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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-19

be paid while they were waiting
for transportation - in some in
stances, for weeks and months
and while they were en- route home
Our diplomatic missions are for
the most part uEderstaffed. They
simply do not have the personnel
to do an information job They can
not take time out to tell the story
of what America has done in this
war.
That is one thing owl is trying
to do, and it is important that it
should be done right now. This is
not the moment to retire modestly
and let others assume the credit
sor our far-flung achievemtnt.
Many of Owls most successful
efforts have received little or no
public notice. The agency has, tor
example, brought groups of foreign
journalists to America on conduct
qed tours to set our war plants,
our power dams, our great, rich
qcountry.
The other day I met half
dozen Belgian Journalists who has
just completed a six-weeks swing
around the country. They had all
worked in the underground during
the occupation, and they knew little
or nothing about the American war
effort.
What they saw here left them
Wide-eyed with establishment. They
were Under the spell Of America
greatness az they told of the i'm
pressions that crowded in on them
during the all too brief journey.
One of the group put it this way:
I'VE never really knew What
America was like until we came
over here. We had heard of your
achievements, bit I suppose we did
not believe it. Now we know it is
true"
Every member of this group is
an editor or chief editorial writer
on the newspapers that today dom
mate the field in liberation Bel
GUM The results of their tour are
incalculable; they will extend a
long way into the future. And this
was only one Of many such tours.
Most people reading of the hun
dreds of thousands of pamphlets
dropped over Japan from B-29's
didn't realize that owl prepared
these pamphlets. That is one part
of the job in the Pacific.
During the current fiscal year
Owl has operated on a budget of
$'8,000,000, of which the agency
is turning back 81, $50, OOO The Sem
ate Appropriations C o m m tee
meets this week to consider Owls
request for 100000. Here is an
opportunity to ondo the work of the
wrecking gang in the house. We
still have a long way to 60 to
final peace, and we need all the
weapons we can get, even though
they are not perfect.
Copyright 1945 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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'Y' Mothers Club
To Entertain Bows

The "Y" Mothers Club will be
hostesse at party for the Cadet
Class of the Wilmington Y. M.
c. A., in the ''Y'' gymnasium on
1sriday night at o'clock when
fathers of the boys will also be
present. Physical Director Smith
and Boys Work Secretary Caudill
are working out details of the pro-
gram, which will include gymnas-
tics and swimming exhibitions.
Approximately $50 boys and
fathers are expected to attend and
refreshments will be served.
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hon. WOOD OF ALL KINDS GET 1T
Wait NJ. winter to avoid rush. Don't
D'a' S2O4. B. v. Rivenbark.
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Wrightsville Beach Answer o Box
1871, City. giving location and price
WANTED ALL PEOPLE SUFFERING
kidney trouble or backache to try
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at Saunders Drug Store o, Brooklyn
Pharmacy.
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announcements

ATTENTION.: LET FACTORY TRAINED
men make your old furniture like new
Wilmington Upholstery Co.. 1921 Castle
S.
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Ernest Ruben Mayhan, Jr., 49,,
Hospital apprentice first class,
has been reported killed in action
in the Pacific area according to
a telegram received from the
Navy Department by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest R. Maynan,
1910 Castle street.
Mayhan was student CT New
Hanover High school when he en-
listed in the Navy on January 20,
1914 He received his training at
Bainbridge, Md, and was later
transferred to the Marine Corps
in July. He received his hospital
training at Camp Lejeune and was
sent overseas in August. 1914
where h served on Guadacanal
and OkinaWa
Surviving him are his parents
and five sisters: Misses Nancy,
Violet, Peggy Jean, Addie Mae
and Brinda Kay Mayhan.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-01
BIG THREE PLAN
TO QUIT TODAY

BERLIN, Wednesday, Aug. l.
GP-The Big Three conference was
believed likely to end today with
issuance of a communique wh<h
is expected to state the Allied po-
sition regarding the future of Eu-
rope. 1t was believed that the Jap
anese war-one of President Tru-
mans primary concerns-will not
be mentioned.
1t was believed the conference
was ending with considerable
American victories through con-
cessions which correspondents are
unable to report now. President
Truman was believed highly salts
fled with progress of the confer
ence and his ability to hold his
own with such experienced leaders
as Marshal Stain and retiring
Prime Minister Churchill.
The President, backed solidly by
the U. S. Senate and holding as
trump card the speedy American
ratification of the World Ssurity
Charter, was able to drive bar
gains which otherwise might have
been difficult. 1t was reported that
in his debut on the Big Three level
he devoted early portions of the
conference to out-trading Church
i'll and Stain.
Meanwhile it was disclosed Off
cially that an interruption Ct the
Big Three meetings which delayed
the closing of the Berlin confer
ence was due to Stains illness.
He apparently recovered satisfac-
torily, for Stain, President Tru-
man and Premier Clement Attlee
met yesterday for three and one
half hours in their first meeting
since Saturday.
The fact that the communique is
not expected to mention Japan
doe, not mean that Japan has not
been discussed at the meeting. It
was pointed out that world prob
lens could not be discussed WITT
out some reference to Japan, but
that the American and British del
egates rigidly respected Soviet
neutrality.
Mr.. Truman was reported I'M
sympathetic throughout the con-
ference with the heavy secrecy
prevailing but he was said to lave
deferred to the wishes of the other
membeas. Consequently, at first
opportkaity he will report on the
Potsdam meeting to the American
people.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-01
FAYETTEVILLE READY
FOR CELEBRATION

POPE FIELD, July 31.-With the
proclamation by Mayor j. Scott
McFayden, of Fayetteville, setting
Wednesday as Army Air Forces
day and with the completion of
program plans, this base of the
First Troop Carrier Command
was ready today to welcome the
thousands of visitors expected
from this area to it's 'open house"
in observance of the 38 h anniver-
ary of the Army Air Forces.
The program will get under way
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. In ad-
dition to the insuection of CAT
transport planes and many other
exhibits, the public also will see
how great savings through con-
servation and repair are effected
in the ships operated at the base.
Officials of the Supply and
Maintenance section have announc-
ed that the welding, sheet metal,
machine, paint, electrical n d
woodworking departments will
demonstrate to visitors damaged
or worn parts coming to their Sec
lions, the process of repairing
them, and finally the completed
parts ready for use.
In addition, Supply and Mainten-
ance will display aircraft engines
and a cutaway, 14-cylinder CAT
engine. This section also will stage
glider dismantling demonstra-
ton.
An air show will begin at p. m.
when Troop Carrier planes, and
elders and Ai-borne troops from
Camp Mackall will stage a simu-
lated tactical operation. This will
demonstrate to- some degree the
action employed in the invasion of
Normandy and other battle areas.
At S p. m. a parade and review
on the parade grounds in front of
base headquarters will bring the
program to a close.
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JAPS PLACE YANK
PW'S NEAR COAST

WASHINGTON, July 31.-R-
The State Department said tonight
that despite repeated American
protests, the japanese persist in
trying to protect target areas from
bombing by locating war prisoners
camps nearby.
Denouncing this practice anew,
the Department issued a statement
saying it was seeking to verify a
Tokyo Radio report that a war
prisoners camp was hit during the
bombing of Kawasaki July 6,-with
with casualties to American pri-
soners.
The Japanese broadcast, which
said some casualties, m 0 S tly
American, resulted when the camp
at Kawasaki, Southeast of Tokyo,
was struck while the area was aun
der aerial bombardment, was
mortored by the Federal Com
munications Commission. Request
ing verification through the Swiss
Government and the international.
Red Cross, the State Department
said military authorities would
notify next, of kin when the infor
nation is received.
The statement said that the Japa
nese, although not a party to the
Geneva Convention governing the
treatment of war prisoners, mac
agreed to conform with it's pro
hibition against using prisoners te
protect target areas.
Japanese replies to United
States protests against the prac
tice, the statement said, have been
evasive"
The Department said American
filters are briefed carefully on the
location of all known camps tc
minimize to the greatest possible
extent the danger to allied ma
tionals.
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Border Belt Leaf Marts
Set For Opening Today

