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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
Help China Freely

Java, Sumatra, Burma and the PHILIPPINES
all appear main detectives in the Japanese
offensive. They want Java and Sumatra for
their vast wealth in petroleum and raw ma
terials, Burma as a gateway to India and
to keep China from receiving more Ameri.
can supplies, the Philippines to secure anoth-
er jumping off place for further activities
farther south
Thus far, except in the Philippines, thew
have had the advantage in battle because
OF long preparations, greater forces. superior.
ty in the air and, because of the Pearl Harbor
disaster, dominance at sea.
1t must be acknowledged without hedging
that there is little in this situation to give
us comfort Thus far, the war in the Pacific
Is gong forward very much as the Japanese
intended. Without knowing their timetable #
may be assumed that by and largo +h.ro
mas been no serious Interruption They had
SAID they would have Singapore by Febr,,.
ary IL. They had it even a little ahead NJ
time. With the campaign spreading to new
and WIDER areas we must expect moro b,d
news from all sectors, including the pbi,;n-
pines.
But there is this to consider. Japan is using
up supplies, materials, equipment and men at
tremendous rate-a ruinous rate-while the
United States is still fresh and possesses un-
limited resources. When the forces of this
natlon are In position, so far as tools are
concerned, to come to grips with Tokyo's
forces they will be wearied and their equip
ment depleted and we will be in the first
flush of combat.
Another consideration which invites hopeful
attention is that China is at last being "per-
nitted' to get her soldiers into the Burma
campaign. The numbers arriving on this. her
own lifeline, are not revealed, nor the posi-.
tions they are taking up. But it is encour.
aging to know that at last the British su-
preme command is no longer objecting tc
Will come very near to maintaining commune
their presence If given half a chance they
cation and transportation thereon: And if this
is done, if the Japanese are held back, sc
that the tens of thousands Of Chinese troops
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18

available for service against the enemy may
area will be changed.
A strong plea for an-out aid to China has
be irnplemented, the balance IN the Pacific
already arised in Congress. It should be heard
with favor. If the hundred million dollar loan
recently extended is not enough. It should be
doubled or tripled without hesitation or de-
Law. The Chinese will prove great stumbling
block to further Japanese conquests when
ever they are given the necessary tools and
the green light to use them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
Star-News Program

To aid in every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete victory.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsville
Beach to Bald Head Island
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channe.,
wider Turning Basin. with ship lanes
into industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Production
through sustained-yield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo
tional Agency. supported by one county
wide tax.
Shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for white.
Junior High School
Tobacco Warehouses for Export Buy.
erS.
Development of native grape growing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
Is That So

Perhaps the reason 'ne e'' 4
passively accept continuance AZ.
Hitler's "guns instead OIL Ou
nrogram is that they have f''2
ten how butter tastes.
The giant panda, We etioy Tea'
really a cousin Of the nun.olr ,orsts
coon. But the panda, appa+s1,, u 1sr,
has a much better press 'S
The sperm whale, a science i. !
ticle tells US, breathes throus4 iror,
TOP of its head. Probably y pra, "a
to its pals as old WnoS
Grandpappy jenkins s',ss;sb say
trouble with a lot OF yoa oraaaIIisia
is that they think the fif5t SUI lsa aarops
of executive apllty 1" fpet o
technique of placing ones l''
a desk.
The smallest Pacific fic,,.;lasu,, n'a
named humuhumunukollah.ao'f a.o fSt
Fortunately no island IN ,.ar .n' L
ing area was named dl''
Learning that children Of H. IVaa i,a
al times attended school '.n -, b
a a. week 'e,al1 from I am. to ,9 5 P.4lc fG b
deepened Juniors reSPe''
pioneers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
Interpreting The War
Churchill Is Unshaken
By Reverses In War
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
wide World War Analyst)

