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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-06-19
&sM IL IT.. DAY o @
By D. A. ~
BY MEMBERS OF THE STAFF

D A., THE REGULAR AND PROFICIENT author Of the
choice tdbits that hobuoy grace this column is taking
deserved He denies that fotherhood M happened to him
for the fourth time Sunday has caused relapse It's just
bis period Hope he Mrs Arnsby ond their four chill
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
TOP O. THE MORNING
Eternal life, whatever else it may cost.
always costs us our idols.
-Pe1I
Unduly Alarmed

The British Parliament is taking the death
Of Lend-Lease hard, but in all that has been
said in discussions in Commons no one has
revealed how its demise could have been de-
layed. Lend-Lease was strictly a wartime
proposition. 1t was never intended to outline
the war. This was made plain at the time
Of its organization and many times during
its existence. When the japanese folded up
President Truman had no alternative He had
to declare it ended.
But Britain's fears that her people will be
left to starve and her troops in foreign serv-
ice to go without the necessities of life and
material needed turing their occupation of
Japanese territory are unfounded. The United
States will certainly make some provision for
them all, both as to supplies and credit. The
the chief depository of American goods, pend
ing redistribution to other nations, Britain will
be separated from privileges she previously
enjoyed and become one of the debtor nations.
The United States cannot forget that Britain
was its first line Of defense when Hitler was
most powerful, and held the line while We
were converting our industries to war produc-
ton and building ships to transport that out
put and military forces to her shores prepare
tory to doing away with Hitler and his war
machine. The United States will not be n;g-
gardly in further aid to Britain, but it will be
on another kind of basis than prevailed under
Lend-Lease
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
Veterans Planning To
Renter High School
May Register This Week

Beginning tomorrow and lasting
through Friday the New Hanover
high school Office will be open for
the registration of young men who
have received a discharge from the
armed services and wish to re-enter
school. Registration will be from
9 am. to noon, and students who
have dropped out of school and are
planning to return for the term be-
ginning September 4 may sign up
during those hours.
Any new students who have
moved into the county since the
date designated for them to regis
ter may do SO this week.
School officials urge these groups
to register at the appointed time
in order that they may begin work
with their respective classes.
All new students are required to
present either a report card or a
transcript of their High school
work.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
DeGaulle Smiles

In glsd-hsnding everybody Of importance he
can contact IN Washington and being genial
70 ire reporters attending his press conference
81 the French Embassy, General Charles De-
CsaIle is obviously doing his best to over
come the pntsvorsble impression of him per-
sons1ly and Of the French attitude toward the
United States, and particularly our CTS, which
has existed in this country since before Casa
olans.
The reason is obvious. General deGaulle has
come 70 this country to persuade this govern
ment to take leading part in rehabilitating
France. While he confers with President Tru-
man, his foreign minister, Georges Bidault,
i: meeting with Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes, with the same object in view. Having
failed to buster his way into American esteem
deGaulle now substitutes smiles and compli-
ments. Apparently he cannot praise the United
States enough for what it has already done.
Perhaps he deceives himself. It is impossible
that either President Truman or Secretary
Ryrnes should be deceived. Whatever the
OnlteQ StdteS does IOr france Will be done
because France is factor in world economy
and failure to assist in her recovery from the
terrible effects of war and the German occu
patton would place handicap upon peace.
time progress not alone in France, but all of
the United Nations.
This country will not ignore Frances need.
but it will not be because General deGaulle
went to Washington with his face wreathed in
smiles.
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Dogged Vigilance Kept Panama Canal
Safe From Enemy Attack During War

rage balloons lowered over the
principal installations.
In order to set up the anti-air-
craft protection for the canal. The
coast artillery command had to
win a relentless battle against the
tropical jungle, heavy sticky mud
and strange diseases. It was only
the beginning Of their waiting
war;"
There was another menace
sabotage. Anti-sabotage measures
had been instituted before Pearl
Harbor. Since July, 1910, armed
guards, first from the Army and
later from the Marines, boarded
all but U. S. Navy ships before
were placed at key points on each
they entered the canal. Sentries
ship to make sure the orders of
the canal pilots aboard were
obeyed.
The sentries had orders to shoot
at the first false move.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
Teamwork And Scientific
Devices Played Big
Part In Protection

