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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01

people sells it's young girls to panderers with
such openess. No other civilized people makes
the mother so completely the slave Of her
husband and the servant Of her own sons.
Women have not been allowed to soften or
moderate the harsh progress of fanatical mill
tarism.
It is tragic commentary on Japanese civil
ization that - with all their refinement and
ancient culture the japanese people have
been morally and physically unprepared to
defend themselves against tyranny within.
Future wars in the Pacific area would be
inevitable, concludes Mr.. Grew if we were to
be satisfied with an -inconclusive or COM
promise peace The showdown must be COM
plete and the decision irrevoc; BILE. American
safety and world peace must never again be
threatened by Japan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
Always The Same

startling story came out of Switzerland
the other day. It seems that Hitler's personal
physician had gone there and made a. bold
speech in favor of individual initiative and
Individual conscience. AS we read 1t we
wondered not only if the doctor would keep his
job, but if any German would heed his advice.
The question was soon answered. Next day
came news from Sweden that police had seized
Nazi youth who had come over from Ger
many and, in fortnight bit of private, un-
regimented enterprise, had organized gang
of thieves responsible for recent series OF
burglaries in Stockholm.
If it will help solve the what to do with
Germany question, here seems to be con-
elusive example that Nazi is still Nazi,
jointly or severally.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
Japanese Slavery

The lot of the Japanese industrial worker,
the farmer, the investor, the woman, the
student under Japans cancer OF nllltarlsm'
is described in the National Geographic
MAGAZINE for April by Joseph c. Grew, former
~ limited States Ambassador to Tokyo and
now special assistant to the Secretary OF State.
The worker. writes Mr.. Grew, is merely an
iropersonal tool in the hands OF those who rule
He has nothing to say about his wages which
u,ere and no doubt still are barely enough
for his subsistence. If he has any union at all,
II dare not lift its voice. 1t has been driven
underground by the brutal methods OF the
Thought control police.
The poverty of Japan's farmers made pos
sib,e the cheap food of the cities. Their misery
drove their sons and daughters into the factor
ies IN serve for the lowest wages in a modern
lied state.
THE China war has in no way helped the
1.n.nese farmer. His sons have died in it, and
Ne has been taxed for it. Occasional 1000 Snort
ages have given him the illusion OF prosperity,
when he sold his products on rising market
but the japanese farmer remains the 1lrst anc
constant victim Of japanese n1illtarlsm.
describing womans lowly sphere Mr.
crew compares standards of the Axis partners.
IL observes that German women once had
come rights and some education, whereas ia
,anese women have always been under the
dominion Of their masters No other civilized
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
Best To Expect The Worst

Any further rationing cuts on gasoline for
civilian use will be made, if at all, in the 'B''
group. This assurance, or bad news, is given
by COL Bryan Houston, deputy OPA admin
strator for rationing 1t is his opinion that "a
rationing is as low as it can safely be made.
1.-The minimum civilian share has been
reached he said Gasoline required by some
eight million families for household errands,
limited personal requirements and for keeping
O0O, 900 automobiles in driving condition can
not be reduced without seriously jeopardizing
the nations transportation system The ODT
believes it essential to maintain this backing
of civilian transportation, and we agree"
But the situation is not the same with respect
of 'B' rationing. Colonel Houston estimates
that about so per cent of all "B' rations are
used for me-to-work purposes, and the re-
raining 40 per cent for ''in-the- -of-work"
needs If there is to be any Tightening at all,
he EMPHASIZED it will have to be made in the
latter 40 per cent group. Since the "home-to-
work. mileage is presumably fairly constant
and not elastic enough to be reduced without
preventing essential driving
s.B' ration mileage ceilings" on the Pa
cifh Coast were recently reduced to 400 miles
month compared to a Middle West maximum
of $50 and ATS miles The Eastern States are
limited to 1875 miles a month 1t is this re-
striction which would have to be frightened if
the Petroleum Administrator for War provided
less gasoline for the nations transportation
system.
For the consolation of holders of B"
coupons, Colonel Houston predicts that it will
be at least a month before the OPA will be
able to analyze the results Of the lower gaso-
line allowances ordered earlier this month.
He even is said to have expressed the hope
that millage limitations in the ''B'' ration
group may be raised as a result of these
studies. That, of course, must depend upon
the decision of the Petroleum Administrator
for War. In the meantime, it would seem as
we'll for holders of OBJ ration coupons to ex-
pect the worst. Then they cannot be in for a
appointment, and if the best happens they
will have double reason to rejoice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
With Ernie Pyle

