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'it Two Journal-Evrry Evening, Wilmington, Delaware, Sat unlay. May 27, 19i i theirjiT 4 the new plan and pledged 80 Arc Drawn Graduate Nurses Receive Diplomas roorwra tlnn. yl MJ, "lllliuill To Elect Officers Today Wilmington Coast Guardsman Learns to Stay Put in Foxhole For Petit Jiu when forced to by HONOLULU. May Tl quitting only i It was pitch dark out. Visibility Leads Hectic Life his er.lisvnent at was extremely poor.

Nooody could i Balti Croup to Report for Duty On Tuesday, June 13, In U. S. District Court Since more, a little more than two 3ears ago, Joe has led tius type of life. Besides the Oilberu. see far, he figured, so he ventured out of his foxhole to stretch his cramped legs.

Zing! A snipers bullet whizzed past his head. Joseph M. Cervelll, 29, electrician's mate, first class, 523 West Third Street, Wilmington, now at- i 1 'i 1 If tn i 1 v. 2 he participated in the North African and Sicilian invasions. At both places, he volunteered for extra duty i during the landings.

As an de tached to the Coast Guard captain triclan. his duties were practically The War Finance Committee submitted to Mr. Harvell the names of civilian defense workers who in the Second, Third, and Fourth War Loan drives had been particularly active in obtaining war bond pledges. These names were entered into a pool of possible recruits for the Fifth War Loan campaign. Each captain has been informed by Mr.

Gray that the War Finance Committee has advised all civilian defense officials and other volunteers in previous war loan drives of the new house-to-house plan of organization and that the list of names in the solicitors' pool has been submitted to Mr. Harvell. The district captains announced by Mr. Harvell follow: Hiram B. Battis, 205 west Thirty-eighth Street; Mrs.

Gertrude Betley, 915 Linden Street: Edwin Clark, 414 McCabe Avenue; Mrs. Anne Coale, Silverside Road; Herman Cohen, 1201 Rosedale Road; Aldridge Craig, 1324 Linden Street; James Donovan, 1519 West Tenth Street; Harold Figgs, 117 Reamer Avenue; Joseph Fury, 709 Bellevue Road, Eldred Gonzales, 42'i East Summit Avenue. William Helms. 1303 Clayton Street; Ivan Herr, 18 Polk Drive, Edge Moor GaT-dens; Charles Higgins, 403 McCabe Avenue; G. Hopkins, 103 Linden Street; i- of the port detail here, learned a "rul," while the men and supplies lesson in that moment he will never were being unloaded.

Rather tha forget. He leaped back to the safety stand by twiddling his thumbs. YA of his Makin atoll foxhole that I offered to loin the crews unloading night, knowing never again to ex the barges on the beach. One of Cervellis proudest boasts is his family's service record. Besides himself, there are three more Cervelli brothers in the armed service, Nick in the Army; Henry, the Navy; and Martin, the Marines.

When his present Job is completed, he plans returning to his old one in the Wilmington shop of Pennsylvania Railroad. The petit jury of the U. S. District Court will report at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, June 13. Eighty names were drawn by Edward O.

Pollard, clerk, more than usual under war time conditions. The list of Jurors is: Mayerinfh. 13S Nottingham Road; H. Clymer. Oordon Heignts; w.

Denny Clement Dover: Julius M. Schneider. Citi-lens Bank Building; Mrs, H. J. Swezev, 10OJ Broom Street, George E.

Vandegnft, 804 West Twentieth Street; Warren K. Clayton, 1Q.U Clayton Street: Oeorge W. Powell, Marsrt Road. North Sherman C. Lloyd.

1403 Qllpin Arenue, H. J. Mayer, 31S Rowland Park Boulevard. Carrcroft. Oeorge Johnson, Millsboro; Mra.

C. M. Barton, Cecil Road, Westover Hills; Charlea Xlingmyer, New Castle; Mrs. J. Jonet, 1124 Bancroft Parkway.

Charles V'aggamon Berl, 1813 North Broom Street; William M. Pickering, Dover. Oeorge A. Culver, 1313 Woodlawn Avenue; Mrs. John Plckard, Old Mill Road, Oreenville; Charlea Ellis, Frankford; Clark-eon T.

