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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
COUNCIL ACCEPTS
FEDERAL FUNDS

The City Council Wednesday ac-
cepted a Federal quarterly appro-
piiation of s21, 412 for use by the
Recreation Department, it was an
nounced yesterday by City Man.
ager A. C. Nichols.
It was explained that the Gov
eminent would allot the City OF
Wilmington up to $4,000 during
the current fiscal year, providing
there is a continued need for this
type of expenditure, and providing
there is sufficient funds to take
care of these needs.
report also was presented BY
the City Manager to the effect
that no transfer company has re-
piled to his letter recommending
that the west side of Mutt street,
from Walnut to Hanover, and Front
street, from Hanover to Bruins
wick be exempted from provisions
Of the present parking ban on large
vans and trucks.
The city attorney was instruct
ed to make the change by proper
ordnance
The Council will meet at 10
am. Saturday to receive and act
on bids for pipe to be used for
drainage work at Front and Grace
streets.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20

Ladybugs are BEETLES.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
MISS LILA HORNE
HEADS YWCA CLUB

meeting Wednesday night,
In newly organized Resident
the n club of the YWCA elected
Girls lila Horne president, and
MSS Dorothy Kennedy as secre'
ta- ~ club decided to hold YES
IiI .orvices on each Monday eve
per 90 .+ GAS with different girls
nlng s;na each time. Miss Susan
leau :4h will be the first to present
snli'' osram on Monday, July %:
tns .a,,Iar business meeting will
[ Said in the YWCA library II
be Nv" .ocond Monday of each montE
al co ~, new resident girls were
.s"odnced and short discussion
l n r,les was held. Mrs. Edna W.
D o. resident hostess PRESIDED
I'd then turned the meeting over
anu MISS Horne, who led a discus
Inn on plans for an informal
slo4 ~ 70 be held at the YWCA on
sss st u evening, July %.
oe ,t;.e Dorothea Mcdowell, gen.
40. VS. secretary OF the YWCA, IN
. rir the girls to a Business C-'s'
c C picnic to be held on Tuesday
O-1 r. July "a. at Harbor Island
Announcements have gone out
4.lling details of the Harbor Is
Ind picnic of the YWCA Business
c Civ: Club to be held Tuesday eve.
nine, July "a, at the home OF OF
1lrs Fleet Williams. Supper will
be served at 7:30 pm, following
swim for those who come early
Girls are to 60 directly to Harbor
leland after work and each bus
will be met.
This evening of recreation was
Manned by the program commit
tee consisting of Misses Mary Lily
Davis. Virginia Ward, Lois Cash
we'll Annie Louise MeWborne, Eli
7abeth Clark and Edna Bessent.
Reservations for the supper may
be phoned 10 the YWCA Off,
1885 preferably by Friday.
Any girl over Is may join this
group, which meets once a month.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
WITH THE AEF
Stop,Look And Listen

/ city limits remind entering soldiers
that summary court martial is
now in session." and details a list
of offenses for which they might
be punihed.
''Curfew starts - "says another
sign, giving the hour, and another
warns grimly: "Get out of town
before it is too Late
More personal are the signs re-
ferring to venereal disease. Even
m Allied towns, signs say, there
is veneral disease here, $685." Just
in case the CT might have thought
that was strictly an axis ailment.
Taxpayers will be glad to know
that one sign which recurs through.
out Allied areas says:"Warning:
drivers must not carry civilians in
War Department vehicles - in
dicating the army has no intention
of having all that equipment and
gas frittered away in fanciful pur-
suits.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
Two LIMA STAMPS
SELL FAST HERE

Wilmington postoffice officials
announced yesterday that the new
three cent postage stamps bearing
the Two Jima flag raising picture
by Associated Press Photographer
Joe Rosenthal have been received
and that indications are that its
sales are surprising those of the
Roosevelt Memorial three cent
stamp, although no figures were
available at closing time.
An Associated Press dispatch
from Wilmington last night reveal
ed that the Two Jima stamp broke
all postoffice records for first day
cover cancellations. The stamps.
however, was not received at the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
CAN'T keep
GRANDMA IN
HER CHAIR
Shes a. Lively as q YoUnRstor-
Na.a l =

ono AZ Lively as q 1oua&3t0f-
Now her Backache is better
Many sufferers relieve nagging backache
quickly, once they discover that the real
cause Of their trouble may be tired kidneys.
The kidneys are Natures chief way of tax
ing the excess acids and waste out of the
blood. They help most people pass about
pints day.
When disorder Of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it
naycausenagging backache, rheumatic pains,
leg pains, loss of pep and energy, getting up
nights, swelling. pufiness under the eyes,
headaches and dizziness. Frequent or scanty
Passages with smarting and burning some-
times shows there is something wrong with
your kidneys or bladder.
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, stimulant diuretic, used successfully
by millions for over 40 years. Doan's give
happy relief and will help the Is miles Of
kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from
your blood. Get Deans Pills.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
BY KENNETH L. DsxoN

