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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
Ask The NewsbOy

The success of any enterprise in free
country is in direct proportion to the service
rendered. Anyone who has done days work
should realize this basic truth. Ask the news
boy how he gets and keeps his customers. If
he is successful newsboy, his answer will be
the same as that of the president of the largest
corporation. He tries to do good job. 1t IS
just that simple.
New industries are the result Of someone
figuring out a way to supply something the
public wants. hundred years ago tram
conductor saw the need Of speedy transporta-
ton of certain types of perishable or valuable
commodities. Out of his idea, the Railway Elk
press Agency developed. While it carries the
name of railroads, it does not confine it's ac
tvities to moving goods by rail. AS in the be-
ginning, its primary objective is to render a
special fast shipping service to the public, re-
gardless of the means Of conveyance.
When the potentialities Of air transport were
recognized. air express and combined rail-air
express were established Packages can now
be shipped by air from thousands Of oh-air-
line points. Every railway express office is an
air express office Parcels marked for air ex-
press travel by rail to the nearest airline ana
are transshipped.
Without stopping to consider the newness Of
air transport, some so-called experts &C.
casionally point to the volume OF air express
shipments as compared to rail express, and
infer that the railroads are being favored
Thus they show their ignorance. Air express
will expand as rapidly as demand and facil-
tiles permit, because express, like the air
lines, the railroads, or the corner grocery,
must give the public the service it wants, If
1t is to survive. 1t lives by the same rules
rs the newsboy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
A Dramatic Record

War Is stern teacher but great teacher
to the president, Association Of American Rail
roads. Give years ago." he said, there were
persons whose information was more extensive
than exact who had proved to their own salts
faction that this country could safely neglect
Its railroads and should direct its future ener-
gies and expenditures toward expansion of
other means of transportation. The crucial test
Of war has taught even the blindest that this
nation, builded upon railroads as it is depends
upon them today for its essential transperta-
tion needs.
%. In this war; railroads are carrying
virtually double the load Of the last war; They
are doing it with one-fourth fewer cars, one
third fewer locomotives, and nearly one-third
fewer employees. They are doing it with none
Of the chronic congestion and prolonged delays
OF that time. In that war; when the govern
ment took over operation of the railroads
they found 1t necessary to make substantial
Increases in freight rates. In this war.
no freight rates are higher than at the begin
ming Of the war. and many rates are lower
In the first world war; the operation Of tho
railroads cost the government two million dol.
lars day, appropriated from the public treas
nry to meet deficits of the operation. In this
war, the railroads since Pearl Harbor have
paid in Federal, state and local taxes more
than four billion dollars, and are paying taxes
at the rate of five million dollars a day-ten
times as much as they are paying their owners
N dividends
The railroads have been able to work this
miracle because Of their chronological ad
vances; the faith Of their investors who made
possible ths expenditure OF SO. oOo, 900 900 for
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
Lesson Of Warsaw

Warsaw was the first European capital te
fall in World War II. And now the cynical
may say that it was also the first capital to
threatens to involve great sections Of Europe
in postwar civil strife. The Nazis are once
again masters of the city, after two-months
battle against heroic underground army that
fought and died for Poland while an outside
political struggle sickened and isolated and
finally doomed it.
The Second Battle Of Warsaw might well
be called the Battle of the Sphere Of Influ-
ence Its story has already been told in Yugo-
slavia, and threatens to be repeated in Greece
In each case an exiled prewar' government,
supported by London has been pitted against
suppressed minority groups which have raj
lied to hitherto ittle-kncwn leaders and lour
ished with Moscow's blessing
Charge and counter-charge have Numbered
back and forth until it is impossible to know
precisely what has happened. Nor can it b..
said who is right or wrong, for at the moment
right or wrong is matter OF persons po-
Itical complexion. The only ones who can or
should make the final judgment are the people
of the countries involved. And the judgment
should be the decision of free election when
the war is over.
In the meantime the job is to fight the Ger
mans. Instead, we know that Greek has killed
Creek and Serb and Croat have turned their
guns on one another. No one has gained hut
the Nazis. It is a situation they have fostered
and hoped for. And they will continue tc
foster it as long as they can, for they base
their hope OF escaping complete defeat on dis
senson. 1t is their no-longer-secret weapon.
1t is tragic, disheartening thing that the
men of Warsaw could not die in the knowledge
that they had dealt telling blow against the
forces that tortured them and robbed them
of their freedom. Instead, it was in the knowl-
edge that they were caught between the mill
stones of stubborn political concepts.
Mr.. Churchill has told Parliament that the
struggle of General Dor and his underground
forces will remain a deathless memory fer
Poland and for friends Of freedom all over
the world But it must also remain the
memory of hopeless cause, Of a united ef-
fort within defeated from without by the short
sightedness Of all factions who could not COM
pose their differences for the sake Of victory
and human lives.
The death Of hungry almost weaponless Po-
lish soldiers, the crushing Of an army and
the capture of its brave general the tenn
porary loss of Warsaw-au these must stand
as rebuke to those who did too little too
late and too grudgingly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN FRANCE,
Oct. 8.-Delayed)-tR-As far as
know the folks back home are
still buying bonds, working as
hard as possible in war plants,
saving waste paper-or whatever
it is they are saving this month
and otherwise doing everything
they can to help win the war.
But if anybody isn't I wish he
could have walked with me this
afternoon through a little French
village within earshot of the West
ern front. He would have been per-
fectly safe bodily because the guns
in the distance couldn't hit him,
but his spirit might have b n
wounded slightly.
This little village is temporary
rest camp where line company SOL
diers are shipped back to get a
bath, shave and 70 hours rest
more or less.
This afternoon l walked into a
special service office aiming to
borrow some comparatively recent
editions of newspaper or maya
zine to see what is going on back
home.
damned inside the office and
forming long struggling lines out
side, a new bunch of combat SOL
Giers stood in the exact condition
in which they had left the line a
few hoirs before. Bearded, dirty,
dogtired and obviously heartsick at
their losses, they waited stolidly to
get tickets emitting them to BATH
billets and a moving picture show
tonight.
AS many times as have walked
it before and as many times as
I will walk it again, I don't think
ever will forget that gantlet of
gazing soldiers. You can't forget
their eyes. They are not accusing,
not vindictive, not blaming. They
are not anything in particular.
But did you ever meet on the
street man whom you owed
money and couldn't pay?
Remember that terrible, guilty
sense of Indebtedness when you re-
allied that no matter how hard
you tried maybe you never would
be able to repay him?
Multiply that million times,
and you get a vague idea how it
felt to walk that gantlet this after
nOOn
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
SO THEY SAY

Tie New Deal changed our tax laws Is
tines in IL years Thomas E. Dewey.
hr+ a 10 our responsibility to remove every
obstacle that may prevent American industry
from going boldly ahead when materials and
facilities can be released.-Acting WPB Chair
man J. A. Krug
Should a period of unemployment occur,
vo,,ne persons should not become embittered
snd feel that they are unwanted members of
society as was frequently the case in the
past. The time should be spent in improving
+hemselves-Dr. Mary H. S. Hayes Of the
war Relocation Authority
we should be serious, prayerful and sober
ION V-Day). We should thank God that hos
+i1ities are at an end in Europe, at least; we
.houId pray for an early peace in the rest
Of the world.-Cleveland Coadjutor Bishop
Edward F.. Hoban.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14

1t didn't make any difference
that only yesterday I came back
from the front. 1t didn't help to
tell myself that my job doesn't re-
quire living under combat line
conditions day in and day QUITO
remember that it's impossible to
write up there and that reporter
must take notes and then come
back where he can write with at
least a little perspective.
No, none of these things helped.
And if that guy from back home
had been there I don't think it
would have helped MIN to remind
himself that after all it isn't his
fault he is not fighting in a fox
hole, too.
Suddenly I was ashamed of my
cleanshaven face. Viciously and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
With The AEF
You Can't Pay Them Back

unreasonably wished my olive
drab shirt and pants were not so
obviously clean and fresh. want
ed to shout, damn it, I just had
bath and put them on this morn
ing. But you can't shout answers
at eyes when the grimly closed
mouths under them won't unlock
long enough to Put the questions
into words.
That new pair of warm combat
boots I had been so proud Of be-
gan to hurt my feet. The fact that
1 had been sleeping in a fairly
warm place on recent nights sud-
denly seemed something to be
ashamed of, although I knew that
any one of these guys would have
cone the same if they could.
Still nobody spoke. Nobody made
even the least unkind gesture. No
body even looked particularly ac-
cusing. But I walked out and all
the way back to my quarters 1
kept trying to explain and analyze
my feeling. It seemed like shame
or guilt but it wasn't. Finally
decided it was the unacceptable re-
aization of my Indebtedness to
these guys.
And the only reason why the
whole thing is worth writing about
is that I think that, even if that
guy from back home had been
doing everything in his power to
help win the war, he still would
have been filled with a sickening
doubt that he ever will be able
to repay those guys.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
HANNECAN DENIES
FDR HEALTH POOR

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-R-RoO'
ert E. Hannegan, Democratic Ma
tional chairman, charged today
that 1.-The opposition was conoucs,
ing "a whispering campaign
a bout President RooseVel'
health.
Hannegan brought up the SUI
ject of the Presidents 2hyslca
condition while being question:.
at a press conference concerhlhs
a published report that DemU penn.
cratic leaders felt Presloen'
Roosevelt would do intensive cam
paigning in the final decks Nv
fore election. 49,.
"Any statement about 'na'
Campaign plans) must COM o
from the White House" Hannessa
said. MANY invitations from ,n ~
larger cities have been extenos H..
to the President. He is proOaoJi
giving them consideration sit .
will make up his own NINA s0''
what to do" Lis,
Hannegan then called attention
to a newspaper story which quu'
ed Vice Admiral Ross MclnNaGi
the Presidents personal p nsss
clan, as saying "the PresioeA''
health is perfectly okay."
Apparently there is wnlspsr
ing campaign going on ana DeL .s
intensified about the PresideA''
health" Hannegan said. ~.
Asked who was conducting 'D'
campaign, Hannegan replied II
'The people who don't Wa"
Roosevelt-the opposition. Il, =,
Hannegan was asked Whe.nss
he had the Republicans in n5ln .,t
"They are the people who oo .d
want Roosevelt" he answers rev,
but said his statement about '
opposition" should stand. .,,.
Hannegan, who visited Presiasnd
Roosevelt recently, said ne 7oUr .s
him Every vigorous, the plc'D
of health. :" IA
In Washington, Mcintyre sa a..
today that the President IS ~
good shape, no colds or any'hlAs'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
48-H0UR WEEK
WILL CONTINUE

The 48-hour work week basis for
all activities in Wilmington will
remain effective indefinitely, -
even though the area was reclas-
sified October / from an area of
current acute labor shortage to
one of labor stringency. Henry I.
Shepherd, area War Manpower
commission director, declared Fri
day.
Some employers Shepherd
said, assumed that with the re-
moval of Wilmington from No. 1
to No. 2 area that the Amour
work week became ineffective.
This is untrue.
1.-THE minimum 48-hour week
still pertains and will continue to
indefinitely. Its continuance will
be one of the factors that will
prevent Wilmington returning to a
No. area"
The WINGS requirements for
Group / areas, in which Whining
ton was placed on April l, includ-
ed a 4S-hour work week, letting
no new contracts and renewing no
old ones, except under specific
conditions, and the controlled hir-
ing of workers.
The transfer of the area into
Group 2 on October l had little
effect except to allow the award
ing Of new contracts and renew
ing of old ones, as the Priorities
Referral plan covered the other
conditions of Group l area re-
quirements.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
NEW SPEED MARK

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-lREVice-
President E. j. Kershaw Of Ma
tional Airlines, in charge Of op-
erations, announced today that
a new commercial speed record
OF three hours and so minutes has
been set by one Of Nationals
planes on the Jacksonville-La-
Gaurdia field route.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War An,,,..

Vivid eyewitness accounts \,
press observers ADVANCING ~
shattered and doomed Asc Ia's
with American dougnbovs L
reader attention still focu SsN
there, but there were stirrjnas s0
the west front that suggeste q W Va
battle for the Dutch gatewav u ne
northern Germany was abovt !.
erupt into a full scale action
Normal weather portents ind.
cate General Eisenhower has r0s'
sibly another month or so Of r rss'
sonably good conditions on ~.
ground and in the air in which "a
bring his full power to bear Nv
that critical and vulnerable 90, ~
flank of the Nazi Siegfried Linz
The British commander, FjaS
Marshall Montgomery, has nsd
time to build up striking DOVE,
and gain needed elbow room
There is every indication that fl,
core of his command, the BritiSs
Second Army, is busy from sonta
OF Anthem to the Overflow secto,
on the Mas preparing its jump.
offs.
And not until the American First
Army attack that doomed Aahen
is linked with a simultaneous
drive by British comrades to ths
north can the possibility of
pre-winter allied break-tnroueh
that could restore mobility to III.
assault be written off.
American identification of crack
Nazi armored and other unit,
pulled out of the Anthem mme.
rich zone to be thrown into reck.
less and futile efforts to reliev.
Aacnen or beat back First Army
enlightenment prongs to seal Oft
the gap invites a British drive
in the north. Montgomerys
troops would have that much less
to contend with if prepared to 20
in at once. There is every evi.
dence that German armor and
infantry sent in against the Amer.
leans to the south not only failed
to make Roadway but were terri.
bly, mauled by gunfire and bombs.
There is another factor also
prompting expectation of a wide.
fronted Allied general offensive
soon in the Dutch-German from.
tier theatre. Russian advances
on the Balkan flank in the east
are posing a threat not only 10
wavering and uncertain Hungary,
but to Austria. Enemy flight from
the critically dangerous Transyl-
vanian pocket east Of Budapest
is now clearly indicated.
The Russians are within 80
miles or less of the north-south
line of the Danube below Buda.
pest. 1t seems certain that Naz
relnforcementS must be ruShed 10
that front to avert double dis
aster. They cannot be spared
from Poland. The only source
must be Nazi reserves in the west
For it is probable that few good
front line German troops are
available in Hungary or in Aus
tria to meet the fast moving Rus
sian surge.
Nazi divisions in the Balkans
south of the Danube and the Sava
river are too remote and too near
ly completely cut off by Russian
Allied and Tito Partisan opera
tons to offer the Nazi command
much hope Of help in meeting
the crisis in Hungary and Aus
tria. It does not seem a far
fetched conclusion that reserves
ear-marked for the West front
might have to be thinned out just
at the critical moment when Ger
many hoped for a winter stabllls
od limo fhero
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14

railroad improvement in the past twenty
years; and because Of cooperation between
railroads and shippers. But. as Mr.. Henry
concludes, underlying these three factors and
making them possible, is one other and far
greater fact-the freedom Of a free America.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
The Road To Berlin
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press
1.-Western 'front.' 302 miles from west OF
Duren).
2.-Russian front: 80 miles drom Warsaw
3.-Italian front: $50 miles from Liver
gnano).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14

In postwar automobiles, disu.,
butor points-now a source Oh
good many adaches-may be |.
placed by an electronic tuoe. &C.,
as there is need for more eHa''
spark timing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
TOP o. THE MORNING

TOP o. THE MORNING
singer sang song OF cheer
And the great world listened and smiled
For he sang of the love of a Father dear
And the faith of little child:
And souls that had forgotten to pray,
Looked up and went singing along their
way. Quoted by NABERS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14

A meeting Of the building com.
mittee of the Salvation Army will
be held at the office of Dr.. James
Sprunt, chairman of the committee
today at II o'clock, for the purpose
Ct selecting site upon which will
be erected homo for the army in
Wilmington. Members of the com.
raittee are: James Sprunt, chair.
man, J. w. Brooks, George Honnet,
L. ]. Poisson, D. L. Gore, Jr., j.
Taylor, ]. A. Roache and James
H. CoWan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
rs Years Ago
Today
(EROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
OCTOBER IA, 1919

The Old North State, last of the
concrete freighters built at the
plant of the Liberty Shipyard here,
will leave tomorrow in tow of a
shipping board tug for Jacksonville,
Fla, where she will be equipped
with machinery and put in COM
mission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14

When the local chapter of the
American Legion meets tonight at
the army and navy club, a report
of the committee appointed to pur-
chase the club building on post
office green will be heard and ac-
ton taken.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution OF the
war to complete Victory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-14
Fair Enough

(Rditsr's Msts.-Ths Star and the News sesept ~
responsibility fer the personal views Of Mr.. Peser
eaa often disagree with them ~ much many Of
his readers. His articles the good purposs Of
making people think.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-09-29
Founding Of First Presbyterian
Church Here Dates Back To 1890

sing at l4th Street auritorium
building.
A lot has been purchased and
a new church building is being
erected at l104 Belair street. This
building is slightly larger than
the present church, and will con-
tain classrooms that will enable
il to be used for Sunday school,,
Vacation Bible school, and other
church activities. A student
preacher, Mr.. James Cogswell, is
expected the last of this month
to take charge of the work in this
center.
The Woman's Auxiliary meets
weekly, and has been a power in
supporting the work of the
church. directing its social actiVi-
ties, visitation, educational pro-
grams, and the like, besides a
substantial aid in the financial
activities of the church.
Since 1913 the church has as
sumed the entire support of its
minister, and enjoys the assist
ance of a full-time Church Visi-
tor, supported by the Assembly's
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-09-29

building committee of J. f. Clark,
w. J. Canty and B. w. Lindop
was appointed to receive monies
and b make arrangements to
build.
The contract to build the
church was let to NJ. {. Pankey
on January 28, 1881. The build
ing was a frame structure 30X60
feet, and was erected on the
southeast corner of the Academy
lot, or what is now old central
school. Rev. j. p. Dancer of
Ocean Springs and Scranton Cir
cult was pastor during the build
ing of the church.
The first service held in the
new Methodist church was on
the night of Saturday. August Is,
1881, at 8 o'clock. The preaching
was done by Rev. T. S. West, pre-
siding Elder of the Seashore Dis
trict. The next day they organ
lied a Methodist Sunday school
with Rec. j. w. Williams as u
perintendent and his son, Prof.
William J. Williams, as secretary.
In 1904 the church was moved
from the corner of the Academy
lot to its new position where the
present church now stands. And
in 1905 the parsonage was built
under the direction of Rev. M.
NJ. Black. This building was
damaged by fire several years
later and the present parsonage
was erected during the ministry
of Rev. Lewis.
The Pascagoula M ethodist
church began with fifteen mem
bers, and in sixty-five years this
number has increased to ll79.
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on the walls and ceilings of the
rooms, The library contains about
1000 volumes. These improve
ments and additions cost So, 200,
all of which was paid for by the
congregation and school organi-
cations. The present enrolment
is over 300.
The following organizations are
established in the parish, viz,
Altar Society, Children of Mary,
CYO, Holy Name Society,
Knights of Columbus, League of
the Sacred Heart. DIV Alumni
and Alumnae, and Parent Teach
or Association.
Future plans call for the in
st~allation of stained glass win
dows in the church, and the cree
ton of a brick school and con-
vent to replace the present wood
en- structures. The Knights of
Columbus + also planning to
build a new home.
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Our Lady of Victories Church
Ker ST. CAT Rear of Court Housed

aet d. tAt NEAR oi Soutt Iiohh1f
The Catholic church has been
associated with the life Of Pasea-
goula from French Colonial days.
When the first settlement sprang
up, Catholic ch9plains were as
signed to care for the spiritual
needs Of the colonists and as an
incentive TO further colonization.
Later on priests from New Or
leans, Mobile, and various points
on the coast ministered TO the
growing congregation. From the
meagre documents extant, il APP
pears that the first permanent
pastor was appointed in 1855. A
long succession of priests, men
of spiritual calibre and apostolic
zeal, faithfully worked in this
portion of the Lords vineyard,
making the spiritual welfare of
the people the conseerated in
terest of their lives. Several OF
them in the line of duty succumb-
ed to the ravages of the yellow
fever.
In 1882 the Sisters opened their
first school with an enrolment
of sixty children. For over sixty
years they have labored eontinu-
ously. Loyalty, and devotedly for
the welfare of the community of
fering the blessing of a Christian
education to the growing gener-
atoms of elementary and high
school ages.
In recent years the Catholic