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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-03
Interpreting
The War
Nv KIRKE L. SIMPSON
a.oc,oted Press War Analyst

Associated Press War Analyst
Allied armies in the west are
within close sight Of the prime OBJ
iective mapped for them when
they launched their spring victory
offensive" across the Rhine.
That becomes evident now that
one entire Nazi army group has
been caught in the Ruhr sack and
another in Holland is on the verge
of similar ent7apment.
The prime objective OF the Al
lied armies was to breakup and
destroy enemy armies in the field,
not merely to drive them back
upon successive defense lines.
Paris estimates 10000 German
troops all first line men are bot.
tied up in the RUIZ sack by the
junction of American First and
Ninth Army elements which clos.
ed all eastward escape routes.
Some 81 uuder-strength Nazi divi-
sions, including the best troops
available in the west, are sealed
off for humiliation with dim pros
pect of breaking out. How many
more divisional units are in i'm.
mediate danger Of being trapped
in Holland is not indicated but it
seems obvious that the duration Of
organized German resistance any.
where in the west hinges upon
what happens within these two
areas.
They contain between them all
that is left in the west Of seasoned
troops and armored divisions.
Whatever the reason that prompt.
ed German concentration of strong
est fighting forces in the Ruhr
area and in northern and north
eastern Holland, it is tending to
expedite an Allied victory. 1t could
be only a matter of weeks o., even
days before General Eisenhower
men are striking at rear echelons
of German armies facing the Rus
SLAMS in the east.
There is no indication to date
that the Germans in the huge Ruhr
trap are ready for mass sur
render. AS this was written their
first effort to break out eastward
had been made with little to indi-
cate success. 1t came at a point
on First Army lines south OF cap.
tured Paderborn, which gave it
little more than local significance.
While the Germans were beating
against the west wall of the First
Army junction corridor intended
to link arms with the Ninth, the
cas- wall was being pushed to-
ward the upper breaches of the
Weser rive-.
The Weser line is the only river
front short of the Elbe between
the Allies and Berlin. First Ar
my armor crashing on east OF
Paderborn already may have
preached it, leaving the trapped
Germans in the Ruhr sack to be
dealt with by slower moving COM
rades. 1t remains to be seen whe-
ther those Nazi troops fight to
the death Or surrender. In eithe-
case they can not long delay the
Allied march to junction with
Russian armies somewhere in CEN
trail Germany.
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By SID FEEDER
Substituting for Kenneth L. Dixon)
Kenneth l.. Dixonl

ON THE ITALIAN FRONT-R
Since the 34th Division has hac
more cracks at the Germans thar
any other outfit, it is only natura.
that its Doughboys should have
piled up more individual honors
including nine Congressional
Medals of Honor.
Their story stretches from Fon.
douk in Africa to the mountains
before Bologna and behind them
is the history of the 34th's SOC
days of combat and the entire
Mediterranean campaign.
The first went to Pvt. Bob Book
err of Galloway, Neb., at Fondouk
just a few weeks after half the
168th Regiment was killed or cap
tured at Faid Pass. His mother
accepted it for him. The 34th wen
after important Fondouk Gap be
tween the Tunisian mountains in
March. Ferocious fire pinned
down the attackers for hours. Their
the 133rd Regiment lunged for
ward ard cleared the hill barrier
Pvt. Booker charged, dug out the
enemy from a number of vital pc
sitions-and gave his life for the
victory.
The 34th came of age at legen.
Diary Hill 500 where battalions I'M
der 1t. Col. Bull Swoboda of near
jackson, Mimi, and 1t. Col. Gar
net Hall of White Bear Lake,
Mimi, punched up the rocky goat
trail in a six-day struggle. In Sep.
TENDER it was Salerno and the
swift Volturno. Monte Pantano cost
the 34th 400 men-and the enemy
l. 200. The 168th's First Battalion,
commanded by 1t. Col. William
Langdon. Los Angeles, won the
priced War Department citation
there. The 168th's Second Battali-
on won the same citation for tax
ing Cervaro from the 18th Panzer
Grenadiers in house to house
brawl.
The way to Casino was open
and in January, 1914, the 34th es.
tablished bridgehead. By Febru-
ary 8, the 133rd stabbed at Cas-
sino itself but the mountain door
way was solid fire. Pitching gre
nades, Pfc Leo Powers, Adler,
Mont, knocked out four pillboxes,
killed five Germans and wounded
IL. He received his medal from
President Roosevelt.
On February II, 1t. Paul Rior.
dan of Kansas City shot it out
sine1e-handed with the Germans in
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WASHINGTON CALLING 6
by MI.M
MARQUIS CH1LDS u &w..a|
bY

