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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17
North Carolina Among Leaders
In Placing Essential Workers

I'm the labor market in North
Carolina" Dr.. Dorton said, during
the past two months the only
successful recruiting method has
been by direct approach. Contracts
with potential applicants h ave
been effected only because our re
CRITTERS have worked early and
late il centers of population, in
small towns, villages and in rural
sections. We have recognized that
we must 60 where the people
are and not wait for them to come
to u.s.
DR.. Dorton stated that contacts
with community leaders are the
most effective means of recruiting
workers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17
]. p. JAMES

WARSAW, May 16.-(speciaD-
Funeral services for John P
James, 83, who died Friday eve
ming at the Rocky Mount Santa
rum after an illness of several
weeks, were held Sunday after
noon at his home east of Warsaw
Officiating were the Rev. D. L.
Jones, pastor of the Warsaw Pres
byterian church, and the Rev. J.
w. Lineberger, pastor of the
Friendship Methodist church. In
terment followed in the family
cemetery near the home.
Mr.. James, a retired farmer Of
the Friendship section, was mar.
ried to the late Suck Swinson. He
is survived by one son, Kit, of near
Warsaw.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17
w. H. SUMMERLIN

Funeral services for Wiley H
Summerlin, 81, of Warsaw who
died last Thursday were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at the Stoney
Creek Baptist church in Wayne
County. Elder Jimmy Roberts OF
Greenville officiated. Interment
followed in the PatetoWn cemetery
in Saluston Township.
Mr.. Summerlin, a farmer, for
merly of Wayne County, is sur
vived by his wife, two daughters,
Mrs. L. B. Gardner and Miss June
Summerlin, both of Warsaw, and
one granddaughter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17
]. M. SELLERS

Johnnie Marion Sellers, IS, died
yesterday at the James Walker
Memorial hospital from injuries
received at the shipyard. He was a
native of Columbus county and liv-
&c near Chadbourn all of his life.
He is survived by his wife, and
one son, Marion, three daughters,
Maggie, Doris and Betty Fay Sell
lers, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
M. Sellers of near Chadbourn, five
brothers, Dow, Owen, Homer and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17
w. A. SuGGS

LUMBERTON, May 16-William
Asa Suggs, 70. died at his home in
Bladenboro, Monday after an i'll
ness of three months.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Fannie Butler Suggs, five sons, Ar.
Bladenboro, and Noah Suggs, vii.
mington, three daughters, Mrs
Dee Taylor, Mrs. F. o. Davis, Mrs.
Erwin McLamb, all of Baden
boro, sixteen grandchildren, anc
one sister, Mrs. Henry Hardie
Whiteville.
Funeral services will be con.
Quoted from his home today at
pm. by the Rev. w. L. Jernigan
pastor of the White Oak FreewiI
Baptist church, assisted by the
Rev. Mr.. Adcox of Bladenboro. In.
terment will be in the Bridges
cemetery,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17

Only - states in the nation topp.
ed North Carolina in the numbers
of workers placed in essential jobs
during March, national summary
showed yesterday. North Carolina
made 1898 job placements.
The national leaders, in order
were California, New York, Ohio
Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Illinois, Washington, Michigan,
Tennessee, Indiana and Missouri,
DR.. J. S. Dorton, state manpower
director, announced. Missouri led
North Carolina by only q place.
mente.
Felix A. scroggs, manager Of
the local United States Employ
ment Service office, said that
the Wilmington region had one
manpower recruiting officer, Gar
land Scott, who had been "seeing
$50 to It's persons per week, refer
ring between IS and 40, and getting
confirmation requirements for ap-
proximately Is persons each
week..
SCOTS territory covers New
Hanover, Columbus, Fender and
Brunswick counties.
In the fret quarter of 1914,
Region four, embracing Nor t h
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland and the District of
Columbia, showed a % per cent
increase over the first quarter of
1943 in the number of workers
placed in war jobs, Henry E.
Treide, regional manpower direc-
tor, reported.
Treide stated that in North
Carolina, DR.. j. S. Dorton pioneer
ed in the use of special manpower
recruiters who spend all of their
time in personally contracting pc
tential war workers" He quoted
DR.. Dorton az saying that through
the use of special recruiters, 1850
workers were referred to jobs who
would not have been reached by
ordinary methods.
Bill Sellers. all of near Chadbourn,
Corporal Dayton Sellers of the U.
S. Army and one sister, Mrs
Johnny Jackson, Lebanon, Tenn.
The body will remain at Peacock
Funeral home until funeral ar
engagements are completed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17
TERRIER FOUND

Police are searching for the
owners of a tiny black and
white fox terrier, found on the
streets, Monday.
The dog, obviously some
body's pet" sports a little tan
harness.
The pup is being held at the
city sta bles. owners may ac-
quire his by proper identifica-
ton and payment of the pound
fee. Inquire at police head
quarters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17
Candidates Must File
Expense Statements

May II and June 16 are the dead
line days for the filing of itemized
statements of contributions and
campaign expenditures by the local
political candidates, it was dis
closed yes erday.
The statements must be prefer
red the Clerk of Superior court
by 10 days before and 20 days
after the primary, which this year
falls on May 81.
It ie estimated that 81 per cent
of the worlds population above the
age of 10 years is illiterate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-17
Obituaries
r. G. THOMPSON

Rod C. Thompson, 81, died at hi:
home in Abbottsberg yesterday O.
a heart attack. He is survived BY
his wife.
Funeral services will be held to.
day at II am. at the graveside ir
the Cashwell Cemetery near the
home. The Rev. Mr.. Virgins, Holi'
ness minister, will officiate.
MORENO HOLT
Funeral services for Norlene
Holt, II, of Carolina Beach, who
drowned in the Inland Waterway
On May 10th, were held yesterday
at pm. at the graveside in Rod
gers Cemetery near Delco, N. c.
The Rev. H. S. Strickland and the
Rev. Ludlum officiated. Pail
bearers were Mack Taylor, Bill
Lumsden, E. P. Freeman, Sam B.
Long, D. w. Stewart and J. A.
Jackson.
Surviving are her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. G.. Holt, three sisters,
Lorena, Neal, and Flora, two
brothers, Charlie and Dickie Holt,
and her grandmothers, Mrs. jamie
Vines, Delco, and Mrs. Ida Holt,
Abbottsville.
Evening star., 1944-07-28
Infantry Still Tops
From the Topeka Capital.


Some ideas are fundamental and
change but slightly through the years.
Take the infantry as an example. For
a time many believed the foot soldier
had gone the way Of the dodo bird;
that he was obsolete and useless in
modern warfare; that the airplane.
almost unaided, could win victories.
But today the doughboy stands SUI
preme. Airplanes help tremendously
in softening up the enemy. Naval op-
erations are indispensable to success in
many theaters of combat And yet
infantry has to deal the final blows.
as indicated in France. and as is being
proved without question in Italy, where
the war has reached point comparable
to that of 1917-18
First the artillery opens up with great
barrages. Then tanks begin moving
forward. When the climax comes, how
ever, the infantry has to move in and
hold territory. Men must still face
other men at close range and must often
come to grips in hand-to-hand fighting.
Your modern infantryman has learned
new tactics. He may ride to battle
in gliders or jeeps. He is equipped with
flame-throwing devices and bazookas
and instruments for detecting land
mines. He has an astonishing variety
Of weapons. But fundamentally he is
the same doughboy he has always been,
basically unchanged by the passage of
time.
Evening star., 1944-07-28
Why the Kaiser Escaped?

Tc the Editor of The Star:
1t is reported that Hitler has fast
plane in readiness for the quick take
OF when the going gets too tough. He
perhaps could find safe asylum in neu-
tral Spain with his friend Franco in
return for past assistance in the lat
ter's self-conducted civil revolution.
If the foregoing should eventuate,
would 1t not be but history's repetition
for those of us old enough to remem-
her the terrible things we were going
to do to Wilhelm II (who generally was
accredited with having brought on the
First World War;, but who was allowed
to live out his days in neutral Holland?
We learn that much essential, pre-
iminary spade work is being done
against that great day when the last
shot has been fired and our boys come
home"-the UNRRA, monetary confer
ence, use of postwar airf1elds, equitable
allotment of the worlds supply Of oil, etc.
This is all to the good, but what about
the United Nations Council and the
laws 1t will recognize and enforce in
the postwar world?
The Kaisers escape from punishment
generally is attributed to the lack of
international power Of extradition from
a neutral state. Are we going to allow
history to repeat? ......
WILBUR H. CLOSE.
Evening star., 1944-07-28

France used Western and Southern Ger
many against Russia. Germany herself
was weak at that time, but she was the
battle-ground of other European nations
and the object of many conflicts After
all. we are trying to prevent war. Not
only war by Germany but war over
Germany.
And can mere force keep a people
divided who do not wish to be?
What kind of division is there to be?
Merely political? Then we shall have
to control three administrations instead
OF one. But can We prevent secret DO
litical agreements, treaties, and plans,
between the administrations of Southern
Germany and Northern or Western?
Can we force the three administrations
to move in opposite directions2
How can you divide a people cul-
turally and in the realm of ideas? Can
We prevent Germans in Berlin from
reading Cologne newspapers, or people
in Cologne from reading Leipzig or
Munich publications? Won't they all
read the same books and listen to the
same radio stations? Won't they all
live under the same codes Of law-or are
we to create three separate legal sys-
TENS? Shall we prevent a student born
in Cologne from attending the Univer-
sity of Berlin, or vice versa?
Shall we divide Germany economically?
There is no analogy in modern his
tory to be found for this After the last
war the Austro- Hungarian Empire dis
solved from Within out OF conflicting
races and cultures and inequalities of
treatment. But we are here proposing
to dissolve not disparate empire, but
unified nation-state. 1t is argued that
this state has only existed since 1870.
This Is legally correct but historically
misleading The unihcation of Germany
was in preparation for centuries. 1t
followed the universal European line of
development. 1t was the issue in the
abortive 1848 liberal revolution and its
foundations have always been deeply
popular Not the feelings of the people,
but the interests of dynasties kept Ger
many divided. When unification finally
occurred, it was historically overdue.
In the modern world we cannot turn
the clock back to the 17th or 18th CEN
turies We can only go forward.
tTo Be Continued)
Released by the Bell Syndrate Inc1
Evening star., 1944-07-28
This Changing World
Bv Consfanfine Rrosv,

The German strategy, obscure Is 1t
appears to our military observers, seems
10 be directed at the Allied. forces in
Normandy while territories and fortified
positions on the Eastern front are being
rapidly abandoned
Although the Russian forces launched
against the German defense lines were
enormously superior at the point chosen
for an attack, nowhere on the entire
front did the Germans resist longer
than the time required to withdraw
the bulk of their forces. In the battles
OF last winter the number Of Germans
who surrendered was relatively small.
Now they are surrendering by the tens
OF thousands. Strongly fortified stra-
tegic points on the southern sector of
the eastern front have been taken with
an ease which astonished even the
Russian high command.
~
One Of the chief causes of this weak
ening of German resistance in the
East Is that the best Nazi shock and
armored divisions have been withdrawn
and rushed to Normandy. From avail
able figures, it appears, however, that
not more than 20 such divisions have
been displaced in the last two months.
Another 20 to 25 divisions have been
pulverized by the Russians in rear
guard combat. 1t is probable that the
quality of the remaining forces is not
high enough to stand the gaff.
The picture is totally different on
the western front. Because of the prox-
unity OF that front to the homeland
the rumbles of internal troubles must
have reached the Nazi forces in that
area with greater ease Yet they are
fighting with the determination as
of old.
The German troops, whose quality is
much higher than on the eastern front,
are disputing every inch of territory
before the American and particularly
the British and Canadian forces.
The Germans are suffering severe
losses but they are also inflicting con-
siderable casualties on the Allies. The
unquestionable air preponderance of
the Allies seems to have only slight
effect on the German defense strategy.
Every strategic position is being held
with the utmost determination and is
being yielded only when the German
high command realizes it cannot fight
our superiority in numbers and equip
Evening star., 1944-07-28
CONGRESS in Recess

The reports that congressional
leaders are giving thought to an
extension of the current recess,
which began on June %, until after
Labor Day, or possibly even until
after the November elections, seem
indicative of a deplorable sense of
responsibility.
In recent months Congress has
been singled out for a great deal of
criticism, much of which has been
without justification. The burden
OF these complaints is that Congress
IN time of great national crisis has
not functioned as a responsible
legislature, that it has been an OBJ
structive rather than a constructive
force in the life of the Nation, with
the result that the President, by
force of necessity, has taken over
the duties which the legislators re-
fuse to assume. 1t will bear repeat
ing that this criticism, in the main,
is not supported by facts. The
record, spotty though it may be in
places, shows that the members of
Congress on the whole have done
their jobs we'll and deserve the con-
f1dence of the people.
But it may we'll be wondered how
they expect to retain this confidence
If they intend to remain away from
their legislative posts of duty for
from two to four months in this
critical period. Progress in the vital
task of laying legislative founda-
ton for conversion of our economy
from war to peace has been disap-
pointingly and dangerously slow.
Bernard Baruch and others have
been urging upon Congress the i'm
portance of prompt and compre-
hensive action. If the war in Europe
should end unexpectedly, the failure
to have the reconversion machinery
set up might we'll amount to
national disaster. Yet Congress,
having recessed for the political
conventions, is now considering an
extension of the recess through the
hot month of August, and perhaps
through September and October, for
no worthier purpose than the mend
ing of political fences.
In these circumstances, it is graft
tying to note that Senator Vanden-
berg has called special meeting of
Republican Senators for next Tues
day to consider what their course
should be. The administration
leaders in Congress ought to assume
the responsibility of getting the
legislators back to Washington. But
II they are not willing to do So then
the Republicans should not hesitate
to force the issue.
Evening star., 1944-07-28

ment. The Nazi armor is counterattack-
Ing with violence and Is making large
holes in the Allied ranks.
The German high command does not
seem particularly worried about the
defeats 1t Is suffering In Italy. The
forces OF Marshal Albert Kesseiring are
withdrawing slowly toward the Pc River
line. But should they be too weak to
defend that area they can withdraw
further north to the Alps.
1t Is possible that the determined de-
tense in the west Is intended to pre-
vent the opening of some other fronts
in Western Europe. The American and
British force are nowhere near as
numerous as the Russians. The losses
they are suffering in the battle of
Normandy may lead the Germans to
think they will not be able to spare
enough men for another attack else
where.
In the meantime, the Russians are
rapidly approaching Germany's bor-
ders. Whether the Nazi high command
believes 1t will be able to repeat the
teat Of 1914 when Hindenberg smashed
the Russian armies at the Masurian
Lakes is matter of speculation. 1t
seems improbable, however, from the
military point of view that the Soviet
generals who have proven themselves
much better strategists than those of
the Czarist regime will repeat the mis-
takes committed by Gen. Sasonov.
Moreover, when the battle of Tan
nenberg took place the war had just
started and the German military ma
chine still was far better than the
Russian. Now this machine is worn
out. The men who are fighting on the
Eastern front have known nothing but
defeat since Stalingrad. Their morale
Is low and their efficiency is seriously
impaired.
Under these circumstances, it appears
to Allied observers who still have only
hazy notion of what is happening in
the East, that Hitler may have de-
clded to place all his hopes on holding
the western Allies because he may be
worrying. less about the Russians than
the Anglo-Saxons. Not being able to
hight successfully on two fronts, he has
chosen the western area for his chief
resistance in the hope the something
unexpected might turn up.
Evening star., 1944-07-28
Normandy Thrust
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

mediate availability of enough German
reserves to replace seven smashed divi-
sions may be doubted, especially In view
of the renewed Allied air activity as the
result of better weather.
1t is significant that the censor is now
Thursday afternoon) permitting cor
respondents to send through such
phrases as Greatest German catastro-
phe In Normandy since the fall of
Cherbourg, Enemy defense line cracked
wide open," Seven divisions face en-
circlement, Entire German front west
of st. Lo collapsed This battle is his
toric."
The Germans perhaps will seek to rush
troops to the west from the Caen area.
If they do they will run into opposition
around st. Lo. or if they make detour
south of St. Lo their flank and COM
munications will be threatened from
that point.
We should also remember that Just
because the British and Canadians did
not make any break through yesterday,
they are still entitled to their full share
of credit for the results obtained. They
attracted to their front the major
share of German attention, and be-
cause of that fact they were not able
to advance. But it was Just because
of that fact that the Americans did
break through.
This was co-ordinated attack at both
ends of the line, as I pointed out in
yesterdays article, and it was at the
weak place that the Germans gave
way. Should the Germans now rush
troops back from east to west, Brit
ish and Canadian advance becomes q
renewed possibility.
We should for the moment maintain
an attitude of caution in expecting
fully decisive results from the current
battle. The returns are not all in yet,
and we have in the past had SUFFICIENT
experience Of German tactical resource
fulness and quickness of recovery to
make us cautious
What the Allies in Normandy need
now are open enemy flanks and plenty
OF room for maneuver, so that we can
Use our superior armor and mobility to
its full effect.
(copyright, 1914. New York Tribune Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-07-28
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

The dangers of an intensified popula-
ton in truncated Reich are foreseen
by some statesmen. They are compre-
hended by Sumner Welles. Mr. Welles,
in his just published book, The Time
for Decision" hopes to get around this
problem by destroying the centralized
German Reich, and dividing 1t into three
states. OF Southern Germany, the
Rffnelands, and Northwestern Germany
including Prussia.
Mr.. Welles' theory is that Germany's
capacity to wage war depends upon her
uniflcation in one Reich.
This simple statement is not histori-
cally true. The successful Prussian war
against France in 1870 led to unifcation
of the Reich and was waged for that
purpose but the Reich itself did not yet
exist. The war was waged by coalition
OF Germanic states.
Capitalization is a good preparation
for war. But an overwhelming motive
for war, based on deeply popular foun-
dations and permeated by sense of
justice, Is an even more certain prepara-
ton.
Leaving war potentials out of account,
will three Germanys be diplomatically
less powerful than one? Three is a
misnomer anyhow, for there will remain
German -Austria-a fourth Germany
Diplomacy is the preface to all wars.
If Germany ever tries to fight again she
will want allies. Three or four Ger
manys will seek allies in all directions
and with greater chances of success
than one would have
There will be tendency for Austria
to gravitate into the orbit of Southern
Germany Austrians do not like Prus-
slams, but Southern Germans are also
Catholic and speak almost the same
idiom.
Western Germany, far and away the
richest part, will be both a bait to and
a prize for France
Northwest Germany is in the orbit of
British trade
If 1t is the intention to keep Germany
divided. the tendency will inevitably de-
velop to reward parts of Germany for
staying separated, while rival states
seek expansion of power through the
division. This picture am painting is
not an invention-it is the recording of
historical experience Before Germany
became unified Reich in 1870 Britain
used Prussia against France and Austria: