss Gallagher is a graou- ate of the Keene, N. H. State Teachers College and has taught in 1|ewington, East Hartford and Cromwell.
The messenger., 1945-07-01
ROKETZKI A LIEUTENANT
 WITH CHENNAULT'S FORCES

As the following letter explains, Leon w. Roketzki, whose record or whereabouts have not been dis closed previously, is a Lieutenant with Chennault's Flying Tiger forces in China. Upon receipt of the May issue of the Messenger, sent to him from some mysterious source, he wrote to say:
 "I've just received copy of the May issue of The Messenger and find it ideal. I only wish I had re- ceived it before.
 Having noticed my name under location unknown, here it is Pm a fighting pilot flying P-51 Must angs' in Chennault's 14th Air Force Flying Tigers here in China. I had previously spent some time in India. I enlisted as an av- iation cadet in December, 1942 and was lucky enough to be sta toned in Springfield for my col lege training for a short while.
 "As for life here, we are pretty we'll isolated with our airstrip located midst thousands of rice paddles. Being at the end of the longest supply line in the world, we don't have too many luxuries but I know things can be worse. We live in tents, have movies a couple of times week and pray for PIX. supplies to be flown in. The food is Chinese-prepared and fairly good. Milk and beer are forgotten things.
 Here's hoping for VI day very soon for my secret ambition is to tear down Cottage Grove Road on motorclcle again"
The messenger., 1945-07-01
LOCAL WAVE EARNS A LIEUTENANCY

It is now Lieutenant (j.g.) Har- riet D. Hyde.
 The local Wave, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Hyde, of Ken more Road, received her promo tion from an Ensignship late last month in recognition of her eff cient service in the Communica- tions Division of the Navy Forces.
 Lieutenant Hyde enlisted Mo- vember IS, 1943 and was commits stoned an Ensign in the Naval Re- serves early in 1914 following com pletion of the Midshipmen's Off, cers Training s c h o ol at North hampton, Massachusetts.
 She is stationed at Washington, D. c.
The messenger., 1945-07-01

Robert Spillane, s 1/c, has been home on leave.
 Since the surrender of Germany, Lieutenant David c. Butler has been given charge of the athletic activities of the 35th division in Germany.
 Paul Wurdig, F 2/c, has been on leave from his naval station duties.
 Harold Hamilton has been trans ferred to a Seabee unit and is now on his way to Pearl Harbor.
 Corporal Albert P. Bull was among those debarked from troop ships in New York last month when the Seth (Black Hawk) division of the Third Army returned to this country for redeployment to the Pacific.
 Lieutenant Albert J. Dumeer was among those on European duty who were flown home with the 9th Air Force.
 Corporal Crosby Green of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey has in jured his right ankle again. The ankle was broken several months ago when Greene was stationed in Florida.
The messenger., 1945-07-01

Having met American Red Cross requirements as to pers onne l trained in first aid and having been provided with the necessary equipment, the Bloomfield Police Department has been designated a Red Cross Highway Emergency first aid station.
The messenger., 1945-07-01

