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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

I knew over there, and know q
number OF them are back.
Shortly after he arrived in Eng
land In January, 1914, his twin
brother. Second 1t. John B. Dexter,
q bombardier, was killed when his
ship was taking OF on a mission.
His experiences included:
Limping home on two engines
with his ship shot full of holes, re-
turning to England alone after his
squadron of six was attacked by
100 M-109s with FIVE Of them being
shot down, and another time losing
nine ships out Of his group of 10.
Capt. Dexter was commissioned
at the Army's Advance Flying
School, Blytheville, Ark, in June,
1912. Prior to entering the Army
he worked in the operations section
here of Eastern Airlines. He at
tended Mckinley Tech High School
and has another brother. Capt.
Charles H. Dexter. IT,, IS, attached
to the Quartermaster Corps on the
West Coast.
Capt. Thomas has been the recip-
lent of the Distinguished Flying
Cross and the Air Medal with four
Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Senior High Enrolment
In District Drops Is Pct.

Senior high school enrolment has
dropped Is per cent in the District
since the start Of the war and Is
expected to decrease even further
this fall, school officials said yes
terday.
The enrolment for October, 194l,
was 1892, but had decreased to
13.845 by October. 1943. Oflcials
said that drain of boys into the
armed services and students over
Is into war jobs was expected to
lead to an all time low enrolment In
the high schools when schools open
September ID.
The junior high schools have de-
creased in enrolment from 21,022 to
1882 in the same period. The ele-
mentary schools, however, had re-
manned about the same, 52,628 in
1941 and 52,245 now. The rapidly
increasing birth rate is expected to
place an unprecedented load on
elementary schools In about four or
| five years, officials added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

plotting 80 COM
b a t missions.
He returned un-
scratched b u t
carried back the
memory of a
twin brother, at
tached to the
same group, who
was killed in
England while
on a mission.
The son OF
Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Dex-
ter of % Bryant
S t re e t NV,
Cant Dexter WAS
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Gen. Hershey Aids Launching

PORTLAND. Greg, Aug. 8 R.--
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, ma
tional selective service director.
helped launch the tanker Beacon
Rock last night. Mrs. Hershey
|christened the Kaiser-built vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

reluctant to recount his experiences
and consented only when he
decided:
AT that 1t might help me locate
some of the other fellows here. I
haven't been able to find any one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Back From the Wars
BOOK FROM the WuY
Capt. 7. L. Dexter Returns
With 80 Missions to Credit

Capt. Thomas L. Dexter, %, pilot
Of Flying Fortress and leader Of
his group, IS back in Washington
from his base In England after COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Northern Jopon Hit
By Severe Floods
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsB0tlhted Pteks.
NEW YORK, Aug. "a routine
dispatch on crop conditions broad
cast by the Japanese Domei news
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Literary Guidepost

/ Gervase, but novel does need some
believable female in it somewhere.
Gervase is the kind who can't
make up her mind. Although she
Weeps little more than the usual
Victorian hang over in fiction,
always think of her as having a
red nose and watery eyes.
But Peter is the first wholly be-
lievable British Cor American)
airman I have met in fiction. I
would bet that he is accurately
drawn. He is no bloated hero, and
no super nonchalant hero either.
He is just young insurance sales
man turned airman, chap who
is about to complete his two tours
OF duty over Germany (Which
means 60 trips, fellow honest
enough to look forward to a safer
Job, and one not bright enough to
AVOID the somewhat damp presence
OF that Gervase Robertson. Physi-
cally, avoiding her would h ave
been difficult, for she was a WAAF
and stationed at Marshall's field.
There is nothing phony about Mr..
Shute's narrative, either. Peter
loves Gervase. Gervase plays hard
comedy. 1t almost wrecks Peters
Wellington and kills the crew as
well.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
Uncertainties

Commenting on the uncertainties of the
new order in domestic economy Wheeler
Mcmillan, editor of the Farm Journal, one of
the most widely circulated agricultural month
lies, says: When law is passed, most of us
ordinary citizen assume that it says what it
means and means what it says -. We are
not as smart as the new kind of bureaucrats.
They have what they call administrative in
terperation.' That is a fancy phrase for twist
ing the law to let you do what you want to do
regardless of Congress, and there has been
much of it. Supreme Court Justice Frankfurt
er encourages the administrative inter-
prefers In decision he wrote: The notion
that because the words of a statute are
plain, its meaning also is plain, is merely
pernicious over simplification.'
Is it any wonder that some of the Supreme
Court justices have openly expressed the fear
that public confidence in our highest tribunal
is being shaken?
administrative interpretation of laws per-
mits public agencies to commit acts which
would be illegal if practiced by private citizens
When expedient, administrative interpreta-
tom finds monopoly that violates the Sher.
man antitrust laws. administrative inter-
probation of the interstate commerce clause
has been stretched until man who eats a
Kansas City steak with Idaho potatoes, is in
danger Of being in interstate commerce
European dictators never devised more cum
ming schemes for dominating their citizens
than have been developed in our own country
by the administrative interpreters
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
Start Court Martial

What happened at Pearl Harbor beside the
fact that the Japanese sprung surprise at
tack, and who is responsible are causing al
together too much controversy and inexcus'
able wranglng
There is one way to settle the whole mat
ter for all time. That is a thorough investi-
CATION by court martial
Both Admiral Kmmel and General Short
have asked that they be tried by military
court and that all cards be laid on the table.
At the start they consented to a postponement
out of consideration for the unsavory military
situation and the information the enemy might
gain if the alleged case against them were
tried then. But so much has been said since
in print and on the platform, that there is nc
reason longer to delay.
Let the court martial proceed now. Let il
hear all testimony without favor Let it gel
any person.
Only by a searching and impartial trial
can the Pearl Harbor case be cleared up and
the useless controversy ended.
There are too many important matters de-
manding attention to have more time wasted
in trying the case in print, on the radio, in
Congress or by the public in any FORM
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
City Court Needed

New Hanover countys legislative program
is under consideration and some bills already
being drawn for presentation at Raleigh In
January, according to current Front street
gossip.
It is to be hoped that a measure providing
for CITY court is among them. The Record
ers court is carrying too heavy load-has
been doing so too long. The city and the coun-
ty are too large for single court.
Whatever happens to Wilmington after
Camp Davis is closed, there will still remain
too much population for a single lower court
to serve it and the county with entire salts.
faction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
B,v JOHN SELBY

Pastoral" by Nevil Shute (Mor.
row; $3.50.
Nevil Shute is one of the better
British miners of American p y
dirt; I think that all but one of
his books have been book u b
choices over here, and he has the
advantage over American writers
whose books sell in England, for
he can get his money out of Amer
lea in greater proportion, a n d
much more expeditiously than if
the situation were reversed. Mr..
Shute's Pastoral is half of the
September Book of-the-M The
better half, too.
Peculiarly, Mr.. Shute includes in
the front matter of his novel two
definitions of it's title from Cham
ber's Twentieth Century Diction-
airy: "a poem which describes the
scenery and life of the country
(mus). A simple melody" The
book fits neither definition.
1t is simple book, to be sure.
Its heroine is simple, not to san
almost half witted. AS Mr.. Shute
would say, I TAXA a rather dim
view of Gervase Robertson. Peter
Marshall, the chief male actor, is
pleasant enough to make up for
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25

next field, looking for board. W.
waited. In a few minutes he came
back with a short, thick board.
The pilot reached up with h s
strong arms, made face, anc
lifted himself a little from h {
ground, and the doctor slid the
board underneath him. Then the
doctor, still kneeling, lifted one
end of the board.
Gradually the pilot came t
Twice he had to stop them while
they rearranged his injured leg.
He said it was twisted. But ap
parently it was largely the agony
of suddenly Strengthening out a
cramped knee that had lain bent
for eight days.
At last, in sort of final surge,
he came clear of the plane. They
crawled backwards with him, or
hands and knees, struggling to hole
his back off the ground. You could
see that he was steeling himself
fiercely.
Quick! Slide that litter under
him. the doctor called.
The pilot S i d, my God, that
air! That fresh air!" Three times
in the next five minutes he men
toned the fresh air.
When they finally laid him ten
derby onto the canvas litter anc
Strengthened his left leg, you coulc
see the tendons relax and his facia
muscles subside, and he gave {
long half groan, half sigh of re
lief.
And that was the one single soune
of normal human weakness utter
ed by that man of great courage ii
the hour of his liberation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
so THEY SAY

I think the men in the armed forces feel
there is an overoptimism toward the war
and an over-defeatism toward the peace on
the home front.
-Comdr Harold E. Stassen.
When English women have helped load
ships in the invasion harbors and 18,OOO,-
900 American women are working in arma-
ment factories millions of German women
cannot stay away from war work.
-Goebbels. banning vacations of women in
Germany.
When I was very young I collected ele-
phants. and look what it led to.
Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey.
Them hedges is what my grandpa would
call hdrse-high, bull-strong, and hog-tight
Virginia infantryman in Normandy
International trade and investment are
like plant which grows best, blooms most
beautifully and bears fruit most bountifully
when grown in the soil of trust and conf
dence, good will and genuine fellowship.
DIR. H. H. Kung, finance minister of
China.
It is hopeless to fight longer because more
and more of their tanks and guns and troops
keep coming against us.
German soldier to Frenchman in Brittany
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
Bluethenthal Private
Not Held For Robbery

Contrary to first. published re-
ports, Private Emmett Clark, %,
is not being held by military police
at Bluethenthal Field on charges OF
larceny and receiving in connection
with the theft of money and gaso.
line coupons from Batson's Service
station at 18th and Market streets
the night of August Is, it was an
nounced by the public relations
office of the Air Base yesterday.
Clark has allegedly established
the fact that he was guest Of
Mr.. Batson at the service station
early in the evening on which the
robbery occurred, and that his fin.
ger print found on window glass
was left at the time of his visit.
Pvt. Clark was never arrested by
military authorities, according to
the PRO.
Meanwhile, identity of the thief
has not been made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
On The Wrong Track

Bulgaria wants to get out of the war, but
on her own terms. Turkey wants to get in the
war on the side of the Allies, but at her own
price.
1t so happens that the Allies are not ac-
eepting terms from any nation, or considering
the price of help either.
There was time when Bulgaria's defec-
ton from the Axis would have been welcomed.
But that time has gone by. Bulgaria may quit
Hitler, and it might prove that by so doing
Bulgaria would speed the Allied victory in
Europe. But it must be voluntary desertion
AN unconditional surrender, if you will
without terms save such as an Allied COM
mission might lay down.
Turkey might come into the war, but the
day has gone by when the Allies need urge
this step or offer price, in arms or supplies
for Turkeys aid. Time was when the Allied
nations needed Turkeys support in the field,
or if not that, the right to transport troops
across Turkish soil. If Turkey had seen fit te
hermit this the length of the war in Europe
might have been reduced. But no action Tur
kew might take now could have any materia
effect upon the overthrow of Hitlerism.
Romania has taken the only course by which
any Hitler partner can hope to benefit. Ro
mania has stepped out of the war on Hitler
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
Hitler On Eifel Tower

When the Germans had entered Paris and
Hitler came along in the safety of the rear
guard, one of his first acts was to ascend the
Eiffel tower to gloat
When Germany FALLS and Hitler is taken,
why wouldn't it be good plan to put him
atop the tower again, chain him to railing so
that he could not jump off, and let him medi-
tate on his folly?
Not, of course, as his final punishment,
but just to let him see that the world is too
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25

The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War ,na,

Bludgeoned by disaster oa
fronts, military and political a. a.
are broad intimations in the nIsrs
from Europe that the Maj I b;'
command is pulling back on ''I sn
sides and preparing to stand s;, al
within the Reich itself. ''eSs
The very nature Of "austAr;+,.,
mobilization orders Broadcast y.
German home front attention w W.
spite the glimpse they give W Se,
world of the desperate straits ne :.
which Germany has been brom v II"
tends to confirm that impression
Those orders can leave the [ co1
man people in no doubt that ~.
end is near. What they NAV do
about it as that KNOWLEDGE sirE w.
in is the greatest remaining nn
known factor in the War
The Romanian collapse moro,
capped the climax of Gern,..
military disasters in France It.lr
Poland. Informed opinion on bo.,
sides of the Atlantic foresees SINH
lar Bulgarian detection from tb.
Nazi arch perhaps within hours
Finland is shaking anew with war
escape internal pressure. The Iov
countries, Denmark and Norway
are seething probably under dras.
tically thinned out Nazi garrison
forces and quaking Quisling re.
gimes.
1t matters not whether Paris i,
yet completely in French patriot
and Allied hands Its fate is sealed
to add greatly to the danger Of
German armies in the fast closng
Allied Seine net.
A German flight from the Seine
is already afoot. The desperate at.
tempt at sea escape from L.
Havre under flashing Allied air at.
tack for hours indicates that. lis
fall linked with Nazi loss of Paris
would undermine any possibility Of
prolonged delaying action east Of
the Seine to stem an Allied march
up the Channel coast
There is some intimation in de-.
layed official Allied reports on the
still confused situation in Paris
that in the eyes of Eisenhowers
staff at least, the French uprising
/ there was premature. A situation
that would have driven the foe
out of Paris without fight seemed
| developing. 1t might have spared
both French and Allied lives. That
| is limited at in press dispatches
from Supreme headquarters in
! northern France.
Southwark a no less vivid pic.
ture of a general German flight
from a fast closing Rhone valley
trap is pictured in uncensored ad.
vices f r m the Swiss frontier
American columns are On the
Franco Swiss border northeast Of
Lyon and knocking at the gate;
of that upper Rhone metropolis,
the Swiss reports say. Seizure Of
Lyon would trap whatever German
forces remain south of the city to
oppose expansion OF the Allied
Mediterranean invasion zone.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
CAROLINA BEACH
CALLS FOR BIDS

Bids to repair Carolina Beach
municipal property that was dam
aged by the tropical storm on Au'
gust 1 will be opened at 2:3O pm.
Tuesday at the town hall, Town
Clerk Henry G. Fennell annomc'
ed yesterday.
While final approval of a gift Of
$33, 800 by the Federal Works Agen-
cy in Richmond has not been re-
ceived. Fennell said the resort had
obtained 1.-The go ahead signal
from the regional office.
The work will consist of repair
ing property damaged by the
storm.
The sum applied for IS the
amount of public property DAM
age estimated by local EVA en-
gineers. =.
Application also has been mace
to the FWA for an emergency
grant of $25. 900 to cover the coS
of resurfacing streets and repair
ing boardwalks at WrlghtSVllls
Beach which were damaged BY me
storm, C. F. Churchill, EVA le"
engineer, revealed yesterday
Churchill also disclosed thal d
request for assistance amoun'mS
to approximately $4,000 to pay
for work on storm-damaged letaes
at Wrightsville was Immediately
turned down by FWA on grounu'
that it was not the type OF #O u.
done by the organization unoef ~
war service program. H..
"FWA has recommended ud'
the town of ,Jrightsville Beas1
take its request to the Rivers as'
Harbo-s branch Of the govern
ment," Churchill said.
The s12o,ooo was scheduled 70
cover the dredging of 100000 CUBIC
yards of sand.
1.-THE storm washed two lee' "
the strand away between 'ne ~
ties" Churchill commented II
The .Wrightsville contfac' WI. s-
call for 1900 square yards Of pau. .nd
ing surface-treated streets o. s6
the. grading and repair OF ' q ID
square feet of boardwalk ana 0,, ~i
board feet repair Of walk al-
benches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
War Of Retreat

} Nou, that we know Paris was not liberated
as the French first announced, but must pc
given a blood bath by Allied forces because
the German comm ander chose to violate an
arnistice and went on fighting instead OF with
drawing as he was committed to do, 1t IS not
inappropriate to consider how Hitler may
prolong the war for while.
Lieut. Gen. Sir Douglas Brownrigg, former
adiutant general of British field forces, has it
all figured out. AS Sir Douglas is keen OBJ
server and knowing in military affairs what
he says bears study.
To stave off defeat al little longer, he says,
Hitler can retreat on all fronts back to the
boundaries of the Reich, scorching the earth
as he goes 'He must avoid running fight at
all costs on any front That way lies disaster"
The only way for him to avoid running
fight says Sir Douglas is to take up series
of rear-guard positions. But let him tell it:
"On the Western Front therefore, I expect
to see the Germans-once they leave the Seine
retire to the Somme and hold on there until
that river, too, is forced and retreat to the
Mouse becomes necessary.
long continuous line, because Hitler hasn't the
men.
''It is doubtful if he now controls so divisions
in the whole of France-of which % now are
but shattered remnants of the Seventh Army,
u from the Pas-de-Calas area probably are
holding bridgeheads on the Seine to help their
broken comrades there, and about nine are
all that Field Marshal Johannes Blaskowitz
has in the South to stem the advance of the
Allies from the Mediterranean Coast.
with such slim forces, Hitler can only hope
to deny the river crossings to his pursuers for
limited period, and I suggest that when the
Russions once more get into their stride, he
will adopt similar tactics on the Eastern front,
Withdrawing to the line of the River Oder.
Field Marshall Albert Kesselring will have
to rely solely on supply lines running to Ger
many east of Switzerland.
1.-THE war has developed into the battering
of an already half-beaten foe, and it is only
question of how long deluded people will
be content to suffer in hopeless cause.
"Already German generals have shown there
are many in high places who are gravely dis
contented, but their revolt was ill timed. 1t
now is a race between the breaking of the Nazi
| army morale and that of the home front I
trust the Army will be the first to break, so
there can be no repetition of the fallacious
legend that the German Army is unbeatable. -
We would not be understood as taking ex-
ception to Sir Douglas views in general But
| it seems possible that with Germany's armed
forces giving up in great numbers on every
battleline, there would be few left to defend
the Reich once Hitler's leaders get back to
the frontiers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
USS Vinton Launching
Set For 4P. M. To-day

The 174th vessel-the U.s.. t fl.
ton - to near completion d. chin.
yard of the North CaI0li iii.o',ncaed
building company VIII De -' o'clos
this afternoon at WIS J..
under the sponsorship Of MIS- sor,.
W. Kirkpatrick, wife Of the c'''
pany's Personnel Directo ~, Ed.
Her. attendants will be VIZ WI Mis-,
ward ard John slsnl'I Robson. IT., and m sots
Frances Ferguson Robson
Of Newport News, Va .va typs
The U.S.s. vinton, an AMI ,s+y Il b
ship, : is named for '0
Ohio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25

side and will henceforth join forces with the
Allies. without seeking to impose terms or de-
manding price. Romania accepts terms. Ro-
mania does not seek to impose them. Natural
ly, Romania will fare better, when the ugnt
is over. than other of Hitler's puppets which
demand hand-out or any neutral which seeks
to ioin up for the short duration in the hope
of gaining something at the peace table,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
Daily Prayer
FOR LARGE-MINDEDNESS

We come before, Thee today, o
Eternal Father, Ruler of the uni,
verse and Shepherd of souls, with
a prayer for enlargement of our
minds and of our spirits. Deliver
us from the blight of littleness.
Save us from subsection to petty
S is and small, selfish
thoughts. Forbid that in a great
time we should live little lives. May
the vast concerns that engage Thy
providence be our concern also.
Widen and deepen our patriotism,
our tolerance and our service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
rs Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
AUGUST rs, 1919


Scout Master ODDS Hinnant of the
local division of the Boy Scouts,
has returned from New York City
where he was engaged during the
past several weeks in special
study and research work. He has
planned a big reunion for the Boy
Scouts for next week at which
time Lieut.. A. w. Fuchs will adj
dress the group following party.
Announcement has been made by
t h e Tide Water Power company
that contrary to the usual custom
w h h closes the Wrightsville
Beach season after Labor day, the
season this year will extend unit.
the middle of September with dane,
ing planned nightly at the beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25

Teach us to read great books, es-
pecially Thy word, and to think
great thoughts. Whatever befall
us, in our personal lot or in world
affairs, grant that our souls may
grow. Thus would we be followers
and imitators of our Saviour, Je-
sus Christ. Amen.-W. T. E..
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25

great for one man to conquer, and in prep
aration for whatever judgement is ultimately
melted out to him.
Unless he has gone completely mad by that
time. such an experience would give his ego
an awful jolt.