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TWO WILMINGTON MORNING NEWS. WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1944 POST-WAR RECORD SIX ON CASUALTY WAVES CAMPAIGN Flame-Throwing Tank In Action On Saipan at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning. He had been overseas since last July, following infantry training at Camp Wheeler. Ga. He entered the service in February, 1943.

Surviving are his parents, three brothers. Vincent. Louis and Frank Capano, and a sister, Anegeline Capano. Private Caputo, who participated in the capture of Cherbourg without injury, was wounded shortly afterwards during the further drive into France. Writing to his parents from a hosmtal in England on July 11.

Company, who is also chairman of the Delaware Committee for Economic Development. 1. Post-war employment in the local research laboratories will certainly be no less than in 1939 or 1940 but will gradually increase in line with expected increase in the company's activities. 2. The possibility exists of employment for perhaps 25 per cent more people than are employed at present in the pigment department plants at Edge Moor and Newport.

3. The post-war demand for nylon is expected to require full utilization of the Seaford plant, providing a total of approximately 2.000 jobs all a net gain for the state since the development of nylon. BACKED BY MAYOR Women Who Enlist Receive, Will Benefit This City After War, He Says The assistance of ill residents of 4 Wilmington In the WAVE Victory Drive, July 23 to Aug. 8, is uked by Mayor Albert W. James in a pro-clamatlon issued yesterday.

The mayor emphasized that women who enlist in the WAVES from Wilmington and who then receive the advanced schooling and training which the service offers will greatly assist the growth and progress of the city in the years of peace. The text of the proclamation fol-' lows: "Whereas, the women of the United States of America are today their nation in its hour of need to a greater extent than ever before in the armed services; and "Whereas, it is the duty of every EMPLOYMENT SEEN Industrial Leaders Outline Plans Prepared for Ex pansion of Business Here An optimistic forecast of post-war employment and business conditions in Delaware was given by several industrialists yesterday who spoke at the invitation of the manufacturing section of the Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon in the Hotel DuPont. Henry E. Ford, assistant director of the development department of the DuPont Company, predicted record peacetime employment. R.

H. Rush, assistant to the presi dent of All-American Aviation, disclosed plans for his company's expansion of airline outes with ihe development of passenger facilities as well as mail pick-up. J. G. Weaver, resident sales manager of the Eastern Malleable Iron Company, revealed that his concern's post-war committee, functioning equipment needed to meet competition and keep manufacture at a high level.

To Double Working Force W. A. Speakman, president of the Speakman Company, estimated that his company's working force will be doubled, approximately, when brass again can be used in the manufacture of plumbing fixtures. The second in a series of post war planning meetings sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday's luncheon was presided over by Petrus W. Meyeringh, a vice-president of the Hercules Powder v.3 A V.

S. Marine flame-throwing tank moves into action against a Jap island in the Marianas. (AP wirephoto from Marine Corps.) LIS! FROM STATE Three are Killed in Action; Two Reported Wounded; Another Dies of Injuries One Delaware Navy man has been killed in action in the South Pa cific, and two Dslaware soldiers have been killed in action in France, according to the latest casualty lists. Thomas Lankford, 22, yeoman third class, U. S.

Navy, who was educated here and employed by the Hercules Powder Company prior to entering the service, was killed in the South Pacific on May 14, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude L- Lank-ford, of Federalsburg. Md. Sergt.

John G. Cannon, 23, husband of the former Miss Margaret Paquette Cannon, of MUford, and Pfc. Ed ward John Rucinski, 29, son of Mrs. Rose Rucinski, 1209 Lincoln Street, were killed in France the week fol lowing the invasion. Pfc.

Mario J. Capano. 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Capano, 521 North DuPont Street, died in France on June 25, from wounds received in battle on June 19.

Private Pas- quale Caputo, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Canio Caputo, 224 Madison Street, was wounded in France fol lowing the capture of Cherbourg early in July. Recovering From Injury First Lieut. Daniel J.

Holoviak, husband of Mrs. Carolyn Maier Holoviak, 905 Lore Avenue, Gordon Heights, was injured in France and is recuperating in a hospital in England. The extent of his injuries or the mariner in which they were incurred have not been learned by Mrs. Holoviak. Yeoman Lankford, who was employed by the Hercules Powder Company in January, 1941, following his graduation from Be acorn Business College, worked at the Radford, Va.

plant in the engineering depart ment, until transferred to the office in Wilmington in August of that year. He entered the Navy in December, 1943. Sergeant Cannon, who enlisted in the Infantry in May, 1942, and went overseas last January, was a graduate of the Milford High School. The last letters received by his family from him were written several weeks before he was killed. Sergeant Can.

non is survived by his wife, a son, seven months old, whom he had I seen only once; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Cannon, of Milford; two brothers, Charles and Wilson Cannon, and a sister, Mrs. A.

Otho- son, of St. Georges. Private Rucinski, serving in the Infantry, was killed in action in France on June 9. Inducted in May, 1942, receiving his training at Camp Croft, S. and at camps in Georgia and Florida, he had been stationed in England for the past six months.

Prior to entering the service, he had been employed by the Allied Kid Company. Besides his parents, Private Rucinski is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Frances Carter, Mrs. Gertrude Elliott, Agnes and Helen Rucinski, and three brothers, Joseph, Bernard and Private Rucinski. Mass For Soldier A solemn requiem mass will be said for Private Capano at St.

Anthony's R. C. Church, where he was an active member of the parish C. Y. before entering the service, Guam, Coveted by Japan, At Crossroads of Pacific By The Associated Press Guam, at the crossroads of Pacific empire and coveted by Japan most of the 43 years the United States possessed it, was the first American territory captured by the Japanese.

Navy Capt. George Johnson McMillan and his small garrison of sailors and Marines held off an overwhelming invading force for a time. Then on Dec. 10, ,1941, its radio station went off the air. Jan.

17 1942. Jaoanese At dealers1 in Your Favorite Flavor he described his experiences. A former student at the Brown Vocational School and an employe of the Penn- sylvanif Railroad, he was inducted into the service in August, 1343, and went overseas six months ago. Lieutenant Holoviak of the Ninth Infantry Division, who received the Silver Star for gallantry in action in Sicily, took part in the invasions of North Africa and Sicily, as well as France He expects to rejoin his unit in France soon. U.

S. SUED FOR RETURN OF $182,621 STAMP TAX A suit against the United States of America for recovery of $182,621.98 collected as a documentary stamp tax, was filed on behalf of the Atlas Corporation, a Delaware corporation, by its local counsel. Souther-land, Berl as Potter, in the U. S. District Court yesterday.

The plaintiff company which has its principal headquarters in jersey City, N. alleges that the tax was illesally and erroneously exacted from it and paid to the Collector of U. S. Internal Revenue in connec tion with transfer of title of various securities Involved in the consolidation of Pacific Eastern Corporation, the Shenandoah Corporation, Ster- linff Securities Corporation and Atlas Corporation Sept. 28, 1936, from which consolidation was formed, the Atlas Corporation.

Attempts by the plaintiff to re cover from the Collector of U. S. Internal Revenue in the Northern District of New Jersey and from the Collector of U. S. Internal Revenue having proved unsuccessful, the bill of complaint states, the suit was brought.

BACK TO 6-DAY WEEK HARTFORD. Conn, July 21 (INS) Pratt and Whitney Aircraft and Hamilton Standard Propeller Divisions, of United Aircraft Corp. notified their employes today reduced government requirements make it possible to return to a six-day week. Since shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the East Hartford Aircraft factories have run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. MOnTGAGE LOANS PROMPT ACTION Money Now Available Reasonable Terms Lowest Financing Cost CENTRAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 921 Orange St.

Dial 2-2126 STORE HOURS 9 P. 7ft. pillbox during the conquest of Saipan south of Ukhrul, was an important link in the withdrawal system by which the Japanese have been retrieving as much as possible from their disastrous foray into Manipur State the past winter. In addition to seizing material sorely needed by the enemy, the Allied raiders inflicted sharp casualties on the camp's defenders. Heavy, almost continuous rain continued to restrict activity in all sectors.

Between the deep mud and enemy demolitions. Allied troops pursuing the Japanese along the Tiddim Road 'south of Imphal were able to make but small progress yesterday. Thick mist added to the difficulties of Allied troops pushing the Japanese back in the Palel area, east of Lake Loktak. Only patrol activity was reported from the Myit-kyina area. Stiffening Japanese resistance was reported in the hills southwest of Mogaung.

FINNISH GOVERNMENT DECREES PROHIBITION STOCKHOLM, July 21 0J.B The Finnish Government today decreed nation-wide prohibition to start tomorrow. The Government closed all State liquor stores when the Russian Army began its offensive on June 10, but permitted restaurants to serve liquor. Newspapers have voiced repeated demands that either the liquor stores be re-opened or restaurants be stopped from liquor sales. It was asserted the prohibition decree was motivated by the critical political and military situation, which might lead to possible unrest, as well as by a Government opinion that entertainment in the war- racked nation was unseemly. Buy War Bonds and Stamps! set Make mer PAINT UP NOW WITH THESE SIP news agency, broadcast a purported interview with Captain McMillin, described as a captive on Shikoku Island.

"I want you to tell President Captain McMillin said, "we of the American forces fought valiantly and defended our posts until the last." The Japanese captured the survivors of a garrison of 155 Marines, 400 other naval personnel, including five women nurses, and a larger number of American civilian construction workers building a seaplane base. Blocked Ocean Lanes By taking Guam, the Japanese blocked customary ocean lanes to the Philippines, obtained one of the Pacincs best harbors at Apra an chorage and consolidated defenses along a 2.200 mile sea front from Tokyo to Truk. Guam is 1,565 miles south of To kyo, 635 miles northwest of Truk, 500 miles northeast of Yap and 810 miles northeast of Palau. Japan's seizure of Guam left unanswered a question which disturbed Congress and the nation "for years whether it was military feasible to fortify it. After expiration of the Washing ton naval treaty in 1936, Navy ex perts outlined fortification plans and costs which were rejected by Con gress.

Some lawmakers argued Guam could not be made im pregnable; others held its fortifica tion would anger Japan. A seaplane base was ordered built. Guam has about 22,700 inhabi tants, all but about 1,000 being Chamorro natives. SUPPLIES ARE TAKEN FROM FLEEING JAPS SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, July 21 (IF) Giving no rest to beaten Japanese straggling through the monsoon rains out of eastern India, Allied raiders have struck at the enemy's staging camp at Meir. tag and captured great quantities of equipment, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten headquarters announced today.

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U. of Continued From First Page courses taken while in the armed services will be liberally interpreted, depending on the training received, so that there will be no useless repetition of courses. In many cases refresher courses will be planned by the department concerned. Many different courses are offered, all fully accredited, in engineering, agriculture, education, arts and science, home economics, art, and music, with opportunities to major in special fields, such as pre-medicine, pre-law, modern languages, mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Under the G.

I. Bill of Rights, a discharged service man may select any approved college. For one year and for as much longer as he was in service after 16, 1940 the Federal government will pay the fees for books, supplies, and equip ment up to $o00 a year and in addition, will pay a subsistence allowance of $50 a month or $75 a month, if the service man has dependents. Veterans who served in the armed forces after Sept. 16, 1940 and have received honorable discharge, whose education was delayed or interrupted by entrance into the service, and who served 90 days or more, or who were discharged because of a service-incurred injury or disability are eligible for the higher educational training, if they apply within two years after discharge.

