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Bradley beam., 1945-02-17
THE END OF THE ROAD

Johnnie lay dying upon the cold ground With all his comrades gathered around, Tears falling from their eyes As they watched him bid his last goodbye. As he lay gazing at the clear blue sky, Knowing that it his last goodbye, He said Go on boys, be your way For we'll all be together fine day. Then Johnnie's eyes began to grow dim And one comrade said, We will miss him, For he has been with all the way, Has done his part but here he must stay.' For Johnnie really had done his part Although it would hurt his mothers heart. But she knew her went out to fight So that this country could keep its rights. He gave up his freedom to end this strife And in the end he gave his life, Head up and singing, as he strode- Now he has come to the end of the road.
 Sgt. William Dark, C
Bradley beam., 1945-02-17

How well acquainted are you with the location and operation of various types of fire. extinguishers :?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-20
Burton Moves Up

Senator Harold H. Burton of Ohio, nominal
ed by President Truman for the Supreme
Court vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Associate Justice Owen ]. Roberts is serving
his first term in the upper branch OF Con-
gress. He is native of Massachusetts, former
mayor of Cleveland, fifty-seven years old and
in the First World War served in France and
belgium He is co-author of the resolution fav.
oring American participation in a world or,
ganization to keep the peace. His chief interest
as a member of Congress has been focused
OF foreign affairs
Also he is republican, the party to which
Mr.. Justice Roberts belongs. And he is a
sblack horse appontee, for while he had
been mentioned casually when Mr.. Justice
Roberts retired, his name has not since re-
appeared in general discussions until the Pres.
ident's announcement Of his nomination al
Tuesdays press conference.
Mr. Truman does not play politics" in the
ordinary sense, but it may be he has Ohio
voting strength in mind when the next nation.
al election is due.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-20
Patterson Succeeds Stimson

Secretary of War Henry L. Stinson has well
earned the rest his resignation will permit
him to enjoy.
It was on July 10, 1910 that President Roose-
welt drew him into the Cabinet Past seventy
then Che will be seventy eight tomorrow he
has directed the War Department throughout
the years of conflict with the vision and under
standing Of young man.
His selection for the post was among the
happiest of the Roosevelt administration. In
spired primarily by political unrest in the ma
ton, and staunch republican that he was, par
tisan politics had no part in his departmental
administration. t><
In naming Robert P. Patterson, Mr.. Stimson' S
under secretary, as his successor, president
Truman apparently has made wise selection,
as Mr.. Patterson has gone through the war
years at the secretarys right hand and be-
cause OF this association should be well fitted
to carry out the rehabilitation program. Fur
thermore, he too is republican His appoint
ment is well-timed gesture to the opposition.
This is the seventh change in Cabinet per-
sonnet President Truman has made. and
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pointees still at the head of government de-
Enthusiastically OF the Navy Forrestal,
Secretary of Interior Ickes and Secretary of
Commerce Wallace. OF these 1t is expected
that Secretary Forrestal will step out soon.
Secretary Ickes seems to have the President
favor and probably will remain, though no.
body knows why.
Washingtons wiser observers believe that
Secretary Wallace also will continue at his
present post, not because Of any personal
merit but because the President feels he can
keep an eye on him better in the Cabinet
than if he were returned to private life and
became free lance and probably mouth
piece for the fellow travellers. 1t is their
thought that Mr.. Truman can exercise some
restraint on Wallace's radicalism long as
he remains in the official family.
However this may be, there is apparently
but one more Cabinet change in sight at this
time.
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Tricky Propaganda Exposed

It has been the custom for long time,
erybody how poor we are and how hard it is
to get food for the children and heads of
gentleman with information that 1945 food
crops are the highest in years. Enough food
has been produced in this country this year
alone he declares, to feed 200, 000, 900 persons,
and this despite the shortage of farm labor.
: He ought to know what he's talking about,
too, because he is member of Rutgers uni
versity faculty, Prof. Henry Keller. Jr., by
name, of the schools department of economics
and agriculture. Maybe the bureacrats haven't
been as careful in addition, besides wanting
to make Americans war conscious with
tricky propaganda.
Professor Keller was speaking before presl-
dents and secretaries of farm bureaus in eight
northea stern. states.
He pointed out that production is up in al.
most every category, particularly canned
fruits, and vegetables. fresh fruits and vete-
tables, milk, eggs beef, fats, oils and fish.
The vegetable crops alone, he said. is esti-
mated at Sc, 600 900 900 pounds, which is 5000,
100000 pounds over the 1859 average
Canned vegetables, he declares, amount te
ully 6,0O0,O0o,0OO pounds.
1.-THE population of the United States can
not eat this amount of food and be healthy
Professor Keller said. "If some of it is being
moved abroad for the Army, the United Ma
tons Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
and other relief agencies, then the food car
be asorbed fairly eaisly and prices will stay
at fairly decent level
What We want particularly to know is wher
the bureaucrats propose to stop feeding us
pap.
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The Literary Guidepost

about the Greeks who didn't even
have a word for religion and whose
lack of common spiritual faith"
explains, Cheney believes, the
flash-in-the-pan character OF the
glory that was Greece"
But even the people who cling
with abiding faith to reason will
be delighted by Cheneys stories
about the surprising faith Of such
Christians as St. Bernard (Abel-
ards doctrinal foe), Meister Eek
hardt, Jacob Boehme and above
all Fra Angelica and Blake, about
whom Cheney is most persuasive.
Desert Episode, by George Green
field macmillan; $1.75.
History and geography are COM
bined with fiction to form this tale.
The time is October, 1888, and the
place is the desert where Mont
gomery launched his memorable
attack to drive Rommel out OF
Africa.
The plot has been worn thin by
generations OF novelists: is the
man in the case, here a Capt. Har-
rison, going to prove the coward
he has been suspected Of being in
the past?
It's old wine in an old bottle, but
thanks to Greenfield's careful and
often sensitive prose, the bouquet
is not wholly lost.
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Far From Peace Goal

Mingled with the relief that the fighting
that the attack on Japan had ended too soon
and that as a consequence the Japanese war
makers lacked any deep sense of defeat and
would foster the idea among the masses that
surrender was but a temporary reverse and
the war would be renewed at the first oppor-
t,aaity. There was verification for this view
even before occupying forces landed in the
home islands and General Macarthur arrived
to take over It has not yet disappeared. de-
spite the many arrests Of Japanese for war
crimes and the steadily widening frontiers of
occupation.
Nowhere has it been more manifest that in
the inflammatory broadsides published in the
Tokyo newspaper Asahi. largely circulated
among the Japanese intellectuals, which Gen.
eral Macarthur has suspended, albeit but for
two DAYS. because it claimed that the order to
publish the facts OF Japanese atrocities was
merely an attempt to offset reports OF Amerl'
can outrages in Japan.
Most other japanese newspapers ooeyeo
MacArthur's instructions, but Asah continued
r. be the mouthpiece of the militariests, In
tent mountaineering with the peaceful settle
ment of problems in the solution OF WHICH
Japan's future status depends.
This two-day suspension may prove all 1na'
is needed to bring Asahi to its senses II II Is
not, General Macarthur will be fully Just'1'eo
in continuing it indefinitely, for it is lnoispen
sible to the peace in the Pacific, and the entire
world, that the japanese people, who have
been kept in ignorance by false propaganda
throughout the war, should learn the trCtn Oh
thier armies bestialtiy, no less than the de-
feats of Japans armed forces by land and sea
and in the air.
BY no other means, it is reasonable to be-
Iieve, can the japanese people, by and large,
ever understand how they have been used and
misled and at the same time accept their
proper responsibility for government and exis.
tence within the nation and put down the
war-lord element which has ruled them so
long.
Whether the Japanese were permitted to
surrender too soon, whether 1t would
have been better to blast few more cities to
pieces first, is not for non-military complain
ants to decide. But it is obvious that the true
substance of peace will never be woven into
the fabric of Japanese life until the war
makers are eradicated and their agencies,
whether press, radio or courier, are disposed
of with them.
If General Macarthur succeeds in this in
the short time he assigns to the task and is
justified in reducing the occupation forces to
200, 600 in few short months he will have per.
formed a miracle.
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BY w. G. ROGERS

