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enemy in every encounter" Because the force
was running with this smoothness Admiral
Halsey announced that the South Pacific cam
paign is completed Except for hopping up
and starving out operations
"Your resourcefuness, tireless ingenuity,
cooperation and indomitable fighting spirit. -
he told his men, from battle pattern that
will everywhere be an inspiration" He
naturally says nothing of his own part in
developing these attributes, but may well be-
lieve that they reached the degree OF perfec-
ton he so highly commends because he knew
not only what was needed but how to train
them for the task.
The Admiral singles out one group for
special commentator probably because the
men in it are little known and seldom heard
OF. "A great measure of credit for the sky
blazing, sea-sweeping and jungle-s ma shing of
the combat forces goes to the construction
gangs and service organizations that bull
dozered bases out Of the jungle and brought
up beans, bullets and supplies
Now if some top commander would paw as
well deserved a tribute to the engineers.
another usually overlooked branch of the mill
tary service would receive belated recogni-
ton.
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More Than Dunkeruue

German prisoners describe Sevastopol as
''worse than Dunkerque In addition to Axis
losses, estimated at $4,000 killed and some
$4,000 captured, this appraisal necessarily in
cludes the cracking of morale and obvious de-
moralization of the troops under Russian at
tack.
And for this Hitler in person is responsible.
When the Russians were closing in for the
kill, Hitler is said to have told his command
ers that there must be no surrender They
must fight it out, he told them, as long as
they could; that when they could hold no
longer they must get to the coast where ships
would meet them and carry them to safety.
When General August Jaenecke, then com
mander of Axis forces in the area, reported
Sevastopol could not be successfully held. Hit
Ter removed him from his command. Ana
the battle went on with the Russians sweeping
ahead with the destructive power of tidal
wave. The final stand was made at Chersonese
cane where ships were to have been waiting.
were told they were delayed for twenty-1our
hours. In anticipation OF their ARRIVAL tiie
Nazi and Romanian troops continued to 1lgnt'
and still the ship did not arrive The Russians
took 5000 prisoners on the CAPE lncluolng
General Boehme and Gruener and 1ouno
Generals Kurt and Reinhardt among the dead.
A Colonel Franz of the staff has said that
he went to General Gruener to urge thaI an
emissary be named to seek terms OF surrender
but General Gruener, though demoralized and
threatening suicide, refused to take this step,
in defiance Of Hitler's order. When the ships
had failed to put in an appearance on
the second day Colonel Franz and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Flugrad, their superiors being too
confused to act themselves, decided there
was nothing left but capiiulation, ana ordered
the men to lie or the ground holding white
handkerchiefs aloft as Russian tanks and in
fantry rolled up. During the last hours Of
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our stay on Chersonese cape,'' Colonel Franz
told Allied correspondents touring the Sevasto-
pol battlefield 1.-THE situation was immensely
worse than Dunkerque
The whole dabacle obviously traces back to
Hitler's order - the unnecessary DEATHS the
wastage of supplies and the humiliation Of tens
of thousands of soldiers PROSTATE with their
handkerchiefs waving as flags of truce. Per-
haps, when something of the sort transpires
in Italy, the result of a similar order
from Hitler, the German Army command,
which has suffered so grievously through the
fuehrer's blunders, will accept as an actual
fact that Hitler is not the deni-god he has SO
long claimed to be, and yield to the only term
on which the United Nations are willing to
end the war unconditional surrender.
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Halsey Praises His Men

