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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
False Prophets

Political pessinaists who harp on the theory
that the United States has reached economic
maturity whatever that is, and advocate a
dividing up philosophy, should be kicked
out unless we are ready to admit that coun'
try can grow up and retreat into senility in
IS years. For this country isn't much older
than that industrially speaking.
1t was about IS years ago that the petroleum
industry was born In 1859, 70-foot well in
Pennsylvania produced oil. In that day pc
troleum was used principally in lamps and
as a patent medicine. No figures are avail
able showing the total number Of refineries
in the early sixties. Many OF the first plants
consisted simply of an iron drum and con.
denser to secure distillate which was quickly
named kerosene by the petroleum refiners.
Many fires and explosions occurred. One oper-
ator left too much gasoline, for which there
was no known use at the time, in his kerosene
or distillate, and it caused an explosion when
sold locally. His plant was shut down as a
result.
With the newest type OF refining equipment
in use today, one gallon Of 100-octane aviation
gasoline can now be derived from ten gallons
OF crude oil. Catalytc crackers, with associ-
ated equipment, cost around $14,0Oo.000 and
sometimes cover 30 acres. Often they tower
Is stories into the sky. In addition to manu-.
fs curing vast quantities OF base stock for avi
alton gasoline, ''cat cracker" will produce
enough fuel oil to heat $4,000 homes, and the
electric energy necessary to run one OF the
huge plants would light path of 10000 homes
across the continent. The water alone usec
ii, the cooling towers Of one of the giant Seats
would supply the water requirements for both
Kansas City and Omaha. Hundreds OF plants
like this are pouring out thousands OF barrels
Of super fighting fuel daily. After the war they
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
Battlefield Magic

Howard, who now is a line COM
pany rifleman, was going down
road the other day when he met
some German panther tanks. Not
being entered in the armored
events that day, he promptly en-
tered a cross-country race. But
French farmers seem to devote
half their time to building fences
and Howard was just picking up
speed when he reached the first
of these barriers. When tank
shell hit right behind him, he drop
ped into his old hurdle kick and
cleared the fence without pause.
A second shell and a second
fence arrived simultaneously and
Howard cleared the fence without
even touching the top bar. It was
the same with the third fence he
encountered.
81 think they fired one more
round" Howard said later, 'but
was out in open country by then
and it never caught up"
The Germans are getting more
and more thoughtful. This time it
was musical instruments they
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19

groups The advisory committees office is usl-
ally in the town hall or next door to the local
draft board headquarters. Returning service
men who must register with selective service
therefore can easily find the advisory office.
The office director is chosen by the local
committee, and his salary is paid from town
or city funds. The director surveys agencies
in the community and elsewhere SO he can
give expert counsel to inquiring veterans. Per-
sonnet men usually contact this office for leads
on potential employees and leave their Istings
of job openings.
The Connecticut plan is designed to help
servicemen who had no jobs before the war
or who had unsatisfactory jobs and war work
ers who will be forced to seek new occupa-
lions. State officials say the plan is 8, long
range, wide angle approach to the employ
ment problem, involving all fields of employ
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
BY John SELBY

"Prejudge: Jananese-Americans
Symbol of Racial Intolerance" by
Carey McWilliams little, Brown;
$3).
Perhaps unconsciously, Carey
McWilliams may have written the
first of the well-the-enemy-isn' t-so-
bad-aftre- books of the second
World War. This is a discussion
of the japanese problem in Amer
lea cumbersomely titled "Preju-
dice: Japanese-Americans, Symbol
of Racial Intolerance"
It is deceptively easy to state
Mr.. McWilliams' thesis. He thinks
that race prejudice, not military
necessity, caused Americans to put
Japanese into protective custody.
But for many readers his position
will be untenable because he never
satisfactorily explains why it was
E'race prejudice" that caused
Americans to toss Japanese into
the jug, if it was not the same
thing that caused japanese to lock
up Americans in the Orient.
Mr.. McWilliams traces the his
tory of Japanese immigration in
California; his whole book Is real
ly a West Coast book, since the
japanese are real problem only
on the West Coast. He says that
barring natural frictions caused
by opposing cultures, the trouble
between the races has been fear
on the white side that the Japa-
nese were an economic threat.
particularly in the future. He
shows how the forces lined up.
with V. S. McClatchy, publisher of
the famous Bees of Sacramento,
Fresno and Modesto, Leading the
debate against the Japs, and the
Rev. Sidney Gulick taking the
other side. Mr.. McWilliams thinks
that Dr.. Gulick was Unanswered
into position where he, Hamil-
ton Holt, and other members of
his group were defending Japan
as well as the Japanese in Amer
lea. The next step was that 4
Japanese, K. X. Kawakami, was
sent over to 'help" Gulick and
his side, and Mr.. McClatchy was
able, at once, to see what this
lineup presaged.
The strength of Mr.. McWilliams,
book lies in its careful presenta-
ton OF the japanese side Of the
West Coast quarrel. The weakness
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
SURPLUS NEEDED
FOR DEBT--CHERRI

KENANSVILLE, Oct. 10.-R-s
Gregg Cherry, democratic cana'
date for governor, said tonight ma
a large portion of the state genea
fund surplus should be used to pG
off state bonded indebtedness aA
to care for the needs of returnn!
sellers.
Speaking at a Duplin couh h
democratic rally tonight which ~ !,
lowed a Third Congressional os
trict rally here this morning SM|
he did not approve of and "O..
not advocate the surplus oen'
spent for current needs i,
"Our large surplus" he SAD,
chiefly the result of war condluO1
and war business. 1t should Nv
be used for current expenditure
At least $51,OOO,0OO should be ~
voted to payment on tire S'a.
bonded indebtedness, and al ls'
100000 to provide for fee@
returning soldiers. And there WI
be need of some permanent !"
struction of school buildings NJ
The fiscal affairs of the stale NJ
said, have been soundly mana,sst
by good governors and other SLY
officials of the democratic pai.I
AS. result of prudent ana NJ
nomical handling of financla =.
fairs the state is in good laA'
cial condition, he said. ...I
Cherry praised the fine S%
which he said mad been done
farm leaders and their 1afh
CARNATIONS in ecurins Dst
prices for their products. "WithI
help of sympathetic ana cuv IN
alive administration at WaSnn ..rl
which has had the farmers II"
ests at heart" M
Rep. Graham Barden Of
Third district, VINO is d cal"tr nd
for reelection, and william D. III
stead, state democratic cAaH"
spoke.
Mrs. B. B. Everett G. PaiI,I
state democratic vice cha-lN
spoke briefly urging full pa. ~
ton of women voters IN 1Ae
eral election next month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
BOX
TON Y - BOTEL

]. would like to add a word oil
praise, for the old Welsh hymn
soft to Every Man and Nation,
which was recently referred to as
being introduced for the first time
as a congregational hymn, in the
First Baptist church of Wilmington,
The words of this inspiring poem
1.-THE Present Crisis by James
Russell Lowell, which illuminates
this beautiful hymn, have appear.
ed in several tuneful arrangements,
and one of these-Ton-Y- Botel, *
"a favorite hymn with Yale uni.
versity. +.
These words of Lowell have ce.
mented an enduring friendship be-.
tween two great nations by being
set to favorite British tune.
There is beautiful tradition of
a Welsh sailor facing shipwreck
who made the melody. tossing ii
Into the sea in sealed bottle, the
rescued tune being named Tony.
Botel, tune in bottle.
In 1882 when the Christian Sci
ence hymnal was revised and en-.
larged this hymn was included,
and brings its message to the sea
of the multitudes, and God will
safely convey it to port, proving
that thought is imperishable.
This hymn is loved by all who
learn to know and sing it.
Florence P. Schadt
Wilmington, N. c.
October II, 1914
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War 49,

n rreSs war Analyst
desperation in the new Hitlen .
mobilization decree calling 'Olal
male civilians from Is to 60 vs ~
Of age to arms for a home g gea's
defense of the Reich. It's effa Ss'Io
German public morale is onen mo-, IN ~
question for it offers in H;+l L 70
own words little prospect Of Ls..
ing converging Russian and AlEa,
armies off German soil 'e'
Relying on our own force w.
will not only break the enemv WIZ, we
Of destruction, but We will tbr VIII
him back again." the man why WY
led them into that closing tran , .l9
his people, already bled white WY
That is a far cry from the Inv.
bastlc Hitler utterances of the ns l.'
1t summons all able bodied m Ss,,
in Germany to fight - for wb..s
Not victory; but escape from tDts;
destruction. And it is only the to. .a'
destruction of Nazism and ifs b,,,
tai, blood stained authors in Cav .s
many to which advancing arn,ia'
of United Nations stand pledged
1t is to save himself and his IL.
from the fate that surely aw.t'
them that Hitler is now asking M
German people to fight to ,bs
death. '
The decree also lends offici.,
Nazi confirmation to radio warn
ings by Nazi military comnsnto
tors that the supreme Allied. Rms
sian attack from west and east !,
impending.
'The enemy believed that hs
could get ready for the last knock.
out blow" it said adding that fin
home guard it created will a.
fend our home soil with all wes.
pons and all means, insofar a,
they are suitable to that purpose
Just what that final reservatin
as to weapons of defense NAV
mean is difficult to say. 1t could
be a face saving cover up for
V-type mystery weapons so lone
foretold by Nazi propagandists. Ro.
bot bombs certainly would not be
suitable" for defensive use On
German soil.
There seems no doubt that Hitler
and his hand-picked military ad.
visers share the belief expressed
day after day by Nazi commenta.
tors that the most Crucial battles
of the 1914 campaign in Europe
are still to be fought and will be
Joined east and west alike before
winter closes in. The blows are
expected by the Nazis to fall sinful
taneously against the Dutch gate.
ways to Germany IN the west and
down the Vistula corridor in the
east. Those are the obvious Allied
and Russian Knockout theaters
of action Hitler had in mind.
The type of defensive force pro-
jected in the Nazi home guard
mobilization decree could be Of
small use against seasoned Allied
troops. in the field or even in man
ming fixed fertilization belts like /
the Siegfried line. They could, how
ever, hamper village by village
and house by house the advance
on Berlin, still 800 miles distant |
from the nearest Allied or Russian |
spearhead. If Hitler's renewed plea L
for all able-bodied Germans to get
ready to fight means anything at
all, therefore, it must mean Maj
expectation of collapse Of the
Rhine and Vistula defense Lines
once either is struck full force.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
Controls


plane thus far-governmental officials, con
gressmen, bigwigs of business and labor But
there is one postwar chore that we ordinary
mine-run citizens can do, starting now and
continuing after Germany's defeat We can be
both cooperative and watchful in the cam.
paign against initiation
The danger-point of initiation is still ahead
of us. Prices continued to shoot upward for
20 months after Arinistice Day 1913 and they
could do it again. The American people have
something like $500 600 900, 900 in savings. They
need lot of war-scarce goods and services.
Business and industry are just as eager to
supply as the public is to buy.
These goods and services will be scarce
even after reconversion starts Add scarcity
tv competition and plenty of money and you
have an initiation threat which explains why
price control and some rationing will be with
us for a considerable time
We do not need to wait for cars, refrigera.
tors, radios and vacuum cleaners to have in
flation danger. 1t is here now in the field OF
foods So we can start being watchful right
now.
But, one may ask, aren't ceilings and ra-
tioning taking care of the danger? The answer
is that the OPA can't check every purchase
in every store throughout the country. The
ultimate responsibility rests where it has since
controls and black markets began, with the
retailer and the customer
OPA has surveyed the situation and found
that stable number of grocers and custo-
mers still feel that it's exclusively the gov.
ernment's job to make price control work The
survey reveals that over-ceiling prices are
found in Is per cent of food stores, and that
30 per cent fail to display these prices proper
IL. 1t shows that 43 per cent of customers fail
to find out the ceiling price of meats before
they buy.
But perhaps the most significant figure is
this: SO per cent of housewives think they
are sometimes being overcharged, but only
about half mention the fact to their grocer,
and a much smaller number report these over.
charges to local ration boards.
Without some conscious effort to curb this
customer reticence, price violations will in.
crease DIS victory hears ana tne urge 10 lei
up'' grows stronger. And reticence isn't easy
to curb. Most housewives don't court unpleas.
antness. They hate being embarrassed by max
ing scene.
But these risks are worth taking and should
be taken for the sake of everybody. Initiation
would knock the props from under lot o.
postwar plans. 1t would be shockingly diff
cult mess to get out Of
Public vigilance now against an inflationary
rise in food costs, which take 40 cents out Of
most household dollars, can do much to pre-
vent it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
Three Southeastern
N. {. Men Wounded

Three southeastern North Caro-
lima soldiers recently suffered
wounds in action. according to an.
nouncement received yesterday
from the War Department.
They are: i
Pvt. Paul Kirkum, son of Mrs.
Norma Kirkum, 81 Hanover St.,
Wilmington.
PFC John H. Taylor, son Of Mrs.
Anna M. Taylor, Magnolia.
Sgt. Daniel B. Thames, husband
OF Mrs. Ellen !. Thames, Route ?,
St. Pauls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
YULE LIGHTING OPPOSE

WASHINGTON, OCT 10 N
The War Production Board n h
asked cities to refrain It'll
Christmas displays OF oa
decorative lighting this ye4 81
in 1912 and 1943. The reques .r,
based on the short fuel Su .i;p.
many areas. Indoor hgn'm III
homes or stores is perll1l''>
it was stated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
Incredible

A handsome young Navy officer running for
Congress in Maryland has offered, with gal
liant gesture and split infinitive, 'to personally
kiss every LADY, in his district. 1t may be
that there will shortly be added to the raucous
literature of this election year charges aimed
at the Irresistible and well as the Indispensa-
BILE Man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
The Literary Guidepost

is that nowhere, so far as I could
see, is the author really aware OF
the extremes that war justifies.
He bleeds for Japs in American
camps, and ignores the fact that
in Hawaii, for example, whites,
Japs and everybody else live I'm
der restraint.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
With The AEF
By KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN FRANCE,
Oct. IL. 49, Delayed)s IN Foot
notes from the western front:
theoretically, atarbine tablets
transform potential malaria vic
tim into a guy VINO laughs at mos
quitos.' However, they also ca n
transform technical sergeants into
second lieutenants-as witness the
cases of Roy E. Smith and Theo-
dore Kridlen, a couple of anti-tank
platoon commanders and sidekicks
hailing from Gonzalez, Texas.
When both received battlefield
commissions, there were no gold
bars available. So they dissolved
atarbine tablets in water, cut strips
of adhesive tape to the size Of
lieutenant's bars and dyed them
with the yellow liquid. Then they
pasted the strips on their o. D.
shirts, combat jackets and caps. .
Presto - two brand new shave
tails.
Pvt Howard Clayton of Whining
ton, Ohio, used TO be quite high
school trackman, but now he
claims he has broken all existing
rooords for the HIGH hurdles
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19

will turn out high grade fuel for millions of
Americas cars.
If we have done this in the past 85 years,
what wonders will we create in the next IS
years-if the pessimists don't stop us?
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
The Road To Berlin

(By the Associated Press
1LWestern front: 3O2 miles drom west of
Duren).
Russian front: 30 miles from Warsaw.
3-Italian front: $50 miles from Liver
gnano).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19

The war has brought increased profits LOT
business and increased income for the worker.
But let's remember that we are borrowing
against the future and that as natlon we
will have to pay in the future. The thing l
want to emphasize is that we cannot afford
to place too great burden on future genera
tons - Eric A. Johnston. president Y. 5. {.
Of c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19

fIditer's Note.-The Star and the News accept no
responsibity for the personal views Of ME- Pegier,
and eften disagree with them much many Of
hiv readers His articles the good purpose Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19

The Germans are getting more
and more thoughtful. This time it
was musical instruments they
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-19
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution Of the
war to complete Victory.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29
SPORTS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE

Scoffers who belittle the impor- tance of sports in wartime Ameri- ca will do we'll to read the follow ing facts and then go hide in the most convenient dark corner
 The Chicago Tribune, which keeps an accurate record of tele- phone inquiries, released these fig ures on telephone requests to them for news information: January, war news, 5,617 calls; basketball, 5,53O; hockey, 2,215; football, 1900. March war news 5,861; basketball, 10,410; hockey, 6,s16. April, war news 4,744; baseball, 18,116; fight results, 1,435. June, war news, 3,SS1; baseball, 64,4O0. August, war news, 4,779; baseball, 92,775. Mo- vember, war news, 3,434; football, 68,453; hockey, 2,972.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29
Soft Ball League
 To Be Formed

The success of the Inter-Squad- ron Basketball League and the Bradley Bowling League this past winter has led the Base Special Service Office to announce the for nation of an Inter- Unit Softball League.
 Next weeks issue of the BEAM will carry an entry blank for the convenience of all organizations. Further details can also be gotten from next weeks issue.
 Now is the time, however, to scout around for the best available material. The Finance Detachment is the defending champion and is a strong favorite to repeat. WHAT IS YOUR ORGANIZATION CO., ING TO DO ABOUT IT?
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

brings to mind Bill Terry at his best.
 The new uniforms have been re- ceived and, with the cry of "Play Ball" only two weeks away, men are needed to fit the suits. Come on out any evening at 1730 in the area at the rear of the Base gym. You will be judged strictly on your performance. It. Novello and Capt. Johnson are men who have had a lot of baseball experience and can tell whether or not you have any talent for the diamond game
 Arrangements have been com pleted for the construction of baseball diamond to be located to the rear of the Post Office. Stands will be erected for the convenience of spectators.
 With this in mind the Bradley Bombers will be able to convenient ly arrange for home and home games with some of the leading clubs in this vicinity.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

handlers and crooked arms" are necessary in order to go through with the ambitious schedule map ped out for the nine. At present, Denton Johnson, who was with the Pittsburgh Pirates before signing up with Uncle Sam, is the best of the current crop of the curving corps.
 Little Johnnie Gutkowski and Phil Caroselli are fighting for the second base job and Reese liar rington will undoubtedly hang his
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29
Bombers Open Season
 Against Meriden May 14th

The Bradley baseball team, hop ing to take up where the success ful basketball team left off, will open it's season at Meridian on May fourteenth when it tangles with the well-known Contalcos. The Con- talcos are fast, heavy, seni-pro team that boasts victories over some of the best teams in the state of Connecticut. >>.
 It. M. Novello and Capt. D. B. Johnson, who have been coaching the Bombers, are in urgent need of more talent. Pitchers, both right
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

Skladany, Minneapolis, short stop, and Merrill May, Phils, third base, Clyde Mccullough, Cubs, and Joe Glenn, Yankees will do the catch ing, with Schoolboy Rowe and Syl Johnson, Phils; Bill Brandt, Pitts burgh, and Virgil Trucks, Detroit, on the pitching slab. Cochrane has n't corralled a major league out field yet-but he probably will.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

tough fight to the bigger Quonset boy, Cicio, who weighed 158 lbs. 1856 lbs. won the decision over Big dalco, 152 ID. gob and Saulsgiver, 147 lbs., drew with Eccles, 14S lbs.
 In an exhibition bout, Leach, 136 lbs., trounced McEntee, 138 lbs.
 The next boxing show will be on Monday, May eighth, when the SeaBees of Camp Thomas will in- wade Bradley Field to trade lea ther with our mittmen.
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29
Bradley Boxers
 Draw With Quonset

Once again the Base gym re sembled Madison Square Garden in the latter's most halcyon days. The walls seemed to bulge outward as a result of the large attendance on hand for the boxing bouts between the men of this Base and the Quon- set Naval Station.
 In the five matches, the airmen were able to capture two and lose two to the visitors. Art Saulsgiv- CT fought sizzling three-round draw with Eccles in the fifth bout.
 Hanes, 168 lbs. of Quonset de- feated Matthias, ITO lbs. Dietrick, 1856 lbs. won the decision oevr Big gerstaff, 155 lbs, of Quonset. Claude Grace, IA lbs, lost a real
Bradley beam., 1944-04-29

Following this award, Colonel Johnson then presented It. Clinton L. Hooten the trophy that the Fi- nance Detachment earned as a re- suit of it's recent triumph in the Bradley Bowling League.
 The ceremonies took place at last Monday nights boxing bouts with the >Quonset Naval Station at the Base gym.