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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05
Interpreting
The War
By ELTON c. FAv
Associated Press "a,


If the Wehrmacnt heed, ,'% lays
orders to fight or. eveStn Ig.e's
will become an army ,,S -lb,oaly It
arsenal. -''''0' an
But, in the opinion Of Comma,
observers in Wasaington ps,eAt
won't be tomorrow. They ,1 ma,
that the presence Of Allied f as,es
within or at the borders - ,o.CeS
eastern and western Cern'. oo''
silesia, the Ruhr, the Saar|n,,..-7
aces major segments Of Cen .lFN'
war production. N'"iaa
However, they PORT on
because of the thorough oro.. Glat
ton and vast completely Of f1, mas
ern industry, considerable ' tio,,
might elapse before the lo, r''.s L,
neaVy industries would parsIv, "
the army. P"' awe
Germany is believed to be ,,;.
ically short on some Items N 5n,
long on supplies Of other im9 y.'
tant munitions. Her shortest ifos
is oil, both synthetic and natn ,,.I
petroleum. There is evidence IN tba a.
her military operations aIro saa'
are drastically affected by Nv.
shortage. The Nazi air force fe s,s
it acutely; armored forces .rs s
under the strictest rationing
Coal is another item that il ra
already in acute scarcity can 5 NV
come so swiftly. 1t is a nrodrs,
that does not stockpile satiSss,
torily, even when it can be bonob,
above ground in large uuantjtie,
something that the German lsbor
shortage has made difficulty
Ammunition is considered nm.
OF the enemy's long items. Plan
ming for war years ago, the Nazi,
provided for its manufacture .t
the very outset, Nitrates for ey.
plosives were at hand or cod
be brought in for stockpiling I'm.
der the extensive foreign and
overseas trade that GERMANY
maitained between 1888 and 1924
Steel products, out of the mines
and in the production line, could
be expected to flow on through
the line and into final asSenbl;
of weapons and other material
for a week and perhaps months
after the raw material source had
been lost. This means that if
any sort of assembly production
is maintained in areas still con-.
trolled by holdout Nazi army,
requirements in armor and artl.
lery will not stop Immediately.
And then there are the goods.
in-being. Gernany's material
losses in the field have been
heavy and the rate grows steadily.
She started out, however, with
a huge supply of weapons and for
three years replaced all losses
with ease.
The one item in which the Reich
is shortest (and seems unable 10
put back into production is air.
craft. Without air superiority.
she lost the battle of Normandy
then France, became unable to
defend herself agaisnt strategic
bombing of war industries.
The armor and artillery that
fanatical Wehrmacht may take
with it into German inner for.
tress will be weapons for guerrilla
warfare, but without avoation. The
inevitable end will come sooner
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05
Fifth Infantry Granted
Priority For Burroughs

WITH THE THIRD ARMY, Feb
4.-RHThe Fifth Infantry, the
first American division overseas.
has been granted top priority in
the Third Army for 30-day fur
loughs in the United States.
The first party is to leave Feb
ruary 7, the second February l3.
When furloughs were introduced
the newcomer divisions were Civ
en- the same quotas as veteran out
fits, but the situation has been
corrected
The Fifth landed in Iceland Sep
TENDER 5, 1941, moved to England
in August, 1943, for two months,
then spent eight months in Ire
land and landed in Normandy in
July, 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05
Daily Prayer
FOR MORE IMAGINATION

Thou, o God, beholdest every
thing in an eternal now, Thou
seest the end from the beginning,
But we are slaves Of Snort views
and momentarily understanding
Even though we live on Shrunk,
en- globe, in a day of universal
communications, we are unable 10
comprehend the greatness OF lhs
hour, or the present travail Of
human souls. With our sons and
brothers and sweethearts ana
friends undergo indiScrl0a0Ie
perils and hardship, we continue
on our carelss ways. God forgive
us that we are too small to be
true sharers of the traVlals OF our
time. By Thine own almmgnH
Spirit quicken and enlarge our
imaginations. Stir up our hearts
to new sympathy. Help US 10
suffer with our heroes; and to serve
them by our letters, our gifts ana
our prayers. Thus,in great new
unity of understanding, may w
face the new era of peace ais'
victory. Amen. -W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05
WITH THE AEF:
Artillery Spoilers Know Their Figures

lines gives the position. Super
charts and other little gadgets
make corrections for rain and
Wind-and then someone gets
hurt.
This works takes highly intelli-
gent GI's who know their trigo-
nometry and geometry. The crew
we visited had used up 100000
feet of film and about rs dozen
pencils in locating 1850 enemy
0llnS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05
Local Man Completes
Naval Training Course

Marion Verzaal, Sr., %, husband
of Mrs. Arlene w. Verzaal, of 401
South Fifth street, was recently
graduated as torpedoman' mate,
after completion of course at the
Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
ton, it was officially announced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05

(Kenneth L. Dixon is coming
home on leave after Is months
with the AEF in Africa, Sicily,
Italy, France and Germany.
During his absence from the
front lines, his column will be
written by other members of
the Associated Press Foreign
Staff
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05
SOLDIER DROWNS

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 4 (UP) -
Sgt. William c. Cody, Is, of Win
ston-Salem, N. c., was drowned
yesterday when a small dinghy
from which he was fishing over
turned off Miami Beach. Two COM
panions succeeded in swimming to
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05
Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star accepts no re-
sponsibility for the personal views of Mr.
Pegler, and often disagrees with them as
much as many of his readers. His articles
serve the good purpose of making people
Think
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05

we can safely assume that the japanese
nave access to German designs. There is no
reason why they should not soon be using
rocket planes. - Artemus L. Gates, Assistant
secretary of the Navy for Air.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05
STORES TO CLOSE

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Fep' 80. ..,
ALL retail and wholesale ',J r..'
except food and drug es'aD 5.,,
will be closed for iou w. ~
after 1901 a. m. MoacaE' nm. E
council decreed this at'e-', t,sl
following its survey O.. INK
shortage and freight tleup'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05

-, II Herr Hitler is suffering from insomnia
t me days, zadok Dumkopf has suggestion
Ior nm Der Furious, says z. D., might try
counting Russians as they cross the Oder
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05

Corn-growing expe r m en- r9;.
North Carolina indicate .e@ ',l,,sr.
sibilities in the use Of teL'- ~ =,
reports the USDA. "A god q
least double the presen' ,,;+sit
Weld is not unreasonable W."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05

Meanwhile, Adolf might do a reWrte OBJ
Nowhere in his ''Mein Kampf do we find
prediction of the events of January, 1915.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-05

About time, isn't it, to dig up that old one
about the Nazi who is 'Danzig with tears in
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-29

are qualified neither by basic train
ing nor aptitude to enter upon in
stitutional training, but who must
be trained on the job, present the
greater difficulty. This is especially
true of the Negro veteran, because
of the sharp cut-back in war con-
tracts, most Of the industries are
retrenching, few firms are willing
to accept Negroes as trainees. In
spite of this serious condition,
every effort is being made to help
all returning veterans and get them
prepared for the grim realities of
postwar living.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-29

provided for the Public Law No. 16,
and the education Of veterans as
is provided for in Public Law No.
346.
Veterans in Cheney State, Lin
coin University, Delaware State
college, and all other schools offer
ing specialized training under the
rehabilitation program, as well as
those veterans who are engaged in
on-the-job training, will be under
the direct supervision of Dean
Lemon.
Dean Lemon says that those vet
erans who qualify for institutional
training offer no special problem,
but the other class of veterans, who
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-29
PROMISE ACTION ON p0WELL'5
ARMY jim CROW BILL

ASHIN GTON, June 27
(ANP) = Chairman Andrew J.
May of the house military affairs
committee has assured Rep. Adam
Powell of "early consideration" of
the latter's resolution calling for an
end to segregation in the armed
forces.
In letter to the New York solon
May said the Powell resolution had
been referred to the army and navy
for report and that as soon as these
have been received he will appoint a
subcommittee to further handle
the matter.
The Powell bill to end Jim crow
travel is currently blocked in the
interstate m m r e committee
where, according to Rep. Lea of
California, chairman, the commit
tee is 'too busy" to consider it.
Powell nevertheless feels that sup
porters of the measure within the
interstate commerce group may be
able to force hearing on the meas
ure. Vito Marcantonio (ALP) of
New York is a member of the
group.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-29
(HEYNEY DEAN NAMED
TO VETERANS BUREAU

PHILADELPHIA, June 20
(ANP)-Thomas A. Lemon, dean
Of men at Cheyney State Teachers
college, has been appointed train
ing director to the division of re-
habilitation and education of the
Veterans administration.
His work is concerned primarily
with the restoration of employ
ability Of veterans through institu-
tional and one-the-job training, as
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29

