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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
Our Chief Aim
Politics Scored

The National Opinion Research Center has
completed a survey of the peoples views OF
politics as a profession The result is not con-
soling. Nor is it complimentary to those en-
gagged in it.
Seven of ten Americans within the scope OF
the survey, says the Center's report, prefer not
to see their sons become politicians, and five
of ten think it practically impossible to be
a politician and remain honest.
The Center has included the testimony OF
many persons in its report What they say
presents a fair cross-section OF opinion Here
are some of their comments:
'If he is a good Christian man, politics will
ruin him. believe man in politics remains
honest" said widow in Atlus Okla.
'Id rather have my son do anything than go
into politics. It's crooked and want him to
remain honest said farmer storekeeper in
Franklentown, N. C.
mo one in politics lives their own lives,
They're subject to the dictates of taxpayers"
said a mechanical engineer in Toledo, Ohio
81 feel that if you go into politics you aren't
fit for anything else,'' said loan company
manager in Dallas, Tex.
II hope he would be smarter than that. A
man with brains makes more money in some
kind of profession said meat cutter in
Dyersburg, Tenn.
There are many types of work more useful
than politics. said Texas accountant.
eff he could be trained government official
yes, but not politics as the American people
know it. We have too few statesmen and
surplus of politicians " said a woman teacher
in Stockton, Calf.
1.-THE average politician is socially and
mentally inferior to professional man. They
have a very low code Of ethics.'' said
personnel manager in Buffalo, N. " factory.
This is sad reading and sadder in the
reflection that politics should have descended
to so low level. For politics still is the
science of government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
BY JOHN sELBY
"The Six Weeks War" by The

dore Draper Viking; $3).
Usually detailed studies of mill
tary campaigns do not turn up until
the wars of which they are part.
have ended. Theodore Draper, now
Z private in the United States
Army, has provided an exception
"a very well organized and we'll
written exception Of considerable
Importance.
This is the story of what hap
pened in military and political
way in the six weeks from May 10
to June Is, 1910. Pvt. Draper's
publisher thinks that his book,
THE Six Weeks War;" will BE-
come a classic in every military
academy and with every general
staff. About that I have small
opinion, but certainly it is book
1t will be wise to read before the
next armistice. Very likely old
Marshal Petain will do what he
can, if he is still alive, to keep il
out of the hands Of the French at
that time.
The book has also a connection
with the invasion. AS its author
indicate, we shall be doing in
reverse many Of the things done
in the eix weeks period he con-
siders, and at least a part Of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07

with his chief, Lieutenant General
Spaatz, to visit bomber station
which had been having very bad
luck and heavy losses. They
thought maybe their presence
would pick the boys up a bit. So
they visited around awhile. And
when they got ready to leave a
veteran Fortress pilot walked up
to them.
I know why you're out here"
he said. "You think our morals
is shot because we've been taking
it on the nose. Well, I can tell
you our morale is all right. There
is only one thing that hurts our
morale and that's having three
star generals coming around to see
what's the matter with it,
Jimmy tells these stories Won
derfully, with mora Zect and hui
NOR than can put into them Sec
ond-handed. As he says, the heart
breaks and tragedies of war some
times push all your gaiety down
into the depths. But if a man can
keep a sence of the ridiculous
about himself he is all right. jim
my Doolittle can.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07

through books they must compete with the
popular literature Of the moment. II they
choose to speak to the world through the
miracle OF radio, they will have to fight an I'M
even battle for attention with swing bands and
soap operas.
In this country they will be up against a
situation in which military reflections for edu-
cational DEFICIENCIES are more numerous than
battle casualties.
In other countries it will be even worse But
perhaps the hardest task of all will confront
the thinkers in Germany and japan. There
they must not only persuade the common man
of the. advantages of a supernatural political
force to keep the peace; they must also help
to re-educate whole people away from the
poison of racism, super-statism, and gener
ally barbaric national philosophy.
It's job for an Einstein, and no mistake
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
The Literary Guidepost

invasion will most likely cover
exactly the same territory. 1t will
be, in a sense, like running the
1910 news reel backward Doing
this will provide the roots for a
great deal of political action in
France, and if Draper and others
are correct. Will also convict a
great many traitorous Frenchmen
OF high treason, and an even
larger number of stupidity on a
scale rarely e ach e d even in
French politics.
There is no fpace here to out.
line the campaigns, and in any
case, the outline is already fam.
iliar-it is in the variations Draner
has dug out Of German and vicnv
sources that the Importance of his
book lies. And in the repercus-
sions, particularly at Bordeaux
where Laval, Petain & Gle. labor.d
so diligently for the defea list
cause. I must have read two dozen
discussions OF what happened at
Bordeaux, and the difficulty with
most Of them has been that thew
were written by Frenchmen with
axes to grind. If Pvt. Draper is
grinding axes he has hidden his
grindstone very well indeed. His
account Of Laval, Petain and their
pack as they drove the nails into
Frances cross is both matter-of-
fact and persuasive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
Australian Colonization

Australia is going shopping for immigrants
when the war ends. Economists down under
figure that if the country depends on natural
increases in population it may have all of
100000 inhabitants by the year 1000
This does not stir the government to cheers.
What it wants is country prepared to take
its place among the worlds leaders. The OBJ
jective can be reached only if the population
mounts sufficiently to runs its farms, work its
industries and develop its resources at the
maximum.
Thus it is expected that Australia's social
service schemes including child endowment
and unemployment and health benefits will
be widely advertised as an Involvement to
colonists.
If all that has been written home by the
armed forces quartered there about the
country and the people, and particularly the
girls. even a2prodmates the truth, it is hardly
necessary for the Australian owe r m n t,
to advertise for settlers so far as Americans
are concerned.
They have fallen in love with the land of the
Ausses. especially with the lassies. and be-
sides it has been obvious since our first troops
landed that strange affinity exists between
the Americans and Australians. This was prov.
led early by the way the Ausses took to base.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
DRAMATIC PAUSE
PRECEDES FLASH

A dramatic 10 second interval
preceded the official announce
ment yesterday that the invasion
had begun.
Over a transatlantic radiotele'
phone hookup direct from supfem'
headquarters, Allied Expeditionar'
Force, to all major press services
and broadcacting networks in the
United States came the voice Oh
Col. R. Ernest Dupuy, Gen. Essen
hower's public relations officer.
This is Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force Du'
puy said. THE text of communl'
que No. l will be released to the
press and radio of the United Ma
tons in 10 seconds"
Then the seconds were counted
off-one, two three and finally
10.
Under the command Of Cen
eral Eisenhower" slowly read COL
Dupuy, "Allied naval forces sup
ported by strong air forces began
landing Allied armies this morn.
ing on the northern 20 ast Oh
France
Thus, officially, the world was
told the news which it had been
awaiting for months.
Dupuy began reading in Britain
at exactly 1882 am, Greenwich
time 1882 am, eastern
war time. He read the 26-Word
communique twice.
The American news services ana
broadcasting chains had been adj
vised some Is minutes before thai
an important announcement was
forthcoming. Earlier German
broadcasts of Allied landings lndl.
Gated what the announcement
would be.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
"A Job For Einstein

II is very probable that Adolf Hitler is re-
sponsible for DR.. Albert Einstein's appeal for
IN international union of intellectuals to lead
the fight for ''the establishment of supra-na-
tional political force as a protection against
fresh wars Of aggression"
Until Hitler came along the worlds great
thinkers were content to devote their talents to
more abstract pursuits than the day-to-day
problems of government. Many of them con-
sidered the hurly-burly Of politics to be be-
meath them, and they were undoubtedly right.
It requires touch more of genius to unlock
the secrets of nature through science, to mold
eur decent instincts into patterns of ethics. to
ovaluate the lessons Of history, than it does to
1T these contributions into practical daily life
But Hitler showed the great thinkers that the
air of bad politics can stifle creative thinking
He showed them that paranoia and gift for
xabble-rousing could pervert enlightened dis
coveries into powerful weapons Of death. He
forced the scientists from their attempts to
bring men a little closer to perfection and turn
ed them to tasks Of destruction.
Hitler has detoured mankind from its mil
lennial march away from savagery to new,
mechanical, super-efficient savagery. Before
that painful march can be resumed. thinkers
who belong in the van must make sure that
Einstein thinks so.
II is too bad that this is So for the thinkers
will have a very hard time of it. They will
rediscover that men are more receptive to rab
Ale-rousing than to reason. They will run int
practical difficulties If they choose to speal
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
BOX
TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW
HANOVER COUNTY

