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Bradley beam., 1945-05-05
Why Worry About the Weather
 Says Weatherman--Read Almanac

Old Farmers now, for a period of a 153 consecutive years, and Lord knows how may others, like my self, who don't cultivate the soil. When I think of the consequences of 153 years of reading the Al manac's weather prognostications blindly, with no further insight of the weather than Daniel Boards moistened forefnger held aloft to the breezes, my Central Techni- cal Training Command (Chanute Fie1d) trained mind fairly cringes with thoughts most awful to de- scribe. Only those of us who have undergone the rigorous rigamarole forced upon us Gin most cases) by the greatest minds in the field of Meteorology, can realize the dire results to be obtained by 153 years of uninterrupted study of the Old Farmers Almanac. To think'of the possibilities of irreparably warping ones mind in this manner, makes me fairly rejoice in the fact that l was fortunate enough to be chosen to become a Weather Forecaster. Without those long months of training behind me, I would still be stumbling blindly through life with a copy of the O.F.A. tucked securely in my breast pocket, and with no other thought in mind than the question Would old cracker-jack Thomas hit today's forecast on the nose ?" Hit it? By cracky, he never misses!
Bradley beam., 1945-05-05
Gets Medal of
 Sgt. John Basilone

Raritan, N. J. (CNS)-Among the more valued possessions of this town in the years to come will be a Congressional Medal of Honor. Sgt. John Basilone, of the Marine Corps, first marine to win the na- tion's highest award for valor in this war, willed the medal to Rari- tan for display in proposed war memorial building. Sgt. Basilone was killed Feb. IT in action on Two Jima, where he was serving at his own request.
Bradley beam., 1945-05-05

to be funny with answers like "are you kidding" cos are sometimes very glum people) and how much time you need. Here's another ques- question to watch and on this one you have to use the same principles as in horse trading. Always re- quest plenty more time than you want because as sure as shooting you'll have couple of days Topped off. This is a customary procedure so do not hesitate to take advan- tage of it. Following is a chart that will help guide you in your re. quest. (Allow day for 200 miles travel.) -:..~.
Bradley beam., 1945-05-05
*"Wheels'' only.

The next step after filling out your request is to return it to the 1st, Sgt, who files it away and for gets it until AS hours before it IS to start. After haunting him for the next "A hours you finally get results. Your furlough starts on Sunday at midnight so at O6O0 Sunday you start hanging about the orderly room expectantly wait ing. At O1O0 Monday the co. finally finds it after a desperate search (desperate on your part, he's talking to the night switch board operator) and you are on your way except that the last bus left at midnight.
 Eventually you arrive home and after being mobbed by the family you plan how to occupy your time for the ' days you have at home. Here is a sample plan:
 Monday-Sleep until noon, eat, sleep until supper, eat, date Mary, dance, etc.
 Tuesday-ditto except date Jane.
 Wednesday-ditto except date Louise.
 Thursday-dit t 0 except date Phyllis.
 Friday-ditto except date Alice.
 Saturday-ditto except date Peg gy.
 Sunday-ditto except date Nancy.
 Your furlough is now ending. You have had a great time. Seven days have seemed like three and you are completely broken down. 1t is time to return to your base and recuperate. (The Army has plenty of M.D.'s to assist.) Your furlough
Bradley beam., 1945-05-05
By IT; JARVIS ALGER

