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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
Our Chief Aim
Wac Volunteers Needed

Voluntary Wac recruitment has never been
satisfactory Eligible women have not respond
ed to the call to military service in sufficient
numbers to meet the need. Instead Of re-
spending to the summons as it was expected
they would, from a sense of duty and for
the privilege of doing responsible war work.
so that men might be released for combat
service, the total of women in Wac uniforms
today is too small to free more than a few
thousand men from post jobs
Now that we are rapidly approaching the
time when the final offensive against the die
tators must be started with the only al
tentative protracted and increasingly cost
ly war. it is imperative that the women of
the land eligible for enlistment hurry to Wac
recruiting offices.
All men in uniform now doing clerical
or other work which women can do as well
or better are needed at the front. They cannot
go until enough women are recruited to take
their places.
It would not speak 50 well for their pa
triotism if they had to be drafted, step
which can be avoided if many thousands vol
unteer without more loss of time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
Mere Pikers

The United Automobile Workers have mod
estly restrained their salary demands on Gen
eral Motors Corporation to an average over
all. for men, women, and juveniles, of $4,000
year or $50 week.
Since this would not be distributed evenly,
high school workers would not actually be
paid So an hour for learning how to perform
an assembly line operation. Of course, that
means that the more skilled workers would
receive in excess of $4,000 a year. And it was
a federal agent who remarked that sit is
impossible to discriminate against anybody
who earns as much as $4,000 year" The
JAW had better watch out, or it will lose
the protection Of the law.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
Trapped Again

The Russians have demonstrated their SUI
periority to the Germans in direct attack
Ever since the Red victory at Stalingrad the
enemy has been on the defensive, save for
the ill-starred counter offensive in the Kiev
sector which Hitler is said to have ordered
aginst the advice of his generals.
During the same period of time the Ger
mans have proved their cunning Their ability
to escape from traps set for them has been
among the major surprises of this war.
Now, the Russians are reported to have
700 900 enemy troops all but caught. The Ger
mans apparently are fleeing in disorder from
the Ukraine leaving behind great stores of
material, losing men in large numbers and
equipment in vast quantities. They have but
one avenue of escape, through the Carpathi.
ans. They are loosening their grip on such
rail functions as they still hold. Thew have
fallen back across the old Polish border and
are nearing the Rumanian frontier, The re.
treat is all but a rout.
Yet recalling their dexterity in extricating
themselves from similar tight places it would
be unwise to think their capture en- masse
inevitable. The Russians will have made their
greatest contribution to the downfall Of Ger
many if they do put this enemy force Of
100000 out of action, but it will be best to
withhold the shout OF triumph until it has
been done. a~Ax
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
Fixing The Blame

Competent authorities agree that while there
is oil left in the United States, it is getting
tougher to reach. This is one of the main
factors behind the request of the oil industry
for modest increase in the price of crude
oil. Even if the question of initiation had
never arisen, there would still be a need for
price increases to cover increased costs, as
the difficulties Of validating mount
IN normal times cost and competition would
set the price, and the country would get all
the oil it needed. Today the price Of oil is
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
Washington VS.. Moscow

Lawrence D. Bell, who manufactures the
Airacobra fighting plane, wanted to send field
men to Russia to check up on his crafts
performance. Washington officials informed
him coldly that the Soviets didn't want any
American civilians cluttering up their war
efforts.
Bell wrote direct to Premier Stain. Soon
he received telephone call from the Russian
embassy in Washington. The premier, said
the embassy, thought Bells idea was magnifi-
cent. When could the technicians start for
Russia?
five-man delegation did go-and was
wined, dined and toasted at one of Stalin's
state banquets, which appeared to give them
the status of visiting dignitaries.
Probably there is moral to this, if Of
fetal Washington can find it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
MOuntbatten Delays

