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Responsibility For Safety

The New York Times has been receiving
r,,ite variety of answers to questions con-
eerning postwar automobiles, an investiga-
zion initiated at the request OF the Society OF
Autorootive Engineers.
Fully a third of the letters reaching the
Times are from women, and the great majority
of these contain suggestions for applying
household conveniences to the automobile.
Other correspondents complain OF the limited
range Oh vision in present models. Others
cite :. "definite'' hazard in the two front cor
ners where the n1olding obstructs vision and
recommend these corners be made much
narrower.
Another wants to know if there is some
way to eliminate the glare from a car at the
rear One wants automotive engineers to pay
more attention to blind spots.' Better vision
to the rear and to the ground Immediately in
front of car is urged by Army officer.
New England doctor dislikes the ordinary
hardware on doors.
Tie bulk of complaints. recommendations,
peeves and what not revolve around vision
and the need for its improvement in the in
terest of safety. There is no doubt that vision
has been given less attention than safety de-
m ands in many of the models now in use,
Just as comfort went out of style when stream
Hiring came in and speed became main OBJ
jective
Put the one feature of the motor vehicle
that all correspondents seem to have over
looked is the fitness to drive of the person at
the wheel. We hold no brief for the automo-
bile engineers or manufacturers. Their case
is in their own hands. But it is indisputable
that the bulk of accidents to motor vehicles
are due to carelessness, Indifference to sig
nails drunkenness and other avoicable causes.
No manufacturer engineer can remove
these hazards of accident by changing auto
designs. They can do something about the
vision range and cutting down glare. But the
final responsibility for safety in traffic rests
squarely upon the shoulders of drivers
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
The Literary Guidepost

New York people-an old Jewish
woman living in a remote little
summer shack, a tough old farmer
with incestuous leanings, his pea
nut-brained son who decides tc
take on the duties of the claw" a
slick and successful doctor, a draft
board, some rather nice state
troopers, and a blackberry thicket
ibertine whose idea of a cute stu
alton is to have an affair with
Jenny while his wife is in child
bed. Plus some others.
Pierre did not want to 60 to a
camp for DIRECTORS. He stole a re-
volver and a rifle from his rich
uncle, and took to- the mountain
caves. He was tracked down, even
tually, after an inconclusive pass.
age with fugitive German, and
after murder Or two he was
Justly killed and his body brought
down the mountain with no loud Ia
mentations from anybody, not even
Jenny.
think Mr.. Hicks is showing us
that conscientious objecting as a
career is a peacetime vocation,
and that in a time of violence OBJ
jectors grow violent, too. This is
probably true. Mr.. Hicks writes
cody, accurately, and his dialogue
is excellent.
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Still Boosting

