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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
RAISE THE CEILING

10 the Editor:
The tobacco farmers are not
pleased with the OPA's ceiling
prices on their chief money crop.
They are asking the OPA to boost
the ceiling four cents on the
pound. 1t is nothing but fair that
this request be granted. The farm
ers have produced their crop at a
greater cost than usual Due to
unfavorable conditions, the tobac-
co crop has been considerably cut.
This means that the yield per acre.
generally speaking. is small, and
therefore the returns per acre
will be considerably reduced.
The farmers are not asking for
undue favortisra, nor are they
seeking to profiteer or take adj
vantage of the lush times. They
are merely asking OPA to raise
the ceiling prices as they now
stand, to insure them fair and rea-
sonable prices. 1t is nothing but
fair that the request be granted
in view of the huge demand that
now exists for tobacco and tobac-
CO products.
WILLIAM L. BENNETT.
Shallotte, N. c.,
Sept 3. 1913.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
Legion's Fine Example

Wilmingtons American Legion Post No 10
has set fine example for other organizations
by pledging $4,000 to the purchase of war
bonds in the forthcoming campaign.
The action is the more commendable be-
cause the money must be taken out of its
building fund, and the post has long coveted
q home of its own. The pledge represents
a real sacrifice.
It also encourages belief that if all sep
arate groups-civis, religious, educational,
professional, and business-whlch MAINTAIN
general fund or have other capital, would do
as well the bond drive would go over the
top with 4 wide margin to spare even II the
suota is extraordinarily high. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
A Wise Selection

The selection of Mrs. Eric Norden to direct
the High school orchestra is a fortunate one
both for the school itself and for the pupils
who will come under her tutelage.
Mrs. Norden's talent is well known Her
skill as conductor has been proved through
her chamber music organizations. But even
better than these, her fidelity to music. even
munity, and must be produced under the
heaviest handicaps, is an asset of the highest
quality.
Orchestral work has been in near eclipse
here in recent years. and is still to be under
taken with difficulty. Pupils with some talent
generally incline to the more flamboyant per-
Torrance of swing music in which noise re-
places skill It's more fun to play in dance
band than in an orchestra that must work
hard and long to achieve even moderate sue
cess in standard, to say nothing of classic.
compositions
Mrs Nordens enthusiasm for and knowl-
edge of the better forms of musical express
sion will overcome some of these handicaps,
and her leadership may be depended upon
to bring out latent talent and achieve better
results from partly developed talent.
With her on the podum there is no good
reason why the High school orchestra should
not reach high standing among SIMILAR Or
CARNATIONS in the South, provided enough pu-
pills take advantage of the opportunity thus
offered them. Mrs. Norden deserves a full
measure of support from the student body
no less than the school authorities have given
her.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
Clark's Good Advice

Rep. Bayard Clark offered sage advice to
farmers of the Wilmington area at their dinner
gathering in Wrightsboro If it is sedulously
followed there is reason to hope that their
lot will be improved, not Immediately, per-
haps, but in the long rum
Mr.. Clark called for strong representation
Of farm organizations in Washington wi h
which he could cooperate in appearances be-
fore the food, agriculture and OPA admins
trahons. They may count on his help, he
told them, 100 per cent
In such an emergency as this it is his
opinion that some sort of crop control must
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
BY JOHN SELBY
me books you might overlook


Zoo many literary enterprises
OF merit have gone down beiore
the advancing wall of war books.
Here are a few that will bear
looking into
William Alexander Percy has
never oecn an OBSCURE figure in
the hte1ary world, but his Ian
terms on the Levee" b-ougil' him
to the attention of a very wide
puollc. 1t was perhaps the best
modern picture of the old South
at Its best. But Percy always
thought of himself as poet, and
through the years he published
much verse. A year and half
a1ter his death, THE Collected
Poems of William Alexander Per-
,ey is published with foreward
by Roark Bradford, and in a for
mat that would have pleased the
author almost as much as the
gesture itself Knopf; $3.50.
lhere is another collection of
poetry to be mentioned-''The
BOOK OF New Poems 1943," A,ilied
ny oscar Williams. This contains
material from this country and
orltaln, and contains new work
only. 1t is. therefore, almost i'll
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
Exchange Fight On Initiation

