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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
Editorial Comment
BARBARISM
High Point Enterprise

The Netherlands government in exile has
asked President Roosevelt to issue a 'last
warning to Germany in the hope of hating
"barbaric and inhuman crimes in Holland,
where the Nazis have begun mass executions.
1T probably is worth trying for there is little
to lose. But also there is little hope of sue
cess Ho Wllttle was indicated by two other
news stories published over the Weekend
Himmler's Gestapo firing squads have work.
ed out definite plan of DEATH in the Eu-
ropean countries now in Nazi hands, states
one. The Germans are deliberately murder
ing all leaders who have the following and
ability to engineer any organized resistance.
Not waiting until resistance begins = lust
numbering everybody who might lead it.
Their reason is to 'break the will of the
people they have overrun,'' states the report
The other article concerns the massacres
at Minsk, capital of White Russia There were
four big execution days. On the first IS Ooo
Jews, including women, children and babies.
were moved down with machine guns S,1h
sequently $4,000, 5000 and II 900 were butcher
ed beside huge pits, their bodies dumped in
and covered up.
That is the kind of nation we are fightino
The sooner we realize it the better
Yesterday a prominent and intelligent wo-
man interpreted previous editorial as ad-
vocatng that we hate our enemies She foot,
issue with it.
Hate, we believe, is hardly the word -
though Heaven knows it is difficult not -
hate the people well as the government
guilty of such crimes that, But the ideal
attitude is not one Of hate but of determine -
tion to rid the world of such beastliness as
occurred in Minsk. 10
It's too late to do that with words ,a
warnings now. Only the greatest effort this ;,.
nation has ever made-an effort which will
take most of our wealth and many Of rrr o,,r
lives-can save the world from being 1,,1ed
by the barbaric hate of blood-crazed No.
ton for many and many year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
Perils Awheel

The law define the bicycle as vehicle 1t
is, therefore, properly subject to the rules laid
down for the operation Of vehicles.
When messengers and delivery boys cut
through traffic, violate signal lights, ride o
the wrong side of streets and on sidewalks,
they are as guilty Of serious offences.
Now that the police traffic squad is making
its most effective campaign to enforce observ-
ance of the statutes governing traffic by mo-
torists and pedestrians, they would be confer
ring a public benefit and making a material
contribution to public safety if they include
persons on bicycles in their crusade.
| Many who watch boys on bikes in the down.
town area and note their Indifference to all
rules of traffic and common sense predict that
if the police do not beer down on them, even
to the extent G. arresting offenders, there will
be fatal accidents. These watchers cite an all
to familiar case of the boy who mounts his
bicycle on the sidewalk, rides a few yards
thereon, then goes over the curb on the left
side of the street and lodges cars until he
makes his way to the right-hand traffic lane, in
imminent danger the while of being run down
possible to vew this as anything but a menace
to safety The bicyclst who commits the fault
deserves punishment as much as the autoist
who flagrantly violates the traffic law.
Nor are downtown bicyclists alone guilty of
Indifference to safety. During the school year
pupils indulge in bad riding practices. They
travel in focks, three and four abreast, fre-
quently on the wrong sde of the street, talking
and laughing and totally Indifferent to the
rights of other traffic Too often they refuse to
yield the road to other traffic, although they
endanger their own and other lives.
With new school term just ahead it is in
cumbant upon parents to take stern measures
with their children to see that these bad habits
are given up. A home crusade now may be
the means of saving lives after school opens
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
The Literary Guidepost

his ring career: a fellow who
could barely read and write, with.
out any shred of taste whatever:
a chap who was such sucker for
imposters that he never knew how
much money he wasted, who al.
ways bought every other round in
every bar and never picked up
any change at all; an exhibitions
ist whose glory was to carry $40
in silver. SO he might throw it in.
to the street for the newsboys to
scramble over; loud mouthed
and congenitally stupiS man, and
person so utteryl self centered
that after he had given up liquor
he at once conceived himself an
adviser to youth, and insisted on
pouring out temperance lectures
Tor years, to empty houses.
Yet this fellow was always. able
u, 70 crash the White House when
theodore Roosevelt was there. He
Knew King Edward VII, and near
~ everybody else, and was wei.
come where many an Intelligent
man na would have been given the
eolo shoulder. He made more than
a az million dollars, better than 5000
wv OF which came from the stage
anu was solely the product of his
popularity, since he was one ~
Ms.ory l;s S worst actors. When he
died he had SIS. '-e
why Sullivan? Why book
ABOUT Sullivan? don't know but
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
BY JOHN SELRY
JOHN THE GREAT bv Don.
aid Barr Chidsey doubleday,
day, DOran. S3l

