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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
Horse Racing

The question of horse racing at the Legion
stadium, whether on Sunday only or through
out the week, calls for serious consideration
before any decision is reached. In any ad-
vance contemplation, due regard should be
given racing as an institution and the
strong sentiment against it among churchmen.
1t is commonly referred to as a sport, but
this is hardly accurate. Rather it is gam
bling device, medium for placing bets. No
racing meet could hope to attract profitable
attendance without betting. And although the
pari mutuel has done away with the book
making evil, it is simply another means of
achieving the same ends-the placing OF bets
possible winners.
1t is the chance of collecting odds on Win
ner, instead of watching the performance of
a horse, that draws people to race tracks.
Sunday races would be rated as a desc
Grafton of the day by all religious groups
even those that look with favor upon competi-
tive Sunday sports, particularly baseball
On the other hand it may be said that
Horsemen are good spenders and as rule
despite stable followers and drifters, are
Woodworking group of good integrity, paying
Oh the barrelhead and living quietly II rae
ing were authorized the county's revenues
would be substantially increased
These are some of the reasons, for and
against, horse racing in Wilmington. Together
with others equally well known they present
a problem to the Board of County Commits
sioners which will require deep study, de-
cison which will represent the conviction of
the members.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
Praise And Blame

Chester BoWles, business manager of OPA.
has done wise thing in eliminating the legal
department. of that bureau, where much of
the trouble with rationing and pricing has
originated in the past.
Dispatches telling of this important decision
say that it is planned to stop shopping and
coercion by the agency and start compl-
ance program instead. It is too bad this was
not done in the first place Much of the public
opposition to the OPA. the complaint at its
methods and grurnbling at its practices would
have been avoided.
Not only would the ratonng system have
gotten off to a sounder start. The existence
of rationing would have been accepted without
public dissatisfaction. But, however, belated
the dsr J&al of the hundreds of lawyers from
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
Up To Marshal And King

1t has taken long time to get down to
brass tacks' regarding the drafting of pre-
Pearl Harbor fathers, but Senator Barkley
seems to have found wise way to deal with
it with the reopening Of Congress His pro-
posal is to postpone action on Senator Wheel
er's measure which would delay calling up
these men until after January l, 1914, so that
General Marshall, the chief of staff, and Ad
rniral King commander in chief of the fleet
may appear before the Military Affairs Com
rnittee and state their views concerning the
needs for additional military personnel
If their views had been called for when
the Selective Service and Manpower Commits
sion first proposed drafting pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers on October l. the unrest and domestic
WORRY which has followed announcement of
the proposal would have b e n prevented
These men have felt that the military author
lilies were best fitted to say now many re-
crr1its would be needed, and that the bureaus
through which the announcement came we're
not
IF is fair to think that declaration from
General Marshall and Admiral King to the
effect that only with the services OF pre-Pearl
Harbor fathers could victory be achieved. no
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15

the OPA staff may be, it is welcome, and
Mr. Bowles is to be commended for elininat-
ing this source of trouble.
Equal praise cannot be given, however, for
the OPA proposal to cut back the cost of
living by the subsidy method, which is merely
new application of the folly of robbing Peter
to pay Paul. 1t is not to be forgotten that
any money devoted to subsidy payments must
come out of the public funds, which are pro-
vided by the taxpayers.
The people still have to pay, If not through
higher prices for the necessities of life, then
through the bonuses proposed by the OPA
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
Raymond Clapper Says:
Nazi Lecture Business
Is Dropping off Fast

will conclude the war is almost
over.
If you know whether the Ger
man civilian is going to give up
and how soon, then YOU know
about when The war will end. But
those who do not feel too sure of
themselves in reading the mind of
the German people now will allow
themselves good margin o r
fighting.
If they are going to stick it out
until we defeat them, some months
must elapse. We have not yet
knocked the German fighter force
out Of tn air. Our opportunities
will be restricted until the Ger
mans have lost their ability to re-
sist in the air.
The safest rule still is to plan
politically on a short war, and in
military planning, count on having
to fight Germany until sometime
about year from now.
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single one of them would have held back
and that if such statement comes from
them now. should Senator Barkleys plan be
put into effect they will rush to the colors,
regardless of the sacrifice involved either for
them or their families.
But the decision, in all reason, should be
left to the men best qualified to state the
needs of the Army and the Navy, not to the
bureaucratic agencies which have promulgat-
ed the edict. The few days postponement
asked for by Mr.. Barley will not be wasted.
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NON-CONSTRUCTIVE
To The Editor:

