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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
BY w. G. ROGERS
"The Unknown Murderer" by


Theodor Reik (Prentice-Hall; $3)
If there is no perfect crime,
there is no perfect judge or jury,
either, we learn from this book
which discusses us as people VINO
might feel driven to say, with
Goethe: There is no crime of
which 1 do not deem my self ca
pable."
Reik, disciple of Freud and a
practicing psychoanalyst, reports
that the innocent have a stupid
way of acting guilty.. and the
guilty happy way of appearing
innocent. Psychological examina-
ton will not, in his opinion, de-
eide who committed a crime. 1t
can merely reveal what persons
CIVILIZED it emotionally and well
coined it when it was DONE" in
Freud's words.
The book considers interestingly
not only crime in fiction, as in the
Brothers Karamazov" and Ca
nary Murder Case" but also mis-
deeds culled from judicial records.
And there is an effort, which some
readers may find in spots a little
strained, to associate primitive
methods Of tracking down a muir
derer with modern ones.
But that both tried honestly to
punish guilt Reik shows beyond
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
German Wealth Captured

Rome by cackling at the approach OF an enemy.
Something Of that sort happened in reverse
when laxative German women gave Third Ar
my captors clue to the wealth sailed down in
a salt mine.
How much it will total up when seals are
broken and the treasure counted is hard to say,
but that it will total enough to shut off con-
siderable part Of Germany's imported sup
plies and wreck German Army payrolls Is not
to be doubted A hundred tons Of gold bullion
is big money in any mans country.
We can pass up the German marks, which
have little value outside the Reich, although
the German people are required to use them
but the currency Of the United States, Great
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
Planning Agencies

Marked increase in planning agencies among
the smaller cities was the significant develop.
ment on the municipal planning front during
the last year.
This development stands out even above the
fact that, in general, larger planning budgets
were reported by the nations larger cities.
Analysis OF survey of planning activities of
soS OF the 1,072 cities of 10000 or more popu-
iation indicates, that smaller cities-those of
less than 100000 population-are beginning n
think they can't afford to be without planning
This feeling was expressed repeatedly bv
those smaller cities which have become war
industry boom" towns and whose Official.
either want to plan for an orderly retreat tn
pre-war status or plan to retain their new
industries and populations.
The International City MANAGERS ,ssoc;..
tons data, assembled for the 1s45 Mun;c;n,,
Year Book, gives the planning picture 1or ma
OF the 40 cities of more than Is 900 popula tion
and for 500 OF the 662 cities in the 10 0o q, mn
population class. Analysis Of the tieures shou,.
that II per cent Of the cities over Is f0n non,,
lation have regular official planning agencies
rs compared with 06 per cent At tho and =.
1913.
BY comparison with This per cent over.
nj increase, there was IL per cent incre,s.
In official planning agencies in the 1o7 cities
N the 50, 100000, 900 population class GA cite.
reported official planning agencies), and sim.
lar increase for the 212 cities in the Is ,ooo.,o
900 population group tl5s cities reporting a,
fetal plan groups).
In addition, unofficial planning bodice w.r.
reported by 16 per cent Of all the cities of more
Than rs 900 population, leaving only II per cent
q all communities over 5000 entirely ,n-
protected in this respect
Though the going was slower in the 10 ooo.
5000 population cities. reports from 500 81
the 662 communities in this population ero,,n
show an per cent increase in planning asen.
sles, official or unofficial, in this group Nv
the end Of 194s, for example, 232 Of the son
reporting cities had official planning agencies.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
Suzuki's Hard Lot

