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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
A Stitch In Time

Today there are some 5000 airports in our
country, and the Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration is recommending an additional 5000,
fields. These figures emphasize the general
scope Of the great aviation development bel.
witnessed in the United States.
In preliminary steps toward coordinated
postwar airport development, forty-eight IA
tional organizations recently met as the Joint
Airport Users Conference Speaking before
the conference, Harry Meixell, of the Air
Transport Association of America, outlining the
basic problems to be faced, said: Full realiza-
ton and understanding of the respective roles
which the Federal government, those Of the
states and those Of the political subdivisions
Of the states can and must play in the
establishment and progressive expansion OF
national system Of public airports,
are essential In other words, it is Of the ut
most importance that the specific powers OF
these three levels Of government, with respect
to the location, establishment, maintenance,
operation ard financing of public airports. be
clearly enumerated and defined. >.
above all, however, legislative bodies in
distributing such authorities and duties, must
think and act in an unselfish and statesman
like manner, contemplating the greatest good
for the greatest number Of our communities
and our citizens. Consideration of States
Rights and Municipal Home Rule on the one
hand, must be made to balance with the Ne
tional Security and Welfare on the other ir
all Federal and state laws and municipal ordi-
nances dealing with public airports."
Confused legislative actions relating to air.
port development and control would slow the
growth of American aviation. It would also
cost lives in unnecessary aircraft accidents
Representatives of the civil aviation industry
are working to void these twin calamities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
Freedom Has Many Blessings

The United Nations are fighting for freedom
for many different reasons. One of the most
unique reasons was brought out by one of our
smaller allies, the Nagas of Assam and North
Burma. Known as headhunters, It took some
thing concrete to sway them to our side.
With these people hostile to u.s. our efforts in
Burma would have been less effective. The
American medical profession played a great
part in helping win the confidence of the Nagas
by just doing it's job of caring for the sick
and wounded
The Nagas were afflicted with sores which
ate to the bone and were considered incur
able by these tough little people. The Ameri-
Can doctors went about treating this common
sore with sulfa drugs and in short time the
sores disappeared miraculously. Their KING
Peter was cured Of blindness through the re-
moval OF cataracts In both eyes.
1t didn't take any more to convince this
ally that our cause was for their good. The
Nagas played an important part in helping
push the Ledo Road through to completion.
This is another victory for the American
doctor who works and achieves under a free
enterprise system, which is the backbone of 9
free nation.
If the Nagas people knew about the plans in
this country to socialize medicine and destroy
our free American doctor, they would think
we were very stupid indeed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
New Caesar Triumphs

James Caesar Petrillo, President of thu
American Federation Of Musicians, has set 8
pattern as well az a precedent in his answer
request that he obey long standing War La.
Dor Board order We hope the pattern won't
be followed. But apparently it can be, and
with irnpunity.
Il you don't like WLB order, all you do
Is say mo" Don't let it bother you if you
had agreed earlier that you would say "Yes''
il the President Of the United States asked
you nicely You can squirm out OF it or just
ignore it, Of course you want to be sure that
you're a union Official and not an employer,
end that the government isn't going to take
over the plant where your members are work
ing.
You might give your reasons for refusal
as Mr.. Petrillo has done. He says that to
lift his recording ban would permit two un-
signed recording companies to resume manu-
facture, with resulting tremendous profits to
them,'' and take business from firms that
have knuckled down to his demands for royal
ty payments which don't 60 to the
musicians who make the records.
Mr.. retrillo is not only defying the govern
ment. He is also debating what firms can
be in the recording business, and steering the
profits where he wants to see them 60. And
the profits he withholds are considerable since
the two unsigned companies are Columbia aid
RCA-Victor, the oldest and biggest manufac-
turers in the field.
AS preliminary to his ban Mr. Petrillo
music to join his union, Most of them joined
reluctantly, since their fees are considerably
above union 'scale'' and the union could do
absolutely nothing for them except collect their
dues.
Most of these artists have stuck with Victor
public would Like to hear them on some new
discs. But Mr.. Petrillo has never seemed to
worry unduly about what the public wants.
The signed-up companies, he says ARE now
supplying the public with all necessary re-
cordings' And that's that.
On the same day that Mr.. Petrillo ans
wered the President, Undersecretary of War
Patterson told some striking machinists that
1.-THE government of the United States will not
be coerced by any group" But coercion IS
just what Mr.. Petrillo is using. Seemingly the
only way the government can get its agency S
order enforced is to rescind that order and
make Columbia and Victor settle on Mr.. Pc
trillo's terms.
So now what happens?
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
Beware The Bully

At the time OF the settlement of the nation
wide strike tie-up Of coal production in which
the government took over the coal mines and
complied with miners demands under pres
sure Of work stoppages, thoughtful observers
looked with foreboding upon the proceedings.
The disgraceful spectacle Of the United States
bowling before the threat Of mob force was
there for all to see. The country is paying a
high price for that exhibition.
The Secretary Of the Interior reports that
since the United Mine Workers no-strike
pledge of last November, there have been
some 1900 walkouts involving approximately
$4,000 men and costing seven million tons Of
vitality needed fuel. The government has again
resorted to seizure of many mine properties
The Secretary's comment on the situation re.
sernbles the complaint of cowed school BOY
who has just received beating at the hands
e6 the town bully. He said: II cannot conceive
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
With The AEF
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

IN FRANCE, Oct. 10 - Ode
layed) -R- Four rookie rifle.
men stood among hundreds of re.
placements on a grassy hillside 20
miles behind the western front. II
was sunset and the distant artillery
seemed to grow louder.
At the bottom of the hill stood
scores of waiting trucks and OF
ficers from various frontline outfits
seeking requirements.
T Look at them," said one lieu
tenant, bitterly but not unkindly.
Damn near all are either under
~ or over 30. They expect us to
make infantry riflemen GU. o.
them"
"Yeah," said another, land I'm
willing to bet ten bucks there's at
least so guys there who never fired
rifle in their lives
Baxter" bawled the replace
ment company sergeant.
Kenneth F." yelled a lanky
private halfway down the hill in
reply. He looked at his three COM
rades. The quartet had come a
long way together, but now that
separation time was at hand there
did not seem to be anything 20
say.
We'll, I'll be seeing you," Bax>
ter said, with quick grin.
dig the first one deep" Then the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
MARSEILLE GIVES
MANY HEADACHES

PARIS, Oct. 49, R The great
Mediterranean port Of Marseille is
providing headache to French
and Allied authorities attempting te
maintain order along military sup
ply lines, conversations W h re
sponsible Army and Navy officials
disclose.
American soldiers and truck
drivers have been shot at under
various circumstances. Theil
trucks or ducks have been robbed
of gasoline or rations-b o h ex
tremely valuable in region where
the food supply is most stringent
and transport is difficult to obtain.
French authorities and the legit
innate French forces Of the interior
have been engaged in nocturnal
street battles with outlaws mas
querading as FIJI members o,
Vichy militia organizations. On one
occasion the battles continued
more than a week.
American authorities countered
by running ducks in convoy at
night and placing armed guards on
each, while French officials order.
ed all persons except members OIL
the regular army or regularly or.
ganized FIJI units to turn in their
arms. The French also made q
show with a military parade con.
tanning elements Of three divisions.
The American commander placed
all United States personnel under
an 8 pm. curfew after civil at.
fairs driver was fatally shot near
Toulon. Two psychological warfare
officers were injured n ar Mar
seille. Later the curfew orders was
rescinded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
Daily Prayer
FOR ACCORD WITH GOD.

We survey Thy patience through
the ages, o Eternal God, Ruler
over all and we crave share of 1T
for our own spirits. Thou art the
ever living God yet the long
eeons have not dulled Thine ever
fresh interest in man. Thou carest
for us today as Thou didst for our
first parents. We thank Thee that
Thou has not grown tired of us,
and all our laundering and SHINING
and misuse Of the free will which
is Thy sovereign stamp upon our
souls. This war which seems so
endless to us is but one fragment
Of Thine eternal providence. We
pray that we may perceive it's
larger reaches and relationships.
May we be in conscious accord
with Thy purposes for this world
which Thou lowest above all other
of Thy creation Lift us up into
daily renewed consciousness of the
greatness Of this hour and make us
truly fellow laborers with Thee,
Amen.-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17

that the mine workers can turn their backs
on their government by continuing to strike
at time when the nation greatly needs every
ton of coal that they can produce in order to
speed the winning of the war"
This is just so much conversation. The Secre-
tary knows and everyone else knows that the
miners have struck against the war effort
again and again. AS for turning their backs
on government, that's joke. The bitter truth
is that they don't have to turn their backs
or sovernment-the government takes what
they dish out.
How long is the bully going to boss the
government?
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
BY JOHN sELBY

