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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
New Battle Incubating

Japanese inactivity in the air is generally
accepted indicating new major offensive
in incubation. Certainly it is not to be sup
posed that Japan's losses have been so great
that the Tokyo war-makers are drawing off
The enemy in the Pacific has suffered heavily
in all branches, naval, air and land, but not
heavily enough to lead him to go on the
defensive.
The logical view is that great forces are
being modified for another attempt to crack
the Allies and continue with the expansion
program which brought on the Pacific war
The phase of present conditions that enlists
deepest intarest is where the next major
blow will be struck The two likeliest arenas.
are India and the Yunnan province, in south
ern China bordering Burma And Of these.
Yunnan would seem to be the preferred battle
ground.
With Yunnan in hand, the japanese would
be in position to attack the southern flank of
Chlang Kai-shek's armies, cut off the flow
OF supplies which have been reaching him
IN recent months and cause such a con-
the eastern sections of China from which an
air attack on Japan could best be launched
would be easier to conquer than they have
thus far proved to be.
In very substantial way, China is to the
war in the Pacific what Russia has been to
the war in Europe. AS long as it remains
unconquered Japan cannot hope to gain q
free hand in the southwest Pacific. And as
long as it is necessary for Japan to maintain
large forces in China it cannot hope to carry
its conquests into new territory vital to the
success of it's ambitious program. Although
the prizes are greater in India, the military
advantages of Chinese conquest easily out
weigh them. This lends weight to the belize
that the next great military adventure by
the Japanese will be against the Chinese.
But, wherever it comes, it is clear tha
the japanese will find the going as hard ane
as costly as Hitler has found it in Russia
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
A Double Advantage

The time when French naval units at Dakar
Alexandria and north African ports will he
turned over to the Allies is not as important
we Think as that they will not be delivered
to the Axis.
London announces the transfer cannot he
made, possibly. for some months-why is NOT
entirely clear. But whenever they are turned
over they will represent double ADVANTAGE
in that we will have them and the enenv
be without them.
Again, we see reason to be grateful to Cen
eral Eisenhower for bringing Admiral Darlan
into the Allied camp and are pleased 10
find the opposition of Free French leaders
sluffing away. Darlan is eminently correct
in hoping that all Frenchmen able to figbt
the Axis will do so in harmony. The time
for pickering and jealousies is long past The
time for a united pull against common enc
mics is here.
It is vital to victory that all French ele.
nents not under Htler's domination get to-
gether and fight together for deliverance and
leave the settlement of factional disputes to
the postwar era when minds will have re-
turned to normal processes and the excite
ment of battle is gone. There would be a
hazard of defeat, for example, if French fac
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
The Literary Guidepost

would be impossible, I think, to
find more intelligently presented
material concerning the War Be-
tween the States, this year. Per-
haps any year.
I enjoyed Oliver Fromling's S
Free Men Are Fighting" more
than any other book about the
war because of the. shrewd way
the running story is background
ed, if there is such a word. He
has set the big events into a mo-
sale of little events; the things we
all were doing while the titans
were fighting. 1t is difficult
method, successfully handled.
The Raft" by Robert Trum-
bull, seems to me head and shoul-
cers above. the stories of heroism
that have SO far come out of the
war, first because of the expert
ence it retells. and second because
cf Mr.. Trumbulr consistent re-
fusal to polychrome his story.
W. L. Whites They Were Ex-
pendable' would be second.
The field of strict biography has
been less rewarding - HesketA
Pearson's G B.S." is one of the
best, although it has too much
Shaw and too little Pearson for
my taste. And I have seen no
poetry of Importance since Janu-
ary l, 1912
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
What About the Sick?

Drastic steps to conserve the dWndling gaso-
lney oe necessary. The public cannot dis
pu.e it, knowing little Of the true situation,
and must accept the new order with as good
grace as possible. Internationally it may
be said that the public would accept it with
greater good will if it had more confidence
in The source Of the order). But it must be
obvious 10 anyone that by ordering a cut
in gasoline sales, without consideration Of the
necessity of some groups TO consume more,
the rationing authorities have imposed an in
toerable burden.
An example OF this is offered by physicians.
If they are restricted to the low gallonage
now designated they will not be able to
visit their patients with the regularity that
alone can assure recovery. And because hos
pials are overcrowded the physicians cannot
order patients taken there. If the new order
is fully enforced many persons suffering from
diseases will have to 60 without medical at
tention.
Another example is provided by the health
departments visiting nurses and all welfare
agents They cannot make their rounds with
out sufficient gae. Welfare work, apparently.
must be diacontinucd for the most part, and
residents needing Inc ministrations Of visiting
nurses and welfare workers must 90 without.
Clearly, with customary indifference to hu-
man needs the rationeers have again acted
hastily, without surveying the true state OF
affairs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19