WASHINGTON - By plane the
battlefront is only 4 hours away
yet Yanks in Europe have a sens,
of living on another planet.
Most Americans feel cut of
from the normal world they lef
behind. 1t is hard to give any
idea of the sense of isolation yol
feel on the other side of the At
lantic.
News facilities are necessarily
limited. One of the detectives or
which Stephen Early worked hard
est, during his mission to improve
public relations in the European
theater, was to open additional
channels of news to the millions
of men away from home.
Stars and Stripes, the Army
newspaper, tried to fill the vacu
UNI. But there is a vacuum new
ertheless. And sometimes news
that might not seem sensational
when related to the normal flow
of events makes a terrific impact
on being dropped into that vacu.
UNI.
On the front page Of the Stars
and Stripes, when I was in the
Italian theater, was an account oil
the fist fight on the floor of the
House of Representatives between
Representative Rankin of Missis.
sippi and Representative Hook oil
Michigan, the former a Southern
bourbon, the latter out of the CIC
wing Of the democratic party. II
had shocking, shameful sound,
that brief account Of brawling in
the House.
A day or two later I saw a
CT sitting in foxhole on noun
tainside reading that same paper,
while now and then the Germans
lobbed in mortar shells. won.
dered what he was thinking about
the democracy he was fighting to
save.
That, OF course, is what too few
of us over here realize-that we
are being judged by the news that
does get through to the genera
ton Of Americans fighting all over
the world. When they read about
black markets and profiteering,
they feel let down, betrayed.
incidentally, the cunts I
heard Of the behavior of the party
OF congressman who toured the
war fronts at the end of last year
were not encouraging. They be-
haved, or some of them did, as
though their trip through the war
zone were an outing of the ANAL
gamated association of chowder
and marching clubs. At least a
half dozen times I was told two
of the party went to
sleep during a briefing by Cen
eral Bradley in military develop.
ments.
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don Singles of Denver, Colo, won
the divisions third War Depart
ment citation. At Cecina, facing
crack SIS troops, some units OF
the 133rd lost more men than at
Casino. In mid-July the 133rd' S
First Battalion seize Monte Mag
giore on the road to Leghorn and
on July 10th the 135th poured into
the sore]y needed seaport.
Past Pisa and up through the
Gothic Line the battle went. On
September IA, 1t. Tom Vigle, De
troit, went out alone on one of
those stone-terraeed hills an d
drove the Germans out of three
bulwarked houses. His widow re-
ceived his Congressional Medal.
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Birth Rate Not All

Socialogists and philosophers boldly declare
that the most powerful nation in years to come
will be the one with the greatest birth rate.
If they base their theory on the past record
they may not be as accurate as they think
The birth rate OF China has been phenomena
for centuries The same is true Of Japan.
Something besides babies on every doorstep
is needed, we ween, to create national power.
China's birth rate has failed to place that ma.
ton in a commanding position largely, We
must believe, because the Chinese have been
a backward people, living to themselves, de.
voted to ancestor worship, and incapable Of
keeping pace with forward-looking peoples. The
Japanese will be swamped in an Allied vic
tory, not because thief have been backward,
but overbearing, unable or unwilling to sci
aside their inherent barbarity and keep step
with progress, adhering rather to belief that
as the chosen of the gods they were preemi
nently fitted to dominate Asia.
Under Hitler, Germany set out to raise an
overcrop Of children trained to war, but why
60 into that?
What we are driving at is that along with
a large birth rate must 60 education, fair
practices, national integrity, vision and toll
erance, if the position of the socialogists and
philosophers is to be justified
More than nine million babies have beer
born in the United States in three years Now
if we can achieve these other requirements
we might become the worlds most powerful
nation And if we attain that position we will
know how to use our power rightly. IT'S s
contamination devoutly to be wished.
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SCHOOL CENSUS

