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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
No Cause For Alarm

Release Of instructions to be followed in case
New Hanover county is attacked by robot or
rocket bombs should and must not be cause
for undue alarm among local citizenry. 1t is
NOT an announcement that Wilmington will
be raided 1t is simply precautionary step.
Issuance of the rules and suggestions here
is in keeping with procedure followed through
cut the Eastern seaboard Neither is Will
mington the first North Carolina city in which
These instructions, forwarded by R. L. Mac
MILAN, state director of Civilian Defense, have
been published.
In making the announcement, Sheriff C. Da-
vid JONES' commander of county Civilian De-
fer Sc, stressed the fact that the step was NOT
for the purpose of alarming anyone but for
the protection of all in case I'VE should have
4 robot attack"
Therefore, don't become alarmed. Remem-
her that this action is as precautionary as the
many steps taken during earlier days of CT
william Defense when the possibility of enemy
air attack, or other forms OF coastal assault,
Yves considerably great.
No one, however, should disregard these lat
est eleven suggestions. We believe they are of
Sch importance that to repeat them would
rot be out of order. They are:
l.-Air raid signals may not sound If the
signals do sound, follow the rules in which
you have been instructed
2.-Obey the orders Of local authority, III
Guiding Civilian Defense personnel
s.-These bombs may fall without warning
If bomb is seen or heard approaching,
dive behind any protection available /or lie
face down and protect your head and face
with your arms.
SIN case of continued bombing, seek the
nearest shelter. Get indoors Avoid the hazard
OF flying glass.
Sin case of intermittent bombing attack,
proceed cautiously and remain on the alert
to take shelter if necessary.
7.-Do not use the telephone unless you
need help.
s.-H near q radio, keep tuned to the local
station.
Curb your curiosity. Do not 20 to the
scene of tie bomb explosion.
runaors
u.-Bc CAM
OF all these rules, the last-be calm-is the
most important That holds for any disaster
and especially so in case Of the mysterious
robot bomb.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01

Of our soft spots and their local attacks &C.
companying the major blow on the morning
OF Dec is often confirmed their previous in
formation
Without going into the business of tactics
those are some of the reasons.
But of them all, over confidence was the
greatest. This weakness extends today from
the home front to the foremost gun emplace
ment on the most active battleine We have
under-rated our enemy time and again. And
time and again, we have paid. 1t is hardly
necessary to point out that this is prolongng
the war.
Our fighting men have done and are doing
fine job. Millions on the home front are
also sincerely contributing to the war effort
Eut in too many minds there is the thought
that we have the Germans beaten, that from
now on out it's an easy task to crush him
1t isn't.
Today is the beginning of a New year.
Let's pause, resolve to increase our efforts
to win this war; let's also give more thought
to the strength of the enemy, none to unbound
ed reports that he's cracking up, ready tc
quit. This frame Of mind will assure victory
i'll 1945 more than any other factor
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
Need No Longer Acute

Announcement of discrimination of security
activities of the Coast Guard here, with ex.
eeption Of retention Of a fireboat and crew,
should be received with understanding that
need for this service is no longer acute
The action was taken after thorough inves-
tigation by Vice Admiral r. R. Waesche, Coast
Guard commandant. 1t is part of a national
policy to confine such activities to the largest
and most active ports in the country in keep.
ing with changes in war trends.
'You may be assured in this connection
that, if future dey elopments N tile progl ess If
the war should dictate the necessity therefor.
the Coast Guard will take appropriate action
to adjust the protection for the Port of VIII
mington to the new conditions the Admiral
said.
In bidding these Coast Guardsmen who have
polced the harbor and Allied installations
since Pearl Harbor, goodbye, it's highly ap-
their excellent work. They have maintained
their safeguards well and, in addition, have
often gone beyond the call of duty in the
interest of community protection.
While we do not like to see these fine young
officers and men depart, we realize that more
important assignments await them elsewhere.
Our goodbye includes the best Of wishes for
them as they continue their service to the
country and thanks for thei- tine work while
in our midst.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
Ry KENNETH L. DIXON

IN BELGIUM, Dec. 29.-(Delay-
ed)- LP Every days circuit on
this critical front produces many
little dramas about the Doughboys
on defense.
Here was a four-story mystery.
The outfit commanded by 1t. Pier
re M. Stephanian of Newton, Mass.
was being fired on directly by
tanks. The question was: Where
were the tanks?''
They could see everything If
front of them. That's why the Ger
mans had been unable to move
those Al hulls Of wrecked, burned
out tanks and assault guns. Hud,
died out there in the snow-covered
no-man' STAND, their steel quits
were cold and empty. They pro-
vided grim evidence of how well
the Doughboys had been able tc
see that terrain every time the
enemy Panzers struck.
All Al were useless and empty
Patrols had been sent out to be
sure that none were workable OF
occupied. Crippled beyond repair
They lay there people only by the
dead.
The wind drew a freezing curtain
back and forth. Darkness settled
and all during that night direct
fire came from the phantom
tanks somewhere out ahead, al
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01

nation, could be said by any hon
est man to threaten any right or
interest of the rank and file work
er. Some of them would, however,
impair the powers and stop the
graft of union bosses and might
curtail the fees of union lawyers
who pose as labor leaders and
spokesman for the workers Every
one has been defeated by the
Roosevelt element in Congress al
though two reform bills did pass
the House of Representatives.
Browne and Bioff are low things
who will now be on probation un-
der Judge John C. Knox, a shrewd
and strict man who knows them
thoroughly and doubtless would
throw them back into prison
should they resume their racket
eering. With the other gangsters
safely put away, then, it might
seem probable that conditions
would improve.
Unfortunately, however, there
are other crooks just as evil still
operating notriously in the A. F. of
L. all to the detriment of the rank
and file and the whole labor
And there has been no
sign that decency has dawned in
the higher councils.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
Overconfident

1t is too early to pass judgment as to Wheth.
er any person or group should be censured
for the German break.through on the West.
ern Front.
Many facts must be revealed and they can.
not under present censorship, before the finger
may be pointed at this or that commander. 1t
may be years, until historians have evaluated
and listed the reasons, before a really clear
picture will be available for appraisal
However, even from this distance, some
things are obvious.
First lifting Of the news blackout shade by
shade shows Won Rundstedt gave the Allies
the biggest scare of the war. For few hours,
he was poised to deliver blow whichs might
have delayed the outcome of the war for one
or two years. Had he reached Liege, as Yves
Gallagher, top Associated Press correspondent
has pointde out, he might have destroyed not
only the American First and Ninth armies but
the British and Canadian forces as we'll
How did he do this?
He gathered his troops secretly on a 5G-raile
front from Monschau forest south to Trier.
de selected his place of attack carefully he
put his best men and equipment there and
Allied intelligence completely failed to detect
and evaluate his movements Remember this
failure Of intelligence was one of the great
est reasons for the German successes.
Next, our front line troops were apparently
overconfident, there was carelessness in pro-
tessional defense measures. They were too Of
fensive-minded. The rush through France had
been rapid and comparatively easy after the
bitter days that followed the D-day landings.
The Germans, fighting in territory in which
they had years to build up an espionage sys-
tenn, knew more about our movements than
We did about theirs. They were well informed
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
The Literary Guidepost

lived subsequently in Holland,
Portugal and Argentina.
The adequate university, he
claims, should consist of the
higher education which the or
binary man should receive and
under which he is to become cul-
tured at, in Ortega's phrase, 1.-The
height of his times" The sub
jects are to be phynics, biology,
history, sociology and philosophy.
The university will give a man
his profession but ought not TO
try to make out of him, the au-
thor argues, the abstract scientist
or research worker.
Howard Lee Nostrand, transla-
tor, writes an introduction to the
essay and divides the brilliant
scholars sometimes criticized ca
reer into five different parts:
teacher, essayist, publisher-ed i-
tor, philosopher and statesman.
Nostrand describes the "pnilos-
opher's loyalty to a many-sided
truth that satisfies no partisan
mind and his fearless readiness
to SHOW his contemporaries the
error of their ways Ortega
urges those planning the ideal
university to "renounce that rest
full light in which all cats are
gray"
These noble phrases sound as
much like the definition of the
good book reviewer as of the
good university. Or so reviewer
might imagine until he came
upon Ortega's definition of jour-
nalist as zone of the least Gull
tured types in contemporary So
ciety."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01

strong enough to support column
of infantry
So they began breaking it up in
order to construct a standard,
floating footbridge. But when a
haf-dozen frozen GPs b e g n
breaking the ice, they didn't dare
try to bridge the stream in day
light, under clear observation. It
was a long, tiresome task. Such
necessity promptly mothered new
invention.
eff these floating bridges hold
men up On water why won't they
spread weight enough on the ice?'
someone wondered out loud. This
was translated into action.
Before dawn, the platoon of in
fantry had cross the floating
footbridge which was resting neat
ly atop the ice, and the outpost was
established.
This story should end here, but
it doesn't. The Germans attacked
again today and drove the platoon
off the ridge. They had to retreat
across the river.
But when the Germans reached
the river, the bridge was gone.
They also discovered the ice WASH t
strong enough to support attacking
infantry columns.
The engineer company had found
roll up the magic carpet" bridge
it sufficiently strong for them to
behind them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
WITH THE AEF
Where Were The Tanks?

most at point-blank range - an
eerie barrage.
Next morning, an unidentified
soldier had a brainstorm. Rearing
cautiously out of his foxhole, he
stared across the clearing as the
dawn's fog lifted. 1t looked just
like it did the day before - or
did it?
Hey" He yelled suddenly,
count those tanks again."
Sure enough, there now were 43.
All looked alike, covered with
snow, but the two which slipped in
through fog or darkness were fully
manned and workable.
The last act was explosively ex-
ploratory, so to speak, but when
the curtain dropped all 43 enemy
hulls were wrecked and burned
out.
The drama enacted by Combat
Engineer Company C was strictly
ad lib. However, the critics prob
ably would have been pleased.
They had river to cross. In
fantry wanted a platoon posted on
the heights beyond the 300-foot
stream, which was frozen over.
However, the first thing the COM
pany commanded by 1t. Carl S.
Gran of Kearney, Neb., learned
was that the ice was not quite
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
Weather Bureau Warns
Small Craft In Gulf

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 81
(UP)-The U. S. Weather Bureau
here today issued a small craft
warning for the Gulf area from
Brownsville, Tex, to Pensacola,
Fla. with forecast of winds Is
to 30 miles per hour, shifting nor
therly on the Texas and extreme
west Louisiana coasts.
The warning follows:
Small craft warnings indicated
Brownsville, Tex, to Pensacola.
Fla, winds shifting to northerly
on Texas and extreme west Louisi.
ana coasts this afternoon, reach.
ing % to 30 miles per hour. Fresh
to strong southerly winds east of
Morgan City, shifting to north
Monday eastward to Pensacola.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
JAPS CLAIM l6
VESSELS BACCED
BY The Associated Press

The japanese news agency Do.
mel Sunday (U. S. tine) broadcast
a Japanese communicate claim
that Is more transports and three
additional cruisers had been sunk
or damaged by Nipponese airmen
in continued attacks on a United
States convoy carrying reinforce
ments and supplies to American
forces on Mindoro Island, Philip
pines
Tokyo's radio reports of the past
two days. piling up a total of SO
American convoy craft sunk or
damaged, were heard by the Fed
eral Communication Commission.
They have not been confirmed by
American sources, so far as the
asserted losses are concerned.
But Gen. Douglas Macarthur in
his communicate Sunday philip
pine Time) said eight Japanese
planes were shot down the preced-
ing Thursday night while attack
ing United States convoy off
Panay Island, southwest of Min
doro.
Japanese headquarters commu-
nique listed total of 10 trans
ports, two cruisers and one PIT
boat sunk; nine transports, two
cruisers and one destroyer thea
Willy damaged Four Japanese
planes were listed as missing.
Domei said that "at present on
ly IA battered warcraft and trans
ports are observed in the Mindoro
sector out Of the 80 transports es-
corted by around 20 cruisers and
destroyers reported by an I'M
perial Headquarters communicate
to have formed the original con-
voy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
River Is Raised Four Feet
To Float Boat Off Ground


COULEE DAM, Wash, Dec. 81.
(OP)-When 3.7o0-horsepower
Navy tugboat hauling gasoline up
the Columbia River to. the Pasco
Naval Training Station Pan aground
her skipper expected that lot OF
water would pass under the bridge
before She was relocated. 1t did.
The War DEPARTMENT, not sty-
mled for a minute, simply notified
reclamation officials at Grand
Coulee dam Is miles upstream to
open the floodgates and raise the
river level four feet. Three days
later the additional flow reached
the stranded tug and lifted her
gently off the rocks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
A TAPPING GUY

CONOVER, Dec 81. - (R -
Sheriff Ray Pitts today charged
John w. Benfield of near Conover
with having tapped the Conoverr
water line for several years and
stealing water valued at $500 or
more for two or three of his hous-
es.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
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., 1945-01-01
BY w. G. ROGERS
OMISSION of the University
by Jose Ortega v Gasset
In:.xo u1~:.;k CO


This is a thin little book that
weighs lightly in your hands, but
may weigh heavily in your
thoughts.
Ortega, born in 1888, has been
called father of the Spanish re-
public" and he was influential
politically in the thirties. After
study at home and in Germany,
he occupied the chair of meta
physics at the University of Ma
drid for quarter century, except
for a short time when he resigned
in protest at the curtailment of
academic freedom. During the
Civil War he was opposed vio-
lently to both Fascists and Com
munists, whom he accused of
Spain a battle-ground. Sc
riously ill when the fighting start
ed, he left Spain for Paris and
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01

The yak, beast of burden in
Tibet, gets down icy mountain
slopes by drawing it's hoofs together
and sliding, always landing right
side up at the bottom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01

William Henry Harrison, ninth
President of the United States,
was the oldest man ever elected
to the office. He served the short
est term, one month land was the
first President to die in office. i
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01
BERLIN CLAIMS SIX SHIPS

LONDON, Dec. 81 R The
Berlin RADIO claimed today that
Nazl U-boats sank six Allied trans
ports, aggregating $500 tons, off
the British coast in the last few
days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01

Most varieties of hard cheese
are made from whole milk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-01

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
o, Heart be glad! o Hands be clean,
o feet, be careful as you tread
This fresh, clean. shining day that leads
Into the unknown year ahead.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-28
Basic CANCELS jim
CROW THEATER DATE

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 2S
(ANP)-Count Basic, the "Jump
King of SWING" cancelled out of a
weeks booking at the Tower theater
here the week of June % because of
the theatres policy which bars Ne
gro patrons, and other Negro bands
and acts will follow the Counts lead
until the situation is remedied.
Il hate to pass up Kansas City
because it is practically my home
town and the city where I got my
start, but l can't play that theatre
as long as they bar my friends and
my people from coming to see me, y
the Count declared in an exclusive
statement released this week to the
Associated Negro Press by his pub
licity man, Jim Mccarthy.
The William Morris agency
booked the Basic band for week
of one-niters in place of the Tower
theatre booking. Basic opens a four
week engagement at the Casa Man
ana in Culver City, Cal, on July 5.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-28
CONGRESSMAN

CONTINUED from page y
and to swallow their resentments
when on the job.
''The statements repeatedly made
by Rep. Rankin and others in Wash
ington that white patients or en-
ployes fear these Negroes, and that
there have been instances where Ne
gro soldiers molested white women
employees, are absolutely untrue.
The Negro soldiers have got along
fine"
One hundred thirty of the 800
soldier attendants at the veterans
hospital here are Negro soldiers,
but they are gradually being re-
placed by white soldiers in accord
ance with the demand of the veter-
ans administration that all Negro
units be withdrawn from its hos
pitals.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-28
CARD OF THANKS

The family Of the late Ella Louise
Nelson wishes to thank their rela-
tives, friends, and neighbors, for
their kindness during the illness of
the late Ella Louise Nelson, and
for their expression of sympathy
during the family's bereavement.
Mrs. Flora Belle Fields
Mrs. Matilda Simpson
Mrs. Nettie Mickie
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-31
Eisenhower Waste Paper Medal


Here are the names of Scouts who
have already qualified for the
Eisenhower Waste Paper Medal If
you collected enough paper during
March and April to qualify, and
your name is not included, see your
Scoutmaster right away and get him
to turn your names into the Scout
office.
Only one Troops, of Waynes-
boro-has qualified for the Shell
Container Unit Award.
Troop l, Hagerstown-Bob Kell-
er, Richard Keller, Clark Wilson,
Richard Wilson
Troop S, Hagerstown - Merlin
Ellinger
Troop 6, Hagerstown - Joseph
Trovinger
Troop 7, Waynesboro-John Bay
lor, Gary Kissinger, Robert Win
CERT, Billy Flory, Robert Flory, Joe
Fritz, Ronald Kissinger, Richard
Heugh, Merle Crum, Harvey Zim-
norman.
Cub Pack 8, Hagerstown-Sydney
Bowman.
Troop IL, Hagerstown-Roy May,
Jerry Bast, Joe Mcdaniel, Jr.
Troop Is, Hancock-Jackie Gun
nels, James McCusker, Ramsey
Tobias.
Troop II, Williamsport = Jack
Suffecool, Lee Taylor, Carter Ster-
ling, John Taylor, Roy Mish, Fred
Mitchell, Eugene Anderson, Ros-
coe Spielman.
Troop 22, Waynesboro Lloyd
Miller, David Miller, William Shee-
ley, Jack Duffey, Earl Johnson, Ben
Zuckerman, Harold Musey, Barns
ley Eigenbrode, Wilbur Rock,
Arthur Sanders, David Shelley,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-31
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

After President Truman had been for less than
national survey made which showed that he already
popularity which would have made quite possible
for him to election if held today.
Since Mr. Truman became president through of
backdoor entrance we'll known throughout the
he suddenly became President be gratifying him
learn that he highly approved by the popuace For the
result this poll clear of confidence the he has
handled affairs he has been in the White House
When President has stated his position dbatabe
domestic clearly may be of division of
regarding him. So far don't know what his position
regard New Deal New Deal
But because people both sides of the New Deal fence
giving President Truman their support hope he be
able to foster a unity of opinion
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-31
Grace Brethren Church
First & Spruce SITS.

Bible School meets at Gas. At
the morning worship at II O'Clock
the pastor, Rev. Walter A. Lepp,
will have for his subject, Cody
Fear"
Christian Endeavor groups meet
at 6:15 p. m. At the evening wor-
ship hour the pastors subject will
be 'Hell-And How to Get There. "
On Wednesday evening, June 9th,
the guest speaker at the prayer
service will be DR.. Alva J. McLain,
president of the Grace Theological
Seminary at Winona Lake, Indiana.
DR.. McClain will show pictures and
lecture on the school life at the
Seminary.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-31
First Church of Christ, Scientist
235 N. Potomac Street

Ancient and Modern Necroman-
cy, Alias Mesmerism and Hypno-
tism, Denounced" will be the sub
ject of the Lesson-Sermon on
Sunday, June 3.
The Golden Text will be from
Isaiah When the enemy
shall come in like flood, the Spirit
of the Lord shall lift up a standard
against him."
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible-Psalms 62:1
TRULY my soul waiteth upon God;
from Him cometh my salvation"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures,
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 473-"The
Science of Mind disposes of all evil.
Truth, God, is not the father of
error"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-31
General Macarthur Medal
For Junior Gardeners

With the food battle far from
won, intensive efforts are being
made by the National Victory
Garden Institute to increase the
number of Victory Gardens in
thi- country. To enlist the sup
port of young people to grow vi
tally needed food, the Institute
announces the General Douglas
Macarthur medal which will be
awarded to outstanding boy and
girl gardeners of the United
States. In response to a letter
written by Lester J. Norris, chair
man of the board of the Institute,
asking permission to issue a Cen
eral Macarthur medal to aid the
Victory Garden program, the
General replied: "Glad to do any,
thing that will help"
Any boy or. girl may qualify
for the General Macarthur medal
by meeting the requirements of
his or her particular organization,
based on inspection by local
leaders. Under the broad stand
ards set up by the National Vic
tory Garden Institute, Boy Scouts
and other organizations have es-
tablished requirements consistent
with the ability of their particular
age groups. Contestant must SUBJ
NIT record book after it has been
signed by official local chairman
or leader who will have visited
the entrants garden at least
twice during the season.
Keen competition and better
gardens should result from this
Green Thumb contest for it is es-
timated that not more than ten
per cent of the participants in a
group shall be eligible for a
Macarthur medal, the number of
which is limited to approximately
10000 for the entire country.
There will be ribbons and certif-