The other day while browsing around the Library, l unwittingly got hold of a back copy of a neat little package put out by a fellow called Robert B. Thomas. Of course, if you've never heard of R. B. Thomas it might be wise for me to mention the name of this particular edition which was the 1945 number of the Old Farmers Almanac. "Mmm;" I says to myself know ingly, maybe this guy R. B. has got something here" (noticing way up at the top of the front page in huge boldface type the words " "153rd Continuous Year of Publica tion'), either that or he has been foo1ing large number of old farm CTS a large part of the time. (Quotes are Abe Old Farmer Lincoln's).
 Stumbling over large metal ash stand and bruising four small libra rians in the resulting scramble, l fell face downward into an over stuffed hardwood chair, automati- cally focusing on page 21 of the OFA. Expecting some miraculous sort of revelations to be made known to me, I was caught quite off-balance by this statement Gas undoubtedly you will be, tool April hath 30 days!" Capturing back in my memory for the old rhyme about 30 days hath Sep tember, etc., etc., 1 found myself unconsciously checking up on old R. B. before I had even got into the real meat of the page. The above statement is undoubtedly included for the benefit of those of us who just can't recall that little verse when the need arises, but all the old farmers I ever talked with seem to have all those rhymes at the tip of the tongue anyway, so should need no help in remembering which month has thirty days and which has thirty-one. On the other hand, garage mechanics could probably use this little tid-bit of informa- tion, since 1 have never met a garage mechanic who knew the day of the week, let alone recite poetry. Garage mechanics always have a profusion of pretty girl calendars plastered to the four walls of their shops, so why should they memo rize rhymes, or read the Old Farm CTS Almanac, for that matter? But that is neither here nor there.
 What I really wanted to find out in reading the Almanac was this: Can this guy Thomas really tell what kind of weather the Old Farmers are going to get a year ahead, or, just who is he trying to kid?
 The latter question may be an- swered most simply. Cagey old R. B, Thomas has been kidding the
Bradley beam., 1945-05-05

Furloughs are something which if you listen to most guys are what other guys always get but they haven't had in a year and at that the last one was five days and no travel time and I had to go all the way from Ploonville, Texas, to Bopp Town, Iowa.
 Now that you know what a fur tough is, roughly, we can make it more complicated. A furlough IS generally period longer than three days and very seldom more than fifteen during which time G.l. Joes may depart from their duties and go somewhere and bat their brains out trying to live two months of fun in ne-hun- dredths of the time. It is slightly similar to civilian vacation.
 To get a furlough you prepare the ground work about six months prior to the time you hope to get home and find out if Genevieve still loves you. One generally begins by becoming blood brother of the 1st Sergeant, which is accom- plished by the already well estab- lished method of cigars, package from home, with the plea of 'have a piece, please" and "this drinks on me-" After you have ingratiated yourself to the saturation point with his nibs you approach him while he is in one of his weaker moods (good suggestion is to intro duce him to gorgeous blonde chick the night before, but make sure she's the friendly type) and give something like this:
 Morning, Sergeant, you're look ing beautiful this AM. Hope you enjoyed yourself last night, have a cigar"
 "Ugh, Why aren't you on duty?"
 "Just dropped in to say hullo. By the way, have you heard the one about the soldier woh broke up a gas attack single-handed-took a promo seltzer!"
 This joke should have him hys- terical. After he is through laugh ing you give with the business of not seeing your folks in a dogs age; everybody at home is sick and you are afraid your girl friend will forget you. This should reduce the 1st Sgt. to tears and thus having aroused all the emotions (the third the night before, remember the blonde), he is a sucker for the $64 question. You leave the orderly room with a furlough request blank.
 The next step is to fill out the blank. Name, rank and serial num- Der, when you had your last fur tough, (watch this one, don't try
Bradley beam., 1945-05-05
Officers Dance at
 Bond Hotel Tuesday

A formal dance for Officers will be held at The Old English Room of the Hotel Bond, Hartford, on Tuesday evening from 2O3O to mid night. Girls from the Aetna Life Insurance Company will act as hostesses and married officers and their wives are also invited.
Bradley beam., 1945-05-05
Quote of the Week

"Combat's an experience worth a million dollars. If you haven't been through it, you'll never feel satisfied in the Army, satisfied that you've done your part" T/Sgt. Owen R. Alexander, 27, infantry leader wounded at Saipan. -
Bradley beam., 1945-05-05

Hula dancer-a shake in the grass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-25

One of the great legends of the
war, told here for the first time
~ the son of IL fabulous hero

TINE and they can't him for the odd and
Il irregular things he did for the Third Army so the story
of Alexis Sommaripa can be told today
Alex always at the front and he was never in the Army
He was classified civilian non-combatant without the
right to bear arms, in the combat
When the began he living in Wilmington, Del,
naturazed American citizen, working for DUPONT. His
pride of citizenship compelled him to volunteer at once,
although he al years old But the Army the Navy and
the Marine Corps rejected him for physical defect
Alex then volunteered for duty spy but this also fell
through In the end although still civilian he got himself
sent to England "assmated" officer with special
detachment of OSS And when the troops swamed onto the
Normandy beaches on D Day he was there.
Before the with Germany over this ncombat-
ant had become the only civilian tank commander in the
ETOor any other theaer of operations Officially it's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-25
CIVILIAN TANKER
by Lieut.. Col. Louis Huot
Former Staff Officer ,cith the Third Army

denied but at the the legend had it that he had killed
his full share Germans The records do show that he cap
tured hundreds The general commanding the Fourth
Anored Division decorated him for valor although there
was nothing the book rules authorize such award
to civilian in the battlefield
met Sommarpa for the first time in Normandy, early in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-25

moved his helmet exposing SLIM triangular that broad
ened to good forehead tapered to narrow, somewhat
prominent chin His eyes dark wde-set and thoughtful
He laughed easily chdke throwing his head back and slap
ping his knee in exuberanCe
learned he'd been born in Odessa in 1900 graduated
from the Imperial Law School St. Petersburg when
H. then emgrated to the United States years later
= 25-45
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-25

mo. Iound It recently beslde dead SOI-
der and don't know exactly how it works;
but it gives me confidence to carry it."
You'll need more than confidence if you're
going to go about disarming German soldiers.
Besides, you'll catch hell for having piece
of ordnance in this condition. ="
''Ill catch hell anyway" Alex laughed.
81 can't get permission to carry
weapon
On the way back to headquarters that
afternoon Alex rode with me and l had
chance to get acquainted with him. In the
hot sun - the weather had cleared - he re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-25

then the eeps 1t the whole morning reach
advanced positions there still front Sommaripa
scraped acquaintance with peasant then hurried back
for his Garand He had heard of couple of Germans hiding
nearby farmyard Twenty minutes later he returned grim
ming. marching couple of scared Kraus before him.
Did you anything easy to these
Krauts Alex asked. They going shoot
them"
with that weapon of yours?' said, reaching for the
Garand. Il doubt it."
There mud in the breach mechanism. The bolt
jammed and could not be moved There was mud caked
inside the barrel.
Have you ever fired this weapon?" asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-11-25
Wore CAtch-Au Uniform

waist sagged under the weight of captured German dispatch
case His steel helmet fitted low that far down
his eyes, obgng him to cock his head absudy to look
from under it Garand rife muzze up and uncovered
in the rain hung by its sling from his right shoulder.
He was wearing officers uniform without insignia of
rank but he was completely that there any
thing peculiar about his dress We chatted few minutes
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-21
UPSET ST0MACHS
YIELD INCHES OF
GAS AND BLOAT

II vas so full of gas I was
afraid I'd burst. Sour, bitter sub,
stance rose up in my throat from
my upset stomach after meals.
got INNER-AID, and it worked
inches of gas and bloat from me.
Waistline is way down now. Meals
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tual testimonial from a man living
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MACARTHUR Will
LEAD BIG ARMADA
Continued from Page One)

and the Union of Soviet Republics,
aud in the interest of other United
Nations at war with Japan, /
shall direct Japanese Imperial
Headquarters to issue general or
ders which will instruct the Jap.
anese commanders wherever stu
ated to surrender Internationally
themselves and all of the forces
under their control to the appro-
pirate theater commander"
Macarthur expressed hope that
in the meantime "armistice con-
ditions may prevail on every front
and that a bloodless surrender
may be effectuated.
The first act of occupation is
expected to be a dramatic specta-
Gle, with hundreds of planes how
ering over Japanese airfields, land.
ing and discharging passengers
and departing again on rapid
timetable.
Meanwhile, the aerial cover will
thunder overhead, the vast arma-
ca of U. S. and British warships
will cruise nearby. ana ground
units will begin landing.
Members of all Allied delega
lions will accompany Macarthur.
The Russians are due 10 arrive
soon. The others, including Brit
lsh, Chinese and Australians. are
already here.
1t. Gen. Takashiro Kawabe,
head of the 16-man delegation to
Manila, was advised yesterday
the still undisclosed date of Mac
A1thur's arrival and was told to
prepare air fields, harbors and 9th.
er facilities.
I'VE will do the best possible
Ito make sure that all arrange
mests are completed on time"
keWabe replied.
Within "a hours after its arrival
in Manila, the Mikado's del gation
LETT Nichols Field for Ie Island,
off OkinaWa, en- route back to
Tokyo. The hour of departure Vas
1:G3 pm.
The en1issaries carried IS pages
Of detailed documents on steps
to be taken to prepare for the oc-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-21
American CTS Equip
Playground In England
FRECKLEToN, England, Aug.

