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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
BY JOHN SELBY

"Steamboats Come True by
James Thomas Flexner Viking;
$3.50.
No season produces toe
many books that are useful, and
just as attractive as they are valu
able. James Thomas Flexner has
done a book of this sort in his
'Streamboats Come True. Other
men have recognized the same sit.
uation as Mr.. Flexner, and have
done something about it, too. But
this is certainly the most amusing
effort to get at the ruth I have
seen in a long while.
If someone says, who invented
the steamboat? the answer is
pretty likely to be Fulton. And
the chances are that his first sue
cessful steamboat will be identi.
fled as the "Clermont, and its
passage up the Hudson River will
be described. Actually, Fulton did
not invent the steamboat any more
than Mr.. Flexner did - every
thing needed to produce such a
vessel was already invented, and
there had been combined success
fully many years before. Nor did
Fulton call the boat the "Cler-
mont. Furthermore, Fulton was
not primarily interested in produc.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
Jobs for Veterans

The United States Employment Service, Viii
mington branch, has done good wok in pro
viding employment for returning veterans Of
this war. In August 175 of the 229 who visiteo
the office were placed This is fine percent
age. The Employment Service is functioning.
We find ourselves wondering, however, II
this service alone is capable of meeting the
needs of returning veterans. AS a government
agency it is subject to government supervision
and regulation and applicants appearing in its
offices, wherever they exist, must abide by its
decisions, which in turn are based on rulings
of the Manpower Commission and other bureu-
cratic outfits which have demonstrated from
the start of the war strong predisposlton Tor
RECOMMENDATION and paternalism
Will it be the agency through which the
for construction and highway programs now In
the making and over which the government
will have dominant control? Will veterans be
required to take jobs for which they are not
physically. culturally or temperamentally fit
ted or be left to shift for themselves?
There may be some present excuse for con-
tinuing Essential service" rules. War produc-
ton Is not at an end nor liable to come to
an end shortly. After Hitler, comes Hirohito.
AS long as the Japanese remain in the war,
production must be maintained as near capac-
ity as possible. But when Japan is defeated
and the reconversion to peacetime production
has been made in industry and postwar activi-
ties are launched will veterans still be expect
ed to take what jobs are offered them? Or
are they to have a chance to return to their
accustomed prewar tasks or employ new skills
acquired in war service?
Our conclusion is that the U. S. Employment
Service, which has done very well in the war
will not fill the need when the
war is over. 1t can still be helpful, but only
to the degree that it understands essential
service then will be work for which the indivi-
dual veteran is best fitted. State, county and
city governments, as well as the American
legion, We believe, should have hand in
finding the right employment for veterans.
Federal RECOMMENDATION cannot fill the need
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
Do Not Venture

In the parks bordering Niagara river above
the falls there used to be displayed a multi
tude of signs saying do not venture in dan.
gerous places They may still be there. We
do not know because we have not been near
the falls in many years. But they were there
at the turn of the century.
curious visitor, noting the quietness OF
the water, asked a guard why it was
considered necessary to warn people Of
dangers that could not be easily seen
The guard cited the case of a young woman
who leaned over to lave her hands in the
water and was sucked under by the deceptive
current to be plunged to her death over the
falls.
Noting the high death rate from highway
accidents despite the rationing of gas and
decreasing volume of traffic On the highways.
this story comes to mind with the thought
that similar signs along all main Travelled
roads might make many drivers more eau
tious and SO decrease the tragic toll.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
The Literary Guidepost

ing steamboats, in any case. but
thought of them as a profitmakiing
sideline; he was enamored Of the
submarine, and trying hard to sell
it to a number of nations. Although
he did not dream up the subma-
rine, he did sell it to Napoleon I.
Pitt, and later to the government
of the United States Fulton was
quite lad.
There are at least nine other
candidates for the position Of
steamboat inventor, but Mr.. Flex-
ners favorite is Fitch. Fitch was
an eccentric He was a surveyor,
and eventually was captured by
the Indian and had difficult time
of it. He was a brass founder, a
silversmith, clockmaker, carto-
grapher and a good enough
mechanic to build a steam engine.
He even believed himself, at one
time to be the Messiah of a brand
new cult ranking with Christ and
Mohammed.
But these eccentricities did not
keep him from building a steam.
boat of his own in 1890, seventeen
years before Fultons made its trip
to Albany. Nor did they interfere
with the operation of the Fitch
boat for several months on regu.
lar schedule, it's ports being Bur
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
New Rationing Schedule

During the time that rationing has been in
effect American warehouses have been over.
loaded with surplus supplies, in some cases
with the result that great quantities of foods
have spoiled either beyond redemption or were
disable only through reprocessing. Two notable
examples are butter and eggs.
With new crops on hand and warehouses
variety Of previously rationed foods are tc
be taken off the list on September II and that
certain grades of meats below the top may
also become ration-free next month One rec.
ommendation of Marvin JONES' War Food
administrator James F. Byrnes, War Mobiliza.
ton Director, has announced the new schedule
by way of the White House
The change will be boon to shoppers and
storekeepers alike. both OF which groups have
been harassed, the first by wasting valuable
time while cashiers counted points due on
purchases and the other spending almost as
many hours overtime marking up the point
value of separate items in their stock as in
trying, with Indifferent success, to interpret the
fathom the contradictions therein.
The public, meanwhile, which has borne the
grief of rationing with fortitude because a wal
was in progress, but aware of the fiddling and
inco1npetency at the source, will, we strongly
suspect, find an explanation of the new arrange
ment not only in Washington's recognition Of
SURPRISES but also because a national election
is not far ahead.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
Turn To The Left

"A former Romanian diplomat in this country
predicts that postwar Europe will adopt a
modified socialism and proceed by stages ia
full socialism. Word from France is that the
peoples political temper is mot communistic.
but far to the 1eft.' The Dutch underground
has notified the governmental exile that the
people favor a form of socialism under the
crown. Sweden already has a good start to.
ward state socialism.
ALI Of which should not be the signal for a
lot of Americans to start looking for deep
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
interpreting
The War
BY kIRkE L. SIMPSON
A Associated Press W. Gun

The shape of a vast and nIalys
Russian-Allied nut-c-acE le p0gsrtt
designed to crush Nazi ~ aNacs
into submission before HU';esI.Maq
becoming more clearly "'a 5 i
with every official bulletin .I Ht'las'
some sectors remain cloake sl1 ~
crecy for security reasons =" IN 81
And the first official hin.
comes of simultaneous Ru sls,' HN
Allled drives !, toward a junctin. 'o
the southeast to lop off tba ' p.a b
peninsula as Brittany was , bbs,A,
away. N1eaGa
In the west, Russian t.,
capitalizing on gaps cut ~ ,Y'ss
German defense front KEYED a. %
Narew river, pushed deener " ul'
the critical Vistula-Bug tr,. ,at
above the confluence Of tba a 9
major Polishstreams nortbwo,.' wv
Warsaw. The curving Bug fr [s, y
the vital link of the German ,D ~.
defending the Danzig corrido, LUZ Ill
proach to the Baltic Of Berlin y
1t is a formidable obsfarl,
Russian deployment into The ~ y
ing plains that lead northwestr',~.,,
to German frontiers but is alro'.
outflanked by Russian penetrst.l
OF Nazi lines on the Narew ab.r r
Serock. Red forces are renor,,'
now driving into the narrow Nv
Vistula triangle itself to comnI.;.
the break-through. 1t would mss M,
a return to fast maneuver ons,'
tons in the east over terrain wv
suited to tanks and even deem r,s
ing to the enemy rear by Rumi,
Cossacks. 1t must mean, TOO. Cs
man retreat in the east to i'll NJ,
pared German frontiers to stand 4
nal siege as retreat from Franz,
and Belgium has exposed the w,S
ern borders of the Reich ia NM
developing Allied frontal mass A,
lacks.
There seems no doubt that srs
of the indicated Moselle front h.
tween Metz and Nancy. America
and French elements of the Med,
terranean invasion army may 4,
ready have linked arms with Am
erican Third army comrades clos
to the upper Rhine.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
Daily Prayer
FOR COMMENTED MINDS

On the battlefields of earth the
birds are still singing and the
flowers are still blooming. Impart
to us, O Divine Power, somewhat
of that same peace which disre-
CARDS temporary circumstances,
and carries on with life's real mis-
sion. Whatever our hands find to
do for the furtherance of victory,
help us do it heartily. as unto the
Lord. May there be no aspect of
our lives that remains uncommit-
ted to our holy Cause. But through
out all, may our souls be at peace,
and faithful in each days's duties.
In complete confidence in Thine
overruling power and love, may
our minds know a deep content
ment. We know that the Issues Of
the war are in Thy sovereign hand.
So we would 60 serenely through
the days, faithful in each little duty
assured that our dear ones, and
our nation, are safe in Thy keep
ing. Amen. - WIFE.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
After USO Folds Up

Sooner or later the USO will 60 out of
business With the rehabilitation of the armed
forces and the abandonment of military train
ing camps there will be no further need for
the recreation centers the USO has maintain
3D.
They have done a good job, on the whole,
and deserve great credit. Many thousands of
enlisted men have endured the hardships Of
training and the loneliness inevitable to being
stationed far from home through the minis
trations of USO stats. But the time is coming
when the centers will be closed.
What is to be done with the buildings and
equipment when this time comes presents a
problem that should have place in any post
war planning. They are not properly to be
classified as surplus commodities to be dis
posed of at heavy loss, so much war equip
ment will be. They should become, so far as
practicable, assets to the community in which
they are located.
Here in Wilmington some Of the centers are
occupied under lease and will be returned to
owners when there is no further need for them
But two are owned, one by the city and
another jointly by the city and county
The Woodrow Wilson Hut at Fourth and
Princess, which has not been directly in the
USO setup but has done it's part in serving
men in the armed forces, can be used to a
good purpose when it's present service is no
longer needed. The main USO center at Second
and Orange is city property. It's usefulness
will not end with the war and the return of
the armed forces to civilian life
To neglect to plan well in advance for its
future occupation and effectiveness in worth.
while project would be to the discredit of
city planners. Today is none too soon to con-
slider what shall be done when the USO no
longer needs it.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
rs Years AGO
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
SEPTEMBER 8, 1919

Sgt Samuel L. Yopp, Jr., Medl-
cal Corps, 18th Infantry, and Cpl.
Isaac NJ Newton, Co., H, 18th In
fantry, /were- awarded Distinguish
ed Service crosses by Cavalry Col
onel A. V. P. Anderson at this
afternoons meeting of the Rotary
club at the Y. M. c. A.
Sgt. Yopp's cross is for extra
ordinary heroism in action near
Hargicourt September %, last
year. Cpl. Newton's cross was CIV
en- for extraordinary heroism in &C.
ton near Bellicourt, September 20
of last year. Authority for the
award of the crosses came from
the Secretary of War and their
citations are signed by General
Peyton c. March, chief of staff.
NEW YORK.-Justice Brandeis,
of the United States Supreme
Court, a Swiss industrial mission
of 224 members, and Nine. Err
nestine Schuman-Heink, oper a
siger, arrived today from Rotter-
dam, Boulogne and Plymuth.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
Wrong Trend

There seems to be movement afoot IN
design railroad dining cars along the lines of
a fashionable restaurant after the war This
is going to be blow to night club patrons
who were quietly hoping that some postwar
benefactor would build cafe society spot like
4 nice, roomy. wel1-lt di-~-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
WEATHER

tBy U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours end.
ing 1880 p. m. yesterday:
Temperature
1870 a. m. 1875; 1880 a. m. 75.8. Ian n
m 900; 1880 p. m. 82.5; Maximum 90. S:
minimum 1872; mean 84.2; normal rs.
Humidity
1870 a. m. IS; 1880 a. m. 50; 1880 D. m
81; 1880 p. m. TO-
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:3o d
M, inches; total since the first of the
month, 6.45 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published hv
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,
High Low
Wilmington ----- 1:54 a. m. 1904 a. m.
2:28 p. m. 9:44 p. m.
Masonooro Inlet 1854 a. m. 500 a. m,
1927 p. m. 6:42 D. m.
Sunrise $50 a. M; sunset 6:29 D. M:
moonrise 1852 p; moonset 12:IO %
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
The Road To Berlin
nv The Associated Pre-.

(By The Associated Press
1-Russian front: 322 miles from VI
cinity of Warsaw).
2-Western front: 1862 miles from Breda,
Netherlands).
3-Southern France: $50 miles from
Lons-Le-Saunier).
4-Italian 'front.' 585 miles drom south of
Rimini).
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
CAT CASE MAN
GIVEN SENTENCE

ASHEBORO, Sept 7-R-0rH.
King, 59-year-old Providence man
was sentenced today to 80 days q
the roads for forcing seven year
old Clyde Stafford to eat piet'
of dead cat as punishment for a.
legedly throwing the cat in well
The jury found King guilty ats
celebrating 20 minutes today Til
jury was dismissed last night b!
Judge William H. Bobbitt Of Char
lotte after a two hour delbera
ton.
King gave notice of appeal an!
bond was set at $500.
Judge Bobbitt said from TIT
bench that kings offense wal
punishable as simple assault tt
that, the circumstances Warrane
more.
The original charge against KIM
was malicious assault, but the d.
tense contended there was no nal
ice on Kings part because aite'
ward he made the boy wash BIZ
mouth out with disinfectant
The boy is a ward of knsI
cousin, Vera King.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08

when only the very well-to-do could
afford European travel.
r When the Presidents mothe.-.
died the state transfer tax apprais.
al filed at Poughkeepsie indicated
that the fortune had been kept al
most intact. The family had had
boats, country mansion, town hous-
es, servants and horses down the
years and still Mrs. Roosevelt left
$1,23S,361, OF which 10000 was in
vested in government bonds. and
$40, 900 in war bonds.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
Fair Enough

Editors No:e.-The Star and the News accept NO
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr.. Peser
his readers. His articles the good purposs Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08

lington and Trenton in New JeraI
and Philadelphia. After that SUM-
mer Fitchs mind appears to haI'
clouded a bit, and certainly a
boat was left to ret. Mr.. FleN'
has brought a lot Of American
life in his book.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-08
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution
the war to complete Victory.
Evening star., 1944-10-23

mine his own liberties, the right to
determine within our own organiza-
ton what wages we will work for,
which determine what kind of con-
ditions under which our children
are going to be raised"
There is row, too, In the State
Federation of Labor over the fourth
term Endorsement accorded the
President by the Joint Legislative
Committee not long ago. Ross A.
Boggs. vice president of the fedora
tion, has charged a double cross. "
He has said that only "a of the 200
members were present and that ap-
proximately 10 opposed suspension
of the rules to permit action on the
resolution when two-thirds vote Is
required for such action.
Senator Taft Is regarded as the
"surest bet" of all the candidates
seeking election in Ohio. He is op-
posed by William G. Pickerel, Dem
ocrat, who has frequently run for
Office, but without success except
that he served some years ago as
lieutenant governor under former
Cows. Donahey and White. The
Taft name means something in Ohio
and there seems no slightest doubt
about Senator Taft's victory.
AS in 1888 Senator Taft has joined
in some debates from the same plat
form with his Democratic opponent.
Senator Taft, at a Cleveland meet
ing of this kind, described Mr.. Pick
erei as New Deal rubber stamp,
with no ideas Of his own, ready to
accept those handed him by the
CIO and the New Deal Democrats.
Mr.. Pickerel. for his part, attacked
Senator Taft as an isolationist with
personal fued with the President. ="
The Republicans are counting on
Gov. Bricker coming into the State
before election for an intensive three
or four days campaign. They be-
lieve that such a program will help,
especially in the gubernatorial race
and in the congressional contests
where there are stiff fights.
Evening star., 1944-10-23

direction However, cross winds af-
fected accuracy.
| In addition to Ford, and Jack Il
Heintz.. other cooperating manu-
facturers on experimental models
are Republic Aviation Corp, air
frames and assemblies, and Mon
santo Chemical Corp, catapulting
rockets.
The American robot has highly
streamlined 27-foot fuselage with
lstubby wings-17-foot spread-over
which is mounted the engine. Mo-
tive power is supplied by rapid ex-
plosions Of gasoline in a combus-
ton chamber. with the force oil
rected out the open rear end of a
tube
The fuselage contains the war
head, fuel. control equipment and
compressed air tanks to power con-
troll units.
Evening star., 1944-10-23
SixkilIed, Five Injured
In Bomber Crash
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. o. Six
Army airnen were killed instantly
and five were injured, one critically.
in the crash of four -engined
bomber during takeoff yesterday
at Davis Monthan Army Air Base.
The B-24 Liberator narrowly
missed bus filled with soldiers
as 1t hurtled to earth just after
clearing the runway. The bus driver
halted his machine when he noticed
the plane out of control.
A whirling propeller spun into
a ground crew building $50 feet
away. A soldier was cut by flying
glass.
Col. Ralph B. Walker, comman-
dant, listed the dead as:
Second 1t Ernest Conley, %, pilot,
Williamsport, Pa; Second 1t. STAN
ley Danziger, Is, navigator, Brook
lyn; Second 1t. John P. Hackman,
20, co-pilot, Dundalk, Md; Corpl.
Alfred E. Leannais, 18, armorer
gunner, Detroit; Pfc. Carl F. Sky
ten, 18, gunner, East Brookfield,
Mass, and Pfc. Howard A. Waeltz,
10, gunner, Ardsley, Pa.
The injured, and their condition,
included:
= Pfc. Alexander w. Stewart, 10,
gunner, Beaver Meadows. Pa, crit
ical; Corpl. Robert Tweet, 26, radio
operator, Bloomer, Wis, serious;
Corpl. William C. Hunt, 10, engi-
neer-gunner. Norfolk. Va. serious.
Evening star., 1944-10-23
Printers
Continued From First Page

tificate requirement added to sick
leave provisions.
Mr.. Manbeck charged the en-
ployers were dabbling in union
politics in hopes of getting rid of
him in the May union election.
George Mallonee, head of the
closed shop division of the Graphic
Arts Association, refused to COM
ment on the situation.
WLB Orders Stop to Interference.
Mr.. Manbeck had been ordered
last week by telegram from the
Third Regional War Labor Board
at Philadelphia to desist from inter-
fering with production by any "di-
rect or indirect" means.
Republican campaign literature
printed in Washington was not af-
fected by the situation today, but
some Democratic literature was tied
up. The proprietor of the plant
printing the Republican literature
has signed the union contract.
For the first time in so years, the
Bulletin, daily news sheet which is
posted in restaurants and stores
failed to 60 to press today as a
result OF the strike. Henry TAFT
Rodier, president of the United Pub
fishing Co., TIT Sixth street NV
said none of his five compositors
showed up for work.
Most of the firms other work will
go ahead, Mr.. Rodier said. since the
company has a backlog of Jobs
which have been set up and remain
only to be printed. These include
oroers from the Democratic Ma
tlonal Committee The only lob
from this group which may be held
up as the result Of the strike is a
final clip sheet"
The program for next SUNDAYS
Redskin game may not be printed
in time.
Printers appeared at the Judd &
Detweiler plant, lexington place and
Florida avenue NV, only to turn
away fellow workers who had not
heard of the unions action. This is
the largest commercial plant in
washington and prints the National
Geographic Magazine and other
publications.
At Ransdell, Inc, 8l0 Rhode Is
land avenue NE, where the Fed
erationist and II other labor publi-
cations are printed. it was said that
no printers had reported and the
management was preparing to paint
the composing room and carry out
other Improvements until this
blows over"
Mercury Press. 1889 Greens Court
NV, which prints Shopping News
also reported that no printers had
reported for work.
Evening star., 1944-10-23
Los Angeles Ship Fire
Toll Rises 10 . Dead
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Oct. %. - Mn,
men are dead, five missing ant
more than 100 injured following s
harbor fire Saturday that wrecked
two naval landing ships, 200 feet O
dock, a large crane and about /:
welding trucks.
San Pedro police said "witnesse!
indicated the fire started when 8
welder on one Of the landing Graf,
dropped some hot sparks into tn,
water covered by toluene. apparently
spilled from Navy tanker"
Toluene resembles high-test gaso.
line in odor and appearance, the re.
port explained.
The dead include six Navy men
one OF whom a spokesman identified
as Marshall Hertel, signalman thirc
class, son Of Mrs. Elizabeth Hertel
Louisville, Ky. The other Navy
mems names have not been an.
nounced.
Naval and Coast Guard personnel
are patroling the oily waters fol
three missing Navy men and two
civilians.
The civilian dead are Barney
Trapp, "a, Los Angeles; Roy c. John
son, At. Los Angeles, and Robert
James Sloan, SO, Long Beach.
OF the injured, % sailors and 10
civilians remain in hospitals.