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At Swiss Border

Some 250, 600 German civilians and workers,
according to a Berne dispatch, are at or
near the Swiss border seeking entry. What
to do with them is the problem Swiss mill
tary units have been modified to prevent dis
turbances and, ably herd the throngs
to relief stations.
The real danger, as we see it. is that wa-
criminals disguised and bearing false pass
ports, are among the refugees. If they find asv-
lum in Switzerland and their disguise is not
discovered in time, they will escape the pun-
lshment they deserve and may escape to other
lands-notably Argentina or Japan, where they
can live out their lives in safety and comfort,
1t is not to be supposed they have failed to
gather share of the loot the Nazis have accu-
mulated in overrun countries and even in Ger
many itself.
Switzerland is obligated to deliver to the
Allies all know war criminals. But, lacking
second sight, Switzerland cannot be expected
to penetrate all DISCUSSES, if it is true that
refugees knocking at Switzerland's door,
The only way they might be discovered is
for the Swiss to segregate all refugees under
military guard and permit Allied intelligence
agents to give all the third degree, without
a rubber hose of course, and learn their pre-
vious record. 1t would be tremendous Job,
but we know Of no other way to catch up
with fleeing war criminals who may mingle in
this refugees horde
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
TOP O. THE MORNING
# the home Is spiritualized the Church is
vitalized. w. F. McDerm0tt.
Vote Tomorrow

Do not forget tomorrow's primary election
Five candidates will then be chosen for the
City Council Their names will appear on the
ballots to be cast in the main election or
May 8.
Although other names may be written in
on May 8, there is no doubt that the five
nominated tomorrow will be elected.
They will have the final say in all matters
pertaining to Wilmington's progress or retro
gression during the next two years.
After they take office the public must accept
their decisions and policies.
The only alternative is the referendum,
which would be costly and uncertain.
The five among the fourteen candidates best
fitted for the duties they will face should be
chosen by large majority of Wilmington
qualified voters.
Selection by minority would not be salts
factory.
You are urged, therefore, not only to re.
member tonorrows primary but to 20 to the
polls and cast your ballot for the five you
believe can best serve the city during the
period between the war and the re-establish.
ment of peace.
Don't fail to vote.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
Convincing ::
The German People

It may be that the Nazis at the top have
succeeded in keeping the German people in
ignorance of their armies barbarism and
atrocities in the lands they have attacked as
well as their cruelty toward both political and
war prisoners at home Or it may be the Ger
man people have deliberately closed their
ears and their eyes to what has been goirg on
at Nazi instigation inside and beyond the
Reich.
We have no way of knowing. But it is OBJ.
vious that the German masses are surprisingly
Indifferent to the conduct of Gernany's armed
concerned only over the necessary destruction
now going forward rs Allied and Russian
troops penetrate deeper into the Reich. They
are previously stirred now that the war is
brought home to them.
In other wars German armies have succeed
ed in keeping the fighting on foreign soil. The
price of warfare has not had to be paid at
home, save for the loss of sons and husbands
who have not returned. Germany, as a geo.
graphical subdivision, has been invaded sell
dom and never on the present scale.
This is what holds a reasonable hope that
lasting peace may be established in Europe.
The people of Germany are learning that they
have not only to pay PREPARATIONS. They are
paying by losing their homes, their livestock.
their household possessions. They are paying
by having their farms tramped over by Allied
troops, the streets of their towns and cities
Uttered with the rubble that once was build
ings
In their ignorance they claim that the Ger
man armies never did anything like this, but
they have nothing to say when asked about Tot
terdam and Lidice, Staingrad and Sevastopol,
or Coventry.
Maybe they do not now what the Germans
did to these cities The Nazi leaders have
done what they could to prevent them from
learning. But with their own land a battle
field they are learning what war means at
last 1t is possible they will remember, they
and their children and by legend their grand
children, the terrible price of war and sow
the seed of peace among the people for many
generations, so that if another Hitler tries to
stir them to back another war they will do
away with him before he becomes a menace
1t would seem that war inside Germany with
the overthrow of German resistance, such as
is happening now, is the best guarantee of a
lasting peace that could be found This is
why millions of people condone the destruc.
ton now under way in Germany and hope it
will not be ended until the job is finished
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
EDITORIAL COMMENT
A HAPPY BLUNDER