IL Liz
The Medical Staff of the jaime.
Walker Hospital wishes to take thi.
opportunity to express its utmos
confidence in the James Walker
Hospital as an institution. The staff
feels that through contact of it's in
dividual members with the out
standing hospitals in the eastern
United States, it is eminently quail
fled to express an opinion as to the
satisfactory management and func.
ton of their local institution.
We want the public to know that
this hospital, which is their hos.
pital, has an "a" rating with the
American Medical Association and
the American College of Surgeons.
Due to this recognition, it is ap-
proved as an Institution for the
training of intecnees and nurses.
The new wing which has just
been opened gives the hospital los
more beds, an operating pavilion
with four operating rooms, labo-
ratory with full time .pathologist
a modern-out patient department,
and two emergency rooms. These
are just few of the advantages
found in the new addition, which
the Staff thinks is second to none
in the state.
We believe that due to the pre-
e n t war emergency and the
general shortage of man power in
this defense area, services given
to individuals may not be all their
comfort demands as judged by pre-
war standards, but is adequate to
take care Of their physical needs
as patients.
The Staff also wishes to take this
opportunity to express its complete
confidence in the present Board of
Managers of the institution as to
their present policy and their fu-
ture plans. 1t might + of interest
to the public to know that this
board serves without remunera ton.
theirs being a labor Of love. They
have always given unstintinglv Of
their time and ability. During this
acute emergency it would have
been very difficult for the hospital
to have funtioned had not several
members of the board neglected
their business in order to personal
ly supervise the running of the hos
pital
1t is the UNANIMOUS opinion of
the staff that the people in thisl
community are immeasurably in
debted to this institution and it's
board of managers for so splendid
ly taking care of the welfare of
the people under the trying condi-
tons precipitated by the war emer-
gency.
The hospital has enjoyed a long
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
WITH EARNIE PYLE

LONDON, June 4-Delayed)-
Here I've been gallivantin' around
with lieutenant generals again. If
this keeps up I'm going to lose my
amateur standing. This time it is
jimmy DooIttle, who is still the
same magnificent guy with three
stars on his shoulder that he used
to be with a captains bars.
General Docittle runs the Amer
lean Eighth Air Force. 1t is grim
and stupeudous !tL, but he man
ages to keep t!e famous Doo:tttls
sense of humor about it.
Doolittle, as va know, is rather
short and getting almost bald.
Since arriving in England from
Italy he has diabolically started a
couple of false rumors circulating
about himself.
One is that his nickname used to
be Curly" and he occasionally
throws his head back as though
tossing hair out of his eyes. His
ether claim is that he used to be
6 feet tall but has worried himself
down to his present small height in
the past five months.
Jimmy Doolittle has more gifts
than any one man has a right to
be blessed with. He has been one
OF Americas greatest pilots for
more than Is years. He is bold and
completely fearless. Along with
that he has great technical mind
and a highly perfected educat ton
in engineering.
In addition to his professional
skill he is one of the most engag-
ing humans you ever ran across.
His voice is clear and keen, he
talks with animation, and his tone
carries a sense of quick and right
decision.
He is one Of the greatest Of
story-tellers. He is the only man
I've ever known who can tell
stories all evening long and never
tell one you've heard before. He
can tell them in any dialect, from
Swedish to Chinese.
Above all he loves to tell stories
on himself. Here is an example:
The other day he had his plane
set up for flight to northern
England. The weather turned aw-
full, and one of his crew suggested
that they cancel the trip. AS Jim
my said, he would probably have
cancelled it himself, but when the
junior officer suggested it he sort
of had to 60 ahead and 60.
They were hanging around the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
With Ernie Pyle

operations room, getting the latest
reports. The crew thought General
Doolittle had left the room. The
junior officers were talking about
the dangers of making the trip in
such weather. They didn't think
the general ought to take the
chance. And then he overheard one
Of them say:
II don't think the b------ gives a
damn about the weather"
The poor officer almost died
when he discovered that the gen
eral had heard him.
Other passengers said that
throughout the flight this benight-
ed fellow just sat staring at the
floor and now and then shaking
his head like a condemned man.
The general thinks it was Won
derful. No, he didn't do anything
about it, for he was flattered by
the compliment.
But only one thing saved him."
Doolittle gays. IF he had used the
word "old" in front OF b------ I
would'va had him hung"
He tells another one. He was at
a Flying Fortress base one after
noon when the planes were coming
back in. Many Of them had been
pretty badly shot up and had
wounded men aboard.
The general walked up to one
plane from which the crew had
just got out. The upper part of The
tail gun turret was shot away. Gen
eral Doolittle said to the tail-gun-
ner:
Were you in there when it hap
pened?"
The gunner, little peevishly,
replied:
Eyes SIR
As the general walked away the
annoyed gunner turned to a fellow
crewman and said in a loud voice:
Where in the hell did he think
I was, out buying ham sand
wich?"
A frightened junior office,. fear
irg the general might have over
kca1d, said:
MY God, man, don you know
VINO that was?"
Sure I know the tail-gunner
snapped, land I don't give a dawn.
That was stupid question
With which Jimmy Doelittle, the
least stupid Of people, fully agrees
when he tells the story.
Another time The oerer,J uyenf
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
Is Years Ago
Today
from the files
OF the Star-News,
JUNE I, 1919

JUNE :, 1919
Lumina prizes the LID off the ,o,o
season at Wrightsville Beach 's VI
night opening with the first re,., TO-
dance of the season with 'eTSS Ia3r
Elam's 11-piece concert md G 5e
orchestra. '0 oahce
The health budget for Inc n
year, amounting to s35,0ll, , WV
adopted by the board of heaI., was
session yesterday afternoon A m
thousand dollar increase cver ~ , tx
year is shown in the new one '''S
At the annual meeting ~ .
North Carolina Society Of .yalori ae
Danes of America, which eonr .ldl
ed in the city on Wednesday s
following officers were Cscts we
President, Mrs. A. M. WaddsG.
first vice-president, Mrs WIFE,,
Latlmer; second vice-presiosnIt'
Mrs. John VanLauingham. thi4,
vice-president, Mrs. Gilrn4r T pa'
nicer; recording secretary, Mrs
William Latino; corrsspordi.a
secretary, Mrs. W. N. Harisss.
treasurer, Mrs. W. H. Milton. rsa
istrator, Ms. J. W. Williams s0S
historian, Miss Caroline Mea-es'
assistant secretary, Ms. W p
Thorpe.
Mrs. H. G. Winslow and Mise
Marie Pemberton of Fayetteville
are the guests in the city of tbeir
kinswoman, Miss Lucy Murchison
on South Third street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
Invasion Starts

After more than ninety hours OF unlnterrupt-
ed bombing from the air and terrific lombard
ment by Allied warships, the long-awaited in.
vasion of Europe from the west was launched
in the early dawn of Tuesday morning, two
the day four years after the British evacuation
from Dunkerque
So effective had been the preliminary at
tack from the air, so whitening the naval fire
that the enemy's shore batteries are reported
to have offered little opposition Probably, too,
the Allied forces engaged were so overwhelm-
ing that Hitler's fertilization crunbled under
the sheer weight of the attack. With some
four thousand warships and thousands of small
craft moving across the channel, as Prime
with Allied Air Forces in complete control
aloft, an idea of the magnitude of the initial
invasion may be gathered as well as more
definite appreciation of the difficulties con-
fronting the men and the defenses Hitler
gathered against D-day.
Within matter Of hours landings had been
effected along a hundred miles OF beaches
and Eisenhower's troops were pressing inland
The first objective apparently is the ports of
LeHarve and Cherbourg not only because of
their harbor facilities needed for channel
transport in support of the invasion, but also
to take the chief airports of the Normandy
peninsula for continued air operations as the
invasion progresses.
1t is obvious that the Allied High Command
intends to put into this onslaught the same
kind of fire power that characterized the final
drive on Rome but intensified as required
by the greater present need. Preparations for
the invasion have gone on so long, so many
troops have been trained, such great stores OF
supplies and equipment assembled, it is safe
to believe that General Esenhower's order to
attack did not come until he was sure, not
only of final victory, but of fighting the final
battle of the European war with the lowest
possible loss of life.
While we may be certain that every step
has been taken to assure ultimate triumph
over the Hitlerites it would be unwtse for us
to take it for granted that resistance will be
slight or the period of the battle short. Hitler
is prepared to defend the Reich in step-by-
step combat, and his armed forces and equip
ment are far from exhausted. The fighting
ahead will demand every resource of the Allied
nations and the best leadership they have.
It will also demand a sitter pattle at home
than has marked the record of the home
front since the war started. 1t must bring an
end to strikes, to indifference in all circles,
to reluctance to lend a hand in whatever needs
doing to speed the victory.
Particularly must it bring oversubscription
of the forthcoming war bond drive. We cannot
afford to let the fighting forces down now,
and victory is going to cost lot Of money
our money Whatever it costs us will be in
considerable in comparison with the sacrifice
our boys are making today on the French
coast. We are not required to endure wounds,
or suffer death. All that is expected of us is
to serve where we are needed at tasks that
must be done, and invest our earnings in
war bonds.
We dare not falter now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07

ball. Besides Bob Fitzimmons came r m
Australia and is still tradition of the Anneri-
can ring
Australia will not lack for American settlers.
Even if our troops are sent home to be
mustered out of the military service it is safe
to say that many will use their mastering out
pay as passage money back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07

and honorable career and we lee'
that it is entitled to the "noie
hearted support of every member
Of this community. A splendid eH'
ample of this support is the un
selfish work done by members o.
the local Nurses Aides and 'ne
hostesses. These women have gwen
literally of their time and ello,'
to help us maintain better stahu
ard of hospital service. Il,
We feel that with our new 1aclii.
ties the James Walker Hosplta! 10
in better position than ever pe
fore, to render service to the SlcA
OF our community.
Medical Staff OF tH,,
Jam;s Walker HoSplIa'
William Dosher' secretary
Wilmington, n. c.
June s. 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
MOORESVILLE FIRM Low

RICHMOND, Va, June - The
low bid for the contract TO reno
vate and repair two-story build
ing on the grounds of the Shelby
Hospital at Shelby, N. c., to pro-
vide living quarters for II stu
dent nurses, was submitted by
Barger Brothers Construction Com
pany of Mooresville, N. C., az,
cording to information received
by c. L. Vickers, regional director
of the Federal Works Agency. Inc
amount of the bid was S1l,996.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
Fair Enough

(Cdiotr's Note.-Ths Star and thu News accent no
for the personal views Of Mr. PesIer
eno o1ten disagree with them much a. many Of
his readers His articles serve the good purpose Of
making people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07
You're Telling Me

Zadok Dumkopf says that one Of his pet
peeves IN the springtime is that he is always
seeing those Fresh Paint signs - too late
Those coy Turks have learned that Uncle
Sam and John Bull are too busy to waste
much time at counting. Besides, it's Leap
Year.
The Turks seem to have forgotten that pro
longed fence-straddling often leaves one high
and dry.
News items: The United States fleet IN lS44
will attain size larger than the fleets OF tne
rest of the world combined. Wonder how that
sounds when translated into Japanese?
Zadok Dumkopf says that the real VANISHING
American is that customer who was always
right" "a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07

Another time the general went
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-07

Zadok Dumkopf says that the real VANISHING
American is that customer who was always
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16

Lost, Found Strayed

LOST-Ration book No. 3 belong
ing to John Webster Davis. Re-
turn To Ration Board. 2-18
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16
Lost. Found Sfrayed

LOST No ; and ration books
belonging 10 j. o and j. o. Jr.
Mainord and Wanda Hunt. Please
return To Ration Board. 2-18
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16

WANTTD-Bsaaly operator to man
aee shop Phone i8Sl-R, 743
BrlEhton 2-l8
nan WITH seme bookkeeping ex-
pcrienee wanted Tor all night
WoTk Apply Barbara Worth hotel,
Phone f6so 2-23
WANTED-Capable bookkeeper. Al
80 lady 10 answer phone and TO
do general aifiee Work. state age
and qualifications ~ reply. Write
fost-PrgsE Box s.. 2-23
wAN1fD Iaauiy aINralar. calif-
efnia beauty shop. Phone y, 2-23
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16

IOST-B gas book belonging to B.
T. Watson Please return TO Ra-
ton Board 2-19
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-16

LOST-Six books of No. d, belong
ing to w. M, Calberta, Beverly
Jane, Jerry Allen, Villa May,
Hearldine Ayler. Return to Ra-
ton Board. 2-i3