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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-08
MISS MCCORMICK
 IS NOW BRIDE OF
 SCI. LEE LUCIA

Sgt. Lee Lucas, Army Air Corps and Miss Eleanor Mccormick. o Wrangell, were united in marriag March 3 at Lakeland, Florida, was announced today by tn groom's parents. The bride is tn daughter of MT. and Mrs. Le Mccormick of Wrangell. Sgt. Lucas a Juneau High School graduate, i the son of MT. and Mrs. H. Lucas.
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most successful limited objective at.

most successful limited objective at tack" In over night raids Fifth Army
 troops seized positions in three small
 villages notheast of the Bologna Pistoia Highway, virtually outflank- ing Vergato, German stronghold which has held out for months
 against Allied attacks. Elsewhere on the Italian Front pa- trols maintained contact with the enemy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-08

SMELTS-SHRIMPS-OYSTERS
 Sanitary Meat has just received Columbia River Smelts, Petersburg shrimp and Eastern Oysters. Two free deliveries daily. Phone 49.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-08

The actors in ancient Roman theatres were sometimes slaves whom the manager owned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-08

Mrs. Carl Thynes, surgery pa- tient, has been discharged from St. Ann's Hospital 6
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
Shooting Star

Acceleration of invention and impetus
given mechanical devices in wartime is well
| illustrated in announcement that the United
States is building in volume a jet-propelled
fighter which will outf1y any plane now in
use This is the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star.
It travels mere 900 miles an hour, is simple
in design has considerable range and extreme
|maneuverability.
incidentally, it is being built by General
Electric. You remember when maaufactur of
refrigerators stopped. This is one of the an
swers.
1t would have taken 20 years of peace to
bring about such a plane. That would have
also been the case in many other war ma
chimes; the amphibious tank for example that
wades through water, floats to the other side
and comes out shooting. 1t seems incredible
out nothing is incredible in war. Electronics
has come of age within a few brief wears
as necessity compelled.
| There may be limit somewhere but it
isn't in sight Mans ingenuity appears limit.
less the only danger that he may build to
the point where he will destroy himself
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
BY w. G. ROGERS
"Green Armor," by Osmar White
wv. w. Norton: S3).

Just as we get into position to
send planes by the hundreds over
Tokyo, just as Gen. Macarthur re.
turns to Manila, along comes a
book to remind us sharply that all
this silver lining once had a big
black cloud around it.
''It now seems almost certain
that the japanese would have won
their war;" declares White, if they
had pushed on to the invasion OF
Australia instead of waiting to con-
soidate their might in New Guinea
and nearby. If that sounds pes.
simistic, White supplies a lot of in
formation to support his views,
and beyond any doubt the south
western Pacific situation was for
months much more desperate than
Americans in their innocence ever
suspected. 1t was Nip-and tuck
whether Aussies and Yanks could
hold.
White knew the war, in its most
discouraging period, at vital Port
Moresby, across the Owen STAN
leys and in American advances
through the Solomons. Moresby
was key to Australia; behind it lay
impossible" terrain, jungles, rich
fields where grass grew 10 feet
high, painless mountains, debilitat-
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next one coming down the rum
way.
These Mariana islands are so
small that any plane taking off
is out over the water within few
seconds. 1t is goose-fleshy
sensation to see a plane clear the
bluff by mere few feet, and then
sink out of sight toward the water.
This is because the pilots nose
down a little to get more flying
speed. Pretty soon you see them
come up into sight again.
There were no accidents at the
start of our mission, but not all
the planes did get off. Two were
Cancelled on the ground before
starting. Two ran halfway down
the airstrip, then cut the power
and came rolling off to the side,
just like burned-out cars at In
dianapolis.
One of them had locked brakes,
and was just barely able to pull
itself off the airstrip and out OF
the way. He stayed there along
side the runway as all the others
roared past him, seeming, from
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The Literary Guidepost

ing heat and practically the entire
gamut of exotic (but abominable)
diseases.
Whites idea lies in the word
''impassable." To the United Ma
tons, jungles had seemed impass-
able;. that was why Singapore S
guns pointed out to sea. To the
Japanese there was no such word; ;
they did not believe jungleland' S
green arrnor" was impenetrable.
They were mistaken; they were
stumped by the Owen Stanleys.
But they went at their warfaring
much more intelligently than the
United Nations did, White charges.
He notes that they carried a fistful
of rice, lived off the teening land:
by contrast. the Australians, but
particularly the Americans, had to
travel with baggage which
simply could not be transported
to the spots where the Japanese
fought. The defenders Of demo-
cracy were too rich, too accustom-
ed to luxury, too soft, too little
trained for hardship, says White.
We can't keep our gloves on
and Win, he claims. ''You can't
tight this war without hate :.
You can't fight this war without
killing - and being killed" He
thinks we were getting better,
learning some of the needed les
sons, as we attacked Munda.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
Not Surprising

While writing Of the determination to see
that Germany's war criminals do not escape
TO some other country when the nation comes
topping down around their ears and when
United Nations armies close the trap, Pravda,
Russian publication, adds emphasis. There
has been talk that Hitler and Co.. might trv
to get to Argentina, skeedaddling in p fast
pane: Argentina is about the only spot in the
I'VE" world where they might be tolerated.
lfaVoa declares that Russia would send after
them no matter where they might 20, eff even
to Argentina'
1t wouldn't be surprising. Russia has found
out what giant she is, what power she nos.
sesses. Her rulers are audacious Thew art
"nen the need arises. They would find w,v
10 get the refugees no matter where thew
"ent' and who would try to prevent them?
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
Amendments Will Wait

It's not likely that Congress will propose
any more constitutional amendments until
after the war and 1.-THE boys come home. >,
says Senator McCarran, chairman of the Sen.
ate Judiciary coromittee. He thinks that the
men overseas should have an opportunity to
vote on these matters, since they will affect
heir lives, as well as those Of ever body else.
The states, including North Carolina.
night well follow suit. While there may be no
disposition to slip anything over on the men
n their absence. it is only fair that such
changes, which would be lasting, be submit.
ted to them along with the population as
whole. The majority Of them have expressed
desire to come back and find the country
as they left it.
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country again." the item reads Some have
been asked to go back to their railroad bat
talon and make good.
It should never be allowed They stole
from the men at the front. They are unfit to
wear the uniform of the United States. The
idea that any should go back-and maybe steal
again-is ridiculous Men are dead in Europe
because of lack of supplies these scoundrels
took. They were convicted of the crime but
stand to go scot free and maybe come back
to be acclaimed as heroes, along with the
genuine ones.
Proper punishment would be to make them
stay in France the rest of their unnatural lives
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
BY ERNIE PYLE

IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS,
Delayed - I've always felt the
great 50O-mile auto race at In
dianapolis to be the most intrigu-
ing event-in terms of human sus.
pense-that I've ever known. The
start of a B-29 mission to Tokyo,
from the spectators standpoint,
is almost a duplicate of the In
dianapolis race.
On mission day people are out
early to see the start. Soldiers
in groups sit on favorite high spots
around the field-on tops of build.
ings, on tops of bulldozers along
the runway, on mounds that give a
better view-and even a few bold
souls stand at the every end Of
the runway to snap amateur pic
lures as the laundering planes pass
just over their heads.
AS the planes taxi out, it is just
like cars at Indianapolis leaving
their pits to line up for the start
You wave farewell to your own
special friends, and then get as
fast as you can to your own favor
tie spot to watch the spectacle.
My nephew, Lieut.. Jack Bales,
wasn't on this mission, so We drove
in a jeep to the far end of the
runway, and parked on a raised
place alongside it, at a point
where the planes better be in the
air by that time-or else.
IF plane starts wheeling off
the runway" Jack said, 1--WE gotta
run like hell
Most of the planes would be in
the air long before they reached
u.s. But a few either had trouble
getting off, or else their pilots were
holding them down, for they just
barely raised in the last few feet
of runway, and the amateur photo
graphers down there hit the dirt
so hard we had to laugh.
The planes were staggering just
a little as they took off. The
spacing between them was per.
feet. There was never a blank
spot, never delay. When you
turned from seeing one safely off
the ground, there would be the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
House Plans Day Session
To Clear Lengthy Docket

