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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
ASKS EXTRADITION

RALEIGH, July 15.-(P)-Gover-
nor Broughton today requested the
return to Guilford county of Fran
els C. Odum, being held IN Lexing-
ton, KY, by U. s. public health
authorities. Odum was described as
a fugitive Of justice, having escap.
ed from the Guilford county home
while serving an 18-month sentence
for violation of the prohibition laws
and hit-run driving.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
u. S. Clothing Stores
Now On Honor System

WASHINGTON, July 15.-(P-
The nations clothes merchants
were placed on an honor system
today to comply with a wartime
code of selling practices designed
to discourage 'over Jealous" sales.
men and excess buying and thus
avoid the rigors of rationing of
clothing.
The code, laid down by War Pro.
duction Chief Donald Nelson in a
declaration of policy, ruled out for
the duration advertising phrases
coined to stimulate sales through
such scarcity appeals as buy now
these prices are good for a short
time only"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16

supposed it was one every girl got
al contemplating such a big
change ahead. No doubt every
girl got jittery, but she was lucker
than most in that she was going
10 marry Paul, who was so near
and so dear.
Just the same, she would not
think that far ahead just yet.
(T0 Be Continued)
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
SUMMER SCHOOL

CHAPEL HILL, July Is R -
The sixth annual summer session
in dramatic arts for high school
students, which has been in prog
ress at the University of North
Carolina since June 10, will pre-
sent performance of its own
works in the playmakers theater
here tomorrow night,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
EXAMINATIONS SLATED

CHAPEL HILL, July IS P) -
Glasses in the first summer session
at the University of North Carolina
will end Saturday and examina-
tons will be held Monday and
Tuesday. Registration for the sec
ond summer session will be helo
next Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-16
Leave My Heart Alone
Continued From Page Ten)

Interests and duties connected with
various soclally-guided charitable
organizations. as had all the girls
in her set. But they had been
part of the fun. too, never in any
sense serious obligation or bur
den.
From now on, life should be
more in earnest. She would try
to charter m ore worthwhile
course. She would have to put
her girlhood behind her with the
formal acknowledgment of her he.
trothal. Soon she would not be a
girl, but wife
There was another jolt, but she
Evening star., 1943-08-11
The Great Game of Politics.

method of presenting its case in
foreign countries without resorting
to such tricks. For another, the fact
that the British do it is no reason
for us to do it. The British are our
allies and they do a lot Of things
which it would pay us to emulate.
But they also do some things which
it would pay us to avoid. This Is one
OF them.
If the British want to do it that
way let them. The thing for us to
do is to stand by the policy which
the owl has publicly proclaimed
and which Mr.. Sherwood himself
described to a congressional COM
mittee-to wit, straightforward,
truthtelling.
Open to Charges.
In the end this will pay far better
dividends than devious methods,
however seemingly clever, that leave
us open to the very charge OF deceit
and Misrepresentation which we de-
nounce in the enemy and which we
have no right to denounce unless
We, ourselves, are without guilt in
this respect. Finally, there Is no
ground for asserting that Congress
would resent q ''buildup" for a real
person.
Certainly it would resent that sort
of "buildup" for a real person less
than for q fraud. Hardly any one
would begrudge a reputation de-
servedly made by a fiesh-and- blood
individual with an honest name.
Nearly every one would like that
better than reputation made for a
fake.
The worst part about the owl
fakes is that they are not apparent
fakes. The German fakes, Lord
Haw Haw" and Paul Revere" were
obvious fakes. Ours are not. We
pretend that ours are real, which
taints our propaganda with deceit
and makes 1t dif'icult for us to make
effective charges of falsity and
fakery against the enemy. We
should not be in that position.
Mr.. Sherwood is using these fakes
because he thinks it necessary.
Surely there is ability enough in his
organization. to work this problem
out without his band OF ghosts.
Whoever created them was smart
rather than wise. They ought all to
follow John Durfee."
Evening star., 1943-08-11

intelligent prognostication.
At present the military situa-
ton Of the Allies Is excellent.
The Germans are retreating fast
to their interior lines and are
shortening their defensive posi-
tions everywhere. The Mani high
command-we may still speak of
the Nazis until the generals have
decided to paint another name
over that 10-year- -old ensign
apparently has given up all plans
to assume the offensive on any
front.
Obviously the Germans intend
to gather their powerful forces
behind certain strongly fortified
points extending from the Eng
lish Channel to somewhere in
the east" They might give up
some conquered territories which
have lost much Of their strategic
importance, such as Norway and
Greece. But they plan to fikht
to the bitter end in the key points
which are highly important to
the defense Of the Reich.
The political situation Is much
less clear. A change In the Ger
man regime may be expected any
time. 1t is not likely 1t will be 4
revolutionary change which will
throw Germany into confusion
in all probability It will be q
transfer of power from one gang
to another.
May Change Ideologiss.
The German theology may
change from national socialism
to Germanism in the same
manner the Russian theology re-
Gently has undergone 4 trans
formation whereby international
Communism has made room for
pan-Slavism.
The political implication Of
such a change is anybody's guess.
1t ranges from 1 continuation of
the present struggle, resulting In
the eventual destruction Of Ger
many's military forces and the
dismemberment Of the Reich, to
a negotiated peace between Rus
sia and the eventual mon -Naz"
government in Berlin.
The Allies, however, cannot
Evening star., 1943-08-11

or else they should quit making
statements"
What Mr.. May is saying has been
said by thousands of citizens for
several months. The public state
ments from draft headquarters have
been confusing, and the War Man
power Commission has, by its state
ments on occupational deferments,
led the country to believe that there
was some system for selecting man.
power operating In connection with
the selective service machinery. But
this isn't 30. The local boards may
disregard VINO bulletins and the
national selective service headquar-
ters does the same thing itself.
The mess that has been made of
the administrative side of the draft
and the msnpower problem in Wash
ington is one that reflects discredit
on the administration.
Reproduction Rirhts ReservedD
Evening star., 1943-08-11

the phoniness of John Durfee' had
been exposed and admitted it was
impossible to continue seriously put
ting him forward as an eminent
American commentator. John Dur
fee" had to die like a dog.
The announcement of his demise
by Robert Sherwood, head OF the
Owl foreign division and. there
fore, primarily responsible for Mr..
Durfee," was gratifyingly complete.
However, it is disturbing to have
Mr.. Sherwood explain that this does
not mean that all the Owl fakes
and phonies are to be abolished.
John Durfee" Is abolished. but 1t
is considered necessary to hold on
to the others.
Sherwood Gives Reasons.
Into the mouths OF these fictitious
characters the owl will continue to
put its views and through them to
interpret American foreign policy
abroad. In brief, owl proposes to
keep and cultivate a set of non-
existent figures on whom no respon-
sibility can be fixed, who have
neither form nor substance, but
who, nevertheless, are presented not
only as real but reputable persons.
The reasons given by Mr.. Sher-
wood for maintaining this false
front are not very convincing, First,
he says, in effect, that only through
such fakes can some of the stuff
we must send over the short waves
effectively be transmitted. Second,
ne says that the British do 1t and
third, he says that Congress would
not permit a real person to be
built up by the owl in the way
these fakes are built up.
Not one of these contentious seems
sound. For one thing, 1t is almost
incredible that the owl should be
so devoid of resourcefulness and
ingenuity that 1t cannot devise a
Evening star., 1943-08-11


nine or 10 Anglo American divi-
sions in Sicily, diverting three
German divisions, adequate.
He also may have noticed the
slap on the wrist administered
to the owl for calling Victor
Emmanuel a moronic little king.
Apparently America trembles II
royalty is insulted.
The Moscow press has sug-
gested that certain private in
terests in America may wish
to prolong the war" which ap-
parently means that Russia
thinks the coming elections are
playing a role.
So we ask, What is Russia
up to?"
Wants War to End in AZ.
1t is not difficult to answer the
question. Russia is up to win
ming the war this year. Strange
as 1t may seem. Russia doesn't
like this war, and wishes to get it
over. 1t has cost her, let us
guess, five million dead, with
out counting civilians. 1t has
devastated an area two to three
times as large as all Germany.
So Russia wants to win the
war now.
Stain has intelligence. He
knows that this war is both a
military and political struggle,
having its very origins in an in
ternal struggle between ideas and
classes in Italy and Germany.
Stain, in possession OF the
mightiest army on the Eurasian
continent, still thinks that
weapons are not enough. There
is another force that must be
modified, and that is the force
of the idea.
Stain has been watching
American policy. He has seen
us use diplomatic energies to
avoid doing the simple thing in
regard to France. He has seen
us muff a situation put in our
laps with the invasion of Italy.
He has seen us issue the for
mula unconditional surrender"
although his armies are killing
Germans.
Stain Waited for Us.
He has renounced Communism
as a cry for raising the people
Of Europe to the Allied banner.
Having done this, he mas waited
for us to raise the banner of our
revolution for freedom and the
new democracy. But we have
not raised any banner at all. We
have all but buried the Atlantic
Charter, and invented the
AMGOT, formula for military
occupation with a political vac
uum behind 1t.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Comedian Producer Sues
Eurl Carroll for S22,O32

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. il.-Lack OF
slamour-and profit. too-in a
troupe Of showgirls for which he
assertedly contracted is charged by
Joseph Victor Desautels. Canadian
theatrical producer. in a s22. .032 suit
against Earl Carroll, night club
operator
Desautels alleges Carroll agreed
to furnish 33 girls for appearances
in Montreal and Toronto. Carroll.
who advertises that his night club
features the most beautiful girls in
the world" was to furnish "a of the
most comely of these, Desautels
stated, but the Canadian impre-
sario's complaint declared he got
only % girls, of whom IS were "ordi-
nary burlesque-type showgirls."
The suit asks $4,000 for profits
Desautels says he failed to realize
and $7032 in alleged losses.
Evening star., 1943-08-11

So Stain has lost his patience
and taken up the program which
we should have launched.
1t ought to be easy for Ameri-
cans to understand him. When
Woodrow Wilson launched his
Fourteen Points as a political
rallying cry for the last war, he
did not wait to see whether
Clemenceau and Lloyd George
would like them. Mr.. Wilson
wanted to shorten the war and
he knew he could shorten 1t with
ideas.
In this war Russia has an al
lance with Britain. but none with
America. Stain tried to get one,
but failed. His failure leaves
his hands free.
Stain probably remembers the
fate of Woodrow Wilson. At the
peace conference the Allies were
able to say, I'VE were never COM
mitted to the Fourteen Points
He knows, from historic expert
ence, that there is no certainty
that the Allies will back him up
at a peace conference any more
than they backed up Wilson.
But Stain knows his bargain
ing power will be superior to
wilson's. First, Wilson had
committed himself, personally.
Stain has not. He has launched
his political moves indirectly.
Secondly, when the war ends, he
will have the largest army on
the European continent. Mr..
Wilson did not. Third, the Jape-
nese war will in all probability
be continuing.
Must Meet Realities.
These are the realities and it
is with these realities that our
authorities must deal, and not
attempt to circumvent them.
With every gesture, Stain has
said to us, Let us make your
revolution In Europe" But 1t is
apparent we don't want any revo-
luton in Europe, even our own.
Every gesture that We have made,
as seen through Stalin's eyes,
must indicate that what we hope
for in Europe, as substitute for
Fascism, are conservative clerical
regimes, based on broken-d down
institutions of authority, like
monarchies, the restoration OF
small weak states without po-
ltical cohesion amongst them
selves, and prolonged military
and civil occupation of enemy
countries by the western Allies
alone.
Now, Stain, who has emerged
as a great leader out OF new
Russia created rs years ago by a
drastic revolution, just doesn't
think this policy is substitute
for Hitler's new order. Our
permanent fear, amounting to
obsession, that we cannot get to
any agreement with Stain Is not
true. We can. But we certainly
cannot get 1t the way we are
going on.
fReleased bv tho Bei Syndicate. Inc)
Evening star., 1943-08-11

OF the Govern
medts-and one
Of Me reasons
win be found in
he eurren t
nsw1.
When Con-
eress left here
for its recess
there was a gen.
eral un d e r =
standing tn a t
fathers W oul d
not be drafted.
The legisla ton
which CnnQreSS
Evening star., 1943-08-11


had we'll under way was held up be-
cause of reported assurance given
to Capitol Hill that fathers would
not be drafted at this time.
Now, with Congress away. orders
have gone out to draft both the
groups Of fathers-those whose chill
dren were born before and after
Pearl Harbor. Some idea of con-
eressional feeling may be obtained
by noting what Representative May
of Kentucky, Democrat and ad-
ministration supporter, who is chair
man of the all-important House
Military Affairs Committee, has had
to say in the last "a hours. He
has announced that, when Congress
reconvenes September IA. he will
introduce a bill to prohibit the
drafting of fathers.
His idea is to make 1t unlawful to
induct any man into the service with
a dependent child or children ex-
cept with his consent, and the pro-
posal would include all fathers,
whether the children were born be-
fore or after Pearl Harbor.
Would Limit Size.
Il feel" said Mr. Nav, that the
size OF the Army should be limited
by Congress. I think In view of the
fact that 100000 men are under
arms, the Army is big enough, par
ticularly with 10000 1s-year- olds
being inducted per month. That's
suficient to keep it current"
Mr. May would also have the bill
provide for the discharge Of any
fathers already inducted and he
thinks this would be one way to
get needed industrial workers.
Mr.. May has an opportunity to
know the scope of our military needs,
and he has a substantial following
in the House. There are evidences
that in the Senate many members,
irrespective OF party, feel the same
way he does.
Public Unsold on Need.
II the induction OF fathers Is es-
sential to the upbuilding of the
Army. then the Army has done a
poor job Of conveying the idea per-
suasively to the country. But the
feeling in Washington is that the
Army has not asked for the fathers
at all-in fact, 1t has been stated
by high officials of the Army that
men over IS, particularly, are not
desirable for the Army.
The impression prevails in Wash
ington that the selective service law
is being used as lever to force
fathers into essential industries
that it is an industrial manpower
rather than a military move
The use of subterfuges and cir
eumventions in present day govern
ment is not new, but the failure of
the istration-because of It's
fear Of organized labor-to press for
the passage Of manpower law
which. would enable manpower TO
be allocated directly Is forcing the
authorities here to resort to these
roundabout tactics.
Meanwhile, the public Is consid-
erably confused. Representative
May, for instance, says that Man
power Commission Chairman Nc
Mutt and Maj. Gen. Hershey Of the
selective service headquarters are
confusing the country by making
conflicting statements.
"McNutt and Hershey" he said,
SHOULD get together and see if
they can't agree on one statement
Evening star., 1943-08-11
Three British Carriers
Reported at Gibraltar

~ the Associated Press
MADRID, Aug. ll-Spanish dis.
patches from La Linea said three
Argus-type British plane carrier.
and an escorting notilla OF destroy
ers entered Gibraltar yesterday
from the Mediterranean.
The carrier Formidable and a de-
stroyer are in repair docks in Gil
braltAr. and IS merchantmen are
anchored in the bay, these reports
said.
Evening star., 1943-08-11

ply can't tell a
red noise from q
blue noise.
In ordi n ary
times this
wouldn't be a
matter of much
concern, but un-
der the present
civilian defense
setup a man
who can't detect
the color of a ST.
rem W h en- it
blows Is in a bad
Evening star., 1943-08-11

on the outer
fringes o +
t he ir main
defenses, are
working fast
to make their
position 1 m =
pregnable.
The " ar
across I h e
Atlantic has
en- ed a
military po-
litical phase
which pre-
r n 80 anu
Evening star., 1943-08-11
5000 Dead in India Flood

BOMBAY, Aug. II IP).-The chief
commissioner OF the province of
Ajmer-Merwara in a communique
today said the loss of life in floods at
the southeastern part Of the prov
ince was 5000 The floods began
last week after the worst rainfall on
record In this part of India.
Evening star., 1943-08-11

C an viewpoint
d a m a ge d our
c au Sc abroad,
s t IRE d Mr.
Roosevelt / n t o
pro e S t a n d
aroused indig-
nation a m o n &
both Army and
S t a t e Depart
m e n t officials,
has been Kill
ed"
There was, Of
course, no alter
native. Ono e
Evening star., 1943-08-11

issued fro m
Moscow. Sta
lin, 1t seems,
never asked
Mr.. r 90 Sc
Welt or Mr..
Ch ur C n !
whether this
was a + o o d
idea.
Now, Stain
is urging a
second front.
an d doeSn t
consider t he
i
Evening star., 1943-08-11
By FRANK r. KENT.

1t is pleasant to know that John
Durfee," the fake commentator of
the Owl whose mendacious and
distorted statements Of the Ameri-
Evening star., 1943-08-11

THE opinions Of the riters this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
Stars e1ort to give oil sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1943-08-11
On the Record.
By DOROTHY THOMPSON.

Emanating from Washington is
the question: What is Stain up
to? A surprised moan greets the
manifesto for Free Germany
Evening star., 1943-08-11
This Changing World
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

While the attention Of the
Allies is focused Overwhelmingly
on Europe, the Japanese, after
having suffered serious setbacks
Evening star., 1943-08-11
| Father Draft
|IsOneCuuse
|Of Friction
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

President Roosevelt may be ask
ing his advisers to ten him why
there is such bad feeling between the
executive and legislative branches
Evening star., 1943-08-11
McLemore-
He's Color Blind
As to Noises
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

DAYTONA, BEACH, Fla must
60 see doctor right away. It
seems I am color blind as to noises.
No matter how hard I try, / sim
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-05-03

does not take up much SPACE in
the textbooks of medicine and SIR
gerry. The consequence is that
every once in Il while a doctor has
q foreign body sprung on him and
is totally unpreparcd To deal with
it.
One fellow told about a patient
who heard ringing noises which
turned ont to be Il bug in the ear.
Another said that DR.. CEcva!icr
Jackson, of Philadelphia, has Il
patient who had Il foreign body IN
the windpipe for q years without
its being discovered.
said, "Wait a minute. Tb,t
isn't so remarkable. Foreign bod
les are not easily discovered cx-
cept by the x-ray, and x-ray of the
chest did not come into general
use until somewhere about 1917.
That being &c years ago, il isn't
surprising that DR.. Jackson's pa-
tient would not be diaehoscd till
about 10 years ago.
'.In other words the patient in
hailed the foreign body about 1901.
Everybody mutfed it by physical
diagnosis until the x-ray came
si>ng."
Many Cases Missed
remember the date 1917 very
yividly because when got 10 an
army hospital in World War |.
there was no X-ray machine cara-
BILE of taking n picture of the chest
OF of the stomach. The Only one
we had would show Fractures and
dislocations of bones ard that was
about all.
In that day examinations of
draftees - in order to climina,.
tuberculosis - were done entirely
by percussion and the stcthoscnpc.
Tine consequence was that about
Gu per cent of cases were missed,
and we have been paying a terri
lie toll i'll pensions for those um!s-
sions ever since.
In the present emergency :hc
medical authorities Of the army
have Insisted that every dr.ftcr
shall have IN X-ray Of the chest.
~ this mrans We feel that We a:c
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-05-03

I The police will assume we didn't
know that"
Wed better find stronger mo-
tive"
| suppose we say the low grades
were going TO keep us from PLAYING
IN some important college game?
That would throw the police off the
trGcl; in another way. They'd think
couple OF men students were the
burglars"
Clcmantine. you have hit ~
i5ut = Size paused. that might
point too definitely to a small eroup
OF students who may be In that
very fix."
Don worry. Anyone who is in
nocent can prove it."
You're probably right. Supposs
VIC give Willard a better build-up
ny saying he offered to coach us TO
improve our grades in time for tina
game. l understand he's an excel.
lent student"
Aunt Agatha. The newspapers
would love human interest story
hEr mat! Instead of writing to the
police CT the FIJI. we'll send our
iet'er 10 that reporter. Let's sea,
his name was :"
''Bclzcr."
All right. Let's get busy"
lhey wrote n draft. of the letter
IN pencil. then used 1t as a guide
VINO thcy hunted through an old
newspaper for words TO duplicate
IL. The exact words were hard TO
ma. so Agatha rcsortcd to cutting
np headlines and advertisements
INTO individual letters. which they
arranged into words and pasted on
u piece OF brown wrapping paper.
1T looks like a kidnaper's note"
observed Clcmantinc critically.
t,FWe can make neat address on
the envelope by clipping the name
OF inc newspapcr--and here's Bel
zcrs name OIL one OF his signed
stories"
The clipping and FASTING lob
,ook Two hours. Agatha carried the
lihished letter downstairs. She ell.
most made the mistake Of putting
u IN the mailboX on the front
porch. AS snc was dropping II In
ler hand rccoilcd instinctivcly. She
thought. What If the mailman re.
ncaibcrs he picked this up here? II
V'i' be an easy on 'lopc 10 remem-
Der
SO she carried {. down the street
or three blocks to public mail.
BOX.
Clcmani:"e, who apparently had
lccn watching I.om window Of
he up"tairs room. greeted her with
'alc face when she returned. Aunt
\gaihn! didn't dare call. A MIN
vas following YOU"
hSatl'as heart dropped. Oh
we're suspected"
ITO Be Continued)