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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27
BY GEORGE SWETNAM

on CITY, Pa. - 1t. Col.
Francis S. Gabreski of Oil City
had planned a quiet career as a
physician before the war made
him bad medicine for the Nazls.
Today he's the flyer who tops
all other American aces with %
planes shot down in aerial COM
bat.
Quiet and soft-spoken, he
worked in his fathers grocery
store after school and oh vaca-
ton. He always showed an in
terest in mechanics, however,
and worshipped airplanes from
afar.
When the Air Cadet program
GnVe him the chance, he left his
premedical work at Notre Dame
and enlisted in the Air Corps.
His parents, proud of their
elder son Thaddeus, who had
Just completed his work at No
ire Dame and jefferson Medical
College and begun practise Il,
OIL City, objected at first. Fran
els convinced them that he
would have to 60 into the Army
soon anyway, and won their
consent.
He was the first members of
his family to enter service be-
fore the beginning of the war,
Now all the Gabreski children
are in service, except his older
sister Lottie, who stays at home
to help her father in the store.
LIKED MECHANICS
DR.. Gabreski donned a uni
form soon after Pearl Harbor,
and is now an Army physician
in India with the rank of Major.
His youngest brother Max, who
reached his 18th birthday this
year, Is in Navy boot camp at
Sampson, N. Y. The other sis
ter, Bernice, has joined the
Nurse Cadet Corps and is in
training at an Erie, Pa, hospi-
tai.
Colonel Gabreski Is the son Of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27
Armada

ARMADA - About 100 mem
bers of the Allen family attend
ed the eighth annual reunion al
the Armada Fair grounds. Sun
day, July %. Mr.. and Mrs. C
Banfield of Detroit were host
and hostess. People came from
Croswell, Center Line, Attention
Royal Oak, Detroit, Van Dyke
Washington, Dryden, Mount
Clemens, Shower, Lapeer, Port
Huron. Walled Lake and Toledo
Ohio.
Mrs. Blanche Allen OF Cros-
we'll was the oldest member
present. James Franklin O'Con-
nor of Armada was the young
est. Mrs. Blanche Cutcher was
the honored guest.
After bounteous pot-luck
picnic dinner a short business
meeting was held and the fol-
lowing officers were reelected
President, Elmer Allen of De-
troit; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs
LA Arnold of Washington; Pro,
gram committee, Mrs. Everett
Ramsey of Center Line and Mrs
Leo Weinberg of Detroit.
A program followed consist
ing of several musical selections
which were accompanied by
Mrs. Everett Ramsey on her &C
Gordon. The opening selection
was rendered by Carl June Ram
sey of Center Line. Marguerite
Waters of Lapeer and Loretta
Holman of Armada and-Ms
Glenn Jones of Detroit played
two selections.
Readings were given by Mrs
Myrta Cutcher of Mount Glenn
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

England, where he Joined the
Polish Squadron and won the
Polish Cross of Valor, for diving
in to shoot down a Nazi plane
about to knock down the craft
of his commander.
He rejoined the American Air
Force and the world has watch
ed his rise to become the top
American ace, holding the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, Distin-
guished Flying Cross and other
decorations.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

ems and Mrs. Vern Allen OF Ar
mazda. The history of the Allen
family was given by Mrs. G..
Banfield of Detroit. Group sing
ing concluded the program.
Games were played with prizes
given TO the children.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

Mrs. Henry Smith returned
from ST. Joseph hospital. Mount
Clemens, Sunday evening, much
improved in health.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

Miss Jean Chevrie is visiting
Trooper and Mrs. Joe Rymall
of Romeo this week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Orvy Hulett, Sr.
and son Orvy,Jr. and his daugh-
ter, Janice, and Miss Hildagarde
Hulett were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry
Marks of Royal Oak.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

1t. and Mrs. LeRoi Helberg
returned to Texas. Sunday. after
being called here on account of
the death of 1t. Helberg's father.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Orvy Hulett, Sr
and daughter, Hildagarde. ex-
pect to leave Friday for Port
land, Oregon, where they will
visit relatives for six weeks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

Miss Rose Finch is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sinclair in
North Branch this week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. d. Q. Pomeroy
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wood and sons, Keith and Rog-
er. and Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence
Wood and daughter, Sharon Lee,
attended the Stanley family re-
union at Avon Park, Rochester,
Sunday, July %.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-27

