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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
Politics Blamed

Politics and postwar economic advantages
have been widely blamed for delays in the de-
feat of Germany.
1t has even been claimed in some quarters
that the hue and cry for ammunition was rails
ed to divert public attention from the real
causes of the postponement of victory.
This appears an unreasonable assumption.
One cannot picture General Eisenhower as
party to any political camoufage, or of issuing
his appeal to workers for greater production
OF certain war essentials, particularly shells,
trucks and heavy tires, under any misap-
prehension as to the lack of the great need for
them
Here is one man whose mind is solely focused
But there seems to be no doubt in we'll ad-
vlsed circles that the great game of politics
and future advantages has had a part in the
failure to achieve victory in Europe by Decem-
en- in its declaration to this effect, as the fol-
lowing excerpt from it's columns indicates
Since D-day in France" says the Journal,
greater preoccupation has been shown by
Russia in her Baltic and Balkan campaigns. in
tended to insure her security and by Great
Britain in Italy, Greece and Albania, to protect
her lifeline through the Mediterranean, then
in achievement Of the prime objective Of our
armies, the prompt defeat OF Germany and
concentration of all possible power to that end.
The result has been that the expectation in
washington that the war in Europe would be
over by the Pearl Harbor anniversary has not
been realized
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14

t;on of DR.. c. B. Davis with the most modern
x-rav machines So successful has Doctor Dav-
is been that he has been called to take charge
Of the North Carolina Board of Health's in
dustrial hygiene department, tribute to his
marked efficiency but creating a vacancy In
the local work that will be hard to fill
Two phases of this company undertaking
enlist especial interest. First the North Caro-
lima Shipbuilding Company is the first similar
firm in the country to institute this clinical
service and, secondly, the benefit to workers
has been inestimable.
The service does not include treatment, but
in the case of tuberculosis particularly, en-
ployes in which the disease is in the inactive
stage have been put in contact with DR.. P.
p Mccain. Of State Sanatorium to whom the
X-ray film is submitted, who gives the pa
tient advice as to his conduct and what steps
should be taken for preventing the disease
from becoming active. Through periodical ex-
aminations the yards clinical staff IS able
to Judge whether the employe should continue
working or change his type OF work or de-
ternine if he needs complete rest over
long period of time.
There is still another phase which deserves
especial mention. The clinic is maintained by
the company and employees are under no ex-
pense.
Lacking sanatorium since the War de-
partment, through development OF Bauethen-
thai airport made it impossible further to
operate the Red Cross institution and refused
to buy the site so that funds would be avail
able for building another, New Hanover coun-
ty is under heavy debt to the shipyard for
carrying on this case work upon winch 10
large extent success in the war on tubercu-
losis rests.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
Daily Prayer
FOR GENTLE WAYS

Spirits are sensitive in these
days, and every heart is bearing
it's own burden; so we would move
softly among ours fellows, our
every touch a helpful, healing
touch. BestoW upon us, o Lord, in
this time of desperate need The
Spirit of Jesus in all royal out
giving. Restrain the sharp and
critical word from our lips. Grant
us enough imagination to under
stand our brothers plight. By the
measure of our own sore hearts
may we apprase his need. In ne"
gentleness and considerateness
may we move through the days
spreading love and comfor,
Emancipate our minds from world
illness and enable US to live as
those who pass through great
time greatly. Enable us to be com
forters and inspirers; so that our
contribution to the war may par
take Of the nature of Thy MINIS
try. To this end, may we awe,
In ever-closed communion WIN
Thee, our hope and our help'
Amen.-W.T TIE.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
CHAPLAIN PLANS
COURT DEFENSE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 B -
Charlie Chaplin's defense against
Joan Berry's charges that he is the
father of her 4-month-old daughter,
Carol Ann, will be that Miss Berry
had relations with another man or
men, at the time the child was be-
gotten.
Attorney Charles E. Millikan, out.
lined the defense plans in a motion,
quickly denied by Superior Judge
Ruben Schmidt, for continuance
of the trial for As to 60 days.
Millikan saidhe had subpoenaed
IAN important and vital witness, Z"
screen writer Hans Reusch, but
that Reusch, in New York, had ig.
nored the summons.
Millikan said he had subpoenaed
followed it up with an offer OF
proof in an affidavit that quoted
several love" notes Miss Berry al
legedly wrote to Reusch. The. law
yer stated that Joan oftentimes &C.
cupied Reusch's apartment, re-
manned overnight land interfered
with his sleep and his work.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
WITH THE AEF
The Guys Are Coming Home

transportation they might even
get home for Christmas.
II don't care how fast I go!"
shouted Sgt. Joseph R. Lemay of
Fitchburg, Mass, who has been in
the army four years, overseas two
years and had two Sherman tanks
shot from under him. IF have to
take a rowboat to get there, that S
all right too!'
It's different with Sgt. Charles
Romano Of Stamford, Conn. His
record is like Lemay's and ne
wants to spend Christmas with
two Marthas: Mrs. Romano and
their two-year-old daughter who
was born just after Charlie left
the States.
If get there to see my kid at
long last and spend the holidays
with both of them it'll be the best
Christmas present I ever had"
Charlie grinned happily
When they called Corp. Carl D.
Dalton of Ogden, Utah, to the regi-
mental personnel office he thought
he was 'n some kinda trouble. "
He's tank driver with the same
time overseas, same number of
tanks shot out from under him, and
the same number of wounds as the
other two. At home for Christmas
to him means sitting down to a
dinner cooked by his sister, Mrs.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
By KENNETH L. DIXON

IN GERMANY, Dec. 7.-Delay.
ed lR Three years ago when
the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor,
all leaves and burroughs were can.
celled for guys already in the Army
including five Second Armored Di-
vision tankers now in Germany
On the first anniversary of Pearl
Harbor in 1912, these men had moth.
ing more than thoughts of furlough,
either. Four of the five were fight
ing in Africa. The fifth was on his
way to join them.
Last December 7, their outfit had
finished WnirlWind Sicilian cam
paign and these tankers were in
Britain, training for the invasion.
Now they've ught through
France, Belgium, Holland, and into
Germany. Each has been wounded
at least twice, and except for peri
DDS spent recuperating and time
spent training in England, they've
fought almost constantly for two
years. Home had become a vague
and distant place.
Today-on the third anniversary
of Pearl Harbor-all five were mott
fled they were getting 80 day fur
loughs back home.
At first it seemed too much to be-
lieve, but finally they were convinc-
ed it was true-if they got fast
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
The Literary Guidepost

been successful. Just recently she
gave up her more glamorous ac-
tivities and returned to her trade;
workers ought not to be too far
from their fellows, she believes.
BREAD Upon the Waters" is the
record of a decade which began
in 1888, and saw the reconstruction
of the ILGWU. It is also a por-
trait of the author.
But there are too many lines in
the portrait. The book is full of
color, but also full of nonsensical
little details about minor organi-
rational matters that would be
very useful in a union textbook,
but merely distract the average
reader. Miss Pesotta's unquea
toned and fortnight honesty is no
compensation for needless bore
dom.
One thing may be helpful to the
general reader. 1t is that the ma
teria1 of the book, which ranges
the country (and Canada) is the
record OF events, but also the Bible
of a crusade. Crusaders in any
age have a tendency to see the
crusaded-against in a monotone,
and not usually a pretty mono
tone.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
Shipyard Clinic

In recognition of its responsibility to its en-
ployes and, in a broader sense, to humanity.
the North Carolina shipbuilding Company has
maintained medical center not only for the
relief OF accident victims, but for the exami.
nation OF workers for variety Of diseases
the existence Of which may not have been
suspected by the individuals themselves with
especial attention given tuberculosis.
Slnce TINS phase Of the yard clinical service
vas instituted in July Of 1943. $4,000 chest
examinations have been made under di-ic.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
WAC Officers Arrive
In Chungking To Aid
American Staff Head

