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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-07
Daily Prayer
VICTORY WITHOUT
VENGEANCE

AS Thou doSt give success TO the
forces of the United Nations, o
Almighty Ruler of the Universe,
we pray that Thou wilt also bestoW
upon us spiritual victory in our
own hearts. May all of our leaders
and fighters escape the contagion
of brutality. Prevent us from des-
cending to the heather levels of
hatred and vengeance. While do
ing justice and executing right
we also show chivalry to a beat
eousness upon the criminals, may
en- foe. Grant US a stern sense of
justice, as we prepare the world
for its good time coming; but
teach us also how to forebear and
to forgive; that all the world may
share an equitable peace. Breathe
upon us the agnanimous Spirit
of Jesus toward those who have
bitterly wronged us. And, for the
glory of Thy great name, and for
the sake of all Thy children, dom
mate our wills by purposes of
peace. Amen.-W. T. E,
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The Literary Guidepost

its points.
Some IA years before the first
World War One Gen. Osius in Ger
many was explaining to Mr.. Pit
kin Cermany's plans for CONQUER
ing the world. The plans have a
very familiar sound; a reader
might be forgiven for assuming that
Hitler had talked with the general
The general had family, and it,
too, was convinced of the inevita-
blllty OF Germn hegemony over the
world. But there was one matter.
MIR Pitkin remembers, that trou-
bled them. 1t was Russia. Osius
told young Pitkin that Russia would
be saved for the last, and then
didn't go over this part of the
plan with Osius.
The Pitkins were by no means
wealthy-this fact and Pitkin's own
fascination with food, NAV have
heightened the color of his Italian
experience. He went to Rome for
some sort of learned session. and
watched the professors and their
wives fight for food at a buffet
supper. Mr.. Pitkin means fight; ten
years before the last war, Italian
salaries were so low that the wives
OF full professors brought parasols
to the party, into which they stuff
ed whole chickens stolen from the
tables
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-07
Insurance And Air Travel

a recent editorial dealing with life insurance
and air travel has brought corrective notice
from the Wilmington Life Underwriters who
point out it was based on facts utterly at varl-
anre with present-day insurance practices.
/ The article pointed out that many life insur-
/ ance companies have Disseminated against
those travelling on the regularly scheduled air
lines.
1 Speaking for the Underwriters here, the COM
mittee said eve know Of few life insurance
companies and we have books covering con-
ttractual practices Of all-which restrict in any
way whatever the coverage If assured is
travelling as a fare-paying passenger on
regularly scheduled commercial flight. Out
tof over $50 companies checked on the matter,
less than 10 have any restriction, and Of these
none is represented in Wilmington.
''The questions on the application have moth
ing to do with the policy contract issued, but
the information thus obtained does indicate
trends which are valuable for formation Of
future planning Normal life insurance con-
tracts don't cover in case of death from planes
tother than commercial airlines. However,
feven the Double Indemnity for Accidental
Death in almost every company includes pro-
lection for fare-paying passengers on regular
airline flights. This emphatically demonstrates,
I'VE think, the liberal practices of the COM
..panies regarding air travel
/ sThe life insurance companies of America
;are progressively alert to modern conditions,
lare not buried in horse and buggy traditions,
and can be trusted not to hold back the wheels
pf .progress-or in this case the wings Of prog
ress.,
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With Ernie Pyle