RALEIGH, March 4.-P)-With
81 public bills hanging on the roll
call calendar, members of the
House will hold their first after
noon session of the current Legis-
lature tomorrow beginning at 8
o'clock, inaugurating what is ex-
pected to be the busiest legislative
week since the Assembly got I'M
derway January 4.
The Senate, a little less pushed
for time, will hold its usual Mon
day night session beginning at 8
o'clock.
Although many important mat
tiers are expected to be thrashed
out in both houses during the COM
ing week, perhaps the most far
reaching will be tn, $4,000, 900
revenue bill, which goes on second
reading in the House tomorrow.
The measure, already amended on
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the floor to include a 81 tax on wine,
will reach the Senate for three
separate readings Wednesday pro-
vided no further material amend
ments are offered.
However, informed legislative
quarters predicted the measure
would invoke stiff debate tomor-
row from the anti-wine tax group,
which formed quickly over the
weekend after Rep. Stone of Rock
ingham had succeeded in installing
the ST tax on all wines at Friday S
session.
Under law the measure must pass
three readings on separate days
before enactment. The current bill,
in the form of amendments to con-
tinuing revenue act, had already
passed second reading in the House,
however, before law makers de-
cided that several amendments Of
fered from the floor on Thursday
were ''materiaF' amendments.
This caused Speaker Oscar Rich
ardson to put the measure back
on first reading, giving Stone the
opportunity to introduce his wine
tax amendment.
Meanwhile, the Joint Appropria-
tons Committee was expected to
make a report early this week on
its recommendations relative to
the proposed State Hospital and
Medical Care Program. The bill
will be considered Tuesday after
noon, with a number of amend
ments from members known to
favor more concrete ALLEGATIONS for
the program expected to be offer
ed in committee.
The House is expected to hold
several dual sessions this week,
Speaker Richardson having indi-
Gated several times last week that
both morning and afternoon ses-
sions would be necessary to clean
up the lengthy calendar before the
lower branch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

our position, almost to lock wings
with him as they passed.
Finally they were all in the air,
formed into flights, and vanished
into the swallowing sky from
which some would never return.
I had the same feeling watching
the takeoff that l used to have be-
fore the start at indianapolis. Here
were a certain number of cars
and men. Some of them you knew.
They had built and trained for
weeks for this day. At last the
time had come.
And in a few hours of desperate
living, everything would be
changed. You knew that within a
few hours some would be glorious
in victory, some would be detected
in failure, some would be colorless
"also rams" and some very
probably - would be dead.
And that's the way you feel
when the BIOS start out. 1t is
just up to fate. In Is hours they
will be back those who are
coming back. But you cannot
know ahead of time who it. will be.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
interpreting
The War
... BY ELTON c. FAY
Associated Press War A.,

The best and Certainly " >u
authoritative i description ~' e, n .
plight of the Nazis at the p VI hi
found in the unqualified n hume is
Of on message to German e cjyiNss
from Gen. Dwight D. s1sslllaas
The Allied armies have e" 5r,$
through the West Wall and yI'. s
overruning the TERRITORY ws anu a's
Rhine says Eisenhower N'' VI The
At another point he spe.L.
the stampede of the defeated I r.. o.
man army" su ee'
And then, with even or.
significance, he warns tbat S !.sI
is no safety east of the Rhiro mere
Ruhr already is under Allied Int 1as
ment. ''0aFo'
These are strong words fro..
man long given to cautious n,,sr
utterances, even when if is S1Yle
sldered that they are written WIZ
broadcasting to an enemy nonn W.
ton. 1t must be presumed S tbs''
are based more on actual mi,t.s
information than on the concsn..
of psychological warfare. pS
1t should be noted that Eiso,
MOVERS message was directed =,
the German civil population "ws,tS
OF the Rhine. He did not put srv
north or south boundary on H..
area. The Rhine extends from, fax 1's
Swiss border northward into Hn
land. ''''
1t is, Of course, obvious tha, :.
this hour the greatest part of tbs
dlslntegration of the Wehrmscht !,
occurring in the area from Cologna
north. The American Third armv
to the south, however, is stabbjng
northeastWard from Trier toward
the Rhine, comprising Nazi forces
back on the river, cutting them IN
heading them for the same chaos
existing for the German troons
facing the American First and
Ninth and the British and Canadian
armies.
Bidding for still greater d.
moralization Of resistance. Eise7.
hover instructs civilians to tell
German soldiers to throw away
their arms and take cover until
they can surrender as prisoners
under terms of the Geneva Con.
ventjon.
The generals reference to tbe
areas east of the Rhine being under
artillery as well as air lombard
ment is intriguing. 1t is upon thu
weight of artillery fire throw
across the Rhine that Allied cross
ings of the river must depend to ;
great extent.
The network of hard-surfacet
roads and railroads leading to tn,
west bank of the Rhine will maxi
possible the moevment of not onl,
greater numbers of artillery piece
but those of the heaviest calibers.
Meanwhile, Allied air armada
are maintaining a steady program
of wrecking rail and highwa
facilities, both close in to til
threatened eastern bank Of tn
Rhine and on the distant az
proaches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
Boss Lewis Demands

John l.. Lewis, boss Of the United Mine
Workers, is determined, strong willed, sell
fish and clever man. The country has known
that for a long time
But. we have thought, wasn't there cell
ing on his arrogance, his head-strong and con-
tinual efforts to place his interests and those
of the UNIV above those Of his country? Some
where, in his bullish makeup, wasn't there
an iota of fear for the operators, the govern
rnent or public opinion? Apparently there isn't.
This man has no limit to which he will 60 to
achieve his aims.
He has set the stiffest fee the cost of
uninterrupted coal production in the history OF
the nation. His price includes an unprece-
denied demand that the union be paid 10 cents
a ton royalties-about $6O,0O0,000 a year-on
all bituminous coal mined in the United States.
The royalty payments, one of eleven demands,
would be used by the UNIV to give it's men,
bers modern medical service disqualification
and ether insurance, rehabilitation and eco
nomic protection. In short, Boss Lewis wants
the American people to keep his miners.
Meantime he notifies the government
that he wants his miners polled March q to
see if they want to strike if his demands are
not met. And he told the government to keep
hands off his negotiations.
So, here we have labor dictator, a man
who ignores all but himself at a time when
this country is fighting for its very existence
But Boss Lewis is not an original man, as
the Philadelphia Inquirer points out when it
says:
BOSS Lewis has not been too proud to
borrow this nefarious scheme from Boss Pc
trillo, who is now collecting his own private
tax on every photograph record that's turned
out. When Petrillo blackmailed the record
making companies, under threat of putting
them out OF business, it was widely predicted
that other union bosses would promptly follow
suit. The Inquirer at that time asked what
would happen to the cost of living if Lewis
should demand union fee on every ton of
coal and if the automobile and steel workers
anc members of countless other unions should
all gang up on the hard pressed consumer.
NOW Boss Lewis has done that very thing
and it will be sad day for America if he
too, manages to get away with it,
But the fact that this scheme should make
pa VI 441pON III tiASAA 81 oNCS AS
not its most unfortunate feature.
1t is its great threat to the counry's in
dustrial peace that is so serious. Negotiations
would be difficult under ordinary conditions
and with reasonable demands but with this
outlandish request. there is telling what
will happen before the matter of a new con-
tract is settled. The conferences are under
way with two strikes on them If all efforts
to reach an agreement fail, there is but one
thing to do: The government must take over
the mines, even If it has to station soldiers at
every pit to see that the country has the es-
sential war commodity of COAL
This nation is too large to wrangle with
Lewis If we have to choose between him and
coal, there is but pne answer and the sooner
1t Is given the better.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
Foreign Planes Attack
Zurich And Basel; Big
Craters Are Reported

BERN, March 4.-tP)-Forelsn
planes bombed the suburbs OF Zul,
ich, Switzerland biggest city, anu
Basel at the frontier today. AMER
can bombers attacked in NEARBY
southwest Germany today.
twenty-five bomb craters "ele
counted in the Basel freight yaIaS,
warehouses were wrecked ana
crashing bomber started numerous
fires.
A number of persons were IN
jured in Basel and III ZuflcH,
where the suburban agrlcuIVui@
school was wrecked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
The Teachers Case

