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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
Finland's Plight

! Russia's terms for peace with Finland in
Jude one which suggests bitter war. 1t re-
uires internment of all German forces and
hips The Germans are not liable to take
2at lying down. Instead they are more likely
turn on their wavering allies. In this case
iussia will make good her promise of military
id for enforcing her demand and Finland be-
ONE battlefield
1t would appear, then, that Finland will be
ahmed if she does and damned if she doesn't
ccept Russia's proposal. Red air raids on
1elsinki, which thus far have been little more
han setting up exercises, give the Firms an
dea OF what they may expect if they@refuse
AoscoW's offer. The records of this war offer
violence of what will happen to them at the
lands of the Germans if they accept
1t is not surprising that the Finnish govern
nent has been unable to make up it's mino
What course to follow since it became obvious
hat it blundered when it threw in its lot with
Hitler. Nor is it surprising that Finnish lead
.rs should prefer to maintain the status quo
For, as Killers ally, Finland has not fell
he mailed fist nor taken active part in the
lighting for long time, situation that cannot
.ong continue.
In the interest of Allied victory. FINLAND
must be driven out of the war. RECOGNITION
Of this necessity, however, does not preclude
a deep sense Of sympathy and regret for hel
people, especially in this country which has
good reason to respect them for their integri
tY
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
Bad Weather Judgment

We got that good cent cigar some years
80. What we need now is better judgment in
Gather.
Tuesday pear and tulip trees were in full
DOM. Deciduous trees and bushes generally
ere tinged with green. The few preceding
arm days had fooled them into believing
BRING was actually here. Now the bloom is
coping A night of real frost will kill it ALL
That in itself would not be so bad. Trees
I'D bushes can bloom again. But in light of
st years experience it is distressing to think
at history might repeat, as it did then, and
rec farmers to plant their crops two or three
mes and get an Improbable yield
If we get Februarys cold throughout March,
overs and food crops will have hard time
it and lovers of beauty as well as the family
bic are in for a sad disappointment, to say
othing of growers who depend upon soil pro-
lction for living
Please, Mr.. Weatherman set the climate
raight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02

turers produce transport type airplanes at top
speed.
In one six-month period in 1943, almost 3d.
900, 900 pounds of air cargo was flown by do
nestle airlines alone, as compared with less
than 5000, 900 pounds for comparable period
in 1871.
Modern air transport is not 'war baby"
Transoceanic clippers were flying long before
the war. Military authorities point out that
air transport on the present scale would never
have been possible except for the years of
pioneering carried on by the commercial air.
lines. Those airlines were conceived in the
minds of transforming pilots whose dreams
were backed by business men with vision and
unlimited faith in America and aviation. These
men, from grease monkeys to airline presi-
dents, were rugged individualsts." The coun-
try can be thankful that it had them before the
war; It needs them now and will need them
more than ever in the future, if our national
stride is to remain unbroken.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
Admiralties Next

Maps available in this office show the Ad-
miralty islands scarcely more than pinpoint
to the northeast of New Guinea and north
west OF New Britain and New Ireland.
Overnight they have become infinitely more
important in the scheme of the Pacific war
than these maps Indicate General MacAr-
thurs personally directed amphibious attack
is evidence that continued Japanese possession
of them would constitute another stumbling
block in the Allied advance on Japan. Their
seizure is obviously essential.
Details of what is transpiring there are lack
ing, but it is notable that dispatches telling
Of the assault emphasize that the enemy was
taken completely by surprise. This element
Of surprise is typical of all recent attacks
on japanese strongholds in the southwest and
central Pacific war zones. The Japanese were
caught off guard in the Marshalls, the Caro-
lines, the Marianas. Now the same is true
in the Admiralty group. What does it mean?
We do not know of course but it is possible
that Tokyo in view of the heavy shipping and
plane losses the japanese have suffered, has
decided to concentrate its strength for the de-
tense of Japan itself. Also, it could mean that
because of these losses Japan cannot hope to
maintain its supply service and is ready to put
up no more than token defense while with
drawing the bulk of it's forces to positions
nearer home where both supply and defense
can be maintained at higher level.
Whatever the explanation the fact that Unit
ed States forces have been able to attack so
often to the complete surprise of the enemy
is not safely to be taken as sign that the
japanese are giving up. Every military, naval
and air leader who has been in action in the
Pacific agrees that we have yet to face the
full strength of Japan's war machine. There
is no possibility that when time comes for
the thrust at japan itself there will be any
surprise on the enemy's part, or lack of prepa-
ration for it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02

UNITED STATES" by Clifford l..
Lord and Elizabeth Lord
Holt; So.
Apparently l have arrived at at
least a half-ripe age believing in
an illusion. The authors of His
torical Atlas of the United States"
say specifically that their book is
mot designed to be reference
atlas" But if it is not designed
for reference, it has no usefulness
whatever, and it seems to me it
has more usefulness than many
more ambitious volume. I al.
ways thought that any work was
a reference work. as long as it
was one to which a reader might
turn for fact.
What Clifford L. Lord and Eliz.
abeth Lord have done is to adapt
one of the techniques Of the geo.
politicians to their field. They be-
lieve that it is well to see graph
cally how social and economic
progress squares with our politi-
cal history by periodical break
downs, at which breakdowns a
cross section Of both subjects can
be presented. This might be done
with moving pictures, and indeed
it has been done. But as the au.
thors point out, many of us do
not have Photographic memories,
and as a result we see a film
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02

still carry heads on their shoulders that know
the strategy of diamond victory as well as
ever.
Among these is Jimmie Foxx, grand old
home run artist and clean liver and player,
who gave up before the season got fairly
started last year because of stomach all
ment, but is now asking for reinstatement
since the Army examiners turned him down
for military service.
Jim Gallagher, general manager OF the Cubs,
has announced that Foxx will ask Commits
sioner Lands to reinstate him and adds that
placing Foxx on the active list will be auto
matte. His presence in the lineup will make
the Cubs a team to be reckoned with
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
The Literary Guidepost

and carry away only a fuzzy inn
preston. 1t is better to have the
material in such a form that it
does not fidget.
Their book is a sort of un-ani-
mated series of maps. For exam
pie, the enfranchisement of WON.
en- is shown in a number of mans
beginning in 1870, and its peculiar
contribution is the graphic way il
shows that the entering wedge was
suffrage in school elections. Its pe-
cullar disadvantage is that these
maps are imbedded in a GOOD
many others dealing with other
phases of suffrage, and there is
some confusion about which is
which in the mind of the casual
reader.
Some curious data comes n
light. There is a revealing series
Of maps which show the pronor.
ton OF slaves to total population
for example, although here again
the usefulness Of the maps is
somewhat lessened because it IS
impossible to make them large
enough to tell the reader exactly
where the slaves were. Also. when
color is not used and five or six
matters must be indicated bv
shading, the shading often blurs
IN the readers eye. But there il
a lot of usefulness in the atlas
and the idea Of paralleling politi.
cal with social history in this way
is valid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
REQUIREMENTS FOR
VINO TO Be TOLD

A meeting of Wilmington retail
merchants is scheduled at 1920 a.
m. Thursday, March 9. in Tide
Water assembly hall to hear H.
I. Shepherd, area VINO director,
explain the War Manpower Com
missions requi re m en- t S for
Group l area, in which Whining
ton has just been placed because
of current acute labor shortage.
John A. Sheehan, secretary of
Retail Merchants association, said
it is not clear here just what eff
feet the new labor ruling will have
on merchants in connection with
the requirement of 48-hour work
week. This, and other points, are
expected to be clarified by the
area VINO director.
In addition to this discussion,
Sheehan said, plans are expected
to be made to hold a monthly
luncheon meeting of the Merchants
association.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
Smart To Be Thrifty

Many obServant persons as we'll as econo-
msts are wondering if we are now buying
postwar depression, if by spending freely and
needlessly we are laying the foundation of I'm
comfortable initiation which must be followed
by financial collapse which will make that
of 1929 look like picnic
There is evidence that we are doing this
very thing On the strength of this evidence
great New York department store stresses
as it's keynote the slogan: Its smart to be
thrifty.
1t may sound like an extravagant statement
but we know of no more patriotic service that
the civilian can render to his government at
war than to save his money 1t is also the best
service he can render to himself.
The government pleads with you to save;
enlightened self-interest demands that you do.
You will be serving your government if you
save by Tightening the strain on materials
needed for war service You will be helping
the shortage not only in materials but also
in men by making more man-power available
for war industry. And you will be furnishing
the very sinews of war by converting your
savings into war bonds.
1t shouldn't be necessary to tell you how
you will be helping yourself by cutting down
on unnecessary spending. The more you
spend, the more you will need to spend AS
the demand for consumers goods increases,
up go the prices. A Black Market is created
which not only disregards your pocketbook
but also the vital needs of war industry.
Don't buy another depression. Leading econ
omsts agree that we car avoid postwar dis
aster only if we have sufficient private spend
ing power in reserve to compensate for the lag
in government spending and to permit the con-
version from war production into the produc.
ton of civilian goods
If you are wilfully broke when the war ends
you will have been not only foolish but trail
tor to your country.
Don't spend, save! Buy only what you need
and only when you need it.
The best savings in the world today is the
money you invest in war bonds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
pailyPrayer
FOR THE HIGHER PATRIOTISM

FOR THE HIGHER PATRIOTISM
That we have a goodly heritage,
we thank Thee, o God of our
fathers. Thou hast led us into
paths of plenty and ways of peace
and good will. Thou hast given
us a great and simple faith in
Thee; and Thou hast shown us
many signs of Thy providential
care. We thank Thee for the land
that we love. We yearn to serve
her better in this hour of destiny.
May our patriotism be purified by
the present ordeal; so that we
shall possess, in. ourselves and in
our common life a 1oftier sense
of our duty and of our mission.
Cast out from our hearts all self
ish provincialism, and make us
citizens of the VIII oil e world
Cleanse our hearts of all racial
and religious and national preju-
dices, and make Us big enough
and brave enough to be patriots
of the entire world that Thou low
est. Save us from all our shining,
that we may be true sons of Thine
and brothers of all mankind.
Amen. w
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
With Ernie Pyle

Scot officer wearing kits. We
turned a corner and met a group
OF naval ensigns in from the sea,
all carrying canes just as though
they were on the college campus
back in England.
There were gay young Ameri-
can fliers In leather jackets and
groups of crumpled-looking dough.
boys on leave from the front lines,
eating peanuts.
War hasn't made much differ
ence in the scribbling habits of
the Americans and British. On the
walls Of Pompeij you will see hun
dreds of names written in pencil
PVT. Joe Doakes from Kansas
City, Sergt. Jock Mclean from
Glasgow.
Pompeii is noted for the dirty
pictures on the walls of certain
houses. In peacetime the guides
had to be discreet with mixed
groups of tourists, but they don't
have to pull their punches now
except when a bunch of nurses
or WACs happens along.
AS in peacetime, they will sell
you obscene little good-luck en-
blems in silver or bronze and
books of 'feelthy" photographs.
Whether or not We bought any is
military secret.
Major Bland from Oklahoma
and Corporal Cove from Seattle
and I from Indiana and New Mex
leo spent three hours in the ruins
of old Pompeil and decided we
enjoyed it, but the next time we
go sightseeing we hope it can be
through the less ancient ruins of
Berlin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
Foxx Coming Back

More than ever the Major Leagues will have
to resort to kids and old men to fill their
rosters for the coming playing season.
The armed forces have taken so many sea-
soned players still in their physical prime that
baseball must look to new sources for re-
cruits 1t will not be so great task, at thai.
The sand lots have never failed the great old
game yet. They will not do it now.
Nor will the sport lack for veterans, who
may not have their old speed and dash, bu
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
BY ERNIE PYLE

POMPEII, Italy,-(by wireless)
Maj. Ed Bland got fed up with
flying for a living and I got fed
up with writing for a living and
Corp. Harry Cove got fed up with
being a corporal FOR a living, so
the three of us said ITO hell with
it," and we got into Major BANDS
jeep and came touring out to Pom
peii.
The only thing in all Italy !
have really wanted to see is the
leaning tower OF Pisa, but that's
up north and I will probably leave
Italy before We get that far. So
Pompeii is the first and probably
the last real sightseeing will get
to do in Italy.
Someone had told me he was
disappointed in Pompeii because
so little of the ruins had been un-
covered, but I think he must have
got on the wrong side of the noun
tain for there's certainly plenty
uncovered.
The buried city originally had
1000 people, and two-thirds of the
whole city has been dug out. The
preserved part surely must be al
most a mile square. Pompeli, as
YOU may know. was buried by
rain of ashes and dust and Gin
ders that covered the city 20 to
"a feet deep and smothered every
body to death.
The eruption didn't come from
Vesuvius, as most people think,
but from Vesuvius' sister volcano,
named Somma, now extinct. The
burying took place in 70 AID. and
the ruins weren't rediscovered I'M
til the 18th Century.
When we stopped the ieep in
the little barren square in front
of the main gate to Pompeii, we
were assaulted by a swarm of
italian urchins so grabby and in
sistent that we had to pick one
out and appoint him to watch our
jeep.
Then we bought tickets for 10
cents apiece and went through the
turnstiles. A few Italian men in
civilian clothes tagged along as
we started to walk, asking if we
wanted a guide.
We picked one out. Many of the
guides spoke fruit-stand English,
such as "Dissa ees da bedroom. :"
But ours spoke with quite cul-
tured accent. He said he once
lived in New York, but had been
a Pompeii guide since long before
the war.
His name was Ugo Prospect. He
was tall and thin and looked
American. He wore a fedora hat
and long dark overcoat with a
fur collar and gray trousers and
gray spats. He smoked a thin ci-
gar and addressed us constantly
as "sir."
There's no use in my trying to
describe Pompeii in a wartime
column. Thousands of you back
home have already seen it and
the rest of you could hardly visu-
alize it anyhow, so I will merely
try to give you Pompeii's wartime
aspect.
Around 100 bombs have fallen
within the old Pompeii since the
war. The ruins. OF course, have
never been deliberately bombed
by either side. The bombs that
fell inside the walls were strays.
Actually not much damage has
been done. But our guide. spot
ting Major Bland as an Air Force
man, made four or five deadpan
but subtle digs about the bomb
ings.
All we could do was wink at
each other. Major Bland has dive
bombed a lot of Italy, but never
around Pompeii.
Dozens of small parties were
wandering around the ruins, each
with a guide and all composed of
military people on leave.
Down the street came a British
orlgadier smoking a pipe and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
The Pay-Off

A New Mexico man and his wife have both
filed for the gubernatorial nomination, he on
the Republican ticket and she on the Demo-
cratic. Probably figured that if there must be
family arguments, they might as well try to
cash in on them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
PROMOTED

NEW RIVER. Mar. DORA
thea S. FRESHMAN, assigned to du.
ty here for some time with the
public relations office, has been
promoted from the rank of first
lieutenant to that of captain in the
Marine Corps Women's Reserve.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
SUB BUILDER DIES

MADRID, March 1.-tR-Hans
Techel, rs, builder of Germany
submarine fleets in two world
wars. died at Kiel, Feb. %, ac-
cording to German newspapers Of
Feb. % which reached here to-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
Fair Enough

tEdiotrs Note-The Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views of Mr. Pegler
and often disagree with them much as many OF
his readers His articles the good purpose OF
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
BARRISTER DIES

LONDON, March 1.-tR-Sir
Miles MatHnson, 80, barrister
prominent in London financial cir
cles as the director of some 10
companies. died last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
DESTROYER LOST

LONDON, March 1-(R-Loss of
the destroyer Warwick was an
nounced tonight. The admiralty
gave no details.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02

Arctic navigation is doubly dam
gerous because of fog and floating
ice; birds sometimes give the first
warning of nearby land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
TOP OF THE MORNING


Here is quiet room!
Pause for little space!
And in the deepening gloom
With hands before thy face
Pray for Gods grace.
Pray for the strength of God
Strength to obey His plan;
Rise from your knees less clod
Than when your prayer began
More of man!
DONALD COX,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
BY JOHN SELBY

BY JOHN SELBY
HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE
UNITED STATES" by Clifford l..
Lord and Elizabeth Lord
(H0lt; So.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
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Income Tax

In a series of five articles.
of which this is the second, s.
Burton Heath offers plan for
streamlining income taxation
as it applies to the great ma
jority of individual taxpayers
The Heath plan, presented
through NEA Service, is not
proposed as final and undebat.
able. 1t is intended Father to
stimulate thought and discus
sion - and perhaps action
among 100000 taxpayers for
fundamental simplification Of
the impossibly complex tax
system.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-02
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution Of
The war to complete Victory.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
ROXANA

Special Mothers Day services on
Sunday evening. The pastor. Rev
James Langrell will deliver the
message Special singing by the
Junior Choir.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dilbur Oakley and
two daughters, Virginia and Ver-
nice spent the weekend with Ar
thur Oakley and family near town.
Mrs. Belle Lynch is spendin,
sometime with Mrs. Elizabeth
Lynch and her grandson. Clayton
Ringler, at Selbyville, while Mr..
and Mrs. Ringler are away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Lynch en-
tertained to dinner last Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Wilgus, Mr..
and Mrs. Bennie Burton, Mrs. Ell
sic Magee and son Donald of
Frankford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Lekites and
children are spending a while at
Fenwicks Island.
Friends here have received let
ters from Private Holton j. Muir
ray at Leonard Wood, Missouri.
They are glad he is fine and happy,
but he would like to see the folks
back home.
Elton Savage of the U. S. Coast
Guard is spending a few days
leave with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas Savage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Bennett en-
tertained Sunday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. William Murray. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Richards and Mrs. Woodrow
Murray.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12

Lynch of Lewes; Mr.. and Mrs.
Briggs OF Georgetown, and Doris
and Henrietta Hickman of New
York. II was a shock to the fam
lily and community to learn of the
sudden death of Mrs. Elizabeth
Wharton Lewis. 2l years old,
which took place at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Wharton on Sunday morn
ing, May z. She leaves a hus-
band, Sergt. Clifford Lewis, who is
serving in the armed forces in
New Guienna. Also a seven
weeks old baby daughter. Four
sisters, Mrs. Elsie Powell, Ann
Wharton, Mrs. Julia Richards and
Mrs. Isabelle Smith, and four
brothers. Joshua. Clay, Robby and
William.
Mrs. Aldred Rogers and son,
Kenneth. and daughter, Elsie
Karen, are guests of mother, Mrs.
Edward Hickman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Watson were
callers at Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Cobb and Mrs. Annie Richards on
Sunday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
OCEAN VIEW


Eleanor A. Belts, daughter OF
MIR. and Mrs. Samuel T. Belts,
died at their home in Ocean View
on Monday, May l. Eleanor's
birthday was May IS. She would
have been rs years on this date.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday afternoon at the home
with Rev. Frederick Price. pastor
of Ocean City, Md. Presbyterian
Church, officiating, and interment
in Bethel Methodist Cemetery. She
is survived by her parents, MIR.
and Mrs. S. T. Belts; two sisters,
Mrs. Grace Briggs of New Castle,
and Jeanette Belts of Ocean View,
ano her grandparents, MIR. and
Mrs. Edgar c. Hooker. and bro
ther-in-law, Jack Briggs. Those
who came from a distance to at
tend the funeral were: Mrs. Tenie
Goslee and Mrs. Raymond Goslee
of Philadelphia; Mrs. Edith Rue
BILE of Ocean City, Md; ex-Con-
gressman George S. Williams of
Millsboro; Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood