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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
ROme's Fate Pitiable

With Allied patrols in Casino and the Ger
man counter-offenslve at best incapable of
long delaying Nazi defeat south of Rome
the question in most minds right now is:
What will Rome's fate be?
If the Germans should withdraw all troops
supplies spies and whatnot the Eternal City
can be declared an open city and be spared
from attack. If they do not get out, lock,
stock and barrel, the Allies will be compelled
however regretfully, to attack them there with
what results to Rome's historic monuments
and relics Of past splendor cannot easily be
foreseen 1t is not impossible that the city of
the seven hills will be reduced to rubble.
On the other hand if the Germans do
evacuate, it is conceivable, even probable in
light Of their past performance, that the Ger
mans will literally loot the city of every NOV
able treasure and burn what they cannot take
with them. If they can't have Rome they will
sack it as they have every city on their blood
stained march through Europe.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27

Traveller, he was back from battle action"
No one offered him helping hand. No one
stood aside to let him climb aboard He was
still on the sidewalk when the bus pulled out.
And it is safe to think that no one was
even conscious of having failed to do the
right thing by the man who had given a leg
and been ready to give his life at his coun-
trys call. That is the worst of it-that Amer
leans at home, living in safety and some
comfort, should be oblivious to his sacrifice.
We are urged by our psychologists not to
coddle wounded men, They tell us there is
no better way to depress them, to fill them
with melancholy. Perhaps this is right. Maybe
they need understanding fellowship more than
cushions. But it cannot possibly mean that
we should treat them discourteously, or COM
petey ignore their handicaps and leave them
to shiver on a cold corner, as this Navy
man was in Boston.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
The Literary Guidepost

reasons) tootake over the plucking
of rich Gladys Halvorsen. Every
body involved, except the victim.
realizes that it is dangerous to COL
laborate with a gang headed by a
hop-head like Doc whatever his
name was. but Jim does. He thinks
he can handle anything.
The complication turns out to be
something nobody had remotely
suspected-the master crook comes
at first to respect and at last to
love, in his warped way, the VIC
tim. He is forced to marry her.
which is bad technique, and later
he is forced to kill his junk-filled
collaboration, the Doc afore-men-
toned. But Gladys is still loyal
although horrorstruck.
That is about all it is wise to
tell, and perhaps more. The story
is stuffed with characters quite OUT
OF the ordinary, one or two Of
whom appear to have been intro
duced by Mr.. Burnett for the same
purpose that impels women to
streW themselves with costume
lewelry. But the hard core Of the
story remains always, and the de-
movement is certainly neither fore
ed nor merely contrived. All the
people have lungs that pump,
hearts that beat, and emotions
that fluctuate. Besides, the novel
is fun to read.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
Save The Fatted Calf

When the prodigal returned to his father S
house the fatted calf was killed for him and
all the family made merry. The story is
notable for two conspicuous elements expedi-
ency and repentance Having made a failure
of his life alone, fhe prodigal found it expedi-
ent to return to the family circle, and having
discovered the error of his ways he came
home repentant
The present application is to Argentina Ar
gentina has found it expedient to mend it's
ways. 1t has been in the wrong camp long
time, and made failure of it. Now it comes
back, severing relations with the bandits
So far so good. But before we kill the fatted
calf we will do well to learn, and demand
proof that Argentina is also honestly repent
ant Expediency alone will not entitle the
country to full fellowship in the household Cor
community of nations now engaged in war
with the bandits Argentina consorted with un-
til its affiliations with them were proved by
the arrest Of a consul in England.
For the present, the proper place for Ar
gentina is the mourners bench, not the family
table
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
Spirited Controversy

