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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
The Rat!

Marshal Petain is in the pitiful position of
having to beg the French people to support
the government of man he had previously
kicked out of Vichy. 'fLine up with the gov
ernment,'' he pleads in his Sunday broadcast
sit will give you new reasons for faith and
hope
The war has brought no sadder sight than
this, that the leader of a nation once con-
quered should beg his people to bow with more
abject servility to the conquerer, whose agent
for their further debasement is traitor from
their ranks.
But worse, far worse, than this is the pic
ture of Pierre Laval, Hitler's apostle stand
ing before a mike" and telling the French
people, whom he betrayed eff I am chief of
government it is by virture of the delega-
ton of power which the marshal has con-
fided to me-
Never has more obvious or perfidious
lie been uttered. The French people know,
and he knows they know that he is head of
the government because Hitler placed h i m
there over the stern but impotent protest of
Petain, and that he occupies this post because
he is the willing tool of Nazi aggression ready
to sell his country in exchange for his life
Laval knows that but for the conquerer's IA
vor he would not live a day. He knows that
his only hope of personal survival lies in
sacrificing France
In this country we have word for this
kind of man He is rat And in all mortal
groups there is none lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
Americanism Comes First

The Republican National Committee as
sembled in Chicago to draft the party's pro-
gram for the 1912 political campaign, urges
members of the party to pledge their support
Of vigorous prosecution of the war effort and
to undertake and in the future whatever
just and reasonable international resonsibili-
ties may be demanded in modern world
The world being what it is, and things being
they are, it is hard to see how the Re-
publican party could do otherwise. Failure
to support the war effort would be one sure
way to assure the party Of a quick and deep
grave For failure in the war would leave
the United States without any political party
of its own. There would be, instead, only a
Nazi party. 1t is not inconceivable that it
would be headed by our old friend Pelley, or
possibly Fritz Kuhn
Under our constitutional government, cleo
tions must be held at stated periods of time
This year is one of those times But it ought
to be recognized that Arnericanism must come
before party-ism under any guise, if the ma
ton which confers upon its citizens the right
to vote without coercion is to survive the pres
ent crisis.
The present minority party has great duty
before 1.-THE obligation to maintain a close
watch on public affairs and exercise its right
to oppose any phase of internal administration
which it conscientiously believes is not for the
public welfare But it would fall far short OF
its duty if it chose this year for the ex-
ploitation of poltical-that is to say, strictly
political differences, with the very existence
of the nation at stake
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
BY JOHN SELBY
"HE LAST TIME SAW PARIS"

by Elliot Paul (RandOm; S2.75).
The book of the week for good
many people will certainly be FL
liot Paul's 1.-THE Last Time I Saw
Paris" There are few books like
it, and very few similar ones as
successful. This is literally tn e
picture of a French street which
fortunately is typical of France as
a whole, of Paris in particular,
and oddly indeed, of Mr.. Elliot
Paul himself. Perhaps it is an even
better book than '"The Life and
Death of a Spanish Town. which
it resembles in tone more than any
other book I can think of.
The street is the Rue de la
Huchette, from which one almost
could throw stone across half of
the Seine, and onto the lie de la
Cite. The Rue de la Huchette is
very short, and separated fr m
the river by wedge-shaped set
of buildings, cut through at one
point by the tiny alley known as
the Rue de Chat Qui Peche and
reasonably. The French used to be
admirably logical, and this small
street was named so, it is said.
because a cat actually was caught
fishing in its cellars one day when
the Seine had flooded them.
Anyway, Mr.. Paul saw ON e
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
Truth Will Out

If we sit tight and say nothing, the true
story Of the initial bombing raid over Japanese
cities will come out-from Japanese sources
This is predicated on the fact that Japan's
own dispatches, transmitted either from Tokyo
or Berlin, have already made damaging ad-
missions.
AS an example: The first word sent out
declared that only residences, schools and hos
pitals had been bombed. Then came a state
ment from Berlin saying the Japanese gov
ernment had provided funds for rebuilding
factories, homes and movie theater (which
were burned down in the Tokyo area
Equally Illuminating are contradictory ac-
counts of the behavior of the Japanese peo-
pie. First reports said they continued eating
their lunch without tremor-completely I'M
disturbed under attack. Later came word that
they were being encouraged to be brave and
calm and go ahead with their customary oc-
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
The Literary Guidepost

cat-fur mittens in window of the
Rue de la Huchette one soft sum-
mer night of 1923, and that led
to other investigations, and final
ly to residence off and on for 18
years in the street. Mr.. Paul
came to know everybody in the
street, and to be accepted by them.
Tiny, precocious Hyacinthe Gou-
Jon, who was always sent out on
the afternoons her mother enter
ta1ned her friend" became Paurs
friend. So did Nine. Absalom, who
ran warn shop, and gossip mill
combined. And Hortense Berthe
lot, one of the women in black
who went about in pairs to notify
F'reach families of their losses in
the first world war. And Mariette
the respectable, who ran a bordel:
the Satyr, who was a chef with
peculiar habits; Leonard, the ac.
Gordon player.
This list could be extended in.
definitely. But it is important to
say why it has Importance. This
IS because Mr.. Paul is not merel
assembling crew of eccentrics:
he is describing people who would
(most Of them) be considered or
dlnary people by the usual observer
MIR. Paul sees deeply, and that is
why he saw France in the Rue de
la Huchette. And even saw the
way France was sliding
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
QUOTATIONS

Tell the boss you aren't loafing when you
prop your feet on the desk It's a swell way
to rest them.-S. G. Staff New York foot
specialist, expecting more walking and more
foot trouble
The whole affair was a field day and for
two days we had something like picnic.
Brig. Gen. Ralph Royce, leader of daring
U. S. air raid on japanese bases
In the magnificent exploit of Brig Gen.
Ralph Royce and his gallant A m a
comrades We see the tide of war t u n ing
against Japan. j. A. Beasley, Australian
supply minister,
1t may be good idea for students 10 wear
shorts as a, cloth conservation measure In
fact, they may be glad to get shorts.-Price
Administrator Leon Henderson.
Until divorce, there is a community in
terest IN a husbands pockets.-Judge Rudolph
Desort Chicago, upholding wife's right to
search her husbands pockets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
w ashington Daybook
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, April 2o.-Robert H. Hinck-
ley is tackling the biggest air-conditoning job
in history.
He wants to "air-condtion'' the w h o e
country Lest that raise a picture OF vast
sealed dome stretching from Seattle to Miami
and Boston to San Diego, with filters going
full blast day and night, let me hasten to
make clear what Hinckley means.
Hinckley is assistant secretary of commerce
for air. To him it's not enough that America
be "ar-minded
This and succeeding generations" he ex-
plains, ''nnust become what l call 'alr-con-
ditioned' if the United States is to be ma
ton on wings which it is surely going to be.
when l say aforementioned l mean that
we must become conditioned to the air and
the machines of the air in just the same
way that we are conditioned to the groud
and the machines Of the ground.
To-day we pilot an automobile along the
ground as easily as we walk, with little con-
scious thought effort We must learn to
pilot an airplane through the air with the
same sure, almost automatic responses
The announcement that aeronautics is to be
taught in the nations high schools was big
slap on the back for genial, baldheaded Bob
Hinckley. The Civil Aeronautics Administra-
ton, under Hinckley, and the Office of Edu-
cation, backed by the Army and Navy, are
QlV1nS INTO pldnS tnat lney nope Will let lIllS
country catch up with Nazi Germany where
such training was begun back in the middle
'30s
Hitler Youth were building model planes in
the primary schools in those days, and older
boys were skimming the landscape in gliders
and sailplanes. A few years later they were
dive-bombng London and Crete.
CAA launched test program involving BIT
students in 13 colleges and universities in 1882
After France fell Congress authorized great
expansion of this program.
AL told, Hinckley pridefully declares,
"we've taught almost rs, 900 young Americans
to fly. Some $4,000 of them are now flying
for the Army and Navy"
The training program is centered entirely
on the war effort now. Some 1000 students
are to be put through the elementary flying
course each year, along with 81 900 mechanics.
But to Hinckley that's still not enough. He's
waiting for the day when young Americans
will start aviation education in high school
|-perhaps even in the lower grades Not just
because of the need for military pilots either.
Hnckley is looking farther than that-to the
day when America will be aforementioned. -
''The world is changing under the influence
of the airplane'' he tells you. Every Student,
whether boy or girl, should know the why
and wherefor' -
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
>Star-NewsP Program

