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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
By RAYMOND CLAPPFR

CALCUTTA, Apr. IS Although
this is a judgment based on a
relatively short time spent in In
dia, 1 feel that it is matter for
deep regret that Nehru has re-
jected the British proposal, leav-
ing the mission of Sir Stafford
Cripps a failure.
The blow falls alike on the peo-
pie of India and on the United
Nations. The Indians are not ready
to defend India against the jap
anese, who are now hitting at their
coast. Nehru himself told me that
India would be unable to defend
herself owing to past B rit h
policy. Her only equipment o r
defense is British and American.
If Indians were to enlist by the
millions there would he no major
weapons available for them except
those furnished by the two major
Allies.
Despite Nehru's call to his coun-
trymen to defend India, the failure
of the Cripps mission is likely to
have a contrary effect among the
Indians, as the collapse of t h e
negotiations leaves them still at
odds with the British. Many of
them feel more strongly b t
past grievances than about the
present menace.
The effect on the United Ma
tions is also likely to be adverse.
1t leaves the British and Ameri-
cans in the position of trying to
defend India while there is an un-
bridgeable political gulf between
the Bri i S h and the Indians.
Furthermore, some of the news
papers-and even Nehru, in his
statement-take resentful o n e
toward the American effort to help.
Most of the military ople
with whom I have talked believe
that the breakdown of the nego-
tiations means that Japan will
move with more determination
than ever in order to take ad-
of the split and bag In
dia.
Undoubtedly fifth column ac-
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
BY JOHN SELBY
"BEHEMOTH: THE sTRUCTUR

"BEHEMOTH: THE STRUCTURE
AND PRACTICE OF NATIONAL
SOCIALISM," by Franz L. Neu-
mann Oxford: $4).
There is little doubt but that
Franz L. Meumann's 'Behemoth"
is the most frightening book of the
spring, so far. 1t is big book in
both senses - 532 closely printed
pages of very cold, very shrewd
and amazingly documented reason
ing. It answers perturbing ques-
tions the war has raised. Mr.. Neu-
mann is in very good position if
any should question his answers,
incidentally. ALI he need do is to
point to these same answers as
they are to be found in the writ
ings and the documents of Eazi
Germany. That is where Mr.. Neu-
mann got them in the first place.
Neumann discovers the roots of
National Socialism in a conflict
which enlisted strange partners
alarms. On one side were mo-
nopolist economy, nationalism, and
ever-present Prussian reaction. On
the other was what the Nazis chose
to call the menace" of democ-
racy which "impudently" allowed
labor a powerful share in it's work.
lings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
History Repeats

Exceptionally clear evidence that history re-
peats itself is offered in the sudden rise to
power of Pierre Laval in France, the parallel
lodging in the similar ascendency of Adolf
Hitler in Germany
When Germany was in chaos, following the
former World War; it was the aged Won Hin
denberg who tried to lead his country back
20 orderly existence. Because Hindenberg was
aged and physically weakening he was no
match for the little upstart, Hitler, and though
he held out against Hitler's intrigues as well
as he could. Hitler had so entrenched himself
that when Hindenberg died the chancellorshin
literally fell into his lap and the way was
cleared for the blood bath into which t h q
world has been plunged
When France was defeated and only small
segment saved from invasion, it was Marshal
Petain, another aged man, who undertook to
Bring order out Of the chaos into which the
Nazi victory had thrown it.
He could do little, of course-even less than
Hindenberg, because the war was still in
progress and growing worse all the time
,ut he did his best to hold what was left
If France from complete surrender to the
Germans and to maintain at least a sem.
blance Of neutrality at Vichy.
In time he could have brought France out
Of the despair and impotency that has marked
its governmental course since Petain signed
the armistice with Hitler. But he was moi
given the time necessary for this work Hit1e,
wanted France and her few resources. es
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
Is That So!