l took particular interest in
your editorial ''Churchills Mes
sage" of this week in which you
inserted the following statement,
which more or less marked the
keynote of the article: The U. S.
and Britain must have the
strength, not only militarily but
morally as well, to make it un-
profitable for any power again to
launch a war"
1t appears that the most recent
plans formulated for the preser-
walton of world peace, following
this war, have called for an Am
erican-British Alliance. Prime
Minister Churchill in his address
at Cambridge, Harvard university,
President Roosevelt's alma mater,
conferred upon him his L. L. D.
degree said that for our securi-
ty, as well as for the security of
the world we must keep the
joint Anglo-American staff IN rum
ming order after the war. Cover
nor Dewey of N. Y, who is a
participant at the Republican Post
War council, in session at Mackin-
&C island, Mich, makes clear his
advocacy for a post war military
alliance with Great Britain"
Certainly the United States, and
Great Britain will represent fac
tors of paramount Importance in
any covenant for world peace.
But they are not the only factors.
China and Russia, along with
other free nations of the earth.
must constitute an integral part
OF any alliance or league, having
as its objective the maintenance
OF world peace and order. Only
through the concerted action of
the powers comprising the Unit
ed Nations can have any real as
surance for lasting peace or an
international Brotherhood of Ma
lions. following this conflict. If
the Anglo Saxon nations, name
ly the United States and England.
ally themselves separately and ex-
clusively from the other nations
OF the world, it will cause other
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The Literary Guidepost

The book is written from the
thesis that the Italian people were
betrayed, not only by the wealthy
and the Italian military, but by
people like you and me. Mussolini
was six years crushing Italy in;o
the mold he had chosen for L.
ana during most of this time the
world appeared to feel that closer
adherence to timetables was the
be-au and end-all of the matter
AND perhaps even more impor-
tant is what the two men have 10
say about the Church and fas-
clsm IN Italy. 1t is possible that
more complete and better rea.
soneo study of this complicated
and dangerous subject has been
printed, but if SO, have not sea-,
II; obviously, the authors feel the
church' or more exactly, the Vat
lcah has played with fire in the
matter. But any statement of co
deAcate a matter cannot be CON-
dehsed into paragraph, and 7
nave no intention of trying.
There are dozens of important
points beside, and not the least If
THESE is the authors insistence
mat we make it clear to Italv
now, that we are not planning to
savage the House of Savoy if the
people OF Italy do not want If
VIVA, used to be called Amgot
could use few hundred copies of
what to Do With Italy"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
Daily Prayer
FOR ACCEPTED PRovIDENCEs

AS we peer over the boundaries
of our petty personal interests, we
see Thy stately steppings, o Lord
God of Hosts, across the history
of time. The largeness of Thy
ways awes and chastens us. Thou
art the Lord of endless ages; and
even our dull eyes may see how
Thou art working Thy purposes
out. Quicken our understanding.
we pray, that we may behold Thy
Presence in this Transforming era.
In deepest reverence, MAY we
seek to lay hold upon Thy pure
will for us and our day. Grant us
strength to accept whatever Thou
sendest-even to the sacrifice of
our dear ones in battle-as part
OF Thy Father design. Deliver us
from the sin of living small and
material lives in large and spir-
itual time. Turn our thoughts
more and more insistently to
contemplation of Thy ways with
our fathers across the centuries.
Lord, increase our faith" Amen.
-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
By JOHN SELBY
what To Do With Italy" by
Gaetano Salvemini and George
La Piana DUEL, Sloan &
Pearce 20 75\
BY JOHN SELBY

Gaetano Salvemini and George
La Piana DUEL, Sloan &
Pearce S2.75.
One OF the unlucky things about
publishing books is the time lag
between the day the manuscript
is finished and the day the book
goes on sale. In world whose
tempo is presto, the lag can do
great damage. 1t has done Just
this with the most important and
most sane book on Italy l have
seen in a long What to
Do With Italy" by Gaetano Salve-
mini and George La Piana. Sal
vemini is refuge from what used
to be called Mussolini's fascism
La Piana is professor of Church
History at Harvard. Both m e n
are dangerous to fascism because
each has brains and each h a =
knowledge.
But their book was completed
wnen things were only beginning
IN North Africa, and although it
is supplied with an afterword dated
July 8, 1943, this was still too early
10 catcn the result of the Sicilian
operations. The public is umfor-
y! !oiiateiy likely to think that events
IN Italy have outmoded Messrs
oalVemlnl and La Piana's writing,
", whereas they have only pointed it
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
By RAYMOND CLAPPER


