THE EAST HAMPTON STAR. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1945

Army, N avy, and M arinesABOARD THE USS MISSOURI,

where the Japs signed the papers, Carrol "Bud" Adams wrote on Aug­ust 17: "On the day the official word was received, the Missouri, with the other ships of Task Force 38, was in position for an air strike on Tokyo. It was a nice sunny day, which is a rare thing in the vicinity of Japan in the summer time. When the message came we already had air strikes on the way. Word was flashed to them to return and, after we gathered them all in, we retired to collect our wits and await any orders for our next move. At eleven o’clock word went out to celebrate the occasion by breaking the battle flags. All the ships flew their largest ensigns and blew their whistles and sirens in honor the great occasion. We tooted our whistle with much gusto and the Mighty Missouri add­ed her bit by getting the whistle stuck and continuing to toot until the engineers could get the steam securcd and make minor repairs. That just about constituted our cele­bration. We continued in an alert status because, although the war was

the Japanese knew it."

HOME ON HOSPITAL LEAVE with his people in Amagansett. . . . Lt. Wm. Earl Tucker, who is at Halloran Hospital, Staten Island, re­ceiving treatment for an arm in­jury. Lt. Tucker was hit in the right arm with shrapnel in the fight­ing around the Remagen, Germany, bridgehead, with the 9th infantry division.

A nice surprise came to Lt. Tuck­er’s parents the other day when they received a letter from a priest in Belgium, Father Gregory Watelet of Maredsous Abbey, Belgium. Fath­er Watelet wrote of being with Lt. Tucker: “I knew your son, William,] when he came with his division in our country. I was a helper in the Belgian Army of Hinterground and, with three friends, we have been chosen to indicate the way in the little town of Dinant, in Belgium. Because a moonlight hindered us the immediate crossing of the river, we'made a bridgehead in the other corner of the town, under the com­mand of your son. The fighting was heavy. After four days, we left your son and his company. But the chief thing was that we had the oppor­tunity tq know your son. We have the best remembrance of his sweet­ness, courage and seriousness. Since we left him we had almost no news of him. His headquarters wrote me that he was hit in the right a and h e ’has not returned to his ganization. Please give to me so: news. I would be so glad to hear of him, and if possible, to see again. We would like to have pictures of him. Excuse my writing and please think that the only thing I am wishing, is to know a good thing of your son."

LIKED TO SEE pictures of bath­ing beauties, writes Donald Miller, ACRM, in southern waters, in a big stack of Stars received on August 27. "All mail coming here seems to have been delayed except air mail,” he writes, "good old stuff, mail! Say. those pictures of those pretty gals in the contest, especially Miss Bas­sett, are really sumpin’. Nothing like that here. Also enjoyed "mom’s" description of the parade. One more thing before I go—you might tell Dan Miller of the Springs General Store his ads make good reading. Outside of the news, discharge plans, etc. nothing much to write about. Haven't seen a paper in a couple of months—the only English paper here "folded" due to difficulties (of which you are no doubt familiar), so couldn't send you a victory edi­tion. Hope to see old Bonac again before the year ends, if I can get my reenlistment leave—then for an­other four years."

HEBE & THERE . . . S Sgt. Harvey Cullum has been awarded the Bronze Star in Germany. . . . David Gilmar- tin is ill with pneumonia at the Philadelphia Navy Hospital. . . . Pla­toon Sergeant Leonard "Sully" Mott has been assigned to the Third Mar­ines in the Pacific. . . . Ed Tillinghast, who has been home on leave from Europe, expects to be assigned to a camp in the South. . . . Capt. James H. Reutershan, AAF, has received his discharge from the service and is now enjoying terminal leave. . . Elmer Forbell, who served overseas in the South Pacific, has his honor­able discharge. . . . Lt. Col. Eugene S. Coler, overseas for several ycai with the Medical Corps, is home o leave. . . . Lt. Katherine Edwards expects to return from Europe by the end of September, after o' three years overseas. . . . S'Sgt. Douglas Chaulk, Engineers, and Sgt. Ralph Lynch, infantry, from overseas. . . John Gilmartin and Fred Barnes, both U.S.C.G., pect to be back in civvies real s<. . . Warrant Officer Nate Dayton and Lt. (j.g.) Alison Anderson in the Hawaiian Islands not long ago. . . Bud Wilhelm (Army) andWilliam A. Wingo, U.S.C.G. have been honorably discharged

LEXINGTON SKIPPER . . Just released in August in Washington, D. C. is a long article about Capt. Thomas H. Robbins, U.S.N., skipper of the big carrier Lexington;

an interview with Capt. Robbins, given on April 23 when the Lexing­ton was in drydock at Puget Sound after two years of dealing death to the Japanese and fighting off thei replies in kind. The carrier took tw hits—a torpedo off Kwajalein an> a suicide plane's flaming crash dive last year off the Philippines. The big carrier got 862 of the enemy’s planes, and was in 90 per cent of the Navy'! battles of the past year.

Capt. Robbins' wife and daugh­ter Barbara are staying ' s i 1770 House here; where his mother, Mrs. Alice Robbins of Baltimore, Md. has summered since it opened. Capt. Robbins spent boyhood summers here; his parents had a house here, and he is a nephew of Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wood. Capt. Robbins was born in Paris, was appointed to the Naval Academy from California, and

commissioned in 1919. Since when we won his wings, he

has been identified with naval avia- During 1943 he served as chief

of staff and aide to the commandant of Fleet Air at Quonset Point, R. I.,

later on the staff of the Army and Navy Staff College. Promoted to captain in 1942, he assumed com­mand of the Lexington last January

:forc that one of his outstand- tours of duty was as aide to

Admiral King when he was chief of Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in

1932 and '33.The Lexington is now lying off

Japan giving an air cover to our fleet. The ship has steamed nearly 160,000 miles since she was placed

commission Feb. 17, 1943. Once she returned to Bremerton, to have torpedo damage cleaned up. Dam­age from the suicide plane attack, which cost 140 casualties, was re­paired off Luzon. The ship's own guns have knocked down 15 planes,

: her aircraft have smashed 372 the air and erased 475 • on the

ground. Her pilots have sent to the bottom 300,075 tons of enemy ship­ping, damaged another 568,320 tons and assisted in the sinking of four enemy aircraft carriers.

LT. PATRICK TROUGHTON, R. V.N.R., who was here in 1939 from England to be with the Rollins Theatre School for the season, has written Leighton Rollins a t the close

tinue his stage career, and would like to come to the school at Lenox Miss, next summer. Lt. Troughton’ ship was submarined on his wa; back to England in the fall of 193S Upon his rescue, he volunteered ,for the Navy and while waiting pcared in two plays in London. From a seaman he rose to command of

BACK IN BONAC . . . Sgt. Chai Raynor, who served in Ireland, Eng­land, Africa, and landed on D-Day

the Medics in Normandy, is home in civvies. His buddy,

Francis Landry, of Montauk is due almost any day. Their inseparable companion. Pvt. Wing Wong is

e states and has returned to staurant business on the Pacific

IN THE AZORES . . . Joh ark and E. Robert Anderson, both

stationed a t the Air Transport Base l Santa Maria Island, have ven extra stripes. John is now Stall gt. and Robert is now Sgt.

FROM GERMANY . . . 1st Lt. Kenneth Biersack wrote home to his

:, Mrs. Bernard Salisbury, Sr. he has met Paul C. Johnson, at one time lived in East Hamp- and attended school here. He

left with his family here in 19 live in Washington, D. C.-Lt. Bier­sack writes that he is now in St. Tropes, France with the 7th Army Gunnery School as an instructor. Sgt. Bernard Salisbury, Jr., his cou- ' i, who served overseas with the

Air Force is now at Sioux Falls, S. D. awaiting his discharge.

After fifteen years of ball playing, the Maidstone Club was let down without a run on Labor Day. The Georgica Coast Guard, behind the four hit twirling of Gambill, white­washed S. Kip Farrington's Maid­stone clubbers to the tune of four

The Coast Guard started the ball game by scoring two runs the first inning featured by a long triple by Thorsen. Farrington, who was wild a t times, was saved from worse de­feat by his brilliant support in the field, while being notched for ten

Gillis and Thorsen were the heavy itters of the day both collecting iree hits out of four.Farrington had the opportunity i start a possible rally in the late tnings of the game but was called i t on three straight strikes with­

out lifting the bat from his shoulder much to his surprise and dismay.

return game is scheduled for September 23 to be played at the Maidstone Club.

Edwin O. Sw ain io S ing A t Southam pton V espers

Southampton's favorite soloist and teacher of music, Edwin O. Swain, baritone, will be guest soloist at

l Vespers in First Presbyterian Church, Southampton, next Sunday •vening a t eight o'clock.