Taylor, 133 Blackshire Road; Clarence M. Dillon. 1308 Olipin Avenue; Edward W. Parvis, 131 West Seventeenth Street; George M. Pierce.

1337 Washington Street; Trowbridge Marston. Pike Creek Road, White Clay Creek Hundred. William Clark Vernon. Pembrev, Brandv- Photo by Davis Studios. SHOWN above are the 16 graduates of the St.

Francis Hospital School of Nursing who received their diplomas on Thursday, and their instructors, Sister M. M. Antonia, Mrs. Olive Healy, and Miss Ada Moratti. Graduates are: Miss Helen Teresa Bacon, Miss Frances Marie Casey, Miss Catherine Marie Cosden, Miss Marydelle Dunion, Miss Margaret Marie Gill, Miss Dorothy WUletto Hall, all of Chester, Miss Catherine Mary Beatson, Miss Helen Marie Hession, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Pellegrino, all of Wilmington; Miss Ann Marie Burns, and Miss Bernice Georgina Campbell of Coaldale, Miss Anna Jane Crother of Elsmere, Miss Elizabeth Louise Faunt and Miss Margaret Yvonne Jennings of Penn's Grove, Miss Louise Catherine Schneider of Sharon Hill, and Miss Anna Mary Ward of Philadelphia.

pose himself to fire, no matter what the protection seemed to be. Ashore Firat Day Cervelli went ashore at Makin the first day, loaded down with a rifle and full pack and remained for four months. He was a member of a Coast Guard boat pool. It was the duty of this group to keep the landing barges in running order. Cer-velli's specific duty was to maintain the electrical parts of the craft.

In those four months they had but one day off, a Sunday, when it so happened no ships were in to unload supplies. They had no regular hours, usually getting down to business immediately after morning "chow" and A 1 Torch Fires Cornice District firemen yesterday extin- petition and two prizes for men's groups Sydney Horowitz, 501 West Ninth Street; James Houston, 3003 Madison Street: Mrs. James Houston, 3003 Madison Street; Paul Huff. 301 South DuPont Street; Israel Levy, 31 West Thirty-eighth Street: Bayard Lin-dell, 1205 Brandywine Boulevard; Anthony Longo, 1801 West Fourth Street; Harry Middleton, 2408 Jefferson Street. Mrs.

Alberta Roan, Shipslde; Lloyd Rumple, 607 West Seventh Street; Charles Schreiner, 523 Langham Road. One prize will be awarded for the nirTnillTmi-WiMfralfr of John Mazio, 910 Lancaster Avenue. Firemen said the fire was caused by a hand torch used in removing paint. greatest, total war bond sales; the other prize on the basis of the Morris Shames, 613 West Twenty-eighth Street; Mrs. Lillian Smith, 1708 Main Street; Mrs.

Margaret Suttles, 15 Jefferson Avenue, Wilmington Manor; Mrs. Anna Tee, 2925 Washington Street; Wallace Thomson. Bellefonte: Ralph Whitehead, 1108 Wynnebrook Road; Charles Wolfe, 1903 Jefferson Street. Limited Edition of Broadside To Be Awarded at Book Rqlly i Noted Author Writes Special Item for Wilmington; Men's and Women's Groups Are Competing In Sale of Bonds for June 14 Event in Playhouse A limited edition of a broadside, printed by Rodman Ward of near Wilmington and specially written for Wilmington by Carl Carmer, noted author, will be one of the featured offers at the Book and Authors Rally in the Playhouse June 14 in connection with the Fifth War Bond Drive. Harry W.

Loose; Harry W. Loose of Edge Moor Terrace, class of 1920, is the unopposed nominee for the presidency of the Alumni Association of the University of Delaware. The annual business meeting and election are being held this afternoon in the lounge of Brown Hall at the university. Because of transportation diffi greatest total per capita sales. The award on per capita sales will be based on the total membership of the club as of June 1.

