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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
Home Service For Wacs

1t may be that announcements concerning
the number of Wacs in foreign service have
kept some young women from enlisting in
the corps Considerable emphasis was recent
ly placed on the fact that 1902 Wacs are
serving overseas. with the largest number
based in North Africa and England and small
O. contingents at New Delhi, Cairo and in
New Caledonia.
Maybe the lure of seeing the world is not
so strong, after ALL Maybe most women would
rather stay nearer home, and as a result
what was expected to be a magnet to attract
recruits has. instead, driven many away.
# this is correct the announcement that re-
cruits signing up at the Wilmington office will
be assigned to service in this military dis
trict ought to overcome any reluctance among
women who would like to don the Wac uni
form but have not wanted to cross the sea.
Wacs from this area are assured of posts in
the Caronas Alabama Florida, Georgia or
Tennessee,
Up to January l only g., 859 women had en-
listed in the Wacs This is too small a frac-
ton of the authorized strength of 100000 to
give the corps the vital position to which it
is entitled in the war.
1t is to be hoped that the present intensive
campaign in this area will yield many more
ecruits than had been expected
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
It Drives You Bugs

Strange names make it hard to comprehend
Russian war communicates. Even with a map
in sight it is difficult to follow the advances
of Red armies because so many towns are
mentioned in dispatches which do not appear
even on the most recent maps
But it is not the unfamiliar places alone
that confuse readers of Russian war news.
Even ordinary names are battling. case in
point is the Bug river, where the Russians
are credited with doing contradictory things.
For instance: Red Army Takes Outer Bug
River Defense Positions" This was the head
line in one newspaper and many other head
lines conveyed the same information if in
other words. Another news break on the same
day said: Russians at Old Polish Border
Still $50 miles from Bug River, 1899 Russo
German Border Line
It's enough to drive anybody bugs who fails
TO look closer at the facts. The truth is there
are two Bug rivers in the Russian battle
area. They rise less than ninety miles apart,
but flow in opposite directions. One winds
northwest through Poland to join the Vistula
near Warsaw and thence to the Baltic sea.
The other flows southeast through the Ukraine
to the Black sea.
The two streams not officially differ
entiated by mapmakers, both being simply
named bug River Sometimes the Polish
stream is called the Western Bug, while the
Ukrainian is labeled the Southern But The
Ukrainian river is often "Buh or Bob on
old maps.
Both Bugs have figured prominently in
World War II news. The Nazis crossed the
Polish Bug in 1899, then withdrew when it
was made the demarcation line between Ger
man-and Russan-occupied Poland
The Ukrainian Bug was overrun from Ro-
mania shortly after the Nazi attack ON Rus
STA in 1941 1t became the eastern border of
-Dniestria, synthetic province carved
out of the Ukraine and given to her ally
Romania by Germany. The Bug now consti-
tutes the last natural defense line between
Red Armies and Romanas Dniester frontier.
Proskurov and Vinnitsa are towns on the ep-
per Ukrainian Bug.
At several times in the past both Bugs have
been in Russian territory, and once both were
under Poands warrior kings. In the l4th
century Lithuania controlled both water.
courses. The prewar Polish Russian boundary
separates the sources of the two Bugs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
Home Nursing

The American Red Cross hopes to find a
million women this year who are sufficiently
interested in their families health to spend a
total of "a hours in home nursing classes.
This would be almost double the number that
accepted the Red Cross assistance in the
year that ended June 80.
For some reason housewives have been slow
might be because they do not understand
what is involved. Home nursing means
merely looking after ones own family when
there is no trained nurse to be had or even,
sometimes, no physician. 1t has nothing to do
with the nurses aid course, and is much
broader than the first aid course.
Home nursing training does include a min
imum of elementary first aid-what to do
and what not to do in case of bad fall,
Group, acute abdominal pains, asphyxiation,
etc But this is incidental
Primarily, the course teaches how to take
temperature pulse and respiration, and what
the results mean, so that one can talk in
tellgently with busy doctor or know whether
it is urgent to call one.
1t tells how to recognize early symptoms of
illness, what to do to protect the family from
communicable disease, how to take care OF
infants and young children.
The current epidemic Of influenza empha-
sizes the value of such training. There aren't
doctors enough to go around and there aren't
enough trained nurses Housewives have to
do much of what can be DONE Intelligent
home nursing is invaluable at a time like
this.
The course, given under trained nurses and
using actual classroom practice as teaching
method, requires minimum of two hours a
week and maximum of four hours until the
student has attended "a hours of classes II
one is obliged to miss more than two classes
she can shift to another group and 60 on
from there
She undertakes no commitment Of any kind
to use her training outside of her own home
There is no charge. At the end of the course,
Red Cross certificate is awarded to those
who have passed successfully.
What the medical profession thinks of the
need for such training is suggested by the
action of the New York County Medical So
ciety in recommending that physicians urge
women to take advantage of the Red Cross
offer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
War-PrisOner Camp