A pamphlet explaining these pro visions as to allowance by the government and the courses offered by tne university of. Delaware is now being printed and copies will be dis tributed within a few days through tht Veterans Clearing Bureau, at Eighth and Shipley Streets, and through the Veterans Administration, as well as through the United States Employment Service and other organizations. Copies may be obtained from the University of Delaware in Newark. DRAVO TO LAUNCH LSM Another landing shin will be added to the Dravo-built flotilla when the LSM 220 is launched at the corpora tions Wilmington yards next Tues day. Mrs.

Gulick Z. Knight of Philadelphia, Pa, will be the ship's sponsor, and her escort will oe Mrs. W. Howard West of Rochester, N. Y.

Mrs. Knight's husband. Lieut. G. Z.

Knight, is in charge of the landing crait commissioning detail in the Dravo-Wilmington yards. Let freedom ring on Uncle Sam's cash registerl Buy V. S. War Bonds and Stamps! CARS WITHOUT USE TAX STAMPS BEING TAGGED The tagging of automobiles not bearing the federal auto use tax stamp on the windshields is being continued by agents from the office of the Collector of U. S.

Internal Revenue. District of Delaware, it was announced yesterday. Everyone who receives a tag must return it to the Internal Revenue office on the third floor of the Federal Building to avoid penalty. License numbers of all tagged cars are kept at the office, and motorists who ignore the tag will be subject to the S25 fine provided by law for those who do not display the stamps after July 1. 8 ARE KILLED AS FLYING FORTS COLLIDE IN AIR TAMPA, July 21 (u.P Eight fliers were killed, 10 injured and two are missing as a result of a collision of two Flying Fortresses in the air near Brooksville, Fla, Army officials announced here today.

None was from Delaware. The planes were on a combat training flight when the crash occurred, the Army said. MAKE FURNITURE NEW AGAIN Just a little pleasant pastime and yea make a shabby looking piece el furniture new again. Mirrolac Fnml flow easily dries without brush marks; dust-iree in one hour; hard in 4 to hours. MIRROLAC ENAMEL .58 per DEVOE qt, RESTORE VARNISHED FLOORS Ghre your hardwood floori or linoleum this gleaming, durable finish.

Marbl Floor Varnish is the rery latest deTeiop-ment dries bard orermght will net spot white under hot or cold water. MARBLE FLOOR VARNISH 1 .50 per RAYNOLDS INC. PH. 3-4204 1ETOE mm clock Make your home sparkle. Freshen up walls, woodwork and furniture with Devoe Paints.

These paints are known everywhere for high quality long wear! They're made by America's oldest paint company established in 1754. Come in and let us help with your paint problems. We'll be glad to give information or advice. citizen of the United States of America to appraise his or her talents and abilities to the end that they may be best applied to speedy and successful prosecii' tion of the war; and "Whereas, the need for more wo-- men to serve in the Navy WAVES is of the utmost urgency at the present time to release the men of the. Navy to man the fighting ships i at sea; and "Whereas, the advanced and tech-- nlcal training which the women of this country receive in the WAVES will not only be of inestimable value in the winning of the war but also the building of this community Into a healthier, stronger and, greater city in the years of peace which will follow victory; "Now, therefore, Albert W.

James. Mayor of the City of Wit mington. do hereby proclaim July 23 to Aug. 6, 1944, as WAVES' Victory Drive, and "I do hereby call upon all patriotic and civic societies and groups with-. In the city of Wilmington to observe this WAVE Drive with appropriate ceremony wherever possible and to make special mention of their meetings and gatherings of the growing urgency of obtaining recruits for the WAVES; and "I do hereby urge all women be-" tween the ages of 20 and 36 who are 1.

eligible for service in the WAVES to consider seriously whether they can best serve their country in their present capacities or in the women's reserve service of the Navy, the WAVES; and "I do hereby emphasize that such women volunteers free Navy men from shore duties with our vastly increasing fleet, and thus help to avert the disruption of many American families whose fathers might other- wise be drafted; and "I do hereby also emphasize that those women who enlist in the WAVES from this community and who therefore receive the advanced schooling and training which that service offers them will greatly assist the growth and progress of the City of Wilmington in the years of expansion and peace which will fol- low; and finally "I do hereby enjoin all citizens of this city to assist to whatever way possible to provide the maximum number of recruits for the Navy WAVES during the WAVE Victory Drive, July 23 to Aug. 6, 1944." Architects Continued From First Page new things will be in the kitchen, which will be in line with develop- ments made Just prior to and dur- tog the war. He also believes that the majority of private home building in Wil- mington after the war will be to the $10,000 to $15,000 group. "It is this type of builder who has 5 been unable to get priority for ma- terials while an abundance of low cost housing units have been built or are being built during the war housing shortage, ne said. "I think the low cost housing units t' already in this area will probably remain at a standstill ror some time after the war until the population becomes stabilized." Another architect, who has been keeping only a skeleton staff dur-: lng the war, said that his office is not making any plans until labor conditions and prices begin an ad-: Justment that would permit building "We have been approached by a number of persons who wish to build and some have even bought lots, but we dont expect to get started building until prices are more in line with the pre-war era.

This architect expects labor and materials both to remain high for some time after the war. Another architect, whose office has been closed for several months has tentative plans for more than $900,000 in building, most of which la In large projects. "Some of the plans were completed at the start of the war and we are just waiting until work can start. A number of other plans axe to the discussion stage, but builders are waiting to see what the poet-war period brings, he said. WORKHOUSE FUGITIVE GETS JAIL TERM, LASHES Portner J.

Harrison, 23. of Wilmington, who pleaded guilty in the Court of General Sessions yester day to stealing a Workhouse truck, and escaping from the institution was sentenced by Judges Richard Rodney and Frank L. Speakman to 10 lashes and three and one-half years' imprisonment. The lashes are to be applied by Warden Elwood H. Wilson on Sat urday morning, July 29.

During the plead guilty hearings a parole was granted to Robert Samworth, charged with false pre tenses, and to Samuel Pisana charged with larceny. Tne case against Leo Brenner, charged with forgery, was continued. Other sentences were: Charles DeMartine, charged with breaking and entering, one year; Edward A. Ranis, larceny, one year; David Murray, larceny, one year; Charles Warwick, larceny, six months; Charles T. Wheeler, larceny, six months: Clarence Whte, breaking and entering, one year.

your SUMMER the most of your sum- and shop in the con- of our July and venience August store hours. We are NOT open Friday evening so that our loyal store family may enjoy a complete and restful two-day week-end during these torrid summer months. out Sunday! On ctt ie next to the wood. One coit goe cit to tb Mthr. NEW 2-COAT SYSTEM LASTS TWICE AS LONG Dmi'i now nttcm urn ib to 5055 in ointiRf coots fWo a whiter job that oatUiU (then 2 to 1.

On coat tciU oW saint surface. Tb othor dene wear and weather. DEVOE 2-C0AT SYSTEM HOUSE PAINT $Q-50 per gal. DRESS-UP YOUR WALLS Freshen up your walla dres them in new, attractrr colon. Velour Finish frre a soft, lustrous sheen that is artistic, durable and easily cleaned.

It ia an attractive wall nnish that's nifhtj prac tical at the i VELOUR DEV0E FINISH $V45 C5a7M) I per gal. DINE WHERE IT IS DELIGHTFULLY COOL JtUncUcf fe 9:30 to. 9:30 4 You'll enjoy a visit to this picturesque and historical spot built' in 1763 and everyone relishes our delicious home cooking that's so tastefully prepared. To avoid disappointment we suggest you phone Wilmington 7197 for reservations. COMPLETE DINNERS START AT 1.50 CHICKEN STEAKS CHOPS Served 2.30 to 8.30 P.

M. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY to 5:30 James Bradford Co. Kent Manor 1 Mile South of Wilminjtoi On the DaPoat Highway DIVISION OF DEVOE 212 MARKET ST..