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Evening star., 1943-09-14
Albania q Tough Problem

When Austria tore away the last
of the Turkish Balkan holdings In
1872 the liberated Albanians ignored
Austria and declared their inde-
pendence by asking the Kaiser for
a ruler. After looking over his shelf
of shop-worn royalty the Kaiser
obligingly provided prince of Wied.
The prince attained the title Of
Mbret and years of worry. His Chris
tian and Moslem subjects hated
each other, both hated the Yugo-
slavs and the Italians eyed his realm
with hungry eyes. When the Ger
mans left the country after the oc-
cupation during the First World
War, the unfortunate Mbret dissp-
peared.
Some one in Albania apparently
had heard that the World War was
fought to preserve democracy, and
so Albania set up republic" and
elected Achmed Zogu president.
zogu. with the aid of liberal dis
positions of money and patronage,
convinced the lusty democrats that
he was an indispensable man and
so they elected him king in 1928.
Besat by the Yugoslavs on one side
and the Italians on the other, he
decided to follow Pickwicks advice
and join the bigger crowd. So Italy
began to modernize the country.
While Zogu had preferred italy for
industry, he turned to Hungary for
beauty and married the famous and
attractive Countess Geraldine Ap-
ponyi.
When Hitler's acquisition of a
series of countries whetted the lust
of Mussolini, there was only one
small world for him-Albania. So,
as he moved in, Zogu, Geraldine.
their son, some chambermaids and
the gold contents of the treasury
moved out. When last seen they
were in England, not q government
in exile, just in exile.
Mussolini provided for us in AL
bania good port facilities and excel
lent roads to the Greek frontier. The
roads were tested for speed by the
Duce's troops when the Greeks re-
PEELED them in 1910.
When we acquire Albania, it is
going to take the brightest graduate
of Charlottesville to handle the job
of government. For the Chegs and
the Tosks have way with governors.
lReleased by Associated NeMspapersl
Evening star., 1943-09-14
BY RALPH McGILL.

ATLANTA (NANA) If you
want to hear a lot of blistering
comment about what we haven't
done in airplane development,
you merely have to visit any one
of our air bases in England.
Planes that do very well, in
deed, in other theaters of war
had to be got out of England
In hurry. Two planes, both
fighters, which are doing very
we'll for the Russians and for our
flyers in, the Pacific area were
shipped out of England.
They sent out 20 of one type
on a sweep over France and not
one of them got back. They sent
out 10 the next day and none OF
them got back. They sent some
more, protected by tested fight
ers, and they saw what was
wrong.
The Germans have their very
best pilots and their very best
planes in France and Holland
and Germany. They pulled some
of them out of Africa at the
height of the Tunisian campaign
to protect their home grounds.
Made Test Area.
That is the ''big league" of fly
ing and the way they test plane
is to send it over there. If 1t
comes back, it is good air
plane.
To date, there are only two
American fighter planes that
have passed that test in the Eu-
ropean theater. = They are the
Psi Mustang and the PAT
Thunderbolt. The Mustang is
the product of North American
and the Thunderbolt is by Re
public. The Thunderbolt has an :
air-cooled. engine. The boys say
it will not climb quite so fast as
the German fighter of the same
type, the Focke-Wulf, but at
10000 and 10000 feet it is better
airplane. They love it.
The Mustang is new plane
and they love it, too. 1t is the
Mustang, plus the new engine
development, which is expected
to give this country and its
Allies sky supremacy.
The first Mustang I saw was at
an airfield about 25 miles out
from London. This was in mid
July. 1t had been assigned to
English airmen in some num-
bers.
1t has plane -shattering lot
Evening star., 1943-09-14
Actor Brian DonIevy
Suspended by Studio
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD, Sept 14.--Actor
Brian Donlevy has been suspended
by his studio for refusing to accept a
role in a film musical based on the
life of the late night club enter
tainer, Texas Guinan.
"It merely was because I felt the
role was not suited for me-" he ex-
planned after the studio reported it's
action.
Mr.. Donlevy was to have co-starred
with BETTY Hutton.
Evening star., 1943-09-14