FLORENCE, S. c., July 31.-(P
The sixteen. auction markets of
the North Carolina and South
Carolina Border Tobacco Belt will
swing into action tomorrow to be-
gin disposing of an estimated crop
of 227, $50, 000 pounds, most of
which will wind up in a year or
two in the form of cigarets.
Farmers of the belt were count
ing on getting better prices than
they did last year when the sea-
sons average for 221 $50. 900
pounds was 1925 cents a pound.
Their confidence rested upon two
facts: First, the government cell
ling was AS cents a pound, one
cent more than it was in 1914,
and second, first weeks sales on
the Georgia-Florida Belt, first OF
the flue-cured belts to open, aver
aged from one to five cents a
pound more than they did for the
same period of last year.
The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture tobacco section office here
reported that harvesting was
about two weeks ahead of it's stage
at the same time last year. There
were, however, reports of handi-
caps due to labor shortages, and
some markets expected compar-
atively light sales for this week.
But others said deliveries had al
ready become heavy.
Early reports indicated that the
crop averaged up well in quality.
Recent heavy rains were said to
have improved the quality of some
grades although they did some
damage to other grades.
Nine of the belts markets are
in South Carolina, which has a
1872, 900, OO0-pound crop in prospect
according to U. S. D. A. forecast.
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Building Inspector
Issues Three Permits

City Building Inspector Gilbert
F. Moron yesterday issued per-
mits allowing alterations amount
ing to approximately $1,000 to a
part of the building used by the
City Laundry, giving pernission
TO Hargoove Bellamy to erect a
wall in the rear of his residence
at 14l7 Market street on the Prin-
cess street side at cost of about
$4,000, and permitting Firestone
Stores, 8 North Front street, to
make alterations amounting to ST.
600.
The permit for alterations at the
City Laundry was issued to Fred
Willetts. All the projects are being
handled by the Home and Specially
Co., of Wilmington.
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They are at Mullins, Lake City,
Pamplico, Timmonsville, Lo-is,
Darlington, Kingstree, Conway, and
Dillon.
In North Carolina, where a crop
of 95, 100000 pounds is predicted,
the marke S are Lumberton. Fair
mont, Clarkton, Tabor City, White
vile, Chadbourn, and Fair Bluff.
Reports from the various market
ing cities were as follows:
MULLINS, S. ca good grade
Of first curing of tobacco was
Streaming into the warehouses
here today and three sets of buy
ers were ready for the opening
sales tomorrow morning.
The IL warehouses are prepared
to take care of all offerings. This
market led the state in number of
pounds and average price in 1914
FAIRMONT, N. C.-Floors here
were laden Nday with 100000
pounds of good quality leaf and
growers were optimistic about
prices.
KINGSTREE, S. C.-Two ware
houses floors were piled high with
tobacco today in readiness for
tomorrow's opening sales. Ware
housemen described the quality
as being fair" and on par with
that offered on last years open
ing.
WHITEVILLE. N. C.-The tobac-
CO market here should sell approx
mately 100000 pounds of leaf on
the opening day. Quality is good
with few exceptions.
TABOR CITY, N. C.-With AGO.
600 pounds of tobacco already on
the floors here, it. was. still COM
ing in tonight. The quality is
fair.
LUMBERTON. N. C.-Seven to.
bacco warehouses were filled here
tonight with average good quality
leaf preparatory to market open.
ing tomorrow. --..
Six sales will be held daily tc
handle poundage for the season
estimated at thirty million by
Sales Supervisor Jasper c. Hutto
Practically all tobacco in Robson
county has been cured.
CHARLTON, N. C.-Warehouse
floors here WI; be covered with
good quality tobacco when the
market opens tomorrow.
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FORTRESSES TOSS
OUT DEATH NOTES
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cruiser was damaged while de-
stroyer and medium freighter-
transport were sunk. Other ships
damaged included destroyer,
two medium freighters, and two
small freightecs.
The la est score brought to 227
the number of japanese planes
destroyed or damaged in Monday s
sweep and 68 ships sunk or DAM
aged. Nimitz announced that the
morning attacks on the Tokyo area
we're abandoned because of heavy
weather.
The Americans flying what vir-
tually amounted to tactical mis-
sions against the homeland similar
to those which preceded the in
vasion or Normandy, shot up all
types of targets in the Monday
afternoon forays.
The main blow appeared 10 have
been delivered against Maizuru,
one of the four largest Japanese
naval bases, although targets of
all types were rocketed, bombed
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Solitary sandpipers nest in aban-
doned robins nets.
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md strafed between it and Ma

and strafed between it and Ma
goya.
Testifying to the manner in
which Halsey's planes have been
chopping up every conceivable
target in Japan, Nimitz announced
that eight locomotives were de-
stroyed, four were damaged, II
factories were shot up, two
bridges were battered, two radio
stations were hit and fires were
started in the main buildings OF
the Kanto Special Steel Company
and the international Aaircraft
Company, at Hiratsuka, Southwest
Of Tokyo.
The Kanto factory makes special
steel products, such as ball bear
ings and gun barrels while the
International makes propellors and
"Baka' bombs. Seventy other
smaller factories also were hit.
Solitary sandpipers nest in aban-
doned robins nets.
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CITY WILL JOIN
IN CELEBRATION
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l.
field, will describe the aerial
event through an air-ground com
munications set-up to the people
assembled at the City hall. Colo
mel Edwinson, leading the flight
will broadcast the maneuvers
from his plane to a ground raolo,
set up in a truck at the City hall,
where the message will be reiayed
over the public address system.
General Anderson, West Point
graduate, began his career with
the Air Corps in 1929 at Mitchell
field, Long Island, New York. AT
the outbreak of war he was on
duty in Washington in the office
of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff
there, was later assigned to Opera
lions Division of the General Staff
in Washington, and in June 1943
was ordered to the European The
atre of Operations where he re-
manned until June of this year.
For extraordinary achievement
while leading his medium bonn
bardment wing on two combat
missions over enemy occupied
Europe" in the summer of 1943,
Gen. Anderson was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross.
The Silver Star had been award
ed him earlier for "gallantry in
action in the vicinity of Port
Moresby in New Guinea in 1912"
when he volunteered as an OBJ
server on a hazardous aerial COM
bat mission over hostile territory.
Congressman J. Bayard Clark is
expected to attend the ceremonies
at the City hall, and the mayors
of nearby cities have also been
invited to join the city and county
officials who will be present.
General Anderson will be intro
duced by Mayor Ronald w. Lane,
and Wilbur R. Dosner will be the
presiding officer for the ceremony.
Chaplain Morris L. Hustled, of
Bluethenthal field, will give the
invocation.
Open House at Bluethenthal field,
to which the public of Wilmington
is invited, begins at noon, and
the equipment at the field will be
on display for public inspection.
The air base officials have pro-
vided facilities for the public to
view the take-offs of the air show
squadron, which leaves the field
at 1916 for Savannah and Charles
ton where similar exhibits will be
staged to return again to home
base at o'clock in the afternoon.
A banquet, honoring Gen. Ander-
son and the Air Forces, will wind
up the days ceremonies at 7
o'clock at the Cape Fear Country
club. Staff officers from the Cherry
Point Marine Base, Camp Davis,
Camp Lejeune and Bluethenthal
field will be the guests of Will
mington for the evening.
The arrangements for the local
celebration of Air Forces Day
were made by a committee com.
prised of Harry L. Gardner, chair
man, Col. c. T. Edwinson, Har.
grove Bellamy, Walter ]. Cartier.
Garland Currin, Addison Hewlett
Donald King, R. B. Page, Albert
F. Perry and j. E. L. Wade.
The city and county committees
particularly expressed their graft.
tude to Colonel Edwinson's staff
at Bluethenthal field whose coop
Grafton made the day possible.
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WEATHER

CONTINUED from Page One)
WASHINGTON, July 31.-LR-Weather
bureau report of temperature and rain
fail for the "a hours ending pm. in
the principal Cotton growing areas and
elsewhere:
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-17
IS YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE

Crime held the spotlight in the
weeks news with one man convicted
for bank robbery and another shot
III a pool room fight.
Roy Spencer, charged with being
one of the five men who robbed the
State bank at Monroe was con-
victed IN the Monroe circuit court.
His attorney filed an appeal and
sentence was deferred. 1t was
claimed at the trial that Cashier
Shinevar'S diamond ring was found
on Spencer'S finger and that some
of the stolen cash was recovered
from him.
Paul Gerlock was killed in a
Northline pool room while his
killer claimed the shooting was an
accident. Police captured his assail-
ant in an attic above the pool room.
Detroit detectives arrested three
men who robbed the home of M. =.
Bacon early in November. Two of
the men were captured as they left
a rooming house with suitcases let
tered, Milton E. Bacon, Wyan-
dotte." The cases were full of stolen
goods and a search Of the house
revealed six more pieces of luggage
filled with loot much of which was
taken from the Bacon home.
The arrest was believed to pro-
vide officers with information to
clear up other cases of thefts from
Wyandotte homes.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-17
Registered Mail
May Now Be Sent
To % Countries

Registration of packages for %
foreign countries will now be ac-
cepted, Postmaster Adam Przybyl-
ski announced today.
Packages may be sent to the fol-
Lowing countries at the first class
rate of 5 cents for the first ounce
and three cents per ounce there
after: Albania, Belgium, Denmark,
Finland, France, Great Britain,
Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Lux
embourg. Malta, North of Ireland,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Por-
tugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia, Gee
cho-Slovakia.
Packages must not be more than
81 inches long and SO inches in
length and girth combined to be
acceptable for registered mail.
An addition to the regular par
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-17
By United Press

Fifty ships were scheduled to
! dock at East and West coast ports
Thursday with more than $4,000
troops.
Due at Seattle:
Columbia-43S troops, including
the l43rd Port Co.
Due at Newport News, Va:
Booker T. Washington 500
troops. including the 193rd, 416th
and 570th Port companies.
Joseph Hollister-589 troops, in
Guiding the Rear bet. of the 9th
Evac. Hospital; Service Co. of the
313th Inf. Reg; and Companies G
and H of the 314th Inf. Reg.
Due at New York:
Tabitna Brown-567 troops, in
Guiding the 450th Bomb Squadron;
and the 738th FA Bn.
Croaan = 1896 troops, including
the 750th Tank Bn.; detachment
of the 18th M. P. Bn.; a detach-
ment Of the 26th Engr c Bn.; 26
WACS, and some nurses.
Samuel Ashe-552 troops, includ-
ing the 200th F.A. Bn. and two
WACS.
Charles Aycock-632 troops, in
Guiding the 738th Fla. Bn.; a de-
tachment of the 450th Bomb
Squadron and detachment of the
10th Gen. hospital.
Borinquen-1,303 troops, includ-
ing Hq. and Hq. bet. of the 313th
Ord. Bn.; Hq. and Hq. Battery,
18th Div. Artillery; Companies H,
G, M and L of the 313th Reg. and
the 10th Signal Co.
John Holland-582 troops, includ-
ing the 280th Ord. Maint. Co.;
312th Ord. Co.; Hq. and Hq. bat
terry of the Attn AAA brigade.
Eighty-seven ships, led by the
Queen Mary with 11,4O9 aboard,
were scheduled to arrive at East
and West Coast Ports Friday with
more than $500 troops as the
armed services sped troops home for
the Christmas holidays.
Seventeen ships were due to dock
III New York for a new re-deploy-
ment record. They carried more
than 26.90O troops.
Due at New York:
Queen Mary-11, 400 troops and
1: civilians, including units of the
32nd Heavy Bomb So; G and d
Batteries of the 557th AAA Air
Warning Bn: 233rd Chem. Base
Depot Co.; 168th Station Hosp;
l595th Ord. Supply Maint. Co.;
302nd Transport Wing; 18th Gen.
Hosp; 687th. Gen. Hosp. Comp;
33nd Bomb So. of the cath Bomb
Group; 338th Heavy Bomb So;
350th Heavy Bomb Squadron; 35lst
Bomb Squadron, heavy and 435th
Fighter So; Headquarters and Base
Service So of the 411th Air Serv-