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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
Red Cross Seeks More
Home Nursing Recruits

The Wilmington chapter of the
American Red Cross announced
Yesterday that registered nurses
are needed for teaching courses in
tied Cross Home Nursing. Nurs-
es interested will be appointed to
take the new three-week instruc-
torship course.
The course will be given at At
Ianla, Ga, from July ~ to August
TO- and will include methods of
'eachlng the accelerated course in
care OF the sick, practice classes
ana teaching under supervision and
''uoy OF the new school guide.
IRAN fare, subsistence -osts, tu.-
.ion lees and SIS weekly allow
eHce Tor incidentals will be paid
Wy me Red Cross area. The nurse
neeo only agree to teach two
N'niSeS IN home nursing annually.
registered nurses who have
. . home nursing or are inter-
. e IN teaching the course may
apply for further information at
ule chapters office in the custom
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
LIBRARY ADDS
MANY new BOOKS

A number of new books were
received by the Public Library
during the month of June, accord
ing to Miss Emma Woodward, IL
brarian.
Among the most outstandingly
popular of the new volumes are
Commodore HornbloWer' which
recently appeared in the Saturday
Evening Post as a serial; the U.
S. Infantry's Our Armed Forces;
and the play by Osborn, Bell for
Adano'.
Fiction: Murder In Plain Sight,
Coming Home, Buzzards of Bitter
Creek, Pointer to Crime, Family on
The Hill, Gun-Slammer, Commo-
dore Hornblower, Dear Nurse,
Feather of Doubt, To Keep My
Love, Outpost of Vengeance, Riv-
er Song, Nurse At Whites
Range Rebellion, BOOSTERS Grow
In Town, Family Orchestra, Inter-
i'm, The Long Journey, Let Us
Consider One Another, House in
Clewe Street, Jassy, Outlaw River,
Now Yours-Now Mine, Folded
Leaf, Pride's Way, Fireweed, Cab
bages and Crime, Lay That Pistol
Down, East of Midnight, The
Townsman, Three Blind Mice.
Dragon Harvest, Knight Missing,
Accident, FOOLS Errand, Put Oft
Thy Shoes, Wait For The Sun, Sill
ence In Court, The Wayfarers.
Non-Fiction: Freedom Is More
Than A Word, Tin Horns and Cali
co, Our Armed Forces, Angel In
The Forest, Story of Penicillin, Al
coholics Are Sick People, Coinage
GUS Diseases, Fundamentals of Ra-
dio for Those Preparing for War,
Diesel Locomotives, Chemicals In
War, Pleasant Valley, American
Honey Plants, City Development,
Modern Embroidery, Victor Book
of Musical Fun, Better bowling,
Time To Be Young, Bell for Ada
no, the play, Perils of Provence,
Novels and Plays, l Remember
Mama, Filbuste1s and Buccaneers,
A Texan in England, The James
River, The Generals and The Ad-
rnirals, Whistle While You Wait,
They Called It Purple Heart Val
ley Fighters Up, Secret Mission
Submarine, The Plot Against
Peace, The Missouri, San Fran
cisco. Salinas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
SEAB0ARD PLANS
RADIO H00K-UPS

Permission from the Federal
Communications Commission %
install radio telephone equipment
on its yard engil S at Hamlet for
experimental purposes has been re-
quested by the Seaboard galway,
according to an announcement
from the company's Norfolk Of
flee.
Certain frequencies which can
be used as soon as Washington ap-
proves construction of facilities to
complete the job have already
been allotted by the FEC, and if
the Hamlet tests are successful,
others will be conducted along the
railroad in the near future.
Operations in the big Carolina
rail center, where five Seaboard
routes converge, would be divided
= into Cd two-Way communication
between yard office and switch
engine and CD similar arrange.
ment among three yard locO-no'
tives.
Mechanics of the operation is
based on connection of a regular
hand-set telephone with associated
loud speaker in the engineers cab
The same set-up is used in the
yardmaster' office.
Only one channel, or wave band
will be used for equipment installed
at the yard office and in the three
locomotives. When the yardmaste1
wants to signal an engineer, he
simply speaks into the transmitter
and his voice comes in over the
loud speaker in the cab. The engi
neers reach each other, and the
yardmaster in the same way.
This new commune alton system
improves the functions of the rail
road and the shipper gets better
all-around service because the sys-
tenn greatly speeds up freight
movements, it was said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
City Fathers To Attend
State Guard Exercises