oarr CnldSey doubleday,
day, Doran: S3).
probably "a great many men of
TINS generation have wondered
" wnat 1t was that made John l..
sullivan so preposterously popular
why, up to his last breath IN 1913
mere were still people anxious to
snake the hand that shook the
hand OF John L. Sullivan
Certainly Donald Barr chidsev
was eager to know. eager enough
to write book he calls "John tho
Great, out of the research he did
certainly the book is good read.
lng' bright but not too bright
shrewd, good fun. But eousllv
certainly, Mr.: chidsey has not
been able to put his finger. On tha
reason for Sullivan's almost god.
llke renown. John P. Marouand
mas written an introduction for
John the Great" and he aiso
reels that in this particular Mr.
Chldsey has failed. He thinks nor.
maps 1t cannot be done properly
by anybody. So.do I.
For this is sullivan-a great.
hulking bully, though not a cow
% ara a man who believed with all
MS heart that the answer to every
argument lay in his right fist: =
man who trained on cigars and
|orank intellectually throughout
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
DimOut Shields
DIR. ERDMAN.

State Civilian Defense Headquarters has is
sued a bulletin describing a satisfa ctorv head.
light softener for use in the coastal dirnout
area which is easy to apply and easy on the
pocketbook. Tests, says the bulletin. have
proved the shield satisfactory. 1t is exclusively
for use in dirnout areas and not for general
use during blackouts, when only emergency
vehicles may move.
Material consists Of two pieces of black oil
cloth about twelve inches square. which NAV
be bought for about Is cents, From these two
circles should be cut about three inches great.
er than the diameter of the headlight lens.
Then, with razor blade or sharp knife VERT.
cal slit should be cut one inch hoh and ono-
half inch wide, in the center and al the bottom
Inc rim OF most standard makes of auto
mobiles may be taken off by removing small
screw. With this done, the oil cloth shield
should be stretched over the outside Of the
lens, and the rim replaced. The oil cloth is
thus fastened securely over the entire lens
and no light can pass save through the slit
This ray is sufficient to mark the course of 4be
vehicle and at the same time indicate it's pres
ence to an approaching vehicle
If the speed Init of fifteen miles an hon,
Is closely observed there is no great DANCE,
of accident resulting from the greatly reduced
power of headlights thus shielded.
OF course, autos equipped with separate
parking lights which throw the rays downward
will need no such shields but all others drive,
in the dimout area ought to be provided will
them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 - War
Production figures for July SHOULD
be coming out soon and indica
tions are they will show up rather
well. June was a bad month but
in July some lines went ahead o1
schedule.
One gets dizzy in the din arouno
here. But so far as I can shake
down the essential facts the pro-
duction job is going well but not
as well as it could. We can feel
pride, but not compiacency, il the
achievement.
With that said, the defects can
be emphasized without getting Out
of focus. The defects are serious
They will tax all of the drive and
ingenuity that Donald Nelson has.
He knows it. He will need lot Of
help.
First attention is now going to
raw material shortages. Our war
plants can chew up more mater
ials than will be availble in the
lst half of this year. Steel. for
instance, will be several million
tons short of needs A decision had
to be made as to how to spread it.
Instead of spreading it thin over
the whole program. the program
has been broken down into groups.
First come those fighting weap-
ons needed this year by American
fighting forces. Raw material suf-
ficient for those needs will be sup
piled no matter what else suffers,
and lot else will suffer. You may
see some idle war plants. But that
will be a sign that the material
which they otherwise sould use is
going into fighting weapons need.
ed now.
Second, whatever material is
left over from the immediate
needs for fighting equipment will
be available for the bare essen
tials Of the civilian economy. That
doesn't mean morale stuff, OF
things to make people comfort
able. 1t means repairs for locomo-
tives and freight cars, for mines
whose copper or nickel is urgently
needed. 1t means chlorine for wa
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
Raymond Clapper Says:
War Production Figures
Maybe GoodDuringJuly

ter system to prevent equidenic.
1t means only such materials as
are needed to prevent a break
down behind the lines. Some de-
bate occurred over this group. The
services probably would rather aot
have had this category included.
WPB felt that it was essential to
prevent a breakdown that might
seriously interfere with urgent
production and that view has pre-
vailed.
Third on the list come those i'm
portant but secondary needs. New
locomotives, new freight cars, ex-
ira equipment which would be de.
sirable but which can be sacri-
feed if necessary.
That is the order in which raw
materials will be made available.
Expediters are being assembled to
check the flow of these materials,
to see that they 60 out in accor-
dance with this program and only
in amounts currently required.
The job there is to squeeze the
fat out of inventories, to be sure
that no stocks of short materials
lie around waiting for future use.
Closely related to this is the
scheduling of the flow. so that the
expediters will know exactly how
much Of a given material is need.
ed at a given plant and when.
Germany has only five per cent
of the worlds nickel and gets
along. Our side has ninety five
per cent of it and still is short.
The trouble is bad mana cement
of the supply. This problem has
been long neglected, and we are
now suffering. 1t is being cor.
rected.
Another thing is that American
and British war production must
be looked at as one. That ap-
proach was the purpose of the re.
cent visit of Oliver Lyttleton, Brit
ish war production chief here,
Take steel again for illustration.
If We send unfinished steel to Eng.
land instead of making it up into
war weapons here, we lose the
scrap - averaging about Is per
cent OF the tonnage. We are short
OF scrap, and can i'll afford to lose
that amount. Yet unfinished steel
can go over as ballast and there.
fore does not take up cargo space.
Cargo space is the tighter bottle
neck. So the dilemma is resolved
in favor of sending as much steel
as possible in ballast to save cargo
space for other finished war ma
terial. The object is to get the
maximum of war equipment
across. That must always be the
controlling factor.
For some time several of these
questions have been the subject of
much discussion and some differ.
eace OF opinion. Most of the de-
clslons now have been made. The
task OF carrying them out has be-
gun and the success of war pro.
auction over the last half of the
year will depend upon how effec.
tive WPB can make these de.
cisions in action.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
Carless Days

We have had the temerity in the past to
remind Star readers that heatless DAYS were
voluntarily adopted during the former World
back on the same basis as one means of com.
batting meat shortage.
We now propose that we voluntarily adopt
careless days for conserving both gasoline and
tires.
Suppose two thousand Wilmingtonians left
their cars in garages one day week. Suppose
their average consumption Of gasoline was one
n ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
Photographs

In the Swiss canton of Glarus
there still exists an old custom of
proposing marriage with flowers.
The lover proposes by placing a
flower pot wth a SINGLE rose in it
on her indowsill. If she wishes to
accept she takes the flower. If she
wants to reject his suit, she lets
the rose fade in the pot.
Amber beads, much like those
worn today, have been found in the
Egyptian tombs of the sixth dyn-
asty, dating from 1900 B. e. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
Is That So

A Canadian city repor's " NE
been overrun - or, raInsl' M
hopped-by millions OF aIs .ssv nj
Zadok Dunkopf sugges1s e nr,is.
be japanese beetles IN oi'0
y = 4
Worrying increases nv n NV tol
creases weight, were Nv "a vo
Hmm, just something else
ry about.
Japan's Hirohito co25-[,nir 2n5-nnier
write poetry, we read won WON VT!
he's found a word to rhSli'
Solomon islands:
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
TOP o. THE MORNING

1t is commonly said that "nothing is SO
sure as death;' there is one thing more
sure; it is that one generation of Christians
will never die, but will be living when the
Lord returns, and at His coming, will
pass into glory without dying. Corin-
thians Is; 51-53.
DIR. ERDMAN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing in
this department. They represent the
views of the individual readers.
Correspondents are warned that
all communications must contain
the correct name and address for
our records, though the latter may
be signed as the writer sees fit.
The Star-News reserves the right
to alter any text that for any rea-
son is objec 0onable. Letters on
controversial subjects will not be
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
interpreting
The War .
BY EDWARD E. BONA.
Wide World War a,,

49, certainty th,.
the raid on Dieppe and ..sl ~ ooS
mon Islands advance m. We st.
samples of blows 10 "eSe ea ns,s
phasized the assuring ,,;o vv,ae En-
which American forces :-sos ss viii
whipped into shape tor e,e M, ,0sas
style offensive wartare w q
The Rangers who reo.;.
baptism of fire with P-iti.s sso ae.
dian and French conn. ,,sa Gu,
arms at Dieppe will, te.ss ..s's' il
tactics to still more E lei
fighting men, says Unders...,'aa
Robert P. Patterson Of s'sv
Department. @F;r
Such post graduate ;,.
is established and prove
tice. Already army tan., Naa
passing on to the ar,nors5 ,;-Ea J. ''e
at home the benefit Of ~. ~ H'M
experience with the Britisbs l. aaa'
Mort North AT african @ desert. Piiot, i Ill., H.
from the southwest Pacjsfc ':Si ~
teaching front line air 1c w.c a. ~
tics to neophyte fliers vel hN
Almost every offensive 80
lty open to the united rstious ovs'Ial' n
SIDE OF Russia calls for taon s w.
between ground, air aa:.'S''i sas
forces on an unprede6entas1 ~ 81
1t is now apparent For n. '.'' .s
bined aerial and amphjbisS ,e con CON-
a ons demanded for v,.,.s ..s'
American men in arms VI. ".''' y
ing trained as intensive,y =. a.. u
the Nazis and japanese ~ !, Se,' e'
vance of their conquests ard a d. d.
likely in greater numbers 's'!
Just what is being nn5....,
ana accomplished has been ''ss Al.
closed only guardedly and nisa, ss
meal thus far. The Pangers YsyS ,S.'
not heard of until they actr,r' Il;
went into action at Diepoe ''-s.y %.!
are a relatively small vansr.,. r.,
OF the American version Nls"..s -, ~
Commands. = a'
incidentally both the Arnv -,
Marines hope to win acce9.,s.. s'
OF other popular names for 't, ts..
crack outfits. leaving the t.~ r,..
Commando' 10 the British ~
a new unit of combat engi,.,.
being trained in the Pacific no.
west is known as the Ame+,
pioneers. Ultimately there will,
a suitable nickname for the Arm,
newly organized Special spT,
Command which includes a cms,
gent OF Canadians and is IA h
made up entirely Of hand ri!y
commissioned and non COMM,
stoned officers.
The preparation for secnl
fronts in Europe and the psrh
have many and confusing rsnt
cations. There is an amphibim
command of the Army Cron
Forces, and a special Amphibr
Command of engineer troops y
cruited from men skilled in hsri.
ling small craft of all kinds.
A new Army Airborne Comnar
which includes paratroopers and
an initial force of two entire dir.
sions to be sped to scenes Of &C.
ton by transport plane and glide,
operates with troop carrying
Command of the air forces,
Fighting on both land and sea i
of course the very nature Of the
Marine Corps. whose proves il
being displayed in dislodeng the
Japanese invaders from the SOlo'
mon islands. Beginning well before
Pearl Harbor, the Marines and en-
tire divisions of Army troops CON-
bined forces in full dress reheaE'
sails.
1t is easy to share the confidence
of American fighting men that be-
fore the conflict is much older tney
will make telling and distinctive
contributions to the Comnland0S
methods of warfare.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
Civilian Defense
Timetable
RAs1C TRAINING COURSES

BASIC TRAINING COURSES
High school room 1o9 at 8 p m.
Fire Defense A; Every Moi.!a,' .ar
General Course: Every Iuesas:' ~. ,...
Gas Defense B: Every "eaiS'
day. AVN,
FIRST AID 10 HOURS
High school gymnasium al 'F
m.
First lesson: Every Mohosy
Second lesson: Every TUESDAY y.
Third lesson: Every Weohes.s; 10;
Fourth lesson: Every ThurSd'!|
Final lesson: Every Friaa''
SPECIAL COURSES
Fire Defense B: Every ine., !. e,,
day, Fire Dept, 4th and DO'A i,y ~
Police Course: Every Ii'1''~'' ~
high school room 1903, at . : !"
TRAINING COURSES
(Colored)
First Aid: 10 hours, Wealtsr ,,ry
and Friday nights, at o,'l J., N,
Community church, TIN an1 -
SITS. -, Al.
gust "a, Gregory C0f1>lD''
church, 7th and Nun StS.
If you hear or observe ..'s s@ns /
suspicious in character HT
promptly to:
Wilmington Police, 5244 ,sA
Wrightsville Beach police C., ="
Carolina Beach Police, %.t ..-s
Captain of the Port, z'IIs, s,s,
County Defense Council ''
Sheriff, 1852.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21
AS Others Say It
FREEDOMe

