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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
CONTROL OF RATS
MAKING PROGRESS
Lack OF Funds Seriously
Handicapping Program
Elliot Says

Stating that the local rat control
program had been under a serious
handicap for lack of money, DR..
A. H. Elliott, head Of the City
County Health department, urged
all persons delinquent on bills for
rat-proofing of business establish
ments to pay as soon as possible.
DIR. Elliott explained that the
work was carried on by a revolv-
ing fund and that this has been
practically exhausted. Under the
present arrangement, he said, an
estimate of the expense for the
work is made for the proprietor OF
an establishment and the work
done for him at that figure or
more cheaply if possible. He is
then billed for the work and the
money used to carry on other
rat-proofing.
If bills are not paid within the
time limits, DR.. Elliott said, the
City-County Tax office would be
requested to issue a Lien against
the property.
E. w. Savage, in charge of the
rat control program here, cited
figures from a Treasury Depart
ment bulletin on the rat to show
the immense amount of damage
caused by the rodents. Living off
of man, they annually cost this
nation for feeding alone, $250,000,-
900, and, as the value of what they
destroy is estimated to be 10 times
what they eat, the staggering
total for maintaining the normal
rat population is estimated at ST.
500, 900, 900.
Rats are also instrumental in
taking human life through mar
boring parasites which transmit
disease. Notable in this class is
typhus fever, which infected rats
transmit through fleas. The aver
age of diseased of 249 rats exam
ined in Wilmington was 30 per cent.
During 1914 there were 81 cases Of
typhus fever here.
According to eminent authorit'
les, the bulletin stated, rats kill
large numbers of domestic fowls,
destroy valuable merchandise and
even commit arson by gnaWlne
insulation off OF, wires and in walls
and add to fire hazards by building
nests of oily cotton waste Or other
inflammable materials.
The rat control program in Will
mington has made good progress
up until now, DR.. Elliott stated
with 232 business establishments
rat-proofed at an average cost
of $46.14 per establishment anc
the distribution of 1870 pounds Of
rat poison. Good results will be
obtained from a continuation Of
the program with the cooperation
of merchants in providing the
necessary funds, he concluded.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
New York Senator Miffed
At Attitude OF Army
Officers

WASHINGTON, July 81 - U.D-
The Senate War Investigating
committee threatened today to
take the national railroad conges-
ton problem to President Truman
after Army officials testified that
redeployment schedules are no
concern of the ODT or any other
civilian agency.
At the same time, Maj. Gen.
John M Franklin, acting chief Of
Army transportation, told the COM
mittee that the timetable, for ia
pans defeat has been moved up as
result of current U. S. victories.
He said this will mean that more
men will 60 directly to the Pacific
from Europe, but he added that the
100000 originally scheduled for
furloughs in this country still will
get them.
Army officials were called to tes-
tify after ODT Director J. Monroe
Johnson angrily charged that he
had been kept completely in the
dark on redeployment movements
and that the current railroad jam
had resulted.
The Army has been cool to the
committees investigation. At first
it declined to other witnesses, al
though it said it would welcome
the chance to send them if the
committee asked for them. Acting
secretary of War P. Patterson orig
inally was scheduled to testify.
but his appearance was cancelled.
Appraised of the Army's attitude
today, johnson said.
1.-The Army's testimony and the
committees observations make lll:-
necessary any further comment
from me-
Chairman J. A. Krug of the War
Continued on Page Four; Col. 4,
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||Catapult Seat'' Shot
Filters From Airplanes

difficult to get out of a plane at
500 miles an hour without propul-
sion of some kind, Lovelace said
the German-developed seat was
actually exploded" through the
roof of jet-propelled fighters by
a powder charge activated by
pressing button.
Lovelace, who returned recent
ly from Germany after an inspect
ion of scientific developments
there, said the Nazis had made
use of the catapult seat for about
year in their jet-propelled craft,
and that of 20 men who had drop.
ped to earth 500 miles an hour,
only two were killed,
The Colonel said the Nazis had
nothing to compare with our &c
suit which helps prevent pilots
from "blacking out" when pulling
out of dives and making sharp
maneuvers at extremely high
speeds.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
RESPECTFUL Silence Hovers
Over Chamber During
Great Speech

WASHINGTON, July 27.-W.D
Sen. Walter F. George, D., Ga,
who lost son in the war, pleaded
with his colleagues today to rati-
fly the World Security Charter SO
that '"These honored dead shall not
have died in vain.''
In a voice choked with emotion,
he urged acceptance of this
great opportunity in behalf of a
permanent world peace.
Not in years have the chamber
and public galleries sat so re-
spectfully silent. The Senate had
heard a request that it speed up
it's speeches so that ratifica-
ton vote can be taken by pm.
tomorrow.
A Republican, Wayne Morse of
Oregon had warned that any at
tempt to limit debate would only
delay a final vote. There had been
lots of speechmaking when George,
obviously under any emotioanl
strain, stood up.
He wanted, he said, to pay tri-
butte to two international organs
set up under the United Nations
Charter which had been neglected
in debate. The new International
Court of Justice will become a
great force for world betterment, ,;
he said. The General Assembly is
"the common meeting ground of
the nations which shall support
this world organization Demo
Continued on Page Two; Col -
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
Hundreds OfU. S. Pilots
Murdered By Civilians

crimes against aviators alone were
completed.
The II Germans now on trial
are accused of lynching six Air
Force men in Russelsheim last Au-
gust.
The defense called II witnesses
today, mostly character, but failed
to shake the prosecutions charge
that the defendants were leading
figures of mob which stoned,
beat and shot members Of a B-24
Liberator bomber cre w being
marched to a prison camp after
they were shot down.
One witness, Philippine Gengen-
bach. called in behalf Of the two
W m en- defendants, Margarete
Witzler and Kathe Reinhardt, ad-
mitted under cross examination
that she saw Phillip Joseph Hart
gen beating the hiers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
BREEZE PROVIDES
MOSQUITO RELIEF

Residents of local areas, partl-
cularly the beaches, were afforded
temporary relief from mosquito in
festation yesterday, by strong
southerly breezes which whipped
the pests inland. AS one beach
res dent explained IL, "Now they
have to bite you on the fly, in
stead of settling down to long
meal"
Meanwhile, DR.. A. H. Elliott,
City-County Health officer, report
ed numerous complaints, the most
vehement being from resort resi-
dents. Reports from other parts OF
the eastern seaboard indicate that
the situation is more or less gen
eral. -.. .5. .-,...
One authority expressed the be.
lief that oil rationing, which pre-
vented the free Use of petroleum
products spraying of known breed
ing grounds, had contributed to the
increase of the pests.
Excellent control of malaria
mosquitoes is exercised IN the
county, but as yet, no sucn
thorough program is Under way to
eliminate the pest mosquitoes.
However, DR.. Elliott promised his
Recommendation for such pro-
gram when possible.
In the meantime, and. as a par
tial solution, DR.. Elliott suggest
ed that all citizens try to take care
of pest breeding on their own
premises. ...
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
George Moues Senate With Emotional
Plea For Charter Ratification; Mead
To Take Rail7Jam Quarrel To Truman
Slap-Happy People
Slap Mosquitoes Away

MIAMI, Fla, July 27.-P)-
slap happy Miamians, pestered
by the worst mosquito plague
in years, chuckled today over
this solution to the problem:
"They say the slap mos
quito plague is slap about
over" reported the Daily
News.
"The fresh East Slap. winds
are rising. They have blown
slap most of the Mos slap
quotes back into the Ever
Slap glades. In fact slap
we are inclined slap to be-
lieve the mosquitoes (slap'
were all a matter of imagi
slap nation any slap way.
Cali we need to do slap
is close our eyes and re slap
peat one hundred times: There
I slap S no such animal as
mosquit (slapl O.. Use psy
slap chology on 'em. That's
the only slap, slap, slap
way."
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: Final and virtually complet de-
struction of Japan's Navy appear.
ed at hand as Allied airmen, join
ing the Goth Air Force in violent
support Of the Potsdam surrender
ultimatun, swept almost unmolest.
ed against diminishing collection
of targets ashore and offshore at
Honshu Island.
Halsey's fleet Of battleships, car.
riers, cruisers and auxiliary YES.
sells emerged spectacularly from
four-day security blackout to open
the new attack.
Since July 20 the Third Fleet
has sunk or damaged 725 Nippon.
csc combatant and merchant YES.
sells and destroyed or damaged 92S
planes.
The two-day smash against Kure,
Kobe and other prime target areas
along the Honshu coastline inflict.
ed unprecedented damage on Jap.
ans merchant shipping fleet and
virtually eliminated the Imperial
Navy as a threat to future Allied
invasion operations. %
Despite unfavorable weather
Wednesday, U. S. and British air
craft on Wednesday blasted 81 war
ships and merchant ships. These
were in addition to 16l destroyed
or damaged Tuesday, including
three battleships, six carriers and
several cruisers and destroyers.
During the two-day sweep by the
largest force Of carrier aircraft
ever sent aloft--more than 1000 q
day-U. S. planes destroyed 1872
Japanese planes and damaged 148.
British planes destroyed 1853 and
damaged 212.
Today's new carrier plane attack
was the 18th major sea-borne aerial
assault against Nippon's battered
homeland since Halsey and his
carrier chief, Vice Admiral Jt~n
S. Mccain, began their devastating
sweep July 10.
The Japanese made one half
hearted attempt to counter-attack
the fleet offshore. Two groups Of
torpedo planes and other aircraft
appeared at dusk July Is, but were
shot down by combat air patrols.
A lengthy communique covering
the July Is strikes listed the fol-
lowing Japanese losses:
BY U. S. carrier aircraft:
Aircraft: Three shot down over
water, Is shot down over ground
targets, 81 destroyed on the grou:d d.
and 68 damaged on the ground.
Shipping: Destroyed, nine yes
sells, including two medium freight
ers, two small freighters, five lug
gers. Damaged, IS vessels includ-
ing one destroyer, three medium
cargo vessels, three small cargo
vessels, three oilers, Is luggers
and small craft.
BY British carrier aircraft:
Aircraft-Three shot down over
water, seven damaged aground.
Shipping - destroyed, two small
cargo vessels, eight tugs, jungs.
luggers and small craft. Probably
sunk, one small coastal cargo ves-
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WASHINGTON, July 27 - R -
The Germans in tn e closing
months of the war perfected a
"catapult seat in which a pilot
can be "exploded' out OF a high
speed plane when he needs to bail
out.
This development, enabling a pi-
lot to leave plane travelling more
than 500 miles an hour, was dis
closed today Ky one of the Army
Air Forces chef flight surgeons.
He said this nation now has all the
data on it and will make use OF 1t
in fast planes in the Pacific war.
Col. w. Randolph Lovelace, chief
tory at Wright Field said at. a
news conference that perfection
of the Aero-Medical L a b r a
tunnel tests in which the Nazls
learned that the human body could
withstand bsiling out at speeds
up to 535 miles an hour.
! Explaining that it is extremely
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
Yango City
In Hands Of
Allied Army
CHINESE TAKE TOWN
Carlos Of Advances Writes
Off $4,000 Japa-
nese Troops
Nv GEORGE WANG

,.;.od press War Correspondent
IruIrNGKfNG, July n. - U.H-
c,inese troops have captured
yansso and stormed into Kweilfn,
18th former U. S. air base towns
~ Kwangsi Province, a communi-
que said today.
IN a series of advances which
virtually wrote off an estimated
eOoNo japanese troops, Generals
s;r,o Chang Kai-shek's onrushing
Columns also sliced enemy high
vav and rail escape routes North
Of Kweilin.
The advance into the air base
c;4v of Kweilin - largest in South
oost China - climaxed a four
woe! drive from Lichow, another
American air base city some 80
miles to the Southwest. Late re-
norts said japanese shock troops
were fighting fanatically to hold
positions in the Western suburb oil
Kweilin which was entered last
nigbt by Chinese vanguards.
Other Chinese units wiped out
resistance in the walled city Of
yangso, As miles south of KWeilin,
after bitter 48-hour fl g h t.
Yangso. also an air base city, is
the eighth former American base
liberated by Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek' troops in recent weeks.
Today's communique said the Chi
nese flag was hoisted over the an
Gent city Tuesday.
With the liberation of KWeilin
imminent, other forces battled to
cut off the escape route of thou
sands of Japanese to the North.
Kangtan, Tu, seven miles directly
North of Kweilin on the Hengyang
highway, was seized. Its capture
blocked the highway route North o1
Kweilin. The Kweilin-Hengyang
railway already has been cut at
number of places below Chaung.
sien.
Meanwhile, in Kiangsi Province
some 300 miles to the Northeast
japanese troops advanced about q
miles Northward from captured
Taiho to within eight miles O.
Chan (Kian). Heavy casualties
were inflicted on the enemy in {
battle West of Wnan, some Q
miles form Suichwan, a communi
cue sid. Suichwan, recently lib
Grated U. S. air base, is Southwes
of Taiho.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
Fritz Mandl Held
By Uruguay Police
At Monteuideo Port

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July
81 Up Acting Chief of Police
CAPT. Mattos, of Colonia, said the
former Austrian munitions million
aire, Frederick (Fritz) MaHdl, was
arrested today upon his arrival by
plane from Buenos Aires.
Mandl fled from mounted police
barracks at Buenos Aires earlier
today under mysterious clrcum-
stances.
A habeas corpus petition on his
behalf was rejected yesterday by
Argentine Federal Judge Horatlo
Fo, and the announcement Of this
confirmation of reports, first heard
in Buenos Aires in April of his
arrest by Argentine authorities.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
JAPAN TO IGNORE
WAR ULTlMATUM
Domei News Agency States
Cabinet Decides To
Fight On

WASHINGTON, July 27.-W.D
Japan will ignore the surrender
ultimatun of the United States,
Great Britain and China and fight
to the bitter end. the japanese
News Agency, Domei, said today
in a broadcast from Tokyo.
The news agency said 1t had
"authoritatively learned" of the de-
cision following a meeting of the
Japanese cabinet at the residence
of Premier Kantaro Suzunki where
Foreign Minister Shignori Togo in
formed the government Of the ul
timatum.
This broadcast contrasted sharp
ly with a report from Chungkine
that a Japanese brigadier genera.
had broadcast to his own people
that ''it is an open secret thai
Japanese troops in China are dis
cussing peace overtures.'
The Chungking military spokes
man said another japanese officer
Field Marshal Resi- Okamura
commander of the Japanese ex'
expeditionary force in South China.
had spoken pessimistically of the
possibility of japanese with
draWal from China
Japan obviously was having trou.
BILE orienting her propaganda in the
face Of the most intensive Allied
propaganda campaign of the year
Last night bombers Of the 20tf
Airforce carried out propaganda
raid on the home islands in which
Continued on Page Two; Col I
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
RI1JETHE'NTHAL TO
HOLD OPEN HOUSE

Bluetaenthal Army Air Base will
hold open house" for the people
Of Wilmington, on August /, the
36th anniversary of the Army Ali
Forces, it was announced by Col
onel c. T. Edwinson, commander
OF the Base, yesterday.
The date, designated by General
OF the Army H. H. Arnold, com
handing general of the AAF, as
Air Force Day, has been selected
for the presentation at the field OF
program designed to bring the
realization of the tremendous con.
trlbution Of air power in the defeat
Of the Axis nations.
Beginning at l pm, the first
planes will take off to start ar
aerial show over the field that will.
last until late in the afternoon
IN addition, all types of Air Force
equipment will be on display, in
Guiding many different types o.
aircraft. A number of experienced
pilots viii be on hand to answer
'ne questions of those who will
want to know what the variou:
sadgets" are for.
Inc program will last until ap
proSlmately 4 pm, which should
provide ample time for everyone
70 see what Bluethenthal is dom.
70 help sink the Rising Sun" O
Japan.
ms base, under Major Genera
frank OD. Hunters First All
force' has been committed to tn,
sovanced training of PAT Thunder
Doll fighter pilots, who will g,
Noh'inued on Page Two; Col 5
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
Fire Heats Polly's
Salty Vocabulary

DENVER, July 27.-(R-It
was Polly, a crusty, 57-year-old
parrot who was most annoy
ed by the smoke that filled the
pet shop during a fire next
door.
w lille canaries tweeted
la:ntively and puppies whined,
Polly screamed:
What the hell! What the
hell! What the hell! What the
hell" for about an hour.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
By ROBERT MUSEL
Tinted preSS Staff CorreSnOnd

United Press Staff Correspondent
DARMsTADT, Germany, July a.
-U.H-Hundreds of American avi
ators forced down or shot down
during the battle of Germany were
murdered by German civilians, the
United Press learned reliably to-
day as the defense opened in the
trial of II Germans accused Of
lynching six Yank fliers.
Among the documents in the
hands Of American investigators
assigned to war crimes is a Nazi
order to local German police au-
thorities to take no action against
civilians who killed enemy avia-
tors.
One investigator said his unit
was uncovering new atrocities al
most daily. He said it probably
would be years before the trials for
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-28
TROOPS TO ARRIVE