The probability that Admiral Halsey would
,e shifted from his southwest Pacific post to
mother in the expanding Pacific battle zone
las been the subject of conjecture and specu-
alton for some weeks The fact that he has
ssued message to his force extolling their
outstanding performance in the early Ameri-
IAN successes in the southwest Pacific is I'M
officially interpreted in Pearl Harbor as in
iication that he is about to take a new naval
assignment.
It is even believed in unofficial Washington
hat the Japanese-revealed attack on Marcus
island which is as yet unconfirmed from an
Allied source was probably led by Admiral
Halsey. 1t may be that this is merely wishful
thinking, as we do not actually know the
Marcus attack was conducted
Our chic. interest right now centers upon
the Admirars splendid tribute to his men
"As you progressed" he said. your techni
que sad teamwork improved until at the las
round anphis!ous, sea and air forces were
working a. one beautiful piece OF precision
ma ehinery that crushed and baffled the hated
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Daily Prayer
FOR CLEAR MINDS

In the presence of Thine inef-
fable holiness, o God and Father
of us all, we bow in awe and rev.
erence We worship and adore
Thee in Thy utter righteousness
and purity. Thou hast hidden us
to be holy and we are shamed
and contrite as we confess our I'm
cleanness of thought and word
and action. T h hast called us
TO serve Thee in a holy Cause;
forbid that our efforts should be
stained, and weakened by sin.
Save our service men in hours of
temptation. AS they fight on the
near edge of eternity, may it be
as good soldiers of Jesus Christ,
ready to enter His presence. Give
us courage to deal valiantly with
all agencies of corruption that en-
tice them. Lift the level of our
own thinking to such a plane that
we may be a constant influence
for good upon their thinking. For
bid that they should dishonor US
or Thee, or we them. Cleanse all
our minds by Thy pure Spirit;
and grant us reunion in unsul-
lied love. Amen.-W. TIE.
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Our Chief Aim
Switching Jockeys

According to Swedish reports, Hitler has
;witched Jockeys again The latest reported
move is Field Marshal Erwin Ronnels re-
placement by Field Marshal Karl Won Rund-
tedt as Germany's anti-invason commander
n chief This sort of thing has been going on
or the past couple of years as military and
political expedency dictated.
! Won Rundstedt is of the Prussian military
5.lioue. Rommel rose from the Nazi ranks.
Jon Rundstedt has always been RommeF S
hyperion. But Nazi propaganda had indicated
hat Rommel was to command the second
ront forces If past performances are any
Guide, Rommers appointment was reflection
If Nazi confidence that the invasion could be
topped The fact that Won Rundstedt is
aking more active part mis- ht indicate ebbing
onfidence.
When the going gets tough, Hitler falls back
I N the military clique. Prussian generals pre-
dominated at the start of the Russian cam
4 ,agn, though neither the campaigns nor the
Tuehrers intuition aroused their enthusiasm,
AS the Germans rolled along toward Mos
oW, early in the war, there were frequent
eplacements of Junker officers by good party
men. Hitlers intuition then was right, and
he Junkers were wrong. Some of the Prus-
ian generals died" others were retired be-
ause of ell health'' But after Stalingrad,
he requirements started going the other way.
a It is likely that Won Rundstedt has been
allied in to do an emergency fireman job,
md that when defeat appears inevitable he
nay be replaced by Ronlmel or some other
lazi, for Hitler obviously still fears the Prus-
sian Junkers as much as they scorn him.
) Their alliance has always been uncomfortable
i When things were going we'll, it was to
ftler's advantage to put Nazi generals at
he head of the victorious forces and thus
,uild party prestige But it is equally to his
advantage to have the army out of Prus-
ian hands when defeat comes. Otherwise they
night turn upon him and his party and take
he army with them.
They will undoubtedly blame him for defeat.
they will be bitter, for they have wanted
military supremacy as ardently as Hitler,
md they have wanted it longer. It's heredi-
airy faint. So there is little question but that
Hitler wants the military clique as weak as
possible when the Allies march in and the
.Sazi big-wigs run for cover.
But to the Allies it will make no difference
WHO'S in charge. There are too many indica-
ions this time, Nazi or Junker, their number
% up.
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BY JOHN SELBY

The Dark GLASS;" by Joan
Charles (Harpers; S2.50.)
There might even be something
symptomatic of the time and it's
ills in the appearance of two such
similar books as Charles Jackson s
THE Lost Week End and Joan
Charles THE Dark Glass within
a few weeks of each other.
Mr.. Jackson's book is the al
most perfect story of a dipson;a-
MAC, male dipsomaniac. Mrs
Charles book is the story of a lost
woman who goes temporarily in
sane, and except for the fact that
the insanity is never quite estab-
lished, but only talked around If
too approaches perfection. There is
another similarity between the two
authors; Mr.. Jackson has about
completed another book, which is
to explain how his chief character
overcame his failing, and Mrs.
Charles forsakes her Heroine at
the moment she leaves the hospi-
tai, which is the strategic taking
off place for another novel, if ever
there was one.
1.-The Dark Glass" is the most
feminine novel I have read for a
long time, and it is written in the
favorite technique of the female
That is to say, the book
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Never A Dull Moment

If sedition trials in Washington are no joke.
it's not the fault of the defendants One thumb
ed her nose at the photographers. Another
charged that his attorney was plotting with
the prosecutors to make a monkey and a
martyr of him. A third was convinced that
the government was trying to kill all % de-
PENDANTS by freezing them with the court
rooms airconditioning system. One defense
counsel solemnly asked to exercise one-twenty-
ninth OF challenge on the upper part of one
prospective jurors anatomy
All this is not conducive to mpressing such
people as feel sympathy for the defendants,
nor is it likely to convince the unsympathetic
that the alleged seditionists are menances
to the American way of life, In fact, it may
turn out that their antics have set alleged
sedition back 20 years.
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The Literary Guidepost

octensibly covers AIMS time in,
first, a private hospital and later
a state institution, but the story
OF her life is told in many, many
flashbacks. This device appeals
especially to women. why l could
not say. In The Dark Glass it is
nicely handled, although not per-
fectly. There are pages which
hang between the remembered
past and the actual present so
precariously that the reader can
be forgiven state of exaspera-
ton.
Ann has been. in her own mind.
unWanted from childhood, but
yet not entirely so. She has giftr,
apparently enough money. and
the misfortune of being thrown
with people who absorb her in
terest without providing a firm
enough foundation for her future
Then she marries a chap named
Robin who is, in my humble opin-
ion, a chap nobody, even an un-
balanced woman, would bother
with for six minutes. He was
mad, but also a laundering bore
and he finished off poor Ann.
The two hospitals, the inmates
thereof, and the world of unbal-
ance they house are excellentlv
reproduced. Only I think Ann is
little too sane to be insane,
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NaZi Political Offensive

Nazi sabotage has been pretty well con-
trolled thus far during this war But in the
opinion of Norman M. Littell, assistant at
torney general of the United States, there is
underway a stealthy political invasion" of
this country as a party of the Nazi program
for winning the peace. Mr.. Littell voiced his
view in an address before the Commonwealth
"Enlightened American business and in
formed government can cope with Nazi pene
tration into American business he told his
hearers, but can they recognize the Nazi
political offensive? "a subtle fifth column is
at work, he declared. In land where
citizens Of many different races have lived in
relative peace for $50 years, the poison of race
hatred has been carefully spread by Nazi-
trained and subsidized propag andists.'
He said that messages straight from Ber-
war plants on the Pacific coast ''by word of
mouth, by leaflets, by scribblings on the
walls" Vicious but cleverly written doggerel
is the usual vehicle, he added.
Everyone knows the rhyme which begins
about Michael Murphy being the first Ameri-
can to kill Jap, Colin Kelly the first Ameri-
can to sink Jap-battleship, with the conclud-
ing line about Mr.. Cohen being the first Ameri-
can to get five tires, but how many know that
this doggerel appeared simultaneously within
forthy eight hours in eighteen cities of the
United States? How many know that it was re-
peated over the shortwave radio from Ger
many to the United States and England?"
Obviously dissolution of the bund is but one
step in eliminating Nazi influence in this
country. If Mr.. Litten is correct in his posi-
ton, it may be taken for granted that the
German leaders no longer entertain any hope
of winning the war. This has been generally ac-
cepted as fact. But they are centering their
efforts upon winning the peace as they did
last time and by so doing lay the foundation
for future war.
If they can create sufficient dissension in
this country, and in the other chief Allied
nations, they may be able to win the peace
again. 1t behooves U.s. therefore, to be on the
alert against this political offensive Mr.. Littel
warns us is even under way, lest we aic
the war machine of Germany in laying the
foundation for another - and worse - worle
war
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With Ernie Pyle

two o. three days. One Night they
slickad all up, put on their dress
uniforms with all their sergeantS'
stripes and their silver wings and
all their ribbons, and we went to
a nearby town to singing con
cert. Then we went into the back
room of the local pub and sat
around big round table with two
very old and ugly British women,
who were drinking beer and who
were very grinny and pleasant.
They giggled when Pruitt told
stories of his escapades as a cow
boy and of his trips to London on
leave.
LIVE LIKE OFFICERS
There are about 20 flying serg-
eants in the same barracks with
my crew. They live about the same
as the officers, expect that they
are more crowded and they don't
have settees around their stove, or
shelves for their stuff. But they
have the same pinup girls, the
ScslllS JlllS Idlh, TIE Same poker
game, and the same guys in bed
getting some daytime shu EYE
while bedlam goes on around them
I got to know all these flying
sergeants and I couldn't help but
be struck by what a swell bunch
they were. All of them for little
while and treat you like a king.
They tell you their troubles and
their fears and their ambitions,
and they want so much for you to
have a good time while you're with
them.
With these boys, as with most
all the specialized groups of SOL
diers I have been with, their deep
sincerity and their concern about
their future are apparent. They
can't put into words what they're
fighting for, but they know it has
to be done and almost invariably
they consider themselves fortunate
to be living well and fighting the
enemy from the air instead of on
the ground. But home, and what
will be their fate in the postwar
world, is always in the back of
their minds, and every one of them
has some kind of plan laid.
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Gardner VIII Handle
Morrison's Campaign

County Commissioner Harry Gar
diner has been named chairman of
the Cameron Morrison for U. S.
Senator campaign in New Hanover
county. it was announced here late
yesterday.
During his term as governor of
North Carolina, Morrison called a
special session of the legislature
in an effort to have the City OF
Wilmington made state port with
terminal facilities here under the
jurisdiction of the state. The move,
received with favor locally, was
defeated on the floor of the legis-
lature.
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rs Years Ago
Today
From the files
of the Star-News)
May "a, 1919


Major George W. Gillette, who
is now with the Army Supply Base
Port Storage, Norfolk, Va, has
rendered his services to men Of
the 30 division, especially those
who served in the 1O5th engineers,
and will aid them in securing jobs.
He desires to see all these veterans
of the World war placed in -emu-
nerative positions. Sgt. Maj. de-
Brutz Poisson, at the office Of
Thomas F. Wood, lac. will be glad
to give further information.
Mrs. William Bingham has e
turned from a visit in Atlanta
and Asheville.
Lyman Delano left Friday night
to- business trip to northern
points.
Baltimore, The Old Bay liner
Virginia bound to Norfolk from
baltlmore with 1856 passengers and
full cargo of freigh, was burn
cd to waters edge near the mouth
OF the Potomac river last night.
Lluet. Comdr. George V. DAVIS
u 5. ~, who was a passenger on
the steamer Florida, one of the
rescuing ships, said that he BE-
lleved 10 or Is persons persisted.
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Paul Burgess Resigns
Position With State

RALEIGH, May 23-lP-Paul
L. Burgess, director of the audit
ing division of the State Depart
ment of Revenue, has resigned ef-
fective May 81, Edwin Gill, the
departments commissioner, an
nounced today.
Gill said Burgess would be as
ISOLATED with chain of private
ly-oWned food stores as treasurer
and accountant He entered the
states division of auditing in 1894
and was made director of the d.
vision in 1911.
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Interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
AP War ANALYST

The ponderous upper pincer "A
a deadly Allied trap in italy q
rolling northeastward from the
Anzio beachhead, Threatening tho
Keeling Germans with more than
the loss of rome. 1t is aimed AZ
cutting off all Nazi troops south Of
Rome from direct escape north.
ward or into the mountains that
form the spine of the Italian benin.
sula.
The point of the main Allied at,
tack in the north apparently is
Cisterna, road and rail junction on
the Appian way at the northeast
corner of the Anzio beachhead. Tbe
town is also the indicated anchor
point for the right wing of thu last
potential German defense front
south of Rome.
A Fifth army break thrugh, IA
seize it and push beyond into tbe
Sacco valley, would knife across
the Vic Casilina, inshore main
road between Rome and Naplea
far beyond reach of Nazi forces
battered by the Fifth and Ejqb4b
army miles to the south in the
lower Liri Valley. 1t sould leave
the enemy no choice but ujcll
flight from the Terracina-Pjedj-
monte front in the south. Berlin
announcement of the Nazi evacua-
ton of Pico on the Liri front ind.
Gates that the expected general
German retreat already is in pro-
gress.
Clark Heads Drie
| The fact tht the Allied drive in
the north is being directed bv
| General Mark Clark, Fifth armv
commander, indicates the import
ance of the lunge from the Anzjo
beachhead. Selection of the Cister-
ma corner for the main thrust tends
| to bear that out.
Cicterna in German hands balk-
| ed the first Allied attempt in the
Anzio landings to cut across vital
coastal and inshore communica-
tons of the German front in the
south. 1t stands about midway of
the low saddle between the Alban
} hills just below Rome and the
Leplni mountains forming the south
side of the Sacco valley.
The probable final line of Nazi
resistance below Rome runs
: through that saddle from Pales-
r trina or Genazzana in the noun.
= talns north of the Sacco, through
= Valmontone, Artena and Valletri
S to Cisterna. Fifth army capture OF
5 Cisterna would turn the right flank
! of that line even before the enemy
: could reach it from the south for
a stand.
S Near Breaking Point
There is every indication that
. German power of resistance ir
central Italy is close to the break.
f ing point. The prelude there t.
a the combined Russian-Allied east,
q west attack is close to its crisis
:, and at the moment filled witt
o dlsastrour portens for the German
high command.
Il The decision of Hitler's com
: manders not to dissapate theil
/ strategic reserves to reinforce til,
i Italian front in the face of i'm
t pending Russian and tAllief bow:
elsewhere is being put to a sterl
$ test. A crushing defeat of the MAJ
Il army in central Italy would prove
; drain on enemy morale in thu
: field and on the home front.
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NURSES CALLED TO MEET

A, called meeting of District No.
9 of the North Carolina Nurses AS
soclation will be held Thursday at
8 p. M. at the parish house of St.
PauPs Luthern church, 9Th and
Princess Sts., Miss Lillian George,
executive secretary, has annou.lc.
oI
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POPPIES TO BE SOLD

WHITEVILLE, May 23-Satur-
day, has been proclaimed Poppy
Day in Whiteville. Sale of peoples
here will be in charge of the
American Legion auxiliary, Mrs.
Anna Spears, president.
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LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license was issued
yesterday by Register of Decds
Rhodes to Robert Dennison, 29,
Bluethenthal Field, and Dorothy
j. Stancil. 10, Wilmington.
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In Germany, men are now limited to 10 hair
cuts year. They might follow the example
of their Fuehrer-and tear the stuff out by
the roots.
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To punish his recalcitrant generals Hitle1
might try sentencing them to spend nigh
in Berlin Or any other big German town
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Mrs. William Bingham has e
turned from a visit in Atlanta
and Asheville.
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Lyman Delano left Friday night
fo1 a business trip to northern
points.
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