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RAMBLING REPORTER
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and on top Of that his house was
blown away in a storm.
The supervisors were sympathetic.
Hugh Osborne, deeply moved, said.
Hang on. my friend. Maybe the
wind will change and blow your
house back"
We always knew Hugh has a heart
of gold
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-17
GET MARRIAGE LICENSE

Frank Weston Bruner, Holtvillc,
and Shirley Nanny Fuller, PhM3c.
Holtville. obtained a marriage license
Monday from County Clerk WI j.
McClelland
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GETS 50-nAY TEPM

Jesus Rodriguez, 30, Hcbcr Next
can, has started term Of so Gays
in the county Jail after appearing
Monday before Justice of the Peace
w. H. Lorenz in Calexico on a
charge Of disturbing the peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-17
GETS FINAL DECREE

Final Gecree Of divorce was grant
Cd Monday BY Superior Court Judge
Elmer Heald to Norman +. Harring-
ton against Mary Jane Harrington.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-17

and other parts will travel separ-
atcly and be assembled in Long
Beach. Hughes said.
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Military use and overseas ship
mcnts Of petroleum products dur
ing 1914 would bury all Of Man
haitian Island under four feet Of
Ill. Deputy petrol leum Administra-
tor Ralph K. Davies said This has
been the result Of constantly in
creasing crude oil production in
he United States. During the lat
'er part Of 1914 it had reached the
all-time record Of 4,766,000 bar
rels per day.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-17
THOR Factory

trio Wa1hers. Their vast manufacturing facilities
still mostly occupied with making materials, Their
conversion t. peace time production will man}
months. However, you may assured that Thor will
be back il store lut il be
pli5hed.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-17
Register at Our Store Now
for Your THOR Washer

Come IT, leave your name and addra for your Thor
Washer. Our registration record will bc followed
in filling orders III the order the gistration
We do not know when the first deliveries will 10 made
i will be this fl possibly carly September &o
register now for definite that your needs will
pc among The first to bc supplied
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u. 5. Fleet Hits
Close to Tokyo
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CONTINUED from Page Ono
mcnts, wire cable, Diccel engines,
radios and gears.
Other potential targets for the
fleets rearing guns we're the Hi
tachi Engineering Works, the ia
pan Mining Company in a narrow
valley behind the city, the Yamate
Wire Gable Plant, and a complex
railroad system feeding the. entire
industrial area
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-17

hl during tho Thor has made few Electric Wash
for the Armed Services. Their limited production ha
no. permitted any for the American housewife
Many American based military esahlishn have no
been supplied So ii H wonder that your pres Tho
Washer has had to last.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
Turkeys Contribution

Some hard words have been said about
Turkey in this country since her declaration
of war against Germany and Japan. Certain
ly there is nothing very inspiring about her
entrance, under Allied pressure, in order to
win a seat at the San Fancisco conference.
But much censure of Turkish policy has been
on practical, not idealistic, grounds
However, it is debatab1e whether Turkey
would have been of more help as belligerent
than as neutral The Turks are VIGOROUSLY
good fighters, and they have stable army.
But they are woefully deficient in planes and
mechanical armament. And we have been
able to send them equipment, through lend
lease, valued at less than half what this
country spends on the war in one day.
These are practical factors that shaped
Turk policy.
| Turkish arms would have been helpful ir
the Balkan invasion, but there is no assurance
Aegean islands On the other hand, there was
time when neutral Turkey was about all thai
stood between the swiftly advancing German.
in Russia and Rommels troops in Africa.
Had Turkey declared war then, the Nazi:
might have marched in from Bulgaria ane
overrun the country. The British in Egyp
might have had to fight an attack from thu
east, and there might have been no victory
at Ell Alamein. The Germans, instead, nigh
have taken the Suez Canal, seized the Nea
Eastern oil fields, and swept on toward 1
q junction with their Japanese allies.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
The Age of Reason

The Democratic National Committee, doubt
less seated in a circle about a steaming caul-
dron, devised way to close the riffs in par
ty ranks. They would, it was decided invoke
the spirit of Thomas Jefferson instead Of An
drew Jackson at their annual Embarrassing din
ner. thereby soothing the feelings Of their
"Jeffersonian Democrat members.
Then some of the chieftains outside the
charmed circle raised an objection The JET
ferson Day dinner would fall on Friday the
18th, baleful fact that most certainly would
spell the partys. doom in the next elections
We can't think Of anything In this age of
science and reason that has done more to
renew our faith in witchcraft We now susnect
that it wasn't Mr.. Hillman and the pAc, th,+
swung the November election, as most neon,.
believe. We prefer to believe that the Demo.
cratic National Committee met one dark night
beneath messy oak and stuck pins in the
effigy of Governor Dewey.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
Julian w. Morton

Often a man is so quiet and unassumng
rs he passes through life that it takes the
sudden shock OF death for his friends and &C
ouaintances to realize fully his valuable con
tributions to his community and state.
Such was the case of Julian W. Morton, who
died suddenly as the result OF a heart attack
1T his home in Oleander late Thursday at
ternoon.
4" As president of Hugh MacRae Company, his
business career was given over to the develop
rnent of Linville, N. c., one of the south S
most outstanding resorts and various fine res
idential communities here. The city's beauti-
full suburbs, as well the development of the
northern extension of Wrightsville Beach,
were, in large part, the result of his interest
and work.
But that was but one phase Of his active
I'D useful life. AS a golfer, he became known
as one of the states best sportsmen with an
interest much deeper than casual participa-
ton. His name was a familiar one in state
tournament play for years. Meantime, he ad-
vanced the facilities of the sport here SO that
today not few but hundreds play.
One of the charter members of the Ameri-
can Legion at its organization in Paris, his
record in World War l. which he entered
from the campus OF the University of Vir-
ginia, was a brilliant one. He not only held
the Purple Heart and Silver Star but con-
tinued in service, as a member of the Army
Of Occupation, until 'the job was done''
These are but few highlghts in the life
Of Mr.. Morton. Much more could be written
but he would not prefer it that way.
Even though he stunned publicity, welcom-
ed the quieter roles in public life, he was, to
ali who knew him, sincere gentleman who
achieved his aims well in making the world
4 better place for his fellow man.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
Lipstick and Kissing

A Tennessee legislator has introduced bill,
which passed unchallenged on first reading,
making it unlawful for any person to use
ipstick in that state and classifying offenders
rs felons subject, upon conviction, to imprison-
ment from one to ten years in the stat peni.
tertiary and fine up to $4,000.
The measure says that married men are
being condemned by their wives whenever
they come home with lipstick on their collars
and Shirts and that divorces are flourish
ing because Of the evils Of the use Of lip.
stick"
Obviously the gentleman who introduced the
measure is on the wrong track He seems
to seek to prevent promiscuous kissing by
married men and prevention of visible signs
OF their dereliction. All that his bill can hope
to accomplish is to give the accommodating
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
Demobilizing Bureaucracy

1--WE must pay just much attention to
| demobilizine the bureaucrats as we do to de-
mobilizing the Army or Navy" said Sen. Ar
thur Vandenberg in a recent radio address.
The Michigan senator wasn't just making
another Republican speech about Democrat
ic administration. He admitted that the war
had made bureaucracy inevitable; that gen.
orally it had been handled well; that many
controls must remain after victory as insur-
ance against. economic collapse.
At the same time Mr.. Vandenberg cited the
potential danger in body of some 1000 execu-
utive DEGREES which have the force of law,
voting of our law-making process. He warned
Of the tenacity of bureaucracy, which might
seek to perpetuate itself
Certainly an expensive government payroll
Of more than 100000 civilians is as foreign
to our needs and traditions as an armed force
of 100000 however necessary both may be
now. But there's a difference between the
two groups: unlike most of the millions in the
armed forces, the civilian army may not be
anxious to go home.
So it seems logical that Mr.. Vandenberg' S
proposed rehabilitation of the bureaucrats
might also include rehabilitation program.
Some occupants of top drawers in our Wash
ington bureaus may need it before they are
reconciled to returning to private life.
Washington has a considerable number of
young men who came to the bureaus straight
out of college, or from the early beginning
of business or professional career. Many
of them are blight young men, representing
a possible source OF national leadership in
the coming postwar decade
But their first experience with government
has been in an unnatural atmosphere. They
have had too much authority over the lives
and livelihoods of their fellow citizens, with
minimum of responsibility. There has been
too little to remind them that they are public
servants.
Many wartime directives and decisions trac-
ing from the young men in the alphabetical
agencies reveal that they mistook ultimate au-
thority for ultimate knowledge. They have
made confusing and unavoidable attempts to
force complex industrial practices to conform
to wartime needs without consulting those af-
fected. And they have sometimes rejected ad-
vice through suspicion that special know
ledge can't exist without special pleading.
1t probably should be made clear to these
young men that they were given emergency
powers that most people believed were more
necessary than wise. They should be convinc-
ed that ordinarily the people insist on voice
in decisions which affect their lives
Perhaps good first step in rehabilitation
would be to have the young men visit the
offices of their home district congressman and
read typical weeks fan mail from critical,
demanding, hyper-vgilant constituents
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
WITH THE AEF:
Eisenhower Was Ready

