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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
Relief For Public

The newspaper subsidy bill, which would
buy War Bond ads in weekly and smaller
daily newspapers with $15,0OO,0oO of federal
funds, has struck another snag in Congress.
Once rejected and later passed by the House
Ways and Means committee, it has now been
put ION the shelf of the House Rules COM
naittee, which voted against releasing it.
The bill has suffered not unexpected de-
cline in popularity since the Senate passed it
The Treasury, supposedly beneficiary, doesn'1
want it, Neither do the majority Of newspap'
ers including many of those for whom the
handout was designed.
There is good reason for this unpopularlty.
Private advertisers, without too much to sell
these days, have been delighted to buy space
to promote the buying of such an accessible,
salable and valuable commodity as War
Bonds Each bond drive has topped its prede-
cessor in the sale Of advertising well as
bonds. Treasury research has shown that
small newspapers have received fair and
lust portion of that advertising.
So why dip into the public till to do the
Job? The House, even in its traditional mood
of election-year generosity, seems fearful Of
choking on the answer
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
High School Orchestra

When this school term opened Mrs. Laura
Norden, who has long been active in keeping
orchestral music alive in Wilmington, organ.
lied an orchestra at the high school and has
put her young players through such intensive
training she feels they are now ready for a
public appearance.
A concert is to be given by the orchestra
at $50 o'clock on Sunday afternoon at the
high school auditorium Naturally parents anc
friends of the members and music lovers gen.
orally will attend to note the progress of the
organization
1t is Mrs. Norden's belief shared by many
in the city, that only through thorough and
conscientious effort in the schools can Will
mington at last establish a community or
chestra. 1t might take some years, but the
project is worth while. The school authori
ties are for it and will go as far as they
can to get it under way.
Public appreciation will be an important
factor in its success. This is why a crowded
hall on Sunday afternoon is desirable. The
present orchestra will take courage to con
tinue and progress with such display Of
public interest.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18

by large and efficient police force. We have
long maintained that only by this means will
it be possible to enforce peace terms and cir
cumvent the militarists of warning nations
particularly the Prussians in Germany and
the war lords of Japan. Because Of Ameri
cas- escape from battle on its own soil and
unlimited if seriously drained, natural re
sources, together with its tremendous navy
and air force, the heaviest burden of pro.
viding and maintaining this peace army ma
turally will fall to its lot.
If the nations boys, as they emerge from
high school, are given a year or two years
of military service, we will be well able to
meet our obligation in keeping he peace
abroad, and the boys as Captain Rickenback-
er points out, will obtain liberal education
that could not be provided by any other means.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
Military Service

Capt Eddie V. Rickenbacker told the North
Carolina Federation of Womens Clubs in con-
vention at Charlotte that the United States
must establish and maintain universal military
service if the peace of the world is to be
assured.
He said that for the sake of the millions
Of soldiers overseas we quote the Charlotte
Observer, lit is the moral obligation of the
country to adopt a program of military serv-
ice-first for the physical and mental bene-
fit of the nations youth and, second, for their
full appreciation Of the theology of America
by seeing and understanding the problems of
other peoples throughout the world. He said
this training will permit the young men, after
a year. to replace the veterans abroad when
final victory comes"
It becomes more and more clear with the
flight Of time that if a permanent peace is
to follow this conflict it must be sateguarded
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
The ParadOxical Dies

Rep. Martin Dies probably made more
friends and more enemies than any man in
Congress in many long year. And he prob
ably won more praise from his enemies and
was subjected to more censure by his friends
than any member of either house of Congress
since the first session Of that august body.
That he did much good through his investi-
cations Of un-Amercan practices is as true
as that he may have done some harm through
needless inquiries. To his lasting credit he
broke up the German-American bund and in
formation he brought out sent Earl Browder
to the penitentiary for making false state
ments to obtain United States passport
In his quarrel with Walter Winchell the best
he could get was draw.
Now after being member of the House
since 1881, the blond Texan is to retire, pre-
sumably to take up the private practice Of
law.
His health is not the best. Probably he will
find it expedent to devote much time to rest
before engaging in any active work. There
after, his course is open to speculation. Hav-
ing been in public life so long it is doubtful
if he can be content with the dull routine Of
private law practice. 1t is more than probable
that, once fully recovered, he will re-enter
the political scene in his native state.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
BY JOHN SELBY
'THE RED COCK CROWS" by
RANGES Gather Macmillan:

AnG NCD COCA CkOWS," by
Frances Gather macmillan:
$2.75).
Through the years since Marga-
ret MitchelPs "Gone With the
WIND" the publisher of that ra-
markable novel has been scour-
ing the South for its successor I
suspect that when Frances Cath
er's The Red Cock Crows turn
ed up, the publisher sighed with
relief. After he read it, I also
suspect that he wondered.
In many ways Mrs. Gathers
long novel is better than "Gone
With the Wind" which those who
disliked Mrs. Mitchell's book will
consider damning with faint
praise. The Red Cock Crows" 10
much more socially conscious
than it's predecessor - its author
really understands the general an
te-bellum scene in Mississippi and
more. The more" is the extra
ordinary tangle Of social strands
that ran underneath the ostensibly
smooth surface of the fabric.
Southern life in those days was
like Paisley shawl. The right"
side was smooth and convention
ally patterned, but the wrong"
side was a mat of complicated
threads which reflected the for
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
The Literary Guidepost

NAL pattern only very generally.
And the great mistake OF MANY
northerners was in assuming that
their southern neighbours did not
understand all this.
Mrs. Gather has used con-
ventional plot for her novel. There
is Shandy, the Dalton plantation
in 1.-THE Forks"
Shandy swarmed with slaves,
good ones and otherwise Its white
population reflected the white rul-
ing class accurately, and there il
the usual nearby young planter,
arrogant and needless. Into this
Life comes Adam Fiske from
Maine; he and the neighbor inev-
ltably are interested in Fannie
Dalton, and from that point the
formal story can be guessed with
considerable ease.
But it is not the triangle that
is important, but the generous un-
outstanding of the underside of
the Shawl. Mrs. Gather has done.
1or example, a memorable Dor
tralt of Scofield, the Dalton's Ne
gro headman who is torn between
race loyalty and loyalty to his
master. There are many such
portraits, perhaps a little more at.
mospheric detail than is needed
ana expert handling of occasion
ally melodramatic material.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
French Fighting Hard

French troops fighting in Italy have brought
German defenses guarding Casino into jeop-
ardy at the same time that British forces
have placed large tank contingents across the
Rapido river to turn a German retreat in
face of the French and American thanking
movent on the Gustav line into a rout.
The part these French soldiers are taking
in the quickened Allied attack shows not only
great fighting ability under capable leader
generally who long have awaited the day to
take revenge on the Germans for their ruth
lessnes@ in France since the occupation.
For them the present campaign offers the
first major opportunity for reckoning with
the brutal forces that overran their land and
have since carried out reign of frightfulness
that staggers description. They fought in AZ
RIGA, to be sure, but there they were poorly
equipped and played a minor role. Now they
are in the center of the stage demonstrating
with exceptional efficiency what they can do
when they are fully armed. So far as this
particular French army is concerned this is
D-day, and they are taking advantage of it..
The fall of Rome now seems fairly certain.
The attack has gained sufficient impetus, it
would appear, to carry away all German re-
sistance. But it would be wrong to assume
that from this time forth the advance will
become a parade. Much bitter fighting, per-
haps the worst of the campaign, lies ahead.
The Adolf Hitler line is still to be broken and
considering its name we may be sure the
Germans will do all they can to prevent that.
But there, too, the Allied forces will move
ahead, now that the pattern of invasion is
actually being woven.
Italy must be taken, and without another
long delay, in order to clear the Adriatic
shores and islands of enemy troops and ships,
in preparation for thrust at Germany from
the south by way of the Balkans. When this
can be started We may expect to learn that
the Russians on the east and the British and
Americans in Britain will unite in three-way
assault on the fatherland.
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With Ernie Pyle

chute. He said l didn't need to put
mine on.
We were running light, and it
didn't take long to get off the
ground. had never been in a B-26
before. The engines seemed to
make a terrific clatter. There
were runway markers, and I could
see them whiz past the window
as we roared down the runway.
A flame about a foot long shot
out of the exhausts and it wor-
ried me at first, but finally I de-
cided that was the way it was
supposed to be.
It's a ticklish business assemb-
ling scores of planes into forma-
ton at night. Here is how they do
it:
We took off one at time, about
80 seconds apart. Each plane flew
straight ahead for four and halt
minutes, climbing at certain rate
all the time. Then it turned right
around and flew straight back for
five minutes. Then it turned once
again, heading in the original di-
rection.
BY this time we were up around
1000 feet. We had not seen any Of
the other planes.
The flight leader had said he
would shoot flares out hic plane
frequently so the others could spot
him if they got lost. Red Dog was
half turned around, talking to me,
when the first two flares split the
sky ahead of us. He just caught
them out of the corner of his eve,
and he almost jumped out of his
seat. He had forgotten about the
flares and thought they were the
running lights of the plane ahead
of us and that we were about te
collide.
I haven't been so scared ir
months" he said.
The leader kept shooting flares,
which flash for a few moments
and then 60 out. But We really
didn't need them. For we were
right on his trail, just where we
should have been, and everybody
else was too. It was a beautiful
piece Of precision cropping in the
dark.
AS we caught up to within hall
mile or so we could finally see
the running lights of other planes,
and then the dark shapes of group
ed planes ahead silhouetted against
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
A Laugh In It

Probably you read the latest installment of
the saga of the suffering American civilian
the one about the woman who wrote to Cen
eral Marshall, asking his immediate and per-
sonal attention in the vital matter Of her lost
sleep.
It seems some soldiers were CHARTERED in
her hotel, and they were inconsiderate as
to slam their doors on arising, thus disturb
ing the woman and her husband two hours
before they wanted to get up.
We hope that General Marshall was able
to laugh.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
Wave Recruiter Will
Call Here May 22-27

S. F. McFhail, specialist third
class in the Waves. will be here
at the post office May % through
the q to interview applicants who
wish to enlist il the women's par
of the Navy Or those women who
wish to learn something about the
Waves.
Any eligible woman may appear
at the Navy recruiting office dur
ing the specified time to inquire
about service with the Waves. Ais
ob4ainable at the station will De
application forms.
Women between 26 and SO may
enlist in the Waves if they have
an education including tive or
more years of High school stan
dards. They may be married ou'
must have no children under ID
years of age.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
Religious Tolerance

The Southern Baptist Convention, meeting
in Atlanta, has heard the recommendation Of
a committee that religious liberty be made
condition of international collaboration 4"
AS the right to worship according to the die
tates of ones own conscience is guaranteed
Americans, it is natural to think that all
peoples should enjoy the same privilege But
it is hardly possible for us to expect to set
the gauge in religion for other peoples any
more than it is possible to dictate any OF
their internal policies
1t would be great thing if the peoples OF
the world could bring themselves to our view.
point on religion as on many other matters
which have been proved by time to be worth
while But there is no reason to think that
Dis can be done. What might be done in the
brave new world ahead is to cultivate toler-
ance for the religion of others.
In his poem, The Cathedral, James Russell
Lowell says something about making "truce
with Cod This, we think, is the highest
achievement of religion. If it can be accom-
plished by one faith to it's complete satisfac.
ton, other faiths ought in all reason to be
grateful it has been done. This applies equally
to all faiths and denominations.
Worldwide religious tolerance is high goal
indeed
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
Interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Analyst

Massed guns supporting the right
flank of the Allied drive in Italv
have served notice On Nazi defend
ers that the battle crisis is at hand
The guns obviously were paving
the way for tank-led lunge up the
Liri valley through the dismem-
bered Gustav defanses to come 10
grip with the Adolf Hitler line
itself.
That is the l2-mils span of long.
prepared Nazi second-line defenses
across the Liri valley from Pied.
monte on the mountain stones
northwest of Casino to the region
of Esperio in the hills south of the
river. 1t is linked by a secondary
highway which crosses the Liri at
Pontecorvo, probable next main
Eighth Army objective.
At the point where the British
have broken through from thei,
Rapido bridgehead beyond the Cas-.
sion-F' ormia road, the Liri vallev
is some 10 miles wide. It's flat
floor, lying between the mountains
to the north and the lesser but
formidable hill clusters near the
coast, extends northWestWard
full Is miles, widening out up
stream. Various Liri Tributaries
may impede Allied progress, but
there is no formidable natural OBJ
stacle short of the upper Liri itsel
above the point at which the SAGE
joins it.
1t is presumed that along thj
critical sector OF the route to Rom
the Nazi genius for contriving art
fical tank blocks, crossllre gun en-
placements, meshed wire entangle
ments and BOBBY traps has run
its full course. Hitler line defsn
ders cannot count here as they dio
Intellectually on the Gustav line on
thanking fire from high-postad guns
on either side of the valley to break
up determined Allied forward
push.
In preparation for that puah, Al
lied guns loosed a new barrage on
Monastery mountain above Cas-
slno. There were indication that
the German garrison of the town
below might be only a sacrifical
rear guard detachment, covering
Nazi withdrawal from both Cas-
sion and the battered, Monastery
| Hill above. Eighth Army elements
were reported closing in on the
Rome-Cassino highway west of the
town, threatening to cut it off COM
pletely at the next forward step.
| AS the pattern of the new Italian
campaign, has thus far developed,
! the Eighth Army armored drive
up the Liri appears to be its main
operations. Successive detectives
assigned to the Franco-American
, Fifth Army south of the Liri have
+ all seemed selected primarily TO-
the help they would give the Eighth
in delivering 4 knockout attack
against not only the Gustav linz,
but the less formidable Hitler line
some five miles beyond.
The week-long battle in Italy
would represent only minor
phase of the whole Allied
strategic design if it fell short of
breaking the Hitler line as we'll as
shattering its Gustav outpost sys-
tenn. 1t cannot well halt now short
:. of contact with the inner Nazi
defenses guarding the approaches
: to Rome.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
Art Exhibition To Be
Shown At USO's Here

An exhibition, arranged by the
Museum of Modern Art in New
York City, which is touring the
country, will be on view at nearby
USO clubs until the end of May
it was announced yesterday. The
exhibit includes the work of Am.
erican and Latin American artists
and also features a home decora.
ton display.
The schedule is as follows: May
18th Southport USO, May 1929
USO at 3rd and Grace ST., May
21-23 USO at End and Orange St.,
May 1925 USO at 9Th and Orange,
May 1921 Carolina USO, May g.
81, USO at 5th and Orange ST.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
Daily Prayer
FOR SUPREME POWER

In OUT weakness and bewilder-
ment, overwhelmed by wars
many pressures, we look up to
Thee, o Triune God, our Father,
for strength and wisdom to carry
on to the end. We feel our own
littleness and lack of faith and for
titude. But Thou art all power.
And Thou hast promised to share
Thine enabling with us. Nothing
less than Thy might can sustain
us. Despite our undiscerning we
pray that Thou wilt unleash Thy
almightiness for our aid. Open our
hearts to receive Thy great help
Give us, we entreat Thee, clear
and simple consciousness of Thine
aid. Without Thee we can do moth
ing; with Thee we can conquer
all foes of Thy will, in our own
hearts and in our pagan foes. So
we commit ourselves today to the
unfailing strength of Divine pow
er. Amen.-W.T.E
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
BY ERNIE PYLE
BPS BASE SOMEWHERE IN

A BPS BASE SOMEWHERE IN
ENGLAND, by wireless)-The B.
Is is a bomber which is very fast
and carries a tWo-ton bomb load.
In its early stages it had bad
name-it was a hot" plane which
took great ekill to fly and which
killed more people IN training than
it did in combat.
But the b. has lived down the
bad name. The boys of this squad
ron wouldn't fly in anything else.
They like it because it can take
quick and violent evasive action
when the flax is bothersome, and
because it can run pretty well from
fighters.
It's record over here is excellent.
Bombing accuracy has been high
and losses have been extremely
low. And as for accidents-the
thing that cursed the plane in its
early days-they have been next
W llOIlCA1StCllI 1AC4 e
The boys so convinced me of
the B-26's invulnerability that I
took my courage in my hand and
went on trip with them.
They got us up at in the morn
ing. Boy, it was cold getting out
of our cots and into our clothes. We
had gone to bed about II, but l
couldn't get to sleep. All night long
the sky above us was full of the
drone of planes-the Raj passing
over on its nightly raids.
Chief" Collins. the pilot, Red
Dog" Arnold, the bombardier, and
I were the only ones in our hut who
had to get up. We jumped into our
clothes, grabbed towels. and ran
out to the wash house for a quick
dash of cold water on our faces.
The moon was brilliant and we
needed no flashlights.
Red Dog gave me an extra pair
of long drawers to put on. Chief
gave me his combat pants, as l
had given mine away in Italy. Also
l put on extra sweaters and a
mackinaw.
Then we walked through the
moonlight under the trees to the
mess hall. It was only 2:3O am,
but we ate breakfast before the
take-off. And we had two real fried
eggs too. It was almost worth get
ting up for.
We drove out to the field in a
jeep. Some of the boys rode their
bicycles. There were a couple of
hundred crewmen altogether. AT
the field we went into a big room,
brightly lighted, and sat on benches
for the briefing.
The briefing lasted almost an
hour. Everything was explained in
detail-how we would take off, how
we would rendezvous in the dark,
where we would make the turn to-
ward our target.
Then We went to the locker room
and got our gear. Red Dog got me
pair of flying boots, Mae West
life preserver, a parachute and a
set of ear-phones. We got in the
jee2 again and rode out to the
plane. It was still half an hour
before take-off time. The moon had
gone out and it was very dark.
We stood around talking with the
crew. Finally, 10 minutes before
take-off time we got into the plane
One of the boys boosted me up
through hatch in the bottom OF
the plane, for it was high, and
with so many clothes could hard
ly move.
sat back in the radio COM
partment on some parachutes for
the take-off. Red Dog was the onlv
one of the crew who put on his
| the German people might fird ~o4
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
Abner, OF Lum n Abner,
Is Granted Deferment

HOLLYWOOD, May If
Norris Golf, the Abner of radios
Lum and AbAer, has been deferred
by his Encino, Calf, draft bo1d,
officials of the Blue Network sad
today.
Golf, father of two children, will
be 38 May 30.
The other member of the team,
Chef Lauck, father OF three chill
dren, is Over 38.
Many West African natives con-
slider the birth of twins unlucky.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
TOP OF THE MORNING

Books are our most steadfast friends;
they are our resource in loneliness; they
go with us OH our journeys; they await
our return; they are our best company
they summon us away from our mar
row life to their greatness, from our
ignorance to their wisdom, from our par
tial or distempered vision to their calm
and universal verdicts. Monger.
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the German people might find not
only hope but also the courage tt
end their own slaughter by sur
render.-New York Times.
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a family Tightening sky Finally we
too were in position, flying almost
wing to wing up there in the Eng
lish night.
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Our Chief Ain,

To aid in every way the prosecution of
the war to complete Victory.