Modern conception Of freedom CT
worship is the right to stay away
from which ever church we wish on
Sunday mornings.-Southport Pilo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-08-21

In the 18O0s tuberculosis among
cattle was so prevalent that Mas.
sacnusetts physician said, "A cat
could not be kept at the cattl ebarn
without developing cough. be.
coming emaciated and pining
away"
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LOLA'S BEAUTY SHOP
Will be closed until March 10. 1912.
adv.
War College.
Young for a General

War College.
Young for General
Hartle at SO is one of the Armys
youngest major generals. advancing
to this rank from colonel in two
years. He is stocky, hard-jawed
infantryman with drive that in
dicates he might still be able to
cover considerable territory around
second base
He received his preliminary mill
tary training at st. Johns Col
lege, is a graduate of the Adj
vanced Infantry School at Fort
Benning, of the Command anu
General Staff School and the Wan
College. He has taught tactics in
several schools.
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Tides

tSun time, February 28)
Low tide. 4:47 am, Sc feet.
High tide, HOO am, 1873 feet.
Low tide, 5:33 pm, Is feet.
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LOLA'S BEAUTY SHOP
Will be closed until March 10, 1912.
adv.
NOTICE
ACTIVE GRADUATE NURSES

All active graduate nurses who
have not yet done so are urged to
complete their registration. Blanks
and information may be had from
Mrs. Arthur Walther. Nurses al
ready registered in 1941 are now
due for renewal and become de-
linquent after April first, when a
S100 Gone dollap penalty is added
to the fee. The Nurses Examining
Board wishes to remind the nurses
that, in this as in other matters,
it is the first duty of every good
citizen and well-meaning alien to
comply with the law, and that it
is now unlawful for anyone to rep
resent herself to be, or to act as,
a registered nurse in the Territory
unless registered with the Board.
LOLA WALTHER,
adv, Sec. Treas, Nurses Elk. Board
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M0T0R5HIp
BRINGS IL
TO JUNEAU

Twelve persons arrived from the
south last night by motorship Sew
enteen others joined the vessel here
when it sailed this morning. 1t
will return to Juneau before 60
ing to other Southeast ports
Coming into town were Felix
Kearney Carl Hall, Frank Du-
fresno, Frank Mellum, John Jones,
Robert Gorenson, Alice Brown, K.
Westenberger, Mrs. Frances War
ing, Pat S. Davis, Fred Leyde, Arnt
Nilsen.
Leaving Juneau were Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Blackwell, Nellie Bal
illus, Ed Smith, John c. Martinson.
Albert Hudson, W. NJ Faust, Mel
Leath, Don Pozman, c. l.. Crozier,
Bill Holt, H. w. Startling, E. Con-
nor j. S. Jeffrey, w. c. OVERLY,
Clayton B. Finnegan. j. C. Coop
er. Tom Morgan.
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juneau Couple Wed
In ChapeI-hy-ihe
Lake On Saturday

At a charming wedding cere-
mony performed by the Rev. Will
lis r. Booth, at the Chapel by the
Lake at 7 o'clock on Saturday eve
ming, Miss Virginia Almeda Martin
became the bride Of Weikka Arvid
Korhonen.
The Chapel prettily decorated
with evergreen boughs and silver
bells and lighted with candles, was
filled with friends of the young
couple,
Mrs. T. Arnold sang "Oh Prom
Use Me" preceding the ceremony and
also played the wedding march.
The bride was attended by her
sister, Mrs. Floyd Epperson as mat
ron of honor, while Mr.. Epperson
acted as best man.
Following the wedding an in
formal reception was held for the
newly married couple at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Epperson.
The bride wore blue afternoon
dress with corsage of gardenias
and rosebuds while her attendant
was in beige with pink earnation
corsage.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Korhonen are
well known in Juneau. He is me-
chanic with the Alaska Coastal Air.
lines and Mrs. Korhonen is en-
ployed at the Peerless Bakery They
are making their home at 1856 Gas
tineau Avenue.