Manuscripts, paintings, which will be awarded to the winning groups, will be presented to the Public Library and other designated public institutions by the clubs winning the awards. The institutions to receive the prizes will be named in advance of the opening of the contest. Clubs desiring to become sponsors and to enter the competition may da so by having their presidents write a letter to the chairman of the committee on sponsors, stating that Red Cross Interviews Overseas Applicants Applicants for overseas posts with the American Red Cross will be in culties, the lack of dining facilities, special One hundred Issues of the broadside will be distributed as awards during the evening rally which will start at 8:15 o'clock. terviewed by Mrs. Anna S.

Clewell, personnel field representative of the North Atlantic area of the Red Admission to the rallies will be and the small number of civilians now in school, no activities are being planned. Nominees for other posts are: Vice-President: Joseph M. Cherpak, '26; for the shto mute ale NOON-TO-NINE extra bond to secure a ticket rallies. the club wishes to compete for the wine Hundred; William Bright, State Road, near New Castle; Oscar N. Smith, 1328 Walnut Sweet; Royal C.

Hull, Westover Hills; Leroy F. Hawke. 1500 Maryland Avenue; E. D. Ramsaur, Darling Court Apartments.

Samuel Seaford; Edward B. Anderson, 814 Blackshire Road; H. C. Ferguson, 2511 Madison 8treet; Harold P. Mansfield, 1700 OreenhiU Avenue; Hugh V.

Blackwell. 605 Briehton Road. Park View, Brandywine Hundred; Raymond Dasher, Bear Station; Mrs. Gilbert Stephenson, 814 Broom Street. Lyndon A.

Caulk. Woodside. North Mur-derkill Hundred; 7. W. Bradway, 2317 Gilpin Avenue.

Charles P. Witsil. 2533 Jefferson 8treet; E. Paul Godfrey. Millsboro; Charles W.

Townsend, Millville: Mrs. F. Sparre, 1023 Delaware Avenue; F. E. Warrington, 100 Lore Avenue, Hillcrest; Mrs.

Fred C. Zels-burg, Weldon Road, Brandywine Hundred; Charles W. Frampton, 705 Rodman Road, Bfllefonte; N. C. Longmire.

1513 West Fourteenth Street; Harry L. Tatnall, 1500 North Rodney. Joseph H. Shaw. 2305 Ridgeway Road; William duPont, Bellevue; Miss Elizabeth T.

Doughten. 804 North Jackson Street; Oeorge W. Collins, Magnolia. 1. P.

O'Neill, 709 Coverdale Road; Lewis S. Black. 108 West Twenty-eighth Street; R. J. Wolhar.

1021 North Clayton Street; Desmond A. Lyons. 1215 Talley Road, Belle-fonte; Miss Grace Beadenkopf, 1105 North Rodney Street; Mrs. E. Q.

Bullock, 714 GreenhlU Avenue; Harry C. Lynch. Felton; Edwin A. Butler, 2600 North Van Buren Street. Leo J.

Lange, 810 McCabe Avenue; T. E. Doremus. 919 Westover Road, Westover Hills; Joseph Lybrand Pyle, 2 Bedford Court; Adolph O. Huber, Boxwood Road.

Marshallton: Arnold Steele, Millsboro; Saul L. Cohen, Centreville; Alfred H. Reyam, 3510 Monroe Street: William B. Thomp LLeon deVailnger, Jr '30. "Anv of the following issues mav i prizes.

In this letter the total num- be sold: E. F. and Taxj eTS in th orJune 1 1, should be given. Clubs entering Notes, available June 1, 2 per cent the competition should register not later than June 3 Cross, who will visit Wilmington next Friday. She will interview applicants from 9 a.

to 5 at headquarters of the Delaware Chapter, 911 Delaware Avenue. Men between the ages of 30 and 50 are needed for foreign service in such positions as assistant field directors, club directors, or program directors. Women between the ages of 25 and 40 may apply for overseas work as secretaries, hospital staff aides, club staff assistants, or staff social workers. Numerous other positions are open overseas. Mrs.

Clewell will interview applicants for positions in this country Treasurer: Horace L. Deakyne, ia, Alexander J. Taylor, '30. Alumni Council (two to be elected! Joseph M. McVev, '04: John W.

Alden. 10; C. E. Taylor, '11; Milton L. Draper.

'22; Harry H. Parker, '32. Nominating Committee iflve, to bp elected John P. Cann, '01; Evans H. Crossan.

