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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-23
The Next w ar

Predicting the shape of the next war is
pastime long dear to the Jules Verne type
of writer Some have been far off the beam,
but the better ones have only had to wait
for time to catch up with them and prove at
least the substantial truth Of their fancies.
One of the more successful Of these oracles
is the Swedish engineer, Sven Lindequist, who
foresaw substratosrhere bombing more than
20 years ago and being practical sort Of
prognosticator, designed one Of the first high
altitude airplane engines.
The other day Mr.. Lindequist ventured the
prediction that guns would be obsolete in the
next war. Their place would be taken by jet
or rocket-propelled, radio controlled bombs
weighing up to 10 tons and capable Of landing
with precise accuracy from distance Of hun
dreds of miles.
These would be made ir underground fac
tories, Mr. Lindequist said, and fired from a
camouflaeed opening to the front lines. There
they would be loaded with explosives and sent
on their way.
50 Fantastia2 Well, one might have thought so
except that next day the papers carried a
ment which gave sober credence to the Swed-
ish engineers prophecy.
The report based on statements of captured
Nazi scientists and on our own forces obser-
walton, informed Americans that New York
and other east coast cities had missed
being targets of the German V-bombs
by only six months. Put for the Grip.
v,Jo oi
Penemuende in 1943 which killed hundreds
Of technicians and destroyed much experiment.
al equipment, this country could not have es
caped before Allied armies had smashed the
Nazis.
AS it is. the Nazis claimed that pinpoint
bombing at 5000 miles would have been pos
sible by November. Our intelligence Officers
have not denied the claim, nor do they seem
TO see anything outlandish in the Nazi boas
that V-bombing at range OF $1,000 mile:
was possible and imminent.
So there is the next war; It will begin with
saIyo of precision rocket bombs, sent from
hundreds or thousands of miles at tremendou.
speed, striking without sound or warning, wip
ing out whole city, perhaps, and most o.
its inhabitants.
Then will come retaliation. City after city
will be leveled, more thoroughly than in thi!
war The surviving civilians will be In constan
flight from the unseen-the explosives and
maybe next time, the gas and bacteria bombs
They will live underground in caves ant
shelters.
Does anyone think it impossible? Does any
one still want to talk about inevitable wal
witt, anybody? Does anyone think that all
lis should not use what brain and persuasive
strength we have to work for enduring peace
II seems that contamination 1T wnnderf'l
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-23
Daily Prayer
Eop THOSE AT SEA

"Thy way is in the sea. ana 4 ~.
path in the great waters U Iii
finite Ruler of the UNIVERSE a.
we cry to Thee for guidance , @,
protection for those who 90 1 uor
to the sea in ships Only ln Inn
art equal to the needs OF me l i-sT
who sail the vast oceans, DeA. .ts
them, we beseech Thee Iroil. .o ~
dangers of the deep from s ,.,n
and rock; and from the nlo4 ~.
enemies who lurk beneatn M
waves. We thank Thee fof u;.s
dauntless seamen who bravely i ~.
their lives that our Country ,a nT
cessities may be served rev." arn
them, dear Father, in thel ~. III
spirits. May they and We. anu I'D
who serve the Cause Of fa! !.a in IN
freedom and justice, be ul ,!,, md
great fellowship of loyal's :, hi he
sacrifice; that this war may ssisl.
brought to the conclusion C con nod
ent with the truth we have le ctri;t
from Thee. And may the C .tort
of Galilee's Lake by the cows ,nsi.
and inspiration of all VINO 40 ,sr-
ness on the deep waters N'''
WIFE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-23

domination. Both of these fears
exist. Each has some substance
how much no one can say for Ger.
tain. In both fears thre is de.
fensive and an offensive element,
and when the tension is high, il
becomes impossible to distinguish
where true defense ends and the
aggressive counter-cifensive be.
gins. What we do know is that
the conflict of suspicious is real
IN the sense that these suspicious
are an important factor in the for.
nation of policy in all the princi.
pal countries. We know also that
the part they play is greater in
fact than public men have hitherto
thought it expedient to admit.
The significance OF the Moscow
trial is that the Soviet Union has
decided to forget expendiency and
have showdown on its fear and
suspicion that coalition, with Po-
land as the focal point, is being
fomented against her. If the So
Wet government goes through with
1t, this will of course provoke a
showdown on the Western fear that
Moscow is seeking to expand its do
Continued on Page Five)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-23
WITH THE AEF:
Somebody Has To Do 1t