FORT oGLETHORPE, o."
Dec. 13.-R-Two WAC ollc.'
have arrived in Chungking 10 !.
sumo secretarial positions on ~
staff of the American comin4nu,,
in China, the Third WAC iTa-''"'
Center here announced TO-DAY :,
The officers are Capt. tAzaoT."
Mariana Lutte of Sheboygah' IVA M.', =,
and 1t. Florence sleby BuLlll. =. =,
San Jose, Calf. who Will se-F c.r
secretaries to the staff OF MAJ. o ~
Albert C. Wedemeyer, CHIEF Oh '' "a
China Theater of Operations, - q 4
commanding general Of the "
Army Forces in China.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14

j. w. Porter of Odgen.
II hope she's figuring on cooking
a big meal that day." The corpor'
al grinned.
Reno E. Schnabel of Trip, South
Dakota, thought he was in trouble
too. He'd just been made a SER
geant and was busy sewing on his
new stripes when company run.
ner came up and said report to
the old man.
ooh! OH" moaned Reno. ''Won'
der what I've done now. Bet I lose
these stripes before even get 'em
sewed on"
Fifteen minutes later he was back
packing mis- bag with big grin on
his face.
Reno is the Johnny Come Late
ly among the five. He's been over
seas "only'' % months now but no
body begrudged him his furlougt
after the African, Sicilian, French
Belgian, Dutch and German cam
2aiens-plus two wounds.
All those things said about the
first three guys regarding time ov
erseas, wounds etc., also applied tt
Pfc. Edward Laskywitz. This as
sistant tank driver from Yonkers
N. Y, didn't talk much. He jus
waved picture of Nancy Allan, al
so of Yonkers, who has waited two
years now for Eddie to come home
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
THE BAND PLAYED ON
Disappearing Stage Fails To
Disappear

NEW YORK, Dec. 49, Up -
When the orchestra stops playing
at the Capitol Theater it's platform
descends smoothly into the pit
but last night didn't and the
theater management is in for a
lot of correspondence.
The orchestra, stranded in front
OF the screen, played encores. Two
shows were cancelled before the
platform elevator was repaired.
For gosh sakes, please send me
a letter explaining" pleaded doz-
ems OF patrons today. II told my
wife Cor husbanO why I missed
the show but she Cor he) wouldn't
believe it,"
The musicians? Oh, they finally
stonned playing and climbed down.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
so THEY SAY

While the matter of screw threads may
seem like a rather simple and workaday mat
ter to the average man, the fact is that our
whole machine age economy is actually held
together by screw threads. Do you realize
that in many cases British and American gun
parts are not interchangeable even though the
completed products themselves are of identical
desiqn?-WPB Vice Chairman William L.. Bait.
-V-
Some of these boys are hurt so badly I
don't know how they ever will get well, but
they are always thinking of something funny
to say.-Lt. Julia Blandford. 9th Army nurse
In GerrnaAy.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
Navy To Increase Output
OF Rockets To Blast Foe

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. .-P)-
Production of rockets to blast the
way onto enemy beaches will be
stepped up, nearly 300 per cent
within the next few MONTHS" the
Navy reported today.
Rear Admiral George F. Hus-
sey, Jr., chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance, cited three reasons:
/. "The stepped-up tempo of the
Pacific war, where every often
sive must of necessity be an am
-phibious operation calling for thou
sands of rockets.
2. THE success of the Navy
latest airplane rocket"
3. 1.-The fact that the Navy now
is producing Navy-type rockets for
all the armed forces"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
Double Loss

The Senate Military Affairs Committee,
searching for the original copy OF the At
lantic Charter, has cast some doubt upon the
existence of any such document more "orig-
inal'' than the version printed by the House
of Representatives.
One might conclude, after reading Mr.. Stet
tinius's rebuke of British policy in Italy, that
the State Department may fear that the orig
inal spirit of the Atlantic Charter has also
been mislaid or forgotten.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
interpreting
The War y
By KIRKE L SIMPSON
Associated Press War A.. oN


