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Belgrade and Budapest, knocking
three Axis satellites out Of the war
and partially liberating Yugosla-
via.
Simultaneous with the fall of. Vi
emma, Malinovsky's troops north
east of the capital captured the
Morava river that carried them
within 80 miles OF the Czechoslovak
arsenal city of Bruenn (Brno) and
into Moravia on 25-mile front.
Before Berlin, the Red Army's
greatest objective, Russian artil-
lery hammered German defense
positions along the Oder river and
Nazi aerial reconnaissance indicat-
ed zero-hour was approaching for
Russia's final heave," but inn
mense Russian ground forces were
not yet reported on the move.
Even as burned and tortured vi
ena fell, Tolbukhin's tanks were
rolling back the German army
across Austria between the Dan
ube and the Drava rivers on a
17O-mile front toward Hitlers Ba-
varian fortress.
The capture of the historic Aus
trian capital of Vienna-once Ro-
man frontier outpost against bar
barrie Germanic tribes - was an
nounced by Premier Stain in an
order of the day which ordered a
salute of "a salvos from 1874 Mos
COW guns.
Significantly, Stain described vi
emma as "strateg;cally important
center of German defenses cover
ing the routes to the southern
areas of Germany where Nazi
leaders were expected to make a
last ditch stand in guerrilla war
fare.
Vienna, city of waltzes, of art
and European culture, was freed
seven years, one month and day
after Austrian-born Hitler had sent
his legions into the capital for the
forced "'anschluss" of 1938-one of
his first acts which led to World
War II. n
Hodonin, birthplace of Thomas
Masaryk, father of the Czechoslo-
yak republic-seeond victim of the
predatory German fuehrer-was
liberated after Malinovsky's troops.
plunged across the Slovak-Moravi-
an border and threatened to. sweep
across the Moravian plateaus to
engulf the last war production
areas supplying Hitler's collapsing
Wehrmac chit.
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2l0th Ship Scheduled
For Launching Today

The S. S. Elizabeth Lykes, 210th
ship to near completion at the
yard of the North Carolina Ship
building Co., will be launched
this afternoon at o'clock under
the sponsorship of Mrs. Margaret
Spears Andrews, wife of United
States Senator Charles Q. Andrews,
of Orlando, Fla.
Her only attendant will be her
sister, Miss Mary Spears.
In Difference 10 the death of
President Franklin Delano Roose.
welt, the program will be held to
la minimum of ceremony and all
social aspects of the event have
been cancelled.
The S. S. Elizabeth Lykes is a
CO type cargo vessel and is being
built for the Lykes Brothers
Steamship Co.
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Eisenhower Says Effort
In War To Be Increased