WASHINGTON. - The Nazi lee
ture business isn't what it was in
the late 1905 when Hitler could
take country in a weekend. Oft
en- he needed only to make
speech to frighten one OF the lesser
satellites into joining up. Hitler's
words then carried the terrifying
impact of the dominant military
force under his control.
Now the great blockade around
to rally the German people out OF
the shock of Italy's surrender
showed plainly that m X ing a
speech must be difficult for Hitler
now Shouting isn't so convincing
as it once was. Perhaps that is
why he has been silent for nearly
six months.
What could Hitler say in face
of events? A year ago it was easy.
He was pushing his giant pincers
attack on the Middle East. On
one side Hitler was reaching for
the Volga and on the lower side
he was heading for Suez. Cairo
was packed up and ready to flee
at any hour. General Alexander
was fighting to hold the bridge to
the east while Timoshenko was
struggling to hold the Caucasus.
They did hold. and frustrated the
daring Axis strategy of trying to
cut Russia from the Allies and
using the Mediterranean line to
connect the Western Axis with ia
pam. We could have lost the war
a year ago. and it was dangerously
close to stalemate.
Now the greet blockade around
Germany is drawing tighter. She
is hopelessly cut off from Japan.
The wall that seals Germany in
is being moved closer by the Rus
sian advance. All hope of the Ger
mans preaching that eastern wall
is gone now with the failure Of
the tl;rd summer attempt. The
DlUChduS vi ult iMSOltC1 dIlCd Ii
front is sealed now beyond all hope
of cracking. The line has moved
up from North Africa into Italy.
Hitler's chance Of using Spain as
a gateway for attack in the Allied
rear has disappeared and his will
ing tool, Frnco, has lost his null
sance value for us.
The concentric line of the grand
blockade has been drawn m or e
tightly around the German father
land, in the last year. The line is
shorter and far stronger strategi-
cally, as for instance the distance
by which Allied air power has
moved up toward southern Ger
many now-by occupation of air.
fields in Italy.
One of the m o t devastating
blows to Hitler is the failure of
his chief counter blockade meas
ure-the submarine war. What a
blow it must be to him to find
that in August the destruction OF
German submarines was larger
than the loss of Allied merchant
ships.
Hitler had, in the last analy-
sis, depended upon the submarine
to strangle, or break the Allied
supply lines from the United
States. Without the American sup
plies, Allied victory would be ax-
tremely difficult. But Hitler's
hope of achieving victory through
the submarine is gone completely.
He may come up with some new
method of operating against our
shipping, but he can never hope
now to overcome the great lead
in shipbuilding that we have
achieved.
The danger of emphasizing these
great Russian, Middle East and
submarine victories-for they are
the truly decisive victories that
have saved the war for the United |
Nations-is that so many persons
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
interpreting
The War
By KlRKE L. STMpSo>,

Badly shaken by the AUi.,
vasion of Italy, the Nazi b i--ieo IN.
mand is obviously combin n '04'
perllous Russian front for rass. lis
to bolster the southern ,,,sI
Europe. 'ieSS Of
No other explanation of +bo
render of the Bryansk ba,t sur
anchor of the whole Germa 1'1 i,
IN Russia from Smolensk 'I a,- l,ae
ward to the sea coast * , SUN
sable. Only on that front can n' MIS-
commanders find seasoned tr 1'azl
competent to meet the Britisb VOpS
erican attacks in Italy, And n9 am
the relentless pressure Of -, 0r p3'
sian offensive that is gaining ' r
mentum with the weeks. on1+ 1''o,
drastic shortening of the from; q
the east can furnish the mannoa
er now urgently needed in I g,"
SWISS reports that up to N N.,,
divisions are being hurried t ..a1
Russia to prop the Italjan.Ra I'v,,l
front may be exaggerated Ta ,so'
seems little doubt. however ' +s'
the Berlin-announced "evacnati ,nG'
Of Bryansk means that previon,
German plans for a slow and 'C a'
derby withdrawal to shortened fn W,
for a winter stand have been c a-,,rS
pletely upset. WIN
Without its Bryansk nivot A..
German front in Russia east ~,
the Dnieper is of little value eitbor
oefensively or for future offon
sive operations. 1t is too long to
be held against Russian wintev
attacks with the forces left in Hin,
Ter by the campaign in ItaIv and
the threat of Allied trans.cbanno1
onslaught.
Only along the west bank n
the Dnieper from the Orsha bend
IN the north, west of SmoIengE
to Kiev can the Germans find y
strong natural position so shorten
ed as to release heavy Reserves
Russian forces already have driven
dangerously wide and deem sal.
lent into the German front sot5
of Bryansk along the Konotop-Kjev
railway. Its spearhead is report.
ed less than 70 miles from Kiey
in the Nexhin sector. The Russians
are threatening Chesnigov june.
ton, beyond the lower Desna, and
even the Gomel escape gateway
beyond it through which Nal
forces retreating from Bryansk
must reach the haven of the
Dnieper west bank.
There seems small chance that
the Nazi retreat in Russia can
halt even along the lower Dniep.
er. Evacuation of the whole Dniep
err plateau, within the great south.
ern bend of the river, seems Ger.
tain. To attempt to hold the wilde
Dnieper west bank from Orsha,
through Kiev, Kremenchug, Dniep.
erpropetrovsk and Zaporpzhe
would extend rather than shorten
the front. It represents nearly 500
miles. measured from the Dniepet
mouth to Orsha.
From Kiev southwark to the
Black sea the Bug river appears
to offer the most likely defense
line. 1t would shorten the Rus
sian front by some 200 miles,
about fourth.
Abandonment of the Dniepe.
plateau would involve loss Of tie
Crimean peninsula and the Call
casus bridgehead.
The Allied invasion OF ltag has
definitely created those second
front conditions to take eneM
weight off Russia for which MOS
cow has urged surge across the
channel from Britain. Mosco"
press comment is beginning 10
admit that.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
BOX

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endorse any Article appearing N
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The Star-News reserves the right
to alter any text that for any rea-
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controversial subjects will not be
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
AS Others Say 1t
WOODEN SHOES IN ENGLAND

A controversy on whether tns
new wooden soled shoes WHY.
have appeared in small numbers
in London are making "o'1.. a
walk with shuttle or a SIAM
was solved by one of Lonaoh
pioneers in the wearing Oh u.
wooden shoe. She says, "Nei'l.9'5;
walk with a roll like a saiIoI .
and demonstrated the new SleP
In her experience, it takes
week to get used to d "oop' VOGUE.
sole. which lacks the sprtnsnle'ss
of a leather sole. She has "ol4
wooden soles for two monIH9 o -Lt
has learned to step with a s-l7--
roundabout list from heel to 'o''
Manchester Eng GUARDIAN
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the New, accent. no
responsibility for the personal views Mr.. PegIer,
ano oten disagree with them much many Of
his readers His articles serve the good purno.e ~
making people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15

nations. whose interests so sFe ca,
" depend on the outcome u ' the
war. to take the attitude tna' + IS
English speaking world has 's , M
detectives dictation of word Pe oy.
cies, world domination ana :.
ploitation of lesser states, Inn ,c,.
in direct discord with the primer
pies of the Atlantic Charter .ep
In my opinion we could i"q ND
no greater blunder IN our an
for world peace them to form on a"
alliance with Great Britain I'D
elusive of the rest of the %gl-r
WILLIAM LEFFIo bEN4'1
Shalotte, N. {.
Sept. IA. 1943-
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Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu.
ton of the war to complete Vic.
tory.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Don't part with your illusions. When
they are gone you may still exist, but you
have ceased to live.
MARK TWAIN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15

A real war expert is teI s..
who can tell the difference ~ ~
tween an unconflrmed repor' div
a runOr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15

Glasses for the General, Gas
Defense. annd Fire Defense wiz
begin as soon as classes are lo.Ir
ed to Justify them. See Your "SI'
dens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
Defense
Timetable
RASIC TRAINING COURSES
Isaac Bear School Building Room
203, at 1870
FIRST AID 10 HOURS

FIRST AID To HUON0
Beginning Monday night sep,
TENDER 20 and each night through
Friday. Glasses from 7;3O TO y ~
Mrs. Bishop Willis, Instructor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-26
Farley toP|dn
For Safer Tanks

In an attempt 70 build tanks
and other weapons Of war Of safer
construction. the development
branch Of the Automotive Tank
Center Will hold two conferences
with the National Research Coun-
Gil and medical authorities, army
officials announced today.
The meetings IN the Fisher
Building. Tuesday and Wednesday,
will bring together medical officers
Of the arnored force board. mem
bcrS Of tho medical division Of the
research council, and Washington
officials. II was announced.
Objective Of tho meeting is 10
find a solution, through revised
construction. If necessary, of tank
and other armored vehicle con-
StruCtion. which Will provide
greater safety Of operation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-26
Beer Wins
Property Owners Foil
TO Bar Tavern

Tommy Long can serve green
colored beer again. next ST. Pat
rick's Day. Circuit Court Judge
Clyde I. Webster agreed today in
refusing an injunction asked by
property owners in the vicinity OF
1920 Wyoming.
Long, who operated a bar at
426 w. Fort, recently secured a
transfer OF his license 10 the
Wyoming address. The suit was
brought and heard today.
Judge Webster denied the re-
quest because Of a clause IN the
Liquor Control Act which prevents
property owners complaints in
cities of more than SOC, 900 popula-
ton and leaves the issuance Of
the license with the police de-
partment and liquor commission.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-26
Packers ChdrQe
Of Meat Famine
Denied by 0PA

OPA struck back vigorously to-
day at the Detroit Independent
Meat Packers Association and de-
MED that it was in any way
responsible for the reported clos
ing Of 20 of SO Detroit packing
houses.
Edward c. Welsh, regional OPA
price executive in Cleveland, who
surveyed the Detroit meat situa-
ton, pointed out that the OPA
had no power TO impose ceiling
prices on livestock and, secondly,
that packers bid so vigorously
against each other they force the
price of livestock up.
He also denied that a shutdown
Of members of the Detroit indie
pendent Meat Packers Associa-
ton would deprive the Detroit
area Of 80 TO 20 per cent Of its
meat and cause meat famine"
as had been stated publicly.
members OF this association"
he said. number 80, OF whom
10 own their own plants and IL
are tenants of custom slaugh-
ters. They Kill quantity of
beef, veal. lamb, mutton, and
pork that represents less than
IS per cent of the total De-
troit supply
Concurrently with w Q s his
statement, the Detroit Office Of
RFC announced that loans would
be available within s hours 10 any
packers whose subsidy payments
had not been received from the
Defense Supplies Corp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-26
DAV Elects
Detroit Man

Walter = Shell 81 Detroit was
elected senior vice commander al
tia annual convention Of the Dis
abled American Veterans IN St
Joseph Others elected we're.
Department commander, VII
frid Hooking. Ludington. first
junior vice commander, Ben G..
Richard Bay City; second Junior
vice commander. Perry Damouth.
Grand Rapids, third junior vice
commander, George Love, Lake
Linden. and chaplain, Roy Fet-
ting, Port Huron.
For the first time in the his
tory of the organization. sessions
were attended by disabled vet
Grams Of the present war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-26
Ford Foreman Back
On Job, Strike Ended

Threat 10 production at the
Ford Rouge plant caused by dis
pute between the company and
the Foreman's Association Of
America was eased today after
the company agreed 10 rehire
1900 union members who had
quit their jobs in protest TO the
dismissal Of several of their num-
Der.
The agreement included rein
statement of S23 foremen whose
cards had been pulled by the
company after a strike last week
end, a union spokesman said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-26
State Penalties
19 Liquor Men

Eleven state liquor dealers were
fined and licenses Of eight others
were suspended from 3 10 10 days
az hearing OF the state LIQUOR
control commission.
Among those fined was Michael
II. Jarvis. operator of "Mickey's
Show Bar" az 623 p. Seven Mile
road, fined $50 or five days sus-
pension for permitting an indecent
floor show.
Other fines ranged from S15 or
two days suspension 10 S25 or
three days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-26
81, 900 Flights Daily

WASHINGTON. June 3 CfNS)
Gen. II. II, Arnold, commander
Of the army air forces, said that
5000 American airmen take off
every day from runways all over
the world. He testified before the
House civil service committee in
explanation Of the need for a
large number Of civilian air force
workers