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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
On The Way

Secretary Knox is probably right in saying
that we have not yet felt the power of Japan's
war machine. but it is not unduly optimistic
to note that as far as we have gone we've
done pretty well.
There is this action at Eniwetok, for ex-
ample The atoll was very strongly occupied
by the japanese, There were rumors that it
was the strongest enemy post in the Mar
sha]ls. Yet, within week of the first landing
by American Marines it is all but taken, with
our forces engaged in the proverbial hopping
up operations.
Now, Eniwetok is within safe bombing range
of Truk where the Navy and Air Forces knock
ed out nineteen Japanese ships and 201 war
planes. It contains rlnways from which Amer
lean bombers may take off, when the defenses
at Parry fall, to complete the destruction OF
Trunks defenses in preparation for landings.
AS surely as night follows day, possession
of Truk will be wrested from the enemy and
another milestone be passed on the road to
Tokyo. The Marshalls and the Carolines, which
Japan has been turning into powerful outposts
for years, will be taken, Wake and the Philip
pines retaken and the western approach to
Japan be cleared of all barriers.
We have yet to feel the full power OF the
Japanese war machine but there is no reason
to doubt that when we do we'll meet it with
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
COUNCIL REFUSES
ASSISTANT AGENT

Not because there was no JUS
LITIGATION for employment of an
assistant home economist to help
Wilmingtonians with their canning
and gardening during the sum-
mer months, but more because it
appeared to be purely a county
responsibility" the City council
for a second slime refused ap-
pointment of such an agent, al
though the supplemental salary in.
volved was relatively small.
st is a matter of principle, y
one councilman explained. 1--WE
want to let the county do its joE
and we will do ours
The assistant agent was en-
ployed last summer, and pressure
cookers purchased with which she
aided local Gamers who conserved
the produce from their Victory
gardens or obtained unshipped pro
duce from local growers. Figure:
were presented to show the guam
tity of work achieved by the city
economist. The individual is paie
partially by federal funds; thu
city's part is small.
Not a single council membe,
argued for hiring such a worke.
again.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
Twenty-Five Youths
Enlist In u. S. NAVY

U. S. Navy Recruiting office of
Wilmington announced Wednesday
that 81 seventeen year old boys
had recently enlisted in the Navy
through the local office.
List of Navy recruits follows:
Bennie M. Green, Jr., Hubert H.
McKoy. Frederick w. Brown, Clar-
ence W. Peterson, Pay P. Cow
ard, Earl H. Cooke, Lenox A.
Johnson, Vernon, E. Larson, Will
liam w. Lewis, Jr., James M.
Sandy, all of Wilmington; Bailey
L. Mcdowell of Bolivia; Andrew
N. Myers of Burgaw: Daniel Ed
wards of Clarkton; Earl S. Nc
Daniel, Cornie w. Greene, Jr.,
both of Cerro Gordo; Dempsey
Bullock of Fair Bluff; Ernest K.
Jones of Turkey; H. B. William
son Of Boa-dman; baltimore
Hardy of Shallotte; Carlton S. Sim.
mons of Elizabethtow1, and Ed
ward R. Mcclellan of Chadbourn.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
Daily Prayer
FOR EVEN-MINDEDNESS

Our spirits are up today and
down tomorrow; and We come TO
Thee, O God, who art the same
yesterday, today and forever,
praying for even mindedneSs
Grant us the steady faith that can
display serenity in defeat as in
victory; that can accept good news
and bad news from our battle.
fronts in mistaken assurance. In
quietness and in confidence, may
we be strong; for Thou, 0 change
less Father, at the foundation
rock of our lives Keep us closer
to Thy word than to the news
papers. All things change but
Thee. Impart unto our spirits, we
dare to pray, measure Of my
divine steadfastness; so that we
may move through the days-the
dark days as we'll as the bright
days-with a tranquility that will
steady our brother men. Thus
would we manifest the peace that
passes understanding, the peace
that alone can give us a new world
after the war. So, in full sharing,
would we impart as well as re-
ceive the constancy which has its
springs only in Thee. Amen
VIE.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
The Literary Guidepost

he would follow the line estab.
lished by his predecessor. But
Plus XII is very different sort
OF man, man of wide travel and
much d i p o m tie experience
through his work in the PapaI Sec
retariat of State. and a subtle
man.
Out of huge amount of detail.
relevant and otherwise, it is DOS.
slble to deduce one central fact.
Mr.. Cianfarra believes. This is
Plus KITS sympathy with the de-
mocracies. He has suffered much
because of his moral compulsion
to obey the Lateran treaty-he
cannot take political action, can.
not violate the treaty, although re.
peatedly Mussolini violated it.
Plus XII has, Mr.. Cianfarra
says, consistently worked for
peace. He even concealed his dis
approval o. Mussolini's course in
an effort to stabilize Europe. The
protection OF mankind's rights as
individuals, primarily his right to
worship as his conscience dictates
is his chief aim. He has with.
stood, Mr.. Cianfarra shows, enor.
NOUS pressure from Germany and
Italy, in spite of the fact that
Church policy makes him suspis
cious of Russia's anti religious
bias.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
1ntertrain Telephone

While it is declared experiments are still in
complete, the Pennsylvania Railroad announc-
es !ntertrain telephone communication is be-
ing successfully used on sixty.seven-mile
branch Of its lines running north from Tren-
ton, N. Y. It is also said that the two-way
electronic system enables the engineer up
front to talk with his conductor in the caboose
hundred cars away, and a wayside tower
man may relay orders instantly to an engi-
neer.
The telephone system, says the railroads
announcement, provides solution for Ger.
tain practical difficulties which were encoun-
tered in adapting pure radio to railroad USE
and leaves the air to those forms Of transport
which have no physical ground contacts and
to which radio has been found to be ideally
adapted"
In actual operation, the following is said to
result:
1.-THE block operator finds out by telephone
from the engineman and conductor just what
is occurring in their movements, keeps the
train dispatcher fully advised, and thus facili-
tates the planning of all train movements af-
fected.
when any change in conditions occurs, all
persons interested are promptly advised and
advantages are taken on the instant, reducing
delays which otherwise would occur if wayside
telephones had to be used.'
Eliminating the human variant, it seems
probably that when the tests still under way
on the branch line are completed, the danger
of serious aud costly railway wrecks will be
greatly reduced.
If it had been installed on Atlantic Coast
Line trains at the time OF the Ruie collision
there would have been no loss Of life or de-
struction of property. It is to be hoped thai
this system or another equally efficient vii
soon become standard equipment on all trains
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
BY JOHN SELBY
"The Vatican and The War;" by
Camille Cianfarra (Dutton; S3).


Camille Cianfarra (Dutton; $3).
Possibly c m i e Cianfarra's
The Vatican and the War" is
mistitled, but that has little to Go
with the books usefulness, which
is considerable. More than na]f OF
the book has to do with Italian
politics and war-making, and the
first quarter of it is nicely a
careful and detailed account of the
business Of electing and installing
a Pope. All these things have bear
ing on the situation and activity
OF the Vatican in this war, of
course, but sometimes the rela-
tlonship is so distant as to sug-
gest deliberate padding on the part
OF Mr.. Cianfarra, although the de-
scriptio1 Of Vatican organization
and ceremonial has much interest
for the Catholic, and strong ro-
mantle attraction for the nom
Catholic.
After the death of belligerent,
testy Plus XII, the Papacy under.
went a change. Mr.. Cianfarra
thinks Plus XI deliberately pre-
pared Cardinal Pacelli for the
Papcy; certainly, he says, it was
assumed that when the present
Pope assumed the title Plus XII
ne was delicately indicating that
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
With Ernie Pyle
Another soldier answered:

Another soldier answered:
Hell, I don't even know who
my Congressman is. did three
years ago, but l don't now"
The first voice was that of Pfc.
Eddie Young, Of Pontiac, Mich,
the company's runner and mes
sage carrier. You get to know
voices very quickly. Even though
l was a newcomer to the COM
pany, there were a dozen men I
could name in the blackness by
their voices.
Eddie Young's voice especially
haunted me. It was fast, and there
was tolerant and gentle hunor
in 1t. 1t was perfect duplicate
of the voice OF my friend Ben
Robertson, the correspondent who
was killed in the Clipper crash
at Lisbon a year ago. Whenever
Eddie spoke, I could not help feel
ing that Ben was marching be-
hind me.
The company first sergeant is
Bill Wood of Council Bluffs, Ia,
tall man who carried heavy
pack, and when he fell there was
a lot of him to 60 down. When
ever Bill would fall we'd hear him
and stop. And then we could hear
him clawing with his feet and get
ting part way up and then hitting
the mud again, and cussing more
eloquently with each attempt.
1t really was so funny we all
had to laugh. When Bill finally
got back in line he was good and
mad, and he said he couldn't see
anything funny about it.
1t took us half an hour to feel
our way out of the big orchard
and down few feet onto the so.
called road, which was actually
not much more than a furrow
worn by Italian mule carts. There
were knee-deep ruts and bucket
sized rocks.
Once on the road, the column
halted to let train of pack mules
pass. AS we stood there, the
thought occurred to all of us:
Its bad enough to be founder
ing around on the ground and mud
but now it'll be like groveling in
a barnyard."
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
NO lime 10 quarrel

| President R0osevelts veto of the tax bill
was accompanied by message well calculat'
ed to arouse Congress to such pitch of an
tagcnism that members will muster enough
strength to override it.
If it should be overridden through anger at
the President, that would be a sad day for
the nation This is no time to give way to
emotions either at the White House or the
Capitol.
If the Chief Executive ignores the dignity
of his position ant scolds Congress for dis
obeying him, there is the more reason for
Congress to remain cool and take it's further
action on the tax bill on the merits of the
measure alone
If Congress is convinced that the bill as
sent to the White House represents both the
total of money needed for the coming years
additional expenses and the ultimate amount
the taxpayers can place in the Treasury. as
its passage would indicate, then Congress will
be fully justified in passing it over the Presi-
dents veto and making it the law of the land
despite his scolding.
Nerves are getting raw at 1900 Pennsylvania
avenue and on Capitol Hill. The cleavage be-
tween the administrative and legislative
branches OF government is widening. Failure
of the Congress to act with GOODNESS now
could only serve to widen it further And with
the war at the critical stage an open quarrel
between these branches could have grave and
destructive effect upon the war effort.
It is the Constitutional privilege of the Con-
gress to write the tax bills of the United
States. Let it exercise that privilege to the
full, in the knowledge that it is within it's
rights in SO doing, but without pique.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
Churchill Sums Up

Abandoning his familiar oratorical flights
Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great
Britain confined his remarks in the House of
Commons to simple statement of conditions
in the European war and the outlook for vic
tory which, he said, is not to be expected In
1914 ~
Britain has no quarrel with Russia, he de-
clared, on Stalins decision with respect of
Poland Nor is there any lessening Of CO.
operation among three principal Allied nations
despite unkindly articles in the Russian press.
The Battle Of Italy is not on schedule, due to
bad weather and the German determination
to hold Rome. but Hitler's large concentra-
ton Of forces in Italy has reduced his defen-
sive and striking power elsewhere. The in
pons, either pilotless planes or rocket guns,
which are being sought out and destroyed
by Allied Air Forces, but which. add to the
dangers of invasion and threaten England.
When American and British forces move
against the Continent their numbers will be
the Americans will outnumber the British with
reinforcements arriving in much larger num-
bers than Britain can match.
Mr.. Churchill gave no hint that he doubts
ultimate victory over the Nazis, but empha.
sized the obvious fact that they are still pro-
ducing war material in immense quantities ano
Hitler's armed forces are still strong in mum.
bers and determination, and well equipped for
battle.
If there was suggestion of hope deferred
in Mr.. Churchill's address, it may be said
that he spoke plainly, that he CLOSED over nc
dangers, and by his very frankness encourag
ed his hearers and the entire Allied world tc
strive the more Fundamentally and sacrificial
ly for victory.
His view that the war may not be success
fully concluded this year finds support at Wash
ington, where President Roosevelt and oul
military leaders agree there is little in the
present situation to justify hope of speedy
victory.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Analvs,