PARIS, April 1S.-(P)-Allied mi
litary leaders today expressed
their deep sorrow at the death Of
President Roosevelt. and Gen. Eli.
senhower, supreme Allied COM
mander, declared that war efforts
would be intensified to Ensure
that the great task which he IN
dertook is fulfilled in complete
victory" a.
Wherever battle conditions per-
mitted, flags flew at half-staff, and
will continue to be lowered in
mourning for a period of, 80 days,
Expressions of grief came from
privates.
every front, from generals down to
Eisenhower sent messages both
to Mrs. Roosevelt and to Presi-
dent Truman. To the new Presi-
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oent, the American armies in
Europe pledge to you, our new.
commandes-in.chief,, unremitted
efforts for the achievement Of fin.
al victory"
Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery, in a message to Eli
senhower, expressed the Sincere
regret" Of British land forces on
the Western Front and declared
that President Roosevelt was a
great man and great champion
Of freedom and his loss at this time
Is a SCATTERING blow"
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, comman-
der of the Sixth Army Group, said
that mo greater loss. no grief
more profoond could come to the
civilized world than the death Of
the man whose foresight, leader
ship and courage was primarily
responsible for the inevitable de-
feat of the Axis powers" He add
ed that history will evaluate
Franklin Delano Roosevelt as
Americas greatest President"
Hard-boiled 1t. Gen. George S.
Patton and the members Of his
Third Army staff, stood with bow
ed heads in their war room for a
minute Of silent tribute to the
President. in the absence of a
chaplain, Patton called tor the
silent tribute himself.
1t. Gen. Alexander M. Patch,
commander of the American Sew
enth Army, said that the President
had Gust as surely given his life
in t pc service of his country as
any soldier on the far-nung bat.
tlefronts.
Because of war conditions, no
military salutes will be fired by
troops in the European theater and
no black arm bands Of mourning
will be worn, Supreme Allied
Headquarters announced. Insofar
as conditions permit, however,
memorial services will be held
tomorrow at all American camps
and stations.
Reports from all the Army
fronts said that the news of the
Presidents death, which reached
American troops by all manner OF
means - radio, dispatch riders,
ration truck drivers-was univer-
sally received in shocked silence
opI nm 10 I;skA1;~f
On behalf of Red Cross person.
Incl in Europe, Commissioner Har.
vey D. Gibson said that the Presi.
dents death with victory in sight
lis crushing blow
Frontline correspondents report.
ed, that tough combat troops were
visibly affected by the news Of the
Presidents death.
Typical comment came from
Pvt. Ray Vaughn, Harvey, Ill:
''He gave his life in the .coun
try's cause, just the same as
thousands of soldiers killed in &C.
| ton. If there was ever a hero ol
this war, it was President Roose
welt. He died from overwork ane
not from bullets, but it was in tht
same cause we are all fighting
for.'
Everywhere men wondered Row
The Presidents death would affec'
Americas policies and the plans
for world .peace,
Lively interest was expressed in
the new President and Missouri
soldiers everywhere were CUES
toned about their States first
{ OCCUPANT of the White House.
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CLASSIFIED DISPLAY
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S0-Houses For Sale

FOR BETTER BEACH PROPERTY, SEE
Tucker. Tucker Real Estate Co., Caro-
lima Beach.
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180.-Legal.

sale to the highest bidder for cash,
at the Court House door in the City
of Wilmington, County of New Hanover,
State of North Carolina, on Tuesday, the
oath day of April 1945, at IL o'clock
noon, the piece or parcel of land situate
lying and being in the Town of Carolina
Beach, County of New Hanover. State
of North Carolina, described as follows:
BEING all of Lot 3, Block SO. accord
ing to the plan of Carolina Beach,
recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds of New Hanover County.
Dated and posted this the 23rd day of
March, 1915.
M. L. FISHER, MORTGAGE
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More than half of all deaths from
accidents in the home in 1914 oc.
Cured among persons over o.
years old.
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About $4,000 workers were killed
in work accidents In 1914, and 49,.
500 killed in off-the-job accidents.
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0U-HOUSeS For sale
FOR SALE: ROOMS, BATH, HOT
and cold water, store, stock and fix
lures. Hughes 8. Morton, Wallace Bldg
3rd, and Princess. Dial 1891.
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Between the ages Of As and 60,
cancer causes the death Of one out
of every three women who die.
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LARGE SELECTION OF SPRING CON-
structed studio couches, odd chairs to
complete your suite. Railroad Salvage
Co. SOB Castle.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER
Under and by virtue of the power of
sale contained in a certain mortgage
executed by Minnie Richter (Widow] to
NJ L.. Fisher. on the 18th day of April,
1874, and recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of New Hanover
County in Book 1855, Page 1888, default
having been made in the payment of the
note secured by said mortgage, the
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-11

ppnes again they study map Of the campaign in
Gen. Wainwright's at White Sulphur Springs Va.
until noon the next day, by which time my
sacroilliac trouble was aggravated to a
point where | more than needed the old
light walking stick which Gen. Macarthur
had given me.
Our destination proved to be the town
of Heitot, near the southern tip of For
mosa. Here we were transferred to
narroW-gague railway used for hauling
sugar cane, for we were in the midst of the
principal sugar raising district of the
Japanese empire. The train took us eight
or 10 miles to a thoroughly vile prisoner
Of-War camp.
As WE entered the compound | saw
"A large group Of prisoners, mostly
British but with a number of Americans,
returning from work in the fields. They
were little more than skin and bone, some
of their depleted bodies bronzed and some
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Wainwright Tells How
Roll Calls PreUent Sleep
Prisoners Pledge:
We Will Not Die

of them horribly burned by the sun. They
were the very eptome of human bondage,
and standing there watching them drag
themselves to their cup of rice moved me
to helpless tears.
Our group was then loudly ordered to
line up before the most savage looking Jap
lieutenant ever saw. We counted off, and
then were taken to a long, low rooted
bamboo shack, with sleeping benches on
the dirt floors
We were given no midday meal. A
surly Jap soldier led one of us to the open
ing of the shack to show us our sanitary
arrangements. Outside was a bucket of
dirty water for washing 1--WE were grimy
from the long and dirty train rides) and
a reeking wooden tub partly filled with
human eXcrement and urine.
| saw the enSlaved men limp back at
dusk that evening and lie in an irrigation
ditch in complete WearineSS and my mind
was filled with them that night as tried
to find sleep on the hard bench that was
my bed
Later that night | felt a tap on my
ankle and, investigating, saw bony white
hand reaching up from under the foot of
my bench. 1t was wagging bit of paper.
| reached down and took the paper. 1t was
a note from an American officer quartered
in the other end of the same shack, but
separated from me by partition. He told
me that we're 81 American officers and
men in this camp, and that they had
pledged themselves to endure any treat
ment the Japs gave them; they were deter
mined to live
It. Gen. A. +. Percival received a SINH
lar note from a British officer in the same
heart -breakingly furtive manner as re-
ceiVed mine
Daylight was blessing for all of us.
We got up, finished dressing, and were fed
a little rice and transparent soup.
They marched us to the narroW-gauge
railway again and we we're taken back to
Heito, put in trucks and moved to its air.
port. Six Jap transport planes, copies Of
our C-47 were lined up waiting for US. My
back was so bad by this time that Sgt.
Carroll had to help me with my luggage
and assist me in getting into the plane,
but was relieved to get away from Heito.
- TOMORROW - The beginning of the
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dirty disheveled, starved officers return
ing from their forced work in the fields
The Japs did their best to run the men
to cover before the representatives of the
protective powers could see them, but they
failed Our officers just stood there in their
SWeaty breechclothes and let themselves
be seen. The Swiss delegate attempted to
say something to an American major gen
eral, but before the American could
answer more than a word or two, he was
brushed aside and sent indoors.
NOTHING good ever came Of this tragic
4N meeting. If the Swiss did render-hiS,
report, it was ignored.
The ordeal of our courageous officers
at ShirakaWa ended on Oct. !, 1914. At 3
o'clock that afternoon, they, along with
certain British and Dutch officers, were
peremptorily ordered to pack their belong
ingS and we're told they would be sent to
Japan the next day.
The small group of senior officers and
orderlies to which | was attached, joined
the courageous men of ShirakaWa early in
October, 1914, in Japan And together we
proceeded toward Manchuria.
We had no way of knowing it, but this
was to be the last milepost of our long
travel All we knew when told that we
would be sent far north was the sinking
feeling a man gets when he learns that his
prison sentence has been prolonged. Had
we been kept in the Philippines, we even
now would have been free men.
For Douglas, true to his promise to me
on Cowegidor two days before he left for
Australia, had come back . come back
with great fleet to support him and man
power beyond the dreams of defeated COM
manders such as ourselves
However, we we're far from the Philip
pines by that time.
We entrucked at Muksaq at 10 p. m. on
Oct 5, 1914, were taken to Taihoku, put on
train and got under way at II p. m. We
we're in that miserable train all night and
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their fights under the Geneva convention
and refused to engage in menial work
These officers were no longer per-
mitted to lie or sit on their hunks before
bedtime. They could not assemble in
groups of more than two They could not
visit outside their barracks. All their
entertainment was Cancelled. Two or three
times every night they we're routed out
of bed, had to dress, go to the parade
grounds and stand roll call. They were
always kept waiting in the dark for a Jap
officer to appear. When they were dis
missed they came back undreSSed, went
back to bed for another hour or two. and
then were summoned again.
At one Of their worst times during this
period. with the older officers hardly able
to do more than-stand, the Japs authorized
the slaughter of one pig each week. Those
pigs had been bought and raised by our
men, including the officers who were now
being made to work against all covenants
and their wishes.
But when the first pig was butchered
the Japs took all the best cuts, gave the
remaining parts to the enlisted men, who,
of course, were still working (and who had
never been given a chance to rebeD, and
70 those officers who had remained at
work
To,,.ord +,o o,,d of +ho;, foorf,,l o,dool
+,.o nroso,ta4;,oS - st @ - of +bo p,otootiuo %
pov.o, ,,;s;tad tbo cbiralauo oa,,on Tbo
co,oa Co,Ton+ion ,i( , ,1ro,ides that heI
49,. ~, sa,
evtral r aove,n,ent 70 % act az tbar renre
sentative in deaiina with the enemv nation
ir r9atters concornina o. n,isoners Of war
Switzerland was tbo protective mower fo,.
tbo = & and Rrtisb nrisoners sweden
ranresontod tho Dutch A Swiss and
Swedish doIeoa+e made tbo trim 70 the
camn
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General Transferred
To Worst Camp
XlssSAl2s Ss II

car,reht iei5 Klne Features SYNDICATE Inc.
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CHAPTER 36

T HE beartless Japs at Shirakawa prison
camp quickly took steps to punish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23

Mrs. Wainwright holds tight
" to the generals orm os they
look into eoch Others eyes of
their first meeting in more
thon four yeors. Their son.
Comdr. Jonothon Wainwright
V, ond his wife owoit their
turn to greet the general.
Gen. Jonothon M. Woin-
wright solutes as he oIiehts
from on Air Transport Com
mond pIone at National Air
port to receive O heros vel
come to the Notions Capitol.
Mrs. Wainwright is at rioht.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John
Q. Grant Observe
5Oth Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. John o. Grant
will celebrate their golden we'd
ding anniversary with open
house at their home at 303 La
fayette street Sunday afternoon.
Celebrating the occasion with
them will be all of their sons and
daughters except Mrs. c. w.
Carlson of New York who is
unable to make the trip at this
time. Present will be Hubert F.
Grant, J. o. Grant, Jr., Mrs. d.
c. Lear, Mrs. Cora Belle McGrath
and Mrs. Florence Sparkman, all
of whom make their homes in
Pascagoula, and as many of the
% grandchildren and six great
grandchildren as possible.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Grant are
natives of Pascagoula and their
parents were pioneer families.
Scores of friends and relatives
from this section and from out
of town will offer c%ongratula-
tions on the 50th anniversary of
their marriage.
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Decision as Ha best set of amwsn rs snHvY with hh taft of hl institute on Pot~u Reemguson
New Yh University sponsor of hh eueA All answers bsoms+ the properly of hti n+AHon No person
my eeNs more thea one sd for the anne series Of Questions. The Institute an educational agency
program and promotes no cause lis VsdoH ushvHsn of which this is one He daiped solely
to hcs5n PoPdH undHhndng of cur economic Ha
INSTITUTE ON POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION
New York University Washington Square New York !. NY.
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Brother Of Mrs. A.
B. Smith Wounded
In Bottle On Luzon

Mrs. A. B. Smith, 1911 z. Du-
pont, Pascagoula, and other rel
atives of Pfc. Walter c. Martin
in Pascagoula, have learned that
he was wounded in the left leg
while fighting on Luzon, on May
second.
Their anxiety have been allev-
iatd by the news that he is re-
covering satisfactory from his in
juries at a base hospital in the
Philippines.
Pfc. Martin was awarded the
Combat Infantryman badge for
his participation in the 16-day
battle for Zig-Zag Pass, on Lu-
zon.
He was with Company A, Of the
l52nd Infantry, that was assigned
to take a hill bitterly defended by
the Japs, and with his Browning
automatic led the way to the hill
top where the Japs suddenly
opened up with machine gun fire.
The battle lasted until dusk, when
the Americans dug in for the
night. The next day they COM
pleted their mission by clearing
the Japs from the opposite slope
of the hill.
Mrs. Smith has still another
brother in the service. He is Cpl.
Frank Martin, who is stationed
near Paris, France.
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Womon's Society Hos
Meeting AT Home Of
Mrs. w. w. HUGHES

A meeting of the Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service of the
Eastlawn Methodist church was
held Monday with the president.
Mrs. W. w. Hughes at her home
in Bayou Casotte.
The session was opened by Mrs.
Hughes, who led in prayer after
which a devotional program in
which all members took part was
conducted by Mrs. j F. Upchurch.
The society lost a faithful mem
Der in the departure of Mrs. r. A.
Jones for her home in Birming-
ham this week.
During the social hour the host
ess was assisted by Miss Lucy
ST. ider in serving refreshments.
There were nine members and
three visitors present.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. w. W. Wilson at 901 River
Road.
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ONE or THE DEEPEST traits

ONE OF THE DEEPEST traits
in human nature, is mans prefer
ence for the countryside he was
born to, and the nostalgia he
feels when space and time have
carried him far away from it.
Some time ago the papers carried
an amusing little story Of a sol
der in Africa who had his fam
lily send him a little packet Of
sweepings of the dust and CRIME
from a cement tenement yard
just so he might carry close to
him a little of the sacred soil of
Brooklyn. Our own feelings for
a countryside" like Brooklyn
are somewhat different, but new
er would we deny that this boy
had a deep and understandable
love for the place that was fami-
liar to him in the days Of child
hood.
Perhaps the fact that child
mood is a relatively carefree time
is the reason we feel the way we
do about our hometowns and
roads and rivers and even our
Brooklyn tenements when they
are home"
We thought of all this the 9TH
er day while riding on a bus
from Biloxi behind a young
homesick soldier from Califor-
MIA. He was in transit from some
far place to some other equally
unappealing to him. He talked
of the hills and valleys of Cali
fornia with a sort of crude poe
try, calling off the names of the
trees and fruits and vines-"lem-
ons and oranges, redwoods and
birch, Concords and Thompson
seedless." "You never see a pine
tree there until you get away
up on a mountain" he said.
Look at this flat monotonous
country here" he said. And idly
we looked at it. The pines were
shining in the sun, bass broke in
the lakes. and the rushes grew
thick and green. Far out were
the cleaning gulf and the islands.
The familiar smell of train smoke
drffted over the salty landscape.
The mountains and the Thomp-
son Seedless vineyards of Cali
fornia must be pleasant, but on
the whole they leave us I'M
moved. But this green sparkling
coast of Mississippi is part of us
forever, and certainly we have
the right to hope that there is
a coast line like it on one of the
bays of heaven. Someone once
wrote a book called Heaven is
a Windy Hill" But we say, eve
ny man to his own heaven, In
paradise we will leave the hills
to the hillfolk. and push on till
we find that balmy, sandy, in
denied coast where the shrimp
ers and oystermen and anglers
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P~oscogoulo FdmilY
Enjoys Annuol Picnic
Neor Bayou Cosotte

Following an annual custom,
members of the large Walker
family and relatives, including
the B. H. Pickett clan of Pasca-
goula and the G.. B. Foster kin
of Mobile, held an overnight pic
mic at a point on the beach near
Bayou Casotte last Saturday and
Sunday.
The guest of honor was 1t.
J. L. Mitchell. USCG. husband of
Mrs. Marguerite Pickett Mitchell,
who departed Sunday evening to
report to his ship, soon to go on
overseas duty.
A picnic supper was enjoyed
and this was followed by an al
fresco breakfast the following
morning.
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producing states. Mississippi
should land the mill and Pasca-
goula would make an ideal loca-
ton in Mississippi, with its fine
harbor facilities and rail connec-
tons for shipping and its access
sibility to raw pine.
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INSCRIPTION RATES

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS does moi give . Newspaper
the right to publish scandals. attack innocent individuals or
business firms. Neither does FREEDOM OF SPEECH give the
IndividuaI the riqhf to be smear the reputation of outstanding
citizens. attack the communitYs leading institutions. nor START
whispering campaigns for the sole reason OF disturbing. the
public peace. TO violate the above rights and privileges Is 10
endanger the rights and happiness OF all"