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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
Get In the Fight

The projected visit Of General DeGaulle to
Washington may have worthwhile object.
Else President Roosevelt would not have
consented to his coming at time when his
talent could be well employed in combat in
Africa.
1t is not to be expected, however. that De-
Gaulle will find much support at the White
House for any political ambitions in which
he has been encouraged at London. Certain.
ly he could not hope Mr.. Roosevelt, who has
adhered strictly to the principles of self de-
termination for all people, to endorse any Sc
cret agreement at the British capital through
which he would be in line for political prefer
ment in restored France, without previous
consent Of the French people.
The appointment Of General Henri Giraud
rs high commissioner of French Africa has
been given the blessing of Washington. De-
Gaulle is reported to have voiced willingness
to cooperate with Giraud. It would appear fit
ting, therefore, as soon as his conferences
witt Mr.. Roosevelt can be politely concluded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
Back to Work

Vacation is over for the volunteers at the
Red Gross production room. Today they are
reassembling at their headquarters in the
Sprunt building at Front and Walnut and TAX
ing up the job laid down for the Christmas
holidays.
For some time before the cessation of work
the attendance Of volunteers had fallen off to
such an extent that production was seriously
decreased. 1t is to be hoped that with the ad-
vent OF the new year, many of the old work
ers will return and many new ones enlisted.
For this IS work that must 60 on, and the vol
ume of production must be increased
Even though 1943 holds the promise of great
achievement for our arms, the need for Red
Cross assistance will grow steadily as our
troops become more and more heavily en-
women make some sacrifice at home or in
their social contacts and devote part of
their days in making surgical dressings, sew
ing dozen different kinds of garments or
performing any Of the many tasks at the pro-
duction room.
Not since the Wilmington chapter took up
this branch of Red Cross work seriously has
attendance been adequate Can't this be
changed in 1913?
The few faithful volunteers who are always
on hand can't possibly discharge the obliga-
tions of the production room. They would
welcome recruits, and the recruits themselves
would find secret happiness in having a part
in the splendid work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
BY JOHN SELBY
EXCHANGE SHIP" by Max Hill
(Farrar & Rinehart; S2.5O)

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I remember very well the day
I heard that Max Hill was going
to Tokyo for the Associated Press;
he seemed eager for try at it.
and a little depressed with whaI
he knew would be the difficulties
of the job-not the ordinary diff.
flcultles OF news gathering, for he
knew these well, but the difficulty
of translating one frame of mind
into another. Japan had been lust
another country that morning Il
was a theater of action that at.
ternoon.
Now MIR. Hill has told the story
OF his stay in Japan in a book he
calls Exchange Ship and you
can see how right his hunch was.
He knew he would have no easy
time of it, and he didn't. He knew
the news he would get would not
be what he could dig out, but
rather what he was permitted to
know, and it was. And he felt
most likely, that something was
boiling up over there. 1t did boil
up, and over.
There are two particularly nice
things about Exchange Ship"
that have nothing to do with the
valuable facts the book contains.
ono is the authors modesty-he
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
Unraveling Nylon

in heel or toe and no longer usable have a
salvage value which makes their surrender
a patriotic duty.
The duPonts, who created Nylon, have dis.
covered means for chemically unraveling their
ingredients and respinning them into para
chutes and other vital things for soldiers
1t is not impossible that the stockings you
turn back through the local salvage commit
tee may help to land a paratrooper safely in
Africa. Doesn't this make it worth while to
cooperate in the stocking salvage effort?
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
The Literary Guidepost

welghty expert on Japan. The
other is the skillful way the story
is told. AS the Asama, and later
the Gripsholm, progress toward
home Mr.. Hill describes the voy.
age and the passengers, and fills
IN the years before the sailing
from Japan with flashbacks out Of
which emerge a remarkably de.
tailed and neatly balanced &C
count of Japan before Pearl aar
Dor, and prison after that event
The great men of Japan are in
the book, and so is Mr.. Hills cook.
Sailors torturing a monkey for
Iun are there, and beside them
the neighborhood brats tortur1ng
MIR. Hills cat-also for fun. Life
in 5 IL by 9-foot cell. life in the
american Club in Tokyo, the
japanese Diet and the Japanese
diet, bitter hunger and needed
beer, the trickery of American.
educated Japs and the Japanese
propaganda against the white
race, these and many other things
are made actual.
you emerge with a pretty good
picture of the author, too. Per-
maps the way he managed to keep
his sanity through his months in
solitary is as good a clue as any.
He had with him a pint-sized edi
ton OF Shakespeare, and spent his
lonely time committing "Othello
to memory. "Othello'' is about all
r." co'''d take opt ot T,ran.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON - When / look
over some of the commercial ad
vertising that is appearing now, I
get the idea that the people who
inspire some of it are thinking
gu tie a bit ahead of our politi-
clans.
One sample of the new advertis-
ing that is facing forward, to
grasp the new opportunities that
so many politicians would run
away from, is two-page layout
in Time Magazine this week by
the Austin Company, an engineer
ing and construction concern with
worldwide experience.
This advertisement is entitled
The Vision to Build New
World" The text says in part.
America has caught up with
the idea that this is a globa1 war.
We are fighting it that way.
Cant we see that the peace
must be worldwide, too? That
there is no peace without the hope
of prosperity becoming a living.
breathing thing in every longi.
tude and latitude? That now. as
never before in the memory o1
man, industrial brains and busi-
ness vision are face to face with
worldwide opportunity"
That's an engineering firms ad
vertisement. It sounds more like
Henry Wallace than like MANS
WitheroW, who doesn't want any
TWAS on the Danube. This com.
mercial advertisement goes on tc
say:
The world is waiting for con.
structive industrial leadership
writing with resources, manpow.
er and markets waiting and
hoping not for exploitation, but
for cooperation.
I'VE, of Austin, see this the
more clearly because, as world.
wide engineers and builders be,
FORE the war, we handled con-
tracts in 18 foreign countries
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
Production to Music

A survey made by Harold Burris-Meyer, of
the Stevens Institute of Technology, shows
that industrial production is greater with a
musical accompaniment than without Mr..
Burris- Meyer has so reported to the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
they are musically entertained. And it is music
that really makes cows contented. Why
shouldn't mortal workers do faster and
better job under it's influence, too?
But II we may make suggestion, there
is little in contemporary music that can be
depended upon to increase production unless
it be jitter-bugging. For the most part to-
days output stirs frenzy, rather than muscular
and mental coordination, which is indispen-
sible to production.
In fact the selection of music appropriate
for production creates a difficult problem.
The library of classical music probably con-
tains some passages that could stimulate great
er effort among workers, but for the most part
the classics are chiefly concerned with love
or anger or sleep or rest or sylvan beauty
and silver carillons or waving wheat, and stir
in mortals the emotions they represent May
be Rimsky-Korsikof's Flight of Bundle
Bee,'' or Mendelssohn's tribute to the sew
ing machine could be interpreted as stimuli
ants for. more production. But even this is
questionable
Clearly if Mr. Burris-Meyer's surveys are
to have practical application it will be nec-
essary for some budding composer to trans
late into musical expression the foremans de-
mand for tighter joints delivered faster and
for hitting the ball quicker and oftener on the
assembly line. And that, we ween, is job for
any composer
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
Our Chief Aim
10 aid in every way the prosecu-
ton of the war to complete VIC
tory.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Do you know what it means to be losing
the fight,
When lift just in time might set every
thing right
Do you know what it means to be losing
Of hand,
When mans borne just about all man
ought to stand?
Did you ask what it was, why the quiver-
ing lip?
Why the half-suppressed sob, and the
scalding tears drip?
Were you brother of his when the time
came of need?
Did you offer to help him, or didn't you
heed?
SELECTED
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
Raymond Clapper Says:
Advertisers Are Thinking
Ahead OfOurPoliticiQns

