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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
Munich Paper Praises
y. S. Gen. Eisenhower

MADRID, Feb. 13-tR-The Mu.
Mich newspaper Neueste Nachrich-
ten in an issue received here
printed an article about General
Dwight D. Eisenhower, praising
his personality and ability with.
out single disparaging comment
Inc American general has an
athletic appearance, full health
and strength, a welcomed head
and jaw showing his great will
and is man whom his country.
men would call a he man." the
German editor wrote.
The article praised Eisenhow.
er's great abilities as an organ
lzer" and said he had demon
strated great gcoe sense,' in lead
ership and tactics in Africa.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
Nazi General Succumbs
To Wounds Inflicted
By Soviet Guerrlllas

NEW YORK, Feb. l3-R-M "a,
Gen. Wilhelm Hartensteln Oh ~
Nazi elite guard has succull.ott.,
to wounds suffered several We 5'in,
ago when attacked by guel i-l l-
in White Russia, the StocK!l9';;, :,
news paper Aftontidningen Sa assic :.
an article reported to the oI-'''
OF War Information today ~,
This is the fourth genera WV Wv,
died this way during the pss' ""
weeks" the newspaper SAID
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14

and taken advantage of no tech.
meal shortcuts. From the begin.
nlng the reader understands that
bringing together all these peo.
PIE must have a tragic outcome.
winch 1t does. But the book is
neitner stark nor strained; it has
a tolksy feel and there is eno1gh
numor to make it all seem real.
II seems very real, in fact.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
interpreting
The War
BY ELTON c. FAY
Associated Press War An.,,

The Allies in Italy seem ~
involved, for the moment, in some.
thing Of a vicious circle
A break-through on the maj.
battle line near Casino vb;os
would link by land the sprn,4
routes OF the Anzio beacbbead
with Allied-controlled southern az az
ally would facilitate expansinn ~,
the beachhead. vi VI
But a break-through in foroo
being opposed by the Germans ~ ~
Casino who are shuttling Vs.; a'
forcements and shipping s1,n rGt.l,
over the rail and highway r ypl+es
from Rome-a procedure WINES a'es
may continue until the beacb Tn,sa
can be expanded to cut those sr"
ply routes. sup
1t is quite possible the AM.
will find a way to break tbia ''i ny,
happy situation. Indeed toar no.. uil'
evidence this is under wav IS
Allied aviation and naval r,,..
are major factors at work 70 s sIns
this problem. Communiouo. 'v"e
ing the weekend spoke ~ uuf-
presence of Allied heavy 6o,' ge
ers, in addition to other avi yvino'
over the battle zone. 'N'0n'
the Allied airmen are worlina
steadily and sturdily on The Tan
roads and highways, bIowjnr
holes in them almost as fast y.
the Nazis can patch them IN
In the area near Terracina both
the rail line and the Appian Wav
loop westward to touch the cos,t
and come within easy range NJ
Allied naval guns.
There is, however. a second rno
of communications between Rome
and Casino used by the Nazis
and somewhat farther removed
from immediate menace BY tbe
Allied beachhead. This route cor.
sisting of a railroad and high.
way, Via Casilina, runs d, An M.
eragesof 20 miles east of the more
vulnerable Appian Way. That dis.
lance, however, is not problem
for Allied airmen
To the south, the Fifth Armv
continues to make slow progress
in the bitter fighting around Cas-.
sino. There, as on the Anzio 'front.'
the Allied schedule obviously is
off timing; the enemy clings te.
naciously to his mountain posi-.
tons and bars the way to the
plains just to the north.
The landings in the Anzio-Net
tuno area were made three weeks
ago and for some time the inits.
tive remained with the America
and British eleme-ts of the Fifth
Army. They pushed inland toward
several detectives. Rome was a
distant objective; the immediate
targets were the rail and high.
way lines to the south.
The Allies stood almost astride
the rail line at Campoleone and
within a short distance of cutting
both the rail and highway lines
at Cisterna when the initiative
passed from their hands and they
were stopped.
German reinforcements. sent
from both the north and south
over the very routes which the
Allies were seeking to cut, met
them. Even then, the landing
forces might have broken down
the resistance and pushed along
except for an unfortunate turn in
Italian weather which grounded
the greatly superior Allied avia'
ton and interrupted the landing
of supplies and reinforcemens
from the sea.
After a week Of intense uncer-
tainty in lay minds over the Sc
curity of the beachhead, assuring
words have come from Allied
leaders. The sights are still on
Rome and the three weeks at An
zio may be only little interlM'
| in long war
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
AWARDED AIR MEDAL

