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Evening star., 1945-12-05
State Society Fete

The first dance of the Alabama
State Society this season will be
given tomorrow evening at the
Washington Hotel Representative
Luther Patrick, newly elected presi-
dent, will head the receiving line.
Mr.. John Steelman, special assist
ant to President Truman, will be
the honor guest. Special guests will
be Alabamians in the services.
Evening star., 1945-12-05
Report on Conference

The Women's Action Committee
will meet at $3.50 pm. Friday at the
YWCA to hear Mrs. Dana Backus,
national vice chairman, and Lillian
T. Mowrer. chairman of the District
chapter, give brief report on the
recent conference between State De-
partment officials and national or
CARNATIONS working for peace.
Evening star., 1945-12-05
K KenSingt0n Club PLAY

Members of the dramatic section
of the Kensington Community Club
will present play, Suppressed De-
sire" before the Kersington Wo-
mems Club at pm. Friday at the
home of Mrs. H. P. Hartshorn.
Christmas carols will be sung fol-
lowing the presenta ton.
Evening star., 1945-12-05
Daughters TO Meet

A meeting of the District chapter
Daughters of Founders and Patriots
of America, will be held at 2 pm.
Friday at the home of Mrs. Donald
NJ. Farll, 5045 Reno road NV.
Evening star., 1945-12-05
EngaeementS

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Teuton
of Fort Foote, Md, announce the
engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Mary 10 Teuton to Mr.. Roger R.
Ross of West Palm Beach.
Miss Teuton attended school in
Miami and Hollywood, Fla, as
well as schools here. She now is
a student at the University of
Maryland. Her father is in charge
of information for the Bureau of
Agricultural and Industrial Chem
istry in the Department of Agri-
culture.
Mr.. Ross is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles R. Crandall of
Washington and West Palm
Beach. He recently returned
from combat duty in the South
west Pacific, where he spent three
years in the communications divi-
sion of the armed forces.
The wedding will take place
during the Christmas holidays
and the couple will be at home,
after the first of the year at West
Palm Beach.
The engagement of Miss Leila
Rose Kearney of this city to Mr..
Edward Alexander Clark, jr., son
of Mrs. Edward Alexander Clark
of Norfolk and the late Mr.. Clark,
is announced by her mother Mrs.
Edmund Allen Kearney of At
lanta.
The wedding will take place in
the near future.
Evening star., 1945-12-05

The bride of Lee /. Drap-
kin, chief pharmacists mate,
U. S. N. r., son OF Mr.. Drap-
kin OF Philadelphia and the
late Mrs. Drapkin, is the for
ner Miss Sally Kats, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Kats OF this city. Their mar
ridge took place at the Ham
tlton Hotel, RABBIT Henry Sc
gal Officiating.
-UnderDood Photo.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06

He took her gently in his arms
And pressed her to his chest:
The lovely color left her cheeks
And lodged upon his vest.
The Apocbe Sentinel
'Halt-who goes there?"
Quiet you, amt going, I'm coming
back"
Hendricks Hi-Lfe
Til: Trouble never comes singly."
Lii: Il don't mind-so long at il
comes in gobs."
Bedside eyominer
A city lassie working on farm dur.
ing her vacation to help out the labor
shortage was observed by the farmer
doing a very odd thing. She was allow.
ing the cow to drink the pail OF milk
she just obtained from the animal.
why are you allowing the COW TO
drink the milk"
Well" replied the city girl. the
milk looked pretty thin the first time
so / thought it might help to run il
through again"
Bomb Boy Me.sen9er
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06

Success: The ability 10 get along
with some people and ahead OF others.
Ho~if7er
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06
CHOW MAESTRO

I sing of the fellow who serves me
my food
And the way he dumps cake on my
pork
. Such finesse is a dream. what an
artist supreme
Did he learn at the Waldorf or
Stork?
Not a surgeon can equal his delicate
touch
AS he sprinkles beans on my pie.
With one swallow.like swoOp, my
desserts in my soup
How unerring, how steady his eye.
Like your salad with gravy? Or
stew on your fruit?
He will fill your tray to the brim
So three cheers and bow. TO this
maestro OF chow
They named the word mess" after
him.
The Aveneer
CO; Lieutenant think you had bet.
ter check that mans record. Every
time he fires that gun, he wipes off his
VAC News
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06
ndow for his fox hole"


