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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-08
A Grave Situation

Henry j. Kaiser master ship and plane
Bupildings and Grounds committee, strongly
advocated federal revolving fund of $780,.
100000 to which states and communities
might resort in bridging the war-to-peace gap
tho wing should be done now for the
emf .nent of workers during this period
and that housing, transportation and health
center projects should be drafted, for the COM
pletion of which federal funds should be made
available for states and cities that cannot
finance them. He favored self-liquidating prof.
ects, although he foresaw that some of the
money thus utilized might never be repaid
into the Treasury.
This program, in general way, is being
of which have not only drafted their plans
but actually accumulated sizeable reserves Of
cash for carrying them out. Mr.. Kaiser's
recommendations may be expected to enconr.
age others to fall into line
part of the Kaiser testimony, however, IS
well calculated to shock the persons who have
assumed that the old beloved American way
of life is to be resumed once the war IL
over. He was asked by committee membe,
if there is not some danger of over-planning
He answered that a check OF some 10000
employees showed that 80 per cent of the WON
en- wanted to continue working in shipyard.
after the war, 20 per cent wanted to shift
wanted to return home.
If 80 per cen; of the women now engaged
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-08
Blue Pencil Needed

United States war expenditures fluctuate
They resemble a fever chart with this diff
ference: they do not fairly indicate the future
course of the trouble. In January they rose
to 81, 1873, 900, 900 which topped DEFENDERS to-
tai bv $40, 900, 900, but were lower by $403,.
600, 900 than in November.
Whereas physician, reading his chart may
with some certainty foresee the course Of
fever, the taxpayer has no means of gauging
one months war spending by learning what
was spent in another, the total depending for
the most part upon the completion Of con-
tracts and demands upon the Treasury.
There is strong probability that February
spending will be lower than last months be-
cause it has fewer days. But March, with its
longer span, is liable to offset any seeming
decrease in the rate of spending.
Until the war itself has passed the peak,
until enemy strength has definitely begun to
crumble, there will be no reason to assume
that because one months expenditures hap
pen to be lower than another's the financial
burden of the war is lessening. The only way
this can be done is by using blue pencil
once in while instead of black one. And
this can be done only by Congress, particular
ly by the House Of Representatives where all
money legislation must originate.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-08
LETTER BOX
IT ALL HELPS
To the Editor:

q Ine EQlLOF.
The article, River Channel May
Be Widened," in your January
9th issue, has come to our notice.
The Atlantic Intracoastal Water.
way, when fully developed, will be
of tremendous benefit to the South
Atlantic States. Publicizing propos-
ed improvements is genuine
service to the people of that re-
gion.
Distribution is one Of the unsolv.
ed critical domestic problems Of
the nation. Low cost transporta.
ton is an essential in its solution.
Waterway transportation is low.
est cost transportation for many
bulk materials and commodities
and agricultural and manufact
ed products widely used by all the
people.
Postwar planning is being done
by many earnest organizations,
and rightly so. Next to victory,
nothing transcends the Importance
Of full employment afterward. Wa
terWay improvements will not on
ly extend economies in low cost
water transportation, they also will
aid greatly in providing postwar
employment, increase local and ma
tlonal assets and stimulate local
business in improvement areas.
Surely, these are worthwhile re-
suits.
Wendell Phillips Dodge, Editor.
The Marine News.
New York, N. Y.
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BY JOHN SELRY


'The Black Book of Polish
Jewry," edited by Jacob Apensz.
lax Roy; S3).
Fo. weeks a book has been sit.
ting on the shelf behind this type.
writer murmuring - at least it
seems to have been murmuring. It
kept saying over and over that |
was coward, because did moth.
ing with it. And the reason for this
neglect was simply that the book
tells such horrible story that
after opening it by accident at a
picture OF some starving children
I couldn't bear to read the text.
I still haven't read all of it. and
don't expect to. But it is the sort
ut book one should keep around to
make sure that we, in a land COM
paratively untouched by this was.
DO not relapse into complacent.
oily coma out Of which we &C
caslonally do our duty" by re-
marking that it is terrible, and
what's the point value of pork.
these days?
The BLACK Book of Polish Jew
ry' is a detailed story of what the
Nazis mean when they speak Of
their need for Lebensraum. It is
based on two sets of material. one
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-08
Daily Prayer
FOR LOYALTY

We confess, Q Father of US all
to a restless and vag-ant and van,
spirit, which keeps us in floou
Of criticism instead of confidence
Because Of our arrogant ignorance,
we presume to find fault win on
leaders, whose knowledge and WIS
dom are greater than ours. fol
give us, o Lord, this disloyai'y'
Make strong and vocal, we pfa"
our trust in those who, under lhee,
guide the destinies of our County
and of our Couse. Out of our Si1laI N,
ness we have hampe,ed them W
our complainings. Have meI' y
upon us, have mercy upon Us.
forgiving Father, for this our ia'n
lessness. Give us hearts stout aG y.
brave in loyalty. that we may u
spirit, be comrades of our S'edu
fast men in service. Pardon 0m
sins Of disloyalty, and amend 10
by Thy patient grace. Amen
W. +. E.
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in industrial work propose to go on, if jobs
are available to them after the war, and only
20 percent are willing to accept family re-
sponsibilities. how can this country continue
in its commanding position among the nations
of the earth? Granted that the number of
women in industry is not as great as the
total not in gainful employment, it is still ap-
parent that if nothing is done to draw them
back to the home, the United States faces a
period of disastrous race suicide"
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Here Are The Marshall Islands

of Japor on Jaluit Island. Modern
facilities n C lu d d customs
house, hospital, a radio station.
Regular ship service linked the
island with Japan and with islands
in the japanese mandate.
Discovered in the early sixteenth
century by the Spaniard de Saave.
dra and named by him Los Pint
ADDS because of the tattooed ma.
tives, the islands came to the
worlds notice piecemeal. Britain s
Captain Marshall explored the is
lands in 1888, gave the group the
name it now bears.
Atoll warfare is something new
in island hopping. Atolls are nat.
ural targets, conspicuous in moon
light and starlight. The white ring
let of coral glares fixedly at friend
and foe alike, draws a bright sight
ing line around the blue-green wa.
tiers of the lagoon. Nature is naked
except for her crown of palm
trees, and denies concealment to
man. Ships, men, and gear are in
the open, are easily spotted.
Coral surfaces are rough and
pitted, would damage vehicles and
planes. Holes must be filled, sur
faces levelled. The job requires
pick axes and dynamite. Rims of
the lagoons are not continuous. Is
land breaks must be bridged or
ferry service provided.
Drinking water must be brought
or distilled from sea water. Atoll
war is literally waged on a water
front.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-08

builders Of canoes and boats, made
name as daring navigators, sailed
by charts composed of leaf strips
arranged on rectangular frame.
The way strips were laid on frame
showed islands, currents, direction
of winds.
Skin diseases have plagued the
natives. Beriberi was common.
"Marshalls typhus" and dysentery
were old enemies. Drinking water
and vegetables are problems.
Public affairs OF the Marshalls
were administered from the town
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-08
BY THE NATIONAL
4Ge0graphic Society

Japan's Marshall Islands, a clus-
ter of coral necklaces, now under
attack by United States land, sea,
and air forces, have been Pacific
trade and war prizes for more
than half century.
Japanese strength is believed to
be conferred at Jaluit, Kwajalein,
Wolfe, and Eniwetok atolls, most
favored by Nature for development
of bases.
Jaluit atoll, peacetime headquar-
tiers of the Marshalls, is 2,420
miles from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
1885 miles from Guadalcanal in
the Solomons; 1880 miles from
Tokyo.
Just above the Equator, about
halfway between the Hawaiian Is
lands and Australia, the 80 atolls
and 300 reefs of the Marshalls are
strewn over the ocean in two
roughly parallel chains about 100
miles apart-the eastern group
known as the Radak (sunrise) Is
lands, and the stern called tn
Ralik (sunset) Stands.
Nowhere are the coral strips
more than 40 feet above the sea.
Many are so low that big, wind
driven combers ride over the is
land rims into the lagoons of the
atolls. The beads of coral strung
around saltwater pools make har-
bors without benefit of land Most
of the islands are narrow, some
only d few yards wide.
Coral floors of the basins are
uneven. cause lagoon depths to
range from shadows to deep-water
anchorages for big ships. Reefs
spike the approaches to lagoons,
are daggets at low water. Longest
lagoon is about 80 miles from end
to end; widest, about 20 miles
across.
Seasons change only in name.
Climate is hot and humid. Average
year round temperature is about
80 degrees F. Rainfall is plentiful
Prevailing winds are easterly, rus
tie the palms into island lullabies.
Typhoons are OCCASIONALLY gener-
ated in this region, blow out to
sea with roaring fury.
Coconut, breadfruit, banana, and
pawpaw trees grow readily. Taro
is cultivated Fish are abundant.
Range of animal life is narrow
dogs, pigs, cats, bats, rats. Rich
soil was imported by Japs to give
vegetation a foothold. Houses are
wood and thatch, run mostly to
roof.
Biggest prewar business was the
trade in copra, long an internation-
al staple. Once rendezvous OF
Pacific whalers, the islands stirred
German and Australian interests
to competitive conflict. The Ger
mans got financial aid from their
government, held their advantage
until the Japanese occupation in
1914.
Postwar settlements continued
Japanese control by mandate. The
Germans permitted foreigners to
enter the islands; the Japanese
shut the door, drove out not only
Europeans, but many who could
call themselves natives.
A prewar population estimate
put the total at about 10000, with
481 persons listed as japanese. Ma
tives of the Marshalls are classed
by the japanese as Chamorros and
Kanakas, crosses of several races,
offspring of Malayans from the
west and Polynesians from the
east. Christianity made Roadway
in the islands after the arrival of
American missionaries in 1857.
Marshall islanders are expert
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OFFICIAL DISAPPEARS

ISTANBUL, Feb. 7-lR-A N.Y. n.y.,
official in the German emod'. =;
here, who has been under lnVeS.
cation by the Gestapo, has u.
appeared and the Germans ~ ",
parently fear he has gone wv
to the Allies.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-08
REQUEST APPROVED

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7-LP,-
The regional War Labor Board ap
proved a Gulf Oil Corporation re
quest that it be authorized to pay
time and one half for all work
in excess Of a 48-hour week to 5O(
service station attendants ir
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia
New Jersey and the District Of
Columbia.
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home soil is far from nvulnerable. If the
tempo OF the war in the Pacific continues as
at present, and particularly if it quickens, it
will not be so long before American naval
task forces will be lobbing shells into Japan
from positions no more than five miles from
shore, as they did at Paramushiro.
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Fair Enough

Editors Note.--Ths star and the News accepts, no
responsibility fer the personal Vows Of PexIer
md sften disAgree with them - auch many 81
lis readers. His artiClss the good rurpsse o.
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-08
APPOINTED

AFfOINTED
LONDON, Feb. T. Up II h e
Vichy radio said today that Be.
nlto Mussolini had appointed Pr
etro Caruso, an oldline Fascist. as
project Of Rome.
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The Russians removing some of the
worst stains from the face of this earth by
stringing up the ringleaders of hate.-Treas-
ury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

with alligators, some Il feet long.
They were her pets. She would sit
for hours, watching them slap their
tails and stretch their mighty jaws.
When Mignon wasn't admiring her
darling alligators, she was entertain
ing. The hacienda soon became the
setting for the gayest house parties
that Manabi Province had ever seen.
Most of the guests were men. There
was always plenty 10 drink, and the
meals were magnificent.
Sometimes the count was absent
he had gone into the coffee export
ing business, he said-but when he
was home there were interminable
card games in which the guests in
variably lost large sums.
One day. after a bitter quarrel with
Mignon, the count vanished.
Hes gone TO Lima" Mignon said.
II don't care If he never comes back"
After that, guests at Sans Souci, as
the villa was called, became fewer
and stayed longer. One of the most
frequent was Manuel Montalvc, a
young member of Guayaquirs gayest
set. Ten days after his last visit,
Mignon returned to Guayaquil alone.
Manuel, she said, had gone to Quito.
She stayed in Guayaquil for week
and when she left for Sans Souci she
was accompanied by Don Marcos Col.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

QUITO, Ecuador.
IHOLICE headquarters in Quito,
which usually relaxes into a sort
Of siesta after dusk, suddenly
hustled with activity one night last
summer when a haggard and DISNEY
|eled youth staggered into the cap.
|tain's office.
LOS legartos! The alligators!" he
|gasped. stop her. It's horrible!"
AT first he was incoherent but
gradually he recovered his compo-
lsure and told a story which sent a
squad of police riding through the
might toward a secluded hacienda
where, they hoped, they could ques-
ton beautiful Parisienne known as
gMignon, the Countess of Manabi.
The countess was an intriguing
woman and she had a husband no
IleSs interesting. A blonde with beau.
coup chic, she was entertaining in
Paris night club when she met the
Condo de Selgado. He had lived in
most of Europe's capitals, staying in
zach until the police began TO ask
embarrassing questions about the
source of his income.
- count married Mignon Eloisa,
h. velte entertainer; and brought
her TO Ecuador. A blight in the cacao
groves had put several plantations on
The market at a very reasonable
price, so the count bought one. 1t was
30 kilometers from the nearest viii
age, but it had big hacienda which
he new owners embellished with i'm
ported furniture and Grapes, modern
plumbing and even electric light.
The Strangest establishment of all
has a pit which Mignon ordered dug
N0yemher < IOff
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

Napoleon, her big black servant, who
was standing behind me. He reached
for me but / ducked under his arms
"'Quick,' Mignon shouted. Don't
let him get away! Throw him to the
alligators, like the others.'
II dumped the table over in the
servants way and pushed that
woman to one side and jumped
through a window. l ran for hours.
Those beasts with their gaping jaws"
The police refused to identify
their informant. They said he
was a member of a prominent
family and engaged to be mar
ried. But they started
out at once for Sans
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

tess expected TO elope.
1t was a month this time before
Mignon again appeared in Guayaquil.
She shrugged her shoulders when
asked about Don Marcos. He had left
the hacienda in a pique, she declared.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

She didn't know where he'd
gone.
The last visitor at Sans Souci
was the haggard youth who APP
peared at the Quito police sta
ton.
II was there three days" he
said, land then Mignon told me
she was in love with me. She
demanded that l go to Paris
with her. but
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

Wnen tney arrived
at the plantation ii
was deserted except
for Napoleon, w h o
sat in a daZe on the
veranda with a welt
across one cheek.
"She said 1 was
the one she really
liked" he muttered.
"She made me do
away with the others,
first her husband and
then the two men
who stayed here for
a while. She would
nod to me at lunch
and L would g T a ID
them and hit them
a little bit, so they
wouldn't struggle SO
m h, and then
throw them to the
alligators. She said
we would go away
together, but I h e n,
when l tried to leave
with her today, she
hit me in the face
with her riding crop"
Napoleon, who was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

The Gay Parties at
Sans SOuci Ended
With q Brief Strug-
gle at the Pits
Edge, While Below
the Jaws of the
Countess Shiny
Pets CAPPED Expect
antly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

with her, but |
refused. She was
very angry. That
afternoon, as we
sat at lunch. 1
saw her nod at
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

Whenever the Former Parisian
Entertainer Tired Of Husband
or Sweefheorfs. Well. fhe Eeua.
doreon vilIa Was a Lonely
Pluee-And There Were fhe
Hungry AIIigotors
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

QUITO. Ecuador.
HOLICE headquarters in Quito,
which usually relaxes into a sort
] Of siesta after dusk, suddenly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Fleet Shells
3Bases on
New Guinea

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HQ.,
April II (INS1-U. S. destroyers,
steaming under a fighter plane
umbrella deep into what were once
enemy controlled waters. bonn.
barded three japanese bases on
New Guinea. Gen. Macarthur
disclosed today.
The flotilla hit first on Monday
morning at the battered enemy
bastion on Hansa Bay. The de-
stroyers stood offshore, just out.
side the range of shore batteries,
to shell gun positions and other
targets at almost the same mo-
ment heavy bombers were drop
ping 227 tons of explosives on
Hansa Bay detectives.
The destroyers then slipped
back TO their home bases, STOP
ping en- route to shell AleMshafen
and Madang, now threatened by
the approach Of Allied ground
forces.
American casualties in the New
Britain campaign, which began
Dec. IS and now seems to be
drawing to a close with the
enemy retreating toward Rabaul.
were listed today as 442 killed,
10 missing and 1852 wounded.
japanese casualties were esti,
mated $4,000 men, including
1878 dad
US. gro6nd forces on Bougain-
vile Island extended their hold IN
the Torokina area two miles to
the east. A summary of enemy
losses on that island from March
g to April 8 showed that $40
japanese officers and men had
been killed.
Bomb pitted Rabaul. at the
northeast tip of New Britain
Island. was hit twice more by 200
bombers and fighters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Macarthur.
StaSSen Win
Dewey Strong
In Nebraska

OMAHA, Neb.. April y CUP) -
1t. Comdr Harold T. Stassen,
former governor of Minnesota,
emerged today as a better than
2-to-l favorite Of Nebraska Re-
publicans for the COP presiden-
tial nomination on the basis Of
incomplete returns from yeSteT-
days preferential primary.
Gov-Dewey OF New- York who
would not permit his name 10 be
entered in any primary, ran sec
ond to Stassen, but polled less
than half as many votes as the
naval officer now on duty with
the Pacific fleet.
However, Dewey, WRITTEN
candidate. ran far ahead OF Wen
dell L. Willkie, who withdrew last
Wednesday. too late 10 have his
name removed from the ballot.
Returns from 1,03s of the
states 2,031 precincts gave Stas-
sen 1855, Dewey 10,785 and Will
kie 4,0l2
There was no contest in the
Democratic presidential rae e.
President aRoosevelt's name was
the only one on the ballot. He
had 1900 votes,
Returns from ,238 of the state
2.O3l precincts gave StasSen 49,
40i. Dewey 1913. Willkie 5,63l
Roosevelt, unoppoSed got 1853.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Tons of Onions Burn
Ms Scarcity Ups Price

While prices Of war-scarce
onions hit new highs, the Detroit
Union Produce Terminal literally
has onions 10 burn. it was charged
today.
Three carloads of onions-be-
tween y and - tonS-were
dumped from the terminal 5
trucks at the city incinerator at
Twenty-fourth and w. jefferson
and then burned, according 10
Stanford Hedrick, senior incin-
orator fireman.
"Most Of these onions were
usuable though not necessarily
salable," Hedrick said because
they had sprouts. They were I'm
good condition, though not per-
feet
A. Hazen Funk, secretary Of the
department Of public works. re-
called that, six or seven weeks
ago" the produce terminal had
dumped potatoes and oranges al
the incinerator though it was de-
batable, he said whether most Of
those foods were IN disable condi-
ton.
George Thierwechter, manager
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Puppets
To Meet
Hitler

LONDON, April u (UP)-
Adolf Hitler has summoned his
European puppet chieftains, in
GLIDING Mussolini and Laval, to an
extraordinary council of war at
Berchtesgaden Swiss dispatches
TO London morning newspapers
said today.
Gen. HiroShi Oshima. Japanese
ambassador to Germany, also was
reported 10 have been invited to
explain the extent of aid Germany
can expect from Japan.
Other questions will be plans
for total mobilization of Eu-
ropes manpower and material re-
serves and the withdrawal of Ger
man troops from the various
satellite states for use on the
eastern front.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12

Of the terminal at 720l w. Fort
said that only one tenth of a sack
Of onions a day was disposed Of
because of their sprouts which
made them unstable.
Every housewife knows" he
argued. that, when an onion
has a sprout or 5 inches long
on IT,, the OMEN loses its food
value. Well, sprouts have been
growing on our onions for the
last three weeks and have grown
unusually rapidly because OF the
particularly warm winter"
Despite the reported shortage
Thierwechter revealed that the
Union Produce Terminal had a
supply of onions on hand al
winter and was currently hauling
them 10 Detroit from outstatC
storage houses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Clare Luce De(ries
FDR's Vote Appeal

BRIDGEPORT. Conn, April L
CUP) Many a Democrat in Con-
greSs is beginning TO view his
own bootstraps as safer device
for political deviation than Presi-
dent Roosevelt'S threadbaFe coat
tails Rep. Clare Luce (R) of
Connecticut said yesterday.
She told the Bridgeport Cham
Der of Commerce that Mr.. RooSe-
welt has lost his vote pulling APP
peal, and that in private, Demo
cratic congressman and senators
in the CloakroomS at the Capitol
will tell you so.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Quentin Roosevelt
Welded in ENGLAND

DORSETSHIRE. Eng, April u
(UP)-Capt Quentin Roosevelt,
son of Brig. Gen Theodore Roose-
welt. and Frances Webb Of Kansas
City, Mo. an American Red Cross
clubmobile driver. were married
at the parish church today
Canon T. b. Rosson officiated at
the ceremony. which was attended
by Roosevelt's fellow officers and
members of Miss Webb's Red
Cross unit.