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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Russian Bases

The possibility that Russia will grant per-
mission to the Allies to use Siberian bases in
the Valdivostock region for bombing Japan
out Of the war is still distant, but not too dis
tant to be out of the picture entirely Taking
a long range, optimistic view Of the matter,
the outlook is considerably brighter than at
any time in the past.
Valdivostock is only $50 miles from Tokyo,
meaning that if Allied planes were based on
Russian soil, Japan proper could be subjected
day in and day out to an even greater air as
sault than is currently rocking Germany.
Russia has not granted these bases to the
Allies for several reasons the main one being
that she is not at war with Japan, although
her relations with the island empire are strain.
3D. Should the Allies be allowed to use valdi
vostock with its great network Of airdromes
the little sons of the rising sun VIC '~-medi
ately swarm over the Manchurian border, anc
Russia would have two-front war on he,
hands. This is exactly what the USSR does
not want, until the war in the West either end.
or is much nearer it's climax than it is now
Moscow's move several weeks ago, grantin,
eaCn OF the 10 dllIudteu SoV1et RepupucS
tual political freedom, brightens the pictur,
though. Under the resolution; passed by tn,
Supreme Soviet, each of the Republics now ha
the power, theoretically, to wage war. 1t Nigh
be that, with the proper wooing, the Siberian
Republic could be persuaded to grant Americ;
or Britain the privilege of basing bombers il
valdivostock, for the shuttle run to Tokyo il
return for a promise Of military assistanc
should Japan wage war upon it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
The Literary Guidepost

the most difficult of chores. This
is because, although the other
characters in the novel must be
fully realized, the writer is auto
matically forced to leave out the
most essential fact about his chief
character, and because Of this he
must leave out all the smaller
things which would support this
omitted fact. Therefore, the per
son upon whom everything hangs
is himself left hanging IN nine
cases out of ten.
a boy named Bud has been gone
thee years from a doting motrf r
arc complaisant step-father who
live in pleasant New Jersey
town. He is returned by a former
chief OF police, and the stepfa,her
insists on paying the $4,000 re-.
ward himself, altholg. his wife is
a very rich woman and could
much better afford it. But Buds
disappearance has brought his best
friend into disrepute; the village
thinks he murder. the missing
boy. And when Bud comes back.
ne appears to have forgotten a lot
OF things he should know, if he
Is the real Bud.
Mr.. Randall and Mrs. Zugsmith
go on from here with what for
me was skill Of the first order.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
LETTER BOX
To The Editor:

To The Editor:
Is there no one who can under
stand the plight of an officer of
any branch of the service of the
United States who desires place
to ouse his family.
Every day the paper is full of
advertisements for hosi ery
their loved ones but the rules seem
to say, Sorry, you have accepted
a call to duty as an officer; there
fore you are not entitled to place
for you and your family. You must
leave your family, in some distant
place and shoulder the burden of
their expenses for living and also
pay your own living expenses,
which very often are extremely
high due to wartime prices of in
dividual rooms, restaurant meals,
laundry, and dry cleaning
Rules can be made that cover
a wide range Of subjects, but no
rule was ever made that will con-
troll emotions and the desire to
have your family with you.
I, for one, as a service wife,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Local Engineers
To Receive Safety
Honor Award Today

The Distinguished Service Award
for Safety will be presented to the
Wilmington District of North Car.
Dina Engineers Friday at 4:30
pm. in the court room of the Gus.
tom house, it was announced
Thursday.
The award is a national recogni-
ton of the splendid accomplish
ments achieved through efforts and
cooperation to safety by the gov
eminent, employees, contractors,
and engineers of the Wilmington
district. This is the first time that
such an award has been made to
a military organization.
The Safety Honor Award will be
presented by r. L. Jenkins, field
consultant of the safety and accid-
ent branch office of the engineers;
master Of ceremonies, T. ]. Hew-
lit; speakers, 1t. Col. J. T. Knight,
Jr., H. H Hunt, Major E. O..
Smithfield, and George F. Tienken.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Where The Blame Rests

| It is true, as labor representatives on inc
War Labor Board declare, that the Little Stee
forno,' ought to be junked. It lost its value
when John L. Lewis won a signal victory
over the administration in the coal mine
strike. But the demand Of these laborites in
dicates how definitely this country is approach
ing uncomfortable imitation, the consequences
Of which cannot be fully foreseen but which
inevitably will throw thousands into bankrupt
of the nation. Surely 1929 with its frightfuI de-
preston, which followed just such a period
as we are heading for now, is not so remote
that any one has forgotten it.
Suppose the rates of pay generally are ad
vanced, as it is obviously the purpose of this
labor quartette to have them do-what then?
Higher wages will not fail to bring higher
prices for every commodity and service, and
once prices get out Of hand collapse will fol.
low quickly
The cost Of living has risen because in its
desire to get war production off to flying
start the government awarded contracts with
little of no consideration Of costs. Labor and
vital materials began to mount in price at
once, and with the higher. wages and the
shortages in consumer goods resulting from
the conversion of plants to war from peace.
time production retail prices jumped up like
primroses in spring.
Retail prices are still mounting and at a
much faster pace than the Department Of La
Dor will admit. Now. if the Labor Board Ia
borites win their argument, prices will go
still higher until like balloon, they collapse
from over-expansion.
The mistake which brought the United States
to this condition was made in Washington
where the government. that is to say, the
bureaucrats, have been spending the public
moneys like drunken sailor in port, with
their eyes closed to the inevitable conse-
quences of extravaganza.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
With
The AEF
BY KENNETH L. n1xo,,

NAPLES, Italy. Feb. 5,-na,.
ed'|RNThe Ranger and nurse y.
1t Oft right from the nipht ~ MT
met at a dance in the NOUNS,
Said another nurse: "Tbev S i4
seemed to belong together, ! ls Just
that sounds trite. But that l ~
way it was" The
Both were very smar. lis-
knew love in a combat '; zoSa soth
a bad gamble. N01e Was
Never fall for Rance
said. They are a poor TisI, he
"A1 fighting men are ' h,
IN this war" she said " Jsu risk
falling for any of them unt m not
So he returned to the fron.
operating room. -'0'l' and
ture plans. Maybe super ,sta fu'
stood. Under
:: That's the way it was wbe,
left for the Anzio beachhesdde p q he
didn't know where he was Me
but when the beachbeaJS gong
broke, she knew he was III story
Up on the beachhead, | vs,.,
thinking about him when | want vsat
down a shellpocked road wax nsAsd
little farmhouse which had pasl
demolished by direct hit, ! d Gsen
know that lis was one of the sI bos
les lying there in plain siobt u wv.
when I found out 1 didn't h ana
the CUTS to go back and look a nats
| Back here in Naples last ni saI.'
she sent word that she w.r+ llsN'
know all that was possible 'l s. 70
borrowed a command car " MI !
drove through the dark wird sna
streets to the hospital area wing Wl
l got there found she was u "nsl'
ing. The war still goes on and O I'm.
wounded still come in N ''e
She sent her best friend. anot1
err nurse, to get the answers ~ I ba
questions. W 'iel
She wanted to know how be dioa
1t was quickly, instantaneous1v v''u'
She wanted to know where 1ror;
cally, it was in one of the ssfo .,,.
spots at the front. He had been ,' ~
a hundred hotter spots. Put tb NJ.
Germans got lucky hit on tbs
house with artillery. viz
| She wanted to know what had
happened to his body. It wac
buried in little graveyard on tho
beachhead. I didn't know whetbar
+ it would be moved after the war
That's about all there was n
i tell.
| I struggled for some consolirs
words. But I couldn't think Of any
| They knew it was a bad gam.
ble." said her friend but thev
just seemed to belong together"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Bataan croups
Protest ReuorI

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. -R-
DR.. V. H. Spensley of Albuquer.
que, N. M, chosen national chair.
man of Bataan relief organizations,
charged today that the War and
Navy Departments had been "bru.
tai and dastardly" in their telling
OF Japanese atrocities on prison.
ers in the Philippines.
Leading in the amalgamation Of
81 Bataan relief groups, he said
that while he had no criticism Of
the departments for releasing the
facts, the delay in doing so and
the way it was done-through stark
reports from men who had es.
caped-had been cruel to families
OF men captured in the islands.
Senator Chavez O-NMD told
those in the meeting that they had
the solemn and serious business
OF seeing to it that relief goes to
prisoners of the japanese.
Toward this end, leave no stone
unturned," he urged. Contact your
representatives in Congress go.
Do not hesitate to poster them to
the point of mutual exasperatlon,
if need be.
Chavez said that "because for
the first time in history an Amer
lean general has had to lay down
his sword, is no reason that some
thing should not be done" for the
men trapped by the Japanese
He advised the organization 70
"act in the thought that du'ltui
government will do what it can.
'We insist that something be
done" he declared. "You have me
right to express yourselves an'
petitio-that's what your boys dleo
Tor on Bataan."
He suggested that fthe State LIE,
partment should find out why, Il
the Russians can send food to BIT,
fish prisoners, they cant senu
food to U. S. prisoners OF war
lie said he had heard that the kuS'
SLAMS were relaying such SuppAe'
TO British prisoners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Daily Prayer
FOR GRATITUDE

Our hearts bow down before
Thee in worship and gratitude, @
Lord Eternal, the God of Lr IA
theirs. Thou hast dealt bountifully
with us throughout the years. We
have seen dark days turn into
bright; our many fears have
proved false, and goodness and
mercy have followed us. To Thee,
O bountiful Giver of good, we re-
turn thanks. Now Thou art giving
victory to our Cause. We praise
Thee for the courage of our war
riors, the wisdom of our leaders
AND the fidelity Of our workers
They have all wrought nightly in
Thy fear. Our hearts are touched
by the evidences of religious con-
seriousness in the hearts Of the
fighting men. We sense the signi-
flcance of the widespread distri-
button of Thy word So we praise
and adore and thank Thee, o ever
adequate Father. In our gratitude
may all our fears give way to
confidence that Thou who hast led
will still lead. Arnen.-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11

I take my child and move to
any of the four corners of the
world to be with my husband as
long as I possibly can. We love
him and need him, and he needs
us and can do his particular part
in helping to end this war in a
comfortably settled in home OF
his own, no matter how small,
with his family with him.
Civilians are not criticized for
bringing their families with them
Non commissioned men in the
service are not looked down on for
bringing their loved ones-but
those dreadful creatures, officers,
who are so unreasonable in asking
for homes for their families, are
scorned
Can something be done to
change an unnecessary rule and
correct a bad situation?
JANE RUTHERFORD
Wilmington, N. c.
Feb. 10, 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11

At the moment hen it is strain
ing every manpower resource, the
Nazi high command is confronted
with the indicated loss of at least
IS front line division3 in Russia
and the probably entrapment or
complete rout of as many more.
That represents potential loss
of half a million men and the actu-
al total could run far above that
figure. Auxiliary units outside the
divisional organizations are un-
questionably also shared by the
Russians in the Cherdassy and Nj
kopol pockets in the southern
Ukraine, beyond hope of relief.
Just how many German combat
and supply troops are in little less
peril in the fast closing Krivoi Rog
sack or even larger Luga-Volkhov
trap being clamped shut by the
Russians on Baltic flank of the
battle line simultaneously is not in
dictated. In each case, however,
there is warrant for assuming even
larger Nazi forces are involved
cells southwest of Cherkassy and
above Nikopol.
Moscow adviceS have now drawn
a clearer picture of those two clos
ed traps in the Lower Ukraine,
even identified the Germany COM
bat units in the Cherkassy pocket
as all first line divisions. Their
plight is so grave that surrender
Of the remnants of the Nazi force
is to be expected at any moment.
They are shut off to tn south, the
only possible escape route, not by
line of Russian troops but by a
solid wall of Russian-held ground
20 miles or more wide.
The same thing is true of the
German divisions in the Nikopol
pocket.
That span of the Nazi front in
the Dnieper bend is about 80 miles
in length. 1t is wholly dependent
on lines and roads leading to the
Nikolaev crossing of the Lower
Bug River, 100 miles or more to
the southwest, for supply or es-
cape. Russian armies from the
east and the north are fast coverg-
ing toward a junction deep in rear
of the German Krivoi Rog-Kiro-
vograd front that would doom an
other Nazi army unless it runs for
it and runs now.
Last reports from the army OF
Stalingrad veterans which recap
tured Nikopol and cut off five or
more enemy division northeast OF
the Dnieper bank city placed its
spearheads aimed at Nikolaev we'll
west of Apostolovo, south Of Krivoi
Rog. and within 80 miles or less
of the acknowledgements rail-
road northwest of Krivoi Rog about
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Eleven Injured
In Rail Accident

PENNsAUKEN, N. j., Feb ~;
-@P-A Pennsylvania RallEoa'
freight train crashed into a pas'
enger train of the same line d.
junction in Pennsauken township
late today. injuring II person.,
Pennsylvania railroad offlclals
said the So car freight "appalner -.
ly went through a stop sigma a.
# neared Hatch Junction a,,@
crossing the Delaware NV
bridge from Pennsylvania. .,
The wreck occurred less 5aae o
two miles from Delair, N. J,' W, ,tas
IA persons were killed last M iaJ
when a Pennsylvania tram Iat'''
to make a sharp curve. .,s
The freight engine sideswipea aS
passenger locomotive, overtuLHIlSd
it. The freight engine was def saan.
but remained upright, though i' shp
ing badly. The first coach OIL .s
three car passenger train also "''
derailed. xuoro
The passenger train, headed I ion.
Trenton to Camden, had the 10
of way, railroad officials salo'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Marines In Marshalls

For years the Marines have proudly sung Of
the Halls Of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripo
Ii. But to the men of the 4th Marine Division
now in the Pacific, those foreign fields cele
brated in the Marine hymn must seem pretty
close to home base.
Today these Marines are fighting in ano
around Meek and Omeleck Bigi and Bog
gerik, Ennugarret and Ennumennet and En-
nunliggelap, along with the Army and Navy
They are fighting in what, to most of us, is
an undreamed part of the world.
They are engaged in an action which, for
all the unpronounceable aspects of the locale
may one day make the Marshall Islands as
important in our history as, say, Bunker Hill
or New Orleans
The Marshals consist of two groups of atolls
lined up much for scenery. Vegetation is
sparse, and the maximum elevation is 80 feet
The few domestic animals that can exist there
had to be imported. The last pre-war census
gave the islands a populs ton of 1868 natives,
433 Japanese and 10 foreigners
But these bleak and barren toeholds were
the scene of the most powerful, concentrated
and co-ordinated attack by sea, land, and air
forces yet seen. With the landing on Kwa.
jalein atoll the Americans pulled themselves
up over the equator and into pre-war japanese
territory. They brought themselves up to the
latitude OF the great Jap base at Truk, and
within striking distance of Wake Island
There will probably be long and bitter fight
ing in the Marshalls. But it is unlikely that
the battle will be as long as the struggle br
Guadalcanal, or as bitter as the costly assault
on Tarawa. And the prize is base almost
exactly halfway on the road from Pearl Har.
Dor to Tokyo.
The strategy of '~'"nd-hopping has been crit.
cized bitterly, and with the landing in the
Marshalls, it begins to make sense even for
the layrnan
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Parking At Hospital Banned

Few traffic ordinances passed by the City
Council are as important from the standpoint
OF safety as the one approved Wednesday
morning when it decreed it unlawful to park
on the grounds of James Walker Memorial
hospital and the streets and driveways leading
to The institution, except within certain mark.
ed-off areas
Vehicular congestion there has been motto
able-and extremely dangerous-for sometime
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
CHILDREN KILLED

LONDON, Feb. 10-R-Germans
killed 1913 Russian children in the
village of Mikhailovka near Dne-
propetrovsk, the Moscow radio
said today, reporting the bodies
had been found in a ditch-their
tops buried with them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Fair Enough

tEaiter's Nets.-Ths and the News accepts NO
responsibility Ter the personal views Of ME- eeEer.
.ad often disagrss with them - mach - many Of
his rsadera His arsislrs the geed purpsse Of
mAking people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11

IT'S true my hair is somewhat gray!
And that 1 use a cane today;
IT'S true these rogues about my knee
Say "Granpa" when they speak to me.
But bless your soul, Pm young as when
1 thought all people old at ten!
Perhaps a little wiser grown
Perhaps some old illusions flown;
But wondering still, while years have rolled,
When is it that man grows old?
MARC COOK.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11

The farmer said, 'I don't aim to be no
piker," and wrote out a check for the $4,000
(bond). gave him the kiss ana the hug
and the check was good.-Mrs. Mark w.
Clark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11
Our Chief Aim
TOP OF THE MORNING

To aid in every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete Victory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-11

'"THE VISITOR by Carl Randau
and Leane Zugsmith (Random;
COY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
MAY CLOSE SCHOOLS

Semmler declared that schools
In Germany might be closed to
enable students to engage in war
work.
Gestapo Chief Himmler APP
pointed SIS Gen. Richard jung
klaus commander of the Nazi
troops in Belgium and northern
France for the purpose OF CO.
ordinating the war effort"
Reports OF an attempt on the
life of Field Marshal Macmillan
Won WEIGHS. Nazi commander in
the turbid Balkans. were denied
by official military circles in
Berlin, said the enemy's DNB
agency.
In what appeared to be a move
TO reduce the unrest and dis.
satisfaction OF the German people.
an official Nazi army announces
ment said that German fathers
with families of at least five
children under II years old would
be returned from the fighting
fronts.
In occupied France. dis
sensions" was reported 10 have
broken out between Vichy Premier
Laval and his labor minister Mar
Gel Deaf because Laval had
arranged nothing for the epaeu-
alton of Paris"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
Leaders Spur
French Revolt

LONDON. Aug. Is (INS)-The
French provisional government
today called for a national upris-
ing in France.
'Tn the field, In the factory,
In the workshop, I'm the office,
In the home, In the street,
whether he be under arrest, de-
ported. or q prisoner Of war,
each Frenchman can harm the
enemy or prepare that which
harms him." the statement said.
Not long after the government
statement was issued, authorita-
tive French sources stated that
the French forces of the interior
had taken Quimperle. Bannalec
Douarnendz and Chateaulin ir
Brittany.
In the last "a hours, the French
forces of the interior have killed
more than-600- Germans apart
from those in Brittany, the report
continued.
In the Paimpol district 1,40C
Germans ara encircled by French
patriots to the northwest oil
Tours.
Systematic sabotage of railway
C m m u n cations is continuing
throughout France, railway net
works are in a chaotic state.
French forces of the interior
have knocked out the German
garrison of Vendome and Bour'
Saint-Maurice.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
RAJ Raiders
Bomb Berlin

LONDON, Aug. Is GNS)-
Speedy Raj Mosquito bombers
struck at Berlin last night as
more German flying bombs fell
in the southern counties Of Eng
land. including the London area.
The attack on Berlin came in
the wake of a day of near record
assaults on Hitler Europe from
the west and the south in which
an estimated $500 sorties were
flown by Allied warplanes.
CNBC correspondent Ralph
Howard. broadcasting fro m
Rome hinted that Allied bomb
ers were again over southern
France during the night. He
added that from Aug. 6 to II
the Mediterranean air force has
flown 1900 sorties against tar
gets ranging from southern
France 10 Yugoslavia.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
British Reach
Burma Border

HANDY. Ceylon. Aug. IS (INS)
British Fourteenth Army pa.
trolls reached the Burma frontier
today in drive down the Mani
-Tiddim road, striking success
fully at a Jap border camp. It'd
dim now is approximately 40
miles away.
British and Indian troops with
tank support. steadily are sweep
ing away lightly held Jap posi-
tons which a few miles farther
north are barring the approach
Of the main Fourteenth Army
force to the Burma frontier.
British forces also made fur
ther progress In their push east in
the Kabaw Valley sector toward
the Chindwin River.
In the Taungni area an Allied
patrol has pushed down the rail-
way to Mingon, five miles south
west Of Taungni.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
Poles Capture
Town in Italy

ROME, Aug. Is (UP)-Polish
troops of the British Eighth Army
have captured Monte Vecchio,
two miles east of Frontone, the
highway junction % miles inland
from the Italian Adriatic coast
which they occupied the previous
day, il was announced.
West of the Polish units. In
dian troops north of Arezzo &C.
cupied several strategic positions.
The rest of the Italian front
was comparatively quiet except
for patroling and artillery duels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
Youth Probationed
In Theft From Home

Earl Bossenberger. 49, of 1865
Cedar Grove. was placed on three
years probation today by Record
er's Judge Scallen after he ad-
mitted that he took 81 900 from
the home of Louis D. Golden,
l2l7s Waltham. last Dec. 81. He
was ordered to make restitution
of $3.50
The parents of another youth
who assisted Bossenberger repaid
the balance and the case against
him was dismissed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
Gdngster Iouhy Sues
'0ver FeIon Story

CHICAGO, Aug. Is (INS) -
Roger Terrible" Touhy, who is
in prison for kidnapping, sought
81 100000 damages today from the
Twentieth Century-FoX Film Co.
and the Balaban & Katz Theater
Corp.
Touchy charged in a suit filed
in federal district court that the
motion picture entitled Roger
Touhy, Gangster," has led the
public TO believe it is an actual
portrayal of his life. This he de-
MED.