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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
FARMERS ADVISED
TO ORGANIZE

sMITHF1ELD, N. c., Aug Is
R-Farm Security Administrator
Frank Hancock told farmers to-
day they should organize, not
purely for selfish purposes, but
for "the protection of their rights
given them by the. constitutions;
by the laws of the land; and by the
kindness of nature.'
By uniting, he told the Johnston
County annual Farmers Day rally
those who become a part of a
well-run organization will learn
to grow more, how to harvest
more, and how to get a decent rate
of compensation for their labor.
1t means too that they will be bet.
ter informed that their children
and their children's children will
be better educated, better fed,
better clothed, and in turn-bet.
ter citizens.''
Hancock, a native of Granville
County, said that with high
rate of employment in this coun.
try and with wide-awake policy
of trading with the world, I believe
that farm prices will be reason.
able and just in the world of to-
morrow. Certainly we can have
fair prices in the market place
if we steer our ship-of-state in the
right direction and sail on without
turning back into the storm Of
economic chaos"
He predicted there would be
abundant electric power available
to farm folk, and that housing con
ditlons for the farmer would be
improved.
Hancock also said that the people
must turn their energies toward
the successful readjustment anc
rehabilitation of war veterans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
TOP O. THE MORNING
Gas Rationing Ez1ds

Removal of gasoline rationing will be hailed
with shouts Of joy everywhere but if some
provision is not made to supply motorists with
new tires quickly there will be more wrecks
on highways than wreckers can tow in and
more deaths than undertakers embalm or
preachers bury.
There are thousands OF cars in use with
tires liable to blow out at any minute. Drivers
creep about city streets at a snails pace to
ease the strain on them.
1t is altogether likely that less cautious car
owners, reveling in plenty of gasoline will
yield to the temptation to take their decrepit
cars and threadbare tires on to the highways
and how it feels to bear down on the
throttle. The result can be easily foreseen.
New tires. or at least rebuilt tires with
strong walls, ought to be forthcoming shortly
if only to prevent race suicide.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
By w. G. ROGERS
-ington, by Edward Tatum

Darlington, by EdWard 1atum
Wallace (Simon & Schuster; $3.50.
The last person in the world I'd
expect to write this gentle book,
sometimes amusing and some
times sad, a kind of Our Town"
turned into a novel, would be an
Army sergeant, additionally blust-
ering, swearing, hard as nails.
But Wallace is a sergeant This
is his first book. and we should
hope the Army is allowing him
time to work on his second. He can
do more for his country out of uni
form than in.
Darlington, population 1900, S
in Seba County, Arkansas. It has
churches and courthouse bu above
all Taturn's Hardware store run by
Bart whose wife Thad is the
daughter of Loucinda and whose
son Debs.
Some stories will draw tears to
your eyes, particularly those about
Jim Trosper who tried to sell his
bird dog, about valentines and
Rama, about the tramp and his
harmonica, about a frightened
little boy, a new-fangled toilet with
chain and a brand new jackknife.
There are funny stories, too,
about Jimmy Greer who answered
the preachers purely rhetorical
questions, old Grandpa Hudson, 49,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-(P)-
The four major Allies in the war
against German-the United States,
Russia, Britain and France-offi.
cially announced today the boun-
diaries of their respective occupa.
ton zones in the Reich.
In general they followed the
anticipated lines, although the
zone allotted to France-an area
shaped roughly like figure eight
in the Southwest corner of Ger
many-fell far short of fulfilling
official French aspirations.
Britain and the United States,
however, have agreed to review
the assignment of zones among
themselves and France Eat later
Stage in the Allied occupation o.
Germany" it was announced.
British forces will occupy the
industriallyrich Ruhr and France
will get only the Southern hal
of the Rhineland province. In ad
oition, the capitol citieS-the major
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
DailyPrayer
For World Brotherhood

Each day brings us news OF the
valor and heroism of comrades in
arms who are of other races, other
lands, other tongues. We thank
Thee, O God, for these proofs OF
the unity of Thy great human fam
lily. All of us, they as surely as
we, are ministering servants OF
Thy will. Help us, O Father of US
all, to be true to these new-found
brothers. May we not fail them in
wars efforts, or in peace's hard
tasks. Thou hast taken us into
worldwide school, to learn the
hard way the truth of mans one
ness. Forbid that we should be
blind or deaf to the days profound
err teachings. Enlarge the scope OF
our understanding, of our sympa-
thy, of our prayers and of our 10y
atty. May these brethren be to us
no longer aliens, but brothers be-
loved, to whom we owe, under
Thee, the cosmopolitanism of citi-
zens of the world; nay, rather,
the spirit of brotherhood which
marks the true friends of Christ.
Forgive us our sins of separate
ness and aloofness and indlffer'
ence, and make us Wortnler OF
membership in Thy great fam
i1v Amen. VIE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
BUY VICTORY BONDS
The Literary Guidepost

and the widow Duvall, Wilsey
Rucker and his theory and demon
stration that a man never needed
to fall.
Occasionally a page or an en-
tire chapter turns dull, despite the
unusually sensitive writing. B u t
Wallace never makes the error
that would be in this case the hard
est to avoid, that of slipping from
very honest and heart-warming
emotion into the maudlin and SEN
timenta1.
If he may properly be compar-
ed to Wilder, he also reminds me
in several respects Of Proust. For
one thing he is interested in what
goes on inside the mind and heart.
For another, he understands how
the obscure influences OF childhood
form our fears and our aspirations,
make US brave or timid, good or
bad. There are several little In
cidents which suggest the famous
'petite madeleine" of the French
novelist.
This is the second book publish
ed by Venture Press, new deal
ing with first books. 1t bears
superficial resemblance to Rober1
Foptaine's THE Happy Time,
with which the series was inau'
gurated. But this is real all the
way through.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
Russia's Part

The Second World War having become his.
tory, it is possible to review conditions con.
trbuting to its end. Chief of these unquestion-
ably was those atomic bombs which could not
fail to convince even the japanese that COM
plete humiliation was ahead it they did not
throw in the sponge quickly.
Another was Russias entry into the war,
which meant that Japan was at last being
attacked on all fronts by overpowering forces
land, naval and air. 1t is this participation by
Russia that interests us at present.
Joseph C. Harsch, the Washington cores
pondenI of the Christian Science Monitor, point.
ed out on last Saturday that Russia naturally
wanted TO regain her old position in Manchria
prior TO 1904 and that neither the United States
nor Great Britain could deny Russia that priv
ilege. The strange thing about it, as Mr..
Harsch understands the situation, is that Rus
STA could have gained as much without enter
ing the war as it will by entering. He puts
it this way:
1.-The basic fact about Russias action is that
it did not need to enter the Far Eastern war
either to attain whatever material advantages
it may want in Manchuria or to insure the de-
feat of Japan. It could have gained whatever
concessions it may want in northeast Asia
without firing shot The three big Red Arm
les in Siberia would have been bargaining
weapon Just as powerful without use on the
battlefield as at present.
Why, then, should Stain send his Siberian
armies across the frontier and start the full
sweep against the japanese that dispatches
disclose they were making? Why NOT wait I'M
til the Japanese capitulated and take what
she wanted without force of arms? Everybody
may not agree with MIR. Harsch, but he ascrib-
es Russia's participation to ethical causes. He
notes that Russia has had a score to settle
VITA Japan for forty years, and admits that
perhaps revenge sharpened Stains willingness
to take a hand in the final defeat OF the
japanese, but adds: IF one searches for ma
teral motives one also must recognize the
possibility that Russia might have been in
terested in backing up the plan OF the United
Nations so recently formalzed at San Fran
cisco.
1.-THE main thing is .that the action was
logical, and inevitable. 1t served Russia's ma
terial interest but it also served the larger
interests of the whole alliance.
cit is also noteworthy that Russia did 70
stoop to the surprise attack for which it hat
Justification The japanese hit them by surprise
in 1904 and again in both 1888 and 1899 in tn
''border incidents of those years. 1t CAV
Japan seven hours notice, which is more tna
Japan ever gave it's intended victims, lnclud
ing Russia in 1904, and ourselves in 19z2'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16

the Germans. AS chief of the Vichy govern
ment he doubtless committed many acts
easonably adjudged reasonable. Certainly ne
was no friend of France, despite his own claim
to the contrary throughout the years at Vichy
But what is to be gained by his execution
at 80? Surely. at that age, he could not plot
against France Surely his long hatred OF Brit
event death cannot be far ahead for him. To
send him to the guillotine can do France no
good.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
Salvage Chairman
Stresses Continued
Need or Scrap Paper

stressing the necessity for con-
tinued contributions of scrap paper
yesterday, W. A. Stewart, chair
man of the Paper Salvage COM
mittee for Wilmington, asked citi-
zens of the city and county to
continue saving the vital material
and not to burn or throw away
what has already been saved.
"Citizens are urged to continue
to save paper scrap as it will be
vitality need for months to come, -
he said. Mr.. Stewart added that
the efforts of the Salvage COM
mittee will be continued as long
as the government sees fit"
He stated that the need for paper
cartons for transportation OF
medical supplies and other relief
goods to destitute areas would
create a heavy drain on the ma
TONS supply.
A campaign is slated by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce for
Sunday, August rs, with citizens
as usual asked to bundle the scrap
and place it on the curbing in
front of their homes where it will.
be picked up by trucks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
Four Major Allies Announce Boundaries
Of Respective Reich Occupation Zones

communications arteries-of four
provinces which the French par
TALLY occupy will be included in
he British and American zones.
These provincial capitols are
Darmstadt in Hesse; Karlsruhe in
Babe, and Stuttgart in Wur-tem-
berg, all in the American zone,
and Cologne in the British-occupi.
ed upper Rhineland. The Ameri-
can zone, a substantial portion OF
Southern Germany, includes all or
most of the provinces of Bavaria,
Wurttemberg, Messe and Hesse-
Nassau.
Under terms of the Potsdam com.
munique, the Polish Provisional
government will administer former
German territories East of line
running South from the Baltic
Sea just West Of Swinemunde,
along the Oder river to the Neisse,
then along the Western Neisse to
the Czechoslovakian border.
The Poles also will occupy all
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
ALLIED VICTORY
SERVICES Held

CHAPEL HILL, Aug. 15'-'RI-
University students, both eiVniaD
and Navy, and faculty and I0S.is
people gathered here in the Mela iol
dist church tonight for a meno-iS.
service held as tribute 10 VIC
Allied victory. cs,,o,
Rev. David Yates of the Chspe'
of the Cross conducted a media,
tation program of thanksglVlns
and hopes for permanent pes'e I,
Chaplain w. A. Alexander "
the Navy Pre-Flight school it .so
resenting the Navy units on rs; m'
campus gave prayer of re-dedlcs'
ton. and Rev. Henry G. Ruafh,
the Methodist minister, offered
prayer of commentator S"'
thanksgiving. .-..n,
Rev. William Poteat' aSs, ,,cA
recretary of the University MIA 1d
was in charge of the program 'N'
presided. :, N.
Other representatives OF m'
various faiths conducted IeSp.n
sive readings and Offered pi''
ers. n,
South American students on VI.
campus sat in a body ana w'. >,
recognized by Reverend Pote az, %
repres atives of seven OF the '''
Representative Navy and civilian
students served as usherS' ,d,rs
University classes, lnclu uers
civilian and Navy VIZ units, wei NJ
suspended today in obsefvaI arJirs
the national holiday. Acco''' ii
to the local administrator work
classes and other university " I a.
and activities will be resull-'0
morrow. ,bcerv
ed the japanese surrender WIN
holiday today. A brief nIe' modsr
service was held last night u't IN.
Chaplain Alexander's directlo ano ~.
mediately after the announcer ea5ets
of victory was made me Ell t to
were then given liberty ul! III, viii
morrow morning when WON
be resumed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16

of East Prussia not assigned to
Russia at Potsdam, including the
former Free City of Danzig.
Russia's zone, in addition to the
area around Koenigsberg in East
Prussia, runs Westward from the
new Polish boundary to line along
the Western borders of Mecklen-
burg Saxony and Thuringia, and
from the Baltic in the North to a
line running along the Southern
Thuringian border to the Czech
frontier in the South.
Berlin, included in the Russian
zone, will, of course, be occupied
and administered jointly among
the four Allies.
The British will occupy North
western Germany including the
provinces uf Schleswig- Holstein,
Hanover, Hamburg, Bremen, Old
enburg, Echaumburg-Lippe, Bruins
wick, Lippe, Westphalia, and the
Northern half of the Rhineland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
Exercises Will Mark
Virginia Dare Birth

MANTEO, Aug. 15.-(P)-Com-
memorative exercises marking
the 358th birthday of Virginia Dare
will be held here Saturday.
After the service, set for II a.
M, the traditional hour of the
birth of the first child OF Eng
fish parents in the New World,
the Roanoke Island, Historical AS
sociatiop will hold a meeting to
discuss plans for resumption of
the annual production of Paul
Green's Lost Colony"
The last performance of this
spectacular theatrical portrayal
of early American history was
held in September. 1941.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
RED ARROW TR(Np
GET FULL MEANING
OF "M0PPINC Up"
BY RUSSELL RRJNps

WITH s2nd DIVISION. Nor..
Luzon - P - The men q, '. .,;
Red Arrow division like m"n' '
others, well know the grimv ba .a,.s
breaking warfare that too often
dismissed by the phrase .monnina
up" pNs
Their wiry commander. M,,
Gen. William H. Gill, also knors
In broad military terms "ro.
ping up" is the phase of killino ~,
so-called enemy remnants |b el
main detectives have been taksn
and the enemy, lacking organized
i S t n ce,'' has insuff,c;ert
strength welded together 10 retass
them or to counterattack with now
er.
The staff officers who write -.
communicates think panoramical.
ly. Thus, officially, the battle "a,
Lrzon island ended in early ,Juns
when. two swiftly moving Amer.
can columns came together in Ca.
gayan valley. japanese Rem.
nants' had withdrawn into Frown.
ing mountains, So what followed
was "mopping up" although the
Remnants totalled approxims.
tely 10000 enemy troops in north.
ern Luzon and the lack of organ.
lied resistance" did not prevent
them from holding dominant ridges
for weeks.
The boys at the trent do not
think in military panoramas. TAey
think of danger from two or three
armed men behind the next rock
or the possibilities OF machine.
gun deep in the forest.
my men," said Gill, ARE Just
as dead if they are hit by a sniper
up in those mountains, as if they
were killed in the biggest battle
ever fought
When a small, unpublicized pa.
troll comes back with thinaed
/ forces, the loss if felt keenly. Per-
haps it is even sharper than in
large-scale battles; for mass TRACE.
dy often is numbing but the ind.
vidual empty cot is as personal as
breathing.
Up here, where the mountains
stab the clouds, "mopping up is
blasting apart, W tn artillery
dynamite and bombs, caves hold.
ing from a few to tens OF men.
1t is the dull thunder OF guns rak-
ing pillboxes or the entrenchments
/, so dangerously perched atop vital
ridges and hills. But il is more
than that. For, Invariably, the H.
fantryman climbing upward must
fight those who stubbornly ride out
the bombardments to hit him tn
every explosive man can carry;
and sometimes to rush forward in
frenzied banzai attacks.
The company of the Sixth Dl7l'
sion which craWled on hands and
knees for eight hours through steep
forest to meet a final fight to the
death was ''mopping up. So were
the men of the Sind who worked
under artillery fire to claw away
rock slide caused by japanese
demolition on the road north OF
Raguio.
The 32nd has had it in tough
doses. They repealed the major Ja'
panese counter attack on the Dfl-
riumor river in New Guinea, Wheh
waters boiled red, after "mopplas
up had begun. They fought inc
bloody, muddy battle OF ormoc
corridor in Leyte. They blasted lor
119 days down the Villa Veso'
trail in Luzon, and now they are
"moppine up again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
CONFERENCE TO-DAY

WASHINGTON, Aug. b., r
Presidential Secretary Cra,s;dsni
Ross announced today P-s sonte-
Truman will hold news rim,
ence at 10 am. Eastern War ''"'
tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
SO TIL Ely S Az

If America has not lost the spirit OF George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln, her leaders
will cease the cruel perfdy of this war against
Japan.-Toyohika Kagawa, japanese social re-
former
wbo+ever happens to our farm structure is
Of vital importance to every citizen.-La
Grande. Ore, Observer.
It is truly remarkable how ardently guoer-
material candidates support the idea of stream
1i.sod 5overnrn ent-and how icily they regard
!neo goaeti1 for reform within six months
s as taking office-Henry ste5fens former city
comptroller, of Detroit
M VOL know that more than 80 per
40 land area Of Massachusetts is open
r,,ra1 country, even though this is the third
most densely populated state in the Union?-
Fairhaven, Mass star.
regard him dirohito) as no different from
,1;t,ar and Mussolni, and he should be dealt
Nth accordinly as war criminal-Sen John
Mcclellan of Arkansas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
Bleak Day For France

We hold no brief for Henri Philippe Petaln,
Marshal of France, but we feel it was bleak
day for his nation when he was condemned 10
death at SO.
There is no doubt that he was cats paw OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
Let Bureaucracy End