Miss Lora Atkinson OF Ypsil-
anti spent the weekend with
Mrs. Norman Laursen.
Evening star., 1944-02-18

but have no access to the inside story
Of the 0erman-Russian war.
Under the circumstances, the best the
American and British intelligence serv-
ices can do Is to piece together shreds
Of Information and, combining 1t with
the Information we have from inside
Germany and some Of the border states,
attempt to draw picture Of the true
situation. This picture Is far from re-
liable. The Russians, when asked to
comment on our "speculations," agree
with those who describe the German
Army as an utterly defeated group Of
demoralized soldiers who would collapse
quickly II the Allies were to cross the
Channel.
Many high-ranking American and
British oficers share this view. The
prisoners our military missions are al
lowed to see are sad lot of ill-clad,
hungry-looking youngsters. The Free
Germany Committee in Moscow which
contains no fewer than five generals.
gives assurance that the morale of the
German armies is shot to pieces.
These testimonials do not tallv with
what we see for ourselves In italy. Ger
man prisoners captured in that theater
are young. some Of them under 1s. But
they are cocky. surrender only when
overpowered and seem still to be indoc-
trinated with the idea that the Wehr-
macht cannot be defeated.
The discrepancy between what We
are told about the Nazi armies on the
eastern front and what We see In italy
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Longer Quarantine Proposed

To the Editor Of The Star:
I was taught in the medical school
at the University OF Virginia that scar-
let fever was contagious from the time
the patient developed the fever until he
finished scaling, but I contend that 1t
is not contagious until the patient be-
gins to scale.
Since I came to Fairfax County 49
years ago I have treated close to 1000
cases of scarlet fever, and this broad
experience has convinced me that 1t
is not contagious until the scaling be-
gins and that this period Of contagion
exists for longer time than commonly
is supposed. When the county health
unit was established, welcomed it for
it's responsibility to insure quarantining.
Now the health unit permits scarlet
fever patients to 60 out in three weeks.
I have had cases that did not begin to
scale for three weeks and then scaled
five weeks. There is no definite time
for a case to begin to scale. Each in
dividual must be given special atten-
ton.
I take care of patients during the
scaling period by oiling and bathing
daily. When the scaling is over, the
patient bathes and changes clothing
before going out. I have also found
the sulphur treatment effective. In
conclusion, I make plea for longer
period of quarantine for scarlet fever.
J. B. ANDERSON, M. D.
Mclean, Va.
Evening star., 1944-02-18
Frank K. Kent

not have defeated Mr.. Coolidge that
year. No one could.
But. there is sentimental argument
1or Mr.. Wallace as well as this practical
one. 1t would be an act Of cold -blooded.
calculated cruelty to throw him over.
board, 1t is true that there would be
no political risk therein. Mr.. Wallace
Will neither help nor hurt Mr.. Roose-
welt as candidate.
If he Is dropped, the radicals. ths
ClO Leaders, the Communists and the
crackpots would still vote for Mr.. Roose.
velt because there would be no other
place to 60. And, if he is on the ticket,
ne couldn't contribute anything that
Mr.. Roosevelt has not already. Neverthe-
less, the brutality of refusing him re.
nomination would be such that there
are plenty who doubt, despite the rea.
soning about new face" that Mr..
Roosevelt can bring himself to do It,
For one thing, there is the complete
and undertaking loyalty of Mr.. Wallace.
personally and politically
FOR another, there is the fact that thu
much-crltlcized speeches of Mr.. Wal.
lace, In which he assails business, in
weighs against the rich, exalts labor
unions, speaks OF the successful in tones
OF reproach, breaches that the sizo of
the national debt is unimportant and
1avors more and more Government con.
trol and Federal Capitalization, all ara
echoes OF Mr.. Roosevelt's own thoughts
and words. They are in entire harmony
with the Presidents speeches, messages
ana policies OF the past 10 years He
denounces nothing that Mr.. Roosevelt
has not denounced; he praises every-
thing Mr.. Roosevelt has praised.
Evening star., 1944-02-18
Constantine Br01Un

has led . number Of American and
British strategists to believe that the
position Of the German armies in Rus
STA Is nowhere near as desperate -
many have been inclined to believe.
The theory that the Nazis now are
nghting only fierce rearguard actions,
involving at times as many as 40 or IS
divisions, Is gaining more credence In
competent military quarters. Bitter bat
ties are being fought at all important
strategic points, but the Nazi high COM
mand Is skilled in leaving open an exit
through which the bulk Ct It's force can
escape.
This explains why the various an
nouncements Of the "entrapment" Of
hundreds Of thousands of Naxis even.
tually dwindle down to statements that
tens Of thousands had been killed.
The figures on German casualties can
not be checked accurately by the Al.
lies. But obviously the official Russian
figures are exaggerated greatly. Those
who have taken the trouble to tabu-
late the number Of Germans killed, q
announced in the Russian commune
ques, have found that by November,
1898, no fewer than 1879 ,364 Naxas
had died on the battlefield. This Is
about the total strength Of the Ger.
man armies on all fronts.
Under the circumstances It appears
plausible that the main concern Of the
German high command Is to shorten
Its defense line to such IN extel that
1t could be safely held with less than
100 divisions.
Evening star., 1944-02-18

self, will be Of primary Importance.
But the German question was never
primary. Germany became the worlds
problem No. l because OF failure of
agreement between the western ma
tions and the Soviet Union. Tomorrow
again, the chief problem will not be
Germany. but the relations between the
western powers and the Soviet Union,
as they affect Germany.
In my last column I asked: What is
the Soviet up to in regard to Germany?
I reported on Soviet propaganda with
out pretending to know its ultimate
aims.
1t is obvious that none Of the Allies
has so immediate an interest in the
future OF Germany as the Soviet Union.
But what Is the essence Of Soviet
policy In general? Is 1t security or Is it
Messianism-world revolution? The an
swer is: Security-with Mesdanism only
as an instrument for Soviet security.
Under no circumstances is it Messianism
at the risk of security
Security for the Soviet Union means
peace. Peace, in Stalins mind, as in
Mr.. Hulls, Is indivisible. Peace for the
Soviet Union means no small wars
which might develop to encompass the
Soviet
A peace which might be 10 years
truce Is no security. peace based
on the assumption that only Germany
would ever conceivably attack the So
wet Union is also no security.
Evening star., 1944-02-18

Therefore, the attitude Of the soviets
must be. hrst. Germany must be rem
oered unable to organize a war against
the Soviet, and second, no other powers
must ever have the chance to use Ger.
many or parts Of Germany against the
Soviet.
The second question will become In.
creasingly more important than the 11rst.
Ihe Soviet Union has no reason to
believe that anti-Soviet intentions will
forever be exclusively confined to certain
nations. or that "Prussianism" Is q peo-
siapnlcal concept. Twenty-Five wears of
oltter experience have convinced the
Soviet that wherever there are strongly
reactionary governments. under the
oomination OF powerful imperialist or
artei-monopoly interests, militarism. or
other institutions traditionally hostile to
the Soviet Union, there is permanent
Danger OF encirclement and eventual
attack through incidents first involving
smaller states and later, great powers.
This Is the Soviet neurosis and a neur-
osis that unfortunately has had plenty
Of evidence to support it.
Out OF this arises the Soviet demand
that the states Immediately on her bor-
ders shall not have anti-Soviet govern
ments, or social structures dominated bv
anti-democratic forces that will openly
or secretly support hostile governments
IN the future. This includes Germany
which Is practically on her borders.
The Soviets want permanent peace
with the Western powers, who alone
after this war, could menace them. The
Soviets know that compromises will
have to be made for this. They know
that a radically Communist Germany
would be regarded as challenge. They
know that the bolshevization Of Europe
would be step toward war rather than
peace. But they also are convinced, and
by historical evidence, that a highly
reactionary Europe would be a step to-
ward war. not toward peace. The COM
promise can only mean democratic
states controlling plutocratic and mill
tary interests
With this in mind it is no exaggera-
ton to say that the way the Anglo
American powers act in other countries.
Evening star., 1944-02-18

reasons for nominating Speaker Ray
burn, whom he turned down four years
ago 1t Is known that he has talked
about the necessity Of carrying Texas"
In which State there is a strong anti
fourth-term feeling. 1t is known that
he has considered the names of several
businessmen" as calculated to gain
support among conservatives.
And 1t is known that greater effort
on his part would be required to re-
nominate Mr.. Wallace In 1914, as in
1910. than any one else Yet, there is
no doubt that he can do It If he wishes.
So far as the convention is concerned,
1t Is one-man affair and he will get
what he asks.
AS things are today, most party lead
ers believe the Presidents purpose is to
toss Mr.. Wallace into the discard and
that there is nothing Mr.. Wallace can
do to prevent it. Probably, they are
right, but it isn't an easy thing to do
and there is another side to it. There
Is, for example, the fact that this theory
that States can be carried for a presi-
dental candidate by nominating IA
vorite sons for Vice President is an
illusion. No one can recall any election
IN which any State was won or lost be-
cause of the vice presidential candidate.
1t Is the head Of the ticket that counts,
not the tail.
There is no real evidence of any
vice presidential candidate who either
elected a ticket or brought about its
defeat. Those who cite the selection of
Charles Bryan as running mate for John
w. Davis in 1924 cannot sustain the
point. If Mr.. Davis had had the Angel
Gabriel as his running mate he could
Evening star., 1944-02-18
The Dying City

Berlin, like a self consuming giant
ball of fire, is flame and smoke now
and little more. Since November 18,
In a series of Is mighty blows, the
Royal Air Force has sent 26,36O tons
OF bombs screaming and thunder
ing into its vitalS, last Tuesdays
2,800-ton assault being the most
deadly to date-the flercest stroke
OF It's kind in history. All told, since
the start of the war, the capital of
the Reich has felt the weight of
$4,000 tons of British explosives and
incendiaries, or almost five times
the total dropped on London during
the blitz of 1940-41.
What we are seeing here is the
methodical, relentless erasure of
what was once the nerve center, the
brain. the heart. of the Nazi levi
athan. The city is in it's death throes
now, full of great gaping wounds
in a thousand different places.
Militarily, politically, commercially,
although not single Allied army
is yet anywhere within reach of
it, 1t has already been made vir-
tually useless for the enemy, with
so much of it reduced to rubble-
perhaps so per cent of it-that its
remnants may be abandoned as
something not worth the price the
Luftwaffe must pay in continuing
to defend it. In any event, whether
this happens or not, heavier and
heavier blows will almost certainly
be struck at it until it is dead
entirely.
In all probability, it will be re-
built some day. But as it trembles
and quivers in ruins, free men do
not mourn its present fate or feel
any instructive compulsion to SYM
pathize with it. For this is the
wreckage of the place where pow
er-crazed criminals once plotted the
conquest of the world and where Or
ders were -bloodedly drawn up
for the pulverization of other ma
tions' cities and for the enslavement
and slaughter Of non German peo-
pies. Now the source Of the torment
Of our time Is having the torment
come back to 1t with compound in
terest, and the justice Of that Is
Evening star., 1944-02-18
Another Good Job

In a way the Fourth War Loan
campaign has been more hon
est" If the term may be used with
out invidious meaning, than the
three campaigns which preceded it.
For the emphasis has been placed
where it belongs-on individual
purchases, especially the investment
IN E bonds by the man in the
street." II there has been a slower
pace in reaching overall quotas, we
have at least not reached those
quotas by beating the drums over
the big money" response of cor
porations and financial institutions,
which, In a sense, will take care of
themselves. The best criterion of
popular participation in the bond
campaigns is the purchase of E
bonds, and there are sound expec-
tations that by March the Nation
will have gone over the top.
Here in Washington the individual
bond purchasers and the War
Finance Committee have every right
to qualification over the Districts
standing, not only in overall pur-
chases, but in E bonds sold. We
are ahead Of the national standing
and by March l the quota undoubt-
edly Will be exceeded. It can be
argued that the small investor over
the country has not responded as
generously as he might have done.
But he has certainly responded in
a manner which justifies the Treas
ury's reliance on voluntary, rather
than enforced, bond purchases. If
the record of the fourth campaign
can be sustained in the fifth, there
Is little to worry about in this par
ticular field.
Evening star., 1944-02-18
Stellar Time

The sloD enormous pendulum, OF the
Dipper sUings
In monStrouS time beneath the Pole
Star on the dial OF sky,
And Ursa Minor, the small jeweled
second hand,
Ticks silent minutes and n,eridians bp.
The siluer Pleiades and red gold Taurian
numerals
Resolre in spdngled hours across the
nights blue arc,
The great clock pulses soundlessly and
keeps
Bright record OF the winged dark.
Thus ring the phases of the moon, the
turning years,
Uncounted dutumns and, In time, the
myriad springs,
But changeless at the zenith of each
glittering night
., The in,nsentorial Great Dtpper svtngs.
FREDERICK EBRl0HT.
Evening star., 1944-02-18
Dorothy Thompson

and the way the American elections
turn, will determine to an immeasurable
extent the Soviet attitude toward
Germany.
In the course Of this year, the Soviets
will have absolute military superiority
IN Europe. 1t is not believable that
they will allow themselves to be maneu-
vered out Of this superiority In order
to give the Anglo American powers
complete freedom OF political action.
The Soviets, think, are willing, for
reasons Of peace, to limit their opera.
tions IN Europe, but only for compensa-
ton. That compensation is a Europe
that Is not, by the nature of its social
structure, hostile to them.
AS far as I know, the Soviets have
confidence in Mr.. Roosevelt-who also
wants permanent peace. But there Il
reason to believe they have no COM
plete confidence in the War Department,
the State Department or the parallel
institutions in Britain, in which there
are certain traditionally anti-Soviet
tendencies.
contemporary policies must awaken
their concern. Since the Moscow agree.
ment, which included a special state.
ment pledging the opening Of the Italian
government to the six anti-fascist par.
ties, we have apparently turned over
the entire civil administration in south.
ern Italy to the King and BadoRlio.
The only structure we have put on them
Is that they must remain "pro-ally,"
But II "pro-ally" includes the Soviet
government, the King and Badoelio
would be the first to CO. for they have
always been anti-Soviet.
And If defeated Germany were to
be divided, and in the parts under An.
glo-American occupation German EQUIV.
aents of Badoglio governments were
set up, the Soviet Union certainly
would not feel secure. If the Soviet
should become convinced that some.
thing of the sort were in the offinR, it
would probably take its own measures
toward Germany.
This is the essence of the German
question. The Russian enigma" is
only the enigma Of western policy, seen
In mirror
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Evening star., 1944-02-18

Then came the French, newly-equipped
with American weapons in Africa and
needing experience in their use; and
now come the Poles from the Middle
East with their British weapons and
equipment.
In some sense, the Italian campaign
where the war neither can be won nor
lost-is serving as a school of the soldier,
a school where lessons must be learned
which will be applied to greater purpose
elsewhere.
X 4 4
Also, the arrival of the two Polish
divisions Of the I'd Corps would suggest
that the southern front in Italy is being
gradually strengthened, even allowing
for some Withdrawals for the Anzio
beachhead (these were, undoubtedly,
experienced American and British divi-
sions which were replaced by the French
and the Poles in part and. in part. per-
haps, by less experienced divisions of
their own armies). Thus the pressure on
the southern front seems likely to grow
Evening star., 1944-02-18
Maj. George Fielding Eliot

stronger, and perhaps to be intensified,
as the weather clears on the Adriatic
flank, where the 9Th Army has for so
long reported only patrol activities"
1t Is worth noting that not long ago we
heard that the 9th Army now has full
Canadian corps instead of, as formerly.
just one Canadian division.
No one would be likely to accuse the
Canadian troops, in this war or the last,
Of any lack of offensive spirit; and in
this war, at least, they have chafed suf-
ficiently long in England so that it is
not likely they would be sent to front
where offensive action was not within
immediate contemplation.
All of which, as the clearing weather
likewise favors our air forces, gives a
good deal of point and force to Sec
retary Stimson's suggestion that we
should keep our shirts on" in discuss
ing the fighting in Italy. Rome, the
ancient adage tells us, was not built
in a day; it will not be taken In . day,
either.
But we might also remember that the
taking of Rome Is merely q symbol of
victory; it has military importance
chiefly because the railways and roads
converge there from the north, di-
verge there toward the south. The OBJ
jective Of the Italian campaign was
stated by Gen. Eisenhower long ago, at
the time Of the first landings at Sa-
lerno-"not just to take troops away
from somewhere in order to go some
where else. but to destroy the German
army in Italy"
For time, there was some occasion
to feel that this objective had been
abandoned, or at least postponed, be-
cause Of the demands of other sectors
notably because 1t seemed likely that
As the result Of the Moscow and Tehe-
ran conferences, the preparations for