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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
1t Would Mean Bankruptcy

Too little attention has been given to the
| effect proposed wage increases al mines would
have on the coal industry.
What, for example, would happen if the
81. .25 daily payment for underground travel
had gone into effect on August 1?
While the proposal was to have borne the
August l date, it would have been retroactive
to April. The back wages for this four-month
period would have amounted to S62 500, ,OOO
How well was the industry fitted to meet
this drain?
The Huntington, W. Va, Herald Advertiser
tells how, saying: Gould the coal indus
try absorb such ponderous item? Records
of the Bituminous Coal Division of the United
States Department of Interior show that the
gross profit of the industry for 1942-before
deduction of Federal income and excess prof
its taxes and other expense-was only eight
cents per ton. On the 1912 production of 6OO,-
900 tons, therefore, gross profits amount
ed to only $48,0OO0 900. Net profits did not
exceed $24, 100000. Thus the back wages call
ed for in the model contract would be nearly
three times the net profits of the industry
for the entire year of 1922
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
Authority In Wrong Hands

The worst part of all this controversy over
the drafting of prePearl Harbor fathers is
the threat under which they are placed. They
are told they must get into essential war work
or be drafted for armed service.
The threat comes, not from constitutional
source but bureaucratic agency set up by
edict. The Army itself is silent as a clam,
and the Army, it will be recalled, functions
under constitutional authority, with its direc-
ton stemming from the War department.
1t would seem that all matters pertaining
to Army personnel, no less than Army oper-
ations, naturally fall under its own jursdic-
tion that it should have the power to deter
mine the number of men it requires and type
tainly it is best qualified to judge the total
needed for successful warfare
This brings up the question whether with
the Selectve Service commission bungling its
Job, it would not be wiser and safer, to abolish
it completely and put the draft under joint
jurisdiction of the Army and the Navy
If this were done pre-Pearl Harbor fathers
and all other men capable of bearing arms
would know that if a summons came for
them, actual need for their services ex.
listed.
1t would not be necessary then to threaten
them. They would know that experts, not
theorists, had determined the war could not
be won without them, and to the last father
they would rush to the recruiting stations
AS the Manpower commission has had no
better success than the Selective Service COM
mission, there is no good reason why it too
should not be abolished.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31

Sweden should throw in with the enemies
of the Germans, Norways position would be
exceedingly precarious.
Nor is Sweden alone affected by the Danish
revolt From the Baltic to the Balkans coun-
tries overrun by Axis forces are at the point
of open rebellion, a condition which cannot
fail to immobilize great numbers of German
directed forces which otherwise would be avail
able at points likely to be invaded by the
Allies, and also on the Eastern front against
Russia. In a way the nations which Hitler
subjugated in the early days of his conquests
can set up second land front even before
the United States and Britain can undertake
its establishment.
While the Danish outbreak appears to be
spontaneous rebellion against the oppression
of Germany, it might be as well to consider
that it has started almost on the heels OF the
Quebec conference. Can there be some re-
lationshp between the two?
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
Raymond Clapper Says:
Lend Lease Shipments
Take On New Meaning

of the aid possible thrown directly
into winning the war, and thrown
wherever it will help m os t in
speeding victory.
The first Iend-lease act says thai
the President may extend aid on
any terms he deems satisfactory
and that the benefit to the United
States may be payment or repay
ment in kind or property, or any
other direct or indirect benefit
which the President deems salts.
factory.
Under the authority, the Presi
dent states in message to Con
gress, that Congress made it plair
it wants no new war debts tc
jeopardize the coming peace. Ht
says victory and a secure peace
are the only coin in which we car
be repaid.
For those who have lost sons ir
this war, surely no other col r
would be acceptable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
The Danish Revolt

Germany has demonstrated its power to
dominate Denmark, but the Danes are prov
ing that the Germans shall profit little by
their ruthlessness. Not only have they scut-
tied the bulk of their little navy. They have
fired ammunition and supply dumps, n d
practised widespread sabotage even under
fire of the conquerors. With the courage of
desperation, Danish forces are engaging the
Germans in combat with no hope of survival
but with the determination to sell their lives
at as high price as they can impose on
their enemies
This revolt in Denmark, hopeless as it may
SEEM is more significant than appears on
the surface 1t well may be the deciding
factor in the case of Sweden which has al
ready denied Germany the right to transport
troops and supplies across her territory, and
whose people are at last awake to the fact
that no nation can afford to remain neutral,
with the Germans within firing range of its
frontiers The Swedish prime minister, Per
Albin Hanson, put it in a nutshell when ne
declared the changing events in Denmark a
warning to all of us to be watchful." 1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
Bricker's Farm Program

Any public utterance by Governor Bricker
OF Ohio bears a political label He is a 20.
tential candidate for the presidency, albeit
the echoes raised when his name was first
associated with the office are gradually grow
ing fainter.
Nevertheless they still may be heard by
attentive ears, and it is probably true that
when he speaks he has before his minds eye
the majestic profile of the White House.
But this does not prevent him from utter
ing sound truths that need telling This was
the case when he addressed gathering at
Rapid City, S. D.. the other evening, and
charged that bureaucraces are hindering
American initiative and enterprise particu-
larly with respect of agriculture.
He urged farm program which would be
free from the Impractical directives hanging
as a milestone around the neck of the pro.
ducers of farm products
The program he has in mind would contain
five points:
l. That the food problem can be solved by
complete change of procedure on the part
of the centralized bureaucratic Administration
in Washington responsible for the confusion
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
QUOTATIONS

Already some of the men in Army and
Navy hospitals especially those suffering
from psychic disturbances, are expressing un-
willingness to return to their homes because
they dread the well-meant but emotionally
trying welcome they know they would re-
ceive.-OWI bulletin.
When we have rounded UP Mr.. Hitler. the
full might of the British empire is going to be
given to the task of destroying the Japa-
nese.-British Minister of Information Bren-
dan Bracken
The enemies we will have to conquer IN the
coming battle for a just peace will be the
aspirations, the rivalries and the mutual dis
trust Of nations, nstigated by the avarlclous-
ness of 1ong-intrenched special interests. :
Frederick E. Hasler, president Pan-American
Society.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
Daily Praye,
FOR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR
FOE

Beyond the days needs, and the
ebb and flow Of the battle, grant US
wisdom, o Lord Of the ages, to
understand the underlying signifi-
cance Of this world war. Show us
that I'VE wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principali-
ties, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness
in high places" We fight in the
name Of God against the forces.
seen and unseen, which oppose His
word and will. The heather have
risen up against Thy people, o
everything God. They have i'm
prisoned, tortured and slain the
ministers of Thy Gospel. They
have stopped the public worship
Of Thy people, and destroyed sa-
cred edifices dedicated to Th y
Name. Arouse US who are Chris
tians to realization of the true
nature of the conflict in which we
are engaged. Awaken us to the
knowledge that we war for God
when we defend the standards.
which He has set up in His word.
Send us into every form of the
present battle with the slogan in
our hearts, ''It is the will Of Godl"
Amen. TIE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
The Literary Guidepost

ways be used for its human values.
Those who want deeper meanings
may have them, for often they
are implicit in the material. That's
the point; Miss Warner never uses
her people as mouthpieces, never
inserts long lectures on commu-
nism or sulfa drugs or the horrors
Of Hitler. She quite simply writes
stories about people, often cock
eyed people. Since people really
have no definite limits, each con-
tanning the world in reduced form,
the possibilities for a writer of
Miss Warmers genius are endless.
There will be Miss Filleul, for
one example. Miss Warner meets
Miss Filleul in a Fourteenth
street, New York, department
store, the two of them having
come across from England to see
the Worlds Fair. They talk, and
presently you understand that
Miss Filleul is either a first-rate
shoplifter or one of the great in
nocents of the world. The story is
wonderfully funny, and it comes
as a shock, somewhat later. that
you also have got a sense Of the
Englishness Of England and the
Ameican-ness Of America out Of
this tiny story. The stories are
au Just as heavily freighted as
tnat and none show it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
BY JOHN SELBY
"a Galand Of Straw" NV svlvi