DR.. Artur Rodzinski, New York Philharmon
1c-oymphohy Orchestra conductor, started a
lively controversy when he attributed juvenile
delinquency at least in part to boogie-woogie
with Mischa Elman, the noted violinist, and
a Brooklyn magistrate representing the on
position. less notable witness on their side
is young jitterbug, questioned in the line
before a movie theater box office. .'Thev
should have called this man (Rodzinski) an
icky,' which in swing language means anyone
who does not appreciate swing music ANY
how the youth added its good to know
that guys like Stokowski and Elman like a
little rug-cutting."
Elman's comment is trenchant .Boooie
woogie can in no way be held responsible
for child delinquency he told an interviewer.
ITO say that, is being no different from our
grandfathers, who thought the waltz was evil
too. Modern swing, is merely the social outlet
of our city just as folk-dancng goes on in
the country; not all all youth 90 in for If.
but those who 90, It cannot HARM.
The Brooklyn judge, Mr.. J. Roland Sala,
declares there is more brliance and mean
ing in blues or boogie-woogie music than Rach-
mammoth ever wrote" And on the strength
of this conviction. Magistrate Sala announced
he had Cancelled his subscription to Carnegie
Hall and to Rodzinski's concerts. Boogie-woog-
lie, he contends, is great
The enterprisng reporter who secured these
expressions of opinion, may continue his cam
pagn Ii he does he doubtless will find as
many witnesses to defend Doctor Rodzinski S
position as to denounce it.
Meanwhile boogie-woogie will continue to
split eardrums and harass sensitive nervous
systems until something is discovered to take
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
Our Chief Aim
improvements Started

City Manager A. C. Nichols was speaking
10 Junior Chamber of Commerce members.
but what he said concerns the citys whole
population. The people of Wilmington cannot
fail to be heartened by the knowledge that
many of the major improvements so long
needed by the expanding community are def
initely on the city's program to be started as
quickly as the war is ended and the way
open for their start
Mr.. Nichols might have gone farther and
told the Jaycees of projects already under
way though technically the postwar pro-
gram The repaving of Chestnut and Princess
streets between Front and Water offer fine
example of the city's determination to 60 a
far as il can with it's comprehensive improve
ment program even before the war is con-
cluded. Because of the scarcity of vital ma
terals and the labor shortage progress is
necessarily curtailed, but it is gratifying to
see the city government doing what it can
More power to it.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
Camp Show Coming

The Thalians are sponsoring musical pro-
duction by Camp Davis personnel, to be pro-
duced at ITALIAN Hall early next month An
nouncement of the event has already been
made in the news columns of this paper but
it deserves all the emphasis that can be
brought to bear.
Primarily the show is to promote war bonds
sales. Admission will be granted only to per-
sons who buy an extra bond. The undertaking
is fully worth while also on the score that
it will provide an outlet for talent at the
Camp.
Boys in the cast are finding in rehearsals
relief after the days hard training Without
being specifically designed as a morale build
er, it nevertheless takes it's place in the Camp
recreation program and serves that purpose.
And the Italians increase their contribution
to the bond drive by giving the production
their sponsoral protection and use of their
hall.
Here is a combination that merits full
measure of public support 1t ought to en-
courage many residents to buy that extra
bond
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
BY JOHN SELB Y
Nobody Lives Forever" by w.
r. Burnett (Knof; $3.50

W. Dull S'S \As %oVje
w. R. Burnett is still writing
about bang-bang crooks; with diff
ference. Mr.. Burnett is one of the
few practitioners in his field who
thinks crooks are people. He does
not write mysteries, and so far as
I know, he never has. Neither does
he write long-beard psychological
studies. He writes novels.
His latest book is called NO
body Lives Forever" and it is as
good entertainment as the season
will provide. 1t is set in and
and around Los Angeles, it con-
Germs campaign against the
large fortune of a gentle and naive
lady by top crook who makes the
mistake of allying himself tempo
rarily with a low-grade mob, and
it is a tragedy. IFdon't mean by
this that the book merely ends in
a few deaths, but that the essential
basis of genuine tragedy is realiz-
ed. This is that the reader must
have some sympathy for the char
acter involved.
Inc crook is a man named Jim
Farrar, crazy about twerp NAM
Cd Tony, and served by a reason
ably decent lawyer named Johnny.
Jim is induced for complicated
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
TODAY and TOMORROW
BY WALTER LIPPMANN

With the western Allies at the
gates Of Rome, with the Russian
armies already beyond the prewar
Polish boundary, and with the in
vasion of France being prepared,
we find ourselves in urgent need
of an Italian, Polish and a
French government which we can
deal with and can count upon.
Whether we like to call them gov
ernments'' or provisional govern
ments" or national authorities is
a matter of the form rather than
of the substance. What we need
is a governing power which can
rally the resistance behind the
German lines, can maintain order
behind our armies, can participate
in the enforcement of the armis-
tice that is to be imposed on Ger
many, and can manage the tran,
sition from war to peace.
Moreover, until these govern
nents are constituted and recGg-
n.zed, we are merely beating our
breasts when we ask for a United
Nations organization to deal col
lectively with the unsettled prob
lens of Europe. For without gov
ernments to speak for them and
to commit them, all the nations
cannot act together because so
many of them cannot act at all
Now at the present time the
Americans and the British have
not recognized a French govern
ment. Yet the French national
committee is actually governing
the second largest colonial en-
pire in the world. And without
any remaining doubt whatever
commands the allegiance of those
Frenchmen who will risk their
lives to help us when we land in
France. On the other hand, we
have recognized an Italian govern
ment-that of King Victor Emman-
uel and Marshal Badoglio-which
under our protection governs feeb-
ly one or two backward provinces
but has failed to rally the organ
lied Italian resistance against
Fascism and against Germany.
And in eastern Europe we have
under our diplomatic protection a
Polish government which, as it is
now constituted, the Russians will
not recognize.
Thus in the west, as things stand
now, we propose to reach Germany
by crossing a France which has no
government that we recognize, and
the Russians to reach Germany by
crossing a Poland which has no
government that they recognize. 1t
is evident that our stock formula
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27

about letting each people choose
freely its own government when
the war is over is quite insufficient.
1t is just a formula for not having
to think. Governments are neces-
sary now in order to conduct the
war, and to make the initial and
basic settlement with Germany,
and to maintain order and distri-
butte relief, and to print the ballots,
set up the polling booths, and fix
the qualifications of the voters who
can then, and then only, freely
choose the post-armistice govern
ments.
Clearly there is here a general
problem-since in different forms
the three great powers face it not
only in regard to France, Poland
and Italy but also in regard to Yu-
goslavia and Greece and later they
will face it in regard to Rumania,
Hungary, Bulgaria and perhaps
Finland. 1t is the problem which
has to be solved before any other
great problems of the settlement
can be solved. 1t is an exceedingly
difficult problem which calls for
the utmost objectivity of mind.
What, then, should be the stand
ards of judgment by which we de-
eide the recognition of govern
ments In general the answer must
surely be: by whether they can be
expected to do the most necessary
things which have to be done. In
other words, by whether they give
good evidence for believing that
they can deliver the goods. What
goods? The capacity to organize
the utmost resistance to the enc
my, the capacity to unite their
prople SO that there shall not be
civil war, the capacity to iquidate
quickly and in orderly and thor
ough fashion the Quisling elements
in their territory, the capacity to
organize the machinery for con-
sulting their people and obtaining
their consent. the capacity to
make commitments now which
their nations will honor about those
initial settlements with Germany
which must be decided before the
war ends.
By these standards the present
Italian government is quite unsat-
isfactory, and therefore, not later
than our entry into Rome the Itai-
ian government will have to be
reconstructed. The manner in which
this is to be done will have to be
decided before the King and Mar
shall Badoglio are allowed to set
foot in the capital. For their gov
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
A Little Kindness Needed

IL wounded men generally are showed aside
as one IN Boston recently was they will prob
ably wish they had died in battle instead of
pelng spared to suffer at the hands of an in
dlfferent populace at home.
lhls ones experience is told bv the Boston
iraVeler- The paper tells of some twenty
persons climbing aboard a well-filled bus in
'he ia1e afternoon who pushed and jostled
eaeh ofher through the door. All but one man
sot H. he was left to SILVER in the cold
Tie was In Navy uniform, and was on crutches
One leg was missing. obviously. adds the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
WAR BOND IS KITTY TO AIM
FIELD CAT

KEY FIELD, Miss. tR-tmploy,,
ees Of the Air Service CoramaFo
installation here believe ! III
Hanger, Jr., is the first cat II
history to buy a War Bono
At the close of the last war
Bond drive, employees of the de,
partment had chalked up lou per
cent in individual purchases
except for Tom, their mascoi
Someone suggested that if eacH
member tossed in a small coltr,'
button, Tom could have BONO
too. And that's how it happened,
In line with a Treasury luls
against purchasing bond 'ns
name of an animal, Toms nvesf
ment is in the name Of the Amer
lean Red Cross.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27

It's place. And the fight on juvenile Delinquent
cy will go on, perhaps, even, be stimulated,
by the quarrel Doctor Rodzin:o started The
estimable orchestra conductor wrought better
than he knew.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27

it is a good thing, not b one
that these questions shou'd con-
front us now rather than after nos
tllltles cease. They are the 6as.
questions of settlement. ana ~
leave them open until the war emu
would be to make them inSoluols,
Vexations as they are today, tne!
would be. infinitely worse II W.
took the risk of letting them W
settled by civil war. insurrectloln.,
and coups d'etat as we did. to U"
Infinite cost. in the last W7r
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-27
Fair Enough

t8aiters Nste.-The and the New accepts no
tsspsnsibity for the personal views Of MT PesIeF.
nd eften disagree with them 4uch many Of
his readers. His Articles the good purpose Of
nakiaE people think.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
FEATURES ON
The AIR TO-DAY

WAl, H:00-loihrop Sioddard anaIWes
the weeks news.
w, i:30-"The Vatican and Moscow,
discussed BY members Of the University Of Chi.
eaqo faculty.
VOL, 3:00-Wsshinsion Senator'S vs.. Dc.
troit baseball game at Detroit.
W0P, 3:00-VIadlmir 6aIsehmann, con.
dutor Of the St. Louis Symphony directs New
York Philharmonic in sIlBeethoven program,
including the Fifth Symphony in { Minor. Rob.
et casadesus, piano soIoIs. Is heard In the
Piano Concerto No. 4 In 6 Major
WN, 3:30-The work Of the Army Trans.
port Command.
WMAt, 4:30-Mona pauIee, mel1o.soprano,
and William Hargrave, guest soloisis.
WRC, 5:00-Tsehaikowsky's Concerto in D
Major for Violin and Orchestra" with ~Iexy
SpivakoyskY, soIoist
VOL, 5:00-EIisa landi, guest.
W0p, 5:00-eileen Farrell, soprano, re.
places Gladys Swarthout for summer SERIES
WMAL, 6:00-kate Smith, Eddie Cantor, Al
lolson and Benny Goodman. guests.
W0P, 6:00-George Raft and Ruth Hus.
seY appear in modern comedy. The Sun Field, y
a tough baseball star and Sophisticated female
reporter.
W0P, 7:30-Neen Star Olivia De Havil.
land, Capt. Robert Neville, editor Of the Army,
Stars and Stripes" guests.
M, S:00-0rson WeIIes, guest Of Charlie
Mccarthy
M0p, 8:00-"A Kiss for Cinderella" star
ring Ida lupino and Walter Pidgson.
WMAl. 8:30-Sylyia Marowe, halpsieherd
Isl, plays Garlaiii's Sonata In D. and Rameau',
"6avoffs and Variations"
WINK, 9:05-csAr Franek's "smphony in
Evening star., 1944-05-28

Ier, his girl, his buddy in the Army
and finally the Nazi gunner who
killed him. AS we recall, this is one
of the more powerful Corwin pro-
ductions. one that you shouldn't
really miss. It will be heard on
WTOP-CBS next Tuesday evening
at 10.
WOL-MBS will offer a new pro-
gram on Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons at las pm. "The
American Jury" will use courtroom
procedure, with all the trimmings,
to render verdicts on problems faced
by American women today. The
jury will be composed of IL house
wives, who will call on their own
backgrounds to reach a common
sense conclusion to question
chosen from actual letters submit
ted by listeners. This might turn
out to be a fairly interesting show.
WRC is presenting a new pro-
gram on Sunday morning at 11:05.
Islands In the News" is the listing
for a commentary by Raine Ben
nett, who, it appears, has made
life study of these tracts of land
surrounded by water but smaller
than a continent" These broad
casts are on the travelogue side,
with a great number of facts and
figures thrown in, sometimes too
many figures. The purpose is to
present a picture of an island
prominent In the news of the day.
and, If possible, to anticipate the
news, with stress on the islands
strategic Importance. Bennett, who
has good mature voice and man.
ner.
X \ X X
WMAL is really chilling, them
on Monday night at 1890 with the
House of Horror" broadcasts. In
Washington's summer heat there
is something to be said for such
programs. We have heard the first
two and still don't know whether
to recommend the program or issue
q dire warning against listening.
1t all depends on your brand of
vitamins and how religiously you
take them. This program is out
and-out horror with no tongue
cheek treatment at all. 1t is well
written, well produced and the cast
is superb.
Last Mondays episode, THE
Floor Between" had to do with
Evening star., 1944-05-28
or RadioListeners
By Bryson Rash.

THE Sunset Symphony Watergate
Concerts" certainly one of Washing
tons outstanding musical events of
the summer, will be broadcast again
this year over Station WMAL. The
Wednesday and Friday concerts will
be heard from 8:30-9 pm. June IA
through July 81. And here is
the PATTON the back department,
WMAL Cancelled two network COM
mercial programs, My Best Girls"
on Wednesday and Meet Your
Navy" on Friday, in order to present
this program of local interest.
AS special Memorial Day pro-
gram. Norman Corwin will repeat
his UNTITLED" script. This is the
case history of the average Ameri-
can soldier. Pvt. Hank Peters, who
dies in battle in Italy. Hanks back
ground and environment are ex-
amined in detail. The device used
is the recollections and thoughts of
the doctor who delivered Hank as
baby, his mother, his school teach
Evening star., 1944-05-28

"a sadistic gentleman who lures peo-
pie to q ramshackle old hotel in
New York by means of a Jingle
contest, so that he could get plasma
for his flowers and himself. 1t turns
out that he is vampire. The title
comes in when the young couple
are ushered into their room on a
floor from which there is no exit.
The worst moment in the script is
when Mr.. Monti, the elderly vam-
|pire who died in 1882, kills the
young man, takes his plasma and
that of his wife, then in a system
attic manner proceeds to strip off
their skins to make petals for his
flowers. You can see why we might
hesitate to recommend your listen
ing, but If you have a strong con-
-stitution and lots of neighbors
within earshot you might try the
first few minutes and see what
happens.
4 X
Remember some time back when
WTOP conducted a why I swoon
Over Sinatra" contest with the win
ner to attend a New York broad
cast as the only female in the au-
dience? Well that young lady was
Rita Stearns, who graduated from
Central High School last June. When
she won the contest, Rita said that
she liked radio work and applied
for job at WTOP. Last week she
was hired and in the same depart
ment that selected her as the con-
test winner, promotion and pub
licity.
Mike Lines. "Cavalcade of
America" NBC-WRC 8 pm. tomor-
row evening. will present outstand-
ing war songs from Pearl Harbor to
Memorial Day 1914. Gabriel
Heater has been signed to a million
dollar contract that lasts until jan
uary /, 1948. "Randalls of War
time Washington leaves for the
summer after today's BROADCAST. :.
Next Tuesday "The Ronald Coleman
Show" will present the second Arch
Oboler original radio drama of the
season. Dinah Shore guests with
Coleman. :. Andre Kostelanetz and
Lily Pons have arrived in the Persia
Iran-Iraq area for tour on the
USO circuit. Clem Mccarthy
and Bill Stern will describe the run
ming Of "The Belmont" next Satur-
day afternoon at Ais NBC-WRC.
The Dunninger War Bond tour has
been called of. Billy Repaid
will be heard in a new series at
10 am. Monday through Friday,
WOL-MBS. Vox Pop tomorrow
evening will be heard from the
Naval Training Station at Balm
bridge, Md.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Audience Shows

The following programs ad-
init the general public to the
broadcast. For details, phone
the station on which the pro-
gram is presented.
VOL, Metropolitan 0012-
"Quiz of Two Cities" 7::30 pm,
Wednesday.
WWDC, National 7203-
Bible Quiz" 7 pm, Saturday.
WTOP, Metropolitan $780,
Battle of the Bureaus" pm,
Sunday.
WRC, Republic 4000-"Her-
son in Person" 7:45 pm, Mon
day, Wednesday, Friday.
WMAL, National 5400-
"Dreamhouse," 7:30 pm, Tues
day.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

D Minor" Dmltri Nitro poulos conducting the
Minneapolis symphony.
WAl, s:i5-Vlefor Borgs and the Glen
Miller Modernalrss. gussts
W0P, i0:00-Frank Sinaira tries again for
the S64 question.
W0P, i0:30-"The Case Of the Restless
Yogi" constantly disappearing corpse.
Wc, :30-"The French in Canada"
Canadian Editor Edmund Turestte guest.