&AAtAo, OGAA ED) - (A) -
The Allied armies, which always
go In for countless signs where
ever they travel, now are taking
advantage of the lack of combat
activities really to turn their sign
painters loose.
Driving from Biamen, Germany,
to Par.s we found highways
through Germany, Holland, Bel
GUM and France dotted with
IN manner reminiscent of the
billboard business back home.
The concern occupation regu-
latlons, conduct for soldier traffic,
instructions and other subjects.
Since territories involved often are
jointly operated, the sings are
sometimes American and some
times British-and quite often give
the translation into whatever is the
local language.
The British go in for plenty of
traffic signals - often obscure to
Yanks even yet - and when taey
think a road is dangerous they
make no attempt to keep it a
secret.
warning: bad road surface"
will read the first sign of a series.
Following it will be several more
merely repeating that warning.
Then the wording will change to,
warming: surface slippery when
wet" And then that may be re-
peated a few times.
Apparently there re m n S
a doubt in their minds that you
are properly impressed, so next
comes huge billboard saying flat
ly, Warning: deatAe trap road
surface" And few hundred
yards farther, they wash their
hands of you with: ''you have beer
warned"
Lulled by an absence of signs
for the next few miles you may
shift into high gear again, when
suddenly you are confronted with
signs listing the number of high.
way casualties in this sector dur.
ing the last week.
They give that moment to sink
in before unleashing a printed lee.
ture series on speeding, which usu.
ally begins gently with something
like this: "speeding is dangerous
or mo overtaking' British for
passing).
Then they warm up to their
work. Drive slowly - save lives,
save equipment" is the next re.
minder. If there is road work
ahead or a dangerous intersection
they slap a bold black, Danger:
DEAD SLOW which is limey lang
age for: better take this one in
low, bud"
After a few of these they get
terse on the subject. A first sign
says, speeding a second con.
tinues, lis a court mattial Of
Tense" A third sign then delivers
the blunt order: Watch your
speed"
Those are only very few of the
l1tCl oily 11OllQ1 CUB VI u dI11C lld1S
alone, not to mention the even
greater number of varied direc.
tiona1 signs. But most of this stuff
is standard operating procedure in
any army. 1t is only when they
begin to discuss soldiers grab and
conduct that new crop of signs
begins to show.
One roadside series tells passing
doughboys: "You wear the uniform
of liberator." Farather along:
Wear it proudly" And then more
suggestively: Wear it properly"
Then, in case he did not get what
they were driving at, the last sign
threatens: Improper unifrom is
court martial offense." Signs at
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
Davis Closing May Ease
Local Housing Shortage

Possibilities of 118 vacancies in
housing facilities here with the
closing of Camp Davis was dis
cussed by the Housing Authority
OF the City of Wilmington Thurs
day.
The Housing Authority's waiting
list may shorten by that number
Il the Davis PERSONAL and fani-
lies now occupying those living
quarters vacate The sites are n
Matfltt Village, Lake Forest ana
Interest. Number on the waiting
1S. for living accommodations Il
Lake Forest alone is reported at
rev occupants have moved out
=, present, and Marine personnel
OF Camp Leieune are on the wait
ing list, it is reported.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
POSTWAR PLANS REST

4, W MAlR7RENsBURG, Mo-, July 10
wf,-FlVe times around the world
anu never out of the United States
g g., record claimed by Carl l..
senaler' 62-year-old Warrensburg
e e who plans to retire soon.
1 ,.5 ale estimates he has walked
i0''OoO miles during his 80 years
III postal service here.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20

local postoffice on the scheduled
arrival da..e.
The Washington dispatch added
that a total of 4O0,279 covers, or
envelopes, were cancelled when
the stamp, honoring the Marine
Corps, went on sale July II. The
previous record was set by the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
MILK AND SODA

M, NE1osHO, Mo-, July 19- W.H -
t nti,iAs were not on the house, but
lucy certainly were ION the high
way has near here recently. A milk
1o osA colllded with one hauling a
Ioao OF bottled soda water
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20
1943-44 to $2,423.50 last year.

