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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
Statewide Cotton
Contest Is Planned

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh
May 27.-There will be another
statewide contest this year for the
greatest Improvement in quality
cotton production, handling, and
marketing and a silver trophy will
again be awarded by the Atlantic
Cotton Association, it was amour
ced by Dean I. O. Schaub Of the
Extension Service at State College.
The award will be made on the
county basis and all counties which
are participating in the one-variety
cotton improvement program are
eligible to enter the contest and
compete for the award, he explains.
Halifax County won the contest in
1912, Hoke County in 1943, and Polk
County in 1914.
Credits are given for the percent
age of the ginners actively parti-
cipatihg in the one-variety program
the percentage of growers coopera-
ting, the percentage of the cotton
acreage planted to tn chosen varie-
ty, improvement in the percentage
of middling and better cotton, cot
ton with one inch staple and longer
Improvement in the percentage
of middling and better cotton, cot
ton with one inch staple and long
er, improvement in gin preparation
participation in the State Five-Acre
Cotton Contest, and the amount of
planting seed treaed and reginned.
Dean Schaub calls special atten-
ton to a new requirement in SUBJ
hitting samples Of bales Of cotton
for classification under the free
Government classification plan Of
the nith-Doxey Act: AL samples
must be ''cut samples and the GIN
ner submitting the samples must
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28

For instance, out on Bladenboro,
Route 2, is Mrs. Luther Bryan who
lives in a small community of 80
families. There is no home demon
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
Hamburg Is Expected
To Be Opened June !

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXP Ed ITO NARY
FORCE, Paris, May N.-AEThe
great German port of Hamburg is
expected to be opened to Allied
shipping by June l, headquarters
announced today.
Allied minesweepers have clear
ed the route across the North Sea.
Their activities began long before
the German surrender.
Use of the port will shorten land
communications for all northwest
Europe. Heretofore Antwerp has
been the primary Allied port,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
Import OF Peruvian
Cotton Authorized

WASHINGTON, May 27.-PH
The War Production Board said
today it will consider applications
for authority to import Peruvian
pima cotton into this country.
Applications for permission to
ship this cotton by way of the
United States to India will be con-
sidered, the agency added.
WPB said that any authorizations
granted will be based on each ap-
plicants imports of Peruvian cot
ton from 1886 through 1941.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
LORD HYLTON DIES

LONDON, May N.- UP Lord
Hylton, 80, former chief whip to
the Unionist party in the House
Of Lords, died at his estateeat Am
merdown Park near Dadstock,
So,neset, last night. An only son,
1t. Col. w. G.. H. Joliffe, is sue
cessor to the title. Lord Hylton
had been Ill for a year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
Greeks In North Epirus +.
Seek Allied Protection

ATHENS, May 27.-(R-A reso-
luton adopted at a rally attended
here today by residents of North
ern Epirus demanded that Allied
troops be sent into that area to
protect the lives. and properly of
Greeks assertedly suffering from
Albanian terrorism.
& The resolution expressed the de-
sire that Northern Epirus be unit
ed with Greece: Similar rallies
were held in other. Greek cities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28

tons Of alfalfa hay was
obtained from the above field
August Richard j.
Lespedeza and red clover turned under
of soybeans plowed under after
which lime were applied The field also
The seeded August 20 and made good
alfalfa was photographed who
making which presented to
Service Lieut. Reynolds fighting
in the South
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
CT GAVE HIS ALL

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, May n.
-W.D-Pfc., Frank L. Medeiros,
Jr., of New Bedford was rejected
for Army service five times before
being accepted on his sixth t-y.
Recently his widow was notified
that he had been killed in Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
METHODIsT BY PROXY

(. TIaTON, N. H., May 27.-W.R-
Seaman Roy L. Harbour, on duty
in the Pacific, has become
Methodist by proxy. Harbour was
baptized officially in Tilton, with
his sister answering the questions.
Evening star., 1945-01-21
and more vitamins per glass;"

difference. You can taste the difference. And
science PROVES the vitamin difference!
Good eofins, too! California navels are
truly seedless and easy to peel, slice and sec
ton. They are perfect for salads and desserts,
for lunch boxes and between-meal treats.
Dependable quality has made Sunkist
Oranges Americas largest selling brand.
They are the finest tree-ripened fruit from
14,5OO cooperating California and Arizona
citrus growers.
Evening star., 1945-01-21

Six years of independent scientific tests
prove it! California navels the top quality
winter oranges with that tempting fullbod-
led favor-give you more health per glass.
You get more vitamin c. authorities say
this is vitamin every good breakfast
should supply. You get more vitamin A and
calcium, too, plus valuable amounts of vita
minis b., B., and other needed minerals.
So insist on bright, clean-skinned California
navel oranges for juice You can see the
Evening star., 1945-04-29
Brother Shares Overseas Stars
With Mui|-Hunqry Sailor

A letter to George Lee Boswell, ST.,
attorney with the Veterans Admin
istration, and Mrs. Boswell, 1925
Twenty second street NE, from one
of their sons, George, jr., Quarter
master &c, U. S. N. R., overseas,
was a welcome bit Of news. 1t told
how he had met his brother:
II have just spent the entire day
with Boots" (Robert E. Boswell,
Quartermaster SO. Yesterday
morning I learned that his battle
ship was here "a South Pacific Navy
base). I secured a pass and spent
the entire day hunting for him in
a pouring rain, but without success.
This morning got another pass
and resumed my search, succeeding
almost at once. I thought he was
going to faint when he saw me
standing before him with the greet
ing, Hi, Salty
"He and I had been here for
more than a week but neither of us
was aware Of it.
when I told him I had not re-
ceived any mail for over two
months, he brought out his bundles
Of mail, clippings and about dozen
Overseas Editions Of The Star.
certainly had field day devouring
Evening star., 1945-04-29

mer administrative assistant in the
OPA in Washington, has been pro-
NOTED to staff sergeant. She is as
signed to the Adjutant Generals
section of Allied force headquarters.
PEARL HARBOR.-Yeoman &c
Mary Catherine label, the daughter
of 1t. Col. John A. label, 1903
Fidler lane, Silver Spring, Md, has
reported for duty in Hawaii. A
graduate of Sacred Heart Academy
she worked as stenographer prior
to her enlistment in the Navy in
January, 1943.
ROBINS FIELD, Ga.-Second 1t.
Geneva Champion Haney, 1928
Trinidad avenue NE, is serving on
the general staff of the Army Air
Forces Regional Hospital here. Be-
fore entering the ANC in February
1914, she was employed as a nurse
in Washington.
FORT DES MONIES, Iowa
After three weeks in the WAC officer
candidate school here, Elizabeth M
Benson received an appointment as
second lieutenant in the Army.
1t. Benson taught lip reading in
the District at Gallaudet College
for II years. She is the first WAC
commissioned under a War Depart
Evening star., 1945-04-29
Sergt. Jeremiah O'Leury
Awarded Purple Heart

T/Sergt. jeremiah A. OLeary, jr.,
25, of 1922 Quincy street NE, Ma
rine Corps combat correspondent on
military leave from The Star, was
awarded the Purple Heart by Capt.
H. H. MacCubbin, officer in charge,
Washington Procurement District,
at ceremonies at the Marine Corps
Recruiting Station Thursday morn
ing, for a wound received during the
battle for Peleliu last October.
Sergt. O'Leary was a reporter for
The Star when he joined the Ma
rines early in 1912, and had been
through the Cape Gloucester, Guam
and New Britain campaigns before
the Palaus invasion.
Before entering the service he at
tended George Washington Univer-
sity for two years, where he was
member of the Kappa Sigma Fra
ternity. He also holds the Bronze
Star.
A brother, William Patrick
OLeary, is in the Army Air Forces
in Texas.
Evening star., 1945-04-29
II D. {. Men Praised
For Raids on japan

GUAM.-For their part in the
historic Super Fortress 1ow-level
incendiary attacks on Japan, II
men from the Washington, D. c.,
area have been commended by Maj.
Gen. Curtis E. LIE May, command
ing the 21st Bomber Command:
Pvt. Ernest w. Hackett, 1736 D
street.
S/Sergt. Jesse Weinstein, 412o
Fourteenth street NV.
Pfc. Fred M. Morris, 91o Sixth
street SW.
Pvt. Theodore M. Fogle, 73s Ninth
street Sc.
Corpl. Andre Mcbride, 260e Brent
wood NE.
SfSergt. Ernest L. Weise, 1916
Jefferson street NV.
Pfc. Howard Schwab, rs K street
NV.
= Pfc. Donald Melnick, 51S Ninth
street NE.
Sergt. Paul B. Jacobs, 813 Della
field place NV.
Corpl. Abner B. Drury.
Corpl. Raymond F. Casella, 5039
Kansas avenue NV.
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ory as day never to be forgotten.
1t is impossible to describe the feel
ings that passed through us when
the Yanks took over. I am safe.
sound and in good hands now. and
that is all that really counts. 1t
is very gratifying to consume GI
chow. I know now how lucky the
Americans are, and I thank God
for that" He added he hoped to
be home, after evacuation to Eng
land, in to 10 weeks.
A native of Washington, Corpl.
Simpson is graduate of Eastern
High School and of the University
of North Carolina. He entered the
service in the fall of 1912 and went
overseas in October, 1914.
A brother, Sergt. John H. Simp-
son. is now with the Army in Ger
mdry.
Evening star., 1945-04-29

every word of the letters and clip
pings, and as for The Stars, carried
them off with me and after reading
every single word not less than
twice, passed them on to another
boy from Washington. They will
be passed on until they are simply
worn out"
George Boswell, %, was a settle
ment clerk with the District Title
Co. and attended Columbus Uni
versity School of Law before he
enlisted in the Navy in November,
1912. He was also graduated from
Tech High School. His wife, Mrs.
Mary Jane Boswell, lives at 2OO9 M
street NE.
Robert Boswell, 18, played center
on Tech High Schools l942-43 foot
ball team before he enlisted in the
Navy in February, 1914. He par
ticipated in the invasion of Two
Jima, his father said
Evening star., 1945-04-29
, DC. WOMEN
. IN UNIFORM

FRANCE.-Pfc. Ruth l.. Anderson
on duty here as a jeep driver, plays
the trumpet in the headquarters
band, writes songs for her WAC
friends, sketches and plays the
ukulele. She wears shiny high-top
boots and the rest of her uniform
includes one of the popular battle
jackets and GI trousers tucked into
the boots.
She hopes to complete plans for q
WAC drum and bugle corps at the
base section headquarters. Before
entering the service she was en-
ployed at the Department of Justice
in Washington.
ENGLAND. - Pfc. Barbara Lee
Ramey, daughter of Paul G. Ramey
has been awarded the Good Conduct
Evening star., 1945-04-29
D. C.. Soldiers, Under Fire,
Dive Into Same FoxhoIe

and moving 700 patients from the
banks of the Rhine to larger COM
munications zones and United
Kingdom hospitals.
Under the direction OF Chief Spe-
cialist Earl S. Babbitt, ALA Cottage
terrace, Cottage City. Md, II Coast
Guard mailmen at the most ad-
vanced Coast Guard base in the
Pacific handled approximately TO-
900 incoming letters daily.
Edward G. Curtin, aviation radio
man &c, U. S. N. r., 223 Bryant
street NE. served as radio-gunner
on a Helldiver plane during many
of the aircraft carrier strikes
against Japan. His plane badly
damaged an enemy destroyer of
Okinawa.
Pfc. Sotirios Panagitareas, 1922
Webster street NV, called Sam,
got tired of having a Nazi machine
gun fire back at him each time he
shot his Browning automatic rifle
He became so irritated, in fact, that
he threw down his gun, crawled to a
trench and hurled some hand gre
nades, There was no more noise
from the machine gun.
S/Sergt. Edward w. Cockrell, "a
of 1927 I street NV, has partici-
pated in Sc successful daylight
bombing missions in Europe. He is a
ball turret gunner based in Italy.
Capt. Richard A. Grant, 42Os
Forty-sixth street NV, CAT pilot
of Troop Carrier Group in the
Philippines, flew one of the first
American planes iuto Clark Field
since its seizure by the Japs in
1912.
Even the German pigeons are
coming our way. According to Isl
Sergt. John A. Hayes, 208 Seven.
teenth street NE, who captured
some Nazi-educated carrier pigeons
they were very intelligent and al.
ready are working for the Allies.
Pvt. Anthony J. Albanesi, 4S Sar.
gent road NE, was one of eight
Yanks who captured two German.
on the 5th Army front in Italy
recently. He had been sent to OBJ.
serve and ambush any Nazis in the
vicinity of their position. In the
night, when seven ferries were seer
approaching the trap the infantry.
men had set, one of the Nazis
coughed. His comrades, except fol
two, feared the cough would bt
heard by the Americans and fled.
T/5 Hurley d. Watford. 1871
Adams street NE, is a member o.
the 343d Engineer regiment ane
helped in the construction of thu
7th Army bridge over the Rhin.
River.
S/Sergt. Melvin Spruce is SERVING
with a field artillery battalion il
the 38th Divisions mopping-up op
erations in the Zambales Mountain
| in West Central IllZon
Evening star., 1945-04-29
Persuasive Artillery
Helps Group of Nazis
Decide 10 Surrender

A new type of fire was called for
oy I'd 1t. John Dunn of 1854 Clifton
street NV, acting as forward OBJ
server for c Battery of the 37th Field
Artillery Battalion of the 99th In
1antry Division in Germany, a west
front dispatch said. 1t. Dunnpicked
up HI stelephone handset and asked
Tor few rounds of persuasive fire."
Asked what he had in mind, he ex-
planned he could see several Germans
In the woods who appeared on the
verge of surrender.
I think we can help them reach
decision" he said. No sooner had
the howitzers complied than Is Jer-
ries scampered out of the woods with
hands over heads.
The 9th Armored Divisions Com
bat Command B has versatile tanks
Facing a railroad cut over which all
the bridges had been blown by the
Germans retreating to the Rhine,
the outfit searched for way across.
A grade crossing obtained by series
OF steps on both sides, that was wide
enough but apparently intended only
Tor pedestrian use, appeared to be
the least heavily mned. by heaven,
we've had tanks swimming rivers
and jumping ditches," Col. Edward
A. kimball of the Westchester
Apartments declared going forward
under artillery fire. Now We'll see
If they can climb" They could and
did.
Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson,
whose wife lives at 4514 Connecticut
avenue, was commanding the 9th
Armoreds Combat Command A
when German shell clipped the
star from his helmet, dispatch said.
His infantrymen later thought it
amusing that he was thus reduced
suddenly to the rank of private
but they didn't laugh at the time.
The same shell seriously wounded a
battalion commander, company
commander and a company runner
Gen. Colson was unscathed.
Capt. Armand A. Franco, 1906
Benton street NV, is dental sur
geon of the 292d Engineer Battalion
in Germany. In an effort to in
crease the limited amount of work
he could accomplish with regulation
dental equipment he searched the
ruins of civilian dental Offices. AS
the 9th Army rolled forward, he dill
gently searched. After days of hunt
ing, digging and repairing, he came
up with acomplete dental unit.
A dispatch from the 104th (Tim-
berwol) Division, commanded by
Maj. Gen. Terry Allen, mentions as
exemplary soldiers" Pfc. Gordon
Milestone, 1871 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NE; Pfc. Alex Harrell, 1873
Sixth street NE; Sergt. Donald o.
Tucker, 1717 I street NV, and
Corpl. James Bass, 204 Thirty sixth
street NE.
Mrs. Virginia B. Young of Fair
fax received word her son, Pvt. How
ard Young, is serving with the 9th
Army in Europe. He was previously
in the Aleutians.
Evening star., 1945-04-29

Stories Of District men continue
to pour in from far flung bases and
action fronts:
Two lifelong buddies who didn't
know they were in the same divi-
sion, met when one jumped on top Of
the other in a foxhole as German
artillery started to pour in. S/Sergt.
Ernest NJ. Riddle, 219 T street NE,
platoon leader in the 115th Infantry,
and Sergt. Frank S. White, jr., 2122
Fourth street NE. forward observer
for field artillery battalion Both
men are in the 29th Infantry.
Pfc. William H. Palmer, 221 Third
street Sc, was driving one of five
jeepS one day IN Germany and
missed a. turn in the road. They
ended up entering a town on the
Rhine which had not yet been cap
tured by the Allies. About $50 Nazi
soldiers and herrenvolk together i'm
mediately surrounded the five jeeps
They were surrender happy" and
when the Yanks turned their vehi-
Gle around to flee, the crowd, their
hands already raised over their
heads, began running after them.
To prove their story, the Yanks took
two German medics and one Nazi
officer back to camp to prove they
had captured" a German town.
1t. John A. H. TORY, jr., 240O Six
teenth street NV, pilot of a Navy
search plane of Fleet Air Wing 4,
helped blast japanese installations
at Hayake GaWa on Paramushiru in
the Northern Kuriles recently and
kept the fires burning all day on
Hayake Gawa.
From India comes the news that
1st 1t. William E. Breen, 3124 South
Dakota avenue NE, served as COM
mander of guard of honor formed
to greet Lord Louis Mountbatten,
supreme commander of Allied forces
in Southeast Asia, when he visited
an Air Transport Command base
there.
Five ordinary 65-foot Lens con-
verted into gunboats with captured
Jap machine guns and weapons from
wrecked American planes were used
to explore the Mindanao River and
acquire bases. Maj. Edwin M. Law
ton, 1906 Veazey street NV, was
one of the gunboat commanders.
They plowed up the river and fought
a few skirmishes, but managed to
bypass about 400 Japs.
Marine 1st 1t. Marion M. Caskie,
jr., 5000 Beechwood drive, Chevy
Chase, Md, had his hands full TAX
ing care of hundreds of Okinawa
natives. Almost 400 were captured
by 1t. Caskie's unit in two days.
T/Sergt. Elmer E. Cade, 90, of
1701 Nineteenth street Sc, recently
completed three years in the serv-
ice. He is at troop carrier base
in France.
Corpl. Floyd w. Hall, jr., 223 Four
teenth street NE, was one of the
technicians who assisted in treating
Evening star., 1945-04-29
Smith Gets LIST Post

