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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-06
zlerican Bombers, Fighters Blast
1Zyushu Island Sunday; 4, 740 Japs
Killed During Week In Luzon Area
English Voter Carries
White Beard To Craze

BURGHILL, England, Aug. 5.
R Frederick wilkins, who
died yesterday, carried to his
grave a flowing white beard
and a 39-year growth of hair.
When the Liberals swept the
Conservatives from office In
1906, wilkins vowed never to
shave or have his hair cut until
the Conservatives regained con-
troll of parliament.
The conservatives came back
in 1922, but Mrs. wilkins refus-
ed to let her husband be shorn
for fear he would be exposed
to colds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-06
State Troopers Capture
Copperhead For Governor
ST. CHARLES, VA, Aug. 5-W.p,

ST. CHARLES, VA, Aug. 5-W.I
State troopers raided another
matchmaking session of the Holi-
ness Faith healers today and cap
tured one of the sect's deadliest
copperheads alive for the Cover
nor of Virginia.
Following up their initial strike
of week ago when eight big
snakes were stomped and dubbed
to death, the officers arrived at
the shaded grove today in hopes
that a more serene Sunday would
be in the offing.
Capt. H. W.. Lawrence, acting on
orders of Gov. Colgate Darden to
crush out the dangerous" toying
with reptiles practiced by the
Saints of Stone Creek Cove, was
again in charge of the police, in
Guiding five uniformed men and
sir plainclothesmen.
Lawrence mingled with tn e
crowd of some 5000 spectators who
had come to watch the antics OF
the IS Holiness preachers. He spot
ted his men strategically among
the crowd to prevent the same
sudden appearance of snakes
which took place last week and
threw the scene into an orgy of
writing bodies, failing night
sticks and glory-shouting cultists.
For a moment today it appeared
that the forces of law had over
whelmed the simple miner-preach.
ters whose faith they claim had
immunized them to the venom Of
rattlers.
The meeting had run smoothly
for two hours-the usual preach
ing, the customary songs, the
steady twang, twang of guitars and
the metallic thump of tambourlnes
in the hands of the mountain choir.
o. V. Shupe was the last man
on a long list to preach.
Nov friends" he said, 1.-The
time has come for the snakes, -
The crowd shifted excitedly. Po-
lice tensed, then relaxed a little
when the preacher added:
But we are just simple noun
tain people and we love peace. II
the officers take our snakes, lei
there be no disturbance today. We
will surrender. We won't resist the
law"
Shoupe, speaking from the fla
bed of big truck which the
preachers we're using as rostrun
said the biggest meeting in The
Faith Healers' history had beer
in the Harlan County (KyD jsi
and added that 1--WE are ready tx
have another big one in the Jones
vile (Va) jail today"
AS if acting on cue, an unidenti
fled worshipper at that point pro
duced the first snake - big
struggling copperhead which hae
been hidden among the preacher.
for the exact right time.
The sly Holiness Saints were
boarding their reptiles today. The.
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PhantomH eetOfWooden
Warships Hoaxed Enemy

LONDON, Aug. 5.-Up)-A phan
tom fleet of wooden warships fit
ted out to resemble the big battle
wagons of the Royal Navy hoaxed
enemy reconnaissance aircraft for
two years, it was disclosed tonight.
\ The fleet was constructed swift
iy on orders of Winston Churchill,
who was then First Lord of the
Admiralty. Queens Of the dummy
ships were three 1900 ton mer-
chantmen.
Two of these, the PakeLa and the
Waimana, became the 50, 500-ton
battleships Revenge and Resolution.
the third, the Mamari, was con-
verted by camouflage into the
II, 000-ton aircraft carrier Hermes.
The ships were used as decoys
for U-boats and to lure air attack.
ers away from the big British
naval bases of Scapa Flow and the
Firth of Forth.
One of the ships, the Bogus Her.
mes, was wrecked off the Wash il
l941. The other two were sent back
to their owners and now are in the
merchant service.
One real battlesh1p, the 33-year.
old Centurion, which was disarmeo
under the Washington Navy Treaty
was another leading character in
the Royal Nays deception.
During two weeks in 1941, while
the Davenport naval base was I'M
der heavy air attack, she was con.
verted into an imitation of the new
battleship Arson.
AS the Arson, the Centurion be-
came the first of the dummy ships
to carry the deception into enemy
waters. Fitted with dummy after
funnel, mainmast and gun turrets,
and carrying a crew of Is officers
and 265 men, she made the 10000
mile trip around Cape Horn to
Bombay.
In June, 1912, she sailed in a
Malta convoy which was intercept
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Kali, BUS STRIKES
HARASS MANY PARTS
Of MERRY ENGLAND

