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Evening star., 1944-05-30
Bundle, and offer for collec-

lie. Bundle, and offer for collec-
ton"
"A ragbag in every home" was
offered as slogan. War has made
many demands on our people.
Washington will do its part in this
highly important program said Mr..
Co1lif1ower.
Practically all rags collected are
being used for essential war pur-
poses, it was explained The armed
forces and war production plants
are demanding more wiping cloths
than industry is turning out. Due
to the shortage of rag pickers and
junk dealers in general it has been
found impossible to gather a suffi-
cient supply of all types. For obvious
reasons, imports from overseas are
Evening star., 1944-05-30
Salvage Committee
Plans New Drive for
|Much-Needed RAGS

Because the armed forces and de-
fense plants demand more rags than
the industry can produce, the Dis
trict Salvage Committee today
launched drive throughout the city
for collection of rags.
Collection days were announced
as follows: Northeast Washington,
first Saturday each month; north
west, second Saturday each month;
southeast, third Saturday each
Evening star., 1944-05-30

month, and southwest, fourth Sat-
urday each month.
Search the attic, cellar, storage
space in your home" said James E.
Collif1ower, chairman of the Salvage
Committee in an appeal. Bundle
up all rags wanted and place beside
your waste paper on regular collec-
ton days. All rags should be as
clean as possible"
Warns Against Confusion.
This campaign, it was explained
should not be confused with other
campaigns for old clothing. Rags
are needed now, but not clothing
which still may be wearable, and
might be desired by organizations
collecting for charities or United
Nations Relief.
do not throw rags in regular
trash" said instructions to the pub
Evening star., 1944-05-30
negligible. Inventories are dimin-
ishing at an alarming degree.
wipiur Pore Jrrrnrtopt

negligible. Inventories are dimin-
ishing at an alarming degree.
Wiping Rags Important.
Wiping rags, one of the most i'm
portant classifications, consist of
lightweight rags of any construc-
tion that have an area of at least
one square foot. Such rags may be
composed wholly of cotton or linen,
or mixtures of cotton and wool,
cotton and rayon. cotton and silk,
lightweight all wool, wool and
rayon, wool and silk. But, it was
said, worsteds are not desirable.
It is estimated that the average
family of four persons will produce
two pounds of rags per month, or
rs pounds per year These old rags,
it was emphasized, should be re-
tanned for cleaning or busting, as
heretofore. and only turned in for
salvage when they wear out. In
other words, IT. was said, it is not
the thought to start people buying
new dust cloths instead of using
up old shirts and sheets.
In order to guard against the pos
sibility of spontaneous combustion
which may occur when rags are
stored later in collection centers
all rags should be cleaned before
being discarded. Clean rags have a
much greater value in the war effort
than rags that are saturated with
grease, oil, and other contaminat-
ling materials.
Evening star., 1944-05-30

ment and Of States having ciga-
rette taxes.
The federation's statement set
forth that sales to nonmiltary per-
sonnel had provided q serious loop
hole for tax evasion through re-
sale of cigarettes to others" and
that unrestricted sales had cost
the States several million dollars
annually" in lost revenue.
The Army's agents stipulated that
three groups OF civilians should be
exempted-dependents of military
Evening star., 1944-05-30
Army Stops Sale 10 Public
Of Tax-Free CIGARETTES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. May 3o.-The Fedora
ton of Tax Administrators reported
yesterday Army post exchanges have
ceased sales of tax-free cigarettes
to most civilians.
The agreement was reached at a
conference of representatives of the
judge advocate generals depart
Evening star., 1944-05-30

personnel. civilians working or living
on military reservations and civilian
employees Of post exchanges.
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Waste Paper Collections
In 7 Areas Tomorrow

A double collection of waste paper
will be made tomorrow in The Eve
ming Star-PTA Salvage for Victory
waste paper campaign due to the
holiday today during which no COL
lections are being made.
Both District Two and District
Three will be visited tomorrow. The
leaders and the schedules will be as
follows:
District Two,
Evening star., 1944-05-30
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Evening star., 1944-05-30

Want to send a note to Hitler?
Save waste kitchen fats to make
explosives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
Recruiting Rail Workers

