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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-30
PRESIDENT BACKING
SALE OF r. b. SEALS

New York-President Roosevelt
this week asked the American
people to join with official and
voluntary agencies in the fight
against tuberculosis which he said
s taking "a tremendous toll of
lives in the war-torn countries of
Europe and Asia"
81 Supporting the 18th Annual
Christmas Seal Sale of the Nation
al tuberculosis Association and
It's affiliates which opens this
week and will continue until
Christmas, the President said in
q statement issued by the associa-
lion that this country cannot af-
ford to permit the strength of its
people to be Slapped by this insid-
ious disease"
q The Presidents statement:
q tuberculosis is today taking a
tremendous toll of lives in the
.War-torn countries of Europe and
Asia. We must not permit this to
happen here. We cannot afford
to permit the strength of our peo-
pie to be Slapped by this insidious
disease.
knowing that tuberculosis has
increased after all past wars, we
must act now to prevent its
spread. We can do this by join
ing with official and voluntary
agencies in their fight against tu-
berculoSiS.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-30
POST WAR TRAINING
IN NAVY is URGED

Washington - Secretary For
restal gave the navy's unqualified
endorsement to postwar military
training for every physically fit
young man.
y In a statement prepared for
broadcast Forrestal said the navy
considered such training Sim
perative."
saThe navy" the secetary said,
believes every physically fit
young man should be given mill
tary training as a national life IN
surance policy, contribution to
our country's security. We think
of this training not merely as a
sensible precaution-we think it
is imperative. :"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-30

Pvt. CIeIl C.. Bare, 20, son of
Mrs. j. A. Howell, of Jefferson,
was killed i'm action some
where i'm France ON August 4,
where he was serving with
the Infantry, according to a
message received recently by
his mother. Pvt. Bare had
previously been reported
missing in action. He had
been i'm service since October
6, 1913, and overseas since
March.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-30
STRIKES LAST MORyfH
CAUSED BIG LOSSES

Washington - The Labor De-
partment reported this week that
there were 440 strikes in October,
involving 100000 workers.
The work stoppages cost $50, 900
man days of idleness, or approx
imately 9-100 of one per cent of
the available time, the bureau
added. A strike of maintenance
workers in a large number of De-
troit plants involved the greatest
numb of workers, with strikes
in the Toledo, Ohio, are contrib
uting {: substantial portion of the
total.
WA BONDS buy them
first II huV what YOU need.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-30

Although earlier seedlings are
preferable for most small grains,
there is still time to seed some
crops, says DR.. E. r. Collins, Ex-
tension agronomist.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-30

It saves a coat to unfasten it
when sitting in it for any length
of time. This lessons strain at
both the hips and the shoulders
and prevents stretching and sag
ging.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-11-30

WAR BONDS for your Sc
curity tomorrow-buy today!
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
Postwar Plane Trips

While the hows and who's of postwar avia-
ton remain red hot unsettled questions, Pan
American Anyways is looking ahead. In fact
the company has fixed up timetable for
round the world flights beginning July Is, 1948.
Round-trip to London, $4,000; 13.48 hours.
There will be five flights a day out of New
York You will also be able to get five planes
for Moscow or 10 a day for Rio de Janeiro,
both flights taking about 10 hours and costing
around $3.50 round trip. There are also sched-
ules and prices for Paris, Fairbanks Singa-
pore, Berlin, Cairo-practically anywhere you
might want to 60. Even Tokyo.
Wonderful isn't it? But already it begins to
sound little pokey. The other day Howard
HUGHES flew some 230O miles in less than
seven hours, and in ship built for a COM
mercial airline. Four years from now even
that speed will probably have been bettered.
So in July '48 We may be saying, Eyes,
we're taking that overnight plane to London.
Thirteen hours, but the meals are wonderful
and my wife wants to have a glimpse Of
Ireland, even though we've only there few
minutes. OF course, when I'm on business
and in a hurry I take a fast plane. But
don't mind poking along on a weekend trip. :"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
The Literary Guidepost

to the attic to lower some win
dows and steps through the upper
floor ceiling, his wife does not at
tempt to lift him out, but instead
she pulls him through, after care
fully adjusting the bed to receive
him.
MIR. Hagopian's men sit endless
hours playing version Of black
CANNON, drinking sirupy coffee,
arguing off their sorrows. His wo-
men have quality of richness and
understanding quite unusual, and
the children are lovely. wistful
little tikes when they are no,
demons. Hunger stalks the alleys
OF MIR Hagopian's town, but some.
how nobody starves; there NAV
be no money to buy fine hard red
apples, but raki is made to be
drunk, and spiced beef is pre-
pared to be eaten herewith.
1t would not be fair to 90 into
details about such things as the
symbolic dove, or the wonderful
flying devil snake, or the little
Italian girl who was so beautiful
You must read these things for
yourself.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
Turkeys War Trade

The National Geographic Society points out
that Turkeys action in cutting off chrome
supplies to the Axis underlines the significance
of the country's trade in the war picture.
Lying between German-dominated Europe
and Allied nations and their supporters, Tur-
key occupies geographic position which has
permitted trade with both sides.
The amounts and direction of this COM
merce, as well as agreements regulating it,
have been considerably affected by the loca-
ton of the battlefronts and the course of the
war. During the North African struggle and
the German threat to the Suez canal, for ex-
ample. the Mediterranean was practically
closed to Turkish traffic, with British and
American goods unable to get through. Trade
with the Soviet Union, never very large, was
paralyzed after the German invasion in 1941
The chief commercial channel open to Tur-
key therefore, was overland into Nazi Europe
| Besides chrome (Which became important
in Axis war supplies in 1943, following the
J expiration Of the British-Turkish agreement)
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
Our Chief Aim
Refuge For Wounded

Announcement that 1,4O0 beds at Camp
Davis are prepared for wounded soldiers if
a hospital ship puts in at Wilmington brings
back to memory the tentative plan during the
African campaign to take over a leading
hotel for convalescent home, which was
abandoned to the great advantage of the city
which then, as now, lacked adequate housing
and hotel facilities
The purpose was to subject wounded and
convalescent service men to as little overland
travel as possible, once they had been re-
turned to an American port. By substituting
Camp Davis for the hotel it is possible the
War department has found the highway from
Wilmington to the Camp so well maintained
that patients would not suffer while travel
ing it.
1t is not said definitely that Camp Davis
will be a receiving or convalescing station for
wounded veterans The final decision is still
to be made. But should the proposal be put
into effect the great hospital at the Camp and
the lay of the land-the reservation itself
should prove admirably adapted for the pur-
pose. Furthermore, if Camp Davis is to func-
ton on lesser program than originally draft
ed for it, the hospital and its equipment would
not be wholly needed for tranees stationed
there.
It is difficult 10 ina CINE better use for it
than as refuge for the men who have borne
the brunt of battle and deserve not only the
efficient care they could receive but an en-
vironment that would contribute to the re-
covery.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
BY ERNIE PYLE

IN ITALY - (by wireless)-
Funny how nicknames change
from one war to the next, and
even during wars.
Last war, if I remember cor
rectly, the Germans were almost
always referred to as Huns but
you don't hear the word used in
this war, at least not in the rear.
For the first year or so it was
always Jerry" Now in the last
few months the term 'Kraut" has
shown up and it is used at the
front more than any other, I guess.
The latest term is Tedeschi,'
the Italian word for German. The
CHI is hard, like the * in Kan
sas. About a third of the time our
soldiers speak of the Germans as
1.-The tedeschi."
One of the most practical pieces
of equipment our Army has got
around to is the little Coleman
stove for cooking. It's about
inches high and burns gasoline. 1t
comes in a round metal can which
you can use to heat water in after
you take the stove out of it.
The stove has folding legs and
folding griddles which you open up
to set a can or canteen cup on.
It's easy to carry and burns with
out a lot Of tinkering.
Almost every group of front-line
soldiers has one now. They heat
their Creations on it, make coffee
several times day, heat water
for shaving, and if they're in an
enclosed place such as a dugout
they even use it for warmth.
You have no idea what big
thing some practical little device
like a successful stove is in the
life of a man at the front.
Our Army canteen cup is pretty
good, but it has one big drawback.
The rolled-over rim collects so
much heat you can't put it to your
lips without burning them. Hence
you have to wait till your coffee
is lukewarm before you can drink
it. A few soldiers, I've noticed,
have partly solved the problem by
cutting the rim off and filing the
top smooth.
Another much-needed item that
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
First Things First

Congress can win itself some cheers (and
probably some votes) by overhauling the
Price Control and Sterilization Acts, which
are up for extension as Of June 80. But the
legislators may have to change their method
of approach if the job is to be a really effec-
tive one.
Both the OPA and the War Labor Board
could do with some fixing. There have been
plenty Of instances Of foolishness, arrogance,
bullhea d edness and confusion in the former.
There have been reverses, spinners and shovel
passes in dealing with wage disputes Con-
aress, however, will not help matters if it
continues to regard the whole problem pri-
marily as a campaign issue, which seems to
be the case now.
The OPA half Of the problem has turned
into an theological squabble between admins
tration supporters in Congress and Toes o.
government by directive In the cheering
secln of the latter group are number 4
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
Macarthur Says No

Ever since General MacArthurs name has
been mentioned in connection with the Re
publican nomination for the presidency he
mas let it be known that he did not aspire to
that high office.
Heretofore he has voiced his wish in the
language of diplomacy instead of the plain
language of the street, and as result has
encouraged certain groups to place their own
Interpretation upon his words.
Now, returning from the Hollandia opera
ton, and learning Of efforts to thrust him
into the political arena, he issues statement
which can leave no doubt in any mind that
he will have nothing to do with politics.
Il request that no action be TAKEN" he says
'that would link my name in any way witt,
the nomination. l do not covet it, nor would
accept it,
There you have it straight and flat Surely
that puts it SO plainly that the elements in
the Republican party that have persisted in
keeping his name before the public have nc
yers say, and leave him free to prosecute
the war in the area under his command
without being distracted from his campaigns
by politics at home.
An engineer officer who did long service
in the southwest Pacific at home on short
leave before embarking for duty with the
European expeditionary forces, has said that
Macarthur is obsessed with the thought Of
returning to the Philippines and freeing the
islands from the Japanese yoke, as he prom
Used to do when he left to take charge Of
operations based in Australia. His whole life
is devoted to this cause, says this engineer
with the sincerity of a zealot, the competence
of an inspired leader.
His performance in herculean task
against seemingly insurmountable odds, with
inadequate manpower and materials, lends
irrefutable support to the engineers view
This last exploit, the successful campaign in
Dutch New Guinea, which has taken him five
hundred miles nearer his objective and cut
additional supply lines to japanese forces to
the south who cannot fight their way out but
must starve in the jungles, shows how thor
oughly he has done his job since the Marines
landed in Guadalcanal
Leave him alone. Give him the aid he needs
Let him concentrate his whole energy and
military skill upon his task. He'll drive the
Japanese out of the Philippines He'll do his
share, and more, in overthrowing Japan's
military might. He'll be on hand to lead his
men in the triumphal march or Tokyo. But
only if the politicians let him. alone from
this time forth.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
N. E.. Funeral Directors
Will Meet In RALEIGH

RALEIGH, April 80 In A
joint convention of the North Car
DINA Funeral Directors and EN-.
balmbers Association and the North
Carolina State Burial Association
will be held here May 9-1o.
Including among the convention
speakers will be William E. Wood
en- of Baltimore, Md, vice presi.
dent of the National Funeral Direc.
tors Association.
Officers of the State Funeral Di-
rectors and Embalmbers Associa-
ton are: president, Harlowe W.
Minis of Raleigh; vice presidents
W. D. Harding Of Scotland Neck,
r. T. Howerton of Durham, and
r. E Lutz of Shelby and secrc-
tary-treasury, w. Ernest Thomp.
son of Burlington.
The Burial Association officers
are: president, Wade C. Moody of
Mount Airy vice president, G. F.
Harris of New Bern; and secretary
treasurer, A. J. Koonce OF High
Point.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01

constituents with sundry complaints against
OPAs administration. The legitimacy Of these
complaints has supplied the 18th Congress
with some lively and occasionally vituperative
debate
Some of the above constituents had chance
to speak their minds recently before special
House committee headed by Rep. Howard
Smith Of Virginia. The committee came out
of its hearings with a set Of recommendations
which are now in the hands OF the House
Banking and Currency Committee.
From afar, some Of the recommendations
look good-review of OPA and WLB orders
in federal courts; abolition of triple damages
a ban on punitive, destructive penalties; pro-
lection from punishment resulting from con-
flicting OPA orders. But as a whole the
recommendations put tight lid on wages
with tendency toward letting prices rise.
They provide for basic ceilings as Of Octo-
Der 1912, adjusted to meet subsequent cost
increases and profits. They also make price
advance mandatory for individuals who can
prove loss under existing ceilings despite
efficient management. In short, they seem to
promise even less balance between prices and
wages than now exists
This path goes in an opposite direction
from the fight against the Little Steel for
mula but it comes out at the same place.
Congress chief concern must be to create
firmer price-wage balance, not simply to re-
move authority from OPA and WLB and take
it to Capitol Hill, without having remedied
the sterilization programs basic weaknesses.
It is true, Of course, that nobody really
knows how sterilization is working, thanks to
conflicting cost-of-living reports. This isn't
Congress fault. But Congress won't find the
answer to the question by bureaucratic witch
hunts.
Sterilization should be the goal Of their
quest And there ought not to be any pur-
suits Of red herrings along the rest OF the
route, as there have been in the past
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
Interpreting
The War
BY ELTON c. FAY


me reactlon OF the German figb.
er plane force to the latest Amem
can air attack on Berlin gir..
dramatic emphasis to the co erFeS
ton OF responsible Allied les ';e.l'
that while the Luftwaffe is nloei
ening the Nazis still can n, "eaA-
plenty of planes to put IN Ns st'a.
opposition when an emergency inn inn
pels their use. 1'li-
The hundreds of enemy fgbter,
that swarmed up Saturday to Sn nSaI
lenge the American bombino fo .,ai'
boring in for Berlin certainiv SnS
gests that the Nazis looked on tb9t
situation as an emergency "'
for the week preceding Saturday
air opposition to the contin,",yy..
operations by the Allied air fIso+.
based in England and Italv 49,
been moderate. On Wednesday ~
600 Allied planes worked over NJ
ri installations, factories and 9TH
Err targets without hindrance from
the air.
But the Saturday raid of 2Ooo
planes on the Reich's capital gosG
ed the enemy into putting his fight.
er aloft. In the resultant air bat.
tie, 63 American bombers and n
fighters went down; SS enemy sbjns
were knocked out of the air
Obviously, the Nazis don't Ike
this sort of thing. They want IN
husband their air strength against
the day of invasion, even thonoh
that parsimonious policy means
more bomb craters in their induy
trial areas.
They must, however, continue
to white at Allied air strenpth
Therefore, the Luftwaffe command
watches for good target. That
target is presented when a con.
centrated force of Allied bombers
starts winging across several hun.
dred miles of European TERRITORY
where the course, speed and direc.
ton can be plotted Deciding Oh the
probable target, the Luftwagge's
fighter command orders out the
planes from fields within range
This system works reasonably
well when the Allies adhere strict
ly to the strategic pattern of air
war. 1t developes flaws when the
Allied strategy begins to veer more
II toward tactical operations.
II There has been a definite trend
toward the latter for two weeks,
AS the attacks move into the pre-
invasion stage, more and more at.
tnetion is given to Nazi commu.
| nication and defense systems. In
the last fortnight, rail yards in
] France, the Lowlands and north
west Germany Through which sup
piles and reinforcements must go
to the Atlantic Wall defenders
have received increasing attention.
Enemy air fields are bombed and
strafed by both bombers and swift
bomber-fighters. Gun installations
on the coast are under more or
less steady attack.
All this spreads out the work Tor
the German fighter force. Perhaps
it can guess right las it did at
Berlin on Saturday, and concen-
trate it's strength to duel with a
massed Allied force aiming for
an apparent target. But even ii it
could guess which Of the hundreds
, of rail yards, bridges and air fields
in Germany and western Europe
would be the days selection of the
Allied air command, it would be
problem to parcel out sufficient
protection.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01

Turkish exports include valonia Gan acorn
product for tanning, wool, silk (for para
chutes), copper, pig iron, cotton, tobacco,
beans, grains, fish, and other foodstuffs. Opium
has been another Turkish commodity valuable
for medical use, in return for which the
Turks received from Germany comparable
amount of atabrine, quinine substitute
against malaria.
The Germans, long the worlds leading buy
ers and sellers in Turkish markets, have re-
,ceived most of Turkeys wartime exports to
the Axis. They bought all the chrome shipped
into continental Europe. The Nazis also were
given priority to purchase desired materials,
such as linseed and sesame, priced over other
oil seeds for high oil content. The Allied
blockade also sharply increased the share Of
other Axis members, particularly Hungary,
in Turkeys trade.
In return for its exports, Turkey has re-
ceived from Germany and partners such valu-
able supplies as ornaments, railway equip
ment, motors, dyestuffs, textiles, and Roma
MAN petroleum.
To the Allies, with better sources elsewhere
for most of the Turkish exports, it is rela-
lively less important to secure these products
than to have them denied the enemy.
Tobacco is the chief item Of Turkish goods
shipped to- the United States and the Sterling
Bloc area Great Britain and nations linked
with its finance system). Other leading export
commodities include chrome, wool, and dried
fruits Turkey has received from the Allies
such war-demand products as airplanes and
ornaments, locomotives and freight cars, alta
brine, and even small warships, and grain
when Turkish crops were poor Some of these
supplies came from the United States under
Lend-Lease.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-01
With Ernie Pyle
has at last shown up in good guam
tity is candles.

has at last shown up in good guam
tity is candles.
1t seems to take any nation a
year or two to find out through
experience all the little things
needed at the front, and to pro-
duce then and get them there. Last
winter. we needed candles but they
were as scarce as though made of
gold. Now at last they have be-
come plentiful.
They are white and about 9
inches long. We either drip some
tallow on a table and anchor them
in it, or set them in empty cognac
bottles. Of course if you had a full
cognac bottle you wouldn't need a
candle.
I've told you time and again
about the dogs our soldiers have
taken as pets and mascots. Run
ming second to dogs, I believe, are
Italian kids. There's no way of
estimating how many Italian boys
have been adopted by our troops,
but there must be hundreds.
An outfit will pick up some kid,
usually one who has been orphan
ed by bombing and has no home
and no place to 60. The children
come along of their free will, OF
course. And they begin having the
time of their lives.
The soldiers cut down extra uni
forms and clothe them in straight
CT. The youngsters pick up Eng
lish SO fast it makes your head
swim. They eat better than they
have eaten in years. The whole
thing is exciting and adventure
some to them. The units keep them
in areas as safe as can be found
when they go into action.
What will become of these kids
when the war ends, I don't know.
Probably many will be carried
clear back to America and their
collective godfathers will try to
sneak them in.
I do know of Sicilian adoptees
who were brought along on the
invasion of Italy, just like the ami
NAL pets. And I've heard of two
other adoptees, already written up
by some of the other correspon-
dents, who slowed away and went
on the Anzio beachhead landings
on D day.