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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
ASSUMES COMMAND

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. o.
W.R-Col. w. A. Covington, a vet
eran Of overseas service, today
assumed command Of Maxwell
Field, succeeding Col. R. E. L.
Choate, who has been transferred
to the Army Air Forces conva-
descent hospital at Miami Beach,
Fla.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
vetiver Grown in U. S.

Vetiver Grown in U. S.
PINE LAWN, La. Oct. 8, - U.H -
Vetiver, source of base for many
perfumes, colognes and other tot
letries, is harvested here in No.
vember. 1t was imported from In
dia years ago by Louisiana plant
ers, and often grows to height of
five or six feet. 1t is classed as an
East Indian grass.
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SLIGHT RETURN

SLIGHT RETURN
BATON ROUGE, La. Oct. 8, -
WD - A man spent his entire for
tune of $500 in Baton Rouge bars.
Then he went to the cops. If he
spent his roll making the good citi-
zens rich; the least they could do
was let him spend the night in the
town jail.
They did.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
DECLINE NOTED

RALEIGH, Oct. 9-(PeThe state
Labor department reported that
the employment Of minors under
the age of 10 showed a substantial
decline in North Carolina during
August, with a total Of 1881 GER
tificates issued as compared with
6,808 in July.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10

The jaws of salvage machines
operated at great ocean depths
are guided by television appara-
tuS,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10

INDIANAPOLIS Oct. 8, - U.D -
Marion Peoples, an Indianapolis
manual training teacher, has in
vented lima bean arbor that has
helped him to grow limas eight
inches long. Peoples says his arbor
eliminates back-breaking picking
all he has to do is walk under it
and pick the beans as he goes.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10

With the wide publication OF his
letters, "Innocents Abroad" Marx
Twain became the most extensive
ly read author in America.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10

The first regularly scheduled
radio broadcast was a report of
returns of the Harding-Cox pres
idential election presented in
1920.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10

YOU have probably read in your news
pepper, with growing concern, Of the
strike difficulties In the oil Industry. Over
The years, The Texas Company hos alwoys
believed in raising wages as rapidly as pos
sibIe, consistent with fair retail prices, and
reducing working hours consistent with in
creased production. We reaIize that only in
this way can our people receive more money
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
So the public may know

to buy more Things and achieve more leisure
to enjoy them. The Texas Company believes
that union leadership also has it's response
biiity to the American public that it must
mvst live up to its contracts with industry
and to tho laws Of the nation.
With these things in mind, The Texas COM
Pany wishes to present to you here:
Evening star., 1945-05-22
| 1943 Death Rate Rises
Slightly; Armed Force
Losses Are Excluded

BY the Associated Press.
The United States death rate, re-
versing long trend, rose slightly in
1943, even without counting the
armed forces overseas.
The Census Bureau. announcing
the 1943 figures yesterday, said two
main reasons for the rise were:
/. Removal of great numbers of
physically fit younger persons to
overseas duty left behind a greater
proportion of older persons.
2. A bad influenza epidemic in
December, 1943.
The 1943 rate was 1913 per 1000
estimated population. In 1912 it
had been 1914, the lowest ever re-
corded for the United States.
BY States, the death rate in 1943
ranged from so for Utah to l40 for
Vermont and was higher in l943
than in 1912 for all States except
Utah, Virginia, Idaho, Colorado,
Evening star., 1945-05-22
House Legislation Aimed
AT Cheap Homes DELAYED

Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee yesterday de-
|layed temporarily the Introduction
|of legislation he had planned to pre-
vent the building of homes of
cheaper values in residential COM
munities after receiving a call from
Commissioner Abner Ferguson OF
the Federal Housing Administration
Mr. Randolph scheduled a con-
ference today to consider whether
the issues might be resolved with
out legislation.
He had planned to introduce two
bills amending the National Hous-
ing Act. one for the District and one
of national scope. as a result of re-
fusal of Federal authorities to recall
or hold up priorities granted for the
construction, by private builder, of
10 houses on Seventeenth place, in
Woodbridge.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

tions now overflow to the Municipal
Court Building, has resulted in q
handicap to Traffic Court. The jury
and witness rooms adjacent to the
courtroom are used by the grand
jury, he said, so that traffic case
witnesses must stand in the hall
while waiting to testify and traffic
juries must deliberate in another
room.
Scientific and medical tests for
drunken drivers was named by
Municipal Court Judge George D.
Nelson as another subject for dis
cussion at the conference. Judge
Nelson, who presides at numerous
traffic cases which go to jury court,
declared that now, while legislation
is pending to provide for such tests,
would be an excellent" time to
bring the subject to light here.
Commissioner John Russell Young
is honorary chairman of the con-
ference. General vice chairmen will
be Chief Judge George P. Barse of
Municipal Court; Col. Edward J.
Kelly, superintendent of police;
United States Attorney Edward M.
Curran; Corporation Counsel Rich
mond B. Keech and Charles S.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Traffic Court Farley
Called June 11to Study
Law Enforcement

Prosecution of military personnel
and juveniles in traffic offenseS and
ticket fixing are among the points
to be discussed June II at District
of Columbia Court Conference here
arranged by the District Bar Asso-
ciation, it was revealed yesterday.
At meeting in the Municipal
Traffic Court Room attended by
prominent members of the bench,
bar and layity, John j. Carmody,
association president and general
chairman for the conference, out
lined a proposed program. The con-
ference is being held in the interest
OF law enforcement, the judiciary
and the public.
Topics Scheduled.
Mr.. Carmody set forth the fol-
lowing tentative schedule of topics
to be covered in panel discussion at
the morning session:
l. The qualifications and
duties.
2. The oSecution-presence in
court-duties-"no paper" cases.
g. Fines and penalties-uniformi
Judges power to suspend.
4. Forfeitures of collateral-sched-
ule of amounts-in speeding.
5. Use of records of past convic-
tions.
At the afternoon session, these
subjects are proposed for discussion:
l. Traffic violations by military
personnel.
Q Motorists pedestrians - viola
tions and enforcement.
3. Safety inspection law-neces-
sity and enforcement - national
brake emphasis program.
4. Traffic tickets
5. Juvenile offenders.
s. Revocation of operating per-
mits.
7. Function of police, prosecutors
and traffic court judges.
8. Financial responsibility of mo-
torists-insurance.
Points to Crowding.
Municipal Court Judge Bryce
Clagett, now presiding in Traffic
Court, pointed out that the lack of
space in District Court, whose func-
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Funeral Rites Set Today
For John W. Lynch, IS

Funeral services for John w
Lynch, 65, of 1909 Concord avenue
NV, will be conducted at pm.
today at the Church of the Epiphany
1917 G street NV, by the Rev
Charles Sheerin. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemtery. Mr.. Lynch died
at his home Saturday after an inter
mittent illness. He was native of
Georgetown.
He was veteran Of the Spanish
American War, during which he
served as first electrician on the
U. S. S. Kearsarge. For IS years he
was employed in the land Office of
the Interior Department. Ill health
caused his retirement in 1910.
Mr. Iynch was member of the
Evening star., 1945-05-22

Church of the Epiphany and a
former member and choir member
at st. Johns Episcopal Church. He
belonged to Gen. Henry w. Lawton
Camp of the United Spanish War
Veterans. who will conduct a grave
side ceremony at Arlington today.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Kathryn M. Lynch, and two sisters,
Mrs. Alice Naimaster of London and
Miss Kitty Lynch of Washington.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

rev. Lawrence TdtHef Md3Wel'
c. German, president of Georgetown
University, and Vice Admiral Ran
dali Jacobs, chief of Navy personnel.
Honorary alumni expected to be
present as guests include the Most
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani,
Apostolic Delegate; Representative
John w. Mccormack, Democrat, Of
Massachusetts,. and J. Edgar Hoover.
director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Joseph A. Perrotta, executive sec
retary of the National Holy Cross
Alumni Association, will outline
plans to the meeting concerning the
establishment of a placement bu-
reau in Washington for returning
Holy Cross veterans.
Banquet tickets may be obtained
from Thomas V. Cannon, 1882
Reservoir road NV.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Cali
fornia. xThe rate in Florida and
North Carolina remained the same.
Total deaths we're ,459 ,544. Deaths
from the five leading causes were:
Heart diseases, 426,391; cancer and
other malignant tumors, 166,848;
cerebral hemorrhages, 127 800; neph-
ritis, a kidney disease, 99,267; pneu-
monia and influenza, 90.115.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

at the annual
dinner of the
South atlantic
Holy Cross Club
at $50 pm. to-
morrow at the
Mayfower Hotel.
Senator David
L. Walsh, Demo-
crat, of Massa-
C h u S e t t S, a
member of the
class of 1893, will
be among the
guests at the
event. Others
invited are the
RnN Iourronnn
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Low Countries Lore

Approximately four centuries BIC,
the territory later called the Low
Countries was inhabited principally
by three peoples: The Belgae, sup
possedly of Celtic origin; the Batavii
and the Fristi, ancestors of the
Dutch.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

