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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Ana,rs.

The outstanding fact about =.
terroristic Nazi buzz-bomb bT
against London, aside from ~
heavy toll of casualties. is that y
is wasted effort so far as the eftoa,
on British morale is concerned D.
the testimony of Prime Minixto
Churchill and American obse-vs,.
in England it has stirred BrjHss
public opinion only to demands for
counter-bombing of non-militarr
detectives in Germany.
Churchill gave no lntimatjon d.
additional ways and means benz
devised to deal with the roba,
bomb barrage. But the mere far,
that he was ready to reveal tha
casualties inflicted and the fan.
that London is the Nazi target m.r
mean that a program for offen
sive, not defensive, action TO end
this nuisance has been worked emf
His reticence as to counter mea.
SureS implies that.
Churchill made no effort 10 mini
mize the seriousness of the stua.
ton for Londoners. He also made
it quite clear, however, that in tba
judgment Of the Allied high mill.
tary command the robot olana
bomb attack has small signjf.
canoe.
The indicated range of these I'm.
manned shotgun rocket bombs is
$50 miles or less. If the launching
installations are all sighted at Lon.
don, as Churchill indicated, those
still in action are all within The
sweep of a 125-milt circle struck
from the center of London. Such
| a circle would cut the extreme tin
of the Cherbourg peninsula, now in
Allied hands, pass close to LIE
Havre, cut some IS miles deep in
France behind Calais and reach
the coast again in Belgium close
to the borders of Holland.
Whatever other ways and means
may be projected for dealing with
the buzz bomb bombardment Of
London, seizure o. isolation of the
Calais coastal area would be
conclusive answer.
Berlin can only expect speeding
up of Allied plans to knock the
robot weapon out of action at its
source. It calls for expedited Allied
expansion of the continental inva
sion front to the Channel narrow
sector.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
Will It Be Wallace


tional convention have grown faint, it is in
teresting to note that Washington is chiefly
concerned with speculation as to who will be
the democratic candidate for the vice presi-
dency. There is no talk anywhere on who
will be the presidential nominee. Nobody
will head the party's ticket and aspire to a
fourth term in the White House. The only
question now is: Twill it be Wallace?"
Many persons are replying in the negative.
There are strong movements afoot to boom
Senators Barley, Truman and Thomas of
Utah and even Paul McNutt, the man2ower
commissioner. Any OF these, including the last
named, would be preferable to Mr. Wallace,
in the opinion of the factions who rightly ap-
praise public dissatisfaction with the incum-
bent.
But there are sound political reasons way
democratic senator would be unacceptable
to the new deal leadership. If one were chosen
and rode into office on the tail of tae Roose-
welt kite, he probably would be succeeded on
the floor by a republican and the margin is
Congress is likely to be too strongly against
Roosevelt after January to open the way for
more republicans than the people themselves
see fit to elect.
But the gentlemen who are affrighted at
the prospect of having Mr.. Wallace again as
presiding officer Of the Senate, and are doing
their feeble best to steer the forthcoming dem.
ocratic convention away from him, overlook
one all important factor. President Roosevelt
who thrust Wallace into the vice presidency
four years ago against the wishes of many
delegates, is still in the dominant place. He
has lost little of his power. If he wants Wal
lace, Wallace it will be.
The only hope that another man will be.
chosen lies in the possibility that President
Roosevelt has heard the rumblings of stiff op-
position from the Dewey-Bricker hackers and
will be inclined to sacrifice his stooge in the
interest Of winning again. 1t is being brooted
about in Washington by persons ordinarily in
the know that Mr.. Roosevelt has not definitely
made up his mind on a vice presidential can
didate and will not do so until after he has
talked with Mr.. Wallace, who is now on his
way home from China and scheduled for
radiocast at Seattle on next Sunday.
While there is but slim chance that he
will give Mr.. Wallace the cold shoulder when
they get together, the possibility Of keeping
the latter off the ticket seems to lie in the
ability of the Roosevelt castle guard to con-
vince him that he would do himself dis
service if he insisted upon MI Wallace's NOM
ination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
EDUCATION BOARD
APPROVES BUDGET

RALEIGH, July g. R The
state Board of Education, meet
ing here today, approved 1874
As nine months school fund bulge,
of S36, 203, 7O4, and radio broadcaa
service for public schools OF the
state.
The budget, which listed war
bonuses as provided for by legs
lation through 1914, was accepted
as presented by Comptroller Pau
A. Reid of the Department of Pub
lie Instruction. Ried said 1t was
now possible to make allotmeni'
to the 100 county and 10 city units
of the state.
Increase in budget items
amounting to a total of ST, lSLO|'
were for the following: instruc'
tionaI salaries $954,933; instruc'
tional supplies $24,335; janitoH
salaries $4,000; transportatlon
Sis, 14O; surety bond and work
mans compensation tax $3,60O.
The amount of Instruction.
salaries increase fund to be used
Reid said, would be influenced BY
the final teacher allotment, to be
presented at the board of educa'
tons August meeting.
Total amounts for each item o.
the budget were: Salary, Superln'
tendents $6O4,2 POI; travel, superln'
tendents $48,O66; salary, clerical
assistants $257,o43; office expen'
es $62, 100; county board OF edu'
cation $4,000; Institutional sala''
les S3O,O5O, 724; Institutional SUP
plies $219,915; salaries, janlto'
$S40,OOO; fuel $75O,oo0; water,
lights, power $l91, ESQ; janitor'
supplies $115,000; telephones ~
300;
Compensation $lO500; rem
bursment for injured school cnlf
dren $4,000; transportation 81 OS0,
300; lbraries $121,775; surety oonu
and workman's compensation lax
$3.50; unallotted reserve SzOV'
900.
Comptroller Reid's proposal 70
have persons who handle tna.
cial matters of the department
bonded was referred to the III
anna ropopoi+tao for rennmnenQd'
ton.
DR.. Clyde A. Erwin, state SUP
erintendent of public instruciYa
was authorized to work with Nv
U. S. Department of EducaHU.
and the Federal COMMUNICATE
Commissiin in obtaining frequeu.
cy incubation wave lengths W
future use in the states schoos'
No immediate cost would be III
volved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

Gradually the night brightens until
the whole universe is alight and
we can easily make each other out
in the gun pit and see everything
around us in the field
Now everybody is tense and star
ing. We all dread flares. Planes
are throbbing and droning all
around in the sky above the light
Surely the Germans will go for
the ships t.aat are standing off the
beach, or they may even pick out
the gun batteries and come for us
in the brightness.
The red tracers OF the machine
guns begin arching toward the
glares but can't reach them. Then
our own "Stand By" order comes,
and the gun whines and swings
and feels its way into the sky until
it is dead on the high flare.
Yes, we are shooting at the flare.
And our showering bursts of flax
hit it, too.
You don't completely shoot out a
flare. But you break it up into
small pieces and the light is dim
med, and the pieces come floating
down more rapidly and the whole
thing is over sooner.
Flares in the sky are always
frightening. They strip you naked
and make you want to cover and
hide and peek out from behind an
elbow. You feel great, welcome
privacy when the last piece flick
ers to the ground and you can &C
back to shooting at the darkness
from out of the dark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete Victory.
TOP OF THE MORNING

The mighty Roman Empire, two million
Square miles in area around the shores
NJ the Mediterranean in the days of the
Caesars, that ruled the world at the time
Of Christ's birth, sanctioned His crucifiNon'
executed His disciples threw His followers
h the lions. and drove them into the cata-
combs, has crumbled into dust, while the
Carpenter Of Nazareth, without resort to
force, shedding only His own blood, founded
an empire upon love, that has survived
the nations of antiquity, built upon force.
From Clifton N. Howard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
The Monetary Conference

The Christian Science Monitor looks with
some tre2idation upon the monetary confer
ence now in session at Breton Woods. In its
comment on the assembly there is a discerni-
BILE trace of doubt.
The conference does have something to start
with, the Monitor concedes-an agreement on
principles-but there is so much question on
the main feature Of this agreement-a world
sterilization fund-that the discussions may
not be easily limited.
The public will not be justified in leaving it
for Eae experts to untangle the complexities
Of monetary adjustments it declares. ut
should not abdcate its duty and its right to
think helpfltly about question that is so
vital to peace
The Monitors analysis Of the problem fac
deserve study. We quote at length from it's
comment:
'The conference is seeking to establish mop
etary relations which will encourage free
flow of trade. But one school Of economists
believes that effective International cooper
alton on currencies must start with free
flow Of trade. In this sense, the biggest prob
lem Of the conference is question of which
comes first the hen or the egg?
In the old days gold formed an international
currency which tended to make automatic ad
justments in foreign exchange. But restric
tons on trade, departures from the gold stand
ard, barter and the retalatory depreciation Of
eurrencies gradually created chaotic condi
Non of economic and monetary warfare. Tt
remedy the situation the experts first pro
posed a new international currency, but coulc
not agree on how to base it. Then they com
promised on a world sterilization fund, de
signed to support weak currencies.
But critics Of this plan hold that the di
sectors Of this fund.- lacking other controls t,
prevent Encouragement Of any member ma
tion's currency, would in the end merely throw
good money after bad. They argue that tn
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

ing conditions are so much higher
IN this defense area The bonus
supplemented state and local
school funds.
One hundred and fifty o t n r
school employees, including JAM
tors, bus drivers and helpers, re-
ceived approximately $S,775 out of
the supplemental federal payment.
The state board of education al
lotted bonus totaling $1,000 to
New Hanover teachers, an aver
age of $18 for each who worked
as much as six months during the
last school wear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
With Ernie Pyle

IN NORMANDY-(by wi~eless)-
1t is 11:15 at night. The sky dark
ems into an indistinct dusk. but it
is. not yet fully dark. You can
make out the high hedgerow sur
rounding our field and the seven
long barrels of the other ack-ack
guns of our battery poking up
wards.
We all lean against the wall of
our gun pit, just waiting for our
nights work to start. We have
plenty of time yet. The Germans
won't be here for 10 or Is minutes.
But no, suddenly the gun COM
mander. who is at the phone, yells:
''Stand by
The men jump to their positions.
The plane is invisible, but you can
hear the distant motors throbbing
in the sky. Somehow you can al
ways sense. just from the tempo
in which things start, when it is
going to be a heavy night. You
feel now that this will be one.
One of the gunners turns switch
on the side of the gun, and it
goes into remote control. From
now on mystic machine at the
far end of the field handles the
pointings of the gun, through cleo
trical cables; it is all automatic.
The long snout of the barrel begins
weaving in the air and the mech
anism that directs it makes buzz
ing noise. The barrel goes up and
down, to the right and back to the
left, grinding and whining and
jerking. 1t is like a giant corba,
maddened and with its head -ais-
ed, weaving back and forth before
striking.
Finally the gun settles rigidly in
one spot and the gun commander
calls out:
"On the target. Three rounds
commence firing"'
The gun blasts forth with sicken-
ing force, a brief sheet of flame
shoots from the muZzle. Dense,
sickening smoke boils around in
the gun pit. You hear the empty
SHELL case clank to the ground.
Darkly silhouetted figures move
silently, reloading. In few sec
onds the gun blasts again. And
once again. The smoke is sitting
now. You feel the blast sweep over
you and set you back little.
The salvo is fired. The men step
back. Yoa take your fingers from
your ears. The smoke gradually
clears. And now once more the gun
is intently weaving about, grinding
and whining and seeking for new
prey.
That's tne way it is tall night.
You never see thing. You only
hear the thrump, thrump of motors
in the sky and see the flash of
guns and the streaking of red ira
GERS far away. You never see the
plane you're shooting at, unless it
goes down in flames, and "flam-
ers' are rare.
I found out one thing fby being
with the ack-ack at night. And that
is that you're much less nervous
when you're out in the open with
gun in front of you then when
you're doubled up under blankets
in your tent, coiled and intent for
every little change of sound, doubt
full and imagining and terrified.
We shoot off and on, with crest"
periods of only a few minutes. For
couple of hours. The Germans
are busy boys tonight.
Then suddenly flare pops in
the sky, out to sea, in front of us.
such a terrifying need for conf
dence in the President and his
government that even the rights
of presumably innacent men might
have seemed dependable for the
immediate gain in n tional
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

of the nation which for many many months
has been delivering sledgehamme- blows to its
Axis partner and which, if persistent rumors
have any basis in fact, is liable to open
its Siberian bases for Allied occupation when
it has driven the last German soldier from
its land and is hammering at the gates of
Berlin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
TEACHERS GET
BONUS CHECKS

Federal and state board of ed
ucation bonuses, totaling $30,596,
have been paid to teachers that
served in New Hanover schools
last year, J. W. Grise, assistant
superintendent of education, an
nounced yesterday.
The two bonuses paid to the 400
teachers in the system averaged
SIG for each, Grise said. The fed
eral bonus averaged $3.50 for
each faculty member.
The five per cent federal bonus
which amounted 10 $32,173.19, was
awarded to New Hanover teach
ers, Grise explained, because 1iv-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

Editors Note-The Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr. Pegler
and often disagree with them n much as many of
his readers. His articles the good purpose
making people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

Accidents may happen if tn e
cellar stairs are cluttered or if
spilled liquids are not wiped up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

such a terrifying need for conf
dence in the President and his
government that even the rights
of presumably innacent men might
have seemed dependable for the
immediate gain in ne tional
morale.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

Major D. O'Connor, II South
Fifth street, successfully under
went an operation at James Wal.
ker Memorial hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

PARIS. "A posthumous citation
of Arthur Bluethenthal, a member
of the Lafayette escadrille a n d
formerly one of the best known
football players at Princeton uni
versity, who was killed on June
7, appears in the official journal
today. 1t reads: ARTHUR Bluetaen-
thai, an American pilot of first
rank, Of Wilmington, North Caro-
lima, volunteered for the Foreign
Legion in order to serve in the
aviation service in France. He
continued by his own wish to serve
with the French escadrille during
the present battle before passing
into the American aviation serv-
ice. He was killed in aerial COM
bat. x
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

Friends of Miss Mamie Waters,
of this city will be glad to know
that she recently graduated from
the Nursing department of Mercy
General hospital, Charlotte, a d
has successfully passed the state
examining board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07
rs Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)

JULY !, 1919
Mrs. William G.. Robertson is
spending the summer with rela-
tives in Newport News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-07

We shoot off and on, with crest"
periods of only few minutes. For
a couple of hours. The Germans
are busy boys tonight.
Then suddenly a flare pops in
the sky, out to sea, in front of us.
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-09-28

High school football season made
its bow at Harmon field last Friday
night-Pirate cheerleaders opened the
first home game with welcome cheer
for Ada, altho at the closing things
weren't so CHEEKY for the Bluffton
boys. However, cheer leaders Cert
rude Edgecomb, Mary Lou Shafer,
Frieda and Peg Martin did their best
to keep up morale.
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CHAPTER VII

me" said Mr.. Tinker, II feel
good. was going to join up any
way" After a moment he growled,
''My kid brother was at Midway.
He was a f1ier. Yeah, he got killed
there. After the family squeezed
every nickel for years sending him
to college and on"
"Oh," said Mr.. Winkle.
Me" Mr.. Tinker went on, "all
/ want to do is kill me one Jap. !
don't want to shoot him. l just
want to get him between these" He
pushed out two great hairy hands
and clenched each into a fist.
"That'll be for the kid. The rest
III get will be gravy"
Mr.. Winkle wished that he had
only small part of the plumber S
lust for vengeance.
IF I don't get to the Japs," pro-
posed Mr.. Tinker, "and you do, will
you strangle one for me?"
Mr.. Wrinkle swallowed. His throat
felt dry. why, yes-certainly." he
promised.
Don't go back on me-" Mr.. Tink-
er searched Mr.. Wrinkle with his
beetling gaze. But he didn't give Mr..
Wrinkle the mouse-look.
In appreciation, Mr.. Wrinkle said,
81 won't go back on you"
As if he weren't quite sure Mr.
Winkle would keep to his word, or
was capable of keeping to it, Mr..
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established a record. The boys, Floyd
Hugus, who attended Bluffton college
and Milton Badertscher, formerly of
Bluffton completed the job in dc
hours and four minutes. The unload
ing operation was done at the rate of
100 tons an hour.
Apples-choice Jonathans were ex-
hibited in the News window by Aldine
Kohl, Monday. They were from a
tree which bore eleven bushels at his
home on West College avenue. The
tree was we'll watered this summer
which accounts for the good size of
the fruit, unusual this year because of
the drought.
Bluffton public schools have total
enrolment of 489 this year, it is an
nounced by Supt. Lanham. This is five
more than the number recorded at the
close of the first day of school.
Two Bluffton corporals - Chas.
Hankish and Harry Turner had a get
together in England two weeks ago
last Sunday afternoon, according to
word received by their home folks.
Hankish who learned of Turner's To-
cation some 20 miles away drove over
in an army ambulance and spent the
afternoon with him. 1t was their
first meeting overseas.
Then there was another meeting on
the other side of the world when
Herbert Oyer and Maurice Boutwell, of
Orange township spent Labor day to-
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Tinker pronounced, "I'm going to
ask every guy meet so there won't
be no mistake about ii"
Mr.. Wrinkle was envious and lit
tie awed.
Mr.. Tinker scowled Something
was bothering him. "I didn't like
all them questions they asked" he
said. Whats the idea of all that
stuff"
Mr.. Wrinkle explained that it was
to fit each man into work according
to the best of his abilities and ex-
perience.
"You mean," asked Mr.. Tinker,
'sthey maybe might not make me
into a shooting soIdier?"
Mr.. Wrinkle said there was pos
sibility of this. especially in view of
Mr. Tinker's background of being
handy with tools.
Not a plurlber?" Mr.. Tinker
asked in alarm. I won't be no
plumber. .
It was Mr.. Wrinkles opinion that
the Army had all its plumbing taken
care of by civilian contractors. II
would be in some other mechanical
capacity.
Mr.. Tinker looked glum. "Then
how am I going to get me a Jap?'
He held up his hands and stared at
them as-if be were going to fail
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Firing it, however, was another
matter. The first day on the range,
Mr.. Wrinkle closed his eyes when he
pulled the trigger. The resulting
explosion made him open his eyes.
For an instant he was sure he had
shot himself; at least his shoulder
felt as if he had.
He was informed by the Alphabet
that he hadn't hit any part of the
target. On successive tries he didn't
do much better, but he learned to
keep his eyes open and sight.
A rifle was bad enough, but when
the day came that the mysteries of
a machine gun were revealed to
them, the palms of Mr.. Wrinkles s
hands perspired copiously and his
stomach craWled.
Nevertheless, he carried out his
duty. Sitting before the weapon,
the white cloth of the target be-
came a blank, with the horizontal.
perpendicular, and slanting boxes
marked on it erased as far as he
could see them. He was SO hot
when he squeezed the trigger that
his glasses became clouded and
he might as well have been blind
The gun jumped, splitting out a hail
of lead. A great vibration was in
his hands. II felt like a series of
sharp electric shocks. He let go
hurriedly.
Except for the chatter of other
guns down the line, there was ST.
lence.
The Alphabet filed it. "You
plowed up plenty Of ground" he
told Mr.. Wrinkle. Nov see what you
can do to the target.