BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES— TRAGIC By EDGAR Tells Of Good MARi^ Getting \ CPm CQOVt l I'M K VLO? ROO ~ Gen. Wainwright ■ f (.SMVrE } I VOVVKXt HND 'vo'o—■> RADIO F\\ VOVtoWto "WL HOU'b't.', ■ ViWW WO NOO WKWV I \sfv\t I *U66VLOV5TC VViiO\^ ^ln*^ J ME? I Lunch At Summer Hotel On Kyushu WMfr> Wilninttw PC&OCK S'LV>\V>6« mLrn^„K'Av 1460 time I was permitted to use | to our rooms. There were 90 of KC CHAPTER >7 which the hot bath in the cellar for my us, mostly senior officers. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Altar.” back. On the morning of the Major. Gen. Edward P. King and 7:30—“Family THIS IS MY 8T0RY ailing 7 :45—“Musical Clock.’* on train and I were put in a room together and, 9th we moved hy 8:00—News with Martin Agronsky. Si. a like the others, our immediate aim Clock. Bv GENERAL JONATHAN rode all day to seaport city 8:15—Musical 8:30—Sunshine Hour. whose name I never learned. We in life was to get some warmth WAINWRIGHT 8:45—Musical Clock. the streets into our bones. We found an old Fea- were hurried through 9:00—The Breakfast Club with Don 1945, by King Russian a affair (Copyright, to a ship and packed in like fish. stove, gigantic McNeil. tures Syndicate, Inc there that night while with a small, low opening for coal, 0:00—My True Story. P* The ship lay 0:25—Betty Crocker. or in part *fPr°dnc£°“strictly to and and built a which had to be : in whole we tried to find room sleep, fire, 0:30—Hymns of all Churches. hibited.) stoked while we were ■ left the next morning. constantly 0:45—One Woman’s Opinion. ■ 1:00—Tom Brenamen’s oft that there, for the coal was very bad. Breakfast in planes took I was almost certain by now Hollywood. Our Jap transport ■ the The arrival of our first meal that monstrous we would be taken to one of 1:30—Kellogg’s Home Edition. 8 a.m from made us realize, to our joy, that ; 1:45—Ted Malone. at other main Jap islands, perhaps Formosa 2:00—Glamour Manor. ~ named Heito, on from the we had at last moved out of the place north Honshu, but I soon saw j 2:30—Farm and Home Makers. 7, 1944, headed rice-eating and watery soup world. WASH TUBBS— A CLUE? By LESLIE on October position of the sun that we were 1:00—Baukhage Talking Tur^F? murky weather The meal contained bread, real 1:15—“Musical Interlude.” and flew through in a direction- sailing northwesterly 1:23—“News'* — NIKI AND RUN YRUKUH1T0! AND IT'S after 2 o’clock, when white bread, and a thick vegetable Wilmington Star-News. ONOO...THEY TAKE WAC NKU.HE until shortly We knew then we were going to 1:30—“Let's Dance.” THIS ON N'ORE on a field near or millet. affirif LIEUTENANT AWAY. PO NOT KNOW SHOP. GO yyyygf A80UT THIS let us down cake mixed with maize — v from the pilot Korea and perhaps farther north, 2:00—John B. Kennedy News. OF QUESTIONING [7 WHERE., USED TO BE A OTHER end of Kyushu, south- 2:15—Ethel and Albert. ■-, m&M. SERVANTS AT r the southern and the matter of our tropical It was a hard life at Sheng Tai NIKI’S CLERK GARDENER FOR of the four main Japa- 2:30—The Fitzgeralds. ESTATE! ernmost to concern us. We Tun. We had no work to do, Morton APMITS THAT PRINCE RUKUHITO us to clothing began 3:00—“Songs by Downey.” A truck took ! PAT WAS 7^-»a,^VPgll»JCE^ nese islands. had suffered enough from the cold but there were no books, and 3:15—American Legion Pgm. been a summer 3:30—Ladies be Seated. ivhat must have in rela- outside in the •abpljctep the previous two winters walking piercing 4:00—Jack Berch and after parking our shoes Boys. hotel and, mild Formosa. gales was too rigorous. We could 4:15—Time Views the News. walked in and, to our tively outside, we not get warm clothing and could 4:30—Garden Club Program. were a gotw About noon of that day’s voyage 4:45—Hop Harrigan. great surprise, given not move far from our stoves. The we were startled to hear a ship 5:00—Terry and the Pirates. lunch. I ate it to the plate-scraping kitchen, bathhouse and latrine of the burst into action and 5:15—Dick