davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
The American Plan

The Senate has begun discussion of the
Dumbarton Oaks Conference and the Ameri-
can plan for a world security organization
which "leaked'' from that secret conference.
And the very first day of debate was marked
by smoldering speech reminiscent Of the
the League of Nations debate Is years ago.
The American plan was subjected to par
tlsan attack by Senator Bushfield of South
Dakota, who credited President Roosevelt with
Its authorship. He charged that the plan gave
the President sole power to declare war, made
him an absolute despot'' and true dicta-
tor" Apostrophizing the President, the SEN
ator asked if this were the platform on which,
ne IS running for a fourth term
All that is beside the point The newspaper
artlcle describing the American plan, on
which Senator Bushfield based his charges
says nothing about the President having DOW.
er to declare war. It states that the use OF
force would require the unanimous vote of all
permanent members dncluding the American)
OF the international organizations executive
council, plus majority of its other members
The american plan does not even state how
or by whom the American member of this
executive council is to be chosen-at least the
published version quoted by the senator does
not.
The question of an international security or
ganlzation has thus far kept pretty clear o.
politics, and it would be too bad if it started
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13

slipping in that direction. There is no reason
why it should. Even the most pessimistic
Republican must hope that the organization,
once formed, will endure beyond Mr.. Roose-
velt's tenure of office, however long.
The Senate should and will give exhaustive
consideration to whatever recommended plan
comes out of Dumbarton Oaks. That consid.
Grafton must not be in terms OF Mr.. Roose-
velt but of the country's wishes, welfare,
laws and traditions.
The danger Of partisan smoke screens is
obvious. There are persons in this country
who would be only too glad to use them in
fostering their intense opposition to our par:
tcpation in any world peace organization
whatsoever Both the Senate and the country
should be on guard against these possibilities
in an issue of such fateful importance.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
War Moves Into Germany

When Allied air forces conducted their first
bombing raid across the German frontier, and
particularly when they began blasting Berlin,
the lie was given to Goering, the Nazi chief
of the Luftwaffe, who had boosted that no
enemy plane would ever be aloft across the
borders of the fatherland Now, with por-
tons Of the LIST. american Army well within
German territory. the lie is given Adolf Hitler,
himself. who had claimed that the enemy
would never fight on German SOIL
Both from the air and on land the war is
being carried home to the German people.
II is not TOO much to interpret the mass at
lacks al three points of the Siegfried line as
the trst step in the march on Berlin. With
:he British overflowing Holland. with Patton s
army in possession Of the most vital sector
Of the Msginot line. breaking the last Ger
man defenses in eastern France along the
frontier in considerable strength. and with the
Luftwsffe unequal to the task of countering
the Allied air attack even with its rocket
planes, there is no other way to view the
battle now in progress. The jig is up for
Hitler.
He knows it. The German high command
knows it. 1t but remains to convince the
German people of it so that they will not
again follow and support any later aspirant
for world power.
This may not be as easy as it sounds. His
tory has many examples OF the German peo-
pies predisposition to follow their nilitarists
when the picture OF conquest is painted in
high colors. They have seen so many wars
fought on foreign soil that they easily believe
the fatherland exempt
They have chung to Hitler down to the pres
ent in the mad belief that the precedents OF
the past will still hold good. 1t will take
terrible thrashing within Germany itself to
free them from the faith they have in them
selves as super-race.
Costly as this last phase of the war in Eu-
rope will be- the price will not be excessive
if the Germans, by and large, learn once and
for all, that no single people, least OF all
themselves can attain dominion over the
world That is the lesson they are now being
taught.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
With The AEF
Farm Army Lands A Haymaker

shrugged off their presence
with a sneer.
After all, most fighting men
long since have joined the
Maquis. those remaining are
only very old or very young
the aged, infirmed infantile
or womenfolk. Besides how
could they fight without arms?
But the dust hardly had set
tied in the distance as the
Germans fled when the farm
people struck their blow for
freedom. First they tackled the
bridges-tne biggest obstacle
in the Seventh Arny's pur-
suit.
Quickly and quietly by the
hundreds they unhitched from
their plows teams Of huge
horse and yokes of oxen and
hitched them to road scrapers,
road drags. Those without
such equipment brought spades
and shove1s, even hoes. Still
others brought only willing
arms to carry rocks and logs.
They scraped, shoveled, and
spaded dirt into blasted gaps
on the road bed. If a stream
ran through they bridge it with
rough wooden spans. Then in
long sweating lines they car
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13

ried endless loads Of rocks and
gravel and placed them pain
stakingly atop the structures.
When we drove through
hours ahead of military traffic
in some instances we found the
bridges already passable for
jeep traffic. When we waved
to the cheering, sweat-soaked
men, women and children and
called tires Bon,'' very
good, they answered lit is
the least we can do,' and
waved us on.
The same was true for road
blocks. Bitterly resentful Of
this German destruction of
trees which beautified their
country's roads for many gene
rations, they silently and grim
ly brought axes and cross-cut
saws and went to work. They
cut the trees into sections and
dragged them off the highways.
Later we will cut them up in
to firewood," said one. farm
err. lit gets cold here in the
winter
Meanwhile others were busy
probing carefully for mines.
Areas of which they were not
sure, they marked off so Ameri-
can engineers could clear them
later.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
Wrong Horse

Britain and Russia had good cause to find
fault with Finland's still ''cheery and broth.
erly" attitude toward Germany at the time Of
the armistice. And it is not excusing the Fin.
nish government to point out that its mem.
bers' attitude showed more symptoms of hui.
man frailty than of craftsmanship or diplo-
macy.
We have known several improvers of the
breed who behave the same way. II they
bet on a sure thing that fails to finish in the
money, it is never their judgment that is
faulty. 1t is something else: the horse wasn't
in shape, the distance was wrong, the jockey
didn't know how to handle him, etc.
Maybe the Finnish government couldn't bear
to admit its stupidity in putting all its money
on a spawned platter. Maybe its members
were ashamed to face the fact that in stick
ing with the Nazi entry they had lost their
shirt.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
Daily Prayer
FOR A GUARDED
INHERITANCE.

From our fathers, who, led BY
Thee, o Father, established this
Nation in the fear of the Lord,
seeking first of all freedom to
wo- ship Thee, we have inherited
priceless lot and peerless ms
sion. Thou has caused US to oe
a light unto the peoples OF eaTln'
and a leader in the councils o.
nations. Make us gre t enough
for the inheritance which Tho0
hast bestowed upon us. Deliver
us from self-centered national
ism and all unworthy aims oaVs
us from the worship of the ldoS
of sci Indulgence, irreverencs
and all carnality. May we be nlsn'
minded men like our forbearS, 90,
ing reverence to Thy Name anu
seeking ever to conform our con-
duct to Thy will, God save ln'
State! Save US, who are the oullo'
ing stones of the State. Enable u 4,
/ to build, in brotherhood with a al.
men, a nation that shall glolN
The.-Amen.-W.T.E
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
semblance is that they are islands
and that they have palm trees.

Semblance is that they are islands
and that they have palm trees.
There are no beautiful n tive
girls, that is by our standards oil
beauty. And if a fellow and cir.
sat beneath a coconut tree to spoon
little, the best chance would be
that a coconut would land on thei1
heads and a cracked skull woulc
be the result. Also there would be
a very good chance of this infest.
ed ground handing out a good case
of ringworm that would cool the
ardor of the most Economically in.
clined.
Then there are the snakes, liz.
ards that get couple feet long,
centipedes and few other crawl
ing things that are not exactly con.
ducive to sentiment. Oh yes, re.
member the million or so mosqui.
tos that are always around.
Don't take this as CT grippe
because / Hm an American soldier
over here voluntarily, to do what.
ever l can toward the defeat OF
our enemies, but there is no harm
iri wanting home or at least get
to whe1e there is a town and a
few people other than military.
While in Australia I met T-4 Ell
wood MONTE, Of Shallotte. We Wis
tied few places together and en-
joyed each others company. l am
not sure, but believe that he is
still there. He is only one from
around home that have met since
coming over though I always
watch for home boys wherever /
go.
We have moving pictures regu-
larly. Our theatres are, of course.
outdoors and we often sit in the
rain to see them but we sure an
preciate them.
Recently we had some live en-
tertainers: Jack Bonnie, Carol
Lands, Larry Alder, Martha Til
ton and June Drummer were here
and gave a very good show. AS
you probably read, they were MAX
ing a tour of Australia and New
Guinea. 1t was the first time in
some little time that l had seen
men in civilian clothing and the
women were an unusual treat also
because we only see native women
with the exception Of nurses at
the hospitals, but l am not injured
or sick so do not see them.
I would like very much to give
you word picture OF what a iun.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13