That's ALL" He paused moment
and then said, respectfully now that
the war is over OF course, it wasn't
over when they caught those guys
but it seems different now, some
how"
Once again they drank and
smoked in silence. The bright SUM-
light streamed in through faint
filter of dust. The thin-faced youth
slowly waved his cigarette back
and forth watching it's plumes OF
smoke curl upward in the sunlight.
well, it's over now, anyhow"
he said. And l hope there's no
more of them. l keep wondering
what good it did kill 'em. Won
der who started this business that
spies gotta be killed-any more
than any other soldiers"
The CT with the wild shock of
blond hair jerked his head up with
harsh burst of laughter.
Better quit that kind of think
ing" he snorted. Pretty soon
you'll be wondering about the
whole BUSINESS and how come we
are over here killing people at all.
Then where will you be-"
The big soldier shifted his feet,
rummaged through his pockets for
match and lit a cigarette.
The point is how long do you
think one OF us would nave lasted
if we had been caught over on the
other side spying?" ne said. You
I gotta keep thinking about that. ."
The thin-faced youth nodded
without answering.
Hell, you've got nothing to worr
about anyway, said the blond
soldier. You don't know whether
your gun had blank or not. You
don't know if you killed anybody
or not. What if you were like so
and so," he mentioned another
soldiers name The wouldn't shoot
at the heart like everybody else.
He shot at the guys head to see
if ne had bullet in his gum"
The big CT stood up angrily.
We'll, he knows now" he said
shortly. as his temper speeded up
lis ordinarily slow drawl. He blew
half of that guys head off,
He took the bottle, corked it and
slipped it back in his barracks
bag. Lets hit the sack and get a
little sleep before dinner" he
said
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-23
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS


"a Woollcott: His Life and His
World" by Samuel Hopkins
Adams (Reynal and Hitchcock;
$3.50.
It's easeir to judge the value OF
this book, an uncommonly frank
and painstaking biography, than
to judge the nature of its subject,
raconteur, drama critic, free-lance
writer, Town Criec and nabob of
Neshobe, his island home in Yer
mont's Lake Bomoseen.
Woollcott was born in a Four
ierist PhalanX near Red Bank, N.
j., in January, 1887, and, while
participating in a broadcast in be-
half of the war effort in January.
1913, suffered the attack which
proved fatal a few hours later.
For about a decade he was the
widely read but perhaps not ex-
ceptionally perceptive drama critic
of the New York Times. He work
ed on World War Is Stars and
Stripes under Harold Ross, for
whom later he did many articles
ir the New Yorker, the medium
he preferred to any other.
The last child in the family, he
was unwanted. He seems to have
gone through life acting as if he
knew he was still unwanted, put.
ting on show and hiding be.
hind it. In the end, it has beer
suggested, he became the show
he developed into the mask he
had fashioned.
Other people, he complained
! 'soft-pedaled themselves into OBJ
scurity." He took the opposite
course. He wore clothes that at
tracted attention, performed mon
keyshi in public, and above all
-alked. He made irasicbility, ami.
mostly, spite and temper pay. He
won the race himself by using
the whip on others; he was in ~.
Der fact The Man Who Came To
Dinner; he fattened on sour
grapes. But if he was merciless
and deadly, he was brilliant, as the
bons mots collected by Adams
show.
With all this, he was unbear.
ably sentimental. Some one called
him Louisa May Woolcott. He
had a heart of pure blubber. He
was soft to the point of philan.
thropy . the one subject about
which he refused to talk. To the
friends he did not turn into foes,
hewas profoundly loyal.
Adams book about the man who
entertained thousands will enter.
tain thousands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-23
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

IN OCCUPIED GERMANY-tR
The three MP's were the only
soldiers in the little cot-littered
room. They sat on cots drinking
steadily out of cognac bottle.
1t was not yet noon but the bottle
was passing swiftly. At first they
just smoked and drank, dragging
in the smoke in long hungry pulls
and pouring down the fiery cognac
as though their throats were lined
with asbestos.
None of the three showed the
slightest sign of drunkenness.
Finally the shin-faced dark haired
youth spoke:
II don't see why in hell they
don't hire executioners for the
Job" he said slowly. Il don't see
WIZ we have TO do it."
The biggest of the trio. a six
f ooter, wrinkled his brow a
moment before answering.
mo. that wouldn't be right he
said. According to military law
| they are supposed to be entitled
to firing squad so somebody has
to do it. 1t might as well be us.
In way. it's better for them.
Did you notice how couple of
those guys still were proud OF
themselves. They were spies all
right but they still figured they
had been good soldiers. If you just
had some executioner some hired
hand-do it, it would be like as il
they were murderers.
The third MP, a stocky soldier
with reckless eyes and wild shock
of hair, moved impatiently over to
another cot.
What the hell difference does it
make whether it's good or bad for
them or anythng?" he asked
belligerently, biting off each word.
I'VE came over here to kill Ger
mans, didn' we? They're Ger
mans, aren't they? Spies besides.
So what the hell's the beef?"
1t was long moment before an
answer came.
yeah, sure said the big one.
Sure we came over to kill 'em.
But I didn't figure on killing them
when the> were tied to posts.
There's no beef. It's just that il
don't set right on your stomach to
knock guys off who are tied Up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-23