Festivities at Fort Bragg lark
ing the closing of the 1915 state
guard encam,ment there, and hon
oring Gov. R. Gregg Cherry, will
be attended oy Mayor Ronald Lane
and other members of the City
Council, it was revealed yester-
day.
Addison Hewlett, chairman OF
the county commissioners, and
members CT the county board also
have been invited to attend the &C
tivities, but it could not be learned
this morning how many county Of
ficials will GO.
Luncheon will be held at 12:4 As
y. m. and the treview will begin al
2 .. m. Capt. Leo E. Skyes, OF the
Wilmington state guard company,
addressed the invitation to the Viii.
mington and New Hanover officials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
CHINESE RAILWAY
STUDENTS PLACED

Duties here and in Rocky Mount
with the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road Co., have been assigned to
seven Chinese trainees who arriv-
ed in Washington last Saturday to
study railroad operations, it was
announced yesterday by officials
at the company's general offices.
All of the trainees have had at
least three years experience on
Chinese railroads. Five of them
were assigned to the local office,
and two were sent to Rocky Mount
yesterday to study maintenance of
tracks there. There were assigned
to the Chief Engineer office here
for preliminary study Of bridge and
building engineering and the 9TH
er two were temporarily assigned
Of the freight station and yard.
In the course of their twelve
months study of railroad opera
tons, the trainees will be assign
lea to different points along the
Coast Line system for thorough
study of it's facilities.
Most of their railroad experience
in China was acquired under war
time conditions, and often near
the front lines. Han Berlin, who
was an assistant engineer on the
Huangsi-Kweichow railroad, said
that construction on his railroad
had just begun at the time OF the
fall of Hangkow. terminal ct the
railway, and that the road has
never been completed.
The Yunnan-Burma Railway, or
which Ii Chaun-chi worked as :
cadet engineer, was nearing com
pletion at the time the Japanese
captured Burma, and upon Ii;
capture, Mr.. Ii went to work TO-
the Yunnan-Burma highway which
replaced the railway as trans
portation artery into China.
OF the other members OF tn
group, Liu Chen worked as as
sistant engineer on the Hsufu-Kun
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
Former Resident Cashes
On Phil Baker PROGRAM

Sunday night was Yeoman
John L. Casteen's lucky night.
Formerly of 2013 Woolcott ave-
nue., the Wilmingtonian won a
$1,000 War Bond on the Phil
Baker program, "Take it or
Leave it" as the 1,OOOth con-
testant to appear on the CHS
show.
1t was Casteer's day, for in
addition to The War Bond, he
correctly answered the S64 ques-
ton, and was winner of the
programs $156 jackpot award
' for total of $3.50 in cash.
And won a dollar bet at
the ball game this afternoon"
ne added. He bet that amount
W tn his companion, identified
on the air as Lucy. He picked
the Yankees, Lucy selected the
Tigers.
After the broadcast. Baker
put in a long distance call to
Casteen's mother, Mrs. Annie
Love Shiel, now living i'll Rocky
Mount. She had heard only
part of the program, and Baker
and her son promptly brought
her I'm to date on tho S;4ua
ton.
Casteen was given the broad
cast tickets only a few hours
before the program, at the
Pepsi-Cola canteen in Times
square. He told Lucy that he
had a bunch he was going to
be a contestant and win some
money. He didn't have to
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
Authority On
Deafness Holds
Clinic In Civ

tb0 MIR: Wallace j. Harton. an ALL
Iem ull'y y,.;{ on hard of hearing prob
tha WI VIII conduct a free clinic for
Fe.rH dTa OF hearing at the Cape
Th tur hotel, Wilmington, N. G..
and and S Soaay and Friday, July 18th
wv y, AO'n' hours 1000 a. m, to 800
tsti Iis a n I is a direct represen.
Of efD Me- OF Photograph Products. Inc.
The view Jew, York and is demonstrating
aid W. w. Known ACQUISITION hearing
reaar ide VIII give free consultation
lens olhg hard of hearing prob
diy whether lei you have a mild, me-
whetbero OF severe hearing loss,
no. 'r Ie you wear a hearing aid or
ta(a ' ~ are invited to take advan.
Il Tree private examination.
aid e now wearing a hearing
repair are in need of service or
have ell Il If you would ike to
home Va, demonstration in your
by cal1 you may make APPOINTMENTS
pany, Fogg me City Optical Com.
gard;ndr or further information re-
territngs, cllnlcs to be held in vo,,,
Ferton ,WrIle to Mr.. Wallace j
N. c 0i' 9l4 Hill Building, Durham
adv
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19

wait long for confirmation of
his bunch, for his number was
the first one called, and he
was the first contestant.
The sailor started off on the
wrong foot, when he greeted
Baker, 'Hello, Mr.. Harris"
Commented Baker, That's
Mrs. Baker up there, not Alice
Faye"
Choosing a category of mus
cal questions, Casteen entered
into the spirit of the thing, even
singing the answer to the 81
question.
Informed later in the pro-
gram that he was the winner
of the $1,000 bond, Casteen was
practically speeches.. A few
minutes later, in the jackpot
race, his answer was in second,
but the first contestant to an
swer gave an incorrect reply.
And Casteen earned another
S156 by identifying the USS
Augusta as the ship on which
President Truman Travelled to
Europe for the Big Three con-
ference.
Il guessed it," Casteen con-
fided to Baker and the radio
audience.
Casteen, who joined the Navy
November Is, 1912, in Whining
ton, has just returned from
England after a year of sub
marine chaser duty. He is in
New York for reassignment.
He is a former employee Of the
North Carolina Shipbuilding
company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
ACL WAITING FOR
0DT DIRECTIVE

Officials of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Co., said yesterday
that they had not yei received the
Office of Defense Transportation
order placing all passenger coach
es, baggage and express cars at
the use of the armed forces upon
request.
Service available to civilians is
not automatically curtailed by the
order, but the action makes civil
ian transportation more uncertain
than ever before.
However, Vice President C. H.
Buford of the Association of Amer.
lean Railroads said IAN effort will
be made to select equipment in q
way that will avoid the need TO,
disseminating regular trains out
right"
This order" said Buford in {
statement to the Associated Press
makes it mandatory for the rail
roads to do the things they have
oeen doing on voluntary basil
and that it, furnish equipment TO.
the movement of military person
mel in preference to civilian bust
ness.
present plans contemplate ;
large increase in military move
ments which will call for the us,
of passenger equipment in exces
of any previous demands and tn,
needed equipment will have to b,
withdrawn from civilian service
from time to time,
ut is hoped that ways can b.
found to meet the military need.
without unduiy Gripping any par
ticular area" Mr.. Buford said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
Interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press News Analys+

