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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-12
Pay Comparisons
DOROTHY DIX.

Representative Engel of Michigan found a
way to make some of the war work pay scales
appear at their worst. AS for example, when
he pointed out that machine gun assemblers
make up to Sc, 500 year, the base pay of
Lieut. Gen Brehon B. Somervell who has re-
sponsibility for every phase of American par
ticipaton in this war except the actual fight
ing.
The Michigan solon cites numerous compari-
sons almost as startling There is for ex-
ample, the former 5-and-10-cent store ribbon
clerk with few weeks experience in indus
try who makes as much as an Army major.
Something seems screwy, doesn't it?
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-12
The Literary Guidepost

still appeasing Franco, which
means, according to "Falange."
that we are still appeasing the
Nazis, who meantime collect in
credible amounts of oil and strate-
glc materials in never-molested
Spanish ships.
MIR. Chase believes that if we
stop this appeasement, even if we
should take armies into Spain, we
not only will not disturb our Lat.
n-American relations, but will
please all but few Latin-Ameri-
cans. Our standing is damaged
more by our present policy toward
neutral Spain than by any other
course we might attempt. In SIN.
port he brings up rem.rL hfe
set of proofs. @
AS a background, there is the
mlnutely detailed record of Fran.
cos use OF Spanish consulates and
such in the service of fascism
Inc Hispano-German fifth column
IN the Philippines is described bv
name and addresse as well as bv
l1s fruits. So in Puerto Rico, Cuba
the Central and South American
nations. More than a million peo.
pie are actively working for the
AXIS In these lands, Mr.. Chase es.
Inmates, and almost without ex.
ceptlon, the names Of the leaders
are IN "Falange." Still oil and in.
formation flow into Axis hands.
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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

Who among your fellow creatures do you
find the most afflicting? My vote goes
first to the arguer. You know the chap,
fer the Arguer is usually man (tho'
sometimes a woman.) a man who is al
ways on the other side Of the fence.
Never by any chance does he agree with
you. If you say it is a hot day and you
never felt so oppressed, he cites the wealth
er chart to prove that the weather is nor
NAL and that it was 10 degrees warmer in
summer of 80. If you like book, he
enters into long dissertation on its many
faults and structure. Politics, religion,
clothes, food, everything that happens or
doesn't happen are springboards for him
to jump off into endless arguments. You
can't say anything to him without starting
a controversy, SO you learn to keep silent
in his presence.
DOROTHY DIX.
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Efficient "Ancients''

New York, the city of unusual social events,
went itself zone better the other day. 1t
was strictly what irreverant American youth
commonly calls "a hen party That is to
say. only women were present, and they were
not jitterbuggerS either.
They numbered twenty-five, and all were in
4he late sixties or seventies. The oldest was
seventy-nine. All had given two hundred or
more hours in service to the program
of the American Womens Voluntary Service.
They had their party at national headquar-
ters of the organization, and because they
have no time for foolishment paid close at
tention when Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rhode,
HSal visit TO Greenland. Mrs. Rhode, In COM
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By JOHN SELBY
"FALANGE: THE SECRET AXIS
ARMY IN THE AMERICAS" bv
Allan Chase Putnam: S3).
By JOHN SELBY

Whatever the thermometer saws.
tne temperature of any reader of
Allan Chase's "Falange'' will drop
very low. This is the most chilling
book in months.
1t is record of the Falange in
the Spanish speaking country. and
1t IS not a general denunciation or
one of those quickies designed to
capitalize a bad situation. Mr.
Chase must have spent wears
gathering material. and having
gathered it, he must have spent a
great deal more time sorting it out
tor presentation. There is hardly
page which does not contain
something I should like to repro
ouce here-and there is not space
Mr.. Chase's thesis is simple
enough: 1t is that as long as we
maintain the fiction of Franco
SPANS "neutrality,'' we leave
open and vulnerable one of our
important flanks. Franco is a
stooge for Hitler, and Spain is con-
tfoiled by a gauleiter who wears
velvet glove part of the time but
sometlmes takes it off and strikes
MS puppets across the mouth with
lt-Mr. Chase declares. We are
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-12
NaZi Offensive In Russia

