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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
Local OCD Heads Silent
On Robot Bomb WARMING

during the day or with the police
department at night.
The orders, revised in December
to deal with buzzbombs or V-2's
as well as enemy aircraft, re-
minded people that the former ar
rive too swiftly to make warning
alarms feasible. Under possible
bomb attack, people are admonish-
ed to obey the orders of local au-
thorities, including OCD person
mel; dive bereath or behind any
available shelter, or, if caught
IN the open, lie face downward
with arms over head; get indoors
If bombing is protracted, being
wary of flying glass; proceed eau
tlously if bombing is intermittent,
remaining alert and ready to take
shelter. refrain from telephoning
unless in need of help; keep radio
tuned to local station for instruc-
lions; keep curiosity curbed and
not flock to scene of trouble keep
calm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
BERLIN PROMISES
INCREASED ROBOT
RAIDS ON LONDON

LONDON, Jan 8.-P-. Berlin
radio tonight promised increased
bonbardment Of London with W.
rockets, declaring "this terror"
visited on Britain makes Allied
bombing raids on Germany much
more bearable since we know how
the enemy has to suffer-
"V-weapons have not vet made
the enemy cease or reduce his
air terror the broadcast told
the German homeland.
Meanwhile Capt. James w.
Browning, Syracuse, Kans., Mus
tang fighter pilot, reported seeing
German W. rocket shot into the
air during a bomber escort mis-
sion over Germany but "it wobbl-
ed and arched back toward its
launchers. I was busy in the air
and didn't have time to fly down
and see if the boomerang pulled
a Frankenstein trick. I hope il
did"
The security silence in England
on V-bombs was maintained, but
| it was disclosed that 100 children
were saved from injury when they
arrived late at a disused schoo
where they were to have eater
dinner. A V-bomb demolished
it just before they arrived.
Another V-bomb hit a hockey
field at a girls school. 1t caugh
no casualties, but broke every win
dow and door in the scholar
hour after GLACIERS had finished
replacing windows shattered il
previous bomb damage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
S0L0N DEFENDS
FDR'S POLICIES

WASHINGTON, Jan. s-iP-Crit-
les Of President Roosevelt's foreign
policy statement to Congress were
accused tonight by Senator O'Ma-
honey D-wy.9 of being swayed by
politics.
Calling upon Congress to "close
ranks behind the President, > he
told reporter:
"Most Of the criticism Of his
message which I have re1d seem
to me to be merely a continuation
of the Presidential campaign If
1944.'
O'Mahoney's remarks were
prompted by Senate Republican
criticism which followed in the
wake of the reading Of the Presl-
dents annual message to Con-
gress Saturday.
Various Republicans said t h e
President had not been Specific, :"
and that he failed to provide evil
dence Of leadership in dealing with
troublesome political developments
abroad.
THE President has reasserted
his faith in the principles OF the
Atlantic Charter" O'Mahoney said.
II don't know what more can be
done at this moment. The next
step is the one which the Presi-
dent is going to take--namely, to
confer with Churchill and Stain.
"In his message Saturday. he
declared to these men as well as
to the whole world that lie has no
sympathy with either political CT
economic imperialism"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
u STUDENT AIDES
SWAMP RED CROSS
HOSPITAL SESSION

A class of 10 aspirants for
nurses aide training gladdened
the hearts Of American Red Cross
class instructors at the 10 a. m.
opening session yesterday at
James Walker Memorial hospital
but at 10 p. m. jubilant, exhausted
staff members reported virtual
mob-scene at the evening session.
A full six-dozen applicants troop
ed into the training-room, perch
ed on beds and chairs and crowd
ed the floor.
Mrs. Graham Barefoot, nurses
aide corps chairman, in reporting
the unprecedented attendance, said
it included teachers, college peo-
pie, stenographers, store-clerks
and shipyard workers.
To handle the overload. the eve
ming classes will be staggered, she
said. One class will meet Mon
days and Tuesdays. the other one
Wednesdays and Thursdays. o..
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
4-F SUPPLY UNIT I
IS RECOMMENDED
CONTINUED from Page One)

ing at least, on his mandate tor
compulsory labor draft, prefer
ing to adopt a wait-and-see policy
before embarking on such dras-
tic course.
Chairman Andrew J. May, Cd
KY Of the House Military Affairs
Committee, announced that hear
ings will start Wednesday on his
bills to place ATS and men who
refuse to stay on war jobs on a
work-or fight basis. He said mem
bers are in "get tough" mood
and may approve these steps
quickly and turn to the question
of labor draft
Sen. Warren r. Austin tR-Vt0
a leading prepayment of National
Service, told reporters, after a
Republican Steering Committee
meeting, that he might support less
far-reaching legislation, such as
leading proponentshrdetao t,Rht-
draft of 4-F's. But he said he still
considers a labor draft the only
long-term solution to the manpoW-
er problem.
Chairman Robert A. Taft R-OD
of the Steering Committee, said
members discussed among other
things the Bailey-Brewster bill for
Inducing into labor battalions all
draft registrants who refuse to do
war work. Such men would be in
Quoted regardless of physical qua
lifictions and would receive Army
pay without getting servicemen's
benefits or mastering out pay.
Taft believes the bill is 'ra-
Their severe" but said that COM
mittee sentiment appears to be
that Republicans would support
whatever seems practical and rec
essary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
CHAPLAIN SEEN
FOR HOSPITAL

The employment OF regular
chaplain for James Walker Memo
rial hospital was discussed by the
Wilmington Ministers Association
at it's monthly meeting at the Y.
M C. A. yesterday.
The question. was discussed by
members and then referred to the
committee on Moral and Social
Welfare.
DR. Earle Bradley called atten-
ton to the increased dissertation
of the Sabbath in Wilmington and
surrounding territory and the mat
ter also was turned over to the
Welfare committee.
A request by the Rev. o. K.
Ingram, of the Defense Services
Committee, that religious services
be held each Sunday at the Lake
Forest community building was re-
ferred to the Rev. V. D. Combs,
who was named an additional
member Of the Services Commit
tee to work out a plan for holding
the services.
The Association decided to con-
tinue its efforts in the Statewide
Visitation Evangelism campaign,
an effort to visit every home in
every community to get record
as to whether or not members of
the families are church members
and to make the names and rec
ords available to the ministers Of
the City.
The Rev. Carl Fisher was NAM
ed chaplain for the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners for January and
the Rev. A. j. Howell for the
City Council.
The Rev. c. D. Barclift pre-
sided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
&C. OFFICER PLANS ;
TOUR OF VICINITY

CAPTAIN R. V. Marion, new as
sistant district Coast Guard Of
ficer, Sixth Naval Distrit, soon will
make the rounds of the major coast
al cities of the district, including
Wilmington, Jacksonville, Bruins
wick. Savannah and Georgetown.
Captain Marion served In this
Naval district for two and one
half years and then commanded
an attack transport through the
invasions in the Central Pacific
war theater. Prior to coming to the
district he commanded transport
in the Aleutian Islands campaign
He was returned as assistant 20
Captain M. J. Ryan, district Coast
Guard officer. At this post he re-
places Captain Paul X. Perry who
has been assistant district Coast
Guard officer since October, 1913.
Captain Perry returns to duty at
sea as commanding officer OF q
large Coast Guard operated trans
port.
Captain Marion was assigned -
this region originally in January.
l941, to assist Captain Ryan in
organizing and expanding Coast
Guard facilities and personnel in
anticipation of the war crisis which
then was in the making. After this
was completed, Captain Marion
was assigned to the U. S. Navy as
commanding officer of the offshore
patrol, later the southern ship lane
patrol force. In March, 1913, he
was appointed district port secur-
ity officer, Sixth Naval District,
the post he held when he left for
sea duty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

addition to breaking up so German
counterattacks the guns lnassed
fire has knocked out at Least 100
enemy tanks.
The village of Berle, three miles
west of Wiletz, is a good example
of other accomplishments shat
massed artillery fire is able to
achieve in denying the Germans a
chance to dig in.
The town contained u build
ings," said Williams. I'VE started
in Systematically working on each
building as if it We're a bridge.
Before we were through there was
nothing left not one building
standing"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
YULE WEATHER
SETSNEW RECORD

Wilmington S, Christmas, with a
high temperature of II degrees,
provided the highest mercury read
ing of the month and the figure
came within eight degrees OF meet
ing the all-time December high of
80 degrees, set on the 18th OF the
month in 1927, according to the
monthly meteorological summary
Issued at the Weather Bureau yes
terday.
The past month, however, was
not as balmy as it's Christmas day
weather indicated. The mean tenn
perature was A degrees, 5.5 de-
grees below normal, and the low
est for any December since 1885.
The lowest temperature reading
was % degrees on the 18th.
If you thought we borrowed some
weather from London, you prob
ably were right as light O. heavy
fog was noted on Is of the 81 days.
Rainfall amounted to 2.98 inches,
close to the normal OF 2.7S inches.
All in all, however, December
was pretty good month with no
frost, no sleet and no thunder
storms. Prevailing direction OF
the wind was from the north with
an average hourly velocity OF 80
miles.
In reviewing the year, Weather
man Paul Hess pointed out that the
means temperature for 1914 was
63.7 degrees or 6 of a degree above
normal.
The highest temperature for the
year was 100 degrees on June ID,
and the lowest temperature was 20
degrees on January 10.
The total precipitation was 1874
inches, of 5.32 inches more thar
normal. Total snowfall was a trace.
October was the wettest month
and November the driest, with 7.91
inches and 2.O7 inches Of precipita.
ton respectively.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
Nlmitz And Macarthur
Confer In Philippines
Continued from Page One)

I invasion, first suggested by Adm.
william F. Halsey, now command
Ing the U. S. Third Fleet.
Another staff conference took
pace there Thanksgiving Day. At
Ter it, Sherman spent four days
WIN Macarthur at Tacloban.
AS the result of these talks, Hal
10y S Third Fleet, with a power
III carrier arm commanded by
we ADM. John S. Mccain pro-
Sloed Doth direct and diversionary
support for the Philippines cam
Nlnltz assigned force of bat
teshlps' cruisers, destroyers and
Transports to the Leyte opera
o u9ll as veil as making the Seventh
soin and 18th Army Infantry divi-
f'9aS available to Macarthur
!, I'eteat of japanese naval unHs
i.Ss October in the second battle
Of Inc Philippines Sea by the Third
~ sno seventh U S. Fleets protected
me Leyte beachheads from as,
saGlt. ' Jill 40
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
01xDeer, 7luoDeadHorses
F1gure In Report On Parks

Six live deer, two dead horses
and public appearance at Third
and Dock streets by Enonymus
Radicals figured in the December
report of the Department of Parks,
released yesterday by City Man
ager A. c. Nichols.
The deer mentioned in Park
Superintendent R. w. Smell S
monthly document were six sur
plus antler-bearers in Greenfield
Park zoo, whose appetites were
disconnected from the public
purse when the State Department
of Conservation and Development
Grated them and logged them away
to an undisclosed destination. Five
deer remain.
The horses were equines who
died on the streets in line Of duty
and were likewise hauled away,
while Enonymus Radicals is the
technical, or Latin, name for the
100 shoots planted around the
monument at Third and Dock
SUE III 1OI Illdl IlSdSC dllSllillSilL.
Most widely interesting disclo.
sure in the report concerned plans
for planting trees along North
Third street near the river bridge,
on 18th street from Greenfield
street to Smith Creek bridge. Nc
date was given for commencement
of the planting.
A month-long cleanup of Green
field Park yielded SO truckloads
of debris, described as cuttings
and grubbings, while 20 trucklo aea
Of mulching material were brough,
in their stead. The City Hall lawn
and the plazas on Third, Fifth
and Market streets also received
attention, being rid of their spent
perennials and minor overgrowths
In assorted other areas through
out the city, 81 trees adjudgec
dangerous by reason of decay OIL
recent death were cut down, one
live tree was guyed, and A were
trimmed. Fourteen stumps ano
II loads of cut logs were hauled
to the city dump.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
BY LEWIS HAWKINS

WITH THE U. S. THIRD ARMY,
Ian. 8.-(P)-A blizzard whipped
up snowdrifts four and five feet
deep today but war went on with
a fury as cold IS the weather.
The Sixth Armored Division had
lost about a thousand yards OF
ground yesterday, three miles east
of Bastogne near Margaret SO it
went back and recaptured it today
West of Bastogne 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton's tough young
men waded through eight to ten
inches of snow, captured Flam-
ierge, and cut for the second time
the enemy's good lateral highway
from St. Hubert.
The enemy also was offensive
minded. He came out into this
weather which never was meant
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

In the temporary absence from
the City Of Sheriff C. David Jones,
active commander of New Han
over countys Civilian Defense or
ganization, a deathly hush prevail
ed among commentwary local
OCD officials after receipt of yes
terday's rooot-bomb warning from
Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, COM
mander of the Nays Atlantic
fleet.
Queries directed to Louis J. Pois-
son, county defense chairman. R..
H. Hubbard, executive secretary
of the Defense Council, and F. P.
O'Crowley, chief AFRAID warden,
evoked no anplification of the
orders circulated by the sheriff
December 80 at the behest of R. L.
Mcmillan, State OCD director.
Mr.. Hubbard suggested that the
orders be reprinted and prefaced
with directions to anyone who saw
a robot bomb or other aerial me-
mace to communicate with his Of
flee in the Old Fellows building
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
Blizzard Fails To Stop D. S.
Attack In Bastogne Sector

for fighting and attacked both east
and west of Bastogne.
But he could not mush through
the snow with the skill Of the
Doughboy. He never gained an inch
of ground and when he retired he
left the bulk of his armor smould-
ering and wrecked in the snow
fields.
The Germans east of Bastogne
in northern Luxembourg came at
the Both Infantry Divisions line
east of Dahl with 20 armored as
sault guns and two battalions of
infantry.
1t took the 8Oth's 319th Regiment
exactly IS minutes to send the
Germans limping off with IA of the
guns smashed.
West of Bastogne, a mixed Ger
man force of 20 assault guns and
tanks filtrated across the snow
fields near Flar2ierge without the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
MRS. LOLA JONES

Funeral services for Mrs. Lola
Jones, 81. who died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Annabel
Coley, 1913 South Third street. at
500 am. Sunday, were held at
4 am yesterday at the Yopp fu-
neral home, with the Rev. Alfred
K Dudley officiating. Burial took
place in Oakland cemetery.
She is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Coley, Mrs. Lilly Watson
and Mrs. Dora Pittman, all of
Wilmington; three sons, c. Med.
Jones of Wilmington, Dawson
Jones of Leland and Ernest P.
Jones, U. S. Navy; % grandchild-
rem, 10 great grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild.
Active pallbearers were her
grandsons, 1t Donald Mason E.
A. Jones, E. C Flora, M. F. jones',
]. c. Long and Dan Long.
Honorary pallbearers were j..
w. Vogles, r. F. Britain, DR.. j.
Watts Farthing, DR.. D. R. Murchi-
son, Wits Hufham, ST., S. D. Bor-
deaux, H. 7. Wilson, L. c. Will
iams. L. M. Todd, G. F. Gainey
and E. A. Gairey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
ADMIRAL EXPECTS
ROBOT ASSAULTS
Continued from Page One)

Ingram said: 1.-The next alert will
be the real Mccoy"
He issued his warning at a press
conference aboard his flagship in
this port, indicating his presence
here was to complete defense dis
positions of "plenty of forces He
will remain in the area until We'd
nesday, when, he said, all defense
preparations will be in "complete
shape"
He indicated that he expected
the attacks to be made from sub
marines.
1--WE are prepared to prevent
surface ships from getting here
and we are loaded for long range
German planes" he said, "b u t
Germany still has 300 submarines
at least. They can do a tremen-
dous amount of damage but our
anti-submarine campaign has been
very effective and we are ready
to meet these submarines at any
time"
Any attack would be purely for
propaganda purposes a n d would
have to utilize much smaller
bombs than the one ton robots with
which the Germans blasted Len
don, he said. The greatest danger
would be from fires, as bombs
launched from submarines were
not expected to be large enough
to damage seriously large, strong
lily constructed buildings.
The area Of greatest naval pro-
lection, he indicated, was 300
mile arc off the coast wnere ro-
bot bombs could be aimed either
at New York or Washington or
any city or town between. This
arc could be clearly defined if the
range of the robot Admiral Ingram
envisaged were know The range
of the robots which fell on London
was $50 to 200 miles.
Ingram disclosed that he h d
held important conferences with
officers of all military defense
units along the East Coast during
the past few weeks. Regardless Of
air coverage, he thought the
bombs could get through. But the
Navy was prepared to prevent
submarines coming close enough
to the coast to fire robots or, fail
ing that, to stop them before they
had fired very many bombs. He
thought the Germans would use at
least six or eight submarines n
any robot attack on a city.
Questioned by reporters, he said
it had been many, many months
since German submarine h d
been sighted near the American
coast. So far as he knew, the only
submarine to get near the coast
recently was the one which land
ed two Nazi saboeturs in French
mans Bay, Maine, two months
ago.
He saw no possibility of the Ger
mans firing rocket bombs at
American cities from Europe.
I'll catch everything here from
Europe without a Glove ne said.
But he did think there was a
possibility of transatlantic air
raid still, on a small scale, "by
five or six planes for propagan-
da."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
Local Man, Reported
Missing, Now Is Safe

Staff Sergeant Jesse Owen Bare
foot, reported missing in action In
Europe December 10 in notlflca-
ton to his parents last week. re-
turned safely to his unit Decem'
Der "a, unhurt.
The news was impaired yester-
day through a War Department
telegram to his parents, Mrs. H.
M. johnson, of 10 IL Dock street.
Wilmington, and Ounce Barefoot,
of Hallsboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
NEW BILL WOULD
FINANCE HARBOR
FACILITIES HERE
Continued from Page One)

CONTINUED from Page One)
Board funds by the State Legisla-
ture.
The Port Commission announc-
ed on October 2 that it was seeking
self-liquidating loan of $685., 1000
from the Reconstruction Finance
corporation. Application for such
loan was previously denied by
REC without prejudice to renewal
when commercial conditions JUS
titled.
MI. Campbell said the new bill
was presented on December 80 TO
Rep. J. @. LeGrand for introduce
ton to the, 1915 General Assembly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
WILBUR WHITE

Wilbur White, g., died at 5:45
pm. yesterday at the James Walk
er Memorial hospital.
He lived with his stepson, the
Rev. James R. Lee, sos South
Sixth street. Other survivors are
his wife, Mrs. Rosa Lee White,
of Wilmington; two daughters,
Mrs. Faustina White of Jackson
vile, Fla, and Mrs. Lenora Har-
ris of Alabama; one son, Stanley
H. White of Spokane, Washington;
brother, Sweet White of Rae
ford, Fla; and two sisters, hrs.
Alma Ward and Mrs. Anne Baker
both of Jacksonville, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
RALPH w. VARNAM

Funeral services for Ralph
Wayne Varnam, infant son of MIR.
and Mrs. Tracy Varnam of Sup
ply, who died yesterday in the
Dosher Memorial hospital at
Southport, were held at a p. M.
yesterday at the graveside in the
family cemetery, near Supply.
Survivors are the parents and a
grandmother, Mrs. Maggie Kirby,
of Supply.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
NURSES TO HEAR TALK

1|OH'10 V HHG1A1V 11AIh
The private duty graduate
nurses of North Carolina dis
trict nine will hold their JAN
uary meeting at $3.50 p. m.
Wednesday in the nurses home
at James Walker Memorial
hospital, Mrs. w. A. Wiley,
chairman, announced last
night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

Tribes living in the interior OF
Mindoro in the Philippines are
good musicians, playing ukeleles
strung with human hair and ban1-
boo flutes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09

New Orleans is one of the few
cities in America to possess an
official city flag. Mss
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-09
MARCELOVA FALLS
TO SOVIET FORCE
Continued from Page One)

Moscow did not report any new
gains by the Germans in their
drive to crack the Budapest siege
arc, but the Nazis claimed they
had gained "a miles on broad
front in the week since they have
been on the attack. Moscow on
Sunday had acknowledged y
miles gain to Esztergom and Ber-
lin indicated its troops had gain
ed two miles east from that city.
Moscow's war bulletin SAID that
in Sundays fighting on the Buoa- :
pest front, the Russians knocked
out 90 Nazi tanks, for a total
of Alb in six days.
Inside Budapest itself, the Rus
slams seized another 100 street
blocks in fierce house-to-house
fighting.