The dying gasp of Japanese re.
sistance in Burma seems at hand
in the monsoon flooded valley of
the Sittang river North of Pegu
Desperate enemy efforts to re-
lieve trapped forces in the noun
talns North of the great Sittang
Bend and West OF the river are
reported, but only to facilitate
their escape eastward into Thai
land (Siam) as British military
observers read the signs.
Estimates of the number of sur
vivors Of the once powerful Japan
csc 18th Army in Burma vary but
do not exceed some 5000 men.
From 1000 to 1000 of these have
been cut off from escape across
the Sittang by the veteran British
Indian 18th Army despite flood
conditions. Japanese artillery fire
in the Sittang Bend to the South
implies an effort to force recall of
18th Army forces hemming in the
trapped enemy elements in the
North.
The operations in Southern Bur-
ma are impressive primarily be-
cause they indicate critical Japan
csc weakness in Indo-China, Thai
land and on the Malay Peninsula.
And this is the moment when
the pattern of aggressive post-mon-
soon action by Admiral Lord Louis
Mountbatten's Southeast Asia Com
mand is beginning to take definite
shape.
Obviously monsoon conditions in
the Bay of Bengal theater have
less influenced Mountbatten's air
and sea preparations for the COM
ing campaign to reclaim Malaga
and Singapore.
Task forces of the British East
Indies Fleet have roved Dutch
and Malayan waters, even deep in
to Malacca Strait between the pen
insula and Sumatra, to meet no
opposition afloat or in the air.
British bombers from India have
recently ranged close to 5000
miles, round trip, to blast at
enemy ports in the South China
Sea and communication centers
above Singapore on the East coast
of the peninsula.
Singora (SongkhlaD, the objec-
raid, is key communication;
tive of that long range British ali
point for the foe at the lower enc
of the long and narrow isthmus
linking the Malay peninsula to the
Asiatic mainland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
VETERAN NEVADA
DAMAGED BY JAP

DISTINCTION, July 10. -P)-
, IVAN OF Two wars. the battle
V ,:n Nevada absorbed damage
snlp = flaming suicide plane and
trolH hits from an Okicawa short
i've .tory but stayed in the fight.
's -se Navy today told the stor-
, the actions which occurred as
o. ~ famous old ship was operat-
me as part of formation assign
lns N obl;terate enemy installa
fans sq on the island.
W. rhe kamikaze struck before day
,. Inv March 27, causing 50 casual
a asa Including ten enlisted men
ue s one officer killed and 30 seri-
oasly injured
Despite the damage tae Nevada
~ hack in action within four
ny mo next week, on April 5, whils
IN pounding away at japanese
ss;rf;eids shore defenses, supply
smn,os and suspected troop con-
eentrations points, coastal bat
tery opened fire.
~ The Nevada, which cracked the
.onobest installations the Nazls
c ~ provide at Normandy, Cher
sorrg and southern France, slug
osd it out for 10 minutes. During
tbe engagement the enemy fired
an estimated "a shells, five O.
u5icb registered. They killed two
men, seriously injured eight, and
sIiebtly wounded eight others.
Fxperienced gunners OF the Ne
vada got off II rounds from her
r4.inch main battery alone, and
when the shooting was over, the
navy said the target area re-
senbled = gravel quarry after a
weeks blasting"
The Nevada's damage was re-
haired overnight, and the next
morning she was back on the fiji
ing line.
In the kamikaze attack, the Ne
y2da's anti-aircraft guns splash
ed two of the attackers before a
val dive bomber streaked Out
Of the haze apparently bent OH
striking the open bridge. Light me-
chine guns scored hits on the
plane. but too late to stop her.
Marine gunners of the 20mrn
battery, however, managed to
saw off, the planes right wing,
which tluttered into the sea. Its
course diverted, the plane crash
ed into the main deck aft beside
main battery turret. The seven
Marines who saved the ships su-
perstructure died at their stations,
their guns barking until the second
the plane struck.
Fires started by the kamikaZe
crash were extinguished in three
minutes, but not before consider
ablt material damage was done
10 the main battery turret and one
2Omm gun.
1t was the Nevada's first dam
age since Pearl Harbor, although
she was "straddled" by German
shore batteries during the bonn
bardment at Cherbourg.
At Pearl Harbor, she was the
only capital ship to get under way
during the attack.
After permanent repairs and
modernization at the Puget Sound
Wash, Navy yard, she returned to
the fleet in time to participate in
The reconquest of the Aleutians in
May, 1913 She later was refitted
al the Norfolk. Va, Navy yard,
and arrived in European waters
in April, 1914, to support the Norm
andy landings.
She returned to the Pacific late
last year after reconditioning again
at the Norfolk Navy yard. Her
first new assignment was at Two
lima.
"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19

