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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-04
Balikpapan
Base In Use
500 JAPS BURIED
Allied Air Force Now With.
in Fighter Range
OF Java

MANILA, Wednesday, July 4.
-(P)-A field dispatch today
disclosed that Aussie invaders
of Balikpapan, bomb-wrecked
oil center on East Borneo, have
a beachhead seven miles long
and two miles deep and the
captured Sepinggan airfield al
ready is in operation.
Reporting from Balikpapan.
Associated Press Correspondent
Russell Brines said the diggers,
who landed there Sunday already
have buried 500 Japanese. He said
the Aussies, by securing the last
ridge facing the town virtually
have secured its central refineries
and docks, long since rendered
unserviceable to the enemy by
bombing and Smelling.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's COM
muniqupe today confirmed Mel
bourne Radio reports that Seping
gan airfield was captured at
nightfall Monday, putting the Allied
Air Force within fighter plane
range of Java, heart of the Dutch
East Indies, for the first time in
more than three years.
Brines said troops advancing on
the right flank won the airfield
against light opposition and also
took the nearby village Of Seping-
gan.
Although the airfield runway was
cratered, one 600 yard stretch was
quickly made serviceable for use
by Aussie scout planes.
AS the Aussies consolidated their
left flank positions atop a vital
ridge overlooking fire ravaged
Balikpapan, the rapid advance Of
o,her Digger units along hard
surfaced tWo-lane highway brought
possession of the 4,600-foot asphalt
paved runway only $40 statute
miles from Soerabaja.
Royal Australian Engineers pre-
pared to fill bomb crate-s and
smooth an airstrip for accom-
mediation of land based planes as
quickly as possible.
The Japanese defenders of Bal
. ikpapan, where the Australians
landed Sunday, followed their Gus
tomary practice and pulled out OF
strong prepared positions on the
beach and retired to series Of
ridges overlooking the town it
self.
Today's communicate made no
men ion of further progress inland
and spokesman said there had
been little change of position from
the first day.
Cavalry Commands, components
OF the Seventh Division, met heavy
machinegun fire from six enemy
positions when they crossed the
Klandasan river Sunday night to
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-04
LABOR ELECTORS
BOO CHURCHILL

LONDON, July 3. ~ Prime
Minister Churchill, booed and
heckled at one of the stormiest
political meetings in British his
tory, tonight carried his fight for
Conservative party victory be-
fore crowd estima led at $4,000
persons in the Labor Party strong
hold of Northeast London.
Greeted by organized sections
OF hocklers chanting 1--WE want la
bor,' Churchill told the big open
air rally in Walthamstow Stadium
that winners cheer and the beat
en- boo.'
Almost constant heckling, and re-
sponsive cheering by the Prime
Minister'S supporters, forced him
at times to wait several minutes
before continuing his speech.
Swapping verbal punches with
partisan opponents, the 70-year-old
Prime Minister endured half an
hour of booing as he made his last
major speech of the hard-fought
campaign alongside Conservative
candidates seeking the q parlia-
ment seats in the district.
'The first element of our policy
Churchill told his stormy audience,
is to beat Japan. The next thing
is to bring our army home and
then we have to build up the homes
and houses shattered by enemy
bombardment."
Churchill promised full employ
ment for the next two or three
years as Britain starts to produce
long-needed goods.
He estimated six years Of wal
had left Britain short nearly q
100000 homes (which otherwise
would have been built, apart from
all of those which the enemy blew
down or broke into pieces. Why
have we not repaired and rebuilt
those houses?"
He was interrupted by cries from
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-04
Plane Crash At Burgaw
Kills Nine Naval Airnnen
Debris Scattered Over
Wide Area; Patrolman
Says No Survivors

Nine unidentified persons were
killed when a Navy plane crashed
one mile east of Burgaw about
3:15 p. m. yesterday, State High.
way Patrolman W. M. Whitley,
of Burgaw, reported.
Patrolman Whitley, first to arrive
on the scene, said the plane was
completely demolished and he
counted nine bodies. Debris was
scattered over vast area, he
said. There were no survivors.
Whitley said the plane fell in a
small clearing in a wooded area.
Although no witnesses could be
located, the patrolman said the
plane was sighted diving from the
clouds. 1t crashed a few minutes
later as heavy thunder showers
reached the area.
At late hour yesterday, autho-i-
ties had been unable to determine
where the plane was stationed.
Capt. M. H. Robin, public relations
officer at the Bluethenthal Army
Air Base, said the plane was
shattered beyond recognition"
making the task of Identification
all but impossible. Capt. Robin
said a search was underway for ad-
ditional bodies.
Capt. Robin said that investlga-
ton had been turned over to the
Fifth Naval District at Norfolk,
Va.
Crash equipment from Bluethen-
thai and Cherry Point and Camp
Lejeune Marine Base were rushed
to the scene of the crash. How
ever, at p. m. Whitley reported
that the bodies had not been re-
moved,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-04
BYRNES ASSUMES
OFFICE OF STATE

