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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

IN GERMANY, Dec. 12-Delay.
ed)-tR-Whenever the boys get to
telling tales of the animal kingdom
somebody always comes up with
the story of PFC Jerry Silverstein
of Los Angeles and the scared deer.
An infantryman of the 407th Reg.
iment, Jerry recently found himself
in sector which was catching in
tensive Smelling. He just was en-
barking on that intricate military
maneuver known as getting the
hell outa here when a frightened
deer passed him as though he was
standing still.
Just then another shell landed,
practically in Jerry's pocket. He
uncorked a brand new burst oil
speed and proceeded to pass that
deer-just as though it was stand.
ing still.
Everybody agrees that it's one
of the best stories of the war Until
some low-loved debunker inevita.
bly, explains that when Jerry went
by, the deer really was standing
still-caught in barbed-wire en-
tanglement.
The same regiment also boasts
Sgt. Carol Corbley of Des Moines,
Iowa. He's undoubtedly earned the
recognition of the society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals
Several military vehicles had beer
blown up while trying to cross a
live minefield when Carol saw the
risky colt prancing around on the
same deadly sod.
This Iowa boy likes horses. Risk
ing his own life, he moved through
the minefield, caught the colt and
led it to safety. Then he watered
it and turned it loose in more
peaceful pasture.
Inevitably, such yarn spinning
eventually turns to the food phases
Of animal life. One such concerns
Pfc. Michael Chism of Louisville.
KY, and his quest for Moo Juice. %
The Kentucky doughboy saw a
COW grazing in nearby field one
morning and promptly thought "a
h-h-h! fresh MILK" He borrowed
a bucket and set out in pursuit
But Bossy was not accustomed to
milkmen carrying rifles so she
numbered off with Chism hurrying
after. Finally, he cornered her, in
a neighboring communications
trench and was advancing to as
sumo the accepted milk extraction
position, saying: 800! Bossy. 500!
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
E BOND SALES
TO MAKE GOAL

b WASHINGTON, Dec. 1o.-'R-
Ted R. Gamble, war finance oil
rector, said today the Series E
bond goal of 100000 in the
Sixth War Loan Undoubtedly
will be exceeded when all the
money is counted.
He said the sale Of E bonds had
reached $500, 100000 with nun
dreds of millions of dollars yet
to be tabulated." The bond drive
ended Saturday but bond money
deposited before December 81 will
count.
Today's figures will be the last
until the final totals are announc-
ed January 2.
Gamble said $18, 457, 100000 now
is on deposit from the sale of all
types of securities-nearly $4,500,-
900, 900 above the $4,000, 900, 900
quota.
This was a jump of $871, 900, 00C
over the figure announced Satur-
day and was the biggest day-to-
day increase since December 4.
Sales to corporations accounted
for much of the figure. Saturday
was the final day for selling the
marketable securities designed
especially for corporate investors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
japan Far From Defeated

General Harmon who commands the Stra-
tegic Air Force in the Pacific war areas is
probably right when he declares the Japanese
will still be on their feet and fighting in 1916.
Despite the tremendous gains made by naval
and ground forces since Macarthur and Nj
nitz started their campaigns, japan is still
apparently in possession of unlimited troops
md supplies.
The fighting on Leyte offers fair example
Vt Japan's capacity to absorb punishment and
come up for more. When the Leyte landing
was made it appeared, from all that was
known of the enemys situation, that the cam
paign would be sharp but short and Mac.
Arthur be in control of its harbors and air.
ports almost before you could say Jack Robin.
son. Instead, the forces under Macarthur have
been compelled to fight their way into Or
moe foot by foot, and the foe managed to
land reinforcements 80 heavily that only a
few days before Orfnoc fell 1t was reported
Is 900 Jajanese soldiers were on hand to i'm
pede Allied progress. Thousands were killed
and wounded, ships were sunk in large num-
bers airplanes downed in the air or destroyed
on the ground, but Is, 600 men were still on
hand to stretch out the campaign. Like the
hydra headed monster, tor every Japanese
killed ten seemed to spring up to take his
place.
It is to be noted that in the northward
march Of MacA1thur's soldiers, every island.
from Guadalcanal to Leyte, no victory has
been an easy one. On the contrary every ad-
vance has been made the hard way, with
heavy Allied sacrifices. Surely, General Har-
mon is justified in his belief that Japan will
not collapse until her manpower and her in
drstrial production have been wiped out. When
he saws that Tokyo bombings cannot bring
ultimate victory, he is as correct as if he had
said year ago that the blasting Of Berlin
could not knock out German military resis-
lance
The victory in the Pacific Will crown the
Allied war effort, in the end, just as it will
IN Europe despite this counter-attack in the
BELGIUM area, but it would be sadly disap
pointing to assume that because Nlmltz ano
Macarthur have made great strides the enc
Of the war is in sight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

The ar
BY klRKE L. SIMPSON
associated Press War A.

The blackout on place @ r
imposed by both attackers ''n ns
defenders a. obscures the progress ana
the new German counter off fess o.
but its purpose seems quite IT cIaaS
Judged by the nature Of II.
rain involved, between tba ''e . Ter
and the Moselle, the timing If fo as
counter stroke, the critical 5o ,''
reached in the twin Allied a solA'
slves which flank it and '''y I'll.
amount of carefully conserv u,s
Nazi air, armor ana first.Iine , ro
power thrown into it, the Cer .,ran'
counter maneuver can only be- ,', sat
down as an offensive.defensi,t. 81
delaying action.
For that strictly limited diva.
sion purpose, the site of thu Nst;
counter attack seems well Suit ta1'
The terrain for the whole indio" u'
ed 80 mile width of the conn 'a''
attack front cutting into I ,I,xan sP
bourg and Belgium to the wes t4 i,
the most naturally forbidding fas
military operations Of the wb ~,
battle line west of the Rbi ios
Forest land, rugged heights, hins
land marsh areas and the Is s
OF adequate east-west roads wv
rail lines render it unsuited IN
active winter operations.
1t is a reasonable deduction tb.t
the initial dents the foe has man,
aged to drive into the right win,
of the American First Army .r.
due primarily to the fact that tbis
inhospitable section was lighty
held.
To meet the German push, nh.
viously not designed as a break
through attempt but only to forcs
General Eisenhower to pull in re-.
serves from both the northern and
southern fronts, the Allied com.
manders have far better comm.
nications available than those sun.
porting the German attack. In
view of that and of unuuestion.
able Allied overwhelming numer.
ical superiority, dominating air
power and probable availability
OF armor and artillery wholly out,
matching anything the foe can
bring to bear, there seems no
question but that the Nazi thrust
can be and will be halted quickly.
The German command prob.
ably expects it to be stalled once
the surprise effect has worn off.
What it clearly hopes to achieve,
however, is so serious a derange.
ment of Allied preparations to
deal final and conclusive blows
in the Saar Basin area, on the
Cologne plain and perhaps at the
extreme north end of the line in
Holland that the great winter Of
fensive will be begged down un.
til late winter or spring.
If Allied forces absorb the shock
without loss of the initiative on
their own selected attack fronts,
it would almost cerainly compel
a hasty Nazi retreat behind the
Rhine along its whole length to es-
cape annihiliation. That is the fac
tor that makes the German attack
loom as desperation move.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

Bossy," soothingly. Then he spot
ted a German, also cornered.
If the German only had acted
like a man and shown some signs
of fight, Mike could have shot him
and then gone ahead with his milk
ing. But this was an uncooperative
soldier. Unlike the COW, he wanted
to give up right away. Sadly Mike
took his prisoner and empty pail
back across norman s-land.
Pvt. Gordon L. Benn of Hyde
Park, Mass, was more fortunate.
Helping to hold the line near a
newly captured German village,
this Armored Infantry regiment
soldier saw plump pheasant light
on the ground a short distance in
front of his foxhole.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
Investment Act Rule
Exemption Is Denied
Scripps-Howard Firm
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 10. IA

: PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10. Up
The Securities and Exchange
Commission denied today the
Scripps-HoWard Investment Co.,
application for full exemption
from provisions of the investment
Company Act.
The commission granite dthe com.
pany partial exemption from re-
Quiremen.s of the act and excused
them from filing reports and state
ments more than once year.
The company is described in the
commission order as "a non
diversified cjosed-end, manage
ment investment company organic
ed April 10, 1941, to consolidate
seven investment companies affil-
lated with various newspaper-pub-
fishing and news gathering cor
porations comprising the Scripps-
Howard Newspapers
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
WITH THE AEF
Animals Of N0-Man's- land

One shot from his rifle, hur-
ried trip out into the open and back
into the foxhole. Gordon had him
roast pheasant dinner.
Capt. Raymond Latvamaki OF
Ironwood, Mich, and his light tank
company of the 771st Tank Battal-
ion went in for domestic livestock
in a big way following the capture
of the town of Welz. Despite a
heavy artillery and intensive fight
ing, survivors in their eventual Div.
uoac area included five COWS and
some chickens.
Latvamaki men assumed the
responsibility" for the livestock.
Fresh eggs and milk now are ~
cluded in the company's daily
menu
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
LETTER BOX
WHO SAID: "SAVE!?"

To the Editor:
Recently a statement came from
one of the battlefrontS that pro-
gress was held up due to lack Of
ammunition. 1t is a troublesome
problem to balance the limited sup
ply of labor among the many uT'
gent demands for it, Paper is 50
scarce that public collections are
being made to gather up waste
paper. Yet despite this fact, labor
explosives, and paper are used TO
make fire-crackers, which serve no
good purpose whatever, but on the
contrary, are a public nuisance
The fireworks disturbance I'm
this city, usually begins b. Or be-
fore the first of December and lasts
into the first part of January
reaching its crescendo durns
Christmas Week, in time to spoil
the happiness of the occasion fof
many nervous and afflicted persons
to whom their unholy din is form
of torture. If those who are so iona
of using them had to spend at least
"a hours on the firing line OF some
battlefront, they would likely nave
enough of fireworks to last them
the rest of their lives, even II tAey
oft oWav l11inilITed
The Sabbath Day is shown no
reverence by the users of flle'
works. In fact they were more III
evidence on Sunday, December ~
than on any previous day this seas
on, at least in one section Oh .nS
city. While some were attehalAs
Church Services, others were e"'
ploding fireworks. Can we lnl ,sa.
the Pilgrims-or any other deVou.
MISUNDERSTANDING the Saboatn Q.
the Christmas Season in any SUN
manner? 80.
Some careless persons may Say,
But we have come a long H~ w..
since then, and times nS.r
changed" Regardless OF sn5
changes that have taken pia h.n
when did God change? Ana |I tss
did He change or repeal any o. NV u.
Ten Commandments? Only ne nv
the authority to do so, and we in .;iI
be quite sure that He never . mrr
One of them begins with; Hell.''i.
Der the Sabbath Day to keep
Holy ,,iol.
ton of the Sabbath, but o. .ser
Spirit of Christmas as we'll for . NV:
are completely foreign 10 e M,
thing that Christmas stapu >. +he
Thev are also a violation OF n III.
citv laws-or were last year re-.
haps if the public would co,oP IL re-.
with the Police Department IN .5 N
porting offenders, it WooIo wider
them to keep the nuisance '-
better control. ,,dorhl
1t would certainly be Noi, naace,
to enjoy one Christmas IN IRE.
1 ~ by the explosion Of i''
works. ?, willard.
Wilmington, N. c.,
Dec. IS, 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
BOND QUOTA TOPPED

RALEIGH, Dec. 10. (P) -
With "E" War Bonds sales today
of $57,100, Wake County reached
and exceeded by $40, 100 its Sixth
War Loan "E'' quoa of 1918, 600
and the Sixth War Loan became
the first drive in which the CO.
quota was 'eached and surpassed
with on a. single days extension
Of the official drive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
Life In the Old Boys Yet

Dr. Earnest A. Hooton of Harvard is dis
tngushed anthropologi5t His books-which IN
clude Twilight of Man. and why Men Be
have Like Apes, and Vice Versa"-are full OF
pungent and provocative thought. So are some
of his statements, like his recent one on war.
1t appears that DR.. Hooton disapproves of
war But it is certain that he disapproves OF
care of both by bringing home our young
fighting men and letting them raise families
while the men over As carry on the fight and
presumably kill themselves off.
1--WE might as well have our coronary
thrombosis on the battlefield on the golf
course says the eminent doctor, who inciden-
tally is 81.
Dr. Hooton is not alone when he deplores
wars tragic waste of youthful life and talent
and promise And few will quarrel with his inn
plication that, after As the average man is no
biological prize package. But his utter con-
tempt of mans later years, which is going to
send lot of over-45ers dashing to re-read
Browning's rabbi Ben Ezra" for comfort,
seems overly severe.
The, doctor argues thus: Most men at As
have completed their families and the greater
part of their lifes work. They've had about
enough of their families, and vice versa. They
might as well be satisfied to pay for past bene-
fits and happiness by spending the rest Of their
years in service with the present and postwar
| armies. Food, shelter and plenty of cigarets
(try and get EN- doc should be ample recon-
pense.
! In Short says the DOCTOR a man killed in bat
tie at so is no biological loss and precious little
economic loss, while boy killed at 18 loses his
whole life including all the upbringing and
education put into it.
| DR.. Hooton has some sound argument on his
side. Some of historys brightest pages were
written by youngsters The steamboat, cotton
gin, electric light, telephone, airplane, phono-
graph, and magnetic and wireless teleg-aphy,
to name a handful Of historic inventions, were
the work of young men. And the world of the
arts offers hundreds OF examples of youthful
masterpieces.
But it is also evident that some men have
done their best work when, according to DR..
Hooton, they should have been total washouts.
Washington's greatness was just becomeing ap-
parent at As. The versatile Franklin became a
great statesman in his seventies. Lincoln was
81 when he came to the White House Or, in our
own day, there is Franklin Roosevelt, who be-
came President at 81, and Churchill. made
Prime Minister when he was past IS.
But there is no need to go on. 1t would take
a week to make up even fairly representative
list Of contemporaries who, at 45-plus, are con-
siderably more valuable than cannon fodder.
Perhaps it might be well, also, to mention
a plan being worked on by group of
aging men which would settle DR.. Hooton' S
cannon-fodder controversy by doing away with
war entirely.
For us at home there is supreme re-
| SpOnSihi1itv-tn loon fai+I, with tho mon in
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

Almost every city or district in
China has its characteristic fan
distinguishable by it's color and
ornament are made to suit every
class from mandarin to peasant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
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
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

The Red army is undoubtedly the most pow
erfu- and one of the best trained armies in
the world.--Maj. Gen. G.. Isayeff Soviet Gen.
eral Staff
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

For us at home there is supreme re-
sponsibility-to keep faith with the men in
our armed forces. The purchase of extra War
Bonds during the Sixth War Loan is little
enough to ask.-Secretary of State Edward
r. Stettinius Jr.
Before the take-off the briefing officers tell
you how to get back to the base if you hap
pen to bail out over China, but if you have to
bail out over Japan-well, you're strictly on
your own-Lt. Thomas B. Friedman OF Cleve-
land O.. BIO flyer back from China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

The Japanese lnVenlsu , ~,
ing fan in the seventh '
Evening star., 1944-12-06

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coughs and common colds and
minor bronchial irritations.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

Splendid hair tonic for the hair! Just few
drops each day keeps your hair neat and we'll
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Evening star., 1944-12-06
HILLS
COLD TABLETS

For relieving the pains
and discomforts of head
aches, neuralgia and mus
cular aches and pains
caused by com mon colds.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

Supplement your diet with
Vitamins A-B1-B2-G-C-D
and niaclnamide. The
identical multiple vitamins
issued to American soldiers.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20
FOUND.

Found-Small sterling anchor for
charm bracelet. Phone lis. 1t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20
THE FORUM
Libby, Jan. Is, 1914.

Libby, Jan. Is, 1914.
Dear Editor:
Referring to Mayor Boyes' letter
in last weeks issue Of The Western
News calling attention to a. mis-.
statement in my conversation with
you in regard to higher taxes on
cars within the City of Libby, as re-
ported in the previous weeks issue
of the News. If my memory serves
me correctly said during that con-
versation, that the levy IN Libby,
not the City's levy, was approx
mately Is per cent higher in 1943
than in 1912. | was referring to the
total levy in the city, and this raise
was due to the higher levies in the
school district and county. The 1912
total levy in the City of Libby was
84.39 mills. while in l943 the levy
was $3.50 mills, raise of lit
mills. or 1873 per cent.
In reviewing the report of my
statement in the News, l see that it
does imply that there was a raise
in the Libby city levy. but this mis-
take was due either to my use of the
term city levy, as meaning the to-
tai levy, or your misunderstanding
of my statements. In either case |
trust that this explanation will
clear up any misunderstanding in
the minds of all interested persons.
Yours truly,
H. P. WEYDEMEYER, ST..
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20

February n will be based on 20
per cent Of their allowable inven-
tory, whichever is lower, plus a Is
per cent contingency reserve.
Salvage Fats Needed
Waste kitchen fats to supply a
critical war need are not coming
in fast enough the state Office Of
Price Administrator has been in
formed by the War Production
Board. The fats saved by housewives
are vital materials for many war in
dustries, including the making of
explosives, synthetic rubber, medi-
-cines and pharnaceutics, soaps, lub-
ricating greases, printing ink and
many other industrial products vi
tai to civilians and military alike.
Since last month two extra ration
points in addition to four cents a
pound in cash is paid by meat deal
ers for pound Of used cooking fat
OPA officials urge retailers Of
Montana to ask customers to save
fats and bring them into the store.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20
Asks Formers
Help in Woods

To mobilize farmers on farm
woodlands and for work in forest
industries. the War Production
Board War Food Administration,
and War ManpoWer Commission
have combined forces. Farmers and
farm workers are asked to devote
their spare time, particularly dur
ing the slack winter period, to work
in the woods and wood industries
Production of IA million cords of
domestic pulpWood will be necessary
in 1914 to supply the needs of our
armed forces overseas and meet
essential home 'front.' war require
ments, according to WPB's paper di-
vision. Farmers have nearly 1879
million acres of farm woods which
annually produce about one-third
of all forest products and 38 per
cent of the country's pulpwood.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20

For Sale-OttaWa drag saw
Lawrence A. Gregor, Eureka, Mont.
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InfontiIe Paralysis
Compoign Now
Under Way
4 .

EUREKA, JaJA l7.-Mrs. Burr AL
version, Eureka chairman, and Mrs.
E. L. Richardson, Lincoln Coun-
ty chairman of the Infantile Par
alysis campaign, opened the cam
paign in Eureka Saturday, Jan. Is,
by soliciting of the business section.
They also placed jars and boxes
in the stores for contributions to
THE March of Dimes As a fol-
low up the next two weeks. ladies
of your neighborhood will call at
your homes SO everyone will have
the opportunity to contribute.
No quota has been set for The
March of Dimes" for the reason
that so much help is required for
the treatment of the victims of par
alysis that we now have that any
monies we receive will readily be
used. As we all know, the past year
has been a year of infantile par
alysis epidemic in almost every Sec
ton of the United States Thousands
of new cases have been added to
the already long list which IS re-
ceiving treatment.
Our own community was fortu-
nate in not having any cases How
ever, other communities in our coun-
ty were not SO fortunate. as several
cases have been reported in Lin
coin county, and the victims are
now receiving treatment.
This year ii is important that we
all contribute TO take care-of this
extra burden of helping these young
people back to good health and use
fulness.
The following persons are acting
as chairmen in the various outly-
ing communities.
Stryker-M Mrs. Dewey Martin.
Trego-Mrs. Fred Titchboufne.
Fortine-Mrs. Abe Johnson. as
sisted by Miss O'Neil
Rexford-Mrs. Barney Mooney
Ural-Mrs. Jerry Friteh.
Warland-Mrs. Nina Woodward
Troy and Leonia district. will be
handled by Mrs. w. F. Morrison and
Mrs. Tom Smith of Troy
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No. 906
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of, Jack Mcclure, deceas

Estate OF JACK Mcclure, deceased,
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned, the administrators of the
estate Of Jack Mcclure, deceased to
the creditors of and alY persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
Of this notice to the said admins
tratrix at he office of Thomas D.
Long in he courthouse in Libby. in
the County Of Lincoln, State Of
Montana, the same being the place
for the transaction Of the business
of said estate.
IRLA M. MCCLURE.
Administrative of the Estate of said
Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana, this
l4th day Of January, 1914
THOMAS D. LONG,
Attorney for Administrators
Date lst Pub. l-20-44 j20-fl0-4t