To aid in every way the prosecution O.
the war to complete victory.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsvine
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
tonaI 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., 1942-04-21
Is That So!

A reader suggests that the pres
ent conflict be called the Last War.
Huh uh-that'd be fatal! Remem-
Der, that business in 1914-19lS was
called the War to EndfWar.
An Italian physician is quoted
as reporting that Musso has lost
control of himself. And, he might
have added, Italy.
Lord Mountbatten, the British
kings cousin, is revealed as the
daring leader of those tough, rough
Commands. There's one fellow
who doesn't believe in just letting
George do it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21

cupations as if nothing extraordinary had hap
pened.
Obviously, in their spirited and superb fear
lessness, the Japs were as jittery and cool
as any other people would be in similar cir
cumstances
1t is only necessary to hold our peace a
little longer to have the Tokyo and Berlin
propagandists let the whole story out of the
bag
And when they do we may be sure of learn
ing that military targets were hit and that
the civilian population in all cities bombed
had the fantods in an exaggerated form.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
A Needless Loss

The whole Pisgah forest range is threatened
by fire which started, apparently, from a
carelessly thrown cigarette.
Millions of dollars worth of standing timber
probably will be destroyed before the flames
are extinguished, because sa1:e reckless per-
son dropped or threw a lighted fag into in
flammable material. And this, in the face of
the intensive and protracted campaign to make
the public forest-fire conscious!
Great as the loss may be in the Pisgah res
ervation, it is far less than the damage now
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
The Initiation Threat

President Roosevelts avowed intention tc
send message to Congress dealing with in.
Eflation is causing widespread discussion and
unlimited speculation as to how far he will
go in recommending preventive measures.
That some action ought to he taken to keep
the country out of spending spree and the
inevitable financial doldrums that follow it
becomes more obvious daily as prices, wages
and extravaganza increase.
According to data provided by the division
of information, Office of Emergency Manage
ment the national income this year will ap-
proach SIT 600 600 OOO Taxes and savings will
take about s31 1000 OOOOOO leaving some $780,
900, 600, 900 to spend on consumer goods, serv-
ices salaries, interest, fees and royalties. Last
year we earned about $s2, 900, 600, 600 and had
and savings.
It is easy to see what an impetus the war
has given, not only to earnings but to spend
ing power as well. This would be fine, if there
were plenty to buy. But there isn't There
will be far less because we have been beating
our ploWshares into swords and converting
peace-time industries into war production
plants.
1t appears from present indications t h t
there will not be more than S65, 900, 900, 600
worth of things at 1s41 prices that can be
bought during the balance Of this year. Any
one who has watched the industrial mobiliza-
ton for war understands why we can't buy
refrigerators radios autos, tires and h e
many other things we have been accustomed
to get as we wanted.
We have, consequence a combination
of scarcity of commodities and plentiful money
which creates perfect breeding ground for
initiation.
What Mr.. Roosevelt has to say, therefore
will have to be of the breakdown type if it is
to be effective.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