AS the crow flies Belgorod is ITS miles from
Orel, by railway little more than 200. 1t is
along this line that Hitler's forces are con-
ducting their present offensive operations. Ap-
proxmately midway of the line is Kursk,
where the Germans launched their central
front attack last year.
Kursk is valuable prize It is a railroad
junction for lines reaching east, west, north
and south. AS both Orel and Belgorod are
also rail centers, possession of the three
would give the Germans potential spring.
boards for action north toward Moscow and
east toward the Russian-liberated Don river
region.
However important this new drive might be-
come, should Hitler make any marked pro-
gress, which now appears improbable, it is
never theless on a minor scale in comparison
with the entire Eastern front battle line. The
area involved is approximately Is per cent
of the front from Leningrad to the Sea OF
Azov. Russian gains in the last year have
broken the German grip around Lenngrad and
pushed the Germans back to line about 1870
miles from Moscow Most of the Caucasus
is free of the invaders. Rostov and the lower
Donets river are in Russian possession. Ger
man forces are all of 200 miles from Stalin-
grad.
With Sicily invaded and the threat of ad-
ditional Allied beachheads in Europe becom-
ing greater, together with the rain of bombs
falling almost without cessation on Hitler's
production centers and defenses, to keep him
from concentrating the full striking power of
his forces against Russia, it appears probable
that the Russian drive will not be greatly ex-
panded or intensified. BY the end of summer
the fate of the Axis in Europe should be we'll
within sight, and it is not likely to be favorable
to Hitler.
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You re
Telling Me

Washington, angrily declares an
editorial, is full of half-baked pol
ltlclans. Hard to believe, in view
of the national capitals summer
heat.
!
The DECREASING business. we
read, is enjoying boom. Just
buzzing along!
Germans are now reported max
Ing cloth of potato leaves. We get
lt-from spuds to duds.
!
A medico says that people who
talk great deal often suffer
from ear trouble. That's under.
standable, the ear being so close
to the mouth.
Z!
Zadok Dufkopf says he has
found the perfect piece of light
summer reading. It's a story of
the Ice Age.
Angry Danes have rioted against
the Nazi regime there. Can't
blame 'em for trying to get rid of
WHAT'S S rotten in Denmark.
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ing sense of nationality in
France and encouraging resistance
to the Nazis made it necessary for
the Allies to recognize him and
give him a strong role in the
French Committee of National Lib
Grafton. There you have the two
main reasons for the hybrid char
acter of the French arrangements.
They are unsatisfactory. 1t has
led to the ridiculous situation of
virtually two general staffs with
the possibility of plenty of future
friction. Naturally the whole sub
ject is highly controversial. l have
found much conflist of views
among Americans here and in
London but it seems to me the
prevailing judgment is that the
best is being made of exasperat-
ing difficulties.
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acceptable for mailing even though the regu-
lar mail service to the country DESIGNATED
may be suspended. He further announced
that V-mail may be used for transmission of
photographs OF infants born after the father
went on foreign service or under one year
of age, and may also include the mother or
other person holding the infant
While September and October are not &C.
tually knocking for admittance, is is none too
early to begin thinking about what to send
him for Christmas now.
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HOW HITLER PAID DEBT

In the poverty-stricken Austrian
boyhood of Hitler, the charity Of
medical treatment was given his
dying mother by the village doc
tor, who was a Jew. The record
is that this help was gently, gen
erously given. Thus the Fuehrer
is deeply beholden to one of a
hated race, whose people he has
vowed to scourge from the face o1
the world
What became of the village doc.
tor, friend of the friendless Schick.
elgrubers, when the Nazis seizec
Austria? The gestapo confiscated
all that the old man had, but al
lowed him to live. He was sent in.
to pennies exile. Thus the mag
unanimous Hitler paid his dead
mothers doctor bill. - Portland
Oregonian.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-12
Raymond Clapper Says:
America May Recognize
French Liberty Group

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
North Africa.-If all goes well, the
visit of General Giraud to Wash
ington is likely to result in Allied
recognition of the French Commit
tee of National Liberation as the
defacto government of France.
Some such action as that is
needed urgently to provide a TO-
cal point for reviving French pa
triotism and to gave stronger
incentive to General Giraud and
Charles de Gaulle to hold togeth-
er. The political difficulties dur
ing the eight months since the
landings in North Africa have
been discouraging at times to
those who wish to see a united
France.
Prior to the landings, the Brit
ish had placed strong hopes in de
Gaulle as the leader of the French
people and just a year ago they
gave support by recognizing MS
movement as the Fighting French.
Complications arose in connection
with the North African landings
because of the strong position of
the anti-de Gaullist factions here.
Regardless of the above politi-
cal considerations it was neces-
sary to insure as much order as
possible through Frenchmen to
whom the local populations would
be loyal. General Eisenhower pro-
ceeded on the policy of political
expediency for military security.
AS one high American officer
said, if it were necessary to play
politics to save the lives of Amer
lean soldiers, to shorten the Pc
riod of fighting even by one day,
then the Americans were ready 70
do it.
That history is now well known.
But it may not be realized at home
that the same considerations con-
ii lle to hold true The Importance
of North Africa will continue
throughout the war. 1t continues
INV as much as ever to be neces-
sary that the lines of communica-
tions, the cities and all areas
around which Allied military ac-
tivities are carried on should be
reaceably loyal to the Allies.
So the French problem takes on
a dual aspect. For purposes of
military security it seems neces-
sary to continue to rely on the
Imaginative Giraud who has the
support of the bulk of the French
army in this area and the loyalty
of most of the French officials
here.
Algiers is a metropolis and only
one of the several large cities
where local government, munich
pal services, utilities and police
order must run smoothly SO that
military activities will not suffer.
That has been the big function OF
the Giraud influence in North At
RIGA. That is the reason why the
Allied authorities have insisted
that Giraud continue in his vital
position.
But there is another important
problem, namely. providing a raj
lying point for French patriotism
in France. For that function ev-
eryone recognizes de Gaulle as
best fitted.
But de Gaulle is tempermental-
ly difficult. His sponsors, the Brit
ish, are somewhat weary of his
prima donna methods as l learned
in London To make the situation
more difficult, de Gaulle lately
has shown a tendency to advance
the French nationalistic movement
at the expense of goodwill toward
the Allies.
Some of these things are caus-
ing apprehension although it has
not advanced to the serious stage
as yet. The fact that de Gaulle is
an indispensable figure in restor-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-12
Daily Prayer
FOR A NEW MIND IN ENENlE

May Thy mysterious Spir.
Infinite Father in Heaven IT .'
upon the hearts of our ehea-s
to reveal to them the better !,
of life, and to stir them to ea.
surrender Show them no" ..'
has been their opposition 70
and to Thy plain purposes. o.
them the courage and Ws0'r 80
turn away from false leaders
them with penitence and c'
ton. that they may return
Thee and to the simple f'a' 49,,
of Thy word. Take aW9Y -.
stony hearts of hate and eve T..
hearts Of flesh. Prepare t1e'. - -
patient endurance Of Jus .,.
ment. ard for the accom- 's ~:
of a world order above al. ~
of nationalisn, wherein r" -
righteousness and love a. ..>
pray, o Father of us all ~
cy upon our foes. Amen.
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CIVILIAN DefonSe
Timetable

BASIC TRAINING COURSE ,
New Hanover High school,
107 at 8 P. M.
Fire Defense A
Monday, July 12, and e'e''
weeks thereafter,
General Course
.,,c .lt
Tuesday, July 13, and e''-'
weeks thereafter.
Gas Defense b
Wednesday, July IA, ana '
two weeks thereafter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-12
BUT NO HORN RIMS

Well-educated gentleman, age
40, of ultra smart appearance and
address, recently returned from
abroad, having impaired eyesight
and wearing spectacles, wishes to
meet lady Of similar social quail
ifications, aged 30-45; also wear
ing glasses mot horn rims); COM
panionship and sincere friendship
desired. - Advertisement in the
London (England) Observer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-12
SOCIALIST TREND

Much has been written about
the so-called cradle to the grave
national resources planning board,
social security plan written by the
national resources planning board
Most Americans have not read the
text of the boards report, natur-
ally, and they do not realize the
extent to which the planners have
gone.
How many Americans, for in
stance, know that the report
veered far enough away from So
cial security to call for govern
ment operation of the railroads o1
the nation? 1t did-in just those
words.-Winchester Va.) Star.
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AS Others Say 1t
DEFEATING THE HUMAN EGO

A method of using hydrolized
OK blood in place of human blood
in blood transfusions has been
developed by DR.. Raimundo
Moniz de Aragao of Brazil, who
makes a great contribution to
medical science while debating
the human ego.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-12
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accepts
responsibility for the personal views of Mr. PegIer,
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readers. His articles the good purpose Of
making think.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29

ton with. all the domestic water
they normally use.
To scoop out of the earth only
the main canals needed to carry
this flow means building water
ways with "a total length. nearly as
great as the Potomac River.
One canal, which could carry
the output of a fair-sized river,
will extend Ii miles from the dam
reservoir and then be divided into
two watercourSes. One of these
will swing south 150,miles to- reach
the eastern and southern parts of
the project. The second must be
100 miles long to reach the west
ern part of the irrigable land.
Landscape Pattern
Hundreds of miles of laterals
will branch and, rebranch from
these two main arteries until
they pattern the landscape like
a venous system.
Today, in two-thirds of the
project area little else than sheep
can find sustenance, on the scanty
forage that subsists between the
sagebrush. Dry farming of wheat
is carried out on some lands.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29
BY ROBERT N. COON
AP Features Writer

CLEVELAND, May zg.-Bur-
lesque business has let Joe Coli
berg down, and his cleaning
and pressing shop now depends
upon unromantic travellers.
Before the war, three and
sometimes four burlesque shows
would be playing in Cleveland
at once" Goldberg sighed. Ard
the girls seemed to wear more
in those days Now-one show
across the street. And whatever
they're wearing isn't enough to
keep the wolf from the door.
my door," he added. amid a
cloud of steam.
For 20 years Joe has been
known as Cleveland's theatrical
pants presser. Autographed pho
tos of Ann Corio, Sonia Henie,
Margie Hart and Eddie Cantor
as well as many lesser vaude-
villianS-decorate the booths in
his bus-terminal shop. 1t is plain
to the trouserless traveller, ma
rooned in one of the booths, that
Goldberg's heart is still behind
the footlights.
Evils Of Nudity
TOO much nudity isn't good, =
says Mr.. G. 1T is bad for morals
land business. All. the things 1
have seen in the old days"
Middleaged, with darting black
eyes and a ready smile, Joe
Goldberg is proud of his reputa-
ton among travelling road COM
panies.
Jack Kirkland came to Cleve-
land in Tobacco Road" he re-
called. 81 did work for Mr.. Kirk
land, but from the cleaning
point of view Tobacco Road was
flop. They had to have THEN
costumes dirty"
This did not apply to the Bal
let Russo and the Metropolitan
Opera Company, however They
are good customers.
Goldberg got his start. he
says, through brother who YVES
a burlesque booking agent in
New York The strip-teasers
playing Cleveland needed some
one they could trust to take care
of. cleaning costumes. On his
first job Joe established his rep
utation for reliability.
Frequently, he worked until
dawn to. get flimsy garments
back to the dressing rooms at
curtain time. His reputation
spread far and wide.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29
RAUL INVITES YOU
TO CLUB TONIGHT

Raul wants to see you tonight
at Raurs Club on the Boulevard,
where the atmosphere is delight
full, the service pleasing and the
dance music is by John Pritch-
ard and his orchestra. There is
ample parking space RauPs
is the only spot out of the down
town district where one may go
for delightful time. This popu-
lar club opens weekdays at 3
o'clock and closes promptly at
midnight in keeping with the cur
few law. If you know Raurs
club you know it's a delightful
spot to spend cool, comfortable
evening overlooking the sea: if
you have not visited RaulS, try it
just once and be convinced. There
is never a cover or minimum
charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29
POSTWAR

Continued from Page Orr
ed secretary. and sad he wzui1
socePt provided the beard q
directors Of the Chamber q
Commerce had 10 obiection e
his acting IN that capacity
Civic or puhIic Official bod
les were Represented ~ tn
meeting as follows
Chamber Of C0mm-rus. Fr-a
J. Dion and Charles TsYl0r-
Rotary Club. wIIlism ". D.
merritt. z A. Ramsey and Es-I
Adams
Lions Cub. Allan Hsupt.z
Charles H Ketrhurn znS RzT
mond D. Curry.
County Commszisn- Csrs Sen
vsldi End Nsxino Val1sz-
City Council william A Fr-.-
ran Leonard = G1Hoz- Pal
= AIburv- Johz Cz-5ozsu J.
GIsn~OOd S~ee5ns and GerzI5
SzunderS-
Csrrezt.-z' Unioz Gz--z--
Riggs. Jsrrv Dzzielx. EsroEd 2
Sawyer Fred Wsech- Jsass 2
Porter V a NirkIsss--x I'D
Ed NsEt The Ezzs-zzz-d En
arcttsct and szzlnesz-
Key West wonzz's ca. NJ
Dan Nsvzr-o-
Junior Chszbe- q c.
Wilisrc Moehrke
Housina Azsho-itY. c r.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29
SWEETIE PIE
ENTERTAINS.