Accuracy Of the W. rocket bomb has been
50 increased by technical improvements that
II IS actually becoming flying artillery says
boast>-l Nazi communique
In view of this assertion: it is remarkable
that the Prime Minister of Great Britain was
able tc address an audience of 5000 at we'll
advertised Thanksgiving Day celebration in
Aonoon's Albert Hall without the Nazis laying
ohe Oh their accurate missiles on such an in
viting target
OF course 1t could be that the omission was
di oversight. But it seems more likely that
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won't have to keep coming back
to the same target"
Bombing accuracy is calculated
on the basis of an imaginary cir
Gle with 600 foot radius. It's cen
ter is the heart of the objective
An airforce announcement ex,
plains: when bombers of a large
formation all place their loads
within this area the score is 100. !"
Although Anderson placed I'M
ceasing practice first among the
factors contributing to the 321st
record, he cited others:
"You know it sounds like col
lege 'Rah-Rah' but competition
really works with these kids. The
colonel builds up that idea too.
1t gets SO hot they begin betting
on their targets. Then they can't
afford to miss.
"Another thing. Our bombar-
diers navigate all the way out to
the target. That gives us dou-
BILE check. Our group never yet
has had formation bomb the
wrong target.
There's another thing. There
are ten clubs on our field. Every
one of them has bar. That helps
a lot. If you think the other guy
is bum, you can get a drink
and tell him so to his face. They
get their grudges off their chests
and don't worry about them.
"Again there's Colonel Smith.
We used to be able to come back
and tell a commanding officer a
lot of malarkey about why we
missed or could not finish bomb
run, but y:u simply can't kid Col
onel Smith. He knows all about
it."
like most of the groups top
officers, Smith is combat veter-
an with 81 missions to mis- credit
His deputy group commander,
1t. Col. Charles F. Cassidy OF
U249 Fillmore street, Denver, COL,
has 81 combat missions.
Other group officers are 1t. Col.
william D. Cameron, (22401 Shak-
err Bld.) Shaker Heights, O., once
track and football ace who is
an operations officer with "a mis-
sions; Maj. Robert H. Neumann
of Cliffside Park, N. j., one
time Seton Hall basketball, foot
ball and boxing star who is the as
sistant operations officer with 70
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
NAM RULES VETS
ENTITLED TO OLD
JOBS ON RETURN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. - R -
4 returning veteran is entitled te
his old job-even if he displaces a
man of greater ability or more
seniority, the legal department Of
the National Association of Manu-
facturers holds.
This point of view is expressed
in statement by the NAM in the
current issue of it's law digest.
The NAM legal publication said
the Selective Service Act language
clearly supported that premise
which in effect is in Selective Serv'
ice memorandum No. 1904.
Seniority, as understood in labor
relations Technology, the digest
agreed, is property right protect
cd by the Fifth Amendment to the
Constitution.
But it also called attention to the
fact that the Constitution does not
expressly forbid enactment by Con-
gress of laws inpairing obliga-
lions under private contracts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
Quick Thinking Saves Lives

The way ordinary and unframed mortals
7neet grave emergencies is among the never
ceasrg wonders Of life. There is that case the
other day when an airplane came down on
railroad track with a train approaching at
hi oh speed 1t looked like taps for those aboard
the p1ane and probably the engine crew and
n,ssin1v some passengers But a quick-think-
ing girl-Peggy Parsley, formerly Of Will
nington-dipped a broom in inflammable
fluid. ignited it and sent man scurrying
down the track with it waving overhead. The
engineer stopped his train only inches from
the sailed plane.
Then there was hospital steward dining
At restaurant in Minneapolis on a night off
who saw another diner choking on a piece
Of meat he could neither swallow or spit out.
The victim was already turning black in the
face when the steward first saw him. With
no doctor present and none within quick reach
tre man whose only association with the med
;cal profession was to perform the lowliest
task. in a hospital whetted the long blade Of
his pocket knife on his shoe. disinfected it IN
vinegar, and forthwith made ar incision IN
the victims gullet, extracted the lump OF
meat which had cut off the sufferers breath,
stopped the blood flow with borrowed hand
kerchiefs some way and most certainly saved
a life, as internes at the hospital where the
victim was taken readily acknowledged.
An even more surprising operation was that
performed by a nineteen-year-old medical aid
man on the battlefield under heavy shell lire.
II is worth noting that this boy. Duane A
Kinman by name, was a truck driver and
automobile mechanic before the war; During
the rush on Metz, Kinnnan attending
sergeant who had chest aceration and brok-
en- ankle when he saw an infantryman fall
w tn q mortar shell wound in the throat
Speeding. the job on the sergeant, Kinman
rushed to the fallen rifleman who was gasping
for breath through his perforated windpipe.
Again there was no instrument available
but pocketknife, supplemented by foun-
tain PEN A lieutenant craWled to the spot
through enemy fire and held the patient while
Knman made an ncision in the throat and
inserted the end of the fountain pen into the
t1achea The patient began to breathe again.
The eperauon was the more reH1arkaoie pe-
cause any slip would have punctured the
jugular.
In few minutes the victim was on his feet
supported by the lieutenant and the medical
aid man, breathing not through his nose or
his mouth, but through the fountain pen. the
color returning to his face with every breath.
With SO much said perpetually about mortal
Incompetence. cases like these worth re-
cord!ng as proving that the world is really
full of remarkable people after all
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Maybe Someone Else

Chemists at the Bureau of Mines have dis
covere,. that little moisture helps gunpowder
to ignite This, of course was the signal to take
moist pinch Of 1t and blast familiar say
ing into oblivion.
One newspaper we CHANGED upon blasted it
tfus: Col Valentine Blacke- was wrong when
he uttered his famous admoniton- Keep your
powder dry"
The next paper began its story with this:
AT the battle of Edgehll three centuries ago
Olive. Cromwell shouted to his cavalry, Keep
your powder dry
Perhaps the Bureau of Mines chemists will
now be good enough to discover just who said
it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
By JOHN sELBY
.cBEHOLD TROUBLE" by Gran.

Vile HICKS NNldCIuIlIdA, P@'sol'
For some weeks novel by
Granville Hicks called behold
Trouble' has been sitting on a
shelf to my left, accusingly. If any
thing can sit accusingly. I have
been sure that something should
be said about Mr.. Hicks novel and
have not been sure what to say.
Probably the book is good at
tempt to do the impossible.
The novel is about a fellow NAM
ed Pierre, who is a conscientious
objector, but not particularly from
reasons of conscience. It may be
part of Mr.. Hicks plan that his
reader shall not know precisely
why Pierre is an objector; his past
is advanced as the reason, but it
contains little more than the usu-
al undergraduate fiddle PADDLE, a
slightly unbalanced father, per-
verse sexual experience or two,
and most recently a marriage with
a lump of a girl named Jenny.
Pierre may be designedly obscure,
on the intellectual level, but
Jenny never even approaches such
a minor height.
All about these two are upstate
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
The Return To Tokyo

The second raid on Tokyo mus. have turned
the thoughts of many of us back to the first
attack on the Japanese capital. and to the
momentous events of the intervening two
years and seven months which set the two
missions in such sharp. contrast It is back
ward glance that Eliminates this country S
strength and spirit with particular clarity.
The days outlook on April 49, 1912 was dark.
Bataan had fallen And for nine days enemy
planes and artillery had been blasting inces-
sanity at our last Philippine foothold on Cor
rigedcr, where a few survivors of Bataan
fought hopeless battle with surprising brav-
cry Elsewhere in the Philippines the Japs
were striking at will. They were over-running
the British in Burma, and roaming the seas
and skies almost unopposed
Then suddenly there came the first bit of
good news that the country had wanted so
long aid needed so desperately Jimmy Doo-
little and his squadron had shown the Japs
that an apparently beaten opponent was still
On its feet, and had begun to fight back.
The Doolittle mission was an audacious un-
dertaking. boldly planned and brilliantly ex-
eeuted in the face of many difficulties The
cost. weighed against the damage done, was
heavy. But it was one Of the telling blows Of
TIE wsr For as the bombs exploded in Tokyo.
there exploded with them the Japs' belief in
their inpregnability and early victory
On Nov. "a, 1914. the outlook by connpari-
son was bright. But it was bright only be-
cause thousands OF Americans had fought and
died on obscure islands, and in steaming
treacnerous swamps and jungles, and on and
over the endless wastes of the Pacific to make
tie second blow at Tokyo possible.
They had fought and died while much OF
fhelr country's military might. and much Of
its attention, had been focused On a war or
Tie other side of the world They had steamed
and flown in thousand-mile sweeps, or fought
1or few yards Of coral beach, to carry ou
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
Daily Prayer
FOR MERCY ON OUR
MEANNESS

God, have mercy upon us IN o'
meanness. In a great time - Tx
most momentous in history - We
confess that we are living 'na
lives, with petty pursuits. we al.
engrossed by personal cares s'
pleasures. Our thoughts turn aE'
from the vast issues of war and q
brother men being broken BY pr
secution and oppression, to the
vial round of everydayneSS w
pillows are not wet by nlgnl ..
agonizing prayer for our woFla
Lord, have pity upon us, that W.
Thy children should fall so Tar ''
low our Fathers expectation o. w
We are little folk in a great nol'
and we call upon Thine aIn15l}
power to lift us up. Increase w
beseech Thee, the size OF our So-A
Turn our minds to thoughts o. u;
world-loving Christ Of the 69oi
sweat. Enlarge our sympathleS o
encompass the whole world a
our principles to pursue the NJ
blest purpose of this war. In
something of Thine own greati@
to our feeble spirits, making U
strong in the Lord. Thus deliver "
we pray Thee, from the tracey i"
being inadequate to the hour Of "
portunity. Amen.-W T. E.
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HALSEY COMMENDS
MERCHANT FLEET
FOR SUPPLY WORK

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-SP.- NV. II
once did they fall SAID AuiD- -.
Chester W. Nimitz today in c..,
mending activities OF the conA@a
cial tanker fleets engaged IN I' q,
porting fuel for Navy vessels Il -
Pacific. "a
Nimitz, commander in cAlEl = >,
the Pacific Fleet, made the ', a
mendation in a letter 10 Aa, ,...,'
E. S. Land, War Shipping Aal III.
istrator, which was mace ~,
here by the American NeE'D''
Marine Institute.
"our Requirements were n vi
bered in millions Of barrels 0,
to be transported THOUSANDS '.
miles to the scene Of fleet a. r..
TONS" Nimitz said. The V0.. :,
involved demanded the utrao'. :.
operational management TO a' ~,
a rate of delivery in keeping W.
our needs. H.. ne.
properly fueled was depel,r,r
on the deliveries by these con+ f.i1
cial ships. Not once did they
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State College Unit
Models For Chicago
Translation Service

RALEIGH, Dec. 3.|RHWork OF
the State College translation serv.
ice on making available foreign
and cultural scientific data has led
to suggestion en- the part of Uni
versity of Chicago officials that an
International translation bureau be
inaugurated as part of the world
organization for the perpetuation
of peace, DR.. L. E. Hinkle, direc-
tor of the service said today.
The international agency. accord
ing to the proposal made, would
serve as a clearing house for the
translation of literature and techni-
cal data valuable in educational re-
search and scientific work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
British Left Wingers
Attack Nations Plan
In Euronean Countries

LONDON, Dec. 3.-LP-The left
wing Commonwealth National
Committee. meeting in London to-
day, issued a statement condemn
ing British policy in Europe as re-
dictionary.
''In Belgium" the statement
said. "an unpopular government
has been maintained by British
bayonets, and in Italy and Greece
British influence and British arm
ored forces are used on the side Of
reaction.
Those who fought against the
Nazis are disarmed. and those
who elaborated with the Nazis
are often protected"
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BY holland NORGAARD
Substituting For Kenneth L. Dixol

ROME, Nov. 28.-(DelayeO-R
"A group of eager young mer
whose leader had convinced them
that bombing "is just like foot.
ball-you have to practice all week
to play on Saturday"-chalked ur
an unprecedented record of 93.5
percent accuracy in placing their
missiles on German targets in
October. Now it is shooting to
better that mark.
The sharpsnooters comprise the
veteran 321st Bomb Group of the
U. S. 18th Airforce, flying BIS
Mitchell medium bo,nbers, and
they're commanded by 34-year-old
Col. Richard H. Smith of Belt
meade Park, Nashville, Tenn.
Smiths filters believe that 93.5
percent figure probably estab-
fishes them as the most accurate
precision bombing group in the
world. So far their claim is I'M
challenged.
The report said: "a 80 percent
bombing accuracy record is some
thing which was hardly thought
possible six or seven months ago.
The outstanding group in the the
atre during February, March and
April was bombing in the SOS.
This accuracy then was consider
ed SO remarkable that the group
received a Presidential citation for
it.
1t remained for Capt. Malvin A.
Anderson of (212O North 44th ST.
Seattle, Wash, a former reporter
for the Seattle Times and now
group bombardier, to tell the
groups success secret:
We've just got to hand it to
the old man." he said, Colonel
Smith gets the guys all steamed
up. Our main job for months
has been on German bridges and
the Germans are not dumb. They
know that when we miss bridge
the first time, we probably will
keep coming back unit! we bust
it.
'That's been the colonePs best
training plea. The guys have con-
WINGED themselves through him
4,,+ thav mist pra ctice so they
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a strategy which to the layman seemed some
times airnless and at other times obscure.
And because they did these things, the Sec
ord bombing of Tokyo is not brilliant psy'
Geological stroke, like the first, but deadly
raethodical beginning to a campaign that Will
lead to Japan's invasion and defeat at home.
It is beginning that calls for a very sober
sort OF rejoicing, with gratitude to those who
made It possible, and with a new realization
of how much is required of all of US in the
days ahead. "a
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Interpreting
The War
By ELTON C. FAY
Associated Press War A.

Heavy casualties, psrs aa'ys'
greatest of this long and s,,1 IL
w ", Ear; are It, to be expected t,or, mug. y
. HOW large they will be c,as.
any guess, but Some e'G mel
ton may be found in this. -noica'
The latest announced ~,
States Army casually total IN United 4
theaters since the start Of ~ VT al
is 46l,o50. These were r re war
through a31eN November Is and ,gysS,sa
any - reflect action Up to about 55pfo m
middle of last week in 0o.sQ'
That figure is an increase 0 NJ
tnan $1,000 in a month and tbs N b,.'
ct it represents casualties ~' e oa-s
ring in the European thester '''a'
That one month period was -,
a preparatory phase for the ~. ny
sive that followed. covering ' III!
when the main forces Of the A T,'
were approaching and denl ,rs
before the German zone Of to!te
cations. '~I
Since then large masses O. ira.
the greatest assemblance ~ wy
war-have moved against tbo a. ca! aa'
fried line. The enemy is within ~,
behind 500-mile system O, ,, ny
and concrete. ''a
In other wars, there was p r,.
of-thumb that the loss of tbe 49,. -,S
ing force was at a ratio Of two
three to one for the defender M.
ern battle technique has trin~ '.
the ratio greatly perhaps bals.s,:
the losses in some instances
In this war (and it has beer i.
nlonstrated no better than IN II,
present Western front otters:r.
the defending force has had Nj,
casualties. The reason is Ia !.
found IN the tremendously augmer..
ed power of artillery and in A.
use OF tactical aviation.
! For more than two weeks II.
Allies have been hurting tons 4
high explosives each minute rn
the German Notifications, blash,
away the outer skin, boring in AMI
exploding the inner cells in wnS
the Nazi seek shelter. For this re-.
son, the Army is clamoring tr
huge output of heavy artillery an,
munition. The more artillery Shell,
fired, the fewer the American live,
required for the advance.
The toll that is taken Of n,
enemy in his Notifications is added
to in the rear areas. Bombers reaJ
beyond any range ever attained BY
artillery. They drop anti-persoms
bombs and strafe troops. MoreoW,
tactical aviation Is used directy
against front line positions.
| All this costs the enemy casa.
ties-but our own must continue.
Because American forces now az
pear to be in excess Of the Other
Allies on the Western front, it il
probable that the United States
losses will be the highest, Fo,
United States armies, one British
one Canadian ard one French haze
been reported in action.
J American and British overall
battle casualties are about eara,
534,65O American and 5631 BIZ
fish. Britain has been at war five
wears, the United States three
Britain, however, has 1876 civil
ian casualties resulting from Ger
man air and robot bomb attach
OIL England, American civilian loe
es are virtually non-eXistent
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
sFUTURIsM' FOUNDER DIES

LONDON, Dec. 3.-R)-F. T.
Marinetti, founder of 'Futurism'
and the most revolutionary of the
modern Italian artists and writ
ers, died in Milan Saturday, said
Transocean broadcast from Ber-
lin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many of his read
ers, His articles serve the good purpose
of making people think.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04

the Nazis are still up to their old tricks. Even
when thew have only one thing left to brag
about, they can't be content with Dragging
about even impressive facts-they have to en-
bellish them.
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WITH THE AEF
B0nnbing's Like Football

missions; and Capt. Arthur E.
Franklin (l045 Indiana Ave.
Glassport Pa. the group naviga-
tor.
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THOuGHT FOR TODAY

He to the lowly soul
Doth still Himself impart,
And for His Dwelling and His Throne
Chooseth the pure in heart.
from Forward -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04

have found nothing to support the ntion
that we can dispose of japan in short order
once Germany is beaten. - Undersecretary
oe War Robert P. Patterson.
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