The desperate straits to which Japan has
brought American advances in the Pacific are
reflected in the new premiers declaration that
the war is in a ..crucial state Baron Suzuki,
who is forming new cabinet in Tokyo, admits
he "feels the deepest humiliation and regret
at the development Of the situation that has
allowed the enemy to take possession OF an
integral portion Of the empire" 1nasmuch as
this declaration has no resemblance to Japan S
cherished policy Of saving face at any cost,
his humiliation must be great indeed.
What he can do to improve that situation
is not clear but he has started by reshuffling
the Army command. The same thing has been
done before, but no change thus far made has
improved Japan's situation. Can another do
better?
1t is possible that the war has brought for
ward Japanese military leaders more capable
than those in command at the start and that
Suzuki proposes to give them chance to stave
off ultimate defeat. But there is little in the
records to support this possibility. Wherever
Japanese forces have been met by equal forces
anywhere in battle they have been defeated,
and this has happened while the United States
and her Allies have been fighting two wars at
opposite ends Of the earth while Japan has
been engaged only in n single arena.
With the other war; the one in Germany,
rapidly nearing an end, which will bring the
release Of Allied armies Of overwhelming
strength for service against Japan, 1t is i'm
possible to foresee how Premier Suzuki or any
new military commanders he may advance
can hope to improve the situation which Suzuki
admits is 'huniliating.''
II Suzuki chooses to continue the war, and
it would appear that he does, his new COM
manders will face an even more huniliating
situation than their predecessors On the other
hand, il ne, as 4 moderate, is merely doing
a bit of window dressing with his cabinet
and Army shakeup, and plans to seek peace
negotiations, he will find himself and the Japa-
nese nation in more desperate straits. There
can be nc peace with Japan that does not In
clude complete eradication of the military caste
and ng-time Allied control Of Japan's internal
affairs.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
WITH THE AEF:
The Worst We Can Do Is Too Good

sian diplomat would make it.
And soldiers do not discriminate
between the SIS, the Wehrmacht
and civilians. Both SIS and Ger
man soldiers guarded the camps
and prisoners and girls had to
work like slaves on farms of Ger
man civilians.
"To hell with them," one CT
said. what we ought to do after
smashing the German army is to
get out of here and let these peo-
pie in these camps take over.''
The thing that gets soft-hearted
soldiers most is the happiness OF
Jewish girls. They are hundreds
of miles from home, separated
from their fathers, and mothers.
They have nothing but dirty
clothes on their backs and they
don't know where they are going
to sleep and eat. But they break
into great smiles when they see
Americans and are happy just to
be free
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
Interpreting
The War
BY ELTON C. FAY
Associated Press War AnaJvs.

Associated Press War Analyst
The German retreat to the Eth.
last natural defense line west A.
Berlin, appears to be under way.
The latest Allied communion.
speaks of a night attack by high.
bombers on enemy movement,
from Hanover to Berlin" Field
dispatches mention an absence o,
artillery fire against the forward
surge of the First Army, indics,.
ing heavy ordnance is being NOV.
ed back to the new position.
Looking back on the develop.
ments of the last two weeks, III.
Nazi command can pin little hon.
on holding the Elbe line. The Yves.
er river to the west held up tn.
Americans not more than two
days.
The disorganization that has ta,.
tened upon the once efficient Weir.
macht shows little sign of mend.
ing. One dispatch speaks of First
Army unit crossing a river bridg.
which the enemy failed to blow
further evidence of a collapsed
communication and command or.
ganization.
If the German defenders were
in the same condition as before
the Allies starting carving them
up in the battle of the Rhine, the
Elbe could become a serious Oh.
stacle.
IN the area directly west of Der.
lin, the Elbe is more than 1000
feet wide. This defense advan.
tage, however, is lessened by the
fact that the stream there is
flowing out into the north German
plain, where the river banks are
low and afford no good holding
ground to deal with crossing opera.
tons.
With American forces at the Elbe
and the Russians at the Oder,
the defenders of Berlin would be
compressed into an area barely
80 miles wide.
BY last night, three American
forces were in a dead heat in the
race for the Elbe-the Ninth, First
and Third. Far to the south, the
Seventh threw columns forward IN
a southeasterly direction, reach
ing out toward Munich-and be-
You'd that toward the Russians
fighting their way through and
around Vienna.
The possibility grew that Ger.
many would be sliced in thirds A
junction in the north between one
or all three of the American ar
mics there with the Russians,
perhaps at point south OF Berlin,
appeared in the making, second
junction Of American and Russian
armies across southern Germany
came into prospect.
OF the three pockets thus Great.
ed, the southernmost probably
would be OF the greatest impor.
lance. Within that area, in south.
ern Bavaria and Australia, is the
rumored Citadel upon which
Nazism and its elite defenders are
expected to fall back. How many
of the elite troops have been or
can be brought out of the north
to that redoubt over the broken
transportation routes OF Germany
lis a matter of speculation.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
By IVES GALLAGHER