"Happy Victory" will be the topic of the sermon by the pastor, the Reverend James Armstrong.

Five or six solos will be sung by Mr. Swain who has been for years

oloist and choir director at St. Andrew’s Dune Church and the fore-

lost teacher of voice during sum- ier seasons in Eastern Suffolk.

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P anam a H a ts IndustryR ev iv ed b y W orld W ar II

During the depression, beginning 111 1929, competition from cheap straw hats from the Orient and Italy caused a decline in the Panama hat industry, but when the present war cut off these overseas competi­tors, the industry revived. Panama hats originated in Ecuador, the country which still is the chief cen­ter for their manufacture. Colom-

American countries also make and export soft, pliable, finely woven straw hats which are now included under the general name of Panama. The name was given by prospectors coming back from the California gold rush by way of Panama who first brought these hats into the U. S. Because the hats were purchased in Panama, they were named accord­ingly, and the name has held through the years.

The hats are woven over a wood block, beginning at the center of the crown and working outward and downward, while the crown center is held in place with a heavy stone until the hat is finished. The weavers, mostly Indian or Mestizo women and children, take anywhere from one to several days to make Inexpensive hats, and .three to six months for the finest hats. When sold in this country, the hats cost anywhere from one to several hun­dred dollars each.

The fibers used to make the hats come from the toquilla plant, which thrives in hot, humid areas such as the lowlands of western Ecuador. The best fibers when properly treated and carefully woven, make hats as soft as linen which will wear for years. They are so flexible that they may be rolled with­out damage, are water resistant, have considerable elasticity, and because they are carefully fin­ished on both sides may be worn on cither side.

GUESTS AT 1770 HOUSEWeek-end guests were Mr. and rs. John Hamlin and son. John

Hamlin, of New York City, also Lt. Comdr. Bernice D. Lill, and Lt. Vir­ginia C. Farinholt, USNR, New York City.

s .Carl Wolff who has spent the n, has returned to her home in

New York City. Mr. Edward Biddle returned to Ardmore, Pa. Rich­

ard Biddle and Mrs. John Weston son Johnnie, will spend two

weeks in September. Mrs. Jack Salis­bury and son, Robert Salisbury, have •eturned to Palm Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Thomas Robbins and daughter, Barbara, have left for Washington, D. C.

Guests for September will be Mr. id Mrs. S. Kip Farirngton, Mr. and

Mrs. William F. Woodward, Jeffer- iwn, Ky., Mrs. John Martin,

Miss Jane Mott, and the Misses Sus- ind Jill Martin, Locust Valley, L.

I., Miss Kathryn I. Quilgan. Brook­lyn, N. Y., Mrs. Alice Robbins, Wash­ington, D. C., Dr .and Mrs. John Forsythe, Trenton, N. J„ Mr. and Mrs. Donald Norris and son Amityville, L. I., Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Foley. Mt. Vernon, N. Y.. Miss Janice McDonald, South Orange, N.

Coccidiosis ControlOutbreaks of coccidiosis of chick- is can be controlled by use of dried

milk products or of molasses if the treatment is given early enough. The first symptoms of coccidiosis

loss of appetite and inclination of the bird to stand without moving. Four parts of dried milk can be mixed with six parts of mash for two days, or one pint of molasses can be placed in five gallons of the only accessible drinking water for one-half day.

THREE-MILE LIMIT STANDSCongressman Leonard W. Hall has

idvised that the threat in Congress o vest title in the Federal Govern- nent over under water bottoms within three miles of shore has effectively killed. A bill, introduced by a member of Congress from Ala-

1, created such a furor that the is now absolutely dead.

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The bulk of the scrap consumed 1 by the steel Industry—as much as

60 per cent—comes as a by-product of its own operations. Steel ingots are cropped before rolling into fin­ished products, and that makes scrap. When rolled productscropped, sheared or trimmed, tiicu makes more scrap. Old rolling mill

out, and they become----- Forty per cent of

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The steel industry is by far the largest buyer of the scrap collected from industry, farms and homes.

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OUR VICTORY★ A N D *

MANKIND’S

AGAIN the enemies of liberty hove been beaten to their knees.

RIGHT will always triumph, for the will of people who cherish freedom is a mighty force.

EVERY member of the armed forces and every worker who helped to speed victory has the thanks of the world's peace-loving people for a job well done.

IT is the prayer of all o f us that this will have been the last war to scourge the earth.

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