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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Quite Well, Thank You

Contrary to general expectations, mortality
among civilians since the United States enter
ed the war has been comparatively low, ac-
cording to Metropolitan Life Insurance statis-
ticians, who find that after nineteen months
of hostilities the health of the insured group
has been good. tuberculosis mortality has
continued to decrease, they say, which is no
less gratifying than surprising, and no epi-
demic such as the influenza pneumonia cpl
demic of first World war days has beset either
civilians or the armed forces
Total deaths, however, have mounted slight
ly. While the country's health, as indicated by
that OF the insured men and women, is in good
shape, there nevertheless has been slight in
crease each month since October 1912 in the
general mortality rate although the rate for
the full year of 1912 was the lowest on record.
For the first six months of 1943 the death rate
was only S.2 per 1000, or per cent higher
than for the corresponding period of 1912, and
appreciably lower than that recorded for any
year before 1898. Restrictions and difficult
ties incidental to a global war; the statisti-
clans comment, have not as yet seriously af-
fected the health of the American people,"
Deaths from enemy action, the statisticians
explain, have of course been responsible to
some extent for the recent rise in the policy
holders mortality rate. For, although the
fatalities are low in this war as compared with
the first World War, they are increasing in
number as more and more of our men be-
come engaged on various battlefronts of the
world" they point out. THE rate for deaths
from enemy action is 11.2 per 100000 policy
holders of both sexes for the first half of l943
as compared with As in the like period year
ago. The largest part of this increase has
occurred among military personnel while the
war deaths of civilian policyholders, largely in
the Merchant Marine, have remained fairly
stable from month to month";
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09

ter-equipped total plant out of the industry as
whole"
"Of many an industry" Hodges writes, sit
may be said that undreamedof production has
been achieved under pressure of wartime de-
mand. But the distinction of phenominal per-
formance under its own steam, without the ex-
panson of physical facilities through financial
assistance of government agencies or other
wise, remains for the cotton-textile industry
He states that, with the Army alone using
cotton in 110o0 different items, with civilian
demand for apparel and household linens at
record levels, with industry using more indus
trial cloths because of peak operations of in
dustry in general and with cotton going to
rehabilitation of areas like North Africa as
they are freed from Axis domination, the in
dustry has met and faced an unprecedented
demand
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
The Textile Outlook

Because many new cloth types have been
developed to meet war needs and present high
production of goods may provide funds needed
to complete plant modernization, Luther H.
Hodges, chief of the manufa cturing division
of Marshal Field & Co., foresees great post
war opportunity for the textile industry and
for the South.
Predicting that there is every prospect that
1943 production will surpass last years record
Of l2,4l8, 900 square yards, Mr.. Hodges,
writing in the August issue of Manufacturers
Record, asserts that this vast productive
achievement of cotton mills has been made pos
sible because of many years of quiet prepara-
tion'
He notes that in the last 20 years some A.,
00O, 900 spindles have been scrapped, with about
4, ZOO, 900 modern spindles installed. What
this means is that the facilities which were in
the final stages of obsolescence have been put
out of action and we have been making bet
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Complications Replace
Simplicity

The pay-as-y -you-earn tax plan is not working
any too we'll In fact it is working SO poorly
that the Tax Foundation predicts a revolt
against it.
1t is not the plan that's at fault or the method
of collection but the complications that have
been saddled upon simple idea. Simplicity
is not our national policy Simple formulas
are taboo We need plenty to worry about.
So, beginning on September Is the hodge
podge which has been thrown together will be-
gin to become apparent
First most workers must file estimates as to
how much they will earn in 1943. In December
many must file revisions of their estimates
Then comes March Is, the always dreaded
Ides of March, next year worse than ever.
Without calling in an diversified law factory to
piece together all the bad news, some idea can
be given.
Each of us will prepare a tax return. In it
he will figure the Victory Tax he owes, on one
basis, and deduct that portion which is being
collected weekly. On another basis he will
figure his normal income tax On third he
will compute his surtax.
From these he will deduct the tax collected
weekly on the pay-as-you-earn basis-not the
entire deduction, but that portion which is not
credited against Victory Tax.
You remember the Treasury refused to per-
NIT writing the entire year 1912 off the books
It wanted to do something for lower income
people without helping those in higher brackets
Well the business and professional man, and
the higher-salared executive. can hire a law
yer and an accountant, al least partially at
Uncle Sans expense, to figure ont on fourth
tax base how much he owes on 1912 income.
But you, who can't afford lawyers and sc-
countants can park some ice on your fevered
brows and try to figure it out yourselves-and
while YOU squirm, remember Randolph Paurs
aversion to forgiveness"
You won't 60 to Jail for your errors, because
thew won't be deliberate. If the errors favor
Uncle Sam. he will return the difference in a
wear or two. If they favor you, he will collect,
also in a wear or two, with interest.
And, in the beginning, it was all so simple
and workable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
The Literary Guidepost

surgical instruments, and a desire
to work. He also says he took luck
with him back to Burma, although
most people would call it horse
sense.
In any case he wound up at a
dirty place called Namkhan in the
Northern Shan States, and there
created fine hospital and saved
literally thousands of lives by
main strength and CUTS. He had no
equipment, so ne improvised until
he could buy. He had no nurses,
and he trained them. When bu-
bonlc plague struck, he stole vac
cine from the government, practi-
cally speaking. He found soldiers
dying beside the lengthening Bur-
ma Road, and blind men dragging
stone boats and such. These he
treated.
Branch hospitals were estab-
hshed, he directed also a private
hospital connected with a plane
factory, and when General Still
wells retreat began, Seagrave (by
then commissioned in the United
States Army went along with his
nurses, who were the real hero
mes OF that famous retreat.
Ihls is not fair outline. be-
cause 1t necessarily leaves out all
the color Burma Surgeon is
the most colorful, most readable
non-1ictfon have seen for months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Police Rights

The Keystone Automobile Club denies the
right of police to seize motorists ration books.
There are many who will agree. Unless the
legislature has enacted federal rationing regu-
ations into state law, it is very doubtful wheth-
er the police have any rights in the matter.
Unfortunately the question is a bit academic.
You might be able to defy the cop and drive
on. Meanwhile he needs only to take your Ii
cense number and report it to the OPA, which
thereupon calls in your gasoline ration book
or penalties you otherwise. Any victory would
be pyrrhic. It's easier to obey the regulations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Illogical Logic

The War Shipping Administration has allo-
Gated 200 Liberty ships to United Nations which
have pools of seamen for whom no craft are
available. To this Joseph Curran, president
of the National Maritime Union, takes excep-
ton.
To withdraw 200 ships from American OPERA
ton, he contends, would interfere with the
American program for training seamen to op-
crate our vessels. But, he says if there is
a shortage of licensed personnel, then Allied Of
ficers should be licensed temporarily to sail in
our merchant marine.
Wouldn't this, too, interfere with our train
ng program? All, but. you see common sea-
men belong to Mr.. Curran's NMU-officers do
not
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Raymond Clapper Says:
Allies Moue Rapidly
In Area Near Palermo

but by using Ranger tactics blast
ed it through.
With them was Lieut.. Col. Will
lam King, of Kansas City, Mo-, a
chaplain, moving in the thick of
the fight and giving first aid. Sol
diers said that if he could take it
without any weapons to defend
himself then they could take it.
We drove around the town, then
out side road, turning into the
main highway again a mile east of
town. AS we came up on the high
way we saw some puffs of smoke
a mile away that looked like she'll
fire. Army ambulance were park
ed on the roadside. Several sol
diers ducked into a ditch just as
we came up. We stopped the car,
hoped out, looked and ducked.
We discovered that we had run
into our own advance battery,
which was fighting it out with one
or two German guns ahead. Our
engineers were trying to repair a
road block halt a mile ahead, and
the Germans were shelling the
engineers to drive them off.
We could hear the whistle of
the shells, and you couldn't help
ducking, although none of them
fell nearer to us than half mile
Old-timers at it, like Ernie Pyle,
said you could tell by the sound of
shell whether it was falling
short or going over you.
One shrapnel casualty w S
brought up to an ambulance,
where first aid was given. There
we're several more wounded down
at the road block, and car went
in after them. Our battery was
hammering rather hard, and there
was a sharp racket, for half an
hour or so. Finally some one said,
well, this seems to be the end
of the line So we turned around.
We spotted couple of locations
for an advance press headquar-
ters, then went back to headquar-
ters of the division, where Ernie
dropped off.
l don't know how Ernie felt
about it, and he would never say,
but it seemed sad to leave him
there-a frail little fellow in Army
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
BY JOHN SELBY
BURMA SURGEON" by Gordon
S. Seagrave, M. D. Morton; S3)

