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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
When Soldiers Come Home

Richard L. Stout, who has long been among
the soundest political writer's of the country
and who recently returned from England and
France has written an Intimate Message
from Washington for the Christian Science
Monitor in which he gives expression tc some
Of the impressions he gathered in talks with
American soldiers abroad. 1t is to be remem-
bered that his viewpoint is different to that
of the regular war correspondents. 1t is that
of a political correspondent and naturally his
observations and conclusions are in keeping
with his training.
He says he found himself constantly asking
questions and thinking about things the war
correspondents weren't bothering about. Most
of these things he writes, 'had to do with
what the men in the Army are thinking and
how they may react after they come home
the virile, male element of the American ma
ton the young men whose absence makes
any domestic gathering seem queer now
We quote certain of his conclusions which
deserve careful study. We cannot say that
lie ~ CoIIeCI VI uldt Ills impressions are TlSnt
But what he says is not to be passed over
lightly or shrugged aside, if this country is
to know how to deal intelligently with the mil
lions of boys who left these shores for war
service and soon will be coming home as
men, He writes:
In many, many chats 1 found soldiers
feeling strong sense of abuse ard irri-
tation over civilians in America. They are
mad with the folks back home They
are sore about the strikers in particular,
but they also scott at the alleged hardships
of everyday life compared to their own.
In lot of cases this attitude takes the
form of wanting to ''get even.'' The feel
ing isn't formulated very exactly, but if
it were put into words it might be-"Wait
till we get back; then it will be our turn
This attitude is apt to express itself as it
has after other wars in strong political
bloc of veterans, like the c. a R. or the
American Legion. Because I write poll
tics In Washington, I shouldn't be sur
prlsed If the returning veterans become
the greatest organized political force in the
country. They will perhaps pretty well take
over the country politically for a good
many years.
Particularly would we direct attention to Mr..
Stout's manner of fixing responsibility for
what may develop with rehabilitation. Saws
he: Il believe that just to the degree that
we have failed to give the soldiers an al
truistic goal for their sacrifices, we may ex-
pect one-sided reaction when they come
home"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Production Lag

Lays In production of vital war materials
are worrying military leaders Most of the
blame has been put on workers, who are ac-
cused of complacency and a desire to get
back into peacetime jobs while the getting is
good But statement which appeared in the
White River Valley Wt) Herald the other day
suggests that there may be other reasons.
The statement is in the form of an ad in
serted by the Fyles Rice Co.. plywood pro-
ducers of Bristol VT This, briefly is the story:
On July q the company was ordered to ap-
pear in U. S. District Court on charges of
violating, between May Is and June 5, ceiling
prices on logs. The prices were issued by
OPA on May Is. The company claims not to
have received a copy of the order until the
latter date, when it fastened to comply with
the rulings.
however. the OPA order prevented the COM
panys buying types of aircraft-grade logs
needed in its war production. After a month $
correspondence OPA in Washington author.
lied the company to pay higher prices for
this grade of logs. But this month the federal
court en1olned the company from buying logs
in Vermont above the original OPA ceiling
prices. Thus two orders countermanding each
other.
What to do? Well the company closed down
for week to try to find out what the score
was. To follow written OPA instructions would
be IN contempt of court To follow the court
order would be to stop work on over $3.50, 900
worth of government orders for aircraft.prade
plywood
The story ends, in the company's statement,
with the manufacturers about ready to cancel
the contracts and convert to lower-grade ply
wood for civilian uses They had promised
their employees work of some sort after seven
days.
The Fyles & Rice Co., has been turning out
material for Army, Navy and Marine aircraft
including BIG bombers, for PIT boats and
landing craft, for ship-to-shore eommunica-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
0NSL0W
TO OPEN SCHOOLS

Fender and OnsloW county
schools will open September IL
after observing the infantlle pa
ralysis restrictions recommended
by the State Board OF Education
in an effort to prevent the spread
of infantile paralysis, DR.. H. W.
Stevens of Jacksonville, district
health officer, announced yesterday
In Fender county, Wnere one
polio case was reported August ~
and caused the ban On pubic
gatherings of children to be eH-
tended, schools formerly wef'
slated to open August 81, The On
slow county ban was lifted August
10.
DR.. Stevens reported that PEN
der's only infantile paralysis VIC,
tim, Sarah Hunt, slX-year-oia
daughter of C. T. Hunt Of Curfle'
was doing fine at the eme''
gency polio hospital in Hickory,
where the child was immediately
transported after her case wa
diagnosed as poliomyelitis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Genius For Escape

