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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-05
Elsie Robinson

THESE ARE hard times for
people who haven't any clothes.
I'm not meaning suits or
dresses, boots, coats or shoes
things that cover the body. I'm
thinking of things that cover the
feelings-the emotional armor
that makes you able TO take life
as il comes.
We're all born naked, physi-
cally and emotionally. We start
life in the raw. That doesn't
matter very much, al first. We
live within a small, uncompli-
Gated world. And we're pro-
tected. 1t doesn't matter greatly,
what we think or say or do. Our
minds like i small savage who
rarely sees beyond his jungle
cave.
Begin 10 Have Feelings
But presently the world grows
larger, more complicated and
difficult to understand. You
start having feelings. Hurt feel
ings. Frightened feelings. Be-
wildered, angry feelings. And
no one any longer tries to kiss
the bump away. They tell you
you're big girl now and mustn't
cry. They scold or laugh at YOU
because you're sensitive.
You feel that every one is
picking at you and you
can't pick back. For, though
you've clothes TO cover your body
now, you still lack clothes TO
cover your emotions. And each
experience is taken personally
each shock or disappointment
rubs upon your naked flesh as a
rough rug would rub against the
soft flesh of a little child.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
Downgrade Ahead

For months past we have been reading dai1v
of new heights assembled new mountains
scaled, new hill positions captured by the
American Fifth and the British Eighth armies
IN Italy. Italy must have as MANY mountains
as a dog has fees. But Allied forces must
be nearing the end of them south of Rome
Sooner or later they are bound 10 start fight
ing down hill instead of up.
Because these two intrepid armies had tn
land at sea level and the Germans came into
Italy from the north, the Germans had all
the advantage of position. Also, because there
was a leak in the invasion sec1e ct. thew GOT
head start. The Germans had tiieir artillery
and machineguns in place even before Gen
eral Clark got his Eighth army ashore Allied
progress, therefore, has been difficult and
costly
But there is one aspect of the battle in
Italy that must not be forgotten, particularlv
when one is inclined to be oownhearted. At
no time, since the advance On Rome started
nave the Germans turned the attackers back.
However hard the going, whatever the price
they must pay, the troops CT General Clark
and General Montgomery have forged ahead
This, we think, is a sure sign of victory.
The Germans will hold out as long as thew
can, as part of the general scheme thew
nurse OF forcing negotiated peace. But their
ultimate defeat and complete overt throw is as
certain as that night follows day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
Paper Shortage

Elsewhere on this page we rerrint an edi-
torial from the Louisville Courier-J ournal tell
ing OF measures adopted by the Miami Herald
to meet the accommodating restrictions imposed
upon it by the rationing Of newsprint. and
OF It's own problems under similar restrictions
What the Miami Herald and the Louisville
Courier-Journal are doing must be done bv
all newspapers in the country. The Star and
the News in Wilmington are as deeply CON-
cerned and are as earnestly seeking the best
solution of the newsprint problem as the great.
est of the metropolitan dailies
Like the Miami Herald. the Star-News in
an effort to serve ali circulation demands
also overdrew it's quota for the fourth quarter
OF this year. The overdratt must be made
up in the first quarter of 1914 This can be
done only by the strictest economies in paper
consumption.
With more than one-fifth less newsprint
available for the first quarter of next wear
than in the corresponding period of 1943, the
problem is to determine where sacrifices can
be made in the general contents with least
dissatisfaction to subscribers. We are devot-
ing grave thought to the problem
Readers are urged to consider that SO far
as newsprint permits the Gaily papers in Will
mngton will cover the war. the national
state and local news down 10 the last inch
in the last column of their every issue, and
serve as many subscribers as they can reach
within their quota
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
Rickenbacker Points Need

There have been many explanations of the
Coast Line wreck last, Thursday in which
seventy-two persons were killed and one hun
dred twenty-three injured, one of which
places responsibility satisfactorily
For example, the engineer Of the north
soutlbound train blinded him while the other
engineer says it was dim. The fireman. also
who went forward with a red lantern and a
fusee is credited with saying he fell. the
stop the oncoming train; yet there was an
interval of forty -odd minutes before it plunged
into the other train--rne enough it would
seem for him to secure another and light it.
facts can be brought out only by searching
investigation. Public judgment, in justice to
all concerned, must be with held until the in
quiry findings are laid before the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
But Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker has said that
if trains were equipped with short wave radio
as arplanes are this catastrophe could have
been prevented. His idea mas been adopted
by Representative Sauthoff of Wisconsin who,
in addition to proposing a Congressional in
vestigation, also suggests study OF the feast
bility of installing short wave radios on trains,
If they should be, and they ought to be.
made standard equipm snt, travel would be
safer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
Daily Prayer
FOR POWER TO THE FAINT

To the everlasting God, the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the
earth. who fainteth not, neither is
weary. we bring this urgent pray
er; for He giveth power to the
faint: and to them that have no
might He increaseth strength In
weakness, WEAKNESS and woe, dis
raught in mind and burdened in
spirit, we turn to Thee. remember
ing Thee by the dear name of
Father. to entreat Thee for renew
ed power to live triumphantly
through these testing days of war.
Unless helped by Thee we shall
60 unhelped. Save us from defeats
of soul, and our forces from defeat
in battle. They and we have NAM
ed Thy name, and enlisted in a
Cause which We believe to be
Thine; so we look only to Thee
for succor and sustaining power.
Make strong our hearts within us
by an increase Of simple faith in
Thee Amen.--W E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
BY JOHN SELBY
II CAN GO HOME AGAIN." by
Arthur G. Powell University Of
North Carolina: SD.

IA tAuA W. IOWcll University Oh
North Carolina; $3).
I have no idea how Arthur G.
2owelPs II Can Go Home Again"
would impress reader without a
small town background. It is the
kind of book that might have been
written by any Ole of half a dozen
literate loafers about the pot-bel,
lied stove in an old-time drugstore
in any small town. But it could not
possibly have come out of a New
York delicatessen, or for that mat.
ter, out of city gin-mill
Judge Powell writes about Geor-
sia, the southwestern part between
the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers.
There lies Judge Powell's birth.
place. village called Blakely. The
Judge knows the place through the
last 70 years of its existence, his
first memories dealing with h Q
period of Reconstruction, and his
latest memories with the present.
1t is not a country of wild con-
trasts-so far as nature goes. With
the people it is different.
Somebody once called the South
the last stronghold of personal
eccentrcity." There is plenty in
Judge Powell's book to prove the
statement, although it should have
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
The Scharnhorst Gone

Not since the Bismarck was sunk has there
been such reason fer rejoicing as when word
came on Sunday that the Schalrhorst went
down in the Arctic while attacking a Russian
convoy. Details Of the engagement are lack
ing, but it must have been the greatest naval
battle in the Atlantic phase of the globa1 war
Its effect may well prove as great in the
ultimate victory in Europe as the MAGNIFICENT
victories over the Japanese at sea in the
Pacific area.
With the Tirpitz and the Prinz Eugen the
Scharnhurst and its sister shi, the Gneisenau
formed the backbone of the German navv
The Tirpitz was so badly crippled by British
midget submarines it probably will not get
back into the war at all
Now with the German submarine menace
at minimum the Battle of the Atlantic i,
practically won. The bridge Of ships which
President Roosevelt called for when this com.
try was about to enter the war and was al
ready the chief source of supply and equip
ment for Great Britain is rot only constructed
but infinitely safer han, say {, year ago.
1t is not unreasonable to think that the sink
ing of the Scharnhorst will prove tremendously
helpful in achieving victory over German,
in 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
AS Others Say 1t
A GRIM REALITY

The Miami Herald is going vir-
tually to eliminate advertising for
the time being, reducing the size
of its weekday editions to IL pages
instead of the customary 20 to 30
aid cutting the number of it's black
and white pages on Sunday about
half in two. These drastic meas
ures are made necessary by the
fact that The Herald's circulation
apparently got out Of hand in the
last few months. causing the pa
Fer to overdraw its newsprint al
lotment. And The Herald. very
creditably, is instituting the econo-
mics necessary to make up the
deficit at the expense of its own
revenues rather than by asking its
readers to do without any impor-
tant part of the news content.
That, we believe, is the spirit in
which most newspapers will meet
the exigencies of neWsprint ration
ing. The spirit is not quixotic. It
simply recognizes what the funda-
mental obligation of newspaper
is and where, therefore, its funda-
mental interest ! e S. Newspaper
circulation and advertising depart
raents these days live in a world
that is upside down. Cleared and
organized for the promotion of cir
culation and advertising they are
compelled to put on the brakes
and actually try to get the mech
anism into reverse.
The Miami Herald's severe re-
strictions should call the attention
10th of newspapers and newspaper
readers everywhere to the actual
itv of the neWsorint h or t a g e.
Some of the newspapers have been
dealing with it not realistically but
in the Micawberlsh hope that some
thing, though nobody could say
what, would turn up to relieve the
situation. But nothing has turned
up and nothing is in prospect; that
is, nothing except further reduc-
ton. With plenty of new circula-
ton and lots more advertising to
be had for hardly more than the
asking, this means serious sacri-
flee to the newspaper from the re-
venue standpoint, but it need not
yet mean serious sacrifice to the
regular reader.
The Courier-J ournal has already
taken many measues to fulfill it's
obligations to this reader under
newsprint rationing. For the re-
Of the year, our paper will
about as its readers have
become accustomed to it recently.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
Commando Raid

Berlins report of an Anglo French COM
mando landing on the invasion coast could
be correct though lacking cor firmaton from
any Allied source.
After the heavy bombing attack on Friday
it is altogether probable that the military
command in London would went to learn by
actual observation what weak spots in the
German defense We're created In fact, it is
altogether probable that commando raids will
be conducted at frequent intervals.
But it is difficult to believe that the Ger.
mans should have exterminated the entire
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
The Literary Guidepost

read that the American m al II
town, up to the time of the motor
car and easy transportation, was
the stronghold. The eccentricity is
in II Can Go Home Again" along
with much humor, much intelli-
gent understanding, and a selec-
ton of anecdotes that has not been
equalled in long time.
There is the wonderful story of
the man convicted of murder who
had been told By his attorney that
a long succession of things would
save him from the gallows, none
Of which materialized. On his way
to the Blakely gallows his wife
called from his house door to ask
where to plant the onions. PLANT
EN- where you dern please" he
yelled back. I'm getting little
doWn-hearted about this w h O e
business"
And the fat Negro nanny who
was tossed off a flatcar while hav-
ing her first train ride. 'Aun t
Phoebe someone asked, What
DC you think of that? Did it burt
you?'
Nav said Aunt Phoebe, I
allus gifts off de train dis way"
IN the old days of their isolation
small American towns were COM
pick organisms. Judge Powell is
exactly the man to put them on
paper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
Raymond Clapper Says:
FDR's Slogan Probably
ACQUIRED "A Bad Nan1e'

part of the heritage of America.
What is that heritage? Collective
bargaining. Social security. Reg
ulation of the stock market, which
before Roosevelt was run as a
private club. IVA. The principle
that the Federal Government has
responsibility to see that there
are jobs for those who cannot find
private employment. The transfer
of the real seat of power from
Wall Street to Washington.
Let's face it. Yes, there's been
plenty of waste, plenty of mis-
takes. plenty of weak sisters. But
this country will always be a lot
better for what was done in the
name of that now despised phrase
the New Deal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON. - So the New
Deal is out of date. saws Mr.. Roos-
evelt.
That man Roosevelt. He picks
out Christmas Eve to tell us there
isn't any Santa Claus after all.
1t was all because that preacher
from Cleveland looked like a good
guy on whom to plant the news.
You want to know how it hap
pened, how it vas that this time
somebody did shoot Santa Claus
just before Christmas?
Well. DR.. Dilworth Lupton once
was Unitarian minister in Cleve-
land. One of his Pensioners was
Louis B. Settler, editor of The
Cleveland Press. There was some
thing about DR.. Lupton that made
Editor Settler think ne would make
a good newspaper colunnist. He
was sympathetic with m u C h of
what President Roosevelt was do
ing, which for preacher with a
well-todo congregation in Cleve-
land showed the kind of CUTS that
a columnist mus; have to stay in
the business. So Editor Settler per-
suaded Dr. Lupton to become a
columnist for The Cleveland Press.
Columnist Lupton thought he
should visit Washington and see
something for himself He arrang-
ed to visit a White House press
conference with Ned Brooks, Was!l-
ington correspondent of The Cleve-
land Press.
At the end of the press confer
eace, Brooks introduced Columnist
Lupton to the President as col
umnist who was friendly to the
New Deal.
1t must have been quite a shock
tc Mr.. Roosevelt, because there
are not many friendly columnists.
But Columnist Lupton seemed
sincere in what he said to the
President. The next minute you
could have knocked Washington
Correspondent Brooks over with
pin-feather. The President was
saying that he wished newspaper
men would quit talking about the
New Deal. The phrase was out
NODDED. The main detectives were
in effect, and anyway at this time
there was Just one thing that mat
tered, which was winning the war.
At any rate 7 suspect that is
about what the President said, be-
cause Columnist Lupton wrote an
orticle about how he could say
with complete authority t h
President Roosevelt would like to
have the term New DeaI dis
carded.
So the President is not waiting
this time until the convention to
announce that he will accept an
other term. He begins much ear
lier this time. indicating that it
will be harder fight than in 1910.
You never saw anything like it
around Washington when the word
flew through the town. Secretary
Stephen T. Early confirmed that
the celebrated phrase had done it's
work and should be picked in his
tory It was a phrase, he said,
horn in 1882. This was 1913. NIB:
Next is 1944-R. c.
The Republicans took instant
note. Republican National Chair
man Spangler said he had great
sympathy with MI Roosevelt's de-
sire to forget tie record of his
administration for the last II
years.
You don't want to know what
: thlnk. but I think that the term
h New Deal has acquired such a
v vH name name that President Roose-
e YET feels obliged to get rid Of It
~ political purposes. and that
=, things which were done =,
me New Deal period will stav as
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28

force, as Berlin claims, if indeed such a raid
did take place.
Because the Germans are lgettino moro
more jittery, the Berlin report may have been
sent out to trap the Allies into letting the
cat out of the bag, so to speak. The use Ut
false or exaggerated reports is an old trick
for which the London command is not likelv
to fall
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
Our Chief Aim
TO aid in every way the prosecu-
ton of the war to complete Vic.
tory.
THOUGHT FOR T0nAY

IHUUGHT FOR TODAY
The angels song resoGnds
GLORY to God in the highest.''
mat song is sung by rich ard poor,
Wherever the Christ is known:
lis sung in words. and sung in deeds.
Which bind all hearts in one.
Angels are still the ckoristers,
But we the shepherds are,
To bear the message which they bring.
To those both near and far.
Poem for the Christmas Season"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28

But. beginning with the new yed u.
further paper economies Wlll y. w
necessary. Our newsprint quota Nv w
the first quarter of 1914 VIII w.. w
abo.t one-fifth less than for NV
first quarter of 1913. We ar W. ~.
ling with that problem at TINS NV,
ment. - Louisville Courler-Jo''
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
FROM UNITY To
CONTROVERSY.

1t is going to te pretty 10 I'd n
Roosevelt, coming from thai an
pervading unity of Teheran' 10 iu'
smack into that subsidy contfofe.
sy in Washington. - CharleSlVD
rs. c. Evening Post
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
MAYBE so.

According to the old saying, An
apple a day keeps the doctor
away but with the present price
of the fruit it's about as cheap
to have the doctor.-King City
MO- Chronicle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
HE WON'T LET US FORGET,

According to writer All i-''
don will never forget that ne | va,
once the Republican nominee w.
the presidency. Worsen y
though, he won't let anybody ga, ~
forget it. - Norfolk VA Leu
ger-Dispatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accepts no
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr. PeEIer
and often disagree with them mach many Of
his readers His articles the good purpose Of
@aking people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-28

The fellow who doesn't spend too much
time minding the other fellows b usinesn
',.,,e,,x1 lno,vs lot about his own.
They've cut down the old pine tree-but
not in price.
La gaceta., 1943-08-21

En- la 6poca en- que ell ira
bajo escaseaba, di los pasos,
siendo mi labor coronado
por ell 6xitO para que Sc es-
tableciera en- West Tampa
la fabrica de camisas Anne
rican Tropical Garment, ST.
tuada en- la Avenida How
ard y Gale Pine, la que desde
I'm principle lie di6 trabajo a
200 muchachas. Pude haber
llevadO otra para ell Barrio
de Los Glen, pero las nego-
ciaciones fracasaron cuando
ell propietario del edificio pi
do un precio muy elevado
por ell mismo.
La gaceta., 1943-08-21

p6sito de la basura de Davis
Islands a dicha barriada,
consiguiendose que Sc escu-
chara esa protesta, trasladan
dose para otro lugar.
Lo Que Hare
/. Luchare para que vuelva
ell Banco a West Tampa, por
estimar que esta es una de
las bases principles para
que una comunidad prospe-
re.
20. Trabajare para redu-
cir los gastos de la ciudad,
con 10 que lograre rebajar
las contribuciones.
80. Hare que destinen a
West Tampa dos camiones
sanitarios, los que prestaran
servicio los IL meses del a.
no. 81 este 10 ha podido ha-
Ger Raglan en- Seminole, tam
bien 10 podre hacer 20.
40. Luchare para que Sc
ample ell alcantarilladO.
so. Extendere ell alumbra-
do de West Tampa, espe-
cialmente en- ell Barrio de
Los Glen.
Go. Y no como promesa,
sino como un hecho real,
doy a conocer aquf que he
dado los primerosas pasos,
asesorado por los senores
Francisco Rogue, Antonio
Menendez, Emilio Garcia,
Antonio Sofa, Ernesto More
no, Jose Llamasales y nos
/ entrevistamos con las Sec
clones de Beneficencia del
Circulo Cubano, Centre Es-
panol y La Fraternidad, las
que va nombraron sus conf
stones para que Sc cOnsiga ell
que una Botica en- West Tam
pa este prestando servicios
durante "a horas y que cuen
tie con I'm departamento pa
ia primeras curas, faltando
ahora que nombren sus co
misiones ell Centre Asturia-
no y L'UniOne Italiana para
que este hecho sea una rea-
lidad.
La gaceta., 1943-08-21
POr que Deber11Os dc
Elegir a II. Gonzalez

A la bora de elegir a cual
ouier candidate para un
puesto pGblico debemos te-
ner en- cuenta no solo aque-
Ito que promote, sino 10 por
este realizado que fue de al
gun beneficio para la comu-
nidad a la que tanto dice
amar en- tiempos electorales.
Els por clio, que yo me COM
plazco en- presentar a los vo
tantes de West Tampa va
rias de las obras beneficio-
sas a esa comunidad, que en-
ell pasado he realizado, asi
como 10 que en- ell future
pienso hacer case de ser ele-
gido.
Lo Que He Hecho En-
Ell Pasado
Cuando hace cerca de tres
amos cerraban ell Parque de
Rey temprano, no teniendo
la juventud I'm lugar donde
Sc pudiera recrear, df los
pasos necesarios para evitar
csc cierre tan temprano, 10
que cOnsegui, logrando al
mSmo tempo que Sc dieran
peleas de boxeo, sufragando
los gastos de mi peculio par
ticular. Fue tanto ell exito
obtenido que hubieron no.
ches en- que acudieron a pre-
senciar csc espectaculo mas
de 1000 personals. Ell Con-
cejar Senior D'Arpa, no te-
niendo en- aquel entonces Ell
interes que hoy tiene para
alejar a la juventud de la
senda del crimen, Sc neg6 a
coOperar.
A la cuarta semana de es-
tar funcionando este espec-
taculo, Nash Higgins, de a.
cuerdo con los senores Cum
ningham Y D'Arpa me qui-
sieron obligar a que cobrara
la entrada, cosa a 10 que me
negue; entonces estos tres
senores me obligaron a ter
minar estos programs de
recreo.
La gaceta., 1943-08-21

Organize ell Club Civico
de Los Glen, ell que va ha
demostrado 10 necesario que
es en- una barriada al pro-
testar recientemente pOr ell
traslado que Sc hizo del de-
La gaceta., 1943-08-21

Personalmente he puesto
mas personals a TRAFALGAR, q.
D'Arpa, 10 que puedo pro-
bar pOr medic de las listas
de la Union.
La gaceta., 1943-08-21
Para Que Ell Pueda
"PonerIo En- La Linea

We listed a csc muchachO
Els un estudiante de bombardeo en- MacDil Field,
I'm psleador en- una casa de vidrio.
Esta aprendiendo a ''ponerlO en- la Inca
UnO de estOs dias va a hacer ESQ mismo.
Pudera ser un a%erOpuerto aeman
o un barco japones,
Berlin y quiza Toxic.
Pero n~OsOtrOs aqui tenemOs que 'pOnerlo en- la Inca
Para que Ell pueda hacerlo ash.
Una de estas formas es pagando los impuestos.
listed paga i~mpUestos a Uncle Sam, SUI vecino los paga
Veinte por ciento de su paga.
TOdos pagamos impuestos al Tic Sam.
Todos debemos pagan.
Los soldados pagan con su vida y dinsro.
De los i~mpuestos vive Ell Tic Sam,
81 Ell no vive tampoco n~osotros.
~ quien es ell TIC Sam?
Es los Estados Unidos.
Els nosOtros.
Ell tratar de no pagarle i~mpuestos al Tic Sam,
Els igual a no querer pelear.
10 mismO Sc puede deCir de Cualquier negocio,
No impOrta de quien sea Ell negOcio.
Y Ell joven en- la casa de Y-dcio no lie ~gustaria.