04: L. Irving Handy. '11; Charles E. Grubb. '14; C-arence E.

Keyes. '17: E. Newman Rose. '23; Harold W. Clift.

'24; Ralph W. Beach. '32; Charles McCarthy, '32; C. Rover Donoho, '38. through the purchase of war bonds beginning June 1.

Books, manuscripts and paintings will be auctioned for bonds at the evening meeting. Fadiman To Appear Mr. Carmer will be one of Ave literary personalities who will attend the rally. The others will be Clifton Fadiman, noted quiz master and book reviewer; Bertita author of novels with central Europe as her theme; Robert Lawson, illustrator of "Ferdinand the Marquis Child, columnist, political writer and author of many books, including "Sweden: Middle Way" and "Washington Calling." Mr. Carmer's original manuscript of the broadside will also be auc- "Some of the volunteer canvassers during the bond drive," Mr.

Harvell explained, "are men and women of the civilian defense who were active in previous war loan drives. Others are citizens who are entering into the work for the first time. At the same time, Harry O. Gray, and 2 4 per cent Treasury Bonds, Ts per cent Treasury Certificates and Vi per cent Treasury Notes, available June 12. "Subscriber's portion of thje 'Receipt for Bond Purchase" forms must be retained by the purchaser of the bond.

It must be endorsed by the issuing agency where the lond is purchased. The purchaser must exchange it for a ticket to one! of the rallies. The ticket will be issued in War in manager of the Delaware military camps, hospitals, and Finance Committee, explained that similar work. There is a great need exchange for the for the Fifth War Loan drive a she says, for those persons who can por- of solicitations has meet Red Cross requirements both tion of the blank at the PMyhouse new system Radio Tour Planned Under the supervision of Howard i A. Casseday, radio instructor, the radio class of the H.

Fletcher Brown Vocational School, consisting of two sections, will visit Radio City in New I York on Monday, where they will witness a television program. The groups will also visit the R. C. A. Trans-Atlantic transmitter building, where all foreign programs are sent out.

mi for overseas and domestic work. son, Red Lion; F. G. Singer, 904 DuPont Fisher, 1203 I tioned for war bonds. Road, Westover Hills; H.

M. ticket office at specific times which will be announced over the radio and in the press. Prizes to Be Presented Virginia Street, Hilltop Manor. been adopted. He said that while the civilian defense is not handling the house-to-house canvassing as in the past, the defense sector leaders recently Persons wishing to be interviewed are asked to call Mrs.

Daniel O. Hastings, at Delaware Red Cross headquarters, telephone 5-3341. Two prizes will be awarded for gave their whole hearted support to for appointments omens groups entering tnp com- Patrick S. Lombard, Salisbury Drive and Beefcman Road, Brandywine Hundred; R. Carl Baraberger, Harrison Avenue, Silver-side Heights, Brandywine Hundred; Mrs.

Howard Mansfield, 2409 West Seventeenth Street; James Fraser, 318 Springfield Avenue, Hillcrest; Walter D. Bush, 2510 West Eighteenth Street; Mrs. Edith Marre, Cleveland Avenue, Newark. William Johnson, 118 Delaware Avenue; William J. Holland, Rehoboth; Charles R.

Pryor, Clayton, and Samuel T. Mccormick, 2715 Broom Street. 1 OPEN MONDAY noon-io nine 100 wool Mr. Ward, who is an official of the Equitable Trust Company, has a press of his own on which he privately prints booklets and broadsides as a hobby. Teams Organized In the meantime, another phase of the approaching Fifth War Loan Drive is the development of the city-wide corps of house-to-house canvassers under the general leadership of Carl W.

Harvell, city sales manager for the Delaware War Finance Committee. Yesterday Mr. Harvell announced the names of 32 district treasury volunteer captains who will organize their own teams. In the meantime, Harland A. Carpenter, librarian of the Wilmington Library and general chairman of the author's rally, announced today that Charles W.

Bush and Mrs. George E. Cox are co-chairmen of the sponsors committee for the rally. Sponsoring Committee Members Other members of the committee Mrs. W.

Lysle Alderson, Leon W. Ashton. William C. Clover, Edward B. Dulmage, Mrs.

