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9 DAILY DISPATCH, MOLINE, ILLINOIS: TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1945. Lt. Victory Pearson Will Represent OVERCHARGES ON Pulitzer Prize Caps Hal Boyle's Career As Writer ugustana College at Ship Launching 4W A FOWLS REPORTED 1 Will Present Gift Honoring Charge Two with Receiving Stolen Government Tools Alumni in Armed Forces, Dinner Will Follow. Complaints Made to 0PA to Be Investigated, Says Director. Lt.

ijg) Victory E. Pearson of Dr. and Mrs. V. R.

Pearson, 904 Forty-third street. Rock Island, will be Augustana's offi cial representa- tive at the Rock Island Two Rock Island men were arrested yesterday on charges cf knowingly receiving stolen government property, bringing to three the number of persons arrested as a result of thefts of precision tools from the J. I. Case company in March, 1944. The two arrested were identified as Ray VanDeVeire, 315 Eighth street, operator of Ray's garage, 106 Sixteenth street.

Rock Island, and launching tomor row of the U. S. S. Augustana vtw Victory, the cere monies to take place at yard No. 2 of the Pcrma-nente Metals Julius Slater, 1560 1 2 Fifth street.

VanDeVeire is accused of having received two 24-inch height gauges valued at $200 each and two calipers Richmond, I Cal. William valued at Slater is accused of having received a height gauge lt. pearson Freistat, son of Housewives of the quad-city district are complaining to the OPA office that they are being overcharged for unweighed live fowls by chicken rnLsers, according to Robert M. Harper, district director. One housewife.

Harper laid, stated she paid $2 B8 for two live broilers and that when she weighed them when she got home she found their total weight was 5 pounds, 2 ounces. At this price, the broilers cast her about 57 cents a pound live weight. Harper said OPA regulations require that all poultry must be sold by weight and that the price for broilers and friers at the farm live weight to consumers Is 37 cents a pound. New York dressed chickens (killed, undrawn with feathers off) may sell at 46 cents a pound and broilers and friers dressed, drawn and ready for cooking may sell for 59 cents a pound, Harper declared. He said that names of a number of alleged price violators as reported by consumers to th district office have been referred to the enforcement division for Investigation.

WESTERN FRONT The dramatic meeting between the Russians and Americans is recorded by the noted columnist. HOLLYWOOD The Arab's pal is shown circulating among west coast tents during a brief absence from the warfront. BACK HOME High school students in his home town turn the tables and interview the front line interviewer. ITALY Hal used the shovel to dig foxholes. Other tools are better for digging up materials for his columns.

valued at $200. Both men were arraigned before United States Commissioner Paul E. Will Japs Give General Opinion Is Paeific War to Last at Least Year Rink, who set their hearings for 1 next Monday afternoon. Slater was released on bond of $500 and VanDeVeire was attempting to post a $1000 bond. John Kolar, Davenport, arrested last week on charges of theft of government property from the Case plant remained in custody today in Davenport in lieu of $1000 bond.

He HAL BOYLE Associated Press war correspondent and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for outstanding war reporting. By DON WHITEHEAD. AP Newsfeatures. WITH THE U. S.

FIRST ARMY "They couldn't have given it to a better guy or one who deserved it more." That was among the tributes that colleagues paid the Associated Press Columnist, Hal Boyle, when they heard he had been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished correspondence. The award climaxes a 10-year career with the Associated Press for perately in the clinches to stave off inevitable defeat as long as possible. For instance, the Japanese naval airforce today is virtually "washed up." What's left of her once mighty navy is a comparatively puny force that is no match for the mighty American Pacific fleet. The Jap army airforce is being whittled down by raids on the homeland and the systematic obliteration of aircraft production facilities. Thus Japan's position as a military power la that she is being smothered by American production and fighting ability and she is left with only two choices early surrender or smashing defeat.