With the tide of battle setting in strongly
against the Germans on all fronts the over
joyed peoples Of the Allied world are too
much inclined to discount the sticktoitiveness
and ingenuity of German military leadership.
To assume that it is all over now it to prepare
the war for possible disappointment
It is true that Allied striking power has
grown 80 mighty that German resistance. is
cracking and German defeat inevitable But
there is no reason to think that the victory
will come without further desperate fighting
and crafty maneuvering by the enemy
II proof Of this is needed it is only neces-
sary to trace the cunning OF. the Germans in
retreat, from the first days OF Russia's mag
nificent counter offensive straight down to yes
terday when Hitlers 10th Army, in southern
France. was hunting a loophole in the trap
American troops have laid for it in the Rhone
valley.
The Germans have genius for escape which
is little less than their genius for attack as
exhibited in the early days of Hitler's con-
quests. No fox ever lodged the hounds more
skilfully than German forces have found their
wav through or around traps laid for them.
Time and time again. when 1t seemed that no
mortal could escape, word has come that en-
ci-cled enemy forces have established new
lines beyond the immediate danger zone and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30

insisted on kissing you on b h
cheeks. Somehow I got started kiss
ing babies that were held up by
their parents, and for while it
looked like a baby kissing politi-
clan going down the street. The
fact that I hadn't shaved for days,
and was gray bearded as well
as baldheaded, made no difference
Once when we came to stop some
Frenchman told us there were still
snipers shooting, so we put ur
steel helmets back on.
The people certainly looked we'll
fed and well dressed. The streets
were lined with green trees and
modern buildings. All the stores
were closed in holiday. Bicycles
were so thick I have an idea there
have been plenty accidents today,
with tanks and jeeps overrunning
the populace.
We entered Paris via Rue Aris-
tide BRAND and Rue d. Orleans.
We were slightly apprehensive, but
decided it was all right to keep
going as long as there were crowds.
But finally we were stymied by the
people in the streets, and then
above the din we heard some not
to-distant explosions-the Germans
trying to destroy bridges across the
Seine. And then the rafting of ma
chine guns up the street, and that
old battlefield whine of high velo-
city shells just overhead. Some of
us veterans ducked, but the Pari-
SLAMS just laughed and continued
to carry on.
There came running over to our
jeep tall, thin, happy woman in
a light brown dress, who spoke per-
feet American.
She was Mrs. Helen Carbon, who
lived in Paris for 81 years and
has not been home to America
since 1895. Her husband is an Off
Ger in French Army headquarters
and home now after two and a
half years as German prisoner.
He was with her, in civilian clothes.
Mrs. Carbon has a sister, Mrs.
George Swikart of POI W. 72nd ST.,
New York, and I can say here to
her relatives in America that she
is well and happy. incidentally, her
two children, Edgar and Peter, are
the n y two American children,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30

tons and radar. It is the only New England
firm engaged in this type OF manufacture.
If this is an isolated case it is at best re-
grettable But if this is an example OF similar
confusion in other places and other industries,
then it is time for rapid rectification If OPA
can't do it, then what used to be called the
Truman Committee should take a look.
It is time that the government found out
whether in its earnest effort to step up pro-
duction of the tools of final victory, it has been
barking up more than one tree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
she says, who have been in Paris
throughout the entire war.

We entered Paris from due south
and the Germans were still bait
ling in the heart of the city along
the Seine when we arrived, but
they vera doomed. There was
full French armored division in the
city, plus American troops enter
ing constantly.
The farthest we got in our first
hour in Paris was near the Senate
building, where m Germans
were holed up and firing desper-
ately So we took a hotel room
nearby and decided to write while
the others fought. BY the time you
read this I'm sure Paris will once
again be free for Frenchmen, and
I'll be out all over town getting
my bald head kissed. OF all the
days of national joy I've ever wit
messed this is the biggest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War An.,

Caught W i t h i n the exnand;..
Jaws OF a vast new Allied visa
broken and disorganized Nazi ~
mics between the Seine and tb.
Belgian border in France ~.
threatened by the same fate tb..
befell thousands of their comrades
in Normandy. They are menacsS
on the flank, front and rear bu
converging American, British anJ
Canadian forces that already havs
blasted German hopes of standins
again behind the Marine, the Aisna
or even the Some.
From Rouen to Paris the looninc
Seine has proved seive. Il was
punctured deeply and widely bv
the Allies even before Paris fell
There are indications in the unit.
ing of British and American Seine
bridgeheads on 30 mile froot
between Nantes and Vernon that
a left flank power rives is i'm.
pending, aimed at Gisors and Beau.
vais to match British Canadian
assaults on Rouen farther down tb.
river.
Above Paris speedy American
Third army columns have dupli-
Gated their Brittany break-through
to fan out north, northeast and
east in mushrooming attack that
holds triple threat for the enemy
Pivoting on captured Paris. Pat.
tons racing armor has stormed
across the Marne and even the
Aisne at pace that reveals criti-
cal weakness on that flank.
In the huge Allied development
drive upon the Nazi robot bomb
launching bases in the Pas de Ca.
lais area, another American spear.
head was forming at LIE Borget,
the great French airfield on the
northeastern outskirts of Paris.
The foe was being forced to fight
on a dozen fronts simultaneously
while Allied planes poured cease
less fire on his columns and com.
munications.
The German plight north and
northeast of Paris was growing
more desperate by the hour; but
that was not all the woe the day
brought for him. On the eastern
and southeastern face of the vast
American bulge beyond the upper
Seine the threat of direct invaSions
of Germany itself was increasingly
apparent. Nazi broadcasts said
Chalons on the road to Verdun,
Metz and the Saare valley h "a d
been reached by Americans. South
of that another American spear
head pushed due east from Troyes
and moving along the road to Rcul
and Nancy. And still farther south,
American Seventh army advance
elements from the ever deepening
and widening Rivera invasion area
were posed somewhere on the
headwatets of the Rhone in posi-
ton to sweep around against the
Belfort gap entry to the Rhine VAL
ley.
The deployment Of German de-
tense forces is almost beyond mill
tary comprehension unless it has
been based upon Nazi high COM
mand orders to guard the robot
bomb launching installations even
at the sacrifice of every other con-
sideration. It was that which OBJ
viously dictated the hopeless stand
west of the Seine.
Elementary military logic would
have dictated German retreat be-
hind the Seine north of Paris weeks
ago to meet the threat of he
American break through into
Brittany and the Loire valley.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
With Ernie Pyle

PARIS - (By Wireless; delayed
Il had thought that for me there
could never again be any elation
in war. But had reckoned without
the liberation of Paris-I had reck-
oned without remembering that I
might be a part of this richly his
tortc day.
We are in Paris - on the first
day-one of the great days of all
time. This is being written, as 9TH
er correspondents are writing their
pieces, under an emotional tension,
pent up semi delirium.
Our approach to Paris was hec-
tic. We had waited for three days
in nearby town while hourly our
reports on what was going on in
Paris changed and contradicted
themselves. Of a morning it would
look as though we were about to
break through the German ring
around Paris and come to the aid
of the brave French Forces of the
Interior who were holding parts of
the C ty. By afternoon it would
seem the enemy had reinforced I'M
til another Stalingrad was develop
ing. We could not bear to think
of the destruction of Paris, and
yet at times it seemed desperately
inevitable.
That was the situation this NOR
ming when we left Rambouillet and
decided to feel our way tinidly to-
ward the very outskirts of Paris.
And then, when we were within
about eight miles, rumors began to
circulate that the French Second
Armored Division was in the city.
We argued for half an hour at a
crossroads with a French captain
who was holding us up, and finally
he freed us and waved US on.
For IS minutes we drove through
flat gardenlike country under
magnificent bright sun and amidst
greenery, with distant banks Of
smoke pillaring the horizon ahead
and to our left And then we came
gradually into the suburbs, and
soon into Paris itself and a pan
demonium Of surely the greatest
mass joy that has ever happened.
The streets were lined as bv
Fourth of July parade crowds at
home, only this crowd was almost
hysterical. The streets of Paris are
very wide, and they were packed
on each side. The women were all
brightly dressed in white or red
blouses and colorful peasant skirts.
with flowers in their hair and big
flashy earrings. Everybody was
throwing flowers, and even serpen-
tine.
AS our jeep eased through the
crowds, thousands of people crowd
ed up, leaving only narrow cor
ridor, and frantic men, women and
children grabbed us and kissed us
and shook our hands and beat on
our shoulders and slapped our
backs and shouted their iov as wa
passed.
I was in jeep with Henry Cor
rell of the United Press, Capt. Carl
Pergler of Washington, D. C.. and
Corp. Alexander Belon of Amherst
Mass. We all got kissed until we
were literally red in face, and I
must say we enjoyed it.
Once when the jeep was simp]v
swamped in human traffic and had
to stop, we were swarmed over
and Rugged and kissed and torn
at. Everybody, even beautiful girls
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
IS Years AGO
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS}
AUGUST 80, 1919

The firm of Gerken and Leray,
ZIG Market street, has just install
ed an electric air pump and tubing
has been run to the curb of the
street for the convenience of BIZ
cycle riders. All riders are invited
to stop and try this pump. You
do not have to exert yourself in
this hot weather; simply lift your
bicycle onto the valve and the air
pump does the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w. Davis
left last night for Boston, to attend
the American Bar association con-
vention, in session there this week.
Delegates from the Cape Fear
chapter, U. D. c., elected to the
state convention to be held in High
Point in October are: Mrs. F. l..
Higgins, Mrs. W. L. Berry, Mrs.
A. M. Hall, Mrs. James Woolvin.
Mrs. Sol Sternberger and Mrs. P.
Q. Moore, Alternates are: Miss
Louise Berry, Mrs. ]. D. Smith,
Mrs. Cuthbert Martin, Mrs. ]. B.
Cranmer, Miss Lena Avant and
Miss Nora Morrison.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30

strikes In war plants since Pearl
Harbor is well known at home, but
the troops can't know that And
even we, at home, can't know the
whole truth, because the Roosevelt
Labor department keeps the statis.
tlcs ana being an accomplice, ma
turaly will not squeal and irnpli-
cate itself, ~ -4
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
The Road To Berlin
By The Associated Press

BY The Associated PreSS
\ 1. Russian front-322 miles from eastern
suburbs Of Warsaw.
g. Northern France-495 miles from Troyes
and near Chateau-Thierry
g. Southern France-545 miles from Perly).
L. Italian front-6O0 miles Grom northern out
skirts of Florence).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Daily Prayer
FOR COMPLETE VICTORY

FOR COMPLETE NIoAo"
Lord God of Hosts, Thou Ha,;
given many victories to the unl D;d
Nations, and, mindful of Thine e. sia a
we return hearty thanks to Ine '.
But Thou hast chastened our 'DiN
ing by the sacrifice of many "
our warriors; and many hearts W. W.
dwell permanently with gfiel Nv w
cause of dear ones who VII! NV
return from the battlefieldS' NV ~.
are our hostages to heaven ' ..
sacrificial seal of our deVo'loh
the great Cause. Now we plea ~
with Thee, o God OF BaltleS, y.
hasten the end of this war, 'i,a .
our sons may return soon 10 ~ ~
and that real peace may COME ~.
a distraught world. Grant Us .
boon of victory that Will SHeH .;ot
all the guns of strife, ana qu ,a,
the hearts of the warning peop!.s
And by the price that has pee.
paid, may we all be lifted 10 n
higher level of life, in 1eliow'-"f
with Thy will. Amen.-WT'E'
~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-Ths Star and the News accept NO
responsibility for the personal views of Mr. PerIer
and often disagree with them . much u many Of
his readers. His articles good purpose Of
making people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Do the kindest deed you can today
Smile your sweetest smile, and trust,
and pray;
You may be a Messenger of Light
Leading some Sad heart from out OF the
night.
Author Unknown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30

The U. S. Navy has 5000 n0la
ries on ship and shore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Our Chief Aim

20 aid in every way the prosecution Of
the war to complete Victory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-27

OUR good neighbor, the Detroit
" Polish Daily News, celebrates
this month it's 10th birthday.
The years of that newspaper have
been vigorous and productive 49,
Founded in March of 1904 by
little group of patriotic and forward
looking Polish Americans, it was
dedicated to the dual task of instruct
ing Detroit's fast growing colony of
first generation Poles in the habits
and conventions of their adopted
nation, and at the same time keeping
alive in them a sentimental regard
for the old country and an interest
in its progress
1t has adhered scrupulously to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-27

- 49, - AA' ~ a. NtAAAA NV HUI
II cate concluSiyely, Of course.
that the South as whole would
vote against President RoOse-
welt on the bureaucratic-com-
Hlunishe race issues. That is
most unlikely.
But his defeat assuredly
would be a signal. 1t would
mean thai If the South Was- -
strongly anti-New Deal the
President could not hope 10
carry other once Democratic
states where party prejudice IS
not so deeply ingraincd as II is
below the Ohio and Potomac
In Dixie Democracy with
capital ID is not merely
political faith. It's religion
In his campaign for tho
Alabama Senate seat that
becomes vacant in January Mir.
Simpson goes even farther than
many Republicans do IN attack
ing the New Deal.
Federal bureaus" he said in
speech at Mobile the other
day "snoop, spy and plague the
American people with an stti-
tude that the people are not Ia
be trusted or placed on their
honor. All this il done nv an
overburdening monster called
government which Is I'm reality
far from democracy"
ONLY one Of the three power
" iul newspaper groups in
Alabama is supporting Simpson.
This group is composed of the
Mobile Press and the Mobile
Register.
The other two groups. the
Advertiser and Journal in Mont
gomery and the Age Herald and
News in Birmingham. are sup
porting Senator Hin.
The fight which Senator Nc
Kollar Of Tennessee has been
waglng on IVA in Washington
mas perhaps helped Senator Hi
who. with Senator Bankhcad of
Alabama, has been vigorously
opposing Mcclellan.
The Tennessee Valley Author
ity IS strong in northern Ala.
bama. 10 which section Of tho
state u has been beneficial. II
doesn't mean so rguch m the
southern part Of the state.
Then, too. Senator Hill has
gotten good many prizes for
Alabama from the Federal gov
eminent It's the way the New
Deal looks after its friends.
Nevertheless Senator Hill Is
in no little danger Of defeat on
an issue in Alabama that has
been splitting the Roosevelt
coalition wide open all over the
country. His defeat would be
another sign that a New Deal
debacle may be looked for IN
November.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-27
Our Prisoners i'm Japan

Thousands more have probably
died since the American people were
officially informed of the situation.
The grim fact is that ALL will die
if an exchange is not effected.
There is no gainsaying the great
difficulties in the way of an ex
change.
The japanese government is as
Indifferent to our appeals for ex
change as it is to the plight of the
victims of It's brutality
Consequently, it is impossible to
negotiate directly with Japan, and it
would be futile if it were possible,
But there are other channels of
negotiation that are not impossible
and should not be futile
1T HAS been suggested that an
American commission, charged
with the duty of effecting prisoner
exchange with the japanese and
headed by an American familiar with
the Japanese-such a man as former
Ambassador Joseph Grew, for in
stance-be appointed,
1t has been further suggested that
this American commission enlist the
good offices of Soviet Russia to fur
Their it's purpose, since Russia is our
ally in the European war but is not
only neutral in the Pacific war but is
on very good terms with Japan.
If these effective things have
been, or other effective things at
tempted, the American people have
had no report.
If they have not been done,
THEY SHOULD BE DONE AND
DONE PROMPTLY.
Of course there are difficulties
and dlscouragements.
But let us not be made inactive by
difficulties and discouragements.
The ultimate and total cost of our
inaction would be the death by slow
torture of every American in the
hands of the japanese savages.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-27
RALPH ID. ERNEST.
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
WHILE reading the report in
w the paper concerning the
riot at the Ford Motor Co. l
am wondering how long our
government Will let this 60 on
in free country.
Why should these unpatrotic
men be allowed 10 hold Jobs IN
a defense plant when they do
absolutely nothing 10 aid the
war effort
The government should take
over the unions and run them
by law. and not let a gang OF
hoodlumS DESTROY implements of
war and keep others from their
work
Numerous union officials are
hiding behind the scenes and
VIII always say the strikes are
unauthorized and wild C a t
strikes.
Some Of them have received