IS. But other officers gave us the
word. They said, This is no
limited objective drive. This is it.
This is the big peterborough"
In war everybody contributes
something, no matter how small
or how far removed he may be.
But on the frontline, this break
through was accomplished by four
fighting ORANGES of the services
and don't see truly how one could
be given credit above another.
None of the four could have done
the job without the other three.
The way they worked together
was beautiful and precision, like,
showering credit upon themselves
and General Bradley's planning.
The four branches were the Air
Corps, Tank, Artillery and !nfan
try.
I went with the infantry because
it is my love, and because I sus-
pected the tanks, being spectac-
ular, might smother the credit due
the infantry. I teamed up with
the Fourth Infantry Division since
it was in the middle of the for
ward three and spearheading the
attack.
The first night behind the 'front.'
lines slept comfortably on a cot
in tent at the division command
post. and met for the first time the
Fourth's commander - Maj. Gen.
Raymond O. Barton, a fatherly,
kindly, thoughtful, good soldier.
The second night 1 spent on the
dirty floor of a rickety French
farmhouse, far up in the lines,
with the nauseating odor of dead
cows keeping me awake half the
night.
The third night I slept on the
ground in an orchard even farther
up, snugly dug in behind hedge
row so the 88's couldn't get at me
so easily. And on the next day
the wea2asr cleared, and the at
tack was on. 1t was July Is.
If you don't have July Is pasted
in your hat I would advise you to
do SO Immediately. At least paste it
in your mind. For I have a bunch
that July Is of the year 1914 will
be one Of the great historic pin
nacles of this war;
1t was the day we began a
mighty surge out of our confined
Normandy spaces. the day we stop
ped calling our area the beach
head, and knew we were fighting
war across the whole expanse
of France.
From that day onward all dread
possibilities and fears for disaster
to our invasion were behind US.
No longer was there any possibility
of our getting kicked off. No longer
could it be possible for fate, or wea-
Their, or enemy to wound us fatally;
from that day onward the future
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No Excuse

4 School and law enforcement authorities are
obligated to press their Investigations until
fhsy get to the bottom Of the destructveness
being done in school buildings throughout the
county and which by last week had reached
sofn ething like alarming proportions.
d Conservative estimates place the window
pane damage alone, at Chestnut Heights school
which was the target of youthful attack last
weekend, at SLIPS. School officials say this
VIII not begin to pay for the labor necessary
to.clean up the structure, and to paint scraped
window frames.
4 The Chestnut Heights school episode has
been repeated, time and again, in less vio-
Elence, in other buildings. Looting Of the build
sings, as well as damage to the structures, has
been reported at fairly frequent intervals in
police records.
1 We are not sufficiently versed in child psy-
schelogy to determine motives the youths may
have for their consistent vandalism, But the
destruction has occurred enough, now, to warn
thu city that motives do exist, and that they
should be brought to light.
4 This is the season Of the year when Young.
STEERS should be asserting themselves with
Avigor on the baeball lots, the tennis courts,
%and at the swimming places. In addition, thew
should be finding ways to help keep their
home premises clean, and the lawns of their
sneighbors moved. There are many odd jobs
that might be profitable for them, in these
days when labor is so scarce.
4 A few things can be deducted from the acti
8vitv of the bold offenders: the work is beins
ssdone by organized gangs, for two or three boy.
would not have the courage to do so grea
destruction; parental discipline is falling
down: the recreation program on which tn,
city and the federal government is spendin,
4 80 much money needs to recruit more boy
=, search Of hard, inviting play, and once tn,
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will refuse to refer workers or let him have
any workers until his staff has dwindled to U.s.
Here is how the machinery works:
The country has been divided into four
groups Of labor areas, according to the labor
hort OF worker. Group 2 is less critically
short. And so on down to group which may
have plenty of labor available.
The forced lay-offs, if they occur, will be
in groups l and O.
Those two labor area groups have two spe
cial committees called Production Urgency
committees and Manpower Priorities commit
tees. They are composed Of representatives
of the Army, Navy, Maritime Commission
War Production board and VINO.
The production urgency committee decides
upon the relative importance to war produc-
ton Of the various plants in its area
Then the Manpower priorities committee de.
urgency committees findings, shall get man.
power or needs less manpower or should be
forced to lay-off workers.
1t is this manpower priorities committee
which holds the big manpower stick If it
runs into balky employer, it reports to the
chairman of VINO. He then asks the various
war agencies dealing in any way with that
employers plants to invoke the sanctions men.
toned above.
When asked where there was any difference
between this kind of control over manpower
and the labor draft which the armed services
unsuccessfully asked congress to set by uu
law, the VINO spokesman said:
Under a labor draft worker could be
forced to work where the government wanted
him to work. Under this kind of control, a
boss could be forced to lay-off worker need.
ed somewhere else, but the worker still could
refuse to work
Buff that worker refused to take the Job
suggested to him by the government, he'd
probably have tough time trying to get the
government to allow him to take another.
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Too Late