ming railway; Chu Fu-heng as as
slstant engineer on the Huangsi-
chuen, assistant engineer. Clicking
kWelchoW railroad; Tsao Yaun.
Chungking railroad; WI Chia-chuin,
traffic inspector, Che-Kiang Kang.
81 railway and Ii Ting-pi, chief
OF traffic department, Peiping.
Mukden railroad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
WOOD FOR WAR"
MOTORCYCLE READY

RALEIGH, N. c., July 18.-lRE
A Army Wood for War" motor
cade will begin 1880 mile tour
of wood-producing sections in North
Carolina beginning July %, Capt.
Thomas B. Sawyer, of the Indus
trial Services Division, Fourth Serv-
ice Command, announced here to-
day.
The motorcade, comprising an Of
ficer and several wounded combat
veterans, was planned to promote
the production of pulpwood and
lumber products for the war eff
fort.
Cooperating in the program are
the War Manpower Commission
and The Timber Production War
Project, headed in North Carolina
by Roger E. Huff, Area Forester.
Capt. Sawyer said the itinerary
of the motorcade would include ap-
proximately so stops in the princi-
pal wood producing areas of the
state.
Lumber and pulpWood mills will
be visited, while night rallies will
be held in a number of towns and
cities.
Listed on the tentative itinerary
are stops at Washington, Belhaven.
Columbia, Plymouth, WILLIAMSON,
Windsor, Ahoskie, Hartford, Eliza
beth City, Murfreesboro, Roanoke
Rapids, Gold Rock, Nashville, Will
son, Kinston, Pollocksville, New
bern, Kenansville, Burgaw, White
vile, Elizabethtown, Clinton, Fay
etteville, LouisbUrg, Warrenton, ST.
Ter City Bonlee, Carthage, Mt. Airy
North Wilkesboro, Hickory, Marion,
Forest City, P:sgah Forest, Ros-
man, Cashiers, Hayesville, An
drews, Waynesville, Canton, Sylvia,
Eryson City, and Robbinsvllle..
Cecil John Rhodes, the first ane
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19

its faith in human nature. Inside
the entrance in a glass bowl U.s.
ually filled with cigarettes. slogon
posted just above it reads: If you
haven't any, take one; if you have,
deposit one"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
SON BORN

LONDON. July 18.-W.D-A son
was born last night to exiled King
Peter Of Yugoslavia and 24-year
old Queen Alexandra. An official
communicate said, Her Majesty
the Queen of Yugoslavia, CAV.
birth to a son this evening in Lon
don. Both the queen and the young
crown prince are doing well"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
Treasury Seeks Agents
For Revenue Offices

A representative of the Civil
Service Commission announced
yesterday that the U. S. Treasury
department is continuing its eff
forts to employ men here quail
fled as special agents, and Intern
al Revenue agents.
Such persons are urged to make
application for these positions at
the Civil Service office at the GUS
tomhouse.
Civil Service representatives
pointed out that the new Federal
Pay bill, effective since July /,
increases the salaries for this
work. Qualified veterans are e5
pecially urged to apply, as well
as other persons having progress
sive, responsible accounting back
ground.
North African dancing dervishes
have been known to spin like tops
for more than 1000 revolutions
without na11sinq
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
3 81
EAT

When temperatures skyrocket and
smarting, singing heat rash and other
minor skin irritations itch and burn
even more, you'll be grateful for Mex
saha. Just sprinkle this soothing;
medicated powder over your irritated
skin-feel how quickly it cools and re-
lieves the burning soreness. 1t actu-
ally helps absorb excess moisture on
the skin, often the cause OF these irri-
tations, and also guards tender skin
from chafe. Soothes itch of healing
sunburn and mosquito bites. Mexsana
is grand for baby when his little body
is tortured by fiery smarting diaper
rash. For this indicated powder
forms protective coating on irritated
skin, and used after every change actu-
ally helps prevent diaper rash. Fam
lily favorite. Welcome overseas gift.
Larger sizes most economical. Demand
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
Give
Your Feet An
Ice-mint Treat
Get Happy. Cooling Relief For
Burning CalIouses-Put Spring in Your Step

Don't groan about tired, burning feet:
Don't moan about callouses. Get busy and
give them an Ice-Mint treat. Feel the COM
forting, soothing GOODNESS of Ice-Mint driv-
ing out fiery burning >. aching tiredness:
Rub Ice Mint over those ugly hard old
corns and callouses. as directed. See how
white, cream-like, medicinal 1ce"Mint helps
soften them up. Get foot happy today the
Ice-Mint way. At all druggists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19

TAKE OR GIVE
ROCHESTER, July -lS.-UH-A
small restaurant here has proved
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19

Cecil John Rhodes, the first and
greatest of the African million
aires, went to South Africa for his
health.
Evening star., 1945-04-11
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Are more people killed by ac-
cidents in homes than in factories?
L. D. j.
A. In 1914 deaths from home ac-
cidents numbered about 30,500 and
during the same period 1880 per-
sons lost their lives while at work.
@. How many amendments have
been introduced since the adoption
of the Constitution?-E. L. H.
A. About 1920 amendments have
been proposed This number is ap-
proximate, as several bills and reso-
lutions may have been omitted due
to inadequate indexing in the early
volumes of the Journal and De-
bates of Congress.
O. Does the fact that certain
birds can be taught to speak prove
that they are especially intelli-
gent?-D. D. G.
A. Scientists are of the opinion
that speech by birds is pure MINI
icry and not an evidence of under
standing. The birds copy the sounds
associated with certain persons or
actions.
@. What causes the irritant ef-
fects of poison ivy?-B. B.
A. The foliage of poison ivy and
poison oak contains an oil which
poisons the skin of many people
who come in contact with it. Odd
ly enough. animals do not appear
to be affected.
@. Is the dependent mother Of a
veteran entitled to an allowance If
her son is drawing a pension for
permanent total disability?-G. S.
A. The Veterans Administration
says that there is no allowance for
the dependent of veteran who is
drawing a pension for permanent
and total disability.
@. Does the Government make
any direct financial contribution to
a veteran Of the present war who
needs a loan guaranty to start a
business?-M. E. E.
A. The only direct financial con-
tribution from the Government is
the payment of interest on the
guaranty for one year at not more
than 4 per cent.
@. May the wife of a veteran re-
quest the Government to apportion
part of her husbands pension to
her?-T. r. w. .
A. Under certain conditions the
wife may file a claim for apportion-
ment of her husbands pension
check. She should take up the mat
ter with the nearest regional Of
fee of the Veterans Administra-
ti0n
Evening star., 1945-04-11
District Heads Proclaim
Pan-American Day

The Commissioners yesterday pro-
claimed Saturday as Pan American
Day to commemorate the symbol Of
the unity and friendship Of the
Americas and Of their interdepend-
ence in war and peace.
The city heads urged residents to
display the United States flag and
those of other republics of the
Americas.
This will be the 18th observance
of the day, the proclamation stated,
adding that Nationwide celebra-
tions are being planned to strength
en- the spirit of good understanding,
friendly intercourse and peace
among the peoples Of the Western
Hemisphere
Evening star., 1945-04-11

NAAAo SANAN~A~ A&
right. S o m E.
times friction
results, but, in
the main, mill
tary encroach-
ments are toler-
ated as essential
to winning the
war.
H o W e v e r,
there are limits
beyond which
the Army should
not go and fields
into which it
should not in
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