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With Ernie Pyle

sheer exhaustion, and had taken a
sleeping tablet.
Don had managed to steal one
blanket on the beach and had that
wrapped around him. He had taken
off his shoes for the first time in
two days. His feet were so sore
from walking in wet shoes and
socks that he had to give them
some air.
Finally he began to get himself
up. II don't know why I'm alive at
ALL" he said. 1T was really awful.
For hours there on the beach the
shells were so close they were
throwing mud and rocks all over
you. It was so bad that after a
while you didn't care whether you
got hit or not
Don fished in cardboard ration
box for some cigarets. He pulled
out an envelope and threw it into
the bushes. ''They amt worth a
DAMN" he said. The envelope con-
tanned his anti-seasickness tablets.
II was sicker than hell while We
were circling around in our landing
craft waiting to come ashore, he
said. Everybody was sick, sol
diers were lying on the floor of
the LCVP sick as dogs"
Tex O'Reilly rode around in a
boat for six hours waiting to get
ashore, everybody was wet. cold
and seasick and scared. War is
SO romantic-If you're far away
from it.
Whitehead had probably been in
more amphibious landings than any
other correspondent over here. ]
know of six he has made, four OF
them murderously tough. And he
said: II think I have gone on one
too many of these things. Not be-
cause of what might happen to me
personally but I've lost my per-
spective. It's like dreaming the
same nightmare over and over
again, and when you try to write
you feel that you have written ii
all before. You can't think of any
new or different words to say it
with. know only too well what
he means.
It is an ironic thing about cores.
2ondents who 60 in on the first
few days Of an invasion story.
They are the only correspondents
capable of telling the full and in
innate drama and borrow of the
thing. And yet they are the ones
who can't get their copy out to
the world. BY the time they do
get it out, events have swirled on
and the world doesn't care any
more.
There that morning in their fox.
holes on the slope of the hill
those correspondents were mainly
worried about the communications
situation. Forty-eight hours after
H-Hour correspondents who hao
landed with the first wave felt sure
that none of thei- copy had ever
reached America. And even 1, q
day behind them, feel no assurance
that these feeble essays of mine
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Interpreting
The War
BY JAMES d. WHITE
Associated Press Staff Writer
Substituting for Kirke l.. Sfmnsonl

-
Substituting for Kirke L. Simpson,
American steel and valor shook
beth ends of the Axis over the
weekend and today appeared to be
forcing both Hitler and Toto into
major decisions of strategy.
Both in the windy rolling hills
Of Normandy and on the sunbaked
flats of Saipan. American fighting
men advanced, beat off frantic
enemy counterattacks - and then
advanced again.
Something had to be done to pre-
vent Allied exploitation Of the gains
made, but essentially the Axis Of
fereo only local resistance. Much
hard fighting remains, but all
available evidence indicates he
has lost Cherbourgh, with its deep
ctone-based harbor.
Cherbourg's isolated Nazi garri-
son may hold out some time, but
apparently they will do so without
air or naval support.
Needs Large Force
The steady widening of the
American corridor across the neck
Of Normandy is designed to pre-.
vent breakthrough of German
achievements from the south.
Dispatches speak of Nazi troop
concentrations in the Coutances-St.
10 hills which might be thrown into
such an attempted rescue of the
Cherbourg pocket, but unless Hitler
chooses or is able to commit very
considerable forces to this job they
are likely to meet the same fate
as the encircled Nazi garrison at
Cherbourg whose first suicidal at
tempt to break through was hurled
back.
The German high command can
not much longer put off this deci.
sion: to throw in heavy reserves
in a last minute attempt to pre-.
vent Allied capture of Cherbourg,
or to Jet it 60, saving the reserves
for coming battles when the Nazis
would have shorter supply lines.
Information here indicates the
Germans do not intend to come
in any great force to the rescue OF
ebert urg. They know that
General Eisenhower has commit
ted only a part of his liberation
armies.
It may well be that this decision
already hae been made - to lei
Cherbourgh become another Sevas
topol and that the high command
loosed the pilot,ess rocket plane
against England to provide pro-
paganda antidote to the home front
for the expected loss of Cherbourg
There seems every reason now
to believe that the Germans again
have seriously underestimate
their opponents both as to their
ability to Supply an invasion and
as to their willingness to take battle
punishment. The only extenuatins
will ever see the light of day. Bu
in philosophical moments / car
think of greater catastrophes thar
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The Dynasty Remains