The periodical five-year demonstrating Of
children within the school age will soon oc.
supy the time of the school teachers. 1t has
been suggested that as the poorly paid teach.
ers are already burdened with their work
outsiders should be given the job. If not, the
teachers should be paid extra for the work
Elberton (Ga.) Star.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-03

Heart, artery and kidney diseases
kill more people than any other
known ailments, but because of
their action they are considered to
be the most merciful. Cancer, while
not killings as many, is the most
dreaded of all diseases.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-11-09
Notice of Election

Notice is hereby given that Saturday, the 10th
day of November 194s special election will be held in
the Town of Browning Mon tana for the purpose of sub
hitting the qualified escfors of said town, who are
resident eehoders, whose names appear the county
rolls preceding the date of such election the question
of authorizing the Town Council of the Town of Brown
ing, Montana grant the Two Medicine Association
franchise authorizing the said association, the Two
Medicine Association construct, maintain and oper-
plant for the manufacture of Illuminating and fuel
gas and to sell and distribute the same, and for the pip
ing, sale and distribution of natural gas in the Town of
Browning and 70 the Streets alleys and public places
of such for such purposes such franchise, such
franchise be for period of forty (4O) years from the
date of the granting thereof.
The election polls will be, tor the First Ward the
Town Hall Council Room, and for the Second Ward the
Methodist Church Basement
The polls will be open from eight (S) o'clock A. M.
until six (6) o'clock P NJ. on the date set.
Attest
George O. Barger, E. A. McDougal,
Town Cetk. Mavor
First publication October 10, 1915.
Last publication November g. 1945
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HIeHLIGHTS OF THE NEW
ENLISTMENT PROGRAM

1. Enlistmcnts for IA, 2 or 3
years. (1-year enlistments permitted
for men with months service.)
2. Men reenlisting retain their
present grades, if they reenlist with
in 20 days after discharge and before
Feb. /, 1916. The same applies to
men discharged between May ~ and
Nov. l, 1915, who reenlist before
Nov. II, 1915.
3. An increase in the reenlistment
bonus to $50 for each year OF active
service since the bonus was last paid,
or since last entry into service.
4. 20% extra pay when overseas.
S. Paid furlough, up to 90 days,
depending on length of service, with
furlough travel paid to home and
return, for men now in the Army
who enlist.
6. Mustering-out pay Chased
upon length Of service) to all men
who are discharged to reenlist.
7. Option to retire at half pay for
the rest of your life after 20 years
soiViSe VI tnree-quarterS pay after
80 years. (Retirement income in
grade Of Master or First Sergeant up
to $lS5.25 per month for life.) All
previous active federal military SER
vice counts toward retirement.
8. Benefits of CT Bill of Rights.
9. Family allowances for the
term Of enlistment for dependents of
men who enlist or reenlist before
July 1, 1916.
10. Choice of branch of service and
overseas theater in Air, Ground or
Service Forces on 3-year enlistments.
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shocking words that the day Of
peace on earth. good will to
men" IL still far away on the
dim calendar Of time.
We can cooperate With other
nations to bring that day nearer.
But We cannot rely on men of
other races to stand for Chris
tisn principles against the inter-
ests Of their own race Of people
and the ssachings Of their ances-
toes. This ID still . world whore
The strong survive and the weak
perish. -Intsrnational Tsamstsr.
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Motorists Urged
To Get Cars In
Shape For Winter
Continued from page one)

Motorists themselves. he said,
can help reduce accidents by
keeping their cars urder control
at all times and exerci,i g par
ticular care when pavem n.s are
! slippery with ice or we're d
with snow. Use of nti.skid
chains in slippery weather, he
said, perm ts motorist to step
his car in half the distance that
would otherwise be required,
and good defrosters and ligh' s
provide Visibility. The m a n
causes of winter accidents, re-
search h,ws, are the added hsz-
ards of skiddin9 and impaired
visibility.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-11-09
RoiI Quiz
D o . Q o o o q q O

When did the william
Crooks" locomotive make its first
run and where is il now?
The pioneer locomotive, which is
No. ! on Great Northern Railways
roster Of motive power, went into
service on the st. Paul & Pacific
Railroad in 1852. It pulled the first
train operated in Minnesota-between
st. Paul and st. Anthony (now Min
neapoliO. With its early-day passen-
ger cars, the locomotive now is housed
p Great Northern shop buildings in
st. Paul.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-11-09
SHERlfF'S SALE

In the District Court of the
Ninth Judicial District of the
State of Montana. in and for
County of Glacier.
The First National Bank of
Browning, a corporation, plain
tiff,
versus
Robert Uhlig. also known as
Robert M. Uhlig. and Vivian Uh-
lig, his wife, defendants.
To be sold at Sheriff's Sale at
the front door of the Court House
at the City of Cut Bank, Glacier
County, Montana, on Monday,
the 3rd day of December, A. D.,
l945 at 2 o'clock P. M. of said
day, all the right, title and inter-
est of the above named defend
ants in and to the following real
property. to-wit:
That tract or parcel of land ly-
ing and being in the County of
Glacier and State of Montana,
described as follows:
Beginning at a CONT 1856 feet
north of the southeast corner Of
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the SW4SW4 of Section two (2)
of Township thirty.two 1927
North, Rsnge eleven (l1) West
thence north 1926 feet. thence
west 134.03 feet. thence south
1926 feet, thence east 1874 03 feet
to the point of beginning, con-
tanning one acre more or less.
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NOV. q, 1916
AN IMPORTANT DATE FOR
THOUSANDS OF ARMY VETERANS
NOW IN CIVILIAN LIFE

between now and November 81,
thousands of Army veterans will
reenlist in Uncle Sans new volun-
teer peacetime Army. Because -
men who have been discharged be-
tween May IL and November / of
this year and reenlist on or before
November 81 will be able to return
to the Army with the same grade as
they held when discharged.
Men with six months of satisfac-
tory service discharged as privates
will, on reenlistment before Novem-
Der 81, be given the grade of private
first class.
Men now in the Army who apply
for discharge after NOVEMBER /
for the purpose of reenlisting in the
Regular Army will also retain their
present grades, if they enlist within
20 days after discharge and before
FEBRUARY 1, 1916.
BEST JOB IN THE WORLD"
These special privileges are typical
of the new law recently passed by
Congress. Few opportunities for q
lifetime career offer as many attrac-
tive advantages.
Can you think of any other job
that would give you good pay, your
food, clothing, quarters, free med
ical and dental care, worldwide
travel, 80 days furlough every year,
education and training in any of
nearly 200 skil1s or trades, and
enable you TO retire Nth a life tn
come any time after 20years' service?
There isn't any! That's why a.
job in the Regular Army has been
called "The Best Job in the World"
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PAY PER MONTH
ENLISTED MEN

u A1difiea 70 Fssd, lsdsias,
cisthss ~ Msdisal esfs
(a)-Plus 20S Increase for
Service OvSsseas. (b)-Plus
500 II Member of Flying
Crews, Paraehutist, etc. (c)
Plus 81 Increase in Pay for
Each 3 Years of Service.
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DISAPPOINTING CHRISTIANS

hdSd"ds tue 1dtuUuS JapduSSc
Christian. 1t speculates that he
may have been put to death by
Jap Shintoists. 1t asks plain
lively" Where is X ag W q
now"
The editors Of the magazine
have not been reading the news
papers or they would KIN o W
where Kagawa is. He was in
teryiewed by American CORES.
pondents several weeks ago and
he was in good health.
But he was in low spirits. He
was sad because Japan had lost
the war. He told the cores
pondents that he wanted a vic.
tory of Jap Shintoism over Am
erican Christianity and that he,
like all the other Japs. was q 10y.
al subject of the emperor when
the chips were down.
His remarks amazed the cor
respondents as they did t b Q
Christians in the United States
who had converted" Kagawa
and had looked to him as the
great spiritual leader in the ORR
ent.
The reaction of Kagawa's re.
nunciation of his faith was SIM
liar to that of Pastor Niemoller.
the celebrated German A nti-
Nazi. Niemoller was put in a
concentration camp because he
resisted Hitler. But when Chris
tlanity was fighting for survival
Niemoller volunteered to fight
again for Germany as he had
done in the first World War.
what else could a German
do?" Nienoller demanded.
And what else could a Jap do?
demanded Kagawa.
American Christians b q d
looked Niemoller, as they had to
Kagawa, to mobolize the spirit
ual forces of their nations in q
crusade for righteousness.
They were dismayed and dis
illusioned by the reactions of
both men. Kagawa, like Me
moller, had been imprisoned for
his religious views. But when
the showdown came. K a g Jaw .
supported the lust-crszed war
leaders tnat had thrown him
in prison, just as Niemoller did.
1t is significant that neither of
these two men spoke under du-
ress. Both had been liberated
and their nations were under
control of American troops. They
were safe from persecution and
reprisal.
Americans can avoid similar
shocks in the future if they re-
member the simple. elementary
fact that blood is thicker than
water. Niemoller was a Ger
man before he was a Christian.
Kagawa was a Jap before he
was Christian.
Both chose their race. rather
than their religion, even though
victory for their races won d
have extinguished the light of
religion throughout the world.
Kagawa wanted his country
men to win, in spite of the fact
that it meant the slaughter of
his co-religionists. Niemoller
wanted the same thing, even to
the extent of killing them him.
self.
This is a sad sequel to the high |
hopes of the Christians who
have spent millions Of dollars to
send devoted missionaries intoI
the dangers of foreign lands.
They preached the brother
hood of man in the serene con.
viction that it would mean the
end of conflict between races
and the acceptance Of principles
that would bring justice and tol-
erance to the world.
Kagawa and Niemoller have
shown convincingly By their
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Dated at Cut Bank. Montans.
this 3rd day of November.> 1916.
A. E. Armstrong, Sheriff of
Glacier County. Montana.
BY Hugh G. Ewing, Under
Sheriff.
First publication Nov. 9. 1916.
Last publication Nov. 80, 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-16
STATE SHINT0ISM
T0BE ABOLISHED

TOKYO, Sunday, Dec. 1e-R-
General Macarthur today ordered
State Shintoism abolished in ia.
pan to destroy the compulsory
religious theology which his staff
asserted led the nation into war
and defeat.
With the expressed aim of free.
ing people from direct or indi.
rect compulsion'' to believe in
.manufactured' religion, the AL.
lied directive laid down a program
OF broad revision, calming for:
l. Withdrawal of all government
control and support of state shinto
the way of the GODS
2. Purging of militaristic and
ultra-nationalistic theology from
doctrine OF the cult which breaches
ancestor worship and defies the
Emperor.
3. Removal of shinto teachings
from schools.
Allied officers emphasized that
today's action, carrying out the
policy announced recently by the
U. S. State Department, involves
state shintoism but does not af-
feet the Sec of shinto which, in
l941, had an estimated 1900, 900
adherents. Nor is it an attempt,
they said, to d ctate religious be-
llefs of any kind to the Japanese.
However, the entire population
of 100000 is considered mem
bers of state shinto, including 49,
100000 Buddhists and $4,000
Christians.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-16
Admiral King Turns
Over Job To Nin,itz

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-W.1
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King,
who led the Navy from the
disaster of Pearl Harbor to
ultimate victory, turned over
his duties as Chief of Naval
Operations today to Fleet Adm.
Chester w. Nimitz.
The snowy-haired Nimitz,
who was Kings Pacific COM
mander during the war;. took
the oath of office in a brief but
moving ceremony attended by
high ranking colleagues and
Secretary of Navy James For
restal.
Rear Adm. Oswald s. Col
clough, Judge Advocate Gen
eral, administered the oath in
which Nimitz swore to guard
the Constitution against all
enemies"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-16
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as Executor of the
Estate of Ada Lillian Watson, late of
New Hanover County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the Estate of said deceas-
ed to exhibit them to the undersigned at
Post Office Box 779, Carolina Beach.
North Carolina, on or before the 26th
day of November, 1916, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recov-
cry. All persons indebted to said Estate
will please make immediate payment.
This 23rd day Of November, A. D.,
1e45.
o. E. DUNN.
Executor of ADA LILLIAN WATSON