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Evening star., 1945-07-24
Jops Claim B-2os Drop
Toy Explosive Planes
BY the Associated Press,

BY the AssocIated Press.
LONDON, July 24.-BBC today re-
ported recording Tokyo broadcast
which said three B-29 bombers
dropped explosive toy airplanes over
Hirochima prefecture Sunday.
These toy planes are foot long.
made of bright metal and so con-
.trived as to explode when the pro5
8eller is turned" the broadcast saidl
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Joy Riding in Jeeps
lin Poris Stopped

PARIS, July 24.-American Mill
tary Police impounded 10 jeeps
and staff cars yesterday in drive
on the Champs Elysees against JOY
riding in military vehicles.
French girls or other civilians were
reported found in most of the cars
impounded.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Cunudu Will Resume
Strict Meat Rutioninq
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, July 24-Meat ration
ing in Canada, when it is resumed
soon, will be stringent, the Dorf1in-
ion Prices Board said today.
Each Canadian will have weekly
allowance of about 11s pounds.
This is the same ration as dur
ing the previous meat rationing pc
riod," the board said, "but rationing
will be more severe than before
because all processed and fancy
meats will be included in the ra-
ton"
Evening star., 1945-07-24

FiUe additional men from
the District area haze been re-
ported killed in this Udr. See
"On the Honor Roll" Page AZ.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
New Rationing Books
For Food Gasoline
Planned in December
Coupons Will Be Designed
To Lost From 10 to
IS Months, BowIes Says

ANDERSON BOOSTS soap output;
sees no need for rationing.
Page B-1
Evening star., 1945-07-24

(See BIG THREE, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1945-07-24

tsee PRISON. Page A-ao
Evening star., 1945-07-24

(See CHARTER, PAGE A-4
Evening star., 1945-07-24

(See FLEET, Page A-3]
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(See WEATHER, Page A-4.O
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Miss Elsa N. Peterson
Heads Instructive
Visiting Nurse Board

Miss Elsa M. Peterson has been
elected president OF the Board Of
Directors Of the Instructive Visiting
Nurse Society, It vas announced to-
day.
The society paid total Of 114,96l
visits to 16,699 patients in 1914, the
board was told by Miss Gertrude H.
Bowling. executive dioector. at the
election meeting in the Albee Build
ing yesterday.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
Charles G. Glover, jr, first vice
president; Mrs. Charles r. Wilson,
second vice president; Joshua
Evans, jr., third vice president;
John L. Proctor, treasurer; William
w. Mackall, assistant treasurer, and
Mrs. K. William Fulbright. secre-
tary.
The board appointed Miss Peter
son and Miss Bowling as its repre-
sentatives on the Board Of Trustees
Of the Community Chest in 1915.
Members reelected to the board
FOR three-year terms were: Mrs,
John w. Davidge, Mrs. Lewis
Ecker, Mrs. Neville Miller, Mrs
Henry Morgenthau, jr.: Francis
Murray, Ord Preston. Mrs. Howard
G. Davidson, Mrs. Macgin James
Mr.. Mackall and Miss Peterson.
Mrs. Emory s. Land, chairman
reported for the nominating COM
mittee; Mrs. John M. Sternhagen
chairman, for the membership COM
mittee. Mrs. John Marvin Wright
chairman, for the supply commit
tee, and Mrs. Davidge. chairman
for the nurses committee. Mr.
Proctor, treasurer, gave his annual
| report. Mrs. G. Rowland Chase
presided.
Evening star., 1945-01-10

Capt. Howard J. Miller. =, of
Noblesboro, Me-, Of the Oliver n.
Perry, and the First Assistant N
gineer Jacobus Nagels. -, Of New
York City. were held In 4l;o00 hall
each after arraignment before
United States Commissioner Edward
Fay on . charge Of stealing Govern
ment property.
Mr.. Conroy said the vessel sailed
September II from Newport News
and that three days out the crew
began drinking the beer. Mr.. Con-
roy said the ships chief cook had
received permission from Capt.
Miller to issue the beverage.
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Permanent Officer Program
Is Requested by Navy