LONDON, Aug. s. H-sporadic
!aAWay and bus strikes hara ssed
many sections of Britain today al. d
ssdilaole transport was taxed by
~. tne greatest volume of holiday
Nallc In six years.
appeals of Union leaders were
.snofed by the strikers who arc
ts ;s better working condi-
y onlon representatives of 5000
:. oliaSh ra lwaymen are scheduled
resume negotiations with en-
t ta Tuesday on labor demands
s rol d 4o-hour week. an $18 mini
n mum weekly wage, and two weeks
pala Vacation annually.
mere was no accurate estimate
Oh the number idle.
, ECs service in one London SUI.
W w. was halted by mo Sunday
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DIRECTIVE FAILS
TO END WALK0UT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. s.
R-Despite directive from the
National War Labor Board. there
were no apparent moves today to-
ward ending the composing room
walkout which stopped publication
of Birmingham's three daily news
papers July IL.
The WLB directive, which called
upon local ITU President Jack
Brock to use his authority to end
the walkout, was termed "unreas-
enable and destructive" by Brock.
Brock denied that the walkout
was a violation of labor's no-strike
pledge, asserting that the 1914
American Federation of Labor con-
vention amended the pledge to say
"our no strike pledge must not
be used as subterfuge to deprive
us of long established rights and
privileges.
The walkout resulted from a dis.
agreement over inclusion of the
1915 ITU laws in the new contract
with the News, the Age-Herald ano
the Post.
THE members of the ITU pro
duce newspapers through their
labor which may be had under con-
ditions satisfactory to them, y
Brooks statement said. IF they
decide not to produce newspapers
there is nothing the War Labor
Board can do to force them to
produce newspapers.
'The attitude of the WLB is I'M
reasonable and destructive both te
the industry and to the rights Of
the members of the Typographical
Union. The proposed course of &C
ton will be of no help to the pub
fishers, on whose behalf the VILE
seems to function"
The WLB directive termed the
walkout a fragrant violation O.
labor's no strike pledge. It sale
further no contract signed during
the walkout will be approved by
the board but must be submitted
for approval after termination o
the work stoppage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-06
Hawaii Mars
Sinks After
Bad Landing
ONLY ONE INJURED
Fisherman Takes Crew Off
Stricken Navy Flying
Boat

