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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
Job For Police

Reported plan Of President Roosevelt for
international policing of Germany for Is
years seems in line with the general idea that
force must be the big persuader in prevent
ing new war about Is years hence. There
was for while notion that Germany must
be re-educated but it will require more than
schoolroom tactics to keep the peace.
The Germans will be sullen, resentful,
Vlndlctive after defeat. A policeman is re-
qulred for such persons. Even enlightened
America has police departments in every
city for such mean-natured persons Even
almost every village must have it's lone
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
BY w. G. ROGERS
"China After Seven Years Of
War" edited by Hollington X.
Tong Macmillan. SOY


This compendium OF Informal
ton about the Chinese at war is
salutary anecdo;e to srumbhng
about the shortage of cigarettes,
coal, meat, train accommodations
and other items. We know there S
war on because we have to so
without luxuries; most other peo-
Piles sharing the brunt Of Ibis
global struggle know about il
because they have to so without
necessities.
Some chapters on the heroiSn
OF our Asiatic allies will thrill
you. Seven writers describe the
face OF China after seven years u
conflict. They are brutally TAG
tual.
Vinegar joe Stilwen, Gordon
S. Seagrave, the medical mission.
airy, and Jimmy" Doolittle MS.
ure in these pages. Stilwel re-
mains in them as the book closes
though it was last fall when he
was recalled by his government.
The recall settled dispute with
Chinese officialdom but did not
apparently clear up the merits of
the dispute.
IT that is too not question for
seven writer's, it's probably too
hot for one lone reviewer. This
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

I finally got around to reading
Brave Men" myself - something
which I've not yet succeeded in
doing to Here Is Your War" !
read it for the purpose of making
Typographical corrections, and
bringing little incidents about the
men in it up to date, for later
printings.
And when / finished, I counted
up and found that Is of my friends
in it had been killed just since I
came back to America. That many
l know of, because their families
have written me. Doubtless there
are many more that I haven
heard about.
While we're writing about the
book, I want to use this device to
thank all the reviewers who were
SO kind. l had intended writing
each one of them a letter, but
hell there are lots of things you
intend to do.
There aren't many experiences
more pleasant than reading nice
things about yourself. And the
book reviewers were certainly
gentle with me.
Old wartime acquaintance, such
as Cy Sulzberger and Ira Wolfert
and Quentin Reynolds, put lump
in my throat by the nice things
they said. And others by people
I've never known were touchingly
beautiful. To every one of you who
wrote so feelingly about this book,
herewith is my deep gratitude.
y
AS you know, the book, except
for the last chapter, was simply
a reprint of the columns I'd sent
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
WITH THE AEF:
Touring The Siegfried Line

but it's the best we have" says
Mcnamara.
Col. John c. Whitcomb of Dur
ham, N. c., chief of staff, has
picked up story about a re-
placement soldier found walking
away from the front.
you're going the wrong way,
son" the commanding officer
told him. The fronts the other
way"
II know it, sir" the replace
ment replied. I'm within 200
yards of the Krauts but my
sights are set for 500. I'm NOV
ing back so I can start shoot
ing"
1t. Col. Robert P. Booth of
Eugene, Ore, reports his men
working over one or more than
200 pillboxes knocked out by the
Goth saw seven Germans come
out with their hands up. The
Americans searched them and
went inside to check the pillbox
oAA 1AAC 1AoO1 was d dGl1lldI OIL
ficer with a bullet through his
head Under questioning, the
soldiers said the officer had re-
fused to let them surrender.
Our animal neighbors start
stirring at daybreak so it's use
less to try to sleep longer. Then
we hear some noise in another
room. There are six GI's pound
ing typewriters and running off
mimeographed copies of the
"Sniper," the divisions daily
newspaper. McNamara's staff,
headed by Pvt. James T. Delbello
OF Chicago, hasn't failed to pub
lish since D-plus-18 although the
outfits always been in artillery
range. They wore out their orig
inal mimeograph machine and
now are using a ''iberated' Ger
man one.
Delbello's assistants are Pvts.
David c. Rather of the Bronx,
N. y; Bernard Berlin of New
York City! Pfc. Pierre Charpen-
tier Of Lynbrook, Long Island, N.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15

