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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-20

And lovable Judy Garland who will
make your heart throb as she sings
those memorable Gershwln tunes
Time only makes them grow more de-
lghtful TO the earl
Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra with
their special arrangements help. too
4
Girl Crazy" is laugh-starred and
beauty-studded
4 4
Everywhere you turn-you'll find a
beauty, $50 does MickeX-and that's
part OF the fun. &
r.
The direction OF Norman Taurog Is
typical. Typically great-we mean. lie
has fair for making youth attractive.
=
The production is tops The cast IS big
The spirit is wonderful-gay-glad-
bubbling over from screen 10 audience
Get going now-go "Girl Crazy"l
4
You'll never regret il!
4
I'm crazy about il too.
90
PC I,'s uiSi GOOD sense 10 nut yoli
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-20
BROWN BEATS WORLDS

SAN DIEGO. - Clayton Worlds,
Chicago heavyweight. dropped
close decision last Friday night to
Clarence Brown snothe Chicasoan.
protese OF Jack Johnson, in the
l0-round main event. ~
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13

establishments may nave d iAoAiASe Civ
ment at reasonable prices.
II is unsound to claim that these girls shoulo
renoain at home Without their services many
business firm would be unable to continue
in operation. And it is equally wrong to think
That thew should be left to shift tor themselves,
with Wilmington housing so incapable of meet
ing demands.
IT would have been better i some far
sighted Wilmingtonian had undertaken such
a project when it was first realized that the
city was to become a defense center. Ma
terials then could have been obtained either
for construction or major renlodellng m u
more easily than now. But the fact that prl-
critics put the brakes on public building does
not prevent the conversion of one or more
of the many unoccupied lofts of business
buildings now serving no good purpose.
Priorities authorities could MOI we'll defend
themselves if they refused certificates OF ne
cessity, or whatever they call their docu-
mentarv permission for materials to be used
on such an enterprise, particularly as very
little so-called vital material would be re-
CURED little studding, few plumbing
fixtures and pipe, and a thorough cleaning
surely none of this would handicap the war
program.
AS long as nothing is done to fill this urgent
need, Wilmington will not be Going its full
duty toward a deserving segment of its popu-
lation.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
Chinese Exclusion Act

Back in the Argonaut days OF California
when gold-diggers were men, and down
through the era of railroad monopoly, Chinese
Coolie laborers were imported in great num-
bers not only because they were good work.
ers but because they could exist On very little
food and their creature wants were few and
cheap. San Francisco the Sacramento valley
and the San Juanquin valley, where labor
was most needed overlooked with them. They
worked many hours for little pay, on rail-
roads and ranches, in mines and restaurants.
Every city and town had its Chinatown where
they continued their Oriental way of life, alb
sorbing American dollars and rejecting Amer.
lean customs.
Then came American settlers, many of them
laborers, and because they found Chinese hold
ing down most jobs at pay they themselves
could not live on, and because political re-
volt was incubating. there 'prung up strong
opposition to Chinese labor and bitter fight
was started for their exclusion which cul-
minated in the Chinese Exclusion act in 1888.
Since that time no Chinese has been legally
H..
Now President Roosevelt, spurred by the new
relations between the United States and China
and the rapid development of the Chinese
people under Sun Vat Sen and Chang Kai-shek
has asked the Congress to repeal the act
and grant American citizenship to Chinese
already in this country. Under his proposal
105 Chinese would be permitted to come in
annually.
Mr.. Roosevelt may or may not be justified
in calling the Exclusion act a historic mis-
take. Californians of the older generation
would not agree that it was. But there is
nothing in our present relations with China.
nor in the advancement the Chinese have
made in recent decades to justify its perpetu-
ation especially as the quota if governed
by the same rules that obtain with other ma
tonalities, would be too small to create fear
of being overrun by them again as California
was in the days of its American pioneers
The fact is that many more Chinese than
would be admitted by quota are smuggled
into the country yearly and those who come
by connivance are of lower order than would
be vised by immigration authorities
The continued release of Japanese from con-
centration camps constitutes much greater
menace than repeal of the Exclusion act.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
By JOHN SELBY