There are potential Pittsburghs,
Detroits, Schenectadys, Port New
arks, waiting all over the world
for industrial vision to bring them
into being.
we have already shaped QUE
plans to help companies or gov
ernments translate those oppor
tunities into realities. We are pre-
pared to design, build and equip
industrial projects, of all kinds
comple9e with all facilities, includ
ing necessary transportation and
public utility developments and
new communities, if required
Right now, of course, war con
struction comes first, and will un
til the emergency ends.
''We will welcome any oppor
tunity to discuss with industrial
executives or government officials
tentative ideas or definite projects
contemplated in America or else
where"
That's a commercial advertise
ment The Austin Company which
is doing this advertising is looking
for business. And here's an adj
vertisement by Pan-American Air
ways in which the Foreign Minis
ter of Mexico is quoted on the sub
ject of what the technical age can
do for the common man. Here
is Chicago & Southern Air Lines,
talking in an advertisement about
how the airplane can circle The
globe in the interest of unity and
make the whole world neighbors
Other air lines have similar themes
in current advertising.
The contrast between the vision
in some of this advertising and the
run of moth-eaten political speech
es is painful. Except in the cases
OF a few men like Vice-Presiden'
Wallace, Secretary Hull, Under
Secretary Welles and an occasion.
al other one here or there, like
Milo Perkins, the political utter.
ances of this period are cold and
barren. 1t is as if politicians had
rule that they must be thirty
years behind the times.
Industrialists are showing far
more imagination than politicians
The advance of technology, the
things that the airplane is doing
to the world, what air-conditioning
can do, and what refrigeration
can do, and tropical medicine.
those are new circumstances Of
which industry is aware. Tnev
know that these new circumstanc
es change the environment in the
world and give new opportunities.
make things possible now that were
not possible thirty years ago.
Being concious of these chang
es, industry is able to have a vision
to build new world, as the Aus
tin engineering concern puts it in
its advertisement. Industry lives
by developing new ideas. Politi
clans live by playing to prejudices
anc by muttering the old words
and phrases, 1t is true of politicians
in all countries. That's what makes
it so hard to achieve any pro
gress in public affairs comparable
f0 fochy1ioo1 nroorocc
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
COUNTRY DOGS

With dogs, as with humans,
is the effete city dweliers wiz
suffer r. ost from the hardshipS o.
war. Many owners of fancy dog
are reported in dilemma over
the necessity Of changing dog die
because of war shortages. Inc
country canine, accustomed to SUD
sist upon the food that falls from
his masters table, or even to gel
out and run down a canecuttel
for change of diet, has the besI
Of it in comparison with his nam
pered urban counterpart - Mont
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04

for him to make all haste to Africa, where
his talent can help defeat Hitler.
DeGaulle possesses fine military ability.
Let him put it to work quickly and give up all
thought Of political intrigue, in which he might
easily be outwitted by donkey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
Civilian Defense
Timetable
BASIC TRAINING COURSES

BASIC TRAINING COURSES
New Hanover High School, room
109, at 8 p. M, beginning Mon
day, Jan. 4.
Monday night: Fire Defense A.
Tuesday night: General Course.
Wednesday night: Gas Defense
B.
FIRST AID 10 HOURS
New Hanover High School, room
106, at 8 p. M, beginning Mon
day, Jan. 4.
First lesson: Monday night.
Second lesson: Tuesday night.
Third lesson: Wednesday night.
Fourth lesson: Thursday night.
Final lesson: Friday night.
SPECIAL COURSES
Police course: Every Thursday
night, High School room 100, at
8 p. m.
II you hear or observe anything
suspicious in character report il
promptly to:
Wilmington Police, 5244.
Wrightsville Beach Police, 75O4.
Carolina Beach Police 2231.
Carolina Beach Clerk, POOL.
Captain Of the Port, 2-2278.
County Defense Council, 1923
Sheriff, 1852.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
Photographs

The phrase, ''innocuous desue.
tude,' was used by President
Grover Cleveland in a message
delivered to congress on March
l, 1886. 1t has since taken it's
place in the American political die
tionary. 1t means obeyance or
harmless disuse.
i
eye" used for ''the" is the
Anglo : Saxonl or Old English
method of writing ''the,' and it
should be pronounced 'the," not
as if it was spelled "yee."
The Protectorate of Tunisia COW
ers about 27,500 square miles and
has history that goes back more
than 2,70O years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
Judas Rising Star