When the form and substance of his first
broadcast to the nation are long forgotten by
his hearers they will be able to recount with
pleasurable remembrance President Humans
little fumbling of the nicetes when he appear
ed before the joint session of Congress.
Who will forget when the applause died
down how the new President started right in
to address Congress and then the whisper COM
ing over the air from Speaker Rayburn: Let
me present you first Harry?"
That was human bit that somehow or
other was American in its simple laundering
This people got chuckle out of it which set
them in good humor for what the President
had to say. - Miami Herald.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
Define Aggression

The Star-NeWs is in complete agreement
with former President Herbert Hoover's de-
claration that the San Francisco conference
should decide upon the definition of Gag
gression and that this definition should in
clude direct indirect subsidized govern
mental propaganda in other nations
The proposal was part of an address by
Mr.. Hoover before the Foreign Policy Asso
citation in Philadelphia He added:
Aggression in this world is not confined
to the old fashioned threats or to military
action or even to economic pressures Ou1
poisonous propag anda and fifth columns into
the lands Of peaceful neighbors should indi
cate that there is a new form of aggression
In the world
of aggression, and said: The enforcement Ct
such provision would help cure that cause
Of wars which grows out of crusading faith
political Or otherwise
Aggression is the bugaboo of the future
Germany proved how easily it may be initial
ed and nurtured, how insidiously it may be
spread. row effective it may be when an az.
gressive power considers the time ripe for ar
attack.
1t is not forgotten that after the last war
when Germany was on its uppers, Norway took
IN many German children, cared for and edu
Gated them until they reached manhood anc
womanhood; and how these very youngsters
now grown, became the fifth column of Hitler
in the period preceding his invasion of Nor.
way. What happened there, happened also in
Holland and Belgium, if in lesser degree, but
with such baneful success that when the Ger.
man armies invaded the Low Countries they
were met BY hordes of German nationals who
had been succored by the people marked for
Nazi destruction. 1t was this infiltration that
paved the way for German invasion and nipple.
mented the German attack
Obviously new definition Of aggression is
needed. But even more than definition the
need is for suppression of aggression in the
bud.
How this can be effected ought to be one
Of the major tasks at San Francisco.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
ANOTHER CONTROVERSY

Another controversial issue to come nssoor
an issue on which the lines already are
clearly drawn and which is expected to bring
President Truman's first real tussle with Con.
gress-is the proposal to lower tariffs. The
line between endorsement and opposition is
clearly and sharply partisan, since the tariff
is one of the oldest points of disagreement
between the Republican and Democratic par.
ties, one of the few issues on which party lines
are clearly separated.
It started out few weeks ago as Mr.. Roose-
velt's idea, and presumably President Truman
will follow it through Here again Hoey plans
to go along with the administration, since he
believes 1.-The President should have the power
to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements and
to set tariffs at whatever level is to the
countrys best advantage"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
CAROLINA
FROM THE
CAPITAL
By DAVID BRINKLEY
Star-News Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Clyde R.
Hoey is taking every opportunity to speak and
work for the Breton Woods monetary agree
ments and the Durnbarton Oaks plan o +
world peace. He still has not broken his silence
on the Senate floor, but he has appeared before
several Washington political and civic organi.
cations to campaign for his beliefs that the
two meetings formed an important part of the
foundations upon which the peace must be
laid.
From his conversation it is apparent that
these two issues now are Hoey's foremost in
terests and that he plans to talk and fight
for them as long as necessary 1t is ap-
parent, too, that great deal of speaking and
working will be needed, because in spite of
all the thinking of the contrary, islolationsim
in the United States Senate is not dead. Hoey
and all the others who plan to vote this
country into a responsible participation in
word affairs will not find the job easy. And
they themselves would be the first to admit
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The War
By ]. M. ROBERTS, JR
Associated Press War Analr.,

The American armies IN =,
western front appear to have coss
pleted their job insofar as centr.,
Germany is concerned. a
Patton and patch are h,rn;.
south, Simpson and HODGES D III,
busy cleaning up the territory ,'.s s
have overrun so rapidly. Gero~,
new 18th Army appears 10 E.r'
been assigned more of an ooon
pational than an immediate fipbtin.
role, cleaning up behind the f-sts
Third and Ninth Army spearhe.d,
which ripped central Gerlnanv w
to shreds. A'
These armies will have ,bo>
uses, of course, in the CLEANUP b'.
the major portion of the remaia
ing north German seems IN ' bs
a British and Russian Job # .s W.
Americans move north Or ruos
farther east it probably Womb \.
the Ninth Army closing up ON ~. y.
British right flank as thew bs.s
northward toward the Baltic N
The speedy closing-up OF ~.
Russians to our forward lines hay
raised the question of commana ND
but the argument probably will
prove purely abstract. way
1t seems likely that the Russ;on.
and the western Allies have saos '
assigned their zones of conones,
and that operational problems will
lie almost wholly in the field -.
llalson rather than in tactica, cor, ~
mand. These zones probably cor
form, roughly at least in III, n
zones of occupation agreed rrnu u
politically. Ns0"
The Russian occupation zone h.,
been described as east of Tr ps
running slightly west of Berlr
Following through on this, the fn c
OF the Elbe and Nude rivers won ''s
seem the logical demarcation
The British are expected to m
cupy the northwestern and I'm
Americans the southern sections wy
There are any number of reasons
why the various armies sbonlJ
themselves conquer the area thew
are going to occupy when fightinp
ceases, and it appears to be shan
ing up that way. A much similar
situation is possible as the Amer.
cans turn south. Austria and Czec
cans turn south. Austria and
Czechoslovakia do not involve tbe
occupational zoning problem ,at
least so far as we know abont
Austria). But when we meet in
Europe will be over.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
Rocky Point Soldier
Is Killed In Action

Pfc. Samuel j. Langston, son u
Mrs. Sam Langston, Rout 2
Rocky Point, died March 8 Of
wounds received III action on LII.
ION, according to 3 message re.
ceived BY his mother from ths
War Department.
Pfc. Langston entered the Ar.
my in July, 1912, and left for th=
Pacific tloeater in January, 1913
He was stationed in Australia in
the spring Of 1943. Stree that time
he has been in several major en-
gagements on New Guinea and
Leyte. He had been in the Philip
pines since last fall.
He is survived by his mother;
two brothers, Sgt, w. B. Langston,
u. S. Army, Kea1ney. Neb., and
Edward Earl Langaton, of Rocky
Point; three sisters Miss Blanche
Langston, of Charleston, S. c.,
Miss Maude Langston, Rocky
Point, and Mrs. S. A. O'Brien, Ar
lington, Va.
Memorial services for Pfc.
Langston will be held at Riley S
Creek Baptist church at pm.
today.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
TOO MUCH WORRY

We are constrained to believe some times
that there is too much worry and nub-dub
over the problems of the returning soldier who
will turn civilian and slip back into civilian life
just as quickly as he can shed the Cd. All
the discharged veterans we know here have
gone back to work, some in their old jobs and
others in new jobs. All they want is chance
to go to work. Castonia's most decorated SOL
der, so far as we can find out, the former
Pvt. Freck Huffstetler, wounded six times,
wearer of a whole chest full of medals and
ribbons, went back to work within a week
after he had been discharged, thus setting a
most worthy example to future returning SOL
diers. - Gastonia Gazette.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
THREE COMMEND
CHARITIES WORK

Three letters commanding thu
services of the Associated Charities
were released yesterday following
approval of their publication or
Thursday by the agency's Board
of Directors, at the motion Of
Rabbi Mordecai M. Thurman.
THE work of the Associated
Charities was complimented ir
in commune atoms received from
B. P. Adkins, superintendent OF
Community hospital; DR.. E. P. Cut
ter, Consolidated Board of Health;
and William H. Montgomery, area
director of the Boys Clubs OF
America, New York.
The letter from Adkin follows:
'Please allow me to express my
sincere thanks and that of the Hos
pital staff to you and your staff for
the splendid cooperation which
you have given this Hospital since
I have been here as Superintendent.
Your department is doing a great
service for those of our City and
County who are ill, and in finan-
cial distress, through your investi-
cation of each case and recommen-
dalton of help for the deserving
ones. In that way you render us
much assistance since we cannot
possibly make as thorough investi-
cation of each Individual case as
you can. Should be constantly
questioning ourselves as to whether
we had extended help to one who
did not need it and refused a de-
serving case.
The ready response, and unselfish
spirit which your department
shows each time we have an oc-
casion to call upon you is most
commendable.
The communication from DR..
Cutter follows:
1--WE are encouraged to receive
reports from the State Board
of Health showing that our clinic
has a good standing among clinics
referring infectious patients to the
Rapid Treatment Centers.
MANY INDECENT patients bene-
fitted by this disqualification because
the Associated Charities of Will
mington paid for their transporta-
ton to and from the hospital.
Doctor Elliot and I wish to &C
knowledge and to thank you and
the Association for this support. :"
Mr.. Montgomerys letter follows:
"Although I am rather tardy in
acknowledging your kind invita-
ton of January Is to attend the
Fiftieth Anniversary observance
of the Associated Charities, may I
say that your letter was delayed
somewhat due to my frequent alb
sences from the city.
IT am sorry I did not receive the
invitation in time to extend my
greetings, but I am sure under
stand. I have always been interest
ed in the excellent work of the
Associated Charities, especially
during that period of time under
your capable and efficient leader
ship. You certainly are to be con-
graduated for the fine work you
are doing and I look back with
pleasant memories on the small
part it was my privilege to play
during the time I was associated
with you and the other splendid
members of the board
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Pfc. Clyde B. Case
Is Wounded In Action

Pfc. Clyde B. Case, Jr., son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Case, Of I'LL
Grace street, has been wounded in
action in Germany, according to
word received by his parents.
Case, who was hit by shrapnel,
had been serving with the First
Army since D-day. A letter writ
ten by Red Cross worker stated
that he underwent an operation
and was now improving.
In service since September, 1913,
Case received his basic training
with the Field Artillery at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma. Overseas. since
May of last year, he had been a
member of a machine gun crew
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
ROMEO POINTS TO
CIVIC OBLIGATIONS

Robert R. Romeo, incumbent fol-
City Council seat, declared yes.
terday he felt he was obligated
to the people of Wilmington to re.
main in office until "a number Of
items pending before the Council
are dealt with.
He named these as city limits
extension, completion of the water
works system, incinerator, audi.
forum, and in addition, the i'm
portant task of conversion from
war to peace-time conditions.
Councilman Romeo's statement
follows:
my decision to offer for re.
election to the City council was
reached after a careful study Of
the various problems involved.
There are a number Of items
pending before the Council, such
as city limits extension, compile
ton of the waterworks system,
incinerator, auditorium, etc. Also
we are faced with, the most i'm.
portant task OF conversion from
war to peacetime conditions. In
this connection there are mum.
Der Of decisions which must be
made very soon.
'It is my considered opinion
that these matters can be most
effectively handled by a person
who has been keeping in close
touch with all phases leading up
to final action. I feel therefore
that 1 owe an obligation to the
people of Wilmington to remain in
office until these matters are dis
posed of. I am willing to continue
my responsibility to the people
until the job at hand is finished"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
WONDERING

Washingtons afternoon teacup balancers are
wondering how the Trumans will live on the
Presidents $4,000 salary. Though that figure
may sound big enough, it's relatively small
after taxes are deducted and when you re-
member the scale on which the President is
required to live The White House is maintained
by the government, but many expenses includ-
ing food must be paid by Truman. Most other
Presidents, including Roosevelt, have been pri-
vately wealthy and could afford the expense
of being President but until a few years ago
Truman was still paying off debts from that
ill fated Missouri haberdashery.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
GRANTED DIVORCE
WEST PALM BEACH. Fl

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, April
21.-U.P)-Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce,
daughter of the late Andrew Mel
lon, former secretary of the treas
ury, was granted a final divorce
decree here Friday from Col.
David K. E. Brucem.p The couple
had been separated since October
1913. Mrs. Bruce was given full
custody of their 11-year-old daugh-
ter. No alimony was asked but
property settlement was made
part of the record, court officials
said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
EXCELLENT CHOICE

The North Carolina Educational Association
is fortunate in it's new leadership. Mrs Annie
Laurie Mcdonald, of Hickory, is exceptionally
well qualified to serve as president OF the
N. c. E. A. for the ensuing year.
Mrs Mcdonald brings to the task per
suasive personality, sincerity of aim and pur
pose, zeal for selfless service and broad ex
perience,' both as classroom teacher and as
leader in her professional group. On the
other hand, she has not been touched by
political or other outside influences and is
therefore, free to devote her services exclusive
ly to the cause which so intimately concerns
the teachr and the child.
In the past efforts have been made to in
volve the association in partisan politics. Mrs
Mcdonald is no politician and her wide pop.
ularity and efficiency as leader of her pro
fessonal group should enable her to reunite
any dismembered or contending elements with
in the teacher organization and re-orient the
course of the whole group toward the ad-
vancement of education in North Carolina
Winston Salem Journal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-22
LETTER BOX
SAVE IT FOR VETERANS

What I have to say has no in.
tended bitterness and it is not
meant as fault finding. do no,
know the facts and, therefore. am
not IN position to criticize any.
ones action. If I were in the seats
OF those who make the plans for
the government of the city, would
certainly like to know what all
the people think and say. Nothing
can be accomplished by an att.
tude of getting someone told"
Much can be accomplished by rea.
soning together.
May we call this a symposium
of the street? What is contained
here comes from people as they
walk about our streets.
Enough has been said about the
cutting of the trees on Chestnu.
street. Vast numbers of the cit
zens were angered but the expld-
nation of those who had it done
has been accepted and all but the
sufferers feel better about it.
But why, asks the man on the
street. does the city go forward
with program of sidewalk paving
when material is at an all-time
high and labor is scarcer than
ever before in the history Of the
city? The cost is, therefore, higa-
er than should be paid by NIL
nicipality.
All of the tax payers have not
benefited by the unprecedented
wave of prosperity. Widows living
on the annuities of their deceased
husbands life savings are in far
worse shape now than when the
dollar bought a dollars worth. The
price of everything required for
living is sky high and taxes are
burden. Local taxes should de-
crease as federal taxes mount
It is heard that the city'S sur
plus is very large. Some say buy
bonds with it and some say cu'
the tax rate for it is not the buSl'
ness of a city to build up surplus
es. No one says undertake paw
ing program as an outlet WheA
the cost Of the program is at
maximum.
1t has been advanced that ths
should be a postwar planning pIot;
ect. There will be many a retuTitu
veteran then and why not save IND
money ara save these jobs Tor I'M
men who really deserve far pele,
than even this. But judging III.
future by the past, there Wa.
many apples sold on street coi
ners in the early nineteen t"ehus55
by men who had been proiilsS11
better. Promises are now 0'!ns
made to men doing the same wv
of fighting a war. Ar the pLo.n
Uses going to be kept or are -
going to pave streets with Ill''
which would help them? no
There is nothing closer 10 us
heart of the people of Wllm!HS. .a
than that boy doing a man S W. n,
with his heart back home IN w., w.
Doesn't Wilmington 'A4 ~,
enough Of him to hold Joo ~
him? Can't that paving De po%l
poned? So m seven thous 1r,
Menos for Joe went from a.;..o
mington in the Red Cross Di ;oS,
That many people want these ''
held. .ci
fathers would feel better u ~.
reasons for not doing it were
planned.
am not hitting at anyone, ~
am pulling. as an old soldier ~
someone-vour boy and nine
Interested Citizen
Wilmington, N. c.
April q. 1915.
Eighty per cent Of move .r
nan,1fa ct11rino plant is IN pr,