ROCK HALL, Md, Aug. 5.-P)-
The Nays Hawaii Mars, worlds
largest flying boat, sank in Ches-
apeake Bay today after rough
landing off Love Point.
A Navy announcement said the
force of the semi-contrOlled land
ing opened the giant crafts hull.
Only one member of the 10-man
crew was injured.
The Nays announcement said:
'The Hawaii Mars was damaged
in semi-controlled rough land
ing off Love Point in Chesapeake
Bay at 3:05 p. m. Eastern War
Time today. The force of the land
ing caused the hull to open ano
the craft sank.
The Martin company is making
preparations to return the plane
to the plant.
'Only one member of the 10.
man crew was injured. He is R. S.
Noble, flight test engineer, who
suffered cuts and Commissions ano
possible internal injuries. He was
taken to South Baltimore Hospital
in Navy ambulance.
'Pilot during the test flight was
William E. Coney, Army test pilot
No cause is ascribed for the acct
dent and an investigation is being
conducted"
Coney spent more time at the
controls of the original Mars thar
any other pilot. He was loaned by
the Navy to the Martin Company
as test pilot for the u IL tor
Hawaii Mars.
George c. Sims, who rents plan
es at the Rock Hall airport, sale
he saw the huge ship over the
field and noted there apparently
was trouble with one of the en-
gines.
Five minutes later I went ur
in cub and saw the tail of the
ship protruding out of the water,
Sims said.
IT saw two men on a wing. A
fishing boat took them off. DR.
Temple Fay, who has summer
home at Rock Hall was fishing
nearby in speed boat. He tool
the two men in his boat, and afte1
giving them first aid, started witt
them toward the Western shore.
when l first saw the ship the
tail and both wings were protrud
ing from the water about 500 yard:
off shore. A little later the lief
wing was. entirely under water ane
only small part of the tail ane
right wing were visible"
The Martin Company said othel
members of the crew were E. r
Gelvin, co-pilot; G. E. Pitcher ant
T. c. Barnhill, flight engineers; w
B. Bergen, H. V. Cooper and H. R
McConahy, flight test engineers
r. Dreaming, flight observer ant
B. ]. Neuhardt, weight engineer.
The Hawaii Mars could carry ap
proximately 1873 passengers.
The Hawaii Mars is a sister shil
to another Mars dubbed 'The Oh
Lady" which Travelled $4,000 mile
in $500 flying hours between Ala
media, Calf, and Pearl Ha-bor il
war service.
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State Department Due
For New Reorganization

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5-R-The
second reorganization of the. State
Department in less than year is
expected to get under way soon
after Secretary Byrnes' return
from Potsdam early this week.
An elaborate plan for overhaul
ing is being prepared under the
direction of budget Director Har-
old D. Smith for submission to
Byrnes Immediately upon his re-
turn. Byrnes, appointed to the cab
met shortly before his departure
with President Truman for the Big
Three meeting, has spent only two
days at his new post.
As a result, top officials-notably
Acting Secretary Grew and Assis-
tant Secretaries Nelson Rockefel-
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Ter and Archibald MacLeish-are
uncertain of their futures.
Upon Byrnes' return, Grew, vet
eran diplomat and advisor on JAP
anese policy, automatically " | !
step back to his position as Under
secretary, to which he was ap-
pointed by the late President
Roosevelt Dec. 20, 1914. In that
time he has served 166 days as
acting Secretary-a record which
State Department officials believe
unequalled.
Grew handled the Department,
which means administering U. S.
foreign policy, while Edward R..
Stettinius was at Yalta and at San
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Farm Organizations Want
SeatAtPeace Meeting

the National Farmers Union, said
it would want a seat if the scope
of the conference extended beyond
the mere mechanics of keeping
peace between industry and I'm
ions.
Il think there should be a gen
eral conference of all elements of
the economy on mobilization for
peace-and the earlier the better, %
he added.
Associates of Schwellerbach
have indicated that a conference,
if called, likely would be delayed
at least until September so that
reorganization of the Labor De-
partment may be completed first.
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1ajjungkiiang
Epciircled
By Chinese
ENEMY UNDER SIEZE
1,rs Offer Stiff Resistance
In Some Areas OF
Theater

