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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
Daily Prayer
FOR BROKEN BODIES

To the wounded Christ upon a
cross, we lift up our prayers TO-
day in behalf of all the fair young
lives that have BEEN broken by
the war They, too have climbed
the steep ascent of Calvary, and
have shed their blood for the
worlds redemption. May they
know that they are in the fel.
lowship of His sutferings; and
may His synpathis irg grace suS-
tain then. Warm our hearts TO-
ward than in understanding love
and help-ulness. Teach us tact
that will spare their sensibilities;
and open our eye" to an under.
standing that their real personal
tiles are as rooust as ever. AS
neighbors and friends and kim
bred, and as organized society,
may we make uo to them, as far
as possible. the losses they haT1
sustained. They do rot want our
pity: but they do reed our help.
We pray that we may be wise and
unceasing as we extend it; know
ing that in so doing we serve the
Lord Christ. Amen-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
BY ERNIE. PYLE

OK1NAWA- Thy Navy radlo) -
Now I've seen rlv first Jap SOL
diers in :neir native state-that is,
before capture. But not for long,
because the boys of my company
captured them quicker than
wink.
1t was mid-for el1oon and we had
just reached. our new bivouac area
after a march of en- hour and
half. The boys threw off their
packs, sat down on the ground,
and took off the.c helmets to mop
their perspiring foreheads.
We were in a small grassy spot
at the foot of hill. Most of these
hillsides have caves and have
household stuff hidden in them.
They are rich field for souvenir
hunters. And all MARINES are SOU
venier hunters.
So Immediately two of our boys,
instead Of resting, started lip
through the brush, looking for
caves ard souvenirs. They had
gone about so yards when one Of
them yelled:
I There's a Jap soldier under this
BUSH
We didn't get TOO excited for
most of us figured he meant a
dead Jap. But three or four of the
boys got up and went up the hill.
A few ,roments later somebody
yelled again
"Hey, hsre's another one. They
are alive and they've got rifles
So the boys went at them in
earnest. The Japs we're lying I'm
der two bushes. Tb5y had their
hands up over their ears and were
pretending to be asleep.
} The marines surrounded the
bushes and, with suns pointing,
they ordered the Japs out. But the
Japs wero too scared to move.
They jus. lay there. blinking.
The average Jap soldier would
have come out shooting. But, thank
goodness, these were of different
stripe. They were so petrified the
marines had to 60 into the bushes,
lift them by the shoulders and
throw then out in the open.
My contribution to the capture
consisted of standing to one side
looking as mean as 1 could.
One Jap was small, and about
80 years old. The other was just
kid of 16 or II, BIZ. good-sized and
well bull, The Kill had the rank Of
superior private and the other was
corporal. They were real Japa-
nese from japan, not the Oklna-
wan hona guard
They were both trembling all
over. The kids face turned sickly
white. Their hands shook. The mus
cles in !he corpo-a's jaw were
twitchins. The kid was so para
lyzsd he couldn't even understand
sign language.
We don't know why those two
Japs didn fighs. They had good
rifles and potato .1nasher hand gre
nades. They could have stood be-
hind their bushes and heaved gre
nades into our tightly packed group
and got themselves two dozen cas-
ualties, easily.
The marines took their arms.
One marine trieG 10 direct the
corporal in handbook Japanese, but
the fellow couldn understand.
The scared kid just stood there,
sweating like an OK. I guess he
thought he was dead. Finally we
sent them back to the regiment.
The two marines who flushed
these Jape were Corp. Jack Os-
sage of Silver Grove, KY, across
the river from Cincinnati and Pfc.
Lawrence Bennett of Port Huron,
Mich.
Okinawa was the first blitz for
Bennett and this was the first Jap
soldier ned ever seen. He is 80
years old, married and has a baby
girl. Back home he was a freight
dispatcher.
The Jap corporal had a metal
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

photo holder like a cigaret case.
In it were photos which we took TO
be of three Japanese movie stars.
They were good looking, and ev-
erybody mad to have look.
Ossege had been through one Pa
cific blitz. but this was the first
Jap he ever took alive. AS an old
hand at souvenir hunting he made
sure to get the Japs rifle.
That rife was the envy of every
body. Later when we were sitting
around, discussing the capture,
the other boys tried 10 buy or trade
him out of it. Pop Taylor, the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24

black Iwhiskered corporal from
Jackson, Mich, offered Ossege 500
for the rifle.
The answer was no. Then Taylor
offered four quarts of whisky. Tha
answer still was no. Then he\ offer
ed eight quarts. Ossege weakened
little. He said, Where would you
get eight quarts Of whisky?" POP
said he had no idea. So Ossege
kept the rifle.
So there you have my first two
Japs. And I hops my future Japs
will all he as tame these two.
But I doubt it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24

see that both Britain and the Unit
ed States will have decided lnilu'
ences over the delegations OF GER
tain more or less dependent coun'
tries. The Sovie want 10
strengthen their position at San
Francisco.
Instead of giving Russia three
votes, it is possible the conference
will deny vote to countries
whose independence is no more
than a theory. That possibility is
under discussion now. All this VIII
take time and tact in spite OF lne
groundwork that has been lad ID
advance.
Copyright 1915 by United Feature
Syndicate, lnc.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
EDITORIAL COMMENT
WHERE HAS HE BEEN?

H. L. Mencken takes several pages to be-
moan the decline of typical cusswords so
general in the War of the Sixties and World
War I. Maybe they don't use the cuss-words
of the vintage Of 1861, but writers who are
in Germany report that not few fighting
men can swear like the ancient army in
Flanders. Where has Mencken been?
1t would be heartening if cuss-words had
been tabooed in this war. There are many
who eschew them, but the reform is not uni
versal.-Raleigh News and Observer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
METHODIST MEETING

ATLANTA, April %. -(P)- A
southern group of Methodists, who
protested the United Methodist
church and charged it with mod
ernism," will meet here tomorrow
to complete formal organization
of the Southern MethodlSt
Church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24

The Japs are now eating sawdust bread.
Tn view of recent events in the embattled
pacific, it's 'Srr guess. that this must be some
new sort of Nipponese humble pie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24
Fair Enough

editors note-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr., Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many of his read
ers His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-24

The new Thunderbolt fighter plane-the P
47N-car>es 10 five-inch rockets, two $50
pound bombs and eight 50-caliber machine
guns. At last we've achieved it!-the one
man one-plane air force!
Science can reproduce the love song of the
mosquitoes. What's the big idea, anyway? We
thought the postwar world was to be free
of ALL kinds of static!
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
Japs Bayoneted And Burned Yank Airmen Alive
RPB MA-5lO

MANILA, Nov. IA - (P) - The story of the inhuman bayoneting and burning alive of two Ameri- can airmen has been added to the long list of atrocities charged against Jap soldiers in the Philip pines.
 The bodies of flierS and gunners of a tWin-engined plane which crashed off Cebu were found by an American officer in charge of grave registration, who told the United States military commission trying Yamashita for war crimes on charges of atrocity.
 Yamashita's interpreter told the commission he saw Jap military policemen behead twenty-six Fili- pino men and one woman in forty minutes in a North Manila ceme- tery. One witness who worked for the South Manila military police told of seeing the order to the garrison, signed by Yamashita, commanding the treatment of the "guerrillas in and around Manila"
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
Japan Pleads For Allied Food And Fuel

TOKYO, Nov. 14-(P)-Desper- ately hungry appealed officially for Allied food and fuel, promis- ing to pay in instalments by ship ments of gold diamonds, silk and other goods. General MacArthur's headquarters reported it was not ready to indicate what the Allied answer might be.
 Jap Minister of Commerce Oga- sawara, announced the application for imports, mostly from America, to slave off the threatening fam inc. He made it clear that Japan's alternatives were simple barter or die.
 It. Gen. Eichelberger reported the occupation forces at Apan on Korea were near the peak and would soon decline from the pres ent four hundred sixty thousand.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
Russians Make Discoveries In Atomic Field

MOSCOW, Nov. 14-(P)-High- ly important discoveries which may well have direct bearing on Russian explorations in the field of atomic energy, have been re- ported from Mt. Alagos on the shores of Lake Karagel, in the Ar menian Socialist Republic. The government paper Izvestia, said the expedition engaged in study ing cosmic rays had discovered that cosmic rays knocked protons out of lead.
 The report said this discovery was "of outstanding interest" but didn't say why.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
O. E. s. ORGANIZES ORTHOPEDIC DRIVE

The Orthopedic Hospital drive, sponsored by the Order of Eastern Star, which had a good start by the members of that organization last Monday, with a benefit party for members only, is now under way with boxes placed in the prominent business houses all over town.
 With 27 Alaskan children now in the Orthopedic Hospital, and many more awaiting the beds as they are vacated, Nome should as- sist in doing its share toward the funds being raised for new wing to the hospital.
 Independent of the special drive now underway, the Board of Trade has already sent in $1,001.10.
 Do your bit for the crippled children.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
SPECIAL HOLIDAY CHOIR TO BE ORGANIZED

There has been considerable enthusiasm over the organization of a large chorus for the holidays. Many fine voices from the several churches are planning to unite in a special chorus for holiday mu- sic. They are planning on special music for the Community Christ mas tree program, as well as church services. The Community Christmas, which was not held for the past two years, is to be revived.
 Mrs. G. E. s. Grill, graduate of Syracuse College, with a Bach elor's Degree in music, who has not only taught music in public schools, but directed a church choir for several years in Denver, has volunteered to direct the chorus.
 A large attendance is expected on Friday evening for the first meeting of the group, to be held in the Federated Church.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
Battle Rages Undated In SOerabaja

BATAVIA, Nov. IA P) The fighting ragged with unabated fury at SOerabaja in Batavia. Mai. Gen. Hawthorn accused the commander of the Jap Sixteenth army and his chief of staff of having delib- erately handed over arms to "un- ruly elements"
 A Java dispatch from and (P) correspondent, Vern Haugland, in Soerajaba, said that British and Indian troops were battling in the heart of the naval base and had hurled back three suicidal at tacks during the night, killing more than a hundred and sustain ing half a dozen casualties of their own.
 In the fighting at Kota railway station marshalling yards a reli- able but unofficial estimate placed the number of Indonesians oppos- ing the British in Soerabaja at be- tween fifteen and eighteen thou sand men, many armed with spears.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
Police Quell Disturbances I'm Honolulu

HONOLULU, Nov. IA (P) - Strengthened civilian and naval police kept close watch in the vio- lence-marked vicinity of the naval air station in Honolulu's outskirts. A Navy spokesman blamed the city police and the city police blamed the navy for Monday nights rioting in which fifteen hundred navy men tangled with civilians. City patrolmen joined shore patrolmen last night.
 There was no further violence after the sailors were confined to their station. A crowd around the station gates, but the combined force of police broke up the crowd without disorder.
 It. Singer, naval air station in formation officer blamed police for the disturbance and charged that more than thirty naval per sonnel had been beaten by civil ians in the past two months but the police made no arrests. Police chief Gabrielson countered "it is an absolute falsehood when police are charged with not cooperating"
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
Delegate Bartlett Fears Pacific Atom Blast

WASHJNGTON,-(P)-Delegate Bartlett warned Navy Secretary Forrestal that the proposed test of an atomic bomb on warships may have catastrophe" results.
 Explosion of an atom bomb in North Pacific waters might de- stroy Alaska's entire million dollar salmon fishing industry, he said.
 It also might result in tidal waves that would cause grave danger to the Territory, he said.-
 In letter to the secretary, which emphasized that the effects of an atomic explosion in the sea are still unknown, Bartlett asked that the North Pacific be ruled out as site of the experiment.
 'It is improbable, but also pos sible," Bartlett wrote, "that the salmon are schooled together out in the ocean beaches and that the dropping of single atomic bomb might at one stroke do away with the fish which produces in the amount of around fifty million dollars annually"
 Bartlett said the bomb ought not be dropped anywhere in the vicinity of the migratory seal herds which move each year from the California coast to the north ern Pribilof Islands.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
GEORGE AHGUPUK. ESKIMO ARTIST. VISITING IN NOME

George Ahgupuk, we'll known Shishmaref artist, is visiting in Nome for a few days while haV- ing dental work done. He is we'll known for his sketches on rein deer skin, which were submitted to the Artists Guild several years ago, and which have been repro duced on Christmas cards.
 This season the Christmas cards have been produced in color by the Artists Guild. George says that he is not responsible for the coloring, as that addition was made by the Guild. He claims only credit for the sketches.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
Nationals Land At E singgtao; City Circled By Reds

TSINGTAO, Nov. l4 - (P) - Thousands of American trained and equipped Chinese Nationalist troops are landing unopposed from U. s. transports at this North China city, which has been occu- pied since October eleventh by American Marines, who have since been cooped up by the presence of Chinese Communists nearby.
 Whether the Marines will be pulled out of their lone foothold on the Shangtung Peninsula, re- portedly dominated by Reds has not been made known. The leath- erneckS have been limited to gar rison duty since accepting the sur render of more than ten thousand Japs. Some of these Japs were all allowed to retain their arms and stand guard over Tsingtao indus tries. Many Jap civilians are keeping cotton mills open. Chin ese Red troops ring the port by land.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
GROUP OF ESKIMOS
 TOURING THE STATES

A group of Is Eskimos have been taken to the States by Art Monette for show purposes. These natives are from Point Barrow and include MT. and Mrs. Walton Ahmaoyak, who were in Nome last year. They are going to tour the United States for approxim- ately three years, putting on Es- kimo dances. They are accompan- jed by Louis Johnson, who will show motion pictures. The party has a sled and seven dogs with them and will cross the country in a caravan of trailers. The youngest member of the party is a seven-month-old baby.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
Congress Asked Not To Adjourn

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-(P)- Senate majority leader Barkley said, after a White House call, that Congress had been asked not to adjourn until it completes ac- ton on what he called must" legislation. He described this must legislation as bills on full employ ment, appropriations, cutbacks, reorganization, UNRRA funds, second war powers act, and the pending deficiency appropriation bill.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
FORMER NOME BOY RULES PALAU

Mrs. George Taggart and daughter Kay, six-years-old, of Seattle, are enroute to join It. Comdr. George Taggart, who is the new Civil Administrator of the island of Palau in the Caro- lines. Commander Taggart is the son of MT. and Mrs. Samuel w. Taggart, formerly of Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-14
Assistant Secretary Of War Resigns

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-(P)- President Truman accepted the resignation of John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, effec- tive November "A. The White House made public the exchange of letters in which the President expressed "very great regret" at having to let McCloy go.
Evening star., 1945-05-25
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Pin>Money Pickups

pie crowd are neuter in style, they'd
be fine for small sisters, too.
STRIPES FOREVER-Here's that
good nonrumpling rayon jersey in
a stunning stripe done in a style
that's a Wear-everywhere treasure
Shocking is used generously at the
shoulders and at the waistline, re-
leasing gentle fullnesS to the bodice
and the skirt Brief sleeves and a
flattering banded neckline complete
the effect. Many's the day you'll
wear this-with the white cloche
mentioned above, with big black
hat, perhaps with Grecian bands in
your hair. It's delightfully."- cool-and
cool-looking in red and white or
black and white.
FOR THE GRADUATE-Here's
our find for the graduating class-a
smooth and simple dress in a soft
dressy rayon crepe. A pretty version
OF the eaSy-tO-S -Slip-into coat dress,
it has dainty scalloping on all edges
and buttons that are cute little plas-
tic flowers. The girls love the bare
making brief sleeves and the fact
that the dress can double for a date
dress. In pretty blue or maize. as
we'll as white, for those who wear
junior sizes.
HOW ABOUT A BOND?-Fur
that gift list we're always thinking
of-and this time it's the graduate
We heartily suggest a War Bond. 1t S
still the best money pickup we
know Of. Give it to your graduate
now-and help his school make its
quota.
Evening star., 1945-05-25

COOL WHITE CLOCHE-For the
young and wellbrushed, here's a
white cloche of crochet straw fiber
to add a nice white frosty touch to
smart dark cottons and summer
suits. The joy of this is that you
can take off the narrow ribbon band
it was born with and substitute
festive wreath of flowers, a string of
pearls for dressy dates or any COL
ored band to match your dress. Has
a wonderfully neat starchy look and,
for all its small price, manages an
air Of expensive simplicity.
* X +
EARMARK. OF CHIC-We 60 for
anything monogrammed in a way
that might make one suspect we
had just recently acquired our ini-
tialS. Our latest find to make a
marked woman of you-in a nice
way, of course-are custom designed
earrings. They're simple ovaIs or OBJ
longs in nice shiny plastic on
which the clever young designer
hand-paints your monogram. You
have various styles to choose from
including dainty script and dashlng
modern. We like some with one ini-
tial done on each earring-the first
letter to be worn on the right ear,
Evening star., 1945-05-25
Dorothy Dix Says

Can a wife teach the man to
whom she is married how to be a
good husband? That is the S64
question a girl asks who is contem-
plating marrying young man who
has various and sundry habits. pc
culiarities and quirks Of character
to which she is allergic.
Millions OF optimistic little sweet
les think that after they are mar
ried they will only have to teach
Friend Husband few parlor tricks
to turn him into the husband of
their dreams, that it will be no
trouble at all to make him change
his opinions. beliefs. manners and
customs and like it. Yet house
breaking a husband is just as dan
gerous a feat as lion tanning and
ranks among the most hazardous
occupations that woman can un-
dertake
OF course, there are men who are
born good husbands. They are do
mestic by nature, with no impulse
to revert to the wild. Their eyes
never roam from their Marias.
Their feet never wander away from
their own firesides. They have a
passion for washing dishes and con-
slider it a privilege to take Junior
out in his pram. They turn their
pay envelopes over to their wives
and never forget birthdays or ami
VersarieS.
Unfortunately. these he-angels
are scarce as hens teeth. The aver
age man isn't instinctively a good
husband. He has to be learned"
as children say, to be one, and it
takes years of bribery, coaxing and
bulldozing for wife to train her
husband to eat out of her hand.
AS matter of fact, the only per-
son who can teach a man to be a
good husband is his mother. He
resents his wife's efforts to change
him, because that hurts his vanity