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Evening star., 1944-02-05
Letters to The Star
President Roosevelt's Reelection
Held Required by Nation

To ths Editor Of II Star:
Students of history must concede that
In character and intelligence the 81
men who have been presidents of the
United States of America compare well
with the rulers or chief executives Of
other nations.
1t also Is apparent that no other
President of this Republic has ever
shown more benevolent personality or
better understanding of the American
Government and world politics than
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Considering these manifest facts, plus
the grave international crisis through
which this Nation is passing, and mind
full Of the great problems which will
face us when the war Is over, venture
to put the question: why not continue
President Roosevelt in Office for another
term?"
OF course, if the question is to be an
swered from the viewpoint Of partisan
politics; If the presidential office was
established simply as an opportunity
for party advantage and patronage,
there are many clever and ambitious Re-
publicans who might make endurable
successors to Mr.. Roosevelt. After all,
the President has been in ofice for
nearly IL years and he has had full
measure of power and honor. But the
Nation must be considered. In the
critical circumstances of the present,
many citizens are convinced that 1t
would be highly dangerous to the ma
tional welfare and to the plans for
world peace and security for the Ameri-
can people to elect even the most out
standing novice as President next No
vember'
Today Mr. Roosevelt is not only Chief
Magistrate. he is also the Commander
in Chief of the American armed forces
at home and abroad. One may be cer-
tain that not even the bitterest political
opponents of Prime Minister Churchill
in Great Britain would dream of ousting
him from Office to put one of their own
stripe in his stead during this year, or
the year to follow.
Mr.. Roosevelt has shown unexpected
strategic ability during his cooperative
military planning with Gems. Marshall
and Eisenhower Premier Churchill and
other Allied leaders. What American
could have done better?
HYAC1NTHE R1NGROSE.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Propaganda in Asia

japanese propagandists have not
been asleep on the Asiatic mainland
or in the islands they have con-
quered and occupied in the Pacific
On the contrary. they have been so
active that President Roosevelt has
found it wise to re-emphasize, in a
formal statement, that American
objectlves in India, Burma, Malaga,
Java and other territories in the
East are purely military in charac-
ter, designed solely to eject the
enemy in the forward march along
the road to Toxic.
The Indians, the Burmese, the
Malayans, the people of the Philip
pines and the Dutch East Indies,
and even the Chinese. have all been
subjected to great barrage of
bright promises from Japan. They
have been told that the TOTO war
machine is fighting primarily to
"liberate" them from the rule of the
white man and to build a vast
"co-prosperity sphere" To this end,
making most of the slogan, Asia
for the Asiatics," the japanese have
set up independent" governments
among the Filipinos and in places
like Northern China and Thailand,
and they have been hammering
away at India with shrewd line of
propaganda calculated to stir up
whatever trouble they can among
numerous dissident elements.
1t would be mistake to under
estimate the effectiveness of such a
campaign, for even though it has
not yet yielded any important visi-
BILE results, and has in fact failed
dismally among the majority of
such peoples as the Filipinos, 1t is
more or less like water wearing on a
rock: given enough time and it can
cause an erosion inimical to our
Allied interests. It is not hard to
imagine, for example, that the Japa-
nese scored a point when they sent
planes over India, at the height of
the recent famine, and dropped bags
of rice bearing an anti-American
and anti-British message. This
kind of propaganda is potentially
too dangerous to be ignored; it has
to be countered actively, not pas
sively, by deed as well as word.
japanese talk about "co-prosper-
ity," liberation" and "independ-
ence" is obviously fraud, and "Asia
for the Asiatics' means simply Asia
for Japan. For If the TOTO war
machine ever were allowed to con-
troll this part of the world, all the
peoples living there, despite the
present Establishments from Toxic
would soon find themselves enslaved
the fate of Korea being an eloquent
case in point. Yet. this is probably
more obvious to us than, say, to an
Indian at the point of starvation in
Bengal or to some Malayan who is
enjoying temporary good treatment
and some measure of prosperity
mining tin for the enemy. There
Is plenty Of material, in short, for
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Maj. George Fielding EHot

In Tunisia. we saw the gradual absorp-
ton of the enemy reserves by a series
of attacks, including one bold and un-
expected shift (that of the American
I'd Corps to the northern sector and
then, when the enemy had nothing,
more with which to meet a new attack,
we saw the launching of the decisive
effort against the weakest spot of his
line (the attack of the British 7th
Armored Division and the 4th Indian
Division against the German center-)
What has been done once may be
done again; and in war, as in other
fields of human effort, plan of opera
tions which a man once has found
useful, he is likely to continue to USE
perhaps improving upon it as ne goeS
along.
LC,orrriaht lQ1A rrh,Ir,s !,
Evening star., 1944-02-05

terlng the Illinois primary.
Mr.. Willkie is going into the Oregon
primary, the Wisconsin primary and
probably the Nebraska primary, his
supporters say. Seventeen States hold
these preferential primaries, and one,
Georgia, may hold such an election if
the State political committee orders
one. Other key States holding pri-
maries include Maryland, Massachu-
setts. New Jersey. New York, Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia.
Three of the Republican presidential
possibilities, Gov. Dewey of New York,
Gen. Macarthur and 1t. Comdr. Stas-
sen, former Governor of Minnesota,
will not become openly avowed candi-
dates for the nomination. This does
not mean, however, that delegates
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Rom Likes Tobacco
,m the Pratt Tribune.

FROM tne Pratt tribune. ~1.d
Buggum. Glen Maricle's pet ram, Is a
cigarette addict and he probably would,
give a testimonial to the first tobacco
company representative reaching him.
providing he had fag or two as in
ducement. And he doesn't bother about
inhaling-he eats each cigarette. Where
the ram developed his taste for tobacco
Mr.. Maricle doesn't know. He acquired
Buggum among the hundreds of sheep
he buys each year and the ram had the
habit then. He is as much a pet as q
dog, tagging along with the sheepmarf
over his place southwest of town.
Evening star., 1944-02-05

the European fortress. He is said to
nave left his Bologna headquarters last
December and to have visited the Bal
kanS, the northern defenses-Denmark,
Northeastern Germany and Norway
and to have spent some time in France
where he inspected the Western Wall"
While Nazi forces in Europe still are
under the command of the same officers
who were placed In charge some time
ago, Rommel appears to be employed as
the principal troubleshooter of the
Berlin general staff in all areas except
the Russian front where the operations
seem to require exclusively a retreat
specialist.
X X II
Rommel is what may be called de-
fenSe specialiSt. that Is to saw he pre.
Evening star., 1944-02-05

repulsed. In ask
ing ourselves what
is to follow, it is per-
haps appropriate to
make some analysis
of the situation in
Italy as a whole.
There has been a
tendency in some of
the front-line dis
patches to show dis
appointment t h a t
greater gains have
not been made as a
result of the land
ing in the Nettune
area, on January %
Evening star., 1944-02-05

the area OF Nettuno
has been completed
and the Germans
will attempt to OBJ
tain a much-needed
local victory against
the American and
British ferces in
that area.
Rommel, who still
is considered by his
own people as we'll
as his enemies as the
ablest NaZi COM
mander, has been on
an inspection tour
of the defenSes of
Evening star., 1944-02-05

mined not to enter
a slate of pledged
delegates in N e "
Hampshire, which
holds the first OF
these prim arie s
March IA. He has
decided not to enter
the California pref
erence primary with
a slate OF delegates,
Gov. Bricker of Ohio
will, under present
plans, enter only the
Ohio primary. Rep
resentative Dirksen
of Illinois is not en-
Evening star., 1944-02-05

Taft denounce GEN.
tralized government
and have been much
impressed.
But I do not really
believe that explain
alton; I have heard
that the Russians
are turning to the
right, but I doubt
whether they are
actually going Re-
publican and return
ing to state govern
ment for love o1
same.
What, then, car
Evening star., 1944-02-05

Mary Ann, listed as a dependent
in draft questionable, later turned
out to be horse. After that, it was
a simple matter for the draft board
to answer the plea for deferment
with a ringing neigh, neigh.
Evening star., 1944-02-05

The Jap radio describes the Mar
shalls invasion as "big gamble"
Judging from our obliteration Of Jap
defenses there, we have certainly
shot the works.
Evening star., 1944-02-05

After fierce drive the Russians
have recaptured the town Of Luck
in Poland. Figuratively speaking,
however, the Nazis have been out of
Luck for long time.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
The Political Mill

Candidates for the Republican nom
1nation have been wary about entering
presidential preferential primaries this
year. Wendell L. Willkie has deter
Evening star., 1944-02-05

A burglar in Yonkers passed up
many valuables to steal an alarm
clock. The police will have to get
up earlier than he does to catch him.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
What Next in Italv?

The Germans have delivered their ex-
pected counterattack against the Allied
bridgehead south of Rome and that at
tack-or at least its first waves-has been
Evening star., 1944-02-05
I'd Rather Be RIGHT

I do not quite know the meaning of
the Russians sudden return to states
rights. It sounds a little bit as If the
Russians have been listening to Senator
Evening star., 1944-02-05

The reported presence Of Marshal
Erwin Rommel on the italian front iss
interpreted by some military observers
to mean that the Nazi concentration in
Evening star., 1944-02-05

Hommel Is what may be called de-
fense specialist: that is to say, he pre-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16
NOTICE OF SAIL. OF REAL
ESTATE

Under and by virtue OF an order OF
Superior Court made III the Special
Proceeding entitled Citizens Bank &
..USt Company. administrator of the
estate of Frank HAYES. deceased. vs..
FipSSie i'--eS. widow OF John HAYES.
deceased. 81 al. heirs al law OF FRANK
Hayes. deceased. the same being SDC-
c!Jl proceeding No. 1929. an advance
DId OF 81 having been MADE on the
sale OF this property held February
). 1914. | will again offer this pro
pchty Tor sale 10 the highest bidder
Ion cash at the courthouse door on
Saturday the 4th day OF March. 1914
ut - O'Clock. the property 10 be sold
/ is described as follows:
Begin At point on the South SIDE
OF Andrews avenue. Mrs. y. T..
I LumpkIn'S corner on Andrews Ave.
run thence along Andrews avenue
| towards Cherry street. N 43 Ia w.
10 #. y SO l-2 ". 66.5 feet. N &c 1-2
| vs.. 80 feet To corner. intersection
with Cherry street and Andrews
I avenue. thence along Cherry street
: 20 81 w. 81 feet to a corner ON
! Charles street. thence along Charles
| street > 60 +. gS.5 feet to a corner in
! Mrs. i. l.. LumpkinS line. N ~ f.,
Z4i.j feet to place of beginning.
same being and comprising six lots
Nos. |. 2. 3. 1. 5. and as shown OH
plat Of Frank Hayes property SUR
| vevcd March 1913. by w. II. Boyd
Engineer
On this lot is located a good dwell
ing. also small store. and this lot
mas been plated and divided into six
lots. The bidding Ia begin at S2T3O 90
This 10th day of February, l9i4.
a. a. BUM. Commissioner.
1923
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16
NOTICE.


H'.:c H: North Carolina:
Cnau'y IF Vance:
The undersigned having qualified
dS administrator OF the estate q!
Dorsey y Harris. deceased. late OF
M"v!I-rown. New jersey. this is
notice {" al persons having claims
lsuu~I the sand estate To- present
The" L. The undersigned and nis at
'U.ucy III henderson. North Carolina,
on %. before the l9th day uf january.
!9+3. CO.. TINS notice .>Ill be pleaded
IN bar OF any recover. All ncrsons
indebted 10 sadI estate viii please
make immediate settlement.
This 18Th day Of January. 1914.
NJ G.. KlTTRELL,
Administrator of the Estate OF
Dorsey n. Harris.
GhUiSun and GhulsUn.
Attorneys for Administrator.
1921 1921
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16
Treasury Give-Away

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

KEEP Up THE HOMES THEY ARE
lighting tor. Now b, '',r ...... ,r .Iy
yoyr furniture ucvd- Come y
and see or complete -'u,.. u. nrr
and used furniture. H..tn. 4.
good selection -, used an .f nd
player pianos. No-., richards
Furniture Co.. Phone gG@. .G-i.:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

OFFICIAL n l. INSPECTION
Station. Cars washed. 'uaupa,cl.
polished, batteries rcChargrd. Calf
gas and oils. l.. T. Harris Gglf
Service Station. Garnet; and iior-
ncr SITS. phone llS2-W. pot.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

SEE US FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES
and Printing. Social Engraving Of
al kinds. !;"st Quality a., Best
Prices. Prompt Service. Henderson
Huok Co. Phone 10. Established
1861. 3-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

a new auto Windshield wiper has
been invented. Evidently the post
war planners haven't gotten around
to doing something about the wea-
Their.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS
AS USUAL DURING I'llE Hr.
MODELLING OF our EUHNl,IEr
STORE. X. T.. SAI'rERWIllT. 4,
SONS. NEAR FIRE STATION.
10 4.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

THEY ARE ON THE WNY-LuIIT-
ed supply u! Glen Rusc.- B.Hr's.
Place your order now. II. O.. ..l.;-
ncr x son. phone $50. .f-'g
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

JUST RECEIVED SliipMU>. NJ
Baby SIr3l!crs With b.. ...u-
rubber tires. Gle yua' r1~ N'."'s-
Richards Furniture c.. +. Ho2.
IS -.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

WANTED 70 Bl'N N." OR
slightly used electric ra"@. Write
+ HuN l32. ilcuC.r.N". Is. q.
i-'f-,3
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16
DESCRIPTION RATES

Entered al Ga" post office ~ LENDER
son, y. {, as SECOND CLASS mail mItter
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

CALL SAL SWANSCN'S ~ u"
Yard for high quality Goa. .i'i
split pine or hard Wool wed ..E.
length. iu'''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-02-16

FOR SALE-l933 l-2-TON ,IIE7-
rolet truck. new tires. Iy'I".',
Wade. route 3. Henderson. i -. ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-12
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

cattle feeders out OF business
with its profit-killing price cell
lngs.
Not only is OPA going to
ruin us, hut all the honest meat
packers as WELL" said Van Vran-
ken. I'VE pay about II cents q
pound for feeders. and then,
after months fattening them up.
we have 10 sell them for l6 to
1T, cents n pound.
IL wanted 10 tell Bowles that
unless something IL done the
feeders will stop feeding and
dump all their cattle on the
market. The market will he
giutted with meat for q while
then there won't be any"
Rep. Shafer said he was sorry,
then added:
by the way. we are having
debate in the House on extern
sion Of OPA price control. Maybe
you would like 10 listen for an
hour or so before train time ."
LIE USHERED Van Vranken
IL into the family gallery"
Shafer returned TO the floor,
taking a seat beside Rep. Roy
c. Woodruff, also of Michigan.
Shafer had placed Van Vran-
ken in rear seat. but every
time he looked up he noted
that his guest had moved for
ward row or two. Finally
the cattleman was up front.
A few minutes later, Shafer
looked again and saw his guest
in vigorous argument with an
other visitor.
Rep. Shafer hurried to the gall
lery.
do you have any idea who
YOU have been arguing with ?"
he demanded.
NO" said Van Vranken, "but
I wouldn't he surprised n he IL
q New Dealer. He talked like
one.
But told him a thing or
two. Who Is heG"
Nobody" gasped- Shafer. al
most doubled I'D with laughter.
"Only the fellow you have been
trying To see for a week"
Distributed by King Features synd Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-12
Air
Power

beachheads, and secondly. losses
in the field Of battle when we
tackle the German armies.
AirTnen have been especially
apprehensive about the first
type of losses, in negotiating
the Channel and establishing
beachheads.
To attempt that phase with
out complete mastery of the air
over water seemed to US
suicidal.
1t was to forestall that dam
ger that air power has been
dedicated in the last few
months.
If our aerial operations
against the luftwaffe have been
successful. the anticipated
losses, happily, may not ma
terialize.
Should the early indications
that we control the skies prove
@rrect. there is every reason
to believe that losses can be
kept down in the later stages,
in the land operations, as well.
I FOR one do not share the
Il apparently widespread fear
of a difficult and costly mile
by-mile struggle after the
shores are conquered and regu-
lar supply lines are guaran-
teed.
That fear rests primarily on
lingering faith in walls" and
other ground barriers. But
given aerial superiority, these
should prove much less formid-
able than generally expected.
Prediction is risky business
in the midst of a military UNI
dertaking of unprecedented di-
mansions.
Yet / venture to forecast that
if the invasion itself succeeds,
progress on land will be rapid.
The very factors that will
have made the invasion pos
sible will, il seems to me. make
effective German opposition
impossible.
If Germany did not have suf-
ficient air strength to contest
the skies and stop us while we
were on water, they will not
have enough air strength TO
stop our armies once we move
on dry land.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-12

MAY / disagree with those
4'A who criticize the President
for praying over the radio?
II is a gain in this age if
our rulers feel called upon to
pray to God for victory.
In Roosevelt's prayer there
was the slightest overtone of
humility-and that is a gain.
The truly noble of our race
always possessed great quanti-
ties of humility.
Lincoln left a heritage of hui
mility.
There are those who say that
Mr. Roosevelt should have
called in a clergyman 10 do the
praying.
Just as in many countries the
king used TO be. and in a few
places still is, the head of the
church, so in our democratic
republic the President spoke for
all the churches.
II is great advantage TO
have president who can speak
for all kinds of differing
peoples.
A MOTHER criticism seems TO
"A me unjustified. II is sug-
gested that instead of compos-
ing his own prayer he should
have used an ancient liturgical
one, such as the Lords Prayer.
But that would not have been
in the modern manner and we
must be modern at any cost in
this age when we do things so
ancient that they stem back to
the very roots of our existence.
Individual, spontaneo us
prayer. often spoken in public
at dinners and banquets. has
become an American custom.
Sometimes on such occasions
when the clergyman is called
upon TO say the blessing, he
speaks so long and so ardently
that he leaves the hired ora
tors with little TO say.
And that may be an improve
ment on the hired oratory.
/ once heard a clergyman AT
a Republican banquet open il
with a New Deal prayer that
took half an hour, in which he
answered in advance all the
arguments of the great states
men invited to speak on that
occasion.
And the onl'' reason that he
did not spoil anything was that
after the first few minutes
everybody wondered whether
the Lord required that much
instruction.
THE ancient Hebrews were
L masters at prayer II was
their art; their greatest contri-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-12

4 DELEGATION OF big cat
"A tie feeders from Michigan
came here a week ago 10 give
Chester Bowles. head OF OPA, a
good piece Of their minds.
The visitors received what is
known as the sorry, he's IN
conference routine. which is
federaleSe for run-around. They
spent all week getting H.
The delegation. headed by
Reese van Vranken OF Climax,
finally got so dizzy from the
run-around that II sought the
aid and comfort of Rep. Paul
". Shafer of Michigan
Shafer reminded them that he
is a Republican, but said he
would see what he could do. He
saw very quickly-nothlng.
GAME the end of the week
~ and the delegation decided
10 give up Van Vranken told
Rep. Shafer ne was going back
home and let OPA put all the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-12
One Word Led to Another
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer-

The U. S. Navy figures the bright new world to be
will have brighter brasswork if it's polished with
beer.
There never has been beer in the American navy for
unknown formula. Even though the English navy
has famous armada skrmshes grog and the great
Nelson was packed home in barrel Of rum
You can get beer in the army and remain AWOL
for couple of delriums and relapse But you cannot
rush the buttered GROWER in the navy.
Of you get shore leave reasonable
facsimile thereof. l would define shore leave
within chronological parentheses
The minute that foot-oose ramp goes down, the
landing parties head for Sands street Broadway, the
Barbary Coast or points affable.
l have a gangplank long enough to reach
the public library the Museum of Natural History
sailor with girl tatooed on his doesn't want book
in his hands
Here is the question before the investigating
mtee Would beer in the navy keep the sailors on board
in port? don't think So ashore or afoat imagine it's
the old migratory recipe Anything get out of
the house"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-12

buy his own horse on his Rus
sian salary of $3.50 a month.
Gregory wrote his papa for
the money to buy 1t.
Pop replied: THE letter you
wrote me for the money
didn't get. But don't get
transferred to the navy because
the money TO buy a battIeship I
spentw
The other day MayoS La
Guardia greeted $50 new men
TO the Sanitation Dept. and
Fred Allen observed: First
time a group Of workers got n
welcome and a brush at the
same time"
MOVIETOWN Sidesh how:
WI Phyllis Brooks. the actress,
and her agent joined a party
at the Mocambo the other
night.
The host was Marine Mai. A.
w. Little, owner OF a New
York publishing firm.
Maj. Little, who survived two
years in the south Pacific. nearly
swooned when he noticed that
Miss Brooks was wearing the
huge diamond and emerald ring
he had given her just 10 days
before-only TO read her an
nouncement in the papers the
next day that she would marry
1t. True Davis.