Dewitt Mackenzie, one of Associated Press
war analysts, whose articles are daily fea-
ture of the News, has figured it out that when
the United Nations big thrust against Japan
comes it will be launched from India. He may
be correct, as he often is, although other an
alysts believe that the knockout will be de-
livered not from one point but several sim.
ultaneously. In addition to India they look for
concerted attack from China, from the Aleu-
tians, from the south and from the sea. with
air forces supporting each and forming an
umbrella over all. This, too, could be the
correct view. Both are cited, only to show that
no one outside the councils of the high Allied
command is in position to claim foreknowl-
edge of the strategy to be used in reducing
Japan to ashes.
But Mr.. Mackenzie, writing from New Del
hi, and noting that the Japanese lost their
golden opportunity to take India because
they already conquered more territory than
they could consolidate at that time, points out
is so well protected in the air that the enemy
cannot hope successfully to cross the Bay of
Bengal with an invasion force and instead is
having its Burma defenses and bases softened
|by R.A.F., bombings in preparation for a
major offensive. He adds that our 10TH, Ameri-
can Air Force 'is doing magnificent job in
cooperation with our British colleagues. This
combined Air Force, which includes an Indian
complement (which has mushroomed from
nothing to a tower of strength has already
chiefly we are led to infer from his encon-
iums, through the genius of Air Chief Mar
shall Sir Richard Pierse, who is commander
in chief of Air Forces in India.
says the thought flashed through his mind that
if he were not an adventurous airman he 'like-
ly would be among the Cossacks riding wild
horse like the devil This is interesting be-
cause if the visiting analyst is right in his
guess we will be hearing more of Sir Richard
when the War in the Pacific reaches an all
out stage.
Mackenzie gives this brief summary of
lhis life, career and possibilities:
'"The Marshal was born into the Royal Navy.
His father was an admiral and family tradi-
ton landed young Richard on the sea in
1909. He is so now and looks about As and you
can figure the rest out for yourself When fly
ing was still in its infancy Perse decided he
wanted to be an airman and on formation Of
the Royal Flying Corps in 1912 he joined it,
thus becoming one of the first officers in the
service which developed into the Royal Air
Force.
1.-THE World war brought him decorations
for daring and skill. He rose rapidly until, in
this war, he has held several top positions in
the Air Force.
'sHe was knighted in 1910 and in the same
year became chief of Britans great bomber
force. A year ago he came to India to tackle
the organization of one of the worlds key air
forces.
The development of the Royal Air Force
here has been a task calling the supreme Or
ganizing skill and great driving force
'You can wholeheartedly wish a man like
Air Chief Marshal Pierse a lot of luck when
you see such product of his skill. That's
what did too when he escorted me to the
door to say goodbye"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04
PERCENTAGEs ASSJGNED

r. OTTAWA, Jan. 3.-R)-Each of
Canada's 25 newsprint manufactur.
ers is assigned an established per-
centage of total production under
compensation plan for the news.
print industry announced tonight
by the prices board. The plan was
necessitated by previous orders cur.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-01-04

Editors Note-The Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views of Mr.. Peger,
and often disagree with them much many of
his readers His articles the good purpose of
making people Think
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-17
Nazi Captain
Plays Postum

dfttSt then there was another
piercing scream from the one
armed man. was watching the
captain. If he had been asleep
that scream would have awakened
him He did not open his eyes o.
move
Little by Little the men began
10 edge toward Us. l called the
guard sharply. II seemed a long
time before he appeared on the
hatch stairway.
He stood there with his rifle
ready and the Germans, as though
they had meant nothing, slowly
drifted back 10 their hunks or sat
down on the floor again.
The captains eyes were open
now and ne was looking steadily
at the guard with the rifle.
Meanwhile. the German with
the missing leg was dying
Kahn, the pharmacist mate,
did everything possible 10 keep
the NaZi alive. But he died about
midnight without saying a word.
In little while nearly all Of
them were asleep. The place be-
came very still
! walked cautiously around
among the prisoners. watching
for some sort OF trick
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-17
Prisoners Sidle
Toward Hatch

