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The Durant news., 1943-09-16
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
By Hazel Brannon

We want to call the attention Of our
readers to the message of the Peoples
Bank of Durant contained on page three
of this paper.
It is not often that we call special
attention to any feature in the paper.
But page three this week, we think,
merits the attention Of every News
reader. 1t is q message Of special in
terest to the people of Durant and
vicinity. 1t is worthy the attention Of
all.
II there are any names that should
appear on this list that are not there
we would like to have our attention
called to it. The omission Of any name
is not intended.
1t is the first time to our knowledge
that list Of all the boys in the service
from Durant has been published.
The Durant news., 1943-09-16

that list of all the boys in the service
from Durant has been published.
Any idea the American people may
have had that the war in Europe is
practically over should be dispelled with
the bloody battle Of Salerno.
The German report Of eight to ten
thousand Americans killed and 20 many
wounded has not been officially denied
by the Allied Command.
At last surely the mast optimistic will
realize that the price Of Allied victory
will be steep in lives and equipment;
that now ~ never before the ships must
be kept ploughing across the Atlantic,
filled with men and ammunition to feed
the gods Of war.
II those ships are not kept moving
in . steady stream the result will be
not only defeat in battle but despair
for all times.
We have no other choice now. The
long-awaited second front has been
opened. 1t cannot be closed except
through total victory over our enemies
VI CVmptcSc CnaOb III ueIoAt
The battle Of Salsrno and the coming
battles Of Europe should bring home to
American workmen the profound debt Of
gratitude they owe the American fight
ing man; the frightful price the fighter
10 paying in order that the worker can
comfortably stay At home and be royalty
paid to supply the equipment and ammu-
milton.
It should bring home to every one of
Us what we owe those boys who have
left home and all they hold dear to
fight for the future Of our country, for
our individual and collective security
In bringing that lesson home there should
have to be no special inducement to buy
War Bonds in the current Third War
Loan. Every man in the army, every
soldier overseas, Is . reason Why We i
should buy the last dollars worth Of |
War Bonds possible, to do our part as
best we can to see that the financing
of the war effort is sound and will re-
main so when the boys come home again.
Holmes county's sales to date in the
Third War Loan is not one-third Of our
quota. The sales amount to $200,142 or
20 per cent of the $4,000 goal.
Surely by next week everyone will
have done his best to pick up the lag
ging effort. With our men dying in
Salerno and all over the world how can
we do less?
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
Italians Invite You

The ITALIAN Association not only was among
the first amateur theatrical societies in this
country and has tradition coveted through
out the land. 1t has contemporary value also
which Wilningtonians will do well to recog-
nize-and share Particularly docs this apply
to new residents VINO h&ve had NO opportunity
to learn its background or enjoy its perform
ances. Everybody within the organization had
too many essential tasks to perform. There
was no time for renearsals and the draft had
taken its toll too.
Now with successes for Allied arms in
creasing and at least a small part OF the
wars strain reduced. the Association believes
the time ripe for resuming its activities and
looks to the public for support without which
it cannot hope to get by.
Like all unendowed entertainment enter
prises, it is dependent upon its membership
for financial backing. Naturally the more
members it secures the better will its per-
formances be. No company OF players, pro-
fessional or amateur can do as well before
empty seats as when they are occupied
The cost is not great-7only S. for adult
memberships and half that for students. In
addition to seats at performances, members
with talent may take part in the perform
snces and all so interested may have instruc-
ton in the principles CT makeup, properties,
BETS, stage management, workshop, organiza-
tion and theater mana cement from skilled
teachers.
Season tickets are offered for sale at a
dozen or more places. The list was published
In the Star-News of November 81. Don't forget
that you need relaxation and the type oil
escape a good show provides.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03

as good fighters. While their soldiers have
been in the field, their laboratory experts
have been trying out great variety of the
cries in the evolution Of which they have
sought to circumvent the growing strength
of their enemies.
But the Germans are not alone in scientific
advancement for the destruction Of an enemy.
The United States has been at work along
the same lines and not without results Ad-
miral W. H. P. Blandy, who is soon to be
assigned to a naval combat force after serv-
ing as chief Of the Bureau of Ordnance, has
revealed that our Navy has been employing
secret weapons for some time which surpass
the best of Germany's.
There are hundreds of new developments,
Admiral Blandy said at his latest press con-
ference in Washington, some refinements and
others revolutionary in nature . Some Of
the latter have been in use for many months,
but even their purpose cannot tie revealed"
One or two of them he described as actual
romances Of SCIENCE One especially had
been called impossible, but was nevertheless
completed and is in use with telling effect.
The story OF this weapon, ill Admiral Blandy's
opinion, is an exciting one but for security
reasons "it is not safe even to disclose its
nature
The prime purpose of the first German
propaganda barrage, when Goebbels had only
fear to exploit was to strike terror in new
quarters and on wider frontiers They have
since been matched and probably outmatched
in every subsequent move both in their war
on nerves and in the effectiveness Of new
combat weapons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
The Literary Guidepost

card detective. He has investigated
games for important boiled shirt
clubs, for city officials, for steam
ship lines, for fun. He not only
can recognize the tricks but can
do them and one of the best ways
to expose crook caught in a
respectable game is for Mac.
Dcugall to give a lecture using
exactly the same method and
pointing the story up in such a
way that the man knows the game
is up.
The normal edge in favor of an
honest house is S per cent. Any
thing better comes from controlled
roulette wheels mis-spotted or 9TH
erWise crooked dice cards marked
in one or another way or manip-
ulated expertly by men with SEN
sifive fingers. Mr.. MacDougan de.
scribes hundreds of tricks some
OF them so carefully that his book
might almost be used as text by
beginning cheats. And some of the
devices are so obvious (some of
the best ones too) that it seems
incredible any man could be de-
ceived.
But they can even by such a
set-up as the Mississippi heart
hand in bridge at which what
appears to be a lay-down grand
slam IN hearts is certain to 90
down seven tricks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
Secret Weapons

When the Germans were sweeping over Eu-
rope with irresistible power, the Berlin prop
agandists talked much about a new strange
secret weapon against which no defense could
stand. They were absolutely right as to it's
effectiveness, for it was tear and once fear
Is enthroned nothing can stand against it. But
the propagandists lied when they claimed it
was either new or strange Adam and Eve
knew fear in Eden. Else they would not
have resorted to fig leaves for raiment Ever
since the weak have feared ire strong. And
the Germans were so strong at the start of
this war the peoples they attacked were ter
rorized practically paralyzed, by fear
Since those days, however. the Germans
have developed weapons among which have
been the radio-controled bomb and the acous-
tic-horning torpedo, of which they have made
good USE Their rocket gun also had some
merit until Allied fliers learned to explode
them in their nests beneath the plane wings
where they were, and probably still are, car
ried. Then too, the enemy developed new
type of magnetic mine which sent many ships
down, particularly Of Britain's shores, until
their secret was discovered and means found
Tor destroying them.
The Germans are good scientists, as well
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
By JOHN !SELBY

'DANGER in THE CARDS. b'y
Michael MacDougaIl iff Davis.
$3.50.
Michael MacDougalrs "Danger
IN the Cards VIII not be reviewed
in many ladies' clubs, but it might
prove a good investment if some
Of the members thereof were tn
tuy copy and take it home IN
Father. If Father CANDLES, par
t:cularly in public joints, Father
is being taken. Perhaps he is even
heing taken in his favorite club In
the old days, the chances ar a
quite good that the money he lost
on that Mediterranean cruise went
t. crook. Mr.. MacDougalrs book
is dedicated to the job of proving
that the sucker can't win.
1t also endeavors to nrove 4h,4
you dont nave to be a drooling
moron to be a sucker. There is .
peculiar virus that attacks ore.+
many men when game ~
chance is suggested-it se esi' ,,n VI u
itch. and a fallacy is the i,nnort. at
thing inasmuch as it takes The
form ira +b bi an interior voice whisper
ing mat he, Father, is snsr+
M g 70 take care of himself
proves it. nc ISM T. and
III FOR years he has gone about
"'e country acting as a kind ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
BY RAYMOD CLAPPER

