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Riding High

A lot of people at one time another have
howled about the operational methods OF
James Caesar Petrill, the American Fedora
ton of Musicians boss But Mr.. Petrillo has
always had a comeback. He was, he would
explain, taking care of his boys His job
was to get them the most possible work at the
best possible price. and he was doing it.
But it doesn't look as if J. Caesar had done
the boys any great service by his latest ma
neuver, which was to put the National Music
Camp at Interlochen Mich, on the unfair
list" This boycott is aimed at AIM members
who teach there, even though the Petrillo en-
pire does not include the field OF music IN
structon-as the boss himself has previously
stated
This camp has incurred Mr.. Petrillo's wrath
before. He once threatened to pull all his
union musicians off national network unless
1t quit broadcasting weekly concerts by the
camps orchestra of school-age, nonprofes
sional youngsters. And such is MIR. Petrillo's
power that the network had to comply.
But this maneuver caused Michigan's Sena-
tor Vandenberg to get his dander up and in
troduce bill which would prevent the AIM
boss from interfering with such broadcasts as
those he banned at Interlochen The bill passed
the Senate and is now before the House. The
placing of Interlochen on the unfair list
Is obviously Mr.. Petrillo's retaliation
The boycott is blow at the AIM members
on the camp faculty, including Dr. Joseph
e. Maddy of the University of Michigan. the
director, and about half the teaching staff.
1t is also something of blow to the stud
ents, who are denied the instruction of highly
competent artists, even though the music
camp can carry on with non-union instructors
Who then is the winner? Apparently nobody
but Mr. Petrillo himself He has extended his
specially of defiance to a new field. Already
he has defied and won out over the major
radio networks and record companies, the
War Labor Board and President Roosevelt
Now he has also defied the United States SEN
ate and nullified its efforts to check his unre-
strained actions.
But this time he may be on dangerous
ground. For he is denying his musicians work,
instead Of creating it. He is choking off wages
instead of increasing them.
The history of Mr.. Petrillo's highriding
career indicates that he has no one to fear
except the members who elected him. But if he
becomes so absorbed in riding high that he
forgets to take 'the boys" along with him, he
may be riding for fall.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-13

II days after Pearl Harbor, and
spent two and a half years in JAP
anese prison camps.
He was on that prison ship that
we torpedoed off the Philippines
last fall, and one of the IS sur
vivors. Finally he was struggled
out of the Philippines by sub
marine, was hospitalized and re-
uniformed in Australia and arriv-
ed back in America a few weeks
ago.
Well, he stopped off to see me
in Albuquerque between planes the
other day. He turned out to be
a swell guy, and we didn't talk
but just went around visiting peo-
pie and having a wonderful time.
We had such good time that
when plane time arrived that
night, we couldn't find his cap. So
he flew off to the east coast bare
headed, He had bought the cap in
Sidney, Australia. Later I found
it, but didn't know where to send
it to him.
So 1 just decided to keep it and
wear it myself. Now it's going
back to its own side of the world
on different head. What an as
tonished cap it must be! And what
an astonished man Captain Gal
lagher will be, if he happens to
read this.
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handled all my personal business
as though he were slave, and
kept my own spirits up by sending
me endless cables OF appreciation
and good cheer.
Now he's taking respite and
going to the wars himself for a
little while. He has left for the
Pacific, to cover the whole vast
chain Of our Army supply services.
I'm glad he's going, but I'm ly-
ing awake nights wondering what
I'm going to do without him back
at home base to cheer and baby
me along when u h thousands of
miles away.
LIE and 1 are both decked out
in brand new uniforms, furnished
us by the Quartermaster Corps in
Washington. I'm so handsome in
my khaki bush-jacket I think I
should just stay in America and
show it off. And Lee looks SO i'm
peccably military that when he
goes around Army bases, officers
introduce him conscientiously as
Colonel Miller
Speaking of uniforms, I've got
one odd piece of equipment.
There is a man in America NAM
ed Capt. Fred Gallagher, from
Tucson, Ariz. He was captured by
the Japs in the Philippines just
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Washington Calling
By MARQUIS Childs

LONDON-It is hard to put into
words what you feel about this
city where for so many centuries,
from the time of the Roman En-
pire on down, people have lived.
Over it, somehow softening the
scars Of the recent ruin, is the
ancient crust of history.
By day it is grayer, more dirty,
more battered than ever before.
But at night it takes on a kind of
magic. At night it becomes in
credibly beautiful in way it will
never be beautiful again. When all
lights go on, it will again have the
garishness of an ordinary city.
AS dusk comes on, pinpoints of
light begin to accent the darkness.
Traffic lights are thin Sits of red
and green. Faint street lamps at
widely spaced intervals throw al
most no light at all. Blackout cur
tains are still drawn by mos peo-
pie over lighted windows. The
headlights of few motor cars are
unmasked now, but for the most
part they are very dim.
The result is a ghost city that is
quite different from the midnight
cave of blackout days. Most people
still carry flashlights to see their
way down curbs. The few passers-
by are muffled, indistinguishable
forms.
l walked along the Thames EN-.
bankment on clear moonlit night.
There, with the old river flowing
through the ancient city, you felt
the miracle Of London's survival.
Silver gray light softened ALL
shapes, even the towering gaunt-
ness Of the Parliament buildings
and the cavernous ruins of the
early blitz that in 1910 set the Whole
river aflame.
Make no mistake, it is a miracle
London exists today. High on the
list of German detectives was the
razing of the capital OF the hated
foe. And twice at least, they came
fairly close to achieving the objec-
i've.
Once was in the early blitz of
l940-4l, when so many owed so
much-their very existence-to so
few How close the city was to
collapse then will always be sub
ect for debate. Some who should
now believe that for several days
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He's The Man

Amid reports that General Macarthur
might be sidetracked from the command of
the armies that will invade JAPAN the Army
and Navy Journal comes out in full support
OF his continued leadership in the war against
the Japanese.
The Journal we believe, is voicing the
pie.
In view OF the leadership he has furnished
the significant results obtained by purely
American forces, and the low number OF
casualties his men have sustained, it would
seen that there would be on question about
his continued leadership of the military op-
erations to be conducted in the homeland of
ice publication said in recent editorial.
However, reports are current that the
plans for the invasion, which have been ap-
proved, contemplate his retention for the
clean up job in the Philippines, and the as
s1gnment OF another officer as the commander
OF the invasion expedition
Exactly what the Presidents final decision
on this question will be is not known but as
he fully understands the greatness of Gen
MacArthur's accomplishments . it is to be
expected that he will confide to him to the
hard task ahead, the editorial said.
The principal question is: Can President
Roosevelt find better man for the job. We
believe that he cannot. Certainly the Euro
pean war theater has not produced a leader
comparable considering the early hardships
OF the Southeastern Pacific campaign, to
General Macarthur. And, with due respect to
our allies, we cannot recall the name of any,
one who can match the talents Of Macarthur.
So by the simple process of elimination, he's
the man for the great job ahead
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in the late fall of 40 it was touch
and 60 whether the city could with.
stand the assault.
What few people realize is the
seriousness of the threat to London
when vi bombs began to fall
shortly after D-day last June. The
Germans, it can now be told, had
completed plans to send up to a
thousand buzz bombs each day into
the London area.
If they had succeeded in their
plan, the city would have been
levelled and the whole direction of
the war would have suffered a
serious blow. Repeated heavy
bomb attacks by Allied forces, plus
capture of the Calais area, prevent
ed the Nazis from sending over
more than comparatively small
number of vi bombs.
The actual number that fell in
southern England in any 24-hou-
period was only small fraction
of what the Germans intended to
send over. Even so, many people
here speak of it as the worst period
of the whole war. The vi bombs
were peculiarly nervewracking,
since they made a buzzing, roar
ing sound that could be heard for
several minutes before they hit.
At the start of the great Russian
drive the Germans, to console their
own people, put out lurid descrip-
tons On the radio of England rock
ing under the impact of V-2s. This
was nonsense, of course. Yet ex-
perts have not minimized the
threat OF the rocket bomb. The
Germans have shown remark
able capacity to improve their wea-
pons after they are once put into
use.
In the nearly two years since 1
was last here, the added damage
IS obvious in even a casual stroll
the streets. Interior house
walls standing open to the street
are streaked with rain and snow.
At the corner of Berkeley Square
here is one half-ruined house that
remember from two years ago.
Then the damage was so new that
t looked like stage set with a
handsome Adam fireplace and a
floor opening onto nothing, just
Waiting for the actors to come on.
This time it is dreary by the gray
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YARD YARD" by Mary Ioos AND and
Walter Duranty noubleG rna
Doran; $3.50. ''"SS
This looks like a boo,, ,,.
with the aid of wall c5s ~.'S'o
dozens of tabs. Take tabs tor an. md
and a heroine, SKIP TWO space, '' sso
fight, skip one and love and
three and enter JEALOUSY ,ki' '4P
the bottom and all is we'll %
Some 80 persons in tbe =.
pean village Of VINEYARD s,r Iu'o,
World War Il and. a. the sta ,-'sa
the novel, have been her5ed q
gether to return home. 0 10
They defy Ref Repat, r.*,.
repatriation board, quit W.ri!s
town where they would have bss'
regimented and settle in = wen wen
near Vineyard They set ont ~ Sa ~.
habllltate themselves; one Of tbas,
is confident all Europe viii he t,'g N
splred to hoist itself by its o%,
bootstraps back to recovery il +5 "!
experiment succeeds. -''''
You have here, you see, stt.o,.
on bureaucracy and regimentat;os'
criticism Of too much internatinv.,
planning, defense Of rugged ;ns
vldualism and the hint tha+ u , ~~
let Europe alone with her own noS,
war troubles, everything will ror.
out for the best. wang
But there is more than rab.b;
litation. There is love. or mare ao
curately, sex Men and womsn
boys and girls, the blind, crjpnIea
aged and infirm make love ali ovs,
the place. 1t is described from W.
first gasp to the last grasp What,
more, love is used TWO WAYS IN
the plot; first, it drives crazy peo.
pie sane and second and new.
haps the more usual order
it drives sane people crazy.
Besides rehabilitation and sew
there are extraordinary coinci.
dences. The most amazing is tbe
discovery of a family which re.
treated deep into the hills, let trees
grow over the road and remained
isolated and untouched by World
War II a sort of SLEEPING
Beauty episode.
Besides rehabilitation, sex and
coincidence, there is sentiment;
boy whose life is saved when he
gets darling pinklbellied puppy
a priest who loses religion and
regains it; German who proves
that not all Germans are evil.
Finally, since nothing ever
came out so well, the ending IS
perfect. 6his entire novel is made
up. There isn't thing in it that's
real, nor a thing that's realized.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-13
Daily Prayer
FOR THE WORLDS HEART


In unity with that uncomfortable
company of human beings the
whole earth around who lift up
blind hands to Thee in Supplica-
ton, assured that Thou alone art
the ultimate Helper and Deliverer
we cry, o Father-God, for succOr
in our present need. The world
is out of control of the people who
inhabit it. A great darkness and
fear and foreboding envelop US,
We grope
upon the great worlds altar.
stairs
That slope through darkness
upto God"
In many tongues and in many
forms, the whole of mankind is cry
ing, Save, Lord, or we perish
Only Thou canst deliver US from
the storms of strife and the tides Of
uncertainty which imperil our time
So hear our prayer, 0 infinite and
all-able Father, and deliver my
world, and give us peace. Amen
w. T. E.
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Your War; With Ernie Pyle

SAN FRANCISCO - Instead OF
reading so books while I was
home, and getting caught up on
those lost years of literature, I've
actually read only five books in
these past four months.
They were-O "A Walk in the
Sum-" a wonderful little story
about the emotions Of men in half
a-day's fighting in Italy; ca Lost
Island" James Norman Halls sto-
ry of what war which means moth
ing to them can do to the people
of a little gem island in the Pa
cific; (3) Can Do the story of
the SeaBees, about whom I hope
to write a lot before this trip is
over; ~ "Cannery Row." and
60 "Daybreak for Our Carrier. :"
I thought all of them were ex-
cellent.
I tried to reread All Quiet on
the Western Front" when I first
came home, because I've always
considered it one Of the greatest
books ever written. But after hav-
ing been in war, it was too real,
too poignant. 1t depressed me so
terribly 1 had to lay it aside. But
it's still great book.
"Cannery Row. is John Stein
beck's new book. 1t has nothing
whatever to do with war, and for
that reason was wonderful relief
to read John says he wrote it
"just because I'd wanted to for a
long time"
In San Francisco I ran onto John
and Gwyn Steinbeck, up from
Monterey for a few days visit
John told about an amusing exper-
fence.
When they bought a house In
Monterey recently, John decided to
rent an office downtown to write
in, so he wouldn't be underfoot at
home. The office-building manager
showed him a suitable office, and
then asked John if he had a bust
ness license.
John said no, they didn't have
business licenses in his business.
The manager asked what his bust
ness was. I'm a writer John
said. The manager looked him ov-
er, weighed the idea pro and con,
and then made up his mind.
NO." he said, 1--WE don't want
people like you. Writers don't
make enough to pay their bills"
And he wouldn't let John Steinbeck
rent the office.
John thinks it's wonderful.
That's the reason l love Monter-
ey," he says.
"Daybreak for Our Carrier is
Max Miller's book about life
aboard an aircraft carrier in the
Pacific. 1t is beautifully written,
and I hope that when my time
comes to describe the life aboard
carrier, l can do it half as
feelingly.
Max Miller is gentle writer
and a gentle person. He has writ
ten II books in the last IS years,
and it hurts him little that no
body ever mentions any except his
first one - II Cover the Water
front"
Max is now Lieutenant Com
mander in the Navy, and he and
1 are going to make the trip across
the Pacific together. You couldn't
ask for finer travelling compan-
ion. Once on the other side, we
will go our separate ways. All the
writing Max does now is for the
Navy. Doubtless another book will
come out of this present trip.
Out in California we've teamed
along with my boss and best friend
from Washington, Lee Miller. of
the Scripps-Howard newspapers.
All these years that I've been
away Lee has satin Washington
and translated my pieces as they
came in, written beautiful blurbs
bout what great man I am,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-13
Italian Navy Completes
1000 Missions For The
Allies Since Surrender

ROME, Feb. 12.-'R-Tae It al;
ian navy carried out nearly 49OO
missions in the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean from September,
1913, when the fleet went over "
the Allies, to the end OF 1874
Navy Undersecretary Carlo bdS'
sano said today in Rome news
paper interview. ,
He said torpedo boats escorted
more than $500 ships totalt-HS
about 100000 tons,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-13

The Japanese have no feelings Of having al
ready virtually lost the war. Their plunge into
war IN December 1941 was, they admit, a mis-
calculated c gamble :. But the Japanese still
'nlnK they can get away with most of their
spoils.-Spanish missionary who spent last
seven years in Japan
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-13
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)
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Senate Seeks To Regulate
Aircraft Under Motor Act

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-'RL
The Senate, looking forward
auto thieves who may turn to an
planes, approved legislator, i.
day bringing ANY cohG.sa4 +5s
for flight in the air unaeI ~
National Motor Vehicle Act -,
This act provides penalties ,u u5
to five years imprisonment a o,
$4,000 fine for interstate u 0r ~.
portation of a stolen h'o'0l
hicle.
The bill now goes to the House
light of day. At night. however ". 81.
with moonlight on the snow IL NV
square, that room is still rea@
for an 18th century ghost Il.
For exercises, red flares are ~
in the parks at night. The o 5its5
night St. James Park was ny ~.
with them, and they lit the "lU ,s,
sky with a lurid glare as II H-1oi
have been lighted in the days "
the blitz. Il
But this time, Londoners Eme" .
was good omen. ADoVe' va,
bombers were coming home w
could hear the drone OF them i"''
above.
That phrase - coming nome .nd
means so much. 1t is a proi,oona.
in the hearts OF nlll-io-'.
all over the world. Coming A0lt.t
to what? Well, they haven t tnous as
TOO much about that. It's ero'9n
'or now to come home; to Gaze
nope to come home. .a.
Copyright 1915 by United ~
ture Syndicate. Inc.)
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Copyright, 1915, by King Features Syndicate J

We of the many home fronts, together with
our fighting youth, must create world OF the
young, by the young and for the young-War
ManpoWer Chairman Paul V. McNutt.
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The LITERARY
Guidepost'

BY W. G. ROGERS
RETURN TO THE VINE
YARD" by Mary Loos an, ,ni
walter Duranty (Doubler r',0
Doran; $3.50. '''"SF,
Nogales international., 1945-06-29
Nogales Visitors
Honor Guests
At Tea

AS a courtesy to Mrs. John Tynes
Richards and Mrs. ESsie LeaSa of
Los Angeles, Mrs o. A. Smith was
a charming hostess Monday after
noon at a tea at her home on Son.
oita avenue.
Arrangements OF carnations and
daisies were placed about the room,
and centered the tea table.
Mrs. Smith was assisted by Misses
Helen Mansfield, Jean Hudgin, Yer
ma Newbury and Mary Lou Carter.
Miss Virgie Walker, accompanied by
Miss Lillian Chatham at the piano,
entertained the group with four
vocal solos, to the delight of all
present, and Miss Trixie Jund ia
,vored the group with two readings.
Included in the guest list were:
'Mesdames John TyneS Richards,
Essie Leasa, Aston r. Whitfield,
John Atkinson, Patience Payne,
Charlotte Stauffer, E. S. Edmon-
son, j. j. Lowe, Russell Smith, En-
ma O'Connor, Charles FRAZIER, F.
r. Barney, George Parks, Kenneth
Rocker, R. G.. Michelena, A. j. Alb
bott, o. Fields, Harry Wilson, How
ard Peck, Leonard Mansfield, Louis
Hudgin, Palen Hudgin, H. R. Chat
ham, Gladys Cameron, Virgil Wal
ker Hugo Miller, A. J. Milliken,
Walter Noon, E. Greason, Ellen
Underwood, w. c. Taylor, Jr., A.
l.. Lewis, Blanche Jones, Ada Jones,
Ann Manthey. E. Dickens, Carter,
H. l.. Stiles, A. j. Mitchell, Paul
Bughman, Warren Sudduth, Lon
Bellman, j. B. Page, Victor Arana,
Misses Virgie Walker, Lillian Chat
ham, Helen Mansfield, Jean Hud-
gin, Mary Lou Carter, Alice Foxwell,
-Trixie Jund, Verna Newbury.
Hs&~s&&&s
Nogales international., 1945-06-29
Reagans Honored
At Supper Party

Saturday evening the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.. Frame was the
setting for a covered dish supper
given in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
P. Reagan by members of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Cards followed the enjoyable sup
per, and the honorees were present
ed with a farewell gift from men,
bers of the group.
Those present were MeSsrS. and
Mesdames E. P. Reagan, E. D. AL
gert, Paul Peltier, Freeland Byars,
William Ehringer, Warren Sudduth,
John zuck, John Downs, Paul Frink,
Clarence Best, Mrs. Winifred Pi-
quero, F. K. Leatned, william G.
Cox, Mr.. Dan Johnston and Mr..
and Mrs. Frame
***ns%&&$
The Literary Section of the No
} gales Woman'S Club will hold a
meeting this afternoon at the home
of Mrs. E. S. Edmonson on Macnah
Drive. Round Table discussion and
a book review will be presented.
~~Hs%s&s~
Miss Virginia Ann Robins arrived
Tuesday from Phoenix to visit her
family, Mayor and Mrs. James Ro-
bins and Jimmy.
Nogales international., 1945-06-29
Paging Diogenes

Diogenes made three mistakes,
judging by an Incident which oc-
Cured in NOgales during the past
week.
First, the ancient Greek philoso-
pher who traipsed around carrying
a lamp in quest of an honest man,
lived $500 years before his time
Second, instead of hunting through
the streets of Athens, he should
have come to Nogales. Third, rath-
er than look for an honest man,
perhaps he would have been wiser
if he had confined his ogling where
it belonged-directed at the fair sex.
Recently, Miss Bell, a govern
ment employee, lost her purse con-
tanning a SIS bill and other coins
and articles. She advertised her
loss on The Internationals bulletin
board, even after the pessimiStic
warning that she was probably toss
ing good money after bad, since not
a single purse containing money
has been returned in the past two
or three years and perhaps score
have been listed.
On Saturday, Miss Dorothy Hop
kins of the County School Superin-
tendent's office. came to The Inter
national with the information that
she had found the purse and would
be happy to turn it over to the
owner At last Diogenes can stop
| his uneasy turning in his grave and
rest in peace!
Only where lost money is con-
cerned has the Internationals COM
bined bulletin board and classified
section failed to bring highly salts
| factory results. Keys, coats. dogs,
and the like usually find their way
home promptly and articles for sale
find ready buyers. Needless to say
we never miss on For Rent" ads
Among our most unusual recent
listings have been two Found"
items, a red snakeskin slipper
brought in by Bernard Stone and
returned to Tucson Cinderella
who failed to reward the finder or
pay for the classified ad and postal
charges; and a lower set of false
teeth found in the city park We
don't know how this last mentioned
item Jared, as Harry Chernin who
listed the artificial chompers has
never turned in final report.
The international would gladly
join Diogenes in his searching if he
were available, in an attempt to
locate the finder of the latest miss
ing purse. 1t belonged to Mrs. Rita
Hernandez of Elgin, and besides her
passport, ration books and other
valuable papers. contained $105 be-
longing to her son, serviceman.