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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
CITY TO FORWARD
BUILDING REQUEST
Application To Be Made
Soon, Nichols Says;
Delay Necessary

Following approval by both the
City and State planning boards OF
an application to the Federal
Works Agency for funds for the
preparation of plans and specifi-
cations for a community building
for the City of Wilmington, City
Manager A. c. Nichols announc-
ed yesterday that the application
will likely be forwarded to the
FWA by the end of the week.
Delay in the forwarding of the
was deemed necessary
in order to give city officials tine
to determine the best form in
which to make application and the
exact amount of money to request,
he said.
The petition for funds was ap-
proved by the city planning board
on June 4 and forwarded imme-
diately to the state board, which
took favorable action this week.
The two endorsements are to be
attached TO the FWA form.
The proposed building is ex-
pected to include an auditorium
and other needed facilities.
The city manager said last week
he. was unable to estimate the
length of time it might be before
action was taken by the EVA be-
cause this is the first application
of the sort we have ever made,
since the funds have just been
made available.
The application was authorized
,rx.-w, N;na. roI II
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15

Wilmington today will become
the 5Oth North Carolina city or
town displaying a marker to1 the
guidance of civilian flyers and
the hundreds of Army and Navy
men who will be flying lighter
ships after their task of helping
eliminate Japan as an enemy of
the United States is completed,
according to arrangements COM
pleted late yesterday afternoon
by City Manager A. C. Nichols
and Ralph w. Andrews, repre-
senting the Civil Air Patrol.
This morning, Mr.. Andrews and
a staff of four men will start wo-k
ON painting the word WHINING
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
BY JAMES F. KING

LONDON, June 14.-(R)-
Russia jolted the rest of the
Allied world tonight with the
announcement that Is Polish
leaders would be tried within
the next few days for "terroris-
tic acts of diversion" behind
Red army lines.
The announcement came on
the eve of a conference seized
uled to open in the Russian
capital tomorrow among rep
resentatives Of the Big Three
and various Polish factions for
the purpose of organizing a
broader based Polish pro
visiOnal government.
At least one Of the Poles
invited to the meeting, former
Premier Stanislaw Mik0la-
jczyk, a leader of the Peasant
party, had been reported by
the British press to be prepared
to demand the release of the 16
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
END OF JAP WAR
SEEN BY CANNON
Enemy Believed To Quit
In 80 Days; Alterna-
tive Offered

/ WASHINGTON. June IA - R =
Rep. Cannon D-Mo) said today
that American military authorities
believe Japan may possibly sur
render within 80 days. if she
doesn't, Cannon added, the United
States may choose to wage long
war of attrition and starvation
rather than launch an immediate
frontal assault.
Cannon is chairman of the House
appropriations m m t e e. He
made his remarks in the House
as he called up for consideration
bill cutting $92,O0o,000 from cur
rent appropriations for war agenc-
les being switched from two
front to one-front war basis The
House approved the bill and sent
it to the Senate.
1T is the belief of the military
authorities, Cannon said, that
one of two courses will be followed
by Japan: IS;
either Japan will surrender
within the next 80 days or the war
will be of long duration-a matter
OF attrition."
In that event, he said, the Allies
face the alternative "of frontal
assault or isolating their posi-
tons, starving them out, bomb
ing them out until slowly but sure
ly-without the loss of consider
able life upon the part of the
American forces-we will win the
war through attrition. )"
The latter course, he continued,
seems in contemplation of adop-
ton by military authorities.
Cannon, whose committee passes
on appropriations for fighting the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
Wilmington's Pre-War Air Marker Replaced

SIS which is the cost of placing
the marker on the building roof,
was granted by the City Council
a week ago, following receipt of
letter from 1t. Col. Frank E.
Dawson, commanding officer of
the North Carolina Wing, Civil
Air Patrol, inviting the city Of
Wilmington to take part in the
marker program which has the
approval, ne said, of the United
States Army, Navy and Civil
Aeronautics Authority. = Accom-
panying the letter was a list Of the
cities and towns in the state which
had participated in the program
up to May 3rd Of this year, the list
totaling ~. ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
/. S. Forces
1akeHighest
Enemy Peak
10000 JAPS LEFT
Wink, Pushing Inward In
Effort To 0utflank
Remaining Foe
Nv LEFT ERICKSON

crAM, Friday, June 15.-P-
y, o Con-. James L. Bradley's 96th
, hs,, Division cracked the cen
m nl'' Of the previously outflanked
III ,uese defense line on southern
!spa Thursday by capturing
v ."afoot high Yaeju hill and push
INK on south
10 T,s summit of southern Okina-
-. isI highest peak was gained early
va ..ardav after a brisk fight while
. ,.ser divisions cut in behind both
. .uis' Of the rugged escarpment line
el ho-s an estimated 10000 hippo
s sn are making last stand in an
. .rss Of less than 3 square miles.
Adm Chester W. Nimitz announc-
u IN todav's communique the fall
y yaeiu hill to the 381st regiment.
otber 96th Division elements as
emitted U a second high point to the
west.
nm either end Of the escarpment
rro The First Marine and Seventh
Infantry I divisions pushed inward
~ a maneuver similar to the pine
Or, development of Shuri fortress.
en- southwestern Okinawa' S
orohI peninsula. the Sixth Marine
division mopped up remnants OF a
rmketed japanese Naval landing
hrce which had been used as
reaIla- troops. The unusually high
number of 1902 surrendered Wednes-
dav It was one of the biggest
single days bag of the Pacific war.
others were driven into the mud
flats Of the Kokuba estuary where
tbev committed hara kiri after
dashing about wildly and scream
Ing.
Elements of the Third Marine
Amphibious Corps; meantime made
unopposed landings on Senaga
island, off the southwest coast OF
oroku peninsula. They captured
five Japanese Naval guns.
Under heavy mortars, artillery
and machinegun fire, Mai. Gen.
James L. Bradley's 96th Infantry
Division, in the center Of the Yaeju
line. captured Paeju-Dake hill, 900
Yards southwest of Tomui town, and
moved up to the southeast Of Ozato
town.
Yaeiu hill presumably was the
highest in the escarpment, whose
highest plateau is a little more than
500 teet)
On the southeastern coast, the
Seventh Infantry Division gained
800 to 700 yards to reach the cen
ter Of Mazaka town. Resistance
there was moderate to heavy.
On het southwestern coast, the
first Marine Division attacked be-
tore dawn and gained 900 to 300
yards to widen its front on Kunishi
ridge, western anchor of the es-
carpment Notifications.
Heavy resistance developed
sround the ridge after daylight.
Ground action throughout the
front was supported strongly by
aircraft from Marine air groups
Nos. 81, 80 and %.
Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd,
Continued OH Page Nine; Col. 81
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Jap
Is N oticed
Is MILES GAINED.
Aussies On L a buan Isle
Are Nearing Timbalai
Air Strip

MANILA, 11ody, y OIiC Ao' N1J
Brunei, important little river port
and capital of the North Borneo
sultanate of Brunei, fell by de-
fault to Australian Ninth Division
infantrymen who walked unoppos-
ed into the bomb-flattened town
Wednesday, it was disclosed to-
day.
The town, Is miles from the near
est landing points when the inva-
sion Of British Borneo began last
Sunday, was occupied after hot
march through the lush jungle
against scanty Japanese opposi-
ton.
A eornmuniQue from Gen. Dou-
glas MacArthur's headquarters
announced also that other Austra.-
ian units on Labuan island, in the
mouth of Brunei bay, had moved
within a half mile of the Timbalal
air strip along the Hamilton road
and found not more than 500 Japa-
nese opposing them.
The defense was stiffening, how
ever, with mortar fire and snipers
on the increase both in the Tinba-
lai area and in stubborn pockets
north and west of Labuan air strip,
which already is being used to
some extent by the Allies.
Timbalai is the last Japanese
held airfie1d OF three in the inva-
sion area.
A headquarters spokesman here,
commenting on the light casualties
on both sides, said many thou
sands" Of Japanese were scattered
throughout west Borneo, although
the slight reaction in the Brunei
bay area indicated that no siza.
bile forces of the enemy remained
there.
Labuan air strip, on which en-
gineers were rushing improve
1nents, will provide an excellent
field for heavy bombers some 800
miles from Singapore, the spokes-
man said. He cautioned, however,
that restoring it would be big JOB
because OF Allied pre-invasion
bombings ard japanese demoli-
tons. Artillery-spotter planes al
ready are using its torn and weed
grown strip.
U. S. 18th Air Force Mitchell
medium and lightning fighterbomb
ers and Royal Australian Air Force
Beaufi ghters and Kittyhawks con-
tinued strong support of the inva-
sion forces, striking heavily at
Jesselton, British north Borneo,
northwest of the Brunei bay area,
setting large fires in buildings and
fuel dumps that sent smoke tower
ing 1000 feet into the air.
Light Naval forces she]led and
strafed fires at Miri, oilfield dis
trict rs miles northwest OF the in
vasion sector around Brunei bay.
The Australians, who invaded
the bay district Sunday marched
is miles through jungle-grown
trails in reaching Brunei.
Australian infantry pressed ahead
Of their tanks, encountering only
small-arms and machinegun fire.
Natives they met outside of Bru-
nei reported the independent at
lacks on the Japanese by the
fierce dyaks, who blow poison darts
through reed guns.
The Dyaks ambushed and killed
IA japanese in. the last two days,
the natives said, using darts,
swords, spears and crude bayonets.
attached to the dart guns.
Australians of the famed Ninth
rats. of Tooruk" Division, whose
capture of Brunei airstrip was an
nounced yesterday, had penetraf-
ed inland more than Is miles since
! (Cnntinued an Papa Efpht. Col A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
Destruction
OF Japanese
Is Planned
5000 TONS DROPPED
Arnold Announces New
Plan For Complete De-
struction OF Foe
BY EDWARD l.. THOMAS
United Press War Correspondent

21ST OMBER COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Marianas, Fri
day, June 15.-W.D-A fleet of $40
BIO Superfortresses battered ia
pans greatest industrial city Of
Osaka with 5000 tons of bombs
today in the opening blow Of a
campaign which Army Gen. Hem
ry H. Arnold said would devastate
Japan with 1000, 900 tons Of bombs
in the next year.
Arnold, commanding general Of
the Army Air Forces as well as
chief of the Goth Superfortress)
Air Force, said on the first ami
versary of the first B-29 raid on
Japan that the program for the
next year would be complete and
utter destruction of industrial ia
PAN"
"If Japan wants 1t that's what
she is going to get," the silvery-
haired general said. Fright at this
moment 10 am. japanese time)
500 B-29's are dropping 5000 tons
of bombs on Osaka"
Arnold said Superforts would hit
Japan with 1000, 900 tons Of bombs
in the next year and that an add
tional 700, 1000 tons would be drop
ped by 1t. Gen. James H. Doolit-
ties U. S. 9th Air Force and Gen.
George c. Kenney's Far Eastern
Air Forces
Today's raid was the 77th on
Japan by Superforts since small
fleet of B-29's first hit the great
steel center of Yawata exactly
one year ago. 1t marked resump-
ton of the great Superfortress
pounding of Japan which had end
ed briefly last Saturday with the
destruction of 1924 square miles
in eight industrial cities, including
Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka
and Kobe.
Osaka, Japan's second largest
city with a population of ALMOST
1000, 900, last was raided in force
on June when $50 Superforts bat
tered it with $500 tons of fire
bombs, bringing the total area
Of destruction in the city to 1893
square miles.
Today's assault was a fire bomb
raid and bombs also were heaped
on Osaka's western suburbs of
Amagasaki, site of the Naruo air.
craft plant of the Kawanishi air
craft company.
| Arnold said he was in the Paci-
fic to find out how many of the
10000 planes we had in Europe
we will have room for in the Pa.
cific. We will put every possible
square foot of every possible land
mass in the Pacific in use in order
to get the maximum striking pow
er against Japan"
"We have come long way in the
past three years in the Pacific,'
Arnold said. eve sent the B-29's
to Chins as shot in the dark for
a weapon to carry on the war be-
yond the range of land and sea
operations. Today we can truly say
that B-29 is the most outstanding
airplane in the world, providing the
threat of tremendous destruction
over large areas
Arnold said the same systematic
bombing plan followed in the de-
struction of Germany would amt
already is being used against jap
an, with the bombers hitting high
priority targets selected by econ
omists and construction engineers
who have lived or studied in jap
an-"all carried out with the idea
of depriving the Japanese war ma
chine Of the things it needs the
most"
Arnold's program of destruction
far greater than any ever visit
ed upon Germany-will envisage
an average of more than 5000 tons
Continued on Page Two; Col y
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15

SAN FRANCISCO, June 14-tP,-
Little nations at the United Ma
tons Conference held out today
for easy amendment of a World
Charter in the future or, failing
that, the right to withdraw at any
time from new International
League.
They want one or the other as
protection, now that the Big Five
the United States, Russia, Brit
ain, China and France have
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
$40 Superforts Batter Osaka
In New Allied Air Offensive;
Brunei Taken By Australians
|Citys Reconuersion Problem
Talked By Planning Engineer

WHINING LOIl CIllSl ISCOIlVcISlOIl
problem is to find employment for
workers who have come from 9TH
er sections of the country and
have decided to remain, George w.
Simons, Jr., of Florida, planning
consultant of the City Planning
Board, told members of the Lions
club yesterday afternoon.
Most cities in the southeastern
area are experiencing this same
wartime impact, Mr.. Simons ex-
planned, land they are consider
ing the same problem - that OF
retaining what they have gained
as a result of the war"
'This problem is going to tax
the best that you can offer in
the way of work. he added.
Referring to future expansion OF
industry in Wilmington, Simons
cited the recently created State
Ports Authority and said that the
state has essentially one port; that
of Wilmington.
when people think in terms OF
city planning, they think Of fac
tories, but there are other things
that go into the makeup Of COM
munity besides smoke stacks" he
added.
In explaining this, Simons point
ed out the economic structures Of
large cities in the United States.
He referred to Chicago and Allan.
ia, whose industrial patterns are
built around transportation and al.
lied industries; Miami, which is
noted for it's recreation; Charles.
ton, Jacksonville and Savannah,
which also revolve around trans.
portation; and Akron, which is
largely built around the rubber
Industry.
'"The more diversified a program
can be, the more successful and
happy community will be-" the
speaker said.
wilmington grew and developed
from the cotton and naval stores
industries" he said. "Now that
these industries are gone, the port
remains, and should be developed
he said.
Not only must the port facili
ties be improved, he stated, but
industrial development must be
made.
THE community must be a
pleasing place in which to live, "
Simons stated, land living does
not mean merely existing"
AS an example, he cited the de-
velopment of Greenfield Park anc
the annual Cape Fear horse show
as a means of making Wilmington
Inviting to the visitor.
wilmington has the same things
THAT Miami has," Simons reveal
ed, ''but they must be further de
veloped. Wilmington has beaches
the same as Miami, but they mus
be developed. Hotels must be larg
er and more numerous.
"Now is the time for whole
some thinking on the part Of ev
erybody in the community. AS we
develop this thinking of industr'
planning, instead of smoke stacks
we must think of the resources ii
the tributary area surrounding
Wilmington"
Simons brought cut the fact thai
in the II counties Immediately
surrounding the city, there are
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
Soviets Jolt Allies
In Trial OF 16Poles

accused Poles as a condition to
participating in the parley.
Russia announced May 6 that
she had arrested the Polish
leader creating a storm in
international relations and
leading to a breakdown in Big
Three negotia tons on broaden
ing the Polish government.
Earlier this week. the Paris
radio reported that Harry Hop
kins, President T r u m a ms
special emissary to Moscow,
had effected the release of the
group.
Moscow for the first time
identified four of the arrested
group in tonight's broadcast
announcement:
They were Jan Jankowski,
vice premier of the London
Polish underground army lead
ed; Stanislaw Jasiukowicz, for
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
GEN. HERMLE SAYS

WASHINGTON, June 14.-A
"A War Bond statement from
Brigadier Genarel Leo d.
Hermle, USMC, assistant d.
vision commander, Fifth
Marine Division:
"Here's my thoughts on the
Seventh War Loan. Lending
money for 10 years at pretty
good rate of interest Is surely
an easy way for an American
to take part in the destruction
of the enemies who would inn
pose slavery ON MS"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15

Thomas H. Davis, Winston Salem,
president Of the company; and c.
T. Linebach, of Winston Salem, vice
president Of the Wachovia Bank
and Trust Co..
The y testified, among o t h r
things, to North Cardinals isolation
on the East-West flow of traffic
between Wilmington and Knoxville,
Tenn. They also showed that the
traveller, leaving the Piedmont sec
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)

eastern Standard Time)
N,t NY I. S. Weather Burcau)
sdns rrologicsl data for the "a hours
e 10 0p,nl.. yesterday.
lon Temperature
,3o' w. am "a; 80 am, IT; 1880 pm, So;
Normna.t,' ~ 80; Minimum 10; Mean 81;
ru., Precipitation
tN inos .of The "a hours ending 1880 pm,
u, in nch since the first of. the month.
rr,.. Tides For Today
I s en-. me Tide Tables published by
0ast and Ceodetic Survey =.
Slmin.. High Low
sloh ----------- Lola 8:53a
Nssor,. 2:03p 9:05p
'o'o inlet --------- SABA
Sob,;s. 1902 5:52p
l02os. w a,oo; Sunset 7:25; Moonrise
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15
Three American Armies
To Remain In Germany

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS Allied Expedionary Forces June
-LPeThree originally planned
kept Germany until December learned
authoriatvely today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15

Continued on Page Two; Col 81
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{ Continued on Page Two; Col
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-15

s.,sly cloudy and continued hot today.
v.s..rdsy's temperatures:
Hish SLOW -.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-12
DEMOS NAME
6 DELEGATES
TO MEETING
Party Nominating Convention
Will Be Saturday
in Lewistown

Valley county Democratic precinct
committeeman and women met in
the courthouse Monday night and
selected six delegates and six alter
mates for the statewide party con-
gressional nomination convention to
be held in Lewistown Saturday.
Nominees selected by the two
major parties will be voted on at
a special election, June s., to select
a successor to the late Rep. James
F. O'Connor.
Stephen Weber presided at the
meeting, at which John David, d. J..
Bogut and Paulina Stevens were
named delegates and Paul r. Fried,
o. r. McCleery and Nora Mumford
delegates at large. Alternates are
Mrs. Mark Tufte, Marion Hellstern
and Clarence White, with Jasper De-
Dobbeleer, James Barnard and Mike
Welton as a~lternates at large.
Each county is entitled to the
number of votes equal to its repre-
sentation in the state legislature. In
Valley county's case this number is
three. However, under decision of
state Democratic officials, each
county will have its vote divided so
that the number of delegates is
doubled.
Announced candidates for the
nomination r Leo c.
Graybill of Great Falls and Lieut..
Bailey Stortz of Forsyth.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-12
E. l.. BOWLES
PASSES ON
in GLASGOW
Death Comes to Prominent
Local Jeweler After Illness
of Three Months
Funeral Services Are Held in
Methodist Church
Wednesday

Ellsworth L. Bowles, Al, Glasgow
jeweler and matchmaker for the past
81 years and who had been active
in the business life of the city, passed
away Sunday morning at 7 in a
Glasgow hospital.
Mr.. Boles became i'll about three
months ago and his condition pro-
greSsively became more serious.
Funeral services in charge of the
Peterson chapel we're held in the
Glasgow Methodist church at 2
Wednesday afternoon. The Rev.
Grant S. Moore officiated and burial
was in the Glasgow cemetery.
Pallbearers were j. E. Brown,
Marvin j. Frazer and Charles E.
Behner of Billings, Archie C. Bruce,
E. x. Eliason of Havre and l.. j.
Baker.
Sweet Peace, the Gift of God"
and The End of the Road" we're
sung by Mrs. Arthur Hasbrouck and
Mrs. Howard Nelson, accompanied by
Mrs. Byron Richter.
born at Nassau, Bahamas, Dec. Is.
1908. The family moved to Maple
Greek, Sask., in 1910 and he grew
to manhood on farms there.
In 1921, he went to st. Louis,
where he studied matchmaking at
the st. Louis School of Watchmak-
ing. Subsequently, he was employed
as a jeweler and matchmaker in
Iron Mountain, Mich, and Sturgis,
S. d.
Mr.. Bowles came to Glasgow in
1924 to enter the employe of Charles
E. Behner as a matchmaker. He was
married to Florence Olson at Glas-
gov, July 10, 1929.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowles purchased
the jewelry store in 1880 and have
operated it since. Since June, 1912,
he had also managed the Ben
Franklin store here. He was official
Great Northern watch inspector.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by two sons, Duain and Leon; a
daughter, Ardice; his mother, Mrs.
F.. H. A. Bowles of Maple Greek, and
four brothers, Fred, Frank, Drexel
and Ormond Bowles, all of Maple
Greek. The first three brothers
named, together with Mrs. Frank
Bowles, were here for the last serv-
ices.
In his funeral ermon Wednesday,
MI. Moore paid tribute to Mr..
Bowles for his friendliness, his fidel-
and his skill as an artisan and
as one who served well among his
fellow men.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-12
Origin Of Fire at
Bulk Oil Plant
Is Not Determined

Origin of a fire in the Litening
bulk plant of the Carter oil COM
pany here Saturday night about 6
remains undetermined, it was stated
by Fire Chief F.. d. Alvord. Firemen
who were called to the site on the
railway right-of-way in east Glas-
gov fought the blaze for more than
an hour. Damage was not extensive.
The plant has not been in use
for some time, the fire chief said.
An investigation by firemen showed
that fuel oil was running from an
opened valve inside the building.
The liquid had leaked through the
floor to the ground underneath the
building and the fire was centered
beneath the structure.
Firemen laid more than 300 feet
of hose from the nearest hydrant
then chopped through the sides of
the metal-sheathed building to
tinguish the flames.
How the valve was opened in a
building that was supposed to be
locked and how the fuel was ignited
are points that have not been de-
termined," the fire chief said.