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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Don't Reopen Wounds

This war has already begun to send back to
must bear for the rest of their lives the dis
figuring scars of battle The bitter fighting
that lies ahead will add thousands to their
number. They will be, as they always have
been, among the most tragic victims Of ally
war, and there is little enough that any of us
can do for them. But at least we can start
thinking about our responsibilities to them.
And we can heed the advice of a group of
Army nurses who are home from IL Atlantic
crossings in a hospital ship that carried many
OF these SCARED and mutlated soldiers.
The nurses told of the dread with which
these men look forward to the first meeting
with their loved ones. They urgently advised
families to get description of the soldiers
wounds before they see him. and then to
make every effort to conceal the distress
that the first sight of him may cause
1t is hard to imagine the depth of anxiety in
which the soldier awaits such reunion. But it
takes no great perception to realize that
thoughtless remark, or a sudden surrender
to emotion by a mother or wife, could in
flict deeper and more lasting wound than
flame or shrapnel. 1t is serious thing for
family to realize how much this wounded
soldiers readjustment and whole future life
and consideration with which they try to re-
establish his former way OF living.
And lesser obligation rests upon all Of us.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
A Patriotic Duty

One of the reasons the Fourth War Loan
campaign is dragging is because too many
people are working for time and-a-haf instead
Of victory.
There is no city in the land, including Will
mington, that could not be across the goal line
now if victory over the enemy were the
chief objective of life.
We have repeatedly urged that bonds be
bought as means Of security for the future,
and this is indeed fine incentive for larg-
er purchases. But the time is now past for
this. The time has come to buy bonds for VIC
tory.
1t is time to address a word to the indi-
vidual whose principal motive in buying bonds
is the attainment OF an easier future. The
trouble with this is that when further pur-
chases become inconvenient and no longer
fit the buyers investment program" he but
tons up his pocket and claims to have done
his share. He has not done it. When it is
time to stop buying bonds on an investment
basis, the time comes to buy them on pa
triotic basis.
Patriotism, not personal profit should COM
pei their purchases. AS a matter of fact if
we mean what we say in glowing tributes
to freedom and our protested willingness
to make sacrifices to win the war, we should
be glad to buy bonds regardless of interest
enticements
Unless bond buying in the last analysis,
is wholly dictated by the urge to cast our
lot as far as possible with the men at the
front, we lay no claim to being patriotic.
Real patriots care not whit for personal
security or profit when their nation is in peril
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Not A Surplus

That $14 900, OOO 900 recently reported as saw
ed by the War department by shaving con-
tracts, is no saving at ALL says Mr. Morgen-
than. the Treasurer OF the United States. 1t
has no bearing on expenditures estimated as
necessary for war activities Above all, it is
not surplus.
This money has effect on current bud
get cash expenditure estimates for war; he
declares Nor did the $13, 900, 600, 900 announc-
ed by the War department last November,
as the total s27, 900, 900 were taken into
account when the January budget was made
up. This means, Mr.. Morgenthau points out,
that the budget estimate for 1915 remains at
500, 900, 600, 900.
The only consolation to be found in this
is that the estimate is not $27, 00O 600, 900 high
er, as it would have been if the War de-
partment had not done a bit Of refiguring
Having done so well, the department should
be encouraged to try again-and again-and
maybe save some more billions without en-
dangering the war effort.
That pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
is shrinking nightly.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Tax Safeguard

As March IS draws nearer, the average
family will realize that next to winning the
war, the most pressing public problem is
taxation.
Published newspaper reports show that the
national income for 1943 is estimated at $142,.
600, 000 00O as compared with $40, 900 00O 900 in
1889. War taxes to absorb abnormal earnings
from war production, are justified But when
peace comes, our nation should be prepared
to Immediately adopt revised tax schedule,
or progress will be stifled
To meet this situation, constitutional
amendment limiting the powers of Congress
to impose taxes on incomes, inheritances,
and gifts to maximum rate of Is per cent,
has been proposed, except in case of war
emergency. If the legislatures of two-thirds
of the states adopt a resolution requesting
Congress to call convention for proposing an
amendment to the Constitution Congress must
comply. Fifteen states have passed such a
resolution.
Here is definite program looking to the
formulation of practical peacetime tax struc-
ture. We should not walt until the momentum
Of industry has been slowed down before
providing an incentive to keep it rolling
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Record Height

Some other fine cid American institutions
besides the national debt have been growing
by leaps and bounds in the past few years.
There's the matter Of government records.
for instance.
At the expense OF good bit Of scarce paper,
one of our congressman has determined that
in the course Of $50 years. enough of these
documents have been preserved in the ma
Washington monument.
And the payon is that more than half OF this
massive collection is less than four years old
Did somebody rnutter bureaucracy?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Dividends

If the need for contributions to the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is greater
this year, the hope is greater, too. It may
be that poliomyelitis may strike again this
year as it did last when $4,000 cases were
reported. But, as more practitioners learn
to administer the remarkable treatments de.
vised by Sister Kenny, there is the assurance
that more victims will walk again.
The Kenny treatment is expensive, but
your dimes and dollars will pay generous divi-
dends in health.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07

turns away with aversion he is reopening
the wound and making it harder for that dis
figured soldier to return to the everyday life
which he left as hale and handsome young
ster.
self-consciousness. It will be easy to see the
scars and forget how they were received.
But we should all make up our minds that
our duty of consideration to these victims
of war is not going to end when peace be-
comes a habit, and heroes are forgotten.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
BY JOHN SELBY
"a Bell For Adano," by John Her

sey (Knopf; $3.50.
John Hersey's diverting "a Bell
for Adano" is the kind of novel
that might easily be understood. It
is hardly to be read literally, for
if this is done the product seems
little too pat and the chief char
acter becomes much too wonder
full chap.
! But if the novel is understood
to be kind of allegory, it makes
sense. Briefly, MIR. Hersey is tell
ing what happened when one
Major Joppolo came into the ST.
Gillian town of Adano into the wake
of our armies, and set up the first
just government the town had
seen since Mussolini took over.
This in the name of AMG. The
Major was good fellow, from
the Bronx in New York, and he
had had experience that proved
excellent in the New York De-
partment of Sanitation, He spoke
Italian, he loved the Siciians. and
he knew how to handle them so
that in no time at all they were
eating out of his hand. and eat
ing rather well.
But there is a suspense element
Only a few hours after Jonnolo
took over the administration of
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Raymond Clapper Says:
Clqpper;s Last Column:
Men Ready For Lnuasion

with the lights out, and when
many of the openings are closed.
Some 5000 men are aboard this
ship, and when the call to battle
station is sounded they must get
to their places within seconds, or
minutes at the most. Some of
them must go the whole length of
the ship, which is as far as a golf
ball is ordinarily driven. Men are
rushing up and down narrow lad
ders. Matches are being slammed.
There is intense activity every
where, with the general-quarters
gong changing its unmistakable
warning of approaching danger.
Formerly ships would throw
huge quantities of things over
board before going into action -
all the mattresses, bedding, and
other inflammable material. Now,
with the vast improvement in
fireproofing materials, and with
greater fireproof construction and
firefighting equipment, seldom is
anything thrown overheard. There
is very little around to burn.
Before l left Washington, one
Of the survivors Of the carrier
Wasp, Lieut.. Comdr. William c
Chambliss, gave me a copy Of his
article. "Recipe for Survival"
which has been issued by the
Training Division Of the Navy S
Bureau of Aeronautics. 1 find that
many Of his suggestions are being
commonly adopted aboard this
carrier, such as waterproof flash
lights, heavy gloves, a large steel
knife in scabbard hitched to the
belt - which is useful. as Cham.
bliss says, in cutting yourself
clear of lines or other impedi-
ments with which you may be-
come involved in the water, and
also for discouraging sharks or for
opening emergency ration cans.
Those are the kind of normal
little preparations everyone makes
although very little is said about
1t and the conversation seldom
touches on the possibilities of &C
ton. The laughing and joking 90
on as usual at mess and around
the ship, with boys scuffling on
the flight deck and the hangar
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Negro Fighter Group
Downs Its 18th Plane
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS AL

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. AL.
giers,, Feb. 6. -1P) Its No IL
Ter the 9stn Fighter Squadron OF
the 18th U. S. Air Force composed
ct Negro pilots flying Warhawks.
:. End 1t. Elwood T. Driver of
Trenton, N. J. brought the squad
IRONS bag of enemy planes to that
number yesterday by shooting
down g German Focke-wulf as the
On the Anzio beachhead. =
American Spitfires caught one
group of German fighters and
shot down one. Shortly after this
another formation of enemy fight.
..ers came over Anzio. Warhe wks
OF the goth Squadron, just arriv-
ing to take their turn at air-cov-
er, sWooped upon them and Dri-
yer sent one crashing.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Father Draft
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON,-A good many months ago,
I wrote a piece urging pre-Pearl Harbor IA
theirs to quit worrying about their draft status.
There was nothing wrong with the piece then
or now, but the military powers have won
their fight to draw heavily on pre-war family
men to bring military manpower up to what
they believe necessary goals.
l still believe, however that there is no
need for panic generally among fathers who
cannot help being sit worried over what
is going to happen to their families if they
are indicted as bucko privates or apprentice
seamen
After q canvass Of War Manpower and Sc
lective Service records it appears that about
one of six pre-Pearl Harbor fathers between
the ages of Is and 81, inclusive, stands a good
chance of induction by midsummer. In round
figures, this means approximately 1,OO0 OOO
If 1 remember correctly, this is almost
twice the prediction made last summer. But
the manpower situation has changed consid-
erably since then and may again-in either
direction
The military manpower goal has been set
at around 11,30O 900 for July l. TO reach this
goal, Selective Service will take all the l0O,-
900 17-year olds who become 10 every month.
About 10000 are deferred for physical reasons
or for farm work, and 10000 more already
are in the services.
A few more will come from Redistribution
of 4-F's and from a re-examination of occu-
pational deferments now under way-but not
many.
The military forces are believed now to be
only about 900 men below their goal but
they are discharging men at the rate of 100,-
900 a month. That means around 100000
men will be needed before ~une 80. If the IT.
year-olds can be counted on for 100000 plus
perhaps another $4,000 to 100000 drawn from
reclassifications, around 100000 fathers will
have to be drawn.
From what gro of fathers will this L.
600, 900 come? From the 1,250,000 physically
able, non-deferred for o-cupational reasons
and not actual hardship cases. which, by Sc
lective Service definitions, are very few.
The main manpower problem nov facing
the government despite walls from VINO and
Selective Service, is distribution. The only ex-
cuse for the proposed National Service act,
other than to prevent strikes and provide a
psychological incentive for doing necessary
work. is to solve that distribution problem.
The chances for any such act, however, are
becoming less daily.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07

Editors Note: The following dis.
patch from Mr.. Clapper, written
on the eve of the Marshall Islands
battle in which he lost his life,
was received a few hours after
word of his death.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CAR
RIER, Somewhere in the Pacific
(By Wireless) - On the night be-
fore battle everybody gets a big
holiday dinner. For breakfast on
the morning Of a battle beefsteak
is served.
Everybody aboard knows when
the time of battle is approaching.
You begin to count the days as
ID minus four" sd minus three, .
meaning four days or three days
before the action is to begin.
Sometimes instead Of calling it cd
day." they call it Dog Day" And
for some time after battle be-
gins the days are known as I'D
plus one day." or ID plus two
days" instead of by the days Of
the week or the month. The cal
endar is forgotten, and all time
is counted as before or after the
beginning of the battle.
A slow, almost imperceptible
rise of tension takes place as D
Day approaches. But it is nothing
very marked. Men begin to think
more about their steel helmets.
and to place them where they can
be picked up quickly. At night you
begin to have your red waterproof
flashlights always within reach.
and always in your pocket when
you are moving about the ship.
Some men keep heavy leather
gloves in their pockets, because
these are good to put on if you
have to slide down a rope going
overheard.
You are always studying the To-
cation of ladders, matches and
bulkheads, and making mental
notes of little landmarks around
the ship so that you can find your
way in hurry in the dark with
only a dim red flash to guide you.
It is surprising how different ship
passageWays seem when you try
to find your way around them
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Fractured Tradition

The English are proud Of their traditions,
and war and b1itz have left their pride I'm.
shaken. But when friendly, free-Wheeling,
jeep-driving Americans began buzzing along
the English roads in their accustomed man.
ner, even tradition couldn't take it.
returned traveller reports that England
is ready to scrap its ancient custom Of driv-
ing on the left side of the road, and keep it
scrapped.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
QUOTATIONS

would rather be two months late in re-
conversion than five minutes late in military
production.-W Chairman Donald M, Mel
son.
The harder we work, the more we put into
our jobs, the more chance we have of knock
ing out the enemy quickly-the more chance
we have of keeping our casualties low.-OWI
Director Elmer Davis
We are about to test finally whether de-
mocracy can sustain about battle.-Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07

deck, or playing cards, or sleeping
under the planes, during slack
times.
You always snatch nap if you
can, because in a combat area
you are up long before dawn and
until late at night, and there is
considerable tension. at least SUBJ
consciously
During battle, when the men are
held at their stations for long
hours. mess attendants carry
sandwiches and coffee to them
frequently, also hot soup, lemon
ade. fruit cakes, and various
small items they can put into
their pockets to nibble at while be-
side their guns.
For several days before an &C.
ton the pilots spend hours listen
ing to briefing lectures concern
ing the impending battle. Especi-
ally they are given lectures about
the territory they are to bomb or
strafe. They are told about the
the history of the locality, the
characteristics of the natives, the
estimated strength of the enemy,
and they make a careful study of
aerial photographs and maps to
mark the location of enemy air.
fields and other installations that
may be targets.
But there is not the high-tension
that you might expect. Sometimes.
when report Of exceptionally
heavy enemy strength is given,
there will be raucous shouts of
"Wow!" Once when the briefing
showed our own forces to be far
in excess Of what the enemy
would have, somebody shouted
from the rear of the room, Let S
go on to Tokyo while we're at
| i'll"
But mostly the pilots are SLOUGH
ed down in their chairs, their IA
vorite position being with both
feet up on top Of the high back
of the chair on front. They act
much like a bored classroom TAX
ing in lecture with as little ef-
fort as possible, instead of fighting
men some of whom will not come
back from the missions under dis
cussion.
You have a sense of living in a
world apart from what you knew
at home, and there is almost no
talk OF life back in the states now
you live only minute by minute
through the routine that carries
you smoothly. as if drifting down
a river, toward the day of battle.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Daily Prayer
FOR SIMPLE FAITH

Hurried and harried, beSeI w
fears and anxieties, we confess
patient Father, that we 60 throue4
the days as though Thou vert Ng'
our Guide and Guardian and Goa,
With our. lips we profess logan,
to Thee, and yet we proceed as
Thou vert not, and as II III!
promises were void. OutWardly We
have committed ourselves ou-
dear ones in service, our County,
and our Cause to Thine all-po"ei
full keeping. Inwardly, we az
full Of forebodings and fears anu
faithlessness. God forgive u,
Make our faith a real and llVliiS
and dominant force in our HveS'
May we be so stepped IN III!
word, and in living fellowship wiz.
Thysef that our trust will masle.
all doubts, and we shall know INC
peace that sustained Jesus. Ds
stow upon US the quiet mlnd -, /
those who know Whom they nav.
believed, and are persuaded tna'
He will keep that which they have
&C committed unto Him. Amen
- --s.sA-s -iHes4--si-A3s . v.s.--ASi-.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
PROMOTED

: HICKORY, Feb. s. -R)- Alan
W. Jones Of Hickory has been
promoted from first lieutenant to
captain at the New Castle Ar
my Air 6ase, Wilmington, Del,
where he is attached to the Sc.
cond ferrying group of the ferry
ing division, Air Transport Com
.and. Since last fall he has been
public relations officer for the Sc.
cond group.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
TOP o. THE MORNING

Dear Nom: love you. 1t il raining
here
It's made little puddle in my tent.
You always liked the rain: It brings you
near.
This isn't nnuch like home, but I'm con-
tent.
Last night a fellow died, and Nom, l
had
A chance to talk to him about the Lord;
He smiled, and understood, and was 1
glad
For all the years You fed us on the Word!
HELEN FRAZEE-BOWER.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07

The Philippine pygmy fish lays
an egg smaller than the perloa
at the end Of this sentence.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07

Editors Note: The following dis
patch from Mr.. Clapper, written
on the eve of the Marshall Islands
battle in which he lost his life,
was received a few hours after
,,ord IF bic death
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-07
Our Chief Ain,

To aid in every way the prosecution Of
the war to complete Victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-07
Two Officials 60
To Meeting on
Farm, Surplus Use

Supervisor Hugh T. Osborne and
County Agricultural Commissioner
IS. A. Harrigan are EN- route to ON
aha, Nebraska, to get first-hand in
formation as to the feasibility of
establishing an Imperial Valley
plant for conversion of surplus
farm products into industrial al
cohol, synthetic rubber, and plas-
tics.
They will visit such a plant now
under production in Omaha and
confer with experts in the new in
dustry which is declared to provide
a necessary outlet for farm prod
ucts which cannot be absorbed by
the usual markets.
This alcohol economy is the
hope of the future for the farmer"
Osborne declared before his de-
parture, and as a farming COM
munity we must investigate all pos
sibilities 50 that our farmers will
be in the lead for the postwar pc
Rod
They planned to go into all phases
of the new industry with the idea
OF Imperial Valleys participation
in the new development.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-07
LET US HOPE AND PRAY
FOR SPEEDY VICTORY

With nearly four million of this ma
tons youth in uniform in foreign lands,
how many of them in, or poised for the
invasion, no one knows, let us all center
our minds and our prayers for speedy
victory for the Allied Nations.
The long wait for the western invasion
is over. We are on the march to Berlin
and to the everlasting undoing OF the war
criminals and the end forever OF taSclSm
and nazism. During the long, weary, and
at many times. disheartening months
since September 1899, all have wondered
why the invasion was being delayed TINS
anxiety has been intensified many fold
in the time we became of the allied ma
tions. and even more so in the last few
months
But with D-Day here, in spite of the
excitement and the enthusiasm and the
great sweeping flow of patriotism, there
comes the realization that the casualty
lists will grow and grow; that many
homes are to feel the grief and sorrow
that wars bring. But there will be no
let-up in the determination to carry on
until not only will this terrible war be
won, but the issues which brought it
about shall be settled forever.
In the place of demonstrations Of flag
waving and drum-beating confetti throw
ing and so on, when the world got the
flash that the Allies had landed IN
France, there was stOlid quiet in this
country; workers on their jobs or going
to them merely nodded their heads and
went on about their business. The moth
er and the father with sons over there
only took firmer grip on their resolves
to make the home front more pregnable
than ever All this signals the determina-
ton and the desire to have it all over
with as soon as possible.
Announcement of the place of landing
ended months of conjecture and guess as
to where Eisenhower would lead his in
vading hosts. But there is almost the GER
tanty that direct invasions thrusts will
be made at other points, one from the
Mediterranean. And so it may be that
everyone who had his idea will have that
idea vindicated.
One thing all are agreed upon and that
is Victory No matter from which direc-
ton the allies approach, the Nazis are
doomed and, again, all agree and hope
and pray that will come soon.