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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
RANKIN CHALLENGES
SPECTATOR TO HISS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-UP)-
Rep. John E. Rankin. O-Miss)
carried his fight with the National
Lawyers Guild to the House floor
today, assailing it as lone of the
m o st dangerous Communist
fronts in the country.
He replied to charges by Mar
tin Pepper, Guild executive secre-
tary, that he was anti-United Ma
tons, anti-Semitic, anti-Negro and
anti-labor. Pepper also had asked
the House to appoint members of
''unimpeachable DEVOTION to the
newly created House Committee
on un-American Activities which
Rankin engineered.
In a 45-minute House speech,
Rankin denied the charges n d
quoted a report of the old Dies
Committee on un-American Activ-
tiles asserting that the Guild was
Communist-controlled and that
Pepper had denounced the Selec-
tive Service Act in 1910.
He accused Pepper of seeking
to stack the new committee with
men of his own choosing L.
stead, he said, the group will be
composed of real Americans.
Hearing noise which he
thought was a hiss. Rankin turn
ed to the Democratic side of the
aisle and said
Did one of you here do that? l
lust dare YOU to-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
rs Captured Yar1k Medics Help
Tend Nazi And DUN Wounded

1t. Joseph w. Reynolds, Duns-
muir, Calf, as doctor; Second 1t.
Schwartz, Pittsburg, as medical
administrative officer; Sgt.
George Ecker, Hartford, Conn.
Chevalier, two ambulance drivers
and 10 aidsmen.
The first patients were about 30
Germans and seven Americans
Chevalier said, but 1.-The German
doctor and Reynolds were handling
the patients according to how bad
ly they were wounded rather than
by nationality, and the aidsmen
were doing the same thing The
Germans used Red Cross flags
from American jeeps, and com
blned German American litter
bearer teams went out together in
search of wounded.
Chevalier said the Germans
treated him well, leaving untouch-
ed his purse with $500 in marks
and francs. They asked h i'm
whether a bulge in his hip pocket
was a grenade, and took his word
that it was flashlight-which it
was.
The Germans thought, mistaken
ly, that they held Reipertswiller.
east of Wingen. They sent Cheva-
lier and German medical cor
roral to the American lines to try
to arrange passage for captured
U. S. trucks full of German
wounded from Wingen, through
Wimmenau, held by the Ameri-
cans, to Reiperswiller. They offer
ed in return to release Reynolds,
Schartz, Chevalier, and seven
American wounded.
With the two men yelling at
troops of their own sides in warn
ing, the mission got to the head
quarters Of Chevalier's colonel. He
did not want the Germans to know
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
SOLDIER CHARGES
COMPANION WITH
NOBLEMAN'S DEATH

ATTLEBRIDGE, England, Jan.
8-tR-An American soldier told
an Army courtmartial today that
his companion en- a hunting trip,
charged with numbering Sir Eric
Teichman, shot at the retired dip
lomat and expert On the Orient,
and later said II should have shot
him again.
The accused, Pvt. George E.
Smith, Jr., of Pittsburgh, plead
ed innocent.
Pvt. Leonard Wojtacha of De-
troit, the prosecution chief wit
ness, testified Smith fired mis- car
bine at the elderly, hunchbacked
Teichman, and that the two SOL
diers walked away leaving him in
the woods on Sir Eric's estate near
here
They were shooting at squirrels
when the old man approached and
asked their names, Wojtacha told
the crowded courtroom. He quoted
Smith as saying, "get back, pop"
THE next thing I knew gun
was fired and 1 heard a shot" he
continued.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
WAR LEADERS
HONOR RAMSEY

ALLIED NAVAL HEADQUAR-
TIERS in Europe, Jan. 8. - (Pt -
Leading figures of the European
war theater paid their last re-
spects today to Admiral Sir Ber-
tram Ramsay, Allied naval COM
mander in chief on the Western
Front, and four other persons who
died with him in an air crash
January 2.
General Eisenhower, Alfred Duff
Cooper, British envoy to France;
First Sea Lord Admiral Andrew
Browne Cunningham, commander
of the Fleet; and 1t. Gen. Pierre
Koenig. military governor OF Pa
ris, were among mourners as the
collins draped with the Union Jack
were lowered into graves.
Eisenhower and the others
marched in the funeral pro-
cession behind a French naval
band.
Paubearers included Commodore
Mansergh, Ramsay's deputy chief
of staff on D-Day; 1t. Gen. Carl
Spaatz, commander of U. S. Stra-
tegic Air Forces in Europe; Vice
Admiral Alan G. Kirk, commander
of the Western Task Force on D.
DAY, and Vice Admiral lie Honnier
of the French Navy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
THREE KILLED, IL
HURT IN EXPLOSION
OF BOMB CARRIER

LUTON, England, Jan. 8-R-
Three persons were killed and II
injured today in blast that devas-
tated the countryside near here
when a U. S. Army truck laden
with 20 high explosive bombs col
lided with a civilian truck.
There was a five-minute inter-
val between the collision and the
explosion. The trucks hardly more
than grazed each other at a sharp
turn 80 miles west of London but
the impact was enough to set the
delicate bomb mechanisms to op-
Grating.
In the interval, Cpl higgins
Earle, six-foot Negro driver of
the Army truck, ran a quarter Of
mile down the rural road alarm
ing the countryside with the cry:
'bombs, bombs, take cover"
All the casualties were passeng-
ers on the Luton-Hitchin bus,
which had stopped near the scene.
Thirteen of the injured, some Am
erican soldiers, we're hospitalized.
One of the dead also was an Am
erican.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
BY CLINTON B. CONGER

WITH THE U. S. 7TH ARMY,
WESTERr. FRONT, Jan. 8-UP)
For two days, a 25-man Ameri-
can medical unit taken prisoner
by the Germans worked side by
side with the medical men of their
captors in the battlefront town of
Wingen while the combat troops
of both armies piled up the work
for them in fighting within and
outside of the town.
Sgt. Charles Chevalier, former
Bridgeport, Conn.,, dairy employe
told the story, in which were
mingled warming incidents of in
ter-enemy cooperation for the ben
eft of wounded men, and of the
horror of American witnesses
watching their tanks shell build
ing in which American captives
of the Germans were penned.
The story began at daybreak
last Thursday, when a force of
German troops who had infiltrat-
ed American lines on the confused
IldIuC 1llOQllGdlIi IL OI1I Wv tl dill
Wingen, site of an American bat
talon headquarters where Cheva-
her was working. 1t ended last
Friday afternoon when American
tank and infantry units broke in
to Wingen, rescued part of the
American prisoners and captur-
ed some of their captors.
The Germans, who had only a
few medical men and almost no
equipment, separated the Ameri-
can aidmen from combat troops as
soon as Wingen was in their hands.
The Americans rescued some of
their equipment from their battal-
ion aid post, set afire in the initial
fighting, and both sides set up
shop in schoolhouse with Ger
man doctor in command.
The Americans included First
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

that Reipertswiller w held by
Americans, so he offered to, let
the Germans evacuate the I
wounded to an American hospital.
The German corporal refused
and the jeep went back to Win
gen with load of medical sup.
plies. But not until Chevaller had
told the colonel that S. Americans
we're held captive on the second
floor of the schoolhouse, and that
others were in nearby church
Five minutes after Chsvaller
and the corporal returned, an at
tack on Wingen began. 1t made
little progress and Wingen W
shelled that night and the next
day, ''but just seemed to ring our
building without touching it."
About pm. Friday, Chevalle1
heard tank motor nearby. Sud
denly the tank fired three or four
rounds into the building and Rey'
nolds, Schartz, Ecker, Chevalie1
and nine other aidsmen ripped
open the cellar door ana ran To-
ward two tanks parked about sc
feet away.
II felt pretty bad and figured
that after these three or four
shells most of the prisoners were
dead or seriously wounded" Chew.
alier siad.
But the next day he met al
American major who had been ir
Wingen and escaped when an
American patrol caught German
unit which was trying to move
the Americans to the rear. The
major said just one man was kill
ed and one wounded by the shells
The two tanks were knocked ou
t wo minutes after Chevalier' s
group escaped.
Chevalier also saw the German
doctor a prisoner behind the Amer.
ioo,, I1oec
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

and having my head sting from the
warm salt water"
Fifteen days afterward, Pyle 5
head still bore seven-inch cash.
Harold L. Lee, 26, Dunbar, w.
Va, the ships steward, also sur
vived the gantlet by diving over
board, as did Robert c. Butler, %,
Mccain, Calf, member of the
Navy gun crew.
A. L. Howard, Albany, Calf, a
civilian technician for the Navy
was being led back to run the CANT
let when the crash-dive saved him.
While the men were in the water,
Royal Canadian Air Force planes
dropped MAE Vests and cans OF
food and water to them.
At dawn July 4, after one full
day and two nights in the water.
Gussac told the men on his raft:
Fellows, I think it is time for
a prayer. All I know are, a few
Jewish prayers that I learned
when I was boy. But, if you all
agree, I am willing to say a little
prayer now"
Gussac prayed and when he got
through I'VE all said amen in
unison"
The rescue ship, a craft of the
Ceylonese navy commanded bv
British officers, reached them
few hours later. 49,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
GET JOBS
DURING DECEMBER

Activity in the Wilmington Of
fees of the United States Employ
ment Service has increased con-
siderably since January /, with
more than 1900 persons calling at
the Grace street office last week,
according to the report issued yes
terday by Peter A. Reavis, super
vising interviewer in charge.
More than 1880 persons were
placed on jobs during December,
of which 952 actually were placed
by the Employment office and 302
assisted by it to jobs requiring
clearance by War Manpower Com
mission labor sterilization poll
cies, Reavis said.
Since July l, 1914, the Whining
ton offices have interviewed over
SO, 900 persons, referred over $500
to job openings, and placed ap-
proximately 10000 persons on To-
cal jobs, he continued.
During December, more than
4, lUU persons WcIS IllIC1 V1SWSN, q
number of them seeking state
ments of availability from this
area in order to work in other
localities.
Approximately 1000 persons
were referred to local jobs and
1877 of these were to jobs either
carrying high priority rating on
1nanpower or otherwise essential
to the war effort, he continued
adding that 81 persons were re.
ferred to jobs elsewhere and 81
persons were reported as placed
in jobs elsewhere. All these were
for work in war plants with high
priority rating on manpoWer ane
for work in the must program
Offices covered by this report
are Wilmington's white office, al
I'LL Grace street, Wilmington
Negro office at $40 Red Cross
street, and the branch office al
Whiteville, which serves Columbus
county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
SALTONSTALL IN D. {.
TO LEARN AND NOT TO
MAKE NEWS, HE AYERS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-(UPj-
Leverett Saltonstall. freshman
senator from Massachusetts, open-
ed the windows in his office to-
day, invited the press in and then
told the shivering reporters Il
amt here to make news; I'm
down here to learn
The former Republican governor
from the Bay state is not yet a
full senator, but he will become
one Wednesday when he takes the
oath of office in the Senate cham
ber.- He will be sponsored by Sen.
David I. Walsh, CD the senior
senator from his State.
Apologizing for. his being so
newsless," Saltonstall said he had
only one brief statement-the one
he had used during h S Senate
campaign:
Il believe we should have the
will to cooperate with other ma
lions and if we have the will, we
should find the way"
Saltonstall and his wife arrived
by train this morning and were
met at the station by their daugn-
Ter Emily, second class seaman
in the WAVES. Unlike many new
Congressional arrivals, he had
home waiting for him.
He found his lameplate already
on the doo~ of his Senate office,
courtesy he had not expected,
and he said that his only worry at
the present time was that he
would forget he was a senator.
Il keep referring tc myself on
the telephone as governor and
mister',' he said. Il guess Ill
have to get over that
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
JAPS TORTURE
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were relayed to the Royal Air
Force patrol plane station. Sub
sequently the approach Of Raj
patrol planes forced the submarine
to craSh-dive.
After the torpedoing, the sub
marine surfaced and ordered sur
vivors aboard.
The first man to climb on the
submarines decks, a 17-year-old
meSsman, who was making his
first voyage. was led to the bow,
shot in the back and tossed over
board
AS the others climbed aboard,
they were stripped of watches,
rings, wallets, Identification tags,
and shoes. They were bound and
taken forward where they were
forced to sit facing the bow with
heads bowed.
Capt. John J. Gussac, A, Brook
lyn, N. Y, Military Police Of
ficer who was en- route to an as
signment in India, was in a life
raft alongside the submarine.
When reached the submarine, t"
he reported "a grinning Jap offer
ed me his hand. l was jerked
aboard, and before 1 knew it, I had
been stripped of my watch and
ring and had my hands lashed be-
hind me with rope"
Gussac said the Japanese form
ed rows of two to six men in a
row. Along the deck were sub
marine crew members armed with
bayoneted guns and iron pipes.
Among them was a Japanese who
spoke English and said he had
attended San Francisco Junior
College. The men said he was pro-
ficient with an iron pipe.
Among the civilian Liberty ship
passengers had been man who
had been repatriated on the ex-
change ship "Gripsholm' after
several months in Japanese
prison camp. When the submarine
commander learned the name of
the torpedoed craft, he asked for
this man, presumably having in
formation that he was aboard. He
went down into the submarine and
was not again seen by the others.
At one time more than 80 men
were on the submarine. If any man
lifted his head, he was beaten.
The submarine commander ad-
dressed his captives.
"You are now my prisoners of
war" he said. Let this be a les
son to you that Americans are
weak. You must realize that Japan
will rule the world. You Aneri-
cans were stupid for letting your
leaders take you to war. Do you
not know that the entire American
fleet is now in the bottom of the
Pacific?"
The submarine circled the found
ering Liberty ship and several men
were washed overheard, including
Carl Rosenbaum, 26, a Merchant
Marine crew member from Crook
at, Calf, who survived after swim
ming until dawn with his hands
bound.
The ships officers were led to
the coming tower. They were new
err seen again. The largest of those
left were then led aft and beaten
and bayonetted
Charles E. Pyle, "a, Lodi, Calf,
first assistant engineer, said "a
short Jap started off by giving
me crack in the head with a
blackjack"
He then pushed me down the line
where the others each got crack
in,' he said. Il saw this one guy
standing at the end with a bayonet.
I thought, I'll be damned if he is
going to ram me, and I broke
away. made dive for the
water. The next thing I remember
is coming to a few minutes later
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
Community Chest Board
Plans Special Meeting

A special meeting of the Com
munity Chest board OF directors
for the consideration of two pro-
posed amendments to the constltu-
ton will be held at 4 p. m. Thurs
day the Rev. Walter B. Freed,
president of the chest SAID yes
terday
In addition to proposal to
change the date of the annual
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
Kidneys Must
Clean QutA(idS

Do you suffer from Gett1nR Up Nlghts,
Backache, Nervousness, Leg Pains, Dizzi-
ness, Swollen Ankles, Rheumatic Pains,
old and rundown, due to non-organic and
non-systemic Kidney and Bladder troubles?
If so, here is good news: The very flrst dose
of cystex "a physicians prescription usu-
ally goes right to work helping the Kidneys
flush out excess acids and wastes which may
have caused your trouble. So take Cystex
exactly as directed and watch for quick help
and rapid increase in pep, more youthful
feeling and JOY Of living. cystex must sur
prise and delight you and satisfy completely
or Baet IS
another day without trying cystex-enIy
35e, Tear this out: take to your drHa0tst; be
sNye to act guaranteed Cystsx.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
TUESDAY, JANUARY q San

meeting from February 10 J..
uary. the only other major cbsS. IN
contemplated would provide f,a
liked number of directors.at.lor.
elected for three year terms "
Minor amendments also M
consideration include new arFi, ta
defining the specific duties =, ~
ectors, officers and constjtrti. YIN
committees. '''''t
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

Bottles were used for the first
time in England during the eight
zenith century for the purpose of
maturing wine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

Benjamin Franklin, among his
other accomplishments, invented
the harmonica.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

During the Civil War, the num-
Der of mowers manufactured to
offset the enlistment of farm la
Dor more than tripled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

Margaret Mitchell wrote the last
part of Gone With The Wind"
before the first part.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
If Your Child
Is Coughing

Creomulsion relieves promptly be.
cause it goes right to the seat OF the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender, In
famed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
Z bottle Of Creomu1sion with the
understanding that your child is to
be benefited and you are to like its
quick action In aHaying the har-
RAISING cough without upsetting the
stomach or you are to have your
money back. No narcotics.
CIRCUMCISION
for Coughs, Chest Colds. Bronchitis
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

Bear-baiting, once eoo,...
English sport, was prohibitsd ' =,
Parliament. in 1885, y
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-10-13
ATLANTA film CENSOR BANS
LIMITATION Of LIFE" REVIVAL

ATLANTA, Oct. 13 (ANP)-
The 1884 screen attraction "Imita-
tion of Life" staring Louise Bea-
vers and Fredi Washington, has
been banned from Atlanta by Miss
Christine Smith, white city film
censor, on ground that it is "con-
trary to the god order of the COM
munity" in it's treatment of the ra-
cial question.
The ban came after Paramount
theater, which has no space for Ne
gro patronage, had asked permis-
sion for its run.
The situation brought about by
the daughter in the film in crossing
over to the white race after finding
it more advantageous to her gen.
eral living is the part of the film
to which Miss Smith and the board
objected. The objection states that
the actress attempts, unsuccessful
ly to "cross the line"
The ban given by Miss Smith had
the unanimous approval of the
board of trustees of the Carnegie
library of Atlanta, under which
board her office functions. City law
empowers the library board the
right to approve or disapprove of
all public entertainment in Atlanta.
The ultimatum aroused much
criticism since the film was ap-
proved when it was presented in
the city in 1945 to record-breaking
showings. At that time, following
the premiere showing at the Fox
theater, it moved to neighborhood
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Southern" wa sapproved for At
lanta showings, however.
Several Georia cities were cur
rently showing limitation of Life"
nevertheless. It has shown in near
by Marietta.
Mayor Hartsfield was repeatedly
out of the city at the screening
for censor board members and had
no comment when contacted later.
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theaters and still brought packed
audiences.
Local officials Of the Universal
Pictures company, Inc, owners,
Immediately conferred with their
attorneys after having learned of
the ban. Their attorneys commun-
icated with Universals chief coun-
sci in New York by telephone.
City laws exact penalty of $500
for each showing of picture that
does not bear the censor's stamp Of
The censor was given a private
screening of the picture about four
days before announcement of the
ban. Her open rejection led to an
other showing for the library board
members, at which time they voted
unanimously to uphold the ban as
given by Miss Smith. Attorneys
and their wives saw a third screen
ing of the film afterwards.
UniversaPs branch manager said
that the ban was mot justifiable,"
stating that at the time it was
shown in Atlanta in 1885 mo pro-
tests against it were heard He de-
clared that Atlanta was the first
city of the south to take such action
against the picture, which has en-
joyed profitable runs in other parts
of the country. Since Atlanta made
its assertion, Lloyd Binford, Off
cial censor of Memphis, took SINH
lar action, according to reports.
The Memphis censor had become
nationally known before, however,
when he banned "Brewster's Mil
lions" and 'The Southerner," be-.
cause, he said, they presented the
south in an unfavorable light. '"The
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-10-13
RESIDENT dies

James Mundy, 95, native of
Kentucky, died at his residence, 48
Gold street, Thursday morning.
Funeral services will be held from
Mt Enon Baptist church, with the
Rev. j. L. Francis, of Hamilton, Of
ficiating.
Survivors include his wife Sarah,
two sons, Roy c., and Henry T.,
and a daughter Lucy Frances.
Friends may view the body at the
residence after six o'clock, Monday
evening.
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SCHOOL BOARD HIT IN
CITIZENS ATTACK ON STRIKES
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teacher has been allowed to conduct
classes at Englewood High school,
although IS percent of the student
body is colored, the local NAACP
charged. School officials admit
openly they have no plansto block
the spread of further anti-Negro
student strikes.
The presence of competent Ne
gro teachers in mixed schools might
''be a good, education" in race re-
lations," said Joseph c. Thompson,
Englewood's principal, but added
that there are none available"
George F. Cassell, assistant sup
erintendent of schools, admitted
that no plans have been outlined
to combat further spread of anti
Negro strikes in local high schools.
He denied he had advised Engle-
wood strikers to take the problem
up with their aldermen" as was
reported in daily papers, but admit
ted that he had informed them they
could see their alderman or any
one else they desired" concerning
their demands for Jim crow schools.
The Chicago Teachers union ad-
dressed a resolution to Mayor Kelly
in condemnation of the strikes
against Negro students, stating
they were "emphatically opposed to
any type of segregation or discrim-
ination based on racial or religious
grounds" Students who agitate
against democratic American ed
ucation are seriously misled and are
making delinquents and truants of
themselves"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-27
Crews Lacking
 60 Ships Carrying Grain, Coal for Europe Tied Up

loaded with coal and six with grain have not been able to sail because crews are unavailable.
 More than two weeks ago, the OWMR was asked by the State De- partment to do something about the shipment of coal to liberated countries. The original schedule called for shipment of 8,113, 900 tons by Jan. l but less than 5000, ,000 tons will be shipped by that date. This was caused by several factors, including a tugboat strike in Phila- delphia, insufficient supplies at the sources and insufficient ship ton- mage.
 Since then, an OWMR official said, the coal situation has im- proved slightly. The tugboat strike in Philadelphia was settled. Addi- tional tonnages of coal were ob- tained from Utah and Western Can- ada and sent to Seattle and Port land for direct shipment to Europe. A slight increase in tonnage also was provided from mines in Vest Virginia, Southern Illinois and Southern Ohio.