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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03
Two Local Soldiers Are
Seriously Wounded
In Battle Areas
Sgt. Carl Haenftling in Invasion
of French Coast-Pvt. Paul
Brode in Saipan Action

Two soldiers were listed this week
as being seriously wounded in action.
Staff Sergeant Carl Haenftling was
in action during the invasion Of France
on June 7, and is now in an American
hospital in England. He is with an en-
gineering unit and had been in the scr
vice two years last September when
he went overseas.
He is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
IIacnftling, of Accident Mr.. and Mrs.
Iiaenftling have another son, Paul,
who is serving in New Guinea. The
latter was recently promoted to first
sergeant.
Brode At Saipan
Mrs. Daisy Laura Cation Brode, of
near Finzel, this county, received a
telegram from the War Department
last Thursday stating that her hus-
land, Pvt Paul BrOdc, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Brodc, of Frostburg, was
seriously wounded June 26, in the bat
tie for the Saipan Island in the Mari
anas group, Pacific theatre Of opera
tons.
Pvt, Brodc, attached to Company G
of the 10th infantry, was indicted
into the army in April, 1913, and re-
ceived his training in Georgia and at
Fort Ord, Calf. He was sent overseas
in December, 1913. He has son, Paul
eight months old, whom he has never
seen. Before entering the service, Pvt
Brodc was employed at the Celancsc
works in Cumberland He has two
brothers in the service, Pfc. Francis
Brodc, Shepherd Field, Texas, and
Pvt Edgar Brodc, Fort Belvoir, Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03
To Check Cars for
Aoto-Use Stamps

Deputy collectors Of the Cumhcr-
land office of the bureau of internal
revenue have started check on auto
mobile owners who have failed to
purchase auto-use stamps for the re-
maindcr of the fiscal year, according
to Richard J. Stakem, division chief
He said license numbers of dclin-
quent owners will be reported to the
Baltimore office of the state collector
of internal revenue. Five dollar
stamps are available at the local
postoffice, or stamps to cover the re-
naming months in the fiscal year
are available at the Cumberland Of
flee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03
Steady Rain Needed To
Stop Crop Loss

Although some sections of Garrett
county received a plentiful supply of
rain yesterday, other sections We're
not so fortunate, and steady rain is
badly needed to prevent a heavy loss
of farm crops and victory gardens
Crops are already parched from lack
IF rain and continued heat
Mayor l. NJ Frsley said this morn.
ing that both town reservoirs were
full and one we'll was not even being
used.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03
Boy Scouts To Camp For Week

A number of Oakland Boy Scouts
will camp for week at the headquar-
tiers on Deep Creek Lake, beginning
Sunday afternoon.
Although lacking scoutmaster at
the present time, the troop commit
tee has arranged for an adult leader
to be with the boys at all times Those
who will assist in this work include
Frank Kley, Herbert Leighton, S. T.
Naylor, Russell Pancake, George H.
Hanst and Merle Frantz. Fifteen or
more boys are expected to attend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03
To Conduct Memorial Service
For Officer

Memorial services for 1t. Clyde
Custer, who was killed in Northern
Ireland, will be held Sunday, at 8
o'clock. at St. Paul's Lutheran church
Accident, with the Rev j. w, Harner,
officiating.
1t. Custer was the only son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Custer. Mrs, Clay.
ton Speicher will have charge of the
music and the Bach sisters will sing
and Robert Shoemaker will blow taps.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03
Catches Big Bass

Hugh McMullen, Is. son of Mr.. and
Mrs, John J. McMullen, of Cumber
land, caught a small-mouth black bass
weighing four pounds. SIX ounces, in
Deep Creek lake near Cabin Lodge.
He and his parents are spending a
month at the lake.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03
Mill Worker Loses Finger Tip

c. NJ. Calhoun lost the tip of the
middle finger of his right hand yes
terday while engaged at work in the
mill of the Leighton Lumber Company
in Oakland. The accident occurred as
the workman was operating an cleo
driven saw. He also had the
thumb on the same hand painfully
cut.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03
Buys Registered Jersey

