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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-13
Divide

Bulbs that have made leaves
but not flowers, or bulbs that
are chmping up, need TO be di-
Vided. This should not be at
tempted until the leaves have
turned completely brown and
dry. Ciumps that must be at
tended TO should be marked now
while it is possible TO see their
whereabouts, then lifted later,
divided and reset.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-13
lime TO Support
Peony Plants

THIS IS a good time 10 pop
supports over peony plants. The
tops are still not too high.
Lacking hoops, try using three
stakes and tying cord from one
10 the other to form a tri-
angular support.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-13
Need All These

To get down TO fundamentals
the plant needs greatest quantl-
ties of nitrogen, potash and
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-13

HANG ONTO those seeds or
Chinese cabbage. Don't plant
them until after the twentieth.
Sown much before this they
will practically always run TO
seed too quickly to be of much
lISp
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-13

3t7l biddle, Wysndof's
W. Vernot ~ Centre
Schae'er. ~ McNichols
Hsrpet. corner ealdwia
Cd River, rr. Ossnso
Michilsr. ~ S-haefer
JOS. Csmpsua 81 Iemsns
Woodward. a. 9-MiIe Rd.
Crstot. a. mile P5.
Mich hllan, corner 33rd
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Chinese CABBAGE

great.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
What's the Score?

The Seective Service Law states that
under normal conditions, veteran is entitled
to his old job or one of like seniority, status
and pay. That, says Selective Service, guar
antees him job. That says the Department
OF Labor, guarantees him seniority.
Meanwhile, as COL James S. Erwin, presi.
dent OF the Tri-State Industrial Association,
has briefly put it, 1.-The returned veteran, the
war worker and the employer all have their
lights Nobody now knows what they are. y
But at least the employer knows that,
whichever Interpretation of the law he chooses
he may be taken before the War Labor Board
for violating either the Selective Service Law
or union contract
It's about time the disputing agencies
found an umpire, let him settle the point ac-
cepted his decision, and made it stick
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
One Blessing of Peace

Ever since Pearl Harbor merchants gen.
orally have been sorely tried and their patrons
harassed by the studied Indifference of their
new clerks.
Gum-chewing girls who have spent more
time gossiping behind the counter than in
waiting on customers and often answering
civil questions impertinently. At men who
have been no improvement have given store.
keepers and the public many an unhappy hour
And because of the scarcity OF workers. no.
thing curative could be done about it, 1t had
to be borne because there was war on hand.
Now, with the exception OF Russia which
came in with US in the Orient at the last mo-
ment for obviously territorial purposes, and
were still fighting when this was written, the
war is over. It cannot reasonably be given as
an excuse by any worker for inattention or
discourtesy to the public.
War workers are soon to be seeking en-
ployment by the tens Of thousands, and we
may be sure that merchants, who have had
to put up with inefficient service by their EN-.
ployes because competent clerks were moi
available, will be in the market tor new
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
Open The Warehouses

With suspension of work on warships, the
total cost of which would have been $780,
OO0, 900 and the Army announcing plans to
cut war buying at saving of more than
SIS, 600, 000, 900, there ought soon to be an ap-
not in food alone but in general consumer
goods.
For example the War Department had con-
sidered it necessary, in connection with the
transfer of troops to the Pacific war zone, to
place orders with textile mills for $4,000. 600
shirts of the light khaki variety. This ma
terial will not be needed for the desinated
purpose, and it would seem reasonable to ex-
pect it ito be utilized for other apparel in
which there are great shortages in the civilian
market.
Doubtless there is as much cotton goods
as required for the War Departments shirt
order involved in other government contracts
which might now be suspended And it is
equally probable that the mass food buying
by ali branches of the armed services may
also be greatly reduced. The tremendous stor-
age of foodstuffs, for the forces, which has
tended SO long to leave grocery store shelves
scantily filled and butchers refrigerators
empty can, in all reason, be curtailed and
the surplus restored to retail sales channels.
The armed forces must be fed of course, and
well fed. But the day is not so far distant
when they can be dsbanded, except for &C.
cupation armies and the excessive boarding,
which has been greater than need be anyway,
will disappear.
The American people at home who have
put up with unnecessary food shortages to
satisfy the whims of few bureaucrats who
said that only by such sacrifices could the
populace be made war-conscious, still have
big job to do-a job no less important than
they have performed during the conflict-of
preparing themselves for the responsibilities
ot reconversion and peace. If they could have
out excessive ration value, it is probable they
would get on their new jobs in better spirits
and with greater determination than without
it.
1t is on such little things as this, as much
as the mighty decisions of government, that
sound peace depends. Let the bullying ware
houses of the armed forces be opened and
every and package of food, every side of
beef, not actually needed to sustain the Army,
the Navy and the Air Forces during this tran
sition period be put on -ounters and shelves,
and one of the great blessings of peace will
have been achieved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
The Literary Guidepost

