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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07
BY JOHN SELBY

BAL LIE I'LL ny
Commander Walter Karig
USNR, and Lieutenant We'll
bourn Kelley. USNR Farrar
& Rinehart, $3.50.
Once again the Navy turns out
a superb job Of telling the folks
back home. This is a book called
Battle Report" first of a series
Of similar reports. It begins, of
course, with Pearl Harbor and con-
Guides with the Battle of the Coral
Sea, and among great number of
virtues it contains one immensely
important one. It once more re-
duces the Individual in war to his
proper size.
For quite spell the American
reader who believes what he reads
in Ernie Pyle and others must
have had the idea that this war
was being run by lot of the
authors clever friends, and that
what counted exclusively was gem
utlichkeit and an understanding of
how kids from Brooklyn and Sioux
City feel when they wash their
socks in their tin hats. It seems
incredible that this human interest
angle could be so oveoployed that
sensitive reader would have to
remind himself. over and over,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07

Army batteries were reported op.
Grating On rations, lifted only for
full scale efforts.
The shortage in both heavy and
small arms ammunition is so acute
that War ManpoWer Commissioner
Paul V. McNutt said an extra $780,
600 workers will be needed for a
stepped-up production program in
the next few months.
To help Clay bring about 'the
immediate stimulation of war pro-
duction," Byrnes brought back to
his staff Fred Searles, mining en-
gineer and former War Production
Board official.
Byrnes said planning for the
changeover from war to peace was
not being overlooked. And he an
nounced the appointment of J. B.
Hutson as deputy director to
map the transition for agriculture
Hutson, president of the Commo-
dity Credit Corporation. has been
WIN tne agriculture department
for two decades.
To advise him on manpoWer
questions and help obtain maxi
mum utilization of manpoWer,
Byrnes acquired William Haber,
who has been assistant executive
director of the War ManpoWer
Commission.
In addition, the appointment of
o. Max Gardner to be chairman
of the War Mobilization and Re-
conversion Advisory Board was
disclosed by Byrnes, along with
the first meeting of the board, call
ed for next Monday. President
Roosevelt designated Gardner,
former governor of North Carolina,
the board chairman.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07
By KENNETH L. DIXON

ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Nov. 30.-Delayed)- Up 1t has
been about year now since thai
kid on the hillside outside Sar
Pietro said it. We had just beer
bombed and strafed and it was
a nasty, shaking business. We
both had thought we were doom
ed.
you'll never make the folks
back home understand what wal
is like" he said. Nobody could
understand it who hadn't been
through it,
The kid isn't around now. He
was killed that night attacking San
Pietro. But if ne still were alive
I think he would say the same
thing today. And he would be
just as right.
1t was buzz-bombs that made me
remember the kid today.
We didn't have buzz-bombs in
Africa and Italy. We mad other
things. l understand about NOR
tars and 88's, mines, machine pis-
tolls, BOBBY traps and ordinary
bombs, but 1 don't understand
how folks feel about buzz-bombs
because I never have been buzz
bombed.
Back in Italy we read about
buzz-bombs. We felt badly about
all those people being killed and
wounded by them, just as you
feel badly about all these soldiers
being killed along the fronts. We
agreed it must be terrifying,
|nerve-wra cking experience, but
those were just words we mouth
ed, trying hard to convince our
selves we understood. We didn't.
Last night 1 heard my first bizz-
bombs. They streaked their fiery
way through the darkness over
head, bound for some luckless city
far behind the front.
With me were guys I had known
in Italy and Africa who were far
drawer than most. There were
other guys who nave gained repu-
tations for courage in other cam
paigns around the world.
When the racketing rumble of
the first buzz-bomb sounded, one
of them was talking. He stopped
in the middle of a sentence. The
others grew tense and sat waiting
in silence. Their eyes roved aim
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07
FDR GETS MEASURE
ON LIMITATIONS IN
PEARL HARBOR Ian

WASHINGTON. Dec. w. Il.
House w as- passage sent to Presto
Roosevelt today Legislation ,.'
tending the Statute Of limit'. III.
So It u continues cont until next June 1 ,
the time during which les eva,
ton or courts martial ~ may l5,s
instituted as a result Of the ,s Jay
csc attack December Z l l5f'' h
Congress twice preyloo,sl'
extended the time 1i''''
Recent Army and Navy .5 rep? y.
declared the separate lny s3s i
court COZ martial proceedings 33 ~.
Maj. Gen. Walter Short ana g,r M.
AID Husband E. h.a. .-l
commanders in the Havana" -
at the time of the attac" j.,
The legislation, already 55, pau 4oa
by the Senate, cleared the as.I @ts
with wi only handful Of 5 aae4T5a.
present and with only o larya1
cussion, including an o0 25srti,
by Republican Leader -. H +5s u
NIa,at,,eo4+e 4nat '.Wnat lNe =
pie want is the facts IN ''l'
Harbor case. .-.ori7es
The resolution autno .tirIIe !
Army my and Navy to o ,s5a5tss !.
investigations started li,ul,,.;
at the direction Of Cong 60
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07
laps Hit Heavily
By ~Yank Airmen In
Wide Pacific Area

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 = up =
New air blows by landbased air
craft against the japanese in the
Palaus, Marianas. Volcanoes
CarQlines, Marshalls and Marcus
island were reported by the Navy
today zSa, l-sa -
A communicate from Adm. Ches,
ter W. Nimitz, Pacific Fleet com.
mander- disclosed that. one fight
er of the Fourth Marine, Aircraft
Wing was shot down over the Caro-
lines Sunday, but the pilot was
rescued.
An enemy bomber was shot
down by fighters over Saipan Mon
day. No bombs were dropped
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07
Kettles Reappear

AS always with the approach Of the holiday
season Salvation Army kettles have made
their appearance on the sidewalks and the
little bells tinkle out their annual invitation
to kindly folk to contribute coins, or folding
money, that the less fortunate in the city
may share some of the happiness of Christ.
mas.
There has been no fanfare for the kettles.
They have appeared quietly and unobtrusive.
", but they should not be passed by for
that reason. Despite the lush times for war
workers there are still many needy families
in the community. hundreds OF children who
will 60 without even the necessities of life
ON Christmas, unless the kettles are well
flied and the Salvation Army thus enabled
TO buy literally.
The Salvation Army is too firmly estab-
lished in this city, as in all other cities of
this ard ether lands to require any introduce
ton or explanation. Its sole aim is to serve
hurls nifty, particularly that section of humani-
ty which has not been especially successful
in caring for itself It is doing great work
among the armed forces, just as it did in
the former World war. But it is not so busy
that it can neglect this Christmas project
which for many years has been among it's
greatest services
It bchooves the public to heed the sum-
mons Of the tinkling bells with substantial
donations
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Ilessly while their senses concen
trated on what their ears were
telling them.
The noice increased to crescende
pitch until it was directly over
head. Suddenly one of the mer
said tersely:
eff that sound stops, get away
from that window!"
Sitting there, I tried to under.
stand. If the sound of an incom.
ing shells had split the night sud-
denly, the men would have dived
to the floor. That I could nave I'm.
derstood. There was genuine men
ace in the sound of an incoming
shell. This noise did not seem
fearsome.
Don't be silly" I told myself.
Get on your toes. This thing
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07
WITH THE AEF
A Lesson In BuZZ-BOmbS

could kill you.' But still I sat
there listening and watching.
In moment the racket dimin-
ished into a departing rumble.
Then only did men who had seen
what these robots can do begin
to relax.
I heard that sound a couple OF
dozen times last night and today
but the buzz-bombs still failed
to affect me-because they all
went over.
However, since I started writing
this piece, a couple landed close
enough to rock the building and
rattle the windows. Now I find
myself listening intently to all
grinding sounds. A single truck
shifting into low does the trick.
I am beginning to learn about
h1Izz-hanahS
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07
so THEY SAY

1t would have required thousand ships tc
send across the Atlantic what we received fol
our men through reverse lend-lease from the
United Kingdom.
President Roosevelt.
If we are not together, how long will it be
before Germany tries to play off one against
another or until we are menaced in another
20 years with a similar tyranny to the one
which, we hope, will before long be over
thrown?
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07
Interpreting
Thew ar .
BY kIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War A., oN

A l2o-mile wide breach '' :" 81
man defen5es that guard ~ HI Gec'
basin is taking shape fast T'V ,, Saa'
hammer blows of conyergir.U Under
erlcan armies. ''4s An,
The fate of saarbrucker .
bank metropolis midway b h SsaF
the Rhine and MoselIes oyi,.eea
seems sealed to verify ,b r,'saay
clusion that American sai, ' con-
the Saarlautern river cross'. 'e q
tact could prove a major ya Nag ! n
aster. 'N' d.
That river guarded linz II,
the Saar from the Sgar.r.aoaas
confluence southwest of T@ WE 4
the Sarreguemines corner '' %
of Saarbrucken in presumabIr' W.. VI.
the outpost fringe of the S5s,t WY
"West Wall" However, il 5,5
vital role to play in Nazi us ,,r
defense concepts. '''Sl
That was to absorb tbs
shock of any attack from t5s NM I'M
through the Lorraine gater, ''''
the Saar basin, Powerful ., u
|Nbe the West Wall detsT,a 40
depth installations that ,tn
ahead of Third and Seventh Any,
forward charging divisions t,os|
were designed by the Naz., N
meet a Worn-doWn foe. v
The function Of tne Sa8r GO,
ment of that defense system ~5,|
to take such heavy casually an
of an attacker in forcing the riys.
itself that he would reac, 81
main Siegfried Line positions a.,
hausted and lacking the punch Il
crack them.
Southeast of Sarreguemines Al
the Rhine the frontier zone with
Its mountains and forests had :,
like mission. 1t lacks a cOn.m,
GUS water hazard like the Sss,
however, and the Rohrbach ami
Wissembourg gaps on both sde,
Of the lower Vosges mountains nn
which American columns are d-r,
ing from the south render it MOI.
vulnerable than the Saar front
Nevertheless it is along the Sss
above and below Saarlauten ns
rapid disintegration of the Na
forward defense zone has set M
The river is reported to have bea|
crossed by American troops now
in half a dozen or more places
What seems to have happGet|
is that the American widening add
deepening bridgehead east Of id
Saar river has completely did
organized Nazi defense prepara|
tons. 1t has forced precipna,.|
retreat from the collapsing Sad
line from Merzig to south Of Sad
brucken. Whether Saarbmc5a|
also is to be evacuated or 10 ID
left manned by a suicide raiI
guard to repeat what happened i
Aachen is not clear.
It makes little difference Wild
course the Nazi command tele|
at Saarbrucken. The shell-tom nj
dustrial city can be by-passed Il
their to the north or to the Soul|
east.
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Z roNsOLIDATIoN PLANer -,

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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07

Belgium, occ9oyins an .5 1,5.
800 square miles Is ''
size of Maryland
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-07
Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr.. Pegler. and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
Evening star., 1944-09-03
ST. Margaret S Club
Holds Horse Show

A horse and pony show tourna
ment for the benefit of st. Marga.
ret's Church will be held at the st
Margaret's Hunt Club near Annap.
oils, Md, tomorrow, starting at 1875
am.
Twenty-one classes and both
hunter and jumper championships
are included in the well-balancec
program which has attracted ar
entry of the top equine performers
of Southern Maryland.
The show gets under way with a
lead-line Glass for ponies ridden by
children under 7 years of age, fol
lowed by three divisions of a pony
hack class, three divisions of pony
jumping and three divisions of pony
pair jumping.
The listed horse events are South
ern Maryland hack, Southern Mary
land hunters, broodmare, hunter
hack. jumpers warmup, ladies
hunter, touch and out, pairs OF
road hacks, jumper sweepstakes
hunters ridden by owners, handy
jumper, pairs of hunters, open
jumper, handy hunter, knock down
and out, consolation class and both
hunter and jumper championships
Luncheon will be served by the
ladies of the st. Margarets Church
Guild.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
'0'Connor and Leone
To Tang|e on Mat

Bewhiskered Patrick O'Connor,
the Irish wrestler-artist who once
studied and painted at the Corcoran
Art Gallery here, will be back on
the Turner Arena mSsling card
Wednesday. Pat will be making his
third start here, after whipping
Johnny Melas and Ed (Strangler)
White.
Promoter Joe Turner has the big
champ matched with Michele Leone
in part of a double windup head
lining the bill,
In the other featured tangle, Lou
Plummer will try again in a match
with Angelo Savoldi. Plummer is
confident that he can wrestle him.
self down to proper trim, following
an honorable discharge from the
Coast Guard after % months of
service.
Novel feature of the rassling show
will be a bSut between the Ameri-
can-born japanese grappler, Duke
Keomuka and Maurice La Chap
pelle. Keomuka now is serving with
the Coast Guard and has wreStled
frequently in New England
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Marlboro Results

