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The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-19
Flremen Investigate
Clinton House Blaze
Williemson Street
Home DESTROYED

Fire of undetermined origin
Saturday morning completely
destroyed a frame house owned
by William Podolin of 2525 Will
Hanson, Route 7, Mount Glenn
ems.
Andrew Rushford of the Clin-
ton Township firemen, who
fought the fire for more than an
hour, said that no one was home
at the time the fire started
He added that the blaze was
out Of control when the fire en-
gines got there and that the re-
port had not been turned in until
the fire had a good start.
Rushford said that the fire de-
partment is continuing its inves-
tigation in an effort to determine
how the fire started.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-19
Mounibatien Deiuies
Australian Broadcast

MELBOURNE, Nov. 19 - R
Adm. Lord Louis Mountbat-
ten, Allied commander in
southeast Asia, in message to
Australian Army authorities,
said today an Australian short
wave broadcast on the Indon-
esian situation Nov. 5 was "in-
accurate and damaging"
He took strongest possible
exception" to the broadcast,
which he said had asserted the
United States government made
"a practise of underwriting the
policy pursued by Lord Mount
batten."
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-19
Manufacture Of Weapons
Discovered in Soeroboio

rang, scene OF the latest out
break on troubled Java.
A dispatch from embattled
Soerabaja said the British had
reported evidence that the In
donesians were endeavoring TO
manufacture bombs and weap-
ons on a small scale there. Spo-
radio fighting continued in Ba-
tavia.
A British communique said
the situation in central Java
gives cause for anxiety in view
Of the extremely aggressive at
titude of local (Nationalist) Ex-
tremists both in Semarang and
Jogjakarta."
The Extremist broadcast by a
station in the interior came aft
err Premier Sutan Sjahrir of the
unrecognized Indonesian repub-
lie rushed a three-man commit
tee to Soerabaja to investigate
the fighting in the hope that a
solution could be found. Sjahrir
has pledged himself to try to
restore peace in Java and has
been critical of the previous Ma
tionalist governments handling
of the situation at the great nav
al base.
A British intelligence officer
told news conference that
there had been no substantiation
Of earlier reports that the jap
anese were providing leadership
and backing to the Indonesians
in Soerabaja. He added that the
latest available evidence tended
to show that the Nationalist
fighting was neither organized,
planned nor led"
OFFICERS SLAIN
In Semarang British troops
seized the telephone exchange
after three British officers were
slain by Extremists in that north
coast port. British Brigadier Be-
thell placed Wong Sonego = Pc,
the local governor, in custody
and ordered him to broadcast
that Indonesian armed men and
automobiles would not be per-
mitted on the roads.
The British said one of their
brig a d des in Semarang was
steadily clearing the disturbed
area against slight opposition"
British troops in Batavia were
warned that they should avoid
any area "in which they hear
shooting taking place"
One Dutch officer and three
natives from Amboina serving
in the Dutch army were killed
and % Dutch troops were
wounded in fighting yesterday
and last night in the capital.
The Dutch estimated the Indo-
nesian casualties at % killed and
II wounded.
! British Indian forces, opposed
by Indonesian tanks and mortar
fire, have advanced 1000 yards
in northeastern Soerabaja, gain
ing control of the railway yards.
Patrolling Yorkshiremen dis
covered recently dug gun posi-
tions on Madoera Island within
range of Soerabaja. Apparently
the Indonesians had planned to
ferry artillery to the island to
she'll the naval base.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-19
Thanksgiving Thieves
Active on Morovion

Mrs. Rosco Summers of 3407
Moravian, Route 5, Nc unit Glenn
ems today reported the theft OF
125 chickens from her farm.
She told Sheriffs deputies that
the birds were taken sometime
last week.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-19
BY RALPH MORTON

BATAVIA, Java, Nov. 10 =
Up An Extremist Indonesian
radio station called today for
war on the British" and asked
Indonesian youths to reinforce
the ranks of the hard-pressed
native Nationalist at Sema-
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-19
Actress Fay wray
Has Newborn Daughter

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19-(P)
Film actress ray Wray gave
birth TO a seven-pound daughter
at Good Samaritan hospital yes
terday. The actress is the wife
of Robert Riskin, screen writer
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-19
Don't Sfurve Yourself

