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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17
BY WENDELL WEBB


SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16-lRA
The destruction of the carrier
Yorktown, announced by the Navy
in Washington today, provided one
of those pathetically indelible
memories of war that bring or
cold sweats in the dead of night.
1t happened more than three
months ago-months in which
there was good reason to believe
the Japanese did not know the ship
was sunk-but the stunning drama
of tae moment has never faded.
Flashing cannon, the great belch
of shells, hammering machine.
guns, the incredible din of fighting
planes that disturb the sleep. Nor
is it the bullets splattering around
the bridge, the glistening geysers
from exploding bombs, the flames
of falling planes. 1t is none Of
t.ae' cnomon-place of war.
Rather, it's the unforgettable
sight, in the terrible after quiet o1
battle, of ship that refused to
die, a ship that played as valiant
a part in as great victory as
this nation ever had, ship whose
very existence was a prime rea.
son the Flag of the Rising Sun
never came closer than 5000 miles
from the American West Coast in
the nip-and-tuck Battle of Midway.
From notes scrawled aboard a
cruiser during the epic events OF
last June 4, I find such memos as
these:
1--WE watch the Yorktown. It's
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17
BRAZIL Mobiles
ALL ARMED men
Three And A Half Weeks
After Republic De-
clares War On Axis

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sept.
16.- Up President Getulio Vargas
today ordered the mobilization o1
all Brazil's armed forces, three an6
a half weeks after the country had
declared war on Germany and Italy
He instructed reserves of the
army, navy and air force to be
ready to present themselves at then
posts. The nation, capable Of put
ting 250,000 trained infantrymen in
the field, already has been put on
a military basis.
Three categories Of reserves were
affected by the Gallup: those who
served at least one year of conscript
service; those who received some
training in shooting clubs and other
semi-military groups, and those who
were not called up for military
service because the conscript ranks
were filled.
The military service age in Brazil
is from 21 to As and men outside
that group presumably would not
be called without special orders.
Hundreds of men between 81 and
As years of age who have been
volunteering in recent weeks were
told by the ministry of war. they
would be called when needed.
Some industries and utilities have
begun training women to replace
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BLAST ENEMY SHIPS
8 Vessels Bombed And 6
Planes Destroyed, Many
Troops Are Killed
NO u. S. AIRCRAFT LOST
Raid Carried Out By Bomb.
ers And Fighters; Lit
tie Resistance

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.
-P)-The Navy announced
tonight that an Army air
force attacked the Japanese
base at Kiska harbor in the
Aleutians Monday, blasting
eight enemy ships, Destroy
ing six planes, killing or
wounding 500 troops and
wrecking shore installations.
The raid was carried out
by Consolidated 'Liberator"
bombers accompanied by
fighters, which were identi-
fled as Bell "Airacobras" and
Lockheed "Lightnings."
The enemy's installations
and ships were bombed and
strafed from a low altitude.
The Japs attempted to repel
the attack with planes and
week anti-aircraft resistance,
the Navy said, but not a sin
gle American aircraft was
lost as a result of enemy ac-
ton"
U. S. Hits Early in Month
The Navy reported the raid in
IA communique which apparently
raralleled communique issued by
the Pacific Fleet command a.
Pearl Harbor issued few minutes
earlier.
The Navy's report here also saia
that on September 4, two long
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17
M'NUTT REVEALS
new LABOR ACT
VINO Head Declares Ma
tional Service Inevitable
For War Output

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.- P -
A National Service Act, giving the
government broad controls over the
nations labor resources, was de
scribed today by Paul McNutt
chairman of the War Manpowel
Commission, as ''inevitable' and as
essential for maximum war produc
ton.
IT think the people are ready fol-
it." he told the special house com
mittee on defense migration, which
now is studying methods for full
utilization of the country's man
power.
McNutt disclosed that commits
sion subcommittee is studying the
potential scope of national service
act, but declared that no decision
had been reached as to when the
recommendation for the legislation
would be sent to President Roose.
welt.
Nor, he said, had final decision
been reached on the measures
form. Presumably, however, it
would prevent workers in essential
industries from leaving one job for
another without government sane
ton, and might permit the admin
istering agency to transfer workers
to areas where labor shortages de-
velop.
Bluntly, McNutt acknowledged
that the Manpower Commissions
(Cnntinued on Pare Two; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17
Local Airport Expansion
Work Now In Full Swing

