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torial possessions through the exploitation OF
which unfair commercial advantages may be
gained and native populations degraded
AS nation, the United States is an ardent
believer in self determination. It's career in
the Philippines is proof of this And its occu-
patton Of Cuba after the Spanish-American
war had for its chief and almost its sole pur-
pose rehablitating and cleaning up the is
land in preparation for stable government
OF its own.
Our occupation of Germany in concert with
Britain and the Soviets will. be concerned moi
only with the maintenance of peace and Or
der and the elimination of preparations for
another conflict, but the preparation of Ger
many, by such means as are necessary, for
taking an honorable place in the community
of nations when the war incentive of the Prus-
sian element has been eradicated and the
people turn their minds 10 peaceful self-sup.
port.
The same objective will prevail when the
time comes to occupy Japan. The United
States will be willing to have Japan occupy a
place among the nations of the world. 1t does
not seek to wipe out the nation, but only to
prevent a revival of war-plotting. 1t will be
ready to use its tremendous military power
in Japan, as in Germany to maintain peace.
AS President Truman says, the United
States seeks no material gain, but will always
be ready to nip war in the bud wherever
it may make its appearance.
This war has thrust upon the United States
a grave responsibility for world peace. We
are confident it will not again shirk that re-
sponsibility as it did after World War l.
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Craven County Chief
OF War Loan Resigns

NEW BERN, July 22.-Ricn' |.
Forester, vice president Of r.. r'
First Citizens Bank and I ,...
company, in charge Of lis wv ~.
branch, has resigned as pef'a .s,,
ent chairman of the Craven c0 ..r
war finance committee, ATE. no;
ing served as chairman QUIZ, ~,
the fifth, sixth and seven,n wi W.,
loan campaigns, all of "hicH W.
highly successful. ..,ia
Mr.. Forester rendered his rss ~
nation last spring, but at the y i,
quest of Leo H. Harvey, Of r p" +
ston, regional chairman anu y. ",
Leinbach, of Winston-SaleH' ~ A.
chairman, he agreed to keep ",
post through the Severn In,5nnn.~;l
Loan drive. J. Gasklll NCD s ,,
served as campaign chairfla4 W..
that campaign. During the ,a IVY,
drives under Forester S sup ,a-.,1.
ion, Craven citizens far ove s..;r.
scribed their quotas by NV M, nj.
almost S6, 100000 in oon a as,,gsss
counting the bonds bough' wv
the campaigns.
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|0KlNAWA SERVICE.
HELD AS TYpH(N)N
HITS CHAPEL TENT NJ
BY RICHARD CUsu,no

OKINAWA - ZAP, A s5s'.,
wind - the edge of a rron ,ia4sSln1
phoon-whipped through tho va w.
sides OF the tent as the [ cH,, open
voice lifted in prayer: q" yo1' I'
that we may be strong in the n t..s
ahead" '''e 'asAs
Driven rain and sand stun. t.,
end barred heads of the 80 II is's'
Army Air Corps men stan6ir. y, J.
erently in rough pews fasb s rev,
from pickup lumber. '0'lea
A chugging bulldozer clanko.
on the coral read outside ~ ny
chaplain finished and snro~ ~ NE
Hymn 54." The wind shriI1 t.Vso
rising fury. A seabee dvn.a ~ m
blast shook the ground. '''e
Above it all the air mon
accompanied by the chords NJ ?.
old up right piano - Hear ~, an
the Prayer l Make On Beo rds5
knee
The hymn ended, they knelt .ri
prayed for strength, for their IoT T,i
ones and for their country, Th,S
prayed for peace. A''
Thus was inaugurated the ro,,
chapel of a Bombardment groun NV
Okinawa. Protestant CbanI,in
Capt. Marion O.. Smith of CsIs,
burg, ILL.,, was filling in for MAJ
Howard J. johnson Of Fort Wor,t
i'll with yellow jaundice csugb
while preaching at the front liS n
on Luzon in the Philippines.
At the piano was Pvt. Tom snoo,
of Fort Wayne, Ind. Before tts
war he studied classical piano IN
Chicago. '
About so feet long and 20 wide
the chapel stand; among three
giey stone Okinawa tombs. Itwa,
Guilt in six days, largely under hs
direction of Pfc. Don Lence of Car.
nondale, ILL.,, a radio operator WIN
doubles as Major Johnson's assjs.
ant. The floor is dirt. A small
altar holds golden cross and tvo
candles, placed upon red felt COW
ering two stacks of &C" rations
Over the altar pillows while Sb
parachute.
Protestant services are held Sun
day mornings. Catholic services
are held Sunday evenings by Faith
er John T. Cullen of GAINESVILLE
Wise, former priest at St. Joseph
parish, Fond D'Lac, Wise. Stat
Sgt. Sidney Emeson of Denver
who works in a general staff office
reads Jewish services on Frida
nights.
Men at the front seek solace i
religion, says Chaplain Smitt
Tl4ey often ask shyly how he,
man of God, can condone va.
even participate in it.
To this Chaplain Smith answer
in effect:
"You are fighting to place you
life as a dixie against the flood
worldwide destruction. Christ die
willing to stop sin. The Ne
Testament says others may CIV
their lives as the ransom for maj
We come over here to help fire
the world from recurring war an
| devastation and suffering. We ca
fight, with our soul at peace"
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Editorial Comment
WORTH WATCHING

St. Louis is modifying to abolish its slums
and to rehabilitate it's blighted areas In so
doing it is going forth to do battle with two of
the toughest, most complicated and dishearten-
ing problems which modern cities face. And
st. Louis is old, as American cities 60. The
roots of the difficulty 60 deep. But before any
other metropolis raises doubt.4g eyebrow it
would be well to remember that St. Louis has
already banished a smoke pail as black as
Pittsburgh's worst-a political and economic,
as well as an engineering achievement And
the same banker, James l.. Ford, who led the
fight on smoke is heading the anti-slum cam.
characterization Science Monitor.
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Trends In Banking

The Research Committee of the North
Carolina Bankers Association, of which War
rem S. Johnson, president of the Peoples Bank
man, has issued its annual booklet for 1914,
Trends in North Carolina Banking
Because banking trends are influenced by
business trends, the committee has taken
careful note of conditions in all branches of
business, and offers an invaluable fund of in
formation.
We note, for example, the nations indus
trial production Stacked off during the last
halt of 1914, probably for drop of 16 per
cent from the 1943 high level; that agricultural
per cent, and construction contracts dropped
at least 40 per cent Textiles, lumber and
timber products and machinery Except cleo
tricaD also fell off, due to the tremendous
output of munitions. There was a slight in
crease in wholesale prices. Factory employ
ment dropped, but average hourly earnings
advanced.
For North Carolina tobacco manufa ctur-
ing fell off TT per cent Furniture shipments
were down 7.8 per cent from the previous
years total Cotton consumed in the state S
mills was SIT per cent below 1913. AS the
booklet says, however, this clearly reflects
1.-The pinch of limited manpower,' and adds:
with shortages in tobacco products, at home
and abroad, limited clothing in some cate
gories and the severe shortages in shelter the
ability to market a larger volume of output
can hardly be open to question with respect
to any basic manufa curing industry in the
state. Raw materials for most of these indus
tries were generally available or could have
been made available given adequate man
power
Other induces, it is pointed out, were more
favorable. Department store sales rose IS pei
ceipts 149 per cent. bank debts 9.3 per cent
The agricultural picture is gratifying, par
ticularly as it proves North Carolina farmers
have learned to do with less and get better re-
suits. Tobacco acreage increased Is per cent
Tobacco production, however, increased sc
but cash cotton marketings we're up II per
cent
What with war industry pay rolls and gen
eral advances in earnings, bank deposits I'M
derwent 1873 per cent increase over 1874;
and 596 per cent over 1912 Not since the re-
search committee started its surveys, has
the rate of increase been as great the
total deposits rising to $1,512, 035, 806.''
This is the briefest outline of the data con
tanned in the committees booklet. 1t Woule
pay all Star-News readers to secure a copy
and study it's wealth of information and &C
companying tables Copies may be obtained
from the Secretary of the Bankers Association
at Raleigh.
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Borneo Rubber

Since start of the Borneo campaign the
public generally has associated the ultimate
victory there with the fuening of Pacific
forces and easing the restrictions on civilian
gasoline. This is easily accounted for because
of the high grade of Borneo oil, much of which
can 60 into tanks directly from the wells with
out processing.
But oil is not the only highly essential war
material to be gained by driving the Japanese
out Of Borneo. Rubber is another main prod
uct. Before the war the big island, divided into
British and Dutch possessions, produced ap-
proxmately twelfth Of the worlds supply of
raw rubber.
Large-scale rubber cultivation in Borneo
began in the early years of the present cen
fury, though experimental paintings had been
made much earlier. Rubber grown from seeds
of Brazilian trees proved superior to other
varieties and by 1910-a year in which the
American automobile industry made 1877, 900
cars and trucks-rubber culture was moving
toward rank leading island industry Ma
tives took to the new cultivation, but were in
clined to abandon their tracts when prices
yield was coming from plantations.
Borneo estates producing rubber were ex-
banded in large measure during the first
World war, and acreage was steadily added
through the postwar years until 1929, period
OF huctuating prices. In order to stabilize
prices and avoid Improbable SURPRISES grow.
ers resorted in 1884 to export quotas deter.
ments
In the 10-year period 1932-1941 Borneo's
rubber output had its ups and Towns along
With the rest of the worlds producing areas
but the general trend was upward. In the
period indicated the worlds rubber yield in
Guiding Borneo's contribution climbed from
100000 tons to $4,000 tons Top producers
were the states Of British Malaga and the
islands of the Netherlands Indies, mainly
Java and Sumatra. Together these British
and Netherlands sources managed to supply
more than three-fourths of the worlds annua
demand for rubber Most of the emaining
need was satisfied by Thaila d, Indo China
Ceylon, and Borneo. Brazil, once the world
largest source of crude rubber, declined in
importance after the development of large
scale plantation culture in the East and was
producing less than one per cent OF the world
total before the outbreak OF war. Biggest buy.
er was the United States, usually in the mar.
ket for about half the worlds million-ton crops
AS to the present condition Of the planta.
tons in the battle areas, the probability is
that the Japanese are too busy to cut down
the trees and the trees themselves too green
to burn. 1t is possible that production might
be resumed soon after the enemy is gone.
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JAN. ia telegram comes
from Tirana Capital of Albania)
during the night, in which the po-
lice inspector raises the alarm. A
government can't be formed. The
rebellion is growing Even
in Albania we get the reflection
of events on the larger checker
board. And these events are not
good"
JAN. 19-''The Germans have in
formed us they no longer can send
the armored forces they promised
to Tunisia Antonescu (Roman-
ian dictator) is anticipating the
necessity of making contact with
the Allies to provide a defense
against the Bolshevization of Eu-
rope Let us not bandage our
heads before they are broken :"
MUSSOLINI STflL
NOURISHES HOPE
JAN 21-"Mussolini hopes
that 800 Tiger tanks, $780, 1000 men,
and the new German guns, will yet
upset the situation Gin Africa 6.
Gen. Arne (chief of military intelli-
gence) is in a black mood. He is
convinced that 1913 will see the
collapse of Germany
JAN. 22-"Rout at Stalingrad, re-
treat everywhere on the front
TripoH is about to fall. Rommel
again has unanswered to save his
own forces, leaving the Italians to
die Mussolini continues
to lull himself with dangerous H.
lusions.'
JAN. 27-"Favagrossa (under-
secretary for war productiom talks
about our supply situation :.
Our contribution to arms produc-
ton is modest-between one-half
and three-quarters of l per cent.
1--WE receive news of the Casa
blanca meeting between Roosevelt
and Churchill. 1t is too early to
Judge, but it seems to be serious,
very serious indeed.
JAN. 28-"Col. Battaglini, chief
of staff of the Sd Division, back
from Russia, painted the darkest
possible picture He said the
only way left to save Italy, the
army, and the regime itself is a
separate peace.
This idea is taking root. It was
mentioned to me with some recon-
mendation, even by Mussolini's SIS
ter"
JAN. 30-"Ambrosio takes the
place of Cavallero as supreme
chief of staff >. Under the pres
ent conditions even Napoleon
could do no mira cles.''
IL DUCE FIRES.
HIS SON-IN-LAW
FEB. Sat 4:3O in the afternoon
II Duce calls me. From the mo-
ment of my entrance, l am aware
that he is embarrassed.
Il understand what he is pre.
pared to tell me- What are YOU
going to- do now?' he begins, and
adds in low voice that he has
changed his entire cabinet g of II
ministers were dismissed.
Il understand the reasons T
4
share them, and l do not intend to
raise the least objection. Among
the various appointments he sue.
gests, I refuse the governorship
of Albania.
There I would become the
shooter and hanger of people to
whom I promised brotherhood and
equality.
Il choose to be ambassador to
the Holy See. 1t is a place of rest
that may afford many possibilities
for the future.
And the future, as never be-
fore, is in the hands Of God.
1T is a hard and sad blow to
leave the ministry of foreign af
fairs where for seven years, and
what years they were, I have Civ.
Continued on Page Eirht)
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Beaten And Rotten Internally
Mussolini Heads Italy For Fall

-, by the Italians in 194W, and kept in
the safe all this time
AXIS BLANKET
is TOO SMALL
JAN. Military forces are
scarce. Africa, Russia, the Bal
kans, the occupied countries. Ev-
eryWhere new and greater forces
are needed.
Il have the impression at times
that the Axis is like a man try
ing to cover himself with a blan.
ket that's too small. If he warns
his feet, his head is cold. His feet
will freeze if he tries to keep his
head warm"
JAN. 7-"Japan would like tc
sign economic agreements with us
and with Germany, defining
spheres of influence with preferen.
tial tariffs. Our inferior position is
obvious. put stick in the wheel
"a Swiss banker from London
says he believes the war has been
won by the Allies He agrees
it is easier for us to find sym.
pathy in Washington than in Lon.
don."
JAN. 81 have seen II Duce
after three days, and find him
worse What is injuring his
health more than anything else is
his uneasiness about the situation
'Dr. Pacetti (brother of Musso.
lini's mistress) Has sent a letter
advancing the candidacy of his
partner. Vezzari, for the Spanish
embassy. Vezzari is an old Jail
bird, an ignorant man, a swindled
and obscene If it were not for
Mussolini's health, I would speak
to him of it,
JAN. 10-"I think the Germans
would do we'll to wa. = the Ro.
manians =. The sudden urge for
reconciliation with Hungary is sus.
picious. If the Russian offensive
had not gone so well, l doubt il
this would have occurred. There
something peculiar going on in
Finland Also
JAN. 11-'Von Mackensen Mazi
ambassador telephoned during the
night on Ribbentrop's orders to
say that Petain (chief of the French
government was preparing to
leave Vichy, bound for his villa
near Marseille. The move is suspi-
cious, perhaps preparation for es-
cape to Algeria.
"Orders have been given to the
troops to watch the movements
OF the old marshal. The French
government was told that it would
be best if Petain did not move"
JAN. 12-"The Prince of Pied
mont Humbert) has sent for
d'Ajeta (Ciano's personal secre-
tary) to tell him that the efforts
to avert the bombing of Rome have
been received favorably, but that
all now desired the actual removal
of the German commanders who
are not keeping their word"
DUCE SUSPICIOUS
OF COUNT CIANO
JAN. -"Mussolini telephones,
wanting to know if I attended a
dinner in the home of Farinacci
(former party secretary :. It is
true, but nothing could be more
insignificant Someone is try
ing to plant suspicion in the mind
OF the chief. I am sorry he could
fall for it, even for a moment. "
JAN. 16- Among our intercept
tons there is a telegram summar-
izing conversation between the
German Gen. Won Thoma and
Montgomery British field mar
shah. IT it is accurate, it is serious.
Won Thoma said the Germans
are convinced they have lost the
war, and that the Army is anti
Nazi and holds Hitler entirely re-
! sponsible. ~
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Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star and the News
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many of his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
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BRITISH CLAMP LIZ y

BERLIN, July FL. ~. b.
Mai. Gen. L. o. Lyme tonlg .aod 4
babe British troops to Du! ps-li,
German eating places IN 30 ~ ..
because of the severe sho1 ,.a M:
civilian supplies. He SAD slsU Oft
all cafes and restaurants N 1a.nii,s
of bounds to British troops eci
medical certification tna. ,,, q.
esta blishments were not SUI. "a aid
the current spread OF typN's
dysentery.
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A SHRINKING KING

|, King Cotton is shrinking sovereign The
Agriculture Department says the smallest
acreage of the staple to be harvested since
1885 is in prospect this year. The crop re-
porting board estimates the area in cultlva'
ton in this county on July at 1885, oo aol
which is 1000, 900, or 98 per cent, less tnal'
least wear. This would seem to indicate
continued shortage of cotton goods Tor ci 49,
ian use. and no reduction in the price Oh WIZ"
little is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record
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so THEY SAY

The tariff question is the loosest guessing
came on the international horizon.-Waterb,r
Conn. Evening Democrat
1t will be up ii Poland to harmonic her
foreign policy with that of Soviet Russia. with
out however sacrificing her political, economic
and cultural independence. PROT Oscar
LANCE, of theUniversity of Chicago.
Care is little four-letter word but # does i.
mighty job in preventing tragedy -Memrb;s
Tenn, Press-Scmitar.
Every effort will be made to gear war man.
power 10 the urgent military needs.-Robert
T. Goodwin, National War Manpower Official
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CIANO'S DIARY

Copyright, 1945, for the Star-New
and The Chicago Daily News, Inc. AL
rights reserved for all countries. includ
ing right of translation.)
Dec. 26, 1942-Feb. 8, 1913
The diary of Count Ciano. Musso
lini's son-in-law ends with serie!
of entries that leave no doubt Of
Italy's future-ruin and collapse or
scale exceeded only by that ir
Germany itself.
Ciano was dismissed and made
Ambassador to the Vatican Feb. S
1943. He took his leave of II Duce
three days later, but the seeds o,
Fascist defeat which Ciano hac
helped to plant in spite of occa
sional doubts had grown to sturdy
maturity.
Italy was beaten in war, ane
rotten internally.
II Duce was i'll. His family scan
dals alone would have overthrow
any normal government.
1taly's people were restless
weary, bitterly disillusioned. Fas
cism's first great experiment hae
brought about its own complete
destruction.
To the end Ciano never under
stood this. Italy's worst crime ir
his eyes was poor judgment ir
linking its future with the Ger
mans.
Ciano wrote:
DEC. 26-"Horia Sima, head oil
the Romanian Iron Guard, has ar.
rived in Italy. Since he FLED
Germany with a false passport
Himmler (Gestap chief demands
his extradition All things
considered there will be one less
crook
MUSSOLINI FED UP
WITH MISTRESS?
Princess Gangi, who had a cor
dial friendship with II Duce, open
ed her heart today about the Pc
tacci Mussolini's mistress) affair
According to her, Mussolin
has had enough of Claretta, hel
brother, her sister, and all of them
but he can't get rid of them be
cause they are evil people, ready
to blackmail and create scandal.
speaking with Princess Gangi
II Duce is supposed to have sale
that he once loved this girl (Pe
taccD but that now she was re
voting to him.
''How much is truth, and how
much is dormant feminine jea
lousy? The Princess blames the
Petaccis for everything that is 60
ing wrong in Italy, including
Duce's ailments. 1t seems a BIZ
exaggerated to me-"
DEC. 30-"A good point apou'
the bombing of Rome. From de
coded telegram we learn that the
Americans have said no to Eden
draconian request Chat the entire
government be moved declaring
that they do not intend to bomb
the city of St. Peter, because more
disadvantages than advantage.
would accrue for the Allies. ],
seems the matter may be tabled
actually an All-American bomb
er force raided Rome June 10
1943.)
JAN. 2-"The Holy Father ha:
said he believes now that the dan
ger of a bombing of Rome ha.
been averted."
| JAN. Al have been thinkins
about gifts for Goering on his 5Otl
birthday. II Duce is giving him f;
gold sword, carved by Messini
which originally was meant TO.
Franco Spanish dictator). Time
have changed!
Il will give Goering a star o
San Maurizio (emblem of the Or
der of St. Maurice and St. Laza
rus) done in diamonds, meant or
iginally for Fog former king o
Albania, who was forced into exile
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Will you ask them to gather together,
To meet at our Fathers throne,
That we may be kept from faltering
When we are standing alone
For there are moments when courage fails us
And dangers around us stare.
Oh tell them again, dear Mother,
We are needing much more prayer!
-2nd Stanza of Soldiers Letter.
Evening star., 1945-12-01
pentagon Guard Dies
AS Auto Crashes Into
Smithsonian Building

Charles G. Troyke, 63, of 556
South Eighteenth street, Arlington
Va, a civilian guard at the Penta-
gon Building, was killed instantly
last night and passenger in his
light coupe was injured when the
car ran nearly 100 feet off the road
way and crashed into the side OF
Smithsonian Institution building
Park Policeman David A. Gre
CORY said the passenger, Horace
Eley, 54, of 801 c street S.W., told
him he and Mr.. Troyke had been
driving along Ninth street S.W.,
when the car veered off the high
way.
Guards at the Smithsonian Arts
and Industries Building ran to the
scene when they heard the car
strike the structure. The force of
the crash broke an iron grill over
a ground-f1oor window and scat
tered broken glass over the floor
Of the basement. A. Smithsonian
guard called police and an ambu-
lance from Emergency Hospital
where Mr.. Troyke was pronounced
dead.
Park Police 1t. William R. Lutes
said Mr.. Treyke apparently was un-
aware he had driven over the low
curb lining the roadway. Although
listing the fatality as traffic death,
Coroner A. Magruder MacDo0ld
said he would perform an autopsy
to ascertain if Mr.. Troyke had suf-
fered heart attack. Coroner Mac
Donald said he learned the brakes
had not been applied at any time
during the 100-foot run from the
highway. War Department officials
said Mr. Troyke was an Army vet
eran.
Mr.. Eley was admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital with injuries to his
arm, leg and forehead. His condi-
ton today was good. The death of
Mr.. Troyke was the 83rd Of the year,
as against 78 traffic deaths this time
last year.