cHUNGKING, Aug. . W'D -
c.inese troops battling to liberate
un farmer q. S. Air base at Ling
rnr have encircled strategic To-
' .natiang. communique said to-
W. while to the northeast the
,,owerful Japanese columns neared
;nnction in China's rice bowl
area.
In series of hammer blows
That crushed resistance and
,Ioared a 50-mile stretch Of the
yweilin Hengyang railroad, Cen
ersIjssimo Chang Kai Shek's
troops placed the strong enemy
garrison at Tajungkiang under
siege. Tajungkiang is so m i ! e S
rortbeast Of Kweilin and IS miles
from Lingllng,
Meanwhile, TWO other Chinese
columns battled toward Lingling
and one force was reported a few
miles from Tungan, "a miles west
ot fac former air base city. This
INIT threatened to cut the enemy S
escape route toward Hengyang.
Another spearhead repeatedly
drove east toward Chuanhsien, 80
miles soughwest of Lingling, after
beating off vicious counter
attack
Chinese shock troops continued
attacks against isolated Japanese
remnants north of KWeilin, recent
" liberated U. S. Air Base city.
Thousands of japanese have been
killed in hopping up operations, it
was reported unofficially.
Today's communique said that
japanese troops III Kiangsi prov
ince, some 300 miles to the north
east, captured Kaoan Thursday
and drove another 20 miles beyond
the Changsha Nanchang road to-
ward Poyang Lake. A japanese
reliett column, dispatched from the
Nanchang area to reinforce the
unit, was reported in that area
yesterday.
1t was not announced that a
junction had been formed, but the
japanese campaign to lay waste
TO a 15O-mile stretch of the rich
farming region appeared nearing
a successful conclusion.
About 100 miles to the south. a
badly-scattered enemy force edged
its way under constant air and
ground attack toward Nanchang.
Chinese troops, pressing at their
heels, entered Kishui yesterday.
From that important Kan river
town they advanced northward, in.
flicting heavy casualties on the
harassed japanese. This force,
originally estimated at 10000, has
suf cred thousands of casualties
during its retreat from Kanhsien,
former U. S. Air base city.
A 18th Air Force communique
said that P-51's yesterday blasted
an enemy-occup ed village in the
KishQi sector. Troops and strong
points west of Nanchang also were
attacked. In Human province, a
highway bridge was damaged, and
trucks, Sampans and gun positions
were pounded in the Changsha
area.
Thirteen locomotives were dam
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England Willing To
Give Up Rudolph Hess

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.--P)-CBS
Correspondent Edward R. Muir
row reported from London today
that Premier Stain during the
Potsdam conference raised the
question of Rudolph Hess" Hit
ier's deputy who flew to England
in 1941 with the new British For
eign Minister, Ernest Bevin-
Murrow said Bev.n replied:
''You can have Hess, but you'll
nave to pay for his board and
keep"
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WASHINGTON, Aug. s. R -
Farm organizations indicated to-
day they will bid for seats if the
administration sponsors a general
industrial peace conference as pro-
posed by Senator Vendenberg lR-
Mich and endorsed by Secretary
of Labor Schwellenbach.
''We would be extremely inter-
ested in representation" john
Haas, attorney for the National
Cooperative Milk Producers Fed
Grafton, told reporters. MANY OF
our member organizations employ
organized labor. We are anxious,
too, that the country avoid any
difficulty it can in the reconverslor
period"
James G. Patton, president oil
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AMNESTY GRANTED

LONDON, Aug. s. U.D - The
provisional Yugoslav parliament
acting on a decree recommended
by Marshal Tito, today granted
political amnesty to thousands OF
Yugosalvs heretofore considered
as Nazi collaborators.
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GUAM, Monday, Aug. g.
WP)-At least $50 Superfortress-
es battered Japan with $3.50
tons Of bombs last night, II
was announced today.
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WEATHER
Va stern Standard Time)

