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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07
After Eight
Years China
Chases Japs
LONG ROAD TURNS
Generalissimo Looks For
EARLY Invasion OF Nip
pom Homeland

CHUNGKING, Saturday, July
.-lpy-Generalissimo Chang Kai
sbek, marking the start of China ,,
ninth year of war, declared today
1--WE anticipate an Allied landing
on Japan" and pledged that China
would bear the main burden of bat
file against the enemy on the Chin
csc mainland.
A Chinese army spokesman as
serted that China's armies were
turning from the defensive to the
offensive, and that the enemy was
changing from offensive to defen-
sive tactics.
He said the eight years of fight
ing-begun July 7, 1887 with the
Marco Polo bridge incident near
Peiping-had cost the Chinese g..
17S,o63 casualties and the Japan
csc 2,521,737, including 1,179,774
enemy killed, 1,318,67O wounded
and 1928 captured. He listed
Chinese casualties as 1,310,224 kill.
ed. l,752,591 wounded, and 49,
248 captured.
Chang in war anniversary mes.
sage urged his people to redouble
their efforts for final victory, as.
serting "our first duty is to has
ten the enemy's collapse and I'm.
conditional surrender
But he warned, too, that the
Japanese would become more des'
perate as the war approached ar
end.
The Chinese high command an.
nounced recapture of Pingsiang,
IL miles from the Indo-China Dor
der town of Bong Dang, and said
the Japanese filed toward French
Indo-China with our troops at thelr
heels" Loss of Pingsiang was an
nounced week ago by the Chin.
csc.
The Army spokesman, Maj.-G
Kuo Chi-chih, said the japanese
retreating up China's east invasion
coast now were in Chenghsien.
50 miles southeast Of Hangchow
and 40 south Of Shanghai. Chin
ese forces, he said, are only
few miles from Chenghsien, and
all points south of the coastal high.
way town have been retaken, In
Guiding Linhai, Tientai, and Sine
hang.
Chenghsien is 10 airline miles
north of WenchoW, abandoned by
the enemy June 10, and $50 air
line miles north of Foochow, which
the Japanese evacuated May 10 ir
the early stages of their long stra'
tegic withdrawal.
The high command said mop
ping up operations continued north
Of Liuchow, recaptured city where
the U. S. 18th Air Force once
had a base. Chinese troops NOV
ing up the highway toward Kwei-
lin, site of another abandoned U.
S. Air Base, reached point II
10 miles northeast of Liuchow,
it added.
More than $50 miles to the north
east, fighting was reported con-
tlnuing six miles east of the form
er American air bases at Kanh-
sen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07
BY The Associated Press

Strikes besieged the war-impor-
tant steel industry yesterday, clos
ing the worlds second largest mill
and threatening to cripple opera
tons further in Cleveland plant.
Ninety-six CLIO United Steelwork-
ers, operating narrow gauge rail
roads in the South Chicago works
of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corpora.
ton, failed to report for work.
Their absence forced a shutdown
of the big U. S. Steel Corpora
TONS subsidiary plant, employing
13, 900.
Union officials could moi
be reached for a statement but the
company said the walkout appa
rently was due to previous layoffs
of rail crews on seniority basis
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07
DOUGHTON IS AGAINST
AUTOMOBILE USE TAX

WASHINGTON, July g. Up -
Automobile owners got a word of
cheer today from Chairman Dough-
ton O-NC) of the tax-framing
House Ways and Means commit
tee.
He told the House 80 far as my
voice goes this is the last year
people will have to pay this ($5)
automobile use tax" And WIN i
Doughton comes out against tax
1t usually means that's the end of
the tax.
However, he said the auto use
tax for the current year must be
paid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07
lies Seal
10
Oil Harbor
AUSSIES CROSS BAY
Japs Set Fire To Refinery.
Pumping Works At
Kocalasambodja


MANILA, Saturday, July T.
-(R-Australian Seventh Divi-
sion troops hoped three miles
across broad Balikpapan Bay
under intense Allied naval gum
fire cover Thursday and Sc
cured both entrances to Bor-
neo's largest oil harbor, Gen.
Douglas Macarthur disclosed
today.
This new amphibious operation
secured Penadjam Point, where the
Japanese had mounted strong coas-
tal batteries, and then the Aussies
thrust inland against scanty oppo-
sition.
Other Australian units are los
ing in on refineries still held by
the enemy in the Balikpapan area.
Macarthur announced.
In all Borneo operations, includ-
ing those on the north coast, 1901
Japanese dead have been counted
and 274 prisoners taken, the COM
munique said.
Allied casualties are 214 dead, q
missing and 420 wounded, MacAr-
thur announced.
While the Australians met little
opposition in their new landing op-
posite Balikpapan, they were en-
gagged in tough close-quarters
combat with Japanese naval per-
sonnet defending the Pandansari
oil refinery north of the burned city.
The Australians, who now hold
10 miles of the coast, from Penad-
jam to Manggar airfield on the
northeast, met strong resistance as
they pushed farther northward to-
wards the Sambodja oil fields.
Japanese coastal guns and rs.
millimeter field artillery slowed
the advanc, but the Aussies were
still hot on the heels of the main
Nipponese force Withdrawals to-
ward the marshy oil field.
Samardipa, SIS miles northeast OF
Balikpapan, is the last Japanese
held oil producing area in south
eastern Borneo.
The japanese, pounded by Allied
aircraft and Australian artillery
during their withdrawal, have set
fire to the refinery and pumping in.
stallations at the coastal town OF
Koealasambodja, about half way
between Balikpapan and Samarih-
da.
The Australians completed the
occupation of Balikpapan Thurs
day, then pushed on from the ruins
OF the oil port to pierce Niponese
defenses in the Pandansari refinery
district just north of Balikapan.
(Tokyo Radio said the Japanese
were undergoing heavy Allied nav.
al and air pounding and were fight.
ing $4,000 enemy troops which had
been put ashore from the time Of
the invasion Sunday through Wed
nesday. The broadcast claimed the
Allies had suffered 1000 casualties
to Tuesday. Allied reports have
said their casualties were ight)
With the capture of Manggar
airfield the Allies hold two inpor-
tant alrbases around Balikpapan
the Sepinggang strip havin.s been
taken and put into use shortly after
the Australian landing.
While American engineers install.
Cd repair facilities in Balikpapan
Yank minesweepers were ciearinp
the bay of explosives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07
Wilmington Area May Get
More Meat By OPA Action
Good Samaritan
Himself Is Loser

ARKANSAS CITY, Kas., Jul
ly 6.-(R-Wyatt Seay heard a
familiar clink and saw a dime
roll on the sidewalk.
He picked it up and handed
it to a woman nearby, with a
remark about her having lost
it. A few minutes later, he spot
ted another dime and handed it
to a passerby. The third time
it happened he became suspi-
ciOus and paused for inven-
tory.
The dimes he had been Civ
ing away were his own. There
was hole in his pocket.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07
De Gaulle To Confer
With Truman In August

PARIS, July 6-P)-The French
government announced today that
Gen. Charles De Gaulle would go
to Washington in August for con-
ferences with President Truman.
Responsible quarters indicated
problems, affecting France both
in Europe and overseas would be
the subject of their talks.
De Gaulle's office said he had
accepted formal invitation from
Truman.
(There was no immediate COM
ment at the White House in Wash
ington).
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07
CHERRY IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, July t. R -
Governor R. Gregg Cherry of North
Carolina was a luncheon guest Of
Tar Heel congressman at the CAPT.
toll today. He was en- route te
Raleigh from the Governors Con-
ference at Mackinac Island.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07
WEATHER

Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. M, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 a. m. rs; 1880 a. m. rs; 1:30 p. m.
u; 1870 p. m. 78.
Maximum 81; Minimum IA; Mean 49,;
Normal 70.
Humidity
l:30 a. m. SO; 1880 a. m. S5; 1870 p. m.
w. 7:30 p. m. IS.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. NJ
$40 inches
Total since the first of the month :
z.76 inches.
Tides For Today
:. From the Tide Tables published by
Z. 5. Coast and Geodedtc Survey
High Low
Wilmington TAB a. m. 2:40 a. m.
8:25 D. M PAT p. m
Masonboro inlet 5:37 a. m. II :46 a. m
Sill 0. m. p. m
Sunrise s:o7; Sunset fps; Moonrise 3:l1
l. NJ: Moonset 5:49 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07
FRENCH CLOSE BEACHES

