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Evening star., 1945-11-01
John K. 0ttIey, N., II,
Atlanta Banker, Is Dead

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Nov. John King
Ottley, ST., IT, chairman of the board
of the First National Bank and a
leader in Southern financial circles
for more than so years, died today.
On July 3, 1888, Mr.. Ottley was
kidnapped by two men who held him
for $4,000 ransom which never was
paid because he escaped within a
few hours.
At the time of his death Mr. Ottley
was a director OF the Southern Rail-
Evening star., 1945-11-01
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Gay. ostoesr g. iai5. st ie'45 On pm.. aaest st
s ns rssIafIafs SITfa isa aphsE hYssf sHoup aye Ss
9ens Ct william Liam. H nd f1ss sssl., sPdu the 4nss @
avs, NV, where services Vii be held on
ment Arlington National Cemetery. i
SMITH, FANNIE B. On Tuesday, octo-
it,, s5; NV; FANNIE IA l B. SMITH vile q
by two sons, Stewart ana George Fountain;
Rebecca Rollins and Ethel Gaffney; one
nieces and other relatives and friends,
Mrs. Smith will rest. at her late residence
after 4 pm, Thursday Funeral services
poIitan Baptist church. Rev. s 4. {. Smith Smith
ofhclatins. Interment in Payne's Gene
SMITH, FANNIE B. Queen Victoria
Household Of Ruth, No. 171l. announces
Funeral Friday; November Z, is45, i from m
INMATE IizziE FREEMAN. M. N. G.
THoMps6N 1H@AnE W wfEIfHM fHE11s W on R. Tuesday,
. of saSs as sys
NV. NV. HUSBAND of Julia Ann Thompson. He
grandchildren. six great-erandchildren and
2 host OF other relatives and, friends. The
a.s NE ThompiSn som. may be viewed at
EsPDe1 SsP srd 4 : at at New Hope Baptist Church,
ment 9un avg Woedsan fss ST. emsf.rx nw at Pm Inter
TRICE, PATIENCE. On Monday. octo.
g ger e; iS,,,, Ie45; at 949 Florida ave NV.
and grandmother of Junius Trice Many
nieces and nephews also survive. Remains
resting at the Malvan 1 schey funeral
h9m om sHs a1s saps st. church rsns5s sss
gay, November 3, at l pm, Rev. e. c.
Smith of1ciating. Interment Harmony
Cemetery.
ber 81. Is45, EDNA S. WHITE ffrTs'f'i Of i7o4 a'G L
ST. ne; Funeral from the W. w. Deal fu-
neral nome. 1872 Georgia ave. NV, on
FFoiqay Fort ynsoe Moyemeer z at pm 1nterment
WILKERsoN. WILLIAM A.. On wednes-
day, October 81, 1945, at his residence,
907 st. Sc, WILLIAM A. WILKERsON,
beloved husband of Mary w. .Wilkerson.
11th ST. Sc, on Friday. November 2, at
L pm. Interment Congressional Cemetery.
wILKERsoN, WILLIAM A. La Payette
Lodge, No. 10, F. A, A. M, will
IN hold special communication
@ s!::s: s. 49,:
WILKERSON
GRANT L. HAGEN. W. M.
WILLER, AMELIA c. On Wednesday,
october 81, 1945, AMELIA c. WILLER OF
1920 Brentwood I'd. ne, beloved wife oil
Edward o. Willer and mother of Florence
NJ. Wright, Edward A. and Emil F. Willer.
She also is survived by six grandchildren
Services at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral
home, 2901 14th st. NV. on Thursday.
caster, Pa.
WoLTER, WILLIAM w. Suddenly, on
Tuesday. october 80, 1915. WILLIAM w.
Gladys Young Wolter, father of Shirley Lou
Wolter. Remains resting at VIM. j. Pick
ner & Sons funeral home, Baltimore. Nd
Timothy's Church, Catonsville, Md In
terment Rock Greek Cemetery, Washing
ton, D. c. l.
Evening star., 1945-11-01

BUT IS savings wisely now,
help to avoid natonay price and the time
maintain baogs for the kind of future all desire spend
money carey may look back day with regret
During the millions Americans saved protect families
educate their children, business of their
home retire Today they still following the advice of
Government buying only what they really need until civilian goods
plentiful buying Victory Bonds holding their War Bonds
and life and maintaining their savings Are
Of them? IS
Americas life companies sponsoring this program
Information public the 900 life nr-
ance and to every American citizen.
Evening star., 1945-11-01

SHOMETTE, MARY. On Thursday, No.
f st se MARY saoMETTS IN rrSsSe beioved VIII VII.
of the late Print E. Shomette and mother
Of Mrs. Mary K. Gooch. Louis e. ane
homas Snome.se nd a!hsn Mrs. b angie Sraay, & Prin
butus Perry, Sergt Rodney Shomette, u s
Army, and Petty Oficer &c Grady Sho.
mette; grandmother of Joan. Nicola
funeral home. 522 9Th st. s.e., where serv.
ices will be held on Saturday, November
3. at 1 pm. Relatives and friends invit.
Evening star., 1945-11-01

October 81, r945, at his home, Ashton,
beloved husband of Clara E. Cashell. He
also is survived by two brothers, Walter
F. Cashell and George ". Cashell, and
neral services on Friday, November ., at
= pm, at st. Johns Church, Olney Nd.
1nterment Union Cemetery, Rockville, Nd.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-10-18

ed to surrender. Apparently some OF
the Japs didn't get the word on the
offer to surrender because practical
ly every night we were in Buckner
Bay one or two Jap planes paid us
a visit. One of these dropped the
torpedo that hit the ~battleship Penn
sylvania while she was anchored
only a few thousand yards from us.
Now the war is over and we are
steaming along with Task Force II
in the Yellow Sea, viewing from a
distance Chinese and Korean cities
that most of us had never expected
to see. While we are waiting to as
sist in the occupation we're count
ing up our points and I leave it to
you to guess what n thought Is
uppermost in the mind Of every man
on board the good ship Alaska.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-10-18
l. HENDRICKS

terprise as they moved in for the
night raids. Other task groups were
to cover the daylight raids. This,
by the way, was the first carrier
launched air attack on that city since
the "Doolittle Raid" in April, 1912.
During the 1900 mile voyage north
to u operating area we all won
dered how we would measure up to
our first test as a fighting team. Our
Commanding Officer, Captain Ken
meth Noble, an able veteran of the
naval service, sensed the tension
and, in a friendly talk over the ships
public address system, impaired to
all hands the confidence that he had
In us. That timely pep" talk replac-
ed our nervousness with a feeling OF
reinsurance.
AS it developed the operation was
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-10-18

bombarding Jap-held Okino Daito
Jima on the way. We had now join
ed Vice Admiral j. S. McCain's Task
Force 38, of Admiral Halsey's 3rd
Fleet.
From 26 January to Is June, the
! Alaska had been continuously at sea,
with only three hasty visits to
Ulithi for fresh provisions and am
munition. Four of these five months
had been spent i nthe grueling grind
OF daily carrier task force operations,
commencing at ar hour before sun
rise and frequently lasting well in
to the night, BY the time we reach
ed Leyte we we're tired.
While at Leyte our ship conduct
ed training exercises and drills-we
sweltered in the torrid heat-had our
sleep broken plenty at night on ac-
count of air alerts-got ashore at a
recreation center where we limbered
up in athletics and had our ration of
beer-somehow managed to get the
Philippine Liberation Ribbon-and
loaded up our warship with supplies
in readiness for our next jaunt.
On Friday, July Is we were under
way again-this time as part of Task
Force 95. Next thing we knew we
were back at Okinawa and anchored
in Buckner Bay. A few days later we
showed off and, after leaving the an
thorage, Captain Noble informed US
that together with other cruisers and
d~estroyers we yer to make a sweep
of the East China Sea. Our task was
to track down any shipping that
might be getting through from the
China coast to Japan. We were the
first surface force to enter the East
China Sea, though our planes n
submarines had ranged over and
under it for months. We p~atrolled it
vigilantly from Wenchow to Shang-
1ai, making two sweeps close in to
The shore but our only findings were
a typhoon, which we managed to
stay clear of, and a couple of Chinese
fishing fleets, out of which we scar
ed the wits.
During the period of the East
China Sea operations the radio
brought us the news of the Potsdam
Declaration, the Atomic Bomb and
of Russia's entry into the war. We
were back in Buckner Bay when the
word came that the Japs had offer
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-10-18

uneventful, despite the fact that OF
ship was within 100 miles of Tokyo
while the carrier planes blasted
military targets there. Weather land
our combat air patroD prevented
the Japs from retaliating. Some OF
us we're a bit let down. 1t was hard
to believe-here we were in Tokyo's
front yard and not a Jap Zero or
Betty to take a crack at. Neverthe-
less, the experience somehow gave
us a sense of being seasoned by the
time we withdrew from the Tokyo
area and joined the naval forces sup
4 porting the invasion of Two Jima on
10 February.
Other ships at Two Jima had been
hit, and one, the Bismarck Sea, had
been sunk with heavy loss OF life
but we were unscathed. On March
9. with Two Jima almost secured by
the Marines, our task group made
for Ulithi where, in a hurried stop
over, we took on stores, made re-
pairs and were joined by our sister
ship. the USS Guam (CB-2), newly
arrived in the combat zone.
The Alaska stood out of Ulithi a
gain on March Is, and headed north
for u new operating area off ia
pans home island of Kyushu. Planes
from our Task Force carriers York
town, Intrepid, Enterprise, and In
dependence made round the clock
strikes on the Jap air fields and
such shipping as could be found in
the waters surrounding the southern
islands.
It was on the morning of our ar
rival off Kyushu, March ID, that we
made our first kill" of a Jap bomb
err. For the balance of the day we
we're under frequent attack by single
Jap suicide planes, none OF which
succeeded in crashing on us or on
their favorite target, the flight deck
of a carrier. Aided by the heavy
clouds some of these Japs eluded
our fighter planes and the guns OF
the Alaska shot down n Kimikaze
as he was attempting a death plunge
on the deck of the Enterprise.
I'd like to add that during thirty
air attacks in the Kyushu and Oki-
nawa areas we received credit for
downing S enemy aircraft. l think
we got more but in the thick of bat
tie things happen too fast to be sure.
At the finish each fellow seems to
have a slightly different version OF
just what happened-and I'm saving
mine It'll l get home. Anyway, sew
eral of the attacking planes came
perilously close to the carriers. One
succeeded in crashing the Intrepid
and another smashed itself against
the thick side of the USS Missouri.
One of those we shot down was
never visible until the spouting
flames from its gasoline tanks bril-
liantly lighted the blackness of night
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-10-18

las IL pIumTneteQ INTO the sea. we GO
.lim py means Oh raaar.
Frankly, a great deal of our excite
ment came to US through the pilots
and flight crews OF the planes oper-
atlng from our carriers. They pro-
,ected us while we were protecting
their floating bases. OF the hundreds
of Jap planes sent to attack Dur task
force over a period of four months
only 80 odd got through the planes
of the combat air patrols. Of these
all but six were shot down by the
ships of our group. Three managed
10 come, by stealth or luck, through
all our defenses and to crash into OF
drop a bomb on our carriers or bat
tlesnips. Three more were shot down
close aboard and all the others were
knocked out of the air before they
got close.
Getting back to our first air attack
ON March l8, it was early the next
morning that we saw the flash OF
an explosion, followed by a slowly
rising column of dense smoke ten
miles TO the west of our group. The
USS Franklin had been badly hit by
a bomber. During the morning We
watched her as explosion and fire
shook and scorched her. That after
noon the Alaska, Guam, Santa Fe
and Pittsburgh were ordered to es-
cort the Franklin out Of the danger
zone. A blackened sm%ouldering hulk
still alive only because of her cour-
aeeous crew, she made emergency
repairs, regained control of her own
power and steering and started on
the long trip home. Several OF the
more seriously burned and wounded
men from her crew had been re-
moved to the Alaska. Our doctors
and pharmacists mates worked like
Trojans in saving their lives.
Having seen the Franklin out of
danger, the escorting ships returned
to their respective task groups. Our
group was buisly engaged in making
continuous air strikes on Okinawa
and other islands in the Ryukyu
chain.
To vary the routine, the Alaska
and the Guam left the support group
on q March to lombard the Jap
island of Minami Daito Jima. Our
big guns poured plenty of e%xplosiv-
es into Jap installations there.
Though the island was known to
have enemy artillery on it, we re-
ceived no return fire. l think the
Japs on the island scented the Alas
ka off shore and were paralyzed
with fright like their brothers at
Tokyo. No? Well, at any rate, all the
fireworks we're shot by us.
Toward the windup of the Okina-
wa campaign our task group was
detached and steamed south to Leyte
Gulf, P. l., reaching that anchorage
on June 13-the Alaska and Guam
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-10-18
FROM
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.7ACH ULCERS
pug 70 EXCESS ACID

FreeBookrells o fnomsT reatmemttlsat
Must Help or Il VIII Cost Yes Nothing
Over two million bottles Of tho WILLARD
TREATMENT have been sold for relief OF
symptoms Of distress arising rom 0eeWoeA
and OweAsNsl UseeU due 70 Gxesss Aeso-
pess 0t0se3ea, essR or Vpese oes0aea,
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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-10-18

NIL will handle merchandi Be cars from
Memphis to Batesvil1e, Grenada, Durant,
Jackson, Meridian, Hattiesburg, Gulfport,
lbrookhaven. NcConb. Baton Rouge and nsU
lori ans, and pick up merchandise at
burant for Jackson, and pick up at Jackson
for ~srookhavsn, Ncconb and nsv Orleans.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-10-18
M3S

New Orleans to NcCoab, jackson, Vicksburg,
Durant and Memphis. and pick up nerchen-
Use at NcCoub and Brookhaven for Jackson.
at jackson for Canton, Durant and Memphis,
at Durant Tor Memphis. and at Grenada for
Memphis.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-31
NOT DONE WITH MIRRORS

MANY OF thc accOmpISEments
at the card table seem at first as
If they would be impossible except
with the aid of mirrors or some
other levices of the legerdemain
artist. But when they are eX-
planned they become understand
able In this class. of course. fan
those hands on which the d~eclarer
takes a number of tricks which
Just naturally are not in the
cards except after certain things
begin to happen.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-31
H1Hew % A0Ue :
-AAoRENA CARLTON Sc
ORENA CARLETON

= rpnugrg,o I'll
N''''i'l'i' tells mo Won are = a,se,
Rrot1 '.'.'. I'm certain You.
An, .'.'i at"H' Style
,,,,. stopped talking and
eas, ..' "ft5toH'. trUm the
corIl ..'e iI.'F We're, they
r.rt az '--"e AlItAlsaH. tHrhj-
eoo,,.l 7'''' 'l lAe 'Ine- Sponsor
giu,.r .,. '"''' forgotten s. .dst's
snnI.a -. "l'.n again
"Tt. '' Ut" 'n.!.l'1 Of it,.
.loo-..4 - '"'H' IKE the ocean,
7,
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IT,. - N',. @iN-it had heard.
onn+c ....7 Use he had said, held
,a.. mp inr America. arrogant
rg5".ey lux Ln1Id'id. But this-thls
rotoa 20 TIC ocean that sepa-
, i'o'' nome was horn of
misery
t'''''e" sitI ielt her heart
orP "'..l sympathy she pat her
1i,a. LOU i'iI III d quick squeeze.
fran, q"'0N'S' lie "rlgSIed away
''oLrI IIet'
bo ,i ion DO pleaseE" he
w. re-, NS.., III an flsht' really l am.
Hi hanged II III he bcSted.' His
p' ,o'e Jethea Tor a snort while.
49, "iieIi lie turned to her once
mo idce was blahd. HIS voice,
mo"esei' was cfltlcal' tor he had
u 'He SUBJECT OF the hat.
SION as we can SHOP to-
3aI,,i Il Select nat Tor you, san
9' ne sciuIIIIized her features
al'o ne 'Idll' tHeh suddenly was
no. 'ooNiIS az hef at all i Know, y
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ll'a 1iI'ie she mace no comforting
$500 III ''SPolSe 10 ms Seafh-
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s'o'1 ~ ''Ne Oh tt!e oiIehall& Ieath-
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-31

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"eo dfJ , ""' u um up
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-31
CHAPTER SIX

i"
SPENSER WITHINGTON en-
largel his inquiry regarding San
dra'S servants.
where is your cook - your
maid?" It had not taken him long
to walk through the living room.
two bedrooms and bath. the dining
alcove and kitchen that formed
Sandra Edwards living quarters.
His estimation of it all was unmis-
takably low.
Il don't see" he told her, tossing
his cap upon the davenport. where
you possibly keep them"
That's the answer I don't. NV
place is too small to keep help. Be
cause it is SO small l don't need
help"
"Oh?" he said politely, and sat
down, still keeping his puzzled gaze
on her. II don't seem to remember
ever having known anyone without
servants"
The girl did not sit down. She
remained standing and her voice
was tart. Il regret that I don't live
up to your expectations, Spenser.
l have a cleaning woman who
comes in twice a week, but her
duties do not include this sort of
thing" She picked up his cap, from
the davenport, and handed it to
him. You'll find a peg for this on
your closet door"
For ar everlasting moment she
feared he was going to refuse to
put away his own cap. She did not
know what she would do if he dis
obeyed. Then he smiled. That
strangely angelic smile that made
Kim all big blue eyes and ruddv
cheeks. Candidness and boyish
dimples.
"Righto," lie exclaimed heartily,
as if it were his own idea. Cant
have things dotted all about the
living room, can We"
When he re-entered the living
room Sandra was leaning out the
window, her elbows on the ledge,
bracing her shaking figure.
Il put away the moldy old cap"
Spenser shouted. For the duration.
hope. | loathe anything on nv
head" He joined the red-haired
girl. studying critically the bird
hat, still on her head. L should
think you would, too" he said.
lapsing from British decorum. I'm
not frightfully keen on that hat,
Sandra."
REALLY? l hardly think" The
girl discovered she was at a loss for
words to express her inner sar-
casm.
Not the least bit disconnected,
Spenser tontinued: The hat is
definitely smart. I IMAGINE. Mrs,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-31

Did you yer ID consecu-
tive tricks against opponents hold
ing two CeS against you. If you
had two sure losers in their best
s,it? If not. share the thrill
earned by William b Hill. il.
manager of the bridge supply de-
partment of the American Con
Distributed by King !
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-31

dealer. West. Both sides vul
nerable.)
If South bids diamonds on his
first turn, spades later, and gets
into 2-Spades which West doubles.
what defensive plan should be fol-
lowed throughout?
atures Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star., 1945-09-02