The reaction OF the public TO the use OF the
N4A site and buildings for an internment
camp for Italian prisoners OF war is not easily
foreseen, but there would seem to be no sea-
son for apprehension because of their pres
ence SO near the city They will be behind
oaroed wire When in camp and adequately
guarded while en- route to and from the places
Oh employment chosen for them at pulp wood
and fertilizer plants
lhere is no doubt that the existance OF q
"af-prlsoner camp at the edge of town will
orlng the war nearer than all the blackout
rehearsals and bond campaigns and propa-
ganda conducted to awaken the population to
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
TIE Literary Guidepost

though Miss Buncle is by now Bar
bara Abbott, and it is devoted to
the proposition that Britain is Brit
ain, war or no war. Since this is
pretty close to truism, it is def
initely not exciting. But THE Two
Mrs. Abbotts" is a social comedy
in which human relationships are
the important things, it is delight
fully written, and it is convincing.
Even Mrs. Abbotts mild insanity
is convincing. (Farrar & Rinehart:
$3.50.
Perhaps the Baroness Van Boe-
cops THE King Tree" is little
too Dutch. 1t is a three-generation
story OF life in the Dutch East
Indies, and its dialogue suffers
from tendency toward flatulence:
certainly the book as a whole is
doggedly romantic, however accu-
rate its atmosphere.
Niven Busch's Duel in the SUM-
is the answer to the bores that
have been perpetrated as West
erns." Mr.. Busch's story of what
happened when waif dropped in
to rich and varied family in the
Southwest is honest, entertaining.
apd often dangerously close to Lit.
erature. Not a redskin bites the
dust. Morrow; $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
Raymond Clapper Says:
Gen. Macarthur Is Verv
Serious, Intent Worker

apartment at the best hotel here,
which is occupied by the Army
and Navy. 1t has modern furniture
and air-cooling, which is helpful
in the sweltering January weather,
although the cooling system was
off part of the time I was a guest
at the hotel.
Mrs. Macarthur is a petite bru-
nette from Murfreesboro, Tenn.
She and their son Arthur, now s.,
came out from Corregidor with the
General and are living here.
Christmas came late for little Ar
thur, as his father spent Christmas
in New Guinea with the troops.
Arthur was told when Christmas
Day came, but his mother said
Santa Claus was up north with
Father and would come back with
him. They had Christmas more
than week late-a typical little
boys Christmas with a tinseled
tree, for which they had to search
the country for many miles, as
there is little pine here. Arthur
gifts were also typical-an Indian
tomtom drum, a punching bag. an
antiaircraft gun that makes a lot
of noise
The dangerous escape from Cor
regidor. and the long weeks of
bombing there. left no nervous
scars on the child, such as night
mares, and that probably is a trib-
ute to his mothers calm care.
There is no use in your wonder
ing why I am writing this copy
about General Macarthur. There
is nothing behind it. 1 had a
chance to visit the Pacific as
Navy war correspondent, and de-
cided it would be foolish not to
get a look at Macarthur also.
came out here thinking he was not
really a candidate for President,
but now 1 think he is receptive.
I think he has been kicked
around somewhat. 1t thing he has
great ability, sincerity and force
but is too much out of touch with
the States, and anyway I think
am going to continue to prefer to
see Roosevelt reelected. But l was
interested in what Macarthur was
like out here.
That's all there is to it, except
don't underrate General MacAr-
thur OF the cause for which he is
fighting out here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
pailyPrayer
FOR STIRRED HEARTS

AS during Thine agony IN tl'
Garden Thy friends slept, 0 Christ
so our spirits slumber while the
world travails; and we confess our
sin. Forgive us, o compassionate
Saviour, that we are not daily ana
hourly alert to the meaning Of inns
new Gethsemane of the race we
go through the days, carelessl;y
pursuing our humdrum ways, heeu'
less of the tragedy of the times
unmindful of the suffering and the
woe, the high valor and sacrlfice,
of a world at war. Forgive US, Y
forgive us, tenderhearted Jesus
and stir our hearts with the sym,
pathy that dwells in Thy sreat
heart. May we be sharers OF all
the burdens of our fighting men
and their helpers. Out of this new
keen fellowship may great p0,,-
puses grow; so that with unsel'
fish vision we may see the pattern
of a more Christly world to tol-
low the victory we expect from
Thee. Amen.-W. T. E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
QUOTATIONS

I am sure in my heart that the Germans
will be smashed, I believe in 1944-WPB
Vice President Charles E. Wilson.
We have reached the peak of war produc-
ton, so it does not seem likely that the ma
tional income will 60 any higher Consequently
taxes cannot.-Rep. Harold Knutson of Min
nesota.
The so-called island hopping is due in large
measure to the limitation of ways and means.
If we had more out there we could strike
at more points with more foree.-Adnll Err
nest j. King, comm ander- n-chief u S. fleet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRIA.
Thy wireless)-General Douglas
Macarthur is a cameraman' de-
light, but he would be better off
if he never faced a lens again.
In public life there are two kinds
of men who suffer from news
photography. There are the non
photogenic, like ALT Landon, who
are always caught with silly grins.
And there are the superphotogenic
like General Macarthur, who can
help showing up like a collar ad.
Some of Macarthur intimates
think the glamour that has been
associated with him is in good
part Pigment Of the ina gination,
conjured up by the accident of a
super-duper camera profile.
Actually the General lives
quiet family life here. He is sell
dom seen in public, and never
seen at cocktail parties. He does
very little entertaining. He is
sedate, serious, intent worker. He
is by far the most colorful figure
of the war in the popular mind,
but those around him consider him
much less of a Snowman than
most of us in the States do.
General Macarthur spends part
of the time at his rear headquar-
tiers in Australia, and part at for
ward headquarters in New Guinea.
where he goes when action is I'M
der way. Then he returns to the
rear base here to plan the next
opration.
His office here is on the top
floor of a modern office building,
something like the Munsey Build
ing in Washington. His staff &C.
cupies most OF the building, with
two floors assigned to a naval
staff under Vice-Admiral Thomas
C. inkaid.
Civilians have an erroneous idea
of modern military headquar-
tiers, which is usually not in tents
but in vast offices in a big city.
1t is like the headquarters of a
steel corporation in New York,
with plants out in the field. In
Africa General Eisenhower had Of
fices and staff headquarters in a
large hotel, others of his staff
using a big office building. In Lon
don, headquarters of the European
Theater of Operations are in
big modern apartment building re-
modelled for offices. General Mac
Arthur's office here is about like
that of corporation president. 1t
has standard mahogany office
furniture, several easy chairs, a
leather divan. The only decora-
tons are two engravings of George
Washington and one of Lincoln.
There is no military atmosphere.
There are no trophies. flags, dec
orations or gadgets. MacArthur's
uniform is the only military touch.
He wears no decorations at all,
just khaki shirt and trousers, with
no blouse. He keeps a clean desk.
There were no papers on it when
| was there. He smokes pipe.
walks around the room good
deal when he talks, and except
for the nature of the conversation
you would scarcely know there
was war on.
What he is like at forward head
quarters and at the front I hope
to report later. This is Just the
story of the rear Headquarters.
and it is about what you find in
Washington around the Pentagon
or the Navy Building, only on a
smaller scale. Thousands cot Off
GERS and men will go through the
war out here without ever seeing
Jap or hearing a shot or an
AFRAID siren.
General Macarthur lives in an
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
LETTER BOX
THE HOLY GHOST SHELL.

To The Editor:
While the name Of the author of
the analytical description of The
Holy Ghost Shell has been lost in
the mist of time, he has left for
posterity a descriptive narrative of
religious trend, which is so appeal
ing, that. it impresses even those
who, ordinarily, may be scoffers.
He undoubtedly was an individual
of strong and convincing religious
personality, as well as a person of
keen and intelligent observation.
The Holy Ghost Shell sometimes
miscalled c'the sand dollar",) IS
found in profusion along the beach
es and strands of North Carolina,
as we'll as in other sections. 1t is
grayish in color and almost circu-
lar in shape. 1t is one of the infin-
tie number whicl posses life and
animation. When dead, after ex-
posture to the sun, the shell be ZACH
es to pure white.
There are thousands of soldiers
stationed in the Wilmington area,
and at other points along the North
Carolina coast, who are interested
in collecting shells. There have
been a great many recent requests
for the descriptive outline of The
Holy Ghost Shelf. 1t is for this
reason that the narrative is be-
ing revived, and in the hope, as
well, that the information may be
of interest to readers generally.
With the foregoing introduction,
the analysis of the unknown author
is now given.
"A. On the top side of the shell
there is shown in bold relief an
outline of the Easter Lilly. This
typifies, and is symbolic of, the
Easter season, in recognition of
the Resurrection of Christ.
"B. Exactly in the center of the
Lilly may clearly be discerned a
five pointed star. representing the
Star of Bethlehem.
&c. Every shell always has five
perpendicular openings. never
more nor less than this number,
each opening about half inch in
length These cuts are representa-
tive of the five wounds in the body
of Christ, inflicted before His cruc
fixtion.
ID. On the under side of the
shell is an outline of the Poinset-
tia, in beautiful and symmetrical
design. This is indicative of the
scarlet Christmas flower.
"E. When broken open, in
large number of cells, there are
found tiny replicas of a bird in
flight. The cells invariably have
five birds in them, always the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15

the fact that this nation is actually engaged
in life and death struggle with the worst
enemy civilization has ever known.
If there is complaint that war prisoners are
to be interned here at all, the complanants
may be grateful that they are not Germans
or japanese. Italians as a rule are peaceful
whereas German and Japanese hearts are
filled with hate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
Deck-DeWoody Case
Continued To Jan. II

The case of Johnnie Beck %
year old cab driver Of 209 Woop
row Place and Mrs. H. G. De-
Woody, 81, of 1108 South I3u
street, charged with assault ana
robbery and abetting in robbery
respectively, was continued IN ne
corder's court Friday morning I'M
til January II.
The pair is charged with as
saulting Graham Wooten with
blunt instrument and of robblHg3
him of $40. They were arrested
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
Fair Enough

EDITORS Note.-rhs star and the News accepts no
responsibility Ter the personal Vows Of Mr. eexer
1ad sften disagree them mach many Of
Ills rsaders His articles the good purpose 81
uaking people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15

same number. These are to DE-
interpreted as the five doves o.
Peace"
LOUIS T. MOOhb'
Wilmington, N. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-15
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution
the war to complete Victory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF October e, 1909

the Trinity Lutheran congregation at
Bellevue, KY, were brought together
on this occasion, and a very pleasant
evening was enjoyed. The guests were
Rev. Ray Richards; Fred Stalder, To-
ledo; Ross Eaton, independence,
Kansas; Waldo Diller, Edgar and Sid
ney Hauenstein, Amos and Henry Al
thaus, DR.. J. B. Ford, Harley Luigi
bihl and S. P. Herr.
A pleasant surprise was accorded
Lloyd Hummon in honor of his birth
day anniversary. Mr.. Hummon was
absent when the guests began to ar
rive, having gone to Pandora on a
business trip. The guests presented
him with handsome rocker.
Adolph Lehman invented handy
farm gate. He expects to put it on
the market in the near future.
Joshua Beery and wife are rejoicing
, over the arrival of young cook, and
John Badertscher and wife over the
arrival of young farmer.
Burglars entered the home of Fred
Seyers last Monday evening. Seyers
however made them escape through a
window with shot gun.
Word has been received from the
Maine hunters that they have five
deer to their credit. The largest of
these was shot by /. N. Townsend.
Rudolph Muller, who, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Alice, left here
about six weeks ago to visit his form
er home in Switzerland, is on his re-
turn trip. His daughter will remain
in Switzerland and will attend school
at Biel.
Ed McHenry has purchased the coal
delivery business from Bert Devier
and will take charge soon.
AS Mrs. Julius Beach and Mrs.
John Jennings were driving home
from Ada, they met Mrs. John Bixel
and Mrs. j. S. Steiner driving towards
Ada in Mrs. Bixels auto. Although
the machine was brought to stand
still, the horse gave sudden lurch
upsetting the buggy and tossed the
occupants out. The horse tore loose
from a rig and ran off. Mrs. Beach
had rib broken while Mrs. Jennings
escaped unhurt. The ladies were
brought to town later by friends re-
siding in the vicinity where the ac-
cident happened.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21

An interesting visit to the birth
place of Napoleon on the island of
Corsica is described in 1. recent let
ter written by Sgt. Norman Edinger
to his father, Scott Edinger, of
Orange township.
Young Edinger was employed at
The Triplett Electrical Instrument
Co. in Bluffton before he went into
the service. In part, he writes:
mot long before | left the is
land of Corsica, I had the great
privilege of visiting the birthplace
of Napoleon. The French have
statues all over the island, so one
cannot easily forget that it was here
Napoleon spent his youth.
"The street in Ajaccio where he
was born is a narrow dirty thing,
and when you get to the "Maison de
Bonaparte" sign there are about a
dozen filthy little kids yelling the
familiar "bon bon, chewing gum"
that has driven most of us so per
cent on the way to Section VIII. We
used to feel sorry for them, but in
the long run you just resign your
self and ignore them entirely.
maps home was a large, plain,
straighed-walled affair and was di-
vided inside by a cramped narrow
staircase. We only went thru about
five or six rooms. Chairs and mir
rors; nothing at all fancy. 1t gave
us the impression that it wasn't so
much power Napoleon was seeking,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21
Sgt. Norman Edinger Writes Of
Visit To Napoleon's Birthplace

but just refuge from city as
dirty as Ajaccio
What palace that Comte Borgo
had. 1t took us a good while to
drive up the mountain. His man.
sion is nearly at the peak. In con-
trast to his boyhood pals Napoleon's
home, which as I mention is the
slummiest part of the city, Borgo's
home is as extremely elaborate as
Napoleon's is modest. Never have /
seen anything to equal it-even in
Napoleonic movies. Every piece of
furniture is still in it's respective
room. At the head of the elaborate,
carpeted marble stairway hang four
very large oil paintings and IN
each of the rooms are more oil
paintings, some full length.
"The desks are inlaid marble, and
the floors | noted are hardwood. The
ceilings were very beautiful, from
which hang elaborate chandeliers.
The color schemes worked out for
the many bedrooms interested me
and it seems a shame that such a
place as this has been unlived in for
DO years after being used as home
for only IL years after being built.
"In the Comte's large array of
medals were every kind | could name
and more, too. But there aren't
many homes like his here in Corsica
and was amazed at its magnifcence
in contrast to the typical Corsican
home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21

Support price on good and choice
butcher hogs weighing between 200
and 270 pounds became $3.50 (Chic-
cago basis) November 26, 1914, and
will continue until June 30, 1916. Pre-
viously the price had applied only to
weights of 200 to 240 pounds. Sup
port prices on Ohio markets will be
$2.25 per hundred weight less than
the ceiling price applying at that mar
ket.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21

Ray Triplett gave banquet to a
number of his friends at the Hotel
Russell recently. A few friends and
acquaintenances of Bluffton's form
er pastor of the Lutheran church,
Rev. Ray E. Richards, now pastor of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21

Recent surveys show that about 49,
100000 victory gardens were kept in
the U. S. in 1914. Farmers planted
100000 of the total and the rest
were in cities, towns or suburban
areas. The report states that SO per
cent of the nations farmers and Al
per cent of the urban residents plant
ed gardens in 1914.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-21

Effective December 13, the ceiling
price on all barrows and gifts be-
came STATS a hundredweight, Chica-
go basis. The ceiling formerly ap-
piled only to hogs weighing not MORE