CAIRO, Apr. 20-Both here and
in India the most hopeful expecta-
tions are being aroused by t h e
visit of Gen. George C. Marshall,
the American chief Of staff, in
London. The reason is that every
military man I have met believes
the war can be won only by at
tacking Germany and Japan at the
source, not through back-door cam
paigns.
Ali the activity in India n d
China is viewed by almost every
one as a holding operation at most,
not as a potentially decisive cam
paign. I have repeatedly suggested
the enormous difficulties of trans
porting supplies. These are grow
ing more acute daily. Even while
I was in China the threat to the
fragile lifeline into that outpost of
resistance increased, requiring
some readjustments which make
the line more tortuous even than
before.
1t is vital that this line be held.
But beyond that everyone is look
ing to a new western front and an
attack on Japan from the Pacific
as the best hope of victory. The
prevailing view is that Rus 81 a
should be assisted in knocking out
Germany, a f ter which all the
strength of the United N ations
could be thrown against Japan,
which is now SO far extended that
she would crumble under direct
blows as rapidly as she has ad-
vanced during the last few months.
l have been out to the end of
the line at Chungking and seen the
difficulties at first hand. w h n
such questions arise as whether to
take a crate of propellers or
bale of banknotes in to China, the
impossibility Of moving in | a rg e
quantities of heavy supplies be-
comes obvious. There is haggling
over every pound of airplane
carrying capacity. Even over the
Burma road third to a half of
the tonnage is used to carry fuel
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
Interpreting
The War
Japs May Use Raids
As Excuse For Not
Assisting Germans
KIRKE L. SIMPSON
wide World AnalysN

Coupled with the mystery of ths
origin of the American air ba,9b-
ers which Tokyo reported as hav.
ing blasted japanese cities is the
significant Nipponese action in
broadcasting the incident.
Those Tokyo broadeasts coincfd,
ed with strong indications from
Russia that Hitler had launched
a widespread air offensive to soft.
en- up Red Army resistance to his
coming grand attack. They came
also just when some Allied observ.
ers foresaw Japanese thrust
against Russia to match the Ger.
man attack as the Axis strateeic
design.
If Japan itself is as open on all
sides to air attack as Tokyo re.
ports now say has been demon.
strated, however, it is a reason.
able deduction that japanese war
lords have no present intention Of
breaking the flimsy truce with
Russia to help Hitler. Had thew
been SO minded, the bombing raids
over Tokyo and other japanese
cities would have been credited 10
Russia, not the United States.
Russian air bases in Siberia are
less than half as far from Tokyo
as are any known American out.
posts in the Pacific from which
landbased bombers could have tax.
en- off. Even air fields in the Phil.
ippines still in Americana Filipino
control are more distant than
Vladivostok.
Tokyo, aside from setting up a
credible excuse for failing to 20 10
Hitler's aid by attacking Russia.
probably is fishing for informa.
ton. 1t is highly essential that ia.
pan learn without delay exactly
how the blow was struck.
If it came from carriers, some.
where off Japan's east coast. it
follows that a formidable Agner.
can naval task force has punctured
the japanese island screen unde.
tected and stabbed deep into Wa
ters where the main strength Of
the Japanese fleet is certainly dis.
posed. The escort for the carriers
almost certainly would include not
only cruisers and destroyers but
battleships.
The operation could be another
hit-and-run task force raid. II
might also represent an attempt
to lure the main japanese fleet
into action to take advantage of
the fact that important japanese
units, including battleships and
carriers, have been reported shift
ed to the Indian ocean.
1t seems indisputable, however,
that Tokyo is anxious for some
reason to demonstrate Japan's own
jeopardy from long-distance Amer.
lean air raiding despite many vic.
tories. Pending more Trustworthy
accounts of what happened. it
seems quite likely that it served
to notify Berlin of japanese de-
termination to stay out of the Rus.
so-Nazi conflict 20 avoid greatly
increasing that peril. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
Raymond Clapper Says:
Experts Say War Must
BeW ont hr0ughAttack