Success; The ability 10 get along
with some people and ahead OF others
Ho~itzer
Kitty: "Ive found myself a hus.
band"
Kat: "Oh really-whose?"
Ace Pursyifer
Pvt: do you believe opposites
should marry?"
Pfc: Absolutely, that's why I'm
looking for a rich girl
Comnond Post
1t says here man was arrested
for going out on the street without
enough clothes on"
What was the charger"
"Impersonating woman
Comp Roberts Dspotob
Comment of a Dutch Indian native
as he watched a u. s. bulldozer at
work: "Aussie, him good jungle
Ahter, Jap him good jungle fighter
Rherican, he come, jungle GO
Morine Corps Chewon
Timid Yeoman: May kiss you?"
There was no answer.
T. Y: please, may kiss your"
Blase Bertha: What do you want
me TO do-promise not TO bite?"
Stywrrter
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
POLES WILL GET
NO. | CRIMINAL
Hans Frank To Be Turned
Over To Them After
Trial By Allies

LONDON, Sept. 2.-WD-Hans
Frank, No. l on the Polish list Of
war criminals and former Gaulei.
ter of German-occupied Poland,
will be turned over to the Polish
government fo~ trial at the end
Of the Nuremberg trial of high
ranking Nazis, an American
spokesman for the War Crimes
Commission said today.
An estimated 100000 Poles
were executed during Frank S
regime. At present he is in Nue-n-
berg prison with % other Nazi
leaders, awaiting trial by an In.
ternational Tribunal. The spokes i.
man here said it was not clear
who would carry out sentence
upon Frank if he is found guilty
by both the International Tribunal
and Polish court.
Frank is the only Nazi war
criminal suspect faced at present
with the prospect of two trials.
A Polish correspondent who re-
Gently interviewed Franks wife in
Bavaria reported his defense
would be based on assertions that
the German IS committed atroci.
ties in Poland over his protest. =.
The correspondent said Frank
repeatedly kept a diary which
purports to show difficulties
with Adolf. Hitler and SIS Chief
Continued on Page Five: Col, ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
Suggestion That Legion Enter Political Field
Brings Sharp Repercussions From Other Groups

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 W.D "A
proposal by National Commander
Edward N. Scheiberling that the
American Legion engage in about
political activity brought sharp re-
percussions tonight from rival vet
erans' groups.
Willard w. Rice, National Serv-
ice Director of the Disabled Amer
lean Veterans, said that Scheiber-
ling's recommendation would lend
support to mounting fears that
strongly entrenched veterans Or
CARNATIONS, with potential men,
bership of 2O,oo0,0o0, might WELD
enough political power to dominate
the country.
Rice said he had heard such
fears expressed, even by veterans,
and added that IF the Legion, as
a bloc, went into partisan politics,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
Text of Presidents Speech
On Page Four

It was Mr.. Trt,man's second
radio talk within "a hours. Last
night, when word of the formal
capitulation of the surrender Of
the japanese had been transmitted
to the mainland, he proclaimed
today as VI Day.
But he emphasized that it was
no formal holiday.
The restraint with which the
United States observed VI Day
was in marked contrast to the cele.
brations which broke out across
the land Aug. IA when the Japa.
nese first announced they had had
enough Of the war they started,
and then lost. The White House
said the President himself had ar
ranged no special observance.
Speaking from the White House
on w Day program which orig
mated in Hollywood, Mr.. Truman
told the armed forces:
1.-THE high tide Of victory will
carry us forward to great achieve
ments in the era which lies ahead.
But we can perform them only in
a world which is free from the
Continued on Page Five; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
10000 Japs
Still Armed
In Shwegyiin
UNAWARE OF TREATY
British Clearing Sealanes
To Sumatra, Singapore,
Malay Peninsula

HANDY, Ceylon, Sept. 2.-U.H)-
An estimated 10000 japanese
troops, unaware that Japan has
signed unconditional surrender
terms, are holding out in the
Shwegyin area of Burma and last
night they sent a rading party into
Gyogen village IS miles North of
Rango0n.
A United Press dispatch from
Rangoon said the British were ad-
vising the Japanese by various
means of the surrender, but the
troops are cut off from their head
quarters and are still trying to
retreat to Thailand under orders
given to them shortly after the
fall of Mandalay last spring.
Burmese patriots repulsed the
raiding party, the dispatch said,
killing two japanese captains, one
lieutenant and Is soldiers.
Arrangements were made for
Japanese officers attached to the
staff of Gen. Takazo Numata, the
Southern Army's chief of staff. to
visit the Shwegyin area and in
struct the isolated groups to sur
render.
Meanwhile, the British 9Th Mine
sweeping Flotilla and the Indian
Navy's 37th Minesweeping Flotilla
supported by the British East
Indies Fleet began sweeping the
Malacca Straits of mines at day
light today.
Both flotillas have been at sea
continuously since August IS, a
communique said, clearing the
Straits preparatory to occupation
of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra
and Singapore.
The minesweepers will carry out
several days of arduous sweeping
before they clear a safe passage
for the fleet and the conveys
which are ready to pass down the
Straits to Singapore, the communi.
que said.
American officials announced
that 296 American prisoners from
Thailand had been removed by
air to Calcutta through Sept. /,
including 166 from Bangkok and
81 from Petburi. Thirteen includ-
ing the senior American prisoner
in Thailand and a staff of ad-
ministrative assistants who were
former prisoners, remained in
Bangkok and IS in Petburi.
The senior POW reported he had
the names of 10 more Americans
Continued on Page Five; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
Broadcast,
Beamed For
All Points
W. DAY MESSAGE
Mr.. Truman Calls Occasion
One For Rejoicing,
Contemplation

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-P)-
President Truman tonight called
VI Day a time for great rejoic-
ing and for solemn contemplation.
In broadcast message on the
occasion directed primarily to
members of the American armed
forces scattered across the earth,
Mr.. Truman said:
with the destruction force OF
war removed from the world we
can turn now to the grave task
of preserving the peace which you
gallant men and women have won.
It is task which requires our
most urgent attention. It is one
in which we must collaborate with
our Allies and the other nations
of the world.
"They are as determined as we
are that war must be abolished
from the earth, if the earth, as
we know it, is to remain. Civil
zation cannot survive another total
war"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
Thousands Jam Beaches
But n o Mishaps Occur

w. Putting the finishing touches on
, .ls seasons .,; sun-tan and taking one
. Ms plunge with old King Neptune,
i ts local beaches witnessed the
t..s crowd of the season yes
. .eluay without an accident or ar
,,is Sa a Beach is swamped,"
nir s Pollce Chief Ed Leonard, last
n ne and I'm happy to report
mi everything is we'll under con-
riI u' mere n said Police Chief Mer-
Be,cb fal Lt of wrightsville
,ood t ill.,, everybody is having a
Nv u ,lme and no arrests"
mn Al " Wilmington, the records were
bsvi as clean as the beaches. police
ST tH1 ., made ten minor arrests.
" r Phil Parrish said.
CIV IL We're no accidents in the
oorlng the day, however.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
AMERICAN LABOR
RECEIVES PRAISE
BY The ASSOCIATED PRESS


Labor drew praise from military
and Congressional leaders today
for the part it played in winning
the war, while labor leaders and
others reminded that the battle
against unemployment also must
be won.
Among the statements issued as
the nation observed the Labor Day
holiday were these:
Robert P. Patterson, Undersac.
rotary of WARRIOR their contribu-
ton toward victory, the men and
women in our war industries de-
serve the highest commentator"
General H. H. Arnold, command
ing the Army Air Forces-"the
workers who stayed at their Jobs.
and astounded the world in spite
of the stresses and strains Of war.
time living, are entitled to the gra.
titude of the entire nation"
General Jacob L. Devers, com.
manding the Army Ground Forces
Nov that peace is at last bring
ing home the combat soldiers, we
must all continue the teamwork
which brought us success in war"
General Brehon Somervell, com.
manding the Army Service Forces
1.-THE record of the Army Serv.
ice Forces in arning and supply.
ing more than eight million men is
equally the record Of labor"
Continued on Page Five: Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
REVAMPINC BILLS
FACE OPPOSITION

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. -CR-
There is increasing doubt at the
capitol that President Truman will
fare any better than the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt in requesting con-
gressional authority to revamp the
governments multiple executive
agencies.
A leading doubter is Rep. Man.
asco DALAI, chairman of the
Committee on Expenditures in the
executive departments. That group
will start hearings Tuesday. on a
reorganization bill drafted - the
ALBANIAN.
Manassas measure would ex-
empt 81 quasi-judicial agencies,
such as the Interstate COMMERCE
Commission, from authority that
would be given the president to
streamline the Federal admins.
trative set-up.
A bill before the Senate Judi.
ciary committee would give the
president power to coordinate, con
solidate or abolish any executive
agencies except the general &C
counting office, subject to congress
sional dissent within 60 days. 1t is
on the president must" list.
Manasco told reporter he had
exempted the quasi-judicial agen,
cies in the belief that it would be
futile to try to pass the lSsiss'-
ton otherwise.
In 1899, he said, the DEMOCRATS
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
SCOTT
FREED FROM JAPS

RUNNING, Aug. 29.-(Delayed)
-R-Comdr. Winfield Scott Cunning
ham, Wake Island commander
who twice escaped from the jap
anese but was recaptured each
time, is safe in the Army hospital
here after dramatic rescue by
parachutists who freed him from
a Peiping prison camp.
Well enough to walk to meals,
but still weak from his three years
confinement, Cunningham said he
hoped to return soon to his home
in Cedar Park, Annapolis, Md.
He and 1000 men under his COM
mand were captured at the. Wake
Island Naval Air Station. early in
1912 and taken to various prison
camps in Japan and China.
With Royal Navy Commander
(Continued on Page Five: Col, 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
WARDEPARTMENT
DROPS AGE Limit
Enlisted Personnel AGED
IS May Now Receive
Their Discharge

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-R)-
The Army today lowered to IS
years its age limit for enlisted
personnel who will be released
from the service upon application.
At the same time it reduced from
IS to 30 points its critical score
for discharge of enlisted men.
Announcing this, the War De.
partment said it has ordered as
Of VI Day, today, a decomposition
of the points of all Army person
mel, except those already eligible
for discharge.
The discharge point score for
enlisted Wacs is cut from A te
Al points.
The announcement said recon-
putation will have the effect oil
adding from four to eight points
to the score of every man and
woman who has served continuous
ly in the Army since May IL, 1945
and would make thousands more
eligible for discharge.
This program is in conformity
with announced War Department
policy that the critical score would
be lowered progressively and as
frequently as necessary to keep
the flow Of discharges at the
highest possible level" the an.
nouncement said.
"The amount of available trans
portation is the primary factor
governing the speed with which
the rehabilitation plan can be
carried out.''
The only exceptions among en-
listed men who must remain ii
Continued on Page Five; Col. A
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
REV, J. LAWSON
RESIGNS PULPIT
First Christian Church Min
lister Accepts Call To
Indiana Passionate

Following passionate OF eight
and one-half years at the First
Christian Church here, the Rev.
lanes T. Lawson yesterday ten
dpred his resignation to the con-
eregation at the morning service
and asked that it be made effec-
five September IS. On Sunday.
Sent %, Rev. Lawson will assume
his new duties as pastor of Tab
ernacle Christian, church, Frank
lin, Ind, one of the largest in that
section of Indiana, with a member.
ship Of over 900.
No announcement by the Board
Of Stewards of the First Christian
church as to a successor to Rev.
Lawson is expected to be forth
coming for several days, it was
Indicated last night.
Taking over the pastorate OF
First Christian church on April
/, 1887. Rev. Mr.. Lawson at once
began the task of strengthening
the church and it's organization
and within the last three years,
has led the congregation in the
erection of a new $4,000 church
building, which has been fully paid
for and the congregation freed
Of all debt.
During his residence in Whining
Ton, Rev. Lawson has been very
active in inter UNCONVENTIONAL
work Of the churches and in the
civic and service club life of the
city. He has served as president
Of the Wilmington Minister'S AS
ISOLATION, the Wilmington Lions
Club and served as the Minister'S
Association representative on the
Civil Service Commission for the
pultce ana ire departments. At
present, he is vice-president and
amemoer of the board of directors
OF the Associated Charities.
Inc Rev. Mr.. Lawson has also
peen active in the state program
Of his church and at present. is
,Mce-presldent of the North Caro-
una Christian convention and
taalfman of the Youth Work Com.
ml'Fee for the State of North Caro-
lima.
Nev' Mr.. Lawson and family
Will WILL. leave for their new post OF
0u'y shortly after Sept. IS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03

place among veterans organiza-
tons. Their charters also ban par
tisan politics.
Omar Ketchum, legislative di.
rector. of the VFW, said it was
foolish to talk about binding into
a political unit men whose only
bond was former military service.
'They lack the common econom.
ic interest that is essential for po-
litical unity he said. "And any
way, he added, he did not believe
any veterans group would willing
ly turn itself into another CO.
PAC."
Rice, further discounting fears
of political domination by a vet
erans' bloc, said there had been
constant division among the vet
Continued on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
SAN MICHELE BELL
RINGS ONCE AGAIN
IN "PEACE" TOKEN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. LIP
The bell of San Michele rang on
VI day "for everlasting peace
and freedom in all the world"
Presented to the late President
Roosevelt last Christmas by the
Mayor of the Isle of Capri, the
ornate bronze bell is housed in the
national archives.
"May it ring on the day of vic
tory for everlasting peace and free
dom in all the world" Mayor Gul-
seppi Brindisi wrote Mr.. Roose'
welt.
The bell first was rung to pro-
claim Germany's surrender. 1t was
removed again today from its case
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03

one"
In a subsequent interview, he
told the United Press that the Lee
gion had failed miserably after
World War One to put over de-
tense program that might have
forestalled World War Two" Now
he emissions a membership of
more than 10000 and pointed
out that the Legion will be a great
potential power for political good.
His proposal was received with
misgivings even within the Legion.
Other officials emphasized that he
is not authorized to speak for the
Legion except under mandate from
a national convention. And there
was no support for the proposal
in the Veterans Of Foreign Wars
and the Disabled American Vet
Grams which hold second and third
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03

it would be veering close to Fas-
ISM" He said further that he
was confident the suggestion
would be repudiated by the Le-
gion rank and file.''
Scheiberling, who will be re-
placed at the Legion National con-
vention in Chicago this fall, told
a press conference last week that
it was time the Legion dropped
the sham of non-partisanship and
went out to remove Congressman
and others whose views the Legion
holds dangerous. He said the ban
on politics, written into the Le-
gion's charter by Congress, can
easily be circumvented-if it can
not be elimineatd. "The Charter,
he observed, "says the Legion
can't support a candidate. But it
Ices not say we can not oppose
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
SEASON AT BEACH
MAY BE EXTENDED

Persons who rent rooms, cot
tages, hotel owners and persons
who operate amusements at
Wrightsville beach will meet Tues
day night at at the Anchorage
to discuss and to lay plans for
next years tourist season. the Of
fic;als of Wrightsville and Whining
ton Chambers of Commerce an
nounced Saturday.
Bill Sharpe, North Carolina State
News Bureau director at Raleigh,
anticipates many delayed vaca-
tons this fall and early winter at
Wrightsville and Carolina beaches
and other North Cardinals resorts.
While some hotels, lodges and
tourist courts will close as usual
soon after Labor Day, a survey by
Continued on Page Five; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03
0'alln Congratulates
Truman On Jap Defeat


,r shW YORK Il Sept. 2.-lR,-cen-
lated ' pre.. Stain today co1,gratu-
ri eterTss people on "a bril- Brilliant s.fa
stsTu, over Japan.
ihy th n.'' 4, 5 message, as broadcast
Cd bv ve ~ MOSCOW IS Radio and record.
comno;;ne Federal Communications
he vi al. the day of the signing OF
perno av' OF capitulation by .hpan.
The govoa me TO congratulate you,
Of A snOsethment of the United States
pie NV &c and the American peo-
ban u me great victory over ia
ees 81 congratulate the armed for.
G. NJ VI me United States of Ameri-
I'll a brilliant victory"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-03

FLIER KILLED In
CRASH AT RICHMOND

= SEYMOUR JOHNSON FIELD,
Sept. 2.-P)-Flight Officer Leon
c. Kirk, 20, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles W. Kirk of Harrisburg,
Pa, today was identified as the
victim of a two-plane collision
Saturday morning over Richmond,
Va.
Col. D. B. Howard, command
ing officer of the Seymour John
son Field, said both planes were
Army fighters and on a training
mission at the time Of the col
lision.
The pilot and only occupant OF
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