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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-23
The Literary Guidepost

are attending a wedding. One OF
the guests is a girl named Teresa
daughter of a remarkably slug
like egomaniac. Teresa sees the
whole performance of the wedding
Cor rather Miss Stead does) as q
kind Of primitive and orgiastic
dance, and the long monologue by
Aunt Bea thereafter is the out
pouring Of a glutted mind after
satisfaction Of an extremely print
tive sort.
Teresa simply will not be an
old maid. She is already a teach
er, and nights she tutors Latin
with a most unattractive chap
named Crow. Rather than continue
a Sydney teacher, Teresa pursues
Crow literally and figuratively,
until finally the two Of them are
in England, and Teresa sees what
a mistake Crow is, and after a
few experimental sallies, at last
achieves self-discovery." It is
quite discovery. and Teresa is
long enough about it, in all con-
science.
There is no question Of Miss
Stead's ability. Her obsession with
certain phases Of sex. with dark
and tortured thought. and with
purple writing is something yet
again.
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so THEY SAY

The outcome of the Philippine operations
will be of such far-reaching nature as to
decide the general war situation, and am
certain it will be the greatest and most
decisive battle ever fought. -Adml Nobu.
masa Suetsugu, former commander japanese
combined fleets.
weu-fed, clothed, housed and educated
man is less inclined toward spoiation and
bloodshed than his in-used brother.
Bernard NJ Baruch.
assure you that the American and British
fighting forces are strong unity, tempered
and hardened by the ordeal of sacrifice, COM
bat, and victory.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
France is now feeling the pangs of her Sec
ond great revolution.
Press Service.
.*
There is nothing that takes the place with
the soldiers Of news from home.
Gen. Joseph stilwel.
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Behind The Speeches

After listening to q few OF the debates
between major party leaders IN the pre-elec
ton campaign, the natural reaction is awe
How does it happen that we are winning thu
war If the charges Of political incompetence
on both sides are anywhere near true? AS
matter of fact, we would not be winning the
war if our fate had been left to the foresight
and initiative of any political party. We were
preparing for the war in ways the politicians
never dreamed Of, long before Pearl Harbor.
The array Of armament and supplies that
American factories were able to turn out at
ter our peril was generally recognized, was
not due to any previous political planning by
either party.
For example, very few persons considered
the problem of fueling, which the sudden ap.
perance of an American air armada presented
to the oil industry. # the industry had been
unprepared when this armada became a fact,
not a plane would have left the ground for
years. However, as the annual report of one
oil company points out, the development of
high test gasoline for the planes that are today
wrecking Germany, began in the laboratories
Of the oil companies many years ago. 1t says:
1.-TWO days after Pearl Harbor, the Office Of
Petroleum Coordinator called manufacturers
of high octane aviation fuels to Washington
Each producer was asked what his company
could do in the emergency" This company,
like others, revealed that it was producing a
high octane ingredient suitable for 100 &C.
tame aviation fuel. The production was imme-
diately available to the government
Here is the real reason why this country is
winning the war-behind the speeches, the
cold fact is the people were ready for war be-
cause OF the alertness Of their industries.
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Science Joins The Fight

Fire prevention week is past, but during
those seven days of concentrated battle
against fire the public learned of new weapons
to combat uncontrolled fire. Among those
weapons are such inocuous sounding devices
as fog, foam and snow.
One story told how munitions ship col
ided with tanker off the East Coast few
months ago. The crash exploded and sank the
munitions ship and turned the tanker into
raging inferno. By all the rules, the tanker
should have been a total loss. 1t wasn't.
Twelve hours after the accident, Navy fire
fighters arrived with some of the latest fire
fighting tools. By then the heat was unbeliev-
able. Bronze fittings melted like hot chocolate
Ahead Of the Navy men as they went aboard
the ship, travelled ball OF kissing fog. Shell
tered behind it, they advanced toward the
ships stern. Arrived at the stern cargo tanks,
they applied another modern fire fighting mir
acle: foam. From special nozzles they shot a
smother Of snow bubbles which stuck on ev-
erything. The bubbles piled up in the tanks,
floating on the burning gasoline like super
yeasty dough, choking out the fire. A s., 500 900
ship and 10000 barrels OF war fuel had been
saved.
The mysterious fog that saved that ship
was made by dozens OF medicine streams
of water rushing from hose at 100 miles an
hour. Backed by $50 pounds of pressure, these
streams, aimed to shatter against each other,
broke up every gallon Of water into 23,00O,-
600, 900 enthusiastically drenching, cooling
fog.
Snow, another fire-hghting miracle. is L.
quid carbon dioxide under high pressure. It
leaves the nozzle at 100 degrees below zero.
No fire can Withstand it.
In spite of everything that has been done
to prevent and extinguish fire, the tragic fact
remains that fire losses are still rising-be-
cause we as nation are too lazy and indif-
terent to use what science has given us!
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BY JOHN SELBY
HFor Love Alone" by Christina

Stead (darcourt, BRACE POI.
II you remember Christina
Stead's five books you may also
remember tina they covered quite
a field-fantasy on one side, rang.
ing through to realism OF consid-
cradle strength. Then, if you pick
up the sixth book, which is called
..For Love Alone" you will dis
cover that Miss Stead is now at
tempting to include all the char
acteristics of its predecessors in
this one novel" It is perform
ance of great virtuosity, although
one wonders whether like most
virtuoso performances) i. really
is worth the doing.
Miss Stead's publisher declares
that For Love Alone" is ''the
story of young woman's pursuit
Of love-" This is exactly what the
book is not. For Love Alone" Is
long, fictional essay on Miss
Steads ideas of sex, and not on
love. Or perhaps it is no longer
the fashion to diffe-entiate.
It begins in Sydney, Australia,
where a group of quite mad
le1o4e, nv .vue4y .s.dje. y
each other in ways which Miss
Stead does not try to make clear,
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Sermon Subject

"Probation After Death was the
subject Of the Lesson-Sermon in
all Christian Science churches and
Societies on Sunday, October %.
The Golden Text was from John
5:25. 1.-THE hour is coming, and
now is, when the dead shall hear
the voice of the Son of God: and
they that hear shall live"
Among the citations which COM
prised the Lesson-Sermon were the
following from the Bible: Blessed
be the God and Father Of our
Lord Jesus Christ, which accord
ing to His abundant mercy hath
begotten us again unto lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, to an inhe-i-
lance incorruptible, and undefiled,
and that fadeth not away, reserv-
ed in heaven for you. Who are
kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be
revealed in the last time" Il Peter
1: $50.
The Lesson-Sermon also includ-
ed the following passages from the
Christian Science textbook, ''Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:
"In the illusion of death, mortals
wake to the knowledge of two
facts: "a that they are not dead;
~ that they have but passed the
portals Of a new belief. Life is
real, and death is the illusion. A
demonstration Of the facts Of Soul
in Jesus way resolves the dark
visions Of material sense into har.
nsony and immortality. Mans
privilege at this supreme moment
is to prove the words of our Mas.
ter: IT a man keep my saying
he shall never see DEATH" pages
PSI, 427).
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A Happy Choice

In naming DR.. J. c. VESSEL chairman OF
the forthcoming Christmas Seal campaign,
the tuberculosis Association has made hap
by choice Doctor VESSELS long association
with the campaign against the disease itself
and his outstanding success in the conduct OF
the Red Cross sanatorium are assurance that
he will give the drive competent leadership.
No one else in the community is SO well fit
ted by experience and sympathy to guide the
effort
The Christmas seal campaign, ITSELF needs
no explanation. This means Of raising money
for combating tuberculosis has been employ.
ed for many years. The funds thus obtained
have had a prominent place in the reduction
of fatal cases. Now that the large population
shifts due to war industrial need for workers
have increased the spread OF tuberculosis and
the. closing of the Red Cross sanatorium has
left southeastern North Carolina without a
'snug harbor'' for victims, the need for larger
seal purchases is apparent
The Wilmington goal is only 5000. In all
reason it should be topped with as large a
surplus, in proportion to the total expected,
as has been subscribed in successive War
Bond and Community Chest campaigns.
The drive will open on Thanksgiving and
continue until Christmas. During that period
no expenditure, outside household necessities
can be to better advantage or with greater
prospect of doing good, than the purchase Of
Christmas seals or of the S. tuberculosis
bonds, the latter of which will be offered
through the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
It ought not to impose drain upon any
ones financial reserves for the community tc
contribute twice the amount OF the fixed
goal Let's do it.
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German weapons. are often fired
in their directions, forcing them
to locate the enemy" through
sound and distance.
Actual enemy mine fields, which
engineers have not yet had time
to clear, are utilized to teach new
officers how best to meet that
most-feared enemy weapon.
They are forced to crawl end
lessly through inevitable frontline
mud under small arms automatic
fire of enemy weapons-and this
ammunition is all alive. There
are no blanks.
ALI night they crawl along a
tiny tape--marked pa h W y
through minefields, bullets spat-
tering from both sides. They keep
down because a machine gun spats
a few inches overhead and be-
cause mortars are humping near
by. They are sent on night pa
trolls, enoountering resistance"
from simulated enemy patrols as
well as real BOBBY traps.
Perhaps more important, all OF
them are forced to live days in
utter misery and discomfort iden-
teal with the combat line. When
they take command, they already
have had the bitter tasks and con-
ditions under which their soldiers
have been living for months.
You'd be amazed what differ
ence this makes in officer and
enlisted men relations and how
it improves morale.
Despite the best training we
can give back in the States, it
takes too long to relay each cam
paign's new battle tricks back
to the training camps" one Of
ficer, veteran Of the Italian and
French fighting said. by the
time a replacement arrives, the
Germans have got a whole new
bag Of tricks. Here we teach
those tricks as soon as they first
appear"
Choice of Denholm as instruc'
tor was no accident. He holds the
Distinguished Service Cross, Sill
yer Star, Legion Of Merit, Bronze
Star plus the Purple Heart clus'
ter for Two wounds in action. Den
holm has fought in Africa, Sicily
and France. Serving with the
First Division in Africa he once
was captured but escaped by q
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Safety First

With radio installed on practically every
thing that walks, flies. or floats, the question
is asked, Why not on trains? Only technical
experts can answer that question fully.
The Association of American Railroads,
which is familiar with every detail Of railroad
research points out that: Since the early
days OF radio communication, railroads have
carried on numerous experiments. in the use
OF this newer medium of communication, as it
might be applied to railroad operations. These
experiments have been carried out on nurner-
Gus railroads in cooperation with various in.
ventors and manufacturers.
There are technical difficulties in radio
transmission and reception on railroads due
to the close clearances Of bridges, tunnels and
structures which preclude the possibility of
long or high antennae. and due to the special
noise conditions, shock, impact and vibration
encountered in railroad train service. As radio
communication itself has improved in quality,
and become more dependable and better
adapted for railroad use, the number and
variety OF the experiments with radio COM
munication =. have greatly increased.
The operating results obtained by the use
OF radios in tanks and other mobile military
equipment may 60 long way toward making
possible the application Of the radio as a com.
munication medium in some fields of railroad
operation.
THE design Of all equipment used in rail.
road operation must be such that it will func
ton under the most severe conditions. Thi.
design requirement must be met by the radio
manufacturers, as it has been met by others
in the railroad supply industry. before radio
can become m essential factor in the rail
road scheme Of communication
The railroads are not hunting sadgets. The!
] seek ever-sreater safety Of operation.
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Germans Open Offices
To Recruit Guerillas

STOCKHOLM, Oct. o. Up -
Nazi recruiting offices were open
ed in Germany today to enroll
''volunteers" for Adolf Hitler's So
called volksturm, or guerrilla
army.
Swedish correspondents in Ber-
lin gave no indication that Ger
mans were queing up to sign the
rolls, but said appeals were plas-
tered everywhere in the streets to
volunteer under Nazi colors."
= Sixteen-year-olds were especial
ly singled out in the appeals, and
were told by the press it was their
duty to do as Berlin did in 1913
when Germany's most famous ar
lists and scientists enrolled.
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Daily Prayer
FOR GREATNESS IN VICIoh

Thou art great, o Infinite am
Eternal God, with efea'si
passing our powe. to compren.aI ss
We worship and adore lhee' . n
we entreat Thee that in this INV Nv,
of destiny some measure o. i, ~ a
greatness may be lmpaf'su ur,r.
us. Thou hast answered our p't n,
ers for victory; now we ple "a 4.
minds and spirits equal 10 N
needs of the hour. May W. II
wise and chivalrous in pes... N,
we have been valorous IN 0s s,;Si
Enlarge our thoughts to a a., W. n
conception of the issues III" r.,,
volved for the whole human ii ~.
Make us stern to adnlnlslei ,j l..
tice, but also make us aou l Il
in mercy. Thwart, we pleau4' 4.
efforts to win advantage d.
peace table for special lil's 4. Il
political or otherwise. Aoa .s,,..
passions Of greed and Vens e .,,.
and grant us the greatness ~ ,,s,,
only those goals of God 1or . ",
we have tought-freedom, p ~ j
prosperity and brotherhoo T..; Nv T.
men and nations. Only 1hl ia.st
resistihle Spirit can thus 'n nIss
US to transform our peace 8.
into Kingdom of Heaven p,ai', rr,s
stow upon us, we hurnbly ! ~ b.
this grace. In the name ID d Vt
Saviour who lived and ol ~ RI
these great goals. Amen-"''
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interpreting
The War
BY ELTON c. FAY
Associated Press War An,,u.,

war Aralvs
1t now appears clear that y.
Quebec conference of pre,i, Wy
Roosevelt and Prime Mini. 'p
Churchill included plans for w.
chronizing British action with =. ~
current offensives of Ar..
military and naval forces IN
Pacific. III he
Two developments over til. u..,
end point this up. ~ "eek
In England, Albert Y, A1Av,u,
First Lord of the Admiraltva ass,
that a part Of a vast British ~ saa
capable in itself OF fighting a i sss
eral action with the japanese = n ssa'
was on its way to the DIZZY. ns'
(The japanese radio Reported .ss
four aircraft carriers and IN S ss'
tleships of the British es,t ss'
fleet were on the move from 81
Indian OCEAN, u'
In the Bay of Bengal, esst.,,
fleet units struck the NicoS.s
island groups where the Japsn.a
took over soon after the cononss
Of Malaga. This was the late,t !.
a series of forays made BY Bris,s
task forcse in the east. Mjs,in,.
have been launched against N.
Japanese in Sumatra, Java. An,
in the Andamans. '
Even if the intention is mt >,
Immediate, actual union Of Ams,'
lean and British naval strergf
in the Pacific theater the mo w.
ment of the British fleet tow,l
the Pacific and its activity in n,
dian Ocean waters will haw
Statutory effect on the japanese
If the Japanese had entertairei
any thought of diverting some d
their naval forces in the East IN.
dies. or operating out of Singapor
to aid their naval forces in III.
Philippines-Formosa area it is n
be presumed the British action
will discourage them.
General Macarthur, upon his az.
rival at Leyte, said that the ult.
mate strategic objective of the
Philippines campaign was to cut
off all japanese forces to the
south. The British activity certain.
ly should implement this strategy
American and British fleet unit;
have operated together in the east
on previous occasions. American
ships and planes Joined with The
British in the strikes at the East
Indies last spring. Before that
British units, including the air
craft carrier Victorious, had seN
ed in the Pacific with the Amer
can fleet.
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WITH THE AEF, France, Oct.
16.-DelayeO-REIt was some
distance behind the combat inc
CLOSE enough to hear the artil-
lery but not the small arms fire.
Suddenly, a viciously unmis.
taxable sound of German ma.
chine pistol spluttered through
the rain-drenched unanswered
by a slower, suffering sound Of
an American tommy gun.
Everybody jumped, then some
one laughed.
cts ony that crazy battle
training course" he said.
But it isn't crazy ,even though
it Stimulates battle conditions. In.
Guiding fire ammunition, mines.
BOBBY traps, all within sound Of
the western front.
It's the training ground for
replacement officers who soon
will lead the combat line com
panies in the real thing.
Started by the rookie-conscious
Seth division, whose battle-born
need of replac ements stretches all
the way back to the Salernc
beaches more than year ago, il
aims to eliminate the fatal ig-
norance which cost so many cas-
ualties among newcomers in com.
bat at such places as Mount Mag
More, San Pietro, Rapido river.
In those instances Officers ar
rived fresh from the United States
and took their commands by
crawling across holly contested
battlefields. Many of them never
lived to know their platoon lead
ers' names.
1--WE are trying to teach these
officers what they haven't had
the opportunity to learn in the
States" explains 1t. Col. Charles
J. Denholm of Poughkeepsie, N
NJ. infantry battalion commander
with an almost legendary battle
record.
"Our drill" he said, stresses
locating the enemy firing upor
him, maneuvering in order to gel
him out in the open. BY so doing
they are forced closely to follow
our own fire, a method too seldom
adhered to in early training"
But the couse goes much far
Their than that. In order to ad
Just newcomers to all types O
noises and conditions, captured
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American Air Power