is scheduled to be transferred to district court in Peoria. But Nipponese Might Sue for Peace at Any Time with Save-Face Motive. Official War Film tTsr.fc Freistat. 2621 Fifteenth Rock Island, who is employed in the administrative office of the company, has sent invitations to college alumni and friend in the San Francisco area end has arranged an alumni dinner to follow the launching. Lieutenant Pearson's address will include a brief history and de-frnption of Augustana college and she will present a check on behalf rf the Association of Alumni and Former Students at Augustana with whkh a library of approximately 300 books will be provided for the This gift is to honor the r.ei rly 1200 Augustana men and women no-- in military service and xr.ore especially the thirty-five men who have given their lives during this war.

A number of framed pictures depicting Augustana campus pcer.es are also being provided for the ship. Lieutenant Pearson is serving in the WAVES and is assistant to Lt. Com. R. Newman at the San Pedro, Cal navy yard.

She is in charge of r.av;. personnel and administration. Fhe was graduated from Moline hiBh school and Augustana college end was a teacher of Enelish and French before entering the navy. REPORTS YOUTH FLEES AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT the 34-year-old columnist, who looks like a tough prizefighter but has the On Readjustment of Soldiers at Illini urging them to vote for "Honest Hal." Boyle began his caTeer as war reporter Nov. 8, 1942, when he got ashore, half-drowned, in north Africa.

His byline first appeared as Harold V. Boyle, but he never liked the formality of his full name and finally convinced the office to whittle it down to Hal Boyle. Through the bitter winter campaign he stayed in the field with the troops. It is said that when the last shot was fired in the Tunisian campaign, Hal was standing beside the gun taking the names and home-town addresses of the gunners. After north Africa came the heat, dust and hills of Sicily.

He landed with Patton at Gela and trudged down the mountainside thirty-eight days later into battered Messina to finish another brilliant job of reporting. HAL began writing his column Leaves from a War Correspondent's Notebook more or less as a voluntary sideline in north Africa. He turned out spot news and features soul of a poet and a wit that has made him one of the best-known and best-liked correspondents in Gen. George C. Marshall, army Europe.

CHARGE ROCK ISLAND MAN WITH LARCENY BY BAILEE Boyle probably nas chronicled the chief of staff, appears in the official war department film, Two Down and One to Go, at the Illini individual exploits of more soldiers than any other correspondent in the European theater because he told the story of the war in terms of Fred Wheeloek. 1647 Twenty-fourth avenue, reported to Moline police that the automobile which he was driving was struck in the rear by another car near Moline airport at 9:30 last night. He declared that the youth driving the other car said he would follow Wheeloek to the police station to report the accident but that when the cars reached Twenty-third avenue and Nineteenth street the youth sped away. (Editor's note: The question brini? asked most frequently today by fighting men and their families is "How long will Japan keep on fighting?" Following is an evaluation of lightning developments in the vast Pacific war and possible trends by Joseph A. Bors, International News Service Pacific war correspondent and previously staff correspondent assigned to cover the war and navy departments In Washington.

This Is the first of three articles.) By JOSEPH A. BORS. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, GUAM (INS) Viewed under the cold light of military strategy Japan today is a beaten nation and the only unanswered question is theater today through Thursday, which outlines the plans for final victory and explains the factors in "the little fellows." volved in the new army plans for He fell in love with the American Henry W. Vcrcauteran, 222 Thirteenth street. Rock Island, was arrested by Moline police yesterday at a Moline factory on a charge of larceny by bailee and was turned over to Rock Island authorities.

The man is accused of renting a storage battery and not returning lt. infantry back in north Africa and always Relieved it was the infan readjustment of military personnel following the defeat of Germany. The film describes how military tryman who would win the war. fight this war through to a successful conclusion that will leave the Japanese nation too weak to wage another Barring such a development, however, even these fairly optimistic sources admit that the war will increase in fury to the bitter end. Developments which have placed Japan in a hopeless position from a military standpoint are: 1.