Peace promises to pose as many grave pro-
blems for solution as did the war. Even With
a Security Charter signed by authorized rep
contains at least the germ OF lasting peace
there are bound to be chickering's and strained
relations among nations which Will require
expert diplomacy to settle amlcably. 1t IS
impossible to believe that after such an up
heaval as has just subsidized all peoples Will
readily act in harmony. Governments the world
around face such difficulties as they have never
before had 10 overcome without resort to arms
We Americans, as a people have the
greatest obligation for world peace because
we have become, through war, the world
greatest power. 1t can. only be hoped that
while we are dealing with world problems we
do not overlook domestic problems. 1t can
only be hoped that government, with Its ire
mendous world responsibilities, does not side
track or unnecessarily delay the solution OF
internal problems.
The war was the excuse offered for creating
a great political machine through establish
ment of agencies and bureaus which, in ad-
dlt!On to spreading patronage A1ouSA pay ioA'o,
placed unjust powers in the hands OF Re"
persons This movement went so far, when the
war was at its height, that the United States
sacrificing the lives of thousands and expend-
ing billions of dollars to overthrow fasclsnl snc
totalitatian;sm abroad. was in serious danger
of becoming the worlds worst totalltarlan
nation.
The individual was in danger OF being oe
urived Utterly of initiative. Personal lnoepen
dence within the law, always cardinal Right
went by the board-or the boards. We llVea lCl
wears within the small circle drawn by ou
reaucrats who set up their own courts I'M
posed their own punishments, and ruled as
despotically as the gestapo all without con-
stitutional authority.
Now the war is over. The excuse Tor wal
bureaus for the most part is no longer valld
Furthermore there is no reason to assume
that President Truman wishes to establish 6
DYNASTY. If he should be a candidate tor the
nre sidency we believe he would wish to stane
by the verdict of the people without payrcl
influence The American people, we are sure
are counting on him to do away with many
bureaus Immediately and deprive any Others
he considers necessary for While OF al
their previous despotic power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16
Fair Enough

accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr. Pegler, and often disagree
viii them as much as many of his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16

The only bird known to have slit
eye pupils is the black skinner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16

The leadership of the world has passed t.
the United States. We must not let it be de
stroyed by alien ideologes.-Rep JON
E. Rankin of Mississippi
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-16

Many thousands of them (exservicemen) are
going to seek to enter business for themselves
and We are going to cooperate with them TO
the fullest extent.-William Pludo, business eX-
ecutiVe.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
and Lecturer

A NONYMOUS telephone calls
some mad, some sad. some
y tragic-are robbing the sleep
-6 more and more New Workers. and
.uc vicious or prankish practice IS
greadi0g TO other big cities.
WHAT makes people DO such
iingS2 Downright CuSSedneSS2 A
...-tci sense of huuor? Or is 1t
> ,hgpathic diseasc2
Let's examine some OF the recent
",ophOnc hOaNeS and Try 20 discover
hy they We're pcrpetratcd
There was the cruel fraud which
.ct'mUci beautiful Lola Pierce. so.
sH.lte daughter of Mrs. Jacques
.1i5Ch .Bischenauer. Just after an.
Junccment OF her engagement 10
Eeut Irving Chester Noycs, US\R.
ae hadn't seen him for more than
year bat he was expected 10 arrive
IN leave any day for the wedding.
Just as Lola was about ready 10
= oat her wedding gown in ar'iCi-
f'lJ1 of his arrival she received
ID that he had been killed, Lola
came hysfcrical and she was close
80 breakdown until. five hours
-'er. her mother established through
navy channels that Noyes was well.
Lola was the fourth New YORK
--!dcto-be 10 b. trickcd 50 unE3p.
Dily in the same way
How could any ybody be so in.
Iuw N? What manner of person
could he be?
II is reasonable believe that he
mentally off balance, with a sadis-
tic twist OF mind Apparently he
watches newspapers Tor announce
uentS OF forthcoming marriages.
But there even have been Clros
where unlisted numbers have been
called 10 devil persons In such in.
s'auCes there must be some assJcil-
ton with the victim
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11

Bill Walker. She said that "
She did
Well" she was told,
this is the District Attorneys office
Mr.. Walker committed suicide this
morning lie left a note cxplainiuy
ne did it with a gun belonging 20 you
because he loved you. You VIII have
10 come Immediately to give u .
statement"
Bette was frantic. She tclephonei