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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
HEADQUARTERS, MEDITER.
RANEAN ALLIED AIR COM.

HEADQUARTERS MEDlIER'
RANEAN ALLIED AIR COM
MAND = Under this command,
which to a casual observer seems
outside the main focus of the war
are thousands of planes and hun.
dreds of thousands of men-More
planes than the German Luftwaffe
had at the height of its power.
The Mediterranean command in.
cludes Italy, Southern France, the
Balkans and a part of the Middle
East. 1t covers a completely OF
political as well as technical
troubles and, in some respects
seems to me to suggest a working
design for the future.
In the course of this quiet swing
through the European war, / have
written a great deal about our air
power. There are several reasons
for this. One is that, with custom
airy thorough organization, the
Army Air Forces have made it
possible to see their operations in
every phase. But more important
reason is my conviction that the
future belongs to the air.
The future in peace, no less than
in war, is in the airplane and we
have, it seems to me, only begun
to understand the social and poll
teal implications of this machine
that has annihilated space.
Two weapons have come out of
this war with profound meanings
for the years to come-just pro-
pulsion planes and rocket bombs.
If We allow those weapons, with
their astonishing potentialities, to
be developed by rival nationalisms
for war-making purposes, then our
civilization, which may just avert
complete disaster this time, will
certainly be destroyed once ard
for all.
It is with this threat in mind
that I see portents Of hope in the
air force that has been put to-
gether in the Mediterranean, for it
is truly an international air force.
Under 1t. General Ira C. Eaker,
here in this part of the world that
was the cradle of our civilization,
nine nationalites are flying daily
missions to defeat Germany. In
Eaker's squadrons are pilots and
crews from Brazil, Greece, Poland,
France, New Zealand, South Al
RIGA, Australia, Great Britain and
the United States,
Moreover, the command is truly
International. Usually in combined
operations-for example, between
British and Americans-two Of
ficers, one Of each nationality, are
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
Retreat From Isolation

Comdr Harold Stassen recently sad that,
in his opinion, this country has definitely
left isolation behind, and that applies to both
parties The same evening that the former
M nnesota governor made that statement.
Senator Burton K Wheeler delivered a radio
speech that may have added some slight weight
to Comdr. Stassens hopeful words
Mr.. Wheeler tore the Yata conference
apart. He has done much the same thing
with the administration whole wartime for
eign policy, right down the line He didnt
pull his punches.
The Democratic senator from Montana
never does. If any American does not know
that Mr. Wheeler was one OF the most power
ful and voluble OF prewar solationists, it
isn't Mr.. Wheeler's fault Yet it has seemed
recently that when Mr.. Wheeler has mounted
the rostrum to discuss our foreign policy, that
rostrum has been moved an inch or SO from
Its previous moorings.
1t still doesn't stand very close to the posi-
ton of Comdr. Stassen and millions Of like
minded Americans. But it can't be overlooked
that in this latest speech the senators did
say a kind word for the Atlantic Charter.
1--WE must throw our full weight behind the
principles of the Atlantic Charter" he warn
ed, If we do not wish to see our American
ways dragged down in the muck and nire OF
Old World evils and hatreds."
The second half Of that statement has an
old familiar ring. But the senator does pre-.
scribe the Atlantic Charter as means OF dod
gng the perils that he pictures And the At
lantic Charter is scarcely an instrument Of
isolation.
If Mr.. Wheeler is moving his rostrum ever
SO slightly away from isolationism he is I'm
doubtedly taking his audience with him
Mr.. Wheeler has always commanded ,
considerable following. It is doubtful, however
that this following will 60 beyond him ant
demand more international stand from hin
when the Senate debate on international or
ganization finally begins.
The senator has plan of his own for inter
national organization. 1t calls for Unite,
Nations political council without access +
the use of force in maintaining peace) whic
would lead into Omitted States Of Europe
lin which the United States of America ar
parently would have no parD.
This reveals Senator Wheeler doing bushes
at the same old stand 1t seems to refut
Comdr. Stassen's opinion and our footnote
IA. encouragement. Yet there is enoug
change in Mr.. Wheeler's attitude to lend hor
that so influential q senator is not wholly ire
onclable
We believe that Comdr. stassen's estima
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06

