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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
u. S. Canals

war and extraordinary demands upon the
nations rail transport have brought canals
into the spotligh and on the rebound have
directed attention to the origin and develop
ment of waterways.
It was on July 4, 1925 that two men drove
spades into the ground which started rival
nv between railroads and canals. Pres. John
Quincy Adams broke ground for the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal and Charles Carroll of
Carrolton began construction Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. Canal traffic reached its
peak in the 1865, and declined when rail-
roads crisscrossed the country. Canal traffic
was cheap, but slow, and railroads made their
bid for business with speed
The current World war has given canals new
life. Rail lines are jammed. Troop trains
are tailed by flatcars and loaded with jeeps
and landing barges. Freight trains bulge with
food and clothing, iron and steel and coal.
materials for building munition plants and
plane factories, timber from forests and scrap
from the four corners of the United States.
Motor transportation is hampered by gas short
ages a
George Washington was much interested in
the commercial possibilities of canals, and fos-
tered their construction. Between 1890 and
1910 several were built in Pennsylvania and
central New York. The St. Marys canal at
Sault Ste. Marie, still one of the busiest, was
IN i,,1 I,,1
ed States government completed the Cello ca
nal around the rapids of the Columbia river
at The Dalles. This eight-mile waterway links
Lewiston, Idaho, 400 miles inland, to the Pa
cific.
Many states have improved old canals and
built new ones. New York state has recon
structed the historic Erie canal at cost of
$170, 900, 900. Thomas Jefferson's interest in
canals prompted a survey, in 1903, by COM
mission appointed by the New York legisla-
and the Hudson river. In the spring of 1917
the Erie canal was authorized
In addition to interior canals, the Intracoas-
tai waterway provides an inland water route
AAAOoe
Grande, $500 miles. On few short stretches
boats must travel open water: from Buzzards
Bay through Block and Long Island sounds,
and from Sandy Hook, at the seaward end of
lower New York bay, 80 miles south to the
Manasquan inlet on the New Jersey coast
Boats of not more than six feet draft may
traverse the New Jersey Inland waterway to
the Cape May inlet, 109 nautical miles, and 90
on down to Key West through a series of nat
ural and man-made channels-safe from enc
my submarines and protected from the storms
that rage around Cape Hatteras
No inside passage is available from Key
West north to San Carlos bay at the mouth of
the Caloosahatchee river. Beyond the bay, at
intervals boats must take to the open gulf.
but an inside passage from the tip of Florida
to Brownsville, Texas is realistic expecta-
tcn.
1t is source of deep qualification to the
people of this section that the Inland water.
way is at last being utilized for the transporta-
ion of petroleum northward from the Jackson
vile terminus of the trans Florida pipeline to
Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
interpreting
The War
BY HAMILTON wv r.

Best with bad news on al oN
Axis leaders face a week tba+ +-9,',s' q'
be filled with still more d.ss-..Y ''oY
1or their crumbling plans Of g'a.,s '1,l,
conquest. vi World
Two major defeats for the
certainly are near, with IN ANS
tlons that they will come nos'}.;., ,'..''y,''
in a day or two on Sicily ~,.''y snd
the Russian front. And tw, ','0 .l oa
seem about to materiaIize IN '''y ,.
broad Pacific, likely also in > ,' , De
ter of days. i''a''
On Sicily it is only oro..
now of how soon the fIpa;1a '','VA
troops finally capituIate and 5'AS
how many can escape acro.s a o-
narrow Straits of Messins +o -, we we
Italian mainland. "'e
AT Kharkov the vaIian, Red 5,...
has its foot in the doorway of ',,.s G
German-held city. " Tie
Across the world in The p,o,e
renewed bombing of Sa!amavY '''s
preparing that japanese base 1.
ultimate taking by ground troa9. w,
whose advance has beer slowed 5,,
exceedingly difficalt terrain
| On Kiska in the North p.o.,.
Aleutlans, nence no word ba.
come for more than two weeks ,So
japanese garrison faces immi,or.
invasion by American forces rna
my troops there have been bombed
and shelled repeatedly for monf5,
and their supply lines have boo9
cut until only a trickle of ma,o.
rlals reaches the island by sIb.
marines sneaking through a bloc
ade. The time for LANDING b9raee
to buck thei way through the snr
appears near at hand.
In the Mediterranean theater ibo
que <on is where 10 form SIc.
ily?"
That the Axis armies will be
pursued across the Strait tn the too
of the Italian boot appears w.
likely One reason is that olsen.
barkation points on the toe of 5e
boot, although bombed heavP
from the air and shelled by Ang
naval units, nevertheless au g.
tremely strong positions and
trans-Messina operation could co
costly to Allied forces. Instead /.
could be that strategy will dictate
continued bombardment there,
but by artillery units from tie
shores of Sicily, thus freeing naval
units for other offensive operations,
Where those new offensive
which may become the first invas.
ions of continental Europe-WilI
strike is known only to the hand
full of Allied leaders who plan
grand strategy. But they may hit
the western shores Of the Italian
boot, where Axis defenseS will be
weakened most appreciably if
Rome becomes an open city On
those Tyrrhenian sea shores most
rail lines lead through Rome apd
would be severed at the limits Of
the open city territory. To over
come that handicap in supply the
Axis would be forced to make long
detours around the Italian capital
or to use vulnerable coastal sllp-
ping in any efforts to move mate
rials and men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16

ships on which they serve and. not
withstanding the strong political
connections which the communists
enjoy in Washington, most of their
superiors would take pleasure in
upholding them.
AS new ships by the hundreds
come off the ways, the seagoing
talent will be spread very thin.
New masters and other officers
will be needed in tremendous mum.
bers, and new unlicensed person
mel as well, and the communists
are making frantic grabs for these
sailors, realizing that if they don't
get them the communist element
will be outnumbered and the union
either discredited or taken over by
decent, patriotic Americans. The
odds seem to favor the commun-
lists. However, the government has
consistently driven civilian war
workers Of other trades into the
unions ashore
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
Raymond Clapper Says:
Sueden Reveals State
of Germ1any's Affairs

fic was announced, the Norwegian
government, through Minister of
Foreign Affairs Trygve Lie here,
issued statement mellowing the
Norwegian attitude toward Swe-
den. He said the chief obstacles
in the path of sincere cooperation
between the two countries had
been cleared.
What is happening is that a pro-
Allied ring is forming more tight
ly around Germany. Swedens ac-
ton is a plain notice of defiance
to Germany, notice that Sweden
is laying her chips on our side.
SWeden's wish to do that was
clearly evident to any visitor in
Sweden last spring, even high
government officials saying pri-
vately that only the fear of Nazi
retaliation held Sweden from re-
nouncing the troop traffic then.
Obviously the Swedish govern
ment - which has throughout the
war followed a most cautious and
tlmid policy - now feels perfect
ly safe in making this move to
clear her self-respect and satisfy
Allied wishes at the expense of
Berlin.
The threats which Won Ribben-
trop has been notoriously makinl I
to the Swedish Minister in Berlin
no longer have effect. The oily
work of Hans Thomson, German
Minister to Stockholm, has failed
completely. His job was to hold
Sweden in line, and this is spec
tacular defeat for his mission in
the north. It means that Sweden
is now clearly orienting her poll
cy toward the Allies, on the heels
OF the readjustment already going
on toward close commercial rela.
tions with Russia, as we'll as more
friendly political relations.
Finland is now the only Nazi
toehold in the north - and one
that Russia can snip off when.
ever she wishes to divert her ef-
forts in that direction. Thus in the
north the Nazi sun has set.
In the south we are seeing the
last stages of resistance in Sicily,
prelude to move that will make
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

LONDON, (By Wireless) - A
most revealing index of the sink
ing state of Berlin's prospects is
the action of Stockholm in stop.
ping the German troop traffic
through Sweden to and from Nor.
way. Sweden, the weathervane OF
the north, thus swings around to
point more sharply in our direc-
ton. Perhaps this is sequel to
Sicily and Italy, and especially tc
the Russian offensive.
Last spring in Sweden I heard
much criticism Of the govern
ment's policy of permitting Ger
man troops to travel over Swedish
railroads. Public criticism reach.
ed point where the government
had to explain in a secret session
of the Riksdag, with Prime Min
lister Per Albin Hanson promis-
ing to end the traffic at the first
opportunity.
Arguments over Sweden's tech.
nical right under international law
to allow German troops to cross
her territory can be brushed
aside. The realistic facts are that
Sweden yielded to German press
ure in the summer of 1910 when
Hitler was riding high. Norway
had capitulated. The Allies had
abandoned Narvik. Sweden was
surrounded by the Axis.
Germany wanted to save Ship
ping by using Swedish railroads
to take troops In and out-osten-
sibly troops on home leave, un-
armed - though actually the pri-
vilege was used as a means of re-
placing German troops in Norway
Arms and war material we're car.
ried on separate trains. Normally
about 1000 German troops moved
every day, half of them each
way, which meant saving several
transport ships each week over
the longer and dangerous run ur
the coast of Norway.
The Swedish government, find.
ing that there was no technical vi.
olation of neutrality in permitting
this arrangement, yielded to Ger.
man pressure reluctantly and un.
der embarrassment. as Hanson
said, accepting it as one of the
burdens of the situation. The Nor.
wegians were bitterly critical o1
that concession. The continuation
OF the troop traffic was one of the
chief causes of a deep alienation
of the two Scandinavian coun.
tries. The traffic has also been
one of the contentious points in
the economic relations between the
Allies ane Sweden.
Immediately after the Stock.
holm decision to abandon the traf.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
Your re
Telling Me

So far this summer, Paul Swing,
Jr., a Canadian eight-year-old, has
fallen down a dry well, been stung
by hornets, was in an auto crash,
was rescued from drowning and is
now battling a case of poison ivy.
Mussolini couldn't take it-but
Paul certainly can!
The straw hat, says Facto-
graphs, dates back to ancient
Rome. Invented, no doubt, by Ju-
Illus Caesar, who was as bald as
an ostrich egg.
1t must sadden a sensitive soul
like Adolf Hitler to realize that
the Germans are showing such
ungratitude for all that he has
done for-and to-them.
/!
The food pill idea is not so hot.
Junior might get 'em mixed up
with his marbles on the way home
from the grocer and lose a COM
plete Sunday dinner to the kid next
door.
One of the greatest of the world S
unsung heroes, gasps the man at
the next desk, perspiring freely,
is the fellow who invented the
shower bath.
It's probably beginning to dawn
On the Nazi big shots, now that
the time for them to pay the fid-
dler is nearing, that they never did
care for violin music.
!
The boxing fan can easily under
stand that Russian drive toward
the wheat fields of the Ukraine.
It's hard smash to the. bread
basket.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
Daily PrayS
FOR A SENSE OF PRoPORTil."

To the Eternal Ruler ol lA5
verse, who holdeth all '-,i -.
great and small, in His heol..l
and who delights to make I.'-- r,.,.
known by the dear name oil nj
er. we commit our an%Io's X
disturbed minds, that we nag +,
starters of the Divine pe"l,, It
these days Of be~ildaf''''.' nd
would be simple and saeefe n
sane in all our thinking pyr r.ss
first things first. We beseeel md nd
that we may be posses'lo ~-es
dominated by clear ialta ''l ''l.-..,s
the living God. who are ~. II:
Thine inscrutable purposes ~" , 31,
cannot understand Thy Wa,,, ,- d;
we can trust Tnee So de-''' ,. aai
from ill-proportioned thoI-i .5,e;;.
from all pettincss and se--.7'I5 % 5o.r
Open our eyes to the Va'--L, I'D pet
er meanings of TINS day o@ s.,r VII
nit us to be laborers to7e,I'' aorlj
Thee in redeeming OIL"
Amen.-W.T.E
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
GEO-POLITICAL NOTE

German broadcasters say D7V
Russians, even if they break
through the Nazi line, could never
reach Germany because of the ez'
panse of intervening territory 49,
lationists, eh?-MinneapoAs STAR
Journal
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
AS Others Say 1t
ON THE DEMISE OF A RICH
MOND SQUIRREL

A Richmond squirrel, once n
to roam the parks and streets j
dead. He went about biting human
beings and was shot in self de'
fense. What made the squirrel &c:
that way is d moot question, p't
the majority opinion seems TO He
that he had been reading the head
lines telling what the world is oo-
me and had naturally come to the
conclusion that people were nuts
-,vnchburg Wa.D News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
TARGET AREAS

Reports say MussolInl IS l''..., Alo,It
from place to place at ifeqc'5' 5,. cs5'
intervals. Do you suppose MS 'gn .s.
tors are trying to have him ID 's Il
target area next time Rome ;
bonbed?-Greenville -. C.' N'"'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
TWICE AS MUCH

Today's pin-up girls are va H..
nice, though Lillian Russeu u. ..,...
day had twice as much OF ".--: .
ever it is they have. Thele . I
twice as much Lillian.-R-cA''."'
(Va.) Times-Dispatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
w. D. McCaig Wrote It

The letter appearing first in the Letter Box
column on this page in Sundays Star-News,
through a typograp aphcal error, was signed W.
D. Craig. when it should have borne the sigma
ture of w. D. McCaig of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway Company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16

Italy a platform for one end of
the most spectacular bombing Of
fensive ever seen, which the air
people believe will bring Germa-
ny to her knees without the ground
forces having to hack their way
in.
The walls of Hitler's fortress are
cracking all around now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
THE HIGH C's FOR GIRLS

The high Cs for many giIl' o''
chatter cosmetics and cosJun'e''
st. Augustine Record,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
GOALS ARE MET

The recent crop report shows that
growers, in spite of many difficul,
ties, have substantially met, and
in many cases exceeded, crop acre
age goals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accepts no
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 people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-16
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu-
ton of the war to complete Vic
tory.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

PRAYER cannot be neglected without suf-
fering real spiritual loss.
&C. A. FLEISCHER.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01
TO ADD NEGRO OFFICERS

Detroit July Inns - Police
Commissioner John W. Wither-
spoon today denied that Detroit
police officers ransacked negro
homes without authority i'm the re-
cent rioting. and that they attempt
ed to run the blacks out OF town"
simultaneously Il appeared that
200 negro officers may be added to
the police force. Following de-
mands by the Rev. Horace A..
White. negro leader and member of
the Detroit Housing Commission.
and William j. Norton, chairman
of the inter-racial committee. that
more negroes be added to the po-
lice force. Mayor Edward J. JEFF
fries said you round up all the
husky. outstanding young negro men
you can find and We'll hire them
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01

Chicago. July 1-INS- Golfer
Betty Hicks Of Long Beach, Cal,
enlisted today in the SPARS, wom'
ems organization of the Coast
Guard, and tomorrow will be sworn
I'm at the Glen Oaks Country Club
where she had been playing in the
Womens Western open golf tour
nament. i've been thinking of
entering the service for months,
and believe every able-bodied girl
or woman who can do so should re-
lease some man for combat duty
Miss Hicks said
Philadelphia. July l--lNS-Babe
Dahgren, Phillies third sacker and
leading hitter Of the major leagues,
will be given a hearing before a
Philadelphia draft board early in
August on his appeal for temporary
delay on induction into the Army,
Dshlgren learned yesterday his
San Francisco board had place him
in IA. An immediate telephone
call to the West Coast, however,
gave him an opportunity TO make
his appeal before a local board.
Chicago, July 1-INS- Patty
Bergs comeback trail carried her
into the semi-fnals of the Wom-
ems Western Golf Associations
oncn tournament TODAY as she teed
of with Catherine Fox OF Glen
Ridge. y. !. The former National
champion from Minneapolis won
pair OF easy victories in the quarter
finals and second round that lief.
little doubt she had retained the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01

How would you feel II a long distance
conversation of yours should slow up
life and death call like the actual
one described above? You must be-
the Judge of the importance of your
own call.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01
BY Jack Sords

NFTRAION apparently have Allied
the New Guinea the Jap base Lac and only few
from Madang according Such seriously
threaten chain of the north
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01
Moose Still
Lead

Moose, current leader OF the City
Softball League, kept its record
clean as they ran their winning
streak to four games by defeating
Ford "A in a loosely played game
at p aspect Park Wednesday eve
ming. The lodge men were never
headed as they completed the first
round OF the season indicated
Ziegler pitched for winners while
Wolf hurled for the losers.
In the other game Of the evening
ipsi High seized uIdisputed pos
session OF the runner-up slot by
edging out Local 936 2-1 when
pitcher Ray Sites broke IL dead
lock by crossing the plate in the
sixth to win his own ball game. Al
though they nicked Earl Dryer Tor
only two hits. each blow batted in
run. Sites kept four hits seat
tered and but for an inheld error
in the first inning would have gar
nered a shut out.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01
Cardinals to
Dodgers

New York, July 1-INS- That
the National League pennant race
is 10 be resolved into a knOckdown
and dragout tussle between the St
/ Louis cardinals and the Brooklyn
Dodgers seemed evident today. The
rest OF the clubs are too weak TO
offer competition.
On yesterdays war.fund pro-
gram, the Dodgers took a double
header from the Cincinnati Reds.
TO and II to 3. to pull up within
five percentage points OF the pace
setting Cardinals who split with the
New York Giants.
Awhile back il looked as though
some of the rest OF the teams
might get into the middle OF this
tussle but now there no longer is
any doubt as to the identity OF the
class Of the league. 1t must be ST
Louis or Brooklyn. despite the fact
that both have been hard hit by
the war.
The Dodgers attracted 26S95
spectators for the double bill with
the Reds on the war relief program
and cashed in by a shutout in the
opener on Curt Davis four-hit pitch
ing and on Newsom' relief pitching
j the niChtcap. Newsom scored his
eighth triumph as first inning re-
lief man.
With that double win the Dodg.
H., etv fr,h
Of their last 13 starts TO keep on
the heels Of the Cards. Dixie
Walker and Paul Waner hit home
runs in the night cap.
The cards meanwhile struggled
to a to defeat in 10 innings and
then won their nightcap with the
Giants, TO 0 on HOWE Pollett's
siX-hit hurting. Pollett was helped
by two homers from Klein and one
each from Musial and Litwhiler.
That's smuggling.
The Chicago cubs swept double
header from the Boston Braves, =
to and to 4, the latter game
being clinched by Bill Nicholson
with a home run in the ninth after
two we're out.
The Philadelphia Phillies and
Pittsburgh Pirates played to an
eleven inning to tie at Phila-
delphia in a game called because
OF National League rule forbid
ding a night-game extra inning
from starting after 1l:50 p. m.
The New York Yankees in
creased their American League lead
to 2la games over the Washington
Senators with victory over the
Cleveland indians while the. Sena-
tors were losing to the Chicago
White SoX.
The Yanks cashed in on the hit
ting Of Nick Etten. who homered
and doubled for 3 to l triumph.
while the Senators were losing to
the Chicago White Sox, TO /.
Johnny Niggeling lifted the st.
Louis Browns out OF the American
League cellar with three-hlt. 10
performance against the Phila-
delphia Athletics.
The Detroit Tigers and the Bos-
ton Red Sox played TO II inning
. to 3 deadlock in a night game.
with Higgins hitting ninth inning
home run for Detroit TO tie the
score.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01
coNFERs ON RIOTS

Detroit, July 1-INS-S Special AS
sistant L. S. Attorney General
c. +. Rhetts was in Detroit today
comforting with city and state Of
ficials to gather facts on the race
riots for presentation TO Attorney
General Francis Biddle Il in
tend TO learn all | can and report
directly to Mr.. Biddle," Rhetts
said. Anything of a police nature
is. being handled by the FBI"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01
Sports Roundup

golflng skill she displayed before
she was injured in an automobile
accident a year and a half ago.
Chicago, July 1-lNS- Wallace
Ulrich, 21.ycar-old sophomore from
Carleton College OF Mortified,
Mimi, was en- route TO Oh1o to be
come a marine today. carrying with
him the National Athletic Associa-
tons golf title. The rangy Carrie
ton golfer, a native of Austin.
Mimi. became the first represen-
tative from a small school to win
the coveted championship by de
feating Bill Roden Of the University
of Texas. ( and >. az the Olympia
Fields Country Club.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01
Dog Takes Butter
to His Mistress

TOLEDO, O.-UP-Teddy. a COM
bination spitz and collie pup. cele-
brated Mothers Day by bringing
home a pound OF butter TO Mrs.
Roy Cox OF Toledo. 1t was a nice
gesture-and the only reason Mrs.
Cox wasn't grateful is that Teddy
came by the butter dishonesty.
He was caught red-handed when
Patrolmen Joseph Gulch and AL
Papenfus saw him pause in the
street to unwrap the butter They
followed him and saw him deposit
his ill-gotten gains at rhe rear door
of the Cox home.
There followed an impromptu
trial in which the driver OF dairy
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01
MISSED CIVILIZATION

Detroit. July 1-INS-" Sidewalks
were civilization to me- Lieut..
Simone Parent OF the Army Nurse
Corps. said today after spending
IS months on Southwest Pacific
tropical island that had no side
walks. They seemed TO signify
everything that | missed de
clared the nurse who cared for
wounded soldiers on an unnamed
island near Guadalcanal.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01

Please make only The most neces-
sary long distance calls.
" you must use long distance, do NIL
YOU can TO keep your call brief.
MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-01
MIcHIGAN's LAST HOPE

Glen Ellyn, Ill.-INS-Following
the first round match today in the
women's western open golf cham
pionship at the Glenoak 'ountry
Club, Marjorie Row, Michigan state
and Detroit district champion, re-
manned the only hope for a home
state winner. Marjorie had to so
to the 18th hole before she beat
Margaret Gunther Of Mephis.
Michigan's other hope, Margaret
Russell, saw swamped by Catherine
Fox. Is year old English girl. Is.