and yelled ghur-
ray
I ran upstairs.
two steps at =
time, to call the
good news to the
household.
We all slapped
each other on
the back and In
duleed In such
expressions of
delight rs hot
diggety dog"
and "Qolly BE-
burned we got
Evening star., 1943-09-14

cued by another. platoon of the
troop. For over two hours the cac-
tus-c covered slope constantly was
raked by fire from the tanks.
The arrival of the other platoon
apparently caused the enemy to
overestimate the strength opposed
to them. They fled, abandoning the
tanks.
1t. Waybur and his men are now
recovering from their wounds at
a base hospital her1.
Evening star., 1943-09-14

teered to lead three-vehicle patrol
into enemy territory over roads
known to be heavily mined tand
strongly defended with antitank
road blocks, to find an isolated
Ranger unit with which contact had
been lost. He took the lead vehicle
andsmoved forward in the dark until
he came to a blown bridge. This
was at am.
i While reconoitering for a ford
over the stream the patrol was cut
off by four italian light tanks which
had entered the road from canyon
to the north. Escape was cut off.
The road banks were very steep.
The country all around was impas-
SADLY rough. There was no cover
of any sort available.
1t. Waybur dispersed his three
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Southern Italy,
and across it Is
the nearest route
to Salonika, a
S pot W h / C h
Churchill, W | t h
memories of his
un r e a ! / Ze d
dream of 1915,
may have been
W a t C h i n 6 for
many months.
B u t Albania
also offers some
thing to those of
Lie ,Irho orn hut
Evening star., 1943-09-14
This Changing World

most recently established front
in Southeast Asia under Lord
Mountbatten.
Hitherto every time the ques-
ton Of a supreme Allied COM
mander arose, it has been pointed
out that the distances between
these global fronts we're so great
and. the problem SO particular
to each OF the theaters that 1t
would be neither practical nor
useful to have one man placed
in charge Of all the military OPP
erations.
This, it is contended. was cor
rect SO long as we were fighting
q defensive war. Now that we
are assuming the offensive on
every front there is a great need
for the selection Of one man to
assume full responsibility for the
lighting and correlate the actions
OF the various. armies. He could
have his ofiicial headquarters in
Washington or London or where
ever he might choose.
Thanks to the shortening OF
distances by air travel, the COM
mander in chief could be present
wherever the main fighting oc-
ours. He could reach Australia
in three days, London in a few
hours, New Delhi in India in less
than four days.
Since the bulk of the fight
ing forces in the future will be
American, it appears logical that
the supreme command should be
1ntrusted to an American general
who has proved his mettle.
Marshall Logical Choice.
The names Of Gen. Marshall and
Gen. Macarthur are outstanding
on the list Of American generals.
Gen. Macarthur had to yield in
the Philippines to an overwhelm-
ing Japanese force and lacked sup-
plies and water and equipment.
But he saved Australia and has
proved his skill as an outstand-
ing leader of men in the New Gull
nea campaign. More will be
heard from his Southwest Pa
cific command in the near fu-
ture.
The name of the veteran for
mer chief OF staff, however, is
not likely to be considered. This
being the case, the only plausible
candidate is Gen. Marshall, who
has proved to be an excellent
organizer. a skillful strategist
and tactician and a first-class
diplomat.
From available information 1t
appears that Gen. Macarthur
would have no objection to being
placed under the orders Of his for
mer junior, Gen. Marshall. Neither
would the commander OF the
Mediterranean forces. lord
Mountbatten would have no OBJ
lection to taking orders from a
man Of Gen. Marshall's expert
ence and ability.
American military men agree
that the time has come for q
UNIFIED command and there
seems to- be no valid reason why
an Allied commander In chief
should not be named. !.
Evening star., 1943-09-14

the title of
& e n e raj Of
t h e armies,
which corre-
spends with
the rank of
field marshal
In fore gn
armies, when
he announces
t h a t Gen.
Marshall will
v a c q te his
p o i t ion as
chief of stan
to q s S u m e
Evening star., 1943-09-14