so that the remainder of the cargo
can be moved.
There is much talk of opening
new road, but this will take some
time and the road will be much
more roundabout. The best bet in
China is to get fighter planes in
to help the Chinese troops hold the
Japanese in Burma. You m t
consider that it takes a ton of
material month to sustain a SOL
dier. The haul from America to
ports in the Middle East or India
is $4,000 miles, against 5000 across
the North Atlantic. One ship cross
ing the North Atlantic therefore
carries three to four times as much
cargo in a years time as if it
were running to the Indian ocean.
The shortage of shipping makes
that economy factor of the great
est Importance.
Usually military men regard
their own area as the most inn
portant and insist on everything
for it. Therefore it is significant
that the practically unanimous
judgment out here and further east
is that the main effort must even
tually be against Germany and
against the Japanese mainland
from the Pacific side.
I have seen enough of the diff
ficulties in getting limited sup
plies out here to appreciate why
there should be no undue hopes of
an enormous campaign east of
Suez. The Allies shortage of anti
aircraft guns has been discovered
by the Japanese, who operate in
the air at will except when they
run into the American Volunteer
Group. If planes were available it
would be possible from Allie d
points in the, Middle East to bomb
German oil sources in Rumania
and possibly to do an effective
Gripping job 1t is important also
to hold the supply line into Rus
sia. Beyond that, it seems to be
matter of keeping up the trickle
of supplies into India and China.
holding back Japan and prevent
ing her and Germany from join
ing hands thourgh the Middle East
The job is one both of military
action and of propaganda-to win
the confidence and support of the
native populations,
Everyone prays that Russia will
continue pounding Germany, O r
in spite of feverish activity and
big talk the basic fact is recog-
nlzed by all-that we are being
given time thanks to the Russian
resistance. That is the plain. cold
fact which stands out above every
thing I have heard and seen of
the war east of Suez
That is not the note on which
should like to end these dis
patches from, abroad, but I be-
lleve it is the truth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
Photographs

1t is only since 1910 that ma
chinery has been employed to any
extent in the manufacture of nails.
Before that date they were made
by hand by forging on an anvil.
Vast numbers of men were en-
ployed in the industry.
Cricket fighting is an old favor
ite game in China. 1t is said that
there was once an emperor who
was such a fan of the game that he
allowed his subjects to pay their
taxes by entering their best fight
ing crickets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
Is YEARS AGO TODAY

Russia, in reply to a query by
Congressman Meyer London, of
New York, declared that she does
not seek a separate peace with
Germany.
Holland formally notified the
State Department that it will main-
tain a strict neutrality in the war
between Germany and the United
States.
German strikes were said in re-
ports from neutral European coun-
tries to constitute a serious menace
to the German war effort.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
Yesteryears
10 YEARS AGO TODAY

w. E. Page, president of the R.
w. Page corporation, newspaper
publishers, today telegraphed Gov
ernor Russell not to consider him
for appointment to fill the sena.
torial vacancy caused by the death
of Senator Harris.
The Cape Fear post of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars was Off
cially organized here last night. J.
J. Mcintyre, temporary COM
mander resigned, and R. W. Mus
selwhite was elected for the po-
sition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
so YEARS AGO TODAY

An arrested invading army of
from five to seven hundred cattle
rustlers were on their way to the
railroad in Wyoming under the es-
cort of six companies of soldiers
from Fort Mckinney. The COVER
nor does not undertake to say what
he will do with the men
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
TOP O. THE MORNING

The little flowers peep through the ground,
To say to people all around,
Your Heavenly Father sends His love
To you and you and you!
e. NICE. SHIELDS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21

The male Black Widow sploel,
has tiny sac of mild poison uSen ~
by all spiders to paralyze or Aa ~
their insect food, but the bite -
nothing as far as humans are col.
ce~~aI
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
ANONYMOUS LETTERS

The StarNews is always pleased to receive
letters from its readers. written for publication
but will reproduce none that are anonymous.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-21
AS Others Say It
THE BUILDERS

Along one of the main corri
dors of the city hall in Stockholm
are several inches occupied by
bronze busts of men who had to
do with building the hall - not
members of the building commits
sion or the chamber of commerce,
but men who actually did the
building. One is the man who LAID
the first brick; another Of the
man who worked the greatest num-
ber of days; another Of a man
who distinguished himself in metal
work. Ali these men had been
vetoed on by their trade associates
as worthy to be memorialized.-
Fred G. Kelly in Readers Dr.
gest.