Work of expanding housing
land and area facilities at the
Wilmington Army Airport is
now underway it was announ-
ced yesterday by Col. w. S.
Moore, district engineer of the
U. S. Army Engineers office
here.
No details were available
on the amount of expansion
due to military censorship but
according to work completed
by the w. P. A. here several
months ago, the local airport
is considerably larger than it
was a year ago.
All work is now handled by
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17
french " ant
rmiisticeln
Madagascar
4, For Peace Less Than
Nne Week After British
Attacks Start
vlCHY GIVES NEWS
ssat OF Government De-
cIsres Island Leader
Makes Overtures

LONDON, Sept. 16.-R)-
The Vichy French on NADIA
rascar asked the British East
llfrica command for armis-
Ire terms tonight after less
Than week of operations
messed inland from west
lsoast landings secured by i'm
rprial troops, planes and the
Roval Navy at dawn last
Thursday.
The official announcement
d overtures came from m
vrbv, which said Governor
General Armand Annet at
Tsnanarive had taken the
initiative to ask the British
commander his intentions"
Resistance Continues
T04 French communique added,
however. that resistance to the Brit
iSb continued, with ''the battle still
ngine as violently as before The
French previously had spoken only
Of token resistance and the British
advancing or the capital plateau,
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LABOR BACKING
STERILIZATION
Organizations Make Stand
On Steadying Living
Costs In u. S.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-R)-.
Although suggesting some amend
ments, organized labor backed adj
ministration legislation to stabilize
the cost of living today while the
leader of a farm organization IN
sisted upon higher-than-parity cell
ings for farm prices.
Van A. Bittner, representing the
CIO, and William Green, president
of the American Federation of La
Dor. appeared before the Senate
Banking committee and endorsed
the general principle of pending
price and wage control legislation.
Earlier Edward A. O'Neal, presl-
dent of the American Farm Bureau
Federation, told the committee that
ceiling prices on farm crops must
consist of parity plus labor costs.
Otherwise, he asserted, farmers may
be forced to let their crops go un-
harvested. Parity is a farm price
level calculated to give the farmers
a purchasing power equal to that OF
past profitable periods.
Green told the committee that the
pending bill by Senator Brown ID
Mich) covered the situation ade'
ouately. This would authorize the
President to stabilize farm prices at
parity or recent market levels,
whichever is higher, and wages at
about the level prevalent on August
IS.
Although endorsing the bill, Green
said most AT of L members would
prefer a. Simple plan" under which
the President would use his war
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IT, S. Aircraft CARR er Yorktown
Junk By Jap Sub After Midway
hyv Announces Loss Of
Vessel; Few OF Crew
Said Missing

VASHINGTON, Sept. 16 = tR -
lie mighty aircraft carrier York
.n. veteran of much Pacific
thting with destruction of at least
dozen Japanese ships to her
redit, was sunk during the battle
t Midway in June while United
Stes naval and air forces were
aring their greatest victory OF
Ae war over an enemy armada
lent upon conquest of the Ha-
gaiian Islands.
loss Of the 19,000-ton floating
airbase and a few of her crew as
result Of Japanese air and sub
marine attacks was announced by
the Navy today. The disclosure
ended weeks of strictest secrecy
ordered by the high command to
prevent japanese use of the knowl-
edse IN estimating American naval
forces available for operations in
me conquest Of the Solomon Is
lands.
lAe Yorktown, which had nor
nal complement of IS planes and
-V2 officers and men, was one OF
@VPn carriers with which the Unit
States entered the war. Five
ae left. the Lexington having
seen lost in the Battle of the
loral Sea in May.
Inc remaining five, considered
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in ClTY'S OUTSKIRTS
Civilians Aiding Army In
Battling Hitler's In
vading Troops
REDS TO STAND OR DIE
Appears To Be No Retreat
For Soviet Defenders
OF Volga City

MOSCOW, Thursday, Sept.
17.-R)-The Russians an
nounced officially early to-
day that German shock troops
had battered into the north
western outskirts of Stain
grad where the Red Army
and civilians were battling
desperately to save that
southern arsenal city which is
the gateway to Astrakhan on
the Caspian Sea.
A midnight communique
which for the first time plac-
ed the fighting in the city's
outskirts said:
"On the northwest out
skirts of Stalingrad our
troops fought heavy actions
against the enemy. In one
sector individual groups of
enemy tanks drove wedges in
to our defenses, but were
wiped out in the heavy fight
ing that ensued."
Special Announcement
1.-THE German propaganda min
istry has informed the German press
in Berlin that a special announce
ment, presumably dealing with Stall
ingrad, would be issued from Adolf
Hitler's headquarters within "a
hours, Exchange Telegraph report
ed from Zurich, Switzerland)
The Russians, fighting against the
flaming backdrop of Stalingrad
which has been heavily assaulted
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LONDON, Sept. 16.-R-A for
eign diplomatic source said today
that the Russians disappointed over
the delay of Britain and the Unit
ed States in establishing a second
front, are pressing for such a diver
sion quickly.
Moscow was said to hold the view
that it not only is necessary to
establish a second front in 1912,
but also that it is entirely feasible.
(The source of this report cannot
be named. But the nature OF the
source, plus it's timing, lend renew
ed Importance to what appears to
be merely a restatement of a posi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17
GERMANS STRAFE
3 BRITISH TOWNS
9 Persons Killed In Day.
light Raid By Nazi
Fighter Bombers

LONDON, Sept. 16- Re Nine
persons were killed by machine
gun bullets today as the German
air force resumed daylight raids
On Britain and bombed and ma
chine-gunned three coast towns.
Two Focke-Wulf 100 fighters
swooped on a southeast coast town,
damaging shops and houses with
iiigh explosive bombs. Five per.
sons were killed and a number OF
others were wounded in this town
when the streets were machine
gunned.
Other planes machine-gunned a
south coast town, killing four. More
than a score were hurt by flying
glass.
Bombs damaged property in a
third town, but no casualties were
reported. s-,
CONTINUED on Fare Two; Col. ~.
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the district engineers office
here by contracts let out to
civilian construction firms.
About 10 days ago, the
county commissioners closed
off portion of the highway
leading from Highway II at the
Winter Park Junction north
to the airport. Another por-
ton of the highway from
Wrightsboro southeast toward
the airport will be relocated
in order that civilian traffic
will bypass the flying field,
Col. Moore revealed.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17
Stop Cashing Bon
Gan Editorial)

The true value of war bonds be .hg
ton, particularly on the payroll az IS 11could
be appraised only if it were know Jhds are
cashed IN as soon delivered IL ~ way of
learning their number but it is the te nony of all
agencies authorized to certify them for payment that
the percentage of bonds converted into cash is large
Employees who cash in their bonds are not actually
buying bonds, but resortng to flimsy subterfuge
They are not sacrificing penny. They are not
patriotic at time when patriotism is at it's high
est premium
What possible good can it do to set aside def
1nte amount every payday to apply the purchase
price of bonds if the bond is redeemed now? How
many bombs and shells and tanks and planes and ships
can be produced with this reclaimed money? Not one
There doubtless when purchasers must
cash in some of their bonds to meet extraordinary
emergencies requiring cash than is available
There be complaint in such cases. But they
The complaint lodges against persons who, hav-
ing put part of their earnings into bonds Immediate
y demand a return of their money and deprive the
program of it's use.
This war, which has created work and higher
pay than millions have had before, requires actual
sacrifices from every individual in the country It is
only by sacrifice that win and in winning
to ourselves the right to continue in ganful
poymen instead of being plunged into slave labor and
forced to surrender every privilege we hold dear.
Is it helping to bring about that victory if we or
any among us, pretend to help, claim to be making
financial sacrifice, by buying" bonds but instead call
for the money they represent the barrel head as
soon it is put out? When we do that we Justify
the sneering declaration in Berlin and Tokyo that we
are softies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17
Russians Reported Disappointed On Delay
of Second Front Want Immediate Action


ton Russia has held for some time
but on which there has been less
agitation since Prime Minister
Churchill's recent visit to Moscow.
The feeling in Moscow, it was
said by this source, was that the
Russian people and the Red army
were both led to believe by the
communique issued in Washington
after Premier Molotov's visit that
they would get a second front this
year. Delay of such help, it was
reported, is viewed by the Russians
as likely to have these unhappy
effects:
Renewal of old suspicious be-
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17