1894 to $2,423.5O last year.
One of the largest decreases
was evident in back tax receipts.
which fell from a total of $780,.
454.76 in 1884, to $9,526.41 last
year.
Also showing a decrease was re-
ceipts from ball games, which
dropped from 81, 821.5 the previous
year TO $l,593.13 last fiscal year.
Receipts from marriage licenses
dropped from $784 to S531, while
receipts from Recorders cou-1
. dropped from $27,427.28 to $685..
! 341.43.
Refunds last year totaled $295. 90
a decrease from the 1884 fig
ure of $1,095.16.
County sales receipts fell from
$3,6H.3 8 the previous year to ST.,
1916 last year.
! Total disbursements for the coun
ty last year was reported at $212,.
037.55, as compared with the prev.
ious year, when 1921, 1892 was
reported.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20

Franklin Roosevelt three cent
stamp June q, when 39l, $50 GOV.
ers were cancelled.
Dendrochronology is the science
of reading and charting tree rings.
Ladybugs are BEETLES.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-20

WASHINGTON, July 19- W.D :
President Truman today ordered
Petroleum Administrator Harold L.
1ckes to seize and operate the Blu
tadiene plant at Houston, Tex,
operated by Sinclair Rubber, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
(NEA Telephoto)

With the 1OOth Infantry DlVlSlOn of the Seventh Army in France Technician Fifth Grade John J. Ol- shefski, son of Mrs. Emilia Ol- Schefski, of 87 Railroad Hill street, Waterbury, Connecticut, was recent ly awarded the Combat Infantry man Badge. He is with company of the 397th Infantry Regiment.
 The local soldiers division is one of the newest on the front of It. General Alexander M. Patch's Amer ican Seventh Army.
 With the Fifth Army, 1taly-Pvt. John F. Clemente, son of Vincent Clemente, 59 Fairview avenue, Oak vile. Connecticut, recently was awarded the Silver Star for gall lantry in action.
 He is serving on the Fifth Army front in Italy with the 339th 1n- fantry Regiment of the 35th Gus ter Division.
 When his company was engaged in bitterly contested assault, re- lated the citation with the award, Clemente, member of a mortar section, volunteered to serve with rifle squad. Acting boldly and displaying sound tactical ability, he flanked an enemy machinegun po- sition and put 1t out of action by killing two of the enemy and Wound- ing another with grenadeS. He later assisted in destroying an- other enemy machinegun emplace- ment.
 Camp San Luis Obisno, Cali fornia, December g. 1945. = S-Sgt Francis P. Baukus, son of MT Frank Baukus, RED No 3, White more Road, Waterbury, Conn. stationed here with the 86tf Black Hawk" Infantry Division has been awarded the Expert In fantryman Badge for having Divis- ion, has been awarded the EXpert Infantryman Badge for having suc- cessfully passed series of compre- hensive field tests on infantry train l ing. The presentation Of the covet- ed doughboy badge was made by Major General Harris M. Melasky, Commanding General, 86th Division
 Sgt. Raymond F. JacoVino, 3l Brewster street, now serving with a Transportation Corps, was granted the Good Conduct Medal with other members of his unit for exemplary behavior and efficient and loyal service. The medal was awarded by order of Colonel Edward A. Evers- berg, transportation officer of a communications zone base section.
 Waterbury men now awaiting as signment at the AAF redistribution station, Atlantic City, N. J., are: S/Sgt Donald P. Grove, son of Mrs. Thomas G. Loiselle, 52 Clough road, and S/Sgt. Thomas F. Hagerty. 1879 Hamilton avenue. Sgt. Grove served 34 months in the Asiatic- Pacific area, while Sgt Hagerty re- turned after 34 months in the Southwest Pacific.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09

held naval command in the Philip pines area until the Japanese forced him to pull his small fleet of cruisers and destroyers down into the Dutch East Indies.
 Hart fought a brilliant delaying action which reached its climax in the battle of Macassar Strait, where for four days his surface craft. aided by a pitifully small air force, dealt heavy blows to the Japanese. At the end of the battle, more than 100 Japanese warships, transports and Auxiliary vessels had been sunk but the enemy could not be stopped in his southWard drive because of over- whelming numerical superiority.
 Hart's toughness was best exen- plified in the order he issued to his fleet just before the battle of Ma caSsar Strait an order that Is destined to live long in naval aIl- nals. This was it: Submarines and surface ships will attack the enemy and no vessel will leave the scene of action until 1t is sunk or all of its ammunition exhausted"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09