to join. With the Mine Workers.
treasury behind them, the Lewis
family are very dangerous to Mr..
Murray's outfit.
Of the remaining unions of the
C1O, the Auto Workers and the
Steel Workers are erratic and i'm
mature and the Communistic Or
CARNATIONS, which make an aw.
full lot of noise, have few members
and little money.
This administration, which fights
Lewis is sympathetic with the CIO.
which was a protege of the Labor
Relations Board from the begin.
ming and, if kept in action. can
be used to combat the ambitions
of the Lewis family with their
miners and District so and the or
der in the Montgomery Ward case
was very substantial service In
this political branch of the New
Deal Party.
Nobody can say that McNutt
will compel the employer of George
Spelvin, American, to fire him
from non-essential task and COM
pei Spelvin to take job in a clos.
ed shop and join the union, but
he hasn't said he won't and, on
precedent, he can.
But there is no need for a lot
of speculation.
If McNutt won't do this, why
coesn't he say so?
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
Post War Employment

The problem of providing work for every
bodv when the war has been brought to a
successful close is engaging some thoughtful
and anxious souls in long periods of solemn
meditation 1t may deserve every moment
of contemplation that can be devoted to it.
There would be grave complications indeed
if large numbers of workers now receiving
more money than they ever got before, and
spending it as fast as it is received found
themselves out of jobs when some war ac-
tivities are suspended and must find or create
new ones.
The period of readjustment after the war
could be a period of unrest and distress,
even of widespread riotng, if no method were
found ahead of time for preventing general
unemployment. Even President Roosevelt is
gravely concerned and it is limited may place
the problem in the lap of Congress for solution.
We cannot help but feel that the solution
is not as difficult to find as some believe.
In the first place the United States, despite
the return of peace. will by force OF clrcum-
stances have to maintain an extraordinarily
large armed force for many years This coun-
try will not return to its former regretable
unarmed condition again until the world has
will be this country's duty to share in big
way in policing the world. and to do so will
provide employment for perhaps a million or
more men,
floo,.y, ofo rr1ojQ If
be needed to restore war industries to their
former lines of business. and many indus
tries which have come into being as result
of the war will continue to operate for one,
two or more decades. Shipyards are a fair
example of this. With the commerce lanes
Of the seven seas to be refilled with ships,
and no other country so well situated to build
them, the United States shipbuilding industry
will have work for tens of thousands OF men
long after the peace table has been coated
with dust.
Doubtless there will be many men thrown
out of work when the war has ended. But
if they have any ingenuity and are willing
to do what needs doing they can soon be
pdck at Wolk AMERICAN history IS Hheu Will
cases of men who, having to give up their
chosen activities have made new places for
themselves and continued to lie in financial
independence. One obstacle with many men
thrown upon their own is that they insist
upon working in their accustomed grooves
and will make no effort to fit into another.
When the war is over and work not so
plentiful there need be no great army of
unemployed if discharged men take any job
that opens, whether they have ever turned
their hand to anything like it before or not.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
Raymond Clapper Says:
Static Peace Won't Work
In World After This War

the principal United Nations must
agree in general on some of the
main postwar questions before the
war ends. They must do that in
order to be able to move quickly
and surely to deal with the explo-
sive chaos that will exist every.
where.
Mr.. Hoover mentions the short
age of food in Europe, which he
says amounts to famine among
nearly zoe, 600, 900 people. 1t is that
way nearly everywhere. There are
food riots in some places that you
never hear of. Nearly every coun-
try is having acute inflation-and
we will get it here if we don't
watch out The pressure is in
tense. That's what's behind the
screaming against Leon Hender-
son. There is pressure to shove
up prices, because the shortage of
goods will permit it.
Some of this trouble can be dealt
with now For instance the gov
ernment ot Iran is hiring DR.. A.
c. Millspaugh to return as finan-
cial adviser, as he was in the
middle '20s when the country was
known as Persia. Iran has Sc
we're initiation. Food is extremely
difficult to get. All goods a e
short, and Allied troops and con-
struction crews working on this
highway into Russia are spending
large sums and straining the cur
rency. There are probably large
wheat boards that can be drawn
out now. That is one kind of work
that can go on.
+ Another is the discussion of boun-
Diary questions. The Polish pre-
mier, General Sikorski, is II e
and hopes for some preliminary
understandings with the chief Unit
ed Nations. Some have suggested
that we go back to the geographic
cal boundaries fixed by the Treaty
of Versailles. use them as start
ing points during the armistice or
period of conditional peace, and
readjust as appears advisable later
on In theory. it is an attractive
proposition. In practice, some OBJ
jections are raised which may not
be insurmountable. For instance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
BY JOHN SELBY

