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Forced French Labor

The rope is all but about the throat of
Vchy. Yet Vichy is still sending French labo,
-ato Germany.
Berne dispatch says Marcel Deaf, Vichy's
minister of labor, is whipping up more work.
ers for Hitler's war industries and that the
number has recently increased Even employ.
ers are not exempt from conscription
French-German commissions and the Vichy
militia are rounding up hundreds who previ-
ously had escaped the labor draft Every
trade is being invaded. AS these same French
German commissions have power to decide
who may be spared it is a foregone con-
clusion that few OF those tapped on the Shout
der will escape.
1t is Beats boast that he is making good.
Thus the crime Of Vchy is given fresh con-
firmation. What will Deaf think, and Laval
and Petain and the other Vchy collabora-
tionists when the rope tightens-as it will?
They are in a bad spot They dare not
turn on Hitler now, but must keep on in his
service selling their countrymen down the
river as the price of their temporary safety
from the gestapo Surely they know that
when France is liberated, and probably be-
fore, they must pay the heaviest OF all prices
at the hands of Frenchmen, for their treason
The French underground, which has already
given Vichy taste of the bitter fruit of
treachery, is not ignorant Of what is going
on, nor will it refrain from reprisals when
the day comes upon which it may strike in
the open.
In the meantime, is Hitler so besotted that
ne imagnes forced labor Of Frenchmen can
be depended upon? He may be, but the great
er likelihood is that the men now sent to the
Reich will practice secret sabotage on all
products they are forced to turn out
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Hitler has been losing on four fronts-in
Russia, in Italy, in Normandy and in the
air.
Now he faces war on another front-in the
German Army. And this is the worst of all.
Hitler blames the attempt to assassinate
him upon a group in the German Army "a
small clique of stupid officers''-and in an
angry broadcast inferred there is a widening
split in the military command with the dis
senting faction preparing for surrender "as
in 1918" He appointed Heinrich Himmler COM
mander-in-chief on the home front with au-
thority to exterminate all opposition.
Whatever happened in previous blood purges
under the Nazi rule, we may believe, will
seem like Sunday school picnic in compari-
son with what Fimmler will now do ruth
1essly' to wipe out every person, civilian or
within the military organization, who has dar-
ed raise voice against the Fuehrer or his
conduct of the war, unless, forsooth, Himmler
and other German butchers are removed by
the same means which failed with Hitler.
The bomb intended for Hitler left him still
It exposed the fact that Nazidom is tottering
which has long been rumored but not pre-
viously confirmed. It is like the rumbling that
precedes the earthquake-an unmistakable
portent of destruction to come. It is like the
pebble that falls in advance of the landslide
the wisp Of flame before the conflagration,
the first plume of smoke from the volcano
When the German Army cracked in 1918
surrender followed quickly History has the
habit of repeating. The end, we think, is near.
Nearer, because of the foolish order issued
by Hitler to Himmler to slaughter Germans
This fifth front is more deadly than any
Of the other four. No man can be successful
in a war against his own army
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The Guam Invasion

With heavy naval support and widespread
ing air umbrella, American marines and in
fantry yesterday invaded Guam After twelve
days OF batterng by plane and warship the
invasion was not unexpected. With the les
sons in other landings on Japan's island out
posts well learned, and with marines and in
fantry jointly engaged, it is reasonable to
think that Guam's reconquest may be more
quickly effected and with lesser losses than
previous similar operations.
Guam represents a valuable Allied prize.
1t is the largest island between the Philip.
pines, Japan and Hawaii. It's hills and NOUN.
tains offer human shelter and concealment
for military installations, It's considerable level
areas space for landing fields. It has the
miles.
To the lasting credit Of President Roosevelt
the Chief Executive, foreseeing war In the
Orient, exerted his best influence to have
Guam fully armed before war came but wa 6
blocked by shortsighted officials afraid Of their
shadow. But that is water over the DAM The
reconquest OF Guam is under way. II Jana.
nese military installations in its mountains
have been neutralized by preliminary bombing
and Smelling, the end of enemy occupation
should not be long In coming.
A bulletin from the National Geographic So
ciety shows how valuable Guam will be. I'll
you draw a circle 1000 miles from Guam, "
says the bulletin, lit will enclose an area
that includes Tokyo, practically all of the
Philippines, half of the Marshalls, all of thu
Carolnes, most Of New Guinea and some O.
the Netherlands Indies. Moreover, as tn,
southernmost of the Marianas group, Guam
is in the position Of bottom rung Of ladde
of japanese islands leading northward to j;
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We're Lucky

When things don't go to suit us, and par
ticularly when neighborhood dog wakes us
at night and we get to thinking how much
better the world would be if it only would
mend it's ways according to our pattern we'd
get over our grurnps easier and earlier if
we considered what is going on someplace
else. For instance, Germany.
Just now that country is on the verge of
internal rebellion 1t is in for its greatest
quickly enough to stop Hitler and Himmler.
What they have started is very liable to be
infinitely worse than could happen after the
Nazis surrender. That's what comes of selling
out to the devil.
Then, there is Russia which has made ire
mendous sacrifices in resources and human
life to its existence. Think of the tens
of thousands ruthlessly slain in Poland the
Balkan states, the Low Countries, France.
Greece, Italy and the British Isles; the star
walton and disease the broken households
the wounded souls, the shattered lives, the
despair and anguish along the bloody trail
of the Austrian mailman who set out to rule
the world.
We don't like what goes on at home and
groWl lot especially when the garbage col
lectors don't put our swill cans where we
want them after emptying, but we at least
may 60 about our affairs without hindrance,
keeping store, practicing trade or profession,
attending church or the movies, watching ball
games, nominating candidates. belaboring gov.
eminent, damning the OPA (Which Of It n
enough deserves it,, buying bonds, albeit in
sufficiently, spending earnings recklessly, with
no one to say us nay.
Ii we only knew it, we're pretty lucky to
be living in the United States just now, even
in the political and economic turmoil that war
and dynastc government unitedly have Gre
ted
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Bad Guessing

Now that it is known that President Roose-
welt Travelled no further than Pacific coast
naval base it is interesting to reflect on some
OF the runlors that flew about for some days
prior to his acceptance broadcast on Thurs
day night
One Of the most persistent which started
long before news agencies newspapers a n d
radio stations were confidentially advised that
he was to leave the National Capitol at the
time OF the national Democratic convention,
was that he would deliver his acceptance
speech from London or Normandy
The source probably, was the President s
own declaration some time, ago that he and
Premier Winston Churchill would be meeting
again, maybe in the late summer or if not
then In the fall or next winter or spring
This could not have been put more vaguely
There was nothing to link it with the conven.
ton or the foregone conclusion that he woulo
again be nominated. But it was more thar
brooted about that he would be absent from
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pan proper The nearest is Rota, 40 miles
northeast. Saipan already taken, is IS miles
farther along"
When the japanese captured Guam, five
days after Pearl Harbor, they found an island
largely Americanized during the 40 years of
U. S. ownership. Good roads had been built
into the interior. Water supply and sewage
systems had been developed Ice making
plants and electric power stations had been
constructed The one thing needed-military
protection-alone had been neglected. The Jap
anese have had the use Of American improve
ments undisturbed until the attack started
little less than two weeks ago. Hopefully they
have not all been destroyed. Our landing
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The Literary Guidepost

right to inquire from the cadet
who issued the invitation. (Mac-
milan; $3.50.
Children continue to eat, it ap-
pears, in war time. "All About
Feeding Children is a manual de-
scribing exactly what children eat
from the cradle on. 1t is written
by DR.. Milton ]. E. Sem n d
Phyllis Kraft NeWill, and with SIM
plicity. The authors discuss food
values, the ubiquitous vitamin, the
psychological difficulties of intro
ducing new foods, the best ways
to adapt feeding periods to house
hold houtine, school lunches we'll.
just about everything connected
with the matter. There is even a
glossary of the terms used by doc
tors and others which probably
would be helpful to a bewildered
young mother. Doubleday, Do
ran; $3.50.
And Edgar McInnis is continu-
ing his year by year history of
the war. THE War: Fourth
Year." includes the events from
October, 1912, to September, 1943,
in the same brief but rather re-
markedly clear fashion used in the
earlier books. Historical perspec-
tive is of course lacking, but the
skeleton of history is there. OK
ford; $3.50.
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By JOHN SELBY
A summer miscellany


Disquieting rumors out of China
will be laid, mostly, if the reader
accepts as definitive H. H. Chang's
Chang Kai-shek: Asia's Man of
Destiny" But it seems to me that
the title is also a little disquieting.
after our experience with Europe's
two men of destiny. Mr.. CHANG
has assembled all the pertinent
facts of the Generalissimo's ca
reer, l am sure, and then has ar.
ranged them in such way AS to
make pleasant reading. Il am sure,
however, that Russian authority
would not quite agree with certain
sections dealing with them a n d
with the Communist party. Dou.
bleday, Doran; $3.50.
Many of us know curiously little
of the history of West Point. or
of the routine there. E. D. J.
Waugh's West Point is brief
very simply written, account of the
founding and progress of the acad.
envy, of its service to the United
States and of the way it operates
in peace as well as war. The book
even goes into the matter of what
girls invited to West Point func-
lions ought to wear; and that if
girl isn't certain, it's quite all
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IN NORMANDY (by wireless)
Capt. John jackson is an u.lusua
fe How with an unusual job. 1t has
fallen to his lot to be the guy who
goes in and brings out German
generals who think maybe they
would like to surrender.
This happens because he speaks
German, and because he is on the
Staff of the Ninth division, which
captured the German general.
commanding the Cherbourg area
Captain Jackson goes by the
nickname of 'Brinck." He is a
bachelor, 80 years old. 1t is quite
coincidence that he was born i,
the town of Dina1d, about 80 miles
from Cherbourg. But he is straight
american, for generations back
His folks just happened to be trav.
cling over here at the time he
shoWed up.
Captain Jackson's mother lives
in New Canaan, Conn, but he likes
to think of New Mexico as home.
Tor several years he has been a
rancher out there, and he loves it.
His place is near Wagon Mound
and Klimes Corners, about 40 miles
east of Santa Fe. The war has
Played hob with his business. Both
he and his partner are overseas,
and there's nobody left to look
after the business. They lost money
last year for the first time.
Captain Jackson is short, dark
ran with thin face. He wears a
long trench coat with pack harness,
and his helmet comes down over
his ears, giving him the appear
ance of Russian soldier rather
than an American.
He speaks perfect French, but
he says his German is only $3.50.
He says it is actually better in his
lob not to speak fiaWless German,
FOR then the German officers would
think he was German turned
American and would be so con.
lemptuous they wouldn't talk to
him.
Another remarkable character is
PFC. Ivan Sanders
Sanders is the Mister Fixit" OF
the Ninth division. His actual Job
is that of electrician, but his native
knack for fixing things has led
him into a sort of haloed status
that keeps him working like a dog
"a hours a day, doing things for
other people.
No matter what gets of fly
Sanders can fly it. Without pre-.
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The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War ~, oH

A new barrage of ruror, y
speculation as to the scone a's :. an:
internal crisis in Germarv' VI .' "a
brought Hitler close 10 dasA "''i
German hands swept Euron aI a
Nazi disclosure of the atts ~ ','el
il lacked substance bv wbt @, 0l
measure its full significanre' "
No doubt remained. howeyar o
Hitler and his highest PLACED M :Is
associates deemed it orsc1 Va. Nsl
to their grip on Germanv , Es.l
and its armies. Every fresh Nm T
broadcast picked up told Of 5 H'l
tic measures to curb intern.lT ''S
rest. Himmler blood-purge Of c IN
many's home front and armed q ~
ces outrivaling the ghaStIy rec WI,
the Nazi lord high executiora r' W.
made in Nazi conquered coSr,., ,'S
was more than limited at ' '''
The effect of the anti.H;ter .
break within top German ,. WI,
circles upon the battle trend
Italy and Normandy is not vet A.: Al
cernible. If there has been Dizzy S's'
lection in German army rank, -
either zone it has not been AF.3
reported. And in both the ATs1
grinding advance continues =,
span the lower Arno in ItaIy wv y
threaten Pisa and Florence ~
deepen and widen to Orna nlain,
the wedge below Caen in Norman5r
despite torrential rains.
Eastward in Poland, there No.,
further evidence of Nazi conh r'
sion under ever expanding Rw.
sian attack. 1t was there, agajra
the Russians, that Hitler hlmset
contributed German defeats to "a,
botage' by high-ranking but Nazi
disaffected German officers II /,
there that a carload of German
generals alone have been Russian
captured within the last three
weeks.
Tina. situation, now high-lgh,ed
by the attempt on Hitlers life, NAV
help explain the staggering sped
of the Russian advance.
There seems no German ESCAPE
from retreat to the Wisla Wis.
tula) and from all the Baltic states
even discounting mutiny reports.
The news of the attack on Hitter
and its bloody sequel must raise
Russian and Allied battle morale
to a new high pitch.
Meanwhile, far across the Pa
cific, the net was Tightening On
Japan. American Marines and
troops we're back on Guam bact
ed by the greatest armada of war
craft of the sea and air ever as
sembled anywhere. The first sey
toward retrieving the island los
to Japan early in the war had beer
taken, the landing beaches hac
been crossed against meagre re
sistance in the wake ola sea ant
air 17-day bombardment.
The fact that the Stars AM
Stripes fly again over some par
of Guam is of very special impor
to this writer. Forty-six years ag
last month he watched it rise owe
the old fort in Apra harbor to re
place the red-andyellow royal EN-
blem of Spain. AS boy bugler il
a regiment of California volunteer
in that war he stood on the dec
of an army transport to help SCUM
the call to the colors in salute t
the flag.
That it will soon fly again owe
all Guam and over lost Wake an
zap and over the Philippines
certain. Tokyo now knows 1t, N
cabinet shift that can be devise
can prevent or long delay It,
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Daily Prayer
FOR TRANQUIL HEARTS

We seek the light Of Thy ia'.'
o Lord, FIR Thy favor is pes'"
Enable US to await in tranQV."..'
and with unflagging devotion OIL a.
tivity, the fulfillnent OF Thy ?'.
poses in this war; until Hlsi' -
crowned by Victory; ard or p,
return to us again, bringing '.5
joy ct hopes fulfilled for US a,,a
for all of waiting, woe SIN Nv, Va
mankind. Deliver US from iEe' e.. ~.
fear, in the deep coasc!ous,--cs.,,,
that Thou has not abdicatea -,
throne, but that Thou art pI
ent Lord. still overruling all eEe'.,'
We would have calm c5tI'oe'', ,n
too, in our Government, TO "Dg .a
Thou hast given AUTHORITY o1[ 5
us from the blight of crlta!-ll.'D
edness. In loyalty and palep[..
Ike that of our fighting men w,
would carry on stout heaf.S leu.
and in reverent trust N I'''
Amen.W.T.E
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rs Years Ago
Today
tFROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
July q, 1919

JULY %, 1919
J. Kyle Bannerman has gone u
Charlotte where he will visit WI"
friends for several days.
The many friends of E, Re1
Toms, pharmacist at Hall DSoS
store, will be interested IN the an
nouncement of h S marriage "
Miss Nell B. johnson OF oallSpuIJ
on July II. After short oIIud'
trip they will return to Wllmln9'0"'
One of the most delightful mouse
parties ever given in North O'Iy
lima has just ended at Blo"lnS
Rock. The party was gwen q,
''Chetola," estate of E. {. HON VI
Burlington. Among those tr-H ,l,'
city who attended were Misses Az,
laide Worth. Lucv Murch'To- d
Mary Giles Bellany, A. F. PeI'"
R. M. Howell and George H''U
wick.
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the White House while the convention was in
session than the wise ones in Washington
particularly in the opposition, jumped to the
conclusion that he would take advantage of
the opportunity for a dramatic splurge by
crossing the Atlantic at that time.
1t was bad guessing any way it is viewed.
It shows how little is it possible to outguess
Roosevelt
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tured l happened to be at the
N NTH division command pest to
which he was first brought.
Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy, di-
vision commander, had long i'll
terview with him in his trailer.
When he was about finished and
ready to send the captured general
ca to higher headquarters, General
Eddy sent word that the photo
graphers could come and take pic
tur es.
So they stood in group in an
orchard while the photographers
snapped away. Won Schlieben was
obviously sourpuss about bein.. cap
| tu1ed, and even more sourpuss at
having his picture taken. He made
no effort to look other than sui
lenly displeased
General Eddy was trying to be
decent about it. He had an inter
prefer tell the prisoner that this
was the price of being a general.
Ven Schlieben just snorted. And
then General Eddy said to the in
tel preter:
Tell the general that our coun-
t,y is a democracy and therefore
l don't have authority to forbid
these photographers to take pic
tires"
Won SchLeben snorted again.
And we chuckled behind our boards
at one of the slickest examples of
working democracy we had ever
seen. And General Eddy had the
appearance of the traditional cat
that swallowed something wonder
full.
Normandy is had of rabbits.
You see them in the fields and
around the farmyards. Most OF
them are semi-tame. Apparently
tie people eat a great Geal of
rabbit.
When we first moved in and be-
gan capturing permanent German
hiyo uac areas we found that near
" every little group of German
sod rs had its own rabbit warren.
They raised them for food.
One day my friend Pvt. William
Bates Wescott of Culver City, Cal,
found a mother rabbit that had
been killed in the Smelling, and
nearby, in nest under a hedge,
he found six baby rabbits, only
few days old.
Westcott took them to his pup
teat, got ration box to put then,
in, and spent the afternoon feed
'ng them condensed cream through
ali eye-dropper. They went for it
like little babies. Neyt morning
five of them were dead.
The soldiers said the conclusion
of bombs falling nearby during the
night had killed them. l said un-
diluted condensed milk had killed
them. At any rate the sixth one
thTived and became cute and gay.
He followed Wescott around
CIV erywhere, and if the distance got
toe far he would go hopping back
to the pup tent and sauggle up IN
Wescott's blankets. He was quite
a little rabbit. Everybody was
crazy about him. Then after about
4 week we found him dead out on
The grass one morning.
Which is a lousy way to end the
story, but that's all there was to if
The town of Montebourg on the
Cnerbourg peninsula is one of the
worst wrecked CT the towns that
were fought over and shelled nv
beth sides.
we stopped at Montebourg one
day after it was all over. On one
side OF the city square there was
large collection of rustinp farm
implements - all kinds of blows
planters, mowers and things.
On one wrecked moving ma
came was the familiar name INC.
Cormick. And near the machine
was stretched o1v in pathetic death
big white rabbit.
One night 1 crawled down into
an ack-ack battery command post.
Continued on Page Six; Col ~
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Fair Enough

Editors Note.-Ths Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr.. Psger
and often disagree with them much many of
his readers. His articles the good purpose of
making people think.
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With Ernie Pyle

vious experience he now repairs
fountain pens, radios, electric ra-
zors, typsWriters, broken knives,
stoves and watches. He has be-
come al istitution. Everybody from
he commanding general on down
depends on him and yells for him
whenever anything goes wrong.
There is just one thing about
Sanders. Nobody can get him to
clean up. He is sight to behold.
Even the commanding general just
threw up his hands about a year
ago and gave up When distinguish
Cd visitors come, they try to hide
Sanders.
But the funny part about San
ders' deplorable condition is that
he is eager to be clean. They just
ever give him time to wash. They
lcep him too busy fixing things.
In civil life Sanders was an auto
mechanic. He comes from Vinton,
Ia After the war he guesses he
will set up another auto repair
shop. He figures there will be
enough veterans wit hears to keep
him busy.
Another unusual thing about San
ders is that he doesn't have to be
over here at all He is 40, and he
mas had three chances to 60 home.
Ard do you know why he turned
them down? "It's because he's so
Conscientious he figures they could
not get anybody else to do his
work properly!
Small-World stuff:
One evening i dropped past al
ack-ack battery 1 know, and Red
Gross man who served in this bri-
gade came over and introduced
himself.
He did look vaguely familiar, but
couldn't have told you who he
was. And no wonder-it had been
2, years since I'd seen him.
His name was Byron Wallace.
He was a freshman at Indiana
university when l was a senior.
He belonged to the Delta Epsilon
fraternity, and lived just across
the alley from us. His home then
was at Washington, Ind.
Ever since college he has been
in recreational and physical-edu-
cation work--in New York's Bow.
cry. in Les Angeles, il Pittsburgh.
And now in Normandy. He came
ashore on D-pius-one. He thinks
he's going to like it here all right.
When the now famous Gen. Carl
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EVERGREEN MAN M1sSiNu

u I1O0ICII4N INI1f-N ~. -.
WASHINGTON, July 2l--.Y-- ~, ~.
Navy announced today a casudl. IT,.
list which included William Hooe'
Burns. carpenters mate. Sec ,.
class, USNR.. missing, nome
Mrs. Fannie James Burhs' h'''
green.
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TOP O. THE MORNINGS

Who is to blame if the modern boy or
girl fails to achieve vital spiritual life?
From "Faith'
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When the now famous Gen. Carl