CHARLESTON. S. c., Feb. 13-
REEnsign William T. Clifton
usNR, of Louisburg, N. c., who
mas been reported missing in ac-
ton, has been awarded the Air
MEDAL by the President of the
united States for 'meritorious
achievement" while participating
IN aerial flight as a fighter pilot
curing attacks against Japanese
FORCES IN the Solomon islands
area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
157 RED GENERALS

MOSCOW, Feb. 10 p hs'
Fleet, organ Of the Soviet nav! ANY,
pointed out today in conneclJ1fe
with the law permitting the ~
Soviet republics to raise sepata.
armies that the Red army La 10,
157 generals and de Red nav
four adnirals from White RuSSi.'
Thirty generals are from Arnl'
mia. the article added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23

THTS chocolate pudding
lis filling and unusually
j good; just right for a
spring nights dinner. Bake
it in a casserole to serve
six. or in individual baking
dishes.
squares unSWeetened
chocolate
3 cups milk
4 teaspoon salt
y cup light brown sugar,
tIrnty packed
2 egg yolks, slightly
beaten
IL teaspoons vanilla
6 slices dry bread, cut I'm
one-half inch cubes
. egg whites
4 tablespoons gTanuiatcd
sugar
Add the chocolate To the
milk in the upper part of
a double boiler. When the
chocolate is-melted, beat
with a rotary (wheeD egg
beaten until blended. Add
salt. Combine the brown
sugar and egg yolks; add
chocolate mixture gradual
~, stirring vigorously. Add
vanilla. Combine the bread
and chocolate mixture and
let il stand 10 10 IS minutes,
stirring IL occasionally. Turn
IL into a creased baking
dish, set this in a pan of
hot water, and bake il in
a moderate oven 1850 de-
Grees F. 30 minutes or I'M
I'll almost set.
Beat the egg whites until
foamy; add the graduated
-SugarrtNe tablespoons at a
time, beating after each adj
diHon until the sugar is
blended. Then continue the
beating until the mixture
will stand in peaks. Pile
this meringue lightly in
mounds 10 form a border
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
Il bunny Good Pudding

around the edge Of the pud-
ding. Sprinkle the meringue
with shaved or grated cho-
colate and continue the bak-
ing eight minutes longer, or
until the meringue is deli
cately Drowned. Serve warm
or cold
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
crisPY Pears


/ quart jar canned pear
halves or No. 2l2 can
IL cups syrup from fruit
IL teaspoons cornstarch
X cup brown sugar
! tablespoon lemon juice
/ tablespoon fortified mar
garine
Salt
Cereal flakes
Drain the pears and re-
serve the syrup. Roll each
piece IN crushed cereal
flakes, then lay them in a
creased pan and brown
them in a moderate oven
1850 degrees F.. Serve with
sauce made from the other
ingredients. Combine syrup.
sugar eeFnstaFeh, ] q m o n
juice and about nne-eighth
teaspoon Of salt, and cook
this over low heat until
thickcncd. This is about ten
minutes. Add the margarine
and stir until il melts.
Serve the sauce warm, over
the pears. Allow two pear
halves for each serving. Of
the pears were canned in
water, add onc-fourth cup
white sugar when making
the sauce)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23
Idea

LOLLOW out left over
u small rolls, spre cad
lightly on the inside with
enriched margarine or meat
drippings and toast in a
slow oven. Fill 10 overflow.
ing with tasty meat stew.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-23

these quality tunas are extremely
valuable in hospital diets. SO, il
you occasionally have difficulty in
getting these famous brands, re
member that you are sharing them
with .oBT boys" in some sf-dis-
iani hospital base. We know you'd
want Them To come first!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15

certain as anything In politics can be
Mr.. Farley Is not going to play the same
part in Roosevelt fourth-term cam
paign as he did in the Roosevelt third
term campaign. In 1910 Mr.. Farley,
although he resigned his national
craftsmanship, retained his State CHAIR
manship and in the end supported the
President for reelection. # the Presi-
dent Is renominated in July, Mr.. Farley
Will not remain as chairman, nor will
he support the reelection Of the Presi-
dent. This does not mean that Mr..
Ferley will Jump to the Republican
ticket. He will remain a Democrat.
But he will not work for Roosevelt
victory.
Mr.. Farley quite naturally Is gam
bling on the chance that the President
will not wish to be candidate for re-
election. What he and the anti-fourth
termers can do to stop nomination of
the President-or to convince the Presi-
dent such nomination would be un-
wise-is still a matter of doubt. Mr..
Farley might, for example, permit his
own name to 60 before the convention
as he did in 1910. In that event, 20 to
Ao "a VAC ASASSduCo AAOIA INCW 1OIk
might follow Mr.. Farley.
The suggested revolt against the re-
election of Mr.. Farley as State chair
man, which emanated from John
O'Connell, Albany County chairman,
and which was fostered by Washing
ton, did not materialize. It was too
risky, for the reasons given. The O'Con-
nells Of Albany hate Gov. Dewey, and
they are placing their hopes on Presi-
dent Roosevelt to beat him in the ma
tional election. Gov. Dewey is intent
upon driving the O'Connells out of
power in Albany. Speaking in Troy
during the 1943 lieutenant governor
campaign, Gov. Dewey paid his respects
to the O'Connells and declared: eft took
i've years to break the power of the
organized criminal underworld in New
York. But it won't take quite that long
in Albany"
With New York key State in any
presidential election, it is no wonder
the Democrats are doing their best to
avoid disastrous intraparty rows. This
Is particularly true because Gov. Dewey
and his Republican supporters have
demonstrated tremendous support In
the last two Statewide campaipns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15

with high" statistics from other
cities suggests that New York Bronx,
Manhattan and Richmond Boroughs)
has much larger population;
Cleveland has more books-248 per
capita-and vastly greater income
derived from county allotment of
intangibles tax; New York the most
numerous borrowers, but Minneapolis
the largest circulation and Kansas
City the greatest individual per
capita service-4e per cent of the
population. =
Hurriea exaudnation of the more
conspicuous features of the ALA
survey gives the impression that the
public library system of Washington
is about 'median." A single glance
into the Central Building or any of
the dozen subbranches will suffice
to convince any visitor that the
demand upon local facilities is active
and growing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Just who won victory in the meeting
OF the New York Democratic State Com
mittee, which unanimously reelected
James A. Farley chairman, remains to
be seen. The correct answer may not
emerge until the Democratic National
Convention gets down to business next
July.
Mr.. Farley, a recognized anti-fourth
termer before his reelection, still is an
anti-fourth termer. He will go to the
national convention as delegate at large
and nominal head Of the delegation.
II President Roosevelt should not be a
candidate, Mr.. Farley will be in an
important position to help select the
nominee.
The Roosevelt Democrats, for their
part, were able to avoid a devastating
split in the New York State organiza-
ton. II they had been able to defeat
Mr.. Farley for re-election-which Is
extremely doubtful-they would have
"purged" "Big Jim," but they would
have left sore spots not only in New
York, but in States all across the CONT
nent, where MIR. Farley has thousands
of friends.
So the fourth termers have matter for
VII -SoAA64 douAdIAO1l. 4IC evil gay AL
least has been postponed. What they
hope Is in the end to avoid sensational
split with Mr.. Farley and his supporters.
And while they were electing Mr.. Far
ley, they also were able to put through
resolution indorsing President Roose-
welt and calling for his reelection.
That stands today as the attitude of the
Democratic State Committee.
+ tk
The fact Of the matter is that the
fourth termers were most anxious to get
rid OF Mr.. Farley. They would have
loved to ease him out. But that could
not de done. Mr.. Farley, it is under
stood, fatty told them that the only
way they could get him out was by
roll call vote Roll call votes in the New
York Democratic organization, aimed at
Mr. Farley, are dangerous things. His
victory in the 1912 Democratic State
Convention, when he beat the Presi-
dents candidate, Senator Mead, for the
gubernatorial nomination with his own
candidate, John j. Bennett, still is
vivid in the memory Of the Roosevelt
Democrats.
One thing appears to be certain-as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15

hardly encourage further Romanian
sacrifices in the German cause.
AS matters now stand, however, it
must be admitted that the Jassy bolt"
position, though threatened, is holding
so far; that there are other positions
south of 1t which will still protect Won
Kleists retreat if they can be held; and
that konev Is still long way from
either Focsani or Galatiz. Once more,
therefore, we have a situation which
holds the elements of great German
disaster, but there Is as yet no certainty
that the disaster will actually take place.
II the Germans do manage to CONSOLE
date their grip on the Focsani- Galatz
Gap they ought to be able to bring about
at least a temporary sterilization of the
situation along the whole front from
Stanislau to the Black Sea. Inevitably
the axis OF chief strategic interest will
then turn to the wider gap between the
Pripet Marshes and the Carpathian
Mountains, the front Kowel-Brody-
Stanislau, where the Germans appear to
be achieving some local successes at the
moment.
1t Is on this front that the richest
prizes are within the reach of power
full Russian effort and it is on this
front that the Germans lack natural ter
rain barriers and must continue to pour
in reserves to hold back any further
Russian attacks. That is why 1t seems
quite probable that the German effort
here will take the form of counter
attack in an endeavor to obtain res
pite and a chance to consolidate a
strong defensive front, using fortif1ca-
lions where nature has not provided
mountains and sWamps as she has done
so lavishly farther south.
Possibly the most dangerous Russian
move that could now be made would
be an advance in the direction Howell
Brest-Litovsk Should Brest-Litovsk
fall to the Russians. the extent of the
German disaster would dwarf by COM
parison the possible results to be OBJ
tanned at the Galatz Gap. The COM
munications of the whole of the German
army group of the center (still holding
its exposed forward positions on the line
VitebSk- Orsha- Mogilev-Zhlobin) would
be threatened. For these reasons, every
move in the present fighting area be-
tween the Pripet Marshes and the Car
pathians possesses much Significance
and any change in the situation there
should be carefully watched.
tcopyrisht 1o<4)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
What's Coming?
From the Abilene Chronicle.

xTom tne Abilene SQrOnlcie.
How long will the United States lastf
Not longer than 1000 AID, says DR.. VIII
liam j. Humphreys, retired meteorolog-
ical physicist Of the Weather Bureau at
Washington, in an interview. BY that
time most Of the United States will be
SO dry as to be unfit for human habi-
tation.
For so years, says DR.. Humphreys, the
weather has been getting warmer. This
means that the world is emerging from
an ice age. More ice Is melting every
year than is being made. AS the ice
decreases, so does the rainfall More
and more parts of the United States will
resemble in dryness New Mexico and
Arizona.
Nor will the coast cities be any better
off. The melting Of the worlds Ice will
bring an average rise Of $50 feet in the
ocean level, and q flooding of great coast
areas. Only the tops of skyscrapers will
protrude above the sea-
If 1t is any comfort to Americans.
much Of Europe and Asia will be in
the same fix.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
NaziS Face New Threat
By Maj. George Fieldinp Eliot

While the reconquest Of the Crimea
proceeds swiftly the Russian commune
ques have again fallen silent on the
operations in Romania. The fall of
Ovidiopol appears to have completed the
task of ejecting the Germans from the
Ukraine.
The German 9Th and 9Th Armies,
under the command Of Field Marshal
Won Kleist, are now in the course of
withdrawing from the lower Dnepr
southwestward to the Focsani- Galatz
Gap, protected by the bolt position
held by the Germans in the Jassy area.
The Russian I'd Ukranian Army Group,
commanded by Marshal Konev, Is try
ing to break the bolt" position and
drive southwark between the Sereth
and the Prut, to get behind the retreat
ing forces of Won Kleist.
If, as one of the ablest of British mill
tary writer's points out, Konev can reach
the Gap before Won Kleist can get there
and dig himself in, the results will be
disastrous for the Germans: Disastrous
on an even larger scale than anything
they have yet encountered on this south
ern front.
Won Kleist must somehow find the
means not only to hold his "bolt' po-
sition, or series of such positions south
ward toward the gap, but he must also
resist the heavy pressure on his front
from Gen. Malinovskys Sd Ukranian
Army group, which is already is possess
sion of the Dnestr crossings and may
by this time be in the course of estab-
fishing bridgeheads on the Moldavian
bank of the river.
X X X Il
1t seems likely that there are already
some German troops at the Gap, sent
there from Hungary and from Germany
itself. No doubt these forces are con-
solidating defensive positions through
which Won Kleist's harried divisions can
retire. The Germans will have pressed
into service all the Romanian troops
they can lay hands on; but there are
some hints that the quick evacuation of
Odessa and the collapse of Axis re-
sistance in the Crimea may have been
due, in part, to the disaffection of the
Romanian forces in those areas.
The Russian propaganda service will
certainly not fail to inform the Ro-
manian people of the chivalrous treat
ment dealt to the Romanian troops In
Odessa by their German allies, who beat
them back from the escape ships with
rifle butts In order that there should be
room enough for the Germans. This will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Library Statistics

The American Library Association
Bulletin for April contains q report
on public library services which
should be Of interest to the average
resident of the District of Columbia
II only as a guide for his appraisal
of the public library system OF his
own community.
Washington is classified In the
survey as one of the cities having
population Of more than two hun
dred thousand. 1t thus is bracketed
with New York, Chicago, Philadel-
phia, Detroit, Los Angeles, Cleveland,
Baltimore, Saint Louis, Boston and
Pittsburgh, all of which, according
to the 1910 census, are inhabited
by greater numbers of people. But
the Nations Capital also is included
In the same grouping with relatively
small towns, like Oklahoma City and
Syracuse. The median figure
approximates three hundred and
eightyfive thousand, or something
more than half of the local popula-
ton as of the time of the last official
count four years ago.
Some allowance, obviously, has to
be made in the circumstances for the
changes incident to the war. Metro
politan Washington's population to-
day probably exceeds a million.
Similar increases in the human
load" on library facilities should be
registered for San Diego, at the bot
tom of the ALA roster, and its
"neighbors," Akron, Dallas, Dayton,
Omaha, Providence, Saint Paul, San
Antonio, Toledo and Youngstown,
each of which has experienced ire
mendous growth since December 7,
1941.
Those concessions, however, do not
alter the general significance of the
report. 1t shows for Washington a
total book stock Of 689,994, or 1.O4
volumes per capita, with 132,499
adult and 1892 juvenile patrons,
representing q per cent of the
Districts permanent residential COM
munity. Circulation to grownups
was l,278,679 books; to children,
l,1l7,412-an aggregate of 1896 ,oe1,
or 3.61 books per capita. The income
OF the library for the fiscal year
was $787,353.
AS clue to the meaning of the
ngures thus reported, comparison
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,cn

apparently fully convinced that they no
longer had to fear an attack from Adj
miral Mountbatten against either RAN
COON or Sumatra. Their intelligence
must have kept them fully informed that
the tools" promised Mountbatten had
either been recalled or had never been
sent to him.
The news contained in the dispatches
from Asia is not encouraging. 1t Is true
that the Indian population in the CAL
cutta area is incapable Of an insurrec-
ton because it still feels the aftermath
of last years famine. But this does not
apply to other portions Of eastern India,
such as Madras.
The Japanese offensive has caught the
Allies by surprise and it is now obvious
that neither Mountbatten nor Auchin-
leck had any definite idea of the pres
ence of large and well-equipped jap
anese forces in Manipur 1t is equally
probable that even today they do not
have clear picture Of the disposition
of the Japanese troops or the intentions
of the japanese fleet, which is reported
concentrated at Singapore
According to some reports, the Kwan-
tung army-the toughest the Japanese
have-is being moved to the south. For
many years the Kwantung army mount
ed guard on the Manchurian-Si Siberian
border. 1t was generally believed in
military quarters that the army was ear
marked to match itself against the Rus
sian forces in Siberia either defensively
or extensively.
Should the report that it is now going
southwark be confirmed, the deduction
reached here is that the Japs are con-
f1dent that they need not fear a surprise
from the north and also that they plan
a continued offensive in India. The
monsoon rains are expected to begin
within the next five weeks. Unques-
tionably they will be deterrent to any
military operations. But it is possible
that the Japs, who seem to be SO ia
miliar with our plans in Europe, reckon
that by next fall Britain and the United
States will be so heavily involved in
France that they will not be able to
strengthen the Indian defenses.
The American naval and air defensive
in the Pacific is not likely to interfere
with Japan's plans in Eastern Asia. The
situation in India is highly explosive and
may upset the well-laid Teheran plans.