NEW YORK, July 27.-tREMore
than $500 U. S. troops are SEIZED
uled to arrive at the New York
Port of Embarkation from Europe
tomorrow aboard five ships.
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VESSELS SUNK, DAMAGED
~ HALSEY'S CARRIER PLANES: 30
JAP PLANES HIT IN RECORD ASSAULT
Complete Destruction
Of JapNavy At Hand
Allies Sweep In Violent Support Of Surrender
Ultimatum Against Diminishing
Targets at Hunshu
BY WILLIAM F. TYEE
United Press War Corresnonder

United Press War Correspondent
GUAM, Saturday, July william F. Halsey's
American and British carrier planes possibly smashed
Japans inland another offensive after
sinking damaging 38
$40 planes in record twoday assault
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WEATHER

Eastern Standard Time>
~ 'by U. S. Weather Burcau)
chronological data for the "a hours
80 pm. yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
MA MA co. 7:3oa. 81 l:3Op. 80; 1902. 30.
xo md%lmum IS; Minimum 70; Mean 81;
HUMIDITY
'ua' ~; 7;3Oa. IS; LOOP n; Z :30p. 81.
PRECIPITATION
700 inches '''0 p''''
1850 inches 80 u Nie i'o'''''-
TIDES FOR TODAY
= from the Tide Tables published by U.
eoasf and Geodedtc Survey).
Wun,; High Low
'e'on ------------ "a. TIA
M,.o,, 12:2op. 7:24p
4"oro Inlet 10:0Sa. 4:04a
sur.; 1o:35p. 4:15p
lo.oIn go; Sunset 7:16; Moonrise
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North Carolina: Considerable cloudi-
o., with scattered showers and thunder
Inns Saturday, little change in tenn
perature.
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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-05-10
Street Grading,
Other Jobs
Nashua Projects
BY Courier Correspondent

NASHUA - With Mayor Victor
Dostert presiding for the first time
it was decided by the city council
Monday night to grade the streets OF
the Nashua residential district in
order TO help the drainage of stag
mant water. Work has been started
Also the curfew will ring at 10 pm.
after June I and continue for three
months or until Sept. l. James KEEL
was hired to assist with the work as
water assistant. The town ordinance
requires that all lots be cleaned by
May IS.
Valley county machinery Monday
viii excavate the lot where the
Nashua town hall is to De built and
will then be ready for the pouring
Of the concrete.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-05-10
"Our Town" Is
Theme Of
Church Women

Our Town" vas the theme of the
program presented at the annual
May Fellowship luncheon of the
Council Of Church Women at the
Christian church Friday afternoon.
Sixty-five women participated. Mrs.
Lillian Lane, president of the coun-
Gil presided.
Mrs. H. r. Morton read a message
to church women from Mrs. Pearl
Buck and Mrs. 2. S. Mcintyre read
one from Mrs. Harper Sibley, Of
Rochester, N. Y, president Of the
United Council Of Church Women
and recently selected as American
Mother for 1915. Mrs. Grant S.
Moore read a prayer
Mrs. o. r. McCleery spoke on the
obligations owed by the community
to service men and their families.
Mrs. z. B. PeaSe spoke on the
enemies of the community" venereal
disease and alcoholism, and intro
duced Miss Ida Underlind. Mrs. L.
A. Strader discussed New Frontiers
of Our Town" and the towns re-
sp~ousibility in a world wide COM
radeship. Mrs. David Parke read an
article on Religion in the Home"
Mrs. Lane led III a closing ritual
istic service in which Mrs. H. 2.
Widen led in prayer and Mrs. A J.
Moore sang The Lords Prayer" by
.alotte. Mrs. A. B. Friedlund ac-
companied Mrs. Moore and hymns
sung by the group.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-05-10
Building Feed.
Mill, Mixing Plant

A new feed mill and mixing build
ing being constructed by the inter-
national Elevator company next 70
its present elevator on the Great
Northern right-of-way will be ready
for operation some time in June, It
vas announced this week BY S. 7.
Larson, manager.
The structure is % by "a feet and
4S feet high. Construction work is be-
ing done by the T. z. Ibberson CON-
pany, Minneapolis contractor. The
company viii also do considerable
improvement work in the inter-
national elevator and storage build
ing here. Edward Johnson of GIas-
gov is doing the electrical wiring.
The new plant will be used for
custom grinding to produce feeds
and chicken maShes and starters.
Equipment being installed includes
a so horsepower hammer mill, a
half-ton Waldron mixer and autom-
ate sacking equipment. Large over
head storage bins are being built.
Connections with the elevator dump
viii make it possible TO receive and
process grain with a minimum Of
handling work. Mr.. Larson said.