back to the papers from Sicily,
Italy, England and France.
| No changes were made in them.
But in some instances they were
reassembled in order to put SINH
lar subjects all in the same chap
ter. This work was done by Vi
vacious little creature who works
for Hollis, named Judy Underhill.
The other big hands in the pub
fishing Of the book were Hollis en-
ployes named Helen Taylor a
Bill Sloane, both of whom have
become good friends through our
slight association in these two
books. The title Brave Men" was
given the book by my boss, Lee
Miller, of Scripps-Howard Newspa-
pers.
First proofs were flown to me
in France in early August, and
I made and cabled back what cor
rections I could. l wrote the last
chapter in France in August, and
cabled it back. BY the time I got
home the book was rolling off the
presses.
The very first copy was auto
graphed by all the Hollis people
who work in the Trade Depart
ment, and sent to me in Albuquer-
que. I sent few copies to friends
overseas, gave a few hundred to
friends in America, and have since
autographed b out 1000 more
around the country.
Once I autographed IT'S books in
As minutes. Along toward the end
I'd have TO stop and think how to
spell my name. For years l
haven't known where I am, and
now I don't know who 1 am. Oh
goodness. oh goodness me.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
By THOBURN WANT
Substituting for Kenneth L.


WITH THE U. S. GOTH DIVI-
SION WEST OF PRUEM, Ger
many.-tREPat Mitchell of New
York, and energetic Stars and
Stripes correspondent who for
merly worked for the New York
World-Telegram, suggests a week
end in the Siegfried Line so we
take off in his beat-up jeep
through driving rain. Soon our
arms are sore from operating
windshield wipers which only
slightly improve our vision Tor
about two seconds per swipe.
En- route to the Goth Division
through axle-deep mud we pass
through St. With, town in name
only. St. With died a horrible
death from Allied bombs. 1t once
contained 400 buildings but only
nine are standing. The effect OF
the bombing was the same as a
steamroller on crate of eggs.
Rain and more rain. Passing
vehicles throw mud over US. Nit
chell resembles an African. "You
should look in the mirror if you
think I'm filthy" he says.
1t is getting dark as we cross
the German border. We are about
reconciled to spending the night
in the jeep when we spot a mill
tary policeman. 1.-The next town."
he says, when we ask for the
goth Division.
We are so close to the Germans
that we can't show any light. We
grope around until we find Capt.
James c. Mcnamara of Sioux
Falls, S. D., a public relations
officer who formerly was a Los
Angeles radio man.
Few houses Of the little Ger
man town are still standing but
Mcnamara finds a place for us
to sleep. The next room is occu-
pied by seven cows, one sheep,
one dog and one cat
This isn't exactly the Waldorf.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
By ERNIE PYLE

SAN FRANCISCO - I think it
permissible to mention in this col
umn the two big things that have
grown out of the column, since SO
many people ask me about them.
They are the book Brave Men"
and the movie, STORY of C. I.
joe"
First for the book. It was al
most impossible for you to buy
one in late December and early
January. That was because of pa
per rationing. The publishers, Hen
ry Holt & Co., simply couldn't beg,
borrow or steal enough paper.
Hollis finally succeeded in print
ing 1884, in 1914, and they were
all sold before they were printed.
In addition, the Book-of-the-Month
Club printed AIS, 900, which ] I'M
derstand is their biggest first
months sale in history. (No harm
in little Dragging, is thereof
On New Years Day the 1915
paper quota opened, and Hollis be-
gan a new printing of quarter
Of million. They 60 out to book
stores over the country in monthly
driblets Of about $4,000, so you
should be able to buy the book
by the time this is printed. Pro-
vided, of course, that you still
want it, and if you don't I'll send
my Ratchet man around to chop
your head off.
Hollis say the book will pass a
million by late spring. The previ-
Gus book Here Is Your War" is
past a million and a quarter. Don't
you wish you were great big
wonderful author like me?
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
interpreting
The War
BY kIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War s soN