tween Russia and Great Britain and
the United States.
2-Dampening of the morale OF
the Russian people and the Red
army and possibly bad effects on
neutrals and the peoples of occupied
countries.
3-Extension of the war "over a
number of years"
It was said that there was no
question of great rift between
Russia and her allies, but that
the situation would be most un-
fortunate if 1941 closed without a
second front. For one thing, it
was said, the Russians might find
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17
KIWANIANS BEAT
ROTARY ON BONDS
Civic Club Purchases Sc.
curities Worth $751;
900 AT Luncheon

Kiwanians did the Rotary club
one better yesterday as members
of the former organization pur-
chased $4,000 worth of war bonds
in a special sale at thir regular
luncheon. On Tuesday Rotarians
bought $4O,600 worth of bonds.
1--WE hope that Wilmington civic
club members will suscribe to at
least 100000 in bonds this week.
That way other towns in tn state
will not get ahead of u.s." said
Frederick Willetts, who is serv-
ing as "auctioneer" of the club
sales.
Two $4,000, one $4,000 and two
Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
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themselves so exhausted that the
Germans would be able to stabilize
the eastern lines and bring pos
sibly hundred divisions westward
to deal with their other foes.
Such development, the Russians
believe, would make second front
for the Allies more difficult in 1943
than in 1912. The Russians were
said to be convinced that the Allies
could open a front in Europe with
reasonable assurance of success
despite the difficulties, if they only
had the determination.
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~ -
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Eyewitness Account OF Big
Ships Last Hours
Recounted

Editors note: An Associ-
ated Press correspondent now
back from the war zone, was
on a cruiser with the U. S. Pa
cific Fleet during the entire
battel Of Midway and witness
ed the game. stand of the car
rier Yorktown which the Navy
today announced as sunk. Fol-
lowing are excerpts from his
log Of that day and his i'm
pressions of the epic battle).
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-09-17

FORECAST:
NORTH CAROLINA Continued
warm today.
eastern STANDARD TIME)
(By, u. S. Weather BureaD
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 p. M, yesterday:
Temperature:
1 80 a. m. 10; 80 a. m. rs; 80 p. m.
~. 7:30 D. m. 80; maximum 88; minimum
70. mean 70; normal 70.
Humidity:
1870 a. m. 80; 1880 a. m. S6; 80 p. m
So: 1880 p. m. IA.
Precipitation:
Total for the "a hours enoing ..'. .:oo
n. M, 600 inches; total since tne 1lrs'
of the month, 1.76 inches:
TIDES FOR TODAY:
(From the Ii. Tables puphsneo ny
U. S. Coast and Geodetic survey:
High Low
,,,.,+ asia. 9:51a
3:20p. 10 :40p
nn,so,horo Inlet 12:15a. 6:34a
i''"'o 1:07p. 7:29p
Sunrise 5:57a; sunset 6:l6p; moohrise
12 :5Bp; moonset 11:37p.
Cape Fear river stage 1T FayeUe.
Vile ON Wednesday at =. M, lO.Vo
feet.
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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WEATHER

FORECAST:
NORTH CAROLINA - Continued
warm today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-24
w men Wear
Working logs

More and more interest Is being
developed In the kind Of clothes.
working clothes, which should be
produced for women who are en-
ployed in plants Of defense in
dustries. It seems rather q mistake
to call these clothes uniforms,
since that term confuses with the
idea of some of the tailored clothes
based on military uniforms which
women of various associations
may adopt.
The interest In workmanlike
costumes for women working in
large groups is not confined to
industrial plants. since some OF
the large manufacturing groups
have been adopting practical
wearable styles in durable fabrics
for their pages. elevator opera
tors. clerks, etc.
It is understood that the speci-
fications made for these working
dresses or costumes to be worn In
the defense plants are Cd that
the fabric must be durable, to
stand hard wear: t2) 1t must be
washable: go it must be Of cot
ton: "a the garment must be
simple in construction: 60 for GER
tain types Of plants 1t must be
quick and easy to get In and out
Of; and 60 that good fast, plain
colors must be available SO that
in large plants the different Sec
tions can adopt different colors
for Identification.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-24