The mountain goat. according !"
a Canadian newspaper. is no, u q
fully developed goat. Just l!n III
billy. eh?-or would it be Dill
nanny?
With the treads getting thlnns, ..
and thinner Reckless Rupert is Nv"
a joy-tinged-with-worry rider
Zadok Dunbkopf says that Vn''
the world needs more than an.
thing else is gun that will snoy,
from here to Berchtesgaden-aD'
hit the right guy!
In view of the news that Wollls.
are replacing men as life gualu3
Zadok Dumbkopf has abanools'
his plan to take swimming lessons
Sugar, we read, is being eXtESI,+
ed from timber. Woodsnan aon
spare that tree-we've just pul Wv
coffee on to perk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
Raymond Clapper Says:
Failure Of Sir Cripps
Mission Is Regretted

tivity will be sharply increased.
Agents of the Japanese will cap
italize among the Indians on
Cripps' failure, and will represent
the Japs as iberators.
Nehru's rejection of the Cripps
compromise opens the door for the
biggest fifth-colunn job of World
War II. The situation creates
serious problem, particularly for
the American effort in both India
and China. India lies athWart the
route to China. If the japanese are
allowed to cut off China, the Chi
nese will have difficulty in con-
tinuing their resistance. The Amer
lean forces in China and Burma
will be isolated.
Furthermore, there is a grow
ing American strength in India.
American Flying Fortresses have
been striking at the Japs f r m
bases in India. The American tech.
nical mission to India under Henry
F. Grady is undertaking to assist
in increasing India's war produc-
ton. All this explains the activity
of Louis johnson in striving for
a British-Indian agreement. Amer
leans lives are involved. The whole
future of the American effort in
this area is involved.
Americans have long been SYM
pathetic with India's aspirations
for self-government. Washington
encouraged the British to try for
an adjustment, but it's efforts ap-
parently have been misunderstood.
They are regarded by some IN
dians-including Nehru himself -
as interference in a family quar-
rel. 1t would be unfortunate if we
took that too seriously, however.
AS I pointed out in my recent
from Aiiahabad, even
such an intelligent leader as Nehru
seems to be unable to shake off
his bitterness over the past.
When I talked with Nehru at
Al1ahabad, he spoke of extensive
plans that he and his colleagues
had worked out for development
of industries in India. But" he
told me, 1--WE met with obstruction
by vested interests, and when 1
was put in Jail the work stopped.
Certain interests did not want In
dians to develop industry. Yet
those very industries would have
been most useful in the war ef-
fort now"
And he reminded me that In
dians, when beaten by the po-
lice during independence demon
strations, have schooled them
selves in non-resistance. He said
they often wanted to strike back,
but knew that rigid non-coopera-
ton was more effective.
He pointed out that Gandhi op-
posed the use of force in resisting
the Japanese, proposing to rely
only on non-submission and nom
cooeration. But he added that the
An-India congress as a whole lis
lot inclined to accept non-violence
as a means of dealing with an
external aggressor."
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
AS Others Say 1t
PLEASING TO THE EYE

With government bans and fro
zen orders on this, that and the
other thing many property owners
cannot beautify their premises as
they wish, but there is no restric-
ton on clean windows, lawns, etc.
1t is true that it is sometimes
hard to get men or boys to work
in the yards, although dozens of
them who appear to be abe to
perform such tasks are loafing. In
great many cases when work is
offered them they refuse on the
pretense that they "are waiting for
a fellow"
Be that as it is, the long hours of
daylight afford an opportunity for
home Identification program
planned and carried out by mem
bers of the household. - Fayette-
vie Observer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
SALT SALESMAN

A tourist stopped in front of a
little country store, dumbfounded
at the sight of an enormous dis
play of salt piled on the premises.
Stack after stack, boxes, barrels
and bags. Tons of salt, inside the
store and out. aye gods man, you
must sell lot of salt" exclaimed
the tourist. 'No, don't sell much, :"
replied the storekeeper, ''but you
shoulda seen the guy that came
here last week. He really could
sell salt Paul Tomson, in Fu-
ture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
TOP o. THE MORNING

