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Peace At Last

The years of fighting over, the hours
of anxious waiting past. Peace has come. 1t
is hard to realize quickly. The battle lasted
SO long it came almost to seem the normal
manner of life.
Now it is done, and by Gods mercy the
powers of evil have been thwarted. 1t de.
wolves upon us to enthrone the powers OF
right for all time. 1t devolves upon us, the
living, to see that the dead shall not have
died in vain.
We thought we had done it when the former
World war was ended in victory. But we
didn't. Instead we paved the way for this
other, this infinitely worse, war.
The world that emerges from. this conflict
is different world than entered it, For one
thing the United States comes forth as a
great power, not merely great country
A great power can maintain its position
only by exercising the strength it possesses
for the good of other nations as well as itself,
The United States, in its new position must
nave the vision, as well as the strength, to
lead the world in development of natural
ana trade resources, but not this alone. It
must have the strength and courage to lead
the world in moral and spiritual progress as
well.
This is quite as heavy a responsibility as
lmplementing the peace organization. OF
which the foundation was laid at the San
francisco Security Conferences with the fill
power OF influence
II we meet our obligation no later Hitler Or
MuSsollnl or Hirohito or international gang.
sters will have a chance to launch another
war.
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Nv G. M, KELLY

Substituting for Kenneth L.DiXOn-
CALCUTTA - (P) - Indian mule
drivers and their stubborn, obstai-
nate charges rank high among the
heroes O. the war in Burma as
far as Maj. j. L. Stewart, Dundee,
Scotland, is concerned.
Take the Indian mulesknner
first, says Stewart, a veteran OF
the British campaign. Fighting is
a minor part of his business. About
the only fighting ne has a chance
to do is when he is jumped by the
enemy and has to fight to live.
The rest of the time he is busy
with his not onal mules.
The driver marches atoot, wear
ing out a pair OF shoes every 100
miles or so. After the days march,
there still is danger TO meet and
plenty of hard work to perform.
While the fighting men dig their
slit trenches and flop down for
food and badly needed rest, the
driver has to form the mule line,
60 out to get grass for feed and
bedding, keeping weather eye out
for snipers and ambush, tend the
mules and treat any injuries. Only
after his 'four-footed trucks ane
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BY w. G. ROGERS
Broad Margin, by A. R. Beverley
Giddings Morrow; $3.50.


This is pretty old plot, at least
as old as Uncle Toby and the Wild
oW Waddams in Tristram Shandy.
Can the man, or can't he?
Page Nugent comes back badly
wounded from the war. Melody
Beauty thinks he'll be whole per
son again, but her family has its
doubts and airs them, sometimes
specifically and at other times by
hints about the wonderful Joy 81
having little ones.
The scene is the Chesapeake Bay
Tidewater region. You'll find II
easy to get acquainted with all the
characters, for they are straight
out of stock. The men hunt and
fish and drink in a gentlemanly
fashion; the women are bluebloeds
the coarse, make-believe life ct
New York has been nobly rejected;
the Negro knows "dey's a place
foh black men and dey's a place
fob white men,"
Our 100000 soldiers, sailors
and Marines will be glad to know
they can come back to love and
health and horses and pink gin on
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-15
DUKE OF WINDSOR
VISITS TRUMAN

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA - lR -
The Duke of Windsor, former King
of England, renewed world war
acquaintance with President Tru-
man today.
Calling at the White House with
an aide in the midst of a furry Of
reports on the expected Japanese
surrender, the Duke told reporters
later his visit was of courtesy
nature.
mo great decisions were
made" he said with a grin as he
departed. He said he and Mr.. TIL
man discussed the atomic bomb
and the Pacific war but not the
surrender topic.
The Duke until recently was Gov
ernor of the Bahamas.
The former British monarch re-
called that he first met the Presi-
dent in France in 1919. when with
General Pershing he inspected the
artillery battery of which Mr.. Tru'
man was captain,
A woman reporter lnqulree
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Mules On Duty In Burma Win Wings
Overcoming Obstacles Beyond Belief

have lost there. They went where
trucks could not go. Men could
not have packed it. We had to
have the mules. 1 visa there were
medals for mules
There may be no medals for
mules, but mule recruits to the
Airborne Army in Burma wear
parachutist's wings on the brow
band of their head collars. They
successfully completed drops from
an Raj transport plane. Success
of the exper;m ent means that mule
casualties in the jungle supply
lines now can be replaced in hours
instead of days.
At first the animals displayed
the traditional characteristic OF the
breed. They showed no enthusiasm
for the air journey and it took
three hours to get one OF them on
board the cargo plane.
Later, however. the mules be-
came air-minded mad now tne
mules used for training in sh p
ment have to be changed frequent
w. They became so docile that the
men in charge of loading could get
no practice in the loading OF OBJ
stinate animals.
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fed and bedded down tor the night
can he dig his own trench, eat and
sleep.
Come morning, the driver must
have the mules ready to go when
the rest of the outfit is prepared
to move.
Stewart says he is convinced
that an Inian mule - frail looking
creatures which carry amazingly
heavy loads without seeming effort
has no more love for the Japan
csc than the troops.
1--WE seen it myself" he says.
"The japanese attacked a party
and scattered the mules, num-
Der of which were casualt es. The
official report was made out that
the mules had been captured or
destroyed.
But three days later six OF them
walked placidly back into camp,
went to their stalls and started to
eat. They would have none OF the
Japs, it seems, and had escaped.
I don't know how many miles they
walked back, but they were pretty
tired"
"Without mules to carry the stuff
that the planes dropped to US on
the ground in Burma, we would
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The Literary Guidepost

beautiful estates in the dear old
South.
Children of the Covenant, by Rich.
ard Scowcroft (Houghton Miflin,
A strict 1eth-century moral code
imposed on young people Of the
Goth century forms the theme Of
this novel by a Harvard professor.
His heroine, or villainess, is Es-
Their, Burton Curtis, daughter OF 4
pioneer Mormon who risked his life
for his faith. She risks her sons
and daughters for it.
The action takes place in Ogden.
Esther's san Burton is back from
mission in England. To his right
eous horror he discovers that his
girl. Liz Templeton, though also the
descendant of early Mormons,
smokes cigarettes. From that mo.
ment he goes to pieces; he tries
cigarette himself, goes necking
another girl Hazel. talks back to
his own mother.
Though can understand young
man sowing wild oats, even wild
tobacco, ] find the mother uncon-
vincing, it not incredible, as hard
for me to take as she was for
Burton. l gag At the portrayal ct
Hazel too.
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NATURAL RUBBER
MAY BE SHIPPED
By c. ". WORMSER
Written For the United Press'

AMSTERDAM, Aug. l4.-u.D-
Thousands of tons Of natural rub
ber will probably be available Tor
shipment from the Dutch Indles
to the United States and other
world markets almost immediate
ly after the islands liberation.
That is the opinion of authprita-
tive quarters in Amsterdam, who
have reason to believe the Jap
anese devastation was not suffi-
GENTLY thorough to wreck the vas
rubber facilities Of the Indies
during their long occupation.
The Dutch East Indian govern
ment already has bought equip
lnent for a production OF 10000
tons of rubber annually, and it is
expected that considerable guam
lilies will be available as soon as
..ii4c Japanese are driven out.
Large scale exports are expect
cd to begin about three month";
alter the islands complete liberia
ton.
The i:lsnds were fabulously
rich in mines, farm lands, forests
ard water power before the Jap
anese took over and the only
quest on now is the extent to
which the enemy managed to inn
pair these resources,
Tobacco also will be available
for export to the world, but how
soon depends on when the Allies
reenter the islands. II the entry
comes during the wet season, the
harvest can be taken in eigh!
months.
In the case OF sugar production,
however, the islands are much
worse of, since preparations for
replant 'ng and cultivation will re-
quire about ls months.
CopFa, pepper and eapok produc.
ton probably will be resumed
very soon after the liberation, but
the outlook for palm oils and sisai
is considerably blacker. If the
latter plantations have been neg
lected by the Japanese, it may
take six bears to get them back
into production.
Little is known here about the.
extent Of the japanese damage
to the coffee, tea and quinine-
producing areas or to the islands
mining industries.
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DailyPrayer
FOR Acceptance of Priva'lohs

With shamed faces we conles %
to Thee today, o Lord 'ha' w
have been more concerned wv .,
the minor privations that 'he ~, h On
has brought to us personalis; , s'la,,
we have been over the vast i .ssaSt
Of the bloody battles being l04 Tsv
around the world to vlndlca'e l IN,
will for man. Lack OF gaSo .,ll,'
and rubber and sugar have ou.% ,,
ed bigger in our thought anu vii wi.
versation than the death OF NM M,
lions of men; or the terrible P 2,s,,.
of the oppressed nations nov Nv
mercy on us, O Lord, have m 51.s,
upon us all, for this sma,lnes,
md ND selfishness and torgetfullnsa
of the greater needs, As s 81 s;n,.
in this greatest war Of all -lm w,
Wa confess our disIoyalty' We
have sinned against our Cou. .;os.
against our fellow men, 'sa: ;n.,
our sons in service and asS'r,'
Thee. Forgive US and amenu =, ~
we plead. Awaken us 10 =, o,r
awareness of the oneness OF ou
Cause. Help us to conform ~, =,
fully to every call to se dssriae
sacrifice. stiffen our "a0 Igo.,
wills. Open our eyes to the G 81 ,
of the coming of the Lo[G ;or 10
new world. Make us worthlel II n
be called sons and daughters .
God. Amen.-W. T.E,
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Armv Halls Ammunition
Shipments For Pacific

WASHINGTON, Aug. il - 'R -
The Army has halted shipments OF
ammunition to the Pacific theater
but all other freight and troop
movements are continuing, an
Army spokesman said today.
The flow of ammunition by rail
and ship to the Pacific area was
stopped because of the prospective
Japanese surrender and because
there is plenty of ammunition on
hand" overseas they said. The sus-
pension, which was announced Sat-
urday night, included all vessels at
ports EXCEPT those already loaded.
There will be no change in other
freight or troop movements until
the surrender is completed, tn e
spokesman siad.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-15
FIGHTER PLANES
CAREFULLY EYED
by CR0UNDCRFv
BY ROBIN Cows

TWO J1MA.-R,-When tbs
tang fighters take off on MUS
sion, their ground crews linz ms
runways. Each greas e.mon, ne
and armor man knows tba, ~
JOB is done for the time-nonA H..
is up to the pilot and the NAV.
A'terward, gathered in tho D..
Cross tent for coffee the c, Me-
sit around Cabling for wSil e'V h''.
at the first sound of a ret,,r,; W.
plane they're outside 10 try fl sna.
which one has "aborted, Or b ,pu.
forced back. When they find ov,
the ground crew of that one IL '
for some ribbing. His "bsbr"
hasn't made the grade.
Because each crew Chief worL,
regularly on the same plare n.
takes more than average pr do *
that baby and he's usn.u
first on the line 10 find ont vhn.
! went wrong.
Each Mustang is serviced h,
one crew chief, responsible r.,
maintenance, and one armor man
who keeps the guns and ammuni'
ton at par.
Few OF the ground creWmen are
frustrated pilots. All come from ,
year or more Of ground traininy
before being assigned a plane
Most of them are content 10 keen
the planes in shape for others.
M-Sgt. Anil v. Wittenberger Of
jamestown, Mo-, squadron line
chief foreman over crew che's,
might have been a flyer except
mat he's an only child and so de.
ferred to his parents objections
He used to work in the Missouri
State Highway department and ex
poets to return there after tn,
war, though he might be interest
." he says, in aviation engineer
ing.
Let's make the acquaintance Of
crew picked at random. Here
they are: Staff Sgt, Harold R.
Beverage o. Oakland, Calf, crew
CHI eff of the mus tang Miss
French" and his armor man, Sg..
Peter P. Rainone Of Newark, N, J.
The Miss French is regularly
piloted by 1t. Jack A. Kelsey Of
Tampa, Fla. Beverage met Kel.
sey when both were training al
Lakeland, Fla, so their assign.
ment to Miss French was re,
union. Beverage, who looks like a
movie version of a fighter pilot
till, good-looking, poised, IS one
of the ground crewmen who want
ed to be a pilot. He once served
o.. the crew of a BIS, but as a
lighter candidate-"the flight sur
geon saw hcv tall I was and took
me out" he says.
He's six feet three, Just right
for a basketball center but too
long for a mustang cockpit. Bev'
eridge finished high school before
joining up and intends to go to
college after the war. At % hes
been in service nearly three years
Rainone, also %, was an ap'
prentice machinist in Newark mad
a lob molding plastics for three
wears, and wants to go back 10
It after the war. He tried for an
aerial gunner's spot, lost out De- t
cause of eyesight tests-and IS
just as glad. c,
81 flew up here from Guam
and didn't like it," he says. ,
They're both proud of "theN
pilot. Kelsey has credit Tor one
Japanese plane, and also holds INC
Two record for time on sihs IL
mustang flight nine hours ~ ~
minutes, helping to save a ooWl ls;+
Ter off Japan, for when exp'0''
he was nominated for a Dr.
| v
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Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star ard 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
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AS for the native popurraasjns
the outlook is for ar ln t IL NE
amount of self-governh.,e'", oclsred
islands. When Holland u r1.rhor
war on Japan after Pearl ,ll.a aia
there was no longer any ~, ani
relation between the Ino's'
fine some country ,.;,a *
In 1912, Queen Wllhe I!o Indie;
pressed the hope that the e.. Al. va
The Dutch empire after 'n ut .,
would become an eoual ps heel
and 4 conference alreadY no.
eonvoked toward that can
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QUOTATIONS

That California group of youths who stayed
awake 112 hours SO scientists could study the
progress OF fatigue may also have been prac-
ticing, says the man at the next desk, for 4
vacation to be spent on Broadway
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such bill is forced through Congress 1t will
be an opening wedge for the state socialism
extreme leftists have been looking for long
time.
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about the health of the Duchess,
The former Wallis Warfield Ct BAL
timpre.
ooh, she's fine, thank you," he
REPLIED
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In 1878 the Dutch WIN +oos
of % vessels and 1900 men nri ,
New York back from the me- D' III.
and renamed it New OIa tl5s mare
new government lasted llf tie wa va.
restored to Britain.
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In 1712 there were about 1000
Negros in New York City.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-04-19

gram similar to that of the Arm,
Air Force.
1t Is this personal interest il
the patient that has been as re
sponsible for record recoverie
as the mobile program. The All
Forces interest in Jim Hatch
the individual, rather than Capt
James B. Hatch, Assn lO456784
has paid off in q minimum OF
medical discharges.
When Jim Hatch arrived with
his wife at the Redistribution
Station in Atlantic City, he was
assigned to a luxurious room
facing the ocean in the swank
Ritz Hotel, which in pre-war
days would have set him back
$40 a day. 1t costs him so cents
and $1.50 extra for his wife.
Enlisted men stay at the equally
ultra Ambassador Hotel and are
furnished food and room free,
though wives pay $3.50 for lodg-
ing.
The Air Force, anxious for
him to live as normal a life as
possible, encourages him to have
his wife and children with him.
High chairs at luncheon in the
hotels vast dining rooms are the
order, rather than the exception,
of the day.
Once he's settled, his papers
are put in order, back pay ad-
justed and clothes and equip
ment refurbished. Then he's as
signed to a doctor who sits down
with him and irons out all his
problems. He's encouraged to
unburden himself of everything
that's been preying on his mind
things that once told oftNn
spell the end of weeks of un-
broken Nightmares. In daily
talks with the same doctor his
profile takes shape - mental
makeup, physical condition and
aptitudes.
Except for two hours of physi-
cal reconditioning and three
hours of vocational classes and
lectures-on the state of the ma
ton, what has happened in other
war theaters, reminders of safe
ty-firsts in flying and discipline
required at home-their time is
their own, and the Air Force
sees that they have the time of
their lives.
There's horse back riding,
bowling, billiards, beach parties,
a dance every night and shows
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with topflight movie, stage and
sur~A'r club entertainers provid-
ing the entertainment.
Chow is super. For sixty
cents they dine as well as at the
Colony or Twenty-one on breast
of guinea hen with al the fixin's
or thick steaks. Their pastry
chef is a wizard and there's q
never-ending supply of oranges.
butter, milk and ice cream to
match their never-ending hum
ger for these scarce frontline
items. For those with q passion
for raiding the ice box before re-
firing, the cook keeps a huge re-
frigerator full of midnight
Snacks. !
BEGINS TO UNWIND
BY the second week Jim Hatch
has learned to take peace and
quiet in his stride; the familiar
is not quite SO unfamiliar and
frightening as it was on his ar
rival; he's beginning to adjust
himself to civilian ways and dis
cussion; he's starting to think of
what he'd like to do next next;
he's certain now he won't be
lost in the shuttle. He's ready to
sit down and think about the i'm
mediate future and his next job.
Assigned to an officer-also q
returned airman who has been
in combat and knows the score
he is first made to realize that
combat flying is out for at least
six months. Then they get down
to the business of what he would
most like to do and where he
will be of most value.
He may choose to be an in
structor, passing on his valuable
combat experience to new pilots
ready for overseas and the
share the flax" program. Or
he may be given a post in an
airport tower directing landings
and take-offS. Never is he as
signed to desk job or adminis-
trative work for which he has
no aptitude and which would
make him disconnected and reA
sui in a maladjustment for the
rest of his life.
With the future of pilot James
B. Hatch secure, patient Jim
Hatch is ready to complete his
convalescence at one of the IL
Army Air Force hospitals nearer
his home.
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Rowing Reporters

burdens to taxpayers.
But these veterans Of the last
war have taught doctors Of this
war two things:
Q) That taking q man out of
combat when he begins to show
signs Of strain will lengthen his
service ten-fold.
(2) That keeping him active
all during his disqualification
will make him mend thrice as
quickly.
When the first casualties Of
this war were returned for treat
ment, they were more or less
left to their own devices. "But
we discovered that rest was as
likely to kill a man as cure
him." Colonel Hall said. "They
had too much time to null over
their gruesome battle expert
ences, to worry about their I'M
certain future and steep them
selves in self-pity."
FEW MEDICAL DISCHARGES
One doctor, alarmed at the in
creased languidness of patients
as their bodies mended, decided
to institute a mental and physi-
cal occupational program. Those
given a daily stint of shop work
and exercises though they
were no more strenuous than
finger exercises taken in bed
showed vast improvement.
AS a result of this mobile pro-
gram, IS to 80 per cent of
wounded and operational fatigue
cases resume duty within six to
eight weeks and rs per cent of
these return to flying.
Public and private hospitals,
recognizing the tremendous
success Of this theory of
prescribing as much activity
as early as possible are taking
steps to apply 1t to civilian pat
tents. They realize, too, that
healing a man who has lost a
hand or leg-and therefore los.
his livelihood - goes further
than sending him out of the hos
pital with his bodily injury
mended; that it is also their duty
to relieve his mental anguish
about his uncertain future by
helping him to learn new
trade through q vocational pro-
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by ROSELLEN CALLAHAN
NEA Staff Correspondent

ATLANTIC CITY, N. Jon
his 48th mission over Germany,
Capt. James B. Hatch, fighter
pilot Chat isn't his name but 1t
will do for this story. saw his
best friend 60 down In flames
as three Focke-Wulfs closed in
on him for the kill. He man.
aged to get on the tail of one
Nazi, spit a stream of tracers in
to the cockpit and send 1t ca
reening crafty earthwood.
Back at his base the doctor
saw his nerves were about shot
FLAX happy" the boys call
Il. AS in most cases of opera
tional fatigue, it wasn't his own
close call that unnerved him. It
was seeing others suffer and
blaming himself for not having
acted quickly enough to save
their lives. Next day he was on
q bomber bound for a 21-day
leave before reporting at the
Redistribution Center in Allan
tic City.
The quick comeback Of Jim
Hatch, once he received the at
tention of the Army Air Forces
unbelievably successful mobile
convalescence program, typifies
one Of the greatest and most
revolutionary advances in the
treatment of wounds and opera
tional fatigue. For Jim, like
thousands of others. was back on
his feet and fit for duty within
six to eight weeks.
''In the last war;" recalled
Col. MILFORD F. Hall, Surgeon
Personnel Distribution c m
mand, that man might have
stayed in combat, eventually
cracked up and probably would
have become q chronic hospital
case"
LEARNED TWO LESSONS
There are thousands of these
chronic cases left over from the
last war. Men who after months
of disqualification and inactiv-
ity lost all initiative and conf
dence in themselves, refused to
accept a job because they feared
they wouldn't make good, and
continue to wander from one
veterans hospital to another,