PARIS, July -P)- With 1874
French children killed by mines
in the last two months, the gov
eminent announced today that all
seaside beaches would be closed
for the remainder of the summer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-07

North Carolina-Considerable cloudi
ness and moderately warm with scat
tered showers and thunderstorms Fri.
day. Saturday clearing and cooler north
aad west portion; partly cloudy and
warm with scattered showers and thun-
derstorms in southeast portion.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06

The word slang" occurs first
in Toldervy's History Of Two
Orphans in 1856.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
Cot Hero o. Realize Play AZ Theatre

A negro patron of a Pascagoula theater reported the loss of a
Iwallet IN the balcony of the building-and rang up the curtain on
Ia .real-life plsy.
Although Cal Holman, laborer. was assured by theatre officials
THAT everything possible would be doneato help him recover his S5.
Ihe was oown-hearted about the whole business and definitely not
soptlmlstlc. But he reckoned without Tom the Terrific, theatre pet
land rodent exterminator extraordinary.
Not satisfied with his super-eolossal accomplishment of Kidding
lthe premises of said rodents, Tom occasionally stole out the colored
|box-office window in search of greener pastures and on successful
ventures would appear in the opening of the window carrying his
trophy for the awed spectators to admire.
The morning after the loss of the wallet had been reported,
Ihe manager, while deeply absorbed in a coming campaign for a
picture. The Thin Man Goes Home" peered upward to the window
his desk, and in amazement, saw Tom coming home with a
wallet apparently tossed together by the big feline from the hide
of his most recent victim. But examination proved it to be the
missing walet-minus, however, the S35. And a hard search failed
to reveal the cash.
Later in the morning several workmen were attending to their
chores under the direction of Visiting Supervisor M. E. Ferrera and
the scrutiny of Tom Several meows later Tom was himself at work,
digging furiously behind a pillar. And up comes the $35, covered
with dirt!
Holman, grinning from ear to ear, declared that only red points
kept him from buying Tom the best SIS steak in Pascagoula, but
Tom just looked wise and purred that he could think of better things
than a steak in these hard times. But the question still remains, was
Tom the Terrific the actual pckpocket or the Sherlock Holmes Of
the story?
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
Increase Civilicn
Supply Of Penicillin
For Month Of April

Penieillin for the treatment of
venereal disease and other con-
ditions is now available to private
physicians. For civilian use dur
ing April, the War Production
Board has allocated more than
three times as much penicillin as
has ever been released during a
months period. It is expected
that ALLEGATIONS will be increased
each month.
Commenting on the results of
penicillin stherapy in Mississippi's
public health treatment centers,
DR.. William G.. Hollister, super
visor Of venereal disease control,
State Board of Health, said, "Pre-
urinary results indicate that pen
ieillin will be more useful in the
treatment of syphilis when used
in combination with arsenical
drugs and bismuth than when
used alone. Penicillin is most eff
fective in cases of syphilis of less
than four years duration, and
there are MANY types which call
for the old arm and hip shot
method of treatment. 1t takes a
physician to judge when PENCIL
lin is indicated for venereal dis
ease or for any other condition"
AS of March 81, $3.50 patients
have received penicillin therapy
in /, Mississippi's three public
health treatment centers for eth
er syphilis or g%onorrhea, DR.. Hol-
lister revealed. OF these. 2980
were treated for syphilis, 1888
for gonorrhea.
mo person need go without
proper treatment for venereal
disease said DR.. HOLSTER. "For
those who cannot afford care of
a private physician, the state
maintains three hospitals where
penicillin treatment is available.
Weekly clinics are also operated
by county health departments
throughout Mississippi"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
Nesper Choir TO
Be Presented In
Concert April II

The Pascagoula High school
Glee club in cooperation with the
First Methodist church of Pasca-
goula will present the Mississippi
Southern Vesper Choir in concert
Saturday, April II, at 8 pm. at
the school auditorium. The choir
is appearing in annual concert
tour.
The program will include violin
solos by Helen Janet Mcdonald
cello solos by Eleanor S. Leak
and sacred, classic and popular
selections by the choir. Frank
Earl Marsh Jr.. is musical director
with Olivia M. McGough as stu
dent musical director. PIanists are
Misses Mary Leila Gardner and
Elizabeth Mead. Miss Gardner.
has been heard by local audiences
as the accompanist for the we'll
known baritone. EIwyn Carter,
who appeared in concert as an
attraction en- the program Of En-
tertainment. Inc.
There will be no admission
charge but a silver offering win
be taken.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
Nolan Sinnone Is
Fined $500 In J. p.
Court Wednesday