The New York Herald Tribune has reverted
to Plato's favorite style-dialogue-to reveal
President Roosevelt's views on a fourth term
for himself and the nomination of Henry Wal
lace again for the vice presidency. The con.
versation is said to have been between Mr.
Roosevelt and Robert E. Hannegan, chairman
of the Democratic National Committee on
June IA when Mr.. flanagan paid Just a
social visit at the White House.
Mr.. Hannegan: Mr.. Roosevelt, one Of
the things found out in the swing around
the country I've just finished is that while
support for you among party leaders is
just about unanimous, nearly everybody is
set against Wallace on the ticket. It's par
ticularly true in the South and the Mid
west.
The President: Well, Bob, I've wanted
it to be anybody's race all along. I've
been asked about it lot of times, of
course, and told everybody to go ahead
and see what they could do. But had
a talk with Henry about the situation be-
fore he left for China, and I personally
want to see him on the ticket
Mr.. Hannegan: Well, Mr.. President,
don't see what we'll gain by putting Wal
lace on the ticket again. and we stand
to lose quite bit, especially in the South,
If he is the choice.
WINGED that we stand to gain anything if
the nomination goes to someone else. Hen
ry is my choice, but suppose we leave
it on an open basis.
An unnamed Washington correspondent Of
the Christian Science Monitor here inter2o-
lates this paragraph:
Here, it was reported Mr.. Roosevelt told
the committee chairman that if there was
any change in his decision to support Mr.
Wallace, the party leaders would be advised
in plenty Of time before the convention. The
conversation then was said to have switched
to the ever-present fourth term
Whereu2on the dialogue was resumed:
Mr.. Hannegan: Well, then, Mr. Presi-
dent, what about your own plans?
The President: AZ far as am concern
3D. it's up to the convention. / do not
plan to make any move to obtain the
nomination. 1t will be something the dele
gates will have to decide
The Monitors correspondent arrives at thu
inevitable conclusion:
obviously such a conversation could hard
ly take place without a very authentic yer
sion Of it getting to Democratic political lead
ers-as probably it was intended it should
and the foregoing seems to be borne out ii
many directions.
Therefore, when Mr.. Roosevelt says he in
tends to leave his nomination to the decision
Of the convention, this is tantamount to say
ing that he desires and will accept that nomi
nation Mr.. Hannegan can be counted upo
to direct the maximum White House influence
on the convention to that end"
With more than enough delegates to nomi
nate him, it is apparent that Mr.. Roosevelt
will be the democratic candidate and equally
apparent that Mr.. Wallace will 20 along will
him again.
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TheLiterarv
Guidepostt.
BY JOHN sELBy

Edgar J. w. a' ln' by Cant
i, AS Lowell Thomas ranos 800.
his foreword to Cant 'e1 ma in
wynn, WINS 5. "Bombers Across I's sn i. J.
wars of history have not not al al fl.
as many unsung heroes as Si 5ss ~, d
c ci1nte to-. one. Certainly the s's s,, III.
plain to the world what e +hO 10 ex-
has has been been; fortunately, Capt N laSor
palmer. '' good ex.
Wynn started flying in III.
as a member of the cana t1iis war
Force, although he is An sn Air
can. He changed over "a Aal!rl'
flying bombers to Scotland a. a lob
British and later Joined tb ts' n, ne
transport Command of his lis All All
country. He likes and resnaot. own
men who have flown millions ne Il,
miles m IN unarmed planes to dsSrs VI
the planes themselves. anS SStNer
quantities of materiel, thons auSe
OF persons, and many thinps I..s
conventional than these Th se nv y
also a likeable quality of sel ). ~
spect in Capt. Wynn's book. IT. !.
reads like the story of a man w..
knows he and his fellows , a'o
done good work, and take as,t e
in it. ''N'
It's completely different wor.
from that of the combat flier. Tba
planes used always to be over,
loaded at the takeoff. Early in IA
ferry commands history landins
fields were often little more tnan
mud puddles, and sometimes the
hop from Newfoundland to Scot.
land was one long battle with IT,,
Good weather all the way acres,
was unheard-of, and number of
serious accidents took the staYc1
out of the enterprise soon after it
began-but did not stop it.
Wynn's passengers have ranged
from the First Lady to huge
monkey, and his difficulties fir MI
tons of ice to burning planes He
has staggered into his Scottish port
by blind luck and landed a plane
in West Africa in dense fcg, and
come down with one wheel Of his
landing gear smashed. His plane
has burst into flame half sec
ond after he and his crew Jumped
through the windows. But appaI-
emily the matter that has troubled
him most is an indignity Every
time he changed services, he was
forced to 60 through the learning
routine again, and it annoyed the
captain to be stuffed afresh with
things he already knew.
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fore the old mans body is cold,
for leisurely appraisal and taxa
ton by the Federal government,
who can say that another gang,
with equal powers, wouldn't be as
dirty or worse.
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Fair Enough

Ediotr's Note.-Ths Star the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr.. Pesler.
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readers Ills articles the good purpose Of
making people think
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TOP O. THE MORNING

TOP O. THE MORNING
It's great to be alive, and be
part Of all that's going on;
To live and work and feel and see
Life lived each day from early dawn;
To rise and with the morning light
Go forth until the hours grow late,
Then joyously return at night
And rest from honest toil-its great.
Sydney Warren Mae.
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circumstance that seems likely to
be behind the German failure to
nip the Normandy invasion in the
bud is the weighty possibility that
nrotracted Allied air-pounding Of
Mai communications lines actually
made it impossible for the Ger
mans to move the necessary men
and material to the beachhead
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will ever see the light of day. But
in philosophical moments I can
think of greater catastrophes than
that.
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Orr Chief Ain,

To aid in every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete Victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
0reeN Awaits Fate
On Nazi Aide CHARGE

Carl Guenther Bosnian Orgell. A
German born engineer of Staten
Island, N. Y. today was awaiting
sentence on charges of violating the
Foreign Agents Registration Act by
failing to disclose that he was act
ing in this country as an agent OF
the German government.
Orgell, who was indicted on the
charges in June, l943, yesterday
afternoon refused to enter a plea
before Justice James w. Morris of
District Court That leaves his fate
up to the court.
Details of the charges were dis
cussed before the court by defense
and Justice Department attorneys
Justice Morris then took the case
under advisement.
Orgell, the indictment claimed
named as his agent the Volksbund
fuer das Deutschtum i'm Auslands
which he described as private
membership society whose activities
were nonpolitical and not of prop
uganda nature, adding that it was
engaged in strictly private cultural
activities. The indictment charged
that the organization was an agency
of the German Reich and the Nazi
party and that it has operated as
a propaganda agency of the Ger
man government.
The alleged violations occurred
before Pearl Harbor. Orgell faces
a possible maximum penalty of a
81 900 fine and imprisonment for
two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
SHIPPER 5 Bullet Kills
News Photographer
I'm 0rmoc Fighting
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GEN, MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines. Nov. IA
(Via Army Radio).-A Japanese
sniper's bullet killed Frank Prist, 80,
veteran Acme news photographer,
during heavy fighting In the Ormoc
sector yesterday.
Mr.. Prist was the fourth war cor
respondent to die-in action since the
Philippines campaign started and
the 18th killed In the Pacific area
since the war started.
He was buried today after q
graveside service held in the same
cemetery where two other CORE
spondents, Asahel Bush OF the Asso-
ciated Press and Stanley Gum OF
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and
Houston Chronicle. were buried after
their death in Japanese bombing
raid October &c at Tacloban. John
Terry of the Chicago Daily News
injured in the Tacloban raid, died
aboard hospital ship october 81.
Was Awaiting Replacement.
Mr. Prist. who photographed
American troops in action all the
way from Buna in New Guinea to
the Philippines, was killed while
waiting for replacement, Willard
Hatch of San Francisco, to permit
him to return to the United States
He had been given an opportunity
to return few months earlier, but
rejected it so he could cover the
philippines campaign.
He, Cliff Bottomley, Australian
Department Of Information pho
tographer; Irving Smith and Earl
Crotchett, both of Universal News
reel, reached a tank assembly point
in the Pinamopoan Ridge front
shortly before noon yesterday
Heavy fighting was in progress.
Bullet Enters Heart.
They found the tanks as they
started into action and Mr.. Prist
was turning his jeep around for the
return trip when the sniper free
somewhere on the flank of the ridge
The bullet entered Prist's heart.
Mr.. Prist's body was taken back te
Gen. MacArthurs headquarters fol-
funeral services, which were con-
Quoted by the chaplain, Capt. How.
ard J. Johnson, Fort Worth, Tex.
Mr.. Prist is survived by his widow
now living in Los Angeles. He was
ION assignment with the wartime
still photo pool and was the second
Acme photographer killed in the Pa
ciflc. Carl Thussgaard died when
an Army Liberator was shot down
| in New Guinea.
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Small paIau Island
Occupied by 200 laps
For Reconnaissance

BY the Associated Press.
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, PEARL HARBOR, Nov. A.
The campaign in the Palau Islands
broke into brief activity last week
when 200 Japanese troops occupied
Ngeregongf islet, miles northwest
of AmericAn-held Peleliu, in an ap-
parent reconnaissance move.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz, an
nouncingg the development yester-
day, saidfa small marine patrol was
removed without casualties from the
island aboard LCIs.
The Japanese landed Tuesday
night, Under cover of storm. Evil
IDENTIFY they came In small boats
across the reefrstriped Denges pas
sage from Eli Malk Island, 2 miles
north Of Ngeregong. They were
equipped with knee mortars and ma
chine guns.
An American destroyer and two
gunboats quickly blocked Denges
passage, to check possible further
landings and bombarded Ngeregong
The island also was raked by bombs
Ngeregong, triangular in shape, is
| only mile on each Size. From it
the japanese could lombard Peleliu
and other American-hel islands,
but they would have difficulty NOV
ing in artillery. Furthermore, the
new positions would provide only
little advantage over Eli Malk.
The marine patrol was on Ngere-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
Need for Child Care
Centers Increasind

Need for children's day care IA
cilities by war working mothers
continues to increase Respite recent
slackening of production in certain
war industries, regional representa-
tives reported today to the National
Advisory Committee on Child Care
comforting for two days at the
Federal Works Agency.
The day care centers established
by FWA as a war measure. may be
needed longer than was anticipated
the delegates reported to DR.. Edna
Noble White, chairman of the com
mittee. Mrs. Florence Kerr. FWA
director of war public services. said
that periods of reconversion and
rehabilitation, each with its own
day care problem. will confront Of
flcials of the centers before the
postwar period actually arrives.
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming
FWA administrator, was scheduled
to confer with the group later today.
They will meet with Mrs. Roose-
welt at 4 o'clock tomorrow at the
White House. All sessions are closed
to the press. The District is rep
resented by the FWA regional SUI
pervisor. Mrs. Izetta Jewell Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
Fire in Bomb STORAGE
Room Caused Loss Of
Carrier Princeton

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.-The
light aircraft carrier Princeton was
lost In the battle of the Philippines
because a shipboard fire reached
one of the bomb storage rooms. Capt.
John NJ Hoskins, one of the first
casualties of the naval engagement
to be returned to the United States,
said yesterday.
Capt. HoskinS, who was scheduled
to relieve the Princeton's regular
skipper, lost his right foot when the
bomb storage room exploded.
Il just went along for the ride on
that one said Capt. Hoskins, whose
wife and three children live in
Brookeville, Md. He SAID he boarded
the Princeton the day she left the
embarkation port for the drive on
the Philippines. but they shipped
me back before I took command as
relief for Capt. Buracker CWilliam
H. Buracker, U. S. N, Luray, Va)"
I'VE had spent few days busting
up the Nanei Shoto Islands fthe
Kiuku's on most maps and then
took a few swipes at F'ormosa be-
fore heading for the Philippines" he
continued in a statement released
by the 18th Naval District.
I'VE got hit when the Japs decided
they'd better come out and fight
Our task force tangled with some
of the Nips coming from the north
and one of their dive bombers plant
ed big one in us amidShips.'
With the aid of fire fighters from
an American destroyer and light
cruiser the Princeton crew man
aged to extinguish most of the
flames. but the warships had to
leave before completing their job
because of the appearance of enemy
planes and submarines.
I'VE thought we still could save
the ship" Capt. Hoskins said, but
the fire in the after part made
.headway and along in the afternoon
one of our bomb storage rooms went
up"
The Princeton later was sunk by
American destroyer torpedoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
New Move Seeks More
Power for Commissioners

Enactment of the House-approved
bill, now before the Senate District
Committee, to expand the admins
trative powers of the District Com
mlssioners, was urged before the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
Downed Bomber Crew
Escapes From Amid
Jap Fleet Off LeYte
By The Associated Press !

AT A LEYTE AIRBASE, Nov. IA.
"A successful low-level attack on
a Jap transport, miraculous
escape from the middle of a Jap
anese feet, a hide-and-seek game
with battle-crazed enemy sailors, a
sea fight between flying boat and
small Jap boats, and eventual res
cut gave a Mitchell bomber crew
enough thrills to last lifetime.
The crew flew back to its base
yesterday, led by Maj Edward r.
Mclean, Austin, Tex, who told this
story:
In Understanding run ON a
japanese transport in Ormoc Bay,
the crew poured its bomb into a
transport and saw it explode. The
plane, riddled by flax, came out of
the fight flaming and falling apart,
Floating around in life raft,
the crew watched wave after wave
of land based planes blast the en-
envy convoy. Shells, shrapnel and
wreckage whizzed through the air
around the raft, but no one was
injured Though japanese de-
stroyer was less than miles away ),
the crew reached land and Maj.
Mclean contacted American forces
The rest of the crew took to the
hills to await Maj. McLean's return
in an Army rescue flying boat.
AS we TAXED in" Maj Mclean
said, I'VE saw several boatloads of
Japs about a mile off shore headed
for Ormoc. We opened up with
everything that would fire from
50-caliber machine guns to pistols.
We, TAXED from one boat to an
other. The water seemed solid with
living, dying Japs. Two grabbed
the float on the left wing and at
tempted to climb aboard. The wing
tilted and jerked and they fell of. /"
First 1t. Marcus c. kaufman.
Little Rock, Ark, said that when
the flying boat left there were not
more than five or six live Japanese
in the water.
when the flying boat reached
the island, the wrecked bomber
crew was taken aboard. including
First 1t Roy O. Brentwood. New
Orleans, and Staff Sergt. Wayne S.
Clendenin, Dunbar, W. Va.
Another Mitchell crew shot down |
In the same battle was taken
aboard at Baybay on Leyte's west
coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
Forty Slips Stolen

TOPEKA, Kans. pa woman
who appeared to be a customer in
downtown store made sure that
her slip wasn't showing. And neither
were 40 others that disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14

House today when another bill to
authorize construction of pipeline
under a city street was introduced
The bill was offered by Chairman
Randolph of the House District
Committee at the request of the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
1t is to permit the company to lay
pipelines in the Buzzard Point area
under South Capitol street.
Mr.. Randolph called attention to
the fact that this bill would not be
necessary if the Senate approves
the measure already passed by the
House to grant to the Commission
ers this and other administrative
power now reserved to Congress,
therefore frequently requiring spe-
cial legislation.
Mr.. Randolph also introduced an
amendment to the Surplus Property
Act to authorize Federal depart
ments to make gifts of war dogs
when no longer needed to the serv-
lcemen who trained them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
Scared Skeleton Found
In Colorado Strawstack
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GOLDEN, Colo, Nov. IA scared
human skeleton was found yester-
day in strawstack near Golden.
Sheriff George Koch. Deputy Sher-
i'll Edward Frisby and Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Martin C. Molholm
carefully removed the human frag-
ments from ashes of a strawstack
The funeral pyre had attracted the
attention OF Robert McKunne, 20
year-old tenant farmer, only a short
time previously.
After a post norton by Coroner
o. A. Saunders, Mr.. Molholm dis.
closed that bullet wound was
found in a portion OF the flesh and
bones left by the flames.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
Minnesota u. Names
J. L. Morrill, Chancellor

BY the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 14.-James
Lewis Morrill,, president Of the Uni
versity of wyoming and former act
ing managing editor of the Cieve-
land Press, was named chancellor of
the University Of Minnesota yester-
day.
Fred B. Snyder, head Of the Uni
versity of Minnesota Board of Re-
gents, said DR.. Morrill, has been re-
leased by the University of Wyoming
and will take Office at Minnesota
next July L. He will be paid SIS, 900
year, plus the usesof house