WASHINGTON, Aug. %,
(UP) - Hermann Goering.
Rudolf Hess and Joachim
Won RibbentrOp Wednesday
headed the list Of "a German war
criminals who will be tried BY an
Allied military tribunal
The list was made public in the
capitals Of the United States. Great
Britain, Soviet Russia and France.
The announcement said that in
vestigations were going forward Of
the cases Of other war criminals
who have not been included in this
list.
The list was drawn up by a COM
mittee Of the chief prosecutors.
The United States is represented
on this committee by Supreme
Court Justice Robert H. Jackson.
The trials will begin in Nuern-
berg next month.
The list of names covers most Of
the high Nazi officials who sur
vived the war, including such men
as Admirals Trich Raeder and Karl
Doenitz.
Franz Won Papen. whose history
Of intrigue dates back to World
War I in the United States. was
on the list
Hjalmar Schacht, who was prom
inent in international financial
and economic arrangements, also
was included.
Schacht was a former president
Of the Reichsbank. Walther Funk,
the last president Of the Reichs-
bank and Nazi minister Of econom-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29
HaIsey Anchors
Missouri In
Tokyo Bay Waters

IN TOKYO BAY. Aug. %. up
Admiral William F. Bull HalSey
sailed iriumphantly into Tokyo BAY
aboard his flagship, the super
dreadnaught Missouri, Wednesday
And with him he brought the
silver mounted saddle he hopes to
use to ride Emperor Hirohito's white
horse through the streets Of Tokyo.
The bomb ruins Of Tokyo were
visible III the distance as the Mis-
souri, dropped anchor off Yokohama
There was no word from the Japan
ese regarding Halsey's designs on
the Imperial horse, but the enemy
had erected an immense bloCk-lOng
sign on the top story Of Yokohama's 3
largest building.
Three cheers for the United
States navy and army" il proclaim
ed.
If the japanese choose to hail
Halsev as a conquering hero. he
may get his Iong-wi,hed horse
back ride vet
Halsey stood On the bridge Of the
Missouri as it negotiated the mar
row, mine-sWept Uraga straits and
entered Tokyo bay at exactly 7:O8
u m t3.08 pm. Tuesday. PVT
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29
laps Beat Yank
Airmen Held
IN China Camp

NGHAI. Aug 90 up Lib
Grated U. S army and navy air
men said Wednesday japanese beat
American prisoners mercileSsIy at
he Infamous Bridge House, in
ternment camp in attempts to OBJ
tain military information.
Pilot 1t Harold Q. Eifler, Chica-
90. Ill. and Navigator Ltl William
R. Martin Jr., Colorado Springs,
Colo, shot down during a Liberator
bombing raid on Shanghai targets,
were among the prisoners mistreat-
ed.
Japanese kicked, slapped and beat
them and demanded to know when
the invasion Of Japan was Sched-
uled. With them was Sgt. Clyde Sell
lers. Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Five other naval fliers-memberS
Of the crew Of privateer-fared
even worse. They were kicked and
whipped by their guards, and now
many days later, are still unable to
eat well because of. their condition
They are Walter Pollack. Chica-
60. Ill; Richard Warner, Dalton
Ill; Ted kaufman, North Holly
wood, Cal: Frank Maratea, Chica-
90, Ill; Jens Martinson, Kansas
City. Mo
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29

WASHINGTON. Aug. %.
(UP)-IIouse military al
fairs committee members
showed varying reactions
Wednesday to proposals that they
act to continue the draft.
Some said flatly that seIective
service must end with the war.
Others urged greater inducements
to spur recruiting in the hope that
the waning needs Of the armed
services could be met through en-
liStmentS.
TWO-YEAR DRAFT
President Truman las asked
congress to extend the d aft. and is
recommending that in the future
men l8 through 25 be inducted for
tWo-year periods.
The army follC'yed up this pro-
posal with a summation Of its
needs and an appeal to congress
to find a way.
BY next July l today's army Of
8,O5O,000 will have been whitfield
down to 2,500,0OO committee mem
bers were told OF this total l,700.-
900 will be retained from the pres
ent strength 100000 will be in
Quoted and 100000 will volunteer.
OUT OF UNIFORMS
This means that 6.050,000 men
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29
MARSHALL SHARES IN PEARL HARb0R BLAME
Fire, Blast Sweep
Four korners
Business Places
Service Station, Recap
Shop Heavily Hit;
Truck, Tank Destroyed