By the Associated Press.
The Navy asked congressional
authority yesterday to transfer its
via onicer-training program to .
permanent ROTC to provide ofncer
personnel for the postwar feet.
Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs,
chief Of Navy personnel, told the
House Naval Affairs Committee the
program is needed to insure ade-
quate staining In the Nays transit
tion from war to peace. The trans
fer would take effect July /.
Admiral Jacobs said there now
are 52.157 students In 13l schools
taking the via course. The per-
manent ROTC would allow for only
"A 600 students In about so schools,
but no students now In training
would be dropped.
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Cos Turbine Developed
To Power New Ships

By the Associated Press.
A gas turbine is being developed
rs a means Of ship propulsion, the
Maritime Commission disclosed yes
terday.
1t was described as inherently
more enacient" than steam, but ex-
periments have not gone far enough
to determine whether q change
over to the new motive power might
be In prospect in the near future .
Evening star., 1945-01-10
Captain, Engineer Charged
With Stealing Beer on Ship
d the Associated Press.

~ ths AsSociated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-The cap
tain and first assistant engineer Of Z
merchant ship were arrested yester-
day and charged with stealing $50
cases Of beer from a Government
consignment Of 10000 cases their
ship was carrying from Newport
News, Va, to CasAblanca, Africa,
e. E. Conroy, FBI agent in charge
OF the New York ONCE, announced.
Evening star., 1945-01-10

Doyou have On sys for only the best in furs -.
AND Wisely plonnsd budget thet bids you b.
esstieu.1 Then. sperlns's January Fur Event is.
indeed, planned for you! F@, here are those
luxurious, iupeby styled furs you love. reduced 10
The irresistible minimum! Choose your. now and
rsvsl in its warm luxury throushout the cold
moaths shssd.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22
ROBERT BENCHLEY
DIES AT new YORK

NEW YORK, Nov. a. WD -
Robert Benchley, the funny, con-
fused, chubby man who stammer-
ed and shrugged his way into the
hearts Of millions, died today at
the age Of Sc.
Benchley died as he lived, act
ed and wrote-as if new and
more confusion thought had just
struck him. He died suddenly, the
victim of cerebral he1norrhage,
at the Hardness Pavilion of Pres
byterian Hospital.
The man who taught America
How to sleep" and convulsed
thousands with 'The Treasurer S
Report made his last public ap-
pearance a week ago Sunday as
a guest star on the James Mel
ton program.
On Saturday he entered the hos
pital His latest picture, week
end at the Waldorf was playing
at the Radio City Musical Hall.
He had completed work on four
other pictures soon to be released,
and had come east to do some writ
ing.
Bench1ey left his widow, Mrs.
Gertrude Darling Benchfey, and
two sons, Robert, Jr., and Lieut.
Commander Nathaniel G.. Bench
ley. The Humorist was born in
Worchester, Mass, and recent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22
PRESIDENT TRUMAN
AWARDED MASONIC
SERVICE MEDAL

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-WR)-
President Truman today received
the Gourgas Medal for distinguish
ed service" to the nation and hu-
manly from the Supreme Council
of the Scottish Rite, northern Ma
sonic jurisdiction Of the United
Staes.
The presentation was made by
Sovereign Grand Commander Mel
vim M. johnson and large group
of 33rd degree Masons, including
members Of the House and Senate,
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
P. Anderson and Supreme Court
Justice Harold H. Burton.
Mr.. Truman was the first Presi-
dent to receive the Masonic dec
Grafton since it was created in 1898.
Mr.. Truman also received two
other presentations today, one a
life membership in the Missouri
Society Of Washington, and a per-
sonally inscribed desk bible from
the American Bible Society.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22
SHOPPING CENTER
PLANS UNDERWAY