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., 1945-06-23
BACK TO NORMALLY


The wierd days are back with U.S. The Loeb
Ness monster has reappeared in Scotland, and
in Ontario four mill workers claim h drew
perfect bridge hands during lunch-hour
game.-Omaha World-HeraJd.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-23

Pilot seats for aircraIt 49, c,r
ing made by a former 'N'
riage plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Sailors Testify
In Burke Trial
On MansIaughfer

In your opinion" Deputy District
Attorney Ray Mouser asked Shore
Patrolman John Collins at the trial
CT Perry Burke cn manslaughter
charge, was 9urke under the in
fluence of Intoxicating hquor?"
Yes, SIR" replied the shore pa
trolman from the IIoltville naval air
station as he sat en- the witness
stand in superior court in El Centre
Monday.
Burke, white haired, was at the
counsel table while Mouser ques-
toned witnesses concerning events
before and after Clifford A. Sulli-
van, seaman from the Holtville nav
al air station, alegedly was struck
and killed by car driven by Burke,
6l-year-old proprietor of a printing
establishment.
TELLS OF QUESTIONING
The shore patrolman testified that
while he ATTEMPTED to question
Burke after the accident at the
highway 80 crossing over the Alamo
river west of Holtville last February,
Burke kept saying he didn't know,
he didn't know
When Defense Attorney c. B.
Smith was questioning Collins he
asked what made the officer think
Burke was under the influence of
Intoxicating liquor Collins said
Burke appeared to be sleepy and
when left alone his head would
nod. He said Burke was hard to
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Mindanao Drive
Nears AirfieId

MANILA, May % tU.P9-Thirty-
First Division Doughboys closed in
Tuesday on Malaybalay, agricultural
center of middle Mindanao, after
driving 10 miles to the towns out
skirts.
A ccmmunique from Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters reported
the 31st had reached the edge of
the airfield at Malaybalay, and were
within mile OF the town itself
capital of Budkinon province.
The oath Division around Davao
completed clearing the ground
around SaSa airdrome, and advanc-
ed two miles north of Panacan vii
lage on Davao Gulf against only
light opposition.
Japanese resistance on Mindanao
appeared completely broken. except
in the hilly country in the path OF
the 10th and Americal Divisions
where the islands last defenders
were trapped
On Luzon, in the Ipo dam sector
the 43rd Division eliminated mne
last Japanese pockets south of the
main highway running north from
the Milna suburbs of Novaliches to
Ipo. More than 400 caves in which
japanese were hiding were cleared.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
By PAUL A. JENKINS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1s.-Like
so many other factories, the United
Nations Conference may appear a
bedlam of confusion. but in actual
ity, everything works on a clean-cut
pattern.
Or we might better compare it
with room where a housewife is
sewing dress. 1t may appear a mess
to the man-of house. but few
moments of study reveals that the
little woman knows exactly what
she is doing.
So, to understand what some ten
thousand human beings are doing
rushing hither and yon at this con-
ference. we need only to seek that
simple. overall blueprint plan.
PATTERN EXPLAINED
The pattern lies in the Dumbart-
Oh Oaks proposal which isn't more
than fifteen double-spaced type
written pages long. Mind you, the
Dunlbarton Oaks plan was merely
a proposal for making an organiza-
ton. 1t only PROPOSED that this
and that be done
This conference merely is doing
it. Instead of saying, as does Dunn
Barton Oaks, there SHOULD be a
Continued on Page 6, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Board AlIocafes
School Funds

Imperial county supervisors Mon
day allocated s28,603, the entire
amount granted the county by the
legislature for plans and specifica-
tions for postwar planning, to the
schools which meet requirements
The elementary schools in the
unincