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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
The Vanishing Frontier

A good many Kentuckians must have choked
on their juleps when they read that their
able and amiable Sen. Alben W. Barley, hav-
ing broken his glasses, read his Jefferson Day
dinner menu through monocle. Not only that,
but he held it firmly in place with what seemed
to be practiced eye.
Probably it's just as well for Senator Bark
rest of those buckskinned, rough-living, tobac-
CO. chawin' frontiersmen are no longer num-
bered among Kentucky's voters.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY JOHN SELBY
"Fair Stood the Wind for France
by H. E. Bates Little, Brown;


"Fair Stood the Wind for France
by H. E. Bates little, Brown;
$3.50.
Although H. E. Bates is SO years
old and has been writing since he
was a junior reporter on country
newspaper in England at the age
of II years, Fair Stood the Wind
for France is only his fifth novel
His short stories have been very
successful, however, and that is a
form he has mastered entirely.
Not that he is not also an expert
novelist. His experiences is espe-
cially manifest because he has
been able to write a solid and in
telligent novel about the war
which makes sense between book
covers, but which also was capa-
BILE of being condensed into a Sat-
urday Evening Post serial; in
deed, the book is first rate COM
mercial proposition, since it has
been serialized and in book form
it is half of the current Bookof.
the-Month choice. The other half
is James Norman Halls Lost Is
land
Mr.. Bates novel begins with a
British bomber flying across
France for England. 1t is COM
manded by a flying officer, and
the crew is made up of four SER
geants; the group has been long
together and the social and mill
tary differences of rank have dis
appeared. The crew is merely an
efficient unit.
But the bomber loses a propel-
Ter, and comes down in a marsh
somewhere south of Paris. John
Franklin, the officer, is badly
wounded in his left arm and the
others are unhurt. They come, at
last, to a mill and farm and there
they are taken in, not as an heroic
gesture, but very simply and nat
urally. 1t is all the French family
can do - the father is a French
peasant who refuses to be bullied;
the grandmother has seen three
great wars and knows there is no
thing left in the world but the in
finite; Pierre is sustained by hat
red of monumental proportions;
Francois has, quite simply, faith
in God.
Fair Stood the Wind for France"
would have been a stronger novel
if Mr.. Bates had not felt bound to
offer the Saturday Evening Post
a love affair between the officer
and FRANCHISE, but it would have
been less beautiful There is sus-
pense, accurate observation. hon
esty and first rate writing in the
book
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
Battle Of The In-Laws

British court in denying divorce to a
war workers wife on grounds of cruelty, has
ruled that the English husband, not the wife,
is the sole judge as to whom shall be admitted
to and entertained in the home. This applies
rather pointedly, as the case proved-to in
laws.
We can only hope that the final, inevitable
test OF this cold edict in English households
can be postponed for the duration. A nation
OF enraged and offended mothers.in-law would
certainly have diversionary effect upon total
victory.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
UNC EXERCISES
PLANNED JUNE 5

CHAPEL HILL, May 81. -lP-
Governor J. Melville Broughton
will present the diplomas at the
150th comro enceraent at the Uni.
versity of North Carolina on June
5, J. Maryon Saunders, chairman
of the university committee on
public occasions, announced TO-
day.
Saturday, June 3, will be OBJ
served as Class day. Dean of ad-
ministration Robert B. House will
be the principal speaker at a par
ents and seniors luncheon.
Afternoon events include a ten
mis- match, Carolina VS.. Cherry
Point Marines, a track meet with
the University of Virginia, and
Carolina Duke baseball game.
A Dutch cupper reunion for re,
turning members of the class Of
1943 will be held after which there
will be a dance honoring the grad
yates and returning alumni,
The baccalaureate sermon Will
be preached June 4, by Bishon
Paul B. Kern of Nashville. Tenn
That afternoon officers and dire
tors of the general alumni assocl-
alton will meet.
Reunion suppers will be held BY
classes of '94, '96, 81, 49, 90, 10:
'16, IT, 10, 10, '34, '35 '36 and
'37.
Seniors will hold their final class
meeting June 5 followed by re-
ceDtion at the Davie poplar lot
TIE graduates, Their guests ana
alumni.
John M. Morehead of New YoIE'
graduate Of the class of 81 ara
President Frank P. Graham VIII
be the principal speakers at 'ns
alumni luncheon
Graduation exercises, ctarthS al
7 o'clock, will be presided owe by
dean House. President GTaham
will deliver a farewell message 10
the graduates and senior class
president Bob Burleigh Will re-
Spond.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
Postwar Home Building