Of public sentiment is about W per cent rish''
Whether that sentiment can translate itself
into two-thirds plus one Of the Senate when
the time Of treaty confirmation arrives is an
other matter.
would be tragedy of incalculable erect II
it could not. We hope that the grain OF con-
cession in Mr.. Wheelers speech is symptom
of q move toward a truer reflection of public
opinion in the Senate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

runway. The engines came hurt
ling out, on fire. The wings flew
off and the great fuselage broke
in two and went careening across
the ground. And yet every man
came out of it alive, even the
wounded ones.
Two other crippled planes crack
ed up that night too, on landing.
It was not until late at night that
the final tally was made, of known
lost, and of missing.
But hardly was the last return
ing bomber down until a lone plane
took off into the night and headed
northward, to be in the area by
dawn where the "ditchings'' were
reported. And the others, after
their excited stories were told,
foil ueari1x into he'd
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Continued on page Ter
BY w. G. ROGERS
Wars l Have Seem" by Ger
trude Stein (Random House;
60 S(l

If Gertrude Stein writes it, I
like 1t. Don't ask why. Or yes, ask
if you want to, but understand
that it is impossible to crowd into
this column all the literary and
personal reasons which have piled
up over the years.
Some of the reasons are in this
book. In the first place there is
the authors extraordinary knack
for accurate reporting. No one
tells such revealing stories about
the French, no one quotes them
SO significantly.
You'll enjoy particularly the
farmer who says it isn't Hitler
alone, but all Germans: 1T is not
their leaders who are to blame
they are a people who always
choose some one who will lead
them in a direction in which thew
40 not want to go, it is their in
stlnct tor suicide, the twilight of
the GODS"
The enless circle of war and
peace and war and peace is shown
IN what might be called the para
BILE Of the girl and the chewing
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Interpreting
The War .
BY KIRKE L. sr,,pSo
Associated Pro- nI sun

The thunder of MAJ d hnalyst
charges blowing Rhin -t. b ps;moLtion
the ne,, way from Cologne 10 lpse VS. a4
Cologne plain. Wv 'a'1e of the
It well may spell +no
Allied hopes of se.zino '' &c end Of
cross crossing intact expedite r est.5 river
l me 7. OF east Rhine birdge ,aoasn'
IN thousands .st of Nazi troops still; many
me g west bank to death or c Ss,4 on
How long the grim N NJ Gfip lure
ness nj S.. OF abandoning large gr Ousl.
OF troops oops to their fate, as s AMPS
ana Russian troops press - ~ Al he
the, heart of Germany, can VI o. MO 10
,s It: producing completee s. cO IN
lapse IN German army mors s sO 4.
i open to conjecture. There '|s ,r Is
increasing signs of impending ale alt
envy military disintegratjors d On
tectable in field reports from o1 bo as'
fronts. These signs are 'i bac pom
by evidence that the Nazi G afsas.
to mobilize all German citi1 1e1u1s
into last ditch peoples ar~nn '!
proving largely futile gesture
The will to fight has been =,
tably lacking in such units on nv,
the Wehrmaht troopers were nnI1,
ed out. The citizen soldiers I F~,.,
little disposition to sacrifice thew hon"
selves in battle-to-thedeatb re..
guard actions, the function anna
emily reserved for them bv N.
Nazl commanders, once the few
of Wehrmacht guns at their bact.
is ended.
That is a highly significant in,
dication of the growing defeats
mood among the German peo7Ie
as distinct from the Nazi policed
German army. 1t implies that a
cracking strain is developing with.
in Germany that will certainly
limit sharply the extent and seri.
BUSINESS of guerrilla operations
after organized resistance ends i,
it does not lead to something like
the internal revolt against con.
tinuation of the useless Laughter
that terminated the last war.
With Allied troops on the lower
Rhine from Bonn to Anthem in
Holland, and Russian forces now
manning the the Neisse-Oder lie
virtually from the southern Sude.
ten mountains to the Oder estuary
the final tWo-front breakthroughs
cannot be far away. With all
Rhine bridges destroyed by the
Germans as seems probable if not
already accomplished, it may take
time for General Eisenhower's
armies to bring up all the equip
ment they will need to force that
last Nazi western defense moat.
Eastward, however, there seems
every reason to expect immediate
Russian renewal of the direct
drive at Berlin. The operation
that split Pomerania apart to the
Baltic seems to have fully set the
eastern war stage for just that.
Assuming that Allied and Rus.
sian operations now are intimate.
ly related in timing, scope and
direction by day-to-day staff in
terchanges, it seems logical TO
expect the next major phase Of
action in the east. The Russians
have completely eliminated dan
ger of a thanking attack from
Pomerania. They have reached
the lower Oder within sight Of
Stettin. They have also set the
White Russian army up to now
facing northward to guard Marshal
Zhukov's right flank free to turn
westward and join in a climatic
attack that would reach all the
way from the Sudetens to the sea
with no wide or deep river 10
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06

and there was nothing our boys
could do about it. And yet he kept
coming. How, nobody knows. Two
of the crew were badly wounded.
The horizontal stabilizers were shot
away. The plane was riddled with
holes. the pilot could control his
plane only by using the motors.
Every half hour or so he would
radio his felloW-planes Am in
right spiral and going out of con-
troll" But he would get control
again, and fly for an hour or So,
and then radio again that he was
spiraling out of control.
But somehow he made it home.
He had to land without controls.
He did wonderfully, but he didn't
quite pull it off.
The plane hit at the end of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
BY ERNIE PYLE

IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS,
(delayed)-No sooner have the B.
20 formations disappeared to the
north on their long flight to Japan,
than single planes begin coming
back in.
These are called "aborts' which
is short for "abortives. 1t is a
much-used word around bomber
base.
The "aborts' come struggling
back all day, hours apart. They
are planes that had something hap
pen to them which forbade them
continuing on the long dangerous
trip. Sometimes it happens immed-
diately after takeoff. Sometimes it
doesn't happen until they are al
most there.
The first "abort' had a bomb
bay door come open, and couldn't
get it closed. The second had part
of the cowl flap come unfastened,
and mechanic undoubtedly
caught hell for that. A third had
a prop run away when he lost an
engine.
MY friend Maj. Walter Todd, of
Ogden, Uath, "aborted" on the
mission I watched take off. He
blew cylinder head clear off.
He was within sight OF Japan
when it happened, and he beat the
others back home by only half an
hour. He flew 10 IL hours that
day, and didn't even get credit for
a mission. That's the way 1T goes.
Those left on the field will idly
look at their watches as the long
day wears on, mentally clocklng
the progress OF their comrades.
They're about sighting the main
land now" you'll hear somebody
say.
''They should be over the target
by now. I'll bet they're catching
hell" comes a little later from
somebody.
By late afternoon you look at
YOUR watch and know that by now,
for good or bad, it is over with.
You know they're far enough OH
the coast that the last Jap fighter
has turned for home, and left our
men alone with the night and the
awful returning distance, and their
troubles.
Our planes bomb in formation,
and stick together until they've
left the Japanese coast. and then
they break up and each man
comes home on his own.
It's almost spooky the way they
can fly through the dark night, up
there above all that ocaen, for
more than six hours, and all arrive
here at these little islands almost
within a few minutes of each 9TH
er.
By late afternoon we've begun 10
get radio messages from the re-
turning planes. A flight leader will
radio how the weather was, and
if anybody went down over the
target. 1t isn't complete picture,
but we begin to patch together a
general idea.
We lost planes that day. Some
went down over the target. Some
lust disappeared, and the other
boys never knew where they went.
Some fought as long as they could
to keep crippled planes going, and
then had to ditch" in the ocean.
And one tenacious plane load mi
raculously got back when it WASH
in the cards for them at all. They
had been hit over the target, had
to drop down and back alone. and
the Jap lighters went for him, as
they do for any cripple.
rive lighters just butchered him,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
Daily Prayer
FOR SOLDIERS LOYALTY

Silently we name in Thy holy
Presence, o God, the dear ones
serving our Flag and Thee, Tor
whom we covet the best gifts. And
with them, we link all our Allied
soldiers and sailors and war WORK.
ers everywhere. Keep them all
steadfast 10 their truest vision ana
highest duty, whatever else befal'
Grant to them and US soon, tne
felicity of knowing that peace mas
been won and the world redeemed
from ruthlessness and selfish pow
er. Amen.-W. 7. e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

"When we leave here for the next Shore
there is nothing we can do for the ones
beneath the wooden crosses, except per-
haps to pause and murmur, Inanxs'
PAL"
Closing words of Ernie Pyle's book.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
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 thinko
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06
MANNERHEIM ILL

STOCKHOLM, March Of
Marshal Baron Carl Gustat Man
nerheim has been forced to give
up his duties as Finlands pres
ident temporarily because OF MS
health, it was reported from hel.
sinki today. His duties are beng
handled in the interim by Ple'
mier Julio Paasikivl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-06

Use higher grade eggs for ca:
ing; lower grades as lngreolli''
in cooking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22
Margaret Block
 Wed YesteSday