Much has been said and written about the
plight of North Cardinals under-paid school
teachers.
Their case an exceptionally good one, has
been presented to the public through practical
ly every medium. Yet, to us, the Dest sum-
narration has not been on the front ana eo1-
torial pages Of the newspapers, at meetings
of eduators or in the halls OF the General AS
sembly. 1t was an advertisement inserted in
the state newspapers recently by Glenn M.
Tucker, principal of Bolivia High school.
We reprint it in full:
Teacher wanted for Bolivia High School.
If you have had no professional train
ing the state allows $71.33 per month. II you
have spent several thousands Of dollars Tor
four years of college and hold Grade A GER
tificate, with nine OF more years Of teaching
experience you will receive $4,000 per month,
provided, in this case your certificate is for
mathematics, otherwise $4,000. Also, with
holding tax must be deducted, therefore, net
monthly salary is from $54. 0O-$ l35. 90. Your
work will be dealing with nothing more inn
portant than the minds of the children upon
whose shoulders will fall the task of main
tanning the peace which is to follow this war.
Why should you expect much pay for this type
OF work? The work is easy Lesson studies and
extra.curricular activities etc. will not re-
quire more than 1915 hours per day. We will
not lay claim to the balance of your time
Better apply early as we expect to choose from
the first 100 applicants 1--WE also need music
teacher and will choose her from this same
group The person chosen to teach mathe-
mates will only be the fourth teacher this
year not sixth to eighth as in some schools.
Average cost of room and board will only be
about $4,000 per month. Apply in person or
write-Glenn M. Tucker, Principal, Bolivia,
N c.
Perhaps the ultra-conservative may be-
lieve Mr.. Tucker was bit too dramatic. We
don't think so. His is an exceptionally good
presentation Of the case of the teachers. What
stronger or more convincing argument could
be offered for fair and decent wage for them
than that advertisement?
What was the reaction?
Principal Tucker received II applications
but the average educational level Of the appl-
cants was less than one year of college train
ing.
Tar Heel editors came through with at
least half dozen editorials; letters, all of
a commendable nature, poured in from friends,
teachers and the general public. There was a
great amount Of comment, the most common
being Il had no idea teachers salaries were
so low would never teach school anyway.
Wouldn't have the patience
And Mr.. Tucker got teacher Later he
received couple of applications from college
graduates but they came too late.
Obviously, the principal Of the Bolivia
school did much more than fill vacancy in
the staff of his faculty. In presenting the stu
alton of the teachers so clearly he has done
a great deal not only for their cause itself
but for education as a whole in the state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
Daily Prayer
FOR THE GRIEF-STRICKEN

FUR IHE GhlEF 3 hlChEN
With tear-dimmed eyes ard hurt
and heavy hearts, we turn to Thee
o Lord, in our grief over the
myriads of boys whose lives have
already been offered up in this
war. Some of them were our own
dear sons and brothers and hus-
bands. Like Jesus, they gave oil
their uttermost to holy Cause
But our grief stays alive, to walk
with us through life's remaining
years. We need the comfort that
only Thou, O our Father, canst
bestow upon the sorrowlng. ouE
of Thy Father heart, increase our
faith in the eternal reality OF love
and of the heavenly home that
never breaks up. May our lives
be purified and ennobled by thlS
new tie with eternity. And IN al
experiences we would say, my
will be done" Amen.-W. l. T.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
u Nazi U-Boat Experts
Die In Experiment, BIZ
Correspondent Declares

LONDON. March 4.-cR,-Twen'
ty-tWo of the highest German a.
perts on submarine warfare IN
Guiding the chief of the 18th lo'iLa'
died two weeks ago when their eA
detrimental. U-Boat was sunk uuD
ing maneuvers in a ford hTa.
Bergen, Norway, a BIC Stockton"
correspondent said today. -.
The experts were experiencing
with new submarine techhlqu.'
he added, and sabotage is suSpe''
ed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
NAZI GARRISON LOST

LONDON, March 4.-R-Gei,
man High Command announces
today that the Nazi garrison oh
the Docecanese island of PlScol
northwest of Rhodes, had PEE"
overwhelmed. 1t declared the gar
rison for four months mad p1N'
ned down considerable eneh!
naval forces"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
AUDIENCE WITH POPE

VATICAN CITY, March. 4.-(UP)
-Eugenio Zolli, former leading
rabbi OF Rome, and his wife, who
recently were converted to Cath
olicism, were received by the Pope
today in an audience of more than
half an hour in the Pope's private
apartment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
lmpudence and Audacitv

American soldiers convicted of lootins
American supply trains on the way to the
front, taking great quantities of gasoline. food
and other war materials that were badly need.
ed by soldiers in battle, may receive pro.
bation," according to dispatch from Paris.
They might get a chance to serve their