A registered Jersey was recently
purchased by Herbert B. Buckle, of
Bttinger, according to information
received by The Republican from the
American Jersey Cattle Club.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03
County Commissioners Attend
Meeting In Baltimore

Members Of the Board of County
Commissioners, Jonas w. Sines. John
W. Herman and Walter G. Meyers, ac-
companied by their attorney, Z. Ray
Jones, were in Baltimore yesterday at
tending . meeting of the Western
Shore County Commissioners Asso-
citation,
Mayors Of q number of incorporated
towns and school officials were also
present. There was d discussion on
postwar planning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03

Plans for a third party anti-Roose-
welt ticket were announced by John
U. Barr, New Orleans, who directed
the campaign to make Senator Byrd
Of Virginia the nominee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-03

you succeed, You may Keep It.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Eisenhower In London

General EisenhoWer's arrival in London
marks another step forward in the Allied cam
paign to overthrow Germany by attack from
the west The second 'front.' which has been
discussed so heatedly for the better part Of
two years and particularly since Russia start
ed to turn the Germans back on the Eastern
'front.' is nearer
The gathering OF the hordes in the British
Isles, with supplies and equipment in quanti-
has been going forward at tremendous rate.
Now, it would appear, the preliminaries to
invasion are completed When sufficient ship
ping has been assembled and the weather is
propitous may expect to hear that the
thrust which will bring an end to Hitler's
mad exploits has been launched
But we may also be certain that no ad-
vance notice of it will be forthcoming. Gen
eral Eisenhower works in felt slippers, as it
were. His steps make no noise. The first
knowledge of his presence comes with the
boom of cannon.
It will be recalled that it was Eisenhower
who assembled the invasion of north Africa,
when his secret was SO well kept that neither
the enemy or the folks back home knew what
was up until his forces were on the beach,
And that invasion required the massing of
such an armada as the seas had never be-
fore floated.
Because he has this exceptional ability, it
would be silly to speculate on the date for
the cross-Channel invasion or even where a
landing or landings will be attempted The
drive will come when in his judgment condi-
tons best favor success. In the meantime the
air pounding that Germany and German-held
territory has been subjected to in recent
months will 60 on, probably at an increased
tempo and in greater force.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Russian Strategy

The Russian strategy is we'll illustrated BY
the current thrust against the Germans in
the Latvian sector
1t was the strategy which Marshal Foch
employed to defeat the Kaiser's forces in
1928 1t seems to be meeting with equal
success now, except that whereas Foch had
to defeat practically the entire German forces
in western Europe. the Russians face but a
fraction OF Germany's total military strength.
however large, because Hitler must prepare
for attack from the west.
1t has been the Russian scheme in recent
months to deliver a powerful blow, but en-
gage therein only a portion Of her strength.
and while it is in progress assemble large
forces elsewhere ready to drive ahead as
soon as the Germans send heavy reinforce
n1ents to the point Of original attack.
Thus. with Hitler's generals massing re.
serves to resist the assault in the Polish
and Rumanian areas. the willy Reds launch
an offensive far to the north where the Nazis
arc being weakened by troop Withdrawals.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
The Literary Guidepost

man and woman talk about Dante.
I don't mean that they merely
make a passing allusion to Dante;
they shred him, in literary sense.
This produces lot of elevated
writing, and it also brings the &C.
ton to full stop.
Similarly, Mr.. MacLiesh rushes
into literary discussion at every
opportunity. His people are of the
time of Munich, and his is chiefly
concerned with Europe and par
ticularly Austria. I worked at my
job with will. but 1 never got a
clear picture Of either Michael or
Lisa, only picture of their lit
erary predictions
Gone of Silence is. l think,
produced after three models. One
is James Joyce; there is lot of
associative, stream of conscious
ness stuff in the book. Another is
T. S. Eliot. That gentleman's will
full perverseness and arbitrary at
titudes have evidently impressed
Mr.. MacLiesh deeply, first or Sec
ondhand. The third model is Vir-
GINA Woolf, whose preciousness
runs like an infection through
Gone Of Silence" The virtue of
the book is great, being its authors
skill at handling words. But you
can't cook bellies lettres and fiction
in the same pot.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Ry John SELBY

"Cone Of Silence" by A. Flem-
ing MacLiesh (Houghton Mifflin;
$2.75).
Probably it would be better to
try to tell exactly what A. Elem
ing MacLiesh's Gone of Silence"
is rather than to synopsize it's sto-
ry. l couldn't do that, anyway, be-
cause I couldn't finish the book.
Gone of Silence" is not a novel,
under this department definition
OF a novel. To wit: book in which
characters are developed toward
logical end through action There
IS a certain development in Gone
OF Silence" but it is not particular
~ through action. 1t is rather
through long literary dissertations
winch prove the extent and catho.
llclty Of Mr.. MacLiesh's research
and reading. And eve.. then, the
development is often rather back
handed.
For example, his male and his
female are ascending the tower of
cathedral. The situation is pre-
sumably tense-he wants her. and
She is drawn to him in a wav. but
not enough. Under those circum-
stances most normal people (for
mat matter, most abnormal peo-
ple) would concentrate on the prob
lem at hand. But Mr. MacLiesh's
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Let Hull Alone

The name of Cordell Hull, the Secretary of
State, is being injected into the national po-
litical picture as possible candidate for the
democratic nomination OF president. The same
thing happened four years ago. and Mr. Hull
makes the same answer he did then His one
hope. he says is to complete his work in the
State department with credit during the war
period.
Obviously talk Of drafting him as candi.
date embarrasses Mr.. Hull, who, like General
Macarthur, is doing too fine a job as 1t is
to be diverted Also, he is member of the
Roosevelt administration and as long as the
Presidents attitude toward a fourth term is
not dlvulged could not we'll make a statement
OF availability without disloyalty to his chief
He would first have to resign his present
post, in which his life centers. 1t is believable
that even the talk Of placing his name on the
ticket with Mr.. Roosevelt as candidate for
the vice presidency is no less distasteful to
him than discussions revolving around his Sc.
lection to head the ticket by Roosevelt oppon.
ents in the party.
Mr.. Hull has passed three score and fen
years. His health is no longer rugged. ONLY
his spirit is unaffected by age. Most Of his
adult life has been spent with exceptional
credit in the public service. However greatly
we might wish to see his name like Abou
Ben Adams, leading all the rest on the ma.
tional democratic ticket, he has won the right
to determine how he will spend the balance
OF his life, when the war is over
Nevertheless it would be happy day for
the voters if conditions were favorable for
him to seek election for the presidency. The
country will have need Of his kind Of leader
ship when peace has been restored.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18

Pacific shores they certainly would have es-
tablished a bridgehead
In very truth we harbored a snake at our
hearthside.
Because of this, it behooves our leaders to
ponder carefully the proposal for the estab-
lishment of an international education office
supposedly as means of promoting friend
ship with other nations in the postwar era
We want to be friends with the rest of the
world, to be sure.
We want to have our friends gain all the
benefit they deserve from our institutions, as
earnestly as we desire to benefit from theirs.
But we came very near laying the foundation
for our overthrow by such an experiment
with the japanese.
If there is to be partnership among the
United Nations in the years to come for the
education OF foreigners, it will be necessary
to award scholarships and open schools with
a nice consideration of the use that will sub
sequently be made of the advantages offered
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Japan, A Case In Point

During half century before Pearl Harbor
thousands Of Japanese were educated in Unit
ed States schools and universities. Upon grad.
uation large percentage of them returned
to Japan to teach their brothers the arts
and sciences they had acquired chiefly with
the purpose Of preparing the Japanese for
making war upon us.
In addition to their immediate studies they
used their eyes and their cameras for, max
ing pictures of our defenses, and our de.
fenselessness. They knew our industrial and
military resources our trade facilities, our
customs, our politics and economies They
had maps of our coasts showing the minutest
details Of harbors and channels.
When their war lords We're ready to strike.
they had placed in their hands such COM
plete picture Of the United States that had
Tokyo thrown it, full strength against our
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Buy Bonds Today

The fourth war bond campaign is under
way today. 1t can close successfully only
with complete public support.
The question each person should ask him
self now is: Can l look myself in the face.
when it is over. it l have done less than
could?" An honest answer can only be mo. "
The great offensive designed to defeat Ger
many is not far off. The confident ex-
pectation of Allied military leaders is that
Hitler may be beaten this year. With Russia
driving from the east and Eisenhower from
the west with the campaign in Italy at last
taking a favorable turn and the probability
Of an additional invasion of Europe from the
Mediterranean strong, this expectation ap-
pears well founded. But it can be fulfilled
in the shortest possible time only if the people
back the attack With their dollars.
The armed forces are backing if with their
lives. 1t is little enough for us to back it
with our earnings. Surely, with our boys
ready to sacrifice life for the freedom Of
the world from despotism we can find no
freedom with money.
1t Is foolish to think that by buying war
bonds we are sacrificing anything. The fact
is we are buying the best security in the
financial market. We give nothing. Instead
we are making the best OF all investments.
II there were no patriotic reason for buying
bonds-and there is-thtre is still a selfish
one In no other way can earnings earn so
much interest with such good security
Buy bonds today and make tomorrow Sc.
cure.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Raymond Clapper Says:
Troop Carrier Command
Is Pacific Lifeline

They haul spare wings for the big
transport planes by strapping
them under the belly.
To a considerable degree this
has been a battle for airfields out
here. It has been a matter of TAX
ing airfields from the Japs or cut
ting out our own fields inland at
points where we need fighter
bases. The key to much of the
war out here is the struggle to
push our fighter planes forward
to cover all kinds of operations,
whether landings, ship movements
or the flights of transport planes.
New Guinea is the second larg-
est island in the world-the size
of Germany, France and England
combined. The Japs, once 80 miles
from Port Moresby, now hold only
a fringe along the north coast. The
Australians and Americans have
fought under exhausting condi-
tons. Some of them have been in
it for two years.
The war in the air has been a
similarly long and heavy haul. Re-
Gently one flier was promoted after
215 missions. Two Air Force gen.
erals have been killed going on
missions, which is why Maj. Gen.
Ennis c. Whitehead. deputy COM
mander of the Fifth Air Force,
was grounded last July by Gen.
eral Macarthur after going on IS
to so missions himself.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
REVISI0NS MADE
ON COUNTY MAP
Hogue Requests County To
Include Area In Aerial
Survey

Revisions of the official map of
New Hanover county were approx
ed by the Board of Commissioners
at the regular weekly meeting
Monday afternoon. DR.. C. C. Good
ing, State Highway commissioner
for the third division, r. V. Biver-
stein, district engineer, and A. K.
Mallard, were present and discuss
ed the proposed changes with coun-
ty commissioners.
Replacing the old road from
Villa Vue to the SCOTS Hill road,
the new hard surface road in this
section was included on the plan.
Also the county road from the
Blue Clay road to Scots Hill was
never officially on the state map.
Members Of the board included
this road on the county map and
DR.. Gooding accepted the revision
for the State Highway commission.
Included in the new plans was
one mile of the old river road.
below Wilmington, which was not
incorporated on the state plans.
At the meeting Monday after
noon, c. D. Hogue, chairman OF
the postwar planning committee,
presented the board with a plan
to include certain areas of the
county in the aerial survey to be
conducted by the city. Upon Ho-
gue's request, the Board TO Com
missioners appointed committee
to investigate the plans and make
a full report at the meeting next
Monday.
Hogue requested that the board
authorize photographers to make
such aerial photographs as ne
cessary in an area of the county,
the exact location of which has
not been disclosed, in order to fur
nish information for manufa cturers
who may desire the locations.
1.-The idea that I have in mind, :"
said Hogue, is the establishment
Of such industries in this area that
may benefit from the location of
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
pailyPrayer
FOR SINGLE MINDEDNEss

We turn t oThee, O Everlasting
God, for help in an hour OF heiP
lessness. We dimly perceive 'ne
destiny-filled nature of these days
in which Thou hast called us u
live; yet we continue to fill lne
hours with trifles. We confess una,
we are not mastered and impeneu
by a great purpose and passion ~
live only for Thy vast designs, ID
revealed in Thy work and IN IN!
providences. The crusadins SPIN.
of warriors of God has not Ee'
wholly gripped us. We are not s ,..
gle minded in the pursuit 81 Ie,.
holy war. Now we cry to The w.
pardon and amendment. By IiiJ
mighty and mysterious SPIRIT ~.
us with consuming zeal for ou
Country and for our Cause. Cor
strain lis to subordinate all jeS',.,
and selfish interests to the pufson
of a victory that will oVertnIo"
Thine avowed enemies and pfHs =,
peace and obedience to Thy VIE
and glory to Thy Name. Amen
w. T. E.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Courts VS.. Bureaucrats

The nations dry goods retailers believe that
price control could put check upon infla.
ton, if new legislation were passed by which
Congress. and not the bureaucrats, had the
final authority.
During their annual convention in New York
last week they approved a resolution which
set forth that as the Emergency Price Control
Act will expire next June Congress will have
an opportunity to improve the statute and in.
cluded four recommendations to which it in.
vited congressional attention.
First, it will prove impossible to stabilize
prices unless those elements of cost which
are the foundation Of price structure are sta.
bflized.
Second, price control should not be ner.
nHtted to develop into profit control. Through
the power OF taxation the Congress is abund.
antly able to control profits.
Third, Congress should insist upon N.
maintenance Of the rights Of citizens to an.
peal to the courts when they believe the acts
of: the administrator exceed the authority dol.
egated by Congress.
q
once to permit of necessary public hearings
at which the experience under the existino
Price Control Act may be fully offered to
Congress so that new legislation may be ex.
pected to prove an improvement over the nres.
ent law.
The third and fourth OF these recommends.
tons promise relief from the despotism Of
bureaucratic commissioners who heretofore
have conducted hearings and imposed punish
nsents which have no constitutional standing
With the right Of the people to carry thei,
complaints into the courts Of the land sus
tanned by Congress, the bureaucrats who have
usurped extraordinary powers would have tc
20 ont of business and the country be bette,
81 i
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Upsetting

soldier returning from Adak in the Aleu-
tians to Charlotte tells of his buddies using
blue fox pelts worth thousands of dollars to
keep out the Arctic chill. They the most
richly garbed soldiers in the world. he says.
Matching his story is that of engineers in
the southwest Pacific building bridges of ma
hogany-millions of dollars worth of this cost
ly wood going into mud sills and stringers.
Truly war upsets normal economies
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Dunn Grocery Store
Settles OPA DAMAGES

RALEIGH. Jan. IT, tR AL
bridge and Company, Inc, whole
sale grocers, of Dunn have settled
a treble damage action brought by
the Office of Price Administration
(OPA) for overcharges on items
at wholesale with the payment of
81, 1889 to the government, T. S.
Johnson, Raleigh district OPA di-
rector, said today.
Johnson said the overcharges
arose from sales of soap, soap
powders, cereals, lard, peanut but
ter, sugar, and pork and beans in
the amount of $396.13.