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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Great Hospital System

| Governor Broughton won unanimous approx
al Of University Of North Carolina trustees for
his plan to increase the medical course at
that great seat Of learning from two to four
years and to set up free hospital containing
at least six hundred but preferably thousand
beds for persons unable to pay the current
high price Of disqualification.
Perhaps nothing that Governor Broughton
has proposed for the advancement and well
fare of this state is more constructive Or
capable Of achieving greater public benefit
than this, not even taking the sales tax of
the family table. This is especially true when
his further proposal for the establishment OF
additional similar but smaller hospitals
throughout the state is considered
There is great need for such service as
past Wilmington would not have experienced
such distress as it has gone through because
Of its lack Of adequate hospital facilities, es-
pecially during this war period with hundreds
the James Walker annex project held UP by
priority delays and other obstacles over which
local authorities had no control.
It is Mr.. Broughtons thought that this sys.
tenn Of hospitals should be built with state
funds supplemented by all available federal,
private and foundation funds, and that they
shall be open to patients from all sections
Of the state, with provision for free hospital
and medical service to all such patients as
may be unable to pay for same
His recommendations will be submitted to
the next session of the General Assembly. Ac.
ceptance .aere should be as unanimous and
spontaneous as at the meeting Of the univer.
sity trustees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Cartography Crisis

The mapmakers Of the country are expect
ing busy times come Victory Day and the
turbulent months thereafter Todays boundary
lines will be as out.of-date as last years base
ball scores, and the maps will be nothing, II
not quaint. With few exceptions they can tear
EN- up and start from scratch
Unless geography classes in the public
schools are suspended CHEERS from the chill.
dren) until the photographers come forth with
the new stream.lined globe, we suggest that
they be the first tc set the inside dope on
how the European and Pacific boundaries arc
to be redrawn
That failing, and there's always that pos.
sibtlty, here are some sound suggestions
which will save lot Of last-ninute labor:
Have In readiness small type, say about the
size used on income tax blanks, for Germany
and Japan; Berlin, skip, or append, former
site Of
As for the Balkans, there's lead.pipe cinch.
Issue {: simple outline Of the entire area and
furnish pencil On yes and a substan:is!
supply Of c1asers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Salvage The Fat

The Number One Enemy of Fat Salvage
has been cornered It's that innocent looking
undiscriminating garbage pail under the sink
Into that too handy container go daily dribs
and drabs Of kitchen fat that add up to mil
lions of pounds which should be turned over
to meat dealers to be salvaged for war and
civilian needs.
The enemy is not formidable when located
because the garbage pail can be defeated
easily by sound kitchen strategy. Here's the
system:
Install today in your kitchen, in place just
as accessible to the stove or the sink as the
garbage pail, a container for all meat and
fat scraps. Drop in every bit OF fat bone,
skin, or trimmings from meat before cooking,
all the skillet scrappings, pan drippings and
bones scraped from the plates after meals
When the can is full, melt it all down at
once preferably in the oven while you are
baking or roasting, or on top of the stove over
low flame.
You will be amazed at the fat you will get,
fat urgently needed for war medicines and
munitions, and fat for which your meat dealer
will give you cash and extra ration points
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does not see that is sort OF foolish. But the
service men want to vote and the states don't
provide that opportunity
'sIf the President were of the party of the
senators on the other side, we on this side
probably would not want him to stay in Of
flee. especially if he would want to stay as
long as our man seems to want to stay"
Such candor has not been heard in the halls
OF Congress for too long time. 1t is likely
that Senator Chambers disdain of pussyfoot-
ing did not make much Of hit on either
side of the Senate. But it is equally probable
that this fortnight summing-up will be
cheered by a lot Of plain ordinary voters OF
both political persuasions
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Candor

In spite Of all the pleas Of press and pub
lie. the soldier vote legislation has been turned
into political football and kicked around by
both Congress and the President. The whole
spectacle has been pretty depressing, and the
smoke screen Of invective that accompanied
II has been no added attraction.
But in the midst Of the bitterness and bick.
erinx, one shining bit OF frankness stood out
It was contributed by A. B. Happy) Chand.
Ter, the junior senator from Kentucky After
some rather heated words between Oregon s
Republican Holman and New Mexico's Dem.
ocratic Hatch, Senator Chandler got the floor
ana delivered this disarrningly straightforward
analysis Of the whole unfortunate argument:
."r don't blame those on the other side Of
the aisle for Directing to Roosevelt, because
I think that IL the bill shall pass he will
Srobably have an advantage, and anyone who
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
The Literary Guidepost

God lifted her and her little girl
over the Pyrenees from Lourdes
into Spain; when one of her party
grew faint, they gave him the child
to carry, and the weak man re.
gained his strength.
Larry Allen, the Associated Press
correspondent who was tossed
again and again into the Mediter.
ranean and survived, though un.
able to swim, is in the book, and
so is a group of missionaries re.
turning on furlough from Africa
who met a submarine off Barbados
and lived for nearly three weeks
on the sustenance wrung from BIZ
BILE verses one Of the women called
up from her mind.
There are stories from Dunkirk
told by men who believe unshake-
ably that God literally shielded
them from German bullets; the
chaplain who underwent hours OF
strafing on the sand, who then rose
and found that his shape had liter.
ally been etched into the beach by
the bullets-these and dozens more.
There is even a new version Of
the incredible journey Of the yawl
Zaida, slightly different from the
one told a few weeks ago in THE
Navy Hunts the c. G. R. 3070' by
1t. Lawrance Thompson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Daily Prayer
FOR LITTLE CHILDREN

Wars heaviest casualties are in
the lives Of little children, both al
home and abroad. By broken
homes they are being deprived OF
life's most powerful influences lo9
good; and many are falling INTO
the ways of sin. In great yearnlns
We bring them to Thee, 0 Christ
the best Lover Of children, lhou
vast the Good Shepherd Of LAMBS,
when upon earth; and Thy love
for them still persists. Endo" Us
with Thy Spirit, that we, too, may
tenderly care fo1 all the little ones
who are called to live under the
devastating pail of war, May we
impart cheer instead Of fear 10
their hearts. In every practlcaole
way, may we lead them into patns
Of Christian nurture and of 5hel'e-
and safety. Let Thy love, plus our
efforts, save them for lives o.
world citizenship and Of goodness,
Whatever our other tasks, may we
also be real helpers Of Childhood,
assuring them of the protcc'ng
care of religion and of personal
friendship, Open our homes dlu
hearts to the little ones, asSuEeG
as Thou, o Christ, hast PROMISE,
that whatever is done unto 'n /, y,
is done unto Thee. Amen. w l H.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Simplify Tax Returns

Congressional opposition to the proposal that
the government make out income statements
for some 10000, 900 persons in the lower in.
come brackets is justified. This is no part Of
the governments constitutional duty, and con-
.idering the present high level Of the govern
ment's expenditures in psyrolls it would add
another heavy burden to the load already
weighing down the aforesaid 100000 earn.
ers.
What is needed is a simplified method OF
computing income taxes and the exemptions
thereon and full collection at the source with
employers making the returns.
This was the idea Of the pay-as-you-earn
plan which would have been great improve
n1ent over the hybrid system substituted fol
it, in the operation Of which the public's con.
fusion has been increased instead Of ]essened
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Manpower Commission
Assigns New Officer

L. Garland Scott, one OF the
War Manpower Commissions Il
special recruiting officers in North
Carolina, has been assigned tt
work in the Wilmington area un
der the supervision of Henry l.
Shepherd, area manpower direc
tor, it was announced Thursday.
Manpower Recruiting Officer
Scott will have with him constant
ly a list Of more than 10000 jobs
open in essential industries or &C
tivities in North Carolina, mos
of them contributing directly +
the war effort or to essential CT
william activities. The list includes
jobs in professional and mana
gerial. clerical and sales, service
agricultural, skilled, semi-skillee
and unskilled classifications.
The location of the labor re
cruiting officer here will make i
easy for any man or woman in the
Wilmington area to get into es
sential war work. A card, lette,
or. telephone call to him will re-
suit in arrangements for a con
ference at which any of the suit
able jobs available can be con
sidered.
Mr.. Scott can be reached a,
telephone 2-0361 or bv letter adj
dressed to Box 24O. Wilmington
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Half Way, Two Ways

Though it is gratifying to know that vii.
minaton has passed the hallway mark Ut its
quota in this Fourth War Bond campaign, il
is not 10 be forgotten that the campaign is
also past the meridian with the end nearer
than the start Purchases Of bonds must be
is to maintain the splendid record it estab.
lished In previous bond crusades.
Here are some OF the very good reasons
why everybody should buy more bonds. set
forth by an outstanding New York banker,
who is also serving as district chairman
IN Manhattans bond drive-J. Stewart Baker,
chairman Of the board OF the Bank Of Man.
haitian. Says Mr.. Baker:
"All loyal .Americans want Fundamentally
to back up our armed forces as they fight
on the many fronts throughout the world.
Through the purchase Of War Bonds to the
limit Of our ability we shall do our bit toward
providing the vital arms and equipment which
our soldiers, sailors and marines must have
10 carry on. We shall at the same time inspire
them with the confidence that we here at
home are eager TO help in our country's war
effort, even though the most we can do will
be negligible compared with their efforts and
their sacrifices.
IF we men and women on the home front
buy War Bonds instead Of purchasing goods
or services. we shall help TO keep prices from
rising, and thus hold down the cost OF living
THE purchase Of War Bonds is not hard.
ship because our Government will return the
us interest for the use Of 1t. These bonds are
sound investment backed by the full 70
sources Of our great country.
Buying War Bonds is an opportunity as
we'll as duty
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couldn't get do on paper. Some
said we should police. some said
we should let the Chinese do it,
to which someone else shot back:
''You can't trust others to do
your policing
They argued, whether Japan and
Germany should be allowed
grow strong again. but all were
agreed that those two should new
er become world p~~Fers again.
Some of those in this -for-all
debate as we sat around under
the control tower were Corp. Leon.
ard H. Cornell. .,u.zeepsie, N
Y, who said he favored Roose.
welt for President as long as the
war continued, but after that Dew.
ey; and Sergt Samuel Halpern,
of Brooklyn, who, when I asked
him whom hs favored for Presi.
dent, said: rs there any other
candidate but ROOSEVELT"
Sergt Weldon U-aphress, of Dial.
las, asked if had come all the
way out here to find a Republican.
All the while, 50 feet away a
lean fellow in dungarees and a
Texas sombrero was throwing a
lasso at a post. l found that he
was Sergt. Carlton c. Middleton,
of Stamford, Tex, former radio
cowboy who is keeping in prac.
tice with his rope while in the
Air ForceS-even to wearing his
cowboy hat. He looked like vii.
Rogers, and it made me home.
sick.
Some of the boys said that il
Germany is licked in the spring
Japan can be beaten in six
months. That is far more Opt.
mistic than anv of the higher of.
ficers put it, but that's the way il
looks to some of the men, such
as Walter Kelly, Minneapolis, and
John w. Cook, Pao-~ goula, Miss.
Well, that's the way they talk
up at the fighter front here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04

"The Great Answer by Mar
garet Lee Runbeck (Houghton Milf
film; S2).
God has broken into the war
headlines, Margaret LIE Runbeck
observes, and because she believes
this is heartening and useful cir
curnstance, she has written book
called 1.-THE Great Answer. Her
book is not all the answer, nor for
that matter is God. AS the author
of Our Miss Boo sees it, God in
Man is an approximation Of the
spiritual base for what is happen
ing. And the most thought-pr ovok-
ing thing about it all is the natural
and quite untheatrical way in
which thousands of men and many
women in this unholy martial mess
have resorted to faith and prayer.
Again and again, she notes lines
like land then we prayed" in the
stories told by survivors of special
horrors.
THE Great Answer" is a set of
war stories told, if God will for
give the phrase. from Gods angle.
There is one about an American
woman whose French husband was
in a concentration camp. The wo-
man quite simply believed that
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Silence Lends Consent

It is interesting to note that whereas Cover
nor Dewey of New York, generally looked
upon as a likely Republican candidate for the
presidency, continues to be circumspectly ST.
lent, Wendell Willkie remains as voluble as
ever and chooses to discuss subjects loaded
with dynamite.
Dewey makes no commitments. Instead he
encourages the public to believe that he would
become candidate only by the draft system.
On the other hand Willkie is making speech
after speech wherever he can get an audience,
using powder key for a podum.
Thus we find him making the initial ad-
dress on the New York Times series of dis.
cussions on domestic issues, scolding Congress
for it's rejection Of ten and one-half billion
tax bill and saying we ought to raise double
the amount asked by the Treasury 1t is not
for the layman to adjudge him right or wrong,
but it must be obvious to everybody that he
chose poor way to win votes from tax,
harassed people.
Nor is it the layman's prerogative to de-
is a fairly well established fact that the silent
man is additionally credited with good sense
and judgment, and is readily believed for
what he does not say while the loquatious
man is often discredited however fine his
views NAV b.
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where the lobby is to hang out. He
still gets around now and again.
Recently he called on Dewey. and
remarked that there was more
room, too, than in Franks time.
when the place was all cluttered
up with those ferry-boats of his.
meaning Mr.. Roosevelt's precious
collection Of ship models.
There is an elaborate and ex.
pensive governor flag on a staff
IN the private office. inherited
from F. D. R. who changed the
design of the original governor $
flag devised and instituted by The.
odore Rooevelt. as secretary of the
navy, 7. R.. had had an official
flag and thought that governor
ought to have one, too. F. D. RS
flag has four big white stars one
in each corner of navy blue field
A CLIO organizer has been around
lately, needing the public emplov-
ees to join his union and hike their
ray, and a lobby Of New York
communists including females
showed up last night for some n,,r.
pose and made merry in the saloon
Of the Dewitt Clinton until 2:3o
a. m. in the manner of Josef Stain
rs revealed in recent accounts Of
his state dinners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
||MAY0R NAMES MEN
TO RACIAL GROUP

Mayor Bruce B. Cameron an.
nounced Thursday morning ap'
ruintments to the local Interra cial
committee. of which DR.. Sankey
Lee Blanton is the chairman.
The committee meets monthly in
the City council chamber and has
as its purpose the promotion Of
goodwill between. races OF the
community.
!. White representatives of the
group include Dr.. Blanton, w. R
Dosher, Addison Hewlett, ST.. o:
the county government, Louis j
Poisson of the Tide Water Power
company. Mayor Cameron, repre-
senting the city government. ane
John E. Hope representing the
press.
Negro representatives include E
F.. Burnett, E. M. Butler, r. Irv
ing Boone, H. B. Shaw, H. Car
Moultries, A. j. Kirk, and L. c
Berry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
County Receipts Total
. $242,62l In January

At the end Of the first 11lollI ,,
of 1914, New Hanover couI.
treasury held $526,8365o, acc0!!0
ing to J. A. Orrell, auditor
Mr.. Orrell reported that the IL
ceipts for January totalled sl4-I
621.16, outstanding among "'l...
were: a $4,000 check from Wv
Alcoholic Beverage Control ooat oao
$4,000 for matured bonds; 9o0'VVg
from the federal government; all0
$87, 1888 in taxes and back tahe''
Disbursements amounted to slos'
1922, with $SO,392.34 for schoo.
buildings the highest figure IN 'A'
total.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

AN ADVANCED FIGHTER
BASE, Somewhere in New GUM
ea,-(by wireless)-Up here, with.
in 20 minutes of the Japs, l have
been interested in what some of
the men around this fighter base
think the war is all about.
I have heard many people at
home, and some officers out here,
say that American soldiers will
become rabid isolationists after
the war Perhaps they will. But
was contradicted about that by the
men at this base.
A dozen or SO of them gathered
around as we signed Short Snort
er bills, that universal ceremonial
of autograph collecting among
American soldiers all over the
world. The conversation turned to
politics and postwar discussion.
said l had been told at some
places along the line that our men
were strongly isolationist, and
wondered if that was correct
There's been too much isola-
tio; already" said Sergt. Samuel
Brown. of Philadelphia.
l had just signed the back of a
snapshot of Sam and his girl. l
said:
If you give me her address III
get in touch with her when l. get
home"
You don't get my girls ad-
dress out of me-" said Sam, who
Is redheaded and knows his own
mind.
When he made his remark
against isolation thought he
would have some plans for saving
the world. Blu he didn't. He said
he just didn't believe in isolation,
but he wanted to go home, get
back to work, and settle down
with his girl.
The gang which had gathered
around took much the same view
II don't believe isolation is prac'
tical," said Sergt. John Fekete, Of
the Bronx. 1--WE tried it once
think we have to crush Germany
and Japan SO Ney will never rise
again. and then police them"
At that general melee of con
versation TO l | o w e d, which
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Raymond Clapper Says:
American Soldiers Haze
Definite Political Vie,us

EDITORS NOTE-The fol-
lowing dispatch from Ray
mOnd Clapper, famed Am cri-
can newman, was received by
the Star-News prior to his I'M
timely death in a plane crash
in the Pacific theatre of war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
PONY BUMPED OFF JOB

GOLDSBORO, S. c. tPL-Rather
than expose his pony to careless
motorists, Street Cleaner Jimmy
Napier is picking up trash in a
basket. The pony was bumped
several times by motorists while
waiting for Napier to fill the trash
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
With
The AEF
BY KENNETH l. nIYnN

LIE II III AIM BEACH.
HEAD SOUTH OF ROME. Jan
81 Oelayed)- Up The ttras
sergeants in the field kitchen are
getting sick and tired Of this non.
sense.
Staff Sgt. Hershel Thompson q,
Detroit, mess sergeant for an On.
gineer OUTFIT, and his two cooks
Sgt. John R. Cable of IndianapoIis
and Sgt. John W. Routt Of Kin.
herley, Idaho, set up their kitchen
and mess hall in an old buiIdin5
near the beach.
For supper last night they cook.
ed onion soup. beets and vienna
sausage. Then bomb exploded
nearby blew in the windows and
seasoned all the food with broker
glass.
Good heavens" exclaimed the
sergeants-or words to that effec-
They prepared second supper
of more vienna sausage and sue.
cotash.
The chow line was impatientlv
jangling its mess gear when, lust
as the second supper was ready
another bomb fell in the bay on
| the other side of the house-an6
blew in the windows on that sid.
again filling the food with glass
and plaster.
Goodness gracious" is a verv
free translation of what the ser.
geants said.
They prepared a third supper Of
lunch meat, beets and rice pudding
| and hastily served it just in time
as more explosions kicked their
kitchen around.
The sergeants then got busy and
moved their kitchen to another
spot which they hope will not be
so hot.
It's just like old times for s'Y
communications guys who keen the
phone-radio system in operation for
an anti-aircraft gun. They 20 10
work when the whistle blows and
live just across the street from
their jobs
OF course, there are some slight
differences. Their home is in =
bomb-shattered building a stones
throw from the bay, and their Jobs
are almost always carried out TN.
der flax, bomb fragments ad ma.
cninegun bullets. But Communica.
tons Sgt. Richard league of Can.
ton. Mass. has it fixed 50 that
part of them ca sleep while the
others are on the job.
His crew includes Corps. Erwin
Tucker of Rye N. Y, Dorrest 70,
berts Of Worcester, Mass, and
Kenneth Smith from Vernon.
Pfc. Mickey He-me of McKeespo-.
Pa, and Pvt. Nick Gallo of Phil.
delphia.
When there is an air raid.
J league or whatever is handy blows
a whistle and the boys, who are
sleeping under roof for the first
time in nine months, come storm.
ing out and run across the streets
1 to 60 to work.
They have a little horn they
blow as the quitting-Whistle when
! raids are over.
The German prisoners were
trembling as if with the ague. They
stood in front of row of shallow
graves, one for each man.
i Beside them stood some Amer
can soldiers, their tonmy-gunS al
the ready.
Whats the matter with these
guys?" said one American to an.
ether. II knew they weren't super
men but I never thought they'd go
to pieces this bad. You'd think we
were gonna kill EN-
Then it dawned on him and he
burst out laughing. then explained
that all the prisoners were sup.
posed to do was dig the graves a
! little deeper, not for themselves
but for future use.
| The Germans, who had thought
they were going to be shop down
into their own graves. went 10 work
with terrific energy born Of relief
Some of them even sang as they
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Fair Enough

Editors Nete.-Ths star and the Nsws accepts
fsspsnsisiIty fer ths se.sonaI visvs Of M Pexier
tAd sften disagree with them much Aany Of
Ills rsadsra His srsisIes the good Purpsss Of
aakiAg people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
Nv John SELBY

"The Great Answer by Mar
garet Lee Runbeck (Houghton Milf
film; $2).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-04
All Alike

It is not surprising that Dies Committee
agents should find evidence Of Japanese es-
pionage on our Pacific coast for years before
pasrl Harhor