( FIRST RACE-Purse,. $500: 3-yeer-olds
21nd IN claimmins 6'a furlones.,
Chance Oak CMorTisl eco 80
GalIopine, Lady CArduinD $50
Also ran0silver Rublc. Golden Babe
My Fxtt, waters Edge and Dusty Miss
SECOND RACE--Purse. $500; 3-year-
RSSoips RGS apd n9 ,g;ofi9 claiming S. -grO4ss 3o
Unimcnd CBeedIe> 4I0 $40
War Pigeon tRose1 300
Also ran-Bombs Away wayuma. Dress
Rock Rqks5 and Gene Mccarthy;
THIRD RAcEPar5e fSuiu RSiG ss6o 5o3o 39year-olds
and uD; claiming: 5Ia furlongs
Mi,d Mildred r, CVasseTl $500 124o 40
cGarmfui GBietzacker5 kri''' ''VV $50 $50
Also ran|credence. wintime, Argos,
II IfomURTH m RAcE-Purse. $500: a-year-
9Id$ %[.2a and 70 up; claiming; 81 furonss ~
H.h' H4ch MSbonaid Mid5onsid Rose, 40 gS $9S S3S a9
Prison Ship (Bletzacker) $50
Also 'i5' ranIMarwrack oomph and Horo-
+. FIFTH RACE--Purse. $500: 3-year-olds
Rnak fna up 3vsssap essimine: Gig furIonss oo
Cutloose F'iocchD $50 80
Lupoba CGranJ go
Also ran-strollng Lee, Free Boy and
SIXTH RACE-PurSe, 1000; 3year-
! GldS allowances 5l2 furloneS
Baymelia (Gran0 24IO 1920 500
Mar - Esprit tFlocchD go $50
History tMorrisl $50
/ Time LOS.
Also ran-Fairly Fly. Fleetest, SAILS
Sister. Worries. Clara Beau.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse $500: 4year-
oldS and up; claiming; 10 miles
Durable (RoSe) $50 40 800
Allencaid tBletzacker) 4.40 $40
! Time Play (ArduinD $50
Time, 1898
Also ran--Who Reign, Supreme Flag
fWestneSia. Calabozo
/ EIGHTH RACE-Purse. $500; 3-year -olds
and up; claiming; lie miles
Geldarme (Bletzackerl 4.S0 $50 270
9, C. Hamilton (ArduinD 40 go
Miss Yep tW VaSSer) 21O
/ Time, :5935
Also ran-Upsetting. Black Demon, Al
! SAGE and Rrnnkie Boy
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Lions Train at Home;
Mentor Is SOUGHT

Miguel J. Uline and his arena
manager, Howard K. Livingston, last
night announced that the Washing
ton Lions would establish local
precedent by conditioning on home
ice for the 1944-45 Eastern Amateur
Hockey League season.
The Lions are to report here in
mid-October to open the training
grind and are expected to open hos
tilities in early November. Tuesday
and Friday nights are favored by
Uline.
The Washington Eagles, who for
merly operated at Riverside, trained
for three years in Montreal, while
the Lions of the American Profes-
sional Hockey League conditioned
at Lake Placid. NY.
The Lions will compete in a cir
cult that already includes New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Brooklyn.
Uline has established contacts
that shortly may result in the selec-
ton of a coach.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
|BaymeIia, Long Shot.
Wins Final Feature
OF Marlboro Meet
srecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARLBORO, Md, Sept. 2.-Over-
looked in the wagering, E. P. Minor
Baymelia, with Patsy Grant rid
ing like demon, turned up win
ner of the $1,000 Great Falls 5k.
furlong closing feature of the South
ern Maryland Agricultural Fair AS.
sociation's Today meeting. The
mare, which was registering hel
sixth victory in 81 starts, paid $24.10
The crowd of 1000 sent J. w
Heinicke's Fairly Fly postward, q
favorite,> but the mare finished
among the also rams.
Virginia Morrow's Mar D'Esprit
which was second, led the fiele
of eight for half mile. At that point
Baymelia took command, but had
to be ridden out as Mar D'Esprit
came fast to lose by only a head.
Mrs. R. F. Whitworth's History
was third.
Baymelia's win enabled Grant te
post his 18th victory and become
the meetings. top jockey.
An all-Washington combination
won the 612- -furlong opener wher
Mrs. j. L. Furr's Don Orlan, trained
by Frank James and ridden by Ed
die Smith, bested seven opponents
to pay $3.50. The gelding closed
with a rush to win going away
u. Breslin's Chance Oak and H. M
Simpsons Galloping Lady finished
as named.
Another Washington-owned thor.
oughbred. Mrs. j. E. Simmons Rem.
olee, took the 512 -furlong second
at $3.50.
Fans playing the daily double
and who took the 3-6 combination
Of Don Orlan and Remolee re-
ceived $3.50.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
I en- Listed in Capital Hondicop
AS Laurel Opens Tomorrow

l26 pounds, the 4-year-old colt was
a slight favorite In the early odds
Sollure and E. c. Eastwood's Chal-
lamore, also entered, won the two
divisions of the stake run at Pim-
lico last fall. Challamore was as
signed 112 pounds.
A heavy rain fell last night, but
clearing warm weather presaged a
fast track for the Labor Day open
ing.
A likely second choice in the wa
gering was the entry of Longchamps
Farms Mrs. Ames, 3-year-old
filly, and Howe Stables Cassis. Mrs
Ames got in under 108 pounds, while
Cassis will carry 12l.
Others named to go to the post
in the first of IT stakes to be re-
newed at the meeting were c. r
Chenery's Hornbeam, los pounds
M. Wexler's Best Regard, 119; G. T.
Strother's Salvo, 101; Rupace
Farms Layaway. 106; Mrs. r. H
Heighe's Adroit, liz, and H. L
StrauS' New Moon, 116.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Brownie Impressive
In Racing Off With
Camden Feature
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAMDEN, N. j., Sept. 2-Joe w.
Browns Brownie today drove to an
impressive two-length victory in the
$40, ,000-added Princeton Handicap
at Garden State Park before 1876
fans.
Dominating the running from the
start the winner drew out under
pressure to lead home Margaret Nc
Callum's Retzips, while three-quar-
tiers of length away Longchamps
Farms Baby Dumping was third
In the field of five.
w. L. Ranch's Bill Sickle was
fourth and Max Hirsch's White Pa
per brought up the rear.
Eric Guerin rode the winner which
paid $3.50
BY his victory Brownie earned
S8,825. He covered the six furlongs
in / 10
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Eight Games on Gard
In SoftbaII Series

Softball action in the city cham
pionship series at Ballston Stadium
today will see eight of the nine
teams still in the running taking
the field in five scheduled tits.
An afternoon double-header at
2:30 pits Marine Barracks against
Bureau of Ships Facilities in the
opener, and FBI VS.. Garvin's Grill
in the final. Beginning at 7, a
triple bill presents: Winner of Ma
rine Barracks-F game VS.
Castleberry Auto, Bindoco VS.. Mount
Rainier and Kavakos Grill VS.. win
ner of Garvin 'S-FBI contest.
Action last night saw two Navy
teams eliminated, with Castleberry
Auto beating Naval Receiving Sta
ton, to 0, in 10-inning affair
in which the losing hurler, Ray
Cherry, famed IA and allowed only
2 hits: Winning pitcher, Ed Sulh-
van, struck out IT and gave up )
hits. In the other clash, Mount
Rainier beat Naval photographic,
to 0.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Simon KopIon to PIoy
On North African Nine

Corp. Simon Kaplan, who for
merly pitched for Police Boys Club
No. 5, has just written his family
that he has been picked to play on
the Army's Al-Star team in North
Africa. The squad soon will play
a team of Navy All-Stars.
Corp. kaplan. who has a couple
of shutouts to his credit this season,
is tickled over playing on the same
team with zeke Bonura, former
Washington first baseman. Kap-
lan's team is called the Depoteers.
He Is in the Quartermaster Corps.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Pony Honors Are Won
By Peggy Hamilton
BY the Associated Press

bS lHe Associated fleSS.
WARRENTON, Va, Sept. q
Peggy Hamilton of Warrenton, for
the second successive year won the
hunter championship of the War
renton pony show here today with
Miss Fox, her 9-year- old chestnut
mare.
Miss Hamilton, 15 beat out seven
year-old Terry Drury of Orange
who rode her Diminutive Punch to
the reserved award.
The jumper tricolor was won by
Gloria Cabins Patsy, from Char
lottesville, over Anthony Rives'
Owen GlendoWer, a Gotham entry.
The hack championship went to
Mrs. R. c. Winmlll's GalaX, with
Everett McClanahan up. over Apron
Strings, owned and ridden by Miss
Galban