WASHINGTON. - Congress is
trying to recapture some of the
leadership which has gone to the
White House in recent years. That
is evident in the attitude Of Con-
gress toward important questions
of wartime economic management.
On food subsidies and taxes Con-
gress scornfully brushes aside Ad-
,ninistration spokesman. Their pro-
posals and arguments are treated
with contemptuous Indifference.
Chairman Doughton, of the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee, Chairmon George of the Sen
ate Finance Committee, and the
late Chairman Steagall of the
House Banking Committee, have
acted more like leaders of the Re-
publican opposition than like COM
Mittee chairmden of the Admins
tration party. Indeed they have
openly joined with Republicans in
scorning the Administration.
There is considerable question
ing about the machinery of Con-
gress and whether it needs to be
modernized, Last winter Rep.
Dirksen of Illinois attracted much
attention with his proposal O r
more simple committee machin-
cry. He and others have suggest
ed that committees of Congress
need more research assistants.
In recent years menacing diff
ficulty has arisen-the mass pres
sure groups.
Lobbying is as old as govern
nlent, but when confined to hand
full of special interests it was pos
sible to arouse popular politica al
majorities against them. When the
railroads became too brazen gen.
Grafton ago, popular leaders forced
public control over them. Mighty
meat packers were forced to &C
cept Federal meat inspection. In
the last decade the stock market
has been removed from the priv
LEGGED status of private club and
brought under public control. It
was relatively easy to take con-
troll by putting spotlight on flag
rant abuses of the privileged few.
But how does democracy con-
troll the privileged many? When
the farm organizations come romp-
ing to Washington demanding spe-
cal privileges, how do you con-
tool them? When the labor crowd
comes rolling in demanding spe
cial privileges, as in the pending
drive to force Congress to veto the
Vinson ruling and compel larger
wage increase, how do you con-
troll that?
The privileged many come here
representing not entrenched wealth
en- Manhattan Island, but the en-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
CALPHIN WILL GO
TO BUREAU MEET
County Agent To Attea
Farm Group Convention
In Chicago Next Week

c. Heide Trask, chairman Of ~,
fruit and vegetable committee -,
North Carolina, and r. W, caI
phin, county agent, left Thursdar
to go to Raleigh where thew VII,
join the other North Carolina del.
gates and continue to the Na+ionol
Farm Bureau Convention in Cb;oa
go. ''~ a
The annual convention which :.
being held in the Hotel Sherman
at Chicago gets underway MondaT
December 6, but several con,ra;.
tee meetings will be held S,,nda.
The sessions will continue throw.
December 8. va ''s'
The North Carolina delooo4
will be promoting relief for f,r'oi'
and dairy farmers, and agric,,lt,,ra
in general will be promoted fos
this county, said Mr.. CaInb;n
Members at the convention will
establish the general farm bureau
national program for 1914, ~3u
New Hanover county daloro4.
will try to get problems of S tb;s
county incorporated in the nafnn
al 1914 program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
Russia And Pacific War

While the later disps tches concerning the
conferences in Cairo and Iran emphasize prob
able plans to knock Germany out of the war
this winter, American interest will continue
to be focused chiefly upon The Allied program
for defeating and Furnishing Japan, not only
because the Germans are c:inging to the ropes
with the japanese still to be made groggy,
but because the war in the Orient appears
to most Of us to be Americas to win.
Japans first attack, aside from it's cam
paigns in China, was upon Pearl Harbor
Tokyo chose to strike at the United States
while her ENJOYS were negotiating" at Wash
ington, an act which has lost no significance
in the American mind.
1t is Japan that Americans want most to
crush. Naturally .hey fasten upon any news
of plans to bring this about as avidly as
Brother goes for the raisins in his pudding
first.
What those plans are. of course, are mill
tary secrets. But it is obvious that Russia's
attitude is Of prime Importance in carrying
them out. Will Russia risk a war On two
fronts by opening Siberian bases for bombing
attacks on, or cling to her neutrality with,
Japan? Much depends upon Moscow's answer
to this question.
If Stain should take the plunge it could
lead only to bitter campaigns III Siberia and
it is not known that he has sufficient forces
there or that the other enti-Ax;s powers can
supplement them with the required reinforce
ments to hold off the Japanese on the Siberian
border. Manchukuo is overrunning with Jap
tier clashes which are not allowed to get
out of hand by either side. ANY hostile act
by Russia would unleash them on the instant
and another great battle be opened
Probably the war in the Pacific could be
shortened somewhat if Siberian bases were
available for pounding Tokyo as Berlin has
recently been pounded But it is to be re-
membered that tremendous land forces would
have to be on hand to protect the bases while
other forces engaged in combat with the Japa-
nese at other points OF contact under severe
winter conditions.
AS the situation now is with Japan's hold
in the mid-Pacific broken, Macarthur steadily
moving northward, and Nin1itz pressing the
enemy fleet so closely that it cannot long
refuse battle, it would seem that Russia can
play more vital part in the conquest of
Japan by holding fast to her present status,
even though by so doing the Pacific war may
be somewhat protracted. So long as Russia
IS not at war with Japan Tokyo will not
care withdraw her far northern armies for
combat elsehere, particularly in China where
they could do great damage.
The fireside strategsts who contend that
bases in China for bombing Japan are more
TO be desired than in Siberia may have the
right of the argument
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
QUOTATIONS

It's futile to deride bureauc'a's =, we 40
nothing to remove the reason los lhg 49, guvefn-
ment to employ them -Pleslaent ra LEVY L.
Green of the Ohio Farm Bureau eoei 'loii'
That tho American people have always been
d' ,ie +hai,. leaders is an established fact.
They are ' ready to the
s wfin w tbroug so paets and with
other nations. -Wendell L. "lnAle
The private investment whiep , @t in huge a
free economy is not lhVe' I,,1t rather In
units which span the COUNT :s,,,rsse-enterprise
w raaS i is managed by who own 1i
Aluin II. Hansen. Federal Reserve
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
Raymond Clapper Says:
Congress Trying To Get
Back Some OfLost Pouer

trenched interests of the cattle
growers, or the railroad workers,
or some other widely organized
group.
They are not majority groups.
They are strong minority groups.
Every politician today knows what
the Anti-Saloon League minority
cid a quarter of a century ago.
Those highly organized drys would
support any kind of political
faker, even men who often ap-
peared on the Senate floor so drunk
that they provided amusement to
the bored repol tiers in the press
gallery. Anyone was acceptable so
long as he voted dry. The railroad
workers lobby now will support
any kind of Senator or Represen-
tative regardless of how he stands
en- an other question, if he is
with them on what they want. And
they will oppose him regardless
81 his merits otherwise, if he cross
es them. In the last election the
farm organizations went after SEN
stor Prentiss Brown, an able, cour-
ageous Senator who sponsored the
price control legislation and they
got him.
What do you do about the priv
ileged many vino crack down on
Congress? Who 60 into a mans
district and beat him and thereby
sentence him to exile from elective
office?
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03

power. There is delight in exercising pow
er upon the powerless. Ideals of equality
and peace are impossib le. The good war
sanctifies every cause. War has achieved
more great things than love Of thy neigh
Dor.
Treitschke (1871)-Everything is permits
sible The ideal of eternal peace is unjust
Only the spiritless play with the dream
of perpetual peace. Blessed are the war
makers Earth mastery must be won by
the might of German mllltarism.
bismarck Q886)-Th;s nation has for
Gotten Cod in its exa.tation Of the Ger
manic race.
kaiser wilhelm Q89D-We consider our
house appointed by God to lead the ma
tions, No quarter snail De given and no
prisoners taken.
Then. in 1912. Crown Prince Frederick Wi
liam declared every German ought to rea'
Won Bernhardi's books, in The chief of which
Germany and The Next War;" published il
1911, is this paragraph:
We are accustomed to regard war as
curse, and refuse to recognize it as the
greatest factor in the furtnerance of Gull
ture and power. l regard war as the
great task OF the present anu the Iuture
which Providence has set before the Ger
man people as the greatest civilized peo-
pie known to history.
It remained only for Hitler to publish Mel
Kampf and to glorify the lie to find German
generally ready to spring to arms.
Now it remains for the Allies to undo tn
teachings of centuries to fl. the German PEG
pie for a place in a world community o
aations and learn for themselves that the re
wards of peace outweigh those of war.
Some job!
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
Recreation Director
Back From Conference
At University Of N. {.