Safe in the matriarchal lap
Willie drank his Okey Doke
Then flung the bottle on the
~ floor,
Smiled mischievously and spoke:
MA" the infant quiz boy drawl-
ed, why ~
Is pass head like a. billiard
baIfgss
rs it, laaear: lshe beamed adof-
8 ingly),
Because he has no hair a.
all?'
Nav" scowled the budding gen.
ius, that's corny"
What is it then. my own"
Said ma indulgently, and Willie
screamed:
Because it's solid bonet'
MARGUERITE CROLLY.
Stump Lane,
Key West, Fla.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29

ect, now largely SdgebruSh-rld-
den desert area which the Bureau
of Reclamation says will one day
eem with 100000 people when
the elixir of the Col mbia river
has transmitted the dead land into
lush green gardens. The war has
delayed start of the project, and
no date has been set for it. But its
future is certain.
The. project area, totaling $780,
600 acres in central Washington
and rated by the Bureau of Rec
lamation as the greatest of its
many big irrigation projects, is
large enough to blot out Lake
Ontario on the map.
Vast Undeveloped Area
The 100000 acres of the area
which are irrigable are said by.
Frank A. Banks, engineer in
charge of construction of Grand
Coulee Dam, to compose the finest
body of undeveloped arid land
in the west.
The flow of water which will
feed the thirsty soil will be ham
died by pumping caapcity at
the dam great enough to supply.
the 130,000,000 people in the ma,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29

Bureau of Reclamation studies
show that these lands can bios
som into a rich farming empire.
Some areas are suited to dairy
ing and fields may be green with
the alfalfa and other forage crops
needed to support them.
Rows of fruit trees may sup
plant the gray sagebrush in other
areas. Truck crops are forecast
as possibilities for some soils
lettuce. asparagus, potatoes and
other vegetables.
Now only 10000 people live in
the project area and towns are
few and small. The bureau ex-
poets to see new towns and in
duStrleS spring up as soon as the
reclamation program is well I'M
der wav until a total of 100000 is
finally reached.
The project is expected to be
developed over a period of Is
years or SO. with units of 10000
to $4,000 acres thrown open to
irrigation each year, depending
on current conditions.
However, the project is not
considered just distant eventu-
atty 1t has been vited in Con-
greSs as source of farm homes
for many of the soldiers who re-
turn fIDm the wars. Elsewhere,
it has been described as the great
est works project now ready to
provide employment after the
war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29
DRIPS ADMIT THEY
HAVE BEEN ALL WET
BY GLEN W. CLEMENTS

BY GLEN w. CLEMENTS :
Alp Features
WITH ARMY. AIR. FORCE IN
SOUTH PACIFIC, May 29.-The
men who have been forced down
at sea have formed a new out
fit to rival the Short Shorter
club.
The new organization is
known. as THE Drips" and each
member is called a drip.
To qualify one must have been
forced down at. sea inN, an. : air.
plane. The membership card is
one dollar bill with the word
drip" written. in the top mar
gin along with the drip's name,
the date and place where he
went down. The initiation fee.
like that of the Short Snorters,
is dollar to- each drip present
at the initiation.
Any drip may challenge any
other drip at anytime and if the
challenged person fails to pro-
duce a membership card in 80
seconds he is ordered to pay
each drip present dollar and
buy each a drink.
1t is a very exclusive organi-
cation in that only those who
have hit the drink" are eli
gible.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29
VISITING KEY WEST

Lieut.. and Mas. Ralph B. Boyd
and little daughter. Carol Ann, are
spending few days in Key West
visiting relatives and friends.
Lieut. Boyd is connected with the
United States Naval Reserve. Mrs.
Boyd, who was before marriage,
Miss Rae Louise Russell. is a
niece of Hartley Albury, local in
surance agent of this city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-29
EDDIE LINTON HELD
FOR CRIMINAL COURT

Acting on tip received by the
sheriff's office, Deputies Joe
knight and Moreno Wallace drove
to Pirates Cove yesterday after
noon and stopped at Eddie's Bait
Box, at the point where the road
turns toward Cudjoe,S eonfiscated
three slot machines and arrested
Eddie w. Linton. onxas charge of
possessing "coin-operated ma
Chimes. ~
Linton was afTaigned' this morn
ing before Justice of ~the nPsace
Enrique Esquinaldo, and, on
making plea of nolo contendere,
was held in $500 bail for the Grim
inal court. The bail was posted
in cash and Linton was released.