Russian capture of Krivoi Roo
last Nazi has ion in the depths of
the Dnieper bend may loose on
the German high command new
flood of disaster fully warrantinu
Marshal Stains declaration that
the Hitherto regime is ADVANCING
inevitably toward catastrophe"
There are PLAIN portents of r5',
in the German situation along the
whole south flank of the eastern
front. The fall of Krivoi Roo
throwing the Nazi forces back 10
the southwest apparently for a
new stand behind the already out.
flanked Ukrainian Bug river line
could well prove the beginning Of
the end for Germany in southern
Russia in Rumania and in the
| Balkans.
Important as Krivoi Rog was to
the Nazis for its iron a.and other
war minerals its military value
, in sustaining the whole Nazi
Ukrainian front was even greater
The wide Dnieper itself afforded
it security from the south il the
spring flood period just ahead.
On the north flank of the Ge..
man Ukrainian wedge now top.
pling back from its Krivoi Roi
apex however Russian deploy.
ments in force on front nearly
500 miles long from Krivoi Ros
aortnwestward to Lutsk in south.
eastern Poland has sinister DOS.
sibilities for the retreating Nazis.
That is the southern flank of the
hugely expanded Kiev bulge.
Along it stand three or more
Ukrainian armies Threatening
every Nazi route of retreat from
the southern Ukraine including the
Oddessa Tarnopol Warsaw rail
trunk line. The Russians are no
more than 20 to 40 miles from
that railroad for a distance Of
nearly 200 miles.
There seems no direct route
open for a retreat behind the Bug
River for the Nazi divisions rout.
ed from the Krivoi Rog sector
except southwark then down the
right bank of the Lower Dnieper
| to Kherson and to Nikolaev on the
Bug mouth estuary. If that is true
they are in immediate danger of
being cut off and trapped by the
Russians at any point before they
reach the Bug. The stage seems
set for Russian thrust from tie
south direct at Nikolaev Itself by
armies long poised on the left
bank of the Dnieper opposite hher.
son.
But it is the vast Kiev bulge
that holds the greatest danger fer
the retreating Germans. 1t is heav
lily manned along its south flank
7 to form natural ground for sue
cesslve entrapment thruSts south
and southwestWard to harry the
German retreat all the way to the
: Rumanian border-and possibly
beyond.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
They Overtax Transportation

It was generally agreed when the war first
imposed a heavy burden upon the nations
transportation facilities that in the interest
of the war program convention and group
gatherings should be abandoned for the dura-
ton. The decision was widely adhered to for
some time, but of late there has been a ten
dency to forget it.
Alarmed at the present inclination to re-
sumo the convention practice Joseph B. East
man, director of the Office of Defense Trans
portation, has called on trade and other or
CARNATIONS to abandon plans for conventions
and particularly for trade shows, unless their
officers ARE thoroughly convinced that the
meetings will help to shorten the war;
The failure Of some groups to heed his
previous appeals to the same end, he said,
had led other groups to abandon earlier
pledges not to hold such meetings, thus placing
on the country's transportation systems bur.
dens which adversely affected the war pro
gram.
He added that the ODT could not forbid
would violate constitutional guarantees of free
dom of assembly, but he held it his duty to dc
all in his power to discourage them.
Il must say emphatically,' Mr. Eastman as
serted, ''that conventions and other group
meetings interfere, and interfere seriously
with provision of adequate passenger service
for movement OF military and essential war
business traffic.
I'm this regard, the difference between {
large and a small convention is only one O.
degree. Any convention which attracts attend
ants from other cities who travel by train Of
bus requires use of travel space that is nov
by civilians travelling on war business
Although Mr. Eastman directs his appeal to
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
Byrd Asks Investigation
Of Pamphlet Being Given
U. S. Troops In England

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-P-
Senator Byrd D-VO asked today
for an investigation to determine
whether the British distributed 10
American troops a tabloid news
PAPER containing a story that poD'
teal opponents of President RooS,
evelt are ready to spend $50, OOO, OOV
to defeat him for reelection.
Byrd read to the Senate a lev
ter he wrote to Elmer Davis, ol'
rector of the Office of War III,
formation, citing a news dlspaI'H
from London which told of sucn
story appearing in a four page
news pamphlet issued by the OIL.
cial British Information Agency
and distributed among men d.
irving in England. ,.,
The story in the pamphlet, "illrH
was not credited to any source
caid "Roosevelt's opponents aLe
ready to spend so million dollars
ec beat him if-as they assume
he makes a fourth-term BID Ioi
President at the November elec'
tons"
Byrd told Davis II cannot INA.
CINE anything more disruptlVe %
he relations between Great Dlt,
tain and America than Tor '4'
British Ministry of Information "
attempt to propaganda AnleI-'@ a..
troops in the coming election, ;.
pecially when such propaganaa9. ~ u
based on rumor and is suonll'''N
without details or roof. u
II would be obliged if you Wo"-N
investigate the matter, BYRD Go ~
tinued, land ascertain WleUi''
this report is correct
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24