Then they stopped whispering
suddenly and began 10 side to-
ward the hatch. punched very
tightly together. The three other
guards began 10 stroll toward me-
The Germans stopped There was
more whispering
Guard ! called
4 cOaStGuardman stcppe d
down the hatch with -Hfle-in
his hand The Germans broke up.
Meanwhile. their captain re-
turned from an interview with
Capt. Jester He strobe in and
ms men punched around him.
There was something dog-like in
the way they watched him, look
lng-at him hungrilX.
He spoke rapidly in German
and every ono listened Intently
We learned later that what he
SAID contained a hint that they
should take advantage of what
ever opportunity presented itself
to oFetpowcr- us and escape.
Then he stretched himself out
leiSurcly on a top bunk and picked
IN a movie fan magazine
| noticed the prisoners were he
having queerltt whispering again.
punching up in The middle Of the
floor | glanced at the captain.
He seemed TO be sleeping. II was
after midnight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-17
80 Germans
Pulled From Sea

The water was full of Germans
and the sub began 10 settle. Her
Stem began 10 sink slowly, then
suddenly her bow shot up, and
down she went like "A huge black
knife
When The sub sank, We stopped
firing. There were 33 men IN the
water. a little less than half OF
nor CTCv.
The others had apparently gone
down with her.
We crcled around the men and
stopped. They swan toward US
mag eHF,- --
Before we picked them up our
gunnerS' mate passed out small
arms 10 the crew. | got a as and
rifle. Then We stood by 10 take
ON the prisoners.
My position was atop the deck
chest alongside the gangWay.
Other men med up along the star
board deck their guns loaded and
ready.
The U-boat captain, calling up
from the wafer IN a thick accent
requested mat The wounded be
the first 10 be taken aboard
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-17
DECoRATEs EISENHOWER

The KING took advantage OF the
opportunity while in North Africa,
IT was revealed, TO invest Gen.
Eisenhower, Allied communicating
chief, with the insignia OF the
Knights Grand Cross OF the Mill
tary Order of the Bath.
In a recent announcement OF
honors a like award was bestowed
on Gen. Macarthur, supreme COM
mander IN the Southwest Pacific.
Only one ether American general
has been so honored. He is Gen.
PerShing. commander of the AEF'
in tbe5Iast war, who received the
insignia from the present mon
archS father. King George Y.
Buckingham Palace said that
the king was accompanied by
both the secretary of state for
war, Sir James Grigg, and the
secretary of state for air. Sir
Archibald Sinclair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-17
Draft Evader
Gets 5-Yr. Term

Michael Franczak, Is. of 1853
St. AubIn, self-styled minister Of
the Jehovah Witnesses sect today
was sentenced 70 five years in fed
eral prison for violation Of the
draft law.
Federal Judge Picard imposed
the maximum sentence,
He sharply rebuked the defend
ant for claiming exemption as a
minister and SAID.
IF every man in the army to-
day took your attitude, Hitler
and Mussolini would be In this
courtroom and YOU would not
have had jury trial"
trancZak was convicted in 10
minutes Of failing and refusing 10
report for induction last Septem-
Der
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-17

overpowered the prisoners would
stll be unarmed However, the
guard on deck near the hatch was
armed.
Meanwhile. Pharmacists Mate
Kahn was working over the Ger
man with the shot-off leg. Kahn
did all he could, but the man was
losing blood badly
Below decks. the other prison
erS were given blankets and cot
fec. The one-armed boy was in
agony and every once IN a while
he would scream. His wounded
companion talked 10 him all the
time. trying 10 quiet him,
The rest Of the crew. about 30
Of them Just stood in the middle
of the floor. punched together,
US. There was quite a bit
Of whispering, and they kept dart
Ing locks al
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-17
U-Boat Captain
Wears Iron Cross

They were all marched forward
TO the crews compartment, where
a guard was posted. Nearly the
last man TO be taken aboard was
the captain
He was in his middle thirtieS,
with a heavy dark beard and a
ruddy complexion lie wore the
uniform Of his rank. upon which
was tho IRON cross.
on deck he addressed Gunnery
officer Anderson, demanding 10
be taken 10 our captain His
manner was superior. lie was
searched like the rest and taken
forward
The very last German 10 be
taken aboard was the subs execu-
tive officer the second in COM
mand lie had a thoughtful face
and none Of the Nazi airs OF the
captain lie didn't speak
The entire action had taken no
more than 40 minutes.
WAS one Of four men stationed
In The crews quarters 20 guard
the prisoners Each OF Us took
r' n position In a different corner
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before going Pc with The priS-
onors. we rclinQuIshcl our arms
so that IN the event we were
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