Reconquest of the Philippines by Gen. Douglas MacArthur virtually slashed enemy communications with the oil-rich East Indies. 2. Capture of the Marianas and Iwo jima assured expanding facilities for devastating Super Fortress attacks on the enemy homeland, especially the recent low-level incendiary raids which have left large areas of Tokyo and other industrial cities masses of twisted, charred wreckage. 3.

Invasion of Okinawa provided the United States with an adequate land mass for mighty air fields from which to blast Japan with the same weight of bombs that smashed Germany and to cut enemy sea communications with Korea and Manchuria. Back to the Wall. There are other factors but they are merely by-products of these lightning developments during the last few months. As a result, Japan is beginning to fight with her back to the wall and she is battling des Save your waste kitchen lati. power will be readjusted and what factors will govern the retirement of a certain percentage of soldiers, or the shifting to Pacific centers of others.

IRREPRESSIBLE is the best descriptive for the new Pulitzer prize winner. His wit bubbled in an uninterrupted flow that has made him the most quoted correspondent in Europe. Wherever newspapermen gather, Boyle usually becomes the subject of conversation sooner or later. Most often told is the story and occasionally wrapped up some of his experiences into a column which proved more and more popular with the readers at home. He landed at Salerno with the infantry, was one of the first correspondents into Naples and followed the doughboys to the bitter fighting at Cassino.

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Stratton had given him to mail several years ago. Monthly church night program will be held at 8 tomorrow evening of the day he entered a Tunisian town ahead of the troops. While Arabs gaped, he sprang up in his jeep and shouted: "Vote for Boyle, son of the soil Honest Hal, the at Plymouth Congregational church. The program will include magic tricks by Clarence Baltzer. social games and refreshments.

Co-chairmen are Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jack I i a I Arab's pal." Moline Air Service, Inc. 5 MOLINE AIRPORT Phone Moline 488 Startled Arabs took up the chant mm son and Mr. and Mrs.

Stanley and when troops entered the town later they were greeted by natives "Will the Nipponese leaders throw in the towel or stagger pn until the knockout blow?" Army and navy leaders are wary of predictions that might boomerang, but the consensus is that "anything might happen at anytime now." Unless the Japanese sue for peace the general belief is that the war in the Pacific will end in about a year. With the reconquest of the Philippines and the invasion of Okinawa the stage is being set swiftly for the final phase of the war against Japan and battle preparations are being made on the premise that the Nipponese will fight to the end. May Sue for Peace. Some officers believe that Japan will sue for the best possible peace. They argue that Nippon's leaders then will be in a position to "save face" by telling their people their axis allies abandoned them and they cannot fight the entire world.

(Admiral William F. Halsey, however, recently warned against premature acceptance of any Japanese peace plan. In a speech to Pacific theater chaplains he said: would be criminal not to Save and flatten your tin cans. Aiier cassino, nai, nome for a rest, was technical adviser on Ernie Pyle's movie and was caught up in a round of radio appearances and speeches. He startled members of one exclusive, rather staid New York club when he opened his speech with: "My old man was a butcher and always said I would wind up in prison, but just look at me now." Quotas on correspondents prevented his landing with the infantry in Normandy one of his greatest disappointments.

But he came storming ashore at the first opportunity. HAL could have stayed in safety in the rear areas to write his column, but he chose to see the wind-up of the war with the First army and he was with spearheading elements of Hodges' troops in their victory breakout from the Rhine bridgehead writing not only his daily column, but colorful spot news stories as well. When the news of the Pulitzer award reached Paris, his colleagues wired him, "Pulitzer Prize Committee voted for Boyle. All us Arabs too happy even to send you a funny message. Hurry to Paris and let us break a bottle of champagne over your thick head." jars Animal glue sticks to wood because in its thin, warm solution it penetrates the pores while still fluid.

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