/ Rhyme, national chairman of the
Junior Bar Conference, American
Bar Association. TRAFFIC Director
William A. Van Duzer is general
secretary.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Holy Cross College Head
To Be Banquet Speaker

The Very Rev. Joseph R. N Max
well, S. j., president of Holy Cross
College. Worcester, Mass, will be the
guest of honor and principal speaker
Evening star., 1945-05-22

Again your tapoyite summer
tabric-royon mesh, olorified
shirtwoist fashion with fine
broid work rounding the yoke,
deep knife pIeots in front OF
skirt ond jewel-bIozine but
tons. In grey, luggage, green
ond melon patterned in big
white doisies, Sizes Az TO
24h, 1925.
The Women's Shop. Second Floor
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-03
New Defernents
From Draft Rules
In Plane Plants

Washington. April 3.-(AP-
The Thirty percent limit for
draft dcfcrmentS of young
workers has been broken again.
This time it is for must army
and navy programs, chiefly air
craft.
As a result an additional TO-
600 young workers under 80
will keep their deferred claSSi-
ficationS instead of heading for
induction stations.
The increase was granted by
the sO-called McNutt commit
tee. an interagency group. Ii
handles deferment policies for
men 18 through 30.
One informed source said he
understood the entire 10000 in
crease was for the aircraft in
dustry, but another reported it
covered all must" programs of
both the army and navy. In
either case, most of the addi-
tional deferments are certain to
go to the aircraft industry.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-03
New Hospital Board For
State Named By Cherry
Members Will Take
Oath Monday, Choose
Two Superintendent

Raleigh, April 3.-(AP) Cover
nor Cherry announced membership
of the neW State Hospital Board of
Control for terms of one 10 four
wears.
Members VIII be sworn in next
Monday, April 8. The new board IS
COMPOSED OF one member from each
of the States twelve congressional
districts and three members at
large. New members are
FNN1 alSuIct, l. a. bShUili' f-uciI-
ton. one year.
Second dlS>rleo, w. u, OIafk' Lar
boro, one year.
Third district, Thomas . bcfly'
GOldsboro, one year.
Fourth DISTRICT DE II. y. Line
berger, RaIel@h, two ycarS.
Fifth district X. I. richardson
ReidSVllle, two years.
Sixth district, j. w. uNS'e"o'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-03

Washington, April ;3.-(AP)
-President Roosevelt has de
cidcd that the United States Will
not request any additional votes
in the world assembly to be pro-
posed at the San Francisco
conference.
This WAS announced today by
Secretary of State Steftlnlus, Who
SAID it DID not IN any way alter the
Presidents promise, during tn" big
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-03
Americans Bisect Okinaua
Invasion OF Jap island
I | en- Days Ahead OF Plan
Easiest Invasion Of
Pacific War Nearest
The Enemy Homeland

Guam, April 3.-(AP)-Al-
most ten days ahead .Gf sched-
ulc, 9Th corps infHntrymen
were on the eastern shore Of
OkinaWa, Just above Nakagu-
suku bay, today. They bisectcd
the strategic island in Il swift
tWo-day dash against light re-
SiStance.
Observation planes, mean
while, operated off Of TIVE cap
tured airtie!fs. This indicated
that before ione land based
combat planes viii join the
mighty armada a carrier air
craft closely supporting the
strangely easy invasion of the
principal Eyukyu island, only
j25 nilc> south OF japan itself.
Tho Nlnks were on the shores Of
K.rsuen bay. Immediately north OF
the extensive anchorage Of Naka-
4usuku bay-G.cc d IaVorlte ma
ncuvcrin9 ground Of the Japanese
1lcct
So far this has been the casi-
cs, invasion cf the entire Pacific
war. The Americans apparently
had seer more civilians than
IarancSc soldiers charged with
defending the security OF the
hnn,e.ard Mt a single Japanese
prisoner Of war has been taken
SCnerng of OklnaWa cut off the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-03
Allies Near
North Sea
In Holland
Ruhr Trap 1igntcns
On llC. 600 Germans;
May Bisect Germany

Paris, April @.-(Ap1-Brit-
iah and Canadian troops adj
to within striking dis
tancc of the Iuidcr Zee and the
North Sea today in Il great cf-
fort to trap all Germans in IIol-
land. while Americans fought
within nine miles Of the Wcser
river and frightened the Ruhr
trap on l10.OGO doomed Nazis.
The hard hitting American
third army III central Germany
advanced aim%St 80 miles over
night to within $50 miles of
junction with the Russians on
the eastern front, a move that
would hiscct the Reich.
The third army whipped across
the terrain of the Thuringian forest
to within 80 miles Of the Czccho-
sjoVak frontier ut points more than
1870 miles inside the Reich
The Germans said 1t. Gen.
Pattons army was stOrmlng
Ehl, % miles frem CzechoSlo-
Ndk1d. ana idu SuiIouHutu
Meiningen. y r2i!cs northeast of
Weimar, birthplace of the Ger
man republic. This would mark
third army advanceS of nearly
fifty miles since yesterday and
place the Americans three
fourths Of the way across the
waist Of GERMANY.
Seventh army tanks were said by
the enemy t. have cat the railroad
from Wuerzburg to Ansbach, %
miles southwest Of Nuremberg
We have not vet succeeded IN
building up cohesive front Ber-
lrH military spokesman said.
4 security blackout hid most
third army movements. a dis
patch from General Bradlcy'S
18th army group headquarters
gave these distances, but cenSorS
did not permit towns to be
named. The dispatch said Pat
ton was still l55 miles from Brr-
lin. Parts of his forces preSum-
ably still were fighting inside
Kassel and Fulda, beth entered
yesterday.
The Canadians mcnaccd Arnhem.
brdgcd the lower Rhine twice a-d
fought toward The IuIdcG Zoo, less
than - mics away When they
roach the great water mass, cities
such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and
The Hague viii be sealed off for
liberation.
The British fought to within five
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-03
Roosevelt Aides
In London, Maybe
Waiting The End

London. April 3.-tAP)-TWo
of President ROOsevelts top
ranking advisors were i'll the
same London hotel today. Civ
ing rise to speculation whether
their presence was keyed to the
expectation of Germany's COL
lapse.
They were presidential advisors
Bernard Baruch and Edward j.
Flynn. former Democratic National
Committee chairman. Presumably,
they would have the opportunity
now to discuss Flynn's trip to Yal-
ia. Moscow, the Vatican and Paris,
as well as BarUch'S Weekend con-
ference with Prime Minister Chur-
chill.
So far as could be ascertained,
Flynn was planning to leave Lon
don later this week for Washington,
but the duration of Baruch's stay
remained indefinite. Some speculat-
ed he might remain here until the
collapse of the Nazis. as the Presl-
dents on-the-spot representative.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-03
Russian SpearEleatls Are
Ten Miles From Vienna
New Thrusts Made
In Bratislava Area
And Toward Breslau

London, April >. (AP-
Russian spearhcade have reach
ed the Baden area about ten
miles Sputh of Vienna, the Ger
man high command announced
today, and third | krajnan army
units were fighting III the streets
of Neincr \eus.adt. 25 miles
south of the canital.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-03

Continued on Page TWoD
Evening star., 1945-06-24
RAIN LOVER
n 0-secossd closeup

LAlGDolA1K. Sam Simon owns the
oldest umbrella shop in New York
Founded by his father in 1853, 1t was
first a branch of a bumbershoot
dynasty begun by Grandfather Simon
in Germany. Now the Uncle Sam
Umbrella Shop is landmark for cane
connoisseurs.
"IT never retire" says T-year old
Sam. Il meet such interesting people.
Sir Hubert Wilkins, the explorer,
ordered an umbrella for a polar
expedition. Sam made him one of air
plane cloth. eight feet high When
opened, it was covered with snow m
Is minutes, formed a serviceabae igioo.
When a Broadway show needs
parasols, Sam works like mad. You
may view his products m Boomer
Girl" and up In Central Park
Sam makes canes for midgets and
The Tallest Man In The World. He
creates disappearing umbrellas, rain
producing umbrellas for magicians.
Alg1JQUE1. Sometimes people leave
collectors items to be repaired and
never call for them. One was horn
handed cane that belonged to Lafay-
ette, another a dainty parasol OF
Martha Washingtons-
The cane-owning fraternity has
field day at Sans. His assortment
runs from Scotch fmze, Irish black
Evening star., 1945-06-24

thorn. English ash. Top items are
full-bark. single JOINT malacca at $lOO
and a $500 rhinoceros-horn cane.
Among his novelties, Sam displays
prohibition canes with silver or glass
tubes holding one-half pint, fishing
pole canes, pencil, cigarette-hghter
canes, seat canes, medicine canes for
physical-fmess bugs Then there's
the electIic-light cane for night owls.
The current best seller is an Army
swagger stick with a dagger inside.
In spite of his placard. Don't wait
for a rainy day." when it rains it
poms customers into Sans. That's
why Sam gazes happily at storm
clouds. Pennies from heaven" he
murmWs. PbSCslA fkAkI
Evening star., 1945-06-24
M<MMHr

AMOUR. A u. S. submarine lieuten-
ant writes us about romantic inter-
lude that took place while his craft
was idle offshore. A large whale hung
around for some time. evidently un-
der the impression that the sub was a
lady whale. He thrashed about,
spouted in show-off fashion, finally
gave the sub few coy nudges. Then
the skipper broke up the romance by
moving off. They'd never have been
happy anyway" he said.
WUnfE11. Stars and Stripes" re-
ports this quip from Major G..
Evening star., 1945-06-24
To sailors on the island,
the old boat was a symbol.
They lost it - and prayed

IT WAS only sandy spit Of an island,
i shaded in places by few tall palms.
patched here and there by clmmps of sand
grass, ringed forever by foaming green and
white water breaking over the coral reef.
Looking at it from the sea. you would
swear no one could live on it. Its barren
ness dazzled the eyes. The white sun came
back in sheets of glare from the white
sand. Now and then, tired sea bird rose
listlessly over the palms and then sank
back into the still. green foliage.
The only way to get ashore was to jump
out of your boat and wade. The coral
heads were sharp and treacherous under
foot. but the water was warm and not
unpleasant, sloshing inside your heavy
shoes. And it would be then. struggling
ashore through the surf, you'd see the
island was inhabited. Under group of
palms curved the roofs of few quonset
huts and out of their doors would come
men, running to greet the visitors
Twenty-seven Coast Guardsmen lived
on the island in seclusion that would have
dampened the spirit of Robinson Crusoe.
Their work was secret, but vital to the
war. And they were doing their jobs well.
ON AN island twenty miles away. soldiers
and sailors had moves, softban games and
prizehghts which the Coast Guardsmen
could get to once in while. But when their
neighbors had moved away there was no
reason to visit spot almost as lonely as
their own For months now there had been
nothing to do but sit - sit on an eighth
of a square mile of sand far out in the
Pacific.
1t is hard for twenty-seven men to live
on small island Close confinement on
ship is broken by new ports and happen
ings on board. Nothing ever happened on
the island. After three months, the
men knew every leaf. After six months,
they knew every grain of sand on the
beach. After nine months, some just
sat and thought. They sat under the
trees or on their hot hunks and wondered
about their wives and their children They
remembered picnics and cold, snowy
nights and comfortable rooms.
There was work for them to do, of
course. They had books to read and games
to play. But every once in while the
loneliness settled down like the sudden
tropical showers and everyone's spirits
Evening star., 1945-06-24

were low. Then, the only thing that saved
them was The Boat.
The Boat was a battered old landing
craft that belonged to the Coast Guards
men. 1t was scratched and dented. but its
motors hummed with delight after the
loving care of its owners. The Boat was
used for fishing parties and as a float from
which to swim. But more than that, 1t
was symbol of release With it, the men
could chug twenty miles away to the other
island where ships still came from all the
Pacific bases and even from the United
States The Boat was the one link with the
world of which each man dreamed.
ALTHOUGH there was usually pitless
sun beating on the island, violent storms
could come raging in from the sea. One
day the sky darkened and watery, green
ish lights spread under the palms. The
men hurried down to the beach, swan out
to where The Boat was moored and lasled
her even more securely. Then they ran for
the quonset huts as the first angry drops
thudded at their heels.
The storm lasted for an hour. 1t
bent the palms and tore at the quOn-
set huts and churncd the surf into
boiling foam. Then it was gone as quick
ly as it had come. The twenty-seven Coast
Guardsmen ran to the beach. The Boat
was gone. The sea had ripped her moorings.
carried her away. She was out in the vast
Pacific, floating at the whim of the current.
Silently, the twenty-seven men walked
back from the beach. Some sat under the
palm trees, others went into the huts and
lay on their hunks. Their last tie with
civilization was gone. In week or two.
an Lei would stop with provisions, then
leave them for two weeks to their solitude
Most of the men'did not eat that night.
They sat on the dark hunks and thought
They walked down to the white shingle OF
beach. And they prayed.
DON'T know exactly why, said the
young ensign in command of the men, but
l think all of US prayed that The Boat
would come back. We knew it was hope
less - but each of us in his own way
prayed that she would come back"
And then, the next morning the men
went down to the beach and there was The
Boat. She was nuzzling at the reef, like
lost pony come home - whipped and beat
en-, but still magnificent.
I'VE don't know what brought her
back" said the ensign, I'VE only know we
prayed. And out here with nothing but
the sea and sky. man has lot of time to
think. And lot of time to believe"