A roaring fire and eXplo-
sion that threw pieces Of a
steel butane storage tank
hundreds Of -t1t into the
air ignited the Richfield
service station and tire re-
tapping shop, the residence Of J. s.
fe at Adams and Imperial avenues
Wednesday at $50 am
The blaze was first discovered by
Melvin G. Davis, who was loading
butane from q Petrolane Ltd truck
into the 4300-galIOn storage tank
on the back Of the lot The fire.
believed caused BIZ a spark. quickly
spread to the tank, which exploded
about five minutes after the first
alarm.
SHAKES HOMES
The explosion shook comes and
buildings all over FL CentrO and
broke windows in MAN. homes near
the scene of the fire. Several small
- ~ 4 W LOlIOWtO WIG AZ 81 Oilt.
Falling debris from the explo-
sion lgnited the service station own
ed by Herb Starr, badly burning
the tire recapping shop. office and
storage rooms The station itself
was undamaged but a storeroOm
belonging to the HaygroWers Asso-
citation was destroyed.
The flames quickly spread to the
Simpson property as the flattened
storage tank fell beside the fence.
Firemen eXtinguished the blaze be
fore it spread to the home itself
Also burned was the rear OF the
Four KornerS restaurant Several
small trash piles in the next block
were ignited by the falling pieces
Of burning metal
Auxiliary and volunteer firemen
worked with the FL Centro fire
men for three and One-half hours
before the smOldering buildings were
declared safe Firemen arrived at
the scene Of the blaze before the
explosion but, because of the ma
ture Of the gas. were forced to al
low the fire to burn itself out. pro
tecting surrounding property ac-
cOrding to Chief Corn Reed
PROPERTY LOSS $4,000
Reed estimated damage to prov
erty, not counting the Petrolane
truck and gas. at about $4,000
Acting manager Of the Petrolane
company, Allen Brimley Of Escon-
dido, reported about $1,000 dam
age for the completely burned truck
destroyed storage tank. and butane
gas. Several thousand dollars worth
Of damage was incurred BY Starr 5
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29
Chufe-DeIivered
Supplies Cause
Jap Casualties

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. tUPl
Tokyo radio said Wednesday some
casualties" were inIncted by pack
ages dropped on Allied internment
camps in the Tokyo area.
A broadcast recorded BY United
Press, san Francisco, said:
lit seemed that these accidents
were mostly due to the faulty at
tachment Of the dropped material
to the parachute which caused the
former to come off from the latter
when dropped, Or to the failure Of
the parachute to open, because Of
the extremely low altitude from
which the material was dropped.
There are some internees who
would like to see the dropping Of
supplies discontinued if il entailed
such dangers
lit is earnestly desired that every
Frecaution be taken III the future
regarding the dropping q supplies I
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29
Shanghai Ch GERS
As yunks Land

After dropping notes to the man
ager Of the Metropole hotel to tell
him We were coming, "a CORE
spondents, photographers, officers
and creWmen landed on a grass
field at the edge Of the city.
Two armed Japanese soldiers
standing near where We landed ran
like hell.
A crowd Of laughing, cheering
Chinese gathered around the plane
A couple Of minutes later truck
loads Of japanese soldiers and cars
full of japanese officials raced up.
Two other correspondents and
myself commandered a car driven
BY a Chinese power company Off
cial and escaped to the city This
was before the beginning Of for
malities. which resulted in four Of
our number being questioned most
Of the afternoon by the Japanese
before our release.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29
Labor Secretary
Calls on WLB
To Speed Up Job

WASHINGTON, Aug %. up
ecTetary Of Labor Lewis B.
Schwellenoac took another step
Wednesday toward asserting his
position as the administration top
labor policy man He insisted that
the War Labor Board finish the
lob Of. settling serious reconversion
labor disputes assigned to it by
President Truman
SchWellenbach turned dawn a
WLB proposal that the labor de-
partment settle all disputes except
those in which the parties con-
cerned agree to be bound by the
WLB decision.
Such agreement was obtained by
the department in only five per
cent OF the 10000 cases it pro-
cessed between December 7. 1941,
Continued on Page 6. Col. g.
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BY JAMES McGLINCY

SHANGHAI. Aug. 29. up -
Shanghai went wild Tuesday when
a handful Of Americans landed in
a field on the outskirts Of this city
Of more than 100000 population.
Su1len faced Japanese sentries
still patrol.ed the streets armed
with rifles, but the jubilant Chinese
for the first time in nearly eight
years paid no attention.
Thousands Of people in China 5
principal port and industrial city
filled downtown streets. American,
British. Chinese and Soviet flags
were Haunted from almost every
building.
For almost a half hour we cir
cled and buZzed the sprawling city
in the Flying Fortress "Headliner. T"
Swarms of people below waved at
us from the streets.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29

navy.
Shortly after his arrival. Nimitz
disclosed i'll press conference that
the navy Will demobilize its men
M rapidly as possible and would re
turn them to the United States
when ships are available.
Nimitz landed in his giant blue
Coronado in the calm waters just
off YOkosuka naval base at 2:14
pm. Tokyo time l:14 am. EWTl
A few minutes later, he boarded
the battleshlp, u s. S. South Da-
kOta, veteran of the Pacific wars
earliest engagements The South
Dakota will serve as his flagship
during the surrender
Referring to demConization, MINI
itz said the navy aimed at a peace
time personnel Of 500 900 men. This
he explained, was a shooting fig
ure."
Nimitz emphasized that the Al
lied navy forced the Japanese t
Continued on Page 6. Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29

le army ana navy boards lnVeS-
tigated the Pearl Harbor attack
which plunged this country into
the war and broke the backbone of
its Pacific fleet under the author
ization of a Joint congressional res
olution approved June 13. 1914.
DEFENSE FOR SHORT
The army board report contained
much in defense Of Short Just prior
" Pearl HaroOr, according To the
board, there seemed to have been
conviction In Washington that
when wa came Hit would start in
the southwest Pacific. and evidently
nobody had any belief that Hawaii
was immediately III danger.
This belief resulted, the board
said, in main consideration" being
given to the needs Of Gen. Doug
las Macarthur III the Philippines.
With only secondary Consideration
to Hawaii
The army board report dlSclO "a
that the late President Roosey elt
warned his high command at a
White House conference on NOV.
25, 194I, that the japanese might
attack the following Monday
Present at the meeting were Slim
son. Marshall. Stark, former Secre-
tary Of State Cordeu Hull and the
la z Secretary Of Navy Frank Knox
What MI. Roosevelt told them was
recorded in Stimson's diarv. ex-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29
PLANS OUTLINED

Macarthur probably will set up
temporary headquarters on the air
strip in buildings formerly occu-
pied by a japanese suicide squad
ron. Later he and his staff will
move to the Yayama-Zushi area.
south Of Atsugi and site Of Emperor
Hirohitos summer palace
First to alight at Atsugi Will be
the llth AIrborne Division After
securing MacArthur's headquarters
area, the troops will move south
east into the Hayama- -Zushi dis
trict to link UP with the sea-borne
forces at YokoSuka, 20 miles away
Since only 200 to $50 transports
a day can land at Atsugi, the in
itial occupation troops will steer
clear of the Tokyo area Once
sufficient strength has been built
up, however. the troops will move
into the city and Macarthur will
establish permanent headquarters
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29

and women now in the army will
have been returned to civilian life
BY that time.
To effect this release the army
will revise its point system.
AS soon as General Douglas Mac
Arthur gives the signal that con-
ditions in the Pacific warrant an
easing Of restrictions the critical
point score will be dropped from
the present IS to so for army men
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29


The first sea borne troops will 60
ashore on three fortified islands
guarding Yokosuka naval base in
Tokyo Bay at 6:15 am Thursday
o2:I5 pm Wednesday, pvt
AT 10 am Thursday Is pm.
Wednesday. pvt, Macarthur will
land with thousands Of air-borne
infantrymen at Atsugi aTfield, 20
miles south Of Tokyo. and 10000
marines and bluejackets will swarm
ashore from ships at Yokosuka it
self
In preparation for the post-sur-
render invasion the greatest air
and sea fleets ever gathered in the
Pacific were making last-minute
preparations at bases 1000 miles
apart.
Macarthur and his headquarters
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29

cerpts ot which were contained III
tAe report
The President brought lib tile
relationship with the japanese"
the diary said He brought lib the
event that We were likely to Dr at-
tackled perhaps us soon 4s perhaps
next Monday fOr THE Japs IRE nu-
tOr!OEs for making au attack With
oat warming ana the question WIS
what VIZ should do
overt ACTS"
The board report a.-J contained
this line
"It IS important TIP observe that
the President ot THE United States
had been very careful according
to the testimony of THE secretary
Of war. to be sure that the United
States did nothing that could be
considered an overt act or an act
of war against the japanese"
Both the. war and navy depart
ments- the report said. made ii
clear to MI Roosevelt that they
were mot ready fOr war Marshall
ana Stark i'll q memorandum To the
President said ID was essential for
the United States to GAIN time, the
report added
But on Nov 26, THE d4y after the
White House conference. the report
Continued On Page ., col III
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-29
ChennduI+ Fears
Hirohito Power

MIAMI. Fla. Aug 90. CUP> -
Maj. Gen Claire L. Chennault ex-
pressed fear Wednesday that the
Japanese imperial family would be
able to re-establish the military
strength OF Japan and again seek
world conquest.
Chennault, recently resigned as
commander Of the l4th Air Force
in China. said that the American
people themselves could play a part
in restoring japanese militarism by