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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
ELEANOR STRESSES
CAUSE OF THE WAR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-tR-Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt projected
as new years thought today that
the Nation bark back to the war S
inception.
Telling her news conference that
she is beginning to get letters ask
ing why American boys are dying
for the sake of what shall happen
to various European countries, the
first lady said the country should
start 1915 by remembering that
we went into this war to defend
ourselves and to beat Germany
and Japan because if we hadn't
they would have beaten us.
I'VE forget modern history very
quickly she commented.
The first objective of 1945, Mrs.
Roosevelt said, should be to 10
in this country whatever is neces-
sary to win the war and to realize
the war is being fought against
Germany and Japan"
Afterwards, the Presidents wife
continued, we should be concern
ed with two principle problems,
First. she said, there must be
set up machinery (which shall be
truly lnternationaP' where prob
lens can be discussed and settled
winch now are clouding the war
issues"
Inc second major postwar prob,
lem Mrs. Roosevelt said, is that
of full employment.
Commenting on the Christmas
week invalidation of some food
ration stamps, Mrs. Roosevelt
SAID she did not believe anyone
should feel badly treated-that in
comparison with other countries
we are having plenty to eat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
SPECIAL PRINTING
INVESTIGATOR FOR
STATE TO BE ASKED

RALEIGH, Jan. 2-UP)-A
commission on printing named by
Gov. j. M. Broughton on authori-
cation of the 1913 General Assem-.
bly, has submitted a report which
will recommend that the 1915 Gen.
eral Assembly, holding it's first
session here tomorrow, appoint a
special printing investigator.
The commission pointed out that
printing and mailing of publica-
lions OF various State departments
and agencies cost the state ap-
proximately S750,oo0 yearly and
suggested that the printing inves-
tlgator spend six months studying
the publications making recon-
nendations from time to time to
the Budget Bureau and the Ad-
vlsory Budget Commission in the
interests OF economy.
The group also suggested purg-
ing of mailin;; lists upon which
they said they found names of
senators and representative re-
peated as many as four or five
.lmes and names of people dead
for Is years.
other recommendations includ-
ed: departmental minimizing of
checks to see if mailing
costs were at minimum, and
use OF less expensive paper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
WITH THE AEF
The "Civilian CT Gets Mad

sick call for four days. Don't ask
ne why
They always said the Yank was
good soldier-dogged, determin-
ed, quietly courageous. But they
always added that ne didn't get
mad and he4didn't attack with the
Germans inspired ruthlessness.
Today they don't add that any
more around here.
They always insisted he lacked
the military efficiency of the enc
my-tnat only West Pointers or
career soldiers or regular army
men could approach the Germans
for combat, strategy and effective
ness.
They don't say that right now.
They said he didn't quite have
the British To,nmy's traditional
stubborness-born of centuries of
defensive fighting-when caught
hopelessly outnumbered in back
to-the-wall positions.
They've quit saying that tonight.
They're not saying much of any
thing. They're just standing
around. The soldiers themselves
are a little awed by their own
achievements. It's a new soldier
over here who greets the new
year. He's the same guy, but he's
got new, undreamed-of qualities
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
St. Elmo's Fire Held
Aiding Maxi Defenses

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-(UP)-
The War Department wasn't talk
ing, but amateur physicists here
abouts wondered today if that an
cient bugaboo, st. Elmo's fire,
hadn't put in an appearance on
the Western Front.
Dispatches from the European
theater have told of strange balls
of fire" which followed Allied air.
planes around on night missions
over Germany. Maybe they were
some kind of secret weapon, the
reports suggested, possibly radio
controlled. They didn't explode,
however; they just tagged along.
War Department authorities just
looked mysterious when question
ed about the balls of fire. They
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03

damned, beat down, under-tr aimed,
softly civilian soldier That's VINO
cid it. He should have panicked,
but he didn't. He was mad at
nobody-but he got mad. Those
kids of mine are not. the same
soldiers they were. Something's
happened to them"
The division general took up the
thread of the story.
Sure l did a good job" he
snapped belligerently. Then his
face softened and he said, but
if I'd done one ten times better
I still wouldn't have been worthy
ct those kids.
Why. one company would beat
back a counterattack at one point
then Shift while that German out
fit was resting up and beat off
another one. Then they'd shift
back again in time to be there
to beat back the first bunch of
Boche when they tried it again. :"
by everything in the book they
couldn't do it. Yet they did. I still
can't understand it"
Nor could one of the battalion
commanders understand it either.
"You talk of sick leave" he
said Il haven't had a soldier on
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
Trial Of N. c. Chemist.
Accused OF Staying His
Grandmother, Is DELAYED

BOONVILLE, Mo-, Jan. 2-UP,
Trial of Edward Jewett Martin
24-year-old Charlotte, N. C. chem.
list charged with second degree
murder in the death of his wealthy
grandmother, Mrs. Edward M
Jewett, today was postponed 10
January 10.
Circuit Judge Charles H. Jack.
son granted the postponement on
motion of prosecuting AttorneY
Ihomas G. Woolsey. Martin had
been scheduled to 60 to trial to-
day. ''-'- "
Martin was arrested in North
Carolina, where he told authori-
tles last November that his grand
mothers death was accidental He
SAID he had run over her with
MS automobile after she had fan.
en- from the machine during triu
here to inspect real estate.
MRS. Jewett's body was discov-
ered In a lake near Durham. N,
C'' several weeks after her death.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Literary Guidepost

sacrifical altar, there are also
courage and fidelity to the death
and an intriguing tangle of love
crossed and deity uncrossed.
Pedro de Bargas, redhead, son
OF a rival and friend of the great
Bayard, pays court to lady but
dallles with roadhouse girl. In
a series of incidents which catch
your interest before you have
time to ask how credible they
really are, he rescues young
woman from dogs which had
torn off her clothes and from
ruffians who wanted to 90 on
from where the dogs left off:
meets and does favors for a salve
from the New World and an ad-
venturer back from there; gets in
trouble with the Inquisition and
flees to America.
His bosom friends and sworn
enemies pop up across the ocean
where the fugitive from the
lnquisition helps win a new CONT
nent for Spain and Emperor
Charles.
1t is neat and ingeniously plot.
ted. The author manages even to
make his love story serve the
present popular democratic faith.
1t you like this kind of book at
all, you will like this sample very
much.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
Vatican Press Regulates.
Left-wing Catholic Party

VATICAN CITY, Jan. 2-UP)-
Osservatore Romano, the Vatican
newspaper, made a formal Eau
thorized' announcement TODAY re.
pudiating the Left-Wing Catholic
party.
ITO answer many questions re-
celved, we are authorized to saw
that the principles and tendencies
OF the so-called Left Wing Chris.
t'ans,' Notwithstanding their
Christian denomination, are not
IN harmony with Church teach
lngs and therefore their promoters
have not the right to speak as
r esentatives of Christian
thought and claim that those Cath
olics who wish the true we,>are
OF the people must adhere to their
the newspaper said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
MIR. Avery And MIR. Petrillo

In ordering the second Army seizure of
Montgomery Ward Co. facilities, President
Roosevelt chided sewell Every Wards board
chairman, for his bitter fight against employe
unions sin reckless disregard Of the govern.
ments efforts to maintain harmony between
mana cement and labor
Mr.. Avery surely deserved some chilling.
So, it seems to us, does James c. Petrillo,
president of the American Federation of Mu-
sicians Both men have defied the govern
ment by defying War Labor Board orders.
But Mr. Petrillo has fought management
while Mr. Avery has fought labor. And the
contrasting treatment given these two men
raises question of how well balanced the
governments efforts toward harmony have
been.
Mr.. Avery's defiance Of WLB orders has
twice caused the government to send in troops
to occupy and operate Ward properties The
second occupation followed C. 1. o. threat
of a general strike by Detroit war workers
and an act of vandalism in Wards Dearborn,
Mich, store which destroyed thousands of dol.
lars worth of foodstuffs and hard-to-replace
merchandise
Mr.. Petrillo's defiance OF the WLB was fol-
loved by polite letter from the President:
asking him to call off his strike against the
recording companies as the WLB had order
ed. Mr.. Petrilo refused and nothing more was
done. The recording companies signed on Mr..
Petrillos terms. No war plant arrangements
threatened sympathy lockout.
After Mr.. Petrillo's refusal the President
announced that he would search the law for
possible means OF compelling Mr.. Petrillo
to obey the WLB. Apparently there is no
such legal means. At any rate nothing was
done.
But no such lack Of legal support has de-
tered the government from moving in on
Wards with guns and injunctions.
Elsewhere in the announcement quoted
above, Mrs. Roosevelt said that strikes in
wartime cannot be condoned, whether they
are strikes by workers against their employ
ers or strikes by employers against their gov
eminent" With this all patriotic Americans
will agree.
And most of them will agree that no brief
can be held for Mr.. Avery or for Mr.. Petrillo.
The actions of both have been against the
public interest Nor can there be any argu-
ment that labor deserves far treatment.
But fair treatment is one thing and pref
erential treatment is another. The latter is
against the public interest. too.
Ours is an offensive Army. Our 35-ton tank.
for example, is much swifter than the new
German tank. and while it isn't heavily
armored. 1t is more mobile and carries
perior fire power.-Maj Gen. Levin H. Camp
bell, Army Ordnance chief
While the war situation in Greater East
Asia progresses daily, the alliances with our
friendly nations are also being further soidi-
fled. We. the Emperor, feel great JOY in this.
--Hirohito.
If only the American public generally could
visualize those bleak outposts, where some
boys have been stationed for three years, they
could Appreciate the loneliness and the bore
dom thy endure. Rep. Margaret Chase
Smith of Maine, back from the Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
so THEY SAY

I think in another year we should nave
their (the JapsD navy cleaned up. If we can't
get them into sea fight we will be in a
position to get after them with Army and
Navy bombers. - Vice Adml. Marc A. Nit
scher.
With single movement of his hand he can
disentangle what remains problem to others
"a problem which for weeks may have bat
fled all experts-Goebbels on Der Fuehrer
What we hold in our hands now, we mcn
and women throughout the world is nothing
less than the fate of man. 1t lies with us
today to make or mar the world of the future.
Carl A. Berendsen, New Zealnd Minister to
the U. S.
The public should not be led by false rumors
of supposedly unannounced facts to depreclate
the achievement of the officers and men of
the 3rd and 7th Fleets in that action Philipe-
pines sea battle) The Japanese Fleet was in
deed ''beaten, routed, and broken. Navy
Secretary James V. Fo-restal.
Germany will stand to the last and inevitable
victory will be ours.-Goebbels.
We could hear the Nazi tank commander
stopping our trucks and ordering the drivers
and helpers OUT linen we Woulu ledl e1lotS
The next morning we saw the bodies of cur
men, lying where they had been lSilled.-Sgt.
James W. Colella of Rochester, Pa, at the
Siegfried Line.
1t is too early to pass judgment as to wheth-
err any person or group should be censured
in connection with the German breakthrough
on the Western Front-Secretary of War Hen
ry L. Stinson.
No one now has direct control over food
The War Food Administrator is subject /
vet from other agencies and there is no
single person responsible for co-ordinated
prgram - Rep. Thomas A. jenkins (r) of
Ohio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03

said they couldn't talk about them.
Security, you know.
However, no security or censor
ship restrictions apply to St. FL
mos fire, which used to brighten
uneasy sailors into repentance
from time to time. The dictionary
describes this phenomenon as fol-
lows:
"A flame-like appearance some
times seen in stormy weather at
prominent points of ship, par
ticularly at the masthead and the
yardarm, and also on land, as at
tops of trees or steeples. 1t is
in the nature of a brush dis
charge of electricity, reddish when
positive, blueish when negative"
"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
GIRL TO THE RESCUE

MANCHESTER, Eng. = az "A
twelve.year-old girl guide, Rose.
mary Miller, has been awarded the
silver Cross, second highest guide
award Tor gallantry, for rescuing
from the keer River a woman,
boy and girl, one after the other.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-03
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
God give me the chance to try again,
Il who have missed the goaD,
Let me as flint set my face again
To shape, to build up the whole.
Let me endure both hardship and pain
As scale the heights to you;
And hoping, loving, striving again
To fashion my heart anew.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN.
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13
Time|y Thought

ew editorial entitled "GOING MY WAY t seems o reprint of
 This is directed emphacaly personnel this Base who automobiles premises known poddng roadside waiting for kind hearted dsoulto give them lift.
 in goody small percentage have full li BUT have observed great surely the Theatre unaccom position of the who sossne along
  DUTY offer a
 Naturally it's against Regulations thumb with old hhhkng bgaboo can be doneav with and for alL
 and if the with the will the light and share ride when he has the opportunity"
 GOING MY WAY question rather than just catch phrase?
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13
General Hunter
 To Broadcast From FAF Headquarters

Tuesday, the 16th of January, will mark the fourth anniversary of the First Air Force. Although there will be no special observance of the day, plans for an evening broadcast from headquarters at Mitchell Field are being formulated. General Frank O'D. Hunter, c on- manding General of the First Air Force, will give brief talk at that time.
 Through the medium of personal interviews, an informal picture of a cross section of the personnel ir the First Air Force will be pre- sented. It. Colonel Everett w. Holstrom who was with the famous Doolittle Raiders, will be on the program. Others appearing are M/Sgt. Reginald White, one of the oldest enlisted combat men in the Air Forces. He has just recently returned from the 18th Air Force where he made 37 missions. Sgt White has the DEC, Purple Heart and the Air medal with four clus- ters. Pvt. Theresa Sandstrom, q WAC in the medical corps, saw service as a nurse in the last war. At the present time she is work ing in the Air Corps Evacuation Hospital at Mitchell Field. WAC Sgt. Carmen Botter, senior control tower operator will also be inter viewed.
 Thursday, the 18th of January, Sammy Kaye is to broadcast his weekly program from Mitchea Field and will give the First Air Force musical salute.
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13

for you. Newly acquired in the AAF Technical Collection is "Graphic Grafex Photography, the master book for the larger camera, compiled by Willard D.. Morgan, Henry Lester and 30 dis tinguished authors. Not only is all the fundamental basic information included, but they have gone furth- CT and included many chapters which are designed to Stimulate the imagination. There is a complete and informative description of the view camera a chapter on il- lumination and control which shows the fundamental methods in mod ern lighting. There is concise and clear presentation of the whole problem of exposure and develop ment, and a step-by-step. descrip- tion for making a single print. It is THE new source book and prac- tical working manual for all larger camera users.
 Looking for an Answer to a Question? Why not call the Base Library? If we don't know the an- swer, we can find someone who does.
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13
FAF Celebrates (Continned from Page 1

porary treatment these men were transferred by air to hospitals nearer their homes or to hospitals especially equipped to treat specific wounds or diseases.
 Of 2,0O0 Medical Department of ficers and 10000 enlisted men trained and sent on to overseas as- signments, the greater portion was prepared for combat during 1914.
 At our fighter base in Vest hampton, N.Y., complete unit of Brazilian pilots and enlisted men has been trained. This selected group of Brazilian Air Force mem bers, under the supervision of US. pilot-instructors, received thorough training in air combat and are now overseas.
 One of the outstanding accom- plishments of the year past was a vast integration program, insti- tuted in April, which has cut the personnel strength of the First Air Force from over 73,300 in Decem- Der, 1943, to less than 52,850 in December, 1914. More than 1900 planes of various types are em- ployed in the training program for fighter and bombardment crews.
 The continuing job of the First Air Force is to fill the air with splendidly trained, physically fit pilots and crews. The enemy's ter ritory must be kept blanketed with bombers and escorting fighters. Our combat air forces overseas are depending for replacements on the air forces here at home. The First Air Force, geared to fill it's quota, is determined not to let them down before the achievement of final vic tory and lasting peace.
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13
Army Arts Contest

the increasing ot the value Of arts significant leisure time activities the Army today acknowledge the creative talents within the Army Nationwide Army Contest is announced for all military The winning entries will be exhibited July l94o National Gallery of Art in Washing ton D. C. Suitable awards will be made
 participating this which includes painting sculpture of design graphic and photography should visit the Personnel formerly Special Service Office, the Main Gate
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13
Re-Exams for 4Fs

Washington (CNS) - Selective Service has ordered the re-exam- ination of all men between the ages of IS and 30 who were found acceptable for military service in perturbation physicals on or after Feb. A but were rejected later at induction centers. Special military inspectors will supervise the re- examinations.
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13
 1a SPEAKING .@ BOOKS TOE PRIVATE SAYS
Joe PRIVATE SAYS

L-S-M-F-T, L-S-M-F-T. Yes sir, the Library sure means fine treat for booklovers! It brings you books so bound, so firm, so fully packed with action or information, and so free and easy to withdraw for bar racks reading! And now, here are the numbers for this weeks Hit Parade of good reading.
 TROLLEY SONG
 "Clang, clang, clang went the trolley" in the horse-car days in which Albert Idell, author of "Cen- tennial Summer" lays his latest saga of the Rogers family. His new book, entitled Bridge to Brook lyn", is genuine and happy book that many war-wearied reader will take to his heart. Destiny takes the Rogers family from Philadelphia to Brooklyn where they witness momentous event. and how MT. Rogers became con- nected with the enterprise, how he became the ardent defender of a dream only the style of MT. Idell can do justice in the telling. It's a far cry from the Brooklyn of "the tree" and "dose Buns" but it's good reading!
 DON'T FENCE ME IN
 "Give me land, lots of land'' are words that aptly apply to the three men in Monte Barrett's "Sun in Their Eyes,, a tale of Texas in 1872. It's more than just story, it's a chapter out of our own stir ring past and Texas under six flags everybody knows. This is the story of the seventh flag that historians generally overlook. Three men, soldier, an ambassador and an ad- venturer led the first Anglo Saxon surge into the Southwest in 1872 this is their story staged against background of love, jealousy, am bition and intrigue. Passions as gusty as the events which inspire them are unleashed as plot and counterplot cross and recross while armies battle. MT. Barrett lives in Texas and loves it, that's plain to be seen. Magee's story has been a challenge to him and for years he has dug away at it's history. News paperman, comic-strip writer, au- thor of mystery stories, he handles versatile pen.
 THERE GOES THAT SONG AGAIN
 And here comes another collec- tion of short stories by that "bad-bo of literature, William Saroyan. The title is Dear Baby'' and it's stories range in mood from comic to tragic, revealing the sweetness and yearning which are Saroyan's special possessions. To quote D. s. Norton, who reviewed it for the New York Times, 'It has the smile on it's lips, the lump in it's throat, the tear in it's eye, and the bag full of tricks-the same old tricks. . If you are interested in Saroyan, you will find him in DEAR BABY. But if you are in- terested in honest fiction DEAR BABY can't give you anything but love-the kind you can get for a nickel from any juke box".
 ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE
 In other words, you photography fans have a REAL treat in store
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13
Bradley Wac
Continued from Page One

stationed in Tampa Florida, and her father, who saw service with the AUS during World War I, Is now a Chief Petty Officer in the Coast Guard, stationed at Brook lyn, New York.
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13
NOTE

Photos OF Page 5 Layout are ah Official FAF Photos by Sgt. BN GreenbaMm-BaSe Photo Lab.
Bradley beam., 1945-01-13

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-22
BY CHARLES II. LOEB

WITH AMERICAN OCCUPA-
TON FORCES IN SAGAMl BAY
1t was a sight TO bring eXultation
TO the heart of any American the
power Of the fleet that stretched
for 100 miles across the Pacific
before II steamed into Sagami Bay,
80 miles south Of Tokyo. IN prepa-
ration for the landing of our occu-
patton forces.
Two Detroit seamen were
aboard the battieship Iowa which
was a part Of the armada Of Oc-
cupation. They were John DON
aid, Stm1c. and Robert &. Allen.
CK2c. Donald was among gun
ners at battle stations 100 miles
of the coast of Japan when the
cease fire" order was flashed to
their ship.
WITH THE breaking Of dawn.
and the impatient
marines aboard the USS McrI-
wether. navy transport that had
brought US to this DAY Of triumph
crowded the rails for their first
glimpse of the famed Fugiyama,
Japans Holy mountain,
However. the towering noun
tain. long a scenic epicure for
tourists. was but an imposing back
drop for such power as is repre-
sented by the battleships Iowa and
Missouri 'the latter the flagship Of