 at Fort Bliss, Texas.
 Ensign George Zenzic is spend ing a leave at his home on Good man Street. He is stationed in Fla. Norman Barnes, AHAA 1/c of Shoemaker Field, California, vis- ited with his parents, MT. and Mrs. William B. Barnes, Bloomfield Avenue, late last month while on a delayed leave prior to embark ation for the South Pacific.
 It. Crowell c. Hall, USNR, and Mrs. Hall of New York were re- cent guests of his uncle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. Robert E. Hall of Haviland Road.
 Gladys Goodrich of the Marines was home late last month for a weeks visit.
 John Hennessey, son of Mrs. William Bloomfield of Pershing Street is with the 9th A.A.F.
 Coxswain Felix Popovitch is aboard the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard" sailing out of San Fran cisco.
 Lieutenant James Carroll has been assigned to the U.S.S. Tan talus which plies the Atlantic.
 Leroy Gladwin has been assign ed to Camp Gordon, Georgia for training.
 Walter Malinosky is among those giving us a New York APO for new mailing address thus indicating an assignment to for eign service. Julian Malinosky has been promoted to a Sergeancy and moved from Greenville, Miss. to Laredo, Texas.
 John Avery, who is taking his basic training at Sampson, has been assigned to the Seabees and is now located at Davisville, RI.
 Corporal Robert Kelley has been moved from Nashville, Tennessee to St. Petersburg, Florida.
 Lieutenant Harold Faust is aboard the U.S.S. Maunter out of San Francisco.
 Harold Hamilton s 2/c, who re- ceived his basic Seabee training at Davisville, RI. has been trans ferred to Camp Parks, Shoemaker, California.
 Frederick Nelson, who is receiv- ing his mail via the New York fleet post office is now on Pacific waters.
 Although he has completed his basic training. Armando Regini s 2/c is back at Sampson for a further course of instruction.
 David A. Somerville, NM 1/c, is with the 7th fleet in the Pacific.
 Word from Germany tells of the promotion of William Greet to a Corporalcy.
 Martin Serignesse has completed his boot training at Sampson and is awaiting further assignment.
 Ray Smith of Brookline Av- enue is among those home from the European theater.
 Arthur Pires of the Navy has been home on leave but expects to be sent to sea again soon.
 Micky Kohler, who is receiving treatment at the Newport Naval
The messenger., 1945-07-01
n &A q NEWS ABOUT R AA Y:zA9 }7 ZAE9 TIE BOYS ON 1AS5xh
 TT THE WAR fPoNfSN

Eugene Plnney 5 2/c IS aboard the U.S.S. Whitehurst out of San Francisco.
 Stanley Sikora is receiving his mail via a New York APO. The last veral issues mailed to Joseph Sikora have been returned for a better address. William Potzsch s 2/c has been assigned to the Navy Air Technical Training Center at Norman, Okla Staff Sergeant Roger Bogardus has been transferred from the First army to the Ninth army which, it is said, will remain ln Europe. Sergeant Bogardus is a member of the Headquarters Bat tery of the 438th A.A.F. now doing duty at Nancy, France. Patsy Russo of the Marines is stationed at Camp Parks, Shoe maker, California.
 ! Ray Cosker of the US. Navy has been home on leave. Butch Fragoine, who served with the paratroopers, is home on fur tough enroute to the South Pacific for assignment.
 Ray Cashman of the Navy has been home on leave. He is station ed in Boston.
 Angelo DeMeo, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank DeMoe of 532 Cottage Grove Road, has successfully com pleted the prescribed Army Air Force training course as single engine pilot at the A.A.F. Flying School, Spence Field, Moultrie, l Georgia and will now be assigned to an advance pilot school for further training.
 Lieutenant Robert L. Long of the A.E.F. was among those who returned to the states on the Queen Elizabeth landing in New York on June 29. On completion of his furlough, August 5, he will re- port to Camp Devens for further assignment.
 Paul Hothan of Buston, New Brunswick, brother of Mrs. Alta Belyea of Wintonbury Avenue. has been returned home from Italy where he was recently released from German prison camp after nine months internment. Dwight Burnham, who is com- pleting his Naval training in Del aware, was home for recent week end visit.
 Robert Boetteger is receiving his boot training at Sampson, NY.
 Gordon Watkins, s 2/c, is at tending the US. Naval Training School at Norfolk, Va.
 H. Jane Messenger of the WAC is now stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
 Sergeant Robert Bergeron has been assigned to the Army camp at. Biloxi, Mississippi.
 Sergeant Howard Hayes is now getting his mail in care of New York APO 518.
 John Garfield is among those from Europe who forwarded new APO indincating some change in his assignment.
 A postal card from Richard | C /a oL~~;ooo 4ho+ bo scs
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18
NO ACTION TAKEN
ON SAFETY POST

