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so THEY, SAY

We still face the danger of secret Naz;.
Fascist infiltration into the political and eco
nomic life Of this hemisphere - Secretary ~
State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. -
This island is the front line that defends our
mainland, and 1 am going to die here
Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Jan conor.,
er on Two.
The Dresden catastrophe is without xuoo.
dent. Not single detached building ro pleee-
intact or even capable of reconsrue+; eiia al
town area is devoid of human life AL ar me
city has been wiped from the map Of H,, gaea'
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WASHINGTON CALLING
by
MARQUIS CH1LDs

ROME-That the physical con
dition of Italians in liberated Italy
has improved during the past year
there can be no doubt. This i'm
provement has been due to the or
ganization and supplies furnished
by the Allies through the Allied
commission.
Now, while the commission i:
going through the motions of turn
ing over responsibility to the Ital
ian government, the major effor
of distribution and organization il
still likely to fall on the British ane
Americans. Recently Harold Mac
MILAN, chairman of the commits
sion. announced restoration of vir
tually full power to the Italian
government, with only a limited
right OF veto reserved to the Allies
How this will work out remains
to be seen.
Those who have been wrestling
with the problem of putting a work.
able system together in southern
Italy remain skeptical. These men
American and British officers
who have had to meet day-to-day
necessities feel strongly that
much of the criticism directed
against them has been unfair. They
have done job of major proper
tons against heavy odds and have
got little credit for it.
The criticism ignored the diff
culties of getting the distribution
system started again. That is the
same problem that exists in France
today, military men point out, and
1t is being solved there as quickly
as possible. The distribution of
thousands Of tons of food in a war
shattered country is no easy job.
Those who look at it from long
way off tend to oversimplify the
task to a ridiculous extent.
Today, according to an author
itatlve source, greater tonnage is
being brought into Italy each mon
tn to care for the civilians than is
being brought in for the war effort.
This includes thousands of tons of
food. 1t includes medical supplies
to fight typhus.
Members of the Allied commits
sion are proud of the work done by
officers who move into Italian will
ages only three or four hours after
the Germans have moved out. They
often take great physical risks in
appraising the needs of newly lib
Grated communities and in start
ing the distribution of necessities.
Some, like Lieutenant Colonel
Frank Toscani in Florence, have
proved themselves extraordinarily
able in dealing with the Italian
population. 1t was Toscani who
suggested the character of Major
Joppolo in IA Bell For Adano,"
by John Jersey, which is now hit
play in New York and is soon being
made into n movie. Toscani, who
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screw-driver, and started to walk
out. And just like that the wheels
came down and everything was all
right
Gift looks more like a Texas cow
boy than a bomber pilot. He's a
conscientious objector to all forms
of exercise. All the pilots sleep all
night and half the day, but Gift
sleeps more than any of them.
He is probably the most unmili-
tary man in the outfit. He's just
an old-shoe Southerner, and gener-
GUS as can be. On his wall are a
map of the Pacific and a picture
of his wife. He goes around most
of the time in nothing but white
under-draWers.
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Hidden Taxes

Websters New International Dictionary de-
fines the word royalty as, among other things.
"A percentage, as on output paid to the
owners OF an article, especially a machine,
by one who hires the use Of it,
To this may be added on the basis Of James
c. Petrillo's accomplishments and John L.
Lewis present demand, a further definition:
"A percentage, as on output, paid to the Of
hcers OF a labor union by one who employs
members of that union, as a supplement to
or in place Of dues paid by those members
to the union.''
Mr.. Pgtrillo's arrangement with all Aneri-
can manufacturers of photograph records for
royalty payments to the American Fedora
ton of Musicians is legal and unchallenged
Thus there seems to be no reason why Mr..
Lewis, by threatening n disastrous wartime
strike, cannot make similar arrangement
for his United Mine Workers.
Mr. Lewis is asking a royalty of 10 cents
on each ton of coal mined, to be paid to the
UNIV treasury for modern medical and sur.
gical service, disqualification, insurance. re-.
Mobilization and economic protection as a
partial payment. for the establishment and
maintenance of his (the miner's) readv-to.
serve status
A dime-a-ton royalty on all the coal mined
in 1914 would have brought $5s, 600, 900 into
the UNIV Golfers. Even at peacetime produc
ton rates, Mr.. Lewis union would be as.
sured an annual income Of $45, 900, 900 or more
This ought to take care of medical and hos
pital service and all the rest plus good BIZ
Of routine operating expense, without taking
much if any bite out of the miners week.,
pay check.
This royalty would not be like royalties
paid a manufacturer, or mine and forest roy
alties paid to tax-paying landowners, both O
which are obviously legitimate. This woule
be royalty payment to union officials TO-
no discernible service or benefit.
Operators now negotiating with Mr.. Levi
estimate that his royalty demand with tn
wage increases asked In the Lewis-propose
contract, would add from 28 to IS cents t.
the price Of ton of coal This increase woul
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FRIDAY. MARcHs,,.,
TheLiterarr
Guidepost'
OBJ. BY W. G. ROGERS =
memoirs sn q $ Of f., an Ex-Di ES
Oy I'm r. M. Huntington Wilson, IS,s''
(bruce Humnhr;es, ,s'n

I'm, Uneven in interest and H. 3r,,.,
lance, an odd Combination - N
Wine in new bottles and na,.' o. Old
IN old, these memoirs r rs" WIN.
ficially, 16 years from lust IVvy H. Of
the IT, spanish-American war wa, Vt ueSos.
flrst days Of Woodsow wilson, " n.
administration. '''' llFs'
Though the authors mai, -.
Germ is the diplomat, ne doe, son. ~,
neglect the author. "Iif s01s not
for me Dec. Is, 1875 he VEGA ussaa
=; ana that's Just where the bOsi,
begins; it continues to TODAY U NC
reader will learn who had t.. n tne
Whom' where to find good poItir.
who sits where at state diving
Ihere are numerous phrase, !.
Spanish, German and Frs,. n
several Of the latter missne J,,9
Wilson, definitely no relation
the President whom he found "cu. %
arrogant, scarcely polite" serr. s
IN Tokyo, went on special WV
sion to Turkey, declined the ,m
bassadorship to Russia and ' !.
Washington under Root and Xnm
eventually as under-secretaw "a.
fected the State Department ~,
ganization which opened the W.,
to career men. w
He wrote editorials for N.
Philadelphia Ledger and Bullet
knew Willard Straight and Mari,
Egan as AP men in Tokyo. VA,
acquainted with Pershing as cam
tain and Dewey (the commordore
before Manila.
There are amusing PASSAGE
Mckinley, it is recalled, cova
shave himself with a stright r..
zor, without a mirror, sitting in ,
chair and rocking; a big-nosed al.
tache in some Tokyo embassy wa,
nicknamed the "attache nasal"
Wilson is an ardent anti-isols.
zionist, believes enduring friend.
ship and sincere cooperation with
Russia quite possible" disliked
Harding's normally, voted for FDR
the first time but lived to wonder
how he could have.
If he is hard on isolationism he
is even harder on what he calls
'intransigent fdealims." He
thought Italy's cooperative state
worked. The only reason America
is fighting today, he says is so
that mo power or combination Of
powers can again endanger US
This is a simple and adequate war
and peace aim. as If the way
to end the war was to possess the
strength to win rather than the
wisdom 10 avert it.
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Your War; With Ernie Pyle

The first two fingers OF Gift 8
right hand are off, clear up to the
hand. No, he didn't lose them from
flax or Jap fighters. He shot them
off with a shotgun when he was
hunting quail many years ago. He
writes a beautiful hand by holding
the pen between thumb and last
two fingers. He holds a beer can
the same way.
Gift calls his plane 'Honshu
Hank" He wants to form a new
fraternity called "Fujiyama, IA"
It's membership would be limited
to those who had flown over Japan
on bombing missions in 1914. He
says if he never goes on another
mission in his life it would suit him
fine
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Crossing Of Rhine

Enlistment Of a firm bridgehead on the east
bank of the Rhine by U. S. First Army troops
since Normany was announced yesterday
nesday afternoon at 43O o'clock. As this is
written, great streams of men and material
are flowing across the river with the Germans
offering only mild resistance
This is the real beginning of the end.
In saying that, we agree with Prime Minis
ter Churchill who declared last Sunday, dur
ing his injection trip into Germany, that
zone strong heave will win the war; and
bring down tyranny in Europe.
Even at this early a date, this blow has all
the marks of being that lone strong heave."
Why?
Because it is half Of the greatest military
pincers the world has ever known The other
part is the Russian drive on Berlin, resumed
along the Oder few days ago with latest
reports placing the legions of Stain but rs
miles from the city limits Of the Reich capital.
But there are other reasons, not all from a
military standpoint
When the Americans crossed the Rhine it
was the first time an invading army has
crossed Germany's historic western rampant
than 100 years ago That fact is a mighty
blow to the morale OF the German peoples
For generations they have fought but always
on the other mans land. Today a mighty
force is headed toward the heart of the Reich
Signs of this crack in the will Of the German
to resist appeared yesterday with underground
reports that Hitler has confessed to other Nazi
Il this frame Of mind, according to the re.
port, he began plans for destruction of all
German cities and Industries He has in ef-
feet, committed the country to national sui
eide. This is substantiated by the destruc
ton Of Cologne
That brings up the thought: Will the Ger
man people let this wild beast who promised
them everything and led them to ruin, carry
through his plan? We don't believe so. Even
the Prussian military gang has hopes of sal
vaging something out of this war as the NIL
cleus for another one ...--
Therefore, may not the people themselves
stop the war?
The crossing Of the Rhine could be the sig
nal for new trend of thought, one 50 pow
erful as to overshadow the years Nazi teach
ings, to sweep over Germany. 1t may be
days, it may be weeks but certainly this mill
tary triumph has shortened the conflict by
months. Soon it may be safe to forecast a
date for the end of German resistance The
flood of Allied power is too great for any
nation to Withstand, especially one weakened
BY as many years OF fighting.
Perhaps the careful will mention the pos
sibility of another Belgian bulge final
German try before complete defeat. We be-
ieve it's too late for that now The divisions
still fighting have taken terrific battering.
Hitler simply hasn't enough first rate men
to ever again threaten the Allies on one front
and attempt to hold the Russians off on an
other.
Germany Is near exhaustion How close, we
10 not know but we believe that the time
Of reckoning her end is virtually at hand
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was a $3600-a-year clerk in the New
York City Civil service before the
war, has now returned to the u.
S. A. for a brief leave, during
which he will appear at a perform
ance of the play to be put on for
President Roosevelt.
Such men have worked endlessly,
often against seemingly insuper-
able odds. Italians have expected
far more than was reasonable to
expect. This grows not so much
out of explicit promises made in
propaganda beamed to Italy be.
fore the invasion as from the i'm
piled promise contained in Ameri-
cas- boundless wealth and genera.
sity. This is common phenomen-
on throughout Europe-the >soec-
tation that, with our boundless re-
sources, we can put broken Europe
together again.
The bread ration in Italy has re-
Gently been increased. While sta.
tistics are doubtful in the present
disorganized state Of the country,
most observers agree that there
has been a marked drop in infant
mortality during the past year.
You see extraordinary sights in
liberated Italy" When CPS in
towns in the forward areas line up
for chow, almost invariably a line
of Italians forms nearby. The SOL
diers dump the food they do not eat
into pans held out by the waiting
Italians.
Partly, of course, this phenom-
enon Of war begging comes out of
the past. Hardships and demorali-
cation have merely accentuated it
In Naples, which was a poverty
ridden city before the war and suf-
fered heavily in the battle for it's
liberation, there is today virtually
no typhus. A year ago, there were
$4,000 cases and several thousand
deaths.
Vaccine and the invaluable DOT
powder, used under the direction
of the American Typhus commits
sion, have brought about this
miraculous change. Neopolitans
and Italians in other cities may not
be able to get soap for baths but
they can come daily for a free dus-
ing with DOT, which kills lice and
keeps down typhus.
me typhus commission, under
8rlgadier General Leon A. Fox, is
aow initiating the same work in
Yugoslavia. The work of this com
mission is one of the remarkable
lntold stories of the war. It is
characteristic of the quiet, efficient
way that the army carries forward
n the wake of battle, often with
title recognition even within the
'avaged country.
Copyright, 1945 by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
"
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WHAT PRICE PROGRESS

To the Editor: l..
To me it seems Dissertation =. "
have cut down so many beau,l-4
trees on the blocks from IhlIo y
Fifth streets on Chestnut-an d.
most wholly residential section,
T understand that those reSPga
sible justify their action IN .. aa
name of progress. Is it pfos.' ;,
to destroy the natural oea0Ii y,
our city-a city that some " , -
still love and admire? VIII l, l .,s,
pen again in other reSlden'lai INV. NM
tons? Let us hope not. Let Us nv, ri
that those splendid trees VIII IT,
have died in vain.
HERBERT A. Lynch
Wilmington, N. c.
March 5, 1915
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Daily Prayer
FOR REFUGE

Perturbed, restless, fear-Smitte1
my troubled heart turns to Thee
O God, my refuge and my
strength. Thou knowest my frame,
Thou understandeth my Thoughts
afar off: SC Thou seest the secrets
of my harried spirit. I cannot un'
derstand my own need: Thou
canst. Out of Thy perfect know
edge and unfailing mercy 0
father dear, I beseech Thee to
send my help. Speak peace to my
heart. Give me again qulsl
trust in Thee. May the calm con-
fidence which has been the strength
of my life hitherto, not be shaken
in this time of war. And may l
not lose my vision of Thee IN
Jesus Christ. Amen.-W.TE.
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BY ERNIE PYLE

In 1f1E4 MAhlAINAS 1SLANOS-
(delayed,-The funniest man in our
hut Of BIO pilots is Capt. Bill Gift
ford, of Buford, S. c.
He's a drawly talking Southerner,
lean, profane and witty. He has a
long neck and blond pompadour
hair and a wide mouth and he is the
salt of the earth.
Before I arrived Clifford held the
record for being the skinniest man
in the B-29 base. The other boys
call him The 97-Pound Wonder"
But now they can laugh at me in
stead of him when we got to take
an outdoor shower.
Bill Clifford is an old-timer in
aviation, much older than his fell
low pilots here. He is SO, and has
been flying about II years. AS he
says, he's "too damned old to be
in this bombing business"
He says he gets so cared over
Japan he can hardly think, and !
imagine that's true. But I noticed
he volunteered to go on a certain
specifically tough mission when it
came up.
1t turned out that Gift and I had
lots of mutual friends in the early
airmail days, such as Dick Mer-
rill and Gene Brown and Johnny
Kyle, so we've become practical
ly bosom pals. The Ghandi Twins,
Vol could call us.
Bill has been around in this
world of aviation. He flew the ear
ly night airmail. He flew for Pan
American in South America. He
was in the Royal Canadian Air
Force, and made seven trips
across theAtlantic, ferrying bomb
ers to England.
It's worth theater ticket to hear
Griff tell about mission after he
gets back. He uses his hands and
his feet and half the room and a
great portion of his vocabulary. He
gets tickled and then he gets mad.
1t seems that everything always
goes wrong when Gift is on
mission. He had an experience to
prove it while I was here. I'd gone
to visit a neighboring hut for a few
minutes and he couldn't find me,
or I would have been with him
on it. Thank goodness I always
seem to step out at the right mo-
ment.
Anyway, it was just a half hour
before supper, when Giffgot an
emergency order to beat it to the
airstrip right quick and take a ship
up on a half hours test hop.
He made the flight all right. but
when he got ready to land the
wheels wouldn't come down. That's
very annoying, you know.
Well, Gift radioed the field, and
then began working on those
wheels. or course these big B-29s
are so complicatedly automatic
that you do everything by little
switches and levers, and
not by hand.
Some guy must have spent all
day crossing up wires on that air
nlane." Gift said in his comical
exaggeration when he got back.
.Instead of the wheels coming,
down, the bomb bay doors opened.
When I tried to shut them, the up
per turret gun started shooting.
hit the light switch by misake. and
the tail skid came down. Just for
The hell of it I tried to lower the
flaps, and instead the bomb bay
doors went shut.
"By that time I'd turned it over
TO the co-pilot and was back in the
bomb bay trying to make some
sense out of the switchbox and get
,hings to working again.
But couldn't make head nor
all out Of it. I worked on the
iamn thing for half an hour and
vas getting madden every minute.
FINALLY I just got so disguised
hauled off and gave the goddam
;witchbox a good smack with the II
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LETTER BOX

To The Editor:
I like very much your editorial
entitled rs ervice Men and
Strikes" which appeared in your
Sunday issue, February Is, lg4o
1 thought so much OF this arl,cs
that I had it inserted in the CON
gressional Record Of March i
1915.
U. S. Senate.
Washington, D. c.
March 8, 1915
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OPA Pledges investigator
of New Orleans Meat CfI''

WASHINGTON, March g."
Immediate investigation o. n.
threatened shutdown OF Ne" ;,pi
leans meat supplies was p-G VI, h,
Rep. Herbert (D-La) To-Day "
OPA. N.
Harold Hall, enforcement t g
Ger from the OPA regional Wv Wv
at Dallas, Tex, will 60 " ' NJ,
Orleans at once to inquiry :. h.
conditions which have lea " n.
city's two slaughter houses "
nounce that they will cease oari
tons tomorrow, Herbert lsp' N
The Congressman S@-u u
slaughter houses, which SupE , NJ
per cent of meat used in New ,,irg
leans, announced that op PEI al
under OPA regulations tAe ,sr.ncs
not compete with a meat ~
which has spruNs ntotJ
IT do know the black man
rampant" Herbert stateo'
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End OF Legend

In a burst of academic humor, the dean of
Ballot College, Oxford, invited distinguished
visitor from Hollywood to address the student
body. The visitor was Mr. Samuel Goldwyn in
England on a lend lease mission.
Mr.. Goldwyn has long been famous as the
implacable foe Of the Kings (and Oxford 81
English. But he played his assignment at Ok
ford straight. Not only did he avoid all Gold
wynisms, but he took the pledge.
For years have been known for saying
include me out - Mr. Goldwyn confessed,
"but today I am giving it up forever
This is heavy news We have long suspected
that Goldwynisms were the creation of press
agents and Hollywood columnists But these
noval demonstrations of well worn phrases
were richly amusing, even though the alleged
creator was innocent
Now Mr.. Goldwyn, by his remuneration, has
destroyed the Goldwyn legend. Not only that,
he has cut himself off from reams Of free
publicity, all for the sake of dignity. In Holly
madness. 1t just goes to show you what the
atmosphere Of Oxford can do to a man.
The only thing that has slowed us much in
this rubble-we can't take chance Of getting
ambushed.-Maj. John c. Geiglein of West
minister, Md, at Northumberland, Ger
many.
Whoever lays down his arms or his ''Pan-
zer fist is traitor and must die. Dig in and
cling to every bit of ground of the Fatherland.
Sweat saves blood. Fight like red Indians and
| battle like lions. Beat up every coward and
pessimist.-Nazi Koenigsberg District Leader.
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Fair Enough

Editors note-The Star and the News
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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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
TO-DAY do something that VIII

Let me today do sometnlns 'n~' VIII
take
A little sadness from the wofios vAe'
store,
And may be SO favored Is 70 mAAe
OF joys too scanty sum htue more
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
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ZINC no MEET L Dh

KING TO MEET FDh
OTTAWA, March 8.-(9 n;
Minister Mackenzie King iS1 r;,
afternoon for Washington "
President Roosevelt
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
ThirdArmy Bisects Germany; 3O9,484 Prisoners Taken

PARIS April 18-(P)-The 3rd Army bisected Germany today, invading Czechoslovakia as the First Army stormed to within four thousand yards of the center of surrounded Leipzig. The Seventh Army cleared half of the Nazi city of Nuremberg.
 Along the entire front Eisen- howevr's armies are gathering strength for the final drive east ward to meet the Russians. The Ruhr triumph assumed propor- tions of the greatest victory of the war, even more costly to the Ger mans than Stalingrad. Already 309, ASA prisoners have been taken from the industrial trap and O,000 more are expected to surrender today.
 The halving of Germany is more of geographical than imme- diate military importance. The en- emy still has a circuitous contact between north and south Germany through the mountains in Czecho- slovakia. Censors pass only a bare report that Czechoslovakia has been entered, presumably the in- vaSion is in the Plauen area where troops of the Nintieth and twenty sixth divisions are reported four miles from the frontier.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18

from which the enemy has been striking the United States inva- sion armada. About 1900 planes of 22OO downed or destroyed by United States forces are credited to fliers from Mitscher's fast car rier task force which prepared the way for the Okinawa invasion.
 Six hundred planes is the toll accounted for by anti-aircraft gum ners escorting carriers planes, based on Okinawa.
 The British fleet of carriers covering the southern flank of the invasion with strikes against For mosa and southern Tyukyus de- stroyed 80 Japanese planes in the same period. The American total an average of Fl planes destroyed a day.
 On Ie island the Tenth Army doughboys are advancing through heavily mined terrain against the Japanese garrison where 1000 troops are compressed in the east ern sector. The artillery landed support assault troops.