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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
Civilian Production

One of the wise men who reduce trends
to news, and that is no small job has figured
that VE-Day is more likely to be VE-Month
With guerrilla bands already operating jr
Germany and obviously determined to con
tinue as long as they can get wherewith to
fight, his conclusion is inspired.
Although there is no sign that actual war
fare will end with the surrender of the Ger.
man Army, the need for supply on the pres
ent basis will end then and the United States
will be enabled to cut back to large extent
on production of war materials, with conse.
quent increase in the output of consumer
goods.
Hiland G. Batcheller, WPB chief of opera
tons, has prepared report in which he
says by the time the fighting in Eu-
rope stops, we may have taken so many
successive bites oft of two-front war SEIZED
ules that there will be little change remain
ing to be made Production, then we may
assume, will be limited to needs in the Pa
cfic, so far as war is concerned. and plants
OF many kinds will already be reconverted
for civilian production.
This does not mean, however, that consum-
err goods will be pouring from factories in
anything like the volume and variety to meet
public demand for considerable time, but it
is encouraging to know that the cut back
is near.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
The Peace Prospect

No hour has passed since the country was
stirred by false peace rumors last Saturday
in which the dominant thought in everybody's
mind has not been: will peace be declared
today?" The only answer up to the time
this was written is that discussions which
may lead to Germanys surrender are going
forward and may be concluded before the
week ends.
In yesterdays session of the House of Com
mons Prime Minister Winston Churchill said
that if word of the surrender arrives before
the weekend adjournment of Commons he
will ask the speakers permission to announce
it. With his customary adroitness in avoid
ing traps, Mr.. Churchill, replying to a uues-
toner declared: Il have no special statement
to make on the war position except that it
is definitely more satisfactory than it was at
this time five years ago.
But he did say that Count Folke Berna-
dctte had conferred in Stockholm with Erik
Bohemian, undersecretary of state in the
Swedish foreign office, but refused to tell re-
porters whether he had brought new offer
from Heinrich Himmler Himmler, it will be
recalled, offered to surrender Germany to
Britain and the United States and was told
by Churchill that no surrender would be ac-
ceptable that excluded Russia.
This tart response of Churchill sets the
gauge for any offer that may come Ger.
many's surrender must be made to the three
powers that have overthrown Germany
mighty war machine.
There is still the question, which has no
been answered to public satisfaction, on wha
authority Himnaler acts on behalf Of Ger
many. Himmler is a party man, not of tn.
army which has been doing the fighting. HI
was not in the High Command, the militar,
group that directed Germany's battles, bu
head of the slaughtering SIS troops which ex
listed to keep fear of Hitler and the Nazi
alive in Germany and all countries German.
overran. AS the Allies have declared in NJ
uncertain terms that they would not deal will
The Nazi party or any member OF 1t, tn
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
These Bills Deserve Defeat

| Development and Improvement OF Amer
cas- waterways have been under the control
of the United States Corps of Army Engi-
neers for many years. Under their wise super
vision and direction, $4196, 900 have been
expended by the federal government in the
betterment and maintenance OF the nations
WATERWAYS, for flood control, navigation and
allied purposes. Projects authorized for tu
t,,re construction by them will cost $3,406,'
900 more.
So successful have the operations OF the
Army Engineers been that few streams
CAPABLE of commercial navigation have not
been developed and maintained at hlgh
level of serviceability In conjunction with the
activities of the Bureau OF Reclamation,
which has performed its separate tasks with
equal efficiency, flood control, irrigation. rec
lamation, power and multiple-purpose projects
have been carried out
Now there are bills before the Congress
providing that these great undertakings shall
be taken out of the hands of the engineers
and the reclamation bureau and turned over
to separate valley authorities. If the bills were
passed, and they are supported by powerful
interests, they would Dust the Army Engi-
neers and the Bureau Of Reclamation, and
other existing. agencies, all of which have
proved their ability to do their work, and
supplant them with inexperienced, politically
appointed amateurs
The bureaus created during the war enler-
gency and for the most part headed by IN
experienced men appointed because of their
political prominence, but lacking experience
in the tasks assigned them, have given the
country clear picture of the dangers that
would be encountered if politicians superced-
ed Army Engineers and the trained heads
of the reclamation bureau.
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress,
whose members are familiar with what has
been accomplished in reclamation and water
way development, has taken up the fight
against the bills This organization, strong as
it is. cannot hope for success. which it richly
deserves without strong support in the ma
tional Congress and wide backing from the
people at large.
Certainly the North Carolina delegation in
Congress and the Old North State people with
knowledge of the achievements OF the Army
Engineers in river development and protec-
ton of the Atlantic shoreline from erosion,
will not fail to give their strongest support
in the fight on the bills.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
The Literary Guidepost