Va stern Standard Time)
Ma. By U, S. Weather Bureau
Sd iir,soroiogical data for the "a hours
Lou pm, yesterday
Ian temperature
I'm w. an, n, 7:30 am, Is; 1870 pm. 79;
Normal 70. -'-'''iiii'''' - mean "'
Ian Humidity
,,so ' ~ am, So; 7:3O am, IS; lao pm, 50;
1o. Precipitation
tc8 IA al LOT the "a hours ending 80 pm,
VA aO ;aa, since the first of the month
Fro Tides For Today
'0l,i the Tide Tables published by
eodst and Geodetic Survey.
WiIniru. High Low
SUN - 8:23a 3:1ls
Masonbor. 8:57p 3:19r
inlet 6:18a 12:l8s
Sunr;s. 6:44p 12:20r
a,s a.''1 Use SGT; Sunset 1908; Moonrise
'S' Moonset, $50 p.
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FORECAST

North Carolina: Partly cloudy Mon
.,,, with scattered afternoon thunder
ehowers and warmer.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-29
HOSPITAL NOTES

Marian Jensen has entered St Ann's Hospital for surgical care.
 Kay Campbell was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital for medical attention yesterday.
 George Fullbrook has been admit ted to St. Ann's Hospital for medi- cal care.
 Mrs. s. Sheldon has entered St Ann's Hospital for surgery.
 Mrs. Mabel Massoon has been ad- mitted to St. Ann's Hospital for surgical care.
 Mrs. Sam Asp returned home from St. Ann's Hospital yesterday after receiving medical care.
 John Cerone, George Larsen, Peter Anacabe and Samuel Devon, all medical patients at St. Ann's Hos- pital, have returned to their homes.
 Mrs. Eliza Johnson has returned to her home from the Government Hospital where she had been receiy- ing medical care.
 Jean Roma went home yesterday from the Government Hospital.
 David Rickteroff has been dis charged from the Government Hos- pital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-29
EARLY REp0RT5 SHOW GAINS IN
 SALMON YIELDS

Kodiak and Copper River continue to show considerable gains over last season in salmon pack figures re- ported for the week ending June 23. The all-Alaska pack for the week was nearly 40,000 cases up on the comparable period last year, but the picture is darkened by poor pros poets for Alaska Peninsula and Bris- tol Bay, which are not yet reporting.
 Yakutat, the only Southeast AL aska area reporting, is also ahead of last season. Packs reported for the week are:
 Yakutat--Reds, 3,673 cases; kings, 464; pinks, 5; total, 4,142 cases; total for comparative week last year, 1915 cases.
 Copper River-Reds, 67,680; kings, 5,96O; total, 73,640; last year, 57,132
 Cook Inlet-Reds, 4,179; kings, 14,- 929; pinks PAS; chums, 300; total, 19,656; last year, 23,883.
 Kodiak Reds, 71,176; kings, GA; pinks, 227 chums, 274; total, 71,741; last year, 44,637.
 Chignik Reds, 5,291; kings, IS; pinks, 12; chums, 10; total, 5,328; last year, 11,231.
 All-Alaska-Reds, 151 ,999; kings, 21, ,432; pinks, 492; chums, 584; total, 174,507; last year, 138,698.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-29
} GERMANS HANG FOR KILLING OF
 AMERICAN FLIER

RHEINBACH, Germany, June 29. Three German civilians were hanged at dawn today by American Army executicners for killing an American airman after he para chuted to earth from a flaming bomber last August IS.
 The hanging was the outcome of the first civilian war crime case brought to trial on German soil since the end of the war.
 The three men hanged were Peter Back, Peter Kohn and Matthias Gierens, convicted respectively of shooting, clubbing and hammering an unknown flier to death.
 The hangings were carried out by a travelling team of two Army exc cutioners who already had, perform ed 70 hangings. They are MfSgt. John c. Woods, former executioner at Texas State prison and SlSgt Thomas Robinson, Bronx, N. Y., a baker in civilian life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-29
PAN AMERICAN.N
 WITH 19;; FLIES E
 SOUTH TO SEATTLE

