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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
February, 1914

February, 1914, is notable for its quadren-
NAL caprice Of containing twenty-nine instead
of the customary twenty -eight days. The girls
may be expected to exercise their usual leap
year prerogative of popping the marital ques-
ton to the boys, but how successful they will
be with so many elig ibles gone to the war
remains to be seen.
The month also is distinguished by Ash
Wednesday, on the twenty-third which will
mark the beginning Of Lent, when we should
mortify the flesh for the good Of the spirit
If there ever was time when self-discipline
served with religious fervor, whatever ones
denomnational inclinations, or whether one
has church affiliations or not.
Only by exerting the strictest control over
emotions, indulgences and inclinations can we
perform our proper duties during this global
ho1o ,aust. The spirit OF sacrifice which char
acter yes the Lenten season is something for
everybody to share in the interest of our war
programs success.
February also marks the birth anniversary
OF three Americans of extraordinary genius
Washington, Lincoln and Longfellow-all Of
whom left their footprints on the sands Of
time which changing conditions have not sue
ceeded in eradicating.
What new events will transpire what new
pages of history be written, during these TWEEN
ty-nine days of February, 1914? We know that
new and hopefully staggering blows will be
struck upon all sectors held by the Axis
Sadly we realize that new and staggering casu-
allies will occur. But, in addition, will Feb
ruary bring us materially nearer victory, and
the restoration of peace in the world? Will the
master attack be launched against Germany?
Will western and southern Europe be invaded
and if so, how will the fighting go?
Will greater assaults be launched against
the Japanese in their many strongholds? Does
the present huge naval Smelling Of Marshall
Island basticns mark the beginning Of many
major thrusts to open the direct route to
Tokyo? Will the Burma campaign get under
way on large scale? Who can answer?
Ali that we may know is that February
holds great possibilities We can only pray
that they may be realized.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
Hitler Speaks Again

In his broadcast On the eleventh anniversary
German people that the only victor in this
war car he Germany or Soviet Russia A So
Wet victory he forecast, will mean Europe S
annihilation.
Not SO long ago Hitler was proclaiming
Russia Germany's best friend. That was when
Russia had signed a treaty Of friendship with
him, which enabled him to go ahead with his
war plans without fear of attack from the
east In those days Great Britain was Ger
many's worst enemy because Great Britain
had the temerity to 60 on fighting after Dunk
cirque. 1t was not until Russia turned him
back. after he had violated his treaty and
crossed her frontier that he remembered his
old hatred Of the bolsheviks.
These changes in the fuehrer's attitude illus
trate the fundamental insincerity of the man.
Always willing to lie to others, he apparently
is equally willing to lie to himself. Or at
least to delude himself IS he seeks to delude
the people who in their folly chose him to
rule over them
But this is not all his new position suggests.
1t well may indicate that he is definitely pre-
pairing to surrender in the west to the forces
under General Eisenhower which soon will
be on continental Europe's soil, in the hope
Of receiving better terms than he could from
Stain in the east. He knows that Russia will
demand an eye for an eye, that Stain will
have his revenge for every ruthless act OF
German soldiers in Russia, if he is forced to
lay his arms at the feet of the Reds. He
knows that the Communists will take over
completely in Germany unless he can fore
stall Stain by unconditional surrender in the
west and so lessen Russas influence at the
peace table.
It is not possible OF course, to know with
any degree of exactitude what goes on in the
mind of mad Hitler. But his latest Berlin
broadcast seems to show, even more enpha''
ically than these things, that he recognizes
Germany's inability to win
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01

friends to defeat the attempt was that the
National Committee has no power to commit
the party to a policy or make declaration
of any issue that will arise at a subsequent
national convention.
'Of all such issues the convention choice
between aspirants for the presidential norni-
nation is the most important While none
Of consequence has yet declared himself, the
purpose of the fourth-term endorsement by
the committee last week was to close the
lists to any but the President and thus set
a limit on the deliberations Of the delegates
who will meet in Chicago in July
When Mr. Raskob announced that he would
demand showdown on his resolution strong
pressure was brought to bear to prevent its
being even presented. The New York State
Democratic Committee, of which James A.
FARLEY was chairman, adopted resolution
saying: 'The national committee has no au-
thority by custom or by delegation OF power
from the national convention to pledge or ad-
wise the party on any issues arising between
national conventions When questioned on
this resolution Governor Roosevelt said, Il
thoroughly approve Of it, He is reported
to have gone so far as to write to Alfred
E. Smith asking him to block consideration
of the Raskob plank. BY January of 1882
Mr.. Raskob had decided not to press for ac-
ton on his plank Mr.. Krock explains.
The episode is cited here merely to note
that change has come Ger the committees
dream and the White House has made no
TIL.
committee still stands pledged to a matter
which decade ago Mr.. Roosevelt definitely
declared was none of its business.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
The Literary Guidepost

farm. He was content, but because
of his wife's discomfort and a visi-
tor, Peter Oliver found himself
both farmer and a banker In
nearby Acadia. He even was forced
to move to town, where he cen.
Quoted an honest and modestly sue.
cessful bank and escaped to Sum
down at intervals for refreshment.
Peter had also his daughter Mig
non-tWo other daughters took af-
ter his wife, and that is condem-
nation enough. Then a woman doc
tor came into his life, just ahead
OF the land boom that began TO-
ward the end Of the first Would
War. And finally came the collapse
OF land values and the undeserved
ruin of Peter divers life. This is
not the end of 1.-THE Harvest Is
Late, but the rest of it you will
have to get from the book itself.
1t is important to say that Mr..
Downing has brought off "a diff
ficult job. He makes you feel the
pull of Shutdown without being
sloppy. He makes real Peters
curiously restrained love affair
with the doctor and he creates a
central character of essential good
ness without making him seem
something out of a Sunday School
magazine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
Opportunity In Livestock

Southeastern North Carolina will have a
sources in the postwar period if farmers in
the area go in for cattle and hogs in a big
way and create the necessary facilities for
processing meat at home.
Heretofore beef and pork have found their
way 10 market only after long train rides,
with the result that transportation costs have
absorbed most of the money obtained from
their sale. With little or no cash return, farm
ers have found no encouragement to raise
beef cattle or hogs.
Yet climatic conditions are right for large
livestock operations hereabouts. Year-round
pasturage is available with careful planting
No long winter feeding is necessary because
OF snow. Cattle could live in green pastures
twelve months year with little interference
from the weather There is ample water with
in easy reach. Nature has done her part to
sible to cash in on the gift of nature if
slaughtering and processings plants are pro-
vided.
With the outside world incapable of meet
ing its own needs for years to come the de-
mand for American meats will be great
enough to absorb all this country can produce
in excess of the domestic requirements. And
when the war has been ended, or within
reasonable time thereafter the OPA, with its
artificial controls, will be halted and the re-
liable law of supply and demand restored, so
that cattle and hog raisers may be assured
of a fair return on their investment and their
work The time appears to be right for for.
and provide for its processing, as well as it's
marketing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
Daily Prayer
FOR FATHER CARE

o God, the Infinite, the Etef''''
the Ornnipotent; we bow 10" W
fore thine inconceivable greatness
Thou art the Creator and fui'-
of all things. and we REVEREND
worship and adore Thee, KING u
kings and Lord of lords. Jesus li''
taught us that all Thy greatness -
is channeled into Thy character %
Father. And as our Hevenly t7u u,
err, we approach Thee TO-DAY NV
entreat Thy fatherly favor LII LII
in mercy upon us, Thy weak ' ana
dren, wilful and disobedien' ', o
stained by sin. Forgive Us 9,o %w
again. Grant unto us Thy 1a}lle ~ca
protection and care and gtlo"i.[JT
in this hour of our great n 3ao.
Transform us into Thy family l,n ad
ness. Deliver us, and our SONS ,,l
our Country, in our present aeT 's
Save us. o father, and gram ns
speedily a victory that mag f w
turned into Thy service. anu THO M
Thy glory. In the name Oh r. r
Son. Jesus Christ. Amen.-"' l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
How Times Do Change

Arthur Krock, whose articles on domesuc
conditions are popular feature of the New
York Times points out that when the Demo
cratic National Committee openly declared
itself for fourth term for President Roose-
welt it violated a rule established by Mr..
Roosevelt himself in 1881 and 1882.
Mr.. Krock writes: ''In 1881, when the Presl-
dent had already become candidate for his
nomination, John J. Raskob, chairman OF tae
committee, sponsored an anti-prohibltlon res
olution for passage at the regular session.
The argument successfully used by MI Koose-
welt, then governor of New York, and MS
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
WAGE STATEMENTS
ARE NOT ON HAND

Statements of 1943 wages, which
hundreds of Wilmingtonians are
requesting for use in making out
income tax returns, are not yet
available from the Social Security
board, N. A. Avera, manager OF
the Wilmington field office, said
Monday.
THE Social Security board can
not help citizens" he said, ''be-
cause their employers tax return
will not have reached the board in
time to permit it to make available
statement of annual earnings
for income tax returns"
Mr.. Avera said that each year,
"come income tax time,'' hun
dreds of Wilmingtonians request
statements of their annual earn
ings for use in making out income
tax returns, because they know
that the Social Security board
keeps careful records of wages
paid to workers in jobs covered
by the old-age and survivors in
surance system. 1t is on the basis
of these records that benefits are
calculated for the insured worker
or his family.
Wages paid during the last three
months of 1943 will be reported to
the Collectors of Internal Revenue
during January, Mr.. Avera said.
During February and March these
reports will be forwarded to the
Baltimore offices of the Bureau Of
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance.
There the wage amounts will be
recorded in the social security ac-
count maintained for each indivi-
dual worker. This will not be COM
pleted until the end Of June.
''More than 100000 wage items
are received each day in the ac-
counting offices of the Social Sc
curity board" Mr.. Avera said, 80
it is understandable why it will
take until June 80 before the wages
received during 1943 by the A.
100000 persons who worked last
year in jobs covered by old-age
and survivors insurance are total
ed for each individual. We are
sorry-but when it comes to income
tax returns, the Social Security
board cannot be of help"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
HELP IS SOUGHT
IN RAT CAMPAIGN

AS surveys for the rat.control
campaign here continue, DR.. A.
H. Elliott, city-county health Of
ficer, asked Monday for com
plete cooperation from industries
and property owners in the up
town area affected by the propos-
ed program.
DR.. Elliot declared that the train.
ed inspectors. who must secure
estimates on the amount of work
to be achieved at each building,
need full information and assis.
lance from building owners.
He also revealed that the emer-
gency of the control program still
obtains here, as the Investigators
continue to uncover facts on I'm.
reported cases Of typhus fever in
this section.
1.-THE sooner we can complete
the survey and begin actual op-
erations the safer the community
is going to be-" Elliot observed.
The control measures have been
ordered in an ordinance passed
by the Board Of Health. All proper
ty owners in the area affected by
the INSTRUMENTATION, rat-proofing,
program are obliged to abide by
the order.
H. B. Carney is the local man
permanently associated with ty-
phus control in Wilmington; w.
c. Turnage of the United States
Public Health Service is directing
the present drive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
NAVY CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 -
- The Navy Department 'ist
nounced today caSua's tn
which included these W.
CaroIinians:
Clemens, James H. ,pn
USMCR. Missing. Father, W. W..
lie L. Clemens, 1880 West hV''
head st., Charlotte. ,n
Switzerland, Theodore DN
electricians mate, third c'% Nv
USN. Missing. Parents w..
and Mrs. Alexander soa'n''
land, Wallace.
Harrington. Claude Fan. ID
Machinist's an a tie, oeo o,,s.
Class, USNR. Dead. (PreNiOt
ly reported missing. Aun'
Mrs. Nora Harrington Bufna"
South Mills: Stepmotfler, W.
Claude Harrington. 1O6 f. bu'
CESS St., Eliza beth CITY,
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that, but It was always a point that added,
rather than subtracted, complication The one
motion to substitute simpler tax bill was
quickly rejected on point of order.
so don't get your hopes UP by thinking that
the present tax schedule you're sweating over
is the ultimate in fiscal BOBBY traps You can
be sure that the 1914 edition will add to your
headaches as you can that Ed Wynn will add
a couple more patches to his shoes.
800
The only difference, is Eds shoes are funny.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
BY JOHN SELBY
"The Harvest is Late" by J.
Hyatt Downing Morrow; $3.50

''The Harvest is Late" by j.
Hyatt Downing MORROW; $3.50
1 have an enormous amount of
respect for novelist like J. Hyatt
Downing, whose "The Harvest is
Late" is among the better books
of the new season.
He knows that there is legend
in the book trade which says that
farm novels never sell, and that
midwestern novels of any kind en-.
ter the competition with several
strikes already called on them. It
is, apparently, possible to write
about New England farm with
out offending the literary powers
that be, and rural life in the south,
particularly If glazed with glamor
or besmutted in the Caldwell
Faulkner manner, seems actually
pleasing. But the middle West is
tabu.
All tight, says Mr.. Downing, I
am still writing about rural life
IN South Dakota. He is also writ
ing well, which is more to his
glory. He is writing about a suc-
cesstul man who began as a hired
nand and reached what he thought
was a climax with the acquisition
OF Shutdown. a great and beautiful
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

ABOARD A LANDING SHIP
TANK, - (by wireless)-We came
aboard this LIST from small ma
val craft which brought US out to
rendezvous at sea The captain
Of the small craft was Ensign Da
vid Chase, Of West Haven, Conn.
He used to be a high. school teach.
err and he has been in the Navy
only Is months. He has one OF
the most interesting crews I have
talked with. -
A few minutes after we were
under way they tegan to gather
around tv talk, as happens every
where when a stranger from the
States appears.
We talked of strikes and Presi-
Dental politics, the only two public
affairs subjects that get into con-
versations out here. where every
one is absorbed in his duties and
at other times is reading or Won
dering when he'll get home.
These men, as most others out
here, favor Roosevelt, but not in
any blind or slavish fashion. Au-
brey Gibson, Waco, Tex, said that
if Roosevelt would do more about
strikes and initiation he would get
more votes. He said a majority
of the crew of this craft were for
Roosevelt with Willkie and Dewey
the first and second Republican
choices.
But the men are more concern
about strikes than politics. Thai is
where they always begin to show
heat, whereas the Presidential
campaign seems remote to them.
At least they don't talk with such
emphasis and excitement about
politics as about strikes.
John L. Lewis has become a
symbol for this bitterness among
servicemen here, the same as I
found him to be in Africa and Eng
land last summer. His name is
used as a symbol for all the union
leaders who put strikes above war
production.
Remember, these were not nor
mally anti-labor men I was t. K
ing with, but the run of the crew
farm boys and workmen, some
of them union members.
There were three union en- in
the group I chatted with while 60
ing out to board this LIST. Robert
Tama, Lorain, O., was a CLIO Weld
err at the American Bridge Co.
plant in Lorain. He said:
II think what John Lewis is do
ing is close to treason. 1 don't see
how he gets away with it,"
Another was a member of the
Typographical Union but did not
wish to be identified, as he work.
ed in a non-union shop. He said he
would like to see the Government
take over the railroads in order
to end strike threats.
1--WE have to have unions" he
said I'VE can't let the big cor
porations run things. But I'm
against strikes"
There was more about John L..
Lewis from James C. Jones. Of
Houston, Tex, of the AFL Iron
Workers in the shipyards. He said
he was sure Roosevelt was the
man for the place-speaking of the
1914 campaign. asked him why
the men felt that way. He said it
was because Roosevelt was for the
working man.
1 don't know how it would add
up if I could take complete can.
vass, but everything I have found
thus far is pro-Roosevelt and anti
strike.
One of the crew, named Gibson,
was in the Navy before the war,
and when his enlistment ran out
IN 1910 he took job in an aircraft
factory on the West Coast. In a
snort time strike was pulled.
I was disguised. and I re-enlist-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
Shoes And Income Taxes

1t seems a shame to drag such an amiable
comedian as Ed Wynn into a serious discus
sion of taxes. But if Ed will just lend us his
theatrical shoes for a moment, we will at
tempt to demonstrate that those famous bro
gans resemble the United States income tax
troubled world
Ed, you probably know, has worn the
same shoes for stage appearances throughout
his career. For reasons of sentiment and
superstition he has chung to the footwear that
carried him onstage for his first professional
success. Naturally, however, they don't look
much like the shoes that Ed first put on
some 30-odd years ago.
Time and travel have wrought many
changes. They have been soed and heeled in
annual overhauls. Toes and heels and tongues
have gone and come and gone again Big
patches have replaced little ones The shoes
have swollen and bulged at the seams as
their stratified burden Of leather increased
The income tax dates roughly from the
same period as do Mr.. Wynn's shoes and his
rise to fame. The income tax has not achieved
Eds popularity, but the j. -lative branch Of
our government has chung to it with fond
ness which may also eombine sentiment anc
superstitution.
Time and circumstance. have changed the
tax picture, too. And to keep up with both
successive Congresses have patched anc
nesged and sewed They have piled on new
clauses and new taxes, they have plugged ole
1oopholes and opened new ones. But they APP
parently have never thought of tossing away
the whole elaborate contraption and building
new understandable tax law, any NOR,
than Ed has thought Of buying replacement!
for his footlight gunboats.
Renorts Of the Senate-House conference OF
tho 1914 tax bill indicate that the presen
CONGRESS is no different from its predeces
xorrs The conferees argued about this ant
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
QUOTATIONS

Our national security must have as its first
foundation the maintenance of the great sea
and air power which the United States Navy
is now in the process of building Navy
Undersecretary James v. Forrestal.
The Japanese are not strong in the engi-
neering of automotive vehicles. The quality
margin between our weapons and the jap
anese will grow wider as the war progresses
Ordinance Maj.-Gen. G.. M. Barnes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
Raymond Clapper Says:
Soldiers Are Not Blind
In Their Political Vie1us

crew, who acquiesced in what was
ed in the Navy" Gibson said.
All of the foregoing was said in
the presence of a number Of the
said. They included James M.
Lynch, Erwin, Tenn: Anthony Ma
tarazo, Mechanicsville, N. y;
John O'Donnell, Chicago; Victor
Pelillo, the Bronx; John Healey.
Fulton, Mo-, and Ralph Snyder,
Harrington, Neb.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
Fair Enough

Editors Nots.-Ths SiAs ana the News accepts no
responsibility fer the personal views Of Mr.. Pesier.
Ind sftes disagree Win them Much - MANY o.
his readers. His aftelss serve the good rurpsss Of
uaking people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01
VISITING

HOLLY RIDGE, Jan. 31.-Cleve-
land Hines, of the United States
Navy, is visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. C. Hines, following
long service in the Pacific area.
He wears several service ribbons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-01

In crude forms cosmetics were
known as early as 900 B..
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Il. John I. De Bell, Jr.,
Missing on Air Raid
CenterviIIe (Vo.) Officer
Lost in Italian Attack

1t. John T. DeBell, jr., u, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. DeBell, Centerville
Va, has been reported missing on a
bombing mission over Italy, his
family was informed yesterday by
the War Department.
1t. DeBell, whose father is a
prominent Fairfax County farmer
and former chairman of the County
School Board, went overseas last
month. Navigator of Flying
Fortress, he was first stationed in
North Africa and later his bomber
was with the American invading
army in Italy.
His family said letter written
by 1t. DeBell on January ii told
about making his permanent head
quarters in Italy. He wrote that he
was happy and liked the country
fine"
1t. DeBeel was graduated from
Manassas High School and attended
William and Mary College, Williams
burg, Va, and Strayer College
here. He was drafted in April,
1910, and received his wings in
August, 1943, following his gradu-
alton from the Hondo CTex.0 Navi-
cation School.
He has a younger brother, Stuart
DeBell, and sister, Mary Thornton
DeBell.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
County Recreation
Building Proposed
Montgomery Board
Plans Postwar Project

A recreation building with ade.
quate swimming facilities for resi-
dents of the western suburban area
OF Montgomery County has been
recommended by the Advisory Board
OF the Bethesda-Che Chase Rec
reatlon Center as the result of a
STUDY OF postwar needs.
The board recommended that the
appropriate authorities proceed with
architectural and engineering con-
struction plans so they may be ready
at the earliest possible date and that
a committee of six be appointed to
cooperate with the Maryland Park
and Planning Commission and the
Board of County Commissioners in
planning the project.
Mrs. Curtis Walker was named
chairman Of the committee. which
is composed of Joseph Gardner.
Mrs. w. N. Morell, John L. Imirie.
Mrs. Kempton Crosby, Thomas w.
Pyle and Emory H. Bogley.