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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-01

You understand, OF course.
that this is n sketchicst sort Of
an outline Of what is gong on
Similar methods are used 10
StralChten crossed cyes. improve
perception Of colors. correct
near-SighfcducSs and 10 a gr2at-
many other things
The important thing You've
probably noticed hy this time. j,
that the doctors working aloha
this Inc don't roly on giving
somebody a pair Of glasses "a
mako up Tor whatever def
cicncy his eyes may happen Ia
have
Putting on glasses is like start
ing 10 use A. Crutch. Eyes like
legs, can be Strengthened b. treat
inC them properly, but using a
crutch isn't usually the best troat.
ment. In extreme cases its necas.
Sary, bat not always.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
Attract Yachtsmen

The time seems ripe for progressive Will
poington and Wrightsville Beach citizens to
unite in program for benefitng more large
ly than If. prewar years from traffic on the
Inland Waterway, particularly among the own
ers of pleasure craft who use its channel
as favorite route to and from Florida.
Towns and even little villages in Florida
itself long virtually subsisted through the fall
and spring on money spent for supplies, fuel,
hotel accommodations, by visiting yachtsmen.
There is no good reason why Wrightsville
should rot profit extensively from visits by
the same class of vacatonists if their patron
age is irtensively cultivated.
When the war is ended when gasoline and
general supplies are again available without
rationing, these yachtsmen will resume their
annual voyage to Florida. All advertising CAM
pa1gn through the proper channels showing
Wiigilteville Beach as a favored spot on the
Inland Waterway ought in all reason to estab-
lsh the resort as regular supply depot en-
route.
The beach could thus prolong its regular
season at both ends.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
Slow But Sure

Persons who had expected that following
the break-through in Normandy, Allied force
would march to the Rhine cross into Ger.
many ano settle Hitler's hash forthwith need
not be too disappointed that this program ;.as
been impossible. Rather, they should take cour.
nunition, heavy trucks, tires and other me-
chanical deficiencies, as well as bad weather.
there have been advances on all sectors and
the Germans are now literally fighting for
survival with decreasing efficiency
The figures are not available from authoria-
tatjve sources, but radio commentator. dis.
cusslng the situation on the Western front We'd
nesjay evening, cited enemy losses as indi-
eating that however slow Allied progress has
been, the battle has gone in their favor. He
declared that in recent days $4,000 German
soldiers we're captured and another so 600
killed. At the present and Only method of
computing German military organization, by
which the German division seldom exceeds
10000 nen, this represents a loss of ten di-
visions, which is no small factor in Ger
nanys defense
With Patton crossing the Saar at six points
and extending his bridgehead over TWENTY-FIVE
miles, it is apparent that Eisenhower is de-
termlned to carry the battle to the Germans,
whatever the climatic situation, with all the
1lrepo"er and manpower at his command
The battle is going slowly, so far as territoI-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
Shipyard Achievement

The North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
celebrated its third year of launchings on
W. dnesday by sending the 190th vessel down
the ways.
1t was on December 6, 1941, that the Zebu-
len B. Vance slid into the Cape Fear river.
Sinre that day the yard has launched an av-
e1asc of sixty-three and one-third ships a
year.
These figures do not tell the true story,
or not the full story, because in the earlier
months Ct production the yard was not or
gained, in construction, materials and work
ing force for assembly-line output. And at a
later period when Liberty ships gave way
to C-2s and still later to AKA's launching
were delayed during reconstruction of ways.
Thus. ii is apparent that had no Interrupt
ton con and the flow of materials been at
a maximum at all times, the average-which
automatically was ST. days per ship-Would
have been higher.
1t is 70 wonder that Admiral Land, chair
man of the Maritime Commission, extended
c1nzrat4 ations and best wishes to manage
nleut and workers upon the yards achieve
Iicut, When the Prent1S the l9Uth snip
dpped into the river on Wednesday,.
Hiln1,1g ton has reason to be proud of its
sh:pbuidng industry, both for its eminently
successful production and its contribution to
the economic welfare of the area. The city
has made its contribution to the bridge of
ships by which alone the flow of materials
and men could be transported to bat1efelds
for the approaching overthrow of an enemy
who threatened world civilization as grevous-
ly as did Genghis Khan in an earlier century.
The plant just south Of Sunset Park, carved
out Of a cypress swamp such a few years
ago, Las played a noble part in the ground
wo1k-oc should we say seawork?-of victory
which draws nearer every day In addition
the yards payroll has put an unprecedented
amount Of money in circulation with benefit
to the business community in all its ramifica-
tons.
This being so, it devolves upon the city,
its leadership and its entire citizenship, to
exert its best united effort to see that the
yard is kept in operation as long as a cargo
ship is required for transport alton and
for that matter as long as the world at large
has need for more vessels for the reviving
of world commerce.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
The Literary Guidepost

tjcularly now France was choking
his enemies to death with an iron
collar arrangement called the gar
rotte. Basques do not run away
easily, but when they do, they
make a job of it.
Aguirre escaped the advancing
Nazis, who hated him because the
Basque capital, Guernica, was the
place of their first studies in civil
ian murder on a wholesale scale.
He escaped the Italians, and Mus
solni hated him because when the
old Windbag demanded a protec-
torate over the Basques, Aguirre
SAID that not even the Rome of
augustus could get it, He escaped
FRANCOIS paid murderers, and one
OF Frances chief reasons for ha-
tred was the fact that Aguirre IS
a catholic who had refused to be-
Tray constitutional authority in
opaln. Aguirre escaped by using
trick Poe once used - he hid
himself in the most obvious pos
slD1e place, which was Berlin,
mere IS something so dashin9
III tne idea and the wonderful way
Asulrre executed it that the story
mas exactly the effect of cloak
ana sword romance but one a man
can believe. You know this hap
pehed' and your glee is unbound
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
so THEY SAY

The enemy gives every evidence of intend
ing to throw all his resources into holding the
Dusseldorf and Cologne areas in the north
and the Saar Valley in the center.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.
Two defeats in war, though not on titanic
scale, are not in themselves enough to change
the national character of the German people
The stubborn and unrelenting battle against
the Nazi mentality must go on for genera
tons.
President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia.
Poland should be strong, independent dem
ocratc state. 1t should have strong army
which together with the allied Red army
should stand guard over democracy, security.
and peace.
Marshal Josef Stain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08

neers in muddy clothes were dig
ging it out sufficiently to blow it
up to prevent its use again. In
it the Germans had refused to sur
render, so the doughboys had
welded its iron door shut and tank
dozers had scooped up great
masses of mud and dirt and bur-
led it. Then the Allied drive had
moved on.
There was no apparent differ
ence in the countryside. The towns
were blasted a bit more and a
bit more abandoned than had been
those in war-ridden friendly coun-
tries, but that was all, The rain
was just as cold, the sky just as
bleak and cherries. The jolting
blasts of our own artillery had the
same grim, monotonous under
tone. The incoming shells had the
same nigh. nerve-scraping whine.
A few civilians slogged silently
along the road with their heads
down. Some soldier said he didn t
think much of German women. AS
the column of trucks slosned over
the rolling country dotted with
huge slagpiles marking o l
mines. it passed a group of tanks
padding relentlessly through t h e
muck with a racketing rumble
that drowned out other sounds.
Except when in action. tanks are
on anv front. Thew draw
enemy artillery fire and their thun-
dering din makes it impossible to
hear shells coming in.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
By JOHN SELBY

- 'Ah GhLlN Nv
Jose Antonio de Aguirre' (Macmii-
Ian; So.
Jose Antonio de Aguirre's "Es-
cape Via Berlin arrived in a
spate of late fall books and GOT
itself delayed thereby. But I would
not have missed it for good
deal.
Aguirre is Basque, and presi-
dent of the Basque republic. The
only really different country in
western Europe is the BASQUE
country, and anyone who ever has
driven UP from Biarritz and ex-
perienced it's beauty and self-reli-
ance and the burr Of its odd Ian.
guage could be too much surpris.
ed at anything that might come
out of it. For that matter, even
one game of pelota will make a
Basque-lover out of the average
man. Individually and collectively,
the lot of them has CUTS.
In 1910 Aguirre was former
soccer champion. owner of pros
porous chocolate factory, a law
yer, father of two amusing chill
rem and president of the Basque
republic. He had incredible nerve
and much shrewdness. He looked
about him and saw what was hap
pening to such people as ne. par
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
Japs Believed Ready
For Final China Push

CHUNGKING, Dec. 7-P)-The
Japanese drive in KWeichoW pro-
vince is within So miles of the
provincial capitag Kweiyang, it
was disclosed today, as stimuli
taneous thrusts towards Running
led to belief the Japanese were
implementing their long-standing
master plan to crush China.
KWeiyang residents who failed to
heed the government evacuation
order of December l, were leav-
ing hurriedly. The city was like
a huge bazaar, with refugees try
ing to sell their belonging.
The rapidity of the Japanese ad-
vance in Kweichow province trop-
ped many thousands, but thous-
ands of others fleeing now are
strung out along the roads. Large
numbers are arriving in Chungking,
which is now more overcroWded
than ever.
Meanwhile the Japanese an
pounced they had invaded the
southern province of Kwangsi from
French Indo-China. This apparent
ly was intended to support the
japanese force already driving
northwest toward Yunnan from the
old kWangsi capital of Manning
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
WITH THE AEF
No Thrill At The Border

The tankers looked cold and
miserable. Even the camouflagin
tWigs and tree branches fastened
to the Shermans' backs dropped
disconsolately in the icy rain.
Alongside the road, engineers
worked endlessly maintaining it,,
digging drainage bitches again
and again, shoveling gravel into
ruts. Mudszneared men, they sell
dom bothered even to swear as
the vehicles splashed them again
in passing.
The trucks halted for a ten-min-
ute break. Behind a nearby Sher-
man, a bunch of tankers were
cooking coffee over a small fire.
The doughboys dropped clumsi-
ly off the trucks, their muscles
still stiff with cold, and started
toward the fire. You ask them how
it feels to be in Germany at last.
care we in Germany?" says one
who has missed the previous chat
ter. We'll. I'll be damned Let s
see if we can scrounge cuppa
Coffee
That's the average entrance in
to Germany: Lets get cuppa
coffee. where do we sleep to-
night damn this everlasting
mud. listen-there' that blast
ed railroad gun again. Germany?
So what? The same war, the same
mud. the same misery.
But it is a few miles fartner-a
few miles closer to home. That
helms
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
Daily Prayer
FOR DIVINE INTERPOsIlloN.

Our hearts are sore = '' T,,,s,
snirits faint within US, 0 I@I u.
in Heaven, as we conteHlp-'' ,,r-.
az of this war: It's ''' II,
l destruction uc Or Of cities and homes .,s.t
u i+s Wejp6t Of # woe upon na2 .:
families: its shattcring Of ., a'l,3s.
relationships, and its man. -.or,,%.
f gas not the the time come, 0 Pa Isl'
p nu,ei T by - might and BRING .. 10 L
end of justice this inco ,s,- s:at
horror? We dare TO pray 'g Tl. In I'm.
speedily Thou wilt assert n III, b
itiess power, and bring pet .sst Il,
pass. Hear the petitions ., p.a' rom
hourly bouri arising to Thy throne - ,si
broken homes, from pr, psrs .,1. ,..
w Vs- and little children o sr1. !,
men may soon return no'. ,,ra,t
Time own Of % t6e mysterioo. ny ~
e eep' in which Thou dost a; ser 3 ~
l ~tren 20 ath-break ard still . rs 10
an n powers that have ave, . sooS.''v ta,
thwart Thy will for n. nolI yves Of al
dicate Thyself in the Eye to our
he ! Almighty Fa t5i h. al Tains.
Amer.-W. r.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
By KENNEL L DIXON

IN GERMANY, Dec 1-Delay.
eO- R War makes many little
things suddenly loom large and re-
duces many. expected big mo-
ments to dull nothingless F O I
most GPs-except perhaps for the
first few to arrive-the entrance
into Germany nowadays is hard
ly even noticed
1t has been something to look
forward to for the past three
years. Back in December, 1871,
the very thought of conquering Al
Allied troops crossing the border
was fraught with dramatic import.
Then sugs gags as Tokyo here
we come" or Berlin, I'm on my
way were popular everywhere
as farewells resounded throughout
modelling America.
Even through Africa and Italy
everything seemed pointed toward
first day in Germany.
But there didn't seem to be
much difference this cold, bleak
and rainy day as truckload after
truckload of doughboys role
across the Dutcn-German frontier.
Riding along behind them - also
entering the Reich for the first
time - I found no trace of that
mystical transformation we h d
been unconsciously expec in e
since Pearl Harbor.
There was not even sign say
ing Germany. The ONLY mark
of the border was half-buried
pillbox alongside the road. Engi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
CANADIANS TAKE
MEzZANO CENTER

ROME, Dec. T LP, Canadian
troops. who captured the Adriatc
city of Ravenna two days 60 ad'
vanced six miles northwest up the
Ravenna Ferrara highway and
seized the important railway juno
ton of Mezzano on the LamTe
river. it was announced today
With Mezzano's capture. the
Nazis were deprived Of one Of their
Lamone river was VIRTUALLY at an
end all the way from north Of IA
VIENNA to south of Faenza, In The
latter area. British forces StFeH9.l'
ened their bridgenead across mel
stream and Poles seized the 'oE-
of Brisighella.
An attempt by the British u
establish a bridgehcad across ne
Lamone just west of Russ a''I
midway between Ravenna a'1I
Faenza. was beaten off by ri
Nazis. Some British troops 'ss,-
ed the west bank in dark0ea oo
with daylight the enemy c'lNf
attacked fiercely with the supp"
of self-propelled guns and a"'|
the Tommies back.
North and northeast Of RAVEN,
Allied patrols and Italian p't''l
were reported mopplng up sca .4.
ed Nazis. 1t was disclosed 'ila' u.
Canadians encirIed and ,ap.,'r
Ravenna so suddenly on IoeS1'
that an entire German c0'Dg'
and it's commander were S'-'
before an order to WlthdIa" ''~
reach them. ...i
Only patrol action was FeP ,.rr
from the American Film "'D'
frop+ hollow POlOona.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
Interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SINpSo,.
Associated Press w 'oN

II
1.-The The center e: of grsvityN --a@E'f
tefestTln the west in Euro anu n
shifted from the CoIogns9 ' y Ia,
the Saar basin with 9''' pam %
fracture Of the Saar river Ndde e.
front. Widening
A crisis for the Nazi foo
for substantial reinforcers'occ'al ealing
can i'll spare from the l'' n he
battle zone. is fast taking 5'0 ,s
however, there is still eTsry @aDe
son to assume that the n,, : Eea'
Lied attack frant is in the nam Am. A.
Arnnem area. Nor can it 10 .'o d..5e
ed that the overall Nau c Ye oou0t,
is hardly less concerned No VIII.
massive and fast-moving % pr. The
threat to Vienna deve wei %1sAan
southern Hungary. There '. !, m
cry reason to believe that ~ " ey'
reserve pool in Germanv u we last
tapped now by the Ns7i - Oeag
as Moscow has asserted ), Just
that tremendous Red Armr asst
Whether by design or M. %se'
timed IN ed to aid the Allied csno.;a Is
IN the west through diver,ipSss -sn
enemy enc forces 10 Hungary NV y.
otherwise might have go,s VA a,
bolster badly Shaken west f' pL,. %
land defenseS. '''-e'
Just how critical the Bn..;.
threat to Vienna could beco ,rr,'aa
obvious on any large scale ma, s =,
Hungary. With the corner NJ H.. y.
gary south of Lake Balstoo '' \,
tween the Danube and the Dr.y,
cleared by the Russians NJ ' n d
foe to the marsh lands tina. bo,3.,
the southwestern extremity NJ 1,
50-mile-long lake, Red Columns ~,
beginning to converge toward VI
emma around both ends of The w,,s.
barrier it forms They are in no,
ton to bypass both besieged Bld..
pest and take Balaton for rro.
prong drive up the Danube water.
shed into Austria.
The short road lies through S,s
kesfehervar between Lake B,I,
ton and Lake Valencei southwest
of Budapest in the little Hmg3rs,
plain. No serious water barrie,
bars the way and the Terrain /,
much the same as that of the eres.
Hungarian plain east of the Dan.
ube over which the Russians sues.
so swiftly to invest Budapest
1t still remains 10 be disclosed
whether the Russian campaign M
Hungary is the main Red ArrgI
| Winter effort, or largely diver.
sion stroke, where the lines have
been dormant for many weeks
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
INDUSTRIAL PAPER
French Business Outlets List
ed In Literature

Literature pertaining to esta-
blishment outlets in liberated
France have been received at
the Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce, it was announced yester-
day by Walter j. Cartier, execu-
tive secretary. Local business men
interested in obtaining this ma
terial may call at the local cham
Der office in the Wilmington Hotel
Source of the literature and
available sponsor for the Franco
American private business agree
ments is the National Federation
of Commerce and Industry Of
Franca
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
Durham County Home
Head Charged With
Assault On Visitor

DURHAM, Dec. 7.-(P- A war
rant charging assault and battery
on a female was sworn out today
against T. L. Bailey, Jr., super
intendent of the county home, by
Thomas White, Negro, Son of Ida
White who alleges she was beaten
up by Bailey when she attempted
to visit her husband at the insti-
tuition last Saturday.
Bailey claims that he used only
such force as necessary to remove
her from the premises when she
persisted in visiting on off hours"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08

al gains are concerned. but this fact alone
does not justify the thought that il is not going
successfully for the Allies. The approaching
cant,re of Germanys great Saar valley pro-
duct1on area may in fact be the signal 1of 'iie
general break-through which will forerun Ger
many's military collapse as certainly as the
Normandy thrust preceded the withdrawal OF
the enemy from Frances most strategic areas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08

tYungning), as it would give the
invaders a shorter and easier sup
ply route.
An American communicate an
nounced yesterday that the 4th
Air Force had reconnoitered the
Poseh area in western Kwangsi,
and it appeared that the Japanese
either already had taken or were
very near that city 225 miles be-
low Running.
Loss OF Running by the Chinese
would cut the prospective new
emma supply route and would be
a heavy blow to the U. S. All
Forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
WATER HELf'

IF the southern t.s5pa.sacs o
R Wate n'a area to stabilize ..s s @s' :
it would have much a 9'y there 9 p.
Fer ,se n ss+fSaS'n en.oa 6s5
sum sum is ST fsrthcst away III '''''
in summeI'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Men universally attribute the world
breakdown to a naterialistic age that
thought it had evolved beyond the need
Of moral and spiritua. codes. The re-
establishment of these codes as guide
t. action must be the first steps Of the
post-war world. We can no longer toss
off the teachings Of Christ by saying they
are very nice. His words are not only
immortal and unanswerable. but I'M
avoidable and final.-Charles A. Wells.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
Fair Enough

Editors note-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
uiews of MIR. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08

In our society, becoming more and more
unstable with the descriptions in family life
and constant migration, youth is the first cas-
ualty, ard not one thing is being done about
youth. Howard Y. McClusky Of the U.
of Michigan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08

Our pilots have always been far superior
to the japanese and the pilots coming out
today are just as good as ever. / never saw
anything like the spirit of the men who have
beer fighting the Japanese.-Vice Adral. Marc
A, Mltscher.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-26
Choir Names
New Officers

AT A COMMITTEE meeting
held recently at the church, the
Methodist Choir elected officers
for the ensuing year. Charles
Wildt was elected president;
Christine Niemann, vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Leland Kettenring,
secretary; Keitha Campbell,
treasurer; Gardner Carpenter,
librarian and Ann Jean Walton,
gown custodian.
The regular Friday evening
rehearsal of this week will be
held at the home OF Mrs. Ken
dali Walton, $50 Buckingham
drive, followed by a Halloween
party and refreshments. All
members, their husbands and
wives are invited.
-
MRS. ELIZABETH WESTEN-
DORF is entertaining at her
home, Mr.. and Mrs. George Els
EXTRA, of Flint, Mich.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-26
Service Men Home
on Furlough, Leave
FRANCIS r. SPAIN, st. Clair

FRANCIS r. SPAIN, st. Clair
Shores, 10 November Is.
HOWARD A. LeBEAU, st.
Clair Shores, TO November 10.
ROY ]. BAUER, New Balti-
more, 10 November /.
RICHARD l.. SIMMANS, st.
Clair Shores, TO November l.
TORRANCE STAPLES MIL
LAR, st. Clair Shores, 10 No
vember /.
GEORGE w. TOURTELLOTT,
154 Cass avenue, to November
10.
JOHN EBERHARDT, East De-
troit, to November 8.
WILLIAM D. HILBERT, 621s
Clinton street, to November 4.
EUGENE PALENO, East De-
troit, to November 7.
NELSON H. ZIEHM, Mount
Clemens, to November 3.