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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-10-26

Harold Childress is still con-
fined to the hospital but expects
to get to come home in few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit Hawk
ms visited at the home of John
Kendrick Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Fleming
visited Mary Stanley Sunday.
Visiting, Mr.. and Mrs. w. P.
Whitaker Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Prentice Vanover and Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Countiss.
Mrs. Chloe Hanover visited
Mrs. Guy Vanover Sunday.
Mrs. Dina Ford's mother and
two sisters, of Pikeville are Wis
ting here at this time.
Mrs. John Kendrick visited
Mrs. Ruth Kendrick Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
The Literary Guidepost

Mr. Fast is clever and pro.
team writer. He has listed some O,
his sources in an "afterword'' al.
though surely not all, since there
are only half dozen or so. plus
newspapers and magazines. This
is dlsarming = he says in effect
my sympathies are with the black
man and I drew my information
from these publications. Please
judge my book on this basis.
On this basis it is a good book.
There is flame in it, because Mr..
Fast is very angry indeed.
he like most native New Yorkers)
hasn't the vaguest idea how Ne.
gro thinks and little more idea OF
their speech habits, but in spite
OF this, some Of the Negroes are
recognizable as people rather
than figureheads. His hero is a
huge Negro named Gideon Jack.
son, who educates himself in a
Incredibly short time, emerging as
a leader Of people and not merely
his own race.
Perhaps Mr.. Fast has made a
one sided picture-personally. I
think he has. But the ruling cues.
ton is whether he has made the
picture he started out to paint, and
l think he has done that, too.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
BY JOHN SELBY
Freedom Road" by How,

freedom hOao, Dy Howard
Fast DUEL, Sloan Pearce; $2.75)
Howard Fast, being New York
born and New York raised, may
not realize how explosive his free
dom Road" is. Or on the other
hand, he may realize it all the
better, since the novel is an end
product of a typical New York
theology. Mr.. Fast's book is de-
signed to show that after the War
Between the States, a workable
government and even a workable
economy was under way in the
South (and specifically in South
Carolina, but that this system was
sabotaged by the half bankrupt
planters.
These, in Mr.. Fast's version,
were determined to hold their pow
er and willing to use the Khan
as an instrument even though most
of them were too intelligent to be-
lieve in the organization for what
it was. In the end, when the Fed
eral government withdrew it's
troops from South Carolina, the ex-
pertinent Of white black coopera-
ton fell under the tyrannical pow
er OF the upper classes" That is
Mr.. Fasts thesis.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
Holly Ridge Acts

The town of Holly Ridge has no intentions OF
returning to its former status of sleepy,
roadside hamlet after Camp Davis closes.
Realizing that if it is to receive any help,
such assistance must first come from its own
citizens, group of residents have joined with
Mt Airy interests and begun plans for a
sweater and hosiery plant Such an industry,
it is said, will employ from 200 to 400 persons.
Further arrangements for the undertaking will
be made at a meeting Friday night.
Because of the presence of the nearby mill
tary post, utilities for real little town have
been established in the past three years. In
addition, sufficient first-rate housing will be
available when the camps activities are over.
Holly Ridge is setting an example that may
well be followed by many other communities,
large or small, that have reached new heights
but now face deflaton of their prosperity as
the result of approaching peace. It is not Sit
ting by, moaning the passing of the lush BOOM
town days. but is making concrete steps for
even greater and more substantial growth. 1t
is taking the initiative in its postwar deveop-
ment and deserves the best wishes of success
from all interested not only in its growth but
the greater development of Southeastern North
Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
Here We Go>Again

Major-General> Hershey, Selective Service
head, has recently SAID that men up to IS
may still be drafted But Selective Services
replacement schedules, for the orderly with
drawal of workers from industry and business
to the armed forces have been dropped. Sc
has the War Manpower Commissions man.
ming table plan, which served about the same
purpose. 81
Why? Because the primary detectives have
been fulfilled, and draft requirements have
been lessened. says the OWL
So where does that leave the civilian be-
tween 10 and 80? Still wondering what the
score is Probably the situation isn't as COM
plicated as it looks from these conflicting
statements It's more likely that this is Just
recurrence Of an Old Washington complaint
AN inability of the boys in VINO and Selec-
tive Service to get together.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
Slightly Vulnerable

They couldn't try Thomas De Lorenzo for
saying that he would rather see Americans
die in battle for want Of equipment than see
his union, lose any of its rights at the
Brewster aircraft plant where he is the JAW
locals president. But they could try him on
the charge Of lying about his police record to
get job, and find him guilty.
De Lorenzo's punishment if it survives ap-
peal, is mild 30 days and $500 fine. But al
least it should serve notice to him that he is
not inviolate, and that he cannot hout the ma
tons laws as he did its interests and safety
during the scandalous period OF Brewster
inefficiency.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
Fast Counterfeiters

Gasoline coupon counterfeiters are operating
just as fast as the government these days
The ALI coupon, now valid for three gallons.
has already been extensively counterfeited,
according to report from Theodore S. john
son, Raeigh district OPA director.
OPA's special agents investigating counter
feiting have obtained information from various
sources that large quantities Of ALI counter
feits have aready been printed, distributed to
peddlers, and sold to black market dealers.
Some may also he in the hands of motorists.
every effort to discover and arrest those who
are trafficking in these coupons in order to
prevent as many possible from competing
with honest coupons for gasoline, johnson said.
Several types of Ali counterfeits have been
seized. Most of them are printed on bad paper,
making them fairly easy to detect. Johnson
emphasized, however, that the service station
operators best protection against inadvertently
accepting counterfeits from motorists is still
to follow two simple rules:
l. Be sure that every "A' coupon you accept
is torn out of valid ration book; and
: 2. Be sure that the motorist has endorsed
the coupon with the license number Of the
car into which you deliver the gasoline.
AL ALI coupons deposited in ration books
will be carefully examined in the newly
tabished Regional Notification centers, John
:son added. Prompt investigation will be begun
at all points where counterfeits are found,
and vigorous action will be pressed against
hose who have dealt in them.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16

The ar .
BY KIRKE L SrNpso>
Associated Press War oN

Punched now betweeo am;yst
ces in Normandy and in the l Ea fO''
Riviera, Hitler's clutch seNca
France from the English c Tn all
to the Mediterranean and v wssa e
the Seine and the Rhone rivers er, q q
in process of being torn loos ssS is
There were intimationsi O4 49,
sweeping German retreat ;Ild'
west to shorten defense Era al ne
conserve dwindling reserves ~ s. and
already have begun, thus aco m,,sA'
ing for the surprising lack ~
position to the Allies in the - Up w.
when the first waves hit the hs souA
es. 'e'cn'
Official word as to lust ,,h,
General Wilson, Allied comn, ansfe
in the Mediterranean theater ''l ss
sent in his French, fmerican, n naa
British landing forces was lsc ~ anu
for hours. Nazi reports placed III
scene of operations between TouI [s
and Nice. '0'Oa
That would cover the better l,,
ing sites on the French Rjvior u'
coast, at best a difficult regior ~.
a major invasion effort. Beach,.
are narrow and backed by sharnIs
rising mountains. Even enemy ~
ken resistance probably Womb
have been proved costly in AITss
casualties. That makes it all tbs
more significant that there was WY ns
organized effort to beat back n.
invasion drive and that resjden,,
of the region reported the German,
had been pulling out for days taE,
ing heavy portable guns with Them
The invasion of the French R;vi.
era is certain to have an immed.
late impact on the German defen.
sive deployment in Italy. 1t is on.
ly in Italy that troops could M
found to bar the road from south,
eastern France into the italian
plains IN rear of the Gothic da.
Tense line above the Arno. And
there is every evidence that Gen.
eral Alexander. Allied field com.
mander in Italy, is shifting his for.
ces for a new smash at the Gothic
line.
Another advantage gained by III.
Allies in picking the Riviera site is
the scope and strength of French
Maquis resistance to the Germans
in that region. French underground
forces have all but dominated lie
Il mountainous area east of the
Rhone.
Whether Wilson drives northwari
between the Rhone and that Dor.
der, northwestWard to reach the
lower Rhone valley in an attempt 10
join with Eisenhower's forces in
central France, or eastward toward
Italy, his invasion theater is well
sheltered from enemy counterat.
tack by both the terrain and the
probable active French and Italian
underground cooperation.
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George Tweed

For a peacetine Navy man, George Tweed
lived pretty comfortable life He had a house
to live in on Guam. His wife end children
Then war threatened and he sent his family
back to the States. After that the Japs came
And in few hours, George Tweed's life under
went fantastic Transformation from civiliza-
ton to savagery.
For two and half years George Tweed,
n civilized man past 49, accustomed to com
fort, drank rainwater and ate what he could
forage at night. He slept under trees or in
caves. In all that time he was constantly on
the move, outrunning and outguessing his pur-
suers, hiding when he could never staying
long in one place. For George Tweed was the
last Of the Guam garrison.
All the others were killed or captured. Tweed
became challenge and embarrassment to the
Japs They put price on his head. They
hunted him in packs. One hundred days went
by-two hundred, five hundrcl, eight hundred
Days of watching and Listening, of hiding
fleeing, resting when he could, hunting food
ut night. Finally, to save face, the Japs de-
clared George Tweed officially dead last April
The world roared away from George Tweed
on Dec. II, 1871. All that remained for him
was the fight to exist and to win his private
war with the Japs. He knew Of the Pearl
Harbor disaster. He had seen the Japs over
run the pitifully small garrison on Guam. For
all he knew, they might have kept right on to
the American mainland.
But he never doubted that the Americans
would come back to Guam.
1t would be a very good idea il all of us
would remember George Tweed Even though
this advice may sound a little trite or
Sunday schoolish, it still would be well to
remember him the next time we're tempted to
howl about the toughness Of beef and the high
price Of artichokes or predict doom if the
man we don't vote for gets elected president
We average Americans can be pretty bigoted
and petty and belligerent. We can be extrava.
gantly pessi1nistic, solennly assuring one
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Approaching Collapse

The most significant feature of the invasion
fact that Hitler's armies are nearing collapse,
was the extremely weak resistance. put up
against the new assault. Initial reports stressed
that there was no air opposition and only
feeble ground fighting to impede the invaders
The enemy cannot plead surprise an abb
for poor performance. For days, Berlin has
known this blow was coming.
Care taken by the Allies to keep it secret
was nowhere near as thorough as when we
struck the Channel coast. The French under.
ground was kept closely informed and the re-
suit was that all France knew another wave
OF liberation was sweeping up from the south
The terrific battering from Allied bombers,
plus the rout in Brittany, left the enemy help
fourth European front. It's transportation sys-
tenn in lower France virtually ruined and the
big coastal guns silenced by tons of bombs,
there was little it could do but let the Ameri-
cans, British, French and others pour over the
beaches. The French supplied valuable aid
beforehand through removal of dangerous mine
fields in the paths of the invaders.
This mighty breach, together with the highly
favorable developments in northern France,
means that it will be only matter of short
time before practically all France becomes a
great armed camp for the Allies.
That can lead to but one development Over
powered on all sides but the extreme northern
boundary, trapped in pocket after pocket, the
once-proud and mighty forces. of the Reich
will not even have time to collect themselves
for a final, futile stand along their own Dor
ders. Again we will have a great retreat,
similar to that Of the Allies to Dunkerque in
the early days of this conflict, but this time
1t will be -tattered and battered German
have only Berlin.
Internal collapse and chaos should follow in
their natural course. We believe the revolu-
ton after World War 1 will be a mild thing
to what is coming. The grasp of Himmler' S
men on the threats of the German will be
broken; they will become the hunted instead
OF the hunters
But don't expect all this to happen in days:
it will, in all probability, take weeks. General
Eisenhower, while well pleased with the pro-
gress of his armies, warned against over con-
fidence yesterday.
In the campaigns lying ahead" he declar-
ed, numbers of other tactical victories must
be won because, even if we realize our fondest
hopes in situation such as this, we are still
long way from the Rhine
One thing is certain, however The destruc-
ton OF Hitler is coming nearer and nearer
each day. LAS he goes down. we believe he
will realize that this month marked the real
beginning of his end.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
Is Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
AUGUST 1e, 1919

Work of paving Water street,
from Red Cross to Orange, was
completed yesterday afternoon,
when the last brick was laid AND
the last gallon Of tar binder pour
ed.
Mrs. B. R. Sparks n d little
daughter, Bette, have returned to
their home in New York, after
spending period with Mrs
Sparks parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Cuthbert Martin, at their summer
home on Wrightsville Beach.
DR.. and Mrs. Ramsey Weathers
bee have gone to South Carolina
and Georgia to spend a period.
COBLEN.-The American FRS
division, the first division to land
in France and the captors of Cante.
CRY, will begin leaving the Rhine
for home tomorrow.
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Daily Prayer
FOR SIMPLE FAITH

Lord, teach us to pray. aa i,
stout our complete confidence ~. A
Thee. Thou art the Creator rs srl
Ruler of the universe; e. III,
thinkest upon us, the least o., o. NJ !,
children. Whatsoever Ihou u .Sones
done from a Fathers love- 'n0r NJ,
Thy ways are not our wy. How
Thy thoughts our thoughts ;aa .D
ever grievous Thy pfoVl0'y with
may be, enable us to say :, He H
Thy servant Of old, 'I l,Sa : civ.
slay me, yet will trust Him. .ir u
us, we entreat Thee, TINS 80 ga and
faith which clarifies life here so MT
looks beyond to the lo .I;.s and
where there are no mysteries t h.
where faith turns to sighI, , M'' III.
clamor of war not disturb ,,, sI
ouietness and confidence - S trust
Thou dost impart to those VINO 1,so, Al Al
Thee. We are Thine, and Inoe VI =.
our: and in Thy holy Keep ra se-r
leave our dear ones who are ;ss. 5[
ing our Country and Thine If, N, = 3
able purposes. Amen--"' l.
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place to move his first-aid station
A shell hit right beside MIN.
That's the way war is on ar
afternoon that is tense and full O.
might-have-beens for some of US
and awful realities for others.
It just depends on what you,
number is. I don't believe in thai
number business at all, but in wa,
number business at all, but in wal
you sort Of let your belief hove,
around it, for it's about all you
have left.
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SHORTAGE OF ice
DUE TO CONTINUE

No relief was reported in sight
yesterday for the ice shortage tnal
Wilmington has experienced all
summer, dealers saying they DID
not know when the situation would
be eased.
Only one ice dealer, Lawrence
C. Rose, would make any predlc'
ton about the date Wilmington
ans could expect more ice to oe
available. 'In my opinion Sala
the Rose Ice and Coal company
manager, 1--WE can look for relel
about August 10 or 20, but I'm not
sure this is right"
Rose meant, he said, that y
that date the demands of the ffy'
Growers Express company Woull
slacken. Expectations of n''
slackening early in the month ~el'
blasted when the express comp,
nv continued to make heaVy Nv
orders. -:
The ice shortage is Just as sel =
Gus as it was" Rose Sald' on,
twice in Is days has ice oeen W. y.
sale at his plant, where 1t may :. - !,
purchased whenever we nave H.
An Independent Ice conlp' ~
spokesman said ice was MOI u. ".
sale at that plant because "s ~.
still mighty short Of it only . u,
out Of four carloads of ice oroel'.
by the firm from the Af1leflt s,.
Ice company in Philadelphia l'''
arrived here. ..;,,
The Mckee Ice company Ti' WIZ,
likewise has experienced SliO. y,
age. sells ice at the plant daIy .. =,
long as a supply is aValld0i' U
O m and at 5 pm.
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another that the. country is going to the dogs
now or later.
But we're talking about the country that
also produces George Tweeds. Tweed is a
great hero and an average american The
double distinction is not uncommon. Scores and
hundreds of men in our Army and Navy fit
that description. And since they do, maybe
the country will pull through,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
Lake Forest Woman
Names New Suburb

Mrs. Edna Earl Darden, OF Lake
Forest, has been declared the win.
ner of a $25 war bond prize for
suggesting the best name for a
new real estate development near
Piney Woods on the new Wrights'
vile Beach highway.
Mrs. Darden's suggestion, Sc.
lected by committee from the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
was "Avondale.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
HAY ESTIMATES

RALEIGH, Aug. 15-'H n A:
Tarlston, State Deparuilet5, tods
riculture statistician, Saiu ia a,rs
that hst'. approximately 1881 ,t 900 , qs
of hay, with an estlm% d, 10 ba,
of 80 tons per acre, win ~; ~ veal
vested in North Carolina 'lii'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-16
With Ernie Pyle

ON THE WESTERN FRONT
| (by wireless)-The afternoon was
tense, and full of caution and dire
little might-have-beens.
1 was wandering up a dirt lane
where the infantrymen were squat
ing alongside in ditch, waiting
Their turn to advance. They always
squat like that when they're close
to the front.
Suddenly German shells started
banging around us. l jumped into
ditch between a couple of SOL
diers and squatted. Shells were
clipping the hedgetops right over
our heads and crashing into the
next pasture.
Then suddenly one exploded, not
with crash, but with a ring as
though you'd struck heightened
bell. The debris of burned wadding
and dirt came showering down
over US. My head rang, and my
right ear couldn't hear anything.
The shell had struck behind us,
20 feet away We had been saved
by the earthen bank of the hedge
row. 1t was the next day before
my ear returned to normal.
A minute later a soldier crouch.
ing next in line, a couple of feet,
away, turned to fne and asked,
'Are YOU war CORRESPONDENT
l said I was, and he said, Il
want to shake your hand" And he
reached around the bush and we
shook hands.
That's all either Of US said. 1t
didn't occur to me until later that
it was a sort of unusual expert
ence. And l was so added by the
close explosions that I forgot to put
down his name.
A few minutes later friend of
mine, 1t. Col Oma Bates of Coils
ter, Miss, came past and said he
was hunting our new battalion COM
mand post. 1t was supposed to be
in a farmhouse about a hundred
yards from us, so l got up and
went with him.
We couldn't find it at first. We
lost about five minutes, walking
around in orchards looking for it..
That was a blessed five minutes.
For when we got within so yards
of the house it got a direct shell
hit which killed one officer and
wounded several men.
The Germans now rained shells
around our little area. You couldn't
walk 10 feet without hitting the
ground. They came past our heads
so quickly you didn't take time to
fall forward-I found the quickest
way down was to flop back and
sideways.
In a little while the seat of my
pants was plastered thick with wet
red clay, and my hands were
scratched from hitting rocks and
briars to break quick falls.
NOBODY ever 1aStenS the chin
strap on his helmet in the front
lines, for the blasts from nearby
bursts have been known to catch
helmets and break peoples necks.
Consequently, when you SQUAT
quickly you descend faster than
your helmet and you leave it in
mid-air above you. Of course in a
fraction of second it follows YOU
down and hits you on the head.
and settles sideways over your ear
and down over your eyes. It makes
you feel silly.
Once more shells drove me into
a roadside ditch. I squatted there.
just bewildered guy in brown
part of thin line of other Devil
dered guys as far up and down the
ditch as you could see.
It was really frightening. Our
own shells were whanging over
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Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accent no
responsibity for the personal views Of Mr.. Puger,
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readers His articles the good purpose of
making people think.
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It is.most comforting that all the peoples OF
the continent are closely grouped under. the
brilliant leadership of Hitler, who has been su.
pernaturally transformed by developments in.
to more than an intrepid defender of GERMANY
he is the defender of Europe. : La Fronda
Argentine newspaper recently blacklisted by
IT, s.