ORGANIZATIONS, 1t would be appropriate for him
to remind individuals of their pledge to share
their automobiles We have heard little or
nothing of the share-tne-7ide program in q
long time Yet it is as necessary now to CON
serve gasoline and rubber as at any time since
the war s:2rted.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
"NATIONAL EMERGENCY"

NEW YORK, Feb. 23-tREThe
Japanese-controlled Manila radio
said today "a state of national
emergency has been declared in
the Philippines" following the as
sumption of new dictatorial pow
ers by Jose P. Laurel, puppet
president of the occupied country
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
Fair Enough

(Ediotrs Note-The Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views OF Mr. Pegier;
and often disagree with them much as many OF
his readers His articles serve the good purpose OF
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
TOP OF THE MORNING

A quiet spirit is of inestimable value
when carrying on outward activities; and
nothing SO hinders the working Of the hid
hen spiritual forces, upon which, after all,
our success in everything really depends,
rs q spirit of unrest and anxiety.
Quoted by Cowman.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24

Fatal accidents in and aroIuiu
American homes numbered a lam nm
81 1000 in 1943-an increase OF l'VO'
nver 1912
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24

81 vitamins, when highly mag
n1fled, appear as beautiful crystals,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24

Three-fourths of the United States is flat
until March Is.
Workers in an Indiana bakery struck Tor
higher wages and shorter hours. More Dough
i one kind and less Of another.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-24
Our Chief Ain,

70 aid In every way the prosecution q
the war to complete Victory.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-11-23
Other School News

Ernest Spoerlein, instructor, an
nounced an extensive vocational gui-
dance program this year for seniors.
Aptitude tests will also be given to
any junior or senior desiring to take
them, covering the fields of art, me-
chanical ability, musical talent. cleri-
cal work or for any Of the professions.
These tests will be given sometime in
January
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-11-23
AVILTON

Mr.. and Mrs Ellis Robson and
family spent Sunday afternoon here
with their respective parents.
Mr.. and Mrs George Fike and
daughter, Norma Joyce, Frostburg,
were calling on relatives here Sunday
afternoon.
George Brown, of Alabama, spent
Saturday here with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs George Brown.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Wilhelm remains quite ill.,
O. S. Fike has been suffering with
asthma for the past week.
Pvt. Clifton Weitzell, who is sta
toned at a camp in Florida. is home
on Through and he and his family
were visiting his parents here one day
last week.
Mrs. Asa Wilhelm and children
spent Monday with her parents.
Mrs. Clarence Stark, Of Akron, O.,
Miss Beulah Walton, of Pittsburg,
Pa, Mrs, Howard Miller, Miss Pearl
Mclean, Miss Haralene Mclean, of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-11-23
OBSERVE WEDDING ANNI-
VERSARY

Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Michael en-
tertained with a Thanksgiving dinner
on Monday evening in celebration Of
their thirty-scventh wedding anniver-
saIy. The affair was held at the fam
lily home near Mt. Zion church, in
this county, near Frostburg, and was
attended by their son, Sgt Stanley
Michael, home on furlough from Los
Vegas, Nevada.
Other children attending were Mrs.
Mildred Beachy, Mrs. Helen Duck
worth and Julius S. Michael. and the
three grandsons and one granddaugh-
ter Of Mn. and Mrs. Michael.
Sgt. Michael, who has been in the
army since 1910, left Monday to re-
port to Lincoln, Neb., after a seven
teen-day Through He has been train
ing as an aerial gunner and radio
operator. His wife, a former resi-
dent Of California, who was a guest
at the Michael home, and her three
month-old daughter, will leave this
week for New York to remain for an
indefinite period.