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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
Different Now

Newspaper accounts of the celebrations
which followed the news that Paris was liber-
ated set us to wondering what American re-
action will be when the fighting ceases in
Europe and later in the Far East Anyone who
remembers Nov. II, 1918, in this country re-
members that it was day of jubilation But
we venture to predict that the next Armistice
Day will find us in different mood.
Armistice Day in 1918, for all the undertone
of sorrow and all the lives lost was some
what like a football victory at the annual
Homecoming game. There were bands and
noisemakers and confetti and dancing in the
streets But we are likely to view the next
Armistice Day as one that marks the passing.
of crisis in a serious illness and the begin
ming of long convalesence.
On Nov. II, 1918, the fight was won and
peace had come to stay. Only the very cyni-
cal or the very far-seeing doubted that
Kings had lost their thrones; we embraced a
world made safe for democracy. The war to
end war was itself ended.
Today we can already see the tremendous
job that lies beyond peace. We can see it in
Italy where, while fighting continues long
submerged parties and old rivalries have
been reborn as the country struggles painfully
toward stable government We shall shortly
see France tackle her hard problem of clear
ing out the decayed remnants of the Third Re-
public and founding a new, united Fourth.
The Balkans will have to bind up the re-
opened wounds of ageless, endless quarrels.
Then China must resolve her unhappy internal
situation. And these are only political prob
lens Such problems as food, health and cur
rency, equally or more important, must be
worked on at the same time.
Our armies in France have begun tc cap
ture the young first-lne, Nazi-nurtured cream
of Hiter's forces. Interviews with these ar
rogant prisoners ignorant of all culture save
Hitler's, emphasize the staggering job of de-
and re-educating that must be done in Ger
many. There is an equally difficult task of
the same sort ahead of us in Japan.
1t is well that we know how sick the world
has been, and how contagious that sickness
can be. Perhaps knowing will enable us to
help nurse the world to real health this time
even though the magnitude of the task laeves
no time or inclination for dancing in the
streets next Armistice Day
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
Daily Prayer
FOR PRISONERS OF WAR

Thou didst send Thy Son, O
Heavenly Father, to set at liberty
the captive. To Thy sympathetic
ear we lift petition in behalf of
all prisoners of this war. Thou
knowest their sufferings, physical
and spiritua1-the iron monotonv
OF the dreary days; the constant
concern for loved ones: the
anxiety over the outcome of the
war; the complete Illustration of
LIES ordinary expressions and the
soul-corroding consciousness of
loss OF liberty. God be merciful
to all prisoners, and speed the
day of victory that will bring
them freedom. Grant them the
comfort of the fellowship of the
sympathetic Saviour. May there
be no enchainment of their desire
to serve their fellow captives, or
to carry on in fullest expression
OF their noblest personalities. Keep
their souls at liberty we pray, in
the name Of the Christ who once
bore a prisoners bonds. Amen
WIFE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
A Comparison

Rarely does the public have an opportunity
to compare the relative merits of government
versus private operation of industry, uncloud-
ed by prejudiced arguments and accidents in
the case of the railroad industry 1t is worth
repeating that in the first World war the rail-
roads were operated by the government. Dur
ing the current world war, they have continu-
ed as private enterprise The periods of re-
spective operation have been under similar
circumstances Therefore, the public can
base its judgment upon performance alone.
During the first war, operation of the rail
roads by the government was inefficient and
wasteful news dispatch of May Is, 1919,
says: ITO finance the railroads for the bal
ance of the year and to pay the government S
operating loss for 16 months up to this month
an appropriation of $780, 100000 was asked
OF Congress yesterday by the Director Gen.
eral Of the United States Railroad Administra-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01

rors will be the weapons Of another war, just
as the wood and canvas airplane OF the last
war became the laundering sower Of death
in this?
Will the world remember that another war
will bring prodigal slaughter and destruction
hitherto undreamed Of? Will it remember this
not for months and years but for decades,
and work increasingly for peace and strike
swiftly and fiercely at any threat against it?
Will it remember how it said, between 1918
and 1899, that another war will be so terri
BILE that no government will dare to take the
responsibility of starting it,?
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
The Literary Guidepost

The mission was planned be-
fore Brazil declared war against
the Axis. After that event its i'm
portance and some immediate
detectives were n ecess arily
changed. Specifically, the immedf-
ate problem was to help Brazil
become more nearly self-suffi-
cient because there was not ship
ping space to bring in all the
things she normally imported.
The 1ong-range objective was to
help Brazil as a cooperative and
prosperous partner of this coun-
try, rather than to hold her down
to a quasikolonial position.
A higher living standard in Brazil
will, Mr.. Cookies commission and
its sponsors believe, produce a
profitable exchange with us and
with the world.
The plan is the industrializa-
ton of Brazil. BraziFs past has
been a succession of booms, based
on the exploitation of a new raw
and not on its manufac-
ture. Sugar was first, and when it
died gold came and diamonds.
then rubber, next cotton and
finally coffee. This is the state
our own South endured while cot
ton was king, and in limited way,
its cure is parallel one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
BY JOHN SELBY

Brazil On The March," by Nor.
RS LleWellyn Cooke CWhittlesey;
So.
Morris L. Cookies Brazil On the
March is the first intelligent and
Ineligible account of what actual.
~ is happening in Brazil l have
read It. also tells what might hap
pen there, and what the effect on
the hemisphere generally, and par
tlcularly on the United States
might be. 1t is a book that leads
to puzzlement, too. One wonders
how North Americans have STAYED
blind so long.
Mr.. Cooke was made chairman
OF the American Technical Com
mission sent to Brazil under the
auspices of the State Department,
the Office of Economic Welfare
ana the War Production Board.
W.T. Cooke is consulting man.
agement engineer well known to
many Philadelphians, since he
was once director of public works
IN that city. His group was picked
TO cover all possible phases of
tne committees enterprise, and so
lar as the record shows, its mem
pers worked congenially and sue
cessfully together. The record
shows the Brazilians also coon
Grated with enthusiasm
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
Council Defines Functions

The Council took what may well prove 8
historic step on Wednesday when it defined
its status as a 'policy-ma king body" not con-
cerned directly with administrative prac
tices,' and declared such matters within the
jurisdiction of the city manager.
This is the fundamental principle Of coun
cilnanic-city manager municipal government.
It was fully explained at the time the change
of city government was under consideration
and before the electorate abolished the com
mission form 1t was shown that the council
was to be the municipal equivalent of board
of directors and that the city manager was to
be the business manager.
Now the council itself has gone on record
establishing this method of procedure. BY ad-
herring strictly to this policy the Council will
serve the city to greater advantage and with
better results than have always accompanied
its activities.
This does not mean that the city manager
is endowed with dictatorial rights or en-
powered to make decisions without consulting
either the heads of administrative departments
or the Council itself. But it does throw the
machinery Of administration into gear And
that is conclusive of smoother operation The
Council is to be commended for its action of
Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01

France we had come swiftly since
then. He said the people nadn' I
expected us to be in Paris for six
months after invasion day.
There are not many American
soldiers in Paris. And it's unlikely
there will be, at least for some
time, because they are out over
France going on with the war.
Paris was not military objec.
tive; its liberation so soon w a
more of symbol. That's the rea-
son the French armored division
was assigned to the Job.
The armies still fighting in the
field were practically deserted for
few days by the correspondents,
as we all wanted to get in on the
liberation of Paris. There were SO
many correspondents il got to be
joke, even among US. I think at
least 200 must have entered the
city that first day, both before and
after the surrender.
The Army had picked out hotel
for us ahead of time, and it was
taken over as soon as the city sur
rendered. But though it was a big
hotel it was full before dark the
first day, so they have taken over
another huge one across the street.
Hotel life seems strange after 50
long in the field. My own room is
a big corner one, with easy chairs.
soft bed, bathroom and maid
and hall porter service. There is
no electricity in the daytime. no
hot water anytime and no restau-
rant or bar, but outside of that the
hotel is just about like peacetime.
Sitting here writing within safe
walls, and looking out the window
occasionally at the street thronged
with happy people, it is already
hard to believe there was war:
even harder to realize there still is
a war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01

ton. The $1,000 100000 is in addition to the
$500 100000 appropriated by the last Congress.
During the present war, the railroads have
paid billions in taxes to the government, in
stead of creating Federal deficits-nearly ST.
100000 900 in the year 1943 alone. Aside from
their tax contribution to victory, they have
carried the unprecedented transportation load
of mechanical warfare without hitch.
In the railroad industry, public ownership
and private ownership have had fair test,
That test should be determining factor in
the final choice of the road America follows.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
None Too Soon

If victory in Europe is in sight as General
Montgomery says. it is coming none too soon.
For Germany somewhat farther removed
from defeat would surely unveil new types of
destruction more frightful than anything yet
seen. The flying bomb is a good sample.
These missiles have taken nearly 5000 lives.
They have destroyed or damaged 100000
dwellings. They have forced evacuation of
more than 100000 persons from London, and
preparations to evacuate a million more
Hitler's "secret weapons are no longer a
Joke. Some have failed like the small re.
nnote-control tank. Others such as the one-
man torpedo and the radio-controlled bomb.
have been only slightly effective But the Jet.
propelled fighter plane is not to be laughed
Oft. Neither is the possibility Of the ''V-2. %
probably rocket bomb or big pilot-guided
version Of the flying bomb
What else may be in store is limited only
by the time and ingenuity at Hitler's disposal
Certainly no humanitarian considerations will
deter the Nazis from fulfilling their promise
to make the last days of the Third Reich &
bloody nightmare for Europe. Hints of chem
ical or bacterial attacks are too frequent t.
be entirely ignored.
Fortunately Hitler did not give up hope O
victory by traditional warfare until too late
When he did, in the case of the FLYING bomb
British espionage and British air power threw
him off schedule and delayed the robot at
tacks until after the French invasion. Eve,
accurate for anything short of large city areas
has brought much disruption and has tied u,
& stable segment of air power to fight it.
Time, power and ingenuity are on our sid
today. While Hitler puts his last hope O,
secret weapons, the United Nations are crush
ing his armies and finding antidotes for tn
new destruction he has displayed.
But will the world consider what might hav
been? Will the world believe that such no,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
With Ernie Pyle

IN Parsley Wireless)-As we
drove toward Paris from the south,
hundreds of Parisians - refugees
and returning vacationists - rode
homeward on bicycles amidst the
tanks and big guns.
Some Frenchmen have the facili-
ty for making all of us Nervous
Nellies look ridiculous. T h e
should be a nonchalant Frenchman
in every war movie. He would be
sort of French Charlie Chaplain.
You would have tense soldiers
crouching in bitches an d firing
from behind low walls. And in the
middle Of it you would have this
Frenchman, in faded blue overalls
and beret and with a nearly burn
ed-up cigaret in his mouth, come
striding down the middle Of the
road past the soldiers.
I've seen that very thing happen
about four times since D-Day, and
you never can see it without laugh
ing.
Well, the crowds were out in Par
is like that while the shooting was
still going on. People on bicycles
would stop with one foot on the
pavement to watch the firing that
was going on right in that block.
AS the French Second Armored
Division rolled into the city at dan
gerous speed, I noticed one tank
commander, with goggles, smoking
cigar, and another soldier in a
truck playing a flute for his own
amusement. There also were a
good many pet dogs riding into
the battle on top of tanks and
trucks.
Amidst this fantastic Parisward
battle traffic were people pushing
baby carriages full of belongings.
walking with suitcases, and riding
bicycles so heavily loaded with
gear that if they we're to lay them
down they had to have help to lift
them upright.
And in the midst of it was a
tandem bicycle ridden by man
and beautiful woman, both in
bright blue shorts, just as though
they were holidaying which IN
doubleday they were.
You never saw so many bicycles
in your life as in Paris. And thew
rig up the funniest contraptions on
them, such as little two-wheeled
carts which they tow behind And
we saw a wagon rugged up so #
could be pulled by two bicyclists
riding side by side, like a team of
horses.
For "a hours tanks were parked
on the sidewalks all over down
| town Paris. They were all manned
by French soldiers, and each tank
Immediately became a sort of So
cial center.
Kids we're all over the tanks like
flies. Women in white dresses
climbed up to kiss men with grinov
faces. And early the second nor
ming we saw girl climbing sleen.
lily out of a tank turret.
French soldiers of the arnooroa
division were all in American mi;
forms and they had American
equipment. Consequently most neo.
pie at first thought we few Amer
leans were French. Then. puzzled
they would say, "English?" and
we would say, mo, American ,,
And then we would get a little
scream and a couple more kisses.
, Every place you stopped some.
body in t h e crowd could SPEAK
English They apologized for not
lnvltlng us to their homes for =
drink saying they didn't have anv
Inn and again they would saw
- we We waited SO long for you! ,'''"'
II almost got to be a refrain
One elderly gentleman said that
ai'nough we were long in reaching
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER


NEW YORK, - Free speech for victory.
The thing we all love most about the glorious
old United States of A.
is that everybody, irregardless of creed o,
color, is entitled to have their say.
1t makes no difference whether YOU sre 9
member of the wealthy group,
Or If you are SO poor all you have for
your humble fare is SOUP
1t is just the same whether you are OF
soclallstlc persuasion, or vegetarian or anv
other peculiar denomination
Everybody is entitled to express their opin.
ion IN this wonderful free land of ours.
From the rockbound coast of Main to Cali
fornia's tropical bowers
But that does not mean that discordant Gle.
ments have any right to abuse
Inc wonderful freedom of speech by telling
any loWdoWn dirty pack of lies they choose
About our wonderful COMMANDMENT. Of
with his firm hand Or the great and gracious
First Lady of the land
so If 1t happens that your mother or vour
teachers forgot to teach you true patriotism
we true Americans are ready to tell you what,
He came to rule over us when the poor
were clammering for bread
AND millions were so ill-clad they wished
they could be dead.
And the first thing he done was he dro,,
the money changers out of the temple
And why didn't Herbert Hoover do it. If vo,,
think that was so simple
His heart is overlooking with sympathy for
the common man.
whereas all Thomas E. Dewey ever did
was put underprivleged offenders in the can.
Yet, on every hand all we hear is low-down
underhanded prevaricatons
About this and that, and all kinds of chara.
ter assassinations.
When our great President for twelve lono
years has been striving with might and main
10 sweep out the AEGEAN stables and set
US on an even keel again
SO our little children, instead of being al.
ways hungry and weak and cold
Can be warmly CARRIED and do not have
to toll before they even ten years old
And the bosses do not have power to push
the working man around.
And grind you down until finally they put
you under the ground.
So If you are patriotic American please
get wise and do not go around repeating anti
fourth-term propaganda lies. Freedom of
speech does not mean the right to spread dis
unity when We are all out for victory over
the aggressors with impunity. And meanwhile
our President is protecting our beloved home
fires only to be the target for anti-fourth-term
pro-Nazi-liars If you didn't know the true
facts you might think he was worm be-
cause he obeyed the peoples command to run
for a fourth term. Freedom of speech is our
glorious heritage from Plymouth Rock but
those who don't use it the right way will
get a good sock.
So. everybody, all together. let stop this
discordant repining and when the war is over
we will find the silver lining.
ANY resemblance in the foregoing to cur
rent new deal and communist verse is purley
ntentional-Pegler)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
The Road To Berlin

(By the Associated Press)
1-Russian front 322 miles (from eastern
suburbs of Warsaw.
2-Northern France 455 miles from
Reims).
3-Southern France 545 miles from Per-
iy)
4-Itaian front 593 miles from two miles
north of Fano).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
PROFESSOR ON LEA'D

RALEIGH, Aug. 81 4
Marc C. Leager, p-olesss'l, 81
statistics and accounting a. q va,
college, has been granted ,,
leave of absence to serve ,,o9,..
exchange professor in ecO, NJ !.
at the Woman'S coHese ~ oIirt
University of North LAW
Greensboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
RuL BLUE KILLEp

RALEIGH, Aug 81 pr,s
1t. William H. BID lprsdcs.
Carthage, a 1912 honor ag til-s
of state college, has been bee colss
in action in France Ii,' .o',''
alumni Office Wos a9I
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
BALLOT REQUESTS RECEIVED

RALEIGH, Aug. 81 - lR -.
A total of 1926 applications for
absentee ballots to be used by
service personnel in the November
general election have been re-
celVed by Secretary of State Thad
Eure. The office received 819 ap-
plications TODAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
Fair ENOUGH

Editors Note.-The Star and the News ACCEPT no
responsibility for tho personal views Of Mr.. Puger
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readers. His articles the coed purpose Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
SO THEY SAY

Many here at home are talking of quick
victory through collapse of the German
army tell you that such a collapse is not
yet apparent to our men who are locked in
combat with brutal, resourceful and stub
horn enemy.-Secretary of War Henry L.
Stirnson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01

So long as we have faith in democracy,
which means faith in ourselves, and in our
willingness to assume the responsibilities in
herent in the rights which we proclaim, no
power on earth can stop us. - Dr. Everett
Case, president Colgate u
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
Is Years Ago
Today
tFROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWSl
SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER |, 1917
Invitations were issued. helt .
day for the marriage of MISS NJ. u.
Worth, daughter of NJ. ana NJ ".
Charles William Worth, 10 tIle ~ y,
Robert Balir Rock, on Iilyuir ),
September 4, at the Chufch u
Covenant.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Hotter :,
daughter, Miss Evelyn, are 'l ~,
in Ashland, KY, as the gu .S j;
Mrs. Eva Hotter They VIII ,.l. .;
visit in Cleveland COLUMBUS, .
Louis and Washington oe-0i'
turning to Wilmington.
The fall ceremonial Of +. S u,
Temple, Mobiles of the MySll s.o vi.
was brought to close 9es''1
at Wrightsville Beach. Wv. v. on,5:,,
thousand delegates and 'll''
of their families ATTENDED
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01

So. everybody all together. let us stop this
discordant repining and when the war is over
we will find the silver lining.
ANY resemblance in the foregoing to cur
rent new deal and communist verse is purley
ntentional-Pegler.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-01
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution Of
the war to complete Victory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25
Autos and Aviation:
Tips on Care
>
To Save Gas
Service Expert Lists
'Musts for Summer
,ulos and Aviation:

Here's a summer plan of attack
Tor motorists who want 10 support
invading Allied forces by keeping
essential home front tranSporta-
ton rolling and help halt the
steadily usInc vehicle mortality
rates caused by old age avoid
ahlo mechanical troubles and spare
parts and ecrvice labor shortages.
Its mapped out by { w. Butter
field, service sales manager Of the
BCndlX Products
He cited figures nf the Auto
mobile Manufacturers ASSocia-
ton, showing more than $4,000
cars and trucks removed from
service each month during 1913,
rs proof that diIgent brake, car
huretor and general maintenance
rs more important than ever 10
etit vehicle casualties, keep
summer highway transport safe
and efficient - and. above all, 10
conserve fuel and replacement
parts for attacking armored forces
in France, Italy and the Pacific.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25
CARE OF BRAKES

To prepare brakes for added
burdens of sum mer operation,
BendlX engineers 7 e c m m d
these steps
Pull brake drums for inspection
and wash with gasoline; lubricate
all metallic moving parts, inspect
brake lining and shoes, replacing
lining where needed check wheel
and master cylinders of hydraulic
systems for leakage. removing
gum dirt or CorrOS ron where
found; drain and flush the by
draulic system, refill with new
fluid and bleed the air from the
system; rcaSSemblC brake shoes
and drums and make minor ad-
lUStmentS at wheels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25
BASIC STEPS

-Butterfeld urged mateHstz-te
take these basic steps IN car
operation. Carburetor and general
summer maintenance IN order to
contribute individually 10 the
10000 gallons of gasoline C h
Yank armored division needs 10 60
10 miles further toward Berlin
and Tokyo
Wash air cleaner or SllenCer.
check oil filter and change If nee
eSSary; check spark plugs and lg-
milton system to avoid missing ,
clean CarburCtor main assemblies.
float bowl and channels; replace
or adjust float needle valve and
scat, choke shaft and hrottl e
shaft if necessary do not drive
longer or faster than necessary in
lower gears.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25
Sends Purple Hear

RATTLE CREEK. June "a
Pfc. Hugh Tharp wrote his par
cntS Mr. and Mrs Hugh Fl.
Tharp, not 10 worry. Enclosed
in the letter, written in a hospital
IN Italy. was Tharp's Purple
Heart
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25
SSDear Buddy

T'HIS 3. A letter 10 YOUR serNiCemsn. IT, all
I about his HOME TOW y. the most important
place m the world 30 him. Clip this letter today,
sien sour NAME az the bottom and send II Ia him.
Wherever he - ne wants the news from HOME.
u = up to YOU tu mail IT.