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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08
Battle of Budapest

Throughout the steady advance of Russian
armed forces upon Budapest, capital of Hun
gary the public has wondered, and been deep
ly concerned, whether Hitler would turn the
beautiful city on the Danube into another
Aachen or consent to the surrender of his
troops engaged in its defense in the interest
OF stopping needless and utterly defenseless
waste of lives and property
The New York Times discussed the subject
on Monday and although the war is moving
SO fast that the facts contained in its COM
ments may have been changed by the time
this reaches star-NeWs readers the broad con-
illusions the Times reached then are still force
f'lI. Said the Times:
The criminal folly of the Hungarian Nazis
in thWarting Regent Horthy's effort to get
his country out of the war while there still
Was time has now caught up with them It
may have helped them to stave off their doom
for few weeks, but it has also exposed their
country to further ravages of war, in what
Horthy called an "alien interest Now it has
made Budapest, stored city on the Danube
and one of Europe's glories battlefield.
THE Russian forces which swept across the
OF the Hungarian capital and its fall is
fo1egone conclusion. The only question is
whether it will surrender quickly and thus
save itself, whether the Nazis will try to
make another Aachen of it. According to some
reports, they are already blowing up tn e
nriI ~.
western half of the city, which could only
mean its destruction But there is hope. The
Germans themselves admit that Hungarian
troops are beginning to surrender in masses,
aid Russian armor has driven both into Buda-
pest and around it to cut off the Germans
reported fleeing from the city In that case
the end should come soon
The capture of Budapest will be another
major triumph for Russian arms But it will
also be of great strategic importance in the
battle for Germany, and as Hitler's own news
paper said, it will in part decide the fall
OF the Reich. 1t should finally knock out what
ever Hungarian resistance remained after
Horthy's armistice appeal And it would open
ur the road for a Russian drive into Hitlers
vulnerable southern flank toward Vienna and
Rchema Hitler is still fighting desperately
to keep the front and back doors of his for
tress shut in the west and east, but the side
door in the south is swinging open His efforts
to close it again by DETECTING his dwindling
resources should facilitate the Allied offensives
now being mounted in the west and east
The fate of Budapest is symbol of the fate
in store for Berlin
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and then popped his

paused, and then popped his
hands sharply.
The illusion was complete. The
completely drugged soldier didn't
attempt to avoid it. He came
sharply alive, his eyes wakeful,
his body under control again. He
began talking, shouting orders,
warning, calling names.
He addressed the doctors who in
his mind had become members OF
his platoon. One was a lieutenant
in charge of the platoon. It soon
became obvious that he had little
faith in the officers judgment. He
argued angrily. Apparently the
lieutenant had been new in COM
bat.
Another doctor became the SER
geant's buddy. Twice shells almost
got him and it became necessary
to hold the soldier on the cot as
he tried to leap out when shouting
warnings.
In the next few moments. All
phases of the soldiers last action
exploded all over the tent, reen-
acted in terrible pantomine and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08
BY JOHN SELBY
"Carl," by Alex Celancon Ma'

"Carl," by Alex Celancon (Mac'
MILAN; s2).
Except in the vague way that
any good literary job mas social
signific ance, Alex Melancon's
''Carl'' is as devoid of that guam.
tity as Christmas letter from
Uncle Henry. Perhaps that is why
| it pulls so at ones emotions, in
these war-strained days.
Carl is a little boy who lives in
Louisiana. When the war came,
Carl had no more idea what il
was about than you would have,
at the age of seven. But he had
ears. These ears told him that a
lot of people were trying to make
lot of soldirs and sailors happy
by writing to them, and sending
them small presents. Carl decided
to adopt soldier, and while turn
ing through the New Orleans
Tlmes-Picayune with a pretty
good imitation of an adult man
ner, he saw the name Alex
Melancon over a story about one
OF the Louisiana bayous. TIL e
name pleased Carl.
He found that Melancon was
then at boot camp, and began the
series of several hundred letters
'nat eventually drew in Miss
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08

The War
By KIRKE L. Simpson,
Associated Press No. wv

japanese offic' ais nar,,os'N
ready frayed by naval - d;s al
In Philippine waters, can '1 Ssss1'
nave been sootned by Ma rsSly
Stains blunt aggressive" ~.a
reference to Nippon in his B, maooa
revolution anniversary Spesc %sSlan
Whatever else 1t might nav
clearly reasserted Russian ann -a
al of Anglo-American pronos5 pp'o "
total elimination of Japan as 's
threat to peace in the Pacifio - ~ a
kyo could read into it inp]irstid H.
OF ultimate Russian partjcjnat Gis
in that task. P''l0n
1t came, too, at the roor,.,,,
when Tokyo could have snoan
doubt that the war against h
was about to be stepped IN -
the British in the Bay Of P r. W
area. That was the obvioas ns
clusion to be drawn from V ".
American superfortress raid ~
Singapore, and the fact that W.
dry monsoon nov is blowing ~
Indian waters to invite active Al
lied air and amphibious Operations
Targets of the big bombers, fv,
ing from bases m India, was tbs
dockyard facilities at singapors WV
So far as Allied information yos,
there is no place other than ~
Singapore where docking facilities
tc accommodate damaged japanese
capital ships can be found in south
China sea or Dutch Indies waters
Any japanese battleship with
damage below tn waterline in.
flicted by torpedo plane attacks in
recent actions is of limited fight.
ing value until it can be dry.dock.
ed for repairs. Denied the use n,
Singapore docks for that purpose
ii is only in japanese home ports
such craft could he restored to Use.
fitness.
The superfortress raid on Brit.
aims former naval base at Sins.
pore may have been directed in
part at finding and finishing off
Japanese naval ships crippled in
the furious air-sea battles precip.
tated by American invasion of Lev.
tie. Admiral Halsey's Third fleet
carrier planes have been effectiv.
ly continuing the hunt for those
seeking refuge in Philippine har.
bors including Manila. The mo.
ment must be close at hand when
General MacArtnur's land based
ships, taking off from American
improved fields OIL Leyte, will take
a hand in that business as well
as in plotting out japanese air
power throughout the Philippines.
Aside from the specific objec.
tives of the mission, however, the
appearance of the B-29's over Sing.
apore, and previously over Ran.
COON, represents a change in the
previous use of this master air
weapon. 1t must be linked with
the reported massing of British sea
power in the Bay of Bengal and
the crushing American blow to The
Japanese fleet off the Philippines.
It has been generally assumed
that what is left OF Japan's main
fleet has been concentrated north
ward. To divide it now between
the depths of the south China sea
and the Americ threatened Wa
tiers north and west of the Philip.
pines would leave it exposed TO
complete humiliation.
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unconscious precision to the most
minute detail.
Twice he killed-once with a low
voiced curse as he fired his car
bine and again with an aroused,
angry yell.
The ferocity Of the attack was
mirrored in his eyes as well as by
the wild calculations.
Artillery fire obviously became
more intense - and, suddenly
his comrade was killed.
It never was quite clear just
how, due to the confusion and his
now frantic excitement, but just
as suddenly the whole pantomine
ended-the sergeant's eyes glazed
and he collapsed Imply.
Then the doctors brought him
''back to the present." quietly told
him where he was, that he was
worn out and needed a rest, that
he would be okay now. Meekly,
childlike, he obeyed, now that he
had cleared the offending incidents
again.
This type of treatment is used
only when necessary in a tiny per
cent of exhaustion cases. 1t has
already been showing amazing re-
suits. Many violent cases soon
are back on duty of some kind.
Due to the terrific strain which
,r,J,
soldiers are unable to return to
combat, but through the pentathol
treatment they otherwise become
normal again.
These severe cases constitute less
than 10 percent of the combat
fatigue total and the treatment
for the most advanced cases de-
hunks another favourable" mis-
conception.
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Prayer
FOR SHEER LOYALTY

To the Infinite Lord over all,
who inhabitest eternity, we raise
this simple prayer for a spirit OF
greater loyalty - loyalty to Thee,
loyalty to our country, loyalty to
our fighting forces, loyalty to our
leaders in government and in war,
loyalty to the whole mass of man
kind. We confess our sin of i'm
patience and of criticism. We are
prone to let the little things of
every day submerge our great
purposes and passion of patriotism.
Often we are disloyal to Thee and
to our Cause in Our petty selfish
ness. Kindle anew in our hearts,
by Thy mysterious Spirit, the
bright flame of sheer loyalty. In
all that we think and say and do.
may we be animated by such
fidelity as Christ showed when on
earth. Thus would we become
worthier soldiers in Thy great
army of overcomers. Amen. -
WIFE
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08
Many Eviction Notices
At Area Rental Office

The Area Rent Control office re.
ceived copies of 1874 notices of evic-
tons sent by landlords to tenants
during October, the predominant
number involving non-payment or
rent, M. H. Moore, Assistant Rent
director, announced Tuesday.
Twenty-seven registrations were
filed during the month for hotel
and rooming houses representing
81 dwellings units in addition to
295 housing registrations covering
houses, apartments, cabins and
structures in which there were less
than two paying tenants.
One hundred and six cases re-
garding landlords petition for ad-
justment of rent were received,
out of which increases were grant
ed in whole or in part to As cases,
"a were denied, and 81 are pend
ing action.
Out Of 401 cases to be consider
ed for possible rent reductions or
restoration of services, 1856 were
processed for adjustment or settle
ment, "a were dismissed, or drawn
and action is pending on 15l.
r Thirty-six refunds totaling 1925. OF
were made because of excess rents
charged by landlords, and out of
SO cases involving landlords petit
tons for certificates relating to
eviction of tenants, 33 were grant
ed, five were denied, and Is are
still pending. Moore concluded his
report by adding that eight cases
were pending in the District En-
forcement division in Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN FRANCE,
Nov. 3.-Delayed- Up "A small
group of medics stood around q
cot, silently waiting.
The sergeant lying on the col
still twitched and trembled uncon-
trollably as he lad since he was
brought back from the combat line.
Unlike almost all cases of exhaus.
ton or combat fatigue, he failed to
respond to rest. sleep, food and
sedative treatment.
A line company rifleman, he had
been twice decorated for his
courage. He finally went to pieces
after weeks fighting in the worst
possible conditions - mud, noun.
tains and mines-during which he
participated in almost constant at
tacks. He was veteran of three
campaigns in two years.
Doctors thought he finally crack.
ed because a buddy with whom he
had been fighting since Sicily was
killed before his eyes. Other eff
forts to restore him to normally
having failed, they now tried pen
tathol, the Truth serum treat
ment.
Synthetically Drunk
This made the infantryman sym
thetically drunk due to intravenous
injections. The sergeant became
completely unaware Of his sur
roundings.
This hospital where the worst ex-
haustion cases were brought was
beyond earshot Of the front, but
suddenly there came a low, I'M
mistakeable whistle. 1t never was
loud enough to De heard 100 yards
away, but it filled the little tent
with sharp-pitched memories for
anyone who ever had heard an
oncoming artillery shell. The sound
was coming from one of the doc
tors, whose pursed lips were whist
ling perfect imitation OF the
Shrek of a shell.
AS the sound grew louder and
keener the sergeant's body froze
cruelty, in a tense attitude of fear
full waiting. The doctor broke off
the whistle at the highest pitch,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08
{. of e. Taking Census
Of All Organizations

The Chamber of Commerce III
an effort to Improve its informa'
ton service, is compiling a COM
plete list of all of organization,
in the city, with the names u
their presidents and secretaries
city, county and federal Officers,
and city clubs, with intormaIlo y.
as to officers, time and plas'
of meetings, Walter j. Carllel1'
chamber secretary, announce
yesterday. ,
He added that he hoped to nav.
the list completed within me t ne~.
week so that the chamber OILY.
will be qualified to answer W. ~,
many requests received for war;
Gus kinds of information,
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JAPS OPEN FRESH
DRIVE ON LlUCH0V

CHUNGKING, Nov. 7-R- jap
anese troops launching a fresh
drive down the Hunan-KWanga
railway advanced nine miles and
reached point SO miles from Llu'
chow, important Kwangsl province
rail center, the Chinese high COM
mand announced tonight.
The communique also stated me
invaders had captured Mosun ~
miles south of LiuchoW, yesterday
The Tokyo RADIO claimed the jap
anese took Mosun Nov. q.
The high command said there
was no change in the fighting tof
Kweilin, where the japanese were
last reported to have pushed lh'o
the suburbs of the city from three
sides. Kweilin is 95 miles northeast
of Liuchow.
Foreign obervers arriving mere
from the southeastern China com
bat zone said the japanese forces
were well equipped while the Cm'
nese units opposing them were
poorly outfitted and generally oul'
classed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08
The Hard Way

A crusadipg army of 1900 British house
wives have signed a petition to Parliament
asking that they be given a legal share in
the family income for housewifely services
rendered.
Maybe British wives are different, but it
hardly seems possible that their American
sisters would tackle the slow and curnber-
come process of congressional action for the
same ends when it's so easy to go through
a sleeping husbands pockets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08
Dogs Life

There have been quite a few critical COM
ments over the fact that Field Marshal Sir
Bernard Montgomery has chosen to name his
well-beloved canine pet after the Nazi Fuehr-
err The consensus seems 10 be that what has
happened to Sir Bernard's Hitler" shouldn t
happen to a dog.
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Secret Weapon

"All the Japanese have to do in future
operations is to project their indomitable spir-
it's at the enemy and they will suffer internal
fear that will defeat them before they get
into the fight. Tokyo broadcast
Undoubtedly Nippon will never again make
the mistake of hauling these indomitable spir-
its part way on warships and letting them
try to do their projecting at close range.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08
Realty Transfers

The following realty transie -,
were recorded yesterday IN lne
flee of the register OF oeeu''
Adam B. Rhodes: IA
Frederick Willetts, ct uX, 10 y.
rothy o. Boone, part OF lot 20 'A
all of lot 80, Chestnut Helgn[S' nj.
Dorothy o. Boone to W. D. 20
lier, part of lot % and all OF lo' W.
Chestnut Heights. MIN.
Esther F. Meister to K. A d.
dell, ct ux, part of lots Z al" "
block 8, Carolina Heights.
Ida L Konetes to John Aone''''
lot 10, block 50. CarplIna bea'A'
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Tokyo's claims that the United States Fleet
was MORALLY hurt, three Japanese forces clos
ed in on Leyte, apparently expecting a soft
job. They got just the opposite. Their de-
struction is history. When will Tokyo learn
that self-deceit as well as self-conceit are in
eftectual weapons against strength and truth?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08
LETTERS DELIVERED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-(Pl-
Approximately 100000 letters writ.
ten by soldiers now in the Philip.
pines campaign and impounded
for security reasons now are be-
ing delivered to families.
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TOP o. THE MORNING

OF all the marvellous works of the Deity,
perhaps there is nothing that angels behold
with such supreme establishment as proud
man. Cotton.
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WITH THE AEF'
WITH THE AEF
Awakening By Drama

Editors Note: This is the
third of a series OF columns on
combat fatigue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-08

Zadok Dumkopf says he didn't know chicken
feed could really be bgi money until he tried
to operate poultry farm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-30
Bv BETTY CLARK

If you've been, getting you1 tan
the hard way, be sure to carry a
lotion to the beach with you to
soothe your complexion. Sunburn-
ed or windbucned skin should be
pampered at once to alleviate the
burning sensation, unless you
want to carry patchy, quilted
looking skin through the summer.
It is said that the Empress
Josephine poured boiling milk over
violets to create her own facial
mask. A good milky emulsion is
cooling when your face sfrieks
sun or windh- IN. It will help that
taut feeling bout the face that
follows a dip into the ocean too.
You can apply it over your sup
parched face and it will serve as
a makeup foundation as well.
The best way, of course, to pre-
vent sunburn and acquire a good
tan is to take the sun in progress
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-30

HE small daughters, Peggy ana
Iohnsie, who have been vl% 11
their grandparents, Mr.. ana Mi .
Ind J left. with him Monday.
Mrs David Thompson ana MIS-.
Harold Carroll are leaving To-Day
for Wilmington, Del, to speno tne
pa11 Mashburn was the week
end guest of Ned Council at Lake
Waccamaw. :.
Mrs. Herman Hollingsworth OF
warsaw. was the guest OF ner
mother, Mrs. H. M. Billiard Iues'
day.
De1oros and Bobby Brown spent
Sunday with their grandmother
Mrs. G. o. Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Causey, Jr.,
and children of Panama City. ar
rived Saturday for visit with their
parents.
SGT. and Mrs. W. M. Macarthur
of Denver, Col. arrived in Chad
bourn Friday for a visit with
friends. They will 60 to Mullins,
S. c., Saturday to visit Mr.. NC
Arthur's home.
Mrs. J. H. Land spent Friday in
Wilmington.
Donald Peacock is a patient in
the Baby hospital, Wrightsville
Sound following tonsil operation.
Mrs. E. X. Proctor of Whiteville,
spent Friday with her mother, Mrs.
j. A. Brown.
F. B. Gault was visitor in town
Thursday.
Sheila and LAME Sutton | e t
Friday for Bolton to visit a great
aunt for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Algie Sutton are
spending this week in Charlotte,
They left Friday afternoon.
Mrs. F. T. Wooten, Miss Ann
and Tommy, returned Wednesday
from Clio after a visit of ten days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-30
PERSONALS

Sister Alice Madeline Of the Com
munity of St. John Baptist, Ralston,
N. j., has arrived to spend her
vacation with her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. j. B. Cranmer at their home
on Market street.
Mrs. Floyd Kelley Of Tulsa, Okla.
has returned to her home after a
ten day visit to Lieut.. and Mrs.
Fred Stoutz of Wilmington.
Mrs. Harmon Rorison left Thurs
Cay evening for a stay in New
York.
W. M. Goodwin Of Castle Haynes
road, is a patient at the Bullock
clinic following an illness.
Mrs. Arthur J. Fitzneyer Of this
city has left for Montgomery, Ala.
for a visit with her husband who
has been stationed in Alabama.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-30
ELIZABETHTOWN

ELIZABETHTOWN, June 10. =
Miss Frances Smith spent las
weekend at Myrtle Beach.
! Misses Agnes and Lillian Rost
Parker left this week for Belmont
to attend summer school at Sacred
Heart College.
I, Mrs. Dick Marshall is visiting
her grandparents in Huntersville.
Billie Kay Of Washington, D. c.,
arrived Wednesday to spend t h e
summer months with his grand
mother, Mrs. C. R. Jordan.
Miss Ionic Lou Mills of Wades-
boro, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J.
H. Clark, at White Lake.
Mrs. c. J. Goodwin and children
returned to Breva-d Tuesday aft
er spending the past week with
Mrs. w. A. Fisher.
Mrs. A. H. Greene has returned
fl ON Jacksonville, Fla, where she
visited her son, Julian, who is sta
toned there in service. She wv ac-
companied by Miss Imogene Phil
lips of Louisburg.
Mrs. Matte Clark left Wednes-
day to visit her son, Captain c. c.
Clark, in Washington, D. c., and
Captain and Mrs. G.. A. Holderness
in Maplewood, N J. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. E. A. Beatty
and children on Davidson.
Miss Delcie Coursen left Wednes-
day for New York to enter serv-
ice in the U. S. Waves.
Dayton Marshburn, Of the U. S.
Army, who has recently returned
from overseas, visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard MarslburA,
last week.
Mrs. H. M. Vann and children
end Pharmacist Mate Edna Moore,
Of New River visited their mother,
Mrs. Lima Moore, during the week
end.
Mrs. Vance Barnes and children
end Mrs. Floyd Pipkin and chill
rem of Raleigh, spent last week
with Mrs. N. "A. Regain.
Mrs. S. E. Ewell has recently
returned to her home after spend
ing several months with her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Ewell in Farmville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-30
Rv RITH MILLET

One of the reasons why women
play such a relatively email part
in the running of the world is be-
cause so many of them find salts
faction only in endeavors in which
they can see tangible and imme-
date result.
Many housewife will work hard
all day putting house into shin
ing order, packing away winter
clothes, summing mattresses - and
when the day is done she will feel
a deep glow of satisfaction over all
she has accomplished.
Or she'll work in steaming
kitchen canning, and feel the work
worth while when she looks on the
bright rows of colorful fruits and
vegetables put aside for winter
months.
But many Of those same women
are lazy when it comes to work
ing with their minds and their
imagiaations. The idea Of spending
time and energy on studying the
political situation so that they can
intelligently make up their minds
on how to vote in the coming cleo
lions has no appeal for them.
After all, their vote will just be
one vote-and even if the candi-
oates they chose after hours OF
study and consideration should be
elected it wouldn't be all their do
ing.
RESPONSIBLE FOR RESULTS
So they either drift along until
election day, picking up smat-
tering of information, much of II
pure gossip, about candidates and
policies. They vote either on the
basis Of skinny information, or as
their men folks tell them to. Or
they decide they are too busy to
bother with voting, what with the
house looking sight and Aunt
Tillie coming to visit.
Well, this year they ought to
have more incentive for preparing
themselves to vote intelligently. 1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-30
Country Club
Card Luncheon

The weekly bridge party of the
Cape Fear Country club was helo
i'll the clubhouse yesterday with
twenty playing bridge during the
morning and afternoon, luncheon
was served at 1870 o'clock. High
scorer during the day was Mrs,
c. H. Pratt.
Among those attending were Mre.
David McEwan, Mrs. Oliver Creek
mere, Mrs. J. w. Diggs, Jr., Mrs.
Robert K. Andrews, Mrs. F. w.
Brown Mrs. c. L. Meister, Mrs.
W. L. Berry, Mrs. G. H. Pratt, Mrs.
Ed 3easley, Mrs. Charles Enfield,
Mrs. D. M. Hyatt, Mrs. B. M.
Montgomery, Mrs. Norfleet Hog
gard, Mrs. Hudson Lindsay, Mrs.
Richard Burnett, Mrs. Duncan Ne
vile, Mrs. H. T. King, Mrs. S. M.
Hines, Mrs. N. w. Humphrey and
Mrs. D. H. carp Those attend
irg the bridge party at the club
prior to yesterdays event were
Mrs. Digs, Mrs. McEwan, Mrs.
Guard Fleming, Mrs. Creekmore,
Mrs. John Pulley, Mrs. H. B. Old
ham, Mrs. Julius Kellam and Mrs.
W. E. Begor.