"A Gaiand Of Straw" by Sylvia
Townsend Warner Viking: 81. .5o),
II were not reading for living
as 1t were, ! could have the luxury
OF a bedside book, and this fail
the bedside book would be sv1via
Townsend Warmers "A Garland OF
Straw" "a
1 should be very parsirnonious
In my use Of it, too. One story a
night would be the limit, which
means that it would last a month
-2S nights, to be precise. Some
nights the fun would last longer
Tor a few of Miss Warmers stories
are almost up to normal short
story length. Other nights the
temptation to read on would be
very strong, for most Of the stories
are only skits, a little like movie
tranefs only, lot more amusing.
perhaps 1t is possible for Miss
warner warner to be dull, but il 90 I
never caught her at it.
The % stories in "A Garland Of
straw cover wide field when
: you 1',- start to check up. The thing
IKE best about them. after the
writing, is the face that the author
tns hsves departs from her charac.
1sys rvs.suc and personal approach.
'eVer the material, It will al
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
A War Production Center

The bombing of Berlin is justified not only
on the score that its population is gradually
being demoralized but also because Berlin
is the greatest manufacturing center in
Europe.
| The British Ministry of Economic Warfare,
after careful studies Of the city's industrial
Importance to the Axis, has learned that all
gagged in making equipment for Germany S
armed forces. This gives it precedence over
the Ruhr where 100000 were employed in
war industries at the peak of production.
Among other items revealed by the British
ministry which make Berlin military target
of outstanding importance are these?
Berlin now has the biggest output of any
German industrial center in electrical engl-
neering products and cables of all types
Three locomotive works there produced one
third of the total German output
The output of precision instruments such
as range-finders, bombsights, compasses-was
the largest in Germany.
There were four aircraft factories turning
out Focke- Wulf, Dornier, Henschel and Heinkel
machines
Rheinmetall Borsig, next to Krupps the big
gest armament manufacturer in Germany, had
a branch in Berlin which turned raw steel
into finished products for the forces.
Tanks, machine tools, radio equipment and
searchlights were made in the area which
also had important clothing and chemical in
dustries and vast works making compressed
airbrakes.
Berlin is the biggest railway center in Cen
trail Europe, with IA main lines radiating
from it.
AS a junction of inland waterways it is
second only to Duisburg, which handles the
greatest tonnage of inland water borne traffic
in Europe
If all Of this is destroyed, in addition to
the destruction Wreaked upon Germany's other
production areas, the German armed forces
will have little to fight with, whatever their
number. Numbers alone cannot win this war
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
NEWSMAN APPEALS
CONTEMPT CHARGE
Alabama Publisher Con-
tends Editorial Was Not
Against Law

MOBILE, Ala, Aug. 30.-tR-
Contending that editorial criticism
does not constitute contempt ol
court, Publisher Ralph B. Chan
dler Of the Mobile Press and Reg.
lister appealed today his convic.
ton on that charge.
Chandler was sentenced to six
hours il Jail and fined $40 on June
II by Judge Tisdale j. Tourat Of
inferior criminal court after the
newspaper published an editorial
criticizing a sentence fixed by
Touart.
Probate Judge Norwell R. Leigh
granted a review Of the convic
ton, and in an appeal brief filed
today Attorney Thomas E. Twitty
declared:
''Mr. Chandler in publishing the
editorial was convinced and still
is convinced that the editorial po.
sition taken by him was correct.
Judge Tourat, OF course, is ent1-
tied to the opposition view, but no
court is entitled to be the judge
Of the correctness or fairness OF
criticism against himself in pub
Hcation Of this sort"
The brief conteaded Judge Tou-
arts decision violates freedom Of
the press as guaranteed by the
constitution" and that the Ala
bama code "does not authorize
citations for contempt on account
of publication"
Twitty also cited a U. S. Su.
preme court decision in the case
Of the Los Angeles Times and Mir
ror. ''Mr. Justice Hugo) Black
pointed out" in that case, Twitty
said, that 1T is difficult to con.
ceive how an editorial or publica'
ton can have any tendency to dis
turb OF obstruct the administra
ton Of Justice"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
AS Others Say 1t
UNCONDITIONAL CONDITIONS