James N. Ginns, Mrs. Joseph Holton Jones, William J. Mearns, Thomas W. Reed, Jack Robison, Mrs.

Frank R. Swezey. In conneetion with the rallies-there will be two, one in the afternoon at 3 o'clock and the other in the evening prizes will be awarded to organizations making the greatest total of war bond sales before the events. The dates of the competition are from to June 13 inclusive. Contest Rules Given The co-chairmen announced today the following rules: "No corporation sales may be included.

Competition is limited to individual sales only. "Only sales initiated by members of competing groups and recorded on special "Receipt for Bond Purchase" forms may be counted in the contest. "Only actual sales of bonds will be credited to the competing organizations. Subscriptions may not be counted. "Bond purchases under the payroll deduction plan may not be counted in the competition.

People buying bonds regularly through payroll deductions must purchase an Registrar Announces Real Estate Transfers The following real estate transfers were recorded during the past week by City Registrar Charles H. Reed: 705 East Ninth Street, Paul J. Matus-tcwskl and wife, from James Harwood Scanlan, S2.150. North of Second Street, east from Monroe Street, Vincent DuRoss and from Anthony F. Emory, administrator, $1,025.

1008 Adams 8treet, Anna L. Megglnson, from Outten Realty Company, $5,000. 1308 West Seventh Street. Albert Woolley and wife, from Samuel Green and wife. $3,000.

Southwest Corner nt Ninth Avenue and Brown Street. Dominick Picollelli and wife, from Clarissa E. Landell, $250. 607 East Twenty-second Street. Henry Davis and wife, from Isldor Ballck and wife.

$4,200. 312 and 314 East Eighth Street, William Margolin, from William Femberg and Peter Felnberg, administrators c. t. 2 lots, $3,000. Northeast corner Lancaster Avenue and Franklin Street, Peter Gallagher and wife, fnm Anthony Chrranowski and wife, $13,000.

819 East Seventh Street. William G. and wife, from Jennie Kedzierski, $3,500. 109 West Thirtieth Street, Winpate D. Short and wife, from Elizabeth Wallace, $7,300.

Northwest, of Maryland Aenue, southwest from South Franklin Street. William D. Stafford, from Liberty Housing Company, $10,500. 608 East Twenty-second Street. C.

Franklin Leverage and wife, from Oeorge Kearney, $3,900. West of Pine from Eighth Street. Alonzo W. Taylor, from Edward Hussey and wife, $3,000. West of Poplar Street, south from Fourth Street, Samuel Klaiman.

from William J. Montgomery, et $700. 920 French Street, Maggie Doyley, from the Farmers Bank, $5,500. 701 East Twenty-second Street, William Brumbley and wife, from United Credit and Finance Corporation. $4,300.

132 Bird Street, Henry J. Darwickl and wife, from Julia Osowski, $1,300. in hues 1 Jio Let freedom ring on Uncle Sam's cash register! Buy U. S. War Bonds and Samps! Wo Sell cmd Boy Mora left to right i whit cotton Pinafore, with larg floral design, lull iklrt, button-bock, wide ahoulder strap.

Sizes 12 to 16. 7.95 i light-weight Flannel Slack Suit, small check in black er brown and white. Sizes 12 to 20. You well lenow what such Braunstein suits sell or regularly and since there are hut SO of them ive thinlc it advisahle for yom to he here at noon -when ive open on Monday. They're 200 all wool flannels and herringbone tweeds some are in the soft cardigan models others in the 3-htitton classic tailored style.

Colours include rose, aqua, lilac, natural, and gold so they're the ideal suit for vacation, travel and all thru summer wear. In misses sizes hut NOT all sixes in all colours. Every Week Them Any Othes Dealer in Delaware Sure Our Business Is Good We Have Beauty and the beach in plash-dash SaahionM that are so emitiine and alluring This is no fish story our cottons are comfortably cool and talce to -water lilce regular -water-haibiesl Sutft and Sand 12.95 "FLEXEE" Bathing Suit princess line, silk I W(BK US faille red, blue, moize sizes 32 to 40. 5.95 i I Spun rayon Play Suit, well fitted bra, pleated shorts. Aqua, blue, gold sizes 32 to 33.

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