Turkey, as far as we are concerned, can
continue to remain out of the war.
Recent news from Ankara indicates she is
ready to move into the conflict first by grant
ing the allies air and naval bases with her
role as an active belligerent coming as mat
from that followed when the Germans were
advancing on her frontiers. Now. with the
Nazis in general retreat throughout Europe,
she has become quite bold.
Frankly, the Turks have waited too late.
Their fighting now would be primarily for a
place at the peace table; not to deliver a
real blow at the enemy. There was time
when her aid would have been of great value
1t would be Of some help now but the period
has passed when it is essential Her entrance
into the war would be comparable to Italy S
famous stab in the back of France after
the German invasion brought the French to
their knees.
The only appraisal that may be given pos
sible Turkish aid now is that it would serve
to set off the smouldering fires in the Balkans.
The triunphs Of the Americans and British
in France and Russia on the other front will
serve that purpose just as we'll The price the
United Nations would have to pay at the
peace conference for Turkish participation on
their side would be too great Therefore, her
continued neutrality will be, in the long run,
an asset for u.s.
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Action Needed

Recent complaints of disorderly conduct and
nerve-shattering noises in the vicinity Of taxi
cab stands and similar establishments can
not 60 unnoticed by those interested in the
welfare of the city's citizens.
1t is the right of everyone here to reside
in his home in peace. When nearby outside
influences make this impossible, there are
laws on the books that should provide relief.
Whenever neighborhood is disturbed by
brawling and shooting and shocked by vulgar
and blasphemous shouts and screams in the
late hours of the night, it is time for the law
to take firm hand
Every incident demands full investigation
and subsequent action that will see that such
outrageous and unnecessary noises are stop
ped, not only for the time being but for the
future.
Those responsible for the premises on which
such dsorderly conduct frequently occurs
are in the best position to offer aid to the
authorities in experimenting those causing the
disturbances. The identity OF the actual Of
tenders is, in practically all cases, unknown
to those offended. Hence they are often with
out the information necessary for indictment.
The police have a duty to perform and the
offenders deserve no consideration. Arrests
are in order.
Enforcement of the city's anti-noise ordi
nance has, as a whole, brought favorable
comment But these more violent cases de.
serve much more attention. Any assistance
a stop to this will not only be appreciated by
those affected in the immediate neighborhoods
but by all interested in better community.
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Tough

Because OF the critical manpower situation
the federal government has suddenly become
tougher with civilian workers and employers
than at any time in history.
thorough review Of the situation was given
recently by James NARROW Associated Press
writer, who points out the government has be-
come this tough
Employers in labor shortage areas can be
forced to fire workers whom the government
thinks could better be used somewhere else
in civilian job helping the war;
War Mobilizer Byrnes, looking for way
to provide sufficient workers for war jobs,
has told the war agencies they now have the
power to force compliance with their man.
power demands.
He says they should use it whep necessary
I'm 80 per cent Of the cases. high spokes-
man for the War Manpower Commission said,
1T won't be necessary to force lay-on OF work.
ers. It may be necessary in or 10 cases."
If an employer refuses to comply with gov
eminent orders on his manpower, Byrnes has
instructed the agencies to use sanctions against
him. They could take this form, in Byrnes
OWH WORDS.
Shutting off his materials, power, fuel, trans
portation
In other words: his business could be forced
into closing until he complied.
Actually what probably will happen in most
cases In labor-tight areas is this:
Ceilings win be placed on war industries to
compel better use Of manpower. And the
same areas manpower ceilings will be placed
on less essential Industries
! For instance: John Jones employees 100 men
in his business which Is less essential. The gov.
eminent will say he needs only rs men, So he
Will not be allowed to hire any more until,
through quitting or some other reason, his
total staff Ii down to rs.
This control will be used by the VINO and
| its U. S. Employment Service offices which
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to prepare the country for war,
until Hitler attacked Russia. His
communist cohorts violently OBJ
structed such efforts in the war
plants. Fish's obstruction con-
sisted of his single vote in con-
gress. Marcantonio changed when
Russia was attacked. Fish changed
instantly when the United States
was attacked.
Dewey did repudiate Fish.
Roosevelt has not repudiated Mar
cantonio.
Yet here political nobody is
presented as a man of standing and
spokesman for millions in dis
patch from a reputable news
agency, thus endowing him with a
completely fictitious Importance.
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! IN NORMANDY Wireless)
"A few days after D-Day you may
remember we spoke in this col.
unn of five early phases of the
continental Invasion that would
have to take place.
Phase No. was to be the break
out from our beachhead after we'd
held it secure long enough to build
up vast quantities of troops and
supplies behind us. 9nd once WEI
broken out of the ring of Germans
trying to hold us in and completed
Phase 5, the real war in Western
Europe would begin.
Well, we're in Phase now. At
least we are while I'm writing this.
Things are moving swiftly. You
realize that several days elapse be-
tween the writing and the publica-
ton of this column. BY the time
you read this we may be out in
the open and pushing into France.
Surely history will give name
to the battle that sent us boiling
out of Normandy - some name
comparable with St. Mihiel, or
Meuse Argonne of the last war.
But to us here on the spot at the
time it was known simply as "the
peterborough"
We correspondents could sense
that big drive was coming. There
are many little ways you can tell
without actually being told, if you
are experienced in war.
And then one evening Lieut.. Gen.
Omar Bradley, commanding all
American troops in France, came
to our camp and briefed us on the
coming operation. 1t would start,
he said, on the first day we had
three hours good flying weather in
the forenoon.
We were all glad to hear the
news. There isn't correspondent
over here, or soldier, or officer I
ever heard of who hasn't COM
plete and utter faith in General
Bradley. If he felt we were ready
for the push, that was good enough
for us.
The General told us the attack
would cover segment of the Ger
man line west of St. Lo. about
1-3 miles wide. In that narrow
segment we would have three in
fantry divisions, side by side.
Right behind them would be an
other infantry and two arnyored
divisions.
Once a hole was broken, the ar
mored divisions would slam
through several miles beyond,
then turn right toward the sea
behind the Germans in that sector
in the hope of cutting them off and
trapping them.
The remainder of our line on
both sides of the attack would
keep the pressure on to hold the
Germans in front of them so they
couldn't e n d reinforcements
against our big attack.
The attack was to open with a
gigantic two-hour air lombard
ment by 1900 planes-the biggest,
I'm sure. ever attempted by air
in direct support of ground troops.
1t would start with dive bomb
ers, then great four-motored heav-
les would come, and then me-
diums, then dive bombers again,
and then the ground troops
would kick off, with air fighters
continuing to work ahead of them.
1t was a thrilling plan to listen
to. General Bradley didn't tell us
the big thing-that this was Phase
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The War
BY ELTON c. FAY

associated Press War Analyst
From Japan there comes th .''
sertlon that the combined fleet ~ r''
doubtedly is mapping strateyv ~
defeat the enemy with one s,.. "
There is desperation in ~,
statement. The situation i, ~.
Pacific has reached tn, ,., +s
where there is little choic. VA
either the japanese fleet nous st''- =,
tempt to win with one swooa a''
surrender ANONYMOUSLY. 81 =. II
render and there seems no re.,,.
to expect a chance. "'On
If the japanese navy does irs..,
decide on one last, concentratsa {.
tempt to break the ring closin. i !.
from the sea, air and land Il.
engagement Of the main fleet, I'll
that battle should transcend in A..
power and destruction any eno.a,
met at sea in the worlds histoes
The United States has mustersd
in the Pacific the mightiest w
mazda of fighting ships, aircr st
carriers and trains OF SUNNY al,
repair vessels ever assembled A.
the other side of the threateras
East Indies, Britain's vastly .ns
mented Indian ocean fleet stand,
by to strike. N'
Japan's fleet remains a povor
full force, despite the steady attr
ton from American naval and Il,
attacks. She has lost only thre.
battleships, leaving a capital fleet
of unknown size but perhaps in the
neighborhood of Is to 1o. In ca.
riers her losses have been severn
7 sunk, 4 of them in the Battle n
Midway alone.
Earlier in the war, Japan wa,
prodigious in expanding her cus.
ers and destroyers. The toll If
cruisers now is in excess of IA
with about $50 destroyers lost
The bulk of these losses occurred
in the days when she gambled
heavily before she began husband.
ing her ships for the last effort
Her losses now result from the
American navy and air force
hunting down her fleet and cargo
ships-as they did last week at the
BONN islands where a convoy was
destroyed by the planes and guns
of a United States task force which
swept up to within 600 miles Of
Tokyo.
The naval losses Japan has sui.
fered must be presumed to be Com.
pensated for to some extent by her
building program of recent years
before American submarines,
planes and surface craft began
edging into the shipping lanes
through which move ship building
material and the airforces' super.
fortress planes started strategic
attacks on japanese industry.
That time has passed and her
fleet-in-being is being compressed
by the advance of Allied power
Sooner or later, those elements Of
the fleet which escape engage.
ments, which are not cut off by
an American dominated zone
straight through to the coast Of
China, must fall back to defend
the home islands. The japanese
cannot afford to let carriers ap-
proach within 400 miles of Japan
They certainly cannot have Amerl-
can battleships, with their l6'nch
gunfire, standing off the japanese
coast when all but handful Of
Nipponese cities are within gun
range of the coast.
Any challenge now must be IN
the nature Of the one swoop the
Tokyo admiralty is reported map
ping. There is no other choice
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could hold nothing for us but grow
ing strength and eventual victory.
For five days and nights during
that historic period stayed at the
front with our troops. And now,
though it's slightly delayed, I want
to tell you about it in detail from
day to day, if you will be that
patient.
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LETTER BOX
PRAISES COMMENT

PRAISES COMMENT
To The Editor:
I have read with great interest
the editorial in last Sundays Star
News entitled Wilmington Fu-
ture." This is one of the soundest
sanest comments on postwar I'M
dertakings that 1 have seen pub
llshed in any community in the
state.
The spirit reflected in this edi
torial is one which might will be
emulated by all cities and COM
munltles In the state. I commend
most heartily the sentiments man.
lfested in this editorial and am
confident that the people of Will
mlngton will share these senti-
ments and will be prepared
to meet whatever problems may
arise in the difficult days ahead.
; j. Melville BROUGHTON.
Governor
Governors Office,
Raleigh, N. c.,
Aug. 4, 1914.
CHURCH WORKER
To The Editor:
Mr.. James V. Greasy, of viii.
Continued on Pare &
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youths are recruited they should be thorough
ly supervised during and long after their func-
tons, 4 number of which are carried on in
the SCHOOL buildings.
There is no excuse for allowing youngsters
to tear up the citys school facilities with no
admonition or correction resulting.
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Another New Plastic

A new featherweight plasu'.
which expands to 80 times IT,
normal size in 10 minutes ia.
been developed which prof1is.
to have many peace-time appn''
tions especially as an insulato''
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Our Chief Aim
TOP-O,-THE MORNING
= 10 aid In every way the prosecutio
the war to complete Victory.

Our souls like our comfortable houses
70 unenclosed from the street and ungar-
dened. We need poetry, need to realize
it round about us and In US, need 1t as
practically as the blood needs iron and
salt.
George Washington Gable.