If anyone underestimate the Importance to
the United States of strong air transport in
dustry, they have but to read report SUBJ
mitted to Congress by thu, Committee on In
terstate and Foreign Commerce. It reveals
among other things that: Three hundred and
forty airplanes were taken. from the air.
lines of the United States for wartime use
a force approximately equal in number to the
force OF air transports used by Hitler quickly
to conquer Holland during but few days Of
military activity E. Our airlines also releas-
ed from the factory production line to the Fed
eral government an additional 80 aircraft.
THE airlines contributed i. "a. able executive
officers, over thousand of their pilots, hum
dreds of mechanics, radio operators, and 9TH
ers necessary to establish and place in opera
ticn the Army Transport Command and Naval
Air Transport Service nucleus upon
which were based the tremendous achieve.
ments OF these two military organizations.
when war came, too few military pilots
were qualified for instrument flight and for
navigation by air over long distances. They
were mostly contact flyers The trained air.
line pilots delivered the men and material
and even led the way for military formations
to their rendezvous. They were not only com.
petent flyers, they were air navigators
''The airlines were also called upon to per.
form civilian contract services. Planes were
ferried and men and materials were trans.
ported to the corners Of the earth by them
They trained pilots, mechanics, radio opera.
tors, and navigators for the armed forces
They overhauled engines and did other me
chanical work upon military aircraft and e.
tablished and operated huge modification cen
tiers for combat aircraft.
"When the history of this war is writer
the public will realize the debt of gratitud,
owed the airlines which -. in no small degre,
shortened the war and saved countless lives.
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FORT BRAGG, Oct. a. R -
The main body Of troops Of the
North. Carolina State Guard ar
rived here today to undergo a
week of intensive field exercises,
Brig. Gen. James w. Jenkins Of
Henderson, commander Of the
Guard, will speak to the men at
8 O'clock Monday morning.
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With The AEF
Pre-Battle Life Saving

boat in which he was being evac-
uated.
But mainly, Denholm is one OF
those battalion commanders who
often bitterly watched yesterday
replacement officers become to-
days casua1ties-along with many
in their new commands.
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Firms DRIVE NAZls

STOCKHOLM, Oct. a. "a. N d
Finnish troops fighting f0'1G or
Kenijaervi are pushing the .rcs'
mans northward along the . Nil
highway toward Pelko o.: ,on
and Petsano the HelslnN
munique said today
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The smallest Coast Guard fire
boat has 4 pumping capacity Of
1000 gallons a minute.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

God, give me sympathy and sense
And help me keep my courage high;
God, give me calm and confidence,
And, please, a twinkle in my eye.
Margaret Bailey
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He kidded me about the art Of how to make
girls faint. - Frank Sinatra after meeting
President Roosevelt. :.
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Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution OF the
war to complete Victory.
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c. D. Ellsforth OF Balboa, Cana
Zone is spending a few days u
the city with his niece, MIS- l.
Mccoy Switzerland, 1913 ofaas '
Street. Mr.. Eusforth holds s~
eminent position in Balboa.