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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
Answer to Question No. 1

one m arriage counselor
studied 669 divorces and found
that the religious marriages had
held together an average Of
7Sl years and civil marriages
only 513 years before divorce.
OF the religious marriages, only
81 per cent ended in divorce by
the end Of the fourth year
whereas by that time IS per
cent of the civil marriages had
gone on the rocks.
Answer TO Question No. 2
In a research I mentioned re-
Gently by psychologist r. II.
Willoughby, he gave tests TO
find how easily one is upset. or
inSulted, and the like, 20 a large
group OF married and unmar-
>ried men and women. lie
Dund the married women dis
Hnctly more emotional than
the unmarried Possibly their
vlVaclty attracted the men, Or,
II may be marriage upset them
and made them more emotional
Draw your own conclusions.
Answer To Question No. 8
Strictly speaking, no.l He is
merely born with qualities
somewhat like those of his par
ents. Plants and animals come
from two cells which unite one
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12

war: the war WAS remote, u
wasn't part OF their lives, and
anyway they were tired OF IL.
He was stranger, he spoke
another language. They seemed
10 resent his uniform. a. though
II were an accusation OF some
h nd"
Mr. FORD says 10 Is a real
vi story that the boy is real.
the town IS real. ! believe il inn
plicitly. ! have seen the same
thing happen in two other wars
and / am hearing OF II now. II
is something / told you would
happen when I first began my
campaign for muSterine-out pay
for the discharged soldiers and
sailors nearly two years ago.
though l had in mind adequate
pay. not the pittance that has
been awarded them.
And one reason / wanted 10
see the discharged service men
given adequate pay and that
frequently mentioned. was the
very civilian attitude that Mr..
Ford describes
! knew that the men would
come home 10 a land that would
seem strange 10 them and 10 a
people who would not want 10
hear about the war because they
were tired Of il and who would
seem 10 resent the uniform.
said they would feel il a re-
prOach TO themselves.
THIS had been the case in all
our other wars. There was
no reason why the situation
should b. any different now,
human nature being what il is.
Perhaps in some cases the
boys themselves, back from the
hell Of war. and still shaken by
their experiences, 81 are critical
of civilian life 10 a degree that
inks the civilians. especially
those who honestly think they
are doing their share IN the war
effort.
TIOSE who are doing this
have nothing with which 70
reproach themselves But un-
fortunately many civilians have
lodged their responsibilities and
continue 20 dodge them. and 10
enjoy luXuries that horrify the
returned warriors. and 10 worry
about things that seem OK
tremely trifling 10 men who
have lived next door 20 death
Besides these there are civil
ians who are embuSques. or
refugees from military or naval
service through devious methods
and civilians who are prohting
in some manner from the war.
And IL is such civilians who
have guilty conScienccS i'm the
pres nce OF battle stained
uniforms and who will later
lead the cutlery against the
veterans as treasury raiders"
when the servicemen seek some
thing more than political sop
that has Just been tossed them.
Copyright 1914 by King Features
Distributed b. International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12
ON THE SIDE

starring Rudolph Valentino,
was revived in New York last
week. Also f1e BIg Parade.
Jack Gilbert Karl Dane and
Tom O'Brien were featured in
this latter film II YOU can re-
member what actress was also
featured in it you have a fine
memory
Now I nave a reader AZ Port
Henry. y. Y. on Lake Cham
plain How is II around that
way in winter? The skating
must be good, | guess they fish
through the ice too. Wonder If
they have ice boats?
IN MILWAUKEE, there is a
4 fashion expert who acts as a
style consultant for women
who are Il little on the plump
side. My informant says she
is really very clever.
Harry Conover. an agent for
models. One of Mr.. Powers
competitors Harry gives most
of the models he represents
ntcknames, believing that aids
them in getting publicity. "Choo
Choo" Johnson owes her nick
name 70 Mr.. Conover lnciden-
tally, the belief only tall girls
are sought as models is not cor
rect There are number Of
models Mho are under 5 feet
6 inches IN height.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12

LETTERS FROM TIMES SOLDIERS

EDITORS NOTE-This is
letter to the gang at the office"
from, one Of the so editors, re-
porters and photographers who
have gone into service from the
Times editorial department. The
Writer5 LIST Sgt. John n. O'Brien,
reporter, Who WGs in Italy at
the time of writinR.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12

war: the war WAS remote, u
wasn't part OF their lives, and
anyway they were tired of 10.
He was stranger, he spoke
another language. They seemed
10 resent his uniform. a. though
II were an accusation OF some
h nd"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-12

IN Oran. | hired a facre com
4 plete with driver with top hat
and mustache
He couldn't understand why,
II Abraham Lincoln wasn't Jew
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
Criminal Leadership

Ordinarily it is fair to assume that labor
unions do not deliberately choose criminals
as their heads even though, frequently, they
do permit vicious characters to retain control
through inertia or because nobody seems to
dare challenge the ensconced cars
The New York local of the Moving Picture
Operators Union seems to be an exception. 1t
has just indicted slate backed by Sam
Kaplan, who 10 years ago sent to the
penitentiary and barred from holding union
office for five years after he had been con-
victed of coercing union members.
Kaplan himself was reelected to the exc
cutve board along with Charles E. Eichhorn,
who was one of those convicted with Kaplan
in 1888 Kaplan's candidates for vice presi-
dent and business agent also were elected.
The situation here is somewhat different than
that often found in labor unions. Ordinarily the
charitably inclined argue that criminals can
machinery of elections. At other times it is
urged that union leaders committed criminal
acts for the benefit of the members and. how
ever unwise this might have been. the bene.
ficiaries can hardly repudiate their benefae.
tors
In Kaplan's case neither of these arguments
is apropos. Through Intervention of the courts.
after Kaplan and two of his bodyguards were
found to be carrying pistols in the courtroom.
they were kicked out and kept out. The men,
bers have deliberately taken them back
Nor were the pistols carried for protection
against enemies of labor" but against labor
itself, because Kaplan and his associates were
ruling dictatorially and squanderng the unions
moneys.
Some contend that if labor unions are given
an opportunity they will clean themselves up,
so there is no need for bringing them under
the same criminal statutes that apply to others.
Here is a specific instance where that is not
true.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17

cost-of-liv1ng induces, It ought to work. But
the sad fact is that nobody believes much in
those induces any more except those who want
to- The Presidents Cost of Living Committee
and C. I. o. study group have investigated
living costs, too. Their findings will probably
be included in the Senate committees hear
ings, and it is already known that the dis
crepancy between their figures and those Of
the Bureau of Labor Standards are consider
able.
If the coming hearings can collect clear
dispassionate array of facts, and recommend
some realistic legislation to help white collar
workers live as we'll as their better organic
ed brothers, it would be a great service to the
entire country. or it would, at long last force
body-labor, business, Congress, and the
Administrations look at our domestic econ
onay it really is, and not as somebody
would like it to be.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
Break-Through

I'm mighty glad the Russians are on our
side,' says the man in the street, reading
the headlines from western Russia and east
ern Poland. And so say we all.
1t looks as though the Red Army may be
achieving that breakthrough which is its real
goal which hitherto although the Germans
have been pushed back from five to seven
hundreds miles, never has come. Territory is
Of minor Importance in this war. 1ntergrated
armies are all-important If the Nazis really
are cracking up in the Ukraine, they can
hardly hope to rally short Of the Bug river.
In order to avoid possible disappointment
in future we should remember, however, that
every mile stretches Soviet communication
lines out longer and brings the Nazis closer
to their sources of supply. As the fighting
moves toward Berlin it is bound to become
tougher going, and slower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
More Shipping Needed

When the American Seventh and the British
Eighth armies invaded Sicily, 5000 ships were
required for the landing. On these figures it
is estimated that $4,000 ships will be needed
to put fifty Allied divisions across the Channel
when General Eisenhower now in London,
launches his offensive against the Germans in
western Europe.
With this tremendous strain upon sea power
in the final thrust against Hitler, it is obvious
that major operation against Japan can
be opened only when the shipyards Of the AL.
lied world produce the shipping needed for it
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
Help For Other Half

Americas white collar workers are finally
going to have chance to speak their piece
about wartime wages and prices The oppor-
tunity will come this month in Washington.
when the Senate Committee on Wartime Health
and Education holds hearings on the plight Of
these estimated 100000 small-salary workers
and small-income pensioners.
It is high time that this was done. For too
long the white collar worker has been hope.
iessy caught in the middle of the price and
pay squabble like an understood referee be.
ing belabored by both principals of heavy.
weight prize fight. Certain congressman,
backed by pressure groups, have forgotten
him in asking for an end Of price restrictions
on this commodity or that. and have cited
instead the boom prices in war industries.
Certain business groups have wept over him in
m effort to prove that labor's exorbitant de-
niands have driven living costs upward. And
certain government groups have perpetuated
the fiction of small, controlled, about-to-be-
rolled-back price rises at the white collar
workers expense, in an effort to keep labor
in line.
White Collardom's day in court should put
an end to much of this pulling and hauling
And it can hardly fail to throw little light
into some Of the murky corners of our stabi.
lization program-which wouldn't be a bad
idea, either.
Here is the situation. Some white collar
workers. the Senate committees investiga-
tors report, have actually received salary
cuts since the Little Steel formula went
into effect This, if true is despicable prao-
tice which should and doubtless will be cor
rected. But such cases form meager minor
ity Most white collar toilers simply haven't
had their pay raised, because the law won't
allow it. They are living, supporting their fami-
lies, paying taxes at January, 1874, level
with September, 1912, money. And it just
doesn't work.
According to Bureau OF Labor Standards
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
Daily Prayer
FOR FITNESS FOR VICTORY

In stern and costly school
Thou, o God, art preparing the
world for a new life of unity and
justice and peace. Probe all our
hearts, one by one, by Thy provi-
dences to an understanding OF Thy
great goals in this world upheaval
which Satan and his legions have
loosed upon us. Thou makest the
wrath of man to praise Thee.
Thou overturnest evil to bring to
pass good. So we beseech Thee
to move upon the heart of every
one OF us, that we may be made
fit for the new era that Thou art
making ready for us. Deepen our
understanding. Quicken our sense
of responsibility. Equip us with a
new and Christly unselfishness.
Make us avid to know Thy will.
So shall We achieve the newness
of individual life that will carry
out Thy plans for a new world.
With confession Of our sins, and
with thankfulness for all Thy help
in times past, We leave this prayer
before Thee, o most holy and low.
ing Father, in the name of the
interceding Christ. Amen.-W. 7. E..
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
BY JOHN SELBY,
"GERMANY AFTER HITLER"
by Paul Hagen (Farrar & Rine-

- ASAS 40
by Paul Hagen (Farrar & Rine-
hart; $3.50.
1t seems unlikely to me that
Paul Hagen's Germany After Hit
ler'' can do much more than mud
dy waters that already are pretty
turgid. Mr.. Hagen has every right
to his opinions-it is his manner
and his method of arguing his
case that 1 object to. For exam
pie
At the beginning of his book
he claims that what is really the
matter with Germany is it's back
wardness. He thinks there is a
large anti-Nazi group in the coun-
try waiting to do something about
their present masters, and he says
that the reason things went wron e
in 1914, and again in 1888, is that
the processes of atization
have been delayed in Germany
because of its position geographic
cally and for other and numerous
reasons. The other lands Of west
ern Europe, and particularly
France and Britain, are farther
along in their social and political
evolution.
But at the end of the book he
arrives at an unprepared conclu-
sion, which is that Germany
wasn't so much worse than those
two countries. since England has
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
TIE Literary Guidepost

piracy in her history, and France
has Napoleon. Mr.. Hagen is no
Nazi, but he disagrees violently
with Lords Vansittart's peppery
denunciation of the German PEG.
pie as rs per cent behind Hitler,
and as bad boys generally.
Further, Mr.. Hagen says the
answer in Germany, after the war,
is demonstration, and that this
will come about only if the United
Nations have the good sense to
permit deep revolution" De-
mocracy imposed on Germany, as
in 1920, won't work, in his opin-
lon: But he also says that the
Weimar republic was sabotaged
by Junkers and industrialists and
the old guard generally, and his
idea that deep revolution will
dispose of these gentry seems, to
me, naive at best.
There also are a good many I'm
supported statements in the book,
as witness, on page 1877: .But this
much is certain: Germany will
not within calculable time attempt
to launch a war to gain revision
OF the defeat suffered now.'' This
step must be rejected on moral
and political grounds he says,
and. would be impossible even
under the most unfavorable peace
terms"
Is there an eclo Of 1919 in the
room?
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
Special Term Of u. S.
Court Held In New
Bern; Cases Completed

NEW BERN. Jan. 16-The sps-
cial term of Federal court called
by Judge I. M. Meekins for the
trial of condemnation suits in
volving issues of value, title and
ownership of property taken over
by the government for military
purposes in this division. was end
ed late Friday afternoon, with
practically all the 289 cases dis
posed of with the exception of a
few continued until the regular
term of court here during April
These continued cases included
those with which was connected
Harris Newman, Wilmington at
torney, who has been i'll for some.
time. .asss
Judge Meekins and other court
officials again expressed gratifi-
cation that the term was expe-
dited so smoothly and satisfac-
torily. In advance, it had been
anticipated as an exceedingly @if-
ficult term but landowners, jurors
and witnesses as well as govern
ment representatives were praised
for their cooperation and fairness.
Instead of dragging out into a
prolonged court, the cases were
heard during two weeks before
Christmas and the one week this
Judge Meekins referred to
the terms success as 'the high
water mark" in his judicial ex-
perience.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
Three For One

recent Washington dispatch reveals that
three federal agencies have united in a cam
paign to mobilize farmers for Woodcutting on
farm lots and for work in the pulpwood and
lumber industries during the slack crop sea-
son.
The project is commendable. Agreement
among three federal agencies is even more
so. But the fact that it requires the combined
efforts of three branches of the American
bureaucracy to get something started is an
example of how things are going in this con-
fused and befuddled nation. 1t reminds one
of the old parody:
l stood on the bridge at midnight
AS full as loaded gun;
Three moons stood o er the city
When there should have been but one.
Is 1t any wonder the American people are
beginning to think someone has dead herring
IN his pocket when three agencies are needed
for the job of one? It is this multiplicity of
bureaus, with their overlapping and inter-
locking performance and their tremendous
payrolls, their squabbles and iealoses, that
make tax bills SO high and cause such wide
spread bewilderment
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI-
|NEA, - by wireless) They must
be introducing me by easy stages
into the rough jungle life of the
Pacific war.
When I left my air-cooled hotel
in Australia for New Guinea, I
figured 1 was now going to be
driving into a green hell. I got
some heavy Marine Corps field
shoes, put away my necktie, drew
leggings and a mosquito head-aet,
and began taking atabrine.
At $3.50 a. m. Lieut.. Col. Philip
La Toilette called for Frank Ma
son, special assistant to the Sec
rotary of the Navy, and me. Ma
son was wearing a sun helmet and
Army khaki when La Toilette
came into the modern hotel lobby
and said:
DR.. Livingstone, presume.
We travelled to New Guinea in a
CAT. which is the cargo model of
the Douglas DC-3 and which is the
truckhorse of the Pacific war as
well as. in the Mediterranean.
From our rear headquarters in
Australia to our forward head
quarters in New Guinea is as far
as from Natal to Dakar, and half of
the route is over water. The war
out here is being run over that
long distance, with high staff Of
ficers shutting back and forth.
In fact, it is such a normal bit OF
committing now that they don't
even bother to require passengers
to wear Mae Vests.
Out here airplanes are the chief
means of transportation. To get
from New Guinea headquarters to
forward airfields would mean a
six-week trip over mountain and
jungle trails by horseback, but it
is only As minutes by air, so whole
divisions are moved that way.
My first day in New Guinea was
totally unlike what I was prepared
for. They are easing me into it
gently by putting me up in the
press correspondents camp in a
coconut grove. There are floored
tents, steak for dinner, and a press
working room in screened hut
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17

AS yet the shipping available for the war in
the Pacific is hardly sufficient for the forces
in General Macarthur command.
Apparently the only circumstances by which
the Allies may deliver a major blow to Japan
is to lure the main Japanese fleet into battle,
and it is quite obvious that the Tokyo war
plotters have no intention of allowing this to
pass if there is any way to avoid it. AS long
as the combined staffs have chosen to settle
with Hitler first, it is not to be expected that
showdown with Japan can be had until that
Job is finished.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
Raymond Clapper Says:
It's Not Always Soft
For War Correspondents

with a sign over the door: Coco
nut Grove Country Club
Six months ago l was camping
in a North African olive grove
on the shore of the Mediterranean.
Now Pm sleeping in a tent under
coconut trees on the shore of the
Coral Sea. But it is not always so
soft for the correspondents.
In the hour after my arrival I
drove in a jeep to military Gem
etery nearby where a number of
those small white crosses are ov-
er the graves of newspaper cor
respondents. Brydon Taves of the
United Press was buried there
just a few days ago. He died as
the result Of an airplane crash.
In all, seven correspondents have
been killed and a number wound
ed here, SO being a war CORES
pondent under General MacArth-
ur's command is not such a good
life-insurance risk.
I talked with several correspond
ents just back from the Glouces-
ter and Arawe landings. Frank
Smith of The Chicago Times got
in tight place and had to spend
some time on top of a tank, ex-
posed to snipers. Phil La Toilette
went into Gloucester on the Sc
cond wave, with a group Of news
paper correspondents. They were
walking down the beach and pass
ed within 20 feet of pillbox
whichs they assumed had been
using machine gun on others
who were coming up.
Around where I am, however,
all is peaceful and quiet and like
Old Home Week. AS our plane
landed in New Guinea from Aus
tralia we were greeted by Col.
Lloyd Lehrbas of General Mac
Arthur's staff, but otherwise just
as we all knew him around the
National Press Club in China in
the '30s. He was in Warsaw when
the Axis attacked.
At the Red Cross hut was an
other old friend, Mrs. Marjorie
Hendricks, who owns the famous
Normandy Farm restaurant near
Washington. She has been a Red
Gross worker at forward airfields,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
RED CROSS NEEDS
200 BILLIONS

Plans to raise the Southeastern
quota of the National Goal Of $780,
100000, the largest sum ever sought
in a single campaign by the Amer
can Red Cross, will be discussed
this week at five regional confer
ences to be held throughout North
Carolina, it has been announced
by Nat c. Wilson, manager OF the
Southeastern area.
The campaign will open MarcN
l and continue through March 81
Meetings in North Carolina have
been scheduled for Asheville. Jan
uary IT: Winston7Salem, January
Is; Durham, January 10; Fayelle'
vile, January 20, and Rocky
Mount, January 81.
Allen J. Carter of Atlanta, region
al director of Red Cross for Norm
Carolina, will conduct the discus
sions. The meetings will be attend,
ed by members of the War fuha
committees of the surrounding
chapters.
Others on the program will De
Edwin H. Powers of Atlanta, as
sistant manager of Fund RAISING
and Public Information Service loI
the area; William Foster, 1lelu
supervisor for North Carolina; Max
Meisel, Jr., Red Cross overseas
club director who has just return,
ed to this country, and five genera
field representatives, O. E. Ropel'S
Of Mars Hill, Miss Mary Philips
of Charlotte, Miss Mary Pegraln o.
Greensboro, Miss Marian Welhei
of Raleigh and Miss Juliet France
of Rocky Mount. .,,
Highlighting the conferences wiz
be talks on Your Red Cross To-
day" and "Your Red Cross in Ac,
ton, in which will be polntso
the magnitude and scope OF ihe
Red Cross domestic and torelg"
program now in operation
The major portion of the lS44
budget, it will be pointed out IS u
be allocated to the services lof
the armed forces, such as military
and welfare service, home service,
and hospital camp and couocH
service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-17
RETURN OF THE NATIVE

CAMP BUTNER, Jan. 16-N-
Back where he started from is
Maj. Benjamin Cozart, of the 44th
field hospital at Camp Butner.
After living in Richmond. Va,
where he attended medical COL
lege, private and industrial prac-
tice in Reidsville, N. c., and II
months as an Army doctor at
Camp Rucker, Ala, he was trans.
ferred here. Just OUTSIDE ~ate
number 8 is the village of Stem,
where the major was born ara
lived for 10 years.