Prime Minister Churchills dis
missal of the Dover strait episode
as an annoyance" which had
compensating values for Britain,
clearly indicates his own convic-
ton that neither that fiasco nor
the fall of Singapore has seriously
shaken his war leadership.
He conceded nothing to his par
liamentary or press critics except
the formal inquiry into air force
admiralty iaison failures which
may have permitted escape of a
trio Of heavy Nazi warcraft, dam
aged but unsunk.
1t was a enthusiastically bold
Churchill approach to his home
front problem. There is no more
astute and experienced reader of
the British mind. His move out
flanked his critics. 1t also tended
strongly to reassure all Britain S
war associates that there is to be
no break in the continuity of Brit
ish leadership.
Even as he spoke Royal Air
Force bombers were hunting anew
in German harbors for the ships
that escaped them in the strait.
The Prime Minister found some
additional satisfaction in the fact
that bombs which miss them now
will fall on German, not French
heads. He was satisfied from his
own inquiry that all three vessels
were further damaged in their dar-
ing race and will not soon be fit
for action.
The test of the Churchill theory
that removal of those important
Nazi naval units from Brest to
Helgoland has leased" rather
than increased British peril in the
Atlantic depends on why Hitler or
dered the dash. If Churchill is
right, it was because Hitler had
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
EDITORIAL
Oil

NO one uOL III Ills COA41OCl1SS AdS ySb pSSAA
able to outguess Hitler, or even accurately
anticipate Hitler's next move. It would, there
fore, be presumptious and foolish to say that
his spring campaign-which is all too near
will be directed against the Caucasus and
the Middle East On the other hand, his
are heavy his next thrust will be in that di-
rection, either via the Crinea or by way Of
Turkey.
By whatever route he may choose, II he
moves in that general direction, his objective
will be the area roughly bounded by Azer-
baijan. Mosol and the Persian gulf, where
the worlds largest concentration Of oil fields
attract his envious attention.
Europe's petroleum reserves are nearly ex-
hausted. Experts declare that they cannot
last out the year. Already the Nazi armies
in Russia have started conservation pro-
gram which has led to the withdrawal OF
large mechanical units from the battlefront.
Tank divisions were called back from the
Rostov front as early as November, to con-
serve precious oil, and since then, it is quite
well established, 10 more armored divisions
have been taken from active service. There
is no doubt that Hitler has lost great num-
bers of tanks, trucks and other mechanized
''tools,'' in addition to planes, during the Rus
salvaged and held against the day the Nazis
again have oil to fuel and 1uhricate them.
If Hitler could not get fresh supplies of
petroleum products, he would be forced to
would signal the beginning of the end for
him and his whole scheme Of world domina-
ton. This justifies the thought that he will
drive next into the rich oil territory now in
Russian and Britis hands.
On the other side of the world, the Japa-
nese are spurred by the same motive They,
too, must have oil to continue fighting for
any length of time. They need the metal
resources of the southwest Pacific, too, but
their chief requirement is oil. Their supply
is no larger than Hitler's and they are more
wasteful Of what they have during their pres
ent operations
The possibility that they will not get all
they want is both consoling and discouraging.
For as the Dutch destroy refineries, storage
tanks and even blow up wells to keep their
precious stock from falling n to japanese
hands, the United Nations must 60 without
it also.
Lacking replenishment on the ground the
forces opposing the japanese will have to
depend on American OIL and it will have to
be transported across the Pacific, which is
infested with Japanese submarines and war
craft. To keep petroleum flowing between
our own Pacific coast and the battle area
will be major problem for the American
and the Dutch navies
An effective step with this end in view was
taken by a small American force in the Gilbert
and Marshall islands, with eminent success.
We may expect news of similar exploits as
time goes on, for the United States is well
aware of the necessity for keeping these sea
lanes open
Petroleum may be considered the major
consideration in the battle plans Of the Axis
for the present. Ability to keep the Nazis
and the Japanese from securing it is major
necessity of the United Nations
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
BY JOHN SELBY
FIRE IN SUMMER" by Robert
fHr:I.: 60 sAA

Perhaps the difficulty with pub
fishing novels about Southern poor
whites is that the publishers are
all New York men-or men from
other places anxious to be consid-
cred New Workers. Otherwise,
most Of these novels never would
be published. When you think of
it, 1t is no more reasonable that
a New Yorker should misunder-
stand writing about Whooping Holl-
er, Ark, than it would be if
Whooping Holler should misunder-
stand writing about New York.
Robert Ramsey, who can write
a combination of Caldwell and
Faulkner with the greatest Of
ease, publishes a n ovel called
Fire in Summer" this week. It
is the story of the rapid descent
into insanity of Spence Lowell, who
had literally no brains whatever.
no balance, no knowledge, and no
common sense. He was COM
pound, as Mr.. Ramsey draws him.
of the breeding urge and hatred.
Spence hated Negroes.
He hated everybody a little to
be honest. But when he lost his
farm in the Arkansas hills through
his on shiftlessness, and drove
down into the cotton country with
his wife and his three children in
a lumber wagon, he blamed the
Negro for his difficulty. He was
then little crazy; cold; hard.
hunorless, and a crashing bore.
lie lacked intelligence enough to
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
Another Registration

There is strong sentiment for registration
OF women to learn their fitness for various
war activities, from the farm to the industrial
have to adopt, especially if the war continues
for years as many observers believe will be
the result of the British loss of Singapore
With such a registration American women
could be drafted and placed in jobs they are
best able to fill.
II we are truly earnest in this matter Of
winning the war, and we'd better be, it would
be as well to have a registration of govern.
ment employees, from executives to clerks, and
list their individual qualifications for service
The qualifications might not correspond with
the positions they now hold, but that would be
all the better. They could then be switched
about until they got jobs they could do. in
stead Of houndering in jobs they cannot per-
form.
1t could start with the cabinet and extend
down through alphabetical agencies, like the
OCD and the USO, fair examples of the con-
fusion and Illustration that exist in nanv pov.
ernment units. There is no reason to doubt
that our war effort, in all its ramifications
could be put on sounder foundation, and
one way to do it would be to remove the
weak material from its structure.
The President has made reference to re-
moving parasites from Washington to make
way for new government employees. He had
the social parasites in mind. Of course, but he
could bring about vastly improved situa-
tion in government if he first drove the para
sites oft the federal payrolls and made way
for competent workers and efficient thinkers
and planners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
TOP o. THE MORNING

There is legend if two angels that come
from Heaven every morning and 60 on
their rounds all day long. One is the angel
Of prayers; the other is the angel of thanks
giving. Each carries basket. Soon the
angel of requests has his basket filled
to overflowing. Everybody pours into it
great handfuls Of requests, but, when the
day is ended, the angel of thanksgiving
has only two or three little contributions of
gratitude in his basket.
MRS. CHAS. COWMAN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18

An old stamp is not necessarily
valuable one. The oldest adhe-
slve postage stamp in the world
IS the one-penny black issued by
Great Britain in 1910, but used
copy may be purchased for as low
as 81 and an unusued one for from
SIS to $40
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
REPEAL IT

The House and Senate should set
the nation good example in war
morale and demonstrate their own
sincerity in criticizing so-called
civilian defense ''boondoggling'' by
summary repeal of the congress
sional pension bill.-Asheville Citi-
zen
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
AS Others Say 1t
AIR RAID WARNING