The highlgiht speech Of the Ma
tional Recreation association Con-
ference at Chapel Hill, in the opin-
ion of Jesse A. Reynolds, local rec
reation director was that Of George
o. Butler, representative of the
association.
Cities must consider now the
land to be used for recreation
areas after the war, Butler told
the gathering. He also advocated
the development of recreation on
neighborhood pattern, and null
tiple use Of facilities. All these
points are in line with the plans
for Wilmington, Reynolds COM
mented.
Delegates included Harry We'll
lott of the FSA, DR.. Terry o.
borne, and Ralph Richards of the
USO, Mr.. Reynolds, and Mrs
Sanderford of the Housing Author
ity.
The conference continued
through Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
Daily Praye,
FOR QUIET MINDS

Noise and battle tumult fill the
air; clashing counsels distract US
and our own hearts are unquiet.
We appeal to Thee, o Christ
whose parting bequest to Thy
friends was peace, to give us that
peace which is beyond the worlds
bestowing or withholding. May our
faith in Thee be stronger. deeper
and surer so that We may go
through these restless days con-
tident in Thy ccmpanionship and
care. Make Thyself ever more real
tc us in a fellowship that sur
passes all the vexing fears of life.
May this serene trust in Thee be
impaired to our dear ones in serv-
ice; and may we together rise to
the level of thought and deed that
alone can assure a new world.
Thou art able; and Thou carest
so we throw ourselves d our
needs upon Thee. O merciful
Saviour. Amen.-W.T TIE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
PARKING RESTRICTED

With the Friday afternoon parade
for Viscount Halifax in mind, Chief
Of Police Charles H. Casteen urged
citizens not to park their cars on
either side of Market street, from
Eighth to 18th streets, after 3 p. NJ
Friday, and until after the parade
is over.
It is in this section that the line
of march will form, and traffic in
the area will hamper proceedings
II will appreciate full coopera,
ton of the public in this matter"
Casteen said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
Postal Receipts Show
Business Increased
Normally Last Month

Postal receipts in November
which were 1882. SO above the b,s'
mess done during the same period
last year, were termed BY poSt0f,
flee officials as being a normal in.
crease.
Postal officials said the increa,.
was due to nothing in particular"
but to the general increase in busi.
ness this year over 1912. For the
past four months receipts have
averaged approximately $4,000
above last years figures.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
Taught To Make War

There are still many persons who wonder
now people like the Germans. exclusive of
the Frusslans, could fan so easily into Hitler's
hanos and back his dreams or conquest. G..
r. Childs and Company. a firm specializing
IN government securities, which by the way.
are still the best securities in the world has
found the answer.
Inc German people were schooled from
childhood for conquests. Many OF their lead.
ers have preached the glories Of war, from
Martin Luther to Adolf Hitler. This is what
the Childs firm has found in German liter.
AZURE:
Martin Luther d530)-War is bust
ness divine in itself, and as needful and
necessary to the world as eating and
drinking or any other work.
Heine Q831)-Chrisiani cannot destroy
that brutal German joy for battle.
Netzsche G864-The world must be
ruled by German supermen No free per-
sonalty can become true Christian. The
lntllction Of forcible subjugation is not
wrong The fight is not for life but for
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
GROUP INSPECTED

CAMP BUTNER, Dec. 2.-lB-
Brig. Gen. John H. Kinds, CON-
manding the 18th corps artillery, is
here inspecting the artillery units
OF the 4O2nd field artillery group.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu-
ton of the war to complete Vic
tory.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The furnace of affliction refines us from
earth's drossiness and softens US 1or VIC
impression Of Gods stamp.
Pierre Bayle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-03
ADDITIONAL DAILY TRAIN
BETWEEN
Wilmington and Rocky Mount, N {.
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 5, 1913

EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 5, l943
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad will under author
ty granted in Special Permit No. 24152 Of the Office
of Defense Transportation operate additional daily
train, Nos 1916 between Wilmington and Rocky
Mount.
This train planned primarily to meet the needs Of
the Armed Services - is conveniently scheduled to
serve the camps and bases located in Eastern North
Carolina.
1t provides through coach service coach seats not re-
served between Wilmington and Washington, D. C.
These coaches are handled north of Rocky Mount in
HAVANA SPECIAL Nos. 1916 with which connec
ton is made at Rocky Mount
The new train also connects at Wilmington with trains
Nos. 55-54 between Wilmington and Atlanta and pro-
vides connections at Florence to and from Jacksonville
and Florida points.