Berlin radio calls the battle in
the west decisive.
That is probably no exaggera-
ton, even though Berlin loves to
deal in superlatives. The Rhine
is almost sacred to the Germans.
If German arms cannot prevent
a crossing of the Rhine, this is
likely to mean more than a
smashing of the Siegfried defenses.
These, after all, are manmade,
but there is sort of mythica al
belief in Germany that God in.
tended the Rhine to be an ageless
barrier against Germans enc
mics.
This doesn't mean that victory
is just around the corner. A long
bloody struggle lies ahead, and
nothing would be more wrong
than to assume Germany is ready
to throw in the sponge.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

always wears the oxygen mask
over the target, for shell
through the plane "depressurizes'
the cabin instantly, and they'd pass
out.
The boys speak frequently of the
unbelievably high winds they hit
at high attitudes over Japan. It's
nothing unusual to have a 150-mile.
an-hour wind, and my nephew,
Jack Bales, said that one day his
plane hit wind of $50 miles ar
hour.
Another thing that puzzles and
amuses the boys is that otter
they'll pick up news on their ra
dos, when still only halfway home
that their bombing mission has
been announced in Washington
Thus all the world knows about it
but they've still got a thousand
miles of ocean to cross before it,
finished. Science, she is wonder
full.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
The Literary Guidepost

But he is definitely wit hlm'
self, and has contributed Ms
share. He hunts up oddltles' p0'
the embarrassing question. He nag
the inquiring mind He digs on
gently Cor facts; you may reiie ~.
Der he lay in wait three days w.
Greta Carlo. He does not help Nv
world go round, perhaps, but may l.
be we are better able to Staho Nv
way it does 60 round tor la'"''
haw-hawed at what he writes
He talks to girls who have pe S,.
Tommy Manville's wives, 10 GIN iI,
who want to be. He asks Ho";
wood stars whether they sleep Ia",
how much padding they use aIa
where. He goes out and buys MN pm.
self a girdle; tries beauty a.4 .,
such as a foam bath. He Wiz,
the shop where gay deceVeiy, u.
are m de and modelled ~
watches a girl get a massage:
In short, he turns a bright As'
on many slightly off-color tnln5 ..
about which people want ln1o-H .oo
ton but about which they are Nv
timid to inquire. He makes nlo.t.
out Of the situations which n nas.
others red in the face. He IS 1lV ..
est, too, a dependable as wen
enj oyable debunker.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
Daily Prayer
FOR ALL OFFICIALS

To the King Of kings and Lord
OF lords, Almighty Ruler of the uni
verse, who alone canst change
and purify and exalt the hearts of
men, we pray today for Thy SER
want, our President; for his Cabi-
net; for all members of Congress
and of legislatures; for all Gov
errors of states; for all rulers ev-
erywhere; and for all public SER
wants of whatever degree, that in
this grave hour they may have
the leading of Thy Spirit, and a
fresh conservation to noble pur-
poses. Danish from their hearts all
petty, partisan and sordid aims
and let them know themselves to
be servants of God in an hour of
destiny. In quiet dignity, without
faint-heartedness or fault-finding
or recrimination, may they serve
the people as serving Thee. Be-
stow upon them the rewards of
peace and steadfastness of spirit,
and Of unsuitable purpose to do
the right, to serve our Nation and
to build better work of justice,
brotherhood and peace. Amen
WIFE.
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BY LOUIS p. LOCHNER
Substituting for Kenneth l., Dix,


LONDON-tRHNow that the AL
lied western offensive is on full
blast, l can disclose what for
security reasons could not be told
at the time of my visits to the
three armies at the end Of jan
nary and early in February.
The vastness of our penetrations,
the precision planning of every
units objective, the disposition OF
men as well as materials, the
enormous quantities of our sup
plies-all Of this left an indelible
impression.
had been with Hitler's armies
during their blitzes into Poland,
Scandinavia, the L wlands
France, the Balkans, Russia, and
had, l believe, seen much. 1t
couldn't compare with what I now
beheld.
Hitler's absence from the 25th
anniversary celebration of the
Nazi party's founding shows the
seriousness Of the German situa-
ton. But more significant even
is the lnaneness of what was read
as a product of the Fuehrer's
super mind. There was nothing
constructive or hopeful about it
Just a rehash of the platitudes
uttered for a quarter of a century.
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men, even those not going on the
mission, get all the fried eggs they
want for breakfast. That's the only
day they have eggs.
The crewmen wear their regular
clothes on missions, usually cover
ais. They don't have to wear
heavy heece-lined clothes and all
that bulky gear, because the cabin
is heated. They do slip on their
heavy steel FLAX vests" as they
approach the target.
They don't have to wear oxygen
masks except when they're over
the target, for the cabin is sealed
and Notwithstanding a
constant altitude of 5000 feet.
Once in a great while one of the
plexiglass "blisters'' where the
gunners sit will blow out from the
strong pressure inside, and then
everybody better grab his oxygen
mask in an awful hurry. The crew
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girls uninterrupted right Of way to kiss whom
they will, and be kissed ad lib, without leav
ing tell-tale evidence Of their doubtful bliss
Wives, of course, will find no red splashes
On friend hubby's collar or shirt or face but
Il she supposes their absence means MS re1or'
nation she merely moves out OF a realistic
world into a FOOLS paradise.
Promiscuous OSCILLATION certainly cannot be
halted by such a bill Rather, it is more likely
to increase
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II Am Gazing Into My Ball."
by Earl Wilson doubleday,

H.
by Earl Wilson doubleday,
Doran; S2).
Earl Wilson, New York Post col.
umnist makes a business of civ.
ing his many eager readers the
lowdown on this city's high life
His specialties, he says, are the
three BIS: Booze, Bosoms and Be.
binds, and he might add a fourth
a B for belly laughs, which
abound in his book. He has bee,
called Booze Editor, and he ac-
cepts the title; when you read
him, you learn all the booze THAR
fit to print, plus some that ISM
His book really wanders. or
stages, all over the place, from
parlor to bath, particularly to
bath. He covers the fire-water
front. He does stories about night
clubs and the night-club denizens
VINO come a dime a denizen in
this crowded, gay, somewhat fire.
netlc, often bawdy city.
he has one special ADVANTAGE:
a WIDE acquaintance among the
sharp wits, and he quotes them
so generously that you're sure to
find some passages that are good
Tor a loud laugh. 1t all might be
called. =. this is his kind of word
. a. symposium
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
BY ERNIE PYLE

DI EhNAE LIE
IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS,
(delayed-The B-29 is unquestion-
ably wonderful airplane. Outside
of the famous old Douglas DC-3
workhorse, I've never heard pilots
so unanimous in their praise of
an airplane.
I took my first ride in one the
other day. No, 7 didn't 60 on
mission to Japan. We've been
through all that before. 1 don't
believe in people going on mis-
sions unless they have to. And as
before, the pilots here all agreed
with me.
But went along on little prac-
tice bombing trip of an hour and
half. The pilot was Maj. Gerald
Robinson, who lives in our hut. His
wife, incidentally, lives at 1913 South
Girard-st., Albuquerque, N. M, on
the very same street as our white
house.
I sat on a box between the pilots
both on the takeoff and for the
landing, and as much as I've flown
that was still a thrill. These islands
are all relatively small. and you
are no sooner off the ground that
you're out over water, and that
feels funny.
If the air is a little rough, it
gives you very odd sensation
sitting way up there in the nose.
For the B-29 is so big that, instead
of humping or dropping, the nose
has a "willowy'' motion, sort of
like sitting out on the end of a
green limb when it's swaying
around.
The B-29 carries a crew Of II.
Some of them sit up in the cock
pit and the compartment just be-
hind it. Some others sit in a COM
partment near the tail. The tail
gunner sits all alone, way back
there in the lonely tail turret.
The body of the BIG is so takel,
up with gas tanks and bomb racks
that there's normally no way to
get from front to rear compart-
ments. So the manufa cturers solv-
ed that by building a tunnel into
the plane, right along the rooftop.
The tunnel is round, just big
enough to crawl in on your hands
and knees, and is padded with blue
cloth. It's more than 80 feet long,
and the crew members crawl back
and forth through it all the time.
Maj. Russ Cheever reported that
he accomplished the impossible the
other day by turning around in the
tunnel.
On missions, some of the crew
get back in this tunnel and sleep
for an hour or SO. But lot of them
can't stand to do that. I've heard
combat crewmen bring up the SUBJ
ject a half dozen times. They say
they get claustrophobia in the tun-
mel.
There used to be some sleeping
UullhS VII llIC D-AO, OQC THEY We
been taken out, and now there's
| hardly even room to lie down on
the floor.
A fellow does get sleepy on a
14-nour mission. Most of the pilots
take maps in their seats. One pilot
I know turned the plane over 10
his co-pilot and went back to the
tunnel for "a little nap," and did
not return for six hours, just be-
fore they hit the coast of Japan.
They laughingly say he goes to
sleep before he gets his wheels up.
The B-29 is very stable plane
and hardly anybody ever gets sick
even in rough weather. The boys
smoke in the plane, and the mess
hall gives them a small lunch of
sandwiches and oranges and cook
! les to eat on the way.
On mission days. all flying crew.
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HUNT FOR FORTRESS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March z
W.H-Army pilots, Civilian Air "a
troll units and state police today
continued their search for a Fly
ing Fortress believed to nave
era shed in a remote area OF tae
Arkansas Ozarks. Maj. Elmer l.
Harshbarget, commanding onice5
of an Air Transport Command
unit here, said the big pomoe'
has been missing since Sunday
A vaccine has been developer
which prevents whooping cough
in many cases and reduces '"'
severity of others.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
NEW DAYS, OLD WAYS

LONDON LIP Long handled
copper warming pans which have
hung as ornaments in many Brit
ish homes, were taken down again
this winter and used for their
rightful purpose-to make chilly
beds comfortable.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
THOUGHT FOR TODA'

The true measure of peoples great
ness is its fidelity to its native ideals.
In our time it becomes increasingly clear
that the ideals Of people must be based
upon the dignity Of men as children OF tine
same God, redeemed by the same Christ;
upon the worth of every soul fashioned IN
the image of God.
Rev. Bernard ]. Sheel.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-22
SECOND OF "A SERIES

Whenever and however the children finally meet their father, don't be surprised if they don't act like children in books or nov ieS.
 They may get shy and frozen" they may burst into tears from sheer excitement. They may act as though they didn't care and just turn away to play with some toy. They may even act fright ened at first.
 When such things happen you should remember that they are not unusual and that it is not un- natural for nice children to act in a way that grownups call rude"
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-22
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ALASKA

JUNEAU-A tuberculosis con- trol program for Alaska, effective October IS, has been outlined by Commissioner of Health C. Earl Albrecht, M. D., and sent to the Territorial Department of Health personnel, physicians, hospitals and other interested agencies in the Territory, it was announced today by the Commissioner.
 The program includes instruc- tions in the procedure for making application for hospitalization and x-ray services for the tuberculous and information concerning the payment by the Department of at tendant costs.
 Eligibility for care under the Territorial Department of Health remains: "A medically indigent person, not beneficiary of an other Territorial or Federal agen- cy, who has been diagnosed as suffering from active tuberculo- sis (prognosis favorable), by a reputable physician or tuberculo- sis consultant."