IA "A Russian threat to Budsns,,
map. ~ vi the
1t is even more ominou,
that presented by the Red Arn nlaa
strong siege position befor 14tays
doomed Hungarian capital me NE
IS complete from the wes+ VINO" b
OF the Danube below the cit UaaS
Its east bank above, ' 70
North of Budapest and a,o,.
great bend of the Danube, tSs ~ p' w
SLAMS have driven a broad cows N.Y.
virtually to Czechoslovakjs, 7tSOf
have gained a substantial foo oHey
in the valley Of the Ipoly Tir.s
that flows westward to enter ,| W.
Danube at the western end ~ ~.
gorge-like canyon through ub' We
the Danube passes before # ha a,yl
Sharply southwark 10 reach d.
pest. o0o'
That canyon and the Borz,.
mountain mass north Of i tnn
strong natural barriers TO anv ~.
sian direct advance on Vierna '1 m
the Danube, bypassing BudaneSt
However, the Russians Seem in
position to sweep north around N,
Borzsony mountains and nons
down into the great plain NORTH -,
the Danube between Budapest AND
Vienna. '''u
Whether that is the Russian o'.,
remains to be seen.
The Red grip on the valley 4.
the Ipoly is a threat to Nazi.H,m,
garian forces still clinging to III.
mountains of northeastern HIM.
gary below the Slovakian bordar
Red forces are expanding east
ward up the Ipoly as we'll as west
ward. Another Russian spearbead
is driving northwestward above
captured Miskolc up the Saio and
Rima valleys.
Both columns appear aiming At
the important Hungarian-Slovakian
frontier city of Losoncz. ShopId
they effect junction, all enemy
troops south of them would no
trapped and the last Nazi hold m
northeastern Hungary, and on all
eastern Slovakia, be broken.
The result would be placing at
Russian disposal vitally important
direct highway and rail communi.
cations linking Hungary and south.
ern Poland.
The threat to the whole Nazi de.
tense line guarding Vienna from
Lake Balaton in the southwest 10
the Borzsony mountains in the
northeast which the Russian drive
down the Ipoly constitutes is clear.
1t seems to justify Moscof press
assertions that the enemy ALREADY
is critically outflanked.
Southwest of Budapest, where
heavy Nazi reinforcements are re.
ported from Russia to be massed
to hold the gap between that city
and Lake Balaton, there has been
no significant change in front re-
ported for several days. The Rus
sian drive on Vienna by that short
and direct route, bypassing Buda-
pest to the south, has been slowed
if not halted.
1nvariable Russian practice in
such circumstances h a been 10
strike Immediately at some other
vulnerable point.
The 1poly corridor attack follows
that accepted Red Army technique
even if its real detectives are not
revealed
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The Navy disclosed that landing
craft of all sizes now lay down
rocket barrages to clear the ap-
proaches and beaches of anti-per-
sonnet defenses and enemy forces.
The As inch or beach rocket,
which the amphibious craft use
carries the punch of a 105-mm
shell.
Large landing craft, specifically
landing craft tanks, the Navy con-
tinued, carry hundreds of rockets
which are fired in salvos The
total number of salvos from an
Let" the Navy said, lis equal
to approximately 2 IL times the
firepoWer of battleship of the
New JERSEY class"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
Scores Reported Dead
Or Wounded Following
Clash In San Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, Dec. B'-Md
Scores of persons were nv ~ h,.
killed and wounded in a cIas sroo1,
tween SaIvadorean National ,Io osn
and heavily armed salTaa l0r5er
emigrants who crossed 'lle W.
from Guatemala yesterday ,orei
The invaders W ere ue ,,ort.
equipped with heavy ali.'' aren.
German-made rifles, hama
AIDES and machineguns.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-14
Something To Grow Over

Nothing recently has strengthened our faith
IN our Fellow man more than the knowledge
mat New York, in the midst Of the live fowl
shortage, has opened its poultry show ana
that at last count all 1000 potential broilsrs
and fryers were present and accounted Tor
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ASK NE q
ANOTHER {
A General Quiz
The Questions
A General Quiz


/. What does the Statue Of Lib
erty hold in her left hand?
2. What inland bodies of water
are saltier than the oceans?
8. Who are the ''Sea Squatters7"
4. In the Bible, who was the food
and grain administrator Of a
great country during a period Of
failing crops and widespread FAM
inc?
5. A symphony usually has how
many movements?
6. The Grand Canyon Of Colo
RADIO extends approximately how
many miles?
z. How many pairs Of nylon
stockings could be made from the
material needed for one para
chute?
s. What fictional character had
"The Old Man of the Sea-" cling
ing to his shoulders?
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MR MZ1KAZE
11..ess.. co.'s 10
w.M.U. RELEASE

oil caught fire and the flames raced
toward him.
He tried to blot out this picture.
But It came again, and made him
cold all over. He was bathed In
perspiration. He began to shake
slightly and found he Couldn't con-
troll 1t, no matter how much he
tried.
At that he learned how far Arny's
reformation had gone, and how real
1t was, and that she was good-heart-
ed all along as he always knew, and
that now he was to become q sol
der, she was willing to express her
feelings about it, even IL only silent
ly.
Without a word, Mrs. Wrinkle
turned in the bed beside him. She
slipped a soft warm arm under his
neck and put the other over his
chest, and held him tightly. She
seemed to understand.
Mr.. Wrinkle was ashamed that she
did, but greatly comforted, too.
The President of the United States,
To Wilbert George Wrinkle,
Greeting: Having submitted your
self to local board composed Of
your neighbors for the purpose Of
determining your availability for
training and service in the armed
forces Of the United States, you are
hereby notified that you have now
been selected for training and serv-
ice in the Army.
Mr.. Wrinkle had never before re-
ceived a communication from the
President.
Following his prominent newspa-
per appearance and the gathering
Of the people Of Maple Avenue, he
would look very foolish indeed if
he were turned down and returned
home after being sent to the Induc-
ton Center.
He understood that, even though
accepted, he had the privilege Of
returning home for a week to put
his affairs in order before leaving
again for good. But his fellow
draftees had all announced their i'm
tention of waving the weeks fur
Tough, and now he followed suit.
He had heard the jokes to the ef-
feet that if you could breathe or
were warm, the Army would ac-
cept you, and though he didn't like
to believe them, he prepared for
going away and staying away.
AS a precaution against drastic
circumstance, Mr.. Wrinkle made his
will, ceremony that not even Pc
nelope regarded as happy one.
He finished the few jobs he had
in the shop and would take no more.
He packed away his tools in grease
and oil, and tackled up heavy pa
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CHAPTER III

"The telephones been ringing
ever since the paper came out" she
announced. "People / haven't seen
or heard Of in years have called.
One woman didn't know at ALL
mean, she was perfect stranger.
''What did she want?" asked Mr..
Wrinkle.
Amy looked baf1ed. 81 don't
know" she replied. "She said she
just felt she had to call. AS if-oh,
Wilbert, as If you were dead al-
ready"
Mrs. Wrinkle had often glared at
him as If herself wishing him dead,
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rH1o$65as.

THE STORY THUS FAR: Forty-four.
year-old Wiibert Wrinkle, who 10 the Pre-
prietor Of . general repair shop I'm
the alley back Of his home, 10 notified
by his draft board that he 10 in IA. He
had thought that the doctor who exam.
lined him would mot overlook his dyspep-
sia, Mis- near.siga itedness and his caved-
IN chest. He breaks the bad news 10 his
wife, Amy, and goes 10 work without Miss.
ing her goodby. The next day news.
paper photographer calls on him at his
shop and takes his picture, which ap.
pears later on the front page under the
caption, "Winhle Proud 10 Fight" The
story explains that Wrinkle was the flrst
married selectee I'm springville TO be
called.
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Mexican divorces requiring no
residence in Mexico completed by
mail in 5 wks. Legal in U. S. A.
Immed. remarriage. T. J. Vachon,
Dept. BAN, Lancaster, N. H.-Adv.
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Origin Of Pulp Paper

When a young German paper
maker, Gottfried Keller, kicked a
wasps' nest on a walk through the
woods in the 10Th century, he
was impressed by the nests tex
ture, which was similar to rag
paper produced at the mill where
he worked.
He showed it to a chemist
friend, and the two concluded
wasps made it from spruce tree
fiber. They succeeded in making
paper from wood, and thus the
pulp paper industry was born.