east Coast Corvette" by 1t.
Monsarrat, R.N.V.R.
uippincott; S1.50).
The absurdly wasteful flow of
war books with their endless du-
plications and their obvious evil
dence of hurried and inexact car
peatry continues. And sometimes
the flood buries the good.
This could happen to 1t. Mich
olas Monsarrat's east Coas +
Corvette" which in my opinion
shares honors with his first hook
as the two best written war books
to Gate. In "H. M. Corvette ;,
Lieutenant Monsarrat wrote about
life on corvette in the Atlantic.
the book he is publishing TODAY de.
scrlbes life on the same type of
vessel in the North Sea. There is
no finer reflection of the spirit
and the substance of the British
Navy in print, although there are
many more elaborate, or m ore
important" jobs of the sort.
Actually, East Coast Corvette,
is a collection of scraps, which
makes it all the more remarkable
1t. Monsarlat IS unpretentiouslv
putting down the actual thought
and the true action of himself and
MS men. He is, or was when the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
Daily Praye,
For Comfort in Bereavement

For Comfort in Bereavement
AS those whom a mother COM
fcrteth, we seek comfort f r m
Thee, our loving Father. Sorrow
and bereavement have overWhelm-
ed US. "All Thy waves and Thy
pillows are gone over me-" Grief
walks with us by day and lies with
us by night. We yearn 'for the
touch of vanished hand, and
the sound of a voice that is still. ;"
Comfort us, comfort us, O Com
passionate Lord. Make us strong
in the assurance of Thy sustaining
help. Introduce us anew to the
Man of Sorrows who has borne
our griefs and carried our sor-
rows. With dignity and reticence
and faith like His may we, too,
bear our griefs, in fellowship with
Him. Open our ears to His COM
forting words concerning our long
home, where there will be happy
reunions and no more tears. Give
us gatitude that, like God, we
have had son to give for the
worlds salvation. So steady and
sanctify our souls that we shall
not wall and cry aloud, as the
heather do; but bear our burdens
as becomes Christians, sure of the
consultations of Christ. Amen.-W.
TIE.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
The Literary Guidepost

book was written, mo. T. on a
corvette working the North Sea,
and No. l is the man who runs
the human side of the ship-he
supervises everything fir m the
tlckllsh job of tying up to a buoy
to seeing that his crew attends
school when school is indicated. It
Is extraordinary what he has learn
ed from these men who thread
the mined and tricky channels of
the east coast.
l think l can pretty well prove
the temper and tone of Lieutenant
Monsarrat's writing by one ex-
cerpt, and here it is:
Lookout: Aircraft bearing
Green 10. Angle of sight 30. Ap-
preaching the ship
Self Improving t h occasion
over the loudspeaker for the bene-
tit of the watch on deck): The air.
craft on the starboard bow is a
Hudson belonging to Coastal Com
mand. You can recognize it easily
by the twin tail-fins and the thick
1uselage. AS it passes overhead
Lookout Respectfully: Stick
OF bombs coming down, sir
The Lieutenant has fine gift
for the right phrase, and peerless
honesty. There should be more
books like his.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
Helpers Needed

In an effort to dispose of some 5000 appll-
cations for A gasoline ration books now await
ing its action, the ration board, which works
harder than beavers on a dam, has announced
ha+ it's office doors will be closed today, that
its whole attention may be centered upon
the task in hand.
The purpose is good but its attainment I'M
possible There is no chance in the world
that the board and it's limited staff can sift
and pass on 5000 applications but they could
come much nearer the goal with a corps OF
volunteer helpers.
The board has modestly appealed for fifty
aides. It should have hundred. The doors
will not be closed to workers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
Another Century Of Progress

Ninety nine years ago, George Williams, a
slim, 23-year-old dry goods store clerk, called
together small group of his friends to con-
slider problems facing the thousands of young
men who were swarming into London, at
tracted by the jobs created by the industrial
revolution. Out of that meeting came the
Young Mems Christian Association.
It is doubtful if even George Williams, far
sighted though he may have been, could have
foreseen that in less than one hundred years
the Y M. c. A. would:
Spread to 6 countries;
Bring health and recreation to countless
millions through development of basket
ball, voiley ball and other games;
Provide education for poor but ambi-
tious young men and women in night
schools and work-and- study colleges;
Ease the suffering of soldiers and war
prisoners on world battlefronts;
Serve as big brother to generations
of youngsters helping them get the right
start in life;
Fight superstition and ignorance by
bringing a practical, down-to-earth appli-
cation of Christian ideals to the peoples
of many lands.
As the ''Y'' rounds out its first hundred
years we are confident that it will continue
to carry on as it has in the past, firmly
rooted in the achievements of yesterday, and
with it's eyes always on that better world OF
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
Mr.. Trask Objects

County Commissioner Trask, whose v o tie
blocked adoption of the proposed rat control
program on Monday, is reported as saying
during his arguments against it, Il think we
are going too far with the government or any
other agency to force people to do something
whether they want to do it or not
If the quotation is accurate, it might be
interpreted as indicating that Mr.. Trask does
not believe the removal of a definite menace
to health comes within the jurisdiction OF gov
eminent at all, but rests entirely with the
individual property owner. Surely he does not
deny governments right to step in when a
property owner maintains nuisance that in
tringes upon the peace of his neighbors. Why
should he contend that sn owner may main
tain health hazard without interference, and
merely because he doesn't want to do what
government requires for the well being of
the community?
We cannot believe that Mr.. Trask gave his
declaration careful consideration, but spoke
on the spur Of the moment. There will be
ample time before the commission meets
again for him to reconsider his position, and
weigh the proposed expenditure of $4,000 for
rat control against the prospect Of a typhus
or bubonic plague epidemic. If his bordering
fails to convince him that rat eradication is
worth while we can only hope that the full
membership will attend next Mondays com,
mission meeting when the project will again
be brought up, and that majority vote will
render his opposition unavailing.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
The Battle OF Italy

II Secretary of War Stinson's estimate of
rect, the battle now under way in that be-
nighted country is destined to be costly and
long drawn out. Mr. Stmson has said that
the enemy has from 20 to Is divisions there
According to the German unit formation this
would be from 100000 to 375, 900 men, AS the
Secretary's announcement was issued on last
Thursday, the total may have mounted con-
siderably higher, as the German high COM
mand has been sending reinforcements in as
rapidly as they could be squeezed through
the Bremen pass
This suggests that although General Clark S
Fifth Army and General Montgomerys Eighth
Army, especially Clark's, have both been
making some progress the foe is preparing
for more than a mere holding action, while
the German lines are shortened and the re-
treat consolidated in Russia
AS the German position in the war becomes
more difficult and the German people grow
increasingly restless and dissatisfied, it would
appear that the Nazi military leadership is
determined if possible to achieve a definite
victory on some front and probably feels
Italy is the best on which to attempt it.
The Germans are building successive de-
Tense lines between the Volturno and the I'll.
Der. They are delaying devices, established
primarily to afford additional time for mo-
bilizing larger and better armored forces in
the vicinity of Rome. What fighting is now
in progress obviously is but the drunlfire oil
the main battle there. or if not at Rome, Their
in the northern provinces where the terrain
is even better adapted to their needs. We
should be very careful not to mistake the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
Raymond Clapper Says:
laps Haze Set Up Plan
Which Must Be Watched

Chinese but good deal Of that
kind of talk can be discounted.
Japanese however are evidently
giving Chinese business men more
opportunity and are making prom
ises for the future.
The policy is that as the Japa-
nese relax their restrictions and
the Chinese in occupied China be-
gin to make more money, they
will develop a vested interest in
continuation of the puppet regime
and therefore in cooperation with
the Japanese.
The purpose of all of this is to
build up strong Chinese resistance
against the Chungking government
and to win Chinese support in &C.
cupied China against the day when
the Allies try to move against ia
pan from China bases.
1t is that kind of thing h a t
prompts some like Senator Chan
dler to go to the extreme of sug-
costing that we ought to pull down
our air force in England and 60
out now to break up Japan.
Yet Senator Chandler, himself,
says Germany can be broken from
the air this winter. We know how
hard an enemy Japan is to be. Is
it not all the more advisable there
fore to spend the next few months
polishing off one major enemy so
that we can all be free to turn
everything we have against this
tough enemy in the Pacific? Ger
tainly we can't expect Russia to
begin helping us against Japan un-
til Germany is defeated.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
By RAYMOND CLAPPER
WASHINGTON. - The Japanes

WASHINGTON. - The japanese
are entrenching themselves in con-
quered territory deeper than force
of arms alone could entrench them.
That has been going on in Burma
for year and a half.
Now the Japanese have set up
tfeir puppet president in the Phil
ippines, which has caused us to
move to assure the people of the
Philippines that they would have
independence from the U n d
States as soon as the Japanese are
ousted.
With this independence would go
measures for military security of
the islands, which the Philippine
people themselves know must ex-
list if they are to be protected
from future conquest like h
which was visited upon them in
December 194l.
But another activity of the Japa-
nese is to be watched carefully,
and that is their new soft policy
in China.
/ Recently T. v. Soong, Chinese
foreign minister, stated that Japan
has made repeated efforts to OBJ
tain peace with Chungking.
Now Senator Chandler tells the
Senate on his return from the Sen
atorial mission to the war fronts
that the Japanese are believed to
be moving a considerable amount
of heavy industry from their island
home to the Chinese mainland, as
if to entrench on the China coast
and in Manchukuo behind the bar
riers of Japanese islands. T h a
would correspond to the Russian
shifting of war industry back be-
hind the Urals.
More ominous is the evidence OF
a shift of policy toward the Wang
Ching-wei puppet government in
Marking. This changing policy is
outlined by Prof. William C. John.
stone, specialist in modern history
of the Orient, in an analysis pre-
pared for the Far Eastern Survey
of the Institute of Pacific Rela-
tons.
He finds that after a period Of
violence and looting, Japan is ex.
perimenting with a soft policy
British and French concessions in
Tientsin, Canton, and several 9th.
er cities have been turned over tc
the Chinese. So has the interna.
tional settlement at Shanghai. We
had already given up extraterri
torial rights in China but the &C.
ton of the Japanese in handing
over administration to the Chinese
had immense propaganda effect
both inside and outside Japanese.
controlled China. The japanese
used the line that the Marking
puppet government was achieving
Chinese detectives that Chang, for
ali of his friendship with the west
ern democracies, could not obtain.
Chinese police replaced japanese
soldiers and British Sikhs. That
has impressed Chinese masses who
hear nothing of the higher inter.
national moves.
Japanese propaganda tells of the
return of many industries to the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13

that Mussolini denounced as
traitors seeking to destroy Italy all
who exposed the racketeering of
the black shirt. And, just as the
unions of both great houses today
are levying on their subjects to
promote the fourth term, empower
ed and upheld by the new deal. so
the fascist party in Italy dipped
into tire union measures to build
up it's power and reduce the work
ers to the condition of fearful, face
less men.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
Working Women's Hotel

With all respect for the splendid work of
the UsO home for women at Third and Grace
and the excellent accommodations available
ST the Catholic USO center at Fifth and Or
ange, it is still appropriate to call attention
to Wlmington's lack of and need for work
ins girls hotel where some OF the hundreds
Of girls and young women who have come
here for work ia business and commercial
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
IN GRAND MOOD

Back IN my office the other day
after spending the summer on
Kitty Hawk beach, l saw sun rise
again on the Pasquotank. For
sheer loneliness, no sun rise on
the ocean can match it. For the
river mirrors the beauty of cloud
and sky when the steeds of rosy
fingered dawn are beating the
horizon into flakes of flame and
fire as no sea can. Come up to
see me sometime around six
o'clock in the morning and see
if am not right "Peelings' ip
The Elizabeth City Advance
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13

seems that the army flleTS r ans
hardly begun to operate IRON ,. On
rocky island before the ia' .a,.
were observed to be taking . ""
centrated interest in mane0's ~.
Ravens are wise old birds a. ', ~
eryone knows. and SO. acc2 ssia..
to the tale, it wasn't long os.' 4,
one aviator noted a fornla'l' hin,
ravens flying alongside ms ia s4 +5s
He did a slow roll and 50 ol0 roll
ravens. He executed a shap 3sor7.
and the ravens fairly jerkeo ,,'' 10
selves round. AS he came - .s-.
land. the ravens peeled oil ln.,p' ~
feet alignment and pef.l,,toojt
splendid hot landings " 3. tea.
either croaking or ruffIins r as
Their. AS We say, all this Is inch
interesting, no matter no" .r r.
of it one believes, and II Se Of
ly shows that the construC'iio on,ed
the tall tale is not yet a hes. i Az.
art. - Memphis Commerce.
peal
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13

slight gains by the two opposing forces now
as signs of certain and quick Allied victory.
The Battle of Italy is far from the end.
At the same time the Allies are being aided
materially by the splendid infighting OF the
Yugoslavs, which daily attains new heights
and is causing an effective diversion. Were
it not for the Yugoslavs, the German troops
they engage in the north would be free to
ioin their fellows on the shin and calf of
Italy. far to the south.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
AS Others Say 1t
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

England in her darkest days
kept faith, and sang: "There'u al
ways be an England, and England
shall be free" That faith has
made her free. The torch now
passes to France and her impri-
soned neighbors, to Poland and
China and all the other brave
nations, who viii soon be free
because they are worthy of free
dom and have gone through he'll
for it.-Raleigh Times.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu-
ton of the war to complete VIC
tory.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Ideals are like stars; you will not sue
coed in touching them with your hands,
but like the seafaring man on the desert
Of waters, you choose them as your guides;
following them, you reach your destiny.
CARL SHURZ.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
GERMAN DESPERATION

Our General Royce detects Az
increasing desperation in nazi
moves. Let Der Fuehrer play the
long shots, the general says, and
we'll all go home early. Rich
mond <Vao Tirles-Dispatch.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
CoMpASS NEEDED

Girls who still think ha' ,,'eI
way to a mans heart Is -. 1--WE d
his stomach had oetle' Coast
compass along. - U. D
Guard magazine
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
Fair. Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accepts
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr. PcEier
md often disagree with them - much many Of
Lis readers His articles serve the good purpose Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
WISE OLD BIRDS

Interesting, indeed. is the yarn
brought from one of the Aleutian
1Slands BY some of our fliers Il
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-13
AII-OUT TAXATION

The Treasury idea Of ta% siesII,
seems to be a complete I' al
up while you are at lt-Ili% ear.
and talloW.-KanSas lily
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-05
Rent Control for
Fl Centre Is Near
Continued from page l

Continued from page Il
formal complaints at the war price
and rationing board at onGe.
Hiking of prices on real estate
has also come in for bitter attacks
by scores of Ell Centrans, some OF
whom described such practices as
nothing more than a racket
Prices on numerous pieces of
property were skyrocketed because
of the housing shortage and because
many people we're forced to pur-
chase homes in order to have COM
Portable dwelling places. Some per-
sons have gone so far as to ask
property owners to move into hotels
so that their homes might be put
up for sale at excessive prices, it
was learned on good authority. 1t
was pointed out that persons pur-
chasing property at above-market
prices would have little opportunity
to dispose of such property at prices
anywhere near cost following the
war, or once the construction of
new homes becomes permissible
again.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-05
Rambling Reporter

Continued from page i
learn that he'll have to play second
fiddle to the baby.