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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-17
SHEPHERD HEARD !.
BY LIONS CLUB

Henry I. Shepherd, OF Raleigh
area War Manpower Commission
director, explained the meaning OF
a Group l area, in which Will
mington has been placed by the
VINO, to members of the Lions
Club at their weekly meeting
Thursday afternoon at ITO pm.
in the banquet hall of the Friend
ly Cafeteria.
Shepherd explained the meaning
of 48-hour week, becoming ef-
fective here April l.
At the meeting yesterday, Lion
H. G. Carney was congratulated
for his achievement as being elect
ed one of two members OF the
Presidents club by the Shenando-
ali Life Insurance company. This
honor has been held by him for
four consecutive years.
Vice-president Paul I. Marsh
burn, who presided over the meet
ing reminded members that next
Thursdays meeting will be held
at l o'clock in St. PauPs Luth-
eran parish house with other civic
clubs to hear DR.. Gus W. Dyer,
of Nashville, Tenn, who WILL dis
cuss national postwar plans.
At the meeting yesterday, let
ter was read which was received
from Captain Harry Griffen, OF
Camp Crowder, Missouri, in ans
wer to a letter written to Lions
who are now in the service.
ITO be remembered is one OF
| our biggest jobs" said Captain
Griffen, in answer to the Lions
letter.
Captain Griffen told Of a pigeon
in the signal corps at Camp Crow
der. named 1.-The Kaiser" This
bird was captured during the last
war. He is 26 years old, the old
est pigeon on record, stated Cap
tain Griffen.
Lion Jimmy Lawson gave thu
invocation, and group singing wa!
led by Lion Wick Twining.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-17

president-F. c. Blount, Of VIII
mington; vice president-E. Tay-
lor of Myrtle Grove; secretary
treasury K. L. Mcclure, OF
Wrightsboro.
The following officers were elect
ed for All clubs: Presldent-Mar-
tina Kelly, of Acorn Branch; vice
president - James Burns, OF
Wrightsville; secretary - ALFRED
Bryant, of Myrtle Grove; treas
ury-Gladys Walker, of Masonboro.
It was discussed at the meeting
that the following problems need
ed to be given immediate attention
in the county: Improve church
grounds, improve community Gem
eteries, beautify school grounds,
and improve school attendance.
It was decided that similar meet
ings will be held to check up on
problems and set goals to be solv'
ed for the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-17
Negro Home Dem Clubs
In County Have Meet

Officers and project leaders from
the Negro Home Demonstration
and 4-H clubs of New Hanover
county held a meeting to orgO-
ize County Councils and elect "
ficers Wednesday, 1t was annoulic-
ed by the Negro Home Demon
stration Agent, G. M. Kyer' Ihurs-
day. uo e1ec+-
IA for Home Demonstration clubs:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-17
Singing Convention
will Meet On Sunday

The New Hanover county Sing
mo Convention will be held with
tbs First Pentecostal church at
second and Parsley streets Sunday
at2p.m., it was announced Thurs
day. .
the convention, revealed that Cos
mel songs and hymns will be sung
by several choirs, quarters, trio
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-17
HIMMLER TO HANG

STOCKHOLM, March 15-REA
picture of He'll rich Himmler must
hang alongside Adolf Hitler's por-
trait in all German schools hence
forth, Zurich dispatch to Dagens
Nyheter said today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-17

and duets. There WIN also be fea-
ture solos.
1.-THE convention DE-. English
states, sthas been in progress ap-
proximately one year and has
grown to such an enormous size
that it necessitates a consider able
auditorium to seat the congrega-
ton"
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Life insurance policy loans
reached their peak in 1882, when
they aggregated $3,805, 000, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
Greece's Contribution

Through four years of German occupation
Greece suffered torture, hunger, cold and dis
ease With liberation a bitter fight between
opposing political factions has come to the
surface. and ruinous initiation has been added
to the countrys other miseries.
It would seem that the Greeks could be for
given if, absorbed in their own tragic prob
lens, they paid scant attention to anything
mere than the task of trying to restore their
own health, stability and prosperity. Yet their
government has announced that the Greek
navy will be at the Allies disposal for use in
the Far Eastern war.
The Greek navy is neither large nor power
full. but its offer. cannot be dismissed as a
gesture Or, if it is a gesture, it is one of the
most generous that could be made. The Greek
government might have decided that the war
with Japan was none of its concern. But it
has decided that freedom anywhere is its con-
Germ. In doing so it has acted in the best ira
dition of Greece's noble history.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
Walcheren

1t may have been matter of speculation
among some groups why the Allied armies,
battling for real foothold in Germany should
have fought so desperately for Walcheren is
land off the southwest coast of Holland, es-
pecial1y as the port of Antwerp had already
been captured intact. -
The reason is that Antwerp could not he
used for the landing of needed Allied men
and supplies as long as the Germans could
use their guns against our forces anywhere
along the Schelde estuary or interfere with
our landing and transport operations.
The National Geographic Society has issued
bulletin telling the story Of Walcheren, which
keeping in close touch with conditions faced
by Allied forces in the Holland sector.
Walcheren, says the bulletin, is a low-lying
roundish island about nine miles across, pro-
tected by bikes and drained by pumps, says
the National Geographic Society. The island,
which is part of the Netherlands province
OF Iceland forms the northern side of the
entrance to the Schelde estuary, up which
ships must move to the great Belgian port
Flushing Wlissingen), normally a CONNER.
cial and naval port, had an excellent harbo1
and rail connection through Middeburg to the
mainland. The crossing was made over bridg
es spanning narrow channels and causeway
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09

extending over parts Of South Beveland Island
and mud flat peninsula to the east. A canal
runs northeast past Middelburg to We're on
the northeast coast.
In peacetime passenger and mail steamers
ran from the British ports of Queensborough
and Harwich 100 miles across the North Sea
to Flushing. Flushing had some resort bust
ness, and passengers there entrained for Rot
terdam The Hague, and Amsterdam, or for
other continental points.
Middelburg, city of about 10000 before
the war, was built about a market place faced
on one side by the old town hall whose tower
rose 1870 feet, but that Of the Nieuwe Kirk
was $50 feet. The old Notifications had given
place to promenades, and part OF the moat
was converted into canal basins 1t was typ
ical Netherlands town with high gabled houses
of mellow brick many bicycles, and native
costumes. clean and quiet.
The island had some small shipbuilding
wards and textile mills, brewer1es and distii-
leries. orchard and hemp fields. Westkapelle
Dixie on the western side Of the island Is one
of the largest sea bikes in the Netherlands,
and protected much sub-sea-level meadowland
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
By KENNETH L, DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN FRANCE,
Nov. 1.-Delayed)- Up "A t +
working with "exhaustion'' or
combat fatigue cases for more
than two years, amy psychoneu.
rotic specialists have been able to
set up varied systems Of treatment
whicn-at least temporarily-cure
the majority of these cases.
When they turn their efforts to.
ward prevention, they find that a
formula lies mostly out Of their
hands.
The battle-born malady is sim
ply a condition wherein the hui
man body and mind no longer
are able to shake off normal re-
actions and fears which stem
from literal physical causes OF
the condition seem irremediable.
For instance, the number Of ex.
haustion cases in any given cam.
paign usually runs in direct pro.
portion to weather conditions. The
total goes up when the weather
is bad; down when the weather
improves.
The cases also seem to run in
direct ratio to the number of cas-
ualties in each battle, again some
thing beyond prediction.
Likewise, it is hardly probable
that military chieftains would dis
continue all lengthy attacks, even
if told that the longer any given
attack lasts the greater becomes
the number of exhaustion cases it
will breed.
Similarly, they assume it is un-
necessary to point out that warm
ly clothed, well fed, fully rested
soldiers seldom become exhaustion
cases. These points all involve
wars inevitable miserable physi-
cal conditions which the Army pre-
sumably is doing all it can to al
leviate.
1t also can be assumed that the
Army already is doing its best to
advance good training. A poorly
trained soldier or one too briefly
instructed on how to take care of
himself in combat is twice as like
ly to become an exhaustion case
as one who is fully and efficiently
prepared.
But neuropsychiatrists do stress
three main points which they be-
lieve are important representatives.
for the condition which accompan.
les exhaustion:
Esprit de corps.
Good leadership.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
The Literary Guidepost

Mr.. Saroyan's pug does this, but
Mr.. Saroyan unfortunately never
bothers to introduce the reader
to the girl. Dear Baby is, in
deed, the least able Saroyan story
I've read in some years.
Most Of the others are not actu-
ally short stories, but sketches
often sketches done on rose petal,
as somebody once described one
Of Saroyan's pieces. In some of
these the mans gift rises almost
to the point of genius, as witness
the bit called 1.-THE Hummingbird
that Lived through Winter" OBJ
liquely, the way old Dikran re-
cues a freezing bird becomes a
little portrait of Dikran and a
sharp stab into the readers heart.
But these little sketches, for all
their brilliance and all their poig-
nance, are merely repetitions of
something their author has done
just as well before, or better. The
spectacle of Mr.. Saroyan repeat
ing his personal formula is not a
bit more edifying than the spec
tacle of Ben Ames Williams re-
peating his in the slick magazines.
The air Saroyan breathes is a little
rarer, which is not terribly impor-
tant anyway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
BY JOHN SELBY
Dear Baby" by William Saro'
ILL., Rnnans COY

"Dear Baby" by William Saro-
yam Harcourt, Brace; ST..
William Saroyan's Dear Baby
leads this reviewer to seize his
beard in both hands, and emit a
prophecy. It is that either Mr.. Sar-
Cyan will grow up to match his
opportunities or eventually he will
lose his audience. In a wholly diff
ferent department of letters, Sar-
Cyan is like Sherwood Anderson,
who CROPPED all his life for some
meaning in life, and never found
lit and never grew up mentally.
If anything, Saroyan is more gift
ed than Anderson, and If anything,
he is frittering himself away more
uselessly. More uselessly because
more frivolously.
There are twenty series in
Dear Baby and the worst of
these is the title story. This is
about a punchdrunk pug, and is
not only bore, but banal. It is
like dozens Of stories about pugs,
Who never seem to attract the up
per layers of our 1it'ry set until
they begin to stagger blindly about
the ring, or fall into hopeless love
with a paragon of the opposite sex.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
Reasons for fighting.

Reasons for fighting.
They say records prove that a
strong sense of esprit de corps
founded on deep-seated traditions
or pride in any given outfit helps
to immunize fighting m II
against exhaustion. He becomes
strengthened by a conviction that
he must not let down his outfit
or his comrades. Also, if convinc-
ed that he is a member of crack
crew he has great confidence in
his ability. This pride carries a
soldier far beyond the point where
he normally would collapse.
Psychiatrists say that tn ex-
haustion rate of new combat
troops also can be cut drastically
if they are given comparatively
easy missions at first, thus gain
ing self-confidence. Ranking mill
tary leaders are inclined to agree
en- both points.
Records also show that both
spectacularly high and low exhaus.
ton rates of some outfits are trace
able directly to leadership. Lack
of faith in his superiors under
mines the physical n d mental
stamina OF any soldier. In several
instances doctors reports of those
cases have led eventually to the
removal of officers after investiga-
ton indicated they were unfit.
Finally, specialists find that a
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09

1t cannot fail to hearten all AIlleIlSdii QUAD
10 learn that despite the war the English
speaking countries have made progress IN con-
serving the lives Of infants and children.
Statisticians of the Metropolitan Life 1nsur-
ance company, in a recent bulletin, say In
the United States Canada, England and Wales
both the infant mortality and death rates from
the principal communicable diseases OF child
hood reached new low levels in 1912. In the
same wear New Zealand, which has long had
the lowest mortality rate of any country, es-
tablshed a new world record of 20 per 1O00
live births These countries, whose standards
of living are among the highest in the world,
have CORRESPONDENCE low infant and childhood
mortality, and the outlook is toward still fur
the1 Improvement
Even in the war-scarred countries OF Con-
tinental Europe, where malnutrition and dis
ease have made serious inroads on the health
OF the children, the statisticians see cause for
optimism for the future, in the uccess which
tended efforts to reduce the d e a t h rate
among children and infants after the first
World War. Between 1920 and 1899, infant
mortality was reduced by one-third in various
countries of western Europe, and by about
one-half in the United States.
These efforts were reflected also IN the great
reductions achieved in mortality r m the
principal communicable diseases Of childhood
measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough and
diph heria In the United States, for instance,
the death rate from these causes dropped
from Al to 54 per ,OOc population between
1920 and 1899.
Similar efforts will be sorely needed to re-
pair the ravages of the present war, with its
high death toll among infants and young Chi
dren on the Continent For instance, the statis-
ticians note sin France deaths per 900 live
births rose from So in 1899 to 81 in 1910. In
Belgium the corresponding rise was from 70
to 85 and in Holland the increase was more
than Is per cent from 1889 to 1941. In the
latter country there were three times as many
cases of scarlet fever in 1913 as in 1911;
and diphtheria cases increased from an aver
age of about 1900 in 193S-1939 to almost 20, 900
In 1912.
'The situation in the occupied countries of
eastern Europe, where records are practically
,1onexistent, is undoubtedly even more serious
than in the west" the statisticians conclude.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09

T'heWar'
By KIRKE l.. sJ,tpSo,.
Associated Preer ~ GUN

The fire. 49, eSs war Anslys"
me u war fronts served only ~ lfon
o oe1y or n what had been Ds said ID u IN
all other participants in II, out BY
dental campaign: ''e pres,
That as certain as vic+o.
IS, long, hard and bIooJ oty nov
tot to its achievements still lay 5 road,
uceh IN Europe and in ASIA s mead Ts
was no disagreement abo,,. 1aeEs
mere mere or in London or Mo sr, hat
was Wa IS. r estate; by both prim noH W.. It
lister Churchill and Pre r+l5ls MIN
shall Stain while the N'l Am.! Mar
I political 1t campaign was A, SesD;i
to its climax. soaring
Unanimous as was the ,,ro,,,
hailing of Mr.. Roosev ,'aT unofficial
in Britain, Russia, Chm him. } victory
Ia and elsewhere in United N MaHsal
c. it had little TO d. r'a aos
military matters. Tba tir 10 with
ton in Washington and Lo y, reac'
ms reelection was agreem Ss,uOa n to
it paved the way for an parl,. that
urgently desirable new meet tS ana
me American n. President ws+ q
Churchill and Stain. Thai h Win
vlously been delayed by the l'd a o.
lean political situation 'Ai''eF'
The essential fact about
Roosevelt mpo new
is that it will deal prmariIv ui,s
plltical and postwar matters r WIN
er than military commitment a!'
Will be the exact reverse Of tb.i'
initial get-together in Teberan Ut I'LL
fruits of which are so clearl,, 'n ,is
ope. " Iu'
The only observable rircru
stance which could turn that rar.
meeting Of the big Three i in.
illilIdIy conference would bo
Russian readiness to take boUS
soon in the war against ,Tanar
The Stain anniversary speech nir'
ming the "aggressive" label on "a.
pan has stirred wide speculate,
On both sides of the Atlantic
If there is a possibility Russi.r
action against japan will be taken
up at the big three conferences. i
follows that the Presidents ejpr.
ton victory would be an impor.
tant factor in bringing it about.
Reports from Moscow commenting
on the American election scene
leave no doubt that had Mr.. Roose.
welt been defeated, the Russian at.
titude would have been one Of
watchful waiting, to say the least
while the war and postwar poG.
cies of his successor elect were
weighed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
WITH THE AEF
Causes OF Fatigue

high percentage of exhaustion
cases are soldiers who are uncon-
WINGED that they have any particu.
lar reason to be fighting. Despite
this, they do fight-and often with
outstanding courage until they
reach the physical and mental
breaking point. Then old doubts
rear up and they begin to wonder
if it is worth it all.
They say soldiers with strong
personal reasons for fighting rare.
ly become exhaustion cases. This
also applies to those who are fully
informed of the events leading up
to the war. Such men are less
likely to succumb. Thus these ply
sicians recommend more thorough
educational programs during basic
training as perhaps the most eff
fective preventative of all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
SHARE
in WAR EFFORT

In observance of American Ed
ucation Week which is being held
throughout the nation this week
and during which New Hanover
countians are invited to visit To-
cal schools, Miss Mabel Stude-
baker, president of the National
Education association department
of classroom teachers has writ
ten:
''The schools of America are in
the war effort. Their first re-
sponsibility at any point where
they can make a contribution to
the winning of the war is to do
so. This they have done. They
have trained eight million men
and women for wartime jobs in
industry.
They have developed nation
wide rationed and registration
programs which could not have
been conducted SO efficiently by
any other agency. With the help
of school children they have con-
Quoted scrap and bond drives.
"They are giving preinduction
training to each succeeding group
of high school boys, which is Just
as much part of the training of
soldier as that he receives after
he is inducted.
'They have adjusted courses
to permit pupils to do wartime
work, thus relieving the manpow-
err situation. Meanwhile. the
schools have continued their reg
ular program of preparing $685.
100000 American boys and girls
for life tomorrow. The education
of the children OF America cannot
be postponed even in time of
war. On the contrary, war dra-
matizes anew the vital importance
of human resources. The man.
power deficiencies of physical
unfitness and illiteracy point to
the need for greater emphasis
upon education than in the past"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
FOR QUIET MINDS

Noise and battle tunult fill the
air; clashing counsels distract us,
and our own hearts are unquiet.
We appeal to Thee, o Christ,
whose parting bequest to Thy
friends was peace, to give us that
peace which is beyond the world S
bestowing or withholding. May our
faith in Thee be stronger, deeper
and surer, so that we may go
through these restless days, con-
fident in Thy companionship and
care. Make Thyself ever more real
to us, in a fellowship that sur
passes all the vexing fears of life.
May this serene trust in Thee be
impaired to our dear one in SER
vice; and may we together rise to
the level of thought and deed that
alone can assure new world.
Thou art able; and Thou carest;
so we throw ourselves a n d our
needs upon Thee, o merciful Saw
our. Amen,-W.T.E
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
Nebraska Votes Down
Bor~ Drr Prohibition

OMAHA, Nov. T. EP) BY A
vote of better than two to one
Nebraska rejected a proposed
statewide ''bone dry prohibition
act and also rejected a proposed
constitutional amendment to limit
use Of gas tax funds to highway
purposes, nearly complete unof-
fetal returns showed today.
Returns from 1890 precincts of
2,026 for prohibition showed $685.
924 against 1886 for the gas tax
amendment. 252.4O against 49,
047 for.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
DEWEY ACCEPTS
DEFEAT CALMLY

NEW YORK, Nov. 8-R-With.
out a trace Of bitterness or dis
appointment, Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey indicated his belief at a
news conference tonight that the
war was solely responsible for his
failare to win the presidency. He
declined to be quoted directly.
The defeated COP nominee, who
returned to Albany after a day in
his hotel suite here, said he plan
ned to catch up on state business
during the next few days and then
take a vacation with his family
Completely relaxed and Obvious
ly glad the campaign was over
Dewey appeared pleased by Wna'
he described as these achleVe'
ments: g..
l. That the campaign had unlleo
the republican party more closely
than it has been for l6 years
2. That he had polled what a'
managers called very close
popular vote, despite an appafea'
ly top-heavy electoral majority III
President Roosevelt.
3. That the republicans nao a ,..
their own in the New YORK Sa'
legislative election, despite pleIs
lions by party members that ass
cent reapportionment would s.l
to the advantage Of the denocL n3.,
"I am very happy over the ns'
confidence the people have e% y
pressed in the state governneAs,
Dewey said, "by the handsome ..5 Il,
iorities of republicans IN me ''''
senate and assembly" l.,
Whatever tenseness has MANN NAM
his demeanor during the canpo sar.
was entirely vanished as 1ne . sa
ernor received a score OF repo.t ..s.
in his hotel parlor before cs, ~
ing a train for Albany at O''O p'-''
eastern war time. n.4f,
Aides said Dewey felt that j. n
the course of his campaign ne nG !,
"got rid of the worst e lr5la', oari.
the republican party l jpt.o w. d
ously alluded to the oei e rop.
some republican members 0l w.
gress. ,, r,easur.
in what his friends deSciioI ~ Nj
the wholehearted acceptance " load s
foreign policy views by Gor ''
ers in and out Of Congress- st.+ &.
The only difference on io ,r@I psr
sue between the two major t Ps
ties. he was represented a. G3is as sg
ing, was one of emphasis. ,a5- ,s m
s EXPERIMENTATION emphasized don.
nance of the three greal po"' and
the United States, Britain rl sr
Russian future Q e a c t i6 p
while Dewey stressed the ol li-ly
lance of giving il 2ea'e { yoic,
nations, large and small Iia 0seclrt
in preserving future "oTla
ty. ,.orco Dewey
talked as a man who DID nU u, II.
the nomination, who put ,, Up t
best fight he knew no" ,' % had
was voted to him ana * tbe kind
no apologies to offer for 1, 'nv
of campaign he had COFFIN loft the STU
Just before his train lel III 'l IN ii.
ton, the governor went IT,. out d lei
rear platform Of MS CAL
ing: - air. Even
II want breath o. y S'''
a. AS .s't the train started he ''0''''
so long, fellows.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
TOP O, THE MORNING
Infant Mortality

If cannot fail to hearten all American souls
10 learn that despite the war the English
speaking countries have made progress IN con-
carving the lives of infants and children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
Fair Enough

Editors note-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views Of Mr. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many Of his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people think)