WASHINGTON, July s. R -
Squining into the sunshine on
White House terrace, James F.
Byrnes took the oath as Secretary
of State today and then made a
plea for worldwide tolerance.
To-day there can be no doubt
that the peoples of this war-ravaged
earth want to live in a peaceful
world" he said. But the supreme
task of craftsmanship the world
over is to help them understand
that they can have peace and free
dom only if they tolerate and re-
spect the rights of others to opin-
ions, feelings and ways OF life
which they do not and cannot
share.''
Byrnes, attended by President
Truman and the outgoing Secre'
tary of State, Edward R. Stettin-
ius, Jr., was sworn in before an
applarding throng of the nation
highest officials.
II enter upon my duties deeply
conscious of the great and grave
responsibilities" said the man who
served President Roosevelt as Of
fetal assistant president" through
most of the war. The oath taking
put him in to the twin role OF Sec
rotary of State and the man next
in line for the Presidency.
Byrnes said he has been assured
of the wise counsel of former
Secretary of State Cordell Hull and
of the advice of Stettinius A short
time before the oath was adm mis-
tered the White House announced
that Stettinius will have offices IN
the executive mansion to carry on
his duties as chief American dele
gate to the United Nations Organ
Zation.
Byrnes asked State Department
employees to remain at their
Continued On Page Six; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-04
WASHINGTON, July 3.-R)-

WASHINGTON, July 3.-(P-
In a Fourth of July statement
President Truman tonight call
ed on the nation to honor the
"creed of liberty" which its
fighting sons have carried
throughout the world.
"Again this year we cele-
brate July 4 as the anniver-
sary of the day one hundred
and sixty-nine years ago on
which we declared our indie
pendence as a sovereign peo-
pie.
In this year of 1915, we have
pride in the combined might
of this nation which has con-
tributed signally to the defeat
of Germany and is such that
we soon may crush the enemy
in the Pacific. We have hui
mility for the guidance that
has been given us of God in
serving his will as a leader of
freedom for the world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-04
Tire Plants
Seizure Now
Possibility
STRIKERS DEFIANT
Prolonged Akron Disputed
Certified To Economic
Stabilizer
By The Associated Press

Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company plants, where half of
Akron's $4,000 rubber strikers
have been out for Is days, APP
neared headed for federal sci
zure last night.
The War Labor Board turned
over the prolonged dispute, involv-
ing is, 700 CLIO United Rubber Work
ers, to William H. Davis, Economic
Stabilizer, as output of vital rubber
products tobogganed,
At the same time 1880 CLIO strik-
ers at Firestone Tire Rubber
Company, out since Sunday, de-
fed a WLB back-to work order by
notifying the Board they would not
return under present conditions. -
Draft boards in the Akron area
were opposing recent instructions
10 draft Goodyear strikers who had
held occupational deferments and
four banks reported excessive cash
ing of War Bonds by paydayless
workers
The rubber strike was the princi-
pal dispute of several over the
nation involving total of more
than 48, 900 workers.
Other strikes in which there were
developments Tuesday were by
cities:
NEW YORK
Striking Independent Newspaper
Deliverymen ignored a WLB back
to.work order but sent their at
torney to Washington to reply to
the directive. Seventeen hundred
union members struck Saturday for
establ shnent of union welfare
fund, severance pay, paid holidays
and overtime. The Post did not
publish but the other ten newspap'
ers affected printed for over-the-
counter sales.
Ford City, Pa. and
Charleston, w. Va.
Three thousand CIO glass work
ers resumed production at the Fore
City plant of Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Company and 1900 will return
Thursday to the Charleston Plan
of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Com
pany. Other plants reopened Mon
day. The strike had involved q
total of $4,000.
Memphis, Tenn.
pfJc CnrU
ice was curtailed by continuance
of five-day walkout Of about Isl
ALL mechanics. Company and I'm
ion both submitted proposals for
ending the stoppage. The walkout
developed from complainsts that
the company refused to remove
from the shop certain employees
Continued on Page Two; Col. b
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-04
Aussie Invaders
Widen Beachhead:
orts On Prowl
New Rocket Range
Will Open Shortly

A new rocket range for use
by PAT Thunderbolt pilots fly
ing from Bluethenthal Field is
under construction on Cape
Fear, below Fort Fisher, it
was learned from military au-
thorities Tuesday night.
The range, first of its kind
in this area. may be in opera
ton next week on the tip of
the Cape south of Carolina
Beach. Announcement of final
arrangements for the use of
that area for practice with one
of the United States newest
weapons is expected soon.
The Cape has been a favor
tie fishing spot for North Caro-
linians since Fort Fisher was
vacated by Army personnel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-04
FORECAST

North Carolina - Partly cloudy and
moderately warm Wednesday and Thurs
day, widely scattered thundershower.
Thursday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-04

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Laurel outlook., 1945-08-22

Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Anderson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Sommers and son
Rex drove to Columbus Sunday and
were Joined by Mr.. and Mrs. liver
Flatmo and their son and daughter
in-law, Nh. and Mrs. John Weist, to
spend the day at the Ray Flanagan
ranch. Following a picnic dinner
the afternoon was spent at fishing.
Mrs. Thelma Whitaker and
daughter and son, Helen and Earl,
returned Tuesday from Washington
where they spent several weeks Wis
iting relatives. During their stay
they spent some time with Mrs. Ira
Whitaker and with Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Bell, son-in-law and daugh-
ter of Mrs. Whitaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Lumsdon
were hosts at a family dinner Wed
nesday h%onoring the birthday of
Mrs. Lumsdon's father, A. A. Ed
wards.
Returning this week from spend
ing several days in Yellowstone
park was a group consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Ted Schessler and son
Jimmy, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Frickel, Mr.. and Mrs. Art Metzger
and daughters, Miss Hulda Eisen-
baum, and Miss Esther Metzger.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Jacobson were
among the patrons and pa%tronesses
of the AZ graduate nurses of the
st. Vincent hospital in Billings
when they were honored at II
junior-senior prom and dance We'd
evening of last week at the
Hilands club in Billings.
Mrs. J. A. Spencer is a patient
at the st. Vincent hospital in Bill
lings where she was taken Sunday.
Mrs. T. w. Evert was honored on
her birthday when a group of
friends entertained at the Barney
and Evert cabins above Red Lodge,
and served a dinner Thursday. Sew
eral members of the group remain
ed at the cabins to spend the rest
IF the week.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-22
The Outlook Says:

Friends staged a surprise party
Friday evening at the ranch home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Gross, ST.,
near Edgar in honor of Mr.. Gross.
Cards were an entertainment feat
ure and a pot luck lunch was
served. The guests participating
were Mr.. and Mrs. Gerber and chill
dren of Park City, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Eggert and children of
Laurel and Mr.. and Mrs. Segler Of
Silesia.
l.. A. Nutting was taken to a
Billings hospital Wednesday,, fol-
a sudden illness which de-
veloped earlier in the day while he
was working at his home on Alder
avenue.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-22
Seabees Load Vessel
After Workmen Strike

BOSTON.-The navy used so Sea-
bees to load ship stores and mail
on the naval transport Admiral H.
T. Mayor after AZ longshoremen
walked off the job following a dis
pute over the number of men need
ed for loading operations. The In
ternational Association of Long
shoremen (AFL) said the dispute
arose when 25 men refused to load
ship stores on the transport, pre-
pairing for sea after landing troops
from Europe, and II others engaged
in handling mail quit in sympathy.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-22

Sgt. Conrad Frank arrived home
Friday from protracted service in
the Pacific. He was discharged on
points at Fort Lewis, Wash, after
al months in the army, SO of
which were in the Pacific as a
member of a tank destroyer group.
He saw service in most of the IS
lands, but considers Guadalcanal,
New Britain, Mindanao and Luzon
as his principal bases. Of decora-
lions he is entitled to wear four
battle stars, the bronze star, the
Philippine liberation medal and
others.
Rev. Theodore C. Strobel and
daughter, Miss Betty Strobel, left
to visit Sgt. Robert Strobel, radio
operator at Gowen Field, Ida.
Laurel outlook., 1945-08-22
Damp busting

Wood or metal furniture needs an
occasional damp busting with a soft
cloth wrung almost dry from clear
lukeWarm water.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-19
One-Act PLAYS
at School
on April 18th

Varying themes will feature three
one-act plays to be presented by
Glasgow high school pupils under
the direction of Miss Julia Barker
in the school auditorium Friday
night, April 2, at 8. The proceeds
will be used for the annual Junior
prom and banquet. A special per-
Torrance will be given for grade
children Thursday night.
The first play, Are We Dressing"
is the story of a new family in a
small town. The title comes from the
difficulties children of the Andrews
family have in solving the problem
OF how to dress for their first party.
In the cast are Dale Moore, Doris
Moon, Deloyce Alderman. Wayne
Larson, Betty Lou Malunat, Dick
Sheffield, Eleanor Stroman and
George Watson.
Hanging Uncle Henry" tells the
story of a newly married couple
and their first quarrels. Mary Lou
Alley and Frank Mersen are the
young couple and Shirley Troll and
Roland HammerneSS the interior
ing relatives.
Not Tonight" is concerned with
a family of sleepwalkers whose pecu-
liar habits almost ruin the daugh-
ter's chances for happiness. Players
N it are Bonnie Farrell, Bill Stern
hagen. Tommy Heating and Sydney
Rae Browning.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-19
0athS Of Office
Are Filed for
School Trustees

Oaths of office for school board
trustees who were elected in Valley
county districts are beginning to
come in to her office, Miss Ella
Hammerness, county superintendent
of schools, reported this week.
State laws provide that every trus-
tee shall file this oath of office
with the county superintendent
within Is days of the receipt of the
certificate of election and oath of
office from the clerk. Any trustee
who fails to qualify by filing the
oath shall forfeit rights to the Of
flee and the superintendent is en-
powered to appoint a successor to
fill the vacancy. District clerks also
required to file oaths.
The law further provides that
boards shall hold organization meet
ingS the third Saturday in April.
which is April 81, to elect chairmen
and appoint clerks.
Trustees. all elected for three
years, who so far have filed oaths
are P. A. Koslowsky, Frazer; James
West Galpin- Wheeler;
K. H. Dixon and George KilIenbeck.
Opheim district; Clarence Pippin,
.arb Greek; H. Merle Priest.
Nashua; Lawrence C. Bucklin,
south Galpin-Fort Peck; John Rede-
Sopp. Lustre, and John M. Void.
Oswego.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-19
C%horpening Is
Here After
Service Abroad

Col. and Mrs. c. H. Chorpening,
former" residents of Fort Peck, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday visiting in
Fort Peck and Glasgow.
Colonel Chorpening recently re-
turned from overseas after % months
in the European theater on engineer
assignments that took him both to
England and the continent. He is
now in transit on assignment to
a foreign theater.
The engineer officer came here
late in 1888 as assistant to the dis
trict engineer on the Fort Peck pro-
ject and held executive positions
throughout the construction of the
dam. He left in 1899 to enter the
command and general staff school
at Fort Leavenworth, from which
he graduated. He was later assigned
to duty in the office of the chief of
engineers in Washington.
The Chorpenings were accom-
panied here by Miss Alva Larson of
Choteau and Mrs. Chorpening's
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Sulgrove. Mrs. Choir
pening plans to spend a month
visiting relatives in Choteau and
then will return to Washington to
her home there.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-19
Old Business
Brings $1,000

Spirited bidding featured an auc-
tim sale of property at the court
house here Saturday afternoon.
which included a business building
and portions of two lots on Second
avenue south here which finally
went to Paul j. Campbell on a bid
Of $1,000.
The building is now occupied in
part by Edward johnson, electrician,
while the rest is the former site of
the Coffee Cup cafe. The auction
was a referees sale in partition of
an estate property, of which Mary
Ellen Maher of Glasgow and Mar
garet Maher OF Chicago r owners.
Referees in charge of the sale were
A. B. Friedlund, c. H. Brocksmith
and Mrs. Mary E. Sweitzer.
Other real property sold was a
lot and a half, unimproved, on Fifth
avenue south between Ninth and
Tenth street, to Paul Fried on a
high bid of S225; a lot on Fourth
avenue south between Fifth and
Sixth streets, to James I. Shea for
S275, and a lot and a half at First
avenue south and Seventh street.
including a frame residence, to j.
A. Holland for $3.50.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-19
Ready Return
i'm Drive