Shew the flag and let it fly,
Cheer every passer-by-
Men that may have stepped aside,
Men have lost their old-time pride,
May behold it there, and then
Consecrate themselves again.
Show the flag that all may see
That you serve him humanity.
That whatever storms descend
You'll be faithful to the end.
Show the flag!
Edgar A. Guest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
Photographs

y
Wives, mothers, sisters and lan.
ladies of workers in a large Man..
field, O., electric and manutac'uh, y,
ing company. are being formed N y;
Mrs. Julia Kiene into "HeaiId
for Defense" club. Individual lOUs ",
problems of the members are Van
ed over with Mrs. Kiene, mahass.
of the home economics departnle,n,,,
of the plant, and monthly nleH~
and recipes given to members
Louis Pasteur discovered tha
yeast is living cell that can w "
cultivated outside of dough. lhe,s
are many wild yeasts in the ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
OF SOME BENEFIT

Among minor consultations of liv-
ing under war time, the early
morning commuter finds he can
now sit on either side of the rail-
way coach without getting the sun
in his eyes. Christian Science
Monitor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
CONFINEMENT.

Patriotic citizens of Jasper coun-
ty wired President Roosevelt that
Jasper was one of the poorest
counties in the nation, but I'VE
can take care of ourselves without
any aid whatsoever from the fed
eral government" Which re-af-
firms the truth of the old saying
that the more you have the more
you want and the less you have
the less you Want.-Dillon IS. c.
Herald.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
LONG AGO

1t will be remembered that the
Jap strategy was to unleash the
irresistible fury of its invincible
armies against the demoralized
Chinese. That was four years ago.
News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
THE REFORMER

It's a wonder reformers don't
get disgusted and let the world
go where they think it will.-Co-
lumbus (Ga.) Ledger.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
ANONYMOUS LETTERS

The Star-News is always pleased to receive
letters from its readers, written for publication.
but will reproduce none that are anonymous.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
'Saboteur' a Clever Thriller,
But Not Mr.. II. at His Best
Hitchcock Picture at Keith's Has Mood
OF Something Far Lighter and
Less Tense Than Its Title
D. yAY CARMoDY.

1shose the title picture made Alfred Hitchcock
super sound yourself
e meiodma man should pre1d himself With lsyishnes the like
which seldom
heroic than vsr before Hitchcock picture the villains
and evil spectacular
Evening star., 1942-04-24

recall, HE Mterludes tn dream In
dueoc by overindulgence h chilled
burscht and sour cream, hardly seem
worth mentioning.
There is, for instance, II We can
only get over this yawning spell. this
affair called Song Of the Islands"
which opened yesterday at Loew's
Capitol. Song Of the Islands" Il
another Of Mr.. Daryl Zanuck's mu-
steals Of the travel-folder school.
The locale this time Is . tiny isle
In the Hawaiian group, though .
forsword. obviously added after
Pearl Harbor. identifies It as one Of
the Tropical Islxnds. In spite Of
the fact that the natives keep
stressing the point that they are
Hawaiians. s~s % :.
That's the locale complete with
scenery, quaint customs. songs about
fish and poi, and Hollywood hula
girls dressed IN brown paint, black
wigs and cellophane grass skirts.
The plot r. "Romeo and Juliet"
with slight overtones of . minor
case history Of Freud's-the one
about the girl who sluss . man and
shouts II hate you!" every time she
sees him because she loves him 30
much.
The Romeo and Juliet on an is
land are Victor Mature and Miss
Cradle and those who pant for
tall. dark men or thin. blond wom-
Evening star., 1942-04-24

evening. Al his time between
scenes and setups Is spent walking
to and fro,' arms behind his back,
lips moving mutely as he memo
rizes those romantic lines.
Who was it said the screens lead
ing ladies would be forced into sim
pie. standardized wardrobe, In keep
ing with wartime dress? Maybe
Judy Garland wasn't listening. She
wears 29 different outfits and lS
different hairdresses In Me and
My Gal. - g.s EeszsssseE
After Roxy Hart" in which he
wasn't so good as usual, the story
got out that Adolphe Menjou was
retiring. Hollywood's male clothes
horse blasted the rumor by coming
to this points "A guy that retires
always cracks up-and I amt ready
to crack up Just yeti"
Usleesed b. ths North American
Nswspapsr Alliance. rne.)
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Where and When

