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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
The Late DIR. Flu

From London comes the news that DR.. Flu
Manchu is dead. The insidious Chinese vii
lain Of fiction has been dispatched by his
creator Sax Rohn1er, after 20-year career
which brought the doctor fame and the author
a very respectable income
Mr.. Rohmer performed the deed with I'M
derstandable reluctance, but he had little
choice. In reality, DR.. Flu was war casualty.
The trouble, Mr.. Rohmer explained was that
the Chinese government considered him
shockingly bad propaganda. He was giving
the world bad picture OF the Chinese, the
government said, and just couldn't be. allow
ed to live any longer.
DR.. Fu's departure set us wondering about
its ultimate effect on dramatic and fictional
villa:ny And our conclusions far from
heartening. Obviously the mystery and thrill.
er fans are in for a bland diet if the prec-
edent of Dr. Fu's execution catches on Any
unflattering literary or dramatic portrayal of
any United Nations citizen might be taken as
a. national insult by the government involved.
Contemporary movies plays and books
would be bereft of French colaborators Mex
lean rust1ers, homicidal Amazon tribesmen.
Balkan brigands, turbaned terrorists of India.
in fact, the entire stock in trade of the goose
flesh branch of creative art
t.; course we in America could ge: py for
q while on native villains. After all, a nation
should be allowed to insult itself But once
the world movie market opened up again, we
should have to fall in line and make our
fictional characters as spotless as our neigh
bors'.
An obvious solution of this dilemma would
ie an unrelieved procession of villainous Japs
and Germans But this, too, has its draw
backs. For one thing, we can pick up our
newspapers any day and read accounts Of
real-life villainy by these two races that make
any fanciful misdeeds seem pale Also such
scheme would restrict the locale and circum
stances of any drama of conflict to the pon
of boredom.
If the fundamental dramatic formula of gooe
versus evil is to be preserved, we shall prob
ably have to adopt one of two courses. Either
we can 90 back to the ancient Greek schem.
of making the gods the villains, and lettin,
them steer the mortals into trouble agains
their Wills Or we can ask that the who'll
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
The Literary Guidepost

story worth translating. il na'
to do with the underground Va,
tie against the German NV az ant
Tho1eh fiction of this sort Is @p'
to rnn over with impToba0lllu.ssjj'
IRELAND keeps them at a nl,1
mum, and keeps you very ! t" ,,tIl.
i interested' A lot Of people get XIII
ed, some of them most unpIs aad
antly, but an ending IS aIf'"'
to satisfy sanguine readefS, no.
If the start of the two BOOKS re-
minds US of game we Pl az.
in childhood, the finish Oh n so~s
lands may remind some rs@ ,ooI
of a book they read in high SGu n"t
French F. cases. The French BOOK ~ <
was laid in Alsace after i0'9 C.,.
youth prefers France 70 0t 10
many, and when it's time ~ Ds
conscripted for Kaiser S ARM, ,os,
begins his perilous flight 8'''
the border. ~
Maybe that was novel ~
Erckmann-Chatrian? At any a..
then as now Germans n1ouh''T
fierce guard along frontiers ."d
yond which good people collo --
safety and happiness. hiella. .s,
not missing trick, compl'c 5.vs
the fugitive interest with G
interest; but of course we .o-
wouldn't add anything to 1t -
high school readers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
BY W. G. RUUEho
"Shape of Danger, by Axel Kiel-
land little, Brown; S2.50) !;
give Who Vanished" by
George F. Worts (McBride; $2)
By w. G. ROGERS

George F. WOrts Mcbride; So
go in and out the window
90 in and out the window.
remember that childhood game:
Well if you don't, Worts and Kiel
land do. Each begins his mystery
with a sleeper wakened by an in
truder, III one case lovely WON.
an and in the other a likable man,
who came through the window.
But the authors played the game
in different and distant lands,
their stories diverge sharply at
ter the opening incident, and it
can't be called for an instant eth
er collision or copycat.
Worts' story, though set in the
midst of war, is not directly con-
cerned with it. A major share of
the action, and the talk, takes
place, on a ship in convoy, and
winds up on a Hawaiian island.
There is a sapphire-studded still
etto. Lingo like kahuna, kaup, pu
~, pilikia and pail practically
carries you back to old Hawaii.
kiel1and, Norwegian, had the
advantage of smooth, id:omatic
translation. by Carolyn Hannay,
Who in turn had the advantage oil
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

Yes, that long drag back home
after the bombing is definite
mental hazard, and is what even
tual1y makes the boys sit and
stare.
Maybe you've heard of the
buddy system" in the Infantry.
They use it in the BIOS, too. For
instance, if a plane is in distress
on the way back and has to fall
behind, somebody drops back with
him to keep him company.
They've known planes to come
clear home accompanied by a
buddy, and you could go so far
as to say some might not have
made it were it not for the extra
courage given them by having
company.
But the big point of the buddy
system'' is that if a plane does
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

have to ditch the buddy" can
fix mis- exact position and get sur
face rescutrs on the way.
The other morning after mis-
sion, my friend Major Gerald
Robertson was lying in hi2 cot
resting and re1niniscing, and he
said:
you feel so damn helpless when
the others get in trouble. The air
will be full of radio calls from
those guys saying they've ~nly
got two engines or they're running
short On gas.
I've been lucky and there I'll
be sitting with four engines and
thousand gallons extra OF gas.
Il could spare any of them one
engine and 500 gallons of gas if
l could just get it to them. 1t
makes you feel so damn help
less
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
LETTER BOX
PROTEST
To The Editor:

| 10 The Editor:
Through the columns OF your pa.
per I should like to register my
protest Of the government act OF
discrimination in its order govern.
ing conferences and conventions
which specifically allows athletic
events. but very definitely limits
curtails and even forbidS the hold
ing of religious conferences.
AS a result of this government
order there has been, during the
last month, cancellation of more
than score Of important religious
conferences affecting every phase
of religious life. Yet, on the othe,
hand, Raleigh, N. c., on February
1924 played host to the Southern
Conference basketball tournament
and from good authority l learned
that several thousand people at
tended.
When the government issued its
order restricting the holding of con-
ventions in January the religious
| leaders of this state and across
the nation were among the first tc
comply in every way possible. Our
own North Carolina Council OF
Churches contacted government Of
ficials in Washington, and as a
result OF these conferences decid-
ed to cancel for the third time
our annual Convention of Churches.
1. personally, took it upon myself
| to discourage the holding of reli-
.>>ious conferences, Institutes, etc,
that were. not classed as absolute
ly essential in the opinion Of their
| respective denominations. All OF
this was done in good faith and in
the belief that we were doing the
most patriotic thing that we could
do.
Now, when We have cancelled
our conventions and conferences
and cut to the very bone our reli-
gious program, We have it said to
us mi Observation-Disclosures ceta
us by the director of the Railway
transport Department of the ODT
in Washington that THE Commit
tee appointed to pass on applica-
lions to hold conventions did not,
at this time, think it advisable to
include athletic events in the cate
CORY of conventions. These affairs
might help the travel situation by
keeping the public at home" Since
When did a basketball tournament
and other such regional and ma
tlonal events keep people at home?
MY protest is not over the fact
mat basketball tournament was
neld, or that hundreds of other
such events are going on all over
tne country, but my protest is over
me TACT that the government
through the ODT, in setting itself
up as a judge to determine what is
and is not important, has decreed
mat athletics should have a pri-
orlty, while the church is less es.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
so THEY SAY

If you let you curiosity be stimulated and
then do nothing about it, the effects of the
stimulation-as always with stimulants-w
tend to become less and less, and you VIII end
by becoming dull boy indeed. - DR.. Everett
Case, president Colgate u.
The chief difference between our military
government in Sicily and Italy and that plan
ned for the Reich will be the absolute lack
Of sympathetic interest in the civilian popu.
lation of Germany. = Lieut.-Col Jospeh L.
Candy of WynneWood Pa, G-5 officer with the
7th Army.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS.
-(DelayeO - When you see a
headline saying "Superfortsf Blast
Japan Again." l hope you don't
get the idea that Japan is being
blown sky high and that she'll be
bombed out of the war within an
other week or two.
Because that isn't the case. We
are just barely starting on a pro-
gram of bombing that will be long
and tough. Even with heavy and
constant bombings it would take
years to reduce Japan by bombing
alone. And our bombings are not
yet heavy.
Too, we have lots OF things to
contend with. Distance is the
main thing, and Jap fighters and
ack-ack and foul weather are
other things. The weather over
Japan is their best defense. AS
one pilot jokingly suggested, THE
Nips should broadcast us the
weather every night, and save
both themselves and us lots of
trouble"
Almost the first thing the B-29
boys asked me was, do the peo-
pie at home think the B-29s are
going to win the war;
l told them the papers played
up the raids, and that many wish
full thinking people felt the bomb
ings might turn the trick. And
the boys said:
That's what we were afraid of.
Naturally we want what credit
we deserve, but our raids GER
tainly aren't going to win the
war"
The B-2e raids are important,
just as every island taken and
every ship sunk is important. But
in their present strength it would
be putting them clear out of pro-
portion if you think they are a
dominant factor in our Pacific
war.
1 say this not to belittle the
B-29 boys, because they are Won
derful. I say it because they
themselves want it understood by
the folks at home,
TER lot is a tough one. The
worst part is that they're over
water every inch of the way to
Japan, every inch of the way
back. And brother, it's a lot of
water. The average time for one
of their missions is more than IA
hours. ...
The flax and fighters over Japan
are bad enough, but that tense
period is fairly short. They are
over the Empire only from 20
minutes to an hour, depending
On their target Jap fighters fol-
low them only about IA minutes
off the coast
What gives the boys the woolies
is sweating OUT those six or
seven hours of ocean beneath
them on the way back. To make
it worse, it's usually at night.
Some of them are bound to be
shot up, and just staggering along.
There's always the danger of rum
ming out of gas. from many forms
of overconsumption. If you've
got one engine gone, others are
liable to quit.
If anything happens, you go into
the ocean. That is known as
"ditching.'' I suppose around a
oditching'' almost more than any
other word. s...,3*..:.,. ill.,
.ditching" in the English Chan-
mel. where your chances OF being
Kicked !. up are awfully good.
Pitching out there is usually
We have set up a search and
rescue system for these "dltched'
t,iers but still the ocean IS aW.
h111v big, and it's mighty hard
~ .o find a couple of little rubber
10 ,t ttn The fact that we do res
ooa' sbout a fifth OF our :dltched'
. cue is amazing to me. !!
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sential. Today there are too many
broken hearts and weary souls for
us to say that basketball tourna-
ment takes precedence over Inc
ministry Of the church.
Ernest J. Arnold,
Executive Secretary
North Carolina Council of Chur-
cheS.
Durham. N, c.
Feb d lG4S
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
Fair Enough

editors note.-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
Daily Prayer
FOR CLEAR UNDERSTANDING

In a great fellowship of suppl
cation. our hearts bow low at Thy
feet. 0 God and Father of us all.
We. reverence Thee as our Lord
and Leader. and our only hope.
Grant the strength to win TO all
our fighting forces; and courage
to wait to all Of us at home. May
the vision Of the better world for
which we fight never fade from
before our eyes; that we may be
worthy of one another and OF
Thee in the day OF victory. Amen.
w. TIE.
-V-
When Spanish explorers came to
the Americas following Columbus,
discovery, they found Aztec and
Inca Indians in Mexico and Peru
living under conditions similar TO
those of early Egypt.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

You must remember that we can do in
months what it takes the Japs yeats to ac-
complish. - Vice Adml. John H. Hoover on
Two as base.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The truly great in every age are nose
whose great motive power was rooted III
unselfish love.
From "Day by Bay"
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01
-
Mms y,
BABY
By Lillian B. Storms

The mother of a "fnicky" eater
= often surprised when her child
yoes to nursery school to have him
sat with relish whatever is placed
before him. This may be a result
of seeing other children eat heart
Nv. He wants to be like other
children and will try to do what ne
sees others do. 1t may be because
less attention is paid to him.
Eating is most important, OF
course. but meal times may be re-
ceiying too much Of mothers at.
tention. Let Junior feed himself
as soon as he shows an inclination
to try and manage his cup or
! spoon. AS rapidly as possible.
leave him alone-at least part OF
the time. Put a waxed paper mat
under his plate and a newspaper
or oil cloth under his chair and
) don't worry about his awkward
ness. -
IF his strained fruit slides out Of
a spoon which tips on the way tt
his mouth, put some of a ready,to'
eat baby cereal into it, to thicker
it. A cup only half full Of milk il
not as heavy for him to hold ant
isn't SO serious a matter if spilled
\ The canned baby foods are OF
feeding consistency which mos
babies like but when he is learning
to guide a spoon to his mouth, the,
can be made thicker with cereal.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01
OMAHA BOY, IMPRESSIVE IN
SEM1-FINALS IN W-PACIFIC
BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Manila, Nov. 27-One of the
most impressive semi-finalists of
the Western Pacific champion
ship boxing tournament was Cor
poral Leon w. Denmark 2227h
Willis Avenue, Omaha.
Flown to Manila, after winning
the Okinawa Air Depot welter-
weight title, Corporal Denmark
surprised the $4,000 spectators
jammed in Manila's Rial Coils
cum by eliminating the pre-tourn-
ey favorite, Bruce Tomah of Okla
homa City. Ring wise Denmark
walked off with the next round
with sudden flurries of hard jabs
and crosses whenever he was pres
-sed to the ropes. He lost a close
decision to Johnny Crane the fol-
lowing night to the great disap-
pointment of the crowd, who were
partisan to the cagy old master.
Corporal Denmark, 81. a vehicle
operator with the 2285th Quarter
master Truck Company of the
Okinawa Air Depot, has been in
service two years and overseas
since July. Prior to entering the
service, he was employed at the
Naval Depot in Oakland, Calf.
A graduate of Sioux City Cen
trail High school where he starred
on the diamond, Cpl. Denmark is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Kitchen
of $50 East 5th Street, Sioux City
Iowa. His wife, Alice, resides at
2227h Willis Avenue, Omaha.
Corporal Denmark thinks the
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01

IOrC.
Since May of 1941 on through
August, 1915, the daily and week
ly newspapers of America pub
lished a total of $1O3, sos, 5000
worth of War Bond advertising.
Some of that space was sold to
sponsors and some of it was con-
tributed by the newspapers.
In the End, 3rd, 4th, 9Th, 9th
and 7th loans, the daily and week
ly newspapers published a total
of 279, 0OO, 900 lines of news sup
porting those drives. That news
space is not purchasable at any
price However, if it were project
ed at reader rates it would reach
a ~stupendous financial figure.
In the final stage of the Victory
Loan, there seems to have devel-
oped an unusual enthusiasm am
ong newspapers and among the
more than 6 million volunteer sal
esmen who actually sell the bonds
There is a prideful feeling that
this whole operation has been the
most successful promotional pro-
gram ever created in the history
of the world, and almost everyone
seems to be anxious to make the
final Victory Loan a glorious eli
max to a great patriotic job.
More people have participated in
this program than in any other
selling activity ever before at
tempted.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01

Nashville, Tennessee, November "a,
1945-The Fisk University Choir of
100 voices, under the direction Of
John F. OH, which has been broad
casting on the Wings Over Jordan"
Hour during the month of November
has been requested to continue
through the first three Sundays in De
cember. The program for the first two
Sundays will continue to feature ira
ditional Spirituals plus one larger
work from the repertoire of compost
tons Of the great masters. On De-
cember Is the program will consist
entirely of Christmas Carols of all
nations.
\ These broadcasts take place at
$50 a. m, est over the network of
the Columbia Broadcasting System.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01