FRECKLETON, England. Aug.
2o.-(P)-A memorial playground
built and paid Tor by CTS was
dedicated today on the site OF
"Britain's greatest air tragedy Of
the war" where an American
plane crashed into schGol bull
ing On Aug. 23 1914. killing 81
people, % of them children.
Soldiers from the Air Service
Commands base Ar Depot No.
donated $1O,40O for building tbs
three-acre playground and an ad-
ditional 5000 for maintenance.
In addition to paying for the
work of private contractors, the
CTS themselves built sliding
boards from salvaged airplane
parts, mixed concrete, graded and
plowed the cricket and football
fields and seeded the lawns.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-21
Obituaries
RUFUS E. CHADWICK

Funeral services for Rufus E.
Chadwick, SO, yard foreman Of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
for IS yeads, yho died enrout to
James Walker Memorial hospital
early Saturday morning, will be
held at the Yopp Funeral Home
this afternoon at o'clock with
Rev. C. N. Phillips officiating.
Burial will be in the U. S. National
cemetery here.
Active pallbearers will be w. A.
Casteeen, ]. E. L. Wade, S. D.
Chinnis, c. A. Bradshaw, P. M.
Hunt and ]. E. Bradshaw. The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmer
will take part in the service.
Surviving are three daughters
Mrs. Annie Williams, of Whining
ton; Mrs. Harry Sykes and Mrs.
Wesley Ottey, both of Baltimore,
Md; two sons, R. E. Chadwick,
Jr., Army Air Corps and w. L.
Chadwick, U. S. Navy; one sister
Mrs. Annie Farrow of Wilmington
and five grandchildren,
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MRS. DORA WATKINS LONG

Whiteville, Aug. 20 Mrs. Dora
Watkins Long, 80, of Chadbourn
died Sunday morning at 8:15 at
the home of her son, Jimmy Long,
after brief illness. She was the
widow of the late j. NJ. Long and
had been a resident of Columbus
county all her life. Her parents
were the late Calvier Watkins and
Mary Francis Smith both of Co.
lumbus county.
Funeral services were held yes
terday afternoon at the Smyrna
Baptist church with Rev. S. N.
Lamb officiating, assisted by Rev.
B. G.. Early. Interment was in
Smyrna cemetery.
Surviving are one son, Jimmy
Long of Chadbourn; oe daughter,
Mrs. E. C. Watkins of Whiteville;
one brother, Oscar Watkins oil
Whiteville; two sisters, Mrs. Mat.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-21
WILMARIE JOHNSON

Tabor City, Aug. 2O-Two-year
old Wilmarie Johnson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Furman johnson
of the Rehoboth section of Horny
county, died Sunday afternoon.
Funeral services for her were
held this morning at II o'clock
at the Rehoboth Baptist church
with Rev. Sandy Collins official
inng. Interment followed in the
church cemetery.
Besides the receased's parents
surviving are two sisters, Rosa
Lee and Marjorie and three broth
ers, Dan, Aubrey and Earl John
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QUISLINC DENIES
BRIBERY CHARGES
Continued from Page One)

themselves awaiting war crimes
trials.
Quisling is charged with mill
tary and civil treason, 16 specific
murder and various other crimes
He is being tried before a high
court with three judges and fou-
laymen sitting in judgment.
State prosecutor Anneaus Sch
joedt read from a document he
said was discovered in Germany
and in which Hitler disclosed that
steps taken resulting in Germany $
successful occupation of NorweA
were based on warnings and ad
vice from Quisling.
The document was one of two
presented by the prosecutor. He
said they were taken from Ger
man archives by American forces
last April.
One was letter allegedly writ
ten by Quisling to Hitler July 10,
1910, in which Quisling professed
his hard labors for a greater Ger.
manic Europe with Norway in
Guided, and expressed bitterness
over his treatment at the hands
of Josef Terboven, German COM
mander of occupied Norway, by
which his first government was
deposed.
The second document was full
report of political preparations
for the invasion of Norway which
was delivered to Rosenberg, one
of Hitler's high ranking administra-
tors.
This document asserted that as
early as the summer of 1889 Quis-
ling approached and collaborateu
with Rosenberg, Reichsmarshal
Goering and others in planning
the invasion of his own country.
The courtroom audience was
tense as Echjoedt said:
''Rosenberg's report disclosed
that in the summer of 1889 Outs,
ling requested an audience with
Rosenberg, pointed out Norway S
geopolitical significance in the
Scandinavian sphere and all the
advantages, which in the event Of
conflict between Great Britain
and the greater German Reich,
would belong to the power which
controlled the Norwegian coast
The prosecutor added that Outs.
ling, asking for German assistance
said he himself would undertake
to organize coup d'etat and ar.
rest Norwegian legal authorities
and invite the German army tc
enter Norway"
To do this, Schjoedt continued
Qulsling wanted to organize a
group of Norwegian Nazis, have
them trained in secret German
camps and later have htem SNUG.
gled back to Norway in coal ships.
The prosecutor said Rosenberg S
report indicated that Goering OBJ.
posed this part of the plan be-
cause Goering did not trust Outs.
! ling.
However, Goering used the in
formation Quisling gave him dur
ing frequent trips to Berlin and
the general plan was used in the
invasion, Schoedt added.
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MRS. KATE LAMB

Ingold, Aug. 2o-Mrs. Kate
Lamb, IS died early Monday morn
ing at her home in Ingold.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at o'clock from the
Ingold Baptist church with DR.. R.
F. Marshburn officiating, assisted
by Rev. M. W. Warren, pastor of
the Methodist church in Garland.
Interment will be held in Ingold
cemetery.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. H. P. Page of Harrold's Store
Mrs. Betty DeVane of Watha, Mrs.
Hattie Matthews and Mrs. Robert
Smith of Ingold; two sons, L. H.
and Adrian Lamb of Ingold,
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Guess What

HURON, S. D. - WH - Two eyes
cleaned from the basement Win
dow of grocery store.
Policeman Harry Marone drew
his service revolver. There was a
flash, a loud report-and an awful
odor.
1t was give an ignominous
burial in the city dump.
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RUSSIAN ARMIES
CAPTURE CITIES
Continued from Page One)


successful conclusion - as far
military detectives were con-
earned - the Soviet campaign in
Manchur:a.
Russian troops may be expected
n round upscattered units of tae
Vwantung Army in areas bypass
ID nv the three armies. One force,
.robablv Trans-Baikal Army Units
:, Mukden, will proceed down the
Iiaotung peninsula to seize Port
Arthur which the Japanese took
srono Russia in the war of 1904-05.
The Soviet Khabarovsk radio re-
,orted that thousands of japanese
troons were streaming down the
korean peninsula hoping to escape
Pnssjan internment camps by get
fno to japanese home islands.
The japanese radio at Marking
made the only report of fighting
today. It said Soviet forces, Outer
Monoolian troops and units of the
chinese Communist Army were at
lacking Japanese forces at Kalgap,
Inn miles Northwest of Peip-ng, al
though Japanese troops there want
ed 10 surrender.
Marking said the Red Air Force
bombed the city Aug. II and 10.
and an emissary dispatched to the
Soviet forces to ask for cessation.
nj bostilities was wounded when
the Russians directed artillery and
rifle fire at his party.
II was learned authorltatively
that Russia declined to assist in
Greece on grounds that the Soviet
Union did not approve Of super.
vision of national elections by for
eign governments.
American officials emphasized,
however, that the Allied commits
$ ons would not supervise on con-
troll elections but would only serve
&c observers and would assistthe
Gree k government in securing
the free expression, by secret bal
ot of the will of the Greek peo-
ple' in the language Of the an
nouncement.
These officials expressed keen
disappointment at the Soviet refus-
al. They had hoped that four-power
team work in the greek elections
might become a pattern for Use in
other troubled areas.
IT was believed that Russia, hav-
ing dissented from the assistance
plan in Greece, would not agree to
ANYTHING similar for future cleo
tons in countries where Soviet in
fuence is dominant.
In that connection, it was recall
ed that although the Potsdam COM
munique said the Polish Porvision-
al government had agreed to free
and unfettered elect ons' it did not
provide for any Big Three assist
ance in the balloting.
Greek Communist leaders al
ready have urged their followers
not to participate in any election
conducted by the present Greek
government.
Russia's refusal to assist with
the election may sti@fen the deter
mination of the COMMUNIST a
other Left Wing groups to remain
away from the polls, and thus
make more difficult the efforts OF
the other three nations to help in
sure representative balloting.