AIIlOIlS lllC ySdI D OCSt
There is no more pointless ac-
tivity than tae annual attempt of
some reviewers to name the best
books of the year. 1t is easier to
list personal preferences.
Of all the many novels | have
read this year, l liked LIE Grand
Cannon's Look to the Mountain
best. 1t is long, IN a strict since it
is plotless, and it is real. Two
men racing to see which could
NOW field faster proved more
exciting to me than all of For
Whom the Bell Tolls" and if
that statement damns me it's just
too bad.
There weren't many amusing
books, which makes me all the
more grateful for "See Here Pri-
vate Hargrove." Marion Har-
groves book has sold nearly 3OO,-
ooo copies without book club help,
and it will go much farther. This
is important, for Hargrove h S
]elled for all time the spirit of
young America beginning a cru
SADIE for all America.
For me, the first volume of
douglas Southall Freeman's Lees
Lieutenants" was the years best
oook OF hlstory-although DR.. Free
nan calls it group biography. It
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19

During the time that Macarthur has been
in Australia and Stilwell in China and Wavell
in India the United Nations have gained tre-
mendous fighting power, as the failure of
the enemy to retake Guadalcanal and New
Guinea has demonstrated.
It will require the best that the Allies have
ACCOMPLISHED to hold their own against the
Japanese when another offensive starts, but
we may be sure that China will not be con-
ouered, any more than Russia has been con-
quered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19

if you restored Poland to the Trea-
ty of Versailles lines, the Polish
Corridor would be revived. But
the Germans have driven all the
Poles out. The arrangement al
ways was considered breeder of
future trouble as it, certainly
proved to be in setting off the
present war-so you wonder wheth-
er that ought to be set up again
now.
But that is exactly the kind of
question that needs to be worked
on now The more of those that
can be ABUSED before the end
of the war, even on temporary
basis, the easier the jolt from war
into the chaos of peace will be.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
Photographs

The biggest gun formerly maui
in the U. S., a 13-inch gun os
signed to hurl a l, 1,100-polnd p-V
jectile from II to 20 niles M'' M',
under production in 1897 IN
days big guns fire l6-inrA ''s5 5
weighing over 1000 pounoS- '"S oo
have an effective range oI ~
miles.
The serving of nllnce PIE w
Christmas Day has a Spec-'I -
nificance. 1t is supposed 10 'C'% oa
memorate in its mixture Oh ~
entail ingredients the nlefl"-.
made by the Wise Men OIL ."s ,r
East to the infant Jesus N..s'
they visited Him in His mahse'
If soldier cant get OH ~,
ground with her." he can l Dr
press the girl, according to A''"'
slang.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON.-It is becoming
fairly certain that the peace this
time will not be simply a docu-
ment drawn up in conference
signed with a flourish and then
embalmed in some palace of the
nations.
We tried that kind of static peace
the last time and it failed. The
modern world just won't be poured
into a rigid mold. 1t wouldn't stay
poured into the Treaty OF Yer.
sailles and it won't stay poured
into anything we can work out
this time.
Herbert Hoover sees that. out
of his experience at the Paris
peace conference, just as our pres.
ent government sees it.
Mr.. Hoover, in his thoughtful
and constructive Chicago speech
this week, says that if we are not
to see the tragedy of Versailles
repeated we must have a new
approach to the whole method and
process of peacemaking. Repub.
lican politicians who are setting
out now 10 demagogue about the
peace would find some far better
stuff to lean on in what Mr.. Hoover
says.
More likely the peace this time
will be a flowing, ever-changing
condition, requiring constant dis
cussion and adjustment m n 6
statesmen Of various nations.
Peace will be a process, method,
rather than a frozen mold. Even
in the happiest of large families,
nothing stays still. There are al
ways some matters to be settled,
and the peacemaking labors Of the
mother are never done. No more
will the next peace ever be com
plcted so that you can put it away
and forget about it. The n e X
peace will continue an active pro
cses in which the long-distance tel
ephone and the airplane, which
can bring principals together or
lew days notice. will replace
the formal green-baize conference
table that symbolizes the futile
static, peace method of the past
Mr. Hoover agrees with the tor
thought in this Administration tha
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
Interpreting
The War
BY WILLIAM T PFACocu

The cutting of perhaps IN M,
Of RommePs best troops and b.l,
his remaining tanks, a spectacn,.
and dramatic feat in itself tol.
on its greatest significance NO,
from the numoer of NazIe kiuoa
or captured but from its relation
to the time factor and tho w..
as a whole. wal
There is a possibility that Soma
of the entrapped Axis forces nav
have broken through and fo5
westward
Nevertheless, by this brijIisr.
stroke, THE British Eight Arn,r
has reduced immeasurablv . fl.
time which might have been WY VIZ
quired, had those trapped forcs.
reached Tripoli or Tunisis ~
throw the Axis completely out NJ
Africa.
And winning the Mediterranean
figures so importantly in the over,
-all strategic picture that davs saw
ed there may be compounded into
months in the winning Of tbs
war.
The Allies fight is not only IA
win Africa as base for possihs
invasion of Europe.
1t is thseir purpose 10 turn tbe
Mediterranean into a highway
over which troops and weapon,
can move in huge quantities ia
the Middle East, to Russia n
India, and, eventually, to China
This would effect tremendous
saving in shipping by cutting out
the long haul around Africa.
1t is Hitler's purpose to deny
the Allies free use of that sea
To do so. he must have time
time to make Sicily, Sardinia and
Crete into secure bases from
which his planes ana submarines
can harass Allied shipping if he
loses his foothold in Africa. time
to erect all along the North
Mediterranean defenses against
invasion, time perhaps to prepare
some counter stroke to offset the
Allied success in Africa.
By denying him the time he
would like to have, the Allies ease
the tasks ahead of them once vic.
tory is won in Africa.
Sicily and the other islands
whose effectiveness as AXIS bases
must be destroyed to secure the
Mediterranean will be less diff.
cult to seize or neutralize by
bombing if Hitler cannto win
needed time to perfect their de.
fenses.
In the Pacific. the United Ma.
tions have been on the defer.
sive for more than a year Lack.
ing the resources, particularly in
shipping, to take the offensive
everywhere, they have been fore
ed to limit their efforts there 10
holding operations,
For Japan, this has meant time
to press ahead with assimilating
the huge empire her troops have
overrun; time to plan and organize
for what further steps she must
take to make that empire secure,
time to turn some of her riches
in stolen raw materials into war
weapons.
So far as Japan is concerned.
The Allies are racing against
time to get into position to take
the offensive before she has mace
herself so strong that her defeat
may take years.
With the Allied advance in Airl'
ca, the time before the offensive
can be launched is running out
One day the strength of the Unit
ed Nations will be flowing through
the middle sea and across the
Indian ocean, rolling the japanese
back to their islands.
1t is not too much to say that
the fast moving British column
which slashed Rommers retreat
ing troops in two has saved me
lives of thousands of United J l.
tions soldiers by intellectually hast
ening the day Of victory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
You're
Telling Me

An old timer is a fellow who
can remember when the big com
munique of the day was the an
nual release of the official big
league batting averages.
fOrlOrn these days, since there
is no such thing as a balcony
in an air raid shelter.
Ice deliveries to be cut
news item. Weather man:
please note-and follow SUIT.
A 92-year-old citizen of Maine
claims he has not needed the SER
vices of a physician for the last
80 years. He must have inherited
an apple orchard at the tender
age of two.
Nights last six months in the
Antarctic. That must be the
reason penguins always ap-
pear to be walking around in
dinner jackets.
This is the season when the
cold-shower-everv-day addict
wishes he's thought up some-
thing less painful to prove his
heroism.
In England a scientifically-de
veloped green mouse was gobbleo
up by a pink rat. Sounds like
Aesop's fables in technicolor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu'
tion of the war to complete vic
tory.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
As long as time and space endure
These shall be stable and secure:
A mothers love.
Gods Constancy, that yearly brings
The summers, autunns, winters, springs.
The love of freedom, brought to light
Truth buffetted, but sure to rise
&nd sound its message TO the skies.
From '"Certitudes'' By
Bessie WOlvingt0n
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
WAGE Agreement