| Instead OF speeding up the campaign IN
Burma it now appears Lord Louis Mount
batten is to delay the about thrust against
She Japanese in China until the war in
Europe has been won. When Mountbatten was
sent to India the announcement was conf
IDENTIFY made that the Burma drive would be
launched at the close of the monsoon season.
sometime in the late fall.
The delay may have been decided upon at
the Cairo meeting of war leaders, attended
by Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek, although
the monsoon was past when it was held. A
more plausible explanation would seem to be
Britain's reluctance to have Chinese troops
in action so near to India and the greater
reluctance of Indian forces to fight until their
country has greater assurance of postwar self
determination than has been given them in
the past. While the Battle of Europe is still
in progress there could be time to placate
the British and the Indians too, or so if
would appear the shapers of destiny believe.
However this may be, the postponement of
the Burma offensive may be wise if in the
meantime Mountbatten is able to prevent the
japanese from further consolidating their DO
sition in the empire they spread themselves
over when they were plunging southwark fol-
lowing Pearl Harbor French Indo-China. the
Netherlands East Indies, Siam Burma are
rich in resources. 1t will take more than
mere pecking thrusts to keep them from util-
izing the vast stores of raw materials avail
able in these areas.
The obvious plan to defeat the main Jap
anese forces in China through such an Of
fensive as has not before been undertaken in
the world. when Germany has been knocked
out and the United States and Britain are
free to mass their united strength in the
Orient for it, would give greater promise of
success if the japanese were deprived of the
materials OF war they now control in the
vast possessions they acquired in their initial
thrust.
We could feel more confident Of success in
Burma and the China offensive if some de-
gree of MacArthur's aggressiveness were ap.
parent in Mountbatten's field of operations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
Shipbuilding Shift

The reason behind the shift away from mer
chant shlpoulldlng has been told officially
but it has not been stressed enough Any
idea that the shipping bottleneck has beer
eliminated, that we have all the cargo craft
we need, is wrong and very dangerous We
can not afford to relax for single moment
Emphasis has been changed not because
we have sufficient Ships but because we do
not have enough landing craft, and for the
moment the latter are even more important
than freighters.
According to sources entitled 10 credence.
the Navy may ask the War Shipping Board
for as many as from four to five hundred
additional ships this year, for operations in
the Pacific. These must be taken out of the
pool available for bringing in raw materials
for the war program and for servicing civilian
needs.
Right at this very moment we may have
enough vessels for current needs, by relain.
ing rigid restrictions on foreign trade But
President Chang of China was not in Cairo
as a sightseer. He was there to talk about
an about attack against Japan. This means
1880
that the time has come when the machinery
must be set up to begin such an offensive.
And that, in turn, forewarns of a draft on
shipping such as this world never has seen.
Ships can be built only with steel. We can
not tolerate steel strike. Steel making
and shipbuilding make big demands on trans
portation. We can not tolerate a railroad
strike.
1t is important who is at fault in the dis
putes that have grown up in the steel and
railroad fields. But that is infinitely less i'm.
portant than that the trains shall roll and
the steel come out Of the furnaces so that
ships can be built-the landing barges which
will take our soldiers and marines to Jap.
guarded beaches in the Pacific, and also the
transports and cargo ships that will carry
and service our fighting men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
Daily Prayer
FOR A MASTERED LIFE

War is disciplining us all. o
Lord of Law and life; and we pray
that it may also make us disciples
of Thee and of Thy truth. Open
to us the higher meanings of this
greatest of all human upheavals.
Lead us into faithful subsection to
all law, and to the noblest purposes
of this conflict. Master our lives,
o Master of life, that we may
know the true blory of serving
Thee and the Cause that is identi-
fled with Thy revealed will. De-
liver us from the sin of vacillation
and querulousness. Make us sted-
fast soldiers of truth and Justice
and brotherhood. Teach us how to
serve, how to endure, how to wait
and how to triumph. In humble
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

SOMEWHERE In AUSTRALIA.
-(by wireless)-The war in the
Pacific is partly a war against
the Japs and partly a war against
mosquitoes carrying malaria and
dengue fever.
When I went ashore at one South
Pacific island base, the first sign
that greeted me as l left the dock
was poster nailed to tall
coconut tree. One picture on the
poster showed a Notwithstanding
Jap soldier, and underneath was
the phra e, He Causes One
Casualty" Next was a picture of
an equally ferocious mosquito,
with the line He Causes Many.
The fight is a never-ending one.
They spray all the bitches with
Diesel oil three times a week. The
job is done largely by men being
disciplined for minor infractions of
the regulations. Life is so rugged
that there are few privileges that
can be taken away from men, so
they get their punishment in the
form of this tedious malaria-con
troll work.
Some political difficulties have
been encountered in pushing ma
laria control over this particular
island. American naval officers
found small native village with
pigs and tubercular cows right in
the heart of a military area where
thousands of men were living in
barracks. They found that the ma.
tives were infected with malaria.
Mosquitoes from the infected viii
lage were liable to carry the dis
ease to the American troops. But
the French authorities had not per-
mitted the village to be moved,
up to the time l was there, and
our naval and military people felt
poWerless. Perhaps our medical
officers can eventually get it done
by persuasion.
This is no occupation, but is an
American military effort conduct
ed from bases sfpn an islanN which
is controlled jointly by the British
and the French. Legally. the
American forces are there only
by sufferance and are subject to
the laws and regulations of CO.
ional officials. Although we have
built an enormous dock and a fine
system of roads for the island. it
takes an argument before the mil
itary can get permission to cut
down coconut trees to clear the
ground for military construction.
In spite of these political OBJ
stacles which permit a malaria
infected village in the midst of a
military camp, and allow tuber-
cular cows to roam the who!e
place, an enormous effort is being
put forth against disease by the
American military. For example,
the roads on this island are sur
faced with crushed coral, which
ruts easily, thus providing little
basins to hold water where mos
quitoes can breed. So the roads
are scraped and rolled far beyond
the normal requirements for traf-
tic. as a part of our malaria con-
troll.
Comdr. Gene Tunney was at one
place where We stopped. He has
just completed huge recreation
center which Mrs. Roosevelt
called 'the Coney Island Of the
South Pacific" when she was
through there recently. Baseball
diamonds, football fields, tennis
courts and facilities for other
sports have been provided.
One finds vast differences in
among the various islands. The
! malaria trouble I described above
is on mountainous, heavily over
grown island where steam seems
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
With
The AEF
BY Kenneth L. Dixson

WITH THE AEF ON THE ITAL-
IAN FRONT, Jan. 8-Delayed)-
five-foot five-inch private from
Peoria, ILL.,, convinced his 10 Ger
man captors that they were sur
rounded and then he got them to
surrender and marched them back
in a double column across no
mans land.
And he did all this his first
time in the combat line on front
where the Germans have been
fighting to their last round OF
ammunition before crying 'Kame.
rad"
The soft spoken, deceptively diff
ferent Miller told his story today
prodded by Capt. Russell E. Law
of Des Moines. Ia, who took
charge of the German lieutenant
and 10 enlisted men when Billy
brought them in last night.
Billy, a 21-year old infantryman,
entered the army last February
and came overseas in June. He
went into action for the first time
Thursday night when his company
attacked hill in the San Vittore
area.
when we got to the top we
had two wounded men and one
prisoner" said the slight Miller
with the blue gray eyes, the pale
moustache and the limp hand
shake. "They picked couple Of
other guys and me to bring then,
back.
"At the bottom of the hill com.
ing back bunch of Germans
opened up on US with us with
machine pistols. They had cut ir
behind our outfit. We hit the dirt
There was about so of them Ou1
wounded couldn't fight. They pin
ned us down for while and Their
we surrendered"
The Germans took them behind
stone wall and one group started
back to the German rear positions
with one of Billy's sidekicks. Their
the 10 men in the one platoon or.
dered Billy to march ahead Of
them and circled to the left side
discipleship to Christ, our Master.
may we demonstrate democracy
in its Christian aspects. And Thine,
o God, will be the glory forever.
Amen.-W r. F.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The star and the News accepts no
responsibility for the personal vicws Of Mr.. PeKer.
md sftep disagree with them much many Of
Ills readers His articles tho good purpose 81
aaking people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11

Diogenes, thinks the man at the next desk.
would really have had d lifetime job if he
had hunted for man who kept all his New
Years resolutions.
Paradoxically. the Jap reaches out for the
Chinese rice bowl and finds himself in the
soup.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11

discipleship to Christ, our Master,
may we demonstrate democracy
in its Christian aspects. And Thine,
o God, will be the glory forever.
Amen.=W T E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11

PEORIA, Ill. - R When BiiIY
Miller talked his 10 German cap
tors into surrendering to him dur
ing. his first combat experience On
the Italian front, he kept one rec
ord he established in c'vjli9n
''HeS never had a fight IN ms
life said his surprised and de-
lighted father, Roy Miller when
informed of his sons exploits
And then he quickly added:
"But he was practically born
with gun in his hands and ne
was crack shot,
The news that their "quiet ana
timid" son was being called Ser
geant York" by his kidding com,
rades for making the sensational
capture left his parents astoundeo.
I'm shaking like leaf, y sac
his father. The young mans moth
CONTINUED on Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-11

MACON, Ca Up Peggy Nit
chem, the girl Private Billy Miller
in Italy wanted to say hello to,
is a II year-old blonde who works
as a mechanic Oh the swing snlft
at Warner Robbins Air Depot al
Wellston, near Macon.
Billy, described in dispatch
from the front as the modest cap.
tor of 10 Germans, was stationed
at Robbins Field, operated in con.
junction with the depot, friends oil
the couple said.
Friends said Billy and Peggy
used to go swimming and bowling
a lot, and that Peggy gets letters
from him regularly.
Peggy is visiting at her home
about 10 miles from Athens, Ga
now
Friends said they'd deliver the
message from Billy when Peggy
gets back here.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-31
Success Certain

I WENT to the opening OF
4 Dear Ruth" at the Henry
Miller and before the first act
was over, the audience knew IL
was in on what is affectionately
termed a smash hit. The au-
thor. Capt. Norman Krasna,
was once my assistant on the
old Graphic. He revealed very
little promise then of develop
ing into a top flight playwright.
cinema director and producer.
Critic John Chapman encoun-
tered n bit Of trouble when
Gregory Ratoff refused TO bulge
from his seat appears the
usher had made a mistake) so
Chapman good-naturely yielded
and took Ratoff's seat instead
a few aisles back.
AL through the show a thin,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-31

haggard faced gent kept star
ing at the audience from the
upper left box. never ence let
ting his eyes rest on the per-
formers. II was Moss Hart,
who had directed the play,
anxiously sizing up the reac-
tons. Even when the house
rocked with laughter and Shiv-
cred under the cheers and ap-
plause. Hart looked pallid and
forlorn and worried.
MAJ. JAUL RABORG empha-
AVA sizes how urgently the New
York Guard, SUCCESSORS TO the
national guard. needs men and
urged me to make an appeal in
the column for recruits.
Dropped in to chat with res
taurant- proprietoEF Frank
Bonacchini, who talked mostly
about restaurant troubles. He
says the latest fret is .hortage
of matches. so he's going TO
have candles-always lighted
and when a patron wants
light, a bus-boy will rush TO
him with a candle. Frank also
says there won't be many bal
looms available for the New
Years Eve celebration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-31
Missed Good One

STAYED away from another
~ opening TueSday-"Little
Women" This time my intui-
ton sprung a leak for the
reports are glowing-and evil
IDENTIFY / missed a fine night.
/ kept an air appointment
with Ted HuSing. however. and
IL gave me an opportunity for
recalling happy days when /
was a sports editor and sports
columnist-without ever know
ing too much about any Of the
sports covered. There was
the time / took in my very first
golf tournament. for instance,
and appealed TO one Of the play
erS TO help me out. He helped
me out all right. all right-dic-
tating the story and throwing
In every sports term from the
fields OF water polo 10 lacrosse
but nary a one from golf.
Everybody reading the piece
the next day thought a new
humorist had arrived.
Later I had my meeting with
Cen1 Romulo, who told me
many things about the Philip
pines and the invasion OF Leyte
and about Macarthur. Unfor-
tunately most of them were
completely of the record.
G.. Jean Nathan. the boule-
Warbler, told me he has finished
his piece on the theater for the
Encyclopedia Brittanica's an
nual, and considers il a very
good article indeed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-31
Intuition on New Productions
Provides Big Help-Sometimes

OOAMED the town while the rain beat down. silly thing
IN because rainy nights taicap drivers
insulting than usuaand they're pretty insulting lot lately
at besbut determined to stay away from the opening
at the Forrest something called Dark Hammock"
seem to have intuition in these matters emf
neny successful in choosing just the right dramaurgic
atrocities attend-but my poor wife vaany
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-31

through the three acts, and
has been cold and aloofish to
me since.
Mike Todd revealed that he
had plunked down close TO a
quarter of million dollars for
Edna Ferber's story, Great
Son." / say revealed" al
though the news had already
broken in the movie columns
earlier in the day and l re-
called the great fuss made
several years ago when $780,
600 was paid for a Fannie
Hurst story. Some one in
some newspaper wrote about
the first time $4,000 had
been paid for an original
and predicted the day would
come when a million dollars
would be paid out for the
rights to some play or novel.
Well, that day is here-for
now deals are made not only
for huge cash down payments
but with arrangements for roy
alties and bonuses after the pic
ture is made. Thus the $500
600 paid out for the movie
rights to Life With Father" is
just the beginning. Eventually
the hackers of the play will
probably collect closer 10 a mil
lion and a half.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-31
rs All for Linda
HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 30.

HOLL 1WUOD, DEC. 80.
Linda Darnelrs hotel accom-
modations in Chicago were so
poor that the Ritz Brothers
stayed all night at the Latin
Quarter, where they are appear
ing, and let Linda have their
suite.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-10
LEGAL NOTICES

OF Detroit on this 9Th day OF
January. AID. ls44
Present Honorable LILA NJ
.NEUENFELT, Circuit Judge.
In this cause. It appearing by
AFFIDAVIT on file that the defend
ant, Eta Mourning. cannot be
served by process issued out OF
this Court as she IS not resident
OF the state OF Michigan. but re-
sides NJ 4o3 North Lena Street,
Dothan. Alabama.
or MOTION or JOHN X
GRAHAM. attorney for plaintiff.
1T Is ORDERED that the de-
PENDANT. Eta Mourning appear and
answer the Bill Of Complaint In
this cause within three months
from tho date 81 this order, or
that said Bill will be taken as
confessed and that this Order be
published according 10 law and a
copy thereof be served upon the
defendant by registered mail as
required by law
LILA NJ MEL ENFELT.
Circuit Judge.
"a True Copyl
ICASPAR J LINGEMAN. Clerk
by F c. GALLAGHER.
Deputy Clerk 5-l5-s-24.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-10
LEGAL NOTICES

Present Honorable ARTHUR
WEBSTER. Circuit Judge.
II appearing from an affidavit
hereto attached that the Defend
art. JACOB WARD. is not A res
iient OF Michigan, but that his
last known place Of residence
was at All OftaNa street, Leven-
worth. State Of Michigan.
on MOTION or WILLIAM T.
PATRICK. Sr. Attorney for Plaiu-
tin.
1T is HEREBY ORDERED. that
the Defendant. Jacob Ward enter
his appearance. either IN person,
or by Attorney Within three
months from tho date u this Or
der 10 Appear. or the Bill Of Com
plant will ne taken as confessed
against him
1T is FURTHER ORDERED
that true COPY OF this order 70
Appear he sent 20 the last known
address Of the Defendant. nv reg
istered mail return receipt re-
quested. postage prepaid and that
true cory ~ sold order 70 An
pear he published according 70
law.
ARTHUR WEBSTER,
Circuit Judge.
"a True Copy)
CASPAR 4. LINCEMAN. Clerk
By DAN wOiClK.
Deputy Clerk b-l3 6-2i.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-10
LEGAL NOTICES
ISAIAH BRAY
no. sS7.0sS
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

At session 81 said court held
IN tho city Of Detroit. April 81.
i94t
present Honorable VINCENT
" BRENNAN. Circuit Judge.
u saiisfac,orilv appearing by
affidavit on file that the residence
Of Defendant is unknown and
after dnieent search and inquiry.
n cannot he ascer,aincd IN What
state or country he resides
IT Is ORDERED that he ap-
pear in tbs cause within three
months from the date OF this Or
DER or Rll Of Complaint filed
herein may be taken as confess
ea and that this order be served
and published according 10 law.
and a cory thereof mailed 10 The
defendant AZ his last known adj
dress
VINCENT " BRENNAN
Circuit Judge
CAsPAR J. LlNGEMAN. Clerk
rs DAN NcJCIH.
Deputy clork h-6-6-l7