Current Theater Attractions
| and Time of Showing
National - ''Hellzapoppin'," with
Eddie Carr and Billy House: Sis
pm.
Capitol-"Sons Of the Islands" !"
Betty Cradle in hula skirts and
technicolor:: IL an. las, $50. T:l5
and os5S pm. Stage shows. Haas,
$50. Sis and . pm.
Columbia-"Courtsnip Of Andy
Hardy" another episode In the life
Of A. Hardy: lo:S an, /, $40, 5:25
TAO and s:5S pm.
Earie-"Kings Row." Aim version
Of the dramatic novel: II an,
i.<5. 4:3o, T:15 and 10 pm. Stage
shows; lilo. 4, 6:45 and 1s:35 pm
Keith's-"An That Money Car
Buy" film version Of The Devil and
Daniel Webster: HISS am, 2:2o
A:4S, tbs and $40 pm.
LssSse- Mayefilng, the intense
French drama In another visit: II
a.m- l1:&5. 2:So. Ais, Sos, 7:55 and
s:4S pm
MetTopoaitan-The Fleets In
with Dorothy Lamour to greet It:
II Am. los. Sis. s:3S. 7:N and
eco pm.
Palace-To the Shores Of Trip
oil" the U. s. MARINES In action.
lo:8 am.. i2:sS. $40. $40. 7:3s and
$50 pm.
Ph-aParis Calling with Elisa-
beth Dergner. 2. 4:oe. s:5o. 7:s3 and
e:H pm.
Tran1.L1x - News and shcFts,
continuous frum 10 an.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
'star>spang1ed Special
Starts Its Tour SUNDAY
HOLLYWOOD.
By HARoLD mFERNAN.

Most gttegng glamour show put tour VIII Hollywood
Of the screens top stars.
Opening Washington Thursday night the group VIII stage
3how the following cities:
l. Boston: rhladephia: B. Cleveland: 3,
Evening star., 1942-04-24

"sABOTEUK- Universel predlxsioo
MINIS. directed 81 Afrsd Hitehsox.
scYeenpisy b. Peter Visrtei. John Harrison
and Dorothy Parker. Al Ketfh'a
Evening star., 1942-04-24

ACt1u4bs my osNkllAIdBOp May o 9s.
Louis; May . tafternoon), st. Paul;
evening, Minneapolis: May 10, Des
Moines: May II, Dallas and May IL,
Houston.
Charles Boyer. Spencer Tracy,
Pat O'Brien. Merle Oberon, James
Cagney, Claudette Colbert and Joan
Bennett will carry the dramatic
burden. vocally, there will be rise
Stevens, Desi Arnez, Ray Middleton
and Frances Langford. And for
fun: Bob Hope tmaster Of cere-
monies). Laurel and Hardy. Char
lotta Greenwood. Bert Lahf, Jerry
Colona. and Harpo Marx.
The company, composed Of 90
people, viii travel In q train known
~ the 'sStar spangled Special" !"
And for once, there will b no
tempest over billing" The stars
have promised to appear In what
ever order the shows manager
deems most fitting. First one to
pout, according to q pledge signed
by all, Will purchase a 5000 war
bond to be handed over TO . charit-
able organization in the city where
the incident" occurs.
Fs--s ~ = r + s.s~vs4,
Exrnl Flynn revealed today that
he has been turned down twice by
Naval medical examiners because
of lsAky heart. The rollicking
blAde1mAn Of robin Hood" and
ether gwashbuckling epics ID under
going treatments which the doctor
assures win put him In shape for
Uncle Sam.
Tor Whom the Bell Tolls" may
draw another postponement. Sam
Wood, scheduled to direct, Is still
toiling over pride Of the Yankees"
for Sam Goldwyn. A month Of re-
takes looms for the Lou Gehrig life
story.
Most profound set-pacer in town
is brooding Charles Boyer. When he
reports for work in the morning,
Boyer never leaves the set until
Evening star., 1942-04-24

LII - tx18t U0b Ns~eS8Sot.
OF thing. but the fact remains that
the ph0toplay Is not as good as It's
title. Sabotage should have been
the special dish Of the thrill maker.
Instead II looks like something
warmed over, melange Of cops and
robbers and romance with Freudian
traces. prepared with kind Of cas-
ual confidence that 1t would get by
Evening star., 1942-04-24

. Nj. Lois Andrews. who b ven
known - the wife of 0ecfno JsaseL
the comedian. and Who ~ can
sing; Adriana and Charley. tt1mpe-
tine artists: the Nalcahys, hAr-
monicists. and the Rhythm uoekets.
Evening star., 1942-04-24

ages to account tor some iivsr mo-
ments. And they are certainly {
contrast b the other and more
numerous ms0ents.
- -
On the capttols stage b the we'll
known vaudeville veteran. al Ira
han. with q new paxtner--and the
same act. And u = sttII one OF the
funnier acts TO be ssen on the va
riety stages today. full Of lively and
sort Of refined slapstick.
Others On the Capitol stage are
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Capitol's Latest Another
Musical Travel.Folder
Song of the Islands Has Tunes,
Betty Cradle and Technicolor;
Al Trahan Is Stage Star
D HARRY lGaeARrnUR.

Reportne On the .vase Tw.eth lavish musical
should Be told task BY the time the
ha once facing his typewriter he usually remember nothing that
In
ened matches picture he does
Evening star., 1942-04-24

.'9olsu o. TIE Dz.AIn9" Twentieth
CentuYy-fox picture. starring De<ty ofAA1e
and Victor AatuIe. ur4dqoe1 ~ WfntnA
L baron. dirsess4 ~ walter lang. server
play by Jossoh 1eArank. AoSsrf Sirosh,
Robert nhs and Helen tosae; nusIe sad
dances stased by 4ermes Pan Al the
he Cast.
1leen 01rsen Betty orable
SeueInQn nafpH --Vtceor Mature
S0Aty 0z1Lsn ------------ JACK O9kA
Tennis ODrien----------1q Thomas AttcheH
Rargcl- -------------0s9IN 4Aie1er
Sns0M reMst t------------- -11iy CniDert
ES0sS,----- n1o R8ttle
raioM couhln----------L Lu44n PUfter
en- may be assured they never
1oceed -lovefef than here In techni-
color. A couple Of actors named
Thomas Alttchell and 0eoeee
BarS1er ne malennsd n this Is
|lshd, To. . y JAck 06kie, which
- fortunate, for Nr. Oakie man
AnrVYHRl9HnrrQ
Evening star., 1942-04-24
y = expectations like thsss

which m AXE
the picture.
which opened at
Keith's with .
slittertias sort of
world premiere,
disap pointing.
The Hitclscock
ferm uia has
been applied
with the direc.
tors admirable
aill, the excite
nhsnt runs high.
the characters
are varied and
sharply drawn.
~~A IN 49, s
Evening star., 1942-04-24
'Doy Core of Children Topic

DR.. Grace Langdon Of the w. p.
A., will address . meeting on WAR
time Day Care Of Children" spon-
sored by the American Women s
Voluntary Services. at 8 o'clock to-
night In the auditorium of the North
Interior Building.
Evening star., 1942-04-24

AMUSEl1ENTS.
Evening star., 1942-04-24

AMUeul1EsTs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-06

static war front which still has TO
experience the clash of armies,
there are plenty OF perils.
Take the case Of United States
air force captain stationed here.
who must be namelesS because his
family at home hasn't had time TO
hear the story from him yet and
might be worried
He whipped a Curtiss P-40 over
the Maya Hills 10 make a routine
reconnaissance flight around Myit-
kyina, nearest Burmese Jap-held
airport 10 India, and he didn't
come back.
Next day I went along with one
of the searching party planes. We
thought we'd found our man once,
when he saw a wrecked plane on
a sandbsr in the Brahmaputra.
WAS Raj PLANE
II turned out 10 be en- Raj
plane, however, which had made
a forced landing. The pilot was
sitting on top OF the wreck and
waved 10 us. We reported his
position by radio and continued
the search for the missing Amer
lean. We didn't find him. though;
not that day. nor the next. They
were anxious days.
Then came a telegram. He was
safe. He was coming in by train.
You should have seen the recep-
tion when that chug-chug pulled
in on the rickety narrow gauge
railroad.
Here's what happened: The
pilot reached Myitkyins albright
and dropped down through gath
ering clouds for a good look before
starting home. Then storm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-06
Inside India
U. S. Fker Forced Down, Gets
Aid Of Friendly Head-Hunters

