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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
Hull's Coat Off

1t has been very pleasant, in recent days.
to see Secretary of State Hull standing in his
shirtsleeves with his fists clenched, flexlng
his muscles There were long months when
coated and kid gloved Mr. Hull was being the
courtly and courteous gentleman to some nor1-
inally neutral nations. And it must have irked
him as much as it did the critics OF his
diplomatic dealings with Vichy and Spain and
Argentina.
But things are different now. The change
in State Department attitude is as significant
and encouraging as major military victory.
With that change, and with the passage OF
time Mr. Hulls diplomacy appears in more
favorable light
Time was when he had to play ball with
Vichy But by doing SO he saved lives and
assured a speedy and successful occupation
of North Africa. He had to play ball with
Spain, at time when she was less harmful
as ''nonbelligerent'' than as camp for
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
QUOTATIONS

If. because of social idealism or a lazy
choice of the easiest way out, we surrender to
government the functions which properly be-
long to private or community enterprise, the
consequences may be concentrated political
power mole devastating than any consolida-
ton of economic power this country has ever
seen -l,r Harold w. Dodds, president Prince
ton University.
Who. since Adam has overlooked women?
-Manpower Chairman Paul V. McNutt's an
swer TO charges that women in industry are
treated as minority.
Whether or not we can speedlly ana SUI
ficientlv supply superior aircraft to the front
lines now will decide the general trend in the
present war situation and determine its out
ccme.-Jap Premier Hideki TOTO
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
The Accident Toll

AS war casualties mount and we grieve that
so many American lives should have to be
sacrificed because no man or nation had the
foresight or courage to stop Hitler at the be-
ginning of his mad career, we are prone to
overlook another enemy even more deadly
than he, a foe that .snuffs out more lives
leaves more persons crippled, than the toll of
the heaviest battle in which Americans have
engaged.
Accidents caused the death of "a, 500 persons
in 1913. Injuries were sustained by $500 OOO
OF the dead Al 500 were workers. The Ma
tional Safety Council estimates that the pro-
duction time lost as a result of mishaps alone
was equivalent to a shutdown for a year of
war plants employing 10000.
Home accidents were little less narrowing
that those in industry. The Councils records
show that 33, COO persons lost their lives and
4,950,000 were injured under the family
roof. Falls caused. 27 900 deaths, burns $500
and drownngs $500.
There is a war on the home front which
must be won too. Eternal vigilance is the
most potent weapon against accident
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05

occupying Axis forces He had to let Argentina
alone until that country-conceivably as anti
American as pro-Nazi-could be convinced
that she was backing the wrong potential
winner.
But now he is top dog on the diplomatic
'front.' even if much hard fighting remains. He
can put the long-awaited squeeze on Spain
without fear that the Nazis, engrossed in a
losing fight and watchful for an invasion. will
move in And our growing economic and mill
tary power has made open liberation of Axis
activity in South America no longer possible
Mr. Hull has made mistakes, to be sure
Circumstances have forced him to teraporize
But now at last he can substitute authority
for expedency He can show that the well-in-
tentioned nation which advocates humani-
tartan program for the postwar world can
also take some realistic, hard-headed meas
ures to remove the impediments to the pro-
gram He can finally and definitely proclaim
that them that amt fer us are agin u.s."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
The Literary Guidepost

a place to put its sentimental tears
must this time be held in check.
He insists that there is such a thing
as justice for the victor.
I can only name a few Of his
provisions, the most sweeping of
which is that Germany's sover-
eighty as nation be forfeit, and
be restored only IF, and when,
she ceases to be a menace to the
society Of peoples" War crimi-
mails would be tried in the courts
Of whatever nation they might be
caught in, with provision against
their gaining sanctuary in neutral
lands, and with an internatioal
court fo- "sovereigns" and as a
court of appeals for lesser crimi-
mails.
All plants and machines making
war material would be demolished
or removed, important heavy in
dustries destroyed or effectively
controlled by international trustees
material stocks above normal do
nestle needs removed and never
replenished, stolen property (al.
most SO billion dollars Of it, re.
stored to its owners when possible.
He advocates preparations in mon
ey and kind, and through labor
battalions, but suggests that the
German people be fed as well as
possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
BY JOHN SELBY
"What To Do With Germany"
by Louis Nicer (Ziff-Davis; $3.50.


by Louis Nicer (Ziff-Davis; $3.50.
Louis Nizer's prescription for
postwar Germany is by no means
the first offered. but it at least
comes to the public with a re-
markable list of interesting testi-
monials on the jacket. These range
from Walter Winchell to Maurice
Maeterlinsk, by way of Rex Stout,
Vice-President Wallace, Senator
Harry S. Truman, Donald M. Mel
son and others. Mr.. Nicer is a
lawyer with a deep interest in in.
ternatienal law, and whether or not
his plan is the great plan, it at
least has a large basic dose Of
logic in its makeup.
Germany Gas Sigrid Schultz
shows in7 Germany Will Try It
Again") did a superb. job of evad-
ing her responsibilities after the
war Of 19l4-18, and Mr.. Nicer bases
his plan on the facts we have learn
ed about that feat of magic. 1t is
about halfway between the Ger
man-inspi-ed forgive and forget"
plan, and the strict application Of
the ancient Mosaic code. and it
will not work if this time we are
not implacable. Mr.. Nicer is sure
that the delegation in every nation
which carries a Wad Of kleenex as
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
SOUTHPORT USO
PLANS PROGRAM

The Southport USO cl,h ,,,;u
celebrate the Third anniversarn
Of the USO with special featl,ras
program of songs by James D
Gordon, noted Negro baritone =.
the Vespers program at the c,rS
at 5 p. m. Sunday afternoon. Csn
tain James B. Church, Chairman :.
the committee of management y,
the Southport USO, announced o.;
day.
Gordon mas sung a number y.
times to enthusiastic audiences "
the USO clubs in Wilmington ana
he specializes in operate and
spiritual selections for service
men. He was formerly member
# the noted Eva Jessye Choir
which received the special compn
lnents at the New York World,
Fair. His voice has often been
compared to that of Paul Robson
The USO club in Southport is Al.
most the only place of recreation
tn be found in that isolated coun.
try town, and the club serves az
general community center. Ma.
ny commissioned officers and Their
wives frequent the club, and rem,
der voluntary services in cooper;.
ION with the managing commits
and the hostesses.
James Thompson of the Willistm
Industrial school will ACCOMPANY
Gordon on the piano Sunday after.
noon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
Daily Prayer
FOR LIGHT ON DARD DAYS
BY KENNETH L. DIXON
Associated Press Staff Cores
~n.d>u% With The AEE

FOR LIGHT ON DARD DAYS
Thou hast caused clouds OF dark
ness and doubt and defeat and fear
to sweep over our skies, o Eternal
Ruler of time and eternity. So we
come to Thee with an earnest pray
er that Thou wouldst give us the
spiritual vision to see beyond all
clouds the ever-clear brightness of
Thy heaven and OF Thy will. Only
this consciousness of Thee can
brighten the darkness of discour-
aged days. Reassure US that our
times are in Thy hand; and that
all that has befallen us and our
dear ones is part of Thy Fatherly
goodness, to be understood later.
Grant us Thy peace; and Thy sus-
tanning strength, that we may be
guardians and, guides of our fel-
lows who walk in darkness. Thou
art the Light Of the world, o Christ,
be Thou the Light of our lives in
this present need. Help us to walk
IN the light OF Thy presence; for
with Thee is no drkness whatso-
ever. Amen.-W. T. e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05

EDITORS NOTE-The fol-
lowing dispatch from Ray
mond Clapper, famed Ameri-
can newsman, was received by
the Star-News prior to his I'M
timely death in a plane srash
in the Pacific theatre of war.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
MUNDA, Solomon Islands, -(by
wireless; delayed)-It is already
a long, hard war for most OF the
men out here.
Some of the outfits that were
among the first to hit the beach
at Guadalcanal are now over here.
They have been through two hard
campaigns. And the Marine air
men are still at it in the rain,
mud jungle, and rugged living
where there are no women and
men 60 AROUND naked.
l have just spent an evening in
barracks with the pilots of one of
most famous Marine torpedo-plane
suuadrons in the South Pacific. It
is the second oldest in the Marine
Corps, and was the first squadron
on Henderson Field at Guadalca.
nal, where it brought down Is Jap
planes in the first 10 days.
Listen to some of their stories
and you know it not only will be
a long, hard war but has already
been one, so far as they are con.
cerned.
One skinny little guy over in the
corner had not said anything, but
after an hour somebody said did
you hear what happened to him?'
The finge.. was pointed at Lieut..
Garth B. Thomas, Of Dallas, Tex.
who brought in his torpedo bomb.
er few days ago with live
bomb stuck in the bombay and
ready to go off at the slightest
jolt.
Thomas, who is "a. ordere his
two gunners to jump, and they
parachuted into coconut trees with
out a scratch. Thomas then tried
to figure what he would do. He
left the controls three times and
swung out onto the wings, which
are midway of the fuselage. Each
time he gave it up, as he couldn'
figure out how to jump and clear
the elevators
His hydraulic system had beer
knocked out so he could not use
his flaps, or brakes. Also, one
wheel was stuck.
I asked him what he thought as
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
Spain's Announcement

Redeclaraton of neutrality by Spain's gov
eminent leaves the situation of Frances do
main unchanged Spain has been neutral from
the start of this war-ostensibly. That is to
say, Spain has not actively participated in the
conflict or openly aided either side. But be-
meath the surface Franco whose debt to Hit
Ter is enormous and unpaid, has done every
thing within his power to further Hitler in his
aims SO long as what he was doing could not
be used against him by the Allies. In all but
name and troops, Spain has been an Axis
satellite.
When time came to cut off Allied supplies
of oil, upon which Spain was dependent for
nnetenths OF her production, it was obvious
that Franco would have 10 do something to
square himself and his country with the pow
ers that had given him undeserved relief. It
was not expected that he would come into the
Allied fold but it was made clear to him that
his conduct would have to be better if he was
to receive continued benefits from the anti.
Axis nations He could not 90 on working
both sides of the street and count on further
favors from the Allied side.
So he comes out with an announcement
that Spain will maintain a policy Of strict
neutrality and enforce its observance among
its own nationals and foreign residents. Per.
haps this is as far as he can 60, with his
ledger open at Hitlers page and the account
completely out OF balance. And perhaps il
will be far enough if Franco himself and all
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
i. S. Position In Orient

The Japanese have been spreading word If
the Orient, especially in India, that American
troops are in southeast Asia to aid Great
Britain in her imperalistic designs. The OBJ
iect of such propa ganda, obviously, is to fur
Their disturb Britains relations with the people
of India and to create ill-wln toward the
Americans on the ground and the United
States.
In order to clarity the situation President
Roosevelt gave reporters at his last press
conference statement which he prepared, he
told them, to clarity our position in the Far
East which, he explained, was military as
distinguished from political.
The statement said:
The American detectives in India or
elsewhere in continental Asia are to eXpel
and defeat the Japanese in the closest
collaboration with our British, Chinese and
other allies in that theatre.
Our task in expelling the Japs from
Burma Malaga, Java and other territory
is military. We recognize that our British
and Dutch brothers in arms are as de-
termined to throw the Japs out Of Malaga
and the Dutch East Indies as we are de-
ternined to free the Philippines. We pro-
pose to help each other, on the roads and
waters and above them, eastward to these
places and beyond to Tokyo. No matter
what individual or individuals command
in given areas the purpose is the same.
There will, of course, be plenty OF
problems when we get there Their solu-
ton will be easier if we all employ our
utmost resources Of experience, goodwin
and good faith
Nobody in India or anywhere else IN
Asia will misunderstood the presence
there of American armed forces if they
will believe, as we do at home, that
their Job is to assure the defeat of Japan,
without which there can be no opportunity
for any of us to enjoy and expand the
freedoms for which we fight.
Mr.. Roosevelt's reference to the philippines
is timely reminder that job is still to oe
done there The campaign in the Marshall'
ought to help pave the way for Macarthur
return and-yes-revenge upon the occupying
japanese who have practiced such barparlne'
as history has not previously recorded upof
our soldiers taken prisoner with the 1aA
Corrigador.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
SOCIAL SERVICE
EXCHANGE MEETS

A meeting of the Social Service
Exchange Of the Council of Social
Agencies was held Friday at 4
p. m. in the Community Chest
room in the Tide Water building.
Progress of the Exchange since
work on its organizational began
lest June, was discussed, and a
motion was passed to invite three
new organizations to join the Ex-
change in, the near future.
The work of the Social Service
Exchange, of which Mrs. Herbert
Bluethenthal is chairman, consists
OF setting up type of clearing
house of case histories, so that
each social welfare organization
IN the city may find out available
Information on every new applicant
with minimum of difficulty.
Included in the organization at
the present time are the Associat-
eo Charities, the Department Of
Public Welfare, the Salvation Ar
my, the Sorosis Child Care Asso-
citation, the Travellers Aid Society,
and the USO Travellers Aid So
ciety.
Those attending the meeting
Friday included Mrs. Herbert
Rluethenthal, Mrs. Esther Emer-
son Sweeney, of the USO Travel
cr's Aid Society: Mrs. Helen Snee-
der, Mrs. Katherine Bennette, and
] Robert Hollis, of the Depart
ment of Public Welfare; Mrs. Hell
en- M. Galloway, of the local Ira
veler's Aid Society; Miss Emma
Howell, of the Red Cross; Mrs.
L. o. Ellis, of Associated Chair.
ties, and Captain J. L. Neigh
hours, of the Salvation Army, and
George Stearns, executive secre-
tary of the Community Chest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
RAYMOND Clapper Says:
Marine Fighter Pilots
Relate Their Experiences

he went through fifteen minutes OF
landing preparation, suspended be.
tween the ground and eternity. He
replied:
II kept thinking I would land
easy or else"
At that point Lieut.. G. c. SIAM
cts, also Of Dallas, interrupted to
say:
"You should have seen G. B.
next day. His hand was still shak-
ing so hard he ratified sack of
lemons he was carrying"
Anyway. Thomas finally got his
wheels down and came in to a
landing. And then to his horror a
slight ground loop began, but for
tInately the plane went into a
taxiway and stopped without
smashing. Thomas jumped out and
started to run warning others
away. A bomb disposal man came
and found that the bomb fuse was
only four inches from striking the
bombay doors, which would have
meant the end.
I asked Thomas what he did aft
e. that. He said he went to Rabaul
on a bombing mission the next
by this young fellow. who was
day. That is the kind Of life led
Burroughs adding-machine sales
man Until he enlisted in the Navy
in January, 1941. He began flight
training in April. 1912, after hav.
ing been up in a plane just once
out here, after which he gets to
return home.
The squadron is full Of such
stories, many Of which 1 heard
while sitting around in a Quonset
hut with them drinking beer made
in San Francisco.
Lieut.. James Burris, Platteville.
Wis, was sitting on cot wearing
beard and nothing else. He's
told how five days, earlier he had
landed with his gasoline tank emp.
ty for the third time.
Lieut.. Charles Metzelaars, Mat
toon. ILL.,, and others had their
stories to tell, but l regret to say
had to leave too soon to hear
them. Luiet. Sigmund Austin, De-
troit, chased a Jap plane into the
sea the other day. Maj. James T.
Mcdaniel, Eureka, Cal, had re-
Gently had full-scale daylight
raid into Rabaul. He said the Japs
were fighting better and harder
than ever in the air.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
Thirty Robberr Cases
Reported Here In JAM

Harry E. Fales, superintenaeg",''
of the New Hanover county .oi
reau of Identification, repo. H. H.
that 80 cases of robbery were can .,
ed to the attention of the ouLe en-,
during January for finger PID
investigation. IN.
A total of ESQ persons were IN M
ger printed during the month a 4od
205 persons we're finger pfln.5j.
and photographed for the Le re .er.
IS for civil service, and ~ ~ ~.
sons fo- various branches Of ~
Tense work. .,e
Photographs were taken III ,.i M
case of one hit-and-run resu. I'm.
in death, one murder. one olo ,,rs
ed person, and one pref1l"'"
baby.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05

son OF MIR. and
M r S. Edward
Hansley, was
commissioned a
second lieuten.
ant and award.
ed the silver pl.
lot wings at
gradual ton Ger.
ennonies recent.
ly held at Free
man Army Air
Field, Seymour.
Ind.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05

his minister's and Spain's people to the last
man, put the emphasis on that word strict
But the Allies, and especially the United
States, will do well to require proof positive
of Spains actual neutrality before resuming
oil deliveries to that country or extending
favors of any kind
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
AERIAL GUNNER

Hugh Edgar Barlow, ~, son y.
Mrs. Make Barlow of 800 ND.
ket street, is now an aer al sui',
ner serving with the Army a. a.
Corps at Miami Beach, Fla. IN
was graduates from New HafoyeI1
High school in 1912 and eh' 'a,o
the service on December l3- 1'1y,
Prior to entering the Army. ~
was employed in the tineHee H.,
office at the North Carolina o''p
building company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
WATER PIPELINE
AT HOODS CREEK

The water supply line to Kings
Bluff has reached Hoods creek,
a point approximately II miles
from the lines destination, accord.
ing to A. W. Smith Of Price Broth.
ers Construction company, han
ding the local project.
Mr.. Smith revealed that the pipe
will be laid on creosote pilins
trestle across the creek, which is
not a navigable stream.
Smith estimated that it may be
September before the pipeline
reaches Kings Bluff, were q
pumping station will be located.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
NEGRO GIVEN

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4. --P)-
David Beckwith, Negro, wanted in
Apex, NC, on a charge of assault
ing Chief Of Police J. L. Castle
berry, was turned over to North
Carolina authorities for extradition
after a hearing in quarters sessions
court today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05

Futcrs, son OIL
Mr.. and Mrs,
F. x. Futchs OF
W m i ngton'
w a S recently
awarded his sil'
yer pilot wings
a n d commits,
stoned a second
Ii e utenant at
graduation Ger.
emonies held at
Freeman Army
Air Field. Ssy'
mour, Ind.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05

P I. James
Henry Kelly, 20,
son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. KEEL.
ly Of Wrights-
vile Beach, is
serving over.
seas with the
Infantry. He
was graduated
from New Han.
o V er H Ugh
School in June,
1912, and enter.
ed the Army in
March, 1943. He
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
VISITING MOTHER

Pvt. Dick E. Miller, of the IAN
Armored Division now stationed
at Camp Campbell, Ky is WISH
ing his mother, Mrs. Grace MIL
Ter of 400 South Second street.
Private Miller recently spent two
months on maneuvers in TenneS'
see. Before his induction into 'Ae
Army in 1912, he was employee
by the Tide Water Power CON-
pany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
FLOODING BACK

AT THE SWISS-GERMAN FROM
TIER, Feb. 4. -P)- German bor-
der reports said today that the
vanguards of civilian colonists
who followed the German army in
to the Black Sea areas wrested
from Russia already were Flooding
lack to Germany in long columns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The star and the Newa accepts no
responsibility fer the personal views Of Mr. PeE'er
md sften disagree with them - Hueh - aany 81
making people think
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05

The steel used in one medium
tank can be provided by 10000
average tin cans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05

Paper, cloth and wood row can
be chemically treated to m k e
them incapable of spreading
Flames.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
PRISONER

Staff Sgt. Julian A. Britt, son
of Mrs. Annie E. Britt Of 1918
South Fourth street, is being held
prisoner of war by Germany
according to War department
announcement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05

received his basic training at
Camp Wheeler, Ga and has been
overseas since last October.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. -R
The War Department made
public today = list Of U. S.
soldiers killed in action, includ-
ing these from North Carolina:
Pvt. Willie A. Wyatt. killed
in Mediterranean area; sister,
Mrs. Craley Wyatt Hyatt, 5 Irv-
ing st., Asheville.
S-Sgt. Council w. Roberts,
killed in Southwest Pacific.
area; wife, Mrs. Oma M. Ro-
berts, 1923 North jackson, Sails
bury.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. Up
The Navy Department an
noumced today 20S casualties
of the U. S. Naval forces and
two North Carolinians were in
cluded.
They were:
Barfield, Walter Robert, Sea-
man, Second Glass, U. S. Ma
wv. Wounded. Parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lotion Barfield. Swans
hOrO.
Wilson. Hobert D., Private
First Glass, USMCR. Wounded
Father. Charles b. Wilson. 22S
Springs st., Marion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
COMMISSIONED

Adell Eansley,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-05
COMMISSIONED

Richard
Evening star., 1944-08-07

legally was a soldier. In this rela-
ton, 1t may be remembered that the
medieval shilling contained twelve
denarii or silver pennies, "the ordi-
nary silver coins Of the period" The
sequence "f, 5, d." interpreted
pounds, shillings and pence" actu-
ally stands for 'librae, solidi and
denarii";; and the long off-center
down-beat dash U universally en-
ployed to denote the shilling and as
a convenient substitute for the hori-
zontal line in fractions still is known
among mathematicians as a "soli-
dus."
All Of which. of course, may be
of little import to CT Joe and his
comrades. What soldiers want rath-
er more zealously is a practical an
swer to the problem of how to make
too few soldi do the duty of an un-
limited supply.