NEW YORK, Dec. 18-'4- LIN, 1c
American Viscose corp. dnLo".
ed today wage -increase asIT, IN
,nent with the Textile WORKERS ,.ay
ion of America, retroactive 10 W., w.
81, had been approved by the w.
tional War Labor board,
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
FAIR ENOUGH

Editors Note-The S,ar and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views of Mr.. Pegler.
and often disagree with Them much many OF
his readers His articles the good purpose of
making people Think
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19

If you hear or observe any'l!"'
suspicious in character report
promptly to:
Wilmington Police. 5244.
Wrightsville Beach Police ''07
Carolina Beach Police POOL
Captain of the Port 2-2278'
County Defense Council 3lZ3'
Sheriff, 1852.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-12-19
Civilian Defense
Timetable
SPECIAL

All OCD classes will be suS-
pended December 18th, ana re-
sumed on January 4th, l94S'
Evening star., 1942-05-17

ARLINGTON, VA.-FOUR-ROO BCNGA-
low large living room near Schoo!s aho
Evening star., 1942-05-17

HYATTSvILLE, MD.-5- ROOM BATH
bungalow. large lot. 2-car garage good
condition, 81 800; $500 down, $40 per mo
PERRY BOSWELL INC.
1904 Rhode Island Ave NE. WA $500
Ewes WA lS4a or WA 3l66
Evening star., 1942-05-17
FALLS CHURCH VA

S13.95O-216 Forest drive--Exclusive
observation-disclosures stone Williamsburg
Colonial, Just complete T. on larpe wooded
lot, situated in a comm nifty Of fin, homes,
rooms. > baths. paneied library or bed
room and bath st floor: psneled break
fast room. living room with stone fire.
place dining rom and all-Steel Kitchen
with Mnnel sink and counter, 3 bed fooms
and bath "nd floor. large screened porch.
open 1sestone terrace, beautiful Vermont
slate roof and built-ln garage. FRANK II
MALICE. Owner and Builder, Falls
Evening star., 1942-05-17
SMALL ACRE ESTATE
WITH LARGE RPTCK uON6U

Located in the restricted Langley section
OF the White House, this attractive q-rm
brick home designed along the lines of an
due to the owners transfer. Built on the
contract ! year ago for the owner it has
peen carefully planned for INABILITY and
beauty Rooms include wide center hall
With graceful stairway, drawing room 15x
"A with interesting Colonial fireplace
paneled den 15x20 with fireplace and door
opening on lawn, dining room l2x20 with
laree electric kitchen and breakfast nook
on the 2nd floor, master bedroom suite
OF Z rooms and bath. other bedrooms and
path A large roomy attic entered py
regular stairway could be finished into
additional rooms If desired Basement
mas recr., room. maids room and bath. -
car attached garage Priced under SOS, 900.
GEORGE MASON GREEN CO..
$50 Wilson Blvd. Arlington. Va.
CHI. 1898. Ewes Cilebe 5o1S
Evening star., 1942-05-17
WAREHOUSES FOR RENT.

AVAILABLE NOW FOR STORE OR STOR-
age, lOX5O-ft., cement floor NJ st. NV.
EN- O725
WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO OUR NEW
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warehouse and store property az ,5l6 Sth
800 r.. at the rear of 6l3 H st. NV,
ready now. Both properties fully
ser"lceable End sound Reasonable rentals
for steady tenants. Phone Mr. DERMOT
A. NEE, Ext. 300, P Nee Furniture Co.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Arlington. Outstanding Value

One of the most imposing and spacious
homes in beautiful Country Club Hills
offered at little more than y its original
cost. Finest brick construction. slate roof
all hardwood frs, huge cedar-llned closets
large bedrooms. 4 = baths, large luggage
room frst floor has very large living room
powder room, dining room, electric kitchen
buffers pantry. center hall and a beautiful
maids room and bath in basement. oil
h.-w h: lot is large and has beautiful trees
and Shrubbery. 2-car huilt-ln garage: priced
So5.0n0 reasonable
Evening star., 1942-05-17

COLMAR MANOR. "D-8UNGALOW, :
Convenient 10 bus line and stores 2o5
e C-aNI 0-0-