Men VINO have WdlAeu Will
God, by Sheldon CHI eney
(Knopf: $3.75).
AS the readers of Cheney's books
on the theater and art appreciate.
he can always be counted on to
write very well, to be most thor
ough, and to throw some fresh
light on the material he is survey
ing.
He does not disappoint us in this
study Of mysticism, presented in
biographical sketches Of men as
recent as the poet and artist Will.
liam Blake, who died just over a
century ago, and as remote as
Lao-Tse, Buddha, Pythagoras and
Plato, who lived five and six cen
turtles before Christ.
= At this particular crisis in our
messy world, this might prove q
popular book, for it deplores what
Cheney calls the ''unholy drag Of
thought and glorifies the men
who have believed that the truth
about humankind begins somewhat
beyond the point where reason
stops. AS the author explains in his
very first sentance, there is only
one subject Of permanent interest,
the sorl.''
Writing from this point Of view,
ne OF course values Plotinus above
Plato and feels pretty unhappy
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Steel Squeeze

There appear to be further labor troubles IN
store for the steel industry Note TINS item
from New York Times financial column;
with Representatives Of the steel industry
pressing the Office of Price Administrator ior
price relief based on projected earnings 70
the year-end, which will show req nsu.es ~.
sasnv secondary companies, the companies are
.ho,,t n face reopening Of wage rates de-
naanded by the unions. Labor has asked 1. tor "a
Sept Is to discuss raising Of the basic wages ages
Without altering other parts Of the union con- on,
tract, and experience shows this to . be nu'
the first step in seeking higher wages .nrot NE
the entire industry. Should u'e 80 .te.,
$3.50. 20 md STRIP which will be in great demand
s ,net tbs ANU autootve and other important indus
s.: : sss would ss fur further
in the labor component -
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Your GI Bill of Riehts
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON,-Here are some
questions from GIs which have
come Up as a result Of the end of
the war:
@. I was in England for two
years at the start of the war and
have since been back in the states.
have more than enough points
to get out but they tell me they
need me. have been working
with radar. How can 1 find out
when will be able to get out?
! have a good civilian job waiting
for me.
A. All the regulations regarding
discharges from the service have
the qualification that if you are
performing vital work you must
stay in. Work with radar is still
considered vital. Your command.
ing officer can give you the best
idea as to how long you will have
to stay in service.
G. A friend of mine was an Off
Ger in the Army and recently got
out with other than an honorable
discharge. He has appealed his
case and in the meantime they
tell him he has to register for
the draft again and there is a
good chance he will be taken. This
doesn't seem possible Suppose his
discharge is changed on the APP
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DailyPrayer
FOR DAILY DUTIES

Each new day returns, frelghted
with monotonous duties, trivial
cares and life-changing decisions
We would greet it, O LORD OF Ever
nifty, as a message and an oppof'
tunity sent by Thee. Make us aler.
to the profounder significance Oh
these routine providences; so tha'
the glory of eternity may enWrap
the tasks of time. Whether we eau
or drink, labor or fellowship we
would do all in the Spirit OF lne
Living God, who orders and foleS
our lives. In these hard times give
us soft hearts, that we may oedi
gently with or fellowmen. May
every hour be sanctlfleo W
thoughts of the world at war; Oh
our sons in service; and oil '"'
miserable peoples under oppfeS'
sion's harrow. Thus would we i've
day by day, in the power Of al
endless life, Sinking no task ledI
ing no future, and aspiring al sH
times to be well pleasing Univ
Thee. Amen.-W.T.E.
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Thus-but let's start at the be.
ginning:
In the old pre-war days when
this so-called pearl of the Pacific
was getting considerable locally
sponsored publicity as the place
where mainland tourists with plen.
ty of mazuma could find rest, ro-
nance, peace and a placid life,
there came to pass a law for the
protection of pedestrians.
Around the world was advertised
the fact that people crossing Homo
lulu's streets on shanks ponies
need have no fear as long as they
stayed between the white lines of
pedestrian lanes"
There they always have the
right-of-way. Motorists must shrek
to a understanding halt because
to hit a pedestrian between those
lines is like shooting deer out of
season-but nowadays Honolulu is
chock full of six cylinder poachers.
Then too, local pedestrians have
their share of sporting blood and
believe in giving the motorist an
even break. So many of them skit-
ter across streets in midblock
where it's always open season.
That always creates delightful
confusion because some motorists
realize it's a great. game while
others don't The former jam the
foot feed to the floor, unleash their
fanciest fourwheeled ootwork and
try to lead the lodging pedestrian
enough to pick him of just as he
almost reaches the safety Of the
curb. But the latter jam on the
brakes enormously, thinking its
still out OF season.
The result of course is traffic
tieup for blocks. The same situa-
ton occurs on sporting corners
where there are no ten command
ments and a Ford can scrape a
hearse. It is on these corners that
the Honolulu police pursue their
philosophy Of life.
For a while they stand at the
midintersection, directing traffic.
But soon they get bored or believe
the motorists are taking them for
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-20
Peoples Bank Changes

In the twelve years of his residence in Viii.
rnington D. M. Darden, retiring cashier Of the
Peoples Savings Bank and Trust Company,
made host of friends who will miss him,
not only because Of his bank position but be-
caused his deep interest and general partici-
patton in civic affairs. They wish him. equal
success in the private business he proposes
to start in Rocky Mount as he has enjoyed
here.
The Star-News compliments the banks man.
agement for appointing Robert H. Tate, who
has been in the banks employ for twenty
years, as his successor.
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Daily Honolulu Traffic Tournament
Provides Thrills, ChiHs For Public

granted, so they yawn and amble
over to the curb where they stand
in the shadow Of some palm frond
and smugly assume the role Of a
simple spectator:
Then the fun begins. Down from
the north wheezes a 1919 jalopy
with six Japanese and a lone Ko-
rean jammed into its creaking
frame. simultaneously from the
west a Is cylinder custom built
convertible slides smoothly up to
the intersection with a stateside in
dustrialist at the wheel. With a
naughty, deep-throated honk, the
convertible starts to cut across but
the arrogance of that cocky klaxon
angers the jaloppy jockey, W Il o
promptly squaks warning blare
and steams ahead. The convertible
driver starts to ignore him but
suddenly realizes which vehicle
has the most to lose in a collision.
Both cars skid to a halt.
From the south comes a Chinese
taxi driver and from the east
thunders an Army six-by-six, driv-
en- by sleepy, short tempered
sergeant. They join the happy cir
Gle and as if by a signal every
type of vehicle in the downpour of
Honolulu converges on this one
corner. Leave US draw the cur
tain.
Eventually with careless
glance to count house and see if
every balcony is full, the lounging
maestro of law and order moves
nonchalantly back to midstreet and
waves his wand. If it's magic is
working well, soon he will have
the traffic flowing with its custo-
mary smoothness (hah) again. If
it isn't and he has trouble he takes
it out with tickets.
Then he turns them loose. Horns
OF 30 different years vintage monk
madly. Pleas and profanity in ten
varied tongues mix with gas fumes
In the air. Stouthearted pedestrians
who dared risk crossing open
range leap frantically or futiley
for the curb. The great Hawaiian
gasbuggy game is on again.
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peal. What will happen II he Lao
been drafted? -;,ter
A. 1t is proper that he regiS' sa
with Select..ve Service. Eefole ~
can be indicted back lhlo '-
Army the War Department nus. ~
grant a waiver of the other 'nan
honorable DISCHARGE. If The "alye. .
is granted and the appeal ls'Ns :.
his former discharge honofaole, ~
will be entitled to his pEe'-0N'
commission. 5,+
@. My son is Naval Air Caoe ~
He tells me he has the cholce ~.
staying in or getting out OF 'iI'
Navy. What I am WondefHg a
will he be subject to the o40
again if he quits?
A. Yes, he will.
@. I am an officer in the arm!
about to be discharged. If ! am
can they call me up again any
time? all
q A. Yes. You are subject 10 ''7
six months after the duratlo"'
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. set
ting out to chronicle the perils OF
the Pacific during the past emer-
gency will be guilty of grave
omission if they fail to include Ha-
wallis greatest hazard-the daily
HonolulU traffic tournament.
Strictly a sporting event present
ed on a 24-hour;' a day basis, it
somehow manages to combine the
most exciting features of six
day bicycle race, Barcelona bull
fight and an African big game
hunt.
1t has everything, folks, every
thing - special ground rules pre-
sumably for the protection of pc
destrians; the most motley mess
of autos ever seen on any traffic
hazard course; special events pit
ting tricky Oriental against stub
born Occidental drivers, and count
less sporting corners where no.
body has the right-of-way and it's
every man for himself.
Add to this mystifying melee of
man and machine a few thousand
American CT truck and Jeep jock
eys who placidly powerhouse their
way through, ignoring everything
but Army and Navy driving rules,
and you begin to get the idea OF
what thrilling, chilling, spilling
spectacle is presented here daily
under the peaceful palms.
Even ringmasters add to the
general riot. Nowhere in the world
are there traffic cops like those
in Honolulu. Their special sporting
blood stems from the fact that sew
eral Of them are members Of the
1s41 San Jose, Calf, football
team who joined the police force
when stranded here by the war
four years ago.
They came to play police bene'
fit game. They still are.
Other members of the force-of
Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Ko-
rean and various other extractions
believe that life should never be
permitted to become boresome and
have no intention Of letting Honolu-
luans take them for granted.
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ALLIED FORCES
FIND SHANGHAI
LOOTED BY JApS
BY KURT STFINEp

cHUNGKING, Sept. lg-.g-rs.
Japanese did an excellent iob 1 e.
clearing Shanghai of evervtb;n u
motely useful to their war 49,
but the final touch came aftor
pan gave up.
From Aug. Is to the time Ams,
can and Chinese forces arrives :.
Shanghai, the japanese sold 49,.
of their military supplies n ~
nese at fraction Of the cost Of NJ n,'
placement. " It.
Japanese trucks roamed tho o;.
around the block, clearing wor9
house after warehouse of evor,
thing conceivable. Sugar rioa
shovels, cotton cloth, paper sosn
office equipment, furniture an,p
mobiles, bicycles and thousands "
other categories of goods were Al,
posed of before Allied troops Ar,
rived.
Except for the looting OF nun.
Der Of Allied-owned homes ther.
were no Incidents in the las
days of japanese occupation.
When Allied nationals were in
termed, their residences and Offices
were handed over to japanese ri.
villains. When the surrender came
the japanese consulate instructed
the squatters to remain on thp
premises until the rightful owner,
returned. The squatters, fearing
Chinese crowds - which behaved
extremely well-ignored the order
and moved into Little Tokyo, the
preWar japanese quarter in the
northern part of Shanghai. Some
100000 japanese now are concen.
+rated there.
Long before the surrender, loot.
ers had ransacked Allied owned
residences which had not been al.
lotted to Japanese. Everything was
removed, including beams, floor.
ing, windows, tiles and bricks. The
lootings often occurred near in.
ternee camps from which japanese
guards could have interviewed.
Japanese troops and civilians
looted Shanghai from the begin.
ming.
Factories owned by Allied ma.
tionals were looted completely,
down to the last Wheel-shaft. Street
lights were carried off, as were
bronze tablets, a cenotaph com.
morating Allied war dead-includ.
ing the japanese World War dead
monuments and tablets from
graves.
Metal street markers were re.
placed with wooden ones, Tram.
way tracks were removed in some
streets in the central district. More
than 100 metal bus bodies were
scrapped. Steamheating equip.
ment, boilers, filling station tanks
and pumps, all were removed 10
bolster the Japanese scrap re-
serves.
Thus did Japan try to convince
China's masses it wanted to free
China from the Allied yoke"
Among other ways of systematic
looting, the japanese military AID
diplomatic leaders continually eX'
acted tribute from ShanghaTs util'
ity concerns and race clubs. The
former increased consumer de
posits'' almost monthly, and the
race club operators, with an $780,
900, 1000 weekend turnover, institute
ed midWeek race meetings in MD
summer to fill the japanese COT
ferS.
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Atoms in an ordinary kl'cheA
stove emit enough invisible mira Id.
red rays to permit the taking o.
photographs of nearby objecls ~ IL
total darkness with a photo
graphic film sensitive to the rays,
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Fair Enough

accept no responsibility for the personal
views Of Mr.. Pegler. and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
Of making people Think
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Only One Of Three

!, Three presidential appointments in day,
with only one to a. St. Louis citizen. President
Truman must be nearing the end of his special
friends there. :,