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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
Daily Prayer
FOR ACCEPTANCE or
pR5VATIONS

With shamed faces we CONFESS
to Thee today. o Lord, thai we
have been more concerned oyet
the minor pr,vations that the WA, war
has brought t., US perSonally VIian
we have been over the vast ISSUE ISSUE.
of the oIoody battles beng 1oGgn.
around the world to vlndlcaIe In!
will for man. Lack Of gaSo,,lhe
and rubber and sugal have DVlHea
t.gger IN our thought and comYei .i
sation than tie death oil IlIii.0rt I'LL. -,
# men or the terrible plight Oh
tie oppressed nations. Have iuI- n,
cy on us, o Lord, have meIV5
Upon us all, f5r this Gma'lheSS @Ho ,So
selfishness and forgetfulneSS OIL wv
greater needs. As slacAers III wv
greatest war of all time we Wv
fess our disloyalty. We nave .., om,
ned against our Country dso-n a,
cur fellow men, against our sun
in service and against lhee' d
give us and amend us, we pi'G a..
Awaken US to an aWarenesS u '
oneness of our Cause. Help uS
conform joyfully to ever can ...
serve or sacrifice. Stitten o.
wabbling wills Open our eyes .ts
the glory of the coming Ql w. If:
Lord in a new world. Make
worthie1 to Re called sons q
daughters of God. Amen.-"'l'D
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12

schedules better to meet Wilrnington's needs,
which it has shown no inclination to do in
the past, it will be necessary for the proprie-
tors to find the solution of their problems for
themselves. AS the chief need is for meat
they might have two meatless days weekly,
as has previously been suggested. This would
be easier if the fish supply were larger or,
for that matter, if patrons generally would
be satisfied to 60 meatless oftener.
The fact that red meat is reaching the open
market in larger quantities than for some
time past does not offer any relief for it is
available only to purchasers possessing the
necessary ration points. Refrigerators might
be overstocked but it would do Wilmington
eating place proprietors no good unless they
had the points to get it.
The Friday meeting will afford them an
opportunity to thresh the whole situation out
with the OPAs agent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
QUOTATIONS

We are anxious to see a peace in which
Italy can play her part as a respectable ma
ton once again.-Britsh Foreign Minister An
thony Eden.
People in the occupied areas once were our
customers. At first they will have no money
to buy goods tfrom us. The amount we spend
in helping them to become self-supporting is
trivial compared to the amount they will
spend with us once they resume the creation
OF wealth.-Foreign Relief Director Herbert
Lehman.
desire that you achieve production record
so lar superior as to be entirely beyond the
imagination of the enemy aircraft production
plan.-Jap Premier Hideki TOTO to Mitsubishi
aircraft workers.
Before the war Stain was nothing to Mr.
churchill but a blood-staind tyrant, and Mr.
Churchill was nothing to Stain but tyne of
bourgeois imperialist. Now they know one
another as Winston and Uncle Joe. That *
enormous Improvement. George BernarH
~>>s> W ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
Home Leadership Needed

Prime Minister ChurchilFs arrival in Quebec
Roosevelt and he had planned Allied oper-
ations so far into the future that there could
be no reason for them to get together soon
again. The exegencies of the war obviously
were not taken into consideration by the false
prophets making this forecast
After the Churchill-King parleys in Quebec
we may expect to learn that Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Churchill with their full staffs, are
in huddle to review the present situation
all over the world and draft a new program
for Allied forces which reasonably will include
European invasions on a great scale.
The time is ripe for them. The United
Nations are ready for them There can be
little doubt that the objective is to bring the
war in Europe to an end before another cal
endar year arrives.
If this is indeed the purpose of forthcoming
conferences, there is the more reason that
the home front should be modified on a scale
and with thoroughness which will more near
ly approach the efficiency of the armed forces
In the invasion of Europe the people at
home have a role little less vital than that
of the uniformed service We cannot doubt
that the people at large are willing, even
anxious, to assume their role But they cannot
do their full part without better leadership
than they have had in the past
With bureau and department heads bicker-
ing and quarreling among themselves the con-
fusion existing in Washington exists also
throughout the country, with the result that
war production is below par, essential busi
ness is stagnant and the American public be-
Widered.
The months ahead are to be as troubled on
the home front as at the battle fronts. Civilians
are going to need more of the kind of leader
ship that is turning the tide of the war against
the Axis if they are to give the men at the
front the support they will need for victory.
1t is up to Washington to provide that leader
ship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
There Is A Difference

