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Interpreting
The War
asl BY kIRKE L. SIMPSON

Invasion filters sweeninr ,'"
nome islands may be Ii. Japan
m urs There is much to u, d. PIE 4
me the other side of the world b aY On
full power can be concar oelo'e
against the japanese end |4 At. !,
eals a It; Nazi-Nipponese " s ne
but that does not necessary; Se AVS
clude early Allied steps to s.l Pre-
foo OF, on continental ASH s'1's
That is exactly what ''; To,..
Tears 1t explains japanese V S;'
carding of the protection@ us U.s.
used in ls4l to cover seiz,, ln'a i,
french lndo-China. On Tokyo W. .
ders, japanese troops are w nv. W.
ing to disarm or DESTROY 'v w
French and native forces 7. ~
for defense against expected AN,,a
American incursions from acra,, NV
the South China Sea into Frers'
iiloo-ohiaa that could cut off n.
whole southern end Of the co,ls.:
sing japanese greater East a.i'
co-prosperity sphere by land '.'
well as sea. i"
1t remains to be seen whetb.,
that is the purpose that undergs,
creation of the powerful Br4,s
Pacific Fleet, American occnn,
ton of Palawan Islands in the ws,.
central Philippines, just over AN
miles from the eaestern bulge NJ
1ndo-China and seizure of the Zam.
boanga peninsula of Mindar.,
dominating the Sulu Sea gatew,'
to the South China Sea from n.
Pacific. Disclosure from Bomb,r
that a French military missio,
has been in consultation with A.
lied authorities for months and
now is attached to Lord Lop,
Mountbatten's Southeast Asia Com.
mand will do nothing to ease Mn.
ponese apprehensions.
American Naval Task Forces ra
Gently have operated close of
the Indo-China coast. America
air power has been steadily blast.
ing at Japanese shipping in Indo.
China and at the narrow gauge
railroad that hugs the coast line
all the way from Hanoi to Saigon
connecting central and eastern
China and Burma and the MALAY
peninsula.
Announcement that a French
military mission is attached 10
the Allied Southeast Asia Com,
mand carries a suggestion that at
some moment a combined squeeze
might develop from east and west
to split off japanese garrisons in
Malaga and the Dutch Indies for
humiliation, with establishment
of air and sea bases in French
Indo-China as a necessary pre-.
lininary. Once air and sea control
Of the Gulf of Thailand were secur.
ed. simultaneous blows from The
Bay of Bengal and the South China
Sea to gain positions on the long,
narrow upper end of the Malay
peninsula would seem possible.
That would isolate Singapore.
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Daily Prayer
FOR SIMPLE FAITH

To all creation Thou art SOW.
erign God; but to US Thou art Faith
err; so we come to Thee in chlldLke
confidence, sure Of Thy love, my
wisdom and Thy power. We DO not
understand all Thy ways with U.s.
but we know they are Father ways
We are but children; Thou art our
Father. Now as we undergo sore
trials and testings we pray lnd'
Thou wilt increase our faith IN lhee
Give US, we reverently plead, utter
childlike confidence in Thee ana IN
Thy purposes for US. BeWlldelt ~
by war, burdened by grief, a:
frighted by perils to our dear 0 GlS''
and to the world, we cling 10 my
Fatherly care; for Thou careS' los
US. May our trustful de2ehoenvss
upon Thee impart courage anu
patience and peace to our hea a.,
Forgive US that we have 50 0l' S1
been disobedient children; ela
make us worthier OF our Dl'i"'
inheritance. Amen.-W.TE.
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The Literary Guidepost

The bulk of his book "I'. ri
after a trip with Eric Johnston r. a. ~
interpreters, is composed o.
ings like these: ,,45,
Russia is run by "comblna.'''
city manager-Little Ceasaf w. ~ 81
The country is like a peallea i. !.
The army is as bedrassIed e. a. -.r.
Mexican army. There are le" i r. ,
ed highways. Stalingrad IS On, ,5o,,
little place compared 10 Nv Lo''1 No.
The factories are dirty. Inc :, ~ IA.
skva hotel is like a barn. "d'"
sin drains don't drais- ,.,.r,si;
To continue: Red dlp ~. ri;
don't smile; they wear Oaa5 -s,.
suits of shoddy material me so Vi
resentative of the commlSi;stjs!
which was official host refi , Nh
him of a pail of cold lara I..;.r;
women have bad conlpleAtt.i- Win
The actresses have gold OF ''
IeSS-Steel teeth. AK,
Does he find nothing 10 at .;rs;
his enthusiasm? Yes He aa.l' n,
very much some old palaces u n.
cars, various architecture .tt
lures in pre-Soviet villages N
the Bolshoi ballet. when a. ~.
explains is a hold-over from
revolutionary days.
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Your War; With Ernie Pyle
IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS.

IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS.
-Delayed)-One thing that might
help you visualize what life is like
out here, is to realize that even
little island is lots bigger than
you think.
There are many, many thousands
of Americans scattered in camps
and at airfields and in training
centers and harbors over the three
islands which we occupy.
Rarely does a man know many
people outside his own spe-
cial unit. Even though the islands
are small by our standards,
they're big enough that the indi-
vidual doesn't encompass them
by any means. It would be as i'm
possible for one man to see or
know everybody on one of these
islands as it would to know every
body in Indianapolis.
You could live and work in
your section, and never visit an
other section for weeks or months
at time. And that's exactly
what does happen.
For one things transportation
is short. We are still building
furiously here, such fast and fan
tastic building as you never
dreamed of. Everything that
runs is being used, and there's
little left over lust to run around
in for fun.
And anyhow, there's no place to
go. What towns there were have
been destroyed. There is nothing
even resembling a town or city
on these islands now. The natives
have been set up in improvised
camps, but they offer no "city
life" attractions.
AS we drove around one of the
islands on my first day here, we
went through one of the Marianas
towns that mad been destroyed by
bombing and Smelling. 1t had
been a good-sized place, quite
modern too in a tropical way. 1t
had a city plaza and municipal
buildings and paved streets, and
many of the buildings we're of
stone or mortar.
In destruction, it looked exact
ly as destroyed cities all over
Europe look. The same jagged
halls sanding walls. the stacks
of rubble, the empty houses you
could see through, the roofless
homes, the deep craters in the
gardens.
There was just one difference.
Out here tropical vegetation is
lush. And Nature thrusts up her
greenery SO swiftly through rub
BILE and destruction that the ruins
are festooned with vines and
green leaves, and it gives them
a look of being very old and time
worn ruins, instead of fresh mod
ern ones, which they are.
An American soldier in Europe.
even though the towns may be
"off limits to him Or DESTROYED
completely, still has sense of
being near a civilization that is
like his own.
But out here there is nothing
like that. You are on an island, |
the natives are strange people. |
there's no city and no place to 90.
If you had three-day pass you'd
probably spend it lying on your
cot. Eventually, boredom and the
island complex" starts to take
1old.
For that reason the diversions
supplied by the Army are even
more important out here than in
Europe: Before 1 left America
heard that one island out here
lad more than 200 outdoor movies
IN it. l thought whoever told
hat must be crazy, for in Europe
ne average soldier didn't get a
nance to see movie very often
!. But the guy wasn't crazy. These
hree Marianas islands have a
otHl OF 233 outdoor movies on
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Yanks Capture Robot
Bomb Launching Site

WITH THE FOURTH ARMOR-
ED DIVISION, Germany, March
14.-R-Troops Of the Fourth Ar
mored Division today captured a
VI launching site near Buchel
and learned from the irate resi-
dents that the range of some of
early vengeance" robombs was
no farther than their own roof.
trops.
Buildings and trees in the vi
c1nlty showed damage from some
VI bombs which plunged to earth
after going only mile and a half.
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THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR WILMINGTON, n Z.

the needs of a reborn world and his. judg-
ment Of men would be invaluable.
Not only Americans but citizens Of all ma
tons to be represented at this vital gathering
hope that recent progress in his convalescense
will continue and that he may take on the
task of attendance without imperilng his re-
turning health.
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DEAN OF ENGINEERING

. ATLANTA, March l4'-R-hp
point.nent of Cherry Logan hfl IA
son, vice president of Robert d., DIV
Co., Atlanta engineers, to be g.sa
Of engineering at Georgia Ie e:a
was approved today by the ,,' '>
of regents of the Georgia Onl'''
sity system.
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WITH THE AEF:
Ambulances, Footballs

Sorry, no footballs are kicking
around here" was the story he got
at each place.
Braunstein recalled that before
the war a sporting goods firm in
London had exported footballs to
his fathers firm.
So he hitch-hiked across the chan
mel in an Raj plane, only to find
the company tied up with Army
orders. But finally the American
Special Services in London said
they could take care of him.
The other day Braunstein return
ed to Tassigny' S headquarters with
10S footballs, "a pair Of football
shoes and II football pumps.
The ten ambulances will be turn
ing up any day now.
"
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CONSULTANT

WASHINGTON, March Ia ~,
Mason P. Thomas ollveL NV w,
N. c.. has been appointed SY5
sultant to the cotton yarn D III
of the War Production BoaEa .,s, !,
was announced today. He IS ptss
ident of the Hadley-Peoples Man ss3,.
ufocturing Co., cotton yarn 'F'
ners of Silver City.
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Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star and the News
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many of his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
Of making people think.)
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUOdl Oh AOOAA
The future toward which we are marching
across bloody fields and frightful manifesto
tions Of destruction, must be based upon
broad and simple virtues, and upon the
nobility of mankind. -,
Winston Churchill.
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The inner or sensory wall of the
eyeball is the retina.
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Copyright, 1s45, by King Features syndicat.
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Mrs. Pyle Frustrated,
Under Care of Doctor

ALBUQUERQUE. N Mex. April l8
(Pl.-Albuquerque and the State of
New Mexico were stunned today by
the news that Ernie Pyle had been
killed.
Word of Ills death was carried to
Mrs. Pyle, That Girl of his COL
umnS. by Dr. w. r. Lovelace and
Mrs Elizabeth Shaffer, widow OF the
late E. S. Shaffer, Albuquerque
Tribune editor and lifelong friend
of Mr.. Pyle. The physician re-
ported that Mrs. Pyle was pros
trated with grief and under his care.
She received the sad news at the
little white house, where she had
awaited his return from the war.
Only recently the New Mexico
Legislature formally declared August
3, the columnist's birthday ami
versary, as Ernie Pyle Day Pre-
viously while he was resting here
before going to the Pacific, the Uni
versity of New Mexico had conferred
an honorary degree on Mr.. Pyle.
Ernie Pyle was Albuquerque
adopted son, and all of us sorely
grieve his passing, said former Gov.
Clyde Tingley. Mayor of Albuquer-
que. ''All of us extend our deepest
sympathy to Mrs. Pyle and with
Ernies legion of friends bow our
heads in sorrow in the passing of a
great journalist, who gave his life
for his country"
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Mrs. Covington Bows
In u. 5. Golf Upset
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PINEHURST, N. c., April 18.-A
South Carolina star who had beer
regarded as having a good chance
this year to win the North South
women's championship was out Of
the running today.
A pre-tourney favorite. Mrs. Jane
Crum Covington of Orangeburg
S. c.. fell in the first round before
Mrs. William Hockenjos, jr., of Lake
Heptacog, N. j., who won l up.
Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page. Chape
Hill, N. c., housewife who is seeking
her seventh North South title
breezed through with a 5-to-4 wiz
over Patricia Harrington of Steuben.
vile, Ohio.
The medalist. Louise Suggs O.
Lithia Springs, Ga, disposed of Mrs
Thomas r. Rudel of Roslyn, Lone
Island, 2 and l.
The second round today sent Miss
Suggs against Jeanne Cline OF
Bloomington, H., who defeated Mrs
Charles r. Harbaugh of Cleveland
4 and 2, in the first round.
Mrs. Page faced Mrs. Margt
Becker of Englewood, N j., wht
came through yesterday with 10TH
hole win over Betty Lee Boren o.
DAYTON, Ohio.
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Cafe Headwaiter Denies
Girl, II, Was Served Beer

The Alcoholic Beverage Contro
Board today heard testimony Of
three employees of the Casino Roya
Restaurant, 300 block of Fourteenth
street NV, that a l7-year- Ar
lington girl had not been served any
alcoholic beverage last December
27. as she charged.
According to Bell Eng, headwaitel
at the restaurant on the night the
girl is alleged to have been served
beer, he did not see the girl or her
48-year old escort. He said he saw
her only the next day when she was
brought into the restaurant by Po-
liceWoman Eleanor Amos.
The girl was found by Sergt. A. S
Douglas of the first precinct in a
stupor' in the woman's lounge OF
the Greyhound Bus Terminal about
l am. of December 28 In previous
testimony the girl said that she also
was served beer in restaurant In
the 3l00 block of M street NV be-
fore going to the Casino Royal.
Raymond Soho, manager of the
Casino Royal, said that he had given
explicit directions to his walters not
to serve any minors and if there
was any question as to the age to
notify the headWaiter.
The case was continued.
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Racing Fans Hopeful
As Turf Ban Sticks

Racing fans and track officials to-
day still had hopes the sport would
be resumed this spring despite
President Trumans statement yes
terday that the ban would not be
lifted Immediately Horsemen, con-
fdent of a turn for the better, pre-
dicted such stakes as the Kentucky
Derby, Preakness and Belmont
would be held in their usual order
although moved back on the
calendar.
At his first press conference since
succeeding Franklin D. Roosevelt,
the President said he thought the
racing ban, imposed by former War
Mobilizer James F.. ByrneS early in
January, and the curfeW had done
a lot for the moral well-being of the
country. He emphasized that he
did not intend to revoke either.
Horsemen generally felt it was
unfortunate that the matter had to
be brought up at a time when the
new Chief Executive is burdened
with war and International diplo-
Evening star., 1945-04-18
By the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, April ls.-
Baseball lives again in the Philip
pines. Even as bombs are bursting
anad bullets whining as different
kind of Yankee team is winning the
biggest World Series of all, the
crack of willow against horsehide
again is being heard in the heart
of Manila.
AP War Correspondent Russell
Brines, who became a war internee
in Manila early in 1912 and who is
back on the job after repatriation,
reports:
American soldiers have brought
baseball back to the ruins of Rizal
Stadium. Garrison troops are play
ing regular games before thousands
of fans in what once was Manila S
most elaborate sports establishment
There are no uniforms. no hot dogs,
but the playing is enthusiastic. 1t
crowds the shell-ripped stands regu-
larly with soldiers, sailors and Fill
pino citizens.
"Rizal Stadium was a japanese
entrenchment during the bitter fight
for Manila and the marks of war
still are on it. Mortar holes yawn
between the feet of spectators. sit
ting on concrete tiers, because
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Baseball Returns to Philippines
As Yunks PIuyin Battered Park

benches were stripped away. The
sun peeks through the roof of the
stands, perforated by machine-gun
bullets.
The dugouts are black from fame
throwers and Clipped by shells
Outfields are foreshortened by
crumbled walls and Japanese bunk
ers. The former turf diamond now
is dirt, carefully rolled by the
Doughboys.
Marks of big league players who
dedicated the stadium in 1888 still
are there. The low outfleld wall
bore the names and locations of
home runs hit by them during the
inaugural series. Only two remain
between shell holes.
"One sign notes that the late Lou
Gehrig hit the first and sixth
homers near the right-field foul
line. Earl Averill cleveland In
dians) knocked the third and fifth
into right center. The home run
records of Babe Ruth and Jimmy
FoXx philadelphia Athletics) and
others were erased by the war.
The mark of the japanese still is
there, too-the occasional stencil of
dead entombed deep within the
concrete stadium"
But baseball lives again in the
Philippines.
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Pyle
Continued From Page A-4)

Continued From Page A-4)
years, $4,000 week for the privilege
of broadcasting his columns.
Whats SlO00OO?" he asked He
was bothered by the fact that he
had TO wear a new hat when he
doffed his war correspondents uni
form and donned the one suit he
owned. He had lost his l0-year- -old
felt toppiece in London.
To his amazement he had made
S500,000 in the two years since the
landings in Africa.
He got S75 900 for the motion pic
ture rights to his first book Here
Is Your War" compiled from his
columns. The picture is to be re-
leased in July. Ernie could have
gotten more for it had it been
opened to bidding. But it went to
his friend Lester CoWan, in whom
he had confidence-confidence that
the hero of the picture Chimself
would not be a glamorous chap
acting like a hero over there.
Evening star., 1945-04-18

Look at the casualty list in this
paper-then decide how many War
Bonds you should buy!
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Nogurski to Again Try
His Wrestling Skill
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS. April lS.-Bronkc
Nagurski is returning to professional
wrestling here next Tuesday against
an opponent yet to be named.
The former University of Mime
sofa and Chicago Bear football
player, professional wrestler and
backfield coach at u C. L. A.. his
had his second preinduction phys
ical examination at Fort Smelling
He was rejected the first time be-
cause Of an old football injury.
The International Falls farmer is
a former claimant of the world
heavyweight wrestling title, both
LondoS and NBA versions.
Evening star., 1945-04-18
'Hondbou Champ CoyIe Among
|Record Entry in AAU Event

the 1919 inaugural, and Jack Srenco,
present national YMCA and ma
tional AAU junior champion.
Both brackets of 81 are expected
to be filled from an entry embrac-
ing 20 States The singles will con-
tinue from Saturday to April 26
with the doubles opening on April
"a and concluding on April %.
Coyle, already in Chicago, and
several other players expressed en-
thusiasm over the glass enclosed
court invented by Robert Kendler,
vice president of the Town Club, be-
lieving it will make the game a
real spectator sport. Normally about
SO persons can watch a four-wall
match, but more than 500 are ex-
pected to witness each of the ma
tional tournament sessions through
the glass enclosures.
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Weothermun Gives
SchooIboys Break

The weatherman gave high
school sports a green light today
after yesterdays rainout, with
Coolidge scheduled to visit Will
son and Anacostia to invade
Western in the interhigh base
ball games topping off the pro-
gram. The brace of tilts orig
inally were listed for yesterday.
A Roosevelt-Tech golf match
at Manor Country Club was
halted by the downpour as the
third four foursome reached the
10th green with the team score
locked at three-all. The match
will be replayed later in the sea-
son,
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Sports Mirror
~ The Associated Press

Today year ago-Gerard Cote
of Montreal won the Boston track
marathon for the second straight
year.
Three years ago-The United
States Cancelled its entry in the
pan-American athletic games be-
cause of wartime difficulties.
Five years ago-Kid Mccoy. 66,
noted boxer, committed suicide at
Detroit.
Ten years ago-Paul Dean Of
the Cardinals blanked the Cubs,
10. for his first victory of the
season.
Evening star., 1945-04-18
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, April l8.-There is a
record entry of the country's top
handball players in the AAU singles
and doubles championships play be-
ginning Saturday in the glass-en-
closed court of the Town Club.
Heading the list of entries is
Frank Lefty) Coyle of New York,
who in 1914 authored one of the
years biggest sports upsets by end
ing Seaman Joe Platak's eight-year
reign as singles titleholder.
Platak is expected to be here for
the tourney, coming from his naval
base at Norfolk, Va, while other
outstanding singles players to COM
pete include Sam Atcheson of Men,
phiS. twice national titieholder
Angelo Trulio of New York, another
former champ; Bill Ranft, winner of
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Neighbor Tells Father
OF Famed Sons Death

DANA, Ind, April 18 tFl.-Word
of the death of Ernie Pyle came to-
cay to his father William C. Pyle,
from neighbor who heard the news
on the radio.
The neighbor ran to the fathers
Evening star., 1945-04-18

home here to break the news to the
war correspondents father and his
aunt. Mrs. Mary c. Bales, the Aunt
Mary" of his writings.
This little town is Mr.. Pyle's
birthplace.
Evening star., 1945-04-18
Woman, so, in Pin Tourney
by the Associated Press.

I Fy lne ASSOCIHleu PTeSB.
PHILADELPHIA, April 18. - Mrs
Katherine Walker. so year ole
grandmother who has been com.
peting for 40 years in bowling tour.
naments. is one of the entrants ir
the Philadelphia Records seventh
annual bowling sweepstakes.
Evening star., 1945-04-18

matte problems. The smartest thing
to do now, they felt, is quit specu-
lating when the ban will be lifted
and let events take their course.
They felt that the President still
left the door open for reopening
tracks Immediately after We day.
Most tracks have complete pre-
liminary work toward resuming
racing and will be ready to go
almost overnight as soon as the
Government approves.
Evening star., 1945-10-04
Planning Committee
Recommends US. Sife
For United Nations
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 4.-The United
States should be the permanent seat
of the new international security
organization, the United Nations
Preparatory Executive Committee
recommended lSst night.
The announcement did not state
whether definite city or locale
had been selected.
Committee planners rejected a
suggestion that the United Nations
organization have its home in
Europe.
Only Great Britain, France and
the Netherlands opposed having the
headquarters in America. Russia
voted for the United States and
against Europe.
The recommendation first will be
offered to the Preparatory Com
mission itself, which is expected
to meet soon. If the commission
approves, the recommendation then
will be put before the entire as
sembly for final action.
Canada and America abstained
from the voting, which gave 9-to-3
margin for the United States site.
Those favoring the selection of the
United States were Australia, Brazil,
China, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Iran.
Mexico, Russia and Yugoslavia.
American sites mentioned fire.
quently as possible home for the
United Nations assembly include
San Francisco, Philadelphia and
Hyde Park.
Evening star., 1945-10-04
Choral Society Leader
Seeks Mole Sinaers

Louis A. Potter, conductor of the
Washington Choral Society, today
appealed for tenors, baritones and
basses to volunteer to supplement
the 200 voices which will sing Men
delssohn's Elijah" in Constitution
Hall, October 80, in the first of a
series of three oratorios.
Male singers were urged to attend
rehearsals Tuesday evenings in the
Central High School music room.