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Smyrna times., 1945-01-25
Death of Elijah Harris, 83

Elijah Harris, age SO, passed
away at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Carlton Blendt, after a
lengthy illness. Mr.. Harris came
to this section s years ago from
the west. Funeral services will be
held Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock at Matthews Funeral Home
with Rev. Herman Dam, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church in charge.
Interment will be in Odd Fellows
Cemetery. Mr.. Harris is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Harris, one
son George Harris, Billings, Mont.
three daughters, Mrs. Theodore
Olsen, Bridger, Mont; Mrs. B. B.
Ennis, Billings, Mont, and Mrs.
Carlton Blendt, near Smyrna; also
s grandchildren
Evening star., 1945-05-13

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Evening star., 1945-05-13

John Cords hands grew clammy within his
leather gloves. .
The skipper had said. Get every plane
in the air that will fly. Get out and find
those Jap ships
Mason had been his second pilot that
morning, and the plane had been JRS:
on its bow was painted whisky bottle
and the words Ancient Age" to show
what the pilots thought of it. There wasn't
machine gun aboard, but two enlisted men
crouched in the cabin with rifles, and Cords
and Mason wore sidearms, Cords kept
thinking what would happen if they did
sight the Jap fleet. They'd be supposed to
stav there and shadow it - while the Jap
fighters held target practice on them.
They hadn't found the Jap fleet, but all
at once there had been plane coming at
them off the port bow. For an instant Cords
thought it was an SNJ; then he saw the
red flicker of gunfire along the leading edge
and knew it was Jap.
There was only one thought in his startled
mind: to get away, to run! He swung the
ship dead away opening the throttle. The
amphibian moved like some ungalnly bird,
its tail swinging slowly to make no-defiec-
ton shot for the Jap. Mason was shouting,
In the clouds. Get in the Clouds" And
from the cabin ports the enlisted men had
opened up with their absurd rifles, Then
Cords saw the tracers lashng past his wing
tip moving inboard toward him, and he
put his face in his hands,
When he looked up, beads of water were
sliding along the windshield and the props
Evening star., 1945-05-13

were CnurnHlS gray TllSt. MASON was Hyln2
When the cloud thinned ahead of them he
swung the plane back into it again. When
they came out, twenty minutes later, the
Jap was gone.
The crew had not seen what happened.
Only Pete Mason knew. And the only story
he ever told was to say, "A Jap jumped us
and we went into a cloud and stayed there"
/ HE nation was desperate at that time: it
needed news of heroes to assure it that it's
men had not gone down with its fleet Med
ais we're given away hurredly, and John
Cords had been the pilot of an unarmed
plane that went out in search of the Jap
fleet and came home with its starboard
wing shot full of holes. He got the Navy
Cross
There had been quite presentation cere-
mony in front of the hangar Cords had
tried to say something then, to say that the
medal belonged to his second pilot. But
there'd been Admirals all around, and his
skipper, and the commander of his Utility
Wing, looking proud of him - and he was
only an ensign, very young, and sick with
shame at the memory of his own fear. He
couldn't make the words come out.
1t was that same day he'd tried to talk
to Pete Mason Il didn't win it." Cords
said You should -"
The utter blankness of the older mans
face had stopped him. 'Things. like that go
to the senior officer" Mason had said. and
walked away.
Now Cords checked his instruments. This
should be about the spot" he said. Mason
nodded, and passed the word to the crew.
Cords began to fly in an expanding circle.
The sun was dipping low. The base called
him and said destroyer was on its way
out, but could not reach him until after
dark. Mason reported that the sea was very
rough, and that 50 far he had sighted moth
ing
Then the mech's voice, vibrant with ex-
citement, was jolting at his ears Just off
the starboard bow, sir! About two points!
There's something yellow!''
A moment later Mason said, Its life
raft all right
Cords saw yellow dot on the blue-black
water. He swung the Catalina, nosed it
down. The raft took shape, oblong now
rather than round looking But even as they
roared directly overhead, it was tiny
thing upon the vastness of the ocean; it
looked scarcely larger than the man who
sat in it, holding on to its sides until the
plane was almost above him, then releas-
ing one hand to wave wildly, and clutchlng
at the side again.
The Catalina climbed until it was at two
hundred feet 1t circled until it was headed
into the wind and toward the raft. Cords
.Lz.LnI hoolx ,,I horap fO 1at 6OWr
Evening star., 1945-05-13

The Catalina climbed until it was at two
hundred feet 1t crcled until it was headed
into the wind and toward the raft. Cords
throttled back and began to let down.
The water rose toward them. The waves
were sharp crested and ragged, with deep
troughs between them. Cords had been
looking at the raft before, not the water
He hadn't realized how extremely rough 1t
was. He understood now why the man IN
the raft was clinging to it so fiercely.
And he knew suddenly that if he put the
plane down in this sea, the odds were two
to one he'd never get it off. 1t might be
done - with luck and good flying there'd
be chance. But the odds were against it.
He opened the throttle, climbed, and be-
gan to circle again. He saw Mason looking
Continued on next page
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-06-22
PRfDEL K sNfzEN.
Zmrzlina a mskke napoje po-
stizeny dalsim snizenim
priimysloveho pTidelu.

Prnmyslovi spotTebovatele
cukru, vcetne vyrabiteld zmr-
zliny, sodovek a zavod1 ma "a
varovani ovoce budou postize-
nj dalslm dvaceti procentnlm
snizenfm pridelu cukru oproti
jejich nynejsfmu pr1delu, poci-
maize 1. cervencem, jak oznamil
pridelovy Trad We Washingto-
nu.
V6tsina techto podnikG Dude
Sc museti obej1ti pro pf1sti tri
mesfce sc snfzenim o % procen
ia oproti jejich pridelu cd 1.
dubna do 80. cervna; pekaTGm
Dude snfzen pffdel O 20 procent
a vyrabitelGm lekG o 10 pro-
cent.
Toto snfzenf privede prImy-
slove zavody asi ma stejnou Il
roven v prldelu cukru, kterou
jiz byly postizeny restauranty
vyrabitele cukrovinek, i domac-
nosti v sn1zenf jich prfdelu Gu.
kru ma zavarovanf.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-06-22
Zatykani henleinovci.

Prazsky rozhlas oznamil, re
prazskemu soudu bylo odevzda
no vice nez SO nacist1, mezi nj
miz mnozi pTedaci predmni-
chovske henleinovske strany.
Mezi mimi byli: DR.. Rudolf Schi
ketanz. Obergruppenfuehrer
Rudolf Schmidt, pfedseda praz
skeho nemeckeho lidoveho SOU
du Olbricht, DIR. Vilem Wachs-
man, DIR. Kurt Lastovitschka,
DIR. Anton Lastovitschka, Hans
Woschan, DIR. r. Thurman, Otto
Gesche Won Rittersfeld, DIR. Her
man Knaus, Kurt Schneider,
Erwin Reiter, Anton Schurer,
Erward Steiner, Franz Novy,
Anton Lpsch, Will Kleiner,
DIR. Viktor Kinderman, Franz
Kugel, DIR. Eduard Pohl, Anton
Steinbauer, Erich Sturmer a
podplukovnfci prazske policie
Vaclav Valina, Rudolf Zajic a
Rudolf Sigl.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-06-22
Projev dikG generalu Pattanovi
cd kraianH " Kalifornii.

U prilezitosti navstevy slav-
neho generala George S. Pat
tona v Los Angeles a Holly
wood byl mu podan drem. Fell
KEN B. Janovskym, csl. konsu-
lem v JIM Kalifornii, projev
dlkG a uznani "a jeho 1cast pr
osvobozeni Ceskoslovenska jme
mem krajanG v JIM Kalifornii.
Memorandum uznanf bylo u
melecky provedeno ACADEMIC
kym mal1rem p. Lesovskym a
podepsano Ia Ceske Narodni
Sdruzenf jeho predsedou p.
Chas. Karbasem a tajemnici
Annou Safrankovou a "a Kraj-
sky vybor pTedsedou Frankem
Konopou a tajemnicf Pavlou
Skorepovou a csl. konsulem p.
Janovskym.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-06-22
SpOrtovnf Hlidka.
ZAPASY
" COLISEUM.

Pr1stf 1tery, dine 26. cervna '
kr1zkovych zapasech porada.
nych v Coliseum Mr.. Ed Comic.
sem v hlavnfm zapase ktery ur-
cen jest ma dobu jedne porazky
The Great Don Evans, 235 ID
z Texasu utka sc S Henry Kol-
kovich, 236 Id. z Brooklyn, N
Y.
V nasledujicim zapase kterJ
urcen jest ma dobu 80 minut a.
neb / porazky Maurice La
Chappelle, 1877 Id. z Francie
VS.. Angelo Savoldi, 218 Id. z
Hoboken.
ZAPAS DVOJIC.
Freddie Caroni, 22O Id. z L
a Jesse James,, 205 Id. z
Recka VS.. Red Carter, ZIG ID.
z Norfolk, Va. a Duke Kamuka
21O lb. z Hawaii.
Vltezi ziskati must 2 vit6z-
stv1 re trech utkanl.
Jack Smith z Bostonu VS.. Ed
Stranger White, 235 ID. z
Zapas tento urcen ma dobu
80 minut aneb l porazky.
Kdo Sc chce mile pobavit
dostavf sc pTfsti 1tery ma
tyto zapasy do Coliseum.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-06-22

Voj1n sc tazal sveho devcete,
jestli 81 no venue, az pride ma
dovolenou. Ably Sc to nezdrzo-
valo, mela mu odpovedet tele-
graficky. Dfvka pTisla do tele-
grafni 1radovny a napsala ma
telegram pouze slovo EYES,"
Zr1zenec il upozornil, re by mo-
hla poslati delsf telegram, neb
deset SLOW by il vic nestalo, ale
divka odpovedela: ga vim, ale
nemyslfte, re by to WHITFIELD,
jake bych Sc chtela honem vda-
vat, kdybych napsala deset-
KRAFT "Yes"?
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-06-22
Ribbentrop pry neni mrtev a
skryva Sc " Argentine.

JOACHIM Won Ribbentrop mG-
re pry byti v Argentine. Tuto
fantastickou zpravu hlasf Vim
cent Pascal, correspondent anne
rickeho tisku, jehoz informato-
rem pry byl Senior Helvio Bota-
ma, vydavatel deniku LA Crit
ca" V Buenos Aires, ktery sc
naleza We vyhnanstvi a nyni W.
dava ctrnactidennik "Critica
Libre."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-06-22
Manifestace "a Luzici.

(CTK) - Prazsky rozhlas
vyslal dine 16. cervna tuto zpra-
WI: "Dnes v nedeli Sc Dude po-
fadat v Litomysli demonstrate
"a pripojenf Luzice k Ceskoslo-
vensku a "a rozSiTen1 nasich
hranic. Ma schGzi promluv1 "a
stupci Luzickych Srb1 a Ma
rodni fronty vcetne spisovatele
Pera Jilemnickeho."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
GEN. KESSELRING
REPORTED KILLED
AT ITALIAN FRONT

LONDON, Dec. 81 (4) The
Brussels radio today quoted what
it said was an order of the day
from Adolf Hitler dated Novem-
Der 81, announcing the death OF
Field Martial Gen. Albert Kessel-
ring, commander of German
troops in Italy.
A report from Bern, Switzerland,
on November z, had said Kessel-
ring was wounded in Italy when
an Allied plane machine gunned
his automobile near bologna.
The order announced the death
Of a large number of Nazi party
members and state personalities,
and army commanders who have
been killed or wounded, the Brus-
sells radio said.
It quoted Hitler as saying in
part: II announce the deaths Of
stormtroop Leader Littel, Maj.
Gen. Kiehl and Marshal Kessel-
ring
There was no further expIana-
to-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
Wilmington Placed
In Group Having A
Surplus OF Labor

Wilmington, for five mon his clas-
sified as Group area by the War
Manpower commission due to a
critical labor shortage, today
developed a slight labor surplus as
the VINO moved it to Group 3, &C
cording to an announcement by
the Washington agency.
However, little change from the
Group status held by the area
for the past three months is ex-
pected to result. as Area VINO
Director Henry I Shepherd has
ruled that the 48-hour work week
will be maintained for 30 days "be-
cause it is possible labor de-
mands in the area might increase
suddenly"
The Wilmington area, conpris-
ing New Hanover Brunswick, Col
umbus and Pender counties, had
its classification lowered to Group
2 on October J., because labor sup
ply was adequate to meet current
demands, officials explained
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
CONGRESS FACES
HEAVY SLATE ON
THE HOME FRONT

WASHINGTON Dec. 81. - tP, -
Counting world peace but squar-
ing off for some heavy home front
slugging, legislators will ring the
gong Wednesday for new Con-
ress.
Stacked in front of them are a
dozen or so problems, many touch
ing the lives Of all Americans, all
of them capable of exploding into
blazing legislative issues. They
carry such labels as:
Universal military training. So
|cial Security expression, taxes,
wartime financing, price control,
Congressional reorganization, in
ternational treaties.
1t may be months before the
Senate is asked to ratify treaty
for peace machinery growing out
of the Dumbarton Oaks confer
ence. But vehement debate on the
subject, and on international is
sues in general, is ready to boil
up any moment.
And right al the start of the
new session. Congress will take a
couple Of Saturdays off to clean
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
Unity In Allies Poses
Problem For New Year