Sgt. Francis Moriarty, son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Moriarty, % Cath erine avenue, has arrived in Italy where he is serving with an air force ground crew. Upon entering the service in May, 1942, he trained at Syracuse, N, Y, and Greensboro, N. c. A graduate of Crosby high school, he was formerly employed at Shea's restaurant, East Main street. His wife, the former Mary Shea, lives at g Irvington avenue.
 In the Field with the Air Service Command, Italy - Private Melvin F. Essex, 752 Waterville street, Wa terbury, Conn, is now serving as a sheet metal worker with unique Air Force unit which, although 1t has never dropped bomb on enemy territory or fired shot at an enemy plane, is, nevertheless, daily target for scores of anti-aircraft batteries.
 The oddity is explained by the fact that the outfit is the only American tow target squadron in the Mediterranean theatre, and 1t flies practice missions for British and American gunnerS sta ton d throughout Italy and Southern France. A detachment of the Air Service Command, 1t is one rear echelon crew that is more than familiar with the sound of bursting shells and the sight of flax puffs, but, as dangerous as the job may seem, the organizations accident and casualty rate is still a neat zero.
 18th AAF in Italy - S-Sgt. Don- aid w. Harvey, 19 19 Carroll street, Naugatuck, Conn, nose turret gum ner in 18th Air Force B-24 Liber- ator group, commanded by It. Col. Brooks A. Lawhon, Tacoma, Wash, recently flew his 24th combat mis- sion over enemy territory.
 The target was the heavily de- tended railyards of Klagenfurt, Austria. These yards are one of the Nazis' key communication cen- ters near the Balkans. Through them pass men and materiel bound for the southern Russian front
 Harvey entered the AAF on Jan- uary 19, 1914, and received train ing at the aerial gunnery school at Harlingen Field, Texas. Prior to his entry into the Army he was at tending Naugatuck High school.
 His parents, MT. and Mrs. A. J.. Harvey, live at the Naugatuck ad- dress.
 Sgt. Frederick Candee, 28, a vet eran of three years duty in the South Pacific travelled 5000 miles by air and rail from Hawaii to be at the bedside of his father, who has been on the danger list at the Waterbury hospital for the past two weeks.
 The soldiers father, Horace M. Candee, 589 Cooke street, is still critically i'll, but his condition ap- peared to be improving following the visit with his son last night, hospital officials reported.
 Mrs. Candee appealed to the Red Cross two weeks ago to bring her son home, when MT. Candee be- came critically i'll following an op- eration for ruptured appendix.
 Sgt. Candee, who arrived home laet Wednesday night on 30 day emergency furlough flew from Ha- waii to the West Coast four days ago, and then crossed the country by train, arriving Wednesday night. He entered Army service in Feb ruary, 1941, when the former 102nd Infantry, National Guard was fed- eralized.
 Cpl. Blaise Bosso, 59 Branch street, who has served g months with the AAF' in Egypt and Assam, India, L.. l.aS. AnIr ln,iiorla lao
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
SPECIAL PROGRAM
 FOR BOY SCOUTS
Troop of Immaculate Con- CeptiOn to Receive Holy
 Communion

National Boy Scout Sunday Feb ruary II will be observed by the Boy Scouts, Cubs and Explorer Post No. l of the Immaculate Conception church, it has been announced. The boys will receive Holy Communion at the o'clock Mass and a Scout and Cub investiture will be held at 3 D. m.
 Several boys, who have served 25O hours at religious services, will re- ceive the "Ad Atari Dei" Cross, which is a silver cross suspended from a ribbon in the papal and na- tional colors. Those who will receive the cross are James Halpin, Donald Earth, Thomas O'Connor, and Henry SWriMnski.
 Rev. Francis J. Bratton of St. Margaret's church will deliver the sermon which will be followed by benediction. Boys of the Explorer post will act as ushers. All Scouts and the public are invited.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
Chinese Troops
 Retoke Ichonq