have met both of them. He has
strength of character except when
he is tempted, which means in fact
that he has no strength at all. He
would like to be an architect and
he studies hard, and in his own
masculine domain he is possessed
of talent. But because of Elaine
he discards his ambition; to be
with Elaine proves more enticing
any day, or any night, than to be
with a book.
Though perhaps Lewis prose
does not often rise above the COM
monplace, his story is excellently
though out, from the moment we
meet the lonely youngster on the
Lunchroom stool to the time when
the lonely artist entra:ns for New
York. A sufficient master of his
craft to get away with the occa-
sional improbable incident, he
holds our interest with combina.
ton of li'elike characters and skill.
full plotting.
And even if. Elaine once in a
while does the things which every
man is supposed to hope his mother
and his sister wouldn't do, it all
turns out happily and very morally.
Love without benefit of clergy isn't
necessarily sinful, Lewis says.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
Probably Macarthur


Because the major burden of defeating
Japan was borne by the United States, it is
right that an American should be named
Supreme Commander to accept the surrender
and administer the affairs of Japan during
the occupation
Three men have been mentioned as eligible
for that post-General Macarthur, Admiral
Nimitz and General Marshall OF the three it
would appear that General Macarthur is the
logical choice.
He was governor general of the Philip
pines some time before the war and has been
in closest touch with the Japanese war ma
chine since the war started. He knows the
Japanese probably better than any American,
even Under Secretary Of State Grew.
Admiral Nimitz has not had equivalent
intimacy with the Japanese, as his contacts
have been naval and in the air, and these for
the most part have been at secondhand
through his task force air fleet commanders.
General Marshall, too. knows them by repu-
tation, not by close contact.
1t may be expected that the Big Four
will agree that Macarthur is the man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
BY w. G. ROGERS
The Uncertain Journey, by Oscar


Lewis (Knopf; $3.50.
Love matters more than learn
ing. This seems to be the lesson
you get from this novel, if it's a
lesson you think you need.
Bruce Priest is dill gent by long
habit, but not so much SO but what
at the swirl of a skirt he drops
his books and starts the chase.
He is serious boy, son of a
high school principal and wild
owed teacher. He is studying ar
chitecture but he is caught be.
tween two fires, a girl he remem-
bered having and girl he has
The new one is Elaine Barnes. She
is a person with principles, but
they are definitely not the most
reputable ones. She loves me, she
loves me not, she loves me. j..
that's the history, and a history
which repeats itself, of Bruce's at
titude
Though his mother wants him
to 60 on with his education, he
wants to 60 on with Elaine. ard
apparently he can't do both for ne
hasn't the money.
If Elaine is a somewhat uncom-
mon character in literature, so is
Bruce. though in real life you may
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
BERLINERS USING
TREES FOR ADS
By LOUIS LOCHNER

BERLIN Up -Berlin's tree
trunks have replaced advertising
space in the capitals newspapers.
All along the city's main thor
oughfares ancient trees are studded
with notices of every hue and de-
scription and also with every con-
ceivable exhibition of artistic tai
ent.
Curious crowds of Berliners read
these notices with care and often
pull out note books to jot down ad'
dresses. When an American report.
err takes time to read the notices,
it is a signal for dozens of pedes-
trians to gather around with re-
newed interest-apparently on the
assumption that if foreigner
bothers to look at them they must
be of particular Importance.
The central theme of most Of
the notices is food, with shoes run.
ming a close second and clothing
third.
This is how 1t works:
Hans Krause of ,Giesebreoht-
strasse No, 20 announces he is
ready to trade radio tubes for food
or tobacco. Gretchen Schmidt Of
fers elegant patent leather pumps
in exchange for betty walking
shoes" Arthur Rosen desires to
barter IS grams of coffee for a
size a. undershirt and shoes.
Countless tree-advertisements Of
fer expensive high heel footwear
in exchange for sturdy walking
shoes. That is because society life
| in Berlin is at a standstill and
even the wealthiest persons must
walk for hours to get anywhere.
Walking shoes have become COW
eted articles.
Cameras are a favorite medium
of exchange in the barter market.
However, one versatile operator Of
fers to give lessons in dancing, for
eign languages, mathematics,
bookkeeping and THE Democratic
Philosophy of Life" in exchange
for food.
Showing the diversity of the ad-
vertfsements, however, the follow
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
Atoms and Men

