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Evening star., 1945-05-13
Wife Searches Ice Cream Shops
For Trace of Officer Husband

awaited reunion, she found that
her aunt had moved several months
ago-none of the neighbors knew
where.
Mrs. Olson then called naval
headquarters here. Yes, she was
told, 1t. Olson checked in at 6
pm. yesterday, but had gone away
without leaving a forwarding ad-
dress. He was not expected back
there before Monday.
Il know I can have only few
days with him at best" Mrs. Olson
said. You see, he's scheduled to
be reassigned overseas"
Miami newspapers and radio sta
tions, the Red Cross, the Navy
shore patrol and the Miami Police
Department all joined in the quest
for the missing husband.
But Mrs. Olson pinned her faith
on ice cream parlors. "I'll find
him there" she said hopefully.
You just don't know how that man
loves ice cream"
Evening star., 1945-05-13
BY the Associated Press.


MIAMI, Fla. May IA fearful
eyed young wife made the rounds
of every ice cream parlor in Miami
today in the hope of finding her
Navy officer husband whom she has
not seen for 20 months.
Sooner or later I know I'll find
him eating ice cream" said the
pretty, brunette wife, Mrs. Dorothy
Olson. rs, who flew 1900 miles from
her home in Spokane, Wash, to
spend a few days with her husband
before he returns overseas.
Last Sunday, in Spokane, Mrs,
Olson received a cablegram from
her husband, 1t. q. g. Francis L.
Olson, ~, telling her to meet him
in Miami either today or tomorrow
The couple were to meet at the
home of Mrs. Olson's aunt, Mrs.
Kelly Blanton, Miami.
But when the young wife arrived
here, gay at the prospect of long
Evening star., 1945-05-13

charge of public
relations, Chair
man B a S i
O'Connor.
Mr.. Bonhan
has been acting
vice chairman
since the resig-
nation last jan
uary of G. Stew
art Brown, who
left for Italy tc
be chief public
relations officer
for the Allied
Commission.
A n a We oi
Evening star., 1945-05-13
AL Smith Furnishings
Brine $32, ,465 at Sole

NEW YORK, May IA two-day
public auction sale Of furnishings
from the Fifth avenue apartment
of the late Alfred E. Smith crossed
s32 .465, the Parke-Bernet Galleries
said today
An oil painting by a French artist,
Georges Vibrant. brought $1,000 at
the closing session today. 1t was
purchased by an art dealer. A total
of 41O articles were placed on sale.
Evening star., 1945-05-13

48 years contln-
uous service in
the Library of
Congress. He is
IS years old.
A native of
Switzerland, Mr..
Martel came to
t he U n i t e d
States when a.
young man and
was chief class
iher at the New
berry Library in
Chicago before
he came to the
Library of Con-
Evening star., 1945-05-13

MIR. Bonham worked on newspapers
in the Southwest and for two years
was an Associated Press corre-
spondent before joining the Red
Cross in January, 1917 He came
to Washington in January, 1941, as
national roll call director for the
organization and became national
public relations director In 1943.
Evening star., 1945-05-13
Nutrition Class to Open

A class in nutrition will begin at
7:30 pm. Friday at the Fairfax
County Red Cross chapter house in
Falls Church.
Evening star., 1945-05-13
Social Program Planned

A social program will feature the
May meeting of the Montgomery
Blair Parent Teacher Association at
8 pm. Wednesday In the school
gymnasium.
Evening star., 1945-05-13
Marte|, IS, Leaves
Library Of CONGRESS

Charles Martel. one of the lead
ing figures in the world in the
field of photography and book
classifica tion, has been retired after
Evening star., 1945-05-13
Red Cross Names Bonham
To Public Relations Post

Howard Bonham, until recently
national director of public relations
for the American Red Cross, had
been appointed vice chairman in
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-17
Woman Slain,
Son, 10, Gri||ed
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victims denture was discovered
on top of the refrigerator.
The woman's head apparently
was crushed by blows from the
skillet, pieces of which were found
scattered about the room. In her
chest were 10 stab wounds, pos
sibly inflicted by a sharp frag-
meHt-of- the-panr- and another
such wound was found in her
spine.
The father, Franklin. 45. was
at work at the time OF the murder.
BLOOD IN BOYS SHOES
Blood was found inside Elvens
shoes. He explained that when
he came home and discovered the
crime, he removed his shoes and
"a pair of Woolen socks, under
which he wore silk ones. and went
into the kitchen 10 investigate.
He said he got blood on the socks
and later burned them in the
! furnace.
He could not explain either,
why he was driving the family
car west on Fenkell after dis
covering the body. He was
stopped by state police or sus-
picion because he appeared so
young. He said he did not tell
them of his discovery and was
told 10 go home.
HUNT CLUES IN CREEK
Missing parts Of the skillet
were being sought by the detec-
tives in creek half mile from
the house. Ryan said. in the belief
the murderer may have thrown
them there.
The father. near collapse and
sobbing. identified his wife's body
at the morgue just before a post
mortem was held
The family was described by
neighborx as a fine Christian
family" They were faithful at
tendanfS At the tabernacle Of the
Rev. John Zoller. where Mrs
Kent taught a Sunday school
class.
The elder Kent told detectives
the family was harmonious and
that the boy regularly was al
lowed the use Of the family car.
He knew Of no argument between
his wife and son. he said
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-17

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grained simulated feathers, some genuins
feathers. Shades of black, brown, red, tan,
navy and green in group 10 match or con.
trast with your other spring accessories
oss~t,y's-Barraas Bas-n.ryt
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-17
Labor Policy
OF Army Hit
Detroit Time, wsshInrtsp Bsr,.s

WASHINGTON. Feb. 16-Sol.
diers returning from overseas are
being indoctrinated in the New
Deal viewpoint concerning strikes,
it was revealed today.
At some army redistribution
stations. where soldiers back from
combat zones rest for several
weeks, they receive a picture of
wartime work stoppages so tinted
that Rep. Howard W. Smith Cd
of Virginia today termed il sheer
labor propaganda.
Rep. Dewey Short (R) Of Mis-
souri,, member OF the House mill
tary affairs committee. branded
the armys story about the ma
tons strike record false and
misleading, and Rep. Jack Z.
Anderson (R) of California. said
he expects 10 ask both the war
and labor departments for an ex-
planation.
Purporting 10 offer facts" con-
cerning strikes. the propaganda,
prepared by the army orientation
branch Of the morale services
division, omits any mention of the
number of strikes. workers in
volved in them, or man hours lost
TO the war effort.
1t seeks, Rep. Short pointed out,
TO absolve union leaders from re-
sponsibility or blame for strikes
that have occurred, and ignores
the effect of work stoppages such
as those that have halted work in
airplane factories, BOO engine
works, ball-bearing plants and
other critical war industries.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-17
BeIqian Premier Upheld

BRUSSELS. Feb. Is INS)-
Premier Achilie Va Acker'S new
Belgian government has won a
vote Of confidence in the Chamber
Of Deputies by count Of la 10 s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
JAW THREATENS BIG
AUTOMOBILE STRIKE
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was the shutdown of Ford Motor
company factories. with $4,000 men
idle, and a series of many strikes.
The Ford plants were closed yes
terday for lack of supplies from
other strike-bound factories, and
Ford executives protested not to
know when they might resume pro-
duction. A strike idling 10000 Ford
workers in Windsor, Ont, continu-
ed into a fourth day.
The Auto Workers Union, which
has contracts with all major pro-
ducers of the industry, has out.
lined a plan to strike each com.
pany separately in an effort to
enforce the 80 per cent wage de-
mand.
Thus the Union would exploit the
competitive position Of one com.
pany at time.
Plans of the UAW-CIO to throw
$4,000, 900 into the campaign were
disclosed by George F. Adde's,
Secretary-Treasurer.
1--WE are ready to shoot the
works to obtain our economic OBJ.
jectives, Adde's said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
CONCERNED

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-P-
Production officials expressed con
Germ today lest current ALDERMAN
agement disputes indicate wide.
spread troubles coming to hamper
-reconversion.
Principal factors behind t h {
guardedly-expressed fears were
the Ford shutdown, throwing So.
900 out of work, announced by the
company as resulting form strikes
in plants supplying parts, and the
threat Of strike among $4,000
General Motors employees.
Top men in the war production
board - as usual in labor disput-
es-were reluctant to discuss pos.
sible effects of labor troubles in
their own names or that of the
board. But they drew privately
this general picture:
Shutdowns, strikes and threats
so far have not Ineasurably SLOW
ed the rapid rate of reconversion.
But if they are synptomatic of
more general troubles to come
soon. the shift to peacetime pro-
duction could be thrown out OF
gear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
Ella Raines, Spouse
Deny Divorce Rumors

SEATTLE, Sept. IS. -(P)- Ella
Raines. screen star and her hus-
band, Maj. Kenneth Trout, recent
ly released from the Army Air
Forces, were visiting friends and
relatives here today, on little
vacation, and, incidentally. deny
ing Hollywood report that they
are estranged or contemplating dl-
vorce.
"We have our little fights, just
like any other kids said Miss
2aines. "But Hollywood doesn't I'M
derstand that. The tiniest little
thing is splashed all over by the
columnists, and unless there is
great understanding between
man and his wife, it's just too bad. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
Civ Extension Body
Is Announced By Lane

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Yesterday, more names were
expected to be added to the list
over the weekend.
Citizens comprising the COM
mittee are: E. H. Bellamy,
Hargrove Bellamy, Sam Ber-
ger, G. H. Crimson, Mrs. Fred
Coleman, Robert Dannenbaum,
Thomas w. Davis, r. A. Dun
lea, DR.. ]. Watts Farthing, w.
A. Fonvielle, j. H. Ferguson.
Miss Dorothy Forbes, w. M.
Hill, John E. Hope, T. A.
Lawther, Jr., w. ID. McCraig,
H. A. Marks, Paul T. Marsh
burn, DIR. w. Houston Moore,
Hasriss Newman, D. C. North,
r. L. Page, C. B. Parmele, Ray
Pollock, L. A. Raney, Richard
A. Shew, Harry M. Solomon.
Mrs. C. Wayne Spencer, John
Stevens, z. G. Stokley, Walker
Taylor, Mrs. Ramsey Weathers-
bee, Mrs. Wallace West, b. B.
Cameron, DR.. J. T. Hoggard, J..
w. Hood, C. VanLeuven, Eu-
gene Billiard, w. Elliot O'Neal
and Mrs. Lester Preston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
TRUMAN PROMISES
STUDY OF STRIKES
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the right man, he said, and it was
difficult search. He emphasized
he would not have anything to say
about that job Tuesday.
One of the appointments Mr..
Truman may announce on that day
is that Of a new solicitor general
to replace Charles Fahy, with the
governor Of Georgia, Ellis Arnall
the most frequently mentioned pos.
sibility for the post.
He disclosed at his conference
that Patrick j. Hurley, American
Ambassador to China, is coming
home to report to the White House
but said, in reply to a question,
that Hurley had said nothing to
him about wanting to resign his
post.
There have been recrrrent re.
ports that Henry L. Stimson, elder
ly Secretary Of War, was planning
to leave the cabinet. Stimson him.
sell said the other day that this
cannot go on forever as he left a
conference with Mr.. Truman.
The President was up early to.
day, hreakfasted at Z am and then
drove to Grandview for a visit
with his 92-year-old mother Mrs.
Martha Truman. no reporters
went along on that trip. The Pres.
dents mother is highly allergic to
public fanfare and Mr.. Truman
would do nothing to displease her.
Later he said she'd given him
her usual advice - to be careful.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
CHEST CAMPAIGN
DIVISIONS FORMED
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mon and E. H. Switzerland as
group leaders.
The group headed by Mr.. Ber-
ger includes E. w. Carr, Bill STAN
ley, B. D. Schwartz, E. M. Berry,
and S. B. Cheatham. Mr.. Damien
baum's group of workers includes
George MacFarland, John Snow,
Mr.. Stevenson, Wilbur Jones,
George Hunt, Jr., and J. Winder
Hughes.
Serving in Mr.. Solomon's group
are Garland Curtin, Ray Brindell,
c. w. Boyette, E. A. Rusher and
George Hunt. Mr.. Sutherland S
staff includes c. L. Harris, H. c.
Byrd, V. L. Brown. J. H. Carswell,
Bob Berman, and L. G. Walton.
The Public Service division,
headed by Warren W. Bell, is COM
prised Of four groups led by Har-
mon c. Rorison, J. E. L. Wade,
M. Eugene Billiard and L. D. Latta
In Mr.. Rorison's group are R.
R. Romeo, Walker Taylor, How.
ard H. Bowles, Hooper Johnson
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
Former Bund Leader
Deported To Germany

NEW YORK, Sept. 15-(P)-Fritz
Kuhn, former strutting fuehrer of
the German-American bund, was
deported today to devastated and
beaten Germany aboard the Brem-
erhaven-bound SIS. Winchester vic
tory.
The War Shipping Administra-
ton vessel also carried $40 other
passengers, described by state de-
partment representatives as Ger
man repatriates.
A ferry boat, flying a new Am
erican flag, took the group from
Ellis Island to the battery.
Kuhn, putting under the weight
of two heavy bags, was the last to
leave the ferry boat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
YALK0UT SPREADS
N SUGAR PLANTS

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.- Up
The work stoppage which halted
reduction at the McCanan Sugar
.efinery Friday spread to the
rankin Sugar Refinery company
oday. with more than 1880, includ-
70 several hundred stevadores,
ole. -.
William J. Gilligan, Franklin
nokesman, and Paul Woerhle, NC
,ahan manager, said the dispute
vas over negotiations for new
agreement. The present contract
Expired Aug. 81.
Marshall Lowe, president of local
$50, Suger Refinery Workers
Union AFL), said the workers
walked out because the two com
,anies did not grant terms given
employees of the Pennsylvania
sugar Refining company. He listed
he terms as a five-cent-an-hour
increase and four holidays with
pay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
Canadian Boys Cancel
Florida Trip Because
Of Tropical Hurricane

Two Canadian youths, who left
their homes on September Z to
spend the winter in Florida, gave
themselves up to police officials
here yesterday because they heard
bad storm was striking Florida
and they were hungry.
Joe Grebski, 14-year-old resi-
dent of Nation, Ontario and Eu-
gene Rumble, 10. of Streetville,
Ontario, crossed the Canadian
border and hitch-hiked as far as
Shallotte, yesterday when they
heard of the storm. The $18 they
had left home with had all gone by
Friday morning, and they were
very hungry.
Local police officials turned the
boys over to Mrs. ]. c. Layton, Of
the Juvenile court, who fed them,
and arrangements were being
made to return them to their
homes as soon as possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
CHARLES S. WALLACE

MOREHEAD CITY, Sept. IS
(R-Charles S. Wallace, business
man, church man, educator and
political leader. died here yester-
day He was 80 years old.
Wallace had served as mayor
here a n d as a member of the
state legislature. He retired two
years ago as president of the
Board of Trustees OF Greensboro
college, beco ming president
emeritus.
For more than so years he was
superintendent of tn Sunday
school OF the First Methodist
church. He had served as chair
man of the Board of Trustees of
the Morehead City schools, and
the local high school bears his
name.
Wallace had extensive fishing
interests, both in North Carolina
and Florida. He was also presi-
dent of a coal and ice company
here.
The funeral will be held tomor-
row afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
Police Report Negro
Arrested After Br01ul

