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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
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FOR DEEPENED WAR SENSE

Thou hast given us victories. in
token that we fight on Thy side.
o King over all; ana Thou hast
permitted defeats to our arms. TO
cAasten our confidence. and to
recall us to Thyself By all Thy
providences. whether of victory or
CT defeat, intensity our reliance
upon Thy power. May our faith
not be a shallow thing. shaken by
ever-changing wind of fortune In
the deepest depths of our hearts
may We trust Thee wholly. and
wait patiently for the fulfilment of
Thy promises. Surely, it is more
to Thee that Thy children be drawn
to Thee, our Father, in ever-closer
dependence, than that victories
come invariably to our arms. We
pray for this closer walk with God:
and we pray for our men, in the
fearful stress of battle, that they
may know themselves to be in Thy
companionshfp and care. Hasten
the coming of a peace that will
conform to Thy will; and Thine
will be the glory. Amen.-W.T.E
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
Rough Idea

Official estimate of the destruction caused
by the regrettable American bombing of Schaff-
hansen, Switzerland, places the damage at 49,
100000. That is the dollar loss resulting from
an accidental bombing by a relatively small
force.
Now, as an exercise in astronomical arth-
metic, think of the thousands upon thousands
of tons Of bombs dropped on Berlin and other
Nazi industrial and transportation centers by
repeated raids Try to translate that damage
into dollars
Then ask yourself if you still question the
effectiveness of aerial warfare
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
The Search For Oil

The United States has been supplying about
10 per cent OF the oil and about IS per cent
OF the aviation gasoline used by the United
Nations. The forthcoming invasion of Europe
will quicken interest in the discovery of new
fields The thirst of mechanical war IS un-
quenchable and the pressure on oil resources
unprecedented.
It is interesting to note that the search for
more oil has turned with some success to
the southeast. Oil from Alabama and Missis-
sippi is something new On the petroleum
front
Alabama's first well-giving 50 barrels a
day-was brought in early this year. Missis-
sippi has been producing since 1889. The novel
ty is the discovery of a major pool in Butler
County, Mississippi, halfway between Jack
son, and the southeast corner of the state.
Earlier production had been credited to small
deposits in Mississippi.
Drillers see proof of the new pool In well
flowing 1000 barrels day. The test well
taps a formation similar to the oil-bearing
structures that made Louisiana and Texas
great producers
The search for oil has taken prospectors
across the continent and back again In re-
cent years it has turned in this general direc-
ton. Strikes have been made in Virginia and
Florida Exploration is active in Georgia and
South Carolina.
go west, young man. 60 west might well
have been advice given to pioneer oil pros
pectors. From 1059-the year Colonel Drake
struck oil near Titusville, nsylvania-oil
hunters looked westward for new fields. New
York was a northern exception, beginning its
contribution in 1880
West Virginia, Ohio, and California pools
were tapped in 1876. Then the trend was first
reversed. States that had been passed by were
probed, and became producers-Kentucky in
1888, Colorado in 1887. Kansas, Indiana and
Illinois two years later. A trickle of CONNER
cial production began in Texas in 1889 but
the states spectacular gushers were not open
ed up until 1902.
Oklahoma was added to the roster Of pro-
ducing states in 1891, Wyoming in 1894, N1,chi-
gan in 1900 Since the turn Of the century
the roll has been heightened by several states
with southern exposure-Louisiana in 1902,
New Mexico in 1919, Arkansas in 1920. Mon
tana first appeared on the roll in 1916
in the national production totals, but their
contributions have not been big enough to rate
individual mention.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15

butchers cutting up meat, and three
women who do nothing all day
long but roll butter into little round
balls between two wooden paddles
for serving on individual bread
plates.
This man is Sergt. Joseph Julian
OF Perth Anooy. n. J. He has
run restaurants all over America,
following fairs and exposi-ions. He
has made seven worlds fairs. He
used to run the Taproon in Dallas
and the Silver Rail on Market St.
in San Francisco.
sergt. Milburn Palmer has
charge Of the kitchen. He has been
in the Army seven years. but he
too is restaurant man. He has
the Chicken Shack at Sabinal, Tex,
MS home town.
Odd things happen in an es-
Enlistment this big. One day
Lieutenant Gore saw two captains,
very rough and dirty looking. be-
ing refused service by the girl in
charge OF the cafeteria counter. He
went over to investigate and found
they's just flown in from Italy. He
ordered them served despite their
unconventional (for London) ap-
pearance.
When Willow Run first opened il
broadcast photograph nueic. which
since has been stopped. One day
the British boy who Tipped off the
records went to sleep or something.
and The Star Spangled Banner got
on the the machine. Everybody in
the huge dining room stood I'D
while it played. They had no sooner
sat down than it started again. and
everybody hoped up and stood al
attention. This up-and-down bu--
ness Went on till the record had
played four times.
Finally somebody got The bow
back On the job and something
else on the machine
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
BY JOHN SELBY
"a SOLDIERS DIARY"
Charles Norman (Scribner's; 1.75)

In those days before the war
which now seem more remote than
slavery times, l used to walk at
ter lunch with a remarkable chap
whose chief pleasure at the time
was argument. The usual course
of the walk was from 18th street
and Madison across to Park Ave
nue., where New York newer rich
live, north as far as time
permitted, across to Fifth avenue
where New York's older rich used
to live, and back south. There
were three subjects fo- argument
-Christophec Marlowe, the IN
equal division of the good things
OF life, and poetry. Oftenest the
first two.
The other fellow was Charles
Norman, an "originaF' whose OBJ.
session was Kit Marlowe, whose
avocation was poetry. I main
tanned (and still do) that there
was nothing in poetry that could
not be expressed better in musical
prose, and that if Charley did not
quit talking about XII and finish
lne biography he had begun.
somebody else would do the lob.
Somebody did. '0''
ILLS IS all rather important. It
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
Price Control Act

The Price Control Act expires June 30. Before
it is renewed, it should be amended to cor
rect faults that weaken price and rationing
control, by creating public opposition. Under
the act as it now stands, OPA lawyers have
managed to deny private citizens the right Of
appeal to the courts of the nation for relief
from OPA rulings. OPA officials, in effect,
claim that initiation control is more important
than personal liberty, apparently assuming
that both cannot exist together.
Congress should Immediately correct this
dangerous drift toward oppression. AS the
Smith Committee charged with investigating
executive agencies, warns: The Office OF
Price Administration has assumed unauthoriz-
cd powers to 1egislate by regulation and has,
up a nationwide system of judicial tribunals
through which this executive agency judges
the actions of American citizens =.
1.-THE Office OF Price Administration has
. . managed to take unto itself far more
judicial power than the laws -. could be
construed to grant
1.-THE Office Of Price Administration has
consistently displayed tendency, wherever
conceivably possible, to avoid recourse to
courts of law even to the extent Of stretching
the statutes in some cases beyond all reason
able understanding
This situation inevitably tends to bring the
law into contempt and ridicule and creates
widespread indignation and resentment among
our citizens Such an unfortunate situation will
ultimately lead to complete breakdown Of
the price control law and necessarily retard
the effective prosecution Of the war;
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
Give Vases

Win .ng tonians have searched every nook
and corner Of their home for articles solicited
by the Red Cross for the comfort Of soldiers
stationed in this area, and they have done
splendid job. From checker boards to pianos
through 4 list Of some two hundred separate
items, as often as the Red Cross has made
need known TIE people have found what was
wanted in their attics, cellars or garages
and given it with good will.
Now, the Red Cross has made another ap-
peal. This time it is for vases. They are needed
particularly for the military hospitals, where
flowers are arriving in steady stream to
bring a little more Beauty and solace into life
in the wards But unless there are containers
for them much Of their beauty will be lost.
It's real case Of the flower that is born
to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on
the desert air.
Won't you make one more round Of your
home and collect all the vases you do not
actually need and tell the Red Cross to come
and get them-or, better still, take them to
the Red Cross chapter headquarters in the
Custom House?
Surely you can spare one or two and some
of you may have a dozen not in use. You
may be sure that by~disposing OF them in this
manner they will become a real contribution
to the happiness Of soldier patients in hospital
and soldiers in hospital have a little enough
happiness at best.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
The Literary Guidepost

helps to show that Mr., now 1t,
Norman lived chiefly in his own
mind in spite of numerous earthly
habits. This is the abiding place
OF poets, and "A Soldiers Diary
is proof that the lieutenant is au-
taentlcally a poet. The 38 lyrics
and the one longer flight in the
book have the honest music Of
good poetry, which is a little odd
since their author is also a paint
er of modest attachments, but is
almost tone-deaf, man who
starts at one corner with a given
tune and arrives at the next with
something suspiciously like
monotone.
1t is true that these lyrics, most.
ly written in this country before
an assignment abroad, are espe
-cially remarkable for their trans
lation of color into words. Some
of the images are gorgeous, al
though 1t. Norman is too honest
poet to splash when a more
delicate stroke will answer. IN
de-neath every line there is a feel
ing of solidarity with the upward
social current of the world, but
never a hint of propaganda. And
there is one great poem. 1t is call.
ed "Ask Not Where The Townsmen
Are" and it comes close to being
the perfect picture Of America at
war - twelve lines Of beauty.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
Congressional
'SUTTLETIES'
The inside on the Washington scene Of
interest to the Carolinas.
By HOWARD SUBTLE
Star-News Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, May 14.-Because he feels
that as member of the committee to investi-
gate seizure by the government Of the Chica go
properties Of Montgomery Ward and company,
he should not discuss the matter during the
investigation, Rep. J. Bayard Clark, of Fayette-
vile, has declined an invitation to discuss the
governments war powers on the American
forum Of the air.
Now that I am a member Of the commit
tee Clark declared, II cannot be publicly pre-
JUDGED in this matter
But Rep. Charles S. Dewey, Republican,
Illinois, author of the resolution and member
of the Ward probers, has accepted the invita-
ton and will go on the air when the program
is arranged to further emphasize his conten-
ton that the government was without authori-
ty under the war powers act and the ConnaLy-
Smith anti-strike law to seize Wards.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
"REPRIEYE" COMING

So delighted are most members of the house
with the manner in which the Cooley commit
tee has handled the FSA study and report
that there seems little doubt they will follow
his suggestion to continue the agency as it
now stands until congress can have the oppor-
tunity to act upon the FHC proposal.
1t is accordingly, apparent that FSA will be
given "reprieve'' when the joint house-sen-
ate conference on the agriculture appropria-
ton bill is reported, probably some time next
week.
The house, in originally enacting the agri
culture appropriation measure, declined to ap-
proprlate for FSA functions. The senate IN
serted funds for the agency, however, and
this is one of the differences to be ironed out
by the conference, of which Cooley is also a
member.
The "cooperative'' or Community farm
projects, embracing the Cooley designated
"collectivist' idea also includes the Tugwell-
inspired communal farms, labor camps and
government owned factories - promotion OF
which, a report of the Cooley committee issued
this week declared, brought destitute farm
families Sin search of the promised lano' IN
m anv instances, to find desolation and olsap-
pointment which they had not heretofore
known
In event congress approves the lelipo ,
FSA extension pending action on the ny pr
posal. it will no doubt be under a gentlemen
agreement that plans will go forward ioI
liquidation of the RECOMMENDATION features OF
farm security. - VS.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
TelevisiOn And The Future

Postward planning in the televison industry
has stirred up bitter fight which has ragged
without much publicity for several weeks. The
basic question is whether the present type of
television will continue, or whether-and when
sets Of considerable improvement will be
made available.
The fight began when the Columbia Broad
casting System proposed that the task Of eli
mnating technical bugs be divided among var
ious laboratories now. In this way, CHS con-
tends, high-frequency tranmission of larger,
clearer, more detailed images in color as well
as black and white might be ready after the
war ends.
When television improvement comes, as it
seems bound to, it must come upstairs" in
the radio spectrum. And this Improvement
will make present television equipment not
gradually obsolescent, as was the case with
radio development, but suddenly and complete
ly worthless. So CHS opposes manufacture and
marketing OF prewar-type televison instru-
ments while leisurely improvements are made
The Federal Communications Commission,
which divides and assigns the radio spectrum,
is in general agreement with CBS James L..
Fly, FEC chairman, has stated his opposition
to any freezing OF televison standards at their
present level for the sake Of selling present
model SETS
Opponents Of the CHS proposal include Off
Gals of the Television Broadcasters Associa-
ton and the National Broadcasting Co. Their
arguments include the contention that present
television standards satisfy legitimate de-
mands; that manufS cturers now engaged in
war work, cannot BE- expected to work on high
frequency improvements as well; that such
work would deny employment to returning
veterans.
Improved television is destined for a great
future in entertainment and education In its
commercial application advertisers will have
to compete with the movies in entertainment
and with color photography in effectiveness
They are going to want the best. So is the
public. And those why buy receivers would be
rightfully indignant if they discovered after a
few years that their expensive prewar-type
equipment had become SO much junk.
Pioneer manufacturers and broadcasters
have invested some $4,000, 900 in television;
the public investment is around 100000. The
longer present television standards remain,
the bigger that investment will become and the
more reluctant manufacturers and broadcast.
ers will be to inaugurate improvement.
1t would seem sensible to scrap that invest
ment now rather than wait decade until il,
has grown into billions, as it undoubtedly will
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
Gregg Cherry Opens
Two Campaign Offices

RALEIGH. May IA LR The
state headquarters of Gregg Cher
rvs campaign for governor an
nounced today opening Of local
campaign headquarters i'll ROCKY
Mount with H. H. Strandberg as
manage and in Salisbury win
Miles Smith and Walter Garter as
co-managers.
Also announced was the f0rma-
ton of Cherry-for- governor cluos
in Rutherfordton and Lincolnton
and the appointment of Mrs. John
Warner of Greenville as chairman
OF the Pitt county woman S division
John R. Schrum is president Ct the
Lincolnton club
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
With Ernie Pyle

why he left food on his tray. And
if it should happen a third time,
well, the lieutenant showing me
around shook his head gravely and
said, Il hate to think what they'd
do to him" It hasn't happened
three times, yet to anybody.
The general who commands all
thece Army messes really means
business on this food Wastage. He
comes around every day or SO and
inspects the tihroWaways. If there
have been complaints from the
diners that a certain item wasn't
good the general will say, The
hell it Isn't" and pick up something
from the discard and eat it him
self.
I seldom eat in Willow Run, be-
cause they've got me scared to
death. I'm such a small eater
never can get the girls behind the
counter to put little enough on my
tray. The result is l eat till I'm
bullying and sick.
This vast Willow Run is operated
by three Army officers, a WAC
dietitian. seven sergeants and about
500 British employees, men and wo-
men both.
The boss is Maj. Walter Stand
bury, who was vice-president of the
Hotel Goldsboro, in Goldsboro, N.
C. He is assisted by Capt. Frances
Madden, who was executive assis-
tant at the Kenmore in Boston for
II years, and Lieut.. Truett Gore,
assistant manager of the Hilton 80
tel in Ell Paso. The dietitian is
Lieut.. Ethel Boelts of Archer, Neb.
l didn't get to meet all the GER
geants, but was shown around by
three of them. They are executives
ever their special departments and
have dozens of people working
under them.
Sergt. Carroll Chips runs the
bakeshop, where they bake around
10000 rolls and cakes per meal
He owns Rand's Restaurant and
Bakeshop in Morgantown, W. Va,
and his wife runs it while he's
over here baking his head off.
Another sergeant has charge of
preparing all the food for cooking
You go into his department and
you'll see 20 women in one room
peeling potatoes, roomful OF
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
GARDENER APPOINTED

NEW YORK, May 14.-(P)-Gen-
eral George Grunert, command g
General of the Eastern Defense
Command, announced today the
appointment Of Major General Full
ton @. c. Gardner as commanding
general of the northeastern sector
of the command. He succeeds Ma
jor General Kenneth T. Blood, who
has been assigned to the War De-
partnent.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
BY ERNIE PYLE

LONDON, -(by wireless)- This
will give you a rough idea as how
big we have got over here:
In London's West End there is
mess for American officers. They
believe it to be the biggest Army
officers mess in the world. Some
times they serve 5000 meals a day.
Transients in town on leave do
eat at this mess, but the bulk of
the diners are officers from our
headquarters stats in London-and
not all our stats are in London,
by any meanc
This vast dining room seats near
ly a thousand people, and some
times it will be emptied and re-
filled in one continuous operation
during one meal. The mass of
humanity flows through so smooth
ly that the mess is affectionately
known as willow Run"
This mess is in Grosvenor House
one of London's biggest hotels. The
dining room is just one vast space,
with no pillars in it, 1t is two stories
high. with a balcony running around
it. On one side of the balcony is a
bar.
Willow Run is operated cafeteria
style, but you eat at tables seating
four, on white linen and with every
thing very civilized, Every meal
costs the same-50 cents. Every
body says it's the beet food in
London. A flossy hotel would charge
So for less.
The food is about what you have
back home - pork chops, mashed
potatoes, sometimes fried chicken,
once in a while steak. I've had
enlicted men tell me the Army
messes in London are better than
in America All the food except
vegetables, is from America.
Willow Run believes it has the
lowest Wastage rate in the world.
They make fetish of your eating
every bite you take. They aren't
joking about it, either. Three Off
GERS walk up and down the dining
room constantly. If they catch
somebody leaving something on his
tray they take his name and turn
him in. He gets warning letter.
If a mans name is turned in
twice he has to explain formally
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
REPORTED KILLED

STOCKHOLM, May 14.-LF-A
Bern dispatch to the Swedish news
paper Allehanda said today that
Klaus Doenitz, eldest son of Ger
man Admiral Karl Doenitz, SUI
preme commander of the German
navy, had been killed when a Brit
lsh destroyer attacked a German
motor torpedo boat recently.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-15
rs Years Ago
Today
(From the files
of the Star-Newsl
MAY Is, 1919

MAY Is, 1919
Mrs. D. Russell Pope and chill
dren, who have been spending
sometime at her home. Airlie-o1-
the Sound, returned to New York
last night.
Capt. Robert Strange and Cap.
Clement C. Brown, have landed
a. New York aboard the transport
Santa Cecilia and are now al Camp
Uptou, Long Island.
Brg;adie- General Crawford. ore
Ct the biggest and most popular
figures OF the Salvation Army VIII
DC among those to visit Whining
ton during the Army campaign
which will begin here next Monday
Washington-Six additional ships
are to be allocated by the ship
ping beard to the South Atlantis
Maritime association. giving II
fleet of seven vessels for Soutn
American trade out of Wilmington
Charleston, Savannah. Brunswick
and Jacksonville. Additional ships
will be assigned as business deve--
ops.