John Harden, secretary to Gov
ernor Gregg Cherry said yesterday,
in answer to reports that Sheriff
c. David Jones was being con-
sidered by the chief executive as
q candidate for the post of di-
rector of the state highway divi-
sion and major of the highway
patrol, that "the governor has re-
ceived suggestions from all over
the state" but no definite action
has been taken.
According to Harden, the COVER
nor has been looking over the
field and considering letters OF
endorsement, but certainly hasn't
gone beyond that"
He said he anticipated no action
on the part of the executive until
after his return next week from a
southern governors conference in
Alabama.
The appointment will be nns42
sat the pleasure of the governor,
when he feels he has the right
man." the secretary said.
The position under consideration
is now a combined post. The jobs
formerly held by Major John Arm
strong, of the highway pa col, and
Ronald Hocutt, of the highway
safety division, were consolidated
into one when offered recently to
Police Chief Walter Anderson, of
Charlotte, who declined the .ap-
pointment.
Sheriff Jones was out Of the
city and could not be contacted to-
day, but it was understood that,
although not candidate for the
post, there was a possibility ne
would accept should it be offered
him.
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GULLIBLE REPORTER
STANDS CORRECTED
ON FRIDAY, l3THS

There are more Friday the Thir-
teenths than you may think
Morning Star reporters, gullible
souls at the most, have found
that there are more than one Fri
day the Thirteenth a year.
One reporter, believing that
there couldn't be more than one
"unlucky day" year, wrote a
story on July 10 stating that there
was only one a year.
Miss Nelson Kennick, of Wrights-
vile Sound, has made a correc-
ton!
She writes: For further proof
Chat there can be more than one
Friday the Thirteenth each Year,
you may look in your files of old
papers and find that the N. H.
H. S. Glee Club (of which I am
d member) presented its night per-
Torrance of Naughty Marietta on
Friday, April 10, 1915. All super
stitions to the contrary, this operet-
ia was a marvellous SUGGEST"
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STATE INSPECTORS
SEIZE 26O SCALES
ON INSPECTORS

RALEIGH, N. c., July l7.-RN
C. D. Baucom, head of the weights
and measure division of the State
Agriculture Department, said to-
day that state inspectors nave I'VE
seized and examined total OF zoo
scales in Goldsboro, Raleigh and
Charlotte during recent weeks ana
have condemned SO per cent OF
those examined.
Baucom said that the law forblds
the sale or moving of any con,
demned scale until it has been pull
in satisfactory weighing condition
Inspectors are on the trail OF other
scales which he said, apparently
are being shipped into North Caro-
lima in large numbers" He warn
ed North Carolina merchants tc
exercise care in purchasing new
scales,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18
WPB LIFTS ORDER
RULING ON REPAIR

WASHINGTON, July II - U.n) -
The government said today that
home owners no longer need to
apply to the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration for authorization to
buy lumber for emergency repair.
The War Production Board and
National Housing Agency announc'
ed jointly that the home owner
now may certify his own purchase
order and buy the lumber direct
lv from a distributor.
In Wilmington, one builders
supplies dealer said that he est
mated that an increase of so per
cent or more in the sale Of lumber
would result from the govern.
ment's lifting of restrictions while
a second reported that through fed
eral requirements on the lumber
industry, additional supplies would
not be available even under the
new status.
Revealing that many window
sash and door manufacturers had
closed because of lack of material,
he added that only those dealers
who were saving their own lum-
Der would have anything to sell.
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Urdaunted Wife Aiding
Husband Overcome Ills

plosion blew off both legs, his left
arm above the elbow and injured
his right forearm so that it, too,
had to be amputated.
To her the problem of helping
her husband is very simple-she
acts the way she feels. But first
off, she doesn't thing about her
self. She explained it haltingly:
II don't think of it from my
point of view, or from anybody
else's. It's him that is in pain and
SUFFERING" she added, looking to-
ward the door of the room where
doctors were changing the SER
geant's dressings.
'There is nothing I can say to
other wives. It's their own prob
lem. They just taye to do what
they feel best. When you get bad
break, you have to act the way
you feel.'
We're just-well we aren't even
ordinary people," said the little
lady from Kentucky. 'When these
things happen, who are we to
question:"
'They happen because of the
war. That's ALL" she shrugged.
"All we can do is make the best
of it. When you run into a little
bit of tough luck, that's what you
do" ..
Pressed for more details, she
related, well, like yesterday, I
was sitting here in the hall and a
soldier went by in wheel chair
with little boy pushing him. The
boy would push and then jump on
and ride. 1 guess you shauld be like
that-just natural"
Anyway, her husband is here
now and that is the most import
ant thing, she says. For some time
the Hensels have been thinking
about chicken farm and although
they haven't made up their minds
for sure yet it still seems a good
idea to them.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18

BATTLE CREEK, July 17-(P-
Soldiers at Percy Jones Hospital
have become accustomed in the
last few days to seeing pretty
dark haired girl with a quick smile
and a Southern accent, sitting IN
the corridor of their ward.
When she isn't there, they know
she is in the room with her hus-
band, M. Sgt. Frederic Hensel, the
first soldier to lose parts OF all
four limbs in battle in this war.
+ She is Jewell Hensel, attractive
girl from the Kentucky hill coun-
try. The soldiers know what she
doesn't - that Sgt. Hensel will
get well faster because of her and,
too, that there are women who, be-
cause they can't take it, aren't
much help to their wounded hus-
bands.
IT didn't know there were wives
like that" she commented with
llO1GSLI sui HI1SS. 1IClI BIC oANSN,
rather Indignantly for her, II don't
see why there should be. They are
the same men who went away. In
side they haven't changed a bit. "
''You marry for better or worse,
don't you?" she asked, land when
you have trouble you have it to-
gether."
Tall and slender, Mrs. Hensel
has long, wavy brown hair, big
brown eyes and high cheekbones,
which probably come from her
Cherokee. Indian ancestors a few
generations back. Both the Hensels
grew up on Kentucky farlns-the
Sergeant, an orphan, lived with re.
latives in his youth. Eight years
ago he Joined the Army, and five
years later returned to Corbin,
KY, to marry Jewell Corty.
It was on June 2, after he had
been overseas since March 1914,
that Hensel stepped on an anti.
tank mine on Q<inawa. The ex-
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with A. D. Frazies, pastor Of the
local Baptist church, officiating.
Burial will be in the Billiard fam
lily cemetery in Beaver Dam town.
ship in Cumberland county.
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Holly Ridge Rotary
Club Wins Citation

HOLLY RIDGE, July IT. - Al
though it is one of the smallest
Rotary clubs in the 189th district,
the Holly Ridge Rotary club has
been presented the Governor S cl-
tation for community service.
Hayward Campbell, past presl-
dent of the Holly Ridge club, was
notified recently of the award by
John A. Holmes, past district gov
ernor of Rotary International.
st am happy to notify you that
the committee has awarded your
club the Governors Citation-Com'
munity Service" Mr.. Holmes let
ter said. 1.-The committee gave
our club serious consideration fol
the Presidents award, but finally
decided that this award should &c
to the Yanceyville club he said
Julius ]. Segerman is chairman
of the community service commit
tee.
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The notorious duel between Alex
ander Hamilton and Aaron ourr
took place in Weehawken, N. ..
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Committee Approves
Vinson Nomination

WASHINGTON, July II - E -
The Senate Finance Committee ap-
proved without the Formally OF
hearings today the nomination OF
Fred M. Vinson as Secretary OF
the Treasury and John Snyder as
Director Of War Mobilization.
The committee also voted favor
ably on the nomination of Arthur
Altmeyer to another term on the
Social Security Board where he
has served as chairman.