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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
Seersucker Storm

Tho housewife of Casino may h ave ho
homo nor even city to go back to. her
family nav be scattered. She may nave es-
caned with no clothes except lat'eleu ga
mani IN her back But if she thinks the Allies
are going to codde her by giving her DEUEL.
seersucker dress than her American SISTERS
have she hasn't reckoned with KEEP. freo
A. Hartley of New Jersey.
Mr. Hartley addressed some indignant IT,
marks on the prodigal generosity OIL leilo-
lease and UNRRA to his colleagues IN the
House of Representatives. AS PROOF Oh '''is
nrodigalitv, he offered three seersucker oreSS-
es One was made for overseas dlstrlou''oh
b,, the government: 1t was, said MI Haruey'
s.. finer dress than is carried by any retailer
in America"
The other dresses were manufactured lor
home consumption Mr.. Hartley called on
Rep Jessie Sumner of Illinois for her expert
feminine opinion on their Workmanship. MISS
Sumner found the home consumption garment
inferior to the export garment.
Then Rep. Alvin O'Konski of Wisconsin ex-
hibited some tattered averalls to show what
the poor American farmer has to wear while
Especial quality goods are being sent ABROAD
for free distribution.
We wonder if these legislators ever let their
ewes stray from the Congressional Record to
the pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, or
to the newspaper ads of any department store
or dress shop We wonder if they ever look
about them on the streets of Washington or
their own home towns.
If they do they might see women dressed
in smart colorful woods and rayons and cot
tons: women who can wrap themselves In
mink and chinchlla against cold winds: worr-
en- whose hose are still sheer and whose shoes
are leather, not rope and wood women who
have never known the pinch of hunger or the
terror of bombs.
If thew had looked and thought. they scarce
" could have added such a selfishly petty
footnote to congressional history Wartime
alothes are of inferior quality, to be sure.
mats annoying but scarcely tragic. Is it suf-
ficient reason to complain that good seer
sucker dress is too generous a dividend to
add to the promised liberation from Nazi op-
preston?
We don't believe American women think so.
They have shown too many evidences of gen.
crosby and compassion-two qualities conspic-
;1ously absent in the congressional storm over
seersucker.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
By JOHN SELBY
"CRAZY LIKE A FOX" by S.
Perelman (Rand0m: S2.50l.

Crazy Like Fox is the fun.
niest book I have read in a long
time, SO funny it seems Incredible
that its author could be the nan
responsible for much of Zone
Touch of Venus" But he IS, and
his name is S. J. Perelman.
Crazy Like Fox is collec-
ton of Perelman's satirical pieces
from 1929 to the present. Most of
them have appeared before in var
ious magazines, which seems to
have no effect on their palatabil-
ity-they are just as funny the sec
ond time, after brief period of
forgetting. This is because their
Great or has a formula that can't
go wrong.
1t is to take somebody else's
product, and alternate between
taking it literally, and reading it
in reverse English. He thus pro-
vides himself succession of
springboards from which to leap
out into the nonsense world, a ter
ritory for which he appears to
have complete road maps. AS a
passenger, you will find yourself
suddenly supend between the
earth and Perelman, fl ing
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
More Than Prestige

Almost simultaneously with General Clark S
declaration that before many days have pass
ed' Rome will be taken comes the claim of
the Germans that the loss of Rome will give
Allies only prestige advantage.
This is in line with Berlin's custom to mini
mize all German losses and gloss over every
German defeat. 1t was particularly apparent
in Berlins broadcasts concerning reverses in
Russia and has previously appeared in Berlin
announcements of the Allied advances in Italy.
1t is not in the German mental range to ac-
knowledge defeat, say, as General StllWell
admitted the Japanese victory in Burma.
AS to the "prestige' advantage Of the cap
tive of Rome. Berlin overlooks other advan-
tages which the Nazi leaders would rather not
have the people at home or in the armed
forces know too much about.
Joseph C. Harsch, writing in the Christian
Science Monitor, points some of them out
Concerning the cost to Germany in defending
Rome, he says:
Their investment included the costly de-
tense of Casino, the construction of the Gustav
and Hitler lines, the commitment of II first
class German combat divisions to the holdings
Of those lines and everything they lost in the
retreat from Casino. That loss included thou
sands Of prisoners a very large proportion Of
the heavy guns and lesser equipment of the
army of IA divisions defeated on the main
front below Rome and the beachhead front
and the dsorganization of this big and i'm
portant army.
| ITO have spent much for the prestige Of
! holding Rome measures how heavily they valu
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
Unconditional Surrender