Tracy. fresh memory machine-gun — But the were 5:30—Lone Ranger Merita. point. we from 30 to 50 yards Heito — includ- thought immediately that had 6:00—Kieman’s News Corner. men left behind at from the barracks and all attacked an American away 6:15—“Musical Interlude.” of my officers who were been by ing some of us were still troubled with out 6:20—“Sports Parade.” — cut I later learned, did the follow boat plane (as, — scheduled to by kidney ailments. There was no hot 6:25—“News” Wilmington Star-News. who followed us from Dance.” into my enjoymfnt of the first good Americans 6:30—“Let’s rush- water or soap for washing our 7:00—Headline Edition. I had since the war Heito by boat.) But when we meal hgd selves or our dishes. Our hands 7:15—Raymond the we saw that Swing.* ed to portholes — started. cramped when we put them in the 7:30—The Symphonette Mishel the was only at a float- Piastro. five arrived at Kyu- gun firing Only planes frigid water. But we made the best 8:00—“Let’s Dance.” The ing mine. shy in time for lunch. sixth, of things; even had a little “club 8:15—Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood. F. fed cold rice, a few Serenade. containing Major Gen. George We were life” at nights. We would save part 8:30—Pacific some 9:00—Memo to America. GASOLINE ALLEY— NEWS FROM THE overdue. We wait- vegetables and strips of our FRONT Moore, was long of bread, slice it very thin, 9:30—Talk by Gen. Eisenhower. and my fish after noon, ed for it all afternoon, strange shortly toast it brown over our Russian 9:55—Coronet Front Page. WUMPLE W CHIGGER IS THE MAN HE DIDN'T 1 I SO HE'S STAYIN' I'M AFICAIP fclCMT l.4.1 a “M'mR. ij officers at we har- — — over him and the and 5:30 approached stove “a la Melba toast” and 0:00—CIO Talk. LIKE WHEN HE WAS THERE BEFORE-1 ON A WHILE TO SEE B NOW HE CAN T BE N worry ■ WASN’T .THERE jj Our scheduled bor which Gen. a 0:15—To be announced. COT K WHAT with him mounted. Defermery, then assemble in my room and KKL, ABOUT CHIGGER SHIFTY-EYED AND ALWAYS WITH 1 1 WHAT HE CAN TOO CHOOSN flhl 0:30—Rex Maupin Orchestra. Z AND MR- FIND/ 4:30 arrived and Dutch officer who had traveled in DISTANCE FI?OM HIS JOB AT train time of p.m. munch on it and talk. 5? ME 'LONG gave HIM THE / AN AXE TD GRIND, But just at dusk the plane this region, identified as Fusan, PETgQTOLlS, UNCLE WUMPLEiCO? I f-rjM passed. uur tuiuneis, oraernes ana cer- WALy M over the Korea. herded us off the sb/p OVER THE NETWORKS Moore appeared They _ / rr bearing tain others arrived on November NOVEMBER juN-ARDLIND^/^—S It had and to a hotel, where we were rath- MONDAY, 12 field and made its landing. — 14, with our heavier i Eastern Standard Time P.M. Subtract er and then moved 1944, luggage, been en route about 12 hours. decently fed, Us )ne Hour for 2 Hours for MST. Sympathetically, we watched them CST.t on to an office building from whose | Changes in programs as listed are due We were given supper at the shake and shiver rooms all furniture and floor cov- outside the bar- to corrections by networks made same hotel and when it was done racks too late to incorporate. had been removed. Each while the camp commander ering 5:45—Front Farrell Serial — we were taken to a train. It was made his and Page nbc room held a bundle of blankets in speech they signed Sparrow and The Serial — cbs and on the Hawk, another all-night ride, their — a corner. We rolled up in them and good conduct papers. But at Tennessee Jed, Drama Skit abc-east we of October in _ morning 8, 1944, last we were a union which Hop Harrigan Repeat other abc united, — slept. Tom a Serial Series mbs-basic stopped at a large Kyushu city was colored Mix, The Japs routed us early in the by my disappointment 6:00—News Report for 15 Mins. — nbc We were met there named Beppu. in — morning and took us back to the learning that my aides, Col. Quincy Howe and News ^Period cbs a talkative Jap soldier-interpre- Walter Kiernan and News — abc-east by some fish and Johnny Pugh