They are saying now that the power of the
longer dare to wage war. That would be COM
..;,. ~ believe But they were saying tae
same thing about the bomber aiipi"'e
se,,en wears ago. They PROBABLY "iaue 'A
.,noe prediction when gunpoWoer was 40
used in battle. how.
Tho fact remains that no weapon now
or +errihle has ever curbed waf-iaahiNe'
And some of the best human mlnos oo"'.
thro,oh the centuries have devoted much VI
4heir talent and energy to creating more cav
or.4e and efficient methods of bringing quick
and WIDESPREAD death to their brothers'
Now the scientists OF America IN d ia"
tastc race with the scientists OF laeii civ
mics have perfected the most horrlylhs
accent of death the world has ever known Al
doino so thew have probed another secret OIL
tho universe. They have taken the motlvatlng
energy of life upon this planet ano' "l'iioo'
heing able to explain it, have harnessed ana
used it.
The EXPLOSION of the first atomic bomp was
; no more SCATTERING than the announcement
cf its existence. lie ciAPAoJAAA~N-'
: erergy. surely one of the great sclen'il'e
achievements of ali time, promises 1ncalcul'
able changes in history and human lie. 1e'
is man ready to be trusted with the 1rul1 Oh
his own scientific wisdom?
His record to date is not GOOD 100 often
the great scientific leader has been 1olo"eo
nv stupid men and vicious men VINO nave
cheapened and perverted the gift OF his dls'
coveries. It might be better if men would de-
vote their energies for few years to raising
their moral and ethical stature to the point
where they could employ their present scleh'
tif1o advancement decently and wisely, ra1he1
than devising more sources OF power which,
ir the wrong hands, are sources OF cataclys'
mic murder.
It NAV be right, by the rules OF war, 1o1
us to visit this cataclysmic death upon crue
and guilty enemy who has been offered way
out of a hopeless war and has refused le
take If But what is to be done with this new
weapon in the future?
At present the weapon is a secret known
only to few persons in this country ane
Britain 1t is a product OF two nations whlcf
genuinely love and want peace-a TACT 1ol
which the world may well thank God.
might be we'll if they kept that secret ane
guarded it with desperate vigilance until TIT
rest of the world has shown itself fit to share
it.
1t is more important that the United Ma
tions Organization prevent future war thar
that we run our ships and airplanes by atomic
energy instead of steam and gasoline 1t i!
Az r1I ocl
through sincere desire and friendly effort thar
through fear of another wars destruction. Fol
the effort, though never yet honestly made, i!
the worlds only hope And the fear has never
prevented war, and never will.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
U.S.. Filler SHOOTS
DOWN C0RSAlR AM Nm
SINKS IN own SHIP
BY RICHARD K. o,w.,

n U MAIJc~
ABOARD ADMIRAL McCAm,
FLAGSHIP OFF JApAN-,s N
OF those tragic but uravo;s. ,a'
mlshaps of war was recalled ~
pilots sat around the ready 49,.
shooting the breeze" ''0''
The narrator, tall, ,,,.r
haired 1lier, said he heard it Nv,
his radio as his squadron prowJsd
over an area regularly intsg.s
with japanese planes.
Suddenly he related o1 b.,
a pilot yell, ! got a bogev 'la
a DOGGY He sure was excited ~,
tickled. and
But a moment later I hs.,s
another voice, probably the ,si.
per of the squadron, tune in S'
Il heard him say, Joe, b,..
to tell you this, but that was ~,
DOGGY you shot down. That w., ~ y
corsair-one of our own groun ~
The sandy-haired pilot shook HI;
head. 1T was heartbreaking ~
hear the kid come back with "
Are you sure?" You could ,sN
his voice was breaking. The skim ,'
per replied, "Yes, Joe I'm SURE /"
For a long time there was ~
conversation on the air. The otbo,
boys in our group had heard !,
too.
Then the kid called the skioos,
I guess I'm in worse shape sh,r
l thought he said. My plane !,
hit pretty bad. Guess I'll us. nv
parachute But that kid never
jumped. He went down with hi,
plane. The men of his SQUADRON
saw him co.
The tall pilot lighted smoke
and sat quietly. Then he %ost
again.
1T was a corsair he hit all ,isb+
That was definite, because II.
man he shot down managed f.
land his plane. He came back
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
WILMINGTON MAN
DESCRIBES RAID

Wilmington srvice man, Staff
Sergeant, James G. Fennel OF
Route 8, was one of a group Of
Far East Air Force filters who par.
ticipated in devastating fire raic
on Kumomoto Friday, according
to delayed dispatch from Okin.
ava received here Saturday night
Describing the effects of the raid
Fennel, tailgunner in a BIS
BILLY MITCHELL bomber, said 81
never saw city take SO much
punishment.
Returning pilots said that a thick
haze seemed to cover Kumomote
and the island of Kyushu, extend.
ing at least 100 miles to sea in ev
cry direction, apparently from the
atomic blasting Of Nagasaki the
day before.
1t Wilfred Hageman, of St.
Paul, MINI. observed bits of debris
floating at least sixty miles from
the Kyushu coast line. That
atomic bomb must have blown
Nabaski out to sea-, he asserted
The filters dumped nearly $50 tons
of fire bombs in the raid on Ku-
momoto leaving "smoke and fire
all over the place." they reported.
Smashed were buildings and install
lations of Japan's Sixth Army
headquarters.
At least six Japanese ships, in
Guiding destroyer escort, were
sunk off Kyushu by the raiders. A
destroyer escort and a number of
freighters were damaged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
THEY HELD THE RIDGE
BY RUSSELL BRINFS

WITH THE U. S. SIXTH d.
VISION, Luzon, Philippines. -
The main japanese counter.attact
on SCARED Ifugao ridge came in
the chill, uncertain blackness BE-
fore dawn. 1t began with the flash
of grenades, tossed from the steep
underslope. Then yelling men
charged over the crest, behind
curtain of small arms fire
All night the platoon of Amer.
cans of the Goth infantry regiment
and two companies of Filipiuos
had waited on top OF this grave.
yard.
Ifugao ridge was a bald vesk
in the jumbled green beauty Of tie
Caraballo mountains westward Of
Kiangan, where American and I'll.
ipino forces were battling toward
the reported mountain refuge Of
1t. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashs.
For two weeks air power and ar.
tillery had pounded the ridge with
everything from eight inch shells
to fire bombs.
But somehow some OF the Japs.
nese garrison had lived through
this intense preparatory bombard-
ment. The infantrymen had to
fight their way up the sheer sides
Of the slope. Now, on top, they
had repealed one daylight counter
thrust-and out of the night came
another.
Three Americans, say Officers,
dominated that two hour battle
across the SCARED ground where
once thick forest had grown.
One of them was Staff SGT
James L. Archer Jr., OF Cherokee,
Iowa, a husky farmer turned
rough and tough fighting man
Archer, before this event, ALREADY
was legendary; the type OF man
who shifts oct action and courts
| it. He has been wounded tAlee
times, but no one can keep MIN
from volunteering for new d"
signment that promises eScie
ment. On Biak island, recovering
from his third wound. he dlssp
peared from the hospital, he "e'
found later with forward pa'IG'
Another was Pfc. Albert l.,
Barnes of Beloit, Iowa, always
devil in the field and at leas' a.
imp when it came to obeyihs IL"
base regulations. ,;,,,
Sgt. John Fam OF hn i, '.n.d
Tenn, the third, was wen llA ,.
with his comrades ,or the lmpe,.
BUSINESS that courage often w
individually, but with the s .,a'
motivation, they stood up n' NJ
their foxholes amid the nols w., ,
battle and raced across the i fla.'
to rally wavering Filipino ll ,,t,,
They turned on the japanese S +sst
cracking automatic weapons rsr
bit deeply into enemy ranks, o t5,i
we're everywhere, encout ' s.-a
with salty realism, flshtl"s w.
angry assurance ,,,;,h y
And the ridge was held. -,!,1o, 4
Japanese dead, eight fln !sys,
killed. "a Filipinos a n u
Americans wounded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13

ing notices were plastered on one
tree: a Dresden china fruit bowl
for a summer dress; an electric
pillow for IL feet of silk cloth !;
gasoline for food; a half pound OF
Indian tea for five pounds of SUI
gar; a brief case for brown ~
black shoes; a zinc bathtub for
food; bust developers for food; and
Persian rug for tobacco
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
WITH THE AEF
German Soldiers Who Lost War At Home
Are Now Cleaning Up After 1t For USA
BY HELEN CAMP
Substituting For Kenneth
l.. DixOn)

LONDON,-lR-The same Ger.
man soldiers VINO lost the war in
Germany and France now are
cleaning up after it in England,
and, at the same slime, are knock
ing hundreds of dollars off the av.
erage American taxpayers bill
for the war against Japan.
In Army salvage depots in West.
ern England, where used fighting
equipment is reclaimed, repaired
and processed before being sent
to the Pacific, or back to the
States, great part of the labor
is done by German prisoners Of
war.
1t. Col. Roy c. Horne of Corpus
Christi, Texas, used 5000 prison
ers at his ordnance supply depot
at Aschurch-repairing vehicles
retreading tires salvaging parts
sorting scrap metal, all money
saving jobs.
1--WE don't have any trouble with
them," the Colonel said. They re
whipped, and they know it. So.le
of them even seem interested ir
the jobs they're doing"
In one small operation, he said
POW's working for 80 cents 8
day have saved the Allies $l7,OO(
since war ended in Germany.
This particular task, retaining
and repairing worn out electrical
wires and cables, already has re
suited in accumulation of more
than 1000 reels containing quar-
ter of a mile each Of cable. Tni:
badly needed material now is ready
for shipment to the Pacific. Say!
Maj Charles Gorsevnor, formerly
of Scranton, Pa.
Here as in other salvage depots
the Germans work in groups witt
onlv one or two CPS supervising
Their work is carefully inspected
They work quietly, seldom talking
even among themselves. They al
most never smile.
At Moneybourne Medical Sup
ply Depot which receives all equip
ment from dismantled hospitals
more than 100 of which have beel
broken down here in the last g.
DAYS. 1t. Col. James c. Pace o
Oklahoma City, Okla, said he use
1894 Germans, both regular POW
and PP's (protected personnel.
Flight Officer Claude G. Todd o
Huntington, Ind, is in charge o
the medical repair shop. He say
the Germans make good worker
and give little trouble. If the.
get out of line," he said, I'VE pu
them on bread and water for a few
days and when they get back the
are excellent.
Two prisoners working for Ii
H. G. Ferris, of Saginaw, Mich.
had six years of medical trainin
in Germany before entering tn
Army.
Now they are rust-proofing an
fungus-proofing instruments to b
sent to the Pacific, or helping Stat
Sgt. Louis M. Okreuhlik of Moul
ton, Texas, repair generators, an
labelling and sorting everything
from instruments and surgica
needles to X-ray machines.
lone of our biggest trouble
with prisoners was classification,
said 1t. Col. A. l.. Hatfield, has
engineering officer. WED ask TO
mechanics and we'd get just pris
oners of war Now, however, they'r
pretty well sorted, and in one re
cent group of $50 men sent me a
mechanics l found 200 skilled work
ers."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
QUOTATIONS

Every single tin can counts in the war effort
Step on it-and turn it in to Uncle Sann
jet-propelled plane called the Shooting
Star" travelled from Dayton to New York in a
little over an hour. Enough to make the COW
jump over the moon again.
The War Manpower Commission is expected
to extend gate hiring privileges-suggesting a
good slogan "Give 'em the gate job, not the
gate!'
The only objection to one brand Of uniform
rule in Germany Is that it keeps our boys
over there
Jap broadcast said Even in despair we
are laughing Meantime, our planes are roar
ing!
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DailyPrayef
rop prTuRNED SOLDIER. !,

FOR RETURNED eoLp ia sta
Our boys are coming no!I non srs.t
our hearts leap with Joy aliu ,rg.
tude. As thou hast kept tns nl,s o
on the battle fronts OF LAg T,o,, vi;
world, so we plead thai I' d.aresa
preserve them from me .1 aI' ID.
Of the home front. May .,aa .r
dierly discipline and i ena,t pow.
abide with them in prevailAn,Sr onpt
err. Lead them to become r hmm.
sharers of the best in t n. TEN,
land. Shield them from 'I o',r Lts
EQUIP them with zeal anu ~ nssc.
ency in building a world s VI 4 ss
For those who are v VIC ,sS tnss.
entreat Thy care; and a. ~ train d
who have followed in the Leach u e.
Thy sacrificed Son. We .as, int,
Thee for an abundant emu Am.n~
Thy heavenly Kingdom ~"
VIE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13

A fungicidal dust containing one
part OF fermate to : parts of pyro-
phyllte filler is being tested for
the control of tomato leaf and
fruit diseases in nine counties in
North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13

stats, and the incompetents will be looking
in the windows and wondering why.
The restoration of courteous service In
stores generally will be one of the minor but
heartening early blessings of peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-13
Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star AID 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., 1945-08-13

A tobacco barn may be converted
into sweet potato curing unit.
Ask your county agent for plans.