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had been subjected to damaging
delay" in the House Committee on
Expenditures in the Executive De-
partments and criticized the House
and Senate because of the drive to
return the United States employ
ment service to State control, de-
spite his insistence that it remain
for the present under the Federal
Government.
The wage-price policy outlined by
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Miners Wife on TriuI
In SIoying of Husband
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSoclated Press.
WINFIELD, w. Va, Oct. 31.-In a
crowded country courtroom Mrs.
Elizabeth Amos. "a, yesterday plead
ed innocent and went on trial ac-
cused of the Staying of her miner
husband, whose body was found in
a crude hillside grave.
The attractive brown-haired wom-
an, who kept the secret OF Amos
death for 20 days, contended she
shot In self defense when her 200
pound husband attacked her with a
blackjack.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

Wilcn nc ADVISED CndSIe ana SODeI
young ladies of Vassar College
not TO drink-too much.
This was deemed a daring joke
at the time, a bit far-fetChed, but
very funny. The idea of a girl
or woman in anything like decent
circumstances drinking too much
was intrinsically humorous.
But ii isn't funny now.
One of every six alcoholic adj
diets who come or are brought
today to the Yale Plan Clinic in
New Haven for diagnosis, help
and guidance is a woman. And
these women come from every
existing stratum of society, from
the highest to the lowest.
One day last March, a certain
distrait husband, a former Yaie
honor man. nova Wall Street
broker, telephoned from Green
wiCh to ask for an appointment
with DR. Elvin Jellinek, on an
urgent, personal matter.
Or. Jellinek is the celebrated
head of the university's Section
OF Alcohol Studies, from which
the Clinic sprang.
The husband, it turned out,
was in desperate straits about
what TO do with his young wife,
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

said, in a cell and stratjacl<et. And she con-
scquently receptive 10 any suggestion the Clinic
might have which did not involve being shut up
She seemed, therefore, a hopeful case on which
to try the treatment known as the conditioned
reflex method which figurativey puts the pad
lock the drinkers lips. The young wife con
sented and she sent that weekend to the
Washngtonian Hospital in Boston.
There presently TO her astonishmcnt she found
herself in an elegant cafebar which strangely re-
Sembled the familiar one in her country club at
home. There were the brightcolored tables, com
Portable chairs, and most amazing of all, at the
end Of the room, a beautiful chromium bar
complete with mirrors, footrail, gittering rows of
bottles, whisky wine beer, ale, cocktail ingredients
She was to drink all she wanted whatever she
wanted. But little while before she began they
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
CARTOON 81 HooARTH
By WILLIAM SEABROOK
CHAPTER III

m OUR grandparents time "women drunkards" except in
the criminal classes and in slums depicted by Cruik
shank, Dickens and their American counerparts
practically unknown in fact or fiction.
People still alive remember the astonished gasps quickly
followed by rolcling laughter which greeted Mark Twain
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

herself sociate graduate OF famous New Eng
land finishing school She was highly decorative,
brilliant girl, wife of whom any prosperous hus-
band could be proud lie loved her very much But
she was wrecking their lives, their love and their
home by ovcrndulgence in drink.
He had almost made up his mind, reluctantly,
TO have her shut up in a santarium the advice
of their own family doctor. But She was high
strung, full of pride vanity, self-w, and he feared
that such step might be irrevocable tragedy
for them both. So he came to the Clinic.
After the interview he brought his wife to the
Clinic. She a beautiful young matron, dark
haired blue-eyed intense, trying to be la-da-da,
defiant and cynical but making very. poor go of
it, Actually she was frightened by her condition
that's why she had consented to come.
Recently things had happened which made her
Ia February 25, 1915
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Pre-School Clinics !
For Fender Announced