The marriage of Miss Margaret E. Block. daughter of Mrs. Mat thew Block, Stiles street, and Fletcher T. Stewart, son of Mrs. Ralph Stewart, East Main street, took place yesterday morning at g o'clock at St. Cecilia's church.
 For her wedding, the bride chose tropical worsted aqua suit, white hat and accessories and corsage of yellow roses and baby's breath. Miss Jenny Petite served as maid of honor wearing a dusty rose gabar- dine suit, white hat, harlnonizing accessories and a corsage of yellow roses and baby's breath.
 Members of the immediate fam lilies attended wedding breakfast at the brides home following the ceremony. Mrs. Block was cos tuned in navy blue with matching accessories, and Mrs. Stewart was dressed in royal blue. Both wore gardenia corsages.
 MT. and Mrs. Stewart will reside on Grove street, upon their return from wedding trip to New York and Philadelphia. The bride trav- dress with white accessories.
 with white accessories.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22
Mrs. Robert Birt
 Was Honor Guest

Mrs. Robert F. Birt, president of the Mattatuck Musical Art society and organist at SS Peter and Paul church was the guest of honor last night at her home, 282 Grove street, at surprise reception and supper given by the officers and commit tee chairmen of the society. Mrs. Birt is leaving July to join MT. Birt at Little Rock, Ark, to spend the summer months. While there she will act as organist at the ca thedral.
 Those attending last night were Mrs. William Russell, Miss Gertrude Yates, Miss Doris Howe, Miss Mar tha McNaught, MT. and Mrs. Louis Stocking, Miss Fannie Mccormack, Miss Emily Merriman, Mrs. George Storm, MT. J. w. Beecher, Miss Margaret Donahue, Mrs. Leon Phaneuf, Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, Miss Marian Johnson, Mrs. Carl Heebner, Miss Betty Mcdonald, Mrs. Robert Fenn, Miss Jean Webster, Miss Philomena Sirica, Miss Mary Baker, Mrs. Herbert Taylor, Miles "A Martin, Charles Kellogg, Mrs. Lucien Derouin, Mrs Ruth Wallace, and also several members represent ing the Junior Division of the Mat tack Musical Art society.
 Charles MacBurney presented a program with sound pictures on musical appreciation. Mrs Birt was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22
SOCIE ' Y
Miss O'ROnrke
 Weds Sergeant

Miss Kathleen Marie O'Rourke, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William O'Rourke, Wyman street, became the bride of T-Sgt. Leonard Irving Gaunt, son of MT. and Mrs. Will liam Gaunt Homestead avenue. on Tuesday morning at g o'clock at St. Margaret's church Rev. John A.. Conlan, pastor, performed the cere- mony.
 The bride, who was given in marriage by her brother -in-law, was attended by her sister, Miss Helen O'Rourke. William Gaunt, Jr., brother of the bridegroom, was best man.
 Following reception at the Copper Kettle, T-Sgt. and Mrs. Gaunt departed on wedding trip to New York and Chicago. They will reside in Sioux Falls, s. D., where the bridegroom is stationed with the Army Air Forces. The bride, a graduate of Waterbury Catholic high school was secretary at CaShin's Dairy previous to her marriage. T-Sgt. Gaunt was gradu- ated from Wilby high school, and recently returned following the completion of 65 combat missons He wears the Purple Heart, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Presidential Citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22

presented with a leather travelling bag.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22
CORNELL BRIDGE CLUB

The Thursday evening tourna- ment of the Cornell Bridge Club, conducted by Mrs. John c. Moriarty 60 Linden street, closed last night with these winners: Lewis Merrill and Mrs. Franklin Johnson, 559 1-2; MT. and Mrs William Foley, $40; Miss Helen Bartsch and Mrs. Nel- son Squires, 538 1-2; Mrs. Stanley Anderson and Mrs. Edward Nee han, 537 1-2. Top scores for the evening were: north and south, Mrs Edward Holcomb and Mrs. Thomas Chapman, 83 1-2; MT. and Mrs, John Kearney, 78 1-2; east and west Mrs. James Meehan and Mrs. Catherine Collins, 88 1-2; MT. Mer- Till and Mrs. Johnson, 81.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22
BrOchu- -DOrUaI Bridal Yesterday

Palms and spring flowers deco rated St. Ann's church yesterday morning for the wedding of Miss Theresa Dorval, daughter of MT and Mrs. Adelard Dorval, Grand street, and Henry Brochu, Jr.. son of MT. and Mrs. Henry Brochu, Cheshire. The ceremony was per- formed at 8 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. Ernest A. Lamontagne. A pre- Jude of organ music was offered by Mrs Leodinat Pageot who also ac- companied Miss Alice Vanasse, solo, ist.
 Miss Doris Boileau, a cousin of the bridegroom, was maid of honor, and Mary Ellen Shove, also cou- sin of the bridegroom, acted as flower girl. Joseph Rossi served as best man for MT. Brochu.
 Presented in marraige by her father, the bride was gowned in white chiffon with V-neckline, a fitted bodice trimmed with seed pearls, leg-o'-mutton sleeves and a long train. Her fingertip veil was caught to a crown of orange blos- soms and she carried prayerbook marked with orchids.
 Her maid of honor wore pink net gown, fashioned with a V-neck- line, short sleeves and a full skirt, pink mitts, a sweetheart bonnet of matching color and carried a bou- quet of pink roses and blue dolphin ium. A white lace frock over pink satin and matching heart-shaped bonnet was worn by the flower girl. She carried nosegay of pink and white rosebuds.
 A wedding breakfast for 50 guests at Guertin's restaurant was fol- lowed by reception for about 100 Guests were present from Provi- dence, R. l., South Norwalk. Hart ford and New Haven. Mrs. Dorval received in a dusty rose lace dress, black lace mitts and black access sories, while the bridegroom mother was dressed in pink with black accessories. Both had cor sages of gardenias and spring flow CTS.
 Upon their return from a wedding trip to the White Mountains, MT. and Mrs. Brochu will reside in Cheshire. For travel, the bride sel- ected a gold dressmaker suit, matching accessories and a corsage of orchids. She is a graduate of Notre Dame convent, Canada.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22
60 Couples Attend
 Sodality Dance

The Children of Mary Sodality of St: Francis Xavier church spon- sored a dance last night at Wash ington Park Community House at which members of the c. Y. O. and young people of the parish were guests. Sixty couples attended. Miss Patricia Wallace was in charge of the event.
 Committees were: Decoration, Misses Norma Donahue, Gather inc Sugrue, Arleen Hoar, Eleanor Mary Jordan, Jane Fitzgerald, Pa- tricia Feeley, Eileen Barry, Patricia Wallace; Record committee: Miss es Agnes Shaker, Marion Donahue, Genevieve CaShin; Refreshment committee: Margaret Mary Mulhall, Jane Fitzgerald and Ann Balfe; Checkroom: Misses Barilyn Keefe and Peggy E. Murphy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22
CLUB NOTES
Bride Elect
 ShONer Guest

Miss Doris Braun, Keefe street, rho will be married July ' to Fran cis Leary, Crown street, was honored at miscellaneous shower recently oy' Mrs. Joseph Rich, Harker ave- hue.
 Among those attending were: Mrs. Christian Braun, Mrs. John Woods, Jr., Mrs. Clifford McPhee, Mrs. Dennis Rich, Mrs Evelyn Decker, Mrs. Patrick Leary, Mrs. Wilson O'Connor, Mrs. Terrell He- bert, Mrs. Raymond Gribbon, Mrs. William Dwyer, Mrs. Raymond Warner, Mrs. William Swanson, Mrs. Raymond Meier. Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, Mrs. John Finn, Mrs. Ar thur Walsh, Mrs. Markham Purple, Mrs. Louis Blanchard and Mrs. A. Lincoln German.
 Also: Misses Rosemary Mal1ey, Mae Braun, Edna M. Kelder, Har- riet McPhee, Isabelle Cavalier, Mill dred Rich, Emma Valasek and FL eanor Vallone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22
Elisabeth Egan
 Bride Wednesday

Miss Elizabeth Egan, daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Egan, ST., Hill- side avenue, and John L. Hartigan, SK1-c, U. s. N. R., son of Mrs Thomas Hartigan, Savings street, were united in marriage Wednesday morning at o'clock at St. Mar garet's church.
 The bride wore a white organza gown, fashioned with a fited bodice, sweetheart neckline and full skirt, and tiara of orange blossoms and camellias frmo which fell her fingertip veil she carried bouquet of white roses and baby's breath. Mrs. T. Joseph Naughton as her twin sisters matron of honor, was attired in similar gown of shell pink, a halo of pink camellias and a pink and blue shoulder veil.
 Mrs. Egan attended in a navy sheer print, white accessories and a corsage of roses. The bridegrooms mother wore pink and black en- Semble.
 The couple departed on an unan- nounced wedding trip, the bride wearing a print dress with white accessories. She will reside with her parents when her husband returne to his post at Boston, Mass. Both are graduates of Wilby High school
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-22

Believed to be Northern Ireland's oldest woman, Mrs. Margaret Me- Shane has died at Portadown at the age of 104.