Initiation is good dea, like Mark Twain's
remark on the weather. Everybody talks
about it but nobody seems to do anything
about it. Probably that is why it has made
such alarming progress.
A thousand and one proposals for its control
have been heard but as yet we have to learn
of single effective curb. Certainly the OPA
bell
The only reasonable conclusion, therefore,
is that if the present wave continued through
out the war period, the people of the country
will suffer distress a hundredfold worse than
followed similar condition sprngng from
the former World war.
Because the trend is toward worse infla-
ton. despite the OPA hint that the price of
living may shortly decrease, the movement
launched by the Exchange clubs of America
IS timely and exceedingly important They
are united in fight against initiation and
have set the program up as their chief prof.
Gets.
The Wilmington club which fired its first
gun in the battle yesterday, has undertaken
one of the most constructive campaigns thus
far made part of the wartime and postwar
effort With its large group of visitors, and
after careful preparation, members told the
story Of initiation, its causes and effects, and
to some extent suggested means of relief
So striking were the facts presented and
so close the attention, it is obvious that the
seed thus soWn will bear fruit by focusing
thought upon the subject And when Ameri-
cans really get down TO solid thinking they
usually get results.
If this was the only Exchange dub con.
Quoting the campaign, its effort would be in
conspicuous, on a national basis. But from
the fact that every club in the national or
ganization is doing the same thing, we may
be sure that more Americans will be thinking
about initiation and ways to knock it gally.
west than have ever fought major economic
foe before.
More power to Americas Exchange clubs
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
AS Others Sayl
ENDURANCE OF OUR FlGhf
ING MEN

Overseas veterans Of the lls'
World War will probably unoeA,
stand 1.-THE terrific STRAIN W Nt w.
but the average civlAsN t aen
nitely won't. Recent news Hun va
Sicily told how our American W..
diers. on the go day and l" gu.
with only Is hours of sleep IN o tlsn
DAYS, stormed the town OF C"i'
-. +,
If the average civilian tFlde
do his daily work for eight ~. .
cessive days with only two n '..,
rest. he would be conlp'e ~
knocked out long before the s a.,
of that period. But not 50 aS.,
fighting men, who are 10 .. sr;
ahead at full steam, their ne', ,t,,
systems geared to a D ..,s'a.
point.-St. Louis Labor Iflou''
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
Second Front In Italy

