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Clothing Needed

So many appeals for help have oeen hlaue
for one thing and another, by-proouct o.
this war, that the public has grown weary Of
responding to them. Yet there are some WHICH
may not 60 unheeded if we are to i've up "
our obligations.
At present, in addition to preparations 1or
the annual Red Cross campaign, which neeos
no defense and deserves greater-than-eVer sup
port, and the scrap paper collection scheouleo
for next Sunday, when Boy Scouts, with Jay
Gee, supervision, will make their bow in pro-
jec+ which directly affects success in the con-
flict. there comes announcement that there is
This is among the drives which no citizen
will willingly sidestep. Through no fault OF
their own, millions of persons throughout the
world have been deprived Of the opportunity
to be self-supporting. Lands over which the
forces of destruction have swept like locusts,
devouring everything they touch, have left in
their wake throngs Of half naked, wholly
dependent people who must have succor or
perish. The problem Of feeding the needy is
being dealt with, after manner, and ulti-
mately will be solved. The problem of clothing
is something every person IN THIS country can
have a hand in solving.
The aim of the forthcoming campaign is to
secure one piece Of clothing from each ind-
vidual. Surely there is nothing in this to make
the goal unobtainable. Everybody, whatever
difficulties have been experienced in keeping
the family clothed, has some piece of clothing
not actually needed and still wearable.
1t is said that at least 100000 600 persons
in war.torn Europe and Asia are in need Of
raiment Thirty million of these are declared
to be virtually naked.
The closets Of America can yield a fine
crop of unneeded clothes if flashilght is
turned into dark corners.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
Index To Future Battle

Even with $1,000 Japanese killed on the little
island of Two lima, the remaining remnants
Of that shattered force still continues to fight
against overwhelming odds and facing newt
able defeat. Clearly this shows what may be
expected when the war in the Orient moves
in full force to the mainland of Asia.
Japan will not give up, so long as single
soldier can fire gun or use bayonet or hurl
q grenade There is a degree of fanaticisn
among its armed forces never before encoun-
tered, unless, perhaps in the wars of Genghis
Khan
Not only the jungle fighting between Aus
tralia and the Philippines, but this toughest
battle American Marines have had to win on
Two, is the index Of the job ahead to destroy
the military power of Japan.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
Baseball Next

Already the sports sections OF the metro
politan newspapers are turning to baseball.
Pictures Of major league teams starting for
spring training are displayed with gusto. One
manager needs a safe catcher, another a re.
liable left fielder who can also bat in the SOC
class. Connie Mack needs pitchers-he usually
does.
All of which stirs the blood in hardening
arteries, no less than in kids hearts. Just
as sure as there will always be an England
SO long as the United States exists there'll be
baseball, and even in periods Of war wher
arrangements have to call veterans from re
tirement to perform wonders, the quality O.
the game will be surprisingly good.
1t is stirring to know the season is not fal
ahead, even if we in this area have for the
most part to get our thrills vicariously.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
Eleven-T0n Bombs

The use of eleven-ton bombs by the Raj
the largest and most destructive introduced
in this wars an achievement that must thrill
every soul intent on getting the conflict over
with and peace re-established. Think of them
twenty-five feet long, capable OF plotting out
seven to nine city blocks; it marks the highest
DEVELOPMENT in a single weapon in this cruel
est of all wars
Yet it is impossible to contemplate its power
Of destruction without regret that the war had
to reach such proportions that its creation be-
came a necessary factor to victory. What a
world this would be if the genius devoted to
discovering means for increasing slaughter
could be turned to achievement in peaceful
production!
The leaders upon whom will rest the burden
of establishing and maintaining peace, once
this conflict is ended will do well to consider
that while eleven-ton, twenty five foot bombs
may help speed the victory, they cannot pro-
mote amity among peoples or peace among
nations.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
Shrinking Food Supply

The Associated Press announced that Ger
mans fled from Bonn so precipitously that they
forgot to take along some eight million marks
all the money in the city banks and treasury
and great stores Of food with which the
citizenry had stocked its larders.
This reference to abandoned food directs at
tention to Germanys diminishing food sour.
ces. With the loss Of conquered territory, from
which the Nazis had taken everything edible,
including seed potatoes and milk COWS, they
no longer may live at the expense Of other
peoples, but must subsist as best they can on
their own production and dwindling hoardings
Here is one more reason to wonder why the
German people continue to support the Army
or endure the Party.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
The New Coach

New Hanover County school authorities nave
revived public faith in athletic proves at the
high school by securing Leon Brodgon as
coach. MIR. Brogdon ranks high among high
school sports mentors in the South His loot
hall team at Wilson last fall was the terror Of
all competitors
AS New Hanover High school is the largest
in the state it is only fair to think that with
such a large student body to choose from
combined with Mr. Brogdon's training and un-
Outstanding, Wilmington will be able TO put
powerful team on the gridiron, come anothe1
football season.
The school board is to be congratulated Tor
securing his services, in competition with 9TH
er schools equally DESTROYS Of employing him,
and the student body is to be urged to give
him the cooperation he richly deserves.
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BY w. G. ROGERS
maiden Voyage" by Den
ton WEIGH FISCHER: S2.75).

Both very slight and very i'm
portant, this book is in fact a
maiden voyage" indeed several
voyages, and maiden voyage in
writing, for it has to do with a
boys first trips, and it is his first
writing.
It is dedicated to Edith Sitwell,
who in turn writes a compliment
tary foreword. Pm glad to write
a complimentary review.
AL that happens is that the hero,
who is WEIGH, runs away from
school and goes back to finish his
term, then travels with an older
brother to China to visit their faith
er. He introduces US to the people
who are introduced to him; there
are occasional little shivery init
nations of sex; their are remarks
about architecture and Chinese OBJ
jects dart
It seems to be novel and auto
biography combined. It holds US
on the border Of things. WEIGH is
an observer and neutral. Sensitive
to tastes, smells, appearances Che
Is a painter now in his twenties,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
Activity In Italy

Recent activities on the Italian front clearly
indicate that the attack on Germany is des-
tined to be three-way affair with the south,
no less than the east and west, aflame. Cen
eral Clark's armies in Italy have resumed
the offensive and in addition to making ad-
vances have beaten back a counter offensive
on Mount Spigolino with heavy losses to the
enemy.
Obviously it is the Allies intention to pre-
vent German forces rushed into Italy when
the ill-starred armistice was signed to escape
for service either against the Russians on the
east or the British and Americans on the
western front. They will be sacrificed either
through capture, surrender, or death, with
little hope of retiring through the Bremen
pass which has either been closed or reduced
to such a narrow passage that but few may
pass at time.
AS Hitler, who was still in sole command
of Nazi forces at the time, is understood to
have concentrated at least twenty-f five divi.
sions in Italy, the battle is not to be minirniz-
ed nor is importance in the overall picture
of the war in Europe overlooked.
Furthermore, the campaign must have gone
satisfactorily, despite so little has been said
| about in for months, else Lieutenant General
Clarl-, the commanding officer of Allied troops
in Italy, would hardly be among the nine Of
ficers of that rank nominated for full general
ship.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
Bv MARQUIS CHILD

ATHENS-'It remains to be seer
whether we have actually defeat
ed the Germans in the countries
which we have liberated"
This was a remark made by one
of the most discerning Britishers
I have met in the course OF my
glimpse into the smoldering vol
cano which Greece still is today
1t seems to contain a serious warn
ing that all of us must heed in con
nection with the overwhelming jot
still ahead of us.
What the speaker meant, o:
course, was that the disorganiZa
ton and destruction carried out by
the Germans have been so com
plete that there is still the question
whether the liberated countries
with our help, can begin to buile
toward a democratic society. Here
in Greece-and the same Is true
throughout the Balkans-the des
truction was done with extraordin
airy thoroughness.
No one argues that we have made
good start in Greece. The mos
that the defenders of the British
policy say is that uprisings ane
near civil war were inevitable
from the beginning and that, i,
British troops had not been there
even more bloodshed would have
occurred, with an armed minority
gaining control of the country.
| What becomes apparent, how
ever, is that the British had very
little knowledge Of the situation in
side Greece when they took over
following the retreat of the Ger
mans in October. They themselves
say that quite frankly. They knew
all about the Germans and the ex
tent Of the German forces left be-
hind, but they knew almost nothing
about the forces seething beneath
the surface of the newly liberated
country.
i In mid-November, a newspaper
correspondent told a British officer
he intended to stay on in Athens,
even Though it seemed outWardly
quiet at the moment, because he
was convinced that violence and
probably civil war would begin
shortly. The British could not be-
ieve it.
With a sufficient background OF
knowledge, there were two courses
open to the British which might
have prevented the Greek tragedy
that did so much to impair Allied
relationships around the world.
One course was to move in with
a considerable military force so
that the ELIAS leaders would have
known from the beginning that
any effort to seize power was hope
less. But the British forces that
came in originally were very small.
In fact. they were So small that
they came within a hairs breadth
OF being driven out of the country
again.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
The Literary Guidepost

