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Evening star., 1943-04-20
Men Behind the Front

The soldier at the front will always
get the glory-and he deserves it..
But one should not forget the soldier
behind the soldier at the front. One
OF the interesting and perhaps the
most significant of General Eisen-
hower's revelations In his review of
the Tunisian campaign thus far is
the fact that when General Mont
gomery's Eighth Army broke through
the Mareth Line, American supplies
were waiting for him. That is what
enabled him to keep going. And that
Is what must have been the source Of
Rommeps greatest surprise.
Ever since he started his historic
offensive last November, Montgom-
ery's greatest problem has been the
old problem of supply. There have
been statements that for his front
line troops alone-the spearhead Of
his pushing columns-he had to keep
1000 tons a day moving steadily for
ward over line that could not safely
stretch more than 800 miles from a
new base. Every port along the north
ern coast OF Egypt and Libya, recap
tured as the Eighth Army moved
westward, had to be reconstructed as
a new base and supplies Of food, fuel
and ammunition kept moving for
ward. If this long line were ever
broken. the game was up At TripoH,
as General Eisenhower said, the
Eighth Army was at the end of its
possibilities Of maintenance" And
there were those in Washington,
when Tripoli fell, who feared that
Montgomery's future operations in
Tunisia would be governed entirely by
the speed with which the Port of
Tripoli could be restored and made
a new base for supplies brought in
oy water from the east.
Thus, while all three missions as
signed to General Patton's corps and
other American forces were compile
mentary, and depended one upon the
other, establishment OF new supply
base for Montgomery's Army in Tu-
nlsia was the most important-estab-
fishing the base, getting the supplies
there and protecting them until the
British and Americans joined forces.
That meant fighting the enemy,
driving him back and holding him
back. But it also meant meticulous
planning, the transport of thousands
OF tons of goods across thousands of
miles of submarine-infested ocean.
their unloading and transshipment
from Casablanca, Oran and Algiers,
by rail and by hundreds Of trucks
over mountainous roads under at
tack from the enemy.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
A Twisted Argument
So many people are having tn Lea.

30 many people are having to leave
non-essential jobs nowadays that it
IL not surprising to hear of a recent
case in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in
which a woman who sewed pockets
on soldiers shirts left that lob to
obtain more money as a pretzel
bender, only to be forced by the Man.
power Commission to abandon her
pretzels and bend her efforts toward
winning the war by going back to
the task of sewing shirts for soldiers.
The incident may portend an
ominous change in the American way
OF life. Must the pretzel be knocked
for loop, or rather knocked out of
a whole series of fascinating loops,
and become Streamlined for victory?
The pretzel stick is not new, but it
has never had the appeal of its
curved competitor, though presum-
ably tasting the same. Here is a
problem far more serious than
whether machines or housewives
should slice bread. AS the pretzel is
bent IN infancy at the bakery, so it
Is inclined; and no housewife, even
with all the kings horses and all the
kings men to help, can twist it into
shape again. Are doughnut manu.
facturers, already hard hit by a
shortage of coffee for dunking, next
on the list? II they lose the tradi-
tional hole in the doughnut, all the
dough In the world will not enable
them to make both ends .,naat
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Machines as Allies

Not so very long ago numerous
critics complained about what they
regarded as an "over- -mechanization"
of American life, and In some re-
spects, undoubtedly, they were justi-
fed in their attitude OF resentment,
But now that the United States is
engaged in the greatest Of wars, it
becomes apparent that 1t is upon the
national genius for building and
operating machinery that the hope of
victory largely depends. Colonel
James L. Walsh Of New York, speak
ing before the recent Midwest Power
Conference ut Chicago, summed up
the "job" Of the American people in
the prevailing conflict as being that
Of getting the right number Of the
right things to the right people in
the right place on time"
According to the same authority,
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Passion Week IdeuI

In recent address to the people
of the Dominion, DR.. James s. Thom-
Son, president of the University Of
Saskatchewan and general manager
Of the Canadian Broadcasting Cor
poration, declared: "The first Sc
curity we must guarantee to youth is
security against war" His argument
In support of his pronouncement in
cluded the words: "The recurring
fear OF war will build up the barriers
between the nations behind which
they will make self-protection their
chief concern, and that, as we know
80 well today from tragic experience,
will not save us from terror-ridden
civilization, in which fear is the DOM
inant emotion"
But DR.. Thomson knows as we'll as
any Of his contemporaries that 1t is
not mass destruction" only that
youth wants primary coverage"
against. Conflict between nations
and classes Of people does not happen
without cause. The prevailing strug-
gle traces back to the French Revo-
luton and, still more remote. the
reign OF Louis XIV. It probably had
Its less compelling origins in those
great migrations OF barbarian tribes
which came out of the mysterious
East between $50 and 1866 AID. There
simply was no single point at which
the present strife had its beginning
The dictators are merely the person
tdcations Of those disastrous faults
IN human character which periodical
" prompt millions OF otherwise
peaceable citizens to slaughter each
other.
what the youth Of the world wants
Evening star., 1943-04-20

the utilizing Of all available scientific,
engineering, industrial, agricultural
and business knowledge therefore is
imperative to the end that the full
power Of the Nation may be concen-
trated against the Axis dictators.
electrical slaves" Colonel Walsh de-
clared, have been provided to more
than counterbalance the manpower
seizures accomplished by the enemy
governments. Hitler and his part
ners, it is conceded, had "a head
start" but American machines,
slowly perhaps, yet surely are over
taking them.
Colonel Walsh, in illustration of his
thesis, referred especially to the ad-
vantages provided by "the great new
food dehydrating industry" by which
the bulk and weight Of different
edibles are reduced approximately
80 per cent. The saving of shipping
facilities thus achieved, he argued,
Is "a major contribution to the solu-
ton OF the ship problem, indirectly
reducing the number of naval vessels
and crews needed in the war"
Other conference speakers likewise
set forth views significant not merely
In their immediate application but
also with respect to the postwar
period of adjustment. When ma
chimes have helped to win the neces-
sary victory, their adaptation to
peace requirements must follow as
quickly as possible.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

Dear Sir:
Squirrels hGve always interested me,
but the other morning I saw one Of
them doing something which topped all
their performances.
1T was about o'clock In the morning,
just after the wind and rain storm Of
the evening before. You will recall 1t,
1t was really . squall.
Well, this squirrel was coming down
out Of big tree some distance away, and
could see he had something In his
mouth but could not make out what 1t
was.
He came across my yard, and made
for tree on the far side.
What he had in his mouth was about
the size Of m orange, and gray. It ap-
peared to be fur. @
"He went up the tree, and then leaped
to another tree. This tree I call the
squirrel tree, because so many Of them
have lived in It.
HE went up this tree to Q crotch
where there Is sort Of nest.
finally he came down again, and
went through the whole performance In
reverse.
soon he-or she, since I should
change sexes, evidently-came down the
first tree again, and once more in the
animals mouth was ball Of fur.
This was deposited In the crotch.
"A third time the squirrel went back,
but this time when she came down she
had nothing in her mouth.
Now what would like to know is,
did she 60 bAck to the deserted nest just
to make sure that she had not missed
one, or was she looking for one that had
been lost? Sincerely, M. j. L."
The windstorm Of the evening before
probably had tossed one Of the babies
out of the nest, and this one no doubt
had been taken to the new nest before
our correspondent began watching.
As to whether the mother squirrel was
searching for lost baby, or just wanted
to see II everything was out, that is .
problem dificult to solve.
There is no accounting for animal ac-
tions. Many Of the things they do are
surprising enough, but without question
some Of them are not all they seem. That
Is, they do things which look to be wise,
but which are just reflex actions, after
all. No doubt such actions are pure
animal wisdom.
There is some chance that the change
OF nesting site was not due to the storm,
but simply through vagary. Maybe
the older squirrel saw cat near the
tree, and had decided to make change.
+
The summer nest, as 1t Is called, Is
built In the crotch Of a tree.
Usually 1t Is nothing more than
branches Of tree with leaves. If con-
Evening star., 1943-04-20
The Food Conference

Assistant Secretary of State Dean
Acheson's meeting with members of
the Senate Agriculture and Foreign
Relations Committee has thrown
little light on the reasons underlying
the attempt to restrict news report
ing Of next months United Nations
Hood conference at Hot Springs,
Virginia.
From the information developed at
HE conference between Mr.. Acheson
and the Senators, as well as from
other sources, the impression is
gained that there is no real reason
Tor any secrecy in connection with
the conference. 1t may be, OF course,
that this Is inaccurate-that there
Is, or was, a purpose to do certain
things which the President, for the
time being at least, desired to keep
from public notice. But there is
nothing in the reports of the assur-
ances given by Mr.. Acheson to sup
port such a belief.
The Assistant Secretary, according
10 Senators attending the meeting.
indicated that the desire to hold the
food conference behind closed doors
originated with the President, not
the State Department. But, unless
1t might be attributed to a personal
vhim, there is nothing to show why
Mr.. Roosevelt felt that secrecy was
desirable.
After yesterdays discussion, Ma
tority Leader Barkley, in the pres
ence OF Mr.. Acheson, told reporters
that the meeting at Hot Springs
would be merely IAN exploratory
conference designed to obtain in
formation on the food situation In
all the nations involved" and that
1t Is mot the intention to obtain any
commitments" Mr.. Barley insisted
that this Government has no pet
scheme to put over" and reiterated
that the purpose is only to study the
food situation in the interested
countries. In other words, then, this
Is TO be an innocuous AFFAIR." con-
ference which, according to several
OF the Senator'S, won't amount to a
hill OF beans"
n that be the case, however, why
is the President determined to clamp
restraints on reporters desiring to
attend the meeting? And what Is
the explanation Of reports that he Is
persisting in this course despite ef-
torts Of his aides to convince him
that 1t Is unnecessary and unwise?
One inference which might be drawn
II that Mr.. Roosevelt believes in the
old adags that no news is good news
except that which may be filtered
cut to the public through Govern
ment-controlled press agents. It is
difficult, however, to accept this as
being the case. A more reasonable
supposition would be that, an issue
having been made Of the matter, the
President is reluctant to back down"
nom a position which he apparently
took without giving much thought to
its Implications. But, whatever the
explanation may be, it is clear that
this episode, to the extent that it is
IN attempt to ban legitimate indie
pendent reporting of the facts, is a
dangerous precedent. If the Govern
ment Is to suppress news in such an
inconsequential matter as this ap-
pears to be, to what lengths will it
want to 60 in the future?
Evening star., 1943-04-20

@. What are some OF the signs Of
spoilage In processed foods?-F. r.
A. Some Of the signs are: Discolora-
ton, cans with bulging ends, glass con-
tainers showing seepage over the tops.
Suspected foods should not be tasted to
discover spoilage.
Q. What was the distance and time Of
the winner of the champion greyhound
race In Florida this year?-E. L. c.
A. Fern Nature, the national cham
pion ran the distance Of three-eights Of
q mile In 397s seconds. She Is the only
greyhound that has won this race three
consecutive times.
@. What are some Of the best sellers
Of all time among children's books7-
H. G.
A. The best seller has been "Freckles,"
which has sold over 1000 1000 copies.
THE Adventures Of Tom Sawyer" is next
with over 1,50000 copies and the fol-
lowing have sold over 1000, 900 copies:
"Pollyanna," "Five Little Peppers and
How They Crew." Beautiful Joe" "The
Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come" and
''Huckleberry Finn"
Q. Is it true that snakes are timid?-
NJ F. S. ...
A. Snakes are usually timid. They
avoid fight and when detected try to
escape. 1t is only when cornered that
they strike.
~ l. AAlI
to the United states?-K. B.
A. The average daily rate OF war ex-
penditures by the United States Govern
ment in 1912 was sles, 900 900. BY De-
cember, however, the daily rate was
1926, 100000.
@. Who wrote the 18th amendment to
the Constitution?-N. r. s.
A. The original draft Of the 18th
amendment, abolishing slavery, is In
the National Archives. It consists Of
only eight lines, each In a different
handwriting. The reason for this is
unknown, but 1t has been assumed that
eight statesmen had a part in the franz
ing and that each wanted to put his
hand to this epochal document.
Q. What Is the origin Of "Ahoyi" ths
traditional hail on shipboard?-s. l.. v.
A. "Ahoy" was once the battle cry Of
the Vikings.
@. In what State are the most bald
eagles found?-R. P.
A. There are far more in Florida than
anywhere else In the country. Contrary
to popular opinion, the bald eagle does
not build his home on q cliff nearly as
often as on top Of tall tree. even in
the Rockies.
@. Who originated the Short Shorter
Club?-E. H. D.
A. Allan A. Niche, in his Retreat to
Victory" says that 1t was started some
years ago by Joe Barrows, q pilot on
the Anerican-Alaskan run. 1t has
spread all over the world. Clipper pilots
and passengers, bomber ferry pilots,
American and Raj flyers in the Far
East and Africa belong to it. Member
ship runs into the thousands and It Is
impossible to calculate the number Of
dollar bills which have changed hands.
Evening star., 1943-04-20

1t is certainly interesting to learn
Just how General Jimmy Doolittle
did it to Toxic = year ago, but, as
the Governor Of one well-known
Southern State might have said to
the Governor OF = sister State, it
does seem "a long, long while between
raids"
Evening star., 1943-04-20

Uncle Sans Manual - Contains
brief descriptions of the Executive,
Legislative and Judicial branches Of
the Federal Government. Lists sal
aries Of principal Government on-
cials. Includes members Of the Sew
enty-eighth Congress and Governors
Of States and Territories. A wealth
Of facts Of historical and current in
terest are also given in this concise
little publication. To secure your copy
inclose 10 cents in coin wrapped In
this clipping and mail to The Star
Information Bureau.
Evening star., 1943-04-20

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserDes
the right to edit all letters with
a Die10 to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-04-20

Allied bombers raided the Bo-
hemian town Of Pilsen recently and
did = lot Of damage. Could this be
called "PNscn with 4 bead on it,?
Evening star., 1943-04-20

With the late spring, the draft and
the wage freeze. almost every day
these days Is "a chilly day for
Willie"
Evening star., 1943-04-20

political parties present policies instead
Of names and personalities.
Political parties thus would be forced
to name as candidates for electors out
standing men OF the highest character
in the respective electoral districts-men
known and respected by the voters, and,
who would thus exercise to the full their
responsibility to elect President and q
Vice President, and having due regard
to the highest interest Of the country.
NATHAN BOONE WILLIAMS.
Propaganda to Convince Germans
OF Futility Of War Demanded.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Human intelligence Is the highest
known achievement in the universe The
sign of intelligence is ability to profit
from past mistakes.
A quarter century ago the world was
in similar predicament. Then the
Fourteen Points seized the Imagination
Of the German people and their re-
sistance ceased. A League OF Nations
was founded.
To profit from past mistakes would
mean this time to promise only what
we are clearly prepared to deliver. We
should have to yield enough of our ma
tional sovereignty to world organiza- =
tion to enable 1t to diminish causes of
war, promote justice and enforce peace.
This would afford the strongest pos
sible guarantee that the Atlantic Char
ter would not become another Historic
swindle," as the Nazis label the Fourteen
Points.
Propaganda created this war. Propa-
ganda can end it. We should demand
an immediate campaign of gigantic pro-
portions to convince the German people
that we fight only for the noblest Of
aims and that it is to their self -interest
to repudiate their stupid and vicious
leadership and thus avert q suicidal
last-ditch contest.
i Man can go on killing, destroying,
wasting his substance until one of the
two contestants, which In rank and file
are composed Of perhaps equally brave
and patriotic boys ordered to butcher
each other on sight, has been overpow-
cred. But that Is not the way of intelli-
gence. Intelligence implies reason, per-
suasion, judicious generosity. It points
the shortest road from kill or be killed"
to resurrection Of the spirit Of 'live, let
live and help live"
ROBERT s. FIELD.
Major Eliot's Appraisal
OF Gen. Patton Resented.
To the Editor Of The Star:
see where that great military genius,
Maj. 0et's make him a field mArshaD
George Fielding Eliot from the vantage
point Of his armchair, has seen At to
blame 1t. Gen. Patton for the escape
Of Rommel's main army. This granddaddy
Of all secend-guessers appeared in the
majors column in the April 13 issue
Of The Star. His criticism, besides being
in extremely poor taste. does not accord
with the facts In the case. This IL
also in keeping with his second guessing
Of other Allied offensives.
Cannot The Star use its influence to
have the War Department utilize the
services Of this greatest Of all living
"strategists" thus freeing the space
taken up by his column for the publi-
cation Of news interesting to its readerss
w. f.. N.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17

visited their son Bonnet at Howell
Ssuitarism sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Adams. Ann
Arbor. spent sunday evening With
Mr.. aud Mrs Henry Whitaker
Mrs. Myra Taylor has been m
for the past week
Miss Beatrice PadFe. Plymouth
was a house guest al the George
Bennett home from Friday eve
ming to Monday and attended the
Federated Church supper.
MIR. and Mrs.rH shipley Plym-
outh. were Sunday afternoon
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bennett
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Snyder were
in Ann Arbor on business Monday
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Payne and
Mrs. Edith Burdenau visited Mr.
aud Mrs. Roy Corell and family
Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Myrlan Lyke spent
Sunday afternoon at the Roy Lyke
home, Plymouth.
Miss May Duncan spent a few
days last weel with her brother.
Wallace and family, South Lyon
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
CHAPTER THIRTEEN

THE GIRLS vehemence both
cred Restwick Carnes so much that
he sat down beside her and de-
manded. Whom are you talking
about? ?"
THAT remains one OF my little
secrets"
1T seems to me you have sew
eral secrets" Paige gave him a
cutting glance. We'll" he defend
ed, after all, don't know any
thing about you. You are mysteri-
Gus, you know. simply found you
strolling around in the fog"
Paige groaned. "Ohhh! Are we
back on that fog business She
swung about to rest on her heels
and face him directly. 80 far as
that goes, found you strolling in
the fog. too. Remember? And so
far as knew then you could have
been the Titan Terror, in spite Of
all your big talk about the Homo
lulu Carnes clan. | didn't ask you
a lot Of questions
You didn't have to. ! told you"
Pages head bobbed up and
down. I'll say you did. You pratt
tied continuously" Now perched on
one foot, she was trying to move
the heavy case.
"Prattled ?" screeched Rusty.
Simply because l was honest"
That shrieking is scarcely the
accompaniment for such virtuous
remark" Paige chided in a falsely
tender tone.
Is that so7" RestWiCk Carnes
said through CRASHED teeth. We'll
neither is that creamy voice of
yours an accompaniment for the
way you're kicking that suitcase"
lie reached for it. I'm put 1t under
The bed for you"
Tn do It myself
Give me that suitcase" He
snstched It from her with such mo-
rentum that she toppled and land
ed on her elbow
That's what you get for being
80 stubborn. suppose you're going
10 tell me you've broken your arm"
His placid tone Infatuated the
girl I haven't broken anything"
she shouted.
Then Why are you crying" He
finished showing the heavy case be-
meath the bed. then turned to her
again
she dashed tears from her eyes
I'm not crying What a fool I
am. she thought with repugnance.
What would he say If he knew
how much I've been thinking about
him. how much I've been depend
ing on him ,
Restw1ck Carnes looked into his
v1fes smoldering face. What would
she say, he thought, If l told her
how close 7 came to kissing her
inst then, not sylnpathetically be-
cause she had bumped her elbow,
but because I suddenly found her
irresistible. because l wanted to
kiss those poutinS lips and force
her into some emotion besides
rage
And then he knew he did not
want 70 kiss her. because her ex-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17

Misses Beverly and Janis Lyke
spent the week end with their
grandmother. Mrs. opal Lyke. and
Mrs, celia Livingston. Plymouth
Mrs. Hammond Searfoss has &C
cepted a position in the dress de.
partment OF the Taylor and Bligh-
ton store in Plymouth.
Miss Earnestine Lewis, Detroit.
spent the week end with her par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Lewis.
Mrs. opal Lyke and daughter
Doris, Plymouth, visited in the
Ronald Lyke home Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Lyke at
tended the bowling party at Jewel
and Blake Hall, Plymouth, Satur.
day evening.
Darwin Hale celebrated his fifth
birthday Monday.
Roy Lewis has accepted a posi-
ton at the Detroit Post Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Schraeder.
Braile Ave. and Mr.. and Mrs. Al,
bert kindly and son Frederick.
Faust Ave, Detroit we're dinner
guests OF Rev Lucia NJ. Stroh, Sun
day.
Frank Shifted Laingsburg, form.
erly Of Salem. was in town Fri,
day evening and attended the fish
supper at the Federated Church
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Heintz have
bought a home in Superior Town
ship and expect to move with their
family there soon
Miss Natalie Whipple, Ypsilauti
Normal College, is spending a few
days vacation at her home on Base
Line Rd.
|. w. Bussey, Detroit, was an
over night visitor at the A. c.
Wheeler home last week.
Mr.. aud Mrs. George Roberts
and daughter, Ira, were dinner
guests one day last week OF the
Arthur Bunk family. near Plym
outh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lewis, De.
troit, visited George Shoebridge
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Lewis visited Der
husband who is in Veterans Hos
pital, Dearborn, Sunday, and found
him much improved in health.
Mrs. Marshall Atkins and baby
who spent last week with her par
ents, the Roy Clements, returned
TO her home at WiXom Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Merritt