When Mussolini declared war, hoping to
gnaw bone or two Of PROSTATE France, he
little thought that he would live to see Italy
invaded by an Allied force and that when
the invasion started he would have been shorn
of his power.
Wherever he is, whatever he may be do
ing, it goes without saying that this pouter
pigeon is as debated as flat tire.
It may be said also that the bulk of the
Italian people, with but few exceptions. well
come the British and Canadian troops now
on their soil, even though their arrival pre-
sages heavy losses Of Italian property, grave
sacrifices by the italian people. They realize,
as the Sicilians did, that only by having their
country turned into battlefield can the Ger
man yoke Mussolni placed on their necks be
broken and their freedom from Nazi oppres-
sion restored.
OF the invasion itself we know little. Early
that Allied forces have landed under sea and
air protection, following bombing raids that
have softened resistance in the south and
broken communication lines and reduced in
dustrial production far to the north. What
the next move will be, what further landings
will be made, cannot be revealed. Nor can
it be told where the American forces under
General Patton, still in Sicily will be en-
ployed. But it appears certain that with the
assault on Fortress Europe thus launched.
there will be no let up until the Germans are
defeated
That this operation will have strategic
value is apparent, in as much it will pre-
pare the way for the retaking of Greece and
Albania and open highway to Berlin by
way OF the Balkans. But even if victory in
Italy lacked this advantage, its effect the
German people and armed forces inevitably
would be to depress their morale and further
rob them of will to go on fighting
AT the same time, and heartening as it is
to have an Allied force in Italy, it must be
accepted as definite fact that the Italian
campaign will be the hardest thus far under
taken against the Axis. Italy is now occu-
pied by German forces in great numbers
They have, for the most part, concentrated
their main strength in the northern provinces
and are prepared to dispute every inch of
soil 1t remains to be seen whether the Allies
intend to bottle them up cutting them Oft
from supplies and so forcing them to move
toward home through the Bremen pass, while
the main battle is switched to Greece, or
engage them in major operation. The for.
mer course would seem to be less hazardous
and costly, but the Allied high command is
best able to judge where and when to strike
next. All that may safely be taken for grant
ed is that Badoglios days as Italian premier
are numbered. Once successful, the Allies
must for their own protection, see that a
strong Italian government is set up until the
war ends and the people have chance to
determine how they shall be governed.
These are matters the Allied command is
quite capable of settling At least, and at
long last second front has been established
in Europe. Stain may now change his tune
His old one is outWorn
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON. - Some people
around here WINGED when they HIT
the bare knuckle part of Bud kcl-
lands postwar safety zone scheme
They were pleased that re-
formed Republican isolatio'sf
should urge that for our own par
ticipation we have a four-powel
concert with Russia, China and
Britain. and in any case a per-
manent open military alliance with
the British. That was fine.
But you could see some eye
brows go up when Kenand wenl
on to say that if those hopes failed
we would still have the bare mill
tary might of the United States
which he would want to h v
spread out over both oceans.
That picture of the Pacific being
an American lake and of Amerl-
can control over Dakar, and Ice
land and Greenland and perhaps
other jumpoff points in the Allan
tic was bit breath taking to
some. Yet when Kelland suggests
as to the far-reaching air and
naval strength that America would
need to protect herself in the ap-
sence of alliances reaches tn e
heart of our problem.
Unless we are willing to join in
a comprehensive organization with
other nations, then we shall be
forced to try to defend ourselves
alone at an effort which seems
almost prohibitive.
General H. H. Arnold, chief OF
the Army Air Force, tells us IN
the Army's ordnance publication
about airplanes that we shall soon
have in combat capable of flying
to Europe on a round trip. How
are we to protect ourselves against
other countries having airplanes
that will fly from Europe here and
back?
Weapons are developing so that
there is no protection for any COM
munity. Germany has put up the
most concentrated defenses yet Al
leid bombers go over Hamburg
and Berlin time after time and
we are inflicting damage such as
we do not want ever to come to
any of our Atlantic coast cities.
With such weapons available,
which can bring destruction
through any kind of defense that
it seems possible to devise, we are
forced to revise all of our IDEAS.
And one of the essentials of such
protection must be in a community
of nations which will have the
support of force among its men,
bers. Readiness of powerful men,
bers to use force will be the best
insurance against potential trou-
blemakers.
This time there seems to be
strong logic for relying on force
to back up our hopes. We are
moving very slowly and with ex-
IRENE caution in forging the shape
of things to follow the war. In
the Administration there is fear
of advancing elaborate schemes
that will be the target of political
attack. We are fearful of court
ing the same disaster that over
took Wilson. And at times it seems
as if little progress is being made
although we are assured that there
is progress under the surface about
which it is not wise to talk at
| the moment.
But one thing seems clear. Talk
of scaling down, of disarming as
soon as the war is over, will weak
en- our position. Our nation can
better stand new armament race
than any other. If we dread s,1ch
a prospect, think of how impos.
sible it would be for some of the
other nations to go on with heavv
armament. That is the leverao o.
reporter who never has gone IN
sea aao recently got himself
n i
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
Raymond Clapper Says:
Postwar Safety Zone
Causes Many To Vince

we have in trying to bring some
stable community into existence
through the loosely grouped United
Nations of today.
Hitler used military force to
wreck the world of his time. Pos
slbly we can use great military
force to build a world that will
be safe for free people again. OBJ
viously a large nation gets no.
where except into war if it does
not have strong force
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
AN APPRAISAL OF RO0St'h'

Contemporary W rs "" Al
point out that people today al !is
close to the activities OF Pres ,'.s
Roosevelt to make a GOOD NJ NJ
as to what place finally WI
assigned to him in histoN
our office wag, who admits .1-s.
dizzv from following the nun. .,;J
cation, substitution and leTs. ~;
new deal policies and alpna i. Z.
agencies, says his guess y ;, NJ!
Mr.. Roosevelt will go down IL ,,,,;,
tory "as the man MLIu va:
change monotonous, -Ne"
rld-Telegran1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any Article appearing IN
this department. They represent the
views of the individual readers.
Correspondents are warned that
all communications must contain
the correct name and address for
our records, though the letter may
be signed as the writer sees TT
The Star-NeWs reserves the right
to alter any text that for any rea-
son is Objectionable. Letters Cd
controversial subjects will not be
published
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
Your re
Telling Me