HEADQUARTERS PAN ANA
CANAL DEPARTMENT, Aug. Is,
-tR-Few militar, installations in
the world required the logged
vigilance which kept the Panama
Canal safe from enemy attack
during the Second World War.
Scientific devices, guns of every
type and thousands of men were
employed to protect this vital
artery, whose every physical fea-
ture was known to the enemy.
Some of the defenses were op-
Grating before the United States
entered the war. Others were
thrown up almost before the
smoke cleared at Pearl Harbor.
The tightly knit Panama Canal
defense organization included
units from every branch OF the U.
S. armed forces. No one branch
can claim sole credit for keeping
the canal safe. The job required
teamwork, and teamwork alone
was responsible for its success.
Some phases of the canals de-
tense were spectacular; some, be-
cause of military security, re-
NAMED secret. But every man
played an important role.
So urgent was the problem OF
defense, the canal zone chad top
priority on. radar equipment. The
first radar equipment was in
stalled in Panama Oct. z, 1910.
Today chain of radar stations
along the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts OF Panama covers every
possible avenue Of approach by
enemy aircraft day and night. The
men operating these stations live
In remote spots where mail and
food are still dropped by para
chute.
Less than "a hours after the
Pearl Harbor attack, numbering
Bib bombers-a far cry from the
longrange radar equipped Liber-
ators and flying Fortresses which
came later-took off from Pacific
ana Atlantic coast bases of the
lsthmus on the first daily patrols
over the sea approaches to the
waterway.
AL search planes covered an
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
Hizzoner Rings The DinnerbeH

ministry. The wheat harvest is ex-
pected to fall SIS per cent beld Nv
prewar levels, extending brew rs-
tioning through all of 1916. A fifth
of the vegetable, potato and fod-
der crops were wiped out by the
lack of rain, further aggravating
the country's food shortages.
Worried by an in ere a Sc in
crime, black market trading on
the sidewalks, nightculbs staying
open till dawn, and "quadrupling
of prostitutes, Paris papers are
saying that the city threatens to
become another gangster-era
Chicago" The ever economical
French are complaining that the
Petain trial cost $4,000 daily. The
atomic bomb announcement lee
the French to take inventory Of
their mineral wealth. They find re
assurance in t h e radioactive de
posts in Brittany and the Pyre
nees, and the rich radium beds
of Madagascar, all of which are
enough for peace needs
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
The Puerto Rican Bill

There is bill pending in Congress which
calls for a plebiscite in Puerto Rico to deter
mine if the island shall have independence
statehood or dominion status. President Tru-
man is reported intending to press for passage
Of the measure without delay. Governor Rex
ford G. Tugwell, appointed by President Roos-
welt called recently at the White House and
announced upon his departure that early act
ion on the bill with presidential sponsorship
is indicated.
The President authorizes me to say to the
Puerto Rican people, Mr.. Tugwen said, that
all Americans are grateful to them for their
loyalty and service during the war; and 70
say that he feels such loyalty should nov De
rewarded by the opportunity to reinforce thei.
local government and to settle by free choice
their future relationships from the United
States"
United States supervision of Puerto Rican
affairs has not been ah outstanding success.
Responsibility assumed for the island earlier
than we took over in the Philippines has not
been exercised with equivalent good judg-
ment So that now if it is considered fitting to
give the people free hand, it is all too Liable
nearly as well prepared for it as the Filipinos
And there will be many critics on hand to
lay the blame at our door.
glimpse of Puerto Rico past shows that
from 1893, when it was discovered by Column
bus, down to 1898, when the Americans NOV
ed in, 142 Spanish governors ruled in the is
land, the first Of them being Ponce de Leon of
Fountain OF Youth fame. Spanish rule was
typical OF the despotism practiced by Spani-
ards during that nations long sovereignty over
latin American areas
The American military government was
short-lived, existing only from October 10,
1898, to May /, 1900, when a civil government
was set up undeS the Foraker Act passed in
April of the latter year, and Charles H. Allen
was inaugurated as the first civil governor
The first Organic Act was only partially sue
cessful, SO on March 2, 1917 Congress passed
a new Organic Act, under which the gov
ernor's term. among other provisions, is made
dependent upon the pleasure of the President
The Puerto Rican legislature is elected by
tne people, ana IN aooltlon resident com
mission is chosen by popular vote, who il
paid by the federal government and represents
the island III the United States House of Re
personalities He has a voice in the House
but no VOTE
The island is rich in raw materials ant
natural resources, which have not been full,
developed. The question Congress must de
eide. in acting on the pending legislation, il
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
WITH THE AEF
By ROBERT C. WILSON
Substituting for Kenneth L.
DixOn\

PARIS, Aug. 25.-tRAEdouard
Herriot, three times premier of
France, is winning new fame to-
day as mayor of Lyon. where he
is solving Frances most pressing
problem-how to get enough to
eat.
The capital daily, Voice of
Paris halls him as 1.-The conquer
er of poverty and the black mar
ket,'' reporting Lyon as perhaps
the only city in France where
there is enough to eat at reason
able prices, with plenty of meat,
fish, fruit and vegetables. "Since
Herriot has been back the milk
ration has doubled" worker
said.
In France today this is as if an
American politician suddenly
found hundred dollar-a-Week jobs
for ten million workers.
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area which could not be trans
versed by surface task forces in
less than "a hours. The purpose
behind this strategy was to pre-
vent attacking forces from coming
within striking range of the canal
by night, when no patrols were in
the air.
Generally, air patrols, which
employed an average of 20 to 80
planes aloft daily, covered rec
tangular area. The four points
were Albrook Field headquarters
of the Sixth air force); Guatemala
City; the Galapagos Islands, 1000
miles from the Pacific entrance to
the canal; and Talara, Peru, 1,5OO
miles from Guatemala City.
In 1912 alone, Sixth air force
search planes covered 10000, 900
nautical miles over both the Pa
cific and Caribbean.
The P aci c patrols differed
from those over the Caribbean.
The Army, through the Sixth air
force, was responsible for the Sc
curly of the Pacific approaches.
The entire system was based on
the definite possibility that the
japanese would attempt to attack
the canal.
In the Caribbean, where the
Navy was in command, search pa
trolls were principally for anti-subs
marine protection for merchant
shipping en- route to or from the
canal.
Military authorities also con-
sidered the possibility of suicidal
attempt by lone submarine
borne enemy plane to damage the
canal.
For a strip of land ten miles
wide and so miles long, the con-
centration of ground troops and
firepower was one of the largest
in any comparable area outside
the United States. The force was
known as the Panama coast artil-
lery command.
Searchlights were so disposed
that any attacking plane could be
illuminated all the way across the
Isthmus. Heavy and light anti-air-
craft guns ringed every major in
stallation. Both entrances to the
canal were mined and submarine
nets were installed. On fortified
points m m m o h coastal guns
pointed seward. At one time bar
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
Reform Japan

Dewitt Mackenzie Associated Press writer
ening and who is now interpreting foreign at.
fairs, says reader of his column wants to
know why we are cuddling the japanese and
allowing them to maintain government con-
tanning names we long have associated with
aggression. He says this inquiry voices wide
spread impression that Japan is getting off
too easy" and probably arises from the fact
that the emperor has been allowed to continue
on the throne since lot of folk mistakenly
hold him mainly responsible for Nippon S
sins
To all of which he answers the American
Supreme Commander seems to have very
tight rein on the Jap government and adds:
It's hard to see why anyone should think
Japan isn't being dealt with severely enough.
She is being stripped Of her empire and re-
duced to third-rate little kingdom without
Navy, Army, Airforce, or any industrial equip
ment with which she might manufacture war
materiel. She is making terrible payment for
her misdeeds.'
We needn't worry about the mikado and
his present government AS soon as we have
occupied Japan with troops the government
can be reconstructed if we so wish. The only
promise made regard ng Hirohito is that he
may remain on the throne for the present,
but that the Japanese people will in due course
determine by vote what sort of government
they want All person, irrespective OF position.
who have been guilty OF war crimes will be
punished.
So when we land in Japan we shall 60 in
with free hands. We shall make good lads out
tempt But we shouldn't allow ourselves to
entertain the mistaken idea that it's our bust
ness to take revenge. Our job is to administer
justice and to further world peace by reform
ing Japan, which was one of the two great
aggressor nations of the world the other being
Germany"
Barring untoward incidents, the Allied at
titude towards Japan probably will be the
same as we have seen in the case of Germany
and Italy-firm and busnesslike but just and
directed towards reform. The world hasn't
seen the Allies exhibiting any of the barraric
characteristics which we fought the war to
destroy in the Axis and Japan. Even in. Ger
many, invaded and cut to pieces as it Tas
we have set local governments of citizens to
work putting their own house in ORDER
Mr. Mackenzie buries his joker deeply. He
says our job is.to further world peace by
reforming Japan That is tremendous under
taking, with the outcome in doubt. The only
compromising element, in case of failure, is
that Japan is to be cut back to her own home
islands and will have small opportunity either
to manufacture the tools for another war or
ring herself about with far-lying bastions from
which to launch new conquests. Herein we be.
lieve, is the worlds chief security from later
japanese wars
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whether it would be wise from all points OF
view to cut Puerto Rico adrift after years of
poor administration. If the decision is mega
tive it will devolve upon Congress and the
White House to see that the people and the
island itself are adequately trained for COM
plete home rule.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26

Before refusing cotton and rayon
materials hold the material be-
tween your hands and give it two
or three gentle jerks. If it breaks
or shows signs Of breaking, it is
probably not worth using.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
Something New

It's hard to believe the dignified and ir-
reproacaable New York Times consciously
guilty OF punning, yet the sub-caption Of a
picture showing marketing possibilities
plainly says: Your favorite chocolate is no
longer barred
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
RATION TAXI RIDES

Even taxi rides are rationed in
Paris. The city has 220 cabs but
the only way to ride them is with
a priority card good for doctors,
pregnant women and the sick and
wounded. Slowly, steadily France
is getting back on her military
feet, adding a new armored divi-
sion this week to the army. In
France as in America radio pro-
grams are the target for severe
criticism. There are no singing
commercials on the French air be-
cause there is no advertising, but
'laurore" editorially complains of
the lack of good music on the ra-
dio, and symphony musicians say
the broadcast music of France to-
day is responsive noise.'
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Grandpappy jenkins thinks maybe the
reason Hlrohito hemmed and hawed so over
mat Japanese peace business was because il
was the first time he ever was given chance
TO speak up-and out loud.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26

The newest rumor had Hitler hiding in Bos
ton, Disguised, no doubt, as a Goldfish or
baked bean.
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Editorial Comment
WORST DEFEAT

No nation in history ever suffered as crush
Ing defeat at sea as did Japan in this
war. She has one battered and creWless bat
tleShlp LETT OF twelve, four creWleSs and equal
~ battered carriers remaining OF twenty two,
two heavy cruisers afloat of nineteen and both
OF them damaged, no light cruisers OF twenty
four, twenty destroyers of 1865 and twenty
TWO submarines OF 40. Since it was not made
clear In the story from Guam for just what
GATE the totals in the various categorleS were
given, 1t may be that her losses were even
heavier than this report would indicate. The
cruiser totals, for instance, seem surprising
ly low, unless no new ships at all in those
categories were constructed during the near
ly four years of war.
The enemys losses compare with our own
announced losses through May 81, 1915, OF one
battleship, the Arizona; five large carriers
and six small ones, six heavy cruisers, three
light cruisers, sixty destroyers and forty-three
submarines All of our losses, however, were
offset many times by new construction. The
Japanese apparently were able to launch few
new ships between Dec Z, 1884, ana Aug. IA,
1945.-New York Times
sELF-TAXATION IN MAINE
It could happen only In Name. The State
LEGISLATURE there adjourned without imposing
a cent of new general taxes. The potato farm
ers needed 500, 900 for seed study, the blue
berry growers wanted money Tor research,
and the sweet-corn producers sought funds to
hattie the European corn borer The desires
IT ali three were satisfied, but it cost the
State nothing.
The radical innovation here is the applica-
ton of the very old prlnclple OF sen-nelp
For some years, the Aroostook potato grow
= ~ ~. hsve been charging themselves one cent
. barrel to advertise their product Now they
81 +axine themselves a little more through
az S+ate to pay for the research, and the
e otner two groups are following suit.
' The general practice in such matters matte has
been to dip into t the public b1 1a ong CUSTOM ndr
SUI :. s+ill = subsidy.-Boston Herald.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
BAD DROUGHT

France is suffering her worst
drought in so years. The situation
in southern France is called Ca
tastrophic' by til agriculture
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-08-24
Francie Dude vyplaceti voja.
kun Spoi. StatHE prispevek.

Francouzska vlada Dude W.
placeti pr1spevek clenum anne
rickych brannych sill, kteri jsou
We Francii. Tento pflspevek
Dude $50 frankG mes1cne a "a
enc byti vyplacen 1. zafl. Ma
americkych penezich je to asi
SIT.
We skutecnosti je to pouze
zhodnocenf francouzskeho fran
ku, pokud sc tkne americkych
vojakn. Tento pfispevek je
prost vsech dalsich zavazkG a
nebude nasim dluhem We Fran
eli.
Je to plan byvaleho sekreta-
re pokladu Morgenthaua, KITE
ry jail Sc pracovati 0 mem, kdyz
dochazela rada stlznostl, re a
mericti vojaci must platiti We
Francii "a vsechno velke penl-
re.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-08-24
DO c

TAX 81 Tfkajf mnozi z mas a
mono ocekavati, re jakmile to-
mu dopravnf a jine pomery bu-
dou dovolovati, jedna vyprava
u Ameriky do vlasti Dude stiha-
tt druhou, snad jeste vice neil
tomu bylo pc prvnf svetove val
ce. Pan Antonin CihlaT, ktery
byl pred valkou dlouholetym
csl. jednatelem lodnich spolec-
nost1 pro Baltimore a okoli jiz
ted jest zaplavovan dotazy,
kdy Dude osobni doprava do E.
vropy otevrena, ale s odpovedi
must Sc jeste poseckati, nebot
ma prvn1m m1ste Dude resena O.
tazka navratu statisic1 americ-
kych voj1nG, nachazej1cfch sc v
rGznych 1hlech sveta a hlavne
v Europe. Take Sc nesmi zapo-
minat, re vsechny parolode, jez
Sc pred valkou zabyvaly osobni
dopravou, slouzf dosud valec-
nym 1celGm a jejich prestavba
a 1prava 81 vyzada hezkych
par mesfc1 casu.
A konecne jest hodne tech,
kdoz nechti do Evropy jeti v
dobe nepopsatelneho chaosu a
t6zkych problemd. Videti sto-
ply valky zbarvene jeste neu-
schlou krvf by treba znamenalo
pouceni, jehoz mnozi v Ameri-
ce nutne potrebujf, ale KIDD Sc
do vlasti chysta pc mnoha le-
tech cekan1 a planovani by 81
odnasel zpet do Ameriky
chmurne, neradostne dojmy.
Proto Dude cekati jeste trochu
dele, az Sc mraky valky pc ce-
lem svet6 prezenou a svet do
stane prvnf prflezitost vratiti Sc
k mirovemu zivotu.
Ceskoslovensko Dude mezi
prvnimi zememi Evropy, jez Sc
vzpamatujf. Vyzada 81 to hod-
ne prace, starost1, obetl a ma
mahy a jest ma mas, abychom
Jim v tom neprekazeli. Obcas-
ny dotaz u p. Ant. Cihlare
zajistf yam zadoucf informace,
tykajfcf Sc cesty do Ceskoslo-
venska. Zatim hledte, abyste
svym rodinam, znamym aneb
lidu, ktery strada nejvice, po-
mohli. Peneznf zasilky jsou jiz
vyrizovany a to dobfe a rychle
panem F. Kalasem, opravne-
nym bondovanym jednatelem
American Express Co., v IRA
dovne Slavic, 730 N. Colling-
ton Avenue.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-08-24
KONEC LEND-LEASE.

Nejvfce nakladnou ale take
nejuzitecnejsi zbranf We valce
prot Berlin Toxic ose asi byl
"lend-lease."
Narody, ktere dostavaly Cd
Stat1 pomoc ma zaklade
zakona lend-lease, byly Ute
ry o~beznameny, re poskytovanf
teto pomoci sc zastavuje.
Al biliony dolar1 bylo pouzi-
to ma tento program.
.Nejvlce pomoci ramci toho-
to zakona dostala Angle a jejf
dominic zasob a vyzbroje "a
20 biliond dolarG, dale Rusko
"a 10 bilion1, Francie Ia $40
milionG, Gina "a 1862 milion1,
Amer. republiky "a 1856 Milo
MI, ostatnf Spoj. zeme "a 1 BIZ
lion.