and Major Tom Doo- hotel for warming Repeat of the Terry Serial — abc-west ter we had seen at Tamazato. He had been — tea, then marched us to a rail- ley, left behind in For- Howe's Answers, Repeat mbs-west was born in San Francisco and road. They would not tell us where mosa for want of enough rank. 6:15—Melody Sketches & Sports — nbc more American slang per Jimmy Carroll Songs, Orchestra — cbs spoke were The new men we being taken. brought books with — sentence than I had ever heard Repeat From Dick Tracy abc-west Ater all that and which were Serial Superman mbs-west of riding day them, too, great gifts. Repeat before or since. He took charge — through the next two days and 6:30—Eileen Farrell Song Show cbs Our bleak on. The — us, put us in busses and took us days dragged Repeat of Jack Armstrong abc-west on wooden DR. BOBBS— ELLIOTT and Me A nights back-breaking climate that — mbs-west „ By RULE to a hotel where we were delight- in part of the world Capt. Midnight’s Repeat seats, we arrived at a bleak west- is extremely dry and the winds 6:45—Lowell Thomas & Newscast — nbc find the American — ed to all gen- named World News and Commentary c’# THE SIX MONTHS I KNEW IT-THEy COULDN'TL ern Manchurian village are of tremendous force. Our WARDEN, HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THREE YEARS, eral officers we had last seen at old Charlie Chan Adventures —- / over a low abc-basv /—7 AND DAYS ...AND J HOLD A 6L)y LIKE My MOREy. Tai Tun, just barracks was with Tennessee Jed in — FACT THAT MOREY ESCAPED FROM THIS FOUR | Tamazato on June 5, 1943. They Sheng hazy dust day Repeat abc-west from Des- Tom Serial — mbs-west J */ M'Andfr. « SCHOOL'S OUT! «g --m —rrrr mountain range the Gobi and night. To combat it we be- .Mix Repeat IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS WITHOUT (-' showed the stark effects of theii 7:00—Radio's Supper Club nbc-basic ert. It was freezing. Our malnut- the a -i LEAVING A TRACE ? remarkable stand against the Jap gan sprinkling floors twice Fifteen Min. Sponsored Series — cbs r-f*---=2.--, the in the rition and long stay — ILL cruelties at Shirakawa, and it was day, and this proved disastrous to News Commentary & Overseas abc LET HIM S tropics had thinned our blood to Gen. King. Fulton Lewis, Jr. & Comment — mbs ANSWER THAT, U then that I heard their stirring — None of 7:15—News & Comment of World nbc the of water. One a in from Gen. Lewis Bee- consistency night Jap guard came Tepor Jack Smith Sings — cbs-basic HIMSELF-WHEN story Brig. or even moderate, us had overcoats •— be. to our room to check up on us The Vic and Sade Sketch other cbs WE DRAG HIM r1 warm To a m»m, we Raymond Swing and Comment — abc ly clothing. just after we had wet down the BACK!! r-' Science in — We stayed at the flimsy hotel to War and Peace mbs began shake and our teeth clat- floor. As we and start- through October 8 and 9, during jumped up 7:30—Songs from Carolyn Gilbert—nbc tered like castanets. — ed for our sleeping bench, Gen. Bob Hawk & Quiz Show cbs-basic barren half a Dancing Music Half Hour — other cbs The camp, slipped and fell on King heavily Lone — mile from the railroad, had once Ranger’s DTama of West abc his right hip, hurting himself so Frank Singiser Newscast — mbs-basic

Russian — been occupied by troops badly that it was with the greatest 7:45—Kaltenborn and Comment nbc the Manchurian Inside of Bill Brandt — mbs guarding railway difficulty that he was able to get Sports, 8:00—America Cavalcade Drama — nbc under the terms of an old treaty. his feet. I back to at once called Vox Pop by Parks and Warren — cbs We lined outside the up barracks, two American doctors in the bar- Lum and Abner Comedy Skit abc still with the and Bulldog Drummond Adventures — cbs shaking cold, racks. They decided after a p*e- 8:15—Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood — abc the camp commander made a long examination that limir.ary King 8:30—Howard Barlow & Concert — nbc and senseless