Pan American World Airways flew IS people to Seattle yesterday and an incoming clipper brought 19 pas sengers from the south.
 Juneau to Seattle passengers were: Henry Laveille. Cyril Zuboff, Edna Policy, Florence Weller, Frederick Nelson, Robert Page, Martha Page, Gov. Ernest Gruening, John McGill. James Kelly, Gus Brusulis, Noel Price. Roy Hines, Betty Velie and Percy Bergt
 Seattle to Juneau: Samuel E. Bringhurst, Ezra Benson. Richard Hilbert, Harold Calkins. Mrs. Anita Heikkinen, Leo T. Krielsheiner. George D. Martin, Mrs. Lydia Til- son, Mrs. Harriet Reynolds. Rhoda Reynolds, Andrew Merculies, Harold Koslosky, Henrietta Koslosky. Mrs Ruth Druley, Joseph Most, Carl An derson, William Sommerfield, Ralph Mize and Marcia Starveyich
 Fairbanks to Juneau: David Mills, William Clarke, Louis Erickson and Sylvester Iffert.
 Whitehorse to Juneau: Max Mill Ter and Wilbur Mosby
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-29
HOUSING SHORTAGE AT HAYNES GOING
 TO BE RELIEVED

Some relief from the present housing shortage in the Haines To- cality has just been made possible, according to a statement received from George w. Coplen, Regional Representative of the National Housing Agency, Seattle. This area has been determined eligible for residential conversion priorities. Such action is in accordance with the recent announcement of the War Production Board and National Housing Agency that such priorities would be made available in areas where MIA determines that housing shortages are causing extreme hard ship.
 Apartment houses and other ex- isting dwelling units may now be remodeled or converted to provide smaller housing units. Applications for permission to convert or remodel such structures should be filed with Folger Johnson, State Director, Fed eral Housing Administration, Port lend, Oregon. The applicant will be permitted use of materials contain ed in the War Housing Critical List and the rents charged will be under OPA regulations. Anyone may oc- cupy the units when they are com- pleted
 Need for providing additional liv- ing units for general occupancy in ccngssted areas has long been recognized but little could be done about it until materials needed to construct housing for war workers could be released MT. Coplen said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-29
Most Worthy Grand Nairorl
 OESIsConlinQ

Mrs. f.ynra Holland, Worthy Matron of Juneau Chapter No T, Order of Eastern Star, announces that word has been received that Mrs. Mamie Landers, Most Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of Eastern Star is now at Ketchikan and will arrive here some time Sat- urday on the Princess Louise, and will visit members of the local chapter while her steamer is in port. Mrs. Landers has made her official visit to the Ketchikan Chap ter and tentative plans call for visits to the other Chapters in Alaska with Juneau as one of her last stops prior to her departure from the Territory. There are ten Chapters in Alaska and one in the Yukon Territory, but it is not known at this time just how many of these Mrs. Landers plans to visit.
 The term of office for the Most Worthy Grand Matron is three years and during that time she attempts to visit all State and Ter ritorial Chapters. However, the last Matron found it necessary to cancel her trip to Alaska because of the war and consequently Mrs. Landers' visit will be the first since 1888. It is requested that as many Eastern Stars as possible meet the steamer and greet the Most Worthy Grand Matron.
 Mrs. Landers will return to Ju- neau some time in August and committees have already been ap- pointed for the many activities planned for her visit. Members are urged to watch for announcement of the plans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-29
AWvS E TO MAKE
 (URTAINS;MEETING,
 A. B. HALL TONIGHT

The mess hall at Adak is to have curtains, thanks to the efforts of the AWVS in Juneau. But the curtains still remain to be made, and members will meet at the A. B. Hall tonight at 8 o'clock, where the curtains will be cut. Each member is expected to take home a pair for hemming.
 It was announced at the last meeting of the AWVS that three bomber crews from the Aleutians have been photographed, as part of the AWVS program. The pie lures are sent by the AWVS to the mothers and families of the bomber crews.
 Another announcement made is that eleven members of the Juneau organization are now Nurses Aides.