Roosevelt Davis, Negro, was
lodged in Jail under a $500 bond
yesterday as a result of charges
arising from fight which police
reported took place in a cafe, oper.
ated by Rosa Shaw, Negress, on
Nixon street.
Davis is facing trial on three
counts of assault with a deadly
weapon on female, one count of
assault with deadly weapon and
a disorderly conduct charge.
The charges were brought after
the Negro allegedly entered the
cafe and attempted to "take it
over. police said. resulting in an
alteration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
Toulouse Housewives
Pillage Food Stores

TOULOUSE, France, Sept. IS. -
P) - More than $500 Toulouse
housewives pillaged food stores to-
day, despite police intervention, in
the most widespread mass protest
against insufficient food supplies
yet staged in France.
Authorities charged that "crim-
inal elements" Joined the house
wives, stealing automobiles and
driving off in them with loads of
stolen supplies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER IL. 1oAs

and Albert F. Perry. servina wiz,
Mr.. Wade are W. A. McGrit r T'1 %
Bugg, John @. LeGrand l. o.
Britt and Anthony Roondos A. w.
- Mr.. Bullard's group will inc1ud.
=. S. Caps, Jr., J. S. Caison 'a ale
Il. X. Williams. Serving under M SI,u
Latta are ]. L. Allegood, O " - :
Balm, R. A. Dunlea and Harr, D. y
Gardner. H.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
FUTURE COURSE OF
STORM UNCERTAIN
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"the alternate track" over the
Gulf of Mexico.
1.-The fact that the alternate
tracks center extends over the
Gulf of Mexico in no way means
the storm will follow this route,
but that is the course of most
storms starting and progressing as
tn; one has DONE" the Navy said.
The tracking system was devel-
oped by both Army and Navy air
men and aerologists in join. Sp-
Grafton, working in conjunction
with the U. S. Weather Bureau at
Miami.
The Navy bomber squadron now
on the hurricane assignment is op-
Grating from Trinidad, Key West.
and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 1t is
commanded by 1t. Cmdr. Gordon
w. Smith of Charles City, Ia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
Obituaries
STEPHEN T. KEYEs

Stephen Thomas Reyes, 75-year.
old farmer of Wilmington, Route
Two, died in James Walker Me-
mortal hospital Saturday afternoon
at 1890 O'Clock.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Ida Southernland Keyes; three
daughters, Mrs. S.. H. Blake, of
Carolina Beach; Mrs. A. S. Meier.
of Wilmington and Mrs. Katherine
REEVES of the home place; one son
Thomas Freeman Keyes, stationed
at Pearl Harbor; two sisters, Mary
McGee,- of the Castle Hayne road
and Miss Ida Keyes, of Wilmington,
and one brother, John Reyes, of
Wilmington.
Funeral services will be held
Monday morning at II o'clock at
the Yopp Funeral home with the
Rev. c. N. Phillips officiating. In
terment will be in Oakdale GENE
terry.
Pallbearers will be E. L. Robin
son, Stedman Hewlett, T. c.
Rhodes, Leo English, T ru m a n
Switzerland and Henry Williams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16

To overcome the tendency Of
wood to warp and check under
varying climatic conditions, the
wood is sawed into narrower
strips, and glued together.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16

The first railway tunnel in ~.
United States was CONSTRUCTED ' ;s
1888, four miles east Of ~ IN
town, Pa. 'A'i'S'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16

The paper industry makes more
than 100000 worth of coin wrap
pers a year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
MRS. MARY w. EDWARDS

Mrs. Mary Winford Edwards, II,
died at her home, No. 7 Belwell
Ave-, Friday night at 1880 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held at
the late residence Monday after
noon at o'clock with the Rev. R.
B. FARRELL, assisted by the Rev.
c. E. Baker, officiating.
Interment will be in the Oak
Grove cemetery.
She is survived by three daueh-
tiers, Mrs. G. l.. Gore, Mrs. w. c..
Arp and Mrs. Arthur Tollwood;
three sons, Warren, Ed and Osborn
Williams, all of Wilmington; four
sisters, Mrs. Jesse Williams and
Mrs. Stephen Williams, of Shall
lotte, and Mrs. billiard Sellers and
Mrs. Benny Morris, of Rocky
Mount; % grandchildren and IL
great-grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
w. p. LEARY

W. P. Leary, 62-year-old Hamp-
stead farmer, died at his home
yesterday at 4:30 am.
Surviving are brother, B. C..
Leary of Hampstead; five nephews
and five nieces.
Funeral services will be held at
the family cemetery at Hampstead
at 4 pm. today.
Active pallbearers will be Har-
old Howard, Berry Mills, Cole
man Padgett, Robert Sanders,
James Lea, Jr., and A. E. Horne.
Honorary pallbearers will be DR..
J. T. Hoggard, ]. F. Lea, ST., ]. F.
Howard, J. H. Barnhill, Thomas
Howard and Jed Sanders.
DIR. sTEADMAN v. SANFORD
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 15.-P)-
Death ended the long career today
OF DR.. Steadman Vincent Sanford.
74-year-old chancellor of the Uni
versity system of Georgia, and a
dynamic figure in southern educa.
ton for half century.
The educator suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage three days ago while
speaking at meeting of the Uni
versity Systems Board of Regents
here, and never regained con-
seriousness. Death came little be-
fore 8 o'clock this morning at
Emory hospital.
Funeral services for DR.. Sanford
will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon in the historic chapel of
the University of Georgia at
Athens. Burial will be in the city
cemetery at Marietta.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-16
MRS. BEATRICE M. CAMPEN

Funeral services for Mrs. Bea-
trice Melvin Camper, 48, 1888
Adams Street. Riverside Apart
ments, who died Friday night at
Bullock clinic after a short ILL
ness, will be held from the White
Oak Baptist church Monday after
noon at pm.
The funeral cortege will leave
Ward Funeral home at 2:30 pm.
for White Oak. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
Charles F. Camper; a SON. Charles
F. Camper, Jr., U. S. Army; a
daughter, Miss Beatrice Camper
Of Wilmington; a sister, Mrs. Al
bert Bryant, White Oak; and two
brothers, Broadus Melvin, Balti-
more, Md, and w. o. Melvin,
Pittsburgh, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
Schools May Buy
Used Planes--
They Wont Fly

WASHINGTON, May 10. CUP} =
Any school in the country can buy
a Curtiss P-40 plane for S100.
For a mere $3.50 school can
have Flying Fortress.
The surplus property board has
authorized the reconstruction corp.
to sell "at nominal prices used
army and navy aircraft fer educa-
tional purposes. The planes will
be of all sizes and types. They will
be sold only to non-profit schools,
A school can have an observation
plane for $50
There are two catches to the offer
the surplus property board aircraft
division said Saturday They are
l. The planes are not licensable
and cannot be flown.
2. The school must pay the
freight.
Cost of the freight may be high
or low. depending on how far the
school is from one of the nations
81 RFC disposal centers.
Sales of the planes to schools will
go into effect shortly the SPB
said today
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-20
B-Zqs HurI Bombs on jap
War Plants i'm New Reid

which caused practically no dam
age Tokyo said)
The giant B-29's rained demoli-
ton bombs on the coastal city for
a half hour through overcast that
preyenteds observation Of results.
Iwo-based fighters escorted the
bombers, which attacked from me-
dunn altitude
The raid was the third within six
days by 300 or more B-29s against
prime industrial targets in Japan.
The two previous raids on Monday
and Thursday we're against Ma
goya, now one quarter destroyed.
The first Of the B-29s attacked
Hamamatsu at 1920 p. m. Japanese
time and for the next half hour
bombs crashed On the city at the
rate of 10 tons a minute. 1t was
the biggest raid yet on the city.
Targets included plants turning
out airplane propellers, important
railway shops and four airfields.
Hamamatsu's pre-war population
166, 900.
A Tokyo broadcast said 30 other
B-29s scwed mines in WakaSa bay.
on the north coast of Honstu, and
10 more dropped mines in the Beppu
channel on the inland sea.