Mussolinis writings are now
barred from Italian schools. Bit
seems-now stands for Badogho
and not for Balcony or Benito.
The Naples fire department has
one consolation. Nobody there
turns in a false alarm these days
and nights.
"FBI Arrests Another Mata
Hari' Let's see-tnat
makes this war official, now, does
it not?
/!
In Iowa an owl was caught flat
footed in the act of robbing a hen
coop. Bang! There goes another
reputation for wisdom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
OATHS ADMINISTERED

RALEIGH, Sept. 3.-(R--Associ-
ate Justice w. A. Devin of the
State Supreme Court administered
oaths of office today to Mrs. Sitha
p. Mcconnell Of Statesville. Mrs.
Ellen H. Carson of Fayetteville
and William P. Troutman of Will
mlngton, constituting the new
state board of Cosmetic Art Ex-
aminers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04

The War
BY HAROLD w. Fapo,.

~, HhhON
new demands from the lt,n,.
people for an end to the u. '''D'
tainly will follow the A)G s' ''
vaslon of Italy, but there L.
peace in sight. NA
For even if Marshal B.s.
government could negotiate 9s4''
render it would fail to Sn
large-scale battles on yta,is ns''t
At least 10 and maybe mora = sal
man divisions are in Ital tv'e ies
ped and placed for bitter = tis saa+H
Hitler's forces may be ern r.%'
to fight all the way up tbs sISp ss'e
northern Italy. There is sva SuN>
dlcation they will make WY, : y
stand to prevent pr valuable air fi IN
from II, falling into Allied b as!''
The Nazis don't want tbo,. "sAa'
nlaue a means OF bombing htb.S '
to unreached industrial seeti m,ast
Germany. NNaOn' d
A campaign that, if 100 No, ~.
successful, could bottle pr ''n cent
Nazis on the planes Of n NY lie
Italy is under way with AlE liz, mem en-
planes pouring bombs on to a., a.s
ner pass and other escsns " , olsn
through the Alps. '0u'F'
suhc a campaign. however ::
hardly to succeed wholly. It e. roris y
at the most only delay the $ s,, rrI,d
ing OF Nazi troops, or pos sRi,
eventually handicap retr pas'is y
cause bomb damage 10 the ns,. W.
bridges and roads could G b.aS
be beyond repair bv sn sa,ay
troops. 'Sl'ee'
New invasion moves against 81.
Italian boot appear logical , rs
plans for such thrusts NAV b a"a
prompted a decision 10 hold b bs.s
American armies from The W vt'A
sina crossing negotiated bv p,is
ish and Canadian troops Il seem,
reasonable that American troo ,,s
if sent into the italian rain1srs
campaign, will move on 70 tbs
western shores flanking Ayi,
troops pressed from the south BY
the British and Canadians
Sardinia and Corsica, both ~,
held, stand in the way Of INVASION
well up the boot. but perhaps he,
could be successfully bypassei
They would be desirable TO hol
but may not be worth the cost o
capture.
| However. if the invasion thrust
should turn further northward 10
southern France, for example, Co..
sica at least would be the scene
of landing operations to protect in
vasion fleets steaming in toward
the French shore.
Much attention also is bem:
given to the possibility Of turtle
invasions through Crete, and tn
Balkans. Consolidation Of Allie
positions along the Italian boo
would ease the way for control 0
the Adriatic. where the Italia
fleet may be hiding.
However, despite the outlook 70
invasion through the Balkans viii
its active underground providn
much assistance, some stratsgi
here believe the time is wrong
the mountainous territory Their
would handicap operations in tht
approaching winter. Generally il
seems that the best time for a Bal
kans operation. although it II
mains possible at any time, Wo-
be in spring months when ta4
is more assurance of good weaI
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
COLUMBUS UP-To-DA1h

Back in 1892 when ColY W. o.
sailed the ocean blue, ne Mt
on August 8 and reached {. '. yoya3'
world on October II, 'ne
requiring 70 days. ,.o-ra.iot
The Office of War 0I[a.n.entl,
mentions pilot VINO ~ tinsI
flew across the Atlantic four REDS ',I
in three days.-Des Moli'
for
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
A HOME-FRONT soLDltS

Fifteen-year-old Nancy LVu i
Hindle. of South Hadley' nas +
ready plowed and harfo" ,'..;,.
acres of land and is now plos W.,
under a field Of rye IN pFeP' "A
ton for transplanting-and al o.
err school hours. -Boston uI0'''
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
LEARNING THROUGH FAIL ~,

Armies learn by 1alnnad III
French could have stopped VIA b,
Fanzers if they had KNOW -apt
the Russians have leaLiISN wal
tried as hard. ~--hrh'l i0'
NeWs-Leader
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accepts no
responsibility for the personal views OF Mr. Pegier,
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., 1943-09-04

reporter who never has oona -
sea a-'o recently got himself
announcer deferment in the draft
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-04
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu.
ton of the war to complete Vic
tory.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1s4s

We are the citizens of mighty repub-
lie consecrated to the service of God
above, through the service of men on
earth.
Theodore Roosevelt
Evening star., 1943-08-25

served as military professor of tao
tics at the University of Kentucky,
Lexington.
A veteran of the Word War, Col.
Donnelly served in France with the
ammunition train of the famous I'd
Division. He took part in four
major offensives and numerous
other engagements, and after the
armistice went to Germany with the
107th Ammunition Train.
For his World War services, he
was promoted from captain to ma jor
and awarded the Silver Star for
gallantry in action and the French
Croix de Guerre.
Before that war he was serving on
the Texas border and took part in
the Mexican campaign under Gen.
PerShing.
Col. Donnelly has had extensive
service with the infantry and has
also had several executive posts.
During the early peace years he
served with the organized reserves
In New York and as a member of
the Survey Board for Maritime A.
fairs for New York City.
Awarded Honorary Degree.
During the late '20s he was grad
uated from the advanced course of
the Infantry School at Fort Ben
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Col. Sullivan, Fort Myer Head,
Shifted to Fort Lewis, Wash.
Will Be Succeeded
By Col. DonneIIy of
Comp RIondine, Fla.

Col. Max w. Sullivan, command
ing officer of Fort Myer, will be
detached from the Military District
of Washington to assume new duties
as commanding officer of Fort
Lewis, Wash, 1t was announced to-
day by the Army public relations
office.
New commanding officer of the
nearby post will be Col. Howard
Donnelly, infantry officer, who will
come from Camp Blanding, Fla.
Mrs. Sullivan and their 13-year-
old son will leave tomorrow with
Col. Sullivan. An older son, First
1t. Max w. Sullivan, jr., bomber
pilot in the Army Air Forces, was
killed last winter in the European
theater The colonel has short
leave of absence before reporting
at his new post and is expected to
visit his home in Minneapolis en-
route to Washington.
While commanding officer of Fort
Myer, Col. Sullivan inaugurated a
program of streamlining the post to
promote efficiency, economy and to
provide modern facilities. A new
commissary, built from an old hay
warehouse, was constructed under
the program.
Col. Sullivan came to Fort Myer
in August, 1912, from Schof1eld Bar
racks, Hawaii, where he had been
commanding officer of an infantry
regiment. When the Japanese at
tackled, they bombed Schofeld Bar
racks before hitting Pearl Harbor,
and Jap bomb hit just outside the
colonels quarters when plane was
shot down on the parade ground.
In addition to service in Hawaii,
Col. Sullivan has served as assistant
chief of staff at Fort Benning, Ga;
attached to the Inspector Generals
Department, 9Th Corps Area Head
quarters; Philippine Department
Headquarters, and the Inspector
Generals Department, I'd Division,
9th Corps Area Headquarters.
He was graduated from West Point
in 1912 and received his present
rank in January. 1941.
DOnnelly's First Tour Here.
Col. Donnelly, who is so and
West Point graduate of 1915, was
undertaking his first assignment in
the Washington area, so far as could
be determined. He had been on
duty at Camp Blanding, Fla, one Of
the largest infantry training posts
in the country. Before then he
Evening star., 1943-08-25

ming, Ga, and the Command and
General Staff School, Fort Leaven-
worth, Kans. Later he was assigned
to the New York National Guard.
While on this tour of duty New
York University conferred on him
in 1881 the degree of doctor of juris-
prudence.
During the early part of the New
Deal Col. Donnelly was assigned to
duty with the Civilian Conservation
Corps in Indiana until 1895.
He then joined the 10Th Infantry
at Schofield Barracks, Honolulu
later being appointed director of
the 2lst Brigade at that post, a DO
sition he held for nearly two wears
In 1897 he was appointed to Fort
Shafter as plans and training officer
for the Hawaiian Department. The
year following he came back to this
country and took up ROTC duties at
Lexington.