While British bombers are pound
ing Berlin so that its residents are
reported panic-stricken, with sou
900 having fled to Poland, NaA
propaganda is aimed almost solely
at warning the German people 'hot
peace would be even more perllouS.
Herr Goebbels is telling them that
the Allies intend to wipe out the
Germans. In this situation u is
well that President Roosevelt IN
his latest Lend-Lease report has
said timely word about peace
conditions.
His assurance that "except Tor
the responsible Fascist leaders the
people of the Axis need 1ot feal
unconditional surrendr" ought 10
be broadcast by radio and lea1le'
where it will do the most gooa'
unconditional surrender" ought 10
essential bulwark against making
an appeasement peace beiols
the Axis militarists have concedeu
defeat. It was intended to bar lne
losers from making the terms. bu'
it does not prevent the victorS lay
ing down conditions.
Just as obviously, conditions u
fered by the Allies might hasten
the internal desire to make pea''
and promote surrender. Such
statement of fairly specific cohu,,
tions for unconditional surrendeI
was issued to the Italian peoppi'
by General Eisenhower in SlclS.
Now the President lays down a
general condition in saying ina.
''the goal Of the United NallonS y
to permit liberated peoples 10 cls
ate a free political life OF 'hen
own choosing and to attain ecO'
|nomic security
That is a positive and useiul %
surance. Perhaps as indlra'ion'
of readiness to listen increase win.
in Germany more specific 'eri,'
can be given. The Nazis, as usuJ.'
are working from the basis OF fsS.'
The Allies opportunity is 10 A.
peal with hope. If the United va
tions, without weakening any po!'
pose to insist on unconditional az
ceptance of defeat, and WlthoU'
forgetting the necessity to sale
guard the peace, can hold out A. -
surances Of just treatment, 'he'
may shorten the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
JOINS MARINES

NEW RIVER, Aug. 3o.--Michael
Fenton, 18, is the second son Of
Col. Francis l. Fenton, operations
officer here at Camp Lejeune, to
join the Marine corps. The oath
was administered to him here by
Brig. Gen. Henry L. Larsen, COM
manding general,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
Interpreting
The War
BY HAMILTON w. FARoN

When the Russians chased r..
man troops out of Taganrog tbsr
demonstrated again the trer.
dous Red driving power. Thev ro,r
seem likely to push Hitler's foroo
still farther back on the soutbo.
front.
There would be little miIitau
reason for the Nazis to mil o,
of Taganrog, their southern anoSI ouE
post on the Sea of Azov nnId [,.oI
additional retreats were contoss .ssS
plated. 'e'il'
This is apparent because ~.
Germans heavily fortified Taos
rog during the many months i.
was in their hands; if thew bos
poured enough men and guns into @"
the city they probably could bauo .n,o
resisted an assault, at least for
a time. ''
However, holding on would b.vo
left the way open for a Russion
swing to the southwark from w.
Gently recaptured Kharkov in ~
encircling movement. Such sno m
cessful drive not only would bsTo
cut off Taganrog but conceivobI'.
could have pinched off the entirs
salient along the Sea of Azov as
far west as the Crimea.
Germany wants to hang on IN
the Crimea, and presumably tbo
advantages of retaining that ser.
tor outweighed those of costly
fight for Taganrog.
One reason the Germans sro
likely to fight hard for the Crimea
is that it provides their bulwark
Of defense against thanking move.
ments if they plan any further Of.
fensives on the southern front
Also the Crimea is the only es.
cape route for a large body Of
German troops in the Kuban area
There, in that last stronghold nj
the Nazis in the Caucasus sector
the German armies face constant
threats al at any time may be-
forced to retreat westward through
Kerch on to the Crimea.
Now that Taganrog is abandon.
ed, the German front lines may
| be redrawn, possibly a hundred
miles to the west. Presumably
they will follow roughly the angle
from the eastern banks of the
great bend in the Dnieper river
| at Dnieperopetrovsk south an d
slightly eastward through Melito-
lpol to the shores of the Sea Of
Azov.
Such shifting of the front would
Ihave several advantages for the
Germans, including retention Of
the escape route for the Kuban
sector armies and a shortening of
German front lines, which usually
results in stronger defense.
| But, on the other hand, the Rus.
SLAMS are determined to get the
Crimea back. This is certain be-
cause Of their long and bitter, but
vain, fight to hold Sevastopol, the
big Black Sea port on the southern
tin of the Crirnea.
Importance Of the Crimea hinges
to some extent upon a main rail
road line which runs northward
from Sevastopol through Melitopol,
Dnieperopetrovsk, Kharkov, Belgo-
rod and Orel to Moscow.
In Russian hands all the way,
that rail route would establish lat
eral communications for the Red
armies along the entire length of
the eastern front; in G erm an
hands it helps supply Nazi forces
in the south.
| If the driving Russians should
push the front far enough to the
west to get control of the entire
rail route it would be big factor
in driving the Nazis back on north
ern reaches of the front, because
of the greater ease of movement
of men and supplies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accepts no
responsibility for the sonal views of Mr.. Pegler
and often disagree with them much as many of
his readers His articles serve the good purpose Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

I have treasure chest wherein I lay
The lovely happenings of every day.
When am lonely, or sometimes sad,
NV treasure chest of memories will make
me glad.
ANNA M. MOVIUS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecu-
tion of the war to complete Vic
tory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-31

The bombing of Berlin is justified not only
on the score that it's population is gradually
being demora1ized but also because Berlin
is the greatest manufacturing center in
Evening star., 1943-06-04

I'VE shot down six of them alto
gether."

I'VE shot down six of them alto
gether."
They stopped the story to show
me what a foxhole was. Some had
already been dug behind their guns.
The best way to visualize foxhole
is to dig a hole 6 feet long and 2
feet wide and feet deep. Lie down
in it, remember the smell of lilies,
and you'll get the idea.
They went on with the story.
1.-TWO of our fighters got in the air.
They jumped the Japs and got one
apiece. One of them got on the tail
of Jap fighter way up in the sky
and rode him down to the ground.
1--WE picked up some of the bomb
fragments. A lot of us recognized
pieces of our old Fords. Some were
hunks of Singer sewing machines
We said to each other, And to
think We sold it to EN-
THE crews of the bombers had
been eating lunch, but lots of them
ran out and got in their planes and
started shooting One sergeant, sat
at the nose gun of Bit while it
was on fire and shot and shot at
those Japs. He never tried to get
out. Another did the same thing
and shot until his cockpit was on
fire. Then he ducked out.
Lots of our pilots and crews were
Evening star., 1943-06-04
They Call It Pacific
by CLARK LEE

Although more than 2 miles away
they shook the hotel. Within a few
seconds huge fire sprang up, and
from that minute on until late in
January there was not q time when
the night skies of Manila were not
brilliant with fires, and the skies
blackened in daylight by clouds Of
smoke. Watching the fires eat down
homes and Offices and churches and
piers, I thought many times OF
Genghis Khan and his hordes of ter
ror spreading death and ruin over
the earth.
That night the planes made only
one run on their target, then circled
and headed out across the bay.
They had been guided by flares and
small brush fires ringing Nichols
Field, and they hit their target
squarely. One 1,10O-pound $500 kilo)
went squarely through hangar,
wrecking the planes inside. Sew
eral parked planes were destroyed.
I telephoned Cronin, who was on
duty at the Office, and dressed and
went out into Luneta Park across
from the hotel. The fires were
blazing higher. Trucks and gun
mounts were turning into Dewey
boulevard and going toward Nichols
Field. Across the boulevard I saw
that two guns had been set up. I
approached them gingerly, and the
crews greeted me-
X X X x
They were Americans belonging to
the 200th New Mexico National
Guard, an antiaircraft regiment of
the coast artillery which came to
the Philippines in September. Their
guns were 37-millimeter rapid-flre
weapons, "Americas answer to the
dive bomber"
In the darkness we introduced
ourselves. The sergeant was Joe
Smith; the corporal, Gene Davis,
There were Gene Davis brother.
Dwayne, and Paul Womack, Leon
Beasley. Charlie James, Sam Buse,
1t. Frank Forni and 1t. J. A. Oden,
Jr.
I'VE were at Clark Field yester-
day they said.
For Gods sake tell me about it.