Representative May, chairman of the House
Military Committee, proposes to introduce a
bill the day Congress reconvenes prohibiting
the drafting of fathers, and the House prob
ably will approve it. Certainly such legisla-
ton is warranted and in the interest of the
nations welfare unless an unforeseen military
reverse, so great as to jeopardize Allied VIC
tory, should make the service of fathers nec-
essary.
But if Mr.. May is accurately quoted as
saying that his bill would make no distinction
between the fathers of children born before
or after Pearl Harbor, there is reason to
doubt that he has a clear vision OF the Stu
alton.
Pre-Pearl Harbor fathers had established
families while this country was still at peace,
whereas fathers whose first offspring has been
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
BY JOHN SELBY
"Pick Out the Biggest" by
Frank Morris (Houghton Mifflin;

Frank Morris (Houghton Mifflin;
$2).
Frank Morris "Pick Out the
Biggest is the story of 27 as ex-
citing minutes as human beings
ever experienced. Probably no
nan writing today could do JUS
hce to the brief period in which
the Bose was chiefly responsible
for the death of six Japanese SHIPS
Mr.. Morris mas done better with
the material than most, although
there is a kind of slap-happy, god
cammlt, super-he-mannish qualky
about sections of it that seem to
me not quite the right approach.
Chiefly, Mr. Morris account is
q terent in that it allots the other
ships OF the Bcise's task force cred
" Tor heir snare Of the exploit
some OF the reports to date have
gwen the impression that Ir o n
lake Moran and his men did il
al alone. That is a misconception
mat would annoy the Boise's men
considerably.
Pick Out the Biggest" begins
with the Boise on convoy duty to
NE Philippines just before Pearl
t1arpor. She Trrived in Manila
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
OPA Reorganization

Noting that Washington is experiencing diff
flculty in finding men for key positions in
the Office of Price Administration who meet
the qualifications set up by Congressional man.
date, the New York Times comments that the
OPA should be reorganized ''along commodity
or industrial lines with one executive respon-
slble for both the rationing and price control
for given product If this were done it
would do away with the constant back-biting
and wrangling that has typifed the bureaus
inter-branch relations in the past.
The Times points out other results that
reasonably may be expected. 1T would re-
duce the number of key executives required.
key jobs, top-ranking business men might be
attracted to the agency. Rationing and price
control, which are so closely interrelated,
could be coordinated more effectively
But the Times adds:
The problem of coordination will not be
solved merely by reorganizing the agency
But such centralization of control would
necessitate a consideration of both phases
of the problem, and of their interaction,
whenever decision concerning either one
must be made. Finally the time is op-
perfume because the new personnel will
not nave the same vested interest in main
tanning the present separation of functions
as did the persons they are replacing.
The encouraging thing about the future OF
OPA is that whereas the office has heretofore
been administered by persons with no special
qualifications for the work, the top positions
business experience. The day of the theorists
is about over.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
The Literary. Guidepost

December 4, 1941, was suddenly
ordered to Davao on December S.
and heard tae news of the Jap
attack when she was 100 miles on
her way. Strip ships!" was the
first order, and overstuffed ward
room furniture, craperies, eve n
picture frames went over side.
The Boise was about to slap the
Jap.
Only she didn't. For one reason
or another, she just missed action
So1 months, doing successful con-
voy duty but shooting down ex-
actly aothing At last she ran
aground on an uncharted coral
reef, and eventually would UP in
san Francisco for repairs. The Of
GERS and the crew didn't like it.,
although they faithfully worked out
the damage control problems of
Commander Wolverton. Later they
were glad they had.
Then, and suddenly. came the
Boise's " minutes of glory. In
four minutes Jap heavy cruiser
went down. It took a minute to
kill No. 2, a destroyer. Four min
uses for the next, and so to the
erd. Mr.. Morris then takes the
crippled Boise through her search
fer repairs, back to Philadelphia
for remaking
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
Food Conference Called