gle really is but am afraid that
I cannot do justice to the misery
that such a place can breed. I am
sure there is no hotter or more
sinking place to be found, and of
course it takes a machette to cut
a path because the growth is too
thick to walk through.
The natives are smaller than we
are and you should see the little
men climb trees and chop COCO
nuts off. They look like monkeys
and seem just as much at home
in tree top as a monkey.
Thank you again for the paper
that brings me little bit OF home
In this fa-away land.
CPL. TENNYSON G. ROBINSON
275 Repl. Co. 4th Repl. Depot
APO. 703 in care of Pm. San
Francisco, Calf.
August %, 1914.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
By KENNETH DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN EAST
ERIN FRANCE, Sept. 5-De-
layed)- (R If you stumble
across any citizens still un-
convinced of the utter futility
of ever forcefully dominating
really independent people
tell them this story of how
quiet, unarmed farm folk in
eastern-central France fought
for their country.
Today we drove many twist
ing miles northWard through
rolling wood ed farmlands
stretching westward from the
Alps. Yesterday the Germans
drove here.
Before they fled they blew up
bridges of many major second
airy highways. They felled
thousands Of trees which
parallel the roads in order to
create countless road blocks.
They planted mines when they
had time. The final last effort
to delay and confuse the pur-
suers was to tear up or twist
road signs.
If the Germans even noted
the impassive French farm
folk who quietly went about
blowing, planting, hoeing and
harvesting during these de-
laying tactics they must have
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
Interpreting
The War
by hiRKE L. SIMPSON
AP War An,I,.4

QUEBEC, Sept. l2-,p- w.,
the closely guarded prec hiM.ta
chateau Frontenac is beng '' "ns. q
master plan for bringinss SNAPPED ma
at not too distant date tt "a an
some desperate plight betwe ~ !. lie
jaws of an anslo-Americaee ecu d.
tary wise as that in which NM
many stands already between s e's'
sian and Allied armies, Sus
mat is about all the inforn.+..
available on the conferenr '''''A
high strategy which I've %
President Roosevelt, Prime NJ; sa'
lister Churchill and their ton nun Nun
ing army, navy and air av ,arA'
again to the banks of the n9't !.
Lawrence. 1t is about all that ", ~
ever be revealed except as WIN =.
conference decisions are fin. T'
disclosed in action. ''-is-y
1t is reasonably certain ,,..
ever that the pattern of action 'S'
the Pacific theater itself js IL
Immediately involved. That ~, .'''
already shaped. 1t is being NJ. va
to swift execution with eye rT' III
dlcatlon that, long before the t,,r.a'
er steps now being planned
Quebec can be taken, Allied fo,.s ~
will have forced their wav WV
the Philippines, driven dea m.,'
also into the central approscS Sa
to the China sea, perhaps svss
have secured bases in Jan.n,.
own Kurile islands.
That certainly is what Tokvo \,
lleves to be impending. II r,n
be read in the desperation with S
which the Nipponese are drivm,
to link up land communicate
route through Horan and Kwanrs
provinces to the South China so,
The Allied threat to Japan's Chin,
sea communications from the Pa.
cific is too immediate, too peril
ously close to splitting Japan MI
from the whole southern end n
her conquest zone, for Toxic not IA
have realized its potentialities
That campaign against ill.eouj,,
ped Chinese forces is virtual
japanese admission that her tp2l
sea lane cannot be defended
against American power in h.
Pacific.
What must primarily concern tne
experts in Quebec is how 10 match
that Pacific drive with no leS
powerful British attack from the
west Of Japan's southern conques.
outposts. 1t does not need any Of.
fetal word here, beyond the state.
ment that the conference is strict.
ly a strategy affair aimed at
Japan, to satisfy law observers
that there is now being worked out
a schedule of Allied operations for
the Bay of Bengal area, Burma
and the Dutch Indies to be coord'
mated with the advance in The
Pacific that has gone forward at
pace the planners could not
have anticipated when they last
met in Quebec.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
AS To Taxes

Most Of us don't know much about the
whether we understand them or not. And since
we pay them, we may be forgiven an interest
in the subject out of all proportion to our
knowledge, or lack of it.
Accordingly, the new proposal by the Com
mttee for Economic Development, called IA
Postwar Federal Plan for High Employment
seems important enough to take our eyes off
the war headlines for moment.
The CED' OF course, is not an official COM
mittee. It is made up of businessmen who
have thought taxes and other postwar prob
lens sufficiently urgent to give them almost
oNo years of study. The CED tax plan is
only suggestion. Northing may ever come
OF it. But it does seem to make sense and
Its basic ideas seem sound enough to stand
UP under the punching they probably will get
At the risk Of oversimplifying long and
devious train of expert thought on the matter.
this is the gist of the CED proposal:
We shall come out OF the war with a ire.
mendous national debt. The annual cost of
running the government will be 16 to IS billion
dollars, about three times the prewar high.
To pay this running expense and plan to bal
ance the budget and start reducing the nation
nj debt we need high taxes.
High taxes mean high national income
the CED figures 40 billion dollars. And high
income requires high employment, perhaps 10
million more jobs than in 1940-not govern.
ment-made jobs, but jobs in private, taxpav.
ing businesses.
More jobs must be created through new
business enterprises and the expansion of ex
listing ones And the best way to bring This
about in the CED's opinion is to lessen pre-
sent high taxes that brighten businessmen Out
of the risk-taking that new business involves
At the same time, the CED recognizes thai
taxes must be distributed fairly so that none,
remains in the hands of those who can anc
will spend it, and thus keep up the standard
OF living.
Those are only the high spots Of one phase
of a suggested postwar tax structure that de
serves detailed study. 1t is highly importan
phase For whatever ones fiscal philosophy
enployment taxes and the cost of government
are in the center of the picture. Their even
tual balance will determine W h e h Ell thi
country takes off from the costly, unnatura
heights of wartime production and employment
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
LETTER BOX
NEWS FROM THE JUNGLE
To the Editor:

10 Tie COlLOI.
After having received your pa
per at more or less regular inter
walls throughout my entire twenty
seven months overseas, l feel that
I should write and tell you that il
has been one of the bright spots
in an otherwise dull existence-no1
dull from standpoint of inactivity
but dull from standpoint of home
contacts.
AS you may or may not know
I came across with the 18th Gen
eral Hospital, a Johns-Hopkins uni
that has distinguished itself in med
ical and surgical attention giver
to soldiers in this theater of war
1 spent many months in Aus
tralia where I learned to know and
appreciate the people and h I
ways which are only slightly diff
ferent from ours. I made many
friends there that I believe a d
hope will remain friends for a life.
time
I now am in New Guinea where
a fellow learns that life takes on
an entirely new meaning. I have
been here several months and the
only thing about the place that
have learned to really like is the
purpose Of our being here. For that
purpose I would go any place and
be content until the timeS for me
to move out to a better place.
The Pacific theatre is known for
its great distances, any movement
is for many miles and that, OF
course, means isolation, whic
means loneliness.
One of the features of this place
is the abundance of rain. We sell
dom miss day of rain; of course
sometimes it is not so very hard,
but at other times it can really
pour. OF course, every few weeks
we see the sun and that gives us
a chance to dry our bodies and
our clothes.
You see, clothing gets nusty and
even molds if the sun stays away
too long at a time.
1t only takes a little while here
tc know the romantic Pacific is.
lands Of the movies are just a fig
ment Of the imagination of the
story writer's, because the only re-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
SEIZE
CHINA SEAPORT

CHUNGKING, Sept. 12-IS- -idn
Japanese in their offenslVe-oe'.. =.
sive drive to guard the CHINA c2a ,
against expected American Is aa+
ings have captured the impoT'' =,
Chekiang provincial seapof' VA. y.
Wencnow and now hold about w. y.
thirds of the province, the Cn-'i''
acknowledged tonight. =,
Wenchow, 225 miles SCUM w W.
Shanghai, fell to the enemy w, W.
Sept. 7. Chinese commu l.,, !.
said adding that fighting sui =
in progress in the SUBURBS ,.os.
In the interior of China the Jdp 10
nese continued to press soutn%dL #
towards the defensive ceh'eI ond
Kweilin in Kwangsi province on N
westward towards PoacAlns Id
Human province. The Chlnese ,s ss
that some of the seven Japo' lad
columns aiming at Paochlns ' +bs
reached points IL mines trA9
city, which is So miles Wesl u Y.
japanese conquered Hehg5t .ss
The Chinese command placeu III. III,
Japanese drive on Kwellln a. IA "A
outside Kwangsi province hit
miles northeast of ChuanhSleL l,,,cod
the U. S. 18th air force annouli;Sl e,
bombing the latter city o. o ,n a
from Kweilin, and reported sew IN
attacks on japanese positions oman.
the vicinity along the mum
KWangsi railway. ,,onps
American and Chinese pla'j n
also struck japanese posIuo'lc1 .n.
Kwangtung province north o. Oh. IN
ton and bombed landing para INV
the Wenchow area, where ma man,
Japanese were reported Nl''
V-----~ ~
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13

toward a prosperous future, or whether it
plunges into depression
Apparently the CED plan, evolved by lion
andlamb partnership Of businessmen and pro-
fessors, is the result Of more thought than
Congress has yet given to potwar taxes and
employment. So it deserves full and careful
congressional exploration And if Congress
passes it up, it had better offer et . r
scheme.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
GENERALS WIFE DRowNs

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. - IN
Police reported that Mrs. Eta
McCleave, II. wife Of Brig. Gen.
Robert McCleave, retired, was
found drowned in a bathtub at
her home today with ner wrists
slashed. In addition to her hus-
band, she is survived by her son,
1t. Col. Robert McCleave, Jr,.
with a paratroop unit
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
rs Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
SEPTEMBER IL. 1919

Friends of Hooper johnson, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. R. j. johnson
Will be glad to learn he is recu-
peratlng IN the James Walker hos
pital f o l W i n g an appendicitis
operation on Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13

NEW ,YORK,-Nationwide ma.
chinery of the Boy Scout organiza-
ton will be set in motion to get
back jobs for returned doughboys,
according to an announcement
from Scout headquarters.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
The Road To Berlin
fRv the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press
Russian front: 312 miles fronl outside
Pulutsk).
2-Western front: 1926 miles from Eupen.
3-Eastern France: 443 miles from between
Besancon and Belfort).
4-Italian front: 5S3 miles Grom below Ri
mind,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13

Miss Mary Eunice Wells has re.
turned from Wallace, where she
visited relatives and friends.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13

First hat factory in the o snrv,
States was established at DaNON
Conn. in 1880
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-13
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete Victory.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Seven Tons of Paper Collected

The paper drive being conducted
by Ypsilanti Boy Scouts in the city
has the appearance OF being a big
success. even though the entire city
has not been covered yet. The
Scouts collected seven tons OF waste
paper Wednesday and up until noon
today. Scout troop 81, which col
lected paper In the first district. the
territory in the northwest section,
west OF N. Huron St., north Of
Michigan Ave. and Congress St,
were out today making additional
collections in that district.
Collections were made today in
the second district, west OF Huron
ST., south OF Michigan Ave. and
Congress St, by troop 49, which
covered that section Wednesday in
the preliminary campaign.
The third section OF the city, east
OF Huron ST.. was covered today
in the first campaign by troop 81.
Paper from that district will be
collected Friday by that troop.
Residents are urged 10 have their
paper we'll tied or packed in card
board boxes. as the Scouts have
been instructed not to accept any
paper which is improperly tied.
The paper should be put In some
convenient place, as on the curb
or porch.