Associated Press War s ,oN
f7o sldw m1 recession is reported s" :,
tually immobilizing An All sun viz
1 nng,. power W along the Roey '' Tx
General tssae t., Eisenhower Soon Soon nat nat
t u atiNy t II. offensive weisbt 81; can
sian generations in the , esn Nus III
double the threat to BerI H1' nat
menace Dresden. 'NA and
Field dispatches from II. ,n.
command centers make no a sscsS.
that preparation for a cnin nv secret
pile-driver smash has re ',IJb,s!hs
stage where only terrain COY (sa
are Withholding it. Thew , a.o,'a
at least two powerful and a. l'S S's
inactive armies. the Ama n WI
Ninth and the British Second e' tss
ting at the enforced DELAY , n,ti,
the flood runoff OF combines ~, I.'lI
and Nazi blown dams is con,n naw
again. o''oAs
Russian forces in the Oder W.,
ley are knocking at the gatew.n.
to Saxony north of the snd...
mountains. Below two-thirds y.
circled Breslau, Ukrainian troo VII
have expanded their trans.oSss
bridgehead to the north. south .ns
west to come virtually abreast NJ
comrades to the north menacins
Berlin along the middle Oder.
Konev's Ukcainians have swA,t
beyond the Oder to the sudetsn
foothills. They hold an arc th,t
reaches from captured striegau
IS miles west of Breslau 10 IN.
Sorau area due south of the Left
flank of White Russian armies IT
the Bober-Oder confluence wbers
the Berlin siege ring begins.
Within that arc lie the he.d
waters Of the Bober and the Quej,
rivers, two of the three possibl,
water barriers guarding the road
to Dresden, Leipsig and all Saxonv
and protecting Berlin from tn.
southeast. Only the Neisse defepa
line remains and Marshal Koneys
advance elements were within less
than 20 miles Of it in the sorau
region by Berlin admission. They
are even closer to the west Of cap.
tured Bunzlau along the direct
Breslau-Dresden road.
There is no doubt, nevertheless
that the Russian sweep across the
Oder valley has brought Dresden
into virtually as imminent a peril
as Berlin. 1t covers not only every
approach to the plains Of eastern
Saxony around the north end Of the
Sudeten range, but also every
mountain pass route.
The Nazi plight on that sector
fully warrants Berlin intimationS
that the situation there is even
graver than that Of Berlin. Rus.
cenral plain of Germany could do
sian penetration in force Of Sax
ony to carry the battle in to the
great central plain of Germany
could do more to disrupt Nazi
plans for an organized last stand
of any duration there than could
the reduction of Berlin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15

chief of police and you'll notice that he
wears gun. 1t is the most prominent part
of his attire.
After what has happened, Is years Of keep.
ing an international police force on the beat
seems hardly enough. Before the police re.
tire from the scene the German nature must
be changed, transformed into something
sweet and peaceful, rather lamblike, doing
good instead of evil. And that is going to
be quite job.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
China Among The Powers "
David Nelson Rowe (Hafcou''
Rroco COY


Read this book about Cnln'
tomorrow, after the one ABOVE v.
China today, and you will nav .,
done this weeks assignment ~
the Far East.
Rowe studies China's military,
political, economic and socla
conditions with reference to ~.
place in the peacetime world ou'
viii be unable to defend hersen
viii need foreign aid for nour
yralizatlon. will have to rel0i"
her government. =.
The essential, in his opinion
agreement among the big ln'e.
ested powers, the U. S., RUSSO
and Britain. on a general fa
Eastern policy. There would y.
sacrifices on everyone's part. 6a,
II you think it's going to be nslu
on our Allies and ourselves, yo1
should note RoWe's plans iot
Japan and his ideas of what pF'''
defeat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
WEEDS

WESTON, Mass, Feb. l4-(UP'
Edward T. eddie Collins
member of baseball's hall OF fanls
and general manager OF the pos
ton Red Sox, was married Is's
yesterday to Mrs Emily Jane
Hall of Brookline. The marriage,
second for both, was at St. Pe'ef
EPISCOPAL church in Weston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15
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., 1945-02-15
The Literary Guidepost

books purpose was not politlc,aa..
of course, but social. While nv
sufferings and hardshipS endulsa
by the Chinese arouse ana ~.
serve our sympathy, they reHlln '.
us that victory over Japan WON vol,
necessarily bring them profnpD'
to an end.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15

Y; Cpl. Gerald Buckles of Glen
wood Springs, Colo.;; and Sgt.
Herbert Peake of Chenango
Bridge, N. Y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-15

Meat loaves can be extended by
mixing w it h bread, oatmeal,
ground carrots, mashed potatoes,
cooked rice or oatmeal
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
Ozone ThGf Falls From
the SfrafosPhere Is
Thought by Some Seien-
lists TO Govern Our
Health. Energy and Even
Our Dispositions

life in nearly all forms.
1t is this discovery which explains,
or so DR. Huntington maintains, why
heart disease deaths vary in a nine
and two-thirds-year cycle. The peak of
these deaths comes three years after
the peak of the ozone concentration
in the air-just about what might be
expected, argues DR.. Huntington, if
people with weak hearts felt the slim
illus OF physical exertions which the
higher concentrations of ozone bring
Greater physical exercise at the
ozone peaks would be all right for
normal persons but not for those with
a potential heart condition.
Ozone has the greatest life
lasts the longest-in the dry, cold air
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09

Of the polar regions and the Yale
professor says this may explain the
observation Of explorers on the inVig.
Grating qualities of polar air.
It may explain, too, he says,
luxuriant growth Of crops IN AlasNS
crops that escape a frost.
In the tropics ozone seldom reaches
down to sea level before disintegra-
ton and this may explain why tho
natives there lack pep. ambition and
energy. The Eskimos, of course, 90
not exactly bubble over with ambi
ton, either, but their habitat is
tremendous deterrent 10 anyone who
wants to set the world on fire.
1t is i'm the temperate zones-whcrc
a goodly supply of ozone is present
while the climate is not too extreme
that the greatest advances in sci.
ence and art have been achieved.
But even in the temperate zones
there Is additional proof that ozone
affects the human mind, argues Dr.
Huntington. Librarians have Ions
observed that in the late winter and
early spring months, there is an in.
crease in the number Of non-fiction
books requested. This serious" sea.
son is exactly the period when the
greatest yearly peak comes in the
ozone concentration.
In terms of animal activity the
extra vigor of the extra ozone, ac.
cording 10 DR.. Huntington, is repre-.
sented by the varying animal popula.
tions. Noting that muskratS snow.
shoe rabbits, tent CatCTplllars, marten,
mink, chinch bugs red fox. skunk,
lynx, and salmon population all show
the same nine and tWothiTdS.ycar cy.
Gle as ozone, Dr. Huntington says:
1T seems impossible that insects,
fish, rodents, and CarniVOrcs living
far apart and having life spans which
range from a few weeks 10 several
years should all independently have
an inherent biological rhythm Of the
same length and should, in one case
persist unchanged for 200 years.
1T seems still more unlikely III
the rhythm should be so adjust~
that the animals all independently at
tain their maximum numbers within
periods of three years which happen
TO center on maximum ozone years"
1t all might be a coincidence but
DR.. Huntington believes the odds are
against it, and bets on the ozone cycle
THE aRaEnUsaE Nx-EEEUN,
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
BY ROBERT ID. POTTER
Science Editor

(CIENCE is choosing sides in a
controversy over whether the
- cyclic shifts of the airs ozone
content can explain the ups and
downs in the country's death rate
from heart disease. ------'
Moreover, ozone in the air may
explain many another battling hap
pening in the lives of men and ami
mails, especially the strange varia-
ton in the population of such widely
different things as tent caterpillars
in New Jersey, lynxes trapped in
Canada, or the number of salmon
caught in the Columbia River
The behind.the-scenes difference of
opinion has been revealed by a new
theory of Yales distinguished geog
rapher, DR.. Ellsworth Huntington.
Or. Huntington suggests that an
invisible rain" of ozone gas which
continually falls upon the earth from
the stratosphere is the culprit. He
cites figures showing coincidence be
tween the length of the ozone cycle
which varies with a nine and two
thirds-year period-and the cycle OF
heart disease deaths, the lynx cycle
in Canada and, lastly, the salmon
.,-D1o ~ tho Dapifip
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09

What is ozone? 1t is an invisible
gas that you may have smelled if
YOU have been near a quartz mer
curry vapor lamp. In nature, ozone
is produced high in the stratosphere
by the ultraviolet from the sun and
consists of three atoms of oxygen
linked into a loosely-knit chemical
molecule. Ordinary oxygen, the kind
man breathes, consists only of two
atoms OF oxygen TO the molecule
Ozone is heavier than gaseous oxy-
gen in the air and gradually sinks as
a rain" upon the earth In an amount
that varies with the seaSon-being
greatest in winter when the air is
cold and dry and least in the summer
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09

when the air is hot and moist.
Moreover, the atmosphere S
ozone content varies from year
TO year and swings through
cycles of maximum and mini
mum concentrations in nine and
two-thirds-year cycles.
In his new book, handspring
of Civilization" John Wiley d
Som, DR.. Huntington cites
growing knowledge that the
airs ozone content is the diff
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09

n
Northwest.
Other scientists
admit the coinci-
dences but contend
that they are just
that 49, condolences.
Others q u c S Ii o n
whether the cycles
really exist in their
nine and two-thirds-
Npar rhNthm
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09

Experts Believe the
Peaks I'm Population of
Lynxes, Salmon, Rab-
bits, Caterpillars and
Other Animals Run in
o 2-S-Year Cycles Be
cause Our Atmosphere
Ozone Content. Varies
ut Just the Same Rate.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-06
". Y. STOCKS

NEW YORK, May 5. (UP)-Stocks rose
IA new highs since 1887 Saturday as Wall
street looked into prosperous postwar
future.
Danish bonds reached new highs since
1899 and other European loans gained on
anticipation of an early end OF the war
ngainst Germany. Grain movements mar
rowed Cotton firmed.
Traders singled out the so-called peace
shares concentrating on such issues as
American Radiator in the building divi-
sion. the motors, soft drink issues, glass
stocks. some OF the air lines, and com
munications notably International Tele-
phone issues.
The industrial average reached new
high since September q, l95I. New tops
were made by such stocks as American
Air Lines Briggs Manufacturing, Chrysler,
General Motors, Electric Auto-Lite, Grum-
man Aircraft, Cocoa-Cola, Libbey-Owens-
Ford Glass, Standard Oil On. ID, Schen-
lev. Philco. and Dow Chemical.
The utility average was at its best
level since April ~ 1897. Common
stocks made small gains while preferreds
were up as much as two points IN Stand
ard Gas 81 Preferred. Rails were near
their eighr-year high. Union Pacific
gained more than a point on passage by
the house of a bill to repeal land grant
rates. Most building issues rose with
American Radiator, which featured the
whole market in turnover.
Preliminary closing Dow-Jones aver.
ages: Industrial 1861, up 0.44; rail
Sc. rs. off 007; utility, 30-92, up 002;
and 65 stocks 81 IS, up 0.0S.
Stock sales totaled $4,000 against
93O. 600 last Saturday. Bond sales were
$40. O92, 600 against So, 1854 600 week ago,
and curb turnover 274. .415 shares against
212. 1856 last week.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-06
ASSEMBLY GROUP STUDIES
GAME BIRD HUNTING CHAGNE

SACRAMENTO, May 5. CUP) =
The assembly fish and game COM
mittee planned Wednesday to rec
ommend for passage a bill revamp-
ing CALIFORNIA; quail and pheasant
hunting seasons after adoption of
amendments to meet sportsmen's OBJ
jectionS.,
Under terms of the measure to
be approved the quail season would
open November 20 and close Decem-
ber Is. Hunting would be permitted
between 10 a. m. and one-half hour
after sunset. Present bag limits
would remain in effect.
The bill also sets the pheasant
season. as November 20 to November
Is inclusive, with shooting permit
ted between 10 a. m. and one-half
hour after sunset. The bag limit
would be two male birds per day, 10
per season and not more than one
days bag permitted in possession at
any one time.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-06
&c Marines Lick
Santa Barbara
By Score of IT'S

Hits and errors shoWered down
Friday in the baseball game at Ell
Centro Stadium between the El
Centro Marine Air Corps station
team and Santa Barbara Marines.
After thes deluge, the El Centre
Marines had counted II runs to the
visitors 5. Pearsall for the Santas
enlivened the scene in the fourth
by Slamming out a humer over the
left field fence to bring in two run
nerS.
Despite, or perhaps, because of a
lot of errors, at the start of the
seventh the score was tied 4 and 4.
Then the El Centrans got busy with
the stick and the visitors increased
the error column to put seven runs
on the E. c. tally sheet. In the
eighth the visitors again threatened
to do business, but the scare was
blacked out with only one run mark
ed up.
Santa Barbara 100 300 01O- 5-11-11
FL Centre -.-.--- 100 012 70x-1l- z 3
Batteries: Santa Barbara-Clip-
per, Tucker and Smith.
Ell Centro-Miller, Knowles and
PaWelek.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-06
Team Sponsors
Map Plans for
SoffbalI Group

Eight teams will make up the I'M
perial Valley Softball League of 1915.
This was decided at an initial meet
ing Of representatives of various
groups in the Valley Friday night
at El Centre City Hall. { Eleven
groups had sought admission to the
league, it was announced.
Present schedule plans call for
two games weekly at El Centre stad-
ium. All games will be played even
ings. The tentative schedule has
not fixed time and place for games
outside El Centro nor have the
days of the week been set for the
FL Centre games.
Civilians of Holtville have asked
to place a team in play but they
were not represented at Friday
nights meeting.
Friday nights session was called
by A. D. Allen, Clyde Lee and Pat
Patterson.
Attending the meeting as team
representatives were:
Lieut.. G. Norton, Holtville Aux
iliary Naval Air Base; Sgt. M. Don
ovan, B and G school, El Centre
Marine station; Warrant Officer H.
G. Reiter, Camp Dunlap; L. Buttons,
Acme Brewery, Brawley; George
Shuck, Troys Drive-In; Patterson,
for his own team and Corporal L.
Van Dox of the El Centro Marines
station
Final action on team admission
and the making of a schedule will
be undertaken at meeting Tuesday
night at El Centre City Hall.