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Prepared For Storm

The Wilmington area is fortunate indeed to
have been spared from the suffering and de-
rect hit by the hurricane sweeping up the
Atlantic seaboard.
A word of commentator is due the Red
Cross which took hold so efficiently when 1t
seemed inevitable that the hurricane would
strike hereabouts. Committees concerned with
housing beach evacuees and with prepare
tons for relief were as hard at work all day
Wednesday as if the storm was actually pres
ent. The lesson of preparedness has been well
learned here.
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Pacific Command

There is considerable discussion concerning
the need or advantage of single head for
all forces operating in the Pacific.
Persons who hold with such an appointment
contend that it would normally go to Admiral
King but because of Kings services at Wash
ington and his general popularity they be-
lleve ii will go to Admiral Ninaitz. They cite
the operations in Europe as basis for their
position. 1t was assumed that military oper-
atoms in the European war theater would go
to General Marshall but by reason Of his
value to the Allies as chief Of staff and also
because Of his great popularity the appoint
ment went to General Eisenhower.
Whether this was the chief reason to give
the post to Eisenhower or not, the choice is
proving amply satisfactory except to the Ger
mans
These proponents of supreme commander
in the Pacific hold that the Navy having led
the attack on Japan's outposts is entitled to
leadership. But this is in contradiction Of the
strategy formerly understood to have right of
way, and which would appear to be the sound
est policy.
This strategy has contemplated giving the
Navy the green light for carrying the war to
the mainland of Asia and to Japan and pro-
viding transport for troops and supplies there
after, but leaving the land operations strictly
to the Army except for participating in air
activities from its carriers and bomba riding
coastal defenses In other words, the plan
as previously revealed was similar to what
has been going on since D-day in France,
save that the Navy has had a bigger job
in driving the Japanese out Of the islands
they had been fortifying for years.
In these operations Admiral Nirnitz has set
mark that is not reached by any previous
naval exploits anywhere. But it would appear
that a definite line is drawn between Navy
and Army operations and that neither can be
successful in crossing that line.
AS the war in the Orient will have to be
finished on land just as the war in Europe
is being finished now it might be disastrous
to low-rate General Macarthur, or General
Stilwell or General Chennault or Lord Mount
batten. The need, obviously is for naval and
military cooperation in a manner similar to
that in the European area.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
Fog Not To Blame

When two trains travelling in opposite direc-
tons on single track collide the blame can
not properly be placed upon fog, however
heavily it closes in. Responsibility rests else
where.
In the wreck which snuffed out at least Is
lives and left no less than 65 persons injured
on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad
near Terre Haute shortly after 2 o'clock
Thursday morning, it is obvious that some
body Numbered. 1t may have been in the
dispatcher's office. 1t could have been that
the crew of one train or the other misinter-
preted its orders. These are Slestions to be
answered through investigation which, in the
interest OF humanity and future security, must
be painstaking and thorough.
The tragedy is the more distressing in that
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and would take care of them if they stayed
passively in line and avoided thinking and
complaining.
It is tragic but not surprising that the 1tal-
ians complain. They have read the Four Free
doms, and are disappointed that these free
doms didn't start functioning at once.
This condition will not be overcome quickly.
And it will be encountered all over again in
Germany. We shall find that totaliarianism
is a lingering disease with slow, painful
convalescence. and with plenty of headaches
for doctor as well as patient.
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LAUNCHING DELAYED
UNTIL THIS MORNING

Launching of the U.S.S. Suffolk,
177th vessel to near completion at
the yard of the North Carolina
Shipbuilding company, was post
poned from yesterday until this
morning at 1915 o'clock because
of adverse weather resulting from
the passage of the tropical hurri-
cane up the North Carolina coast.
1t is necessary for a shipyard
to make all decisions relative To
launching several hours in adj
vance OF the actual event. Con-
siderable uncertainty existed as to
future winds and tides here be-
cause of the storm at the time of
the decision; therefore it was de-
cided to delay the christening.
This was the first time launch
ing has been postponed mere for
any reason.
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The Case of Italy

Allied troops in Italy can't be blamed if
they find the native residents attitude little
hard to take Correspondents dispatches indi-
cate that the average Italian is pretty dis
contented. He complains that food and other
necessities were more plentiful and utilities
and transportation services were better under
the Germans.
Obviously this average Italian has a warped
conception Of Allied strategy and aims. 1t is
hard for him to believe that the Allies landed
in Italy, not primarily to improve his lot in
life and restore his comforts, but to attack
the Axis at weak point and speed the win
ming of the war.
The bloody, difficult Italian campaign is
nearing it's end. But there are still Nazi and
Fascist Italian forces to be overcome before
the southern door to Hitler's Germany is open
ed. To finish this job is the reason for the
Allies presence in Italy. 1t is easy to under.
stand their annoyance when, in the midst of
1t all, people not long transferred from the
status Of enemy to co-belligerent start grip
ing about accommodations
But it is also easy, at distance, to pity the
Italian attitude while not approving it. For
here we have a perfect example of what
happens to a dictator-ruled nation when the
dictator is gone. For more than 20 years in
Italy the state was all. It told the people how
to live and what to think, whom to love and
hate, how many children to have. Fer more
than 20 years individuality was stifled and
opposition suppressed. The jobs of thousands
depended on their loyalty and obedience to
the State. And when, on the brink of defeat
a palace clique kicked Mussolini out, there
was nothing to build on.
The great majority of Italians have no po-
litical experience, responsibility or initiative
Who among them really knows the workings
of democracy, the love of individual freedom
that is worth fighting for, the duties that &C
with the privileges OF that freedom? Only a
handful Of old men,
The younger ones who should be providing
vigorous and dynamic leadership have grown
to manhood in a regimented atmosphere ir
which the paternal state always knew best
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Intelligent Rehabilitation

Perhaps no one will better appreciate the
Army's rehabilitation plan than some of the
overseas veterans of the last war; For they
can remember that many of the first men
who got to France were the last to return,
that too often the AEFs veteran who had done
some of the hardest fighting came back to
find most of the jobs already snapped up.
These and many other inequities of World
War are corrected in the new plan. Its pro-
visions promise fairness as well as vigorous
prosecution of the war against Japan
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BY KENNETH DIXON


WITH THE U. S. SEVENTH
A R, M Y IN SOUTHERN
FRANCE, Sept. 8.-Delayed)-
R)-Despite the good cheer it
must be bringing all around the
world and despite it's pleasant
contrasts with some aspects Of
other campaigns, this swift
Seventh army drive northward
through France is not all flow
ers, fruit and kisses flung by
lovely liberated lasses.
For one thing, we must have
a million times the past month,
and every time we move it
rains. Ask any soldier two I'M
failing signs of a move and he
will tell you 10-in-one rations
instead of K-rations or era
tons for supper and the start of
a slight drizzle.
For another thing, it is cold,
bitterly, bone chillingly cold.
But come along and see for
yourself. Watch moving day -
which is any day in this cam
paign.
It still is in the night hours
before dawn when you are rout-
ed out. You sit in the middle
of wet bedroll, shivering,
cropping for boots and pants
and wondering how wet they
got during the night. Then you
stumble through a steadily in
creasing downpour to the kit
chen tent.
Ten-in-one rations, which on
ly finally caught up last night
already have been packed for
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tighten us. Make Thy Church a
messenger of Thy 1nightiness.
Sweep through the spirits of all
who confess Thee as Lord, to
arouse them to individual leader
ship in the better order t.lat Thou
art preparing for all Thy children.
Put into the lips of every servant
Of Thine the response. Here am
l.; send me-" Grant US the boon
OF becoming workers together with
Thee in Thine infinite new pur-
poses for mankind. Aid may we
press closely after Christ, our
Leader, to whom is given AL
power" Amen.-W.T.E.
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the next move so you gulp down
a few cups of hot coffee, 60
back and roll up your Doggy
mess of blankets, pile on
truck or jeep and hit the road.
If you were dressed for it
the rain wouldn't be so bad
and the cold would only seem
pleasant fall chill high in the
Alpine hills. But after all, you
came ashore on this invasion in
mid-August when even olive
drab pants left you sweltering.
According to advertisements
all jeeps and command cars
come equipped with tops and
some even with curtains, but
that is for Detroit. This is
for France after four cam
paigns. If you are lucky enough
even to get vehicle with top,
it inevitably leaks so badly
that it is a question whether
you get wetter with or without
it. Curtains are unheard of.
By sunrise, which is strictly
a designation of time because
the sun never shows, every
stitch Of your clothes is thor
oughly soaked.
In order to get in the proper
frame of mind to continue read
ing this you should stand fully
clothed under a shower 10 min
utes, then 60 out into the back
yard and sit in a cold dirty
water. The only trouble is the
backyard won't bounce.
By this time you are COM
pletely lost in world compos-
cd Of nothinp b,It c01d rain
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
POST EXCHANGE
SET BOND MARX

CAMP DAVIS, Sept. IA - Camp
Davis Post Exchange employs
won a top place on the War 0'l'
Honor Roll of the Fourth seTV.t'
Command for participation '''''
ing 100 per cent, with a total p !,
chase estimated at over szVVVN'
90 since October, 1912, it was al
nounced today by the Public m
lations Office. j.,
A special plaque, aWa ~ '.
to ranking honor roll units 1or ulsa
efforts by Maj. General tfeoei y,
H. Uhl, commanding general Oh u.
Fourth Service Command was y,
scented to Lieut.. Col. LaW'0n
Jordan, Post Exchange OFFICER "
Col. Adam E. Potts, camp '"'
mander. -, i,
The total amount when "
cluded cash purchases and p'yq%s
deductions was estimated Dy sJ
Jordan as "in the neighoorn0oa. =
S218, ESQ. co." Payroll deductlo M, ~ \
that period were around $780, .. .,s,
This amount had an overall c9 '',s
900 ~ ID ner cent deduction if0'|
each employee Of the exchange .,
Col. Potts in presenting w 81
plague congratulated Col J0l ~,
ION the participation Of the y, .,
liam employees of the Po s,-'si
change in their manner Of s"' vi
the burden of purchaSlHs. .,o,
bonds with the soldier pFn I'll
mel of Camp Davis when "a
ed this post among the top A''
lations in this command. "a
Camp Davis exceeded its !, s9 r1,s |
the Fifth War Loan drive by NV NV
personnel poured 1892 2898s %
the War Bond jackpot. ..,t
With Col. 10; don at the pfe s'or,
ton were representative eInp p B
of the various departments " W,r
Exchange: David D. DaFFal. u 81
house; Wilfred 0. shepp i,1,5;;, n,
employees; Lonnie M. " tdn,i4
Stores; Elizabeth McNal[ c,o .a
stration; Virginia Best C LORD %
and He: bert ]. Miller col0i'N
ployes.
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CHURCH PLANNING
VICTORY SUNDAY

The First Christian church
at Third and Ann st. will observe
Victory Sunday on October 8, bring
ing to a close the .present campaign
to pay the balance Of the debt or
the new building which has been
completed a little more than a
year.
At the end of the building period
the congregation had carried out a
$50, 900 project and had an indebt.
edness Of 100000. Since July 49,.
1913, the Indebtedness has been re.
duced to exactly $4,000 and the goal
OF the campaign ending October
is to secure this amount and pay
the balance of the loan which is
held by the Board of Church Elk
tension Of the Disciples of Christ
indianapolis, Ind.
The First Christian church is a
member Of the brotherhood of the
DISCIPLES of Christ, and is the only
disciples church in this area of
the state. 1t twas organized here in
lSO7 and today has total member
snip OF about 200. The present
minister if Rev. James T. Lawson.
VINO began his service with the
Wilmington congregation April l..
1881. The present structure cor,ist.
ing OF two-story Sunday school
building, large social hall and a
worship sanctuary with chan
Gel was begun on March 10, 1912,
and completed in the early sum-
mer OF 1913.
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With The AEF
Moving Day In Sunny France

Nobody ever heard of the little
French town you are trying to
find. A military policeman,
shivering at a road junction,
seems a wonderful sight until
he says, cheats hell outa me,
Joe. Just got here myself, sor-
ry."
You cough, sneeze and sniff
file along four kilometers until
you reach a bridge which the
Germans have blown up.
1t would be nice to put a
happy ending here and say we
drove blindly off the blown
bridge and everybody was
drowned and put out of his
misery.
But life is not that way. You
turn around in the muddy road
slowly, ginge-ly waiting for
the explosion of mines which
the Germans always plant
tnlcKly around blown DrldgeS.
Everything else is merely
miserable repetition of the fore
going. Until somewhere be-
tween mid-afternoon and mid
night you continue the search
through a cold rain.
Finally arriving, you find ev-
erything in the new camp soak
ing wet, too. Then just as you
are sloshing around loaded with
bedroll, musette bag and other
junk and swearing loudly, some
lout inevitably says:
"Quit beefing. What if you
were in the infantry"
That is the unanswerable
nI1ncfion
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-15
Four-Ply Greetings

We read where Miss Elizabeth Firestone
daughter OF the tire and rubber magnate, is
starting out to make a name for herself as
popular song writer. We wish her well.
May her talent prove to be natural. not syn.
thetic, and may her path on the road to fame
be marked by an original tread, without sus-
picion of recapping of Gershwin or Jerome
Kern.
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Daily Prayer
FOR THE GREAT POWER

We wait and pray, o inscrut-
able Lord Of all life, for dem
onstration of Thy great Power, in
this hour of the worlds supreme
need. Only Thy Divine Might can
give US complete victory over our
enemies and over our own short
comings. The better way of life
of which all men are dreaming
can come to pass only by Thine
omnipotent enabling. Where b t
from Thee may we expect the new
purposes, the new ability, to trans
form human nature. and to turn
cur victory into a life OF peace
and liberty and brotherhood? Call
up Thy prophets to stir and en-
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Interpreting
The War
By KIRKE L. SJMpe.

QUEBEC, Sept. l4.-Cp Sun IN
rival of the British foreign me an
ter to join the Quebec co on minis
tnre nIe mas mas stirred speculation enc, {,
10 S whether there might hsv .'l \. a
developments in the Fn r 0eta
war theater calling for The nuj jOE.
attention ate Of Prime Minister lq rs'
chill and President Roosevelt naE'
Until there is more Official tieI' r.
on Eden's trip, its possibl. c %l light
tlon with an e9rly collapse eV M y
gained German is'ance VIC VI o.
ruled out. Ne Can b,
That was tended to shift ~.
ton here for the moment va alien
avowed purpose of the co mum The
10 blueprint the final stt0ae.
Japan, back 70 the F,'1 on
scene And there have been s ,,ssi
llngly swift developments ~ s'a u
west since Messrs. Roosevelt II n. n.
Churchill reached Quebec vs 'aa
London has translated in,o "nca
mates that six weeks or les, e so
see the end of major hostiTti..S VIII
Europe, whatever mopning." e' N
isolated Nazi groups remsiu. o.
be done. ''s 70
Such predictions find no ecbo :,
conference circles. The strsso IN
all official outgivings here 'I - @
been kept continuously upor t ~,
war beyond the Pacific. # i, ~, W.
tain, however, that the war n w.t.
at Chateau Frontenac Show ,'p'
more detailed picture Of The sit, 4
ton on the westward front Ms.
is available to the public nrs i'u
General Eisenhower's news hl.'I
out. '''"
What is disclosed tends to MN,
firm the view of some military oa
servers that at least the outer ss.
ton of the west WALL is dstinits,
ly lacking in defensive Qualities
1t was constructed in their vis~
not to ward off attack but as ts'
base from which the bltzkris,
that swept France out of the W.,
was loosed in 1910.
If that is true, and despite HASH.
ly lmprovlsed new fortified zone,
The tremendous air and ground
forces now available TO Eisephw.
er might make short work Of hs
Rhineland hump to reach the riy
er itself.
There have been internal con-
vulsions in Germany, however, in.
Guiding the attempt on Hitler's life
Until Eden's visit to Quebec !,
otherwise explained, there will le
| main question as to whether
peace overtures from inside Ger
many, authoritative enough 10
warrant immediate consideration
not only by Roosevelt and Church
i'll but by Stain, have not come
to hand through diplomatic chan.
nels. The possibility that such
question could be dropped into
the lap Of the Quebec confsrees TO
change the whole nature Of this as
sembly cannot be wholly dismiss
ed. 1t will come sooner Or later,
although to date there has been
no evidence whatever that the
Allies expected it to coincide with
the Quebec deliberations or that
actually mas cropped up now, aside
from the mystery surrounding TIL
circumstances that brought den
fitting across he Atlantic for
"chat'' with his chief.
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most of the victims were aviation pilots al
most all Of whom wore the Purple Heart,
home for months visit before being reas-
signed to combat areas They had perform
ed deeds of daring and been rewarded by
their government for valor, only to be stricken
them in an emergency.
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GEN BREWSTER BACK

CAMP LEJEUNE, Sept. IA -
Brig. Gen. David L. S. Brewster,
USING, who was the first COM
mandant here, serving for two
years before his transfer over
seas, has been detached from duty
in the Pacific war area and assign
ed to duty at headquarters of the
Marine corps at Washington.
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STEEL CONTRACT LET

NEW BERN, Sept. IA. - New
bern streets are to be improved
and resurfaced Immediately, at
ar approximate cost of $125,00
Inc West construction company of
k'nstor has the contract
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REACH CHATEAU 5ALlH y

LONDON, Sept. e ~ N
German radio reported IoHI : resc
U. S. Third Army forces ha 10 nil
ed Chateau-Salins, a0ou' ~ Ne
east of the Moselle between Is
and Nancy. Chateau-oaln ID aso
miles southeast Of Metz anu
ID miles northeast OF NdN''
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The Road To Berlin

(By the Associated Press
1.-Russian 'front.' 312 miles from outside
Pulutsk).
2.-Western front: 319 miles from east
of Eupen).
3.-Eastern France: $40 miles Grom Der.
lin Montbeliard).
4.-Italian front: 5S3 miles drom below
Rinliuil.
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CORPUS CHRISTI-With troops
patroling the main streets and re-
lief trains headed this way from
many parts of the state, Corpus
Christi today began slowly emerg-
ing from the wreckage caused by
the hurricane.
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25.Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
SEPTEMBER Is. 1919

SINTON, Texas, = Mounting ra-
pidly as reports began trickling in,
the death list from the tropical
hurrican which swept the Texas
Gulf coast was placed at from 70
to $50 today.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, - Three wo-
men, who sought refuge from the
storm in the federal building here
tonight, became mothers while the
hurricane was at it's height.
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The x-ray is used in a a. show
of fraud in painting as " IN b
underpairting not visible Oil
surface
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TOP OF THE MORNING

TOP OF THE MORNING
eco break to the needy sweet charitys
bread;
For giving is living the angel said.
"And must be giving again and again?"
My peevish and pitiless answer ran.
"Oh, no." said the angel, piercing me
through,
"Just give till the Master stops giving to
you"
ANONYMOUS.
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Our Chief Aim

To aid In every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete Victory.
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TIDES TOMORROW

High tide-1:57 a. m, ITO feet. Low tide-7:41 a. m., 18 feet.
 High tide-l AS D. m, 19.6 feet. Low tide-8:20 D. m., -3.1 feet.
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ROBERT LIGHTS Barber Shop has reopened for business at the old prices Slaves, 35c; haircuts, 65c.
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BARRINGToNs HERE

Capt. and Mrs. Hill Harrington, pioneer operators of the Barring ton Transportation Company, stop ped over in Juneau for a short time this morning, They are en- route to Seattle, after a visit with their son, W. H, Burlington, Jr., of the Skagway Customs Service, and his wife.
 The couple, accompanied by Sid ney Harrington, brother, will re- turn to Alaska in the spring to re- sume operations on the Yukon and Stikine Rivers.
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NOTICE-Anyone wishing private or business transactions looked after or ordering done, in the United States and Canada, will receive prompt attention from a bonded representative, by ad- dressing ELVIN s. JONES, Route 2, Box 172. Ventura, California. Reasonable commission asked.
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NOTICE.

That I will not be responsible for any bills unless authorized by me. (signed) EMIL GALEO Nov. 28-Dec. 1-5-8-l2-15-i9-22
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