The hairrasng adventures Of American air force captain
India parachued from his crippled plane the Maya
Hills
IN chapter w W. Chapin's diary Chaplin
rowing with the United States India
International News Service correspondent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-06

~ I'M oiiA ii' fo7 fANtN'A - 'AiiN
the skies so long that darkness
overlook him far from his base
LANDING IMPOSSIBLE
Now you don't make forced
landings in the Maya Hills or in
the country adjacent thereto
There isn't any fat ground to
land on.
SO our man rolled his P-40 up
side down and prepared 10 bail
out. When he got about halfway
out OF the cockpit. the wind
caught him and held him like a
mouse in iron tongS.
Finally, the wind got tired OF
the game and let him go. but the
planes tail hit him A Swipe in
passing. He parachuted down
through the dark storm toward
the mountain jungle where tigers
and elephants still roam. with A
bump on his leg swelling 10 the
size or a cocoanut.
COULDN'T WALK
He hit the ground in A little
clearing and managed n ger out
of his chute harness. but his leg
was bad and he couldn't walk. He
shouted, and though the odds
against him were enormous, he
was heard.
Native hunters Ohey reserve
head-hunting for their enemies and
the tribesmen OF the Maya Hills
are very pro-ally carried him
on an improvised litter 10 their
village. where witch doctor
treated him with herbs and poul-
-tfees.
BY the next day. he was better
and transportation was furnished
10 get him 10 the railway.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-06

Tomorrow; Our war CORE
spOndent returns 10 his hotel in
New Delhi 60 discover himself
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-06

"dispOssessed" by the United
States Army-but he finds some
consolation In a snake charmer.l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-06

His injury is healing ecty good example
the captains little baAu about happen
the whole episode; but it's peT-sategists call
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-06
BY w. W. CHAPLIN
1ar1 New. ssry,e, Wa, Correspondent,

on THE NORTHEAST FROM broke and he kicked
TIER INDIA-Even a the skies long that darkness
war front which still overlook him far from his
Evening star., 1942-10-20
II. Jerome B. Law|er
Is Named Captain Of
Park Police by |ckes
Is Native Of Washington;
Seret. PurtIebough
Made q Lieutenant

1t. Jerome B. Lawler, native of
Washington and member of the
United States Park Police for nearly
16 years. today was named by Sec
retary of the Interior Ickes as cap
tain of the Park Police.
Elevated at the same time to the
rank of lieutenant was Sergt. Leon
ard G.. Purtlebaugh, who has served
with the Park Police since the last
war. Both appointments become
effective Immediately.
Capt. Lawyer succeeds Capt. Mark
H. Raspberry, who enlisted in the
Regular Coast Guard Reserve and
has been assigned to the 11th Naval
District in California as chief spe-
cialist.
Appointed to the force on jan
uary S, 1927, Capt. Lawler was
named acting sergeant in 1910 and
was promoted to full sergeant year
later. He was advanced to the
rank of lieutenant on August 16
Of this year.
During the World War Capt.
LaWler served with the Army Med
ical Corps. Before going into the
Park Police Force. he was employed
as an auditor at the Shipping Board.
He lives with his mother, Mrs. j.
B. Lawler, at 1909 G street NV.
1t. Purtlebaugh became a member
of the Park Police in 1917, resigned
to join the Army and was REIN
stated on his return to civilian life.
He was promoted to the rank of
sergeant in 1923. 1t. Purtlebaugh
is married and lives at 4849 w
street NV.