0O0A y WO00ogouo ~ 49,
0Bsegess ASose Gse1Wg
Too Strenuous dieting nay lead - starviuG.
which isn't fun! Don't deny yosxseif your e.
vogite foods because you safe1 from stomach
q ulcef pains. eu6ocAting q. indigestion.
heartburn. sour upset stomach caused b. s1ueas
seid. Try Udga Tablets for quick relief Over
100 millioa used. Get 25e bon of Udga rab,ets
e" Zc;r drSggst Fi..s dc.:. ecnvinees q
Baamsw Drsg, Cady = Mccoy and
Drug stores Everywhere.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-19
Man VS.. Nature

Man can raise water In a tube
to a height Of only 33 feet, US
ing a suction pump, but giant
trees more than 800 feet high
raise unbroken columns of wa
ter to their very uppermost
branches with ease.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
ADVERTISING FUND FOR THE TOWN
OF CAROLINA BEACH

NOTICE is hereby given that required by the provisions
of Act entitled AN Act aid in the development
Town of Carolina Beach, duly General Assembly
of North Carolina its 1945 regular duly ratified
day. May LIST, 1945 the Carolina
for the purpose enabling qualified
the said Town vote the question permitting
body OF the said Town to levy
cents the one hundred dollars valuation all
property said an advertising
fund to aid in the development of the said Town
polling place in the will be omen between
the hours Of $50 A. M. and $50 o'clock NJ E. W. r. on
said date for the casting of ballots
Notice is also that Mcdonald Strickland
named Registrar and Dr.
e. Judges of election.
registration books said Town will be omen for the
of all voters residing who
eligible to vote in the said election
begin Saturday. April 9TH, 1945, at 800 NJ e. w. r.
and said books shall be closed for registration Saturday
Saturday. April the 7th Saturday. the l4th and Sar-
day. 21s, the Registrar be on duty at the Town
said Town beween the hours 90 o'clock A. M and
o'clock P. NJ, E. W. T.
On Saturday, April the 21st 94 between the hours Of aOn
and 900 o'clock P E. T. the said regstra-
for the
challenge the eligibility Of person in the said
election.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
TOWN OF CAROLINA BEACH
A. p Peay, Mayor
BOARD OF ELECTIONS
TOWN OF CAROLINA BEACH,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
NAILS USING ALL
AVAILABLE MEN

MARBURG, Germany, March 81
The Nazi command, in fran
tic attempts to stabilize its chaotic
western front, has. been throwing
in piecemeal every type Of soldier
available regardless of whether
they have combat training or even
weapons.
Germans are running desperately
short of small arms. Many men de-
stroyed their weapons before sur
rendering. prisoners said, and hun
dreds. were sent into action unarm-
ed with crisp orders to look for
g on the battlefield.
-stioling of mo than 1000
prisoners has given no evidence to
substantiatc a first belief that Ger
man troops we turning their
arms over 10 civilians to provide
weapons for subversive activities
and an underground arm.
German rear echelon troops form
substantial portion of prisoners
of war now being taken-men in
signal battalions, ordnance COM
panies, supply outfits, and head
quarters personnel. Few of them
have guns because there were none
to distribute.
The most critical item is tn e
machine pistol weapon upon
which the Wehrmacht placed great
faith in personal combat. Shortages
of this compact and deadly Weap-
on are being reflected in drop
of morale in the enemy infantry.
Recently machinegun and mortar
teams have not been issued Side
arms aid if their machinegun or
mortar Is knocked out, or fails to
function, they are helpless.
Stragglcrs turned around and
sent back to the front as replace
ments to fight under these condi-
tions often find it more sensible
| to desert at the first chance and
Join American prisoner OF wa L
chow lines.
Ninety per cent of the prisoners
who declared they disposed OF
weapons before being captured
said they broke them or tossed
them away when the fighting got
too rough:
Nazi army units are given prior
ity in the issuance of small arms
on the basis of their fighting repu-
tation-wlth parachute troops first
and Panzer divisions close
second. Infantry units are at the
bottom of the list. In all branches
non commissioned officers ar e
getting rifles instead of machine
pistols as provided by the normal
table of equipment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
Smashing On Gem1anys Western Front
Bv Allies Marks The Weeks War Ne1us

were damaged and 38 planes de-
stroyed in the fleets attacks on
the Ryukus, which were still 60
ing on. The Americans captured
Cebu, capital of that island.
On Thursday, the American
First Army wheeled north in a
thrust Of more than SO miles that
threatened to cut off the Ruhr
basin. The British Second Army
advanced 20 miles from its last
reported positions to the Muenster
area. Weather interfered with Al
lied air operations. The Russians
reached the Austrian frontier. The
German pocket southwest of Ko-
enigsberg in East Prussia was
eliminated, with total German
casualties Of $4,000 killed and So
900 prisoners. A British task force,
including tn e battleship King
George ", joined in the attack
on the Ryukyus. The Americans
occupied Mactan and Cauit is
lands in the Philippines.
On Friday, more than 5000
American and British tanks closed
in on the Ruhr from north and
south. The American Third Army
sped 80 miles into the Reich to
within. II miles of Kassel and 181
miles of Berlin.
American heavy bombers and
fighters smashed at submarine
bases and port facilities at Bre-
men. Hamburg and Wilhelmshat-
en-. The Russians crossed the Aus
trian frontier and struck out along
the highways leading to Vienna.
The Baltic port of sDanzig was
captured and the Polish flag
raised over it by Soviet forces.
The naval-air bombardment of the
Ryukyu islands continued for the
eighth day. American forces land
ed on Negros island in the Philip
pines:
On Saturday. the American and
British armored forces had almost
closed their ring around the Ruin.
The development of Kassel also
appeared imminent. At least $500
American nd British planes
struck at railway yards and oil
plants in Germany, as well as for
a second time at the submarine
yards around Hamburg. The Rus
slams were rapidly approaching
Vienna from the south and were
reported by Berlin to have en-
tered Ratibor and Glogau in ST.
lesia. As the bombardment of the
Ryukyus continued it was an
nounced that ~ japanese ships
and 81 planes had been destroyed
or damaged in the attacks OF
March 20 and 49, Many Super
fortresses bombed the home is
land of Kyushu.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
By United Press

The Allies smashed Germany 6
Western front this week anc
surged into the Reich from north
to- south, sweeping the melting
Nazi Armies before them.
Prisoners were taken by the
tens of thousands as the fight went
out of all but the most seasoned
of he remaining troops.
The blackened ruins Of the IN
dustrial Ruhr and its surviving
defenders were being encircled in
a great two-way sweep by Amer
lean and British tank forces. The
path into the heart of the Relcn
lay almost wide open.
In the closing days of the war,
Allied air might struck with I'M
diminished fury at rail, oil and
other targets inside Germany. In
GLIDING the submarine bases IN
the north.
The Russians opened power
drive against Vienna and the
southeastern approaches to Ger
many on a wide front from Czech
oslovakia to Yugoslavia. The Aus
trian frontier was crossed and vi
emma was imminently threatened.
In the north, Danzig and Gydnla
fell in the rapid cleanup of the
remaining Nazi nests along the
Baltic.
In the Pacific, American and
British warships and planes
pounded all week at the Ryukyu
chain southwest of Japan in what
Tokyo said was preparatory to IN
vasion of the islands. Japan it.
self was struck repeatedly by ST.
perfortresses. The campaign to
clean up the Philippines gained
All the major islands
have now been reoccupied or in
vaded by the Americans except
Boholm.
On Sunday. American Third
Army columns pushed across the
river main, 80 miles beyond the
Rhine. The First Army gained an
other six miles out of its Remagen
bridgehead The Seventh Army
cleaned out the final pockets OF
resistance west of the Rhine in
the Palatinate. Allied bombeTs
blasted railway and oil storage
targets over a wide area OF Ger
many. Brunswick, Hamburg,
Hanover, Osnabrueck and Muen-
ster were hit. The Second Ukralnl-
an Army gained % miles and cap
tured more than 200 places in a
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
r. Gator Maddrey
HEARING AID CONSULTANT
TO HOLD
FREE PRIVATE
DEMONSTRATION
at the
Optical Shop

Located in the Jewel Box
100 N. Front ST., Wilmington, N. C.
We'd, April 4 and Thurs, April S
Hours 900 am. to 500 pm.
All hard of hearing should plan
to attend these Free Demonstra-
lions at The Optical Shop on We'd
nesday and Thursday. They place
you under no obligation of any
kind and Mr.. Maddrey will be
pleased to help you with your hea-
ing aid problem regardless of
what make or model hearing aid
you are now wearing. Improper
ly fitting hearing aids are the
source of most of the difficulties
you find today states Mr.. Mad
drey. Rarely if ever do you find
two people with the identical hear
ing aid problems, practically every
case has its own peculiar problems,
that is why it is so important that
you get properly fitted with an
instrument which will most accu-
rately compensate YOUR hearing
loss, s1nce we contend there are
varying degrees and types of deaf
ness and each should be handled
by competent hearing aid ex-
pert
These demonstrations are spon-
sored by the Raleigh Hearing Aid
Co.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
HOME CLUBS WILL
SELL WAR BONDS

SPRAY, March 31.-A goal o
5000, 900 in E bonds for the 40, OOl
members of Home Demonstrate
clubs throughout North Carolina ha:
been set by the state executive
board of the organization at e
meeting held with Mrs. Edison Da
venport, OF Mackeys, state presi
dent, and Mrs. Estelle T. Smith,
of Raleigh, state advisor.
This goal for the seventh War
loan campaign will follow the new
~ by u plan whereby seven days
hospital care will be provided for
wounded service men by ca h
woman who adopts the idea and
buys a $50 bond during the period
of the drive.
Mrs. Karl Bishopric, of Spray,
chairman OF tn estate Women'S dl-
vision of the War finance commit
tee. announced today that num-
Der of other statewide organizations
are accepting the 81 by 7" idea
for april, May and June. Assisting
in the promotional plans is Mrs.
J. S. Kitchener, of Raleigh, state
vice chairman, who directs organl-
rational cooperation.
Mrs. W. B. Logan of Gastonia,
war service chairman of the Credit
Women's breakfast club, has writ
ten letters urging members to
adopt the scheme for the Seventh
War loan campaign. Mrs. Robert
T. Cecil, of Asheville, statepresi-
dent of the North Carolina Garden
club, is urging every Garden club
member to buy an extra $50 bon
by June i.
The Junior clubwomen of t h e
North Carolina State Federation OF
Women's clubs, under the leader
ship of Miss Dorothy Forbes, OF
Wilmington, junior president, are
strassing go per cent participation
of all Junior members in bond buy
ing, so what they may qualify for
the Minute Man flag of the Treas
ury department for presentation
May 20 at their annual state con-
vention in Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
Reshuffle Of Generals
Announced By Japanese

SAN FRANCISCO, March 81
(P)-Japan today announced a
drastic reshuffle'' of generals in
"the resolute determination of the
Army to transfer the homeland in
to a battlefield ~
The shuttle, announced by Do
mel agency in dispatch recorded
by the Federal Communications
Commission, involved commands
of II home islands regimental dis
tricts and recruiting bureaus.
This move, the dispatch said, was
made at a moment when enemy
America is probing our Ryukyu
islands and war clouds are hang
ing heavily over our mainland
To remove scales and skin from
fish. dip in boiling water for a
second or so.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01

new drive south OF the Danube
toward Vienna. Tokyo reported
American forces were attempting
landing in the Ryukyu islands.
American carrier planes sank
eight japanese ships off the Ryu-
kyus.
On Monday, the Third Army
was reported threatening Wuerz-
burg on the main, some 80 miles
by road from the Rhine. Field dis
patches placed the British Second
Army Is miles beyond the Rhine,
the American Ninth II miles and
the American First 10 miles. The
Seventh Army crossed the Rhine
in the Mannheimakarlsruhe area.
More than $50 American heavy
bombers and fighters attacked
rail and oil targets in the Reich
and American planes from Italy
struck in Hungary, Austria aud
Czechos:ovakia on behalf of the
Red Army. Soviet forces drove to
within less than IS miles of the
Austrian border. American car
rier planes and warships bonn
barded Okinawa island in the
Ryukyus. Tokyo reported Amer
can landings on Cebu in the Phil
ippines.-
On Tuesday, the German front
east of the Rhine began caving
in and Gen. Eisenhower declared
the enemy is a whipped army. :"
The British Second Army broke
into the Westphalian plain leading
to Berlin and the American Ninth
into the northern fringe of the
Ruhr. Tie American First Army
exploded from its Remagen
bridgehead to more than so miles
beyond the Rhine. Russian forces
fought through the streets of Gdy-
MIA and Danzig in the north, and
in the south closed to within less
than 80 miles of the Austrian Dor
der. Argentina declared war on
the Axis. American carrier planes
and warships continued their at
acks on the Ryukyus. The Amer
leans pushed deep inland afteE
their surprise landing on Cabu.
On Wednesday, tank columns OF
seven Allied armies broke loose
inside Germany, plunging any
where iron 20 to 80 miles be-
You'd the Rhine through great
holes in the German lines. The
American First Army captured
the Nazl supply center of Giessen
and drove ahead almost without
opposition. American heavy bomb
ers smashed at targets in Berlin
and Hanover. The Russians cap
tured G1ynia and in the south
crossed the Raba river in the
drive on Vienna. 1t was announced
that at ,east II Japanese ships
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01