| It is estimated that from a million to Z
million and one-half dwelling units veal
must be built to bring the nations housing
supply up to a satisfactory standard within
fifteen years after the war.
The National Association of Housing Off
Gals has just issued report containing the
evidence it has accumulated through a sur.
vey of the country's housing situation which
in addition to the above generalization on the
housing need, adds there is already a strong
backlog of demand, supported by wartime
savings for home purchasing, by ample mort
gage money, by improved techniques and by
increased attention to lower-priced, quantity
produced dwellings -developments which are
keying the home building industry to expand
ing postwar markets.
Private enterprise should endeavor to meet
needs of the market and should be given
every reasonable aid to reach as far down the
income scale as possible, the report said, add
ing that 1T is the responsibility of the public
to provide housing for families not adequately
served by private enterprise.
To attract private capital, unusual hazards
in housing investments must be reduced, the
report went on to say. Tendencies toward
neighborhood deterioration should be con-
trolled, variations in tax rates within the same
metropolitan area equalized and high title
costs and uncertainties of foreclosure pro-
ceedings minimized. The system of local taxa
ton should be modified. to balance the dis
proportionate load on real estate, building
codes should be revised and adequate means
of land assembly and of removing obsolete
buildings should be provided.
With the end of the war there should be an
end of federally- constructed and operated
vide residential communities in connection
with federal construction projects, such as
dams, the report stated. While the actual
planning and provision of housing is local
responsibility the federal government should
require evidence of need and of the existence
of an adequate community plan and adequate
standards as justification for expenditure of
federal funds.
Provision should be made now for a perma-
nent federal housing agency so it can be ready
and functioning when war ends The present
position of the National Housing Agency and
its three subsidiaries is wartime arrange
ment
Stating that local authorities should deter
mine how and when war housing should be
disposed Of the report urged temporary struc-
lures be removed as quickly as possible to
prevent growth of new sums and that perma-
nent buildings should not be dumped on the
market but offered to occupants, to local hous-
ing authorities or to private enterprise in a
way not detrimental to the real estate market
Serious mistakes may be made unless hous-
ing construction is related to comprehensive
planning, according to the report. While there
may be congressional action to aid local plan
local communities should proceed
on their own initiative in developing local.
housing programs and devsing means of OBJ
tanning funds for this purpose
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
Hoey Will Speak
At Lumberton Rallv


SHELBY, May 21.-B-Clvde
R. Hoey, candidate for the U. S
Senate, will address a politica:
rally at the Robson county court
house in Lumberton tomorrow al
$3.50 p. m.
At $50 he will speak at a Joint
meeting of Lumberton civic clubs.
Tuesday Hoey will address the
Nashville Lions club at its ladies'
night program.
He will make several radio ad-
dresses during the week and will
end his campaign with an address
over station WIT at Charlotte Fri
day at 7:30 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
rs Years Ago
Today
(From the files
OF the Star-News)
MAY 22, 1919


The cotton exporting firm of Al
exander Sprunt and Son will be in
corporated at an early date with
the object of perpetuating the es-
tablishment and rewarding the
many young Wilmingtonions who
have made their mark through
loyalty to the firm and the fulfill
ment of their duties in an unswerv-
ing manner. Charter has already
been applied for. The firm, estab-
lished by the late Alexander
Sprunt, has been doing business
for 81 years.
Mrs. @. B. Satchwell is in the
city visiting her mother, Mrs. M.
A. Hayden at her home, 419 Chest
nut street.
The graduating class of the
Hemenway school enjoyed a de-
l4ghtful picnic at Orion Plantation
IN Brunswick county.
New York's society leaders spent
most of the night cooking dough-
nuts in Mrs. Vincent Astor's kit
chen. They peddled them up and
down Broadway today as volun-
tary recruits in the Salvation Ar
my's drive for $4,000, 1000.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
Interpreting
The War
BY ELTON C. FAY
AP War AnalySt

Aonlral Ernest J. King saw.
that "vast operations are pendiuss
in the Pacific.
This statement of the Chief
naval operations is as broad =. W
the Pacific itself and his use a. a,
the plural form Operations" :.
evidence that major blows will \.
dealt at several places.
There are any number Of sro..
in the Pacific where the Janans,.
would prefer not to see Amer i,e@
forces land - the footholds ,Sa
still retains in Micronesia ~.
Philippines, in their own Kuriles
The northernmost of tn. K,r,.
Shimushu, is only 1913 miles fron,
the American base at Attu at tb.
tip OF the Aleutian chain
Note how long and how ofte, o..
Kuriles have had the attention y,
American air and naval forco.
Army bombers paid the first vi.;.
10 the hurlles IN July, l943, with
strike at Paramushiro, big island
just south of Shimushu. Since tban
the Kuriles have been visited y,
ten, of late with growing treouen.
cy. Last February, a naval surfao.
force steamed out of the north p.
cific fog and tossed shells or.o
Paramushiro.
Range Southwark
The American raids have ranoed
well south of Paramushiro IN Nv
clude an attack Thursday night m
Shimushiri island, little over I NM
miles north of Tokyo and less tbau
half that distance from Hokkaido
second largest of the two main il
lands of Japan. Matsuwa. onlv On
miles further north, had beer hi
earlier '''
In tonnage dropped and dam
age done, none of the raids has
been On big scale. EssentisIIz
hey have been reconnaissance !,
force, intended to keep the plan.
ners of American strategy cir.
rently informed on defense install.
lations. A mere reconnaissance
plane does not necessarily draw
defensive fire if the enemy be-.
lieves his installations are sutf.
GENTLY concealed.
That this program is WORKING
is evidenced in a review of com.
muniques. For weeks, the report,
speak Of moderate o. meager anti.
aircraft fire against raidias
planes, then Gas in some recent
communicates there is mention
of intense heavy caliber" fire
at certain of the islands.
Far From Citadel
Admiral King comments that de.
spite our recent advances we
are still far from the citadel Of
Japan which must be preached be.
fore the war is won"
"A landing IN the Kuriles would
place the United States in excel.
lent position for a jump-off in thu
direction of the citadel.
From any of the islands soutl
Of Matsuwa, the japanese capita
and war industries of Honshr
would be within striking range o.
today's heavy bombers, within
easy distance fo1 still longer rang,
heavies of the future.
Moreover, the citadel would be
placed within possible range Of
an airborne troop operation Such
airborne forces could be Of the
greatest value in thanking coastal
defenders while they were engag-
ed by the masses of a sea borne
invasion force.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
BY ERNIE PYLE

A BPS BASE IN ENGLAND,
May 21- (by wireless) -'My
crew. of two officers and three
enlisted men have been flying to-
gether as a team in their BE
bomber since before leaving Amer
lea more than a year ago.
Every one of them is now far
beyond his allotted number Of
combat missions.
Every one of them is perfectly
willing to 60 through another com.
plete tour Of missions if he can
just be home for a month. I be-
lieve the same thing is true of al
most everybody at this station.
And it's a new experience for me,
because most of the combat men
I've been with before wanted to
feel finished forever when they
went home.
Every one of my crew. has
the Distinguished Flying Corss and
the Air Medal, with clusters They
have had flax through their plane
numerous times. but none of them
has ever been hit. They expect it
to be rough when the invasion
starts, but they're anxious to get
it over with.
In the past they have usually
flown one mission day over
France, with occasionally two as
the tempo of the spring bombings
increased. But during the invasion
they will probably be flying three
and sometimes four missions a
day.
BUSY TIME AHEAD -.
They will be in the air before
daylight and they will come home
from their last mission after
dark. They will go for days and
maybe weeks in a frenzied routine,
eating hurriedly between missions,
snatching a few hours of weary
sleep at night, and being up and
at it again hours before daylight
to shuttle back and forth across
the Channel. They and thousands
of others like them.
Fighting purely an air war-as
this one here has been up to now
is in some ways so routine that
it is like running big business.
Usually B 20 crewman
works" only about two hours a
day. He returns to life that is
pretty close to normal one.
There is no ground war to con-
fuse him or disturb him or even
inspire him with its horror. His
war is highly technical, highly or
gained. and in a way somewhat
academic.
Because of this it is easy to get
bored. An air crewman has lots
of spare time on his hands. Meth
err the officers nor the enlisted
filters have any duties whatever
other than f1ving.
When not flying they either loaf
around their own ,huts, writing let
tiers or playing poker or Just sit
ting in front of the fire talking, or
else they take leave for a few
hours and go to the nearby viii
lagos. They can 60 to dances or
sit in the local pubs and talk.
And every two weeks they get
two days leave. That again is
something new to us who have
been in the Mediterranean. Down
there filters do get leave to go toI
rest camps, and even to town once
in a while if there is a town, but
there's nothing regular or auto
matte. about it. These boys up here
get their two days leave twice a
month just like clockwork. They
can do anything they want with
it.
Most of them go to London. 9th
ers 60 to nearby cities where they
have made acquaintance. They 60
to dances n d night clubs and
shows. They paint the town and
blow off steam as any active man
who lives dangerously must do
now and then. They make friends
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22
CLUSTER AWARDED

WASHINGTON, May 2l.-lI'.
The War department announced
today the award of the Bronze OAK
Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished
Flying Cross to LIST 1t. Thomas NJ
Jones, of Guilford College, N. T.
He is in the U. S. Army Fifth Ar
Force.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22

With nationwide use of television, the smart
politician of the future will make his first
clever move by being born handsome.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22

Argentina's president quits because. of ell
health. Just thinking about that nation does
not make us feel good either
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22

Ediotr's Note-Ths Star and the New. .cc.r, -.
responsibility for the personal views, Of MI Peeer.
his readers His articles serve the good nurno:. ~
making people think. ~ 'S''e Vi
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-22

The Kingfisher is the principal
scouting plane used by our fleet
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Our Chief Ain,
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
will pray to God to guide me
In the straight and narrow way;
will shun false pride and folly;
I will live my best today.
-'"TODAYo GreenyiIle KlieSer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-18
DDetroiter Cited
For Saving Lives

Donald Peter Adams. seaman
FIRST class. USNR. of APO Hurl-
but, member OF the Armed
Guard Unit aboard the s. s. Edwin
T Meredith. has received COM
mendation for conspicuous gallan-
try and the saving of many lives
on the occasion OF the Jap torpe-
doing OF the S. s. Cape San Juan.
A report OF the tragedy reveals
that when Donald's vessel arrived
At the scene OF the sinking Cape
San Juan, the order 10 abandon
ship had been given and the
waters were filled with struggling
survivors.
Donald dived into the oil-cov-
cred, shark-infested sea and pro-
ceedcd TO assist the stricken men
10 safety aboard his ship.
The commentator came as
surprise 10 Donald's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Adams. AS Don
aid, a former student at CaSs
Tech had never mentioned his
heroic deeds IN his letters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-18
Swing Shift Puzzles
COMPENSATION Heads

she chose to work from 8 a. m.
to 4 p. m. instead of from z in the
evening to SIS in the morning.
After her dismissal she applied
for work on any shift. provided
she was home from ] 30 a. m. TO
S;l5 a. m. TO serve breakfast TO
her family.
Mrs. Mccarthy wanted her
afternoons free, according TO at
torney Ernest Goodman, so that
she could watch over her daughter
when she returned from her first
year classes at ChadSey High
School.
Appeals board members hearing
the arguments were Calvin n
Smith, chairman; Joseph d. Had
ley and Charles E. Lougheed.
They were told by John NJ. Stack
poole. attorney and chief of the
claims adjustment section OF the
unemployment compensation COM
mission. that the Legislature
should amend the present law.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-18

Must women war workers with
children be available for work
around the clock 10 qualify for
u n m p o y m ent compensation
when discharged?
This question. which affects
hundreds Of Detroit and outstate
families with war orkin
mothers, today confronted the
appeals board Of the Michigan
Unemployment Compens ton
Commission.
The problem arises from claims
OF two women war workers for
unemployment cOmpe ton
which has been denied them since
their dismissal from the Parker
Wolverine Co. last January.
The women are Mrs. Bernice
Skarbo of 1880 Dragon, mother
Of a 9-year-old boy and Mrs. Bar
bara Mccarthy. whose daughter,
Patricia, is 10.
Unemployment com pc nsation
was denied Mrs Skarbo because
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-18
Council Hunts
$4,000 Report

The common council hash I
heard a peep on the matter since
it Appropriated $4,000 five
months ago 10 have private
agency investigate DSR operations
and recommend Improvements.
Councilman Rogell declared to-
day.
Called in to cnlighten the Coun-
cilmen at their regular meeting
today, William S. Bullock. DSR
general manager said that Transit
Associates, Inc. of New York, has
made a four-page progress report
20 the DSR commission.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-18
Dead Hero Honored

WASHINGTON. May Is fUP)
The Congressional Medal Of
Honor has been awarded postum
mously 10 Pfc. Henry Gurke Of
Neche. ~. D.. who threw himself
on Japanese hand grenade 10
protect a comrade al Bougainvlle.
the navy revealed today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-18
Theater Fires
Blamed on Boy
Times Photo

A 16-year-old usher was held
at the JUVENILE Detention Home
today after, police said, he con-
fessed to starting two fires in the
Capitol Theater. 1915 w. Vernon.
whore he was employed.
The first fire was discovered in
rubbish back stage at 1882 p. m.
The second flared up two hours
later. The theater was vacant
except for employees at the time.
Damage estimated at $1,000 was
done TO Grapes.
Sgt. Richard Miller of the arson
squad quoted the youth as saying:
"Some one said the building
was condemned so I set 1t on
fire."
Order l0c United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them to YOUR home,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-18

Order I0c United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them To your home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-26
9ons 20 Wild With JOY As Americans Enter Historic French Capital

laborators) who were helping
the Germans defend the city.
One Frenchman said there
were many German Shippers in
civilian clothes.
Red Cross aid men dressed in
white ran out of doorway with
a stretcher. A nurse in starched
white followed them. They
picked up a wounded man and
laid him on a stretcher while
waving Red Cross flag.
An FIJI member ran UP to
me and cried in English:
Give us arms and ammuni.
ton. We want guns and bullets.
That's all that we ask. Wen
clean out these.
1--WE haven enoug h am.
munition and most of us have
only pistols
Ahead of us patriots crouch
ed along the buildings and
answered the enemy fire. Ly-
ing there, I felt lonely and lost
in the city which all of us had
dreamed of entering as a L
GUS occasion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-26

Our column began to roll at
7 am. from Longjumeau, six
miles south of Paris. A French
captain stopped all correspon-
dents one mile from town and
insisted he had orders that no
one without a written permit
could enter the city. He told
three, British correspondents
they would be shot if they
drove by without a pass.
An American colonel heard
the story and said the captain
was acting without proper au-
thority. I drove to the block
ade and suddenly my jeep
lurched forward into the col
urnn (of troops Unfortunate
ly it was too late to turn back,
so I kept going.
Two m | e farther the col
unn halted. Forward elements
had run into German strong
point and mines on the road.
French Brig. Gen. Jacques
Leclerc and his staff went in
to conference. Tanks wheeled
and started to outflank h
position, but after a while they
returned because they ran into
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-26

the route of an American IN
fantry advance. f..
Then the column began to
roll again. The strongpoint had
been knocked out ahead OF u.s..
And at 9:57 am. my jeep roll
ed through the. gates into Par
is. .4.,.
Never do expect to see
such scenes, as I saw on h e
streets of Paris. There was on
ly a, narrow "a n e through
which the armor could roll.
Men and women cried with
joy. They grabbed the arms
and hands of soldiers and
cheered until their voices were
hoarse.
When the column stopped I
was smothered, but pleasantly,
with soft arms and lips giving
not one kiss but the usual
French double one. They
Rugged me and my jeep driver
and pinned French tricolors on
us, and left US exhausted, with
emblems and ribbons.
One old man came up, sa-
luted, and said with tears in
his eyes,