When a man is wounded, he just
has to lie there and suffez: till dark.
Occasionally, when one is wound
ed badly, he'll call out and the
word is passed back and the med
les will make a dash for him.
But usually he just has to treat
himself and wait till dark.
For more than a week these
boys lay in water in their fox
holes. able to move or stretch
themselves only at night. In addi-
ton to water sceping up from be-
low it rained from above all the
time. It was cold, too, and OF a
morning new snow would gllsten
on the hills ahead.
Dry socks were sent up about
every other day, but that didn't
mean much. Dry socks are wet IN
five minutes after you put them
on.
Wet feet and cold feet together
eventually result in that hideous
wartime occupational disease
known as trench-foot. Both sides
have it up here, as well as IN
the mountains around Casino.
The boys have learned to change
their socks very quickly and get
their shoes back on, because once
your feet are freed of shoes they
swell 50 much in five minutes you
can't get the shoes back on.
Extreme cases were evacuated
al night. But only the worst ones.
When the company came out OF
the lines some OF the men could
barely walk, but tkev had stayed
il out.
Living like this, it is almost i'm
possible to slep You finally get
to the point where you can't stay
awake, and ye: you can't sleep ~
ing in cold water. It's like the
irresistible force meeting the i'm
movable object
J heard of one boy who tried
to sleep sitting up in his foxhole,
but kept falling over into the water
and waking up He finally solved
his dilemma. There was fallen
tree alongside his foxhole, so he
tied some rope around his chest
and tied the other end to the tree
trunk, so that it held him up while
he slept.
Living as these boys do, 1t seems
to me they should all be down
with pneumonia inside of a week.
But cases of serious illness are
fairly rare.
Maybe the answer lies in mind
over matter. I asked one sergeant
if a lot OF men didn't get sick
f. ON exposure up there and have
to be sent back. I'll always re-
member his answer.
He said, mo, not many. You
just don't get sick-that's ALL"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
Production And Labor

The governors conference with MAYORS of
war industry cities on means to be used to
bring production up to capacity is capable OF
good results in that the proposed studies will
reveal the labor situation. Once knowing the
manpower shortage in detail it should be pos
slble to draft program for its correction.
The Raleigh parley devoted some time to
consideration of absenteeism and it was decid-
ed to set up committees to learn how far it
has and is interfering with production and to
devise ways to overcome it. This will be help
full, particularly if it is possible to compel men
to stay on the job except in actual emergenc-
les, condition that probably could not be
brought about without a universal service
law backed by system of discipline closely
resembling that enforced in the armed SER
vices. 1t could not be done now, nor ever,
without congressional action.
Lacking such law, the solution of the pro-
duction problem seems to lie in securing
enough workers fully to man all plants. 1t is
lack of manpower that holds production down
at this time. fair example of this is offered
in Wilmington where employment office files
contain at least $500 "help wanted cards,
with few takers
The situation is reversed from the days when
the war effort was first started here With
the creation of Camp Davis and the shipyard
and the consequent thrush of workers, the en-
ployment office was crowded with men seeking
jobs. Now it is employers who fill the office
files with applications for workers.
The situation has become so acute that the
Wilmington area has been declared critical
labor area, with the strictest rules applied to
keep workers In all essential industries from
moving on to jobs elsewhere save in extreme
cases.
Even so it is impossible to maintain suf-
ficient stats of workers in any essential in
dustry to maintain maximum production and
one of the problems begging solution here, as
in all cities similarly situated is how to find
workers for those $500 help wanted cards
now in the employment office files.
That is the major task that will confront
any committee named to deal with production.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
Capital Engagements

Miss Helen Gahagan, the actress, is hoping
for an extended engagement in Washington
which has always been a good theatrical try
out town. She has announced her intention te
run for Congress on the Democratic ticket
from CALIFORNIA; 18th district.
We welcome the news, and our joy is temper.
ed only by the fact that two other distinguished
ladies of the stage have declined to follow suit
Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner has turned deal
ear to the pleas of the electorate in her Long
Island neighborhood that She represent them
in Washington. And Miss Helen Hayes mas
decided not to joust with Mr.. Hamilton FISH
for the seat of New York's 26th district.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
Pass It Up

Republican Chairman Harrison Spangler has
urged political convention fans to stay away
from the party's Chicago meeting in June
With travel and hotel accommodations what
they are, the request will probably be needed.
With no cheering booing, whistling bedlam in
the packed galleries this year, the distinction
between the elephant as the symbol of the
G. O. P. and the elephant as the symbol of the
circus is going to painfully apparent
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
Obituaries
MRS. EVELYN s. GRIswOLD

MRS. EVELYN 5. GKlSWOLD
NEW YORK, March 81. - Fun
eral services will be held here to-
morrow morning for Mrs. Evelyn
Sloane Griswold, ST, mother OF
John S. Griswold, manager of the
SIMPLIFYING division of the W.
J. Sloane company at Wilmington,
N c., who died at the Columbia
University Medical center yester-
day.
The services will be held from
Madison Avenue Presbyterian
church. Interment will be at OLD
Lyme, Conn.,, V e she made her
home with her husband, E. 5
Griswold. Final rites will be con
Quoted by Mrs. Griswold's cousin
the Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin, pres
ident of Union Theological semi
nary.
Mrs. Griswold's grandfather, the
late William Sloane, founded W
J. Sloane in 1843. Her hus5nac
is a director and former presiden
of the firm and her son, William
E. Griswold Jr., OF Greenwich
Conn. is its PRESIDENT
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
Nv ERNIE PYLE

WITH FIFTH ARMY BEACH
HEAD FORCES IN ITALY,-(by
wireless)-The American infantry
fighters on the Fifth Army beach
head were having a welcome
breathing spell when I dropped
around to leave my calling card.
There's nothing that suits me
better than a breathing spell, so
stayed and passed the time of
day. My hosts were company
of the 10th infantry. They had
lust come out of the lines that
morning, and had dug in on a
little slope three miles back Of the
perimeter. The sun shone for
change, and we lay around on the
ground talking end soaking up the
warmth.
Every few minutes shell would
smack a few hundred yards away.
Cur own heavy artillery made such
booming that once in a while
we had to wait a few seconds IN
order to be heard. Planes were
high overhead constantly, and now
and then you could hear the rata
ta-tat-tat of machine cunning up
there out of sight in the blue, and
see thin white vapor trails from
the planes.
That scene may sound very war
J like to you, but SO great is the
contrast between the actual lines
and even a little way back, that
il was actually a setting Of great
calm.
This company had been in the
front lines for more than week.
They were back to rest for a few
days. There hadn't been any rael
attacks from either side during
their latest stay in the lines, and
vet there wasn't moment OF the
day or night when they were not
in great danger.
Up there ir the front our men
lie in shallow foxho'es. The Ger
mans are a few hundred yards
or beyond them also dug into fox
holes, and buttressed in every
farmhouse with machne-gun nests.
The ground on the perimeter line
slopes slightly down toward us
lust enough to give the Germans
the advantage of observation.
There are no trees OF hlllocks
or anything up there for protec-
ton. You Just lie in your foxhole
from dawn til, dark. If you raise
your head few feet, you get a
rain of machine-gun bullets.
During these periods of compar-
ative quiet on the front, it's most
~ a matter of watchful waiting
on both sides. That doesn't mean
that nothing happens, for at night
we send out patr OILS to feel out the
German positions, and the Ger
mans try to get behind our lines.
And day and night the men on
both sides are splattered with ar
tillery. although we splatter a
great deal more of it nowadays
than the Germans do.
Back on the lines, where the
ground is a little higher, men can
dig deep into the ground and make
comfortable tdugouts which also
give protection from shell frag-
ments. But on the perimeter line
the ground so marshy that water
rises in the bottom of hole only
10 inches deep. Hence there are
MANY artillery wounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
RELIGIOUS PROGRAM

A special gospel singing and
preaching program will be held
at the American Legion sta
dunn Sunday at 4:30 and 7:45
pm by the Rev. T. Richard
son, pastor of the Cape Fear
Bible Gospel tabernacle. There
will be singing by both white
and colored quartets. The SER
vices will be non-denomina-
tional and everyone is invited
with one grandstand reserved
for white persons and another
for Negroes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
BTU PLANNED

A Baptist Training Union will
be organized at the Sunset
Park Baptist chapel, Maffitt
Village, Sunday evening at
6:45 o'clock. A special pro-
gram will be given by the
Adult Union of the Sunset
Park Baptist church. C. A
Riddle will be the b. T. u.
director
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
MRS. SARAH ATKINSON

Funeral service for Mrs. Sarah
Jane Atkinson, 60, of Winnabow,
who died after short illness at
the Dosher Memorial Hospital at
l am. Friday, will be held from
the Piney Grove Church today at
II a. m. by the Reverand W. J.
Freeman and the Reverand j. c.
Harmon.
Interment will follow in the
Piney Grove Cemetery.
Surviving is her husband D. G..
Atkinson Of Winnabow; two
daughters Mrs. T. B. Johnson of
Leland; Mrs. Charley Walton of
Bolivia; one son J. L. Robbins of
Southport; two sisters, Mrs. Ava
Gore of Winnabow Mrs. Ada
Gainy of Middle Sound two
brothers, Friedrich and Lester
Gainy of Wilmington; and five
Grandchildren.
Active Pallbearers will be c.
P. Willett, Joe Reeves, M. A. Sui
Ivan, Jim Flowers, T. H. Wolf,
r. S. Willett.
Honorary Pallbearers; Ell i S
Sellers, D. L. Flowers, Homer
King, Weston Willett, Dalton Sell
lers, Glen Young, Willie Johnson,
Edgar Mitchell, George Reeves,
Eudel Rich, Capt John Erickson,
F. L. Lewis, Joe Croken, NJ M.
Pegott, Crawford Rourk, Red Stew
ems, R. c. Wagner, George Will
lett, Bill Savage, Lacy Dawkin,
Sam Rees, Joe Rourk, R. L. Sulli-
van, Malcolm Hart, I. L. Willett
Edgar Finch and W. T. Sullivan
MRS. ELIZABETH CURTIS
LUMBERTON, March 31.-Mrs.
Nieymer Curtis, 81. died
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
City Briefs
CAR THEFT

T. B. Register, 1925 Jeffer-
son street, Sunset Park, re-
ported to police last night
that his car, parked between
Second and Third streets on
Dock street, was stolen be-
tween $3.50 and 10 p. m. De-
scription of car: 1886 Ford
coach, gray body with red
wheels; two sealbeam lights
on front.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
MRS SALLIE B. STONE

WHITEVILLE, March 31-Fu-
neral services for Mrs. Sallie B.
Stone, So, who died at her home at
Lake Waccamaw Thursday at 6
a. M, were held in the McKen-
zie chapel at 4 p. m. Friday with
the Rev. w. c. Trawick official
ing, assisted by the Rev. C. G.
Blaine. Interment followed in
Whiteville cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, W.
E. Stone, and one son, Richard E.
Stone, both of Lake WaccamaW.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01

4-H CLUB COUNCIL MEET
The New Hanover county Al
club council will hold its reg
ular meeting in the Home De-
monstration Agents office Sat
urday morning. ALI officers and
club leaders are urged to at
tend
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
SOVIETS OUTFOX
JAP GOVERNMENT
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
States.
The Soviet government newspa-
per Izvestia made it clear that
Japan had been compelled to give
up the coal and oil concessions
with the changing fortunes of war
in favor of the Allies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
ISHAM BLAKE

Funeral services for Isham
Blake, 81, who died at his home
at Acme Wednesday after a long
illness, were held Friday at 4
o'clock from the graveside in Liv-
ingston Chapel cemetery with the
Rev. Herbert Strickland and the
Rev. Ulrich officiating.
Active pallbearers were D. J.
Nealey, J. A. Blake, G. E. Rogers,
J. E. Barnes, H. Blake and l. B.
Blake. Honorary pallbearers were
C. H. Brown, C. w. Formyduval,
D. j. Cooke, w. J. Butler, DR.. D.
R. Rodman, G. B. Batson, R. H.
Herrin, Jr, and F. P. Cooke.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Thelma Blake of Acme; two sons,
Thomas w. and Joseph W. Blake,
both Of Acme; four daughters,
Geraldine, Swanie Mae, Alice and
Barbara Ann Blake. all of Acme;
two sisters. Mrs. J. D. Hawkins,
of Wilmington, and Mrs. B. c.
Rogers of Acme; and one brother,
L. H. Blake, of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01

yesterday at 2 o'clock at the
Thompson Memorial Hospital aft.
er a weeks illness. The body Will
be carried to the Williams Funeral
Home in Hamlet and will remain
there until the funeral. Services
will be held at the Hamlet Pres
byterian Church at 3 o'clock Sun
day. Internme1t will follow at the
Hamlet Cemetery. Mrs. Curtis is
survived by her husband, Harrison
E. Curtis, three daughters, Mar.
lyn, Beverly and Harriet; her
mother, Mrs. j. A. Nieymer Of
Hamlet; two brothers, Herbert
Nieymer of the U. S. Army, and
Bobby Nieymer; two sisters, Mrs.
John Walters of Hamlet and Mrs,
Steve Forrest, Jr,, of Efland, n c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01
MRS. SARAH E. SMITH

WHITEVILLE, March 31-Fu-
neral services for Mrs. Sarah E.
Smith, 80, who died at her home
at Nakina Wednesday at 10:40 p.
M, were held from the resi-
dence at 3 p. m. Friday with the
Rev. Bob Carter, pastor of Happy
Home Baptist church, officiating.
Interment followed in the Ross
cemetery.
-V-
South America has nearly twice
the area of Europe, but only one.
ixth the population.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-01

HOME DEMONSTRATION MEET
The spring meeting OF the
New Hanover county council OF
Home Demonstration clubs Will
be held Tuesday in the Home
Agents office. All members
are urged to attend.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17
Allies Reach
Rinini Airfie|d

ROME. Sept IS tTNS1--Greek
troops with tho British Eighth
Army in Italy smashed their way
across the Marano River today in
the face Of suicidal counterattacks
and reached the Rlmini airdromc
outside the eastern anchor Of the
German Gothic Line.
Canadian forces also established
bridgchead across the Marano
and were fighting for possession Of
San Lorenzo Corregglano.
Eighth Army forces recap'ured
Strong Point 459" in the Adrlatic
sector and seized Zollara.
The l.. S. Fifth Army encoun-
tered increasing resistance IN It's
move on Bologna
Along the coast the YankS found
somewhat easier going a patrols
jabbed their way toward Viareg-
gia. some IS miles southeast Of
the SpeZia naval base.
Forces of American heavy bomb
erS estimated 10 number from $50
to 500, rose from Italian bases
yesterday 10 blast NaZi airdromes
IN tho vicinity Of Athens and at
tack a submarine base Al SalamlS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17
Hero to Instruct
On Combat Work
Veteran Bombieafor
TO Teach Air Cadets

Experience gained in u bomb
ing missions over NazI-held terri
tory viii be passed on during the
next four months 10 l7-yea~-oids
cnlisting as aviation cadets in De-
iIoit. b. FIRST 1t Charles r. Eau-
die. a B-26 bombigator II was an
nounCcd Saturday.
Laudie. 25-year-old nicr from
Amsterdam. Mo, played an I'M
portant part in the PRED Day
operations which destroyed robot
bomb installations and later in tho
actual invasion itself,
His crew is credited with knock
inC out al The bridges on the
Seine He wears the Purple
Heart. DIE and the Air Medal
with II Oak Leaf Clusters AS well
as two campaign stars on Fhs
ribbons
He viii talk with the pTOspec.
tive flicrs A. the Air Force Exam
ming Board and tell them some
thing Of what they must expect IN
combat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17
Chinese Take
Road Junction

CHUNGKING Sept. Is (UP)-
The battle for Lungling, japanese
stronghold that blocks the linking
up of the Ledo and Burma roads,
was shaping up today, with the
japanese tightening their posi-
lions south Of the city and
within II.
With the capture Of TengChung.
another important road junction
IS miles northwest of Lungling.
completed. Chinese forces
launched a counter-attaek against
Japanese troops who had seized
Sankuanpo, hill position one
mile south Of LunglinT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17
.USSDedrborn
Rites Sunday
First Land Ceremony
in Nation S History

The USS Dearborn, newest OF
the patrol frigates manned by
coast guard crews, will be COM
missioned this Sunday at Ford
Field. Dearborn, in the nations
first dry land commissioning cere-
mony.
II has been a year since the
Dearborn was launched at a
Superior, Wis. yard. and during
that time she has been taken 10
sea. But the ship has never been
officially comm stoned.
Vice Adm. Russell r. Waesche,
commandant of the coast guard,
and Rear Adm. Frank German,
chief of finance for the coast
guard, will receive the traditional
silver set as gift from the
people of Dearborn.
Present at the ceremony, which
will begin at 10 a. m, will he Mrs
Raymond Dahlinger, who chris
tened the vessel at its launching.
The actual civic commissioning
ceremony, starting AT lis p. m.
witt be broadcast over the Mutual
Network by station CKLW.
Mrs. Dahlinger, the honor
guest, has been an employe of the
Ford Motor Co. since she was -
years old During many Of the
intervening years she has been
secretary TO Henry Ford and Mrs.
Ford.
She j. eHe-ef Michigan : pioneer
women flierS and was the first
woman in the state 10 receive the
license OF a private pilot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17
Blue Food Tokens
Restricted in Use

On and after this Sunday blue
food ration tokens Will be disable
only in lots of 10. the OPA an
nounced today.
Effective oct. I. the blue tokens
will be retired from retail trade
and all canned vegetables and
fruits will have point values in
multiples of 10. so that only the
blue stamps will be needed