Railroads at War;" by S. Kip
Harrington, Jr. (Coward-McCann
50.
S. Kip Harrington, Jr., has pro-
duced the perfect book for the man
CT the house, unless he be young
enough to have escaped the thrill
If the railroad and to have fallen
for the allegedly greater skill 81
scooting around the sky on tin
plate. Mr.. Farrington's book is
first rate for two very good reas'
ons-it contains the best chosen
and most dramatic set of railroad
photographs I have seen for a long
time, and it contains some real in
formation.
It's all very well to say that a
photograph shows Santa Fe
4-8-4 type climbing Cajon Pass
with 10 cars of the Chief, but its
much better to tell what the
Chiefs doing there, why it is re-
markable that the locomotive can
do what it is doing, and what the
status of the railroad is. in today S
war-balanced scales. This the au.
thor does with occasional inco.
herence, but with unquestioned
authority.
Everybody knows that there's a
war on the RAILROAD irons, too. A
few people may suspect that in
spite OF the enormous service the
roads have d n e, the war has
been used as an excuse for Ger.
tain commissions, this being only an
extension of the attitude found in
Jail the industries, these being run
by vulnerable human beings. But
Mr.. Harrington is concerned only
with the service, and he writes
admiringly of that. He explains
for example, what Centralized
traffic control can do for crowd
ed lines. He shows how the roads
have borrowed ard bought from
each other, so that ones surplus
supplies the others deficiency
the Santa Fee, for example, bought
a number Of The Norfolk and
Westerns huge 1882 freight To-
comotives to use as helpers on its
numerous mountain grades.
Most phases of operation are
discussed, with frequent lyrical
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
With The AEF
Sidekicks Separated

would have to walk. Nobody knew
if they were going right into the
line that night.
From one of the front trucks
Baxter watched the lights go out
one by one behind as though some
body slowly had waved magic
wand down the winding column.
"Blackout driving som cone
said, I'VE must be within artillery
range.
Although the trucks thunder had
drowned the sound of the guns,
sporadic, dazzling flashes lighted
hilltops and mountains all along
the western front. Some were muz-
zle blasts and some were enemy
shell explosions, but through the
eyes of the rockies it all looked
alike.
The flashes frightened Benton S
truck now and then so that he could
have showed the pictures of his
wife and baby. But he only stared
in silence, trying to grasp the
meaning of each sight and sound
wondering what lay ahead.
Carefully feeling its way along
the tortuous 70 "a d, the truck
column moved on through the war
splashed night CRYING four sepa-
rated side-kicks along with a new
batch of requirements needed to
plug gaping holes in the combat
line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17

former Chicago defense pl a n
supervisor strobe down the hill.
Quickly they checked his equip
ment. 1t is a court-martial offense
to discard essential stuff before
reaching the line. Non-coms hand
ed him cigarettes, a candy bar, {
box of matches and some chewing
gum. He tried to ease his angular
body into some restful pose in
the truck.
The sergeant's voice grew hoarse
bawling more names in the cole
night air.
Benton" he called, holding a
flashlght on the paper in his hand
Hardin" yelled back a Is year
old North Wilksboro, N. c., farm
er. Deliberately he picked up his
rifle.
Darkness made cigarette CLOVIS
dot the hillside like fireflies when
the sergeant called '.Bernhart'
and a 19-year-old Burlington. Ia.
private answered Paul" Pr C.
Billy Deren, 20-year-old Evansville,
Ind, steelworker was the last o1
the quartet to 60.
Finally each truck had been
loaded with Is requirements. The
long convoy began to grind for
ward. The chill cut sharply. They
crowded close together.
Nobody knew how far they were
going in the trucks before they
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War An,,.

''o'ea 1feSs war Analyst
If Japan's main fighting s...
or any substantial part Of il leg
at last been brought to actior As'
Tokyo broadcasts say, a msinr ~
iective Of American operat;on. '0'
the central Pacific has been "a
tanned. d
American reports so far sr.,.
only Of japanese aerial asss sraa
on our carrier forces.
Tokyo claims OF 50 or more An
erican warcraft of all types s' nrs
sound fantastic. They follow v,h..
has become an almost rituaTs,i'
Japanese propaganda practice ~
previous sea-air encounters in y,a
Pacific, all of which uItjmataI.
turned out to be American vcto'
les.
1t would take American Conn,
nation OF convince observers tbs,
the Japanese high command j.
ready to risk its jealousy hoarde,
fighting fleet at this stage Of III.
battle OF the Pacific, howeve
There has been every reason :"
credit Admiral Halsey's Third fes,
with such combined air and So,
power in the east China sea sres
operations that nothing short a,
the full weight of enemy naval
strength could hope to cope with
it.
A full Japanese fleet conceptra
ton there would leave the centr,,
and southern Philippines EXPOSED
to the invasion thrusts Genera
Macarthur SO obviously has pos.
ed for action. 1t also would leav.
the approaches to the south China
sea dangerously vulnerable from
the west. There is no question that
Admiral Lord Mountbatten is pre.
pairing in the Bay of Bengal thea.
ter for action coordinated with tho
American advance in the central
and southwestern Pacific.
Tokyo reports of the fight dis.
count the probability that the Sis.
tanned cross-fire air attack on For.
mosa is a prelude to ATTEMPTED
American invasion of that islard
They assume with good reason
that Halsey's bold strikes have 10
do with impending invasion moves
against the Philippines. If they
have succeeded in drawing such
portion of Japanese naval power as
has been based at hide-outs in the
northern part of the south China
sea into action, unquestionably tina
primary American purpose, shor,
of the hope of bringing the main
enemy fleet to decisive battle, has
been served.
Sea action of anything like Tho
scope and nature Tokyo assigned
to the battle must inevitably
mean losses. When they are re-
vealed, however, they must be cal.
culated in relative rather than ab.
solute terms in assessing the tac'
teal or strategic results Of the
clash. Ship for ship in every cate
CORY of air or sea, every craft
destroyed or put out of action cuts
more heavily into japanese abii'
| ty to maintain the struggle than
into American fighting power
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
City Draft Board Picks
II Youths For Induction

Mostly 19-year-old youths VI" WI.
stood pre-induction physical ls,n
in July, will make up the s, T.-,
Of 81 local inductees to 60 10 l~ ~.
Bragg Wednesday for lnouc' ",
officials of City Draft Boafa ""
l said yesterday. na
"The boys haven't been c. .ar,
before because of our srlaA . .;,,
and no induction call for WIZ WIZ"
men being made in septeniO''
officials explained. ...s
Accompanying the local sele y. 4,
to the induction center VIII w ssr,
men, who were transferred INV
from other boards for lnau'r -,a
The group will leave here a. '
a. m. Wednesday. mi
Local selectees going 10 mn;
! Bragg are: Lloyd W. "ooo C-,a
Albert Clifton Lewis. Thomas w, ~;
Meyland, Douglas Lee ,,Is,1i,r
John Homer Wilson, John WlI +,
Hines, John Wesley Dickens 81
liam Davis Belcher, Thadoe ,I,:l,i.r
vester jackson, Robert w glssss
Moore, Kenneth Wallace D, sss.
lee, William Odell Cafnp' 4
James Timothy Chadwick e.
Turner. Jr., Ivan M. Goroqa ,.:,,
Gil Ray Flowers, Lloyd J Slars.
Elliott, Joseph Alexander 0 Wilt
George Steve George, jim CD
Pruitt, Jr., Maurice Warren
som. ~
Men transferred to the r,rsl
board for induction are us.,ts,
Parish Robertson, LeWle M s,r
Craft, Roby Clay Leonard, 81
mond Hudson, Willard Cla ar. B.
phens. Grady Franklin Roge acrs1
land Garner, Jr., Arden L ,foAl.
Simpson, James Henry Marr,ss
ter, Henry Jennings h.J gla
John Thomas Stephens, Pau s,uyasss,
Jones, Winston 'Swindeu "A'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
SO THEY SAY

r. our children are not to be the victim Of
that false sense of security which Maglnot
Lines inspire, we must establish affirmative
and dynamic agencies Of peace.-Dr. Everett
Case, president Colgate U.
I think the Japanese are counting on the
assumption we'll be bored with the war when
the war in Europe is over. They still adhere
to the belief we are the kind Of nation that
is not willin gto see it through to the limits
Navy Secretary James Forrestal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
French Arrest Admiral
In Command At Toulon

PARIS, Oct. 16-tREThe- French
Navy ministry announced today
the arrest Of Admiral Jean de Ia
Borde, commander of the fleet at
Toulon who gave the order in
November, 1912, to scuttle the
ships at that Mediterranean base.
The admiral is accused of not
taking steps to insure the fleets
escape to north Africa when the
Germans seized the port.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
The Literary Guidepost

outbursts about favorite locomo-
tives such as the description of a
ride from La Junta to Los Angeles
and back in the cab of Santa Fe
4-8-4 pulling Mr.. Farrington's ia
vorite train, the Chief. Freight
handling, and both interest the
author. I think they would inter.
est almost any man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
RECEIVES STAR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16-AE
Pic. Marvin r. Chapman Of Ros
man, N. c., member of the U
S. Seventh Infantry division, ha.
been awarded the bronze star TO,
heroism in the Aleutian islands,
the War department announced to.
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
Bottom Of The Barrel

As our armies come to grips with Germany s
strength, they can also learn of Germany s
weakness from the lips Of Hitler himself For
in his last speech, Hitler did not extol the
might Of the Wehrmacht. Instead, he called
upon the new volunteers of the class Of 1928
to set the people an example Of fighting spirit
and fanatical sacrifice.
When Hitler must turn to 1e-year-olds for
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17

TOP O. THE MORNING
I never feel her small confiding hand.
Slipped softly like flower into my own
That other little ones beside her stand,
Unloved, untaught, unknown.
1 never bend above her rosy sleep,
Or kneel in gratitude beside her bed,
That other babes in outer darkness weep
Unmatched, unsought, uncontrolled.
SELECTED.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
The Road To Berlin
(By the Associated Press)

by the Associated Press
1.-Western front: 302 miles Cfron west nj
Duren).
2.Russian front: 80 miles from Warsaw
3.-Italian 'front.' $50 miles drom Live.
gnano).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17

"A high grade dairy cow may pro
duce as much as 10 tons Of MIL
in year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17

Lieut.. A. w. Fuchs, who ha'
been in charge of federal mosqul''
control work in New Hanover co1h,
ty, has been promoted and VIII
have charge of the work IN u.
state, supervising surveys anu
passing on requests Of various COM
mittees for the survey. Lieutenan'
Fuchs will have headquarters ID
Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17

spiritual example as well as material aid, the
props of the Third Reich are beginning to
crumble.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
Our Chief Aim

To aid In every way the prosecution Of the
war to complete Victory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
Fair Enough

(Hditor's Note.-Ths Star and the News accept no
responsibility the personal views Of Mr. Pafler
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readers His articles serve the good purpose Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17
rs Years Ago
Today
(EROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
OCTOBER II, 1919

'Dick" Warren, who runs War
ren's cigar store on Front street.
and hunts and fishes for chief rec
reation, forever after will be tim
believer in Star Business locals. he
used one this week to advertise a
valuable hunting cog that strayed
within two hours after the paper
was out" said Mr.. Warren yester
day, "the dog was returned to me-
That's what call results"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-17

(T0morrow-At the 'FRONT.'
Evening star., 1944-04-23
HOME NEEDS

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Hudson Paper Napkins, pack &c
Chix-Knit Dusting Cloth 15c
Chenille-covered Sponge 49c
Renuzit Dry Cleaner, gallon CSC
Larvex Moth Spray, pint-----79c
Evening star., 1944-04-23
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SHAWPOOS
DEODORANTS

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60c Non-Spi Deodorant ----39c
Etlquet Cream Deodorant ----39c
SOC Fresh Cream No. l tube 43c
Amolln Cream, large jar -49c
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Gen. Grant Quits as Chief
OF 0CD Protection Branch

The Office of Civilian Defense an
nounced yesterday the resignation
of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, Sd, as
chief Of the protection branch In
order to devote his full time to the
Craftsmanship of the National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission.
Gen. Grant was appointed chair
man Of the Planning Commission
last September on the retirement of
Frederic A. Delano.
With the war forcing many new
problems on the planning body, the
Craftsmanship has taken more of
Gen. Grants time. Recently he
moved his Office to the commissions S
quarters. 1t is understood that
President Roosevelt felt that the
commissions program of activities
SO vital to the planning of wartime
and postwar Washington required
his full attention.
Gen. Grant will be SO on July 4
and has another year before reach
ing the statutory retirement age.