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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-10
Industrial Saar District
Natural Corridor To Rhine

gas, machinery, glass, chemicals.
and other materials.
The Saar (Which has been a
coal mining area since the Middle
Ages was in German hands pre-
ceding the first World war. The
Treaty of Versailles separated il
from Germany and provided for
a 15-year period of government by
League of Nations commission,
after which vote was to be tax
en- by the inhabitants to determine
their future status. In 1885, after
this period of being literally with
out, country, the Saarlanders
voted to return to the Reich.
In language and custom, nearly
all of the Saars people are Ger
man, in spite Of their location
next door to France. Before 1941
only about one out Of every 200
people spoke French as a native
tongue. French cultural influence
was slight even in Saarlautern
(Saarlouis), with its old forts and
architectural relics from the time
when it was a garrison town of
Louis XIV.
On the other hand, France has
played an important part in the
economic life of the district. A
significant factor-besides peace
time trade carried on with neigh
boring French areas-was French
ownership of the Saar's coal mines.
The properties were awarded to
France as' PREPARATION for German
damage to- French mines during
the first World war. The French
held the mines until 1884, when
Germany bought them back, ar
ranging for additional payments
in the form of annual shipments
of coal until 1889.
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next to the enemy: the war around
all three would have impressed a
soldier from army headquarters
back in the rear
When combat soldier gets back
from trip to army headquarters,
hes sure to draw hilarious crowd
by describing what he encountered
there.
Tiles yet. Neckties they wear,
and you should see the shoe
shines. They made me hide my
jeep under a tree. Then a little
cub came over and somebody mol
Tered air raid "
Men in the army buck it on
back to the base section and the
supply boys.
Let me tell you what saw
in Paris. Man. that's the way to
fight a war. Only work SO many
hours a day. so many days a week.
Everybody wears blouses. So help
me, they got cocktail hour!'
Soldiers in Paris envy the sol
diers back home in the army
camps. who in turn probably envy
the civilian war workers. So it
goes
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-10
HARRIS TO TALK
AT MEET DEC. i

Winder R. Harris, vice president
of the Shipbuilders' Council Of
America, will be guest speaker at
the next monthly melting Of the
Propeller club Of the Port Of VIII
mington, scheduled for 7 pm, We'd
nsday. Dec. IS, at the Cape teaf
Country club
A former Congressman ana
newspaperman will known to rado
audiences, Mr.. Harris is in a posi-
ton to speak with authority on to'
future of American shipbuilding
This years club officers are +
D. Love, president. R. NJ. WEI
ans, vice president, R. W. Cant
well. secretary, and W. H. KING
treasurer.
The club, an affiliate Of n'
tional organization to pr o m OF
growth of an American merchaH
marine and improvement OF wafer
ways. announces as its local Cd
jective the development Of water
bourne commerce through " II
mington.
Members who plan to brlnl
guests to the meeting are urged
to make reservations before Dec
IL.
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Hours Combat Duty

Back in the days when the war was youn.
and effort was being made with indifferen
success to organize units for civilian defense
it was said in these columns that perhap.
the only thing that could rouse the people
TO thier obligation to enroll for home service
would be demolition bomb explosion Al
Front and Market. The indifference which pre-
vailed then obviously has not been overcome
here or elsewhere, as an editorial in recent
issue of Stars and Stripes clearly indicates
It declares:
Every American ought to do at least
one hour of combat duty-nfantry style
Somebody wrote that who had been through
the hell of battle who knew just what the
strain of combat is, for the article goes on
to say:
'"That's not practical idea and we know
| it. But until a man has done dogge's job
he simply doesn't know the score.
'sHe doesn't know how danger Furnishes the
human nervous system. He can't imagine what
it's like to creep down a street of empty
houses wondering if they're really as empty
as they look Hearing window shades flap and
doors creak and expecting the crack of a
Karbiner or the burp of a Jerry MG-the
last sound on earth.
HE doesn't know how much CUTS it takes
to move forward a yard, foot, an inch.
How second can seem year and minute
an eternity.
Until he's lived and fought in the mud
and blood, he can't realize what an all-time
miracle doughboy is. To stick in there day
after day after day after day after day. And
night after night, after night after right after
night.
Until then, a worker can't understand what
a crime it is to let production slow down..
Until then, soldier can't understand what
a murderous thing he does when he peddles
supplies needed up front.
Until then, War Department officials can't
attach enough Importance to combat duty in
administering it's rehabilitation plan. Nor can
they know the inequality of the present sys-
tenn of SPECIAL pay and privilege for some
with just few extra dollars month for
the man in the mud.
Until then, the nation can't realize--as it
cheers the greatest backfield of the greatest
team in history-the job being done by the
muddy. bloody men of the line
An hours experience of combat duty-in-
fantry any other style-as the writer says,
is not practical; but if it were, if everybody
living comfortably at home could 60 through
it there would be no need for the appeal
to buy war bonds and hold on to them, no
need to beg that waste paper be boarded for
war purposes, that strikes in war industries
be avoided and the nation to the last person
in the population put his soul into the winning
Of this war with the least possible delay
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TOBACCO PRICES
REMAIN STEADY
BY The Associated Press

Full-scale marketing in the three
flue-cured tobacco belts in North
Carolina and Virginia eased up
during the week ending Friday, a
week during which average prices
remained generally steady after
more than 10. days Of general de-
clines, the War Food Administra-
ton reported yesterday in week
end review
Only five key markets operated
last week in, Eastern Carolina S
new bright belt. the country S
largest, and only three of these
Wilson, Rocky Mount and Smith
field-will continue operations next
week. The Farmville, Greenville
and Wendell markets ended sell
ing for the season with Friday S
sales.
The Rocky Mount, Virginia mar
ket in the Old Belt closed Friday
and was: the first market in that
belt to hold final sales. Aberdeen
and Sanford. N. c., and Lawrence
vile, Va. Middle Belt markets,
held final sales Friday, bringing
to four the number officially clos
ed for the season.
Although prices were firm in
the majority of instances, Old Belt
markets reported many grades
showing slight advances over the
previous week. Wrappers cutters,
and smoking leaf were steady to
81 per hundred higher. Monde
script was decidedly down, with
losses ranging from $3.50 to S. per
hundred. Light. sales prevailed and
no material change was noted in
the quality of offerings.
Sales during the week totalled
1882, $50 pounds at a general av-
erage of $43.24 per hundred, bring
ing to 205, 1872, 007 the poundage
auctioned since the belt opened
The seasonal average was $42.47.
Virginia's sales on the belt last
week totaled 7,417,316 pounds at
an average Of $43.4O, while North
Carolina markets sold 8,545, 434
pounds at an average of $43.10.
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WITH THE AEF
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

IN GERMANY. Dec. EDelay.
ed)-LRHDuring the past hour, two
different guys arrived at this regi,
mental command post from two
different places with two different
reactions
"Phew," said the first one as
he dived into a cellar just as a
mortar shell exploded across the
street. you guys really got il
rough up here
"Cripes,' said the other envious.
Ily as ne stood looking at the eel.
lars thick walls and the heavy
beams overhead. "you guys have
| it soft, haven't you? This is plenty
sweet"
Needless to say, the first came
from a division command post far
ther back, the second from a bat
talon command post farther for
ward Life in the army-just like
everywhere else-operates strictly
on comparative basis.
All three of these command posts
are located on what is known as
'the front" None would have been
called dangerous by a combat
line rifleman VINO works right up
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Sheer Waste

There has come to this desk copy of a
booklet containing twenty-four pages of ad-
vice to young mothers contemplating train
or bus trips with young children or infants.
It is issued by the labor departments chill:
dren's bureau and is designated as No. in
series dealing with children in wartime.
It is profusely illustrated with wretched draw
ings.
After careful perusal we have found no in
formation in the text that any doctor would
not have given the mother or which the moth
er if her child has reached the toddling age,
would not have learned from a dozen neigh
borhood sources.
The question, then, is why the labor de-
partrnent should devote so much time Of its
from which it issues, when the price of 5
cents cannot offset the cost of production,
nor the salaries of the author or authors,
at time when the nation faces stupendous
national debt, or consumes so much precious
paper in its publication when paper is ac-
knowledged the No. / critical shortage and
the public is being urged to hoard waste
paper of every description for reprocessing
for use purposes
This is one of thousands Of government bull
letins, booklets and folders which crowd the
mails daily and which have little or no prac-
teal value to the reeipiant, which consume
great quantities of paper. absorb the time of
regiments of salaried persons who must be
paid by the taxpayers, already overburdened,
and which for the most part find their way
promptly into waste baskets to go ultimately
into the stockpile Of salvaged paper.
President Roosevelt praised himself highly
for cutting down the expense of customary
inaugural ceremonies and, forsooth he did a
wise thing in cutting out the fanfare But
there are other sources Of waste, including
this Of flooding the country with gratitous
advice and unnecessary publications, to which
he could devotes little attention with good
results.
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Germanys Saar district, into
which the U. S. Third Army i!
pushing, is a natural corridor OF
the approaches to the middle sec
lions of the Rhine, says the Ma
tional Geographic Society. The
Saar ranks as one of the half
dozen foremost coal-mining ane
industrial areas in continental Eu
rope.
From Roman times. armies have
surged across this low, hilly re
gion lying between higher hills
and mountain ranges that over
shadow it on the northwest ane
southeast. Caesar, Cha:lemagne
and Napoleon used the Saar valley
as a highway to conquest Modern
mechanical warfare, based on in
dustry. makes the region itself q
great military objective.
AS the Allies advance in the
Saar, the Nazis lose one of their
three fabulously productive indus
trial basins-the other two are the
Ruhr and Silesia.
The Saar, as set apart from Ger.
many by the Treaty of Versailles.
was a roughly oval district along
the northern frontier of the long
contested buffer region of Alsace-
Lorraine. 1t included the valleys
of the Saar river and its princi-
pal tributaries. Since being re-
turned to Germany after a plebis-
cite in 1885, it has been incorpo-
rated with adjoining territory ex-
tending eastward to the Rhine into
a larger political subdivision
known as the Saarland.
Saarbrucken, the chief city of the
historic Saar district, lies less than
80 miles southwest of Mainz, the
nearest Rhine river city. To the
west, recently captured Metz is So
miles away.
Five railway lines and five main
highways converge at Saarbruck-
en-. The Saar river, on which the
city stands-source of the popular
designation for the district, "Saar
Basin''- flows northwestward to
join the Mosel. The Mosel, in turn,
reaches the Rhine below Mainz.
Most of the many railways and
highways that cross the Saar ex-
tend in a generally northeast di-
rection toward the Rhine valley.
The historic Saar district covers
less than 300 square miles. With
a population of well over 100000,
this means that there are more
than 1000 persons per square mile.
Rhode Island, most densely popu-
lated of the 48 states, has only
667 persons per square mile.
Normally mining and steel max
ing furnish a living for about 90
per cent of the Saar's people. In
peacetime, the industries made
considerable use Of the nearby
rich deposits of Lorraine iron ore.
This French ore field has been in
German hands since the 1910 fall
OF France. The Saar supplied the
Nazi war machine with steel, coal
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-10
British Forces Within
100 Miles Of Mandalay

NEW DELHI, India. Dec. =
P)-British forces driving south lH
Burma along the north-south rail-
way have reached the Naba STA
ton 100 miles north Of Mandald5
in seven-nile advance from cap,
tured Pinwe, it was announcer
today.
No japanese have been encou,'
tered, Allied headquarters SaIo'
On the Bhamo sector IN 'HS
northeast American-trained CH-'i'
csc engaged in a minor aclloAs
while British east Africans on INV
Chindwin front continued a soutn-
erly thrust and made contact WIN
the enemy towards HVegEAh'
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confined in a hospital up to 81 days for
each period OF disability; surgeons fee al
1owance which provides up to $3.50 for some
major operations and reimbursements up to
con for incidental hospital expenses. The plan
costs the individual emaploye so cents month.
The company pays the balance
Voluntary cooperation between private cit
liens such as here illustrated strengthens
freedom: compulsion, no matter how worthy
the objective, tends to destroy freedom.
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San Francisco so severely that houses were
twisted on their foundations hundreds OF miles
away.
If it is true that trains rumbling through
quake, which we are not prepared to admit
or deny, there would seem to be no good
reason that bornbings of the type which have
been visited upon Japan should not have the
same effect, if the conclusion was at or near
one of that islands many fault lines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-10
Noble Commands Training
Center At Camp Lejeune

CAMP LEJEUNE, Dec. 9.-LB-
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Noble, veter.
an of q years Marine Corps serv.
ice, including action in the First
World war, is the new command
ing. general of the training COM
mand here.
Gen Noble came here from the
Third Marine Division having seen
action in the Pacific area in the
current conflict.
He and Mrs Noble, who accom-
panied him here, have three sons
in the Marines, one of them, Sec
ond 1t. Alfred H. Noble, Jr., being
stationed here
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WILL TRAIN DIVISIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. g, p ms
Chungking newspaper, Ia nuns
Pao, said today in an article quo,
ed by the Owl that OWING 70 lns
''unrelenting effort Of Cen oh '
Cheng, the new Chinese war Hii I1
lister, 80 Chinese divisions "ou.u
be trained and equipped win iiIoui
ern weapons within year WI"
1.-The aid Of the Allies.
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Four Officers Slain
In Ell Salvador Reuolt

SAN SALVADOR, Ell Salvador
Dec. 9.-(P)-Four policemen were
killed and one was wounded yes.
terday when rebel forces attacked
a telegraph office in the San
Miguelito district and cut com.
munications wires. ~
Police reinforcements broke up
the attack and captured the in
stigators, it was reported by au-
thorities, who said calm now pre-
vailed.
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interpreting
The W. ar
BY KIRkE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Ap,,,

associated Press War Analyst
American forces driving ~.
Ge1many's No. 2 industrial =, .1-
the Saar basin, posed a neu N, a'
ponderous threat to Nazi bonos ~
hating the Allied winter offen.;.
anywhere west of the Rhins
Their success in forcjna r,,,.
pie crossings of the Saar bsr |
ana spearing deeply into vuInera.T7
1rontleI gaps between the saar
the Rhine off set a relative I
III the bitter fighting farther NJ.
were Allied troops had fougbt ' ~.
way to the Meuse and the p@
1t was quite clear, however ' "
Nazl commanders were cauob+ ="
the horns of dilemma as 10 VIZ.
10 deploy their dwindlna rex.r
up to now strongly concentra,od
the north. 1t is there, alono y,
Aachen Anthem sector
.la.y appear YEA 10 expect the culr
mating Alliet assault Of tbe v,i.
campaign. To fend it off from
gigantic Ruhr Rhine heart Of E.
man war industry, they have risI'
and perhaps lost the Lessee en-
basin and its important mncb ro'
cal land natural resources
Vital Facilities
1t remains to be seen wbc,b =.
the situation along the saar W,
eastward to the Rhine NAV M
force a recasting of Nau deto" ""
plans. An Allied break thronah ".
depth toward the Rhine South -.
the Moselle could graveIv affec, !
curity Of the whole West Rhine ed
tor northWard of the Anthem corl
rldor. 1t could lead TO disrln,ial
Of North South communica,ion,|
water, road and rail, in the cent
trail Rhine valley. These faclIifsI
are of vital Importance to any nro1
longed German defense of the ca!
logne plain approaches to the Rnb,
or to the flatlands east of the Ned,
er Rhine that lead direct to BerHn
Battles Of greater casualty cost n
both sides than any yet fought n
the west are in prospect in both
man action theaters. Official Al.
lied reports clearly indictae, how.
ever, that the cos; to the enemy "a
date since the winter offensive be.
gan has far exceeded that In III,
attackers.
The prisoner nose count in AL
lied collection center bears tia,
out. Aside from his dead and
wounded. week by week and da,
by day, the foe has been payin!
a high price in prisoners taken fo
his bitter-end defense of ever,
minor stream. height of land, cross
roads, Stag pile or house or factory
He has been losing sacrificial real
guards in driplets that aggcegau
hundreds, if not thousands every
day.
Under normal conditions the loss
es of the t t k er advance.
against dug-in and determine
foes are invariably greater thai
those of the defender. That is
long accepted military precept; 5I
it does not apply necessarily Oh
the west front now.
Two factors change the Alice
and Nazi normal casualty ratio
One is the Allied preponderance il
artillery. Gen. Eisenhower is agar
doing what he did in Normandy Il
force his way through German fix
ed or field defenses step by step
He is using guns and shells on an
unprecedented scale to blast h ii
way ahead, and in 50 doing mini
his own personal losses
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-10
AWARDED CLUSTERS

WASHINGTON, Dec. o. CP)s -
Lieutenant Generals George S.
Patton and Courtney H. Hodges,
commanders of the Third and First
American armies, respectively,
have been awarded Oak Leaf
Clusters for their. distinguished
service medals. Both awards, the
War department announced today.
were for, their leadership in the
campaigns in France last summer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-10
TOP O'MORNING

A Christian boy from Georgia Tech enter
ed the Navy and volunteered for undersea
duty. He took his place on the Honor Roll
when his submarine went down. When word
reached his Mother she wrote:
1 do rot ask the reason why God took my
son,
So full of youth, and love Of all the beauti-
flA- His life had just begun.
know oh Christ, he lived and died in
thee.
And with his >simple, steadfast faith.
HELPED others not as strong as he.
To see the glory of Thy grace
Though bowed beneath my cross OF grief
1 lift my tear-bimmed eyes to Him and
humbly say,
Thy will be done.
From Church Calander, Bruns-
wick, Ga.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-10

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. North Carolinian
former Gov. O. Max Gardner, this week be
came chairman of what is potentially the mos
important and influential group in the entir
government-the War Mobilization and Recon
version advisory board
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

But as we see il come down the
Fisher assembly lines, we get thrill
of pride out of the work we have
done on it. It's proof that Fisher
craftsmanship has once more been
pointed right, has once more regis
tered hit ON the production target.
Whether it's bombers, fighting
planes, anti-aircraft guns, tanks,
delicate flight instruments or other
armament to be built - Fisher
craftsmen are ON the job till they get
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17
Finish Fight %7z<>1

IT'S hard-hitting brute-this
IL dual-purposc 5-inch gun. It's the
kind of fighting tool needed to
smother enemy fire power, to give
our men a life-saving advantage
when the going gets tough.
We cannot take credit for all of it.
This big 5-incher was designed by
the L. S. Navy, and its production
is a tribute TO the cooperation of
thousands of workers and several
companies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-17

it ironcd out. That goes for some
very rugged problems put up TO us
by the men who DO the shooting.
And in this fight to the finish, we in
tend to stay right in the middle of
such things until the final bell rings.
Every Sunday Afternoon
GENERAL MOTORS SYMPHONY OF TIE AIR
MIC Network
Evening star., 1944-02-01
Draft Board Of Appeals
Reverses ; Fairfax RULINGS

Three decisions of the Fairfax
County Selective Service Board were
affirmed and three others reversed
in rulings handed down last week
by the Boards of Appeals No. 2 and
Of Virginia. board officials an
nounced yesterday.
Appeals Board No. 2 granted 2-B
classification to Green Gerry Drake
Portsmouth, Va, machinist, Norfolk
Navy Yard, until March, but af-
firmed the la classification OF
Leonard H. Smith, Portsmouth,
sheetmetal worker, Norfolk Navy
Yard.
Appeals Board No. granted oc-
cupational defearment to Clayton R.
Cornthwaite, 33, Franconia, mate
rials engineer, War Department, and
Aldridge S. Burke, 35, yard brake
man, Southern Railway. All of
the above registrants are nom
fathers and had been given previous
deferments by the local board.
The appeal body upheld the la
classif1cations of Maynard 10y, 81,
OF Falls Church, laborer, who ap-
pealed on occupational grounds, and
Milton D. Smith, 18, route /, Falls
Church, student, who sought de.
tendency deferment.
Evening star., 1944-02-01
Arlington Supports
Bill 10 Amend Realty
Assessment Rules
AssembIymen Asked
To Join Fuirfux Move
For Four-Yeur Periods

The Arlington County Board today
instructed county members of the
Virginia General Assembly to try to
amend a pending land reassessment
bill so as to permit postponement
|of real estate reasSessments until
1916. The amendment then would
provide regular reassessments each
four years thereafter.
The bill, being sponsored by Dele
gate Robert j. McCandlish of Fair
fax, would amend the present State
law so as to require Fairfax County
to have a land reassessment oftener
than. every fourth year and at least
once each 10 years.
Dissenting from the majority vote
of the board, Edmund B. Campbell
proposed a resolution asking that
a board of equalization of real estate
assessments be created. His pro-
posal died without coming to a vote
MI Campbell pointed out that the
low assessments on land improved
since the last assessment laid a
burden on owners of frame dwellings
which normally would be reduced
in new assessment.
Basil De Lashmutt denied Mr.
Campbell's contention on the
grounds that the commissioner OF
Revenue has achieved a. balance
through raising assessments or
improved land
Harry K. Green, commissioner OF
revenue, said he was in favor of a
l946 reassessment of real estate.