AS Walter descended to the press
room where the chief was, the acrid
odor of the etching acid reached
him. He had always thought it dis
= pleasing. But now he recognized it
as part of the nostalgia every en-
thusiastic reporter has for a news
paper office. II was akin to the un-
kempt appearance of city room and
the crippled typewriters about which
the reporters always complain.
Walt casually observed the blur
Of newsprint threading through the
presses and, pretending he belonged
there, from the corner of his eye he
hunted for Mr.. Pool. All the men
wore the handmade boxlike caps
which most pressmen fashion for
themselves from a piece of news
print paper-all except one
Walt looked at him more closely.
He stood with his hands behind his
back, doing nothing but observe
moaning machines. He fitted exactly
the photographers description of
Mr.. Pool. He wore large black
trimmed glasses and his grazing hair
was parted far to one side. Walt
strolled casually up to him and they
watched the presses together. After
waiting for Mr.. Pool to speak first.
Walt ventured: There's no end to
the excitement of seeing the paper
go to press, is there?" He had to
shout to be heard. The mar merely
glanced at Walt coolly over the dark
rims of his glasses.
II like the Post" Walt resumed.
Its a good solid paper. Lot Of ira
dition behind it. But here's
where he took the photographers
cue. He searched self-consciously for
ideas that were not his own. :"
But l think the paper is too neutral.
1t never gets excited about any
thing. Know what l mean?"
There was still no remark from
Mr.. Pool.
1T ought to have definite policies.
Ought to guide the thinking of its
readers on important topics"
"Yeah?" The mar looked Walt
sternly up and down.
Il think the Post needs new
blood" Walt went on. Young
blood" He considered giving him
self as an example, but decided
against being too obvious. "Of
course it's the men at the top who
count where policies are concerned.
Perhaps the Post needs a new man
aging editor" He was sorry as soor.
as the bold words had passed his
lips. But his comments had brought
the mans head around with a jerk.
But now, with Mr.. Pool glaring
at him in apparent anger, Walt could
Only add weakly. What do you
Think"
II think you're batty as a loon"
Walt felt his cheeks burn. He sought
some way to escape as gracefully
as possible. But l wouldn't know
the man added. He brought his
hands from behind his back ano
placed a boxlike paper cap on his
head. I'm only a pressman nv
self"
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01
1916 NAACP
TO MEET IN CINCINNATI

New York-The 1916 annual con
ference of the $50 branches and
meet in Cincinnati. Ohio, it was de-
cider here November ~. The ma
tional Board of Directors received
an invitation from Theodore Berry,
president Of the Cincinnati branch
and promptly voted to accept. Gin
cinnati had been voted the confer
ence by the delegates in Chicago in
1914. but the wartime ban on con-
ventions forced the cancellation Of
the gathering in 1915.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01
NEW POLICY ON RENTAL
CONSTRUCTION

Washington--An incentive fol
the construction of apartments
and private homes for rent was
given builders last week in a new
policy by the Office of Price Ad-
ministration fixing rents in adj
vance of construction, and which
provides liberal allowances fol
increased building costs since
1889.
THE acute need for rental hous
ing demands that we give build.
ers every inducement possible tc
| speed new rental construction
without permitting runaway in
flation." a constantly increasing
burden on the tight housing sup
ply" he added. ,
Rent regulations are being a.
| mended so that maximum rents
on new housing units will be bas-
| ed on prevailing rents for COM
| parable accommodations on ths
maximum rent date plus a sub
stantial allowance to offset cur
rent higher construction.
Builders may present theii
plans and specifications to theil
local OPA area rent office toget
her with their proposed schedule
of rents before starting construc-
ton. OPA will check the pro-
posed rents with those on com
parable units fixed at maximum
rent date rates and add al apprC
pirate allowance for increased
costs. uilders then will be giver
a commitment by OPA as to the
maximum rents to be allowed or
the proposed units, built accord
ing to the plans submitted. This
will enable builders to proceed
with construction promptly, as.
sured Of maximum rents they
may charge.
The plan has been under study
for some time and has been check
ed in specific instances with the
figures of builders who r READY
to go ahead with projects. 1t has
been found that the rent ceilings
OPA plans to allow will be in line
with those necessary to induce
construction on a sound basis
OPA said.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-01

The dance at the Y. W.. c. A.,
given by the Bobcats basketball team
November 21St was really jumping.
This dance was given in order that
the Bobcats may purchase new bas-
ketball suits for the season. They are
planning on giving another dance in
the near future. The Bobcats played
at Lincoln, Nebraska Saturday, Nov.
"a and won with a score Of As to Is.