Chungking, Feb. 9 - U.PD - Chinese troops, opening a counter offensive in southeast China, recap tured Ichang, 50 miles north of Kukiang (ShackWam on the Can ton-HankoW Railway, a com munique said today.
 Other Chinese forces at the same time re-occupied Chihing, 30 miles northeast of Kukiang, while other columns reached the suburbs of the former air base town of SuichWan, to the east in Kiangsi Province.
 The cmmunique said heavy fight ing continued inside Kanhsien, an- other air base town, southeast ot SuichWan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
Hart First Admiral
 To Sit In Congress

Washington, Feb. g = (U.P0 - The appointment of Admiral Thomas c. Hart as U s. Senator from Connecticut brings to congress one of the most implacable foes of a soft peace for the Japanese.
 Hart was appointed by Connecti- cuts Governor Raymond E. Bald win yesterday to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Francis T. Maloney, D., shortly after the state legislature passed enabling legislation.
 Short, thin and beetle -broWed, Hart learned how to say mo" to the Japanese during the many years he spent in the far Pacific, including a tour as commander-in in-chief of the Asiatic fleet. He held that post at the time of the Pearl Harbor att tack.
 The first full admiral ever to sit in congress, Hart will be the senate's outstanding expert on the events surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It was his job in the spring of 1914 to take testimony from officers in the Pacific on their knowledge of the circumstances surrounding that disaster.
 Two other flag officers of the Navy have held seats in the house of representatives in the past. They were Rear Admiral Richard P. Hob- son, of Alabama, who served from 1907 to 1915, and Commodore Ro- bert F. Stockton, of New Jersey, who held a house seat from 1851 to 1853. Both were Democrats and both were elected.
 Hart, who received Distinguish ed Service Medal for the skill with which he pulled the Asiatic Fleet out of danger in the early days of the war, was retired with the rank of Admiral on ,TIllV 1 1o42 He had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
Relatives, Friends On Hand ToBid Goodbye
 To Departing Quotas
Mayor MOnagan Addresses Gathering Recently Tn= ducted at New Haven Center; Contingent Reports
 for Re=Assignment at Fort Devens

Fifty-three local draftees appeared promptly this morning despite impeding storm to report to their respective draft boards for transportation to Fort Devens rirdI1o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
Veterons Attention

A discharge from the armed forces and the return to civilian life is but the beginning of nu- merOuS small yet important de- tails which are encountered. These are important because they involve such matters as your claims, benefits, certificates of service and others all of which have bearing on your future.
 Three agencies exist in Water bury created here to assist you in properly dealing with such per- sonal affairs. They are all To- cated in the City Hall and are the Veterans Advisory Office, the Veterans Administration Office and the local Draft Boards. The personnel of these agencies are familiar with the rules and reg ulatiOns applicable to all members of the armed forces. Seek them out for any and all assistance, which your city has made avail able as part of it's efforts to re- pay you for your services with your country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09
5 nductees Leave Today To Report For Military Duty
NEWS OF MEN NV THE SERVICE

Edward G. Mccarthy, pharma- cist's mate, 2-c, has been assigned to the Naval and Marine hospital in New Caledonia, Southwest Paci- fic. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. George Mccarthy, 1880 Thomas avenue.
 Mate Mccarthy who has been in the Navy since 1942 has served at hospitals in Norfolk, Va, Paris Island and Charleston, $. C., and Shoemaker, Calf.
 His wife, Mrs. Edward (Kilgal- lem Mccarthy, is stationed with the WAVES at Charleston, $. C. Mrs. CcCarthy is also serving as pharmacists mate, 2-c.
 Maj. Eugene Oviatt, Naugatuck with other members of the 750th Railway Operating Battalion, has been commended by the War De- partment for its services in the Mediterranean war theater and in France.
 With the assistance from French anu tNlA E1l AAlJ Engineers, the units cleared routs rebuilt bridges, reestablished signals and pieced together damaged loco motives following the invasion oi southern France.
 Mai. Oviatt's wife, the former Harriet Gibbs, lives in Naugatuck with her four children. Before en- tering the service nearly three ytars ago, the majo. was trainmaster with the Great Northern Railway at Great Falls, Mont.
 With the Fifth Army, Italy-First Lieutenant Theodore J. Wcthered son of Mrs. Edward J. Wethered 132 Monmouth avenue, Waterbury Connecticut, recently was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achieve ment in action.
 He is serving on the Fifth Army front in Italy with the 339th h. fantry Regiment of 85th Custer Division.
 Pvt. Doris E. Molinek, Stillsor road, is serving in the overseas supply department at Wright Field Ohio, with the Women's Army corps She enlisted in the service July 1, 1914.