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tended the Pilot School at Moody Field, Georgia, where he graduated with a commission as End Lieu tenant October 1, 1943. He served at Kirkland Field, Albuquerque. New Mexico, and at Murdoc, Cal- ifornia before going to Italy.
 Technical Sergeant Stargu who made his home at 750 Blue Hills Ave. enlisted in the Air Forces soon after the declaration of war. He was first with a training unit at Miami Beach, Florida, then went to Gulfport, Mississippi, where he was made Sergeant, He later served at Army Air Bases in Clovis, New Mexico; Pueblo, Col prada and at Langley Field, Vir- ginia and embarked for the Med iteranean battle sector with a rat ing of Staff Sergeant. He has been promoted to Technical Ser geant since being abroad.
 Information regar d in g the awards to Sergeant Larensen, comes in a direct message from Lieutenant General Ira c. Baker, Commander in Chief of the Med iterranean Allied Air Forces. It states that the awards were made by order of Mapor General Nathan r. Twining, Commanding General of the 18th Army Air Forces for "Meritorious Achievement While Participating in Aerial Flight"
 Sergeant Larensen is the son of MT. and Mrs. John Larensen, 793 Blue Hills Avenue. His wife, Barbara J. Larensen, and child, reside at 134 Franklin Avenue. He has been credited with thirty com bat missions since being assigned to overseas service in the Medi- terranean theater of operations. He operates as ball turret gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress based ir Italy.
 Upon graduating from Bloom field High School, Larensen en- tered the A.A.F. in January 1942 and was awarded his gunner's wings in November 1942 at Tyn- dall Field, Texas.
 Word has just been received that John w. Crane, son of MT. and Mrs. Arthur R. Crane of Winton- bury Avenue, has been awarded the Good . Conduct Medal. Crane is located at Camp Mccain, Mis- sippi.
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RED CROSS KNITTER
 FINISHES TOOTH SWEATER

Mrs. Walter L. Beeman of 54l Park Avenue, a "shut-in" mem ber of the Bloomfield Auxiliary of the Red Cross, last month com pleted the hundredth sweater she has knitted for the organization since January, 1941.
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CHANGES ANNOUNCED ON SCHOOL FACULTY
Some Positions Eliminated by Recent Enrolment Shifts

A quartette of resignations and marked shifts in the enrolment of nupils has occasioned number of changes on the local school fac ulty for the 1944-45 terms.
 Miss Doris Crozier and Miss Carolyn Magee of last years High School staff have resigned. In their places will be Miss Concettina L. Signorelli and Miss Ruth s. Fielden. Both are from Hartford.
 Mrs. Ruth Knapp Whittier of the Blue Hills Junior High School and Mrs. Richard Fox who, dur ing the late months of the last term in charge of the 9th grade in the Center Grammar School, have resigned also. But, as a result of a decrease in enrolment at the Blue Hills Junior High only one full time teacher is being appoint ed to fill the vacancies in that de- partment. The position is to be filled by Miss Helen Gabriel of Mountford Street, Hartford, a graduate of Bulkley High School and of St. Joseph's College. Miss Gabriel has had teaching exper- fence at St. Patrick's School and at St. Augustine's School in Hart ford. Her teaching assignment will be principally in the field of soc ial studies. In addition to Miss Gabriel, Mrs. Gertrude Woodford of Bloomfield, a graduate of the University of Connecticut and former teacher, has been appointed to the staff of the Blue Hills Jun for High School on a part-time basis.
 One teaching position in the elementary division at the Blue Hills School is also being elimin- ated because of decreases in num- Der of pupils and Miss Grace Mound of the East Side staff is being transferred to the Bloom field Center Grammar School, where a large influx of first and second grade pulls has neces- sitated the establishment of an ad- ditional room. To provide facilit- ies for this additional group of pupils at the Center, the Board of Education has voted to partition the small auditorium on the second floor into a classroom.
 Miss Signorelli who replaces the popular Miss Crozier in the math- matic department of he High School, holds A.B. degree from Northland College, Ashland, Wis. Miss Fielden, successor to Miss Magee's High School English post, holds an A.B. degree from Smith College and a MA. in English from Teachers College, Columbia and has held teaching positions in Vermont, Easthampton, Mass. and Branford, Conn.
 Miss Crozier is to become a member af the Danbury High School faculty. Miss Magee has acceped a position in Danelson.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-04
Reds Invade Rumania