A meeting at which it is hoped program
for relieving the food situation at Whining
TONS public eating places may be drafted is
scheduled for next Friday 1t will be attended
by r. B. Roberts of Raleigh, oPA district
food ratonng officer, and all proprietors OF
cafes. restaurants and cafeterias are being
urged by the Chamber Of Commerce, which
is sponsoring the session, to be present
What Mr.. Roberts will have to offer IS not
foreseen. but the local board is authority for
the statement that under present regulatlohS
additional ration points cannot be made avail
able.
4 would appear, then, that unless the oPA
can be persuaded te shanss NJ auosness
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12

born since, and particularly fathers in service
who married after joining the armed forces,
have a fundamentally different status They
entered wedlock and with their wives knew
full well that the birth of a child could not
reasonably be expected to relieve them of
their service obligation.
If Mr.. Mays proposal actually means what
it seems to mean, and if his bill is approved
by Congress, these fathers would have to be
released. We cannot go along with him if
he intends to exempt the fathers of war babies
as well as pre-Pearl Harbor fathers from
war duty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
Complete Staff Essential

The success of Tuesday nights blackout was
the control room were manned, with the result
that instructions to all units and workers went
out quickly.
This has not always been the case. In other
blackouts the control room has been under
manned and the limited staff has had to move
from phone to phone. Delays, some as long
as ten minutes, have interfered with previous
tests. Workers receiving delayed notification
have necessarily been late at their posts.
The punctuality of workers in Tuesdays
test was due to the speed with which the con-
troll room contacted them.
This is not to be accepted as evidence that
the staff is complete. 1t is far from that.
Hardly shift has more than half the nec-
essary personnel. Not once in a dozen times,
probably, would blackout find full staff
on service as happened Tuesday night. And
the sad reflection is that it might not be a
dress rehearsal but the real thing In that
case ten or even five-minute delay could
be costly.
What is to be done to enlist volunteers? It's
hard to say. Repeated appeals through the
press and by radio, by letter, and telephone
have failed. What can be tried now? One
suggestion is that the "old faithfuls' assume
the responsibility of completing the personnel
for their tricks. 1t is thought that if these
workers put it up to their friends or relatives
as a patriotic duty to serve, personnel gaps
will quickly be filled. The idea is that recruits
can be mustered in more easily if they know
they will be among friends than if they are
with strangers who might not be wholly con-
genial.
All other efforts to bring the control room
staff up to par having failed, it is recommend
ed that this experiment be tried
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu-
tion of the war to complete Vic
tory.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Some time ago Professor in a great
Mid-Western State University said that one
of his associates had told him that he had
watched the careers of students at this
university through many years and had
come to the conclusion that college and
University life did not make men and wo-
men, but tested them; that the making had
been done long ago In the home. There it
genius we shall find the chief reliance of
our Church and Country, but in the Chris
tain home.
Mrs. George Patterson
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
DEFENSE WORKERS WIVES

To The Editor:
In reply to two letters in the
Letter Box column, may I take
issue with them as regards sol.
diers wives interesting themselves
in war and patriotic activities.
Why take it out on the Army
wives only? How about these de
fense' wives whose interest in war
activities is practically zero Ali
they do is ride around in their cars
calling for the mail, hogging food
at the grocery and meat markets,
thanks to the convenient shifts
which their husbands have, so that
the wife can do her shopping leis.
urely, dress up in the height OF
fashions, gossip two-thirds of the
day, and when the filter center
calls for volunteers, where are
they? I'll tell you. They're at the
bank, at the post office sending
money orders, at the movies, over
crowding buses, envying the man
in uniform because he has a sea.
and they have to stand.
Are they doing anything for the
war effort
Now let's put the soft pedal on
criticism of the service man S
wife, the man may be on the bat
tie front in very short time. For
the little time she has to be with
him, let's get behind her, and boost
her morale. Her husband does
not defense workers salary but
he knows there is no better thins
in this world than to wear the
uniform of Uncle Sam. And when
he returns in glory we will not for
get him.
FREDERICK PEARCE
Veteran of World War and
Legionnaire.
Wilmington, N. C.
A1,0 1910
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
You re
Telling Me

The planes were a Thunderbolt
and Lightning. Sounds like
stormy weather ahead for the
Axis.
Four Italian generals surrender
ed at the same time. Probably
didn't want to break up their
contract bridge game.
Munda fell on a Friday. That's S
sure going to make it tough on
history students of the future.
!
Hitler might solve all his prob
lens simply by ordering to the
firing squad the author of "Mein
Kampf," the book that got him
into all this trouble.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

LONDON. (By Wireless) AS we
see now regerding Italy, one of
the Allied problems that will ac-
company victory everywhere will
be to find way to launch self
government ii liberated territory.
Our lax of preparations caught
us shamefully unready for Musso-
ljnis resignation and led to the
humillating conflict in American
broadcasts, with Owl calling the
King of italy moronic nd at the
same time General Eisenhower
commencing him for ousting Mus
solini. And President Roosevelt
ltaping in with a public rebuke of
owl about the time Eisenhower
was switching over to a tough line
when Badogho began stalling.
The policy of using the Allied
commanding general in the Medi-
terranean thaater as an outlet for
psychological : warfare handouts
seems open to question. Why
should the general in command of
a big operation like this have to
be a mouthpiece for political war
fare?
What have all our mystery boys
around Washington been doing all
his time, that we come up now
undecided whether to call the King
Of Italy names or try to do busi-
ress with hira?
Fortunately we have t i m to
profit oy this awkward exposure
of Allied policymakers 5 ou n d
asleep when the first big oppor-
tunity knocked Especially should
that embarrassing experience
cause us to be sure we are not
similarly found wanting with re-
gard to preparing for the liber-
et1on of France. That may not be
so far off. Italian troops occupy
scme French territory - Corsica,
and the southeastern corner of
france from the Rhone east and
from Lyon south.
Forty-eight hours after Mussoli-
mis- caoltulation General de Gaulle
broadcast that no Allied settlement
with Italy could be valid or lasting
without French participation. This
was plain warning to the Allies
to end their policy of ignoring the
French Committee of Liberation.
The de Gaulle utterance, made
without consulting m of his
more moderate followers, was re-
garded as tactless and caused con-
siderable Allied irritation, but it
was the kind of thing we may
expect as long as we ignore the
fact that French interests will be
directly concerned the moment It.
ally capitulates. AS matters stand
today there is nobody representing
France with whom we could Of
flcially discuss matters cept
General Giraud, who is generally
subject to the control of the French
Committee of National Liberation,
the existence of which we do not
recognize.
The absurdity of the Allied po-
sition in that respect will become
more than academic the moment
Italy quits. Actually it is more
than academic now. because ev-
cry days delay is losing time and
adding to the resentment which
night make The future more diff
ficult and which certainly hampers
those French.nen who are prepar-
ing the machinery for a resump-
ton of self-government in France.
The committee members a re
middle -of-the readers, concerned
with preventing dictatorship n d
with making preparations 80 that
elections will be automatic. They
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accepts NO
responsibility for the personal views Mr. Pegler,
and often disagree with them much Is many Of
his His articles serve the good purpose Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
LETTER BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any s1ticie appearing IN
this department. They represent tn.
views OF the individual readers.
Correspondents are warned that
all communications must contain
the correct name and address fol
our records, though the letter may
be signeo as the writer sees fit.
The Star-News reserves the right
to alter any text that for any rea-
son Is Objectionable. Letters on
controversial subjects will not bt
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
AS Others Say II
Extraordinary

What gave the fall ni D" %,sr
the character of extraoi0''55o IN
news was the old mah-p''' ,.ll.
principle in a fresh Farai .u,su
throws-dictator. Norfolk HS
Pilot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
Now 1t Can Be Told

Now 1t Can Be 1oIu' ,ser
1t is now revealed una or;rg
M ssolini fell, Hitler .'i' cer.
to Rome to bring II Duce ~ .nds+
many where he would De o,ips
the Fuehrer's protection, tobf
failed in his mission - p -ls
because Mussolini unders'oOI o,io1
limitations of Hitlers u, v!r
better than Goering.--Norl0-N
inian.Pilot
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-03-26
Stones Raised, but Don't
Grow Out of the Ground

That stones grow out Of the ground
is a belief widely held in rural dis.
tricts. It is believed that they are
produced at great depths from the
soil and are brought to the surface
in various stages Of growth. While
this theory has been declared to
have no possible basis in fact, be-
cause stones do not grow, neverthe-
less, some experiments reported to
the Royal Geographical society OF
London by Thomas Hay indicate
that stones do come out of the
ground from depths and accumulate
on the surface. He observed some
gravel areas in the lake district OF
England and found that by cutting
away sections Of the ground every
night during a freezing period he
could observe the stones being
brought to the top. The ice was
formed from ground water raised
by capillary action. AS the ice grew
upward it carried stones with it, but
the finer material was able to re.
main below. When the ice melted
it left layer Of stones on top OF
the ground. The stones had grown
out of the ground just as the rural
observers believed.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-03-26
Mongrels Led the Royal
Parade After Waterloo

A curious incident Of a visit Of the
allied crowned heads to London fol-
lowing the battle Of Waterloo was
told in an old English magazine:
After the battle Of Waterloo the
city Of London entertained the al
lied sovereigns at a grand banquet
In the Guildhall. The streets were
thronged with merrymakers eager
to see the great folks. But to every
ones amazement, when the process
sion Of crowned heads passed up
Ludgate hill it was preceded by q
collection Of thin, miserable mon
grelS.
AFTER investigation it was dis
covered that the dogs were strays
which had been nosing about the
streets. Thousands Of onlookers had
lined up to await the procession so
that whenever a dog had tried to
force its way through the crowd it
was driven back into the road, and
there was nothing for the wretched
dogs to do but take their places at
the head Of the cavalcade and
march along until they could find an
opening down which they could dart
to freedom"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-03-26
English Monarchs Assassinated

English MOnarchs Assassinated
Assassination of monarchs has
been rare in England compared with
other kingdoms. william Rufus,
while hunting in the New Forest,
was shot by Walter Tirel. An at
tempt was made on Edward 1 with
poisoned dagger. Eleanor, his
queen, sucked the poison from the
wound and saved his life. On her
death he erected many memorial
crosses in various places. Edward
v was assassinated by Miles For
est and John Dighton at the order
of the kings uncle, the duke of Glou-
cester. The death Of Richard I may
have been caused by assassination.
He fell while besieging Challau, in
France, but there is difference Of
opinion as to whether the arrow
came from the walls Of the be-
Sieged castle or from an ambushed
assassin. A few other attempts have
been made on sovereigns, but came
to naught.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-03-26
Chicago,s Drinking Water

The city Of Chicago receives it,
water supply from Lake Michigan.
Water is pumped through several
tunnels connected with cribs locat'
ed from two to Ave miles from
shore. The cribs are heavy struc'
lures Of timber and iron loaded with
stone and inclosing the intake cylin,
ders, which join the tunnels well be-
low the bottom Of the lake. The
first tunnel was completed in 1867.
The tunnels now form a labyrinth
u miles in extent under the lake
and the city. The average amount
of water pumped per day is 1911.
400 gallons.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-03-26
New Cage Helps Pigeons
FLY News From High Up

Observation-Disclosures a hon.
ing pigeons ceiling is about 10000
feet, the army signal corps has de-
veloped a cage with an automatic
opening device which allows the
birds to be dropped from scout
planes flying at tremendous heights.
Carrier pigeons are being used In
creasingly to send messages from
reconnaissance planes forced to keep
radio silence. Above 10000 feet,
however, the air Is too thin for the
birds to fly.
So the signal corps rugged up .
canvas-covered wire cage in which
the pigeon Is put before it is dropped
overheard. The cage falls to any
desired height before 1t opens auto
matically.
Pigeons also are carried to send
messages back to the base In case
the planes are forced down. Com
mandos and parachutists operating
behind enemy lines also use them
instead Of radio, which would give
their position to the enemy. The
birds can carry a 1,O0O-word mes
sage on q photograph Aim.