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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-10-06

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ny Sc 5000 naboiG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-10-06

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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-10-06
THE TELEGRAF

A weekly paper printed in
Czech language, devoted to
material, educational and poll
teal interests of Czech and
Slovaks in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13
A Soldier On Strikes

Often since labor leaders started strikes in
war industries members OF the American arm
ed forces abroad have voiced opinions of the
situation.
No group has a better right to say what
it thinks of labor and Interruptions in produc-
ton due to strikes than the men who are
bearing the brunt of the fighting.
Certainly the uniformed ranks OF the nation
deserve wider and more sympathetic audi
ence than the Labor department and all gov
eminent officials combined.
We may be sure that when they come home,
triumphant in war, they will demand an ac-
counting which will not end in love feast.
boys at the front who have been riled by the
news of strikes. One has just come to our
attention. 1t is from the son of Wilmington
man. He has been on an Let Qanding craft,
tanks in England and probably participated
in the invasion of Normandy. The letter was
written on May 20. He says in part:
'Have been reading about the strikes they
are having back home. 1t really burns me up
to even see it in print. All those guys should
be put on the front line without a minutes
training. I've already seen dead soldiers and
sailors and it's not pretty sight all
were American boys from American homes,
and then when you see all that stuff in the
papers it just makes you mad as hell You
don't hate the Germans like you do your own
people, If your own people let you down. I
saw where one strike was about who should
deliver cold drinks to the workers. When you
read stuff like that you wish Adolf Hitler him.
self were delivering block busters to them.
I'm not complaining because think that
we're right in trying to knock out the Ger
mans and the Japs, and I don't regret one
day of it, nor do begrudge any one for my
being over here, but do say let's get the
thing over with as quick as possible. Some
people there seem to think the war is prac-
tically over, and yet the worst and nastiest
fighting hasn't even started. John L.. Lewis
hae better join Hitler in finding safe place
when this mess is over.''
How many other boys are feeling the same
way about labor strikes? There is no way
OF taking a census Of them. But they are
legion. Mails from war fronts bring thou
sands Of just such letters.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13
A German Blunder

The Allied air command is convinced that
the Germans blundered when they failed to
send the Luftwaffe up on the first day of the
invasion.
We may be grateful for the blunder but
that is no reason to overlook it from purely
military viewpoint. Whether Hitler himself was
responsible, or the decision was made by his
high command with the idea of holding the
Nazi air force in reserve for the protection
Of Germany proper has little bearing on the
case, but it is to be remembered that Hitler
himself made the decision when the Germans
failed to follow up their advantage in France
after Dunkerque and that he alone ordered
the invasion of Russia.
The fuehrer again has proved he is not
the demi-god he led the Germans to believe
when he was preparing to conquer the world.
Lieut.. Gen. Barney M. Giles, deputy COM
mander of the Army Air Forces and Chief
of the Air Staff, has said in Washington: I'VE
expected air opposition the first day and were
surprised when it did not develop" We had
superiority in the air, but if the Luftwaffe
had chosen to fight, we perhaps could not
have claimed complete command. The Ger
mans would have been defeated in the air
and would have suffered heavily but there
were so many ships in the channel that they
could not have helped but sink good number
OF troop-laden transports"
II, as we have suggested, the Luftwaffe re-
NAMED grounded because the Germans con-
cluded it could be more effective elsewhere
at later time, General Giles is as sure
they are laundering as badly in this as on
the first invasion day. He says: IF the Ger
man air tacticians held back in hopes Of find
ing numerically weak Allied air force in
the skies after the period of initial landings,
they will be sadly mistaken.
| '.As General Arnold has pointed out, we
still are building up our air strength in the
United Kingdom. The Germans will find no
let-down in the skies over France"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13
The Fighting First

