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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01
Three-FOurths Decided

All of the campai gning or lack of campaign
ing by the pres dental candidates, all the
speech making and ub-thumping and rallies
are going to be aimed at only one-quarter of
the American electorate At least that is the
assertion of DR.. George Gallup's poll, which
says that three out of four voters have al
ready made up their minds.
Dr. Gallup is a feeler of the public pulse
whose diagnoses of opinion are usually accu-
rate If you disbelieve the figures in this
case, you can sample your own circle of ac-
quaintances. You might even find that the
three-out of-four estimate is conservative.
But even if less than 10 million of the ap-
prox mately 40 million civilian voters are still
undec ded, that minority is eminently worth
wooiEg. For, with the voters in the armed
forces, they hold the balance of power In
the 1910 presidential election, aside from nine
ennlally Democratic, the winners majority
was less than Is per cent in IS of the 80 states
Who are the to-be-convinced voters who
will probably decide the election? It's easy
to say who they aren't. They aren't those
who vote a straight ticket for regional rea-
sons, or because pa and grandpa always voted
that way. They aren't federal job holders, or
people dependent on the ward or CITY political
boss for their livelihood. They don't belong
to the two stable groups who think that
or can do nothing right
Some may be vacllating and weak willed.
and some may be Indifferent But our guess
is that the majority of this minority is made
up of intelligent citizens who are impervious
to emotional catch phrases, unswayed by par
ty prejudice, given to long view of a SUBJ
ject and desire to hear all the evidence.
If that is so, they aren't getting much help
from their fellow citizens This year. when
time is precious and the stakes are great,
much time and breath again are being wasted
In unproductive and frequently unbecomng ar
guments between two voters whose minds are
sealed against change, but who still consider
vote against their man as a personal af
front
The epithets have already started flying
piioiiS' oiN'o'ol, SolAillunlSt, faSclst Wn-the-
war, lose-the-war and so on. Once again vot-
ers are thinking that if they can call the
most names in the loudest voice, thew have
achieved triumph of political logic.
Wouldn't it be rice If the convinced three
quarters could wear lapel buttons stating.
'I've already made up my mind" and let
the poor independent voter read the paper.
listen to the candidates, and make his de.
cision in a quiet atmosphere devoid of mud
Singing.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01

The War
By KIRKE l.. sIupSo
Associated Press w. sun

while the Norman6v nnalys
now firmly in Allied banG Genla'o,
SCENTS no more than = seo1 s repre-,
hold in France, it is a secure foo+s,, foot.
infinite possibilities. ''ii0ld Of
1t commands not on1v
OF approaches to Paris; bnt variety
to to the vast central plain Of ~ Fr .a'ss
mat hes between the Seine and rance NJ
Lore Lore 1t provides along both SI ea, he
beach or estuary landjno va s; .Oasts
supplement the supply flow t ,be TO
Cherbourg, insuring adeous through y
hveries close up to the T fi0s. DE-
fronts. And most of all, it don,Is
ates absolutely its greater Np paia}
Dor, the Brest tipped BRITTANY D e.s
insula. PEN
The tank column that cb.,u.,
into Avranches to shut snn. sea
trap on German Seventh arnv s
I nants ABOVE mat point is ALREADY
threatening Rennes, prime pSi:
tany road and rail hub about ' :,
miles to the south and Slightly we' ~
OF Avranches. No important ri,,.
barrier or other natural deta.s.
front guards it.
Capture of Avranches exposes IN.
Brittany peninsula. The most
mote and difficult sector of tbe
envy front in all France for REIN.
torcement and supply purposes IA
immediate outflanking by mare,
on Rennes, or to occupation nv
combined land and amphibious M
erations if that should be the Al
lied purpose.
The conclusion that the foe dar.
not risk an all out defense OF Brit.
tany for lack of both ground power
to maintain continuous battle linz
of that length and of air power :,
repeal new amphibious or airbomp
attacks is inescapable. His only Al,
tentative would be retreat from
Brittany to leave many additional
ports including Brest in Allied
hands.
German total casualties in Nor.
mandy by now probably exceed
100000 men and all but fireplace.
able armor and motorized euulv
ment. A battle for maneuver with
the whole great plain of central
! France providing the theater d
action is now looming. 1t will call
for more men and equipment than
have yet been committed in tn.
west by the foe, and at a time when
Berlin is scrapping the bottom Of
its reserve barrel to meet the 81
gantic Russian offensive in III.
east.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01

tody who can't bear to speak any
thing less than foghorn proper
tons.
And now and then when they'd
have to hammer on the tank it
sounded as though a boiler factory
mad collapsed. tried to counter
Ct this by not talking at all.
An officer asked if anybody had
inspected the breech of the tank S
gun. It S m S the Germans
sometimes leave a shell in h e
gun rugged up so it goes off when
the tank is moved Another officer
said the brech was empty. So we
started.
Slowly we ground back down the
road in low gear with our great,
tlack, massive lad rolling behind
us. One soldier rode in the tank
to steer it.
We'd planned - pull it a long
way back. Actu?1]y we pulled it
o:lly about half a mile, then de-
clded to put it in a field for the
hight.
When we pulled into a likely
pasture the sentry at the hedge
row gate wanted to know what we
we're doing and we told him, "leav-
ms German TANK for the night. ="
And the sentry in a Mortified
voice, said. Good God, don't leave
it here. They might come after
it." But leave it there we did,
and damn glad Co get rid of it,
assure you.
We drove home in the blackout,
watching the tall hsdgerows against
the lighter sky fer guidance. For
miles the roads were as empty
and silent as tn. farthest corner
Of a desert. The crash of the guns
grew welcomely DINNER and dim
nler until finally everything was
nearly silent and it seemed there
could be only peace in Normandy.
At last we came to our own
f.edgerow gate. As we drove in
the sentry said. ''Coffee's waiting
at the mess ten They feed "a
hcurs day in these outfits that
work like firemen.
But my sleeping bag lay unrolled
and waiting on the ground in a
nearby tent. It was 3 am. With
an almost childish gratitude at be-
.'g there at all I went right to
ked.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01

SOMEWHERE IN NORMANDY
-(By Wireiess)- drove SLOW
ly across the two pastures in the
big Mis- retriever truck with which
our ordnance evacuation company
was to pick up two crippled Ger
man tanks. The wrecker luck fol-
lowed us. 1t was just after mid
night.
We came to Z lane at the far
side of the pasture. Nobody was
there to direct us. The officers had
gcae on ahead. We asked sentry
if he knew where the German tanks
were. He had never heard of them.
Je shut off the motors and wait.
cd.
1 think everybody was a little
on edge. We certainly had Amerl-
can troops ahead of us, but ne
don't know how Tar. When things
are tense like that you get impa-
tlent of monkeyilg around. You
want to get the lob done and get
the hell out of there.
We waited about 10 minutes, and
finally a sergeant came back and
said for us to drive on up the road
about half mile. He climbed on
to direct us. Finally we came to
a barnyard, pull led in, turned
al ound and then very slowly back
ed on up the road toward h e
enemy lines. I stood on the steel
platform behind the driver so l
could see.
1t was very dark and you could
only make out vague shapes. You
could see dark walls of hedges and
between them LIGHTER strips of
gravel road. Finally a huge black
shape took form at one side of the
road.
1t was the first CT the German
tanks. Just before we got to it we
could make out two dark stripes on
either side of The road on h e
ground. They were the size and
shape of dead men, but they were
only forms and I couldn't tell for
sure.
Being tense and anxious to get
finished, l hoped our truck would
lake the first tank. But no. We
Passed by, of course, and w e n t
backing on up the road.
When you're nervous you feel
even IL inches closer to the front
is too much and the noise Of your
motor sounds like all the changing
o. hell, directing the Germans 10
VOu
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01
Daily Prayer
FOR DISCERNING MIND

FOR DISCERNING MINI
Like the propaet'S servant Oh olu
t,1ernal Father, we would nave
our eyes opened to the laVlslOH
armies of God. Enable US 10 Se'
the forces Thou hast in reserve III
Ills universal struggle pe'"eea
light and darkness. Make clear "
us wherein we fight on the sls'
of Thy truth. Enlarge our nlli'u'
II at we may perceive the real ~
sues of the war; so that our l' n
may be quickened and our Ioa
end sacrifices made more cue.
tive. May the great goals OF Lll'
which are precious in Thy Slsn gu.
be dear unto us also Forolo 'na,
we should toy with our treaSui',
OF liberty and brotherhood r ps
democracy ana personality p.
Thine unmerited grace eXal' u
ire stature of men and "o''.Ia
who walk in Cnrist's Way s''a
Jig only Thy will and Thy h~'
dem. Amen.-W.T TIE.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01
WINS CITATION.

WITH THE AMERICAL INFAN-
TRY DIVISION SOMEWHERE IN
T H e SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
AREA, July 31-tR-An award of
a Presidential unit citation deco
ration to TVS John N. Elliott, %,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E.
Elliott, Of Mill Spring, N. c., has
been announced. A veteran of
over % months Of overseas duty
with an artillery unit of the Am
erical division, ELLIOTT IS one of a
number of North Carolinians in
his battery.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01

sources our nation depends on private initia'
tive to implement the war and at the same
time supply our civilian needs.
Coal mining is a good example of how in
dustry carrise on in spite of confusion and
bureaucratic dictaton with which it is forced
to contend
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01
JONES TO ADDRESS
ENGINEERING CLUB

The Wilmington Engineering '' n.
will hold it's monthly meelng =,
morrow evening at $50 o'clocA G. !
the Friendly Restaurant u ,,s,
Thomas, president, announced J
terday. al.
The meeting will feature al nv ~
dress by R. W. Jones OF lhe N u,5o
Joint company Of New YORK., u ~a
is in charge of laying OF the ,,n MI
pipe line for the city water .t supft "a
from Kings Bluff. In aooi'iO', n,iu
describing this y, oject, Jones .csl,
give information on large Doston
installation of pipe lines in bD,,s
and Detroit, with moving pl'
illustrating these projects ann.
E. w. Smith of Price bfos, 80 in
pany, who is superintendent ,Iso
Charge of laying the pipe ii''''
will attend the meeting III,
The meeting is being held s al
Friendly by special arran any, Res.
with the management, as the e. "r re.
tsurant is closed this week ~
modelling.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01
With Ernie Pyle

knew it was foolish to be ner-
lous. l knew there was plenty of
protection ahead End yet there are
times when you don't feel good to
start with, you're uncomposed and
the framework Of your character
is off balance, ana you are weak
! inside. That's the way was that
night. Fortunately I'm not always
that way.
Finally the dark shape of h e
second tank doomed up. Our Off
GERS and some men were standing
in the road BESIDE it. We backed
10 within about five feet OF it, and
the driver smut Oft his motor and
we climbed down
A layman wouio think all you
have to do is to hook a chain to
the tank and DILL it out of the
ditch. But we were there half an
hour. It seemed ike all night to
me.
First it had to he gone over for
BOBBY traps. I couldn't help but
admire our mechanics. They know
, these foreign tanks as we'll as our
own.
One of them climbed down the
hatch into the drivers seat and
there in the dark completely by
feel. investigated fne intricate CAD
gets of the cockpit and found just
what shape it was in and told us
he trouble.
1t seemed that on this tank two
levers at the drivers seat had been
eft in gear and they were so bent
there was not room to shift them
out of gear.
One man was sent back up the
road to get kacksaw from the
wrecker truck 50 they could saw
OFF the handles. After five minutes
he came back and said there wasn't
any hacksaw. Than they sent him
back after croWbar and that fin
lily did the trick
During this time we stood in a
group around t.,e tank, about a
dozen of us, Just talking. Shells still
rcamed the dark sky but t h e y
Wer emit coming as near as before.
There would be lulls of many
minutes When there was hardly a
sound but our own voices. Most
everybody talked in low tones, yet
t in any group there's always some.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01
rs Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
AUGUST 1, 1919

Parker R. Aadel son, editor Of
the Wilmington Dispatch was
named second vice president o.
the North Carolina Press assoc'
alton yesterday at the annual con-
yention at Wrigntsville Beach. D.
A Sharpe, Of the Lumberton No.
besoniaa, was named president
and James J. Aurley of SALISBURY
Post, first vice president
Mrs. ]. C. Rourk of Sunset Fax
and Carolina Beach, has vlsl'lns
her Mrs. H. E. Rourk OF ANGER
son, Ind.
Mrs. S. A. Truelove OF Maol
con, Ga, is visiting Mr.. and MIS-
W. E. Truelove. 8l5 Chestnut !"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01
TOP OF THE MORNING

TOP OF THE MORNlNG
One of our birthday guests gives you this
hint, which if faithfully followed, will
result in happiness for more than one:
e'When you rise in the morning form re-
solution to make the day happy one for
fellow creature.
Sydney Smith.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01

Ohis is an Iroquols i'''
word denoting great.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-01
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete Victory.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-23
Associated Press

.,s-The main force of the
 I.,u thrust deep into Bel
 s blunted, field dispatches
 ;. Eisenhower called upon
 lied armies to swing into
 to destroy the enemy.
 olgh the main enemy drive
 ned asi e &- slowed, a
 erattack broke out in a
 ,ector 20 miles south of sIty of Luxembourg. The s involved 10 tanks & 2 in- N companies. Field reports
 he Germans were repulsed. Ter 6 days of slashing as-
 in which German forces
 drlven a wedge 32 miles deep into Allied lines by slsy, von Rundstedt's col lsin Belgium are turned a. m some sectors and forced slower pace in others.
 long a 32-mile German h flank veteran Allied forces s swung into action after ld marches across snow-top. mountains. Fierce tank bat were being fought in head ollisions with German arm- Cool veterans of river cross sall the way from Volturno, !, to Moselle, France. mow- own waves of Germans at- pting to force the turbulent leye.
 he Allied situation is i'm ed but still confused. The tive is still in the hands of Rundstedt, as groups of 20 German tanks still made ing penetrations here &
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-23
cIussifieds

RRY CHRISTMAS-And a cry Happy New Year. The Eodiak Shoe Repair Shop
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-23
& roved behind Allied

ing the last great gamble, Eisen- hover said m his order of the day calling upon his armies to destroy the enemy. "He IS rush. ing out from his fixed defenses", said the supreme commander. Washington-Plentiful fast flowing supplies from the home front to Americans fighting ln Europe might have prevented the powerful German counter offensive, Rep. Brooks, Demo- crat, Louisiana, member of the touring Military Affairs com mittee. said.
 Fist Bomber Command Saipan-A sizable force of Super forts bombed Nagoya for the 3rd time in 10 days. Returning to
 the huge aircraft manufacturing
 center the first Superforts bomb
 ed through an overcast < o her formations kept coming over the
 target area for ? and halt hours. Since Dec. l3's attack on the Hatsudoki factory of the Metsubishi aircraft works more than 67,O0O square feet of its roofage has burned off.
 MacArthur's Hdqts, Philip pines-Deadly American fight CT planes are flying against the Japs from newly constructed ] airdrome on Mindoro island, less
 than 15O miles from Manila Announcement of the field < its importance to both Americans < Japs was demonstrated as the enemy sent 29 planes against 1t l Wed. | raiders were downed in fierce aerial combat with Ameri- can Lightnings & Thunderbolts. II American fighter plane was ! lost.
 Closing of the so-called pincers of the Ormoc corridor means the
 lst American cavalry from the north & the 77th infantry from
 the south have joined advance
 units along the Ormoc road. The
 Japs, particularly on the east
 s;de of the road, are striving
 desperately to keep the gap open
 so they can slip through to Pal
 ompon, their remaining escape
 port.
 Rome Canadian troops smashing forward against fierce enemy resistance captured the town of Bagnacavallo on the road to Bologna. 5th Army oper- ations south of Bologna and on the Bologna-Rimini highway are confined to patrol activity
 Athens-An Elas army of 15' to 20 thousand is reported nov ing into territory held by Right ist guerillas. British troops are reported extending the area un- der their control in southern Athens against light resistance & unloading operations in the Port Piraeus have started again
 Moscow = Russian shock troops have wedged deeper into southern Slovakia while new onaratiopc of ? powarf1,l RusSian
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-23

R SALE-Furn. Broom plse, 2 lots, tool shed, chick D house 3 rabbit houses. hice $500. Also tools, gas pgine & rabbits, for sale.
 sasonable. Mrs. Nellie Holler, lission I'd. Box 25l.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-23

RSALE-M Med. sized Coles kater. Also 3 glass cell G. oft batteries. Mrs. Marie helin, red house behind 4l4, Mission I'd.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-23

R SALE-All my property, G. 4-room house, cabin, Aild, material, car, wash. Achine, groceries, 5 months pply of oil Mrs. Cecil Lynch, dission I'd. near Baptist Mis- ion.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-23

NCAB COMPANY FOR ALEr3 cabs in lst class AeCh, cond. Tires excell., dis atcher's, office, small rent; F0O0 cash. Contact Ed Cof- y, Anchorage, Alaska. Coffey Asures Everything. Remem. er2
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-23

IES-Repaired, cleaned and ga7ed. Fur coats altered.
 penenced work. See Mrs. , Y'ara Blinn, 3rd house behind Sank. Is
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-23

SlNESS INVESTMENT Acome property located main Ereet, Anchorage. Property ad gross income well over f5,0O0 last year; can be ought for $25-3O,OOO down ayment, bal. on terms. Con- act Ed Coffey, Anchorage, Alaska. Coffey Insures Every hing, Remember?
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Gridiron School for Boys
Opens at Eastern High

A tuition-free football school
sponsored by the Times-H Herald and
the Boys Club of Washington for
boys of IA years and over opens
two-week course at Eastern High
Schools athletic field this evening
between 6 and 8.
The school is one of two that
get under way this week, with
Washington-Lee's annual gridiron
classes opening Wednesday morning
at on the schools field.
John JankoWski, athletic director
of the Central Branch of the WASH
ington Boys Club, will supervise
sessions at the Eastern High classes,
and he will be assisted by Charley
Reynolds, Barney Ross and Jim
Munro.
Alphonse (Tuffy) Leemans, star
fullback with the New York Giants,
has accepted an invitation to ap-
pear as a special guest coach a
week from tonight, August 81.
Francis (Red) Sweeney, we'll
known local official, will be to-
nights mentor, and his instruction
will be featured by a discussion of
some of the newer rules of the
game.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
West Team Triumphs
In Negro A|I-Star Tilt
Ey the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-The ALL
Star Negro baseball rivalry be-
tween the pick of the East and the
best in the West today was squared
at six victories each following the
West teams IA triumph in the
18th annual contest witnessed by
46,247 fans at Comiskey Park yes
terday.
The West squad, composed of
Negro American League players.
won for the second successive year
- exploding for five runs in the
fifth inning. The rally was sparked
by Catcher Ted Radclif1e's 2-run
homer.
Verdel Mathis Of the Memphis
Red Sox was the winning pitcher
retiring after three innings with the
West ahead, 81. Catcher Josh Glib
son OF the East squad, culled from
the Negro National League, poled
a 44o-foot homer in the seventh.
Missing from the West lineup was
Leroy (SatcheD Paige, pitching
great. who withdrew from the con-
test after q recent dispute over dis
tribution of the receipts. Paige
publicly had attempted to induce
other An-Stars to boycott the game
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Rookie Seeing His First Major
Game HurIs Bosox to Victory

part Of q Sunday double-header
opener.
Never before had Cecil been in a
major league park or seen a major
league game, even in news reels.
With the score tied at s all. the
green recruit went onto the mound
to face the Browns in the 10th
inning
Al Zarilla 'bunted safely on Cecil's
curve, Mark Christman was hit by a
pitched ball and Frank Mancuso
walked. The bases were filled Then,
with two out Cecil threw three
straight balls at Don Gutteridge be-
fore he caused that worthy to fan
to retire the league leaders.
A Room His Big Concern.
Well, that was Cecil's first inning
in the majors He continued on
ward, pitching in all four innings.
yielding four hits, walking three
batters to come up with his first
major league triumph, 7-6, in the
18th inning on the echo of Bobby
Doerr's homer.
Only a few hours before he had
scared down from the skies after q
wild flight from the blue Pacific.
Around and around Mr.. Rex Cecil
the Boston fans swirled.
He was hero. What were his
plans?
Plans? I gotta find myself q
room somewhere in this mans
town. quoth he nonchalantly. and
ambled away.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Dozen Overfed Bears Must
Reduce or Pay Fines Of $50

ham, 225; Paul Podmajesky, 224, and
Pete Gudauskas, 225.
The Bears have not progressed be-
yond the tackling dummy stage in
their contact work, postponing
scrimmages until the rookie studded
squad masters T-formation blue
prints.
BY the Associated Press.
EVANSTON, Ill. Aug, 14.-Head
Coach Lynn Waldorf has shuffled
slightly his College All-Star roster in
preparing for the grid tangle with
the Chicago Bears at Dyche Stadium
here August 30.
Waldorf shifted Loren La Prade.
Stanford guard, and blocking back
Meredith Gushing, Cornell captain
last year, to center, and moved
Guard Bob Ravensberg of Indiana
to end. The large collegiate squad
Yesterday was handed a batch of
fundamental plays to study,