Warning. If any man comes to
your home selling ''incendiary
bomb sand," or "blackout cur
tains," or gas masks, or anything
you may need in the coming
blackouts," call the police. Even
if the man represents himself as
being a member of the local de-
fense council, don't hesitate to call
the police. The man is a fraud a
swindler, a despicable racketeer,
preying on your fears and the ma
tion's crisis.
If any man comes to examine"
your furnace or your oil burner,
ION behalf of the Office of Civilian
Defense" lock and bolt your door
and hurry to the telephone. This
man will wreck your heating appa-
ratus, and charge you exorbitant
prices to have it fixed-or he will
condemn it and ask for a bribe.
These men have been going
about the country, especially in
coastal cities which have already
experienced blackouts. or trial
blackouts. They are dangerous
criminals.-Chicago Sun. 4
SILVER LINING
The clouds have just revealed
their silver lining, and the lining
is spinach. BY some fortunate hap
penstance, the seeds of this al.
legged edible are grown principally
in Holland and Denmark. 1t seems
the American gardener doesn't let
his spinach 60 to seed. Instead, he
tears up the herbs while still
youthful and rushes them diaboIi-
cally to the centers of population
where, boiled and heaped up on
platters, they make hideous t h e
lives of millions of young Ameri-
cans.
Thanks to the war, spinach seeds
are not quite SO abundant h re,
They are not so rare as they might
be, but at any rate, there is a
comforting shortage. Consequently,
our chances Of strolling happily up
to the dinner table, only to be con-
fronted by quantities of this dire
vegetable while wife, mother or
host urges with repulsive insist
ence, go ahead and eat some;
it's good for you," are somewhat
reduced. There's silver lining
that's real sterling.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-18
ANONYMOUS LETTERS

the Star.NeWS 1s always pleased to receive
letters from its readers. written for publication
bnf will reproduce none that are ANONYMOUS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-27

investigate.
He found Adolfo EriZ. 244 East
Brighton, groveling in the dust
with a stab wound in the abdomen
and saw another man fleeing the
scene. Schcfield opened fire, send
ing five bullets crashing after the
fugitive.
The man in flight. it was learn
ed, was Condido Tapia, "a, who re-
sides at First and Olive streets.
Schofield bemoaned the fact that
a knife Wielder had escaped,
He loaded Eriz into the police
squad Car and headed back to the
station house And 10, who should
be there ahead of him but Tapia,
who had ducked through so many
alleys, and cut SO many corners that
he obviously was a little Woody. and
so he lunged into the first hole he
found. The hole was the police
station door.
Tapia. according to police, admit
ted stabbing Eriz during a fight.
Eriz was taken to county hospital
where his condition was described
as critical. Tapia is in county jail
charged with assault with deadly
weapon, a felony.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-27


Under the setup residents of the
valley between the ages of 16 and
IS who are adept at the use of fire
arms will form small groups, many
in the rural sections, similar TO
those in the British home guard.
The organization was authorized
this weekend by Governor Culbert
l.. Olson, and county extension
agents were appointed recruiting
officers. Beyschlag, Supervisor B.
M. Graham, Deputy District Attor-
ney Don Bitter and Sheriff Robert
Ware attended the conference in
Sacramento at which details were
planned.
Although training will be along
Indian fighting lines, the units will
differ from guerilla bands. In case
guerillas are caught by enemy troops
during battle they are liable to in
slant DEATH The California State
Militia will have regular uniforms
which will probably be designed
to blend with the terrain-aS pro-
lection against any such treatment,
Beyschlag scheduled meeting
of American Legion officers, school
principals, state guard officials,
newspaper editors and rifle club
heads for Tuesday night at 745 in
the courthouse "to explain to prom
inent citizens the work OF the mill
tia"
I'm waiting for additional infor-
nation from Sacramento now, but
I'll be glad to take any enrollments,'
Beyschlag said.
Firearms used by the militia will
vary from shotguns to revolyers.
Many enlistments arc expected from
the hunters and rural markSmen
of the county.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-27
Fund Drive WEEDS
Scrap Campaign to
Hell p War Effort
Azhderian Joins Two
Patriotic Efforts to
Achieve Single Goal

A wedding of Ell Centro's
two big current patriotic
comprehensive drive to con-
vert Imperial Valley scrap
ron into tanks an bombs, and
and the community effort to raise
$1,000 for' recreational program
for service men-Monday was re-
ported by Secretary Ben Herring
of the chamber of commerce.
commerce.
Best man at the wedding was
Vahan H. Azhderian, Holtville
rancher, who made a double barrel
led contribution to both campaigns
by releasing a huge scrap pile to
the war industries, and donated the
proceeds of the sale to the recrea-
tional funds drive.
Azhdcran, heartily in sympathy
with both of these important move
ments, made the offer to Massey
Horton, captain of one of w. A.
Scheniman'S Defense Recreational
council campaign teams. Horton in
turn reported the offer to Herring,
and Herring notified Junkman Sam
Naliboff who was to pick up the
scrap at Azhderian's ranch.
Azhderian'S contribution reflects
the rising creScendo of both the
scrap iron and recreational cam
paigns here. The former, launched
after the government had called
upon all citizens. to take stock OF
Continued on Page 6; Column -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-27
Su gar
Curb
Starts
Sales Suspended
At Midnight as
Ra+ionins Comes

Sugar sales were schedul-
ed to be suspended in the
United States at midnight
Monday and consumers will
not be able to buy again until
May S when they will need stamps
from war ration book No. |.
Don't stampede the grocery store,
Guy Weakley, head of sugar ra-
tioning in Imperial county, said
Monday. Clerks will sell only a
pound or two and maybe not even
that. The first stamp from war ra-
ton book No. l will be good for
a pound of sugar bought between
May and May 16.
Consumers will register for ration
books May 4, 5, 6, and 7 in the
elementary schools nearest their
homes, Weakley said.
In the meantime, the wholesalers,
retailers, confectionery makers, res
taurant, cafe, hotel, and cafeteria
owners; and officials of churches
and lodges which serve meals occa-
sionally, all prepared to register at
the various high schools in Impe-
rial county on Tuesday and We'd
nesday between $3.50 pm. and s
pm. School cafeterias also come
under the industrial classification.
Industrial and institutional users
will be allotted so per cent of the
amount used last year for meals or
feed services. Bakeries, confection-
airy makers, ice cream and sherbet
manufacturers, makers of dairy
goods, commercial makers of pre-
serves, jams, jellieS, and makers
of bottled drinks will be allotted
70 per cent of their last years
total, Weakley said.
In discussing the home consum-
ers' problems, Weakley said the
housewives should not buy any more
sugar if she has enough to last
through May because she will
have to declare any excess over
two pounds person in the family
cupboard when she registers for
her ration book. If her sugar sup
ply is more than 6 pounds a per-
son, she and the other family men,
bers will not get any ration books
at all at present.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-27
Canadians Ballot
On Drafting Men
For Foreign Duty

OTTAWA, april 27. (UP)
Canadian voters decided
5oday whether to release their
government from its pledge
not to cOnscript men for mill
tary service overseas.
The dominion's 6,588,000 voters
were voting on this question: Are
you in favor of releasing the gov
eminent from any obligations aris-
ing out of any past commitments
restricting the methods of raising
men for military service?"
Political surveys indicate an over
Whelming affirmative vote.
Prime Minister w. l.. Mackenzie
King pledged in parliament in 1899,
after Germany had overrun Po-
land, that the government would not
draft Canadians for overseas duty.
He was reelected in 1910 in a sweep
ing liberal party victory, and the
no-conscription pledge was the main
plank in his platform.
The liberal party government cam
paigned vigorously for an affirma-
tive vote, and last Friday, King in
timated that his administration
would resign unless released from
its pledge.
Canada already has consumption
but for home service only. Service
for duty abroad is voluntary. The
home front" consumption was au-
thorized in the mobilization act
passed in the summer of 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-27
&c. German Alien
IS Drunk Driver

Oscar V. Miller, German alien
farm worker in the McCabe dis
trict Monday pleaded guilty in
Judge Lee Nuffer's Ell Centre po-
lice court to drunk driving, and was
fined SIS.
Miller, arrested at l:17 a. m. Mon
day by Officer william Schofield,
was described by Desk Sergeant
Frank Record in his night log as
acting very arbitrary when booked
at headquarters and demanded his
rights"
Record said he told the alien
"ycur rights also include becoming
citizen, after residing here Is
years"
Another drunk driving charge
filed at 1880 p. m. Sunday by
Schofield against Hart Greed, Al.
was put over for trial before Judge
Nuffer at p. m. Thursday. Greed
was at liberty on SIS cash bail.