It was by no accident that the American
.fightine first led the invasion of Europe.
The fighting first was the first American
division in France in the last war, the first
to meet the Germans, the first to take pris-
oners.
It was the center-task force in the north
African landing, taking Oran three days after
the attack. Next, says Reuters dispatch,
it saw action at Casa and Ell Guettar. For
twenty-five days it was in continuous fighting,
a record at that time for an American unit. |"
From Tunisia it moved against the enemy
in Sicily and did some Of the hardest fighting
of that campaign. When it was counter-at'
tackled at Celia by some forty to fifty German
tanks, its artillery was moved to the front
and from 5000 yards knocked out twenty foul
tanks and broke up the attack.
Now this First Infantry division is ngntlns
on the Normandy beachhead, the first Anerl
can force to land in France in this war; al
in the last. It had its trial by fire quarter
century ago and is not being found wanting
now any more than then.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13
Daily Praye'
FOR FERTILE MINDS

o Thou, who art the source
light and life, from whom come
inspirations, hear our prayer
day that our minds may
quickened and stabilized, Gram
us that we may think Thy thous
after Thee, in spaciousneSS' He
ness and patience. Stir US mo- =
steadiness of thinking, that we Il!
see clearly the relation OF an :
partments of our life to TINS u
sent crisis. Deliver US from
childish swhimpering ana coi
planning and sinking. Besto" up
up the blessing of opened ln'
that we may devise better way
furthering our Cause, when we !,
lieve to be Thy Cause also Qul'n
the thoughts of all inventors ..
of all executives; may we 49,
Thee, as Jesus babe us, win
our minds" Give us better SCI
of relative values and Of truer !
standards. Light of our daFhHe
lead us in plain path to the
tainment of the goals Thou II
set before us. Amen. - w. l.
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follies. the common people of France are more
concerned with the defeat Of the common enc
my that in his political aspirations.
It must be considered, however, in estimat-
ing the help the French people as whole
will give the Allies as the campaign on their
soil progresses, that after four years OF Nazi
occupation and oppression, large number
have become SO benunbed that little can be
expected Of them Many will accept Vichys
dictation and after Viehy direct orders from
remaining Nazi agents, not because they are
fully converted to Nazism but because they
have contracted the habit of doing so and are
too whipped down to change.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13
The Literary Guidepost

such creatures as the Ellen of
Leave Her to Heaven" who not
only gobbled up her father, but
our hero, his crippled brother. her
husband, her unborn baby, her
foster-sister and cousin, her mother
and eventually herself. Ellen had
literally no tone thing to recon-
mend her, but was despeicable
throughout. Mr.. Williams lays it
to possessive jealousy, but I should
guess it was just habit with the
woman. She was a black widow
spider in some previous incar-
nation.
Having agreed to accept Ellen.
however, Mr.. Williams readers
will probably do what I did, which
was to read all of the book twice,
This odd procedure came about
through the authors habit of doing
the same scenes through at least
two different pairs of eyes. cutting
back continuously, enrichine the
picture by process of overlap
that painter would understand
better than anybody else. His habit
OF reversing sentences is strong,
too, and the result is that some
times there is an almost archaic
flavor in this wholly modern novel
It is not inappropriate, inasmuch
as literal acceptance Of Ellen is
very difficult indeed
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13
French Aid

For a couple of days reports have been
coming in showing the French people at many
places taking summary revenge on German
agents and collaborationists. At this writing
It is said French patriots had seized strategic
positions in Toulouse Limoges and Tarbes.
executing projects Of police. mayors and other
public functionaires with Vichy leanings. Pre-
vicus dispatches had reported French parti-
sans engaging in widespread sabotage and
fighting pitched battles with Nazis far behind
the German lines. These activities are said
to be in progress from Brittany to the southern
boundaries Of France.
It is not apparent that anything that has
happened thus far is the concerted uprising
of the French underground, although mem
bers Of that organization, as individuals. prob.
ably have had a hand in it all. The under.
ground has wisely delayed its principal out
break until General Eisenhower gives the sig
nal for attack. With the Nazis still in occu
patton and powerful big underground at
tacks could lead only to severer tortures thar
French people have been subjected to in th'
past.
The blow from within France must be a
carefully timed as was the Allied landing il
Normandy. In the meantime, however, it j
heartening to find that many Frenchmen ar
seizing opportunities to dispose Of Quisling
and wreck German trains and bridges on .ra
lines over which the Germans would Other
wise dAnove reinforcements and supplies
means. we take it. that whatever DeGaulle'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13
BY JOHN SELBY

leave Her to Heaven" by Ben
Ames Williams Noughton Mifflin
$3.50.
There will be many readers for
Ben A1nes VIII ans Leave Her
to Heaven, since the novel is the
current Literary Guild choice So
it may be wen to say at the outset
that they have to get over a pretty
high hurdle if they are to enjoy
the book as they should.
The hurdle is the fact that the
chief character, one of fiction S
least appetizing females, allows
the crippled brother of the hero
to die when she could have saved
him, and that the hero" rather
a sloppy chap, not only pro .ects
the monster but continues to live
with ner. The hero is presumably
a novelist, but he is actually an
imbecile. It is devilish hard to
feel sympathetic toward fool
However. that's the worst Of the
book. The best is that Mr.. Williams
is an old hand at the fiction trade.
and knows exactly how to draw
his reader along, and how to make
him overlook such matters as
the foregoing. He. is also very
adept at analyzing female stinkers
he seems to be fascinated by
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13

py Westbrook Pegler in one OF his more vitrl-
Ole moods. To swallow 1t whole would gag
the toughest consumer.
Because Mr.. Farley has been subjected to
80 many attacks and his motives so generally
impugned, chiefly by persons who failed to
receive favors from him, It is consoiing to
find the New York Times speaking up in his
defense and praise. We may not 90 all the
way with the Times but in the main agree
with what it says
So may you. Because we believe many read
ers Of this newspaper hold the same view
we are quoting the Times article in part:
Born with the gift to like and be liked, his
tact and power to please are natural, not
acquired. He must know by sight no small
part Of the voting population of the United
States. Enlarging Jeffersonian trait, he has
written letters to most Of the rest Of the popu-
lation. He comes down to us in stream Of
green ink He never talks too much and never
bores us. Brought up in Republican county,
he has never had the bitterness that might
have been expected. He has been moderate
and reasonable. II he has had disappoint-
ments he keeps them to himself He is a
good fellow with no sacrifices Of dignity. He
is good man. though he doesn't know it
and won't believe it if he is told. As public
man he is AL. The best of luck to him as a
private man. As he gives up the chair we
recall this recipe from his book Of renninisc-
ences He still believes that the only way
to get ahead in public life is to understand
people and sympathize with their viewpoint -
An old song, or saying, notes there's bit
Of good in the worst Of us and something bad
in the best Of u.s. In Mr.. Farley's case we
may well believe the Times when it infers
that the good In him far exceeds the bad.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13
Vice Presidential Candidate

Governor Broughton's announcement that ne
will be candidate for the vice presidency
comes without surprise to his friends in Nolth
Carolina and in other states where his in1iu-
ence has been felt and his real worth recos-
nized.
It has been understood for some time that
he would be available if the forthcoming party
convention should settle upon him for nornina-
ton to that office.
It is also realized that with evidences OF
detection in the solid South during recent
months a vice presidential candidate from
Dixie would go far to heal Mississippi, Loulsi-
ana. South Carolina and Texas wounds
Mr. Broughton's administration as governor
of North Carolina in this trying war period
has demonstrated his capability for national
office.
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impregnated against gas attack, a
shovel to dig foxholes, saasickness
capsules, a carton of cigarets, a
medical kit, rationc and one funny
little item which I can't mention
but which was good for many pur-
poses. We also drew three b,an-
kets just for the night, since our
bedrolls had gone on ahead.
The weather was cold and three
blankets were not enough. / hardly
slept at all. When we awakened
early the next morning, Jack
thompson said, That's the cold
est night I have ever spent"
Don Whitehead said, '1t'c just as
miserable as it always was"
You see, we had all been living
comfortably in hotels or apart
ments for the last few weeks. We
had got a little soft, and here we
were again starting back to the
cid horrible life we had known for
so housekeeping on the ground,
only cold water, rations, foxholes,
and dirt. We were off to war again.
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With Ernie Pyle

very good. And we were not happy
about it. Men like Don Whitehead
and Clark Lee, who had been
through the mill so long and so
boldly, began to get nerves. And
frankly I was the worst of the lot,
and continued to be.
I began having terrible periods
of depression and often would
dream hideous dreams about it. AL
the time fear lay blackly deep upon
our consciousness. 1t bore down on
your heart like an all : consuming
weight. People would talk to you
and you wouldn't hear what h1ey
were saying.
The Army said they would try
to give US "a hours notice OF de-
parture. Actually the call came at
9 O'Clock one morning and we were
ordered to be at certain place
with full field kit at 1890. We
threw our stuff together. Some Of
us went away and left hotel rooms
still running up bills. Many had
dates that night but did not dare
to phone and call them off.
AS we arrived one by one at
the appointed place we looked both
knowingly and sheepishly at each
other. The Army continued to tell
us that this was just another exer-
else, but we knew inside ourselves
that this was it.
Bill Stoneman, who has been
wounded once, never shows the
slightest concer n about these
things. Whether he feels any con-
Germ or not do not know. Bill has
humorous, sardonic manner.
While we were waiting for the de-
parture into the unknown, he took
out pencil and notebook as though
starting to interview me.
Tell me, Mr.. Pyle, how does it
feel to be an assault correspond.
ent?"
Being man Of few words, said
1T feels awful"
When everybody was ready our
luggage went into truck and we
went into jeeps. I can't tell you
where we boarded the ship, of
course, but I can say I personally
rode two days in jeep and made
the last 80 miles on a 2 IL ton
truck.
The first night we spent togeth-
er at an assembly area, an Army
tent camp. There we drew our final
hattIa kit-such things as clothing
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13
"A Pat For Farley

Throughout his long public career James
A. Farley has been assailed more than he
has been praised. Everything that could be
said against him without the filing OF libel
suits has been said-and repeated If his enc
mics could be believed, he is pretty bad.
8 We remember particularly an article ex-
coriatins him as boxing commissioner written
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GET NEW OFFICE

The new office of the New II
over County Alcoholic BeVei 4
Control police in the basemen,
the new section of the county co.1
house was formally occupied
terday. The location previously d
been used by the ConSoi4ua
Board 81 u--1th AZ toroSs11
room
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punctuation. and filed only at urg-
ent rate.
He said the Chicago Tribune ex-
pected its representatives. to main
tain its prestige and he never let
it down. John McGraw said the
same Of the Giants when he set a
new social scale by lodging his
club in the best hotels. But. for
contrast, other teams got a mean
allowance of $3.50 a man per day
and some Of the athletes saved
$l.50 of that and showed up for
work so weak from malnutrition
that they could barely make a sin
gle out Of hit that should have
been good for three,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13

Editors Note: Ernie Pyle ar
rived on the beachhead with the
Allied assault forces. Transmission
difficulties prevented h S sending
any account of his experiences in
Normandy at once. The following,
written on h e way acrocs the
Channel, describes some Of the pre-
liminaries to the invasion.
ON THE NORMANDY BEACH
HEAD, June 7.-Oelayed)-It will
be several days before military Sc
curity permits us to describe in
much detail the landings just made
in the long awaited Allied inva-
sion of Europe.
Indeed it will be some time be-
fore we have a really clear pic
ture of what has happened or what
is happening at the moment. You
must experience the terrible con-
fusion of warfare and the frantic
nightmarish thunder and smoke
and bedlam of battle to realize
this.
So we will take up this short
interval by telling you how things
led up to the invasion from the
correspondents viewpoint. This
column is being written on a ship
in a convoy, crossing the English
Channel, so that it will be ready
to send back to England by dis
patch boat as soon as we hit the
beach.
When we secretly left London a
few days ago. more than $50 Amer
lean correspondents were gathered
in Britain for this impending mo-
ment in history.
But only % of those $50 were to
take part in what was termed the
assault phase. l was one of those
Is. Some of the rest will come
ever later, some will cover other
angles, some will never come at
all.
We assault correspondents were
under military jurisdiction for the
past month while waiting. We had
complete freedom in London, but
occasionally the Army would sud-
denly order us in patches to take
trips around England.
Also, during those last few weeks
we were called frequently for MACS
conferences and we were briefed
by several commanding generals.
We had completed all our field
equipment, got our NEGOTIATIONS up
to date, finished our official &C
crediting to Supreme Allied Head
quarters, and even sent off our
bedrolls 10 days before the final
call. eve will rejoin them some
time later on this side-we hope).
OF the % correspondents in the
assault group about two-thirds had
already seen action in various war
theaters. The old-timers sort OF
gravitated together, people such as
Bill Stoneman, Don Whitehead,
Jack Thompson, Clark Lee, Tex
IO'Reilly and myself.
We conjectured on when we
would get the final call, conjectur-
ed on what assignments we would
draw, for few of us knew what
unit we would go with. And in
more pensive moments we also
conjectured on our chances of COM
ing through alive.
We felt our chances were not
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Fair Enough

Gdiotr's Note-Ths Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr.. Pesler.
and often disagree with tn EN- ~ much a. many Of
his readers HI articles serve the good purposs Of
waking people think.
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rs Years Ago
Today
(From the files
of the Star-News)
June 10, 1919

June Is, 1919
Capt. Sidney Macmillan, who has
recently returned from overseas,
is al home on a leave.
Another member of the Taft
family to attain scholastic distinc-
ton is Miss Helen Taft who is
acting president of Bryn Mawr col
Jege for the coming year. She has
been dean for two years. The presl
dert, D. M. Thomas. is to make
tour of the world.
Mrs. Arson Alligood, M r s.
Robert Bowden and small son,
Robert, too il, and Graham and
w. L. Burkheimer are spending a
week at Wrightsville Beach as
guests of Mrs. Eloise B. Burk-
heimer and daughters at their cot
tage.
w. A. McGirt is in Atlanta at
tending the meetings of the South,
ern Development company is SEES
sion there this week.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13

In China coffee costs $35 a cup.
With or without cream and sugar?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-13

The first night we spent togeth-
er at an assembly area, an Army
tent camp. There we drew our final
battle kit-such things as clothing
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Our Chief Ain,

TOP o. THE MORNING
Our time is all today, today,
And while it flies
With still small voice the moments say
Today, today, be wise, be wise.
JAMES MONTGOMERY.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
By Yvonne CahOOn.

Jerry Spencer tried to recall the last
time he walked down Main street-be-
fore the screeching of artillery shells
over there and the one that had his
name on it.
He did remember that he hadn't paid
much attention to the rows of poplars
lining the main "drag'-or even the
rows of fresh green vegetables and
bright fruits in the market just around
the corner from his house
Jerry remembered, too, the field be-
hind Miller's hardware store, where the
gang used to play ball-and the time
he knocked one clean over the board
fenceaout past center field.
That seemed long time ago. And
now the ball club would have to find
new shortstop because baseball was out
for him now-not just for the duration,
but for good.
And the old job at the bank It had
seemed too good over there to know his
job was waiting for his when he came
back-they had told him so when he
left 1t wasn't the best job in the world,
but he had been doing pretty we'll there
and there were plenty of chances for
Evening star., 1944-08-20

done for these men in Government hos
pitals can be undone if we let our hearts
run away with our minds.
The biggest job. he continued, IS to
make them feel they are wanted and
needed in our program; they must not
only participate in activities but must
help in the planning of programs. We
try to instill in them a feeling of con-
fidence and. most important of all, We
must make them feel they are the
same normal beings they were before
they went away"
Typical of the hundreds of Catholic
Community Center units striving to
help adjust the returned wounded to
their prewar attitudes is the club at
1912 North Capitol street, located on a