characteristically had either fractured his hip or ser- Joan Davis & Comedy Variety — cbs speech. Then we had to form a iously torn its ligaments. They Movie Quiz With Jack Bailey — abc Sherlock Holmes in Adventures — mbs queue and sign statements that we made him comfortable a« they 8:55—Five Minutes News Period — cbs THE GUMPS— Andy s Mental Ceiling Still Zero would the rules of the camp 9:00—Voorhees Concert obey could for the night. & Guest _ nbc not to Radio Theater from — cbs r and would attempt escape- The next day an American med- Hollywood NO, YOU'LL NEVER TELL. BROTHER- M OW My POOR HEAP \ Memo to America, Talks, etc. — abc ^ to PHILIP After what seemed like an age OR EITHER- MllMTW FEEL4 LIKE A I ical — BECAUSE MO/. BA4$ Litton officer, and an Australian and Gabriel Heatter and Comments mb: BREATHE, In / \ \ we were to inside — ONLY WE TWO YOU'VE BEEN PO&ONEPMV NU PRUM INI THE MIPPLE \ permitted go a Dutch doctor, gave him a more 9:15—Real Life Stories, Drama mb: LAP! JHbMj ) and were 9:30—Information a — nbc KNOW THE REAL SECRET HA-HA! THAT'6 JOF A MARCH! i the barracks assigned thorough examination, all Please, Quiz FUNNY.&N'T !T~>_ - fOUZA j wishing Pacific — The Serenade, Musical abc OP OLP MAN /AYTH'£ PEATVL- ^ IF ONLY I COULP / aloud that had — they an X-ray. They Spotlight Bands. Guest Orches. mV ANP WE'LL NEVER £0~ I PUT.. A LITTLE rememrer 9:55—Five Minutes TELL, J (V-VERV-NOU BEE, ) Jm. decided that he had fractured eith- News Show _ abc 'MAC! I-I CANT PZEATHE! f'i \ BOfAETHINGr-INTHECOORIEB WHO I AM-- 10:00—Contented Concert Oi'ches. — nb< er the head of the femur or pos- Screen Guild Players and Guest — cb: MURRAY1 that of the C.I.O. of tht C10 SORE THROAT sibly part pelvis in Discussion, Philip Murray—abc Protldont Dave Elman and Auction — Here It Fastest Relief or Money Back which the femur articulates. They Sale mb: a-®—t-t^ 1 10:15—Hoosier Hop in Barn Dance — abc To relieve sore throat due to to a quickly painful managed beg ring splint from 10:30—Doc. I. Q. and Quiz Series — nbc one of cold take just swallow Thoxine—feel its the Jap hospital and fitted him To Be Announced (30 m.) — cbs-eas

she active ingredients go to work, soothing your Bob Hawk’s _ ; up as best as they could, but the Quiz Repeat other cb: raw. irritated throat. Itdoes more-it also works Swinging on the Golden Gate — abc best was far from comfortable on in the system. Safe and pleasant for the whole Popular Panorama with Music — mb: TONIGHT family. All Drugstores. 35c.60c,and $1.00 sizes. that short, hard bed. 11:00—News for 15 Minutes — nbc-basic On December 1, 1944, the 16 seni- The Supper Club Repeat — nbc-wes News, Variety, Dance 2 h. — cbs & abc WMFD ors of the „ |0 group, along with their News; Dance and Shows, 2 h. — mb: 16 orderlies, were ordered to pack 11:15—Variety and News to 1 a.m. — nbc up again. Once more we had tc say farewell to the younger officers Wilmington Baptists DAILY CROSSWORD whose lot we had shared. We marched through biting zero Will Attend Conference ACROSS 2. Relating to 20. Plaster of IbIeIaIrIpBrIeItIi lAl weather to the train and piled into LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE— • HAT TRICK it in a state of numbnes. Poor 1 Volcanic Arlua Paris King Ten local Baptist Ministers wil Musical 23. Music lL b RW*r rbrrl had to be carried to the train on rock 3. leave today for Raleigh wher* CRAZY* a litter. YOU AIN’T KIDDIN^ MR.-I1DNAB!T THAT’S IT/ THERE bah / YOU’RE 5. Instrument note will attend the annual Stat< YEAH?^ If | Plight they W HERE-HERE, EX! WHAT’S I DIDN’T SEE HIM"' BUT FIRST 1 WASN'T NO GUT 8 DON'T YOU KNOW YU AT li| 4. 25. Innate But there in our barren car, to WELL, ! 