- ( 4. -1 =
There was an, air OF merriment
around the house. We were all
happy and pleased that the charter
member Of the Axis had quit and
the conquest Of Italy could be ac-
complished without the sacrifice of
the lives of thousands Of our troops.
We praised Eisenhower. We
praised Montgomery. We praised
Alexander. We praised the sth
Army. We came close to praising
everybody on our side..
Then came the letdown.
We started listening to the radio.
We started reading the papers.
We learned we weren't supposed
to celebrate.
Over Optimism.
We were told over the air and
through the press that the capitula-
ton OF Italy meant but one thing
that rougher days were ahead.
The President said we must not
be oyer-optimistic. CONGRESSMAN
Skies from Ocala, Fla, said that the
worst is still ahead.
The announcers all said this il
great news, but we must not be too
happy. All the announcers read re.
ports compiled from the newspaper
dispatches.
Let us digress for just a moment.
ana take up the subject Of radio
war analysts. Where do they Get
their information? From the battle
front? From the commanders?
Ne, they read the reports Of the
press associations and give you in
condensed form what the news.
papers give you in full.
II you think am biased, I'll make
you this bet: There isn't radio
commentator In the United States
today who doesn't make use of the
press association reports as q back
ground for what he says. There
isn't one Of them who can talk for
two minutes, talk intelligently, un-
less he had the AP, the UP or the
ms copy in front Of him. Let him
depend on what he could gather.
or what his broadcasting system
could gather for him, and he would
wind up talking about the poultry
prices In Iowa. He'd get that out
OF the newspaper reports, too.
But enough Of the mike experts.
Let's get back to the original sub
ject.
When are, the leaders of the Az
ned forces going to tell US that We
can celebrate? AL the time we ap-
parently were losing this war the
national cheer leaders told us to
Keep our chins up, that the defeats
were Of the moment and soon Wa
would have victories to shout about
So, just as soon as we get some vic
tories, we are told to get our china
down, look gloomy, and spread the
gospel that the worst is vet to
come.
You know the reason for all this
I'm sure.
We, the people, are not trusted
by those who are running us.
The men on top haven't enough
faith in us.
They believe that the men and
women OF the United States cannot
take victory without letting down.
or defeat without letting down.
They believe we must be wrapped
In swaddling clothes Of propaganda
and treated like babies who cannot
think for themselves.
l don't think there is one of ia
who thought that the Italian capit.
ulation meant the. end of the war.
But we were. treated as If we were
going to quit buying bonds, throw
down our welding torches, and gem
orally go back to "normalcy."
Is Washington fighting the war
or is the rest Of the country fighting
the war?
distributed by McNausht Syndicate. Inc,
Evening star., 1943-09-14
Film Actor to Rejoin
De GuuIIists in Africa
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 'l4.-Pierre
Aumont. French film actor. is on his
way to rejoin the forces of Gen. De
Gsulle In North Africa.
He left yesterday with his bride.
Screen Actress Maria Montez. who
will accompany him to New York.
Evening star., 1943-09-14

PleomOnC, CALL,
fought and won
a =du el wi t h
an a d v a n cling
italian tank. His
feat was one of
the outstanding
individual ac-
C o m plishments
of the Sicilian
campaign, ac-
cording to Sd
Division officers.
1t h ap p ened
during the ad-
vance on Agri-
gento. 1t. Way
k,,r LoI un1,,v,
Evening star., 1943-09-14

HE opinions OF the rers this their oton net
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort to giUe all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1943-09-14

to open up diff
ferences, Con-
gress seems cer-
tain to debate
C on S | d e r ably
from time to
time the sugges-
ton advanced in
many quarters
recently that the
u n t e d States
enter / n t o a
postwar military
alliance W i t h
Great Britain.
The nropocaI
Evening star., 1943-09-14

Ralph McGiH editor OF the At
lanta Constitution. returned re-
Gently after a short Utsit to the
European thedter of operations.
Evening star., 1943-09-14
By RAYMOND MOLEY.

Albania's advantage as a loose
stone in the rickety Balkan arch is
apparent on the map. 1t Is the
closest landing to the east from
Evening star., 1943-09-14
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
Star Staff Correspondent.

WITH 7TH ARMY IN SICILY
(By MaiD. - Standing, seriously
wounded, in the open road in bright
moonlight, 1t. David C. Waybur of
Evening star., 1943-09-14
New 'AIIiunce
|DebuteLikeIy
In nCongress
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Although for one reason or an
other debate on our relation with
other Allies seems to have been
frowned on as likely during the war
Evening star., 1943-09-14
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

There is speculation in WASH
ington as to whether President
Roosevelt intends to ask Con-
gress to give Gen. Marshall the
Evening star., 1943-09-14
McLennore
Resents Warnings
On War Optimism
BY HENRY McLEMORE

Call me unpatriotic II you will,
but when 7 heard the news OF
Italy's unconditional surrender I
clicked my heels, clapped my hands
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Mountain Fighters
Rushed From Russia
10 Italy by Nazis
BY the Associated Press


WITH THE 5th ARMY IN ITALY,
Dec. is Delayed The Germans
have rushed mountain troops from
Russia and put them into the battle
line to help bolster defenders against
heavy pressure by the 5th Army, it
was disclosed today.
They were identified as mountain
trained troops which last were heard
of near Leningrad about Novem-
Der /.
In addition, the enemy also has
moved up battle group composed
of infantry plus artillery to reinforce
the sector held by the 18th Armored
Grenadiers who were pretty we'll
chewed up by American troops in
Sicily.
Expected to Rely on Ground Troops.
After the fall of Sicily, the 18th
came to the Capua region for re-
fitting and replacements and to
guard the beaches north of Naples
against Allied invasion.
Informed but unomcial sources do
not expect the Germans to move
any new motorized divisions to the
Italian front in the near future.
Probably they will rely on infantry
or mountain troops better suited to
the terrain.
While German units on this front
have taken heavy pounding from
Allied troops and their losses are
heavy, there are no indications Of
any serious cracking of morale.
The bitterness of fighting on the
Italian front makes it obvious that
any one who places any extreme
hope on a breakdown of German
soldier morale Immediately is in
dulging in wishful thinking
Goering Division Morale High.
Perhaps the division with the
highest morale attacked by the
Americans is the Hermann Goering
Division, composed of selected air
force personnel Most are young
thoroughly indoctrinated with the
Nazi theories. arrogant and intract-
able Almost without exception.
prisoners from this unit say Hitler
will win.
While the enemy is keeping his
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Custer Of Top Generals
Reported Begun by Hitler

By the Associated Press,
LONDON, Dec. l7.-Adolf Hitler,
acting quickly to put down gen
erals revolt within the German
Army, has started dismissing num-
Der of his high-ranking officers.
including major generals, an infor-
mant with close underground con-
nections in Germany said today.
This informant said officers dis
missed wholesale along the eastern
front and in virtually every occupied
country had been accused of 'insub-
ordination" and negligence"
Today's reports followed those of
last month in Stockholm that Gen.
Baron Alexander Won Falkenhausen
had been dismissed as military COM
mander Of Belgium, and reports
earlier this week that Marshal Erwin
Rommel has replaced Marshal Karl
Rudolf Gerd Won Rundstedt as anti
invasion commander of the western
front
Evening star., 1943-12-17
French Underground Busy
In Jap-He|d Indo-China
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NOUMEA, New Caledonia. Dec. II.
The same Free French under
ground movement which permitted
the Americans to land in North
Africa" has started in Japanese
dominated Indo-C China, the outgoing
governor of New Caledonia dis
closed.
It's no secret to say We have two
very important French missions, one
in India and one In China. further
ing this work. Christian Laigret, 40.
told reporters yesterday They are
very capable men and their work is
successful"
Laigret spoke through his inter-
prefer and aide. Brooklyn born 1t.
Charles Stehlin, 21, believed to be
the only American officer in the reg
ular French Army.
1t. Stehlin was a French fighter
pilot in the 1899 Russo Finnish cam
paign and few with the British in
1910.
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Baltimore Sunpapers
Plan Drastic Reduction
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 1.-THE Bal
timore Sun told its readers today
that, because of the drastic cur
tailment of the supply of newsprint
In the first quarter of 1914" it
would be necessary to make equal
ly drastic changes in the makeup of
the Sunpapers."
The newsprint shortage. brought
on by manpower difficulties and in
creased shipment of Canadian pa
per to Australia and England, will
require that each issue of the Sun
papers be smaller.
The Sun frequently will contain
only IA pages. seldom more than o.
The Evening Sun frequently will
contain only 20 pages, seldom more
than 80. On Saturday it must be
limited to eight pages. Condensa-
ton of the various sections of the
Sunday Sun will be obligatory"
Care will be taken, the Sun de-
clared, ito insure fair allotment
Of space to each type of advertising,
but advertising space will be ma
terially curtailed," and every effort
will be made to maintain the
breadth, adequacy and variety OF
news
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Samuel Untermyer Left
Estate Of S4,o26,28l

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. l7.-Samuel
Unternyer, celebrated attorney,
left net estate of s4,926 .2s1 % when
he died March l6, 1910. an ap-
praisal filed today showed. Bulk
OF the estate was in stocks and
bonds.
Principal benefciaries are a son,
State Supreme Court Justice Ir-
win Untermeyer. and another son,
Alvin; daughter, Mrs. Irene Rich
ter, and three grandchildren. Sam
uel Untermyer, ID, Joan Untermyer
and Frank Untermyer, children of
Justice Untermyer.
Evening star., 1943-12-17

divisions pretty well up to strength,
there are more very young men and
older men in uniform and more
Poles, Yusoslavs, Greeks and Aus
triAns.
Divisions on the 5th Army front
include the 18th Armored Grena-
diers, the 30th Infantry Division,
formerly near Genoa; the 44th In
fantry Division, from the Partisan
area in Slovenia; the 29th Armored
Grenadiers, who were In Sicily. and
the Gath Infantry Division, which
was at Stalinerad and later at
Genoa.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-07-22
CHAPTER TWELVE

IF ANYONE had tnlu Karen
that her meeting in the iivo-auI-
ten with Martin Halliday v.u,.Id cr,j
in her promising to haze dinner
with him in his trailer the follow
ing evening she would have yill-
!nSly agreed that she WAS a rid
die, or the one who was razv, in.
stead Of that odd young man.
Still there seemed no rcnson why
she should not accept when he sue
gesled, after their shopping was
completcd-nnd Very gay time
they had picking out the thing; :,
little boy would "njoy-ihat she lc,
him prove his boast that he was an
excellent cook.
THAT is" he had added. with his
one-sidcd grin, iii the guy vino is;
always late Won't object To Won,
dining with mo. You can !2.ilr" him
l am perfectly harmless. You can
tell him | merely wished 10 return
your hospitality"
To which Karen had rctnrtc,l
that she did not have Ia offer any
explanations to Pau, who was
most understanding and always on
time. with the enc cxccptinn ,ha,
Mr.. Halliday. unfortunately. had
witnessed. Besides" she had fin
1shed. Pau! happens to be ont Of
town"
She told herself, as she got ready
Keen
was going mostly ont of curiosity
ana not from any desire To Continyn
her acquaintance with the host.
She would like to see y.ha. a trailer
camp was like. She would like To
see what the inside OF Martin Hall
days trailer was like and how he
lived and what lie did and # lie vas
as good a cook as he CLAIMED to be
There was no doubt about this
last, she had To admit, after finish
ing the aprctiZing meal of steak.
done to turn over a charcoal ire.
potatoes baked in its Goals. a truly
delectablc and artistic salad Of
mixed greens with master chef :
tasty dressing, and now. over cot
Zee that was as near perfection as
any served i'll any fine hostc!cry.
she admitted it out loud.
- You win" she smiled over the
rim of her raised cup. as if lifting
1t in a gesture to drink to the VIC
tory. You are an c&ccllcut cook.
Mr.. Halliday. You are an artist,
really. never would have believed
It. Of believed dinner could lie so
good. If had not seen YOU doing
II with my own eyes, and eaten II
with my o"n mouth. And. if NAV
say so. You are a very cxccilca,
hest. as we'll. IN other words. In.
Trying. IN my poor way. 10 tel! 100
h"" much really have enjoyed il"
You sound like the guest who
Is going to eat and run" He smiled
back ut her. rniSin" his cur to
t"uch Il briefly 20 hers in a move.