"a PARIS SOUS BOTTE DIES
NAZIS," by Jean Eparvier (Schall,
Paris.
AS you may have guessed, the
title means, I'm Paris Under the
Nazi Boot" It's the first book out
of France that l have seen in al.
most three years, and some infor.
nation, as well as most of the
photos, is news. It's written in
French.
Bicycles in Paris under the
Nazi boot" cost 10000 francs. the
price of an auto before the war;
food was so scarce there was talk
Of licensing beggars who dig in
garbage piles: the faithful never
before burned so many candles
before the altar of Ste. Genevieve,
additionally the savior of Paris;
it was the concierges, or janitors
and building superintendent, who
dealt in black market goods.
Germans bought out the stores,
crowded the stands at the race
tracks and the tables at the night
clubs; wore out the marble floor
of the rotunda at Napoleon's tomb
with the nails In their shoes and,
at the Louvre, were properly re-
spectful before the famous Venus
de Milo ignorant that for the
original there had been substitut-
ed plaster cast.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
BY w. G. ROGERS
By W. q. NOJEHS
"a TEXAS IN ENGLAND by
j. Frank Dobie little, Brown:
81. SOY.

"A TEXAS IN ENGLAND, by
j. Frank Dobie little, Brown:
$3.50.
In way don't like this book
but in just what way it's hard
to say. 1t gets thin; it tends to be
precious, or maybe semi-precious;
a Texas is additionally a two-gur
man but Dobie goes off cnce in
while more like popguns.
And then in way I do like it.
For one thing. England comes
/ through its pages a brave, sim.
i pie and noble country. Dobie
taught at Cambridge; he's inform.
alive about the English University
and the education system in gen.
eral. Sympathetic toward the peo'
pie, he persuades you to be sym.
pathetic, too.
For another thing, his occasion.
al comparisons of English life with
American are the excuse for some
sharp comments on us. England
is not country, he finds. to ridi'
cule its government for employing
professors; nor one to let univer.
sites fire teachers at the whim
of irresponsible boards.
| And there's Londoner I'm
very fond Of. Hearing a noise, he
hoped it wasn't thunder. No, he
was told, bombs. Good, he said, he
didn't want it to rain.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
Black Markets

New York Board of Trade committee
finds that scarcely any foodstuffs enter the
metropolitan region wholly untainted by the
black market and that post-prohibition rack
eteers are playing a substantial part in these
illegal practices
A Pennsylvania packer estimates, before a
Senate subcommittee, that 80 per cent of
meat operations in the Pittsburgh area are
black market
An extremely serious situation is in the
making-serious for both consumers and le-
ultimate business-which calls for intelligent,
forceful action.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
Daily Prayer
FOR SURE STANDARDS

All our standards are shiftin,.
but Thou art sure and steadf.s,
0 Lord. Daily we would bring orr
Cause to The for testing and
strengthening. We pray that or
boys who fight, and that we on,
selves, and that all our Allied NJ.
tons, may b. kept true to Tnss
and to the divine purposes tor
which Thou last thrust us fortb
into this conflict. We thank Thes
for newly-stirred memories of orr
Christian foretathers and Of tbei,
ideals: and If the heroes who
have taught Us to withhold no+b
ing from Freedom cause 1st
their patriotism, their chivalrv
and their idealism glow brigh5ly
in our hearts also. May wars
chariot not run over our spirits
but. rather may we ride in IT IN
new and glorious heights Of char.
acter and service. so that the dav
of victory may lind us worthy NJ
the price that has been paid
Amen.-W. TIE.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
Lee Miller Covers The Pacific

the place that Ernie won in the
! thoughts land hearts of so many
millions of Americans.
Other correspondents are always
trying to figure out the reason for
Ernie's great success. l don't know
that I have the right answer to
| that one. But my guess is that the
basic reason was quite simple
that Ernie was very competent
craftsman, skilled from those years
he devoted as desk man to polish
ing the copy Of other people, and
this is more important-he had a
warmth about him, and an under
standing OF people.
He used to say of certain friends
that there was "a harmony" be-
tween them and there came to be
a Harmony between Ernie and,
the Lord only knows why, many
people who were actually complete
strangers to him, but who regard
ed him as a personal friend.
It was that friendship of those
unknown readers that drove Ernie
to his death. Perhaps it will sound
mawkish to put it in words, but it
is a fact that he felt he couldn' t
reject the responsibility imposed
by the devotion of those strangers
who were his friends. He forced
himself, against the advice of
friends and against his own gnaw-
ing fear Of death, to 60 back into
action.
Commander Vic Blakeslee of the
Navy was here the other night.
He was with Ernie on Guam. He
said he pleaded with Ernie not to
60 ashore with the troops in the
Ryukyus.
He was looking pale and tired"
Vic said. Il tried to tell him he
was too useful a citizen to take
chances with his life. I told him
he was surely going to get killed
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
BY LEE G. MILLER

MANILA-(by wireless)-They've
asked me to take over Ernie Pyle S
column. have agreed to try it,
though with misgivings.
I'm not going to try to write
like Ernie" All / can do is write
like Miller. If occasionally some.
thing pops out that looks as if I
were consciously initiating Ernie S
way Of writing, please bear IN mind
that he and l have worked togeth-
er almost constantly since 1923
when we both got jobs on the
Washington Daily News. Such long
association is apt to result in some
sinilarities Of thought and man.
|nerisn1.
What I'm driving at is this: I
will feel miserable if people get
the idea I have the impertinence
to aspire to fill Ernie's shoes.
Maybe can fill the space where
his copy has run, but I'm fully
aware that nobody will ever fill
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
We DAY PRAYER

A prayer Tor We Day, prepared
by the Rt. Rev. Phillip st. George
Tucker has been distributed to
all Episcopal churches and mis-
'sions in the United States.
The prayer follows:
almighty God, our Heavenly
Father, we offer unto Thee humble
and hearty thanks for the victory
with which thou hast blest the
cause of freedom and for once more
guiding our feet into the way Of
peace In this hour of triumph
keep US humble and fully mindful
of our dependence upon Thee, re-
membering that Thou alone canst
enable us to secure through this
victory in war a just and durable
peace.
Grant that in our treatment Of
our enemies we may put aside
hatred and resentment, and under
Thy guidance follow the path O.
justice.
For all the nations of the worlc
VIC ~ oy LldC A1AOu VIII Su1oc CIlSII
into the way of justice and truth
and establish among them thai
peace which is the fruit of right
eousness that they may become
the Kingdom of our Lord and Sa
viour, Jesus Christ.
I'VE remember before Thee,
Heavenly Father, those who have
given up their lives in the struggle
to uphold the right of all men tc
freedom. Grant unto them o Lord
joy and peace and greater oppor
tunities of service in the. new life
to which Thou hast called them
Stir up in us, who survive here or
earth, the will to dedicate ourselves
with equal devotion to the task o.
winning a peace worthy of theil
sacrifice and in conformity with
Thy righteous and loving purpose
"All Of which we ask in the name
of Jesus Christ, our Lord and sa
viour. Amen
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
Western N. c. Episcopal
Diocese To Hold Meeting

HENDERSONv1LLE, May l.
(R-The Episcopal Diocese of
western North Carolina will hold
its annual convocation here May
8 with Bishop Robert E. Gribbin
presiding.
Officers will be elected, and
reports will be received from va
rious committees and church in
situations.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02

only way in which Himmler could serve as
peace.maker now, it would seem. is for the
High Command to delegate its power to him.
Perhaps this has been done.
ANYWAY, the most promising prospect Of
early peace is Europe is the word OF Winston
Churchill in Commons, and that does not pre-
Glide the possibility that peace may come
before Commons adjorrns over the weekend.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02

1t he kept on pressing his luck. h..
his mind was made up and | cow
not do anythin. about it," '''0
It may be that Ernie was ge-t,.
self-conscious.'I mean he haS VI
come such a celebrity that hs VIZ
treated like r,yalty wherever al
went. Special f,vors were showsr ~
on him. The big shots curried b;a, 0
And l suspect that he had an n II,
comfortable feeling about all t hi.
"a feeling that this was verv ni. VIM
but it wasn't lis way, that he h.s
to get back where he belonrsdu
with the troops. NN'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02

They (U. S. troops removed the tires and
batteries and then dumped the jeeps into the
sea- On another OCCASION United States sur
plus stores were burnt at Aitape when Aus
tralians sorely needed them. God knows why
this is done, but the government must answer
tor it. - Australian Parliament Rep. Joseph
Abbott.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02

Editors Note: Lee Miller, an old
friend Of the late Ernie Pyle, begins
writing for the Star-News today from
the same warfront that cost Ernie
his life.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02

National League umpire Bill
Stewart, who once played, man
aged and refereed ice hockey, was
a pitcher in the Blue Ridge
League.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
EDITORIAL COMMENT
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER
Copyright. 1915, by King Features
DOVES IN THE LAND

The past week brought us not only that Tn
failing sign of sumner, the arrival of the
thrush, but on Saturday that even surer guar
antee of warmer weather, the gray dove, and
now all is well. The wild cherry bloom is
matching in abundance that of the earlier
bloom of the orchards and gardens this seas
on The Benttown Bard in the Baltimore Sum-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
ON THE WRONG LIST

Clinton Campbell reports this co1oquy be-
tween his negro cook and her small son. The
boy had asked for quarter to take to school
"A quatah's a lot Of money! commented
the mother. What's it TO?
Teacher say hit to hep pc folks.
Hu.,aph! What you think we is if We amt
po folks? You 60 tell that teacher All say
taken you often de givin list and put you on
the gittin' list - Wall Street Journal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02
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. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02

These child-soldiers gone wild is certainly
one of the most dreadful things the history
of war has seen.-stockholm newspaper on
Berlin battle.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-02

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-04
Scouts To Collect
Paper On Saturday

The first 1916 Waste Paper Col
lection will be held on Saturday,
when local and county Boy Scout
Troops will be out in force to make
the first 1g45 collection the biggest
since the Scouts took over the col
lection OF paper last March.
Realizing that paper is one Of the
most urgently needed war supplies,
the Scouts and their leaders voted
unanimously to continue their col
lections on the first Saturday of
every month.
With Christmas present wrappines
in every home in Hagerstown, the
Scouts ask that you get every piece
of 1t together, tie IL in bundles and
have it out on the sidewalk, in front
of your homes, bright and early on
Saturday morning.
AS usual, several firms are do
mating trucks and drivers for the
collection, and now all that is neces-
seary is for you to get your waste
paper out.
Waste paper is needed badly-gel
yours out on the sidewalk-the
Scouts will do the rest.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-04
Ii. II. Hutson Heads
Real Estate Board

At the annual meeting of the Ha-
gerstown Real Estate Board, held
last week, Harold H. Hutson was
elected president for the ensuing
year, succeeding John l.. Swain.
Other officers elected were: J. w.
Barncord, first president; r. l..
Cook, second vice-president; Guy
l.. Doub, secretary; Miss Bessie Het-
ger, recording secretary, and Charles
3. Frye, treasurer.
The present board of directors
were reelected for another year.
John L. Swain, the retiring presi-
dent, thanked the members Of the
Board for their cooperation during
his term Of office, emphasizing that it
was through the combined efforts
Of every member that the Real
Estate Board had such a successful
year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-04
Rev. L. L. Grub To
Leave Hagerstown

The Rev. L. l.. Grub, pastor Of
Grace Brethren Church, First and
Spruce streets, has been called to
the position Of executive field secre-
tary Of the Brethren Home Missions
Council with headquarters at Wi
mona Lake, Indiana.
He will be succeeded here by the
Rev. Walter A. Lepp, who comes
to Grace Brethren Church from
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Family Altar radio program,
which Reverend Grub has con-
Quoted over station WEI for the
past two years, will be continued by
Reverend Lepp.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-04
MANY C. LIS PLAN TO FARM
OR SET UP SMALL BUSINESS

A survey Of troops in the u. S.
and overseas theatres indicates that
one of every eight soldiers plan, on
being discharged from the Army, to
operate business or farm of his
own.
Seven per cent Of the men now
in the Army have definite plans for
operating business, 5 per cent plan
to operate farms. For the most
part they are interested primarily
in relatively small enterprises, with
half of those having definite plans
saying they will invest $4,000 or
less.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-04
Local and County
Men Are Indicted

Draft Boards ] and 2 announce
that the following men, having
passed their final physical examina-
tons, were indicted into the Armed
Forces on December 20, 1914:
Beard l (Hagerstown)
Army
Charles d. Mills. 664 N. Prospect
street.
Kenneth l.. Bond, Jr., 814 Vir-
ginia avenue.
James r. Slower, 1872 Clarkson
avenue.
Navy
Ralph B. Martin, 329 Bryan Place
Albert l.. Bennett, 1876 Antietam
street
Warren X. Bussard, 364 S. Cannon
avenue.
James w. Rice, 116 John street.
Board 2 County
Army
Robert Wilson South, Funkstown.
Simon Shank, clio James Mellow
ell, r. r. D. /, ST. Thomas, Penna.
Kenneth Beard Hess, High ST.,
Hancock.
Atlee Finten Smith, r. +. d. 2,
Boonsboro.
Robert Lee Griffith, r. F. d. /,
Keedysville.
John Louis Heller, Hancock.
Louis Edward Binkley, r. r. d. 2,
Hagerstown.
Daniel Simon Martin, r. f. d. /,
Hagerstown.
Henry Franklin Manspeaker, 1876
Inglewood Road, Hagerstown.
Charles William Eakle, Gapland.
Calvin Cook Luttrell, r. r. d. o
Hagerstown.
Gilbert Theodore Myers, Il. T. ID
|, Harpers Ferry, w. Va.
Benjamin William Wolfe, 21a
Conococheague street, Williamsport
Roy Allen Gray, Jr., Sharpsburg
Floyd Nelson Hornbaker, Il. +. ID
| /, Williamsport.
Edward Earl Stouffer, r. r. d. /
Hagerstown.
Robert Lee Flora, n. +. d.
Williamsport.
Charles Lindburg Kline, r. b. d
! I, Smithsburg
Cornelius Washington Castle, Jr.
Brownsville.
Charles Junior Cline, r. F. d.
Williamsport.
George Robert Ebersole, Maugans
1 vile.
Reed Stanley Faith, Hancock.
Ernest Tanner Rice, Jr., r. f. d
|, Boonsboro.
Arthur Emory Mellott, Jr,. r.
d. |, Williamsport.
Charles Dayton Jones, r. F. d.
Smithsbure.
Navy
Weldon Eugene Jackson, Hancock
Charles Donald Bailey, Funks
town.
Sherman Leroy Mills, r. F. D. 2
Hagerstown.
Lloyd Sylvester Griffith, r. F. Z
l, Keedysville
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-04
COUNTY GIRLS ARE
PLEDGED BY SORORITIES

Among the 327 University OF
Maryland goods pledged by sorities
at the close of the recent campus
rushing period were five girls from
Washington county.
The girls pledged were: Janet
Seal, Hagerstown, Kappa Delta So
rority; Shirley Andrews, Breatheds-
vile; Bette Fearnow, Hagerstown,
and Jacqueline Lefever, Hagers-
town, Alpha Delta Pi sorority; Vir-
ginia Messersmith, Hagerstown, Del
ia Delta Delta sorority.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-04
FAILURE TO NOTIFY AGO OF. ADDRESS
CHANGES CAUSES DELAY nv
CASUALTY NOTIFICATIONS

The War Department has urged all emergency
addresses OF soldiers serving keep The Ad
dnt General informed of all times of any address changes
In order to avoid unnecessary delays in the transmission
OF casualty notifications.
LGrge numbers Of casualty teegrGms being
returned undelivered The Adutont Generals Office
because addresses OF friends OF kin to be notified
in emergency incomplete incorrect Practically
every case OF n-deivery hos been directly attributable
to oudoted addresses resulting from the failure OF the
emergency uddressee to notify The Adutont General Of
any change of address More than 4000 such casualty
telegrums delayed every month.
Emergency addresses who have moved following
the departure OF the soldier for distinction
should write to The Adjudnt General Wur Department
Washington rs. D. c.. Attention: Casualty Brcrr~h giving
both the old and address Also included o,ld be
the soldiers full nome rank. seriu number md his
organization and APO number
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-04

Demand for pianos after the
first several postwar years is ex-
pected to be about 600 per cent
higher than the 194l output, and
demand for organs is expected to
double 1871 production, WPB an