9. External Change Baptist conference which open: YARN our eternal 288 ■ THE MATTER WOH YOU ? MY HAT’S GONE-SEE? THEN I WHO I NOT ANYWHERE! HAUNTED HOUSE seed 5. Standard 26. Guido’s low- joy, were Ameri- today and will continue througl I can Red Cross ■ YOU ACT AS IF YOU’D SOME GUY COMES UP BEHIND ME WAS HE? I NOW l AIN’T IS PURE HOGWASH? coating 6. Invisible est note packages, only Thursday. ) | gl J) emanation the second batch we had received A GHOST! AND SLAPS IT ONTO ME HEAD! SUPERSTITIOUS, 10. Man’s name 27. Obtains The Wilmington ministers wh( ■gkSEEN 5' rp since our .da, 11. Tumult 7. Alike 30. District captivity began 31 will attend the conference are Dr Fortifies 8. months before. We placed Gen. First 12. targe Attorney ™ Sankey Blanton, ^ (H? Baptis 13. Malt worm (abbr.) King’s litter over the backs of two church; the Rev. C. E. Baker Answer of the beverage 15. Foundations 34. Amount Saturday’* train seats and dreamed of Tabernacle; the Rev. T. H. King 14. Cebine 16. Banishment person is the time when the Japs would con- the Rev. G. Carl Lewis, the Rev monkey 17. Type rated for 36. Nobleman descend to let us open our pack- L. E. Ludlum, of Carolina beach: 15. Holy city measure assessment 38. Light ages. the Rev. Paul Nix, the Rev. E. W (India) 19. Market 35. Arrange 40. Expression (Tomorrow: Gen. Wainwright’s Pate, the Rev. H. S. Strickland 18. Fall behind place (Gr.) in a line 42. Conclude men begin to get even with the the Rev. J. O. Walton, and th< Ol PViAnnlno' Japs — through sabotage.) Rev. E. C. Chamblee. tool 22. Optical phenomenon WILMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 24. A cavity (Anat.) BOOK WEEK 28. Food fishes OUT OUR WAY— J. R. 1945 ... November ll-17th, By WILLIAMS OUR BOARDING HOUSE ... with MAJOiTHOOH® 29. Exalted in spirits IS IT? “United through books,” this Jones—Ragman of Paris. \ EGAD, BOYS." I HA\1E A gUR&Lf^ M°Sl 21. Right side rrs jerky/ ) fftHW'S rtOTrt-){ < year’s theme for Book Week. The Kipling—Tales of India. ;Harr.owing tc I BE R.IDWS (abbr.) I'RE MOT Report lSis, MPvSOR/u 4 Public will have — ) OW Library special Knight Alexander’s Christma: STIM' AMY MAKE ~~-THE = LARGE L r AfiOOME) 22. Clique EtOTlRi leOME displays of Travel books, and many Eve. AROUMD W .cuoe #47 1 OPEKMOR. 33. Water buffalo Treasury, J — new children’s books have been Kunhardt—Little ones. MS HOME/fi IM CRA^£S I I.) does momey, $ STOLE TRW (Phil. ({ ■ added and will be on display for Lavender—Mike Maroney raid --' rviEST THINGS 37. Eskimo tool ‘VAnmshed oMerright y> SllCE NiEvU ! Parents and Teachers. Attractive er. 3AT J X FROM. MM PERSOlO / SOFA. \NE BET ThEV'^ 39 A wing books will be distributed. Leaf—Let’s do better. r&f /%.[ tree AND WITHOUT A CLUE 607 TO \ l 8& CLEArOlNto 40. Sandarac is a list of the new Linderman—Indian "/■ Following stories. — K AK- \ 00T 41. Pneumatic books: McCracken—Sentinel of /ACCOMMODATE SMOg the snov KAK/?~~-^ ( M.EM.8ER5 \NHO ^ > VAlTH tube Arason—Golden hair. peaks. Harness > 'MERE DUCKING \ SHOVELS// 43. Aldredge—The timbertoes. Parkington—Kindness to pets. piece Bacon—Starting from scratch. Parrish—Floating island. THE TOMAHAVK 44. Soon R-r AT UOSAE> Betzner—Story parade. Parton—The year without sum 45. Mountains Brann—A book for baby. mer. (Swiss) Burton—Exciting edventures of Seville—Spy in the hills. 46. Furnish Waldo. Scott—Silly Billy. down DeLeeuw—With a high heart. Stinetorf—Children 'of South Af Eliot—The wind rica. 1. Roman boy. Eliot—Pablo’s I house srod pipe. Streatfield—Theater shoes. Evatt—The mystery of the creak- Whitney—Silver inkwell. quotation CRYPTOQUOTE—A cryptogram ing windmill. Woody—Stars come down. Farley—The black stallion re- Nonfiction: J DNSIV RJ PRZN V D N JNS, BAL DR turns. 398 Cockrell—Shadow castle. Farmer—Fish hook island 398 Mother E L S T N. SI U BLN N-C N S V D- mys- Goose. NTNU AGNI, tery. 784 Wessels—Golden song book. Flack—Walter the mouse. 790 N L P M. lazy Pashko—American boy’s om Gates—Blue willow. nibus. ™ Hall—Model child. Saturday Crypt.**.... 915.4 Kennedy—Here is India. AND LIBERTY—POPE. Hayes—Green peace. 951 Sounds A CRUST OF BREAD &J**2*” Spencer—Land of the Chines, j TREE, — Inc. Hogan Nicodemus and th° J .ikean A Distributed by Kin* Feature* Syndicate, people. 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