An extra fine" response in the
Woman's Field Army cancer control
campaign was given by people soli-
cited at the Glasgow postoffice here
Saturday afternoon. with more than
$3.50 donated, it was reported by Mrs.
Ted Parker. captain in charge of the
campaign for Valley county.
THE national goal for the cam
paign this year is SIS, 600, 900. many
times more than any previous quota
so a special effort is being made"
she commented. The campaign in
the county will continue throughout
April
Assisting Mrs. Parker at the post
office booth Saturday were Mrs. Ned
Johnson, Mrs. l.. A. Strader, Mrs.
william Malunat, Mrs. o. H. Bundy,
Mrs. Josef Sklower, Mrs. A. l.. Blair,
Mrs. Lawrence Rybock, Mrs. E. j..
Kjelstrup. Mrs. Rubin Sinclair and
Mrs. Lillian Lane.
Letters of solicitation have been
mailed to a number of organiza-
lions and responses already + be-
ing made. Mrs. Parker reported. In
addition. coin boxes for donations
have been placed in 25 Glasgow
business places. The campaign is
being carried on in most COM
munities of the county.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-19
IN
VALLEY APRIL
DRAFT QUOTA
Others Transferred to Boards
for Induction at
Other Points

Thirteen Valley county men are
scheduled to leave next Thursday
for induction in the armed service
at Fort Douglas, Utah, and three
have transferred to other boards for
induction. Nine Valley county regis
trantS were indicted at other local
board offices during March and
April.
The men who will leave Glasgow
next Thursday are Eugene ESval
Anderson, Robert Howard Lowell,
Clarence Lewis Rasmussen. Howard
Frances Scott, Claude vernon Some
and Walter Henry Wright. Glasgow:
Marvin Harold Grant, Delbert Merle
Livingston and Harry Edgar Rounds,
Fort Peck; Lawrence Robert Hovey
and Henry Pankratz, Frazer; Ray
mond Oliver Sawyer. Nashua, and
William Shields, Opheim.
Frazier r. Bryant and Cornelius
Overberg of Fort Peck have been
transferred to Portland for Undue
ton. George H. Strampher has been
transferred to Puyallup, Wash.
Valley county men recently in
Quoted elsewhere into the army in
clude John w. Keefe, San Diego.
Calf. March 10; John S. Babcock
through Butte. March %; Herbert G.
Thureson, Portland Ore, March 26;
Arthur F.. Kjelstrup. Bellingham,
Wash, April II; Roy Knight, Brem-
erton, Wash, April 4, and Earl
Seattle, April 4.
Men recently indicted into the
navy are Glen M. Hareland, through
Great Falls, and Carl Onstad, Will
iston. N. D. Peter Unrau was in
into the naval. reserve
through the induction office at
Quarry Heights, Canal Zone.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-19
Tributes Paid
President i'm
Opheim Section
Bv Courier Correspondent

OPHEIM-Community services for
the late President Roosevelt were
held at the school Saturday after
noon. Quite a number were present.
The Rev. FIR. Athony Sorger of Glen
tana gave both opening and closing
prayers. The band played several
selections.
The Rev. E. B. Holte gave the
memorial service. The text vas taken
from second Samuel, How are the
Mighty Fallen in the Midst of
Battle" Rev. Holte briefly reviewed
the presidents national life. bring
ing out the need for a great leader
and some of the things that were
done in each term. He said, We feel
sad that our president couldn't
have been here TO see the victory.
There was a call for him and he
had to go. He was the most beloved
president since the time of Washing
ton and Lincoln"
The school held memorial services
afternoon honoring President
Roosevelt. The band played several
numbers and the glee club sang.
Superintendent William Greer
gave the address. Mr.. Greer men,
toned Mr.. Roosevelt's unfinished
perhaps we now had lost
of the plans he had had in
mind for the peace conference. He
that this would probably be a
point in history Of the world.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-04-19
Vernon Biddle
Shoots Down
z Jap Planes

OKINAWA, Delayed)-V. Biddle
of Glasgow. Mont, returned to his
home base after shooting down two
japanese planes during an aerial
battle marked by the futile attempt
of IN jar pilot to crash his burn
ing plane into this ship.
Marine fighters shot down Is
planes under the leadership of Maj.
A. Donahoe, Casper, Wyo., who &C
counted for four himself.
Lieut.. d. g. Vernon Biddle is a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Royce Biddle of
Glasgow. He has been in the Paci-
fic about four months. He was re-
Gently promoted from the grade of
ensign.
THE story was the first inkling
we had of where he has been," his
commented Wednesday. I'VE
knew he was a long way from
America, but he had W been
able to tell us his exact location"