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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07

last letter. New members have
joined and in addition to the late
news, we've learned much of diff
ferent sections of North Carolina
and I'm sure they will be citi-
zens Of which any State may wei!
be proud. Some late arrivals in
clude, Capt. T. D. Litchfield, Au-
rora; Its. j. c. Spach, Winston
Salem; r. S. Porter, Charlotte;
R. c. Hefner, Hickory and N. L.
Gourley, of Burlington.
1--WE now have a membership OF
(deleteO the remainder of which
l will mention in another letter.
I'm very anxious to obtain a
list of all North Carolina prisoners
of war when 1 return home. 1 will
be grateful if you could get this
for me. l shall be happy to dis
cuss the P. o. w. situation with
you on my return to Wilmington.
1 hope by this time that you know
that our lifting stage" is just a
stage with an orchestra pit, and
that we aren't getting bow-legged
from the riding, because the last
opportunity I had for riding was
my last trip home. However. we
are getting along as we'll as can
be expected"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07
R0TARIANS HEAR
IF SCHOOL WORK

o,.o,1os B. Newcomb, secretary
C'4-, s3rer of the Wilmington
ana club for more than II
Ro's.' Yesterday resigned, and his
y ,Yaoe we're turned over to the new
du.eS Gardner Greer, at the regu-
olli's .oeting in the dining hall of
lar Triendly restaurant. Newcomb
tAe as his reason the pressing
saSe If other activities. which
QUIZ o if impossible to devote
fls a'ob time to his responsibilities
t s,'I the Rotary club.
n NJ Roland, superintendent
Il. obools was principal speaker.
.. ta1d Rotarians Of their import
NJ business men in connection
any, ~ maintaining complete coop
WIZ, .;on between Wilmington bust
s.a and professional men and the
nss s1;c school system. He pointed
p10- +bp Importance of New Han
o o,.ar HIGH School as a community
o 9.soo1 in preparing students for
Na a,notions and trades not requir-
w. wv special college or advance
work.
Do1snd emphasized that the CO.
. -' among local business
op' in connection with the voca-
, ..nol program of New Hanover
ng school has made Wilmington
ans of the outstanding communities
-; o.' Mis- field in the United States,
ID nointed out that frequently,
e eJ~ca+ional heads Of other schools
s s.r visited the local high school
Inv first hand information.
poland also presented statistics
=, adult education at the high
u. ..,ooI He emphasized the value
~ = raining war workers, pointing
vi. that the main purpose of the
w. .,s,oI was to serve the commun-
~ wv,
The speaker said that since Will
r,ngton was overcome by the pres
ere Of war production, and the
moreases of the population in New
Hanover county was noticeable,
M new rooms were built in the
p rntv schools. He said that
s.ndents from 48 states attended
school here. as we'll as one student
from Corregidor, in the Philippines.
There are teachers in New Han
over county from SO states, Roland
said
Earl Self and Walter Goldberg
we're junior Rotarians this month.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07
PRISONER WRITES
LOCAL RED CROSS

Explaining how some American
prisoners of war in Germany keep
in touch with their home town
and state, and acquire friends
from their own part of the coun-
try, 1t. M. F. Barnhill, of Hamp-
stead, has written the local chap
ter of the American Red Cross.
The men from this State, who
are located in the same prisoner
of war camp as Barnhill, have
formed what might be called a
North Carolina Prisoner of War
Club. This is the second letter that
Barnhill has written to Mrs. Spell
den of the local Red Cross chap
ter explaining the club. The letter
follows:
Dear Mrs. Speiden: I received
cable some time ago which my
mother says came through the
Red Cross. 1t was a relief for her
to know that I'm receiving her
letters. Now more about our club.
I'VE have done much since my
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07
Hitler Reported Planning
Lqst-Ditch War At Munich
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
great stocks of food and arma-
ments are being stored in caves
around Munich, it was reported.
There is rumor current in Ber-
lin diplomatic circles that several
Oh Nazis, including Reichsm ar
shall Hermann Goering, hope to use
King Leopold of Belgium and pos
Slbly Marshal Petain as hostages
IN deal for their own liberty.
Himmler and Hitler are not men,
toned among those reported ma
neuvering for their safety. Even
anti-Nazi Germans expect them to
light to the end. Hitler is believed
70 be in Berchtsgadn already.
Political differences are limited
IN the stories of some travellers
from Berlin that Himmler and
yolkssturm leaders are to direct
me defense of Berlin without Ar
my participation. The Berlin mill
lary commander is not included in
me Berlin defense council, al
hough this may mean only that he
mas moved closer to the Oder with
his troops.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07
JUST HAD TO BE GOOD

RIVERTON, Wyo., Feb. g.
UP)-Cpl. Edward L. Bogacz,
with the armed forces in Bel
GUM, wrote his wife in Riverton
that ne ate turkey dinner out
OF a can and that it tasted ex-
ceptionally good, because he felt
sure that his mother packed it.
The canned turkey came from a
firm in Omaha, Neb., where his
mother works, packing chicken
and turkey for the armed forces
overseas.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07
COURTESY POLICY A HIT

FURT WAYNE, Ind, FEB. o.
(UP)-Government agents, attor-
neys and newspaper reporters con-
slider Alexander M. Campbell, U.
S. District Attorney, lone in a
Million To them especially
Campbell has extended an "open
door policy" and they do not have
to wait a minute to see him when
they enter MS outer office-no
matter how busy he seemingly is.
His reason for this treatment is,
Il know how busy you are and
every minute 1 can save you may
help me in the long rum
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07

and Mrs 0. G. Sanford, of Is Hud-
son drive, he went overseas in
June. 1914. He was a member of
the 83rd Division and had been in
action about two weeks.
His wife is the former Miss Grace
Mcdaniel. of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
DON'T JUST ASK
FOR ASPIRIN

always ask for it by name. st. Joseph
Aspirin, worlds largest seller at ten
cents. You can't buy aspirin that can
do more for you. There's none faster,
none better, none more dependable.
Why pay more? Always be sure you
demand genuine st. Joseph Aspirin.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07

~ llOil, o(SOANAAiS
20 notification re-
ceived yesterday
from the War De-
partment by his
family.
1t pr e V i ously
had b e e n an
nounced that he
was S eri o u S ly
wounded January
: Il.
The son Of Mr..
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-07
Ii. Oscar N. Sanford,
Local Man, Dies From
Wounds On West Front

First 1t. Oscar holland Sanford,
Of Wilmington. died in Belgium
Jer~a~y Is of wounds received in
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
Seating Capacity
To Be Doubled
For April Rodeo

Confident that the coming Impe-
rial Valley Roundup, set for April
20, 81 and % at the Imperial County
Fairgrounds, will attract thousands
CT persons, the grounds committee,
under direction of Ned Moretii,
chairman, Monday was planning to
enlarge the seating capacity in Or
der to accommodate fully 5000 spec
tators at each performance. The
present seating capacity is 2200
Rodney Clarke and Lee Percival are
serving on the grounds committee
and at least che other member is to
be named.
The new goodwill committee was
functioning Monday, consisting of
F.. H. Mitchell, chairman; AL Missil-
dine and Everett Shaw This COM
mittee will visit other communities
and enlist their support and CO.
operation, it was explained by Harry
Free, chairman of the program COM
mittee.
Free further explained that con-
teStantS for queen of the roundup,
and who win a community contest,
will be given the title of Miss of
her particular community.
Students of the art class at Ell
Centre High school are taking keen
interest in the rcdeo poster contest.
The rodeo advertising posters are
to be sketched and painted by the
students, who will compete for prizes
in war stamps of ST so IS and 50 so
The posters will be 18 by "a inches.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
SovietS
Near
Stettin
Victory Gives
Reds Flank
Move on Berlin

LONDON, Mar. 19. up
Russian siege forces have
driven almost a mile into the
main dafenses of Altdamm,
fortress city on the east bank
of the Oder before Stettin,
the Germans reported Mon
day.
The Soviet assault on the last
German toehold east of the lower
Oder at Altdamm entered its final
phase. Russian victory there will
secure Marshal Gregory K. Zhu-
kov's flank for the big push on
Berlin.
Moscow dispatches reported that
after the capture of the big port
of Kolberg, SO miles northeast of
Stettin, the Baltic coast was clear
from Stettin Bay to the suburbs of
besieged Gdynia.
Soviet dispatches said fighting
went on unabated along the cen
tral Oder front before Berlin and
in Silesia, although the Red army
command still withheld confirma-
! ton of Nazi reports that the Rus
lSianS were across the Oder in
force and gathering strength for a
frontal assault on the capital
| Ernst Won Hammer, Berlin radio
commentator, said Zhukov had
thrown fresh infantry into the
attack on the Altdamm bridge
head. The Russians attacked as
many as Is times in separate Sec
tors before the town, Won Hammer
said, without forcing a substan-
tial change in the tactical situa-
ton"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
Warren
Loses
Round
Assembly Kills
Move for
Early Tax Vote

SACRAMENTO Mar. 19.
(UP)-The assembly Mon
day defeated a motion to
bring tax reduction bills ia
vored for early passage by
Gov. Earl Warren to a vote
on Thursday.
of a motion to set the bills as a
special order of business with "A
votes needed for adoption. Official
tally Cf the vote was held up by
technical call of the house" pro-
ceedings.
The vote later was announced
without change. There was no i'm
mediate move to propose delay
on the bill and it will be ready for
action Tuesday.
MAY BE LATER
However, sponsors SaiG it prob
ably would not be taken up until
Wednesday or Thursday and said
they would not ask that outside
testimony on the measure be al
lowed as originally proposed
The motion was opposed by spon-
sors of proposal to grant state
funds to local governments, and by
several Democrat aSsemblymen.
1t was made by Walter j. Fourt
CRD Ventura, chairman of the as
sembly revenue and taxation COM
nlittee and author of the tax reduc-
tion bill which would continue for
two more years reductions in sales,
income and bank anG corporation
taxes voted in 1913
Fourt said he would, if his motion
was approved, ask that the assem-
bly hear opposition to the tax bill
in committee of the whole.
There has never been the Slight
est thought in the minds of those
handling the bill to exclude any
one from expressing themselves, -
he declared
However, Thomas Werdel (R.D
Bakersfield, a co-author of the tax
bill, said he believed the issue
Continued on Page 6, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
Tokyo Admits Two
Lost TO Marines

GUAM, MartA 10. UP) - The
Japanese wrcte off Two as lost Mon
day.
A Tokyo broadcast said the last
survivCrs CT the japanese garrison
opened their Ilnal attack Saturday
midnight and acknowledged that
nothing further had been heard
from the island.
A Pacific fleet communique sale
marines were mopping up isolated
Japanese remnants in the rugged
northern part of the conquered is
land.
Some japanese have donned the
uniforms OF marine dead, the COM
munique said. One Japanese sc
dressed stopped an American ambu-
lance, shot and wounded the drivei
I'D escaped. Snipers still were ac-
tive. .iH1H;
F'ifty-one Superfortresses were
revealed to have made emergency
LANDINGS on captured airstrips on
Two because of low gasoline sup
plies or engine troubles.
Amy fighters, presumably from
I've, bombed and strafed barges and
radio and radar activities on Chichi
just north of Two. Army Liberators
bombed Chichi airfield.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
Housing Dearth
Remains Acute

There is no immediate relief in
sight for the housing situation in
Ell Centro, according to Tom Finney
Imperial county representative OF
the war manpower commission. Fin
ney recently completed a study OF
the situation here, which he des-
cribes as being acute. and report
ed his findings to me VINO at Los
Angeles. asking that 200 housing
units be built here and be ready by
autumn when the influx of migra-
tory workers starts.
Finney's request, however, is re-
ported to have been tabled and UNI
less a change is made, Ell Centre
will not be accorded housing reliei
at this time. The 200 units pro-
posed by Finney would accommodate
approximately 500 persons, far shor
of the actual number of units need
ed, but would afford a measure OF
relief, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
Valley Asparagus
Goes East in
Airline Freighter

Six thousand pounds of Imperial
Valley grown asparagus was enroute
by air to Pittsburgh, Pa, Monday.
Consigned by the Ralph E Myers
company. the plane cargo, Via Am
erican Airlines was packed by the
I v. Asparagus Growers associa-
ton.
The shipment, the second full
plane cargo from the Valley was
taken aboard the plane at Palm
Springs and tool. eff at am. Mon
day.
Last week the Myers company
shipped 5000 pounds of vine ripened
tomatoes, grown and packed by
Arthur Pillman, of Calipatria. This
cargo left from the El Centro Marine
air corps base. The plane put down
at Cleveland at 10:30 pm. the day
of shipment and reports from the
airlines said the tomatoes arrived
in good condition and speedily were
distributed to customers.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
LEST WE FORGET
HoItviIIe
Officer
Dies in War

First Lieutenant Lee Allen Har-
ris, %, son of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A
Harris of Holtville, died in Ger
many March from wounds suf-
fered in action.
The official war department
message of death was received
by his parents during the week
end. He was wounded while serv-
ing with a ninth army infantry
division.
The young officer went over
seas last January 25 and was in
France anc Belgium before en-
tering the fight in Germany.
He was one of Holtville's best
known young residents, having
attended elementary and high
school there. When he was a
senior he was high school student
body president. He was active in
athletics and was all-valley full
back one year. He attended the
University of California at Los
Angeles, earning his way through
college as he had done through
the high school. He continued his
athletic activities in college also.
He was in Reserve Officers Train
ing and when he was a college
senior, taking a pre-legal course,
was called into the army.
In September of 1943 he was
commissioned a second lieuten-
ant and became a first lieuten-
ant a year ago this month. He
was an administrative officer at
FIT. Benning, Georgia and coach
ed and took part in athletics
while there.
Survivors include his parents;
and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Hesse,
living in the family home at
Holtville; and Miss Betty Harris.
Mrs. Hesses husband is over
seas.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
Negro Confesses
Staying, Other
Crimes, Police Say

SAN FRANCISCO, Marrh 19.
CUP)-Louis Jackson, 53-year-old
Negro parolee from San Quentin
prison, has confessed the Staying of
Winifred Cecil, navy bus driver,
last January 4, police reported Mon
day.
After almost 10 hours of grilling
at the Hall of Justice, homicide de-
tectives said, jackson broke down
and admitted not only the murder
of Miss Cecil, but also the shooting
of Police Sgt William Albrecht here
Saturday night, and several other
crimes, including the rape of a IA
year-olo girl.
ARRESTED In iHEATER
Jackson was arrested in the Peer
less theater after, police said, him.
self phoning southern station that
the murderer of Miss Cecil and the
man who shot Sgt. Alorecht during
tavern holdup, was there.
A squad of police raided the the
ater, switching on lights and halt
ing She showing of the movie. Jack
son, who had been questioned earli-
er about the shooting of Sgt AL
brecht after someone told the police
he was implicated, was seized and
taken to the Hall of Justice.
Captain of Inspectors Bernard
Mcdonald said that Jackson at first
maintained his innocence, then con-
fesSec at 3 am. Others present at
the grilling were District Attorney
Edmund G.. Brown and Inspector
Frank Ahern.
Mcdonald said Jackson also con-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
j. 5. Subs Sink
Fifteen More
Japanese Ships

WASHINGTON, March 10, CUP)
American submarines have sunk
is more japanese ships, includ-
ing five combat vessels, the navy
announced Monday
The comoal craft included three
destroyers and two escort vessels.
The other victims were one large
tanker, one large cargo transport,
seven cargo vessels, and one med
ium transport.
The total Of enemy ships sunk
by American submarines now is
lC72, including 1T warships.
American undersea craft have
repor ed destruction of 81 enemy
vessels already this month--an av-
erage of more than one a day.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
ForInosa Blasted
With 800 Tons
Of Heavy Missiles

MANILA, lMarci 10, CUP)-Am-
erican Liberators bombed Formosa
for the fifth consecutive day Friday,
unloading a record 300 tons of high
explosives on the island fortress
without interception, it was anounc-
ed Monday
More than 70 of the heavy bomb
erS, flying from new Philippines
bases, carried out the latest phase
of the campaign to neutralize For
mosa, only TOO miles southwest of
Japans home islands.
In the five days of raids, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur bombers have
dumped a total of 825 tons of bombs
on air bases and vital war plants on
the island, lying strategically be-
tween the northwest conner of the
Philippines and the China coast.
The japanese failed to put up a
interceptor against the last attack,
which started large fires at the
Heito and Okayama air bases and
the supply and repair shops near
Taihoku. The raid followed an as
sault the previous day by Thunder
boltbolt fighter-bombers on the cleo
trio plant at Toxic, on Formosa' s
southern tip.
Another contingent of Liberators
at the same time spread 337 tons
through the Japaneses defenses at
Baguio, former Philippines summer
capital in nor hern Luzon where
American troops were steadily COM
pressing the enemy forces.
MacArthur's communique report
ed continued gains by his troops
throughout the Luzon campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
GE mans FL RHI(E AN D
Treaty Backers
Must Wait on
Williams Debate
Coalition of Southern
Democrats, COP
Lays Water Pact Aside

WASHINGTON, Mar. 10.
(UP)-A coalition of senate
Republicans and Southern
Democrats Monday defeated
administration forces in the
first senate test on nomina2
ton of Aubrey Williams to
be rural elactrification adj
ministratOr. 4
The test came on motion to lay
aside temporarily the proposed Mex
lean water treaty and take up the
Williams nomination. The motion
was approved by vote of SO to 33.
The immediate consideration of
Williams nomination was favored
generally by those seeking to defeat
him.
Democratic Leader Alben w. Bar
kley, Kentucky. urged the senate
to continue with the water treaty.
II don't suppose Mr.. Williams
most ardent friend would take the
position that his nomination is of
more Importance than the treaty,
he said. The senate would put it
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19

Mainz and Ludwigshafen.
The entire Saar front between
Patton's troops along the Maize and
the north bound U. S. Seventh army
was in chaos. Third army tanks
we're plunging far behind the enemy
ines to ambush and destroy Ger
man troop columns, and swarms of
Allied fighter-bombers were whip
'ashing the retreating Nazis with
bombs and gunfire.
PattonS fourth armored division
captured Bad Kreuznach, eigh.
miles south of Bingen, and speareo
eastward to within Ia miles south
west of Mainz. Ten miles to the
southwest, the fourth captured the
Nahe crossing town of Sobernheim,
where they were 40 miles due north
# Seventh army troops attacking
Pirmasens.
Other Third army forces cutting
diagonally across the path of the
fourth armored from the northwest
reached ST. Wendell, II miles from
Seventh army troops maSsed before
Cddi ~ uCChCll 4NOi GilCdoI VI oG.
Wendell, Pattons troops were %
miles from the Seventh army posi-
ions at Zweibruecken.
GERMANS COLLAPSE
With the U. S. Seventh army
plowing ahead in giant strides
through the Siegfried line fortifica-
tionS COVERING the southern rim of
the Saar, the whole German posi-
ton in the industrial basin appear
ed to be collapsing.
Field dispatches said the roads
leading eastward from the pocket
formed by the converging Third
and Seventh armies were jammed
with tens of thousands of civilian
refugees and retreating Nazi troop
Continued on Page 6 Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
Moon and Star
Slate Meeting

Ell Centrans may witness one Of
the spectacular events of the skies
Tuesday at pm. if they will take
the trouble to do a bit of star-gaz-
ing. At that moment, the moon, at
full first quarter and the planet
Saturn will "graze" each other In
passing in the western sky.
While the spectacle will not equal
the conjunction of Venus and the
moon last December 18, it will be
we'll worth seeing. The December
meeting came when the moon was
a tiny crescent and Venus appears
so much larger than Saturn that
the show nature put on then was
magnificent.
While watching the nioon-Saturn
performance, a switch of the eye
to the east, and one may see Jupi-
ter in the mid horizon and, of
course, Venus somewhat above the
western horizon offers another thrill.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
LdGudrdid's Curfew Defv
Fails to Start Stampede

WASHINGTON, March 10, (UP)
Mayor F.. H. LaGuardia of New
York appeared Monday to be going
it alone for the present in his
defiance of the governments mid
night curfew.
Mayors and officials of many
other cities said that they would
stick by the midnight closing. This
eaSed somewhat the fears of Of
ficials that the defiance would be-
come epidemic, but they still were
much concerned over the situation
in the nations largest city.
LaGuardia Sunday announced
that he had extended New York s
public drinking to 100 a. m. He
acted on his own authority, with
out consulting Washington.
Reports from Detroit, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Cleveland, Ka S
City, San Francisco, Boston, Los
Angeles, and Pittsburgh said that
these cities would stick by the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-19
Burglars Loot
Rural Home

Burglars Sunday night took val
liable jewelry and clothing from the
home of A. Toprahanian two and a
half miles south of El Centro, the
loot including fur coat valued at
1900.
Toprahanian told Sheriff Robert
w. Ware that the missing articles
included a gold topped fountain pen,
a television type table radio, an
electric clock, an expensive loung-
ing ensemble, a silver jewel case,
two mems shirts, three packages OF
cigarettes, $40 in pennies, $5 in
dimes, beige coat sweater, and
jewelry consisting of an amethyst
bow knot, an amethyst clip, a plat
mum ring setting, and a mans old
Cushioned gold watch.