The treatment Is to feed the
proper amount Of thyroid sub
stance. which Is the dried sub
stance from the thyroid glands Of
animals, such as we eat for food.
II an active substance Is employed.
Il will result In q cure. II the feed
ing of gland substance does not
improve the patients condition. 1t
Is proof that the substance used Is
not active.
In certain regions Of the coun-
try. enlarged thyroid gland is
common. especially in girls about
the age Of Is. This Is due to q lack
Of iodine in the water or the soil.
iodine stimulates the thyroid gland
to produce thyroxin.
In cases due to deficiency OF
iodine. there is simple enlarge
OF the gland. It does no harm ex-
cept that It Is disfiguring. 1t Is
overcome by the feeding Of q very
small amount Of iodine. As little
rs one sixth Of q grain of an or
ganic iOdinic compound, once a
week through the school year, will
often reduce the enlargement.
The use Of iodized salt by grow
Ing children Is an excellent meth
Cd Of treatment. Operation is not
indicated. When, due to some in
ternal disturbance, an excessive
amount Of thyroxin Is produced.
extended nervous disturbance as
- well IS rapid heart. bullying eyes
and general distress occur.
When toxic goiter develops, the
partial removal Of the gland will
o1ve relief. This u 4 serious condi-
ton, and u . case for your physi-
clan 70 decide Just what procedure
- follow IN treatment.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-24
Thyroid Controls Growth

The spleen is one active organ
which we can live without. There
Is one disease In which there Is q
very great destruction Of red blood
cells. The surgical removal Of the
spleen stops this destruction and
gives the patient q new lease on
life.
The thyroid Is the next best
known Of the ductless glands. It
has . large number Of chemical
functions. It's principal secretion Is
thyroxin. A large amount Of this
may cause many nervous symp-
toms. such as exophthalmic goiter
and its absence results in dullneSs
and retarded mental growth.
Thyroid secretions have much
to do with the general metabolism.
Combined with secretions Of other
glands. It acts to regulate many Of
our physical and mental reactions.
The thyroid glands consist Of three
1obes. one on each side Of the
windpipe Just below the Adams
apple, with q thin lobe extending
across the windpipe.
The entire absence Of thyroid.
which sometimes happens at birth.
results In retarded growth, mental
and physical. The patient does not
try to walk, talk or do any of the
ordinary acts Of q child Of his age.
The feeding of thyroid substance
relieves the condition, but does not
cure and the child remains below
par In some respects.
In some cases where the glands
are small and inactive, We have
what we call myxoedema. This
child grows. but he Is fat and
poorly developed. the mind Is dull.
he appears dumb. The speech Is
slow and often unintelligible: he
cannot learn or remember what he
seems to learn.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-24


course, with teaching her final goal.
Teachers don't get rich. they know,
but on the whole are well paid and
have q measure Of security.
Instead of forcing their Ideas
upon their daughter, these parents
are willing to give time chance to
perform the miracle for them.
After ALL" they reason wisely. I'VE
are not so far apart in our funda-
mental thinking. and that's some
thing. We approve Of Almas art in
terests. We see that she has some
ability and is happy in the work.
Too much specialization at once. we
are told by the vocational counselor
at school, Is to be discouraged in
any case, and we are inclined to
take her advice.
After Alma has attended college
for a year or so and has had talks
with teachers and students there.
she may change her mind" the
parents believe. meanwhile she
needs to feel that she will be free to
do what she wants to do when the
time comes. Although We hope she
will change her mind. we know that
she has her own life to live, and how
important It Is to be satisfied in
ones life work"
Alma Is fortunate In having
parents who are SO realistic about
the choice Of q vocation. But her
good luck goes back beyond this to
a time when she was a little girl and
her parents provided various occu-
pations to find out where her inter-
ests and abilities lay. Some parents
make up their minds as to a child's
future vocation when he Is but a
mere tot, little thinking that he Is
going to have something to say
about It when the time comes. To
influence q child In the choice OF q
career Is ill-advised unless one has
a sure knowledge Of his outstanding
characteristic and abilities. Even
SO, ne should give his son or daueh-
ter q good deal Of latitude In the
final choice.