TRANSATLANTIC WEEK ENDS!
New York to London is proposed 9-hour
hop through the -stratosphere in these
204-passenger Pan American sky giants!
Super-fuel is 9 key to super-fights. Sinclair
Aviation Gasoline will aid commercial
flying on national and international routes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-16
DUTCH MARINES
LEAVING DAVIS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-REAp-
proximately 1900 Netherlands Ma
rlnes now in United States train
ing camps have been ordered to
the East Indies where civil strife
is raging, a spokesman for the
force reported today.
The first contingent of 1910 troops
will sail from Norfolk, Va, this
week and most of the remainder
will embark next week, he told a
reporter. A group OF $50 to 200 will
remain in the U. S. for an indef-
mite period before going to the In
dies.
The spokesman said the decision
to send the Marines to the East
Indies was made by the Neither.
lands High Command The men will
be transported in Dutch merchant
ships.
The force was recruiting In the
Netherlands after that country was
liberated and was brought here
for training at Camps Davis and
Lejeune, N. c., and at the U. S.
Marine base in Quantico, Va.
Their training, under American
officers and with U. S. equipment,
was ordered by the joint chiefs Of
staff under provision Of the De-
tense Aid Act.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-16
CAROLINAS FEEL
T0UCH0F WINTER
BY The Associated Press

The first real touch of winter
weather came to some sections of
the Carolinas yesterday after a
long period of unseasonably warm
weather for this time of the year.
But it appeared the cold "snap"
would be short lived, for while
Many Carolinians brought their
overcoats out of moth balls yester-
day, the Weather Man apparently
was about to reverse the situation
and came through with a prediction
of fair and warmer weather for
today.
Cold winds which blew over many
sections yesterday subsidized last
night and a noticeable moderation
was reported.
Asheville, N. c., reported yester-
day high reading of As with low
of 80. The forecast there was clear
and warmer today.
Durham, N. c., was cold and
clear with a low reading Of 80, the
same as Raleigh where high yes
terday of So was reported.
Charlotte had high of Sc and a
To- of 80.
At Columbia, S. c., high of 81
and a low of 40 was reported yester-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-16
BOY DENIES STORY
OF VIRGIN MAKING
SPRING AT SHRINE

NEW YORK, Nov. 15-P)-Nine.
year-old Joseph Vitolo, Jr., who
asserted he had seen a vision Of
the Blessed Virgin for the past
Is nights in a Bronx vacant lot,
today denied he had ever claimed
the vision told him she would
make a spring appear at the
shrine.
More than 100 persons gathered
outside the boys home today,
clamoring for him to touch the
sick or wounded. Meanwhile, the
youth said in an interview that he
had never claimed the vision in
formed him a well of water would
spring up last night.
"She told me that something
beautiful would appear, he told
questioners. Asked if he saw
something beautiful" last night,
he answered that he had seen a
vision of the Blessed Virgin. He
declined to answer further CUES
tions.
Groups of people continued &c
appear at the shrine, placing
votive candles and flowers on the
altar. More. than $4,000 persons
were present last night for what
Joseph had said was the final
ar cearance" of the vision.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-16
SBI AGENT TO LOOK
INTO WARSAW BANK
RUN "RUMOR" SOURCE

RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 15-F-
Quincy P. Hood, State Banking
Commissioner, said tonight that "a
slight rum on the Branch Bank
ing and Trust Company at War
saw had developed "as the result
of circulation of false statements
about the banks financial condi-
tion.'
Hood said ''the run is absolutely
unjustified and entirely unwar-
ranted," adding that lit is our
opinion that this bank is one of
the most solvent in the state. Too,
all deposits up to $1,000 are in
sured. There is no rhyme or rea-
son for the rum
He said he had asked Thomas
Creekmore, director of the State
Bureau of Investigation, to in
vestigate the matter, and that an
SBI agent would be sent to War
sa wtomorrow.
Hood added that the circulation
of false statements about bank
is felony under state law. $50
far as I know this is the first time
in the history of the state, and
perhaps in the nation that run
on a bank has been caused by the
circulation of false statements as
to its condition.