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-tR-
strenuous efforts to achieve AL
lied diplomatic unity in the clos
ing months of the war are being
charted at the White House and
State Department.
The first half of the new year
is regarded as probably the most
critical period of the war in this
respect. 1t is expected to be a
time of great decision fixing the
pattern of international affairs
for peaceful cooperation or strife
and conflict-for generations to
come.
President Roosevelt will have
opportunity to outline the course
Of action he and Secretary of
State Stettinius are developing in
his message to the. new Congress
probably late this week Officials
look to the measure for the most
comprehensive statement of Am
erican foreign policy in almost
year.
1t is considered certain to re-
fleet any notifications made to
meet developments in Soviet
Anglo-American relations since
former Secretary Hull's foreign
policy speech last April. 1t may
also give some clues as to. the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01

/ President S hopes for an early
meeting with Premier Stain and
Prime Minister Churchill.
That meeting, new tentatively
expected in February soon after
Mr.. Roosevelt's fourth term in
auguration January 20, is easily
the most important of various in
ternational gatherings projected
for the first half of the new year.
Others include a conference of
American foreign ministers, prob
ably at Mexico City in February
or early March, and United Ma
tons meeting also in early spring,
to consider establishing the Dunn
barton Oaks organization for world
security.
President Roosevelt's leadership
toward peaceful and secure post
war world, which rose at high
peak both at home and abroad
when he was reelected for a fourth
term two months ago, will be put
to the test in all these interna-
tional gatherings as we'll as in
the new congress.
His greatest task, according to
diplomatic authorities here, will
be to gain broad compromises be-
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
WILMINGTON AREA
REPORTS A QUIET
HOLIDAY SEASON

Southeastern North Carolina
celebrated one of the quietest New
Years Ewes in history last night,
and sheriffs of five counties in TINS
section reported only one fatality
for the entire Yule holiday-the
death of Robert White, soldier
home on furlough in Whltevllle'
who was killed by a hlt-and-run
automobile driver Christmas Eve.
Four Maffitt Village youths were
injured when their car crashed
into tree late last Friday and
soldier was injured late Sun
7av afternoon in an accident at
the bus station, Second and Wall
nut streets He was carried to
James Walker Memorial hospital
and later removed to the base hos
pital at Bluetnenthal Army AIT
base where officials refused to
give information ABOUT MS ndnle'
rank, and condition.
Sheriff H. D. Stanley, OF Column
bus county, reported that lnvestl-
cation of the hit-and-run accident
resulting in the death of the SOL
der on Highway 130 nine miles
from Whiteville, still was open.
No clues have been found, he said.
In Fender county, Sheriff j. L.
Brown, Of BurgaW said that al
though no highway fatalities were
reported, motorists seemed to
have an adequate supply of gaso-
line for pleasure driving and
there appeared to be enough sugar
for the manufa sture of illegal Whls-
key, which was plentiful.
Describing the Illegal liquor
situation in Fender county, Sheriff
Brown said that it had become
worse over the holidays, and that
a breakdown is expected.
N Duplin county, Sheriff D. S.
Williamson at Kenansville report
ed an unusually quiet holiday sea-
son when most. residents appeared
to be celebrating quietly at home.
Sheriff B F. Morton of Jack
sonville. in Onslow county describ
ed the holiday celebrations there
as the quieteSt in many years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
Tanks Grind
0utNew Gains
In Nazii Bulge
Third Army Has Wrested
Initiative From German
Forces

PARIS, Dec. 31.-(P)-Lt.
Gen. George S. Patton's U. S.
Third Army launched a full
scale offensive at noon Satur-
day west and northeast of
Bastogne, and reports tonight
said his tanks and infantry
had ground out some gains
against the II to 14-mile wide
neck of the German bulge in
Belgium.
A front dispatch said the hard
charging tank general had Wrested
the initiative from willy Field Mar
shall Won Rundstedt amid front line
predictions that the German COM
mander may abandon his dearly
bought gains in favor OF assaults
elsewhere.
The dispatch, from Associated
Press Correspondent Edward D.
Ball, located the drive northeast
of Bastogne, but reports here
stressed an assault by Patton's
tanks and troops midway between
Bastogne and st. Hubert, Is miles
west, along strongly-fortified
enemy line.
Little else was disclosed Of this
blow from the south except that
it had made "some progress" in
northeasterly direction, was be-
lieved to be in considerable
strength and was on fairly wide
front.
Just west of Bastogne, the Ger
mans aimed three more counter
attacks at the Third Army lines
stretching north of epic Bastogne,
but they were beaten off, just as
the bold bid by three enemy divi-
sions to sever the Bastogne corri-
dor had been smashed previously.
The U. S. First Army, hammer
ing away to the west, recaptured
Saturday the highway center OF
Rochefort at the tip of the German
wedge in Belgium Is miles west OF
Bastogne. The Doughboys out
thanked the fiercely-defended town
by crossing the Homme river to
the north.
Today, Won Rundstedt's supply
lines were under heavy assault
from more than 5000 Allied planes
while swarming British and Amer
lean fighterbombers ripped at the
heart of his Belgian and Luxem-
bourg positions ahead of the charg-
ing Third Army.
An Associated Press correspon-
dent with American forces in Bel
GUM said it was estimated that the
neck of the German salient above
Bastogne had been squeezed to
II or IA miles by noose-iike ring
from north and south.
Field dispatches said some quar-
tiers believed the Nazi commander.
defeated in his attempt at a quick
breakthrough to the Mouse or
Continued on Page Two; Col, ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
By CLARENCE HEBERER
As Tod Ia The limited Press

OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 31.-UP)-
About three or four minutes before
the wreck, I. my assistant stew
ard Otis Tindall, and a sailor boy
moved from the rear car to a day
coach two cars ahead. All was
quiet, and al of the passengers
seemed to be sleeping We three
found it bit chilly and decided
to move into the day coach until
the two rear coaches, hooked on
at Odgen. had warmed up.
We had barely gotten seated
when there was a loud crack. Ev-
erthing went black. The next thing
| heard was everyone screaming
at once. I'm dying! I'm dying!"
Everything was pitch black. 1t
was a few minutes before could
recover my senses.
I had been thrown across the
Washroon. and struck my head
against the sink. 1t knocked me
out momentarily. Then l realized
what had occurred My next
thought was how to get out. I felt
around with my hands and hit
nothing but pieces Of broken glass
covered with blood-at least it
felt like blood and I knew I had
been hurt.
The assistant steward and the
Continued on Page Two; Col. l,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01

trolls over the DenlnQ-lne-uneS
economy, and fresh drains on :
Nations manpower. They come
on top OF strict new curbs already
applied.
Draft calls rise 10000 men a
month tomorrow and IS percent of
all meat goes under rationing.
compared with 81 percent yester-
day; other food rationing has been
tightened, and civilian motorists
will get 10 percent fewer tires.
With the. war in Europe now of
uncertain length officials disclosed
that additional curbs are likely.
All recent relaxation of controls
which permitted increased use OF
copper and brass in civilian pro-
ducts will be reviewed. Where
plants have not gone too far in
retooling to use copper and brass,
the relaxations will be cancelled.
The brass and copper are needed
again for bullets.
The housing program, through
which officials had hoped to pro-
vide at least 100000 homes Of ap-
proximately pre-War quality dur
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
Hitler Says
Reich To Go
On With War
Silence Broken, Leader De.
clares Germany Will
Not Surrender
LONDON, Monday, Jan. l.

LONDON, Monday, Jan. L.
- P) Adolf Hitler, break
ling silence of more than five
months early today, told the
German people that "the end
of the war will not come be-
fore 1916 unless by a German
victory, because Germany will
never capitulate."
In radio address which the
German radio said was delivered
from his headquarters the Fueh-
rer without his usual shouting de-
clared that "our people are reso
lutte to fight the war to victory
under any and all circumstances, !"
and threatened death to those who
faltered.
Most veteran London monitors
agreed that it indeed was Hitler S
voice. but some specialized it
might have been recording.
1t was delivered faster than usu-
al and without rhetorical pauses,
lasted but a half-hour in contrast
to his wonted long harangues, and
seemed to some listeners to come
from large empty room.
A ghost voice broke frequently
into the broadcast.
1t was the first time the world
had heard Hitler's voice since the
night of July 20 when he hurried
to the microphone and told the
people of a bombing attempt on
his life.
Early in his address he mention
ed that hectic night and said events
since have compelled me to died.
icate my whole attention to the
single work for which I have been
living-the struggle for the fate OF
my people
Gaping Germany most disas.
trous year with a heavy-voiced
speech, Hitler threatened dissen-
tiers within his besleged and in.
vaded country by asserting:
1--WE are going to destroy every
body who does not take part in
the common effort for the country
or who makes himself tool of the
enemy
He admitted, however, that 1914
had been 1.-The year Of heaviest
tribulations in this gigantic strug-
GLE
Hitler declared "a people has to
defend its dignity with its last
drop of blood.
The German leaders speech,
Just after midnight, was preceded
by a quarter hour of march mu-
sic.
Hitler said he was issuing a new
Continued on Page Two; Col. y