S. Seagrave, M. D. Morton; $3)
The same house that published
Victor Heiser's very popular books
about his medical activities now
has a still better product, to wit:
Gordon S. Seagrave's Burma Sur
geon.' This is not only a book
full of adventure of peculiarly
affecting sort, but full of humor,
of usefulness, of good will.
DR.. Seagrave has also had the
good sense to eschew that strong
est of all writer's temptations,
which is to spread on the exotic
atmosphere thickly. Bless his
heart, he writes about Burma as
if it were Argentine, Kansas, and
this is exactly the proper way
For example, quite often while
driving at night he messed up
tigers or leopards or such. He
mentions them as casually as if
they were corner policemen, con-
Tossing the while that although the
smallest snake throws him into a
panic, he never was able to see
leopards and tigers as anything
but beautiful creatures.
Dr. Seagrave was born into
long line Of Baptist missionaries,
IN Rangoon. He prepared as a
medical missionary at Johns Hop
klns, leaving that institution with
vile, basketball of broken
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
You're
Telling Me

The treasury department in
Washington has announced that
there is a shortage of $4,000 bills.
Gosh, that must be right-we just
remember not having seen one in
ages and ages.
Zadok Dumkopf is staging a lit
tie homecoming party at his house
tomorrow. His shirts are coming
back from the laundry.
!
The Allies mo Sanctuary" dec
laration didn't upset Fatso Goe~-
ing. There just weren't any neu-
trails with space enough in which
he could hide, anyway.
The weasel, when frightened
sneaks away to cover in his hide
away. But, unlike the Nazis, he
doesn't dignity it with the name
"fotress."
It's agreed that time is on thu
side of the Allies but that's no ex
cuse for any of us to have a 10
of time on our hands.
/!
That new liquid which scares of
sharks couldn't, by any chance, b.
just plain castor oil?
Two Argentine editors hav,
agreed to settle their argumen
in duel with sabers. Imagin,
Journalists being so dumb the,
don't know that the pen is might
ier than the sword!
What keeps some men from get
ting ahead in the business worlt
is thai they can't tell the differ
ence between an office desk ant
a foot stoool.
Japan is also known as "Da
Nippon'-but, then, it is only nat
ural that nation run by a cliqu,
of war-like gangsters would hav'
an alias.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

LONDON, (by wireless)-Anoth-
er little episode left over from
Sicily
Although there had been hard
going in some areas of the Sici-
liam campaign, around Palermo
we went just about as fast as mo-
tor vehicles could carry our ad-
vanced forces. There was no front
in the generally understood sense
Of term. That is, no line where
armies were massed on both sides
slugging 1t out.
Italians were surrendering in
large numbers, while the Germans
handled artillery units in a kind
of weak rear-guard action.
An officer of Seventh Army
headquarters, Lieut.. John Sensa-
ny, formerly of the St. Louis Star
Times, was sent out to go as far
as possible and find a good loca-
ton for an advance Army press
headquarters. Several of us went
along-Ernie Pyle, who was going
to stay there and write about the
army combat engineers; Jack
Thompson of the Chicago Tribune,
whose long beard entranced the
Italian women wherever our staff
car stopped, and Chris Cunning
ham of the United Press, who
went into Gibraltar with the ex-
peditionary headquarters when the
North African leadings took place
last November.
We headed east over the coast
road from Palermo. The road had
been blown up in two places by
the retreating enemy, and we had
to detour. American engineers al
ready had taken out many road
mines and stacked them along the
the sides of the road. They were
blasting road blocks out at some
places ds we passed.
When we reached the headquar-
tiers of the division that was lead
ing the advance, it's vanguard was
moving so fast that headquarters
was not certain where the front
line was. We moved on.
Driving over a beautiful scenic
highway which tourists used be-
fore the war, we reached an anc-
lent small town which had just
been occupied a few hours before.
We stopped in the village square
in the shadow of a cathedral sew
eral centuries old.
Lieut.. Col. Chester James, OF
Craig, Colo, had led the advance
guard on the division in at dawn.
They had hard fight in one trap,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Daily Prayer
FOR SENSITIVE SPIRITS

Do Thou, 0 Lord, whose power
reaches into every human hear'
soften and sensitize our spirits az
we walk through these Gays
difficulty. Teach US to see Sn. ,
serve our brothers needs. May W.
be comforters of the griet,snlco,,en
and comrades of the lonely 1lY'
us understanding hearts, rhat VIZ
may be ministerins servants O.
our time and of Thee, FORBID th9V,
in this great hour, we should "
enwrapped in littleness. May a. a.
of our touch upon life be IKE o"y5 ,
the touch of Jesus, as he now ,I.
amidst the common people ol NE
day. Increase in us deVo'loh W
Him and to all the needs He tausnl'
Thus may victory find us IN d
mood worthy Of the peace. Amen
-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
B A r BS

Women still talk about then
bathing suits though some nave
little to speak of.
The fate of ousted Benito IS II
doubt We wonder if h'~s
Emmanuel is open to sugse''
tions.
Girl Sues for $4,000 Brsaca
of Promise - headline Lo,'
makes a woman make man il'0''
fool of himself.
Mussolini's being washed up !
prelude to his BLACK oL-l''
being taken to the laundry
A young girls ideal is oi,e, ..a.,
shattered - but more olle'l -
merely broke.
Women are happier this sun.
mer the more clothes they "'''
to take Off.
Hitler should know where Mog ss,
solini is-likely having 'olo .,ss.
where to 60 during their las' "''
ing.
Stain is reported at the ..a'as i.os
of the Russian lines Lo Gel.
he's close to the rear OIL l''
man lines.
People who are their own 4 tSo;s
enemies aren't as bad OIL 'sr5s a.
who are their own best HI
1t really isn't hard for s-iI IN
detect an engagement rlls
fellows voice
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Interpreting
The War
BY HAMILTON W. FARor

Capture of Salamaua, which
seems only matter of 49,.
away, will mean far moro
the conquest of another big Ian
anese base-it may be the ss,
locking giant new offense mo~.
in the South Pacific.
With that New Guinea bas.
American hands neighboring rsa
will become highly vulnerabIa ,~s
line of attack positions WIN
reach across large section -,
the embattled South Pacific. Fsch
of the positions points toward ~
big japanese sea, air and suppIv
base at Rabaul on New Britain
Weeks ago first steps were t.r
en- in establishing those offar,;,..
positions with the occupation ot
little Trobriand and WoodIark !.
lands between the Solomons and
New Guinea, ,Airfields undopbtod,,,
have been built since. for +bo.a
islands, although small. are com
paratively level.
Now, Munda is in Americar
hands and only the SaIamar,
area remains to be taken to com.
plete a flanking of New Britain
island on the south along line be
ginning at Munda on New Georpis
island to the east, dipping sHgbHv
south to Woodlack and Trobr5and
then curving north again to SaIa'
maua on the west
From that half circle # is evi.
dent that American bombers
would be able to shuttle back and
forth over Rabaul on the northern
tip of New Britain and blast that
base into impotence. Of major inn.
portance also is the fact that toe
bombers won't be forced TO DE-.
pend upon their own fire DOVE.
to drive off attacking enemy
planes, for none of the four ba,oS
is beyond range of American
fighting planes.
1--WE shall push forward until
the battle of the South Pacific
/ becomes the battle of Japan SAYS
| Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr.,
and New Britain could be a long
step in that direction.
To the north in the foggy Aleu-.
tians, another big offensive i'm
pends. For weeks the once strong
enemy base at Kiska apparently
has been getting ripe for occupa
tion-battered and blasted by
bombs and big guns of naval YES.
sells. The complete week of no re-
ports on that area could indicate
that the weather has closed in
again, making aerial lombard
ment difficult. 1t could mean, as
| well, that the enemy base has
been given all the attention neces
sary from warships and aircraft
and that American forces are
merely marking time until the
! moment is right for troops to land
on the rocky beaches.
When those landings on Kiska
expected for weeks-will come
of course, cannot be determined,
but that they will come in ample
time to gain control of the island
and recondition the bomb-blasteu
Japanese-built airfield there be-
fore winter closes in, appears a
fair probability.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09

fatigue coveralls, carrying a bed
roll. 1t seemed as if he was being
left all alone with the whole war.
But that's the way Ernie likes it,
and that's why he is the most pop
uiar correspondent with the Allied
forces,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accepts
responsibility for the personal views of Mr.. Pegler
and often disagree with them much many of
his readers. His articles the good purpose of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu.
tion of the war to complete Vic
tory.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Someday-somewhere- shall see what
my life has come to mean to those who
have watched me live.
DANIEL D. BROX.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09
Wilmington And Its Visitors

Letters recently appearing on this page con
cerning Wilmingtons friends and foes among
transient residents, and particularly among
Army wives, have aroused interest SECOND
only to the war. The subject of hospitality ha'
been pretty well threshed out, as has Whining
toms inability to provide for all the wants ane
dwell here during the present emergency.
With the following extracts from an Army
wife's letter. the Star and the News are writing
finis to the arguments. What this particular
Army wife has to say is so sensible it would
be unfair to refuse space for her views. In
part she writes:
You see I am an Army wife myself But
what can't understand is why so many
of the Army wives grippe SO much. Every
one knows that gripping not only makes
oneself miserable but everyone within hear
ing distance. I don't know why they came
down here but came because love my
husband and 1 want to be with him every
minute I can before he has to go over.
The people in Wilmington didn't ask me
to come and help crowd their town so
that it isn't even comfortable for them to
live in. If they would give me nothing but
a garage and charge me three times as
much as they do for food wouldn't gripe
I came with my eyes wide open and if
most of the others would do the same thing
I'm sure you would have less troublesome
people here.
Why some people come in and ruin the
homes and furniture of the people who
are so nice as to open their homes so we
can have place to sleep is more than I
can understand Not only do they give a
bad name to the Army but they make it so
much harder on the people who follow
them.
Wilmington was not prepared to accommo-
date the throngs of new residents who poured
in with the establishment of Camp Davis, nor
could it do so afterwards. General Frederic
H. Smith, long commandant at Camp Davis,
knowing the situation, urged Army men not to
bring their wives and families here, but to
leave them at home where they could be COM
Portable. 1t was good advice. Wilmington is
not to be blamed because few soldiers have
needed it.
Wilmington will continue to do the best it can
for VISITORS but the visitors themselves in fair
ness ought to oe willing to put up with the
best we have to offer
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09

Japan is also known as "Dai
Nippon''-but, then, it is only nat
ural that a nation run by clique
of war-like gangsters would have
an alias.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-09

What keeps some men from get
ting ahead in the business worlt
is thai they can't tell the differ
ence between an office desk ant
a foot stoool.
The sub., 1943-09-09

John J. O'Brien
 Francis Hayward Dept. 306-Pattern Shop Dept. 3O7-Screw Machines
 K. B. Howe
 N. J. Rioibis Dept. 3o9-Bench Assembly
 Frank Hobby
 A. c. Ward
 M. J. O'Brien
 Bin Burdick
 Mathew Clancy
 Walter Mosher
 Russell Cochrane Dept. 309-Tooi Room
 N. O. TherOux
 James F. McCOmbs Dept. a1o-Shipyard Office Dept. 320-Finished Stores John Kapteina Dept. 321-Mold Loft Dept. 322-Plate Shop Clarence Crowen John Peterson Domonic Pachioda Dept. a23 -s24-Shlpfitters, Erectors q Crane Operators John DeFanti Clarence Tracy Limo DiMaggio Frank MroWka Peter Piscatello
 .. Chapman s. Bartalucci
 Miss Mary PTue ". Berntssn r. Lemay J. Kaplan E. Perreault A. Paradis H. Laput Dept. 325-ChIppers and DrIilers Austin Sturgis Thomas Messina Albert Adams w. Metcalf A. Pitchark Dept. 330-TriaI Crew Joseph LaCourse Dept. 331-OutSlde Electricians Cecil Durer l.. M. Miller Thomas" Mahoney c. Daniels Miss Mary Whitehurst
The sub., 1943-09-09
Reprieve

Joe Garvey and a dozen neigh bors labored strenuously prepar- ing victory gardens in large va cant lot near their homes. One day a stranger stepped from his automobile, nodded to Garvey and said: II bought this whole piece of ground the other day." Garvey wilted. And" continued the vis- itor, Il wish you'd save place for me. I'd like to put in a few pota- toes myself"