1t. g.. 60 Donald B. Smith of 313O
Wisconsin avenue NV. assumed the
duties Of executive officer of the
u. s. S. LST-1072 when that tank
landing ship was placed in commits
sion recently at Higham, Mass.
Evening star., 1945-04-29

WneTe ne Is re-
cuperating from
wounds received
at Two Jima.
Pvt. Smith ex-
planned to his
parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elliot F..
S m i t h, 1886
E / g h t e e n t h
street NV, that,
the same she'll
b u RS t W h / C h
wounded h ims
had killed two
comrades beside
h / m. Luckily
Evening star., 1945-04-29
Men on leuve

Philip c. Werner, yeoman second
class, U. S. N. r., of 1904 South.
Monroe street, Arlington, Va, has
returned home on leave after a tour
OF combat duty in the Pacific, where
he served with the hard-hittingt
Saints" squadron.
Maj. Van A. Clarke of 1926 L.
street has been granted a 21-day,
leave from Oliver General Hospital.
where he is a patient.
Walter F. Bell, radio technician,
third class, has been granted 10
day leave from the Naval Radio,
Materiel School at Navy Pier, Chi
cago. I
LIST It. George r. vogel of Silver.
Spring is on rotation furlough from
the AAF in Italy.
Evening star., 1945-04-29

on the 5th Army front in Northern
Italy. He is commanding officer of
a field artillery battalion with the
10th "Mountaineer" Division.
1t. Col. Samuel r. Taggart, 1927
Second street NV, Medical Corps
Headquarters, 329th Medical Bat
talon, in connection with operations
in Belgium, Holland and Germany
from October %, 1914, to March II,
1945.
1st 1t. Harry E. Schwarz, a
member of the l25th Field Artillery
Battalion of the 34th Red Bull"
Division, for combat on the 5th
Army front in Northern Italy. He
maintained observation posts under
heavy enemy mortar and artillery
fire.
Col. Harry H. Semmes, 5000
Thirty-ninth street NV, for meri-
torious service in combat. He is
with the 5th Army in Italy.
Maj. John S. Messer, Marine
Corps, for achievement on Guam
from July d to August 10, 1914.
Maj. Messer lives at 1927 Twentieth
street NV. and is commanding
officer of an infantry battalion.
Col. ]. w. Walters, for his excel
lent work in disposition of his ord
nance units during the push from
the ROer to the Rhine
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multiple augmentation wounds and
a broken leg.
At one time, his unit had lost all
its noncommissioned officers and
Pvt. Smith had to take over COM
mand for two days.
A veteran of two and a half years
in the Marine Corps, Pvt. Smith was;
wounded first time on Guam,
Evening star., 1945-04-29

nancy MISS heegan
Ribbon. She has been overseas a
year with the Army Transport Com
mand. Pvt. Ramey entered the serv-
ice September %, 1943, shortly after
her graduation from Southern Sem
mary in Virginia and took basic
training at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Before going overseas she served
with the ATC in Palm Springs, Calf.
Patricia Keegan, daughter of Mrs.
M. S. Keegan, 1926 Biltmore street
NV, has arrived in England and is
awaiting assignment as an Ameri-
can Red Cross staff assistant. Miss
Keegan is a graduate of st. Paul's
Academy in the District and also
attended Dunbarton Junior College
and George Washington University
ITALY.-Ethel j. johnson. a for
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1Ou w dy pIlIlp"
son, that he was
freed from the
German prison
camp, Stalag ga,
on March 80. He
was taken pris-
oner when his
d i sion was
caught last De-
cember in the
bulge in Bel
GUM.
Corpl. Simp-
son wrote the
day of his de-
liverance shall
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menu QlreCLlVe
a u t h orizi n g
commissions for
individuals hav-
ing special skills
needed in the
rehabilitation of
wounded SOL
diers. 1t. Ben
son is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry G.
bGIlSOn OF fTeQ-
erick, Md, She
is a graduate of
George Wash
lngton Univer-
cifu hoJJr