Substituting for kenneth u. DlXOn)
LACE, Germany R T h e
deeper American soldiers go into
Hitler's Reich, the deeper be-
comes their hate of the Germans.
Even for veteran divisions like
the Second Armored, now driving
on the Weser river, hate was a
comparatively mild thing and di-
rected mostly at German soldiers
and particularly the SIS troops.
Even the harsh treatment the
Germans dealt out in occupied
countries did not touch them too
deeply. But since crossing the
Rhine they have encountered some
Nazi and German "home work.
The Second Armored Division
Just liberated a Russian prison
camp of $4,000 and a Jewish con-
centration camp of 800. Since see
ing the occupants Of these camps,
American soldiers now think "the
worst we can do to the Germans
is too good''
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09

litate the restoration of order ex-
listing in Austria before the Nazi
anschluss.
1.-THE Red Army is fighting the
German invaders and not the popu.
lation of Austria, which can carry
on it's peaceful labors in tranquil
ty, said Tolbukhin's declaration.
"Rumors spread by the Hitler
ties that the Red Army is wiping
out all members of the National
Socialist party are lies. The party
of National Socialists will be dis.
solved, but the rank and file mem
bers will not be touched if they
show loyalty in relation to Soviet
troops" Tolbukhin said.
The proclamation continued:
1.-THE hour of liberation of Vienna
from German domination has
come. The retreating Fascist
troops want to make Vienna a
battlefield as they did Budapest.
This threatens Vienna with the
same destruction and horrors of
war as was inflicted on Budapest
and its population by the Ger
MANS
Tolbukhin made three proposals
to preserve the capital of Aus
tria and its historic monuments,
culture and arts" He suggested
that the population should not evac-
uate the city-''since when the
Germans are cleared from Vienna
you will be freed from the horror
of war and those who evacuate
will be driven by the Germans
to their destruction" - and also
that the population should not per.
init the Nazis to mine Vienna. He
urged them not to let the Ger
mans blow up its five bridges or
to turn houses into Notifications.
Thirdly, Tolbukhin called for or
ganized struggle against the Ger
mans for the defense of the CITY
and against its destruction by the
Germans.
"An Viennese should actively
prevent the Germans from taking
industrial equipment, goods or food
from Vienna and prevent them
from plundering the citizens of
Vienna" he said.
Citizens of Vienna!-help the
Red Army liberate Vienna. Make
your contribution to the liberation
OF Austria from the Fascist yoke. !"
he concluded.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
CLAIMS
AUSTRIAN AMlTY
Continued from Page One)

\OOAASAAAAOA - Wv OA~SJ
Moscow declaration on the indie.
pendence of Austria. 1t will carry
out this declaration. 1t will facil.
itate the liquidation Of the re.
CINE of the German Easel in
vaders and the restoration Of a
democratic order and institutions
in Austria.
1.-THE supreme command of the
Red Army has given an order to
Soviet troops to assist the Aus
trian population in this work"
The Moscow radio followed this
declaration with a proclamation by
Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin, COM
mander of the Third Ukrainian
Army, to the people of Vienna.
1t contained substantially the same
text and pledged that the Red
Army would guarantee the indie
pendence of Austria and would faci-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
Still Time To Enter Race

Ten candidates had entered the race for City
Council membership up to Saturday night, in
GLIDING four members of the present Council.
The lists will close next Saturday. The re-
naming six days offer other persons an OPP
portunity to toss their hats into the ring.
As the next Council will have before it meas
ures Of profoundest importance it would seem
that additional men of vision and high pur-
pose to serve their city would offer themselves
for election.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
Daily Prayer
FOR VISION OF VICTORY

That we may understand what
full and final victory in this war
means to all the world, we pray,
o Lord our Enlightener, that our
eyes may be touched with spiritual
vision. Reveal unto us, more and
more, Thy purposes and Thy will.
Endue us with a keen senSe of
cooperation with Thee. Day and
night, may our thoughts turn to
Thee, as fugitives to the city of
refuge. Reveal unto us the full
ness of the task we are accom-
pishing for all humanity, even
for generations unborn. Forbid
that petty pride of personal gain
or narrow nationalism should mar
the glory of our detectives. Give
US victory over our natures, as
we'll as over our foes in the field of
battle. This we ask in the name
of Jesus Christ, who died that we
might live. Amen.-WTE.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
KILLED IN ACTION

NEW BERN, April 8.-Radfo.,.e
Coward, seaman second class, JPN
has been reported killed in acti0n,
according to a telegram recelre'
here by his parents, Mr.. and Mf,.
Henry Caswell Coward. In the nav;
since May, 1913, he was trained q.
cambridge, Md, and has oeea
overseas since completion o.
courses there. Surviving are NJ.
parents, three sisters and WV
brothers, all of New Bern.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
LETTER BOX
HIGH SCHOOL ART CLASS

Editor, Star-NeWs:
I had the good fortune to VISIT
the art class taught by Miss Emma
Losseen at the high school. l was
amazed at the wonderful work they
are doing. Their soap work look
ed like white marble. There were
ducks, too, and one boy had used
his dog for a model.
They were making enormous
maps for the Bible class, draw
ing and planning houses, making
posters advertising their plats, and
making one for each Of the firms
which advertise with them In
their publication.
They are now making posters
advertising Naughty M r e ta'
which the Glee club is to present
Mrs. w. G.. Futch.
Rocky Point, N. c.
April 7, 1915.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
JOSEPH ID. POLITE

Funeral services for Joseph D.
Polltte will be held at pm. to-
morrow from the Shaw funeral
nome according to Government
regulations, it was announced.
Burial will be in the National
cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUGHT FUN IOUA1
The lockwood is cloud Of stars once
more,
The Judas tree pillar now Of fire,
These April answers to the souls desire
Are certain signals of a deeper lore
Than changing seasons.
HENRY BELLEMANN.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-09

Hardwood forests cover more
than half of eastern Paraguay.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-08-23

Mrs. Roy Dawson and son, Bob
by, spent few days in Kalispel
where they attended to business.
Charles Noel was a Spokane Wis
ltor over the weekend. He attended
an aluminium workers picnic Sun
day and was member of a tug
| 'O-war team which won three
matches.
A most enjoyable picnic Sunday
| afternoon is reported by the Ode
Fellows and Rebekahs, who with
some outside friends held their an
nual picnic at the Rice Ranch south
of Libby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Veen of Great
Falls, vacationed last week in Lin.
coin county. While here they visit.
ed two days with Mr.. and Mrs. w
E. Partlow. Mr.. Veen is connected
with the Mountain States Power
Co.
We are in receipt of scenic care
from Harry Hough on which he
says, Had fine trip down here
and came through miles and miles
of wheat country The country here
is very much like the home country
around Libby"
Libby's American Legion anc
VFW posts sent their service of.
ficers, Vern Crotteau and John lie,
dun, Friday to Kalispell to meet
and advise with state department
service officers.
Stanley Reedy enjoyed a fishing
trip Saturday afternoon on Vermil.
lion creek in Sanders county. Ac-
cording to reports, Lincoln county
fishing is better than in our neigh
boring county to the south.
Mrs. Ellis Ellingson and daugh.
ter, Marlys, stopped enroute from
Everett, Wash, to their home II
Epping, N D., last Friday evening
They were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence SWimley until Saturday
evening
Brick Wollaston returned Mon
day from Spokane, where he has
been attending to his Rocky Noun
tain Christmas tree business. HI
reports very satisfactory TRIP
with business in the Christmas tree
line excellent.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Agather anc
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Art Neil:
visited over the holidays last weel
with relatives at Flathead lake
While there they met Mr.. Agather!
brother. Max A. who has just re
turned from two years service il
the army in Northern Africa ane
Italy. The returned soldier was EN-
ployed some years ago in Libby
where he has many friends.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-08-23
CIVIL SERVICE NOTICE

Until further notice, the United
States Civil Service Commission
will not receive any applications
for employment in the Federal serv-
ice except from those veterans who
have the right to have examina-
tons reopened for them.
The Commission has taken this
step, according to statement is
sued today, in order to make sure
that any vacancies which develop
in the Federal service will be filled
either by returning veterans or by
persons who are about to be or
have been separated from other po-
sitions in the Federal service.
Where the supply of returning
veterans and the supply of persons
involved in reductions in force in
the Federal service are not suffi-
cient to fill vacancies, the ban on
receipt of applications for certain
occupations may be lifted after an
opportunity has been had to ap-
praise the situation which confronts
us as result of the cessation of
hostilities.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-08-23
MAY STILL ENLIST

Despite the end Of the war, II
and 18-year-old boys may still en-
list in the Nays famous VS. flight
training program, ii was announced
today by the Naval Aviation Cadet
Selection Board, IN Marion ST., Sc
attic, and 426 Park Bldg, Portland.
Applicants must graduate from
high school before Oct. | and be
ready to go on actVeN duty in the
Navy Nov. |. EnlistiheDxs, however,
may close by Sept. Is.
Aviation will play an important
part in the postwar Navy to help
assure this nations security said
Lieut.. Comdr. j. Green, Jr., Direc-
tor Of naval officer procurement in
the 18th naval district.
1.-THE navy feels that enlistment
for flight training, which is equal
to a SGT, 900 aeronautical education,
ranks next in prestige to an appoint
ment in the naval academy"
One year of college study is first
on the list for every naval aviation
cadet. That is followed by rs weeks
of pre-flight school, 16 weeks of
primary flight training, and about
90 weeks of advanced flight in
structio, at Pensacola, Fla, or Cor
pus Cristi, Tex. Graduates are COM
missioned officers in the naval or
marine corps reserve and wear the
Nays coveted wings of gold.
s Boys are urged by the Navy to
write the Seattle or Portland of
fees for information or to come
there for written and flight physical
examinations. Applicants who live
outside Seattle or Portland will be
furnished round-trip transportation
by the Navy if they meet the mini
mum qualifications.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-08-23

Work on the new hanger at the
Libby air field is progressing. The
{ g. H Service Station is putting
up gas pump at the field which
will handle aviation gasoline
Deputy warden 0. j. Nollar re-
ports his arrest of Ethan Burling-
ham on Graves creek for posses
sion of more fish than the legal
limit. The case was tried before j
H. Belmont, j. p, of Eureka, who
assessed fine.
Mrs. Leonard Sleizer, Mrs Har-
old Torgerson, Mrs. Don Hargreaves
and Miss Ruth Sleizer were Kalis-
pell visitors Saturday, motoring in
over u S. 2. The ladies returned to
Libby by way of Whitefish, Eu-
reka and Rexford, and report a
most enjoyable trip.
Charles Haschke was called Mon
day to Great Falls by the death of
his brother in-law, H. L. Green. Mr..
Green formerly lived in Libby
where he served as Chief of Police