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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27

coMEwHERE IN FRANCE-(by
Shipping, as lar as
know. is recognized as legl'lllia..
mesns of warfare. And yet mere
is something sneaking about IL 'has
a,,t,aoes the american sense OF
fairness. .eoo
we landed in France ana Degan
r,,shing the Germans back we
have had snipers before-in BlzerIe
and Casino and lots of other
places. But Nv avs on sman
scale.
Here in Normandy the Germans
have gone in for sniping in whole
sale manner. There are snipers ev-
erywhere. There are snlpers IN
trees, in buildings, in piles OF
wreckage, in the grass. But mainly
they are in the high, bushy hedge
rows that form the fences of all
the Norman fields and line every
roadside and lane.
It is perfect sniping country. A
man can hide himself in the thick
fence-row shrubbery with several
days rations, and it's like hunting
a needle in a haystack to find
him.
| Every mile we advance h e
are dozens of Shippers left behind
us. They pick off our soldiers one
BY one as they walk down the
roads or across the fields.
1t isn't safe to move into a new
bivouac area until the snipers
have been cleaned out. The first
bivouac 1 moved into had shots
ringing through it for a full day
before all the hidden gunner were
rounded up. 1t gives you the same
cpooky feeling that you get on
moving into a place you suspect
OF being sown with mines.
In past campaigns our soldiers
would talk about the occasional
Shippers with contempt and disgust.
But here sniping has become more
important, and taking precautions
against it is something we have
had to learn and learn fast.
One officer friend of mine said:
Individual soldiers have become
sniper wise before, but now we're
sniper conscious as whole units. ~
Shippers kill as many Americans
as they can, and then when thei1
food and ammunition run out they
surrender. To an American that
isn't quite ethical. The average
American soldier has little feeling
against the average German sol
dier who has fought an open fight
and lost. But his feeling about the
sneaking snipers can't very well
be put into print. He is learning
how to kill the snipers before the
time comes for them to surrender
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27

river and the neutrality-suspicious.,
railway They have moved north-
ward and now are joining in H..
assault on Mogaung.
"A Chinese force is moving !,
from China across the sa1w.on
river apparently to join tho Moa,
aung-Myitkyina force someu,b.'.
In the neighborhood of Bhamo ~
the south. This would link Tho
Burma road with the new 1ad.
road the Americans are build;u 49,
down from the northwest, ard thrs
reopen supply route 10 Chin. '''0S
Actually the first stage IN +b;.
complicated operation seems ''. -
have been won. The largs ~; -
field near Myitkyina is il A,Gas
hands and is in operation IN son s.
extent. '0'''e
The use Of this field as An -.
vance refueling base for snnn nI
planes flying the hump into Cbin hin,
IS expected materially to incressa
the flow of supplies. Even attsr
the Ledo road is joined with IN.
Burma road, the route probahl,
will serve principally as a sr]nnlr
line for the aerial transport OPERA.
lions which are likely to continr.
carrying the bulk of Allied s,,n
plies into China.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27
Spoilsport

Sopebody is always taking the jog out Of
life. Now it is DR.. j. Parker Van Zandt, one
time consultant to the CAB, who says that
the North Pole is not going to become the
crossroads Of international iii travel.
One Of our solaces, in these drear and sultry
weeks, has been the supposition that as soon
as the war was won. we could hop into a
plane any day from any place and know that
it would stop in at the Pole, where we could
at will, stop over for a cool rest and bit
Of skiing, skating, sliding, snowshoeing or per-
haps modelling snownen.
What's the use of ending the war, if we
can't go to the Pole without hiring an air
taxi?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27
Signs Misleading