C. Angley, M. c. 18th AAF, and
appeared in the March, 1945, issue
of the Air Surgeons Bulletin: mo
serious effects resulting from DOT
mas yet been reported in humans.
This DOT program will not get
rid of all mosquitoes at Camp Da-
Wis.,, explained Captain Refs. THE
mosquitoes Astounding this area
are the Salt Marsh pest variety
and they have been known to be
carried as far as so or 60 miles in
the wind"
1--WE won't" grinned the captain.
''be able to prevent their arrival,
but DOT will prevent their depar-
| ture"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
u. S. Granted Right To
Inspect Mica Records

SHELBY, March 81. - (R -
Federal Judge E. Yates Webb to-
day granted the department OF
Justice the right to inspect records
of several mica companies prior
to 1871.
Judge Webb had previously au-
thorized the government to inspect
record back to 1941.
Affidayits were introduced at a
hearing today, which Judge Webb
said tended to show that the gov
eminent had found evidence OF
antitrust violations on the part
of the Asheville Mica Company
and the Richmond, Va, Mica
Company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
DAVIS PREPARES
FOR MOSQUITOES

CAMP DAVIS, March 31.-Mos-
uuitoes staging raids on Camp Da-
Wis this year are going to find it a
hot target. The opposition is
chalky colored powder that acts
as a toxic agent on insect pests
when mixed with any suitable sol
vent and applied with a spray gun.
It's name is DDT.
The deadly spray first attract
ed wide attention when used by
American army doctors in fighting
the recent typhus epidemic in TIA
ly. American troops were rubbing
elbows with civilians already in
fected and general outbreak
seemed unavoidable. But it never
came for two reasons. Reason num-
Der one is the Cox-type vaccination
that all American soldiers receive
before going overseas. Reason
number two is DOT.
The mosquitoes that descend Oh
Camp Davis every summer are on
ly the pest variety which carry
no contagious disease, but Captain
Donald T. Refs from the Sanitary
Corp is going to use DOT to make
the post untenable for them.
"DDT' explained Refs, means
Dichloro Observation-Disclosures.
1t was discovered by Swiss Chem
list in 1874, but wasn't developed
in it's present state until the U.
S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant
Quarantine received it from tn e
Geigy Chemical Co., in 1913. Since
that time, it has worked wonders.
Here Oh the post, the plan is to
treat all barracks and mess halls
with DOT. This will include spray
ing the walls, ceilings, beds,
springs. and mattress. The toxic
effect viii, last for at least wo
months.
DOT can be applied as a powder,
cream, or a spray. In applying
it to walls, screens, ETC., it is used
as a spray. In combating body
lice, scabies (the mite that causes
seven year itch, or crab lice, it
is applied externally on the victim
in the form of cream which
looks and smells very much like
an almond beauty lotion. This
cream is absorbed into the skin
and becomes odorless in about ten
minutes.
After DOT is sprayed on an OBJ,
ject, it dries leaving small, oblong
crystals which are visible to h e
eye. If 4 fly walks upon these crys
tails, it will apparently be unaffect-
ed for several minutes after which
its legs will gradually be ON e
paralized. At this stage, the fly
may be observed rubbing its legs
together in a manner similar to
that of a person rubbing his arms
to stimulate circulation. When the
toxic effects spreads into its body,
the fly is afflicted with delirium
tremens. Shortly after, the head
becomes affected and it dies.
Taken internally by rodents, DOT
brings death. The question of its
effect on human being is still
under study. According to an ar
ticle entitled Toxicity of DDT'
which was written by Maj. John
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
o. A. Wallace Resigns
Position With A. {. L.

O. A. Wallace, of Oleander, su-
perintendent of the Car Depart
lnent of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Co., has resigned, effec-
tive April /, to accept a position
with the Enterprise Railway
Equipment Co., Of Chicago, it was
disclosed yesterday.
1t was reported that Mr.. Wallace
will travel throughout the Unlteo
States and possibly to other coun'
tries in the western hemisphere.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
MINCE PIE SYMBOLIC

Originally minee pie was SYM
bolic of Christmas. The pie was
baked in oblong shape to represent
the manger. while the pie crust
represented the gold, and the spicy
ingredients represented the frank.
incense and nyrrh brought by the
Three Wise Men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
INFORMATION

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ing to 100000 foreign bushes,
firms is contained in the files a
the U. S. Department OF Com
merce.