Nolan Simone, arrested Saturday
afternoon and charged with dis
turbing the peace and threaten
ing the life Of Jackson County Of
ficers, entered a plea of guilty
through an attorney at a hearing
before Judge Kate Denny We
nesday morning and was fined
5000 and costs. Mr.. Simone who
formerly lived in Paseagoula anc
now resides in Lafayette, La, was
not present.
He was arrested in an estab-
lishment in the fork of Telephone
road and N. Paseagoula street by
Deputy Sheriff John McNeal and
City Officer Virgil Cuevas. The
affidavit was sworn out by MI.
McNeal. According to the deputy
sheriff. he and the city police
mar met MI. Simone in the estab-
lishment and he addressed re-
marks to them at which the Off
Ger took offense. According t.
Mr.. McNeal he started to leave
twice but Mr.. Simone continued
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
Photographer Is
Guest Speaker AT
Moss Point Club

Applying photography to the
community, Spencer Beebe, com
mercial photographer, as guest
sne aker at the Moss Point Rotary
club Thursday. told Rotarians o.
the many practical uses being de-
veloped in that field.
Mr.. Beebe listed portrait, COM
mercial and photo-finish as the
three outstanding classes of pho
Biography, describing each.
In listing the differences be-
tween the portrait and CONNER
eial photographer he pointed out
that the former SITS and waits
for his business to come to him,
works under controlled lighting
conditions and uses a standard
type of equipment"
The commercial photographer
goes after his business, works I'M
der all sorts of conditions and has
to carry a variety of equipment.
"The photo finisher's job is to
get something out of the mis-
takes of others" he stated.
Mr.. Beebe also told of the ex-
tensive and important uses being
made of aerial and microphotog-
raphy in the present war and
stated that in his opinion micro
photography will be a wide field,
Of many opportunities, after the
war.
"Microfilm takes up only one
per cent of the total area used
by an ordinary letter file" Mr..
Beebe declared in telling of the
uses made of that type of pho
Biography in duplicating business
records and other papers.
E. A. Khayat, chairman of the
Ladies Night committee, an
nounced at the meeting Thurs
day that Mrs. c. C. Clark. ma
tionally known speaker, would
be the feature of the program
for Ladies' Night which is being
held April IL at the Moss Point
community house. Others on the
program, Mr.. Khayat' pointed out,
will be Jimmy Bishop, soloist, the
Moss Point High school quartet,
N
and Mrs. John Brock, Jr., pianist.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
Co-Worker Give
Farewell Dinner
For w. NJ. Peuttie

William Peattie, assistant SUI
perintendent of machinery at the
ingalls, Shipbuilding Corporation
yard, vas guest of honor at a fare
well dinner given at the Marine.
cafeteria by a group of co-work-
ers Wednesday night.
Mr.. Peattie, who has been con-
nected with the yard since its
beginning, has retired and he and
Mrs. Peattie left Thursday for
their home in Mobile where they
will reside. He has been in the
shipbuilding business for about
As years.
He was presented a plaque.
concentrating a number of his
activities at the yard, which in
corporated pictures and the sig
natures of many of his fellow
workers. Expressions of regret at
his departure and good wishes for
the future were expressed in
brief talks by those present.
In answering his friends and
expressing appreciation for the
dinner and the gift, Mr.. Peattie
declared that he believes there
is "a great future for the Ingalls,
shipyard because of the high
quality of the work done there"
Fine ships are being built at
the yard" he said. This is the
finest yard | know-and I have
worked in yards for As years"
Mr.. Peattie added that he will
be available at all times for any
service which he may do at the
yard if he is needed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
Officers Churqe
Liquor Violotions.
-Four Are Arrested

Four negroes We're arrested and
charged with violation of the liq-
.uor law Saturday and SUNDAY bv
Deputy Sheriff John r. McNeal
who was accompanied on the
raids Sunday by City Officer Vir-
gil Cuevas.
Tommy Nettles, Kreolc. was ar
rested Saturday morning and
charged with having untaxed liq-
'uor in his possession after Off
ccTs found is gallons Of whiskey,
At a hearing before Judge B. B.
Hobby he was fined $3.50 and
costs.
Lcnnie Travis. night spot OPP
orator in Kreole. was charged
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06

Put the leftover ham bone into
bean soup to make a sturdy main.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
If You Hove No Shoes
Don't Worry Go
To Rhodes Store

If you have used up all your
shoe stamps, don't worry about
that extra pair of shoes you might
need for some member of the
family. Go to Rhodes Store on
Delmas avenue, next door to the
Courthouse.
Here you will find all sorts of
shoes for every member of the
family. They are good recondi-
toned shoes, clean and ready to
wear.
Shoes for, ladies', children and
men and no stamp needed. Don't
forget, Bill Rhodes. 247 Delmas
avenue. Paid Advt.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
Meeting OF Cutholic
School LeUgue Held
Lost Wednesday,

"A meeting OF Inc Catholic
School League was held in the
senior-junior room of the Our
Lady of Victories school Wednes-
day afternoon with the president,
Mrs. John o. Grant, in the chair.
Mrs. Grant made an announce
mcnt concerning the part that the
league is TO take in gathering
clothes for the war sufferers drive
now being held, after which Sis
ter Marie de Lourdes, principal of
the school announced the winners
in the contest for king and queen
of the May court.
They are Agnes Clark and Tom
Stigletts and will rule over
the annual court, May 8.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06
OPA Increases
Point VoIues OF
Several Items

Point values for pork, pork
products, lard, shortening. mar
garine, salad and cooking oils
were increased for April because
of slightly tightening supplies,
OPA district director w. e. Hol-
comb, announced this week. In
creased point values on pork cuts
and pork products were limited
TO one or two points, Mapor Hol-
comb pointed out. explaining that
the pork supply for April was
about five percent less than that
of March. Lard. shortening, sal
ad and cooking oils were increas-
ed from 4 to 6 points and margar-
inc went up to eight red points a
pound.
Director Holcomb declared that
the point values of beef, lamb,
veal and butter remain UNI
changed.
In the processed foods group,
blue point values were altered on
a few items with slight increases
for canned peas and asparagus
and corresponding decreases in
the point values of sweet cher
ries, plums and prunes and to-
mato juice.
More Stamps Validated
Five more blue stamps and
five more red stamps were made
good Sunday. April 1. bPA Of
fieials announced, and will re-
main good for a four-month pc
riod ending July 81.
Stamps that are now valid are:
Blue stamps CO through CO which
expire April 28, HI through M,
which are valid through June 2,
NJ through So which are good
until June 30 and TT through X2
do not expire until July 81.
April % is set as the expiration
date for red stamps rs through
KS. Red stamps VS., rs and Az
through Do are valid until June
2, E2 through u do not expire
until June 80 and K2 through P2
are valid until July 81.
Sugar stamp IS is good for five
pounds of sugar until June 2. Air
plane shoe stamps /, 2 and 3 are
valid. AIS coupons valid through
Ais coupons are valid through
June 81 for four gallons of gas
each.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06

with possession Of untaxed WINS
key when q l01gallon keg was
discovered and he was fined $50
and costs bv Judge Hobby,
Also charged with possession
Of whiskev was Larcv Jones who
was arrested in Pearl Harbor and
fined 500 and costs at a hearing
before the justice of the peace.
Lucille Stewart. big Sister
was arrested in Pearl Harbor by
officers. who found her operating
a honkyltonk and selling whiskey
and beer on Sunday. and was
charged With possession of liquor,
according TO police reports. Hear
ing was set for Friday before
Judge Hobby.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06

The president then appointed
Mrs. Mat Sumedinger, W.. as
chairman of the decorating com
mittee for the court and Mrs.
0'Neal Portevin, chairman Of the
refrshment committee.
The Reverend P. J. Carey then
talkd on the coming drive to
raise funds for the convent. school
and youth center that are 10 be
built after the war and urged full
est cooperation on the part Of
league members.
The meeting was closed with a
prayer led by Father Cary.
The next session of the league
will be May 2. and it win take
place at the school.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06

making abusive remarks and fl
nally ne placed him under arrest
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06

Hockey, the Irish national game
Of hurting. and possibly golf and
cricket are derived from polo.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-06

Madame dc Pompadour was
born Jeanne Poisson in Paris In
1921.