The Star-News yesterday had something tc
say about air, highway and railway transporta.
ton and the governments interest in the air
ways and highways and past neglect of rail.
ways-their need for manpower, rolling stock
and requirements generally. Perhaps the peo-
pie could help overcome the manpower short
age if enough of them realized that railway
service is actually war service
The manpower shortage is acute 1t must
be overcome The Office of Defense Trans
por,ation and the War Manpower Commission,
at last awake to the graveness of the situation,
have joined railroad management in an in
tensive recruiting drive for 100000 additional
employees. Both men and women are needed
Persons without required skills will be trained.
According to the Association of America
Railroads, The manpower problem of the
railroads. is threefold: First, more workers
must be recruited Immediately to fill existing
vacancies. Second workers must be recruited
to replace those who will be called to the arm
ed forces or who leave for other reasons.
be slowed down by convincing the men and
women who work for the railroads that their
jobs are indispensable to the war effort"
1t is difficult for the public to realize the
effect on the war effort accruing from a short
age of railroad workers. On the average day
in February, 1914, "a freight trains throughout
the country were delayed two hours or more
due to shortage of train crews; IS switch en-
gines could not operate for lack of one or more
yardmen. Recently a shortage of only "a ma
chinists and five boilermakers at Richmond,
Virginia, held up repairs to locomotives ne
cessary to move trains in and out of the yards,
which caused COMPOSITIONS, backing up freight
for hundreds of miles, on at least three major
railroads.
Railroading is vital, colorful work in war or
in peace. Now is the time to get job on the
railroads-and stick with it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
FinIand's Decision Unwise

| Fin,and's rejection of Russia's peace tern,
can mean only that the little country in tn,
far north of Europe is in for bitter experiences
respect and sympathy of greater powers. es
pecially because of its governments practice
to pay debts when due, this action now taken
is cause of deep regret among the nations
best friends.
Finland would have suffered severely at the
hands of occupying German forces if she had
decided to make peace with Russia, but it
appears probable that she will suffer worse
punishment from the Russians and come off
less favorably at the peace table for refusing
to do so.
The element in her government which led
war In Europe started in all its fury seems
determined to lead the nation into deeper
trouble In stubborn belief that GERMANY will
not lose the war even though her armies are
dereated-that some compromise will be effect
ed III which Finland may be saved. Films hold
ing this view. obviously have as their model
NorWay's Quisling Or Frances Laval. AS thew
must 60 the way of Quislng and Laval and
every other Hitherto in Germany's satellite
countries, it is a great pity that the Finnish
people must be made to suffer for their blind
ness.
To be sure Finland has heavy score against
Russia for the unprovoked war Stain waged
against her, but she could have been sure
that neither the United States nor Great Brit
ain would let her down, despite the false step
she took when she threw in with Hitler, when
the time came to settle the worlds score
with Germany. AS it is now, Finland has
nothing to expect from either the Washington
or the London government and must swallow
the bitter dose Russia prescribes for her.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
The Literary Guidepost

clear through to the extreme left
and as might not be expected, the
right often states the case bette,
than the left. Won Bulow's lev con.
empt for the revolutionary forces
ne saw in Berlin is very revealin
he speaks of them as canaille
and quotes Napoleon's famous re.
mark of 1892: lone could knock
the rabble out with one battalion -
Lord Vansittart will not nar-
ticularly like Mr. Crippen's com.
pilation, because it does indicate
that Germany used to have people
inside her boundaries who under.
stood what was up and would have
liked to prevent it. But althouob
all the material used is by more ~.
less contemporary writer's, it pro.
vldes a pretty fair perspective
and 1t adds up to one fatal II
shows that there was a root-sick.
ness was. The right thinks it was
dlslntegration Of the "old stern
and some of the left
would say it was those old stand.
ards themselves that polluted Ger
man life. But Mr.. Crippen has pro.
vlded material for judgment and
mas hitched 1t together with a his.
torical chronicle that makes it in
telllgible to those not well grounded
In German history.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24

has been the general advance in
the lower and middle brackets OF
service sa1es'
I suppose the income and estate
taxes could have been respor ible
for the decline of the high-value
sales but then, too, you probably
have to consider that most of the
Chicago gorillas who used to pat
ronize those. $4,000 bronze Jobs
have already been serviced and this
is a trade in which the customers
never repeat.
There is slightly depressing
note in this review of trade condi-
lions but, fitting1y, it is placed
back toward the end of the article.
1t says that despite blackouts, dim.
outs and increased industrial ac.
tlvlty with its legions of inexperi.
enced workers, accident deaths de-
creased 10000 in 1943.
Darn it. Well, that's the wav If
goes. Into each life some rain must
taH. We all have our ups and
Gowns and you have to take the
bitter with the sweet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
Do-GoOders OverdO It

Mrs. Irene Kelly is woman of dignity She
is not rich, and she is not WELL Her eye.
sight and hearing are falling But there is
nothing wrong with her pride. She is the moth
er Of Charles (Commando) Kelly, holder of
the Congressional Medal of Honor, and of six
other soldier sons.
AS such, she has come to her coun!rymen' S
attention And in consequence, she has given
some OF them a gentle rebuke which they
would do well to remember.
Many people were aghast when they saw
newspaper pictures of Mrs. Kelly as she stood
in the door of her Pittsburgh home reading
the letter which informed her that Charles
was coming home on leave. Mrs. Kelly
house looked poor and implanted. It faced on
an alley, hemmed in by tall buildings. There
didn't seem to be much chance for sunlight
10 get to it. These people thought it shame
that heros mother had to live there.
Newspapers said as much, editorially. Then
. repre- sentative of the Public Housing Au-
thority came around with all the best will
in the world, and offered to move Mrs Kelly
to modern dwelling.
Apparently no one stopped to consider that
Mrs. Kelly might be embarrassed and hurnili-
ated She knew it wasn't much of house,
but she didn't care to have lot of strangers
boxing about, holding her neighborhood up
tc unflattering comparisons and genteel scorn.
Mrs. Kelly is not ashamed of her two rooms
and an attic. They are probably as neat and
well furnished as any thereabout She may
not have electric lights and hot water. But
she has a nice gas stove and an enameled ice
hox. The kitchen walls are fresh, cheerful
.resn. The cabinet and sink and table are
tainted a shining white. Everything is clean.
T. ;s unite possible that Mrs. Kelly is used to
h.;no envied little by her neighbors. And now
what will the neighbors think. with all these
..u,nsers irving to make her ashamed of the
place?
..,,, PLANNED for better place some day.
eo,,a of the folks who are trying to help can
,..,, h.ck generation or two in their own
..,;,;as and understand how she feels.
This is not defense of poor housing, but
nrotest against unconscious snoDDery OF
1T If professional do-gooders'
perhaps Mrs. Kelly has taught us that we
..d little more respect and little less
he,,d-patting in our laudable aims toward socia
bssterment
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
Drexler's Resignation

N. E. Drexler who resigned the presidency
OF the Tide Water Power Company on Satur-
day has not only endeared himself to wide
circle of friends during his three years resi-
dence in Wilmington but taken such an active
and constructive part in the communitys at
fairs that should he form a business associa-
ton elsewhere his loss would be a source Of
deep regret.
Through his general craftsmanship the Com.
munity Chest last year had its most success
full and general satisfactory campaign. His
executive ability was invaluable in organizing
and conducting that crusade. When transporta-
ton became a serious and all but unsolva BILE
problem through tire and gasoline rationing
he assumed the heavy responsibilities of the
craftsmanship OF the New Hanover County War
Transportation Committee and put over a
"share the ride program which prevented
the waste of millions of gallons of gasoline
and saved many tire from going to pieces
before its time. He was instrumental in having
assigned to Wilmington a fleet of Maritime
Commission trailer buses added buses in as
large numbers as they could be secured TO
the Tide Water public transportation fleet and
gave material aid to the North Carolina Ship
building Company in arranging transportation
for its thousands of workers.
Mr. Drexler's health has been at low ebb for
some months Hopefully he will decide to
follow his physicians advice and take much
needed vacation from all business perhaps for
a protracted period of time. When he is re-
stored it is the hope of his friends that he will
1ecide to make Wilmington his permanent
nome
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
has also gained an opportunity to do some
1ono.nooded work

has also gained an opportunity to do some
long-needed work.
Under the new system, theater command.
ers will no longer have sole responsibility
for clearing or withholding correspondents
dispatches. That arrangement was unfortunate
not only because officers in war theaters
are busy men but because few of them are
trained judges of news. There is also a type
OF military mind which feels that military
affairs are none of the civilians business, and
IN consequence much news has been with
held that had nothing to do with security
MIR. Davis knows news, whatever you may
think OF his Owl organization. His new posi-
ton, If it carries sufficient authority, should
end some of those disquietng and embarrass-
ing incidents in which stories subsequently con-
firmed by the military were first circulated
by conversation that grew into rumor and
left the public wondering how much more
was not being officially told
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
Eccentric Price Control

To give the devil his due, everybody knows
the OPA has a tough job. and every fair
minded citizen is willing to make plenty of
allowance for unavoidable errors. On the other
hand, the public will not calmly accept So
called price regulation which, in reality, is
arbitrary and unjustified profit control
To illustrate how price regulation is twisted
to effect profit control, c. F. Hughes in the
New York Times, says: "Some 10000 medium
trucks were manufactured for a civilian pool
at a cost which reflected higher labor and
material charges. The OPA agreed to let the
producers charge the extra costs, but is in
ssting that dealers exclude this additional
amount from their nark-up. Financing, insur-
ance, overhead and other expenses are there
fore ignored Profit, rather than price
control, is obviously the objective.
Similar demoralizing regulation has been
perpetuated in the highest price line linita-
tom order which OPA applied to various lines
of women's and childrens clothes.
At session of retailers in Washington, one
small town merchant told of whole village
having to 60 10 miles to buy apparel which
was eliminated from his store because he
could not purchase the cheap lines any longer
manufacture had been dscontinued and the
OPA regulation forbade him stocking anything
at higher price.
Such regulation shakes public confidence in
the sincerity of purpose of the regulators.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
Interpreting
The ar
By ELTON FAY
Associated Press War Anal,

" less war Analyst
Allied air superiority paws or
again in the Pacific.
The landings of General Nso,.
thurs forces at Hollandia and A.
tape, on the north coast of NJ
Guinea, follows the pattern for ,...
IN the Pacific established in Al MAR
offensives year ago = driv ,a'' .'s
enemy's air battle line bacl, yle
follow it up with a forward r r1ea
OF the land and sea fronts '''0'e
The air attacks that softnro,
and finally paralyzed Janana ny
aerial resistance in Hollandia'ASie
tape area were sprung in tho na .aI'
from the Allied bases in tbe H ,-all'
ham valley. And Hollandia's gr Tu'h
defenders took the same 41 1r.0lIa {.
steady, hard hammering +b yps o. OI
enemy airmen suffered. '''e
The planes and naval gurs .
huge carrier task force covered " "a
landing of troops. ~ 'le
This was the precise tecbn;.
used in the Gilberts, in tbe MaI
shalls, in New Britain, elsewba a.
In New Guinea. 1t should bn no VIC
fully familiar to the Japanespo 'I ILL.,
now - and unless and until +b Wy
can build up an air fleet +b trey
seems little they can do abou ',t'j X
The Hollandia operation. too ~ ~
lows another broad strategic r,. W..
concentration of power onlv F ~
on those points which have Why Ivy
as air or naval bases, while bv'
passing a multitude of useless
atolls or mountain-ridged areas
Major General Laurence s Kr
ter, the Army Air Forces assis+
ant chief of staff charged with
planning, asserts that 1--WE arc
cleaning up the Pacific in accord.
ance with our short term concert,
instead of in an inch-by-incb.
year-after-year struggle.
Each time new, long jump is
made it brings Allied snd, sea
and air power closer to the real
approaches of the japanese home
islands - to the Philippines and
enemy island strongholds east Of
them. And because the general
present trend of battle is to the
west, it moves nearer the scissors
to- cut the Japanese supply lines
to the East Indies.
To the north, the enemy must
watch with concern the continued
visits of American bombers to the
Kuriles having learned that
when bombers come ships and
troops almost inevitably follow,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
DailyPrayer
FOR PERMANENT CONNIE.
MENT

To Thee, o God, we have made
solemn VOWS. We have committed
our lives wholly to Thee, in sin.
cere conservation. In genuine pur.
pose we have pledged our lives
and our sacred honor to the pur-
suit of the divine detectives Of this
holy war. Why, then, should we
falter and change and lose our
purest passion? We doubt and ques'
ton and criticise, and turn readily
aside to lesser selfish Interests
Father, forgive our inconStancE
Having put our hand to this pillow,
may we not turn back until victory
is harvested. May our conSecratlOn
to our Country, our Cause and 10
Thee be steadfast and ever-groW'
ing. Grant us the peace promlSea
to those who endure and strive ln'
to the end, thus winning victory in
our own spirits as well as IN me
war. We offer this prayer In Tue
Name of Thy Son, who was 1altnluI
to the uttermost. Amen-WT,E
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
BY JOHN SELBY
"GERMANY: A SELF POR-
TRAIT" edited by Harlan r.
Crinnon /nvfou.J. GO ss>

"GERMANY: A SELF POR-
TRAIT" edited by Harlan r.
Crippen Oxford; $3.75).
When Thomas Mann was living
i'll Princeton, N. j., he once said to
me, sadly, but we saw it coming,
long ago. And the world would not
listen to u.s.
He meant that long before he
was forced to leave Germany he
was writing about the fatal direc-
ton of affairs in that country; that
later, while in Switzerland, his own
and other warnings were disre-
garded in France and England. He
was talking before Pearl Harbor,
and then his fear was that this
country would not listen. Nor did
it.
Harlan R. Crippen "a Dakotan
not related to the famous crimi-
nal of the same name) has assems
bled, from Mann's work and that
of many others, one of the most
perfect pictures of Germany hell
bent for destruction one could ask,
1t is SO damning because it does
not leave out the "other" side.
It runs from the extreme right,
such people as Prince Won Bulow,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
German Civilians Used
On The Italian Front
To Construct Defenses

ALLIED, HEADQUARTERS, Ma.
pies, April 23.-fP-German civil.
ians convicted Of minor delinquent
cies are being given particularly
dangerous jobs preparing defense
positions on the Italian front in
stead of going to Jail for a few
months, the Allied command said
today.
The offenders were said to have
been formed into special army un-
its with scant training and sent
far forward, receiving little or NO
free time, poor food and guarded
by other soldiers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-24
BY ERNIE PYLE
WITH FIFTH ARMY BEACI

WITH FIFTH ARMY BEACH
HEAD FORCES IN ITALY - (by
wireless) - Once on shore, our
supplies for the Anzio beachhead
are taken over by the Quarter
master Corps Good and clothing)
and the Ordnance Department
(ammunitionO
The Quartermaster Corps is ira
ditionally seldom in great danger.
Up here on the beachhead they
are blowing that tradition all to
hell.
The Quartermaster Corps has
been under fire ever since the
beachhead was established, and
still is. Its casualties from enemy
action have been relatively high.
Around 70 per cent of the
Quartermaste troops on the
beachhead are colored boys. They
help unload ships right at the
dock. They drive trucks. They
man the supply dumps. Hardly a
day goes by without casualties
among them. But they take this
bombing and Smelling bravely.
They make an awful lot of funny
remarks about it, but they take it.
We drove out to one of the
raion dumps where wooden boxes
of rations are stacked head-high
in piles for hundreds of yards, as
in a lumber yard. Trucks from
the waterfront add continually to
the stock, other trucks from the
various outfits continually haul it
away.
Our ration dumps are not at all
immune from shellfire. This single
one has had more than 100 shells
in it. Many of the soldier work.
men have been killed or wounded.
Ration dumps seldom burn, be-
cause you can't burn CITATIONS.
But early in the beachhead's exis-
tence they hit dump of cigarets
and millions of them went up in
smoke.
Our local dumps of ammunit-
ion, food, and equipment of
thousand kinds are now so numer-
GUS that a German artilleryman
could shut his eyes and fire in
our general direction and be al
most bound to hit something.
Our dumps do get hit; but the
fires are put out quickly, the loss
es are Immediately replaced, and
the reserve grows bigger and big
ger.
The boss of the Quartermaster
troops. is a former newspaper man
Lieut.. Col Cornelius Holcomb,
of Seattle. He worked on The Seat
tie Times for IL years before 60
ing into the Army. He is a heavily
built, smiling, fast-talking, cigar
smoking man who takes terrific