| The Russian thrust into Rumania, and the
direction it has taken, bids fair to cut off
Hitlers oil supplies from the Ploestl Oil fields
and his use of Rumania's chief rail lines which
center at Ias
AS the Nazi military forces now get at
least one-third of their petroleum from Plo-
esti Russian seizure of the field, which seems
inevitable, would be the equivalent of a ma
jor victory in battle.
Nor would the loss of Rumania's railways
be less grievous to the Germans Once they
constituted a prime means of moving men,
munitions and supplies to the front. Lately
it has seemed their chief benefit to the Ger
mans has been as means OF withdrawal.
Under Russian control they could not longer
afford an escape route
Russia has given evidence of reluctance to
been retreating Rather, the Russians have
offered Rumania every opportunity to break
with the Axis, and it is emphasized in dis
patches dealing with the penetration of the
Rumanian frontier that they have no inten-
ton of disrupting domestic affairs in the coun-
try. The invasion has become necessary as
a military measure.
Thus it would appear, Moscow is still hope
full that Rurnania may get out of the war,
and so save its national integrity in times to
come. This of course would be highly de-
sirable, from the Allies viewpoint-doubly so
as it would mark the first detection among
Hitler's Balkan satellites.
Whether the Russians are successful in lead
ing Runaania out of the conflict or not, the
situation of Hitler's forces in southern Europe
becomes more untenable with each days fight.
ing. Stains forces are already within long
| cannon range of Odessa, the Ukrainian Black
sea port for which Hitler fought when he
seemed destined to conquer all Russia and
move on through the Caucasus to a union
with the Japanese in India Now, because the
Mediterranean control has been regained by
the Allies, save for the seas eastern arm,
Hitler may not even use Odessa for safe
evacuation port Any attempt to get his armies
out of south Russia from the Odessa water.
| front would be more perilous and more dis.
astrous than Dunkerque
From present indications, the German forces
in southern Russia seem destined to share
the fate of their fellows at Stalingrad
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ting ballots to overseas voters are great. There
is going to be great mail problem. And
there is no knowing how many millions will
be on how many shifting fronts throughout
the world by November.
States that do not adopt the supplementary
ballot will assume some grave obligations
with no chance for buckpassing. Their first
obligation, of course, is to give to each fight
ing man the right to partake in the free and
democratic choice of state and national Off
GERS. And there is the obligation to service
tunes
1t has been suggested that many soldiers
and sailors may not be interested in voting.
This is questionable. But even if it is true,
these fighters have families to whom the fall
elections, and their sons Or husbands par.
ticipation in them, will be of immediate con-
Germ.
If these families get the idea that this par
ticipation has been impeded for reasons OF
prejudice, partisanship or lack of effort, the
persons responsible may well be committing
political suicide.
State officials have undoubtedly considered
this possibility. And for that reason it may
be hoped that they will do their best with
the means at hand to get ballot to every
uniformed voter who wants one.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-04
Congress In Recess

Congress has gone home but not to roll
Easter eggs Congress needs a rest It had
grown edgy through the winter. 1t was prone
to quarrel with or without reason.
Its members had become SO jittery one
could foresee as each session opened what
strange thing would happen before it closed.
change of scene was clearly necessary.
So Congress is home, but will not spend
the recess abed. This is election year, with
rumors and revolts incubating. 1t is impera-
tive that the members rub shoulders with
their constituencies, sift the runors for facts
and get the straight of the revolts. Also many
of them have some fence repairing to attend
to, lest their supporters get out of the pasture
and find other feeding grounds
When Congress reassembles it is to be sup.
posed the members will have much clearer
vision of the peoples attitude on major mat
tiers awaiting legislative action and vote upor
them in harmony with the views of their
home-folk, whose stewards they are.
Also. it is to be assumed that because they
will have had some time for reflection they
will have overcome their predispostion tt
squabble without just cause and fight at the
drop of hat AS matters OF vast importance
in the prosecution Of the war and the domestic
situation will be before them, this will helr
them to act on second thought rather thar
on impulse and should result IN highe
quality of legislation than much that has emf
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Obligation Of The States

During the past year or so there has been
a growing chorus of demands for more state
government and less bureaucratic edicts from
Washington. They are perfectly legitimate de-
mands, and they have now been answered
with a man-sized chance to put them into
action.
For finally. after more than three months
of writing and rewriting, of debating and wait
ing, the soldier vote bill has become law.
And it throws the biggest part of the job
right into the states laps
1t isn't a very good law. 1t couldn't be,
leaving these two important questions unan-
swered: Will more servicemen be able to vote
under it than under the 1912 law? How many
states will be willing and able, under their
present laws, to use the supplementary fed
eral ballot?
When the President polled the 48 governors
last month, only five replied that their state
was all ready to accept the short ticket for
overseas voters. Acceptance seemed probable
in minority of the other states heard from
few have no absentee voting law OF any
sort at present Others would need a special
provision by their legislatures.
So in most cases responsibility falls upon
the states And foreseeable difficulties in get
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Address 1t Right

Letters are unquestionably the biggest mo.
rale builder an overseas soldier or sailor has
If you're corresponding with one you know
that already. If you aren't, just read any
war correspondent on the subject. That is one
thing on which the journalists are in complete
agreement.
Since letters are so important. it is dis
heartening to see an Army statement that
Is per cent of mail to soldiers overseas is
improperly or insufficiently addressed. So re
member that the envelope needs rank, full
name with middle initial, serial number, serv
ice organization and unit APO number ano
postmaster at point of enlbarkation through
which the mail is routed.
And don't rely on memory, the Army ad
vises, if you're the least bit insure Of the
address.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-04
Fifth War Bond Drive

With the Red Cross war fund campaign sue
cessfully concluded, the time has arrived for
Wilmingtonians to budget their earnings
against the forthcoming Fifth War Bond drive,
scheduled for early June
The total which will be asked is $16,OOO,-
0O0,0 900. What Wilningtons quota will be has
not been announced. But we may safely be-
leve that whatever the total the people of
his area will not be found wanting.
Sixteen billion was the goal in the Third
War Loan. The goal for the Fourth was low
cred to 1000 oooo 900, but SIG, $780, ooo 900 was
raised in this campaign In the Third drive
sales reached 1888 900, 900. The American
people thus have set a precedent they are
not likely to overthrow. When the Fifth drive
is concluded they will be found to have done
as well in any of the previous drives.
That goes for Wilmington as well as any
area in the Country.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-04
Fishbein Rings The Bell

Many sound objections to the Wagner-Mur
ray-Dmgell bill providing for compulsory sick
ness insurance have come from many sources
None, we believe has been sounder than that
given by DR.. Morris Fishbein, editor of the
Journal of the American Medical Association,
recently in an address before the Tufts Med
ical Alumni Association. Disease, he said can
not be legislated out of existence.
THE state frequently endeavors to control
disease through the exercise of the police pow
en- but that compared with individual treat
ment by individual physicians applying spe-
cific remedies is costly and Inefficient pro-
cedure. And, with this obvious fact clearly
stated, Doctor Fishbein added that the So
cialized medicine proposal in Congress would
place in the hands of a totalitarian medical
bureaucracy the traditional rights of the Amer
lean people and American medicine.
1.-THE bill reposes an authority in one in
dividual such as has never before been con-
ferred on any government official he said
the reference being to the Surgeon General
of the United States. If the measure were
adopted which heaven forbid. there would be
an increase in taxes, so that several billion
dollars year would be available to the So
cial Security Board, which in turn would turn
it over to the Surgeon General for national
system of compulsory sickness insurance.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-04
1t Could Be Tragic

What may lie behind the report circulated
by the Russian news agency Tass, that Chi
nese troops have launched an attack along the
border of The Monaghan Peoples Republic,
in China's northwest province is not fully
apparent.
1t may be an exaggerated account of a
minor border affair, such as repeatedly hap
pens along the Manchukuo frontier between
Russia's Siberian forces and Japanese troops
"a backyard fight in which neither contesting
force can hope to gain lasting benefit. Or it
may represent overt act which justifies
retaliatory and repressive action.
However this may be, it is unfortunate that
anything should transpire to create a new
source of trouble in Asia.
There is good reason to believe that sooner
or later Russia would open Siberian bases
for Allied occupation for the assault on Tokyo.
Once the war in Europe is ended, we have
been led to think that the Reds would be
ready to join, if only to limited extent, in
the overthrow of Japan's militarists.
When Russia put the squeeze on Japan only
last week and took back coal and oil con-
cessions in Sakalin twentysix years before ex-
piration of their agreement, this belief was
justifiably intensified.
Then, on the heels of this announcement,
comes word of the Monaghan Peoples Repub-
lie incident which, in the words Of the poet,
could gum the works. It can only be hoped
that more satisfactory explanation of the
episode than that given by Tass is forthcon-
ino Trouble between China and Russia at This
stage of the war would be tragic.
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The Literary Guidepost

full meal is ready. He thinks we
may even eat the container.
We shah. if we are very old
fashioned, 60 out of our glass
houses through door opened by
an electric eye and seat ourselves
in plastic motor car with
pocket sized motor. We shall
drive to our destination on a radio
beam, with traffic lights indicated
en- a mechanism inside the car,
the seats of which look like mod
ernistic beauty-parlor furniture.
This vehicle will turn into bed
room at the flick of the wrest it
will be Aforementioned, and the
conditioning unit will also operate
refrigerator in which the baby's
milk will be stored unless chem
lcal advances make refrigeration
unnecessary and the COW as we'll.
or we shall helicopter to work.
+ uddy-duddies can ride on trains,
slorlfled beyond recognition. We
snail wear socks and underwear
only once, after which they will
be c o l &c t e d and reprocessed.
Power will be supplied by a pill
oox OF electrons, television will
come to us through a dial strapped
on our wrist, we shall give the
wife what-for over personal
radio. And I suspect we shall be
bored to death.
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BY JOHN SELBY
bY JU6N SEIBY
"YOUR WORLD TOMORROW. !"
by Donald G. Cooley DUEL. Sloan

by Donald G. Cooley DUEL, Sloan
& Pearce; $3.50.
Donald G. Cooley's your World
Tomorrow is rich fun. but not
quite fo- the reason Mr.. Cooley
expects it to be. Mr.. Cooley is
such a propaganda for the world
OF tomorrow that he has cut him.
self loose from reality, coolly and
clearly Whether he means it Sc
or not, the impression his reader
will get is one complete and al
most immediate change at the end
OF the wa. Two conditions that
will probably prevent such a re.
vision of our habits he almost
ignores
One is inertia. The other is the
way in which one Improvement
cancels out another. Mr.. Cooley is
not impressed by the perhaps
strange fact that after half cen
fury, the public still expects the
motor car to be a glo-ified, self
propelled surrey Just listen
Tomorrow our houses will have
radiant heating, our kitchens will
look like aquaria, our food can
be bought by the full meal in neat
containers that we drop into hot
water or radio waves, open with
an attached opener, and presto-a
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With Ernie Pyle

hadn't gone a hundred yards til,
an 80 smacked into the soft ground
just the width of the road from
our feet. If the ground hadn't beer
muddy, thus absorbing the frag
ments. we would have got some
hot steel in our jeep and probably
some in our persons, as the law
yers say.
The. baker boys story of Smelling
ceased to be academic right then
but I still held onto my pie.
At the movie the other night,
ran onto one of the two soldiers
who had so nicely volunteered to
help lug my gear off the boat the
Gay we hit the beachhead.
They were Corp. Bert L. Hunter
of Tonkawa, Oklahoma and Pvt
Paul Norman Of Des Moines, Iowa
Hunter is in the engineers, ano
Norman is in a signal company
and works in tile message center.
The boys say they don't mind il
on the beachhead.
On the boat, they and some 9th.
er soldiers had a frisky little brown
puppy they bought in Naples for
two packs of cigarettes and some
gundrops.
They couldn't think what tc
name the dog, so 1 suggested they
call him "Anzio." So Anzio it is,
and he's still here with them, hav-
ing the time Of his young life.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-04
WAR PRISONERS

WASHINGTON, April 3-lR-The
War Department made public TO-
day the names of 246 U. S. Sol
diers who are held as prisoners OF
war by Germany, including these
from North Carolina:
Staff Sgt. Hoyle o. Barnes,
Larry o. Barnes, Father, Ri. D.
lexington; Pfc. Elmore S. Batche'
lor, Mrs. Winnie Bachelor. motA-
err, Wilson; LIST. 1t. Billy F. Cha
son. Mrs. Pete Chason, mother
Lumber Bridge; Staff Sgt. Jacob
7. Delamar, Mrs. Margaret F.
Delamar, mother, 1916 School ST.
Charlotte: End. 1t. David K Hell
sabeck, Mrs. Bessie M. HelsabAck'
mother. Rural Hall; Tech. SGT
Ernest c. Kelly. Mrs. Gladys b.
Kelly, mother, 1902 Worth ST., Dur
ham; Staff Sgt. Charles C. Mon
day, Mrs. Agnes S. Monday. VIE
Mt. Airy; Staff Sgt. Harrell D.
Strawn, Mrs. Elizabeth H StraWh'
mother, 1888 Highland St., Char
lotte.
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Daily Prayer
FOR SUSTAINED VISION

In the beginning of this terrible
war, o God our hearts were lifted
up and we saw the sacred OBJ
Jectives clearly. We knew that
we had been called to defend Thy
standards of iustice and liberty
and human welfare. In the mood
oil Christian crusaders we took up
on us wars heavy burdens. We
thank Thee for that period of
vision. Now we have let annoy
ances and divisions and political
considerations creep into our, think
ing; and the shining shield of our
knightly armor mas become dim
med. We turn to Thee, our Lord
and Leader, IN prayer for a re-
vived spirit. If we have departed
at all from Or first war aims,
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Premier OF The Greek
Government Resigns

CAIRO, Egypt, April 3,-R-Pfe-
mier Emmanuel Tsouderos has re-
signed as the premier of the Greek
government in exile, it was an,
nouncd today, and has asked KING
George to name as his successor
Sophocles Venizelos.
Venizelos, who has been navy
minister, is the son of the Ia'e
Eleutherios Venizelos, the delno,
cratic leader of Greece in the FRS
World War and postwar years
Tsouderos, besides holding me
premiership in the government
had held four other portfolios H
the government, including the MN
istries of foreign affairs, finance
defense and labor.