Plans for a community shopping
center In the Oleander section were
taken under consideration yester-
day by the City Planning board
after being submitted by Bruce b.
Cameron, Jr., Wilmington business
man.
The Planning board, In session
to pass on several applications fo1
business projects In the city, LOOK
no action on the shopping center
nroposal. deferring consideration OF
the project pending public reaction
to- it.
AS outlined by Cameron, the cen
ter would be located on the south
west corner OF the intersection OF
Live Oak and Wrightsville Beach
roads, occupying site 800 by Ill
feet fronting on the Beach road.
Proposed, Cameron told the plan
ming board, is a single building OF
modern Spanish-type architecture
divided into units housing a grocery
store and market, a drug store,
beauty shop, a laundry pickup
station and filling staten.
Cameron, son of the late mayor
Bruce Cameron, said the property
would be developed, subject to
Planning board approval, by him
self and his brother, Dan Cameron.
Business sites in the building would
leased.
The Planning board, which tech
nically will have no authority to act
on the proposal until Jan. when
the Oleander district merges with
the city, expressed interest in Cam
eron's proposals, but withheld &C
ton pending publicity on it in order
to ascertain reaction of residents
q the area. Cameron made it clear
TO the board that he was not seek
ing a permit at the present time;
that he merely wished the board
to have knowledge of his plans for
its future consideration.
The Cameron proposal was the
second major development involv-
Ing Oleander district in the past
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22
rive we Rers0n Is Lose Live,
When Train Hit, 'I g.,

ToccoA, Ga, Nov. 2l-o,o
persons per- o, ;, died in the burnjo 9s,E~sn,
i age OF their automobile '; at,s,T Week
llded with a train at s = itcol.
mere early today. Tbr..c Crossing
were injured seriously othe,
Inc dead were listed
Carl F. Harrison, rs. ~ M' a. Nh.
man Carroll, 40; Mr. A's :. Her.
stancel, 81, and Mis-. M NJ, noa'la
Ayers, 81. nary Gsau
The injured, who wer. ~.
Stephens County Hosoi,.ii as'a y
Miss Bernice Harrison, ''s ~, ss..
Henry Jordan, 20, and - M
Ayress. 'o samu.
The automobile in v.i,, .
were riding was dragged " ,so "
a1ter the crash. 1t caught .G w. a'd'
medlately after the crash e H.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22
5000 FARMS TAKEN
BACK BY EX-OWNERS
DURING WORLD WAR

LONDON, - WD - Abandoned
land of SUISSE Downs yielded its
first crops since the days of the
Saxons in England in the wartime
reclamation of idle land to feed a
nation cut off from normal food
imports.
John Bunyan's slough Of de-
spond' near Bedford was soWn
with wheat and potatoes while trees
buried for centuries were dug out
of bog and fen and the rich black
soil cleared to grow wheat.
A booklet Land at War" just
published by the Ministry Of In
formation told the story Of 300, 00o
farms of Britain equipped and man.
ned so that neglected soil could be
returned to fertility.
Before the war Britain depend
ed on overseas sources for go pei
cent of it's food. OF $4,000, 900 peo-
pie only 100000 produced food.
Because of the desperate need
and new and improved methods
of reclamation 100000 new acres
were cleared and ready for sowing
in the spring Of 1910. Altogether
6,5OO,0OO acres were reclaimed dur
ing the war.
Potatoes grew on the hills Of
Wales and oats and barley on
Hackney Marshes to add to the
wheat from Sussex Downs. The
land lost $4,000 skilled men to the
war but they were replaced by
III, 1000 women.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22
Last Of Mew FORKS Lavish Mansions
Gets Stipped Of All Its Dead Glory

Vanderbilt personal sitting room
where King George v Of England
once sat, and where celebrities
from Winston Churchill to Cal
vim Coolidge slipped afternoon
tea.
Crystal chandeliers lay on in
laid floors, waiting for buyers to
cart them away. Even the floors
had been sold to a company build
ing fancy apartment house.
Louis XVI tapestries already had
been removed from the house
which Vanderbilt, son Of the
Commodore, spent 100000 to
build and another $1,500,00 II
furnish and decorate.
The house was sold recently by
Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, his
daughter-in-law, to the Astors.
No one knew why, for income tax
es on the old house were $67, 00C
the Vanderbilts could afford to
pay.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's secretary
!
tried to buy back her employer s
library, furnished in light green
renaissance style, but was out.
bid by an unidentified society wo'
man who wanted some atmosp-
here.
Only the 20-foot square family
ice box was a dead loss to the
auctioneers. It had been built in
"There was only one thing
wanted and couldn't get" STRAIT
to-. said. That was Mrs. Wander
butts bathroom.
"She took the walls and ever
the tub with her when she LEFT
last fall" he said. Guess she
must have liked it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22

week. First was the application,
approved Of the Hugh McRae
Realty company to develop res
idential tract beginning from the
present terminus Of Live Oak road.
About so domestic lots are to be
subdivided on the McRae prop
erty.
Other action by the Planning
board yesterday included:
Deferred decision on the appi-
cation for construction of a small
building to house a sandwich shop
in front of dwelling at 312 North
Second street. Several objections
were introduced to the proposal,
including those voiced by G. C..
Bordeaux, L. R. Lynch, Milton
Calder and Mrs. D. L Palmer.
Permission denied to J. H. Crab
tree for the construction OF a small
addition to an existing shop at the
rear of 1919 Castle street, proposed
as repair shop for the Old Glory
Taxi company. The objection was
based upon disclosure that the pro-
posed building would front on 18th
street, almost exclusively resi-
Dental area.
Permission granted to v. A.
Hickman for alterations of build
ing at 819 North Third street to
provide temporary quarters for a
motorcycle display room and shop.
Hickman said the existing building
at that address would be demol-
ished and replaced by one-story
masonry structure as soon as con-
ditions permit.
Permission granted to the At
lantic Paint and Varnish company
Richmond, Va, for construction
Of a small factory at 6l5 South
18th street. It will be a one-story
masonry structure 100 by 80 feet.
The boards approval was given
with the proviso that the company
agree to a~setback from 18th stree.
in harmony with other structures
in the block.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22
By MARY HARRINGTON
United Press Staff Corresponds,

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-The Van
derbilt mansion, last of New
York's lavish town houses, today
was stripped literally of all it's
dead glory. Soon the rooms in
which the socially elite once ga
thered will be nothing but extra
movie sets.
Workrnen old enough to recall
days when people removed their
hats as they passed $40 Fifth Ave
nue. pulled carved panelling from
walls of the mansion a huge edi.
flee resembling a museum.
The rooms will be re-assembIed
in Hollywood.
They'll be used in movies to rep
resent hotel Hobbies, board OF
directors rooms and sinister lib.
raries in which to commit muir.
der.
Il got quite bargain here,' -
observed Oliver Stratton. I paid
500 for the ballroom.
William H. Vanderbilt mus,
have turned in his grave. He paid
$751; to buy and ship the dance
halls panelling and naments
from France in 1881.
Stratton bought for 1915 the
solid oak dining room with its two
marble fountains and gold lea:
carvings.
He paid $3.50 for Vanderbilt
mahogany-paneled study in which
railroads and personal fortune!
were made and lost. Strattor
stripped off the panelling dow1
to the two-foot thick brick walls.
Other buyers purchased Mrs
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22
GOVERNOR HOOKS OWL

BATON ROUGE, La.--UD-dov.
James H. Davis, returning from q
gathering at Bunkie, La, stopped
at bayou and unlimbered his fly
rod from his automobile.
He whipped the fly across the
water several times. On the third
toss the governor hooked an owl In
the leg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22
ITCH 'ssa''s.,

NeedS S0metn1ng Better
Than Surface Relief
When you are tormented by Itch
(Scabies), scratches, camp itch, or
7-year itch, don't be satisfied with
medicine that can do nothing
more than relieve the surface dis
comfort. Use Davids Sanative
Wash, which actually destroys itch
parasites on contact. go cents at
any drug store, or send direct to
Owens & Minor, Richmond, Va.
Use only as directed. Money back
II not satisfied. (Adv.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22

One of the worlds deepest holes
drilled for oil, in Brazoria County,
Tex, is still drilling and now il
below 1855 feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22

The number of schools through
out the United States using buses
to transport children number about
As, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-22

divided his time between Holly
wood and his home at Scarsdale,
N. Y.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17

Funeral services were held
here today for August Schumann,
age 80 years, native of Rich
mond, Mich, who died Saturday
evening at his home, 3 Roseview
avenue, Mount Clemens. follow
ing an illness.
Mr.. Schumann was the son of
the late John and Catherine
Schumann, of Richmond, and
worked for many years as !:
sectionman on the D.,U. r He
retired from active work 10
years ago.
TIE deceased is survived only
by the following nephews and
nieces: August and John Schu-
mann, Of Detroit, and Herman
and Fred, of Jackson. and Mrs.
August DeFauw, and Mrs.
Frances Allor, of Mount Clemens
and Mrs. Lena William of De-
troit.
The funeral was held today
with services at 2 p. m, at the
D. N Cooley funeral chapel
Rev. William B. Dunn, Of Mar
anatha Chapel, officiated, and
burial was in the family lot in
Richmond Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17
Wounds FotoI
to Sgt. GouI
otOkinowo

NEW HAVEN - Staff Sgt
James A. Gaul, Jr., 2l-year-old
Infantryman, died on Okinawa
April %, as the result OF
wounds received in combat
against the japanese earlier on
the same date, his wife has been
advised by the War Depart
ment.
Sgt. Gaul, who had been in
the military service for two
years had been overseas approx
imately IL months, as membe,
of the 96th Infantry Division
He had, prior to his death, been
awarded the Silver Star for ga!
lantry in action.
In addition to his wife, VIII,
lives at the home of her mother
Mrs. Fred Socia, 279l Elk street
Sgt. Gaul is survived by then
four-month-old daughter, Kath
crime Elaine, and by his parents
whose home is in Alliance, o
His wife is the former Lorraine
Melkerson.
Prior to his entry into the
armed service Sgt Gaul was
employed in a Macomb county
war plant.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17
Meyer

Arthur c. Meyer, ST, of Fair
Haven. died Monday in st. JOS
ephgS hospital where he had
been confined since June 30.
He was born in Fair Haven.
where he formerly operated the
Fair Haven Swimming station,
He lived in Detroit for % years
apa-operated a mems furnishing
Store on Mack avenue for eight
years and was also employed at
the Chevrolet Gear and Axle
Company. He was we'll known
in sports circles in the state.
He is survived by his widow
Helen, son, Arthur, two daugh-
ters, Mrs. JOY Best, Of Florida
and Miss Kay Meyer of Ann Ar
Dor, two sisters, Miss Viola Mey-
er Of Ann Arbor; two sisters
Miss Viola Meyer, postmaster
in Fair Haven and Mrs. Laura
Faucher of Detroit and three
brothers, . Herbert, Henry and
Harold, all of Fair Haven.
Funeral services will take
place Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock from the Will funeral
home in New Haven. The Rev.
w. Egbert of ST. Johns Luth-
eran church of New Baltimore
officiating. Burial will be in
lakewood cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17
III. T.. Oldenburg

ROSEVlLLE 49, Herman (
Oldenburg, 63, died Friday
morning at his home, 1881 /
Mile road following a two weeks
Illness
A carpenter by trade, Olden-
burg was resident of Roscville
for - wears. He Is survived by his
wife Louise. two sons, Pvt Fred
erick. and Pfc Edward. both in
the L. s. Army, a brother, AL
bert and one sister, Mrs. Arthur
Ruprccht of Detroit and two
grand children.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon al one O'Clock
from the William ID. Clyne fun
eral home and al 100 in ST.
Peters Lutheran church. The
Rev. William O. Lcitz officiated.
Burial was in Forest Lawn
cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17
Anna Johnston

ROMEO - Funeral services
will be held here Thursday af-
ternoon for Mrs. Anna .Berndt
Johnston, age 70, who died Mon
day at her home, 1920 Lassier
road. Romeo. following an ill
ness.
The deceased woman was born
in Detroit on June Is, 1873 and
had lived in Romeo for the past
six years. She is survived by
three daughters and three sons
Mrs. Florence Waskin, of Romeo;
Mrs. Evelyn Strong of Leonard,
Mich, Mrs. Mable Gould, of
Highland Park; William Berndt,
and Kenneth and Irven Johnston,
of Romeo. A brother, Joseph
Brechel, lives in Detroit, and
there are nine grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
Services will be at p. m,
Thursday in the Roth's home for
funerals, Romeo. with Rev. Os-
car Bollman officiating. Burial
will be in Powell Cemetery,
southeast of Romeo.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17
Clara EmdreS

RICHMOND-Mrs. Clara En-
dres, SO, died Monday at the
home of her son, John Endres,
of Anchorville, where she has
been i'll for several weeks.
Mrs. Endres was a member of
The Altar Society of St. Angus
tines Catholic Church whose
members Will recite the rosary
IN her home Wednesday eve
ming.
She is survived by two sons,
John and Michael, both Of An
chorvllle; two daughters, Miss
Christine Endres and Mrs. Clara
Roger, both of Detroit; three
brothers. Ernest, William and
Charles Winkler, all Of Detroit
and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Cline
OF Hamtramck and Mrs. Mary
Page of Detroit.
Her remains are in her home
AS Mary street. A requiem
mass will be sung at 10 a. m,
Thursday at ST. Augustine 5
Catholic church by the Rev.
Charles Wettstein. Burial will
be in Roseville Catholic GENE
terry.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17
Obituaries

years, and was a retired mason
contractor.
He is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Helen Kimball, of St.
Clair, and Miss Mildred Langel,
of Royal Oak; four sons, Floyd,
of Toledo; Rowley, of Detroit,
and Milford and l.. ID. Johnson
of Romeo; two sisters, Miss Har-
riett Windish, of Tedrow, Ohio,
and Miss Mary Flokes, of Toledo,
Ohio. There are II grandchil-
dren.
The funeral will take place
Thursday at | p. m, at Roth's
home for funerals, Romeo, with
Rev. Oscar Bollman officiating,
Burial will be in Romeo GENE
terry,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17

In far-away Burma, early in 1914
long before the BIO became 'front.'
page news at home-long before our
own forces in China and in India we're
notified to expect this great super
bomber came news Of its existence
intentionally accurate technical de-
scription-positivc facts as to pro-
posed bases :. from the JAPS. 1t was
all in an official bulletin Of the Japa-
ncse Army found among the papers
captured in a Jap stronghold in Burma.
This was not information obtained
by the enemy through air reconnais-
sance or the capture of prisoners or
official documents in combat-it was
leak of supcrsccrct information right
out of this country, transmitted di-
rectly to the Iigh Command in Tokyo.
What did Tokyo do with this infor-
nation? What action did they take?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-17

HOUSTON. Tex - W.D -
Pvt. James T. Steiner of Hous-
ton, now in the Philippines. had
a l2-hour work detail in a
drenching down-pour, but he
didn't mind for he had that long
awaited letter in his pocket to
read after his work was done
When the wet and muddy pri-
vate was able to open the sod
den enevelope he found three
ink smeared pages.