An observer in Berne notes signs Of a
change among Nazi party members, as re-
ported to him by someone who has succeeded
in leaving Germany after making six-month
study Of conditions in the Reich.
Outwardly, this informant is reported as re.
veali1g, the power of the party seems still
to be increasing, yet there are some changes
visible; they may seem slight, but if you
study them closely you cannot fail to identify
them as symptoms of coming fall''
Many party members, it appears, live in
an "unmistakable state Of nervous tension"
They realize they are fighting for their lives.
They know that if they lose they must face
workers in Hitler's war industries and de-
serters among their own people.
Contrary to the easy assumption that this
presages collapse Of the party it seems rath-
er to point out that the party whatever its
fears and tribulations, will fight the harder
to survive. Desperation will lend strength to
its efforts.
The only thing that might be expected is
showdown, il defeat, between the Nazis and
the Prussian militarists with the latter tri-
umphant because Of their greater skill at arms
and their inbred determination to go on fight
ing as they have for so many years, when
ever they can muster enough strength to
make new war.
The Nazis will die hard There is no Doubt
OF that. But with them dead as a party
there will still be tremendous job to do in
Germany. The militarists, as such, must still
be reckoned with. Until they are completely
overqowered, disarned and policed there can
be no hope OF permanent peace in Europe.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27
japanese March On

News from Normandy, from Russia is all
good.
Allied forces are gaining at all points--ex-
cept China.
News from China is anything but satisfac-
tory If there is not sudden change there,
the Japanese will sooa have cut off ca tern
China from Allied occupation and the war in
the Orient be prolonged indefinitely.
That is to say it will be prolonged il, as
we are led to believe from current summaries
of Allied strategy, eastern China is needed
for bases from which Japan may be assaulted
from the east. The drive by MacArthur's and
Ninaitz' forces, which have met such extra
great amphibious landings in China for PING
er attack on Japan from east and west. II
eastern China is closed obviously there will
either be long -drawn-out campaign from the
west alone or, possibly, stalemate with Chi
ma driven out of the war.
This is why the Japanese have launched
their offensive along the Peping -Hankow-Ca
ton railway. It is the last major operation
from which they can hope to impose definite
check upon the Allies. Naturally they r e
throwing into it the best of their armed forces
ard material and, as the situation now is.
stand good chance Of achieving their pur-
pose.
Changsha has fallen after five years Of re-
sstance. The Japanese are at the gates Of
Hengyang, vital railway junction, ninety
miles below. Obviously they will continue to
concentrate their chief efforts upon possess
ing. the remaining two hundred miles Of the
railroad, even though they stretch through wild
and barren land where guerrillas, if free to
act, could impose heavy damage upon Ja2a-
nese transport. The point to be remembered
is that having expended major efforts to OBJ
tain the line the Japanese would not fail to
infest these bad lands with forces outnumber-
ing Chinese guerrilla bands and use the rail-
way anyway.
They would do this not only to block Allied
efforts to establish bases to the east but also
to have a land route from the north to Swa-
tow, Canton, Hong Kong, Hainan and into Ma
laya, since their shipping has been demoralized
and their Navy has suffered crushing blows
war to rush relief into Chinas most threat
ened battle zone is not clear, but it is to be
doubted that the Allied high command will
stand idly by and watch Japan gain complete
the Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27

We should not think that we have been pas
sively attacked but that we have actively pull.
ed the enemy toward us.
Tokyo radio, after Japan bombing.
We must again make it unqualified attrac.
tive for every man and woman to work. to
think to invent and to create.
Eugene E. Wilson, chairman Aeronautical
c. OF c. of America.
There is clear prospect that the home front
armies management and labor will mobi-
lie and march against each other as soon as
the war of liberation is won.
Donald r. Richberg. former MIRA chief.
To any threat to impair the freedom of learn
ing, teaching and thinking free men can offer
no a2peasement, no compromise, no halfway
measures.
DIR. George D. Stoddard, N. Y. commissioner
Of education
The task Of representative of the people
in a democracy is not to blow down to the
lower and more selfish forms of what is call.
ed public opinion but to guide and inspire that
public opinion so that it may rise to constantly
higher levels.
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler, president Co.
lunbia u.
Together with our Allies we will 60 on to the
end and the end will be the more terrible for
our foes the longer the struggle continues and
the longer this war is protracted
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
We must not allow our minds to become 50
distracted by the war that we forget the at
fairs of government and thereby open the
doors for the INSCRIPTIONS to exploit their
schemes throughout our country.
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Carl v.
Weygandt.
It is travesty on history ever to say that
America was forced into the war. America
provoked Japan to such an extent that the
japanese were forced to attack the Aneri-
cans at Pearl Harbor. Everyone knew where
Americas sympathies were
| British Production Minister Oliver Lyttle-
| ton.
Liberty lies in the hearts Of men and wo-
men; when it dies there, no constitution, no
law, no court can save it; no constitution, no
law, no court can even do much to help it.
Federal Judge Learned Hand OF New York.
/ Satisfactory as is the progress OF TINS Gin
vasion) battle to date, in magnitude 1t is but
mere beginning to the TREMENDOUS struggles
that must follow before final victory is
achieved.
i General Eisenhower.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27
BY JOHN SELBY
"a WALK IN THE SUM-" by
Harry Brown (KnOpf: S2).

=
Harry Browns novelette,, "a
Walk in the Sum- is like one of
those Oriental cymbals which,
when struck, gives a small funda-
mental tone, enriched in second
ky numerous and complicated
overtones.
Basically, it is only brief mar
rative describing the landing of a
platoon on the shores Of Italy, and
its six-mile walk through the
woods to farmhouse which is its
objective. There the platoon finds
the Germans we'll dug in, and goes
about the business Of dislodging
them and blowing a nearbv bridge
the bridge is apparently the rea-
son for the assignment. although
the members of the platoon are
not sure. They reason it out that
way.
But that ic, so to speak, mere
ly the fundamental tone. Mr..
Browns book has more to offer.
For one thing. it is study of
the mind of the soldier, effected
by reporting the conversation and
small actions of the men as they
slip through the woods. This is
wonderfully we'll done-the surface
c1everness of the talk (and dou-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27
The Literary Guidepost

ble-talk) is put down without de-.
stroying the important underlvins
seriousness, and with a good ear
for the speech of the various tvnes
forming the platoon.
There is also study in leader.
ship. On the way to the beach
the lieutenant in command makes
a slip and is killed The sergeant
next in command is good sol.
der; he elects to 60 for instruc.
tons, and is also killed. Command
descends to Sgt. Porter, who is
punch-drunk. He is ready to crack
and before the platoon is hallway
tc the farmhouse, he has cracked
Almost automatically, command
falls upon Cpl. Tyne, who is the
best man of the lot. The author
makes you see this without labor.
ing his point, mel ely through the
things the corporal does and says.
The abrupt and terrible neces.
sity Of sending men to gamble
with death comes twice to Cpl.
Tyne, once when a wandering Ger.
man tank appears unexpectedly.
and again when the farmhouse is
reached. The corporal accepts the
necessity. He proves himself fair
and firm and shrewd. Mr.. Brown
makes him this without setting
him apart with humanity in any
Way.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27
Daily Prayer
FOR INTERVENTION

With hearts torn and bruised by
the news of wars increasing hor-
rors-death' and destruction every
where, and our own dear onee
laying down their promising lives
we turn to Thee in desperate
need, o merciful Father, Ruler
over all, to plead that Thou wilt
stretch forth Thine almighty arm,
to bring to a speedy end tn i S
world wide horror. Only Thou
canst save us. All power is with
Thee. Intervene to grant speedy
victory to the forces which fight
on the side of mercy, justice, lib
erty and a good world. All of our
efforts are vain without Thee.
Clear all our eyes that we may
perceive Thy part in this chaster-
ing war. Humble our hearts to
lowly obedience to Thy supreme
Will. Hear our prayer, o God.
which we offer in the name of
the compassionate Christ. Amen.
-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27
With Ernie Pyle

AS a matter of fact this part Of
France is very difficult for any,
thing but fighting between small
groups. It is a country of little
fields, every one bordered by a
thick hedge and high fence of
trees. There is hardly any place
where you can see beyond the field
ahead of you. Most of the time a
soldier doesn't see more than a
hundred yards in any direction.
In other places the ground is
flooded and swampy with a growth
of high. jungle like grass. In this
kind Of stuff it is almost man-to-
man warfare. One officer who has
served a long time in the Pacific
says this fighting is the nearest
thing to Guadalcanal that he has
seen since.
Thousands of little personal sto-
ries will dribble out of D-Day on
the Normandy beachhead. A few
that l pick up from time to time
I will pass along to you.
The freakiest story I've heard is
of an officer who was shot through
the face. He had his mouth wide
open at the time yelling at some
body. The bullet went in one cheek
and right through his mouth with
cut touching a thing, not even hi:
teeth, and out the other cheek
That sounds dreadful, but actual,
the wound is a fairly slight ons
and the officer. will be in actor
again before very long.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27
Interpreting
The War
BY JAMES D. WHITE
Associated Press Staff Writer
Substituting For Kirke L.

SlulpSUuJ
A first-class showdown with the
Japs is cooking in the sultry
jungles of northern Burma, mill
tary observers believe.
1t may not come until the rains
1ecede this fall, but its first stages
already are being fought, and the
outcome will decide whether more
supplies go into CHINA very
important matter in view of the
rapid strides the Japanese are
making in southeast China.
Slowly, isolated japanese garri-
sons are being blasted out of the
twin strongpoints Of Morgaung and
Myitkyina by Allied troops-in-
Guiding American, Chinese, Indian
and native Burma levies.
These troops include the air
borne Chindits which some time
ago were dropped considerably te
the south to cut japanese com
munic atoms up the 1r--aWadd,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27

The ,Uorld wenf mad. -.
Hate, hunger and misery darkened
the sun.
Children walked the streets of
Europe -.
Sleeping on doorsteps, searching for
crumbs.
Then out of the NesO World came new
hope. ..
To join the nations at war for right
Came young giant called America.
Big as the prairies, big as the hills.
Free and angry and unafraid.,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27

to the average male ego, if catalogue could
be compiled showing how many men who have
achieved greatness or even fleeing acclaim
owed their success to self-effacing wife.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27

He rolled up his sleeves; he spit on his
hands 80.
And then he out-produced the world
In the awful but needful weapons of war.
The wrath and the might of his people
grew -.
On land. at sea. in the boundless air.
Nov he is marching on Europe 80.
Side by side with staunch allies,
Now he is at death grips
With the cruelest foe man ever faced.
Now he needs every ounce of his
strength. -:
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-27

And because YOU are his strength
Now you can help as never before 80.
by doing YOUR part. by digging deep.
by buying more bonds than ever before!...
Buy bonds and be mighty, america 80.
Buy bonds and be proud
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02
END PLANS
COMMUNITY SING

The public is invited to the third
of series of community sings by
the West End Community club in
conjunction with the War Recrea-
ton committee tonight at 7:30 at
the Chase Park House.
Dancers from the Regina Leonard
dancing school and program by
G. Loring Burwell will be featured
at the sing which will be dedicated
to West End boys in the armed
forces. Arrangements are in charge
of Mrs. Mary Pepin and Mrs.
Thelma Kroha.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02
Walter WincIleIl
In Ne1v York

and three careful historians Of the
past Life Is seldom lived as 1t
Is planned - and history Is seldom
made by the men who write ats
books.
The people who are going to live
in land RUM the future world are
not planning 1t In safe capitals.
They are fighting for 1t on the bat
tlefields--the battledecks- the
backgrounds They are not
fighting for different lines on q
map They are fighting to rid
the world Of a brain disease known
as dictatorship A disease fatal
to the dignity Of man And thye
know that disease too we'll to be-
lieve that it win die merely be-
cause its armies are defeated and
scattered.
Before we plan for the next gen.
Grafton we had better wait to learn
what they plan for themselves d.
Maybe they do not want the peace
planned-by the generation from
which they inherited a war. The
post war planning boards must face
this fact The present genera
ton Is not fighting for the rights
Of the old generation It is
fighting for the liberty of the new
one.
The Peace must be made by the
men who paid for Victory.
In an attempt to tener this coun-
try King Carol (plus press agents.
proclaimed he is anti-Nazi {.
When we made public Carols pro-
Nazi record he and they denied 1t.
The other day the H. Trib re-
ported that the Nazis are using
various fronts to store money in
the Western Hemisphere. This
money is used to finance sabotage
and espionage activities here. And
King Carol Is one Of the Nazi
stooges for this work The Nazis
allowed him to go to Mexico in
exchange for certain favors {.
One OF the favors being his aid to
the Nazis in storing their funds
in this hemisphere.
And this1l give you some idea
of the guys versatility and char
acter -. Besides playing ball with
the Mays, he is now playing footy
with the Commies.
A pal, who has to remain name
less for obvious reasons, was tell
ingm us of the methods used by
some brass hats within the army to
sabotage the more modern and pro-
gressive trend in the war effort :.
For instance, a number Of the old
timers don't like the governments
movies, but they are must. They
must be shown to all the men :.
Soon one occasion-a c. o. Or
dered whole slew of them to be
shown to the men at a single sit
ting! Nine hours straight Of
training films without inter-u- lion
or rest No wonder the soldiers
griped and hated all War Depart
ment pix.
REPUBLICAN SLOGANS
Give 'em the gate-in forty-eight!
He's sure to be through-in fifty
two!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02
SHORTHAND IN OLD ROME

Cicero, Roman orator, was aided in
his work by a secretary who devised
a shorthand system to record CT
cero's speeches as he dictated them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02

For the past % years have endeavored to bring you
Americas finest wearabes for children from cradle to high
school graduation From time to time have enlarged
space We proud to have grown to be of New
Englands largest childrens specially stores.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02

REPUBLICAN SLOGANS
Give 'em the gate-in forty eight!
He's sure to be through-in fifty
two!
In fifty -six-Oh, fiddlesticks!
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-16
Seniority Rights
Proposed For
All Servicemen

DETROIT, Nov. 16. CUP)-The
Chrysler corporation has proposed a
labor contract clause stipulating
that disabled war veterans who be-
ccme new employees receive senior
ity rights with the company equiva-
lent to the length of their service in
the armed forces.
The proposal was submitted by
Robert W. Condor, Chrysler labor
relations director, to the United Au-
tomobile Workers CCIO) for inclu-
sion in a new contract on which ne
gotiations soon will begin.
The present contract provides
only for veterans who formerly were
employed by the company.
Contlor also proposed that re-
employed war veterans who are as
signed new jobs because of war
incurred disabilities be guaranteed
seniority rights they would have OBJ
tanned upon return to former jobs
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-16
MEETING ASKED TO MAP
RECLAMATION POLICY

DENVER, Nov. 16. CUP)-The
18th annual convention of the Ma
tional Reclamation association here
was asked to establish a sound pol
icy that would be equally applica-
BILE" to all reclamation projects
throughout the west.
The request was made by F. o.
Hagie, secretary manager of the as
Sociation. after he pointed out that
difficult" technical question had
developed on the central valley
reclamation project in California.
Hagie told the convention that
the question was whether the 160-
acre land limitation clause of the
federal reclamation act should ap-
ply to supplemental water projects
in areas where farm pattern has
long been established
Representative CT both eastern
and western water interests were
present at the convention, which
opened Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-16
WAGER RECORDS BROKEN

NEW YORK, Nov. Is. (UP)-Al-
most every betting and attendance
record was shattered during New
York's fabulous 190-day racing sea-
son, unofficial figures revealed. A
crowd of 27,369 fans, who wagered
$3,099,332 on yeserday's getaway
day card, brought the big apple
circuits betting total for the year
to $4l0, 0,230,452, an all time high
and record average of $2,17053l
daily. In 1943, regarded as an un-
beatable season, figures for the
same period were 1884 ,635 81l, daily
average of $l,498,083.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-16

The substitution by Army Ord
nance of web gun sling for the
traditional leather gun sling has re-
suited in a saving to taxpayers of
more than $5,000,00o over the past
two years, says Brig. Gen. A. G..
Gillespie, commandant of the Wat
ervilet, New York, arsenal.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-16
WAR DURATION ORDINANCE

CHICAGO, Nov. 16. CUP)-Cin-
|cinnati recently adopted a war;
duration ordinance authorizing the
city manager to use regular employ
ees during their vacation periods
and holidays where there is a man
power shortage, according to the
public administratio clearing house
These employees will receive extra
pay.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-16
DEATH = FUNERAL
NOTICES

GREER, Paul V.-Died last Satur-
day in Los Angeles. He is sur
vived by his wife and three chill
dren; his father; three sisters
and three brothers. Military SER
vices will be held at Lemons Chap
ell in Ell Centro at 2 pm. Friday
Lemons Mortuary is in charge.
11-17
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-16

FARMERS! sell extra produce
through a PoSJ-RresS want ad. Mail,
bring or phone your ad. just say
Charge it,.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-16

WANTED-Working ranch foreman
for 500 acre ranch. Answer in own
handwriting. Give reference in
answering. Address Post-PreSs
Box 512. 1l-l8
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-16

WANT LAUNDRY WORK to be
done at her home. 126 Brighton.