though the hero OF the book IS W.,
he has a rare faculty for Selet.+| %
those aspects of human acI5''''
which life ITSELF is immureo' .,ov.
He describes a nurse who re"
ar seemed to talk for pleasure
A friend pours tea like S5'I
ling pecking at bird BATH ,,;r,
woman's knees under her sA a;,
"shifted ard rustled like ailt. .on,.
in a wood" A dog having lis sso' 4
ach scratched stretched Out a.
it were hung up dead in a ou. ~.
er's shop" Trains at WateIloo vi W.
ton lie CLOSE together like O''
worms" xx;cY
kind of writing; it can spoil co. ,,,.as
though it doesn't in this Volurd
Admitting Londoners have NA !. =,
Welch to Marcel Proust' ne - \,
aware as the great Frenchma" h,
social distinctions, t h Il t i,
doesn't probe them as deeply M
sentences are much shorter a aon.
unlike Proust, he would no. ". w,
fine himself in a cork-lined roonl
The publisher hopes Welch H t;r,,s
become Proust for a long 'li', M
but that wish that makes
sense to me.
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American people dared to change TINS c0n'
..;.,,t;on =. VOL, as live under it, original mis-
giving has given way to present levei n.va
The purpose and principles outlined at Dunn
barton Oaks are as sound and admirable as
+ho.e outlined at Philadelphia in 17s7. II we
should abandon them because Inc ue
their application are not perfect there Is no
alternative but mutual suspicion, the poverty
Of economic and spiritual isolation ana ans
expense of a great military machine winch
would have to be ready at all times 70 Asn'
any or all of the world.
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WASHINGTON CALLING
by
MARQUIS CH1LDS

To be sure, it was difficult to find
troops for the occupation. The man
power demands in the far-flung
Mediterranean theater were acute
Yet the fact remains that, after
the trouble in Greece started, il
was necessary to fly in suffici
ent number of troops to put doWr
a major rebellion against the al
most important government thai
the British had helped to set up.
The second possibility open tc
the British was to give the leftis1
elements greater recognition with
in the government. l don't know
whether that would have made any
difference. AS a brief visitor here,
1 have no right to any positive opin'
ion. This, however, is the belief OF
some American correspondents
who have been here during mos1
of the trouble-that the cooperation
of ELIAS could have been won by
the right approach.
The suspicion did exist that the
British wanted to restore King
George of Greece. ELIAS leaders
knew he had been spoon-fed IN
Cairo and London, with the posi-
bility of restoration of the mon
archy. Part of the background, too,
was the British suppression OF the
mutiny among Greek troops IN
Egypt.
On the other hand, too much en-
phasis cannot be placed on the VIC
lence of the forces released IN
Greece when the coercive hand o.
lCnn&inund nm Paun Ei1htl
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

alike the sort Of for little ships
neophyte have been neglected.
the number the bow And also again athough this Ut
small had nothing to do with
carrier big choice
many thing old wives superstition
the large ones effect that the
went for the big first and
would be living the Grand ignored the little
Central could Further investigation revealed
carrier quick this to be fiction but what
intimately don't know at the time doesn't
la family hurt and ddn know this at
Ito smaller the time So gay climbed aboard
Also the smaller carriers have home-curous but ad
credit mttedy for first taste
warfare in the Pacific
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
Daily Prayer
FOR FAITH

Lord, teach us to pray In 'ns
simple faith Of childhood, may we
turn to Thee in all of our neeos'
assured that Thou art our ta'heI'
and that nothing in on rilves . -
too small to command the lhle s.si,.
of thine omnipotence. Trusuu III,
and lovingly as we turn 10 VA ~.
earthly parents with our needs ,.; W.
come to Thee with this peILiua
for sincere faith in Thy tasnt, :
hood. We ask Thee for the as ID
strength to none that ask deh i,,
and for hearts at leisure , llo,j
themselves. that we m a y pi s'1f,
the cause of all who anywhere SUI o1'.
fer; and of all who serve y,
country; and of the whole WORM ,,no y,
humanity, whose needs wall 1Iy,, o4sr.
Thy bounty and wisdom "hale,
err we do, wherever we 60 i oor.
we always be attended by tne eo ot
seriousness that Thou our ohly ~
uge and help, art prayer 'l I'D
ing and Prayer answering ''
Amen.-W.T.E.
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Interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. srMpso,,

Associated Press War
The Churchill war baron.s
recorded a new high in tn. DIV;
Minister'S assertion to co,,. ..,a'
tive party colleagues in 1ons'
that victory over Germsnv r,;.%'
come before summer md, CIV
even sooner"
churchill not only has the b.,.
ground of his intimate know Ias1'
OF what was planned by Ru,si ts'
Allied military stats at wan y.h.
upon which to base his conclns ava
He has since been at the tro T,.Oi L.
Germany for consultations u; n
American and British high co ,a
manders and they in turn o.n.
been in direct personal con nav.
with Russian stafters from ~.
East Front. ~
No similar estimate yet h.,
come from any American or ~" u'
sian source of like authority ~,
information. The White Houss h..
more Or less set the fashion
against against expressed offir;si
optimism. In President Rooss
velt's refusal to be drawn into
guessing contest. 1t is not too much
to say, however, that so far =,
informed military opinion can b,
deduced in Washington, it agree;
with the Churchill conclusion.
War Secretary Stimson's week.
ly reviews of developments hav.
always been noted for their res.
traint and caution. But there ara
several points made in his cur.
rent remarks which however, are
worth considering. He said the
Remegen bridgehead over the
Rhine had laid the foundations
'for the attack on inner Ger.
many" that the war on the West.
ern Front had reached a very
critical stage" obviously meaning
critical for Germany, and that the
desperate situation" Of the en-.
envy was revealed by captured
Nazi army orders directing that
all stragglers be shot.
The Stinson assification Of
the Remagen brdgehead as paw.
ing the way for an assault from the
west on elmer Germany is in.
teresting. A glance at current
press photos of the bridge and Of
the hills east of the Rhine that
rise for miles beyond it must con.
vince any observer that the main
Rhine crossings, to facilitate eth
er an advance on Berlin in the
north to n eventual junction with
the Russians, or in the south to
open a way into the great central
plain from the west, yet must be
won at other points.
It's primary value by every indi'
cation will be the all important
aid it can give in outflanklns
German defenses guarding better
Rhine crossing sites above and be.
low Remagen as at Coblenz and
Cologne.
That probability makes the de-
veloping Third and Seventh Army
squeeze on the saar Basin highly
significant. That is the only west
bank salient still in German
hands.
On the Third Army front south
of the Moselle, there are several
good gaps at which the broad
fronted attack seems focusing.
And the section of the Rhine tna'
guards the central plain OF Ger,
many lies between Malnz ana
Karlsruhe. An Allied break
through there would threaten Ger
man prospects of continuing OF
panized resistance in the centra
claims far more than would INT
fall of Berlin.
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No Alternative

1.-THE alternative to the Dumbarton Oaks
plans is not better international organlza-
ton, but none at all"
That is the gist of. conclusions reached by
representatives Of Al American colleges and
universities, meeting in Boston as the Uni
versties Committee on Postwar International
Problems. 1t may not be new thought but
it is a highly important one. And We nave
not seen better summary OF the whole vast
complicated problem OF international organiza-
ton for security and peace as 1t exists today
The San Francisco Conference next month
could do worse than take that sentence for
its motto, The senate might ponder it WELL
And all of us should find it worth taking
to heart and remembering, because it is true
Probably there are few people who, having
read the summaries of the Dumbarton Oaks
and Crimea Conferences, believe that these
meetings achieved perfect results. But the
point is that they made a start
This start is toward one of the bravest,
most hopeful, most difficult undertakings in
the history of civilization. The accomplish
ments thus far scarcely measure up to the
magnitude of the undertaking. But that is
action has been taken at all, when hesitancy
would be so natural
Impressed by their tremendous responsible
tiles, the men of Dumbarton Oaks might I'm
derstandably have tried to achieve perfection
in the first draft, and at the same time triee
to please everyone. If they had, there would
be no San Francisco Conference scheduled
now. The Dumbarton Oaks Conference woule
still be sitting and staring at blank paper
AS President Roosevelt has said, the deci
sions of Dumbartor Oaks and San Francisco
will have to be changed and amended through
years.
The United States Constitution, which man
regard as the perfect charter OF free govern
ment, was the fruit of compromise and BIT
ter wrangling. In its original form it was If
complete and inadequate. But no substitut
could better its basic purpose and principle.
And so it was adopted. And because tn
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-16
BY ERNIE PYLE

IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
fdelayed)-Now I've had my first
experience as a saltwater dough-
boy. I'll try to tell you about it in
few thousand-wel chosen para
graphs.
This series will be about life
aboard an airplane carrier. My
carrier was part Of that first strike
on the Tokyo area, and we helped
out at Two Jima, too.
Well start right at the beginning,
and within the limits of Naval Sc
curity, I'll try to tell you what llv-
ing on an aircraf carrier is like,
and how a big task force works
when it goes out after the enemy.
First we boarded a plane and
flew for a long time, and landed
on a tiny coral island white and
glaring in the tropic sun. Tall slant
ing palm trees waved their green
fronds from their topknots.
The island was framed in wide
circle of bright green water. And
that was bordered by thin line OF
snow-white surf, where the rolling
waves beat themselves to a froth
over the submerged reef at the
edge of the bright green water.
And on beyond that, everywhere
as far as the eye could see, was
the heavy dark blue of the deep,
deep ocean.
And out there on that dark blue
water, lay the United States fleet.
Hundreds and hundreds of ships.
The Navy says officially that it was
the greatest concentration OF fight
ing ships ever assembled In the
history of the world. 1t was some
thing to take your breath away.
True, I have seen bigger fleets.
Both in our invasions of Sicily and
of Normandy we had more ships.
But they were not predominately
warships. Mainly they were land
ing craft and troop-carrying ves-
sells.
But these here were fighting
ships-the worlds mightiest. Bat
tleships and cruisers and carriers
and unccuntable destroyers. And
all the swarm of escorts and tugs
and oilers and repair ships that
60 with them.
And this wasn't the only fleet.
Others started from other anchor
ages scattered out over the Pacific,
hundreds and thousands of miles
from us. They started on a time
table schedule, so that they would
all converge in the upper Pacific
at the same time.
If you had felt lonely and afraid
in anticipation of the ordeal upon
which you were setting out, it dis
appeared when you made yourself
cell in this mighty armada.
For when we bore down upon
the waters of Japan and Two lima
we were nearly thousand ships
and we were beyond a half a mil
lion. men!
Whatever happened to you, you
would sure have a hell of a lot
of company.
A small fast motorboat, it's fore
part covered with canvas like a
prairie schooner, took me from
the island to the carrier to which
had been assigned. It was a long
way out, and We were half an hour
bobbing up and down through the
spray.
Ships were so thick we had to
weave in and out around them.
The water was speckled with small
boats running from ship to ship.
and back and forth to the island.
The weather was hot, and some
times you stood up and took the
spray. because it felt good.
NO ship in wartime has it's name
painted on it. Instead, they 60 by
numbers. Every ship in the Navy
nag both a name and a number,
Out us name is hidden for the du-