People ask what the Allies mean by "un-
conditional surrender Perhaps one of Owls
news items offers a clue.
According to Owl, German tourists have
reappeared in neutral European countries to
poison the minds of neutrals against the
United Nations SO that Germany may pre-
pare a springboard for another try cat war;. %
Stockholm reports manual issued by the
German High Command which declares, in a
pep talk designed to halt the falling birth
rate Every stout boy born in 1943 can be-
come brave soldier in 1862
Such plans were being made in 1918 by
the Prussian militarists long before Hitle,
aroused popular German enthusiasm for the
present war; The Allies didn't deter the Prus
SLAMS then. But now they must. They mus
hunt down and extirpate both Prussian anc
Nazi leaders
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
The Literary Guidepost

through a succession of possible
impossibilities and making a com.
plete ass of yourself if you happen
to be reading in a public place
The man sharing my seat on the
New Ravens 5:31 out of Crane
Central crossed his eyes pe~ma-
nently in an effort to horn in on
the fun, and failing that, resorted
to stance and attitude that said
plainly he had no connection with
the imbecile fate had so harshly
placed at his side.
There are 46 pieces in Crazy
Like Fox" My favorite to date
is something called Hold That
Christmas Tiger which is dis.
cussion of Christmas parties sug-
gested by three of our plate-paper
to wit, 'Mademai.
selle," Vogue" and blouse and
Garden" In the first of these mag
azines a Mr.. Lester Gaba suggest
ed that celebrants achieve a Goth
lc effect by shielding ceiling bulbs
with pierced, rectangular tin
tood-graters." and if you think you
can guess where that one leaves
MIR. Perelman, you are crazy, not
like a fox. 1t is quite impossible
to guess, and I won't tell.
For the month of June, this is
the antidote prescribed for Mr..
Churchill's blood, sweat and tears.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
Interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War A.,

Even without Berlin adro;a..
that the battle for Rome is s'' n
It's crisis, there is much ia gno nCa'
that the hour for Russian an d7S AZ
lied attacks on other fronts ia. Al,
IN with that first major blow eu =,
the summer campaign in F5ron "
is about to start. '0pe'
Moscow has reported a 1i,,;..s
German offensive in the lac, ,'',ea
gion of Romania which dentod a. Ie'
Russian front. Iasi is nrohob },le
man Jump-off for the impend; H1s
Red army offensive aimed At h
Galati Gap gateway to the Dar T5e
valley, at Bucharest and 1t pI
sti. The Nazi attack apparently l0e-
German attempt to dis1un+ +b -
expected Russian drive and -ie
its force. sap
Nazl anticipation of the Russiga
move seems we'll warranted p,1
sian p II e S and Allied boa1,
bombers from Italy have rens~oa
the attack on Ploesti in over-IaN
ping relays. Another oil refino1,
there was smashed.
Russian army chiefs howavon
PROBABLY are more concerned ~
the moment with the Ploesti rail-
yards than the oil insta}Iatjons
For Ploesti is the primary ron,
| munlcatlonc hub upon which Ns1;
forces guarding the Galati os
must depend for supply Or fo r. e5
cape if they fail TO halt the RnS
sian armies when they strike
In Italy, there are jndicatioa.
that the Allied march on Rom, ~
iaea1ins the point set in Rusrisn 70
Allied war councils f2r tbs star4
OF greater assaults from the esst
ana the west. Renewed fighting in
the lasi sector between the Siret
and the Prut sound like prelimi.
nary ckirmishes of the expected
battle of Galati gap.
A llllllldly observers, how.
ever, believe the main Russian
contribution to the summer cam.
paign will not fall in Romania bn-
in Poland. 1t is there, north Of
the Carpathians and south Of the
marshes of he Pripet, that prob.
ably the heaviest concentration Of
Russian power is nearing com2Is.
ton, That is the eventual Russian
road to Berlin.
h AT what stage the developments
either IN the east or in the south
the massive Anglo American at.
tack across the Channel under
\ General Eisenhower m y be
launched, none but highect Rus
sian and Allied authority probabi,
knows.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
MANY VETS SEEK
MUSTER-0UT PAY

Request for aid in filling out
applications for mustering-out pay
have been made by several hun.
dred discharged veterans to ]. E.
Walker, adjutant of Wilmington
Post No. 10, American Legion, dur
ing the past three months, it was
reported yesterday.
Walker said that the office in
the basement of the courthouse
was set up primarily to serve re-
turning soldiers for three or four
weeks, but now since an increasing
number asks for aid, the service
will be extended indefinitely.
In explaining his work, Walker
said he merely helped veterans
make transmittals which must bp
sent to Richmond, Va, for pay
ment application.
The office was established main.
ly to serve New Hanover white
and Negro men but it has so hap.
pened that men from other com-
ties and other states apply for help
as often as do local veterans
The one necessary item, accord.
ing to Walker, in securing the ap-
plication is the presentation Of dis
charge papers. On proper iderutl-
cation he then completes blanks
telling the branch of service, state
of residence at time of induction
or enlistment and any service out
side continental limits Of the I'm
tied States or in Alaska, if any, OF
the applicant.
Discharged veterans also may
receive guidance and advice from
local draft boards, who were told
in bulletin from the State oelHr
tive Headquarters in Raleigh that
special attention should be called
to the continued completion OF az
plicatiCns for muster-out payment
Orders stated that applications
made by officers should be ac-
companied by certified copies OF
discharge orders and those made
by enlisted men, accompanied by
original discharge certificates or
certificates of service,
Applications are submitted TO me
following offices: Army, otilceSs
and enlisted mems forms are sesA
to finance office. u S Army Mu'
tual building, 900 East Main street
Va; Navy officers. o.
ficer section, Bureau Of PersonHe.'
Navy Department WASHINGTON D.
c., enlisted men, field branch bo-
reau of Supply and Accounts Nay
Department, Cleveland, o.; IT, ,;
Marine Corps officers and enlisted
men to commandment U. S. Marine
Corps, Arlington annex, Wash' +
ton D. c.; and U, S. Coast G1afu'
officers and enlisted men to con-
U. S. Coast Guai"'
V ~7ington. D. C.
The application consists oil
signed statement by the veteran Il
which he encloses his honoI'D's
or certificate Of service
from the branch of service ana ''
quests mustering-out payment 'I-
thorized by law He also ASST
he was not discharged or reIeaSeo
to accept employment, but II u"
that reason has served OUTSIDE NE
United States since December q,
1871
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01

Here in England this battalion
is living in pyramidal tents, Sleep
ing on cots. But when they start
across they will take only pup
tents and two blankets apiece and
they will be sleeping on tho
ground. Their barracks bags with
extra clothes and stuff will catch
up with them some time in tho
dim future.
I had been under the impression
that all troops recently arrived
from the States would be wearing
the new infantry boot which we
have been issuing in Italy. l had
heard that the old cumbersome
and unsatisfactory leggin was in
limbo. But these boys all wore
legginc and had never heard Of
the new boot.
English dogs have begun to at
tach themselves to the tank-des-
troyer boys, as they do to any and
all camps of soldiers. These boys
haven't actually adopted any Of
them as individual pets, because
they can't take them along to the
Continent. They are, however, get
minded. They say that back in
the States they had number Of
pigs for pets. In that case you
could have your pet and eat it
too
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01

Upon the conclusion of finals
in the private school conducted by
Miss Annie Hart and Miss Brown,
the session came to a close with
awarding of certificates and prizes.
In scholarship prizes were award
ed as follows: Mary Allen Skeld
ing, 97,1; for the best record in
punctuality by Jeanne Cronly Boat
wright and Janet Chadwick; best
record in sewing, Esther Elliott;
for the highest total average OF
scholarship, punctuality and con-
duct, Mary Allen Shedding, "a.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
Daily Prayer
FOR WORLD MINDEDNESS

Thou hast moved us all into a
large room, O Lord. In this full
ness of time Thou hast called us
everyone into citizenship in the
whole world. Thou hast constrain-
ed us to think wider thoughts of
our brothers all over the earth
binding is up with them in a COM
mon future. Our prayer is that
with our deepest hearts we may
love and serve the whole world
as Christ loved and served it. Let
all of our hopes and plans include
all mankind. Forbid that any mar
row self-interest should survive this
war. Deliver US from all fears that
tend to littleness of soul Nav our
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
RosehilI Private
Now Nazi Prisoner

ROSEHILL, May 31-Pvt. Viii
liam H. Hall, who has been miss
ing in action since January 30,
has written his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Hall, that he is AL
right in every respect. The War
Department reported Hall as miss
ing in action in February, and I'M
til the letter was received from
him saying that he was a Ger
man prisoner of war, nothing
further had been heard from him.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND,
MAY 31-(by wireless--The COM
mander of the tank-destroyer bat
talon I have been visiting is Lieut..
Col. Joseph Deeley, of Sheboygan
Falls, Wis. He used to run a wool
carding mill there. I like his at
titude toward things.
When l first showed up he was
perfectly courteous but he made
plenty sure I had proper creden-
tiale and what not. AS he said
they have had plenty of security
preached into them back home,
and this indeed is acritical period
and he isn't taking any chances
But once he assured himself l
was all right he called in his ser
geants and told them to go around
and tell Their men they were PEI
fectly free to show me any and
all equipment they had and talk to
me as freely as they wanted to.
AS l told him later I don't think
he need have bothered. For these
boys approaching war for the first
time, pumped me so thoroughly on
what war is like that l hardly got
a chance to ask any questions of
them. Maybe I'll have to write
some security regulations of my
own just out of self-protectlon.
Who the devil is reporting this
war, anyway?
One company commander, Capt.
Charles Harding, of Olmsted Falls,
near Cleveland, had just had
letter from home telling him to
keep an eye out for me. He fig
ured that in a war this big our
paths would never cross. but they
did.
Another Ohioan came up and in
torduced himself. This was Pfc.
James Francis McClory of (6711
Futhrie ST. Cleveland. McClory is
what is aptly known in the bat
talon as a character He used
to be a prize fighter. Being in
the horny-handed world of pugil-
lists, he has great affinity for
apes. There's an almost human
ape at the zoo in a nearby city
which McClory goes to see every
time he gets a pasc. He calls him
Alfred the Ape" and says he
sure wishes he could take him
back to Cleveland.
McClory used to work for the
Cleveland Welding Co., which
made bicycles. When I asked him
what he did he said, "Oh. I was
just bod knocker."
You can kid lotc with McClory.
When 1 went to write down his
name I put Sergeant in front of
it, and he said, mo no. I'd never
get to be sergeant if the war
lasted so years."
So I said, well, Corporal
then" But he said, mo, I amt
even got sense enough to be a
corporal"
So I said, We'll, we simply can't
have you private. What would
Tile MCO1OIyS Vi Tie WOIlu IIlIIlk
with you only a private?"
So we compromised and made
him a pfc.
McClory ie one of those guys
who are good for the morale of an
outfit. He is always doing or say
ing something funny. And he is a
good soldier. He is one of the kind
who are fanatically loyal.
He has a great affection for his
company commander, Capt. John
Jay Kennedy of Q5 Fawndale
Road Roslindale, Mass. Once
when some gasoline caught fire
McClory threw himself on the Cap
tain and knocked him our of the
way, saving him from serious in
jury. Another time, when Captain
Kennedys mother was very i'll.
McClory took the last money he
had and telegraphed home to his
own parish to have a mass said
for the Captains mother.
"A number of men in the bat.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecution Of
the war to complete Victory.
TOP % THE MORNING

TOP % THE MORNING
When father prays he doesn't use
The words the preacher does;
There's different things for different days.
But mostly it's for us
7 can't remember all OF it,
I'm little yet, you see;
But one thing 1 cannot forget
NV father prays for me. ~
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
HEADS RAILROAD SURGEONS

WINSTON-SALEM, May 3I.-'a7
- DR.. J. NJ Cox of Lake Clt!.
Tenn, was elected president Oh
the Association of Surgeons of the
Southern Railway system here to-
day at the closing sessions oil
two-day meeting.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
rs Years Ago
Today
(From the files
OF the Star-News)
JUNE 1, 1919

JUNE l, 1919
Miss Wilhelmina F'utchs, daugh-
ter of ]. W. H. Futchs, has gone
north for six weeks trip. She
will visit in Washington. New York
and Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
Fair Enough

Ediotr's Note.-The Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views of Mr.. Pegler
and often disagree with them much many of
his readers His articles the good purpose Of
making people think
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01

new purposes match this new hour
of destiny. Only Thou canst
achieve this victory over our
spirits. So we pray to Thee for a
world mindedness that will assure
peace and brotherhood And we
pray in the name of Him who
laid down His life for the who
world. Amen. WIFE.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01

Miss Mary Louise Slower has re-
turned from Salem college, where
she attended school last winter.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01
With Ernie Pyle

talon told me later that McClory
was the kind of man they would
like to have with them when the
going got tough.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01

/ Recent weather reports from sunny l'a a.
suggest that nation may have, come ~ We ~ ~
end of the war, tough time selling ltoeii w.
World War II veterans as an ideal winter ie
sort.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-01

The fuchsia plant was named
after Leonard Fuchs.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-07-27
OPA Price Action

Prices for the 1914 crops of a
number of fresh food items have
been set by OPA. Potato prices will
be the same as for the 1913 crop
except that for July there will be
increases in the r. O. B. shipping
point prices of 20 cents a hundred
weight in Nebraska and 80 cents a
hundredweight in Kansas, Mary
land North Carolina and Virginia
states in which adverse weather
caused decreased yield. Retail prices
of 1914 sweet potatoes-with ma
tional average of about 10 cents a
pound over the IL months-will be
lower than for the 1913 crop, OPA
says. Retail prices for the 1914 red
sour cherries for table use or home
canning will be about l8 cents a
pound with stems and sold in con-
tainers and about is cents pound
without stems and sold in contain
ers. The F. 0. B. shipping point
prices for these cherries in contain
ers will be IL cents q pound with
stems and 9A cents = pound with
out stems. Sold in bulk without
containers the price is two cents a
pound less than the container prices
Highest prices for fresh peaches for
table use should range from 14'1
to Is cents a pound, OPA says as
these peaches are now under price
control for the first time.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-07-27
ALIAS SUMMONS

In Justice Court of Libby Town
ship, in the County of Lincoln
State of Montana, before H. B. Wal
lace, Justice of the Peace.
Mary Bolyard and Lorne Bolyard
as copartners doing business as Boil
yards Grocery and Market, plant
ifs, versus John Cook and Mrs.
John Cook, defendants.
The State of Montana to the above
defendants, Greeting:
You are hereby summoned to
answer the complaint in this action,
which is filed in the office OF the
above named Justice OF the Peace,
in Libby, Montana, and you shall
answer orally or in writing, and #
your answer be in writing you shall
file the same and serve co ~
thereof upon the plaintiff or his at
torney, within six days after TIE
service of this summons, exclusive
OF the day OF service, and in case
OF your failure to appear or answer,
judgment will be taken against you
bv default for the relief demanded
in the complaint.
The said action is brought to re-
cover q judgment for the sum OF
$l27.28 of which $0470 is for goods,
wares and merchandise sold and de-
livered to the defendants at their
express instance and request te.
tween June "a, 1913 and July n
1913. no part OF which has beer
paid, and said goods, wares and
merchandise were Of the reason
able value charged therefor. Thu
said sales were made at Libby, Lin
coin County, Montana, and trans
actions all occurred in said Coun,
/ ty: and for the further sum Of $42 81
for goods, wares and merchandise
sold and delivered to one Otis Cook