BURGAW, March school
clinics for Fender county schools
were announced Today by T. T.
Murphy, superintendent Of the
Board Of Educ alton. They are:
Wednesday, March 81, Rocky
Point white school; Thursday,
March %, Rocky Point Negro
school; Friday, March 20. Top
sail white school at Hampstead;
Wednesday, April 4, Penderlaa
school; Thursday, April 5, Bur-
gaw white school; Wednesday,
April II, Atkinson white school
and Long Creek white school;
Thursday April II, Burgaw Negro
school; Friday, April 10, Maple
Hill White school.
At least one parent is asked to
attend each clinic with children
expected to enter school next year.
II this is not possible, the super
intendent pointed out that it would
be necessary for an information
form to be filled out by the parent.
This form may be obtained from
the school principal.
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into lLOILO
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vance of Is miles. One column
plunged up secondary road to
seize the town of Jancuay. 10 miles
north-northwest of Iloilo. Another
captured the seven-Way rail and
highway junction of Pototan, nine
miles to the east. then crashed
six miles southeast to the Barota
Nuevo, 16 miles northeast of Iloi.
10.
That swift development cut a
total of eight roads and railroads
radiating IN all directions from
Iloilo and left the Japanese no ov-
er1and escape routes. Indicating
that the Japanese already might
have put the torch to lloilo, Mac
Arthur said big fires were raging
in the city.
The drive to Jancuay put the
Americans within 40 miles Of split
ting Panay from north to south,
and in that area Macarthur said
they made contact with strong
Filipino guerrilla forces.
Warplanes meanwhile attacked
two of the last three big Philippine
islands in Japanese hands. They
battered Pangdan airfield on Cebu
with A tons and runWays on Ne
gros with 81 tons. Those two is
lands, along with Bohol, represent
the last important japanese hold
ings and lie southeast of Panay.
In capturing San Fernando on
Luzon, guerrillas destroyed the
Japanese garrison. Some Is miles
to the southeast, American col
umns pushed within six miles Of
the city limits of Baguio, Japanese
headquarters for the Philippines,
by Selling Camp Three.
East of Manila, the Sixth and
43rd Divisions scored new gains in
flattening the TANKS of the Japa-
nese Shimbu line in h Sierra
Madre mountains. At the southern
end, the Americans captured Pan
tay, 63 miles east of Manila. Four
miles to. the north, they pushed
within striking distance of the jap
anese strcngpoint on Mt. Baytan-
gan.
Far to the south, the 18th Air
borne Division captured the west
ern slope of Mt. Macolod as they
swung up the southeastern coast
of Lake Taa1.
U. S. 41st Division troops fight
ing on the Zamboanga peninsula
of southwestern Mindanao repuls.
ed a Japanese night counter-attack
above San Rogue, on the coast
and the following day resumed
their push northward. To the
south, on the tiny island of Basil
an, the Americans occupied the
town of Isabella by combined Nv
erland and amphibious mover en-
and thus won full control Of the
island
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PRESIDENT URGES
RED CROSS GIFTS

WASHINGTON, March 20.-(P)-
President Roosevelt called upol
his fellow Americans tonight t.
give to the Red Cross War Fund
not through feeling OF charity
but through one of necessity.
1.-THE need never was greater,
he said. ut gill not soon be less. -
The Chief Executive broadcas
his appeal to over-subscribe the
5000, 900, 900 fund. His text follows:
There was a time when you
and gave to the Red Cross large
ly in a feeling of aid to others
That was a giving in humanity
and in decency. This year we give
in necessity - necessity for our
own. The need never was greater.
It will not soon be less.
GAS your President, have new
er INDUCED myself or the Amerl-
can people in the pastime OF pre-
dieting the advent of peace. dc
not know when victory will come.
I do know that tonight there are
over seven and a half million
Americans overseas or fighting
afloat in this great war. I know
that there are nearly 10000 A:neri-
cans in enemy prison camps. And
I know there is nothing unpredict-
able about their need.
I'VE can be proud Of all that
the Red Cross has meant to them.
From personal observation abroad
I can testify to the usefulness OF
the Red Cross in the battle zones.
Tt has reached through the
barbed wire of enemy prison
camps with millions of parcels OF
food, and clothing, and medical
supplies.
TT has collected for the Army
and Navy vast quantities of pre-
cious blood plasma. which has saw
ed thousands of American lives.
TT has supplied refreshment,
entertainment and good cheer. 1t
has served as a link between the
fighting man and his loved ones
here at home. Never, in the an
nails of voluntary service to hui
mainly, has an agency performed
so many tasks SO well.
This is no call for charity. This
is our chance to serve those who
serve us.
"As their commander-in-chief I
call upon you, my fellow Ameri-
cans, to over-subscribe the 1915
Red Cross War Fund. We cannot
give too much to those who have
given us the heroic hazard of their
lives"
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o Equipment pm n valued at s5oo.m
ooo has been lost by Am s'ga'
armies in Europe since n.ssH
according to Brig. Cen. stev way
R Relmel, New York ordD os'7
District Chief Chart , asa
SHOWS some of the items 1--WE i've
does not include thousand. WI U,
others, such as snare ~ o.
and ammunition. 'S
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| LACK OF LEADERS
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Quoting William James Com
pared with what we ought to be,
we are only half awake" Rabbi
Thurman said that as a clergy
man he considered among the
greatest Of human sins "the ten
dency to be satisfied with the
least we can do. He claimed that
happiness went with fitness of eff
fort, not comfort or cornplacence.
Thinking is painful process"
he admitted, but warned that a
continuing American tendency to
let others do ones thinking can
only end IN a form of fascisni
justices akin to those which
"our sons and friends are fight
ing overseas, he said, ''exist
here now on Americas blessed
soil"
"A famine of leadership faces
the world. he said. and to cry
out in torment "God, where art
Thou?" is meaningless if no self
help is attempted. God cannot be
made the Cosmic Scape-goat" he
warned, explaining that the cur
rent war is going on because you
and I sat back and did nothing
when we heard the first cries of
the oppressed"
A report of the Jacee-Boy Scout
scrap paper drive was read prior
to the speeches and Hal Love re-
ported for the project committee
a forthcoming consultation among
city and civic groups and nearby
camp commanders to organize en-
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JOIN IN GERMANY
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ing about ten miles east of Saar.
lantern to about three miles east
of Homburg.
There was no way to estimate
the number of enemy troops who
might be in this encirclement, but
it was evident the enemy was suf-
fering tremendous loses in man
power.
A few days ago Field Marshal
Won Rundstedt's First and Seventh
Armies in the Saarland were be-
lieved to total more than 10000
men. These forces now have been
chopped into pieces-countless lit
tie isolated groups. Those not yet
cut off from the Rhine were in
headlong retreat.
Associated Press Correspondent
Edward D. Ball said all opposi-
ton on the Third Army front west
OF the Rhine had ceased. The Ger
mans remaining positions in the
Siegfried and Innsbruck Lines
facing the Seventh Army south
east of Zweibruecken were out
flanked and untenable, making a
quick withdrawal compulsory il
not already too late.
The base of the remaining enc.
my salient on the west bank Of
the Rhine was only Is miles and
at its deepest point, somewhere
east of ZWeibruecken, it was less
than 40 miles.
The post midnight announce
ment of the link-up of the Ameri
can Third and Seventh Armie.
was the first disclosure that tn:
Sixth Armored Division had been
transferred from Patton's forces
to Patches command. To accom-
plsh the junction the Sixth Ar
mored, commanded by Maj Gen
Robert Gerow, made a northware
sweep of II miles during the day
Mainz, city of 100000 at the
confluence of the Rhine and MAR
rivers, was reached after a spec
tacular dash by the Fourth Ar
mored Division and the Goth In
fantry working together. T h {
Fourth also made the plunge tt
Worms, city of $4,000 which lies
Is miles north of the twin indus
trial cities of Mannheim and Lud
wigshafen.
Kaiserslautern, from which q
super-military highway runs 2;
miles east to the Rhine, was the
main supply point for Nazi forces
in the Saar-Rhine- Moselle area
Its loss meant the end of organic
ed enemy resistance west of the
Rhine, and the entire Saar Basin
upon which the Germans depend
ed for much of their coal supply
is lost.
Doughboys of the Both Division
drove into Kaiserslautern, and AL
lied pilots flying over the city re
ported its streets were lined with
people waving white flags as the
Americans sped through. Thu
plunge to the three German cities
in a single day aclipsed anything
accomplished by the Third Army
in its rampage across France,
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Health Board Plans Study
of Greatest County Fault

The Health Division of the Com
munity Chest and Council decided
yesterday to try to choose at its
next meeting the fault most suit
able for present remedial action
out of those mentioned by the
United States Public Health Serv-
ices recent survey-report as mar
ring the performance of the Con-
solidated Board of Health.
Selections from the report and
the Boards prepared commentary
on it's criticisms was read to the
division by DR.. A. H. Elliott, City
County health officer.
Gardner D. Greer, chairman of
the division, expressed the group S
intention to attack the problems
implied by the report, but suggest
ed that a better start could be
made after the survey of current
health agency functions, ordered at
the last meeting, had been COM
pleted.
To Mr.. Greer's inquiry as to
what shortcoming the Board of
Health considered most press
ing, DR.. Elliot replied that the
services of at least one additional
physician and a full-time sanitary
engineer were recognized by the
Board and pointed to by the re-
port as the chief present need.
The USPHS report, he said, had
recommended that several addi-
tional doctors be added to the
staff. Latest local efforts to Sc
cure even one, however, had run
afoul of State Health Board regu-
lations freezing available doctors
in their present locations, as well
as salary difficulty, he explain
ed.
An allied report-recommendation
for more nurses-six had been set
as the desidera tum-had encoun-
tered similar difficulties, it was
explained by Miss Columbia
Munds, of the Public Health Nurs-
ing service. Responding to an Of
fer by Mr.. Greer to get the divi-
sion "behind' an effort to secure
nurses, she said "a regards per-
sonnet, you can get behind, but
you can't push anything out in
'front.'. The local attempt to en-
ploy a supervisor has already run
two years unsuccessful course,
she said.
The possibility of securing medi-
cal and nursing personnel either
released by the Armed Services
or now located in non-defense
areas was agreed by the group
to be the "most hopeful, but not
very promising even so.
A brief discussion concerning
the feasibility and utility of ex-
panding the current High school
interest program, consisting of
annual talks to girl seniors by
private and public nurses, evoked
the decision that such action would
be 'long-view'' in nature and ir-
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Obituaries
MRS. DORA BRANCH

Funeral services for Mrs. Dora
Branch, who died at 4 a. m.
yesterday at her home, 6O4 South
Front street, were held at 4
p. m. yesterday at the Yopp funer-
al home by the Rev. c. D. Barclift.
Burial was in Bellevue GENE
terry.
Survivors are her daughter, Mrs.
B. F. Britain, one son, S. P.
Branch, and a niece, Mrs. F. w.
Gerken, all of Wilmington.
Active pallbearers were L. M.
Page, ]. N. jenkins, K. B. Groom,
A. P. Westbrook, Woodrow Nal
lard, H. B. Register.
Honorary pallbearers were Carl
B. Marshburn, Ben King, James
H. Westerman, Hardy Schulken,
Dick Mallard and E. M. West
brook.
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Try sprinking a bit Of nvt,,.
on buttered caultower.
tertalnment for the overse,, -,
Grams to be housed at Camp H.
Wis. Va
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the invasion of the Philippines a
Leyte last October.
In that battle, six enemy battle
ships, four heavy cruisers, ont
destroyer escort were sunk o.
damaged.
In June of 1914, in the first battle
of the Philippine Sea, Mitscher':
airmen located the Japanese
grand fleet apparently moving to
threaten the American invasion O.
Saipan, and sank or possibly sanl
eight warship. Not an American
ship was lost.
The defiant Pacific Fleet planes
twice raided Tokyo in February
with devastating effect, Wiping ou
667 japanese planes.
This startling report came in E
communique telling Of further
hopping up by the Marines on 1--we
lima and new air raids on Chich
lima in the Bonins and other tar
gets.
Admiral Mitscher, overall com
mander of the task force, said
only few days ago that the Jap
anese fleet could not now over.
whelm "even fraction of our
ever-growing fleet and said the
enemy's only sanctuary is the EN-.
pire's inland seas.
Those inland seas are where the
Americans found the japanese
fleet.
The attack came as sections OF
the Japanese homeland still smold.
cred from the first major beating
dealt inland sea cities by U. S. car.
rier planes. Mitscher's carrier
struck the southern homeland Sun.
day and Monday.
The attacks Monday on Kobe,
Japan's principal seaport ano
shipbuilding city already heavily
hit by Army Superforts, and Kure,
number one naval base on the in
land sea, gave increased destruc.
tive attention to the enemy's naval
building and repair centrs.
Tokyo radio said the American
task force made a daring penetra'
ton to within so miles of the Japa
nese mainland in the Sunday at
tack when the carrier filters hi
enemy aircraft bases and installa
tons on Kyushu / island, at the
southern end of the Nipponess
archipelago.
The Kure naval base was hi
Sunday by about $50 Yank carries
fighters and bombers, another
Japanese broadcast said, making
the unconfirrned claim that 4:
were definitely shot down by
Nipponese fliers. There was ne
mention of damage to the base.
Domei, the japanese news
agency, broadcast Nipponese i'm
perial headquarters claims thai
the American naval air attacks
were met by defending filters whe
shot down 1873 Yanks planes, sank
seven war ships and damaged an
other.
The enemy claims of destruc
ton, all unconfirmed, included two
American vessels of unknown
type" sunk Monday; one standard
carrier, one carrier or battleship
one battleship or cruiser and two
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Xdnk Carrier Planes Hit
Jan Fleet In Home Seas

destroyers, sunk Sunday, and one
standard carrier heavily damaged
The Japanese communicate said
some of the Japanese planes
''have not yet returned" from
their defense attacks, but gave nc
number. An earlier Tokyo broad.
cast said 20 Nipponese aircraft
were lost Sunday.
Fifteen or 16 aircraft carriers
were in the American task force,
which was divided into fiv e
groups, Tokyo radio said, placing
the Yanks' Sunday striking power
at 1,400 planes and at LOO in the
Monday attacks,
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relevant to the present personnel
problem.
The meeting was attended by
Miss Jennie Gibson, Miss Sue
Mcqueen, Mrs. Ida Speiden, Miss
Jennie Stout, the Rev. Mortimer
Glover, Miss Munds, DR.. Elliot,
Mr.. Greer and George L. Stearns,
executive secretary.
Earlier, DR.. Elliot, health Of
ficer, disclosed that the Consolida-
ted Board of Health is consider
ing the employment Of labora-
tory technician at the Sweeney
water plant.
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JOHN M. SPENCER

JOHN M. SPENCER
John NJ Spencer, 81, died at 7 40
am. today at his home in Garden
City.
He is survived by his widow,
Mary Neal Spencer; three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. w. G. Harris, of Swan
Quarter, 1t. Mary L. Spencer, of
Camp Rucker, Ala, and Miss Ju-
liza Spencer, Of st. PauPs; three
sons, Joe M, with the U. S. Navy
at Norton Heights, Conn, Sgt.
Warren G.. Spencer, with the Army
Air Corps in India, and Charles N.
Spencer at home; and five sisters,
all OF Hyde county, except Mrs. J.
F. Graham, Of Wilmington.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed, but services will
be held at Swan Quarter, where
Mr.. Spencer and his family resided
before moving to Wilmington five
years ago.
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RED CROSS AIDE
STRESSES NEED
Continued from Page One)

(OOut1uuCu 1IVlu dSC oACJ
his knowledge through study OF
books.
eff he needs recreation, let us
be sure he has equipment to play
games or books to read.
"Give in the spirit for which
Rotary stands and invest in the
future of the country.
keep your Red Corss at his
side"
Mr.. Bliss ended with an appeal
to citizens generally to help put
the drive over the top on schedule.
Earlier in the meeting, guests of
the club were introduced and a
letter was read from Albert E.
Robinson, of the Rotary Interna-
tional Service committee in Lon
don, in which he pleaded I'm
greater understanding of the valiant
British war effort. Mr. Robinson
enclosed two copies of British
white Paper which described
Britain's part in the war.
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MRS. r. F. GROOM
Funeral service for Mrs. r. F.
Groom, 81, of 319 South Sixth
street, will be held at 2:30 pm
today from the Yopp funeral home
Burial will be in the family plot
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. E. S. Buck, of Wilmington,
Mrs. J. H. Eakins, of Atkinson,
Mrs. S. M. Way, of Savannah. Ga.
and Mrs. I. J. King, Of Wilmington
and four sons, J. c., R. r., E. R..
and George w. Groom, all of Viii.
mington.
Active pallbearers will be Jim
Potter, Lewis a Gurganus, James
E. Fisher, H. L. Herring, John
Lewis and Joe Reaves.
Honorary pallbearers will be
John Resley, Porter Wagstaff, J.
M. Hall, Dio Lewis, Alton A. Len.
non, Wash King and c. L. Myers.
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WILL REFUSE

GASTONIA, March 20-4REThe
Cocker Machine and Foundry
company announced today it had
notified the War Labor board that
it would refuse to comply with
the WLB order requiring it to put
into effect a maintenance of union
membership policy in its shop. All
other directives OF the board will
be accepted, the company spokes-
man said.
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CHESTER LEE

LUMBERTON, March 20.-Ches-
ter Lee, 44-year-old farmer Of the
Center Church section of Lumber
ton, died at Sis pm. yesterday at
local hospital.
The son of the late Andrew and
Caroline Lee, Mr.. Lee is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Mae Parker Lee;
four sons, Andrew James, Robert
Earl, Ellis and Kenneth Neil Lee
and three daughters, Mrs. Earl
Caulder, Of Route 3, and Agnes
and Martha Ray.
Funeral services will be held at
g pm. tomorrow from the home
with the Rev. E. A. Paul, pastor
Of Smyrna Baptist church, official
ing. Burial will be in the Cox
family cemetery.
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SAN DIEGO. Calf March

SAN DIEGO, Calf, March 20
--U.D-Fifty nine Naval fiers to-
day were awarded medals for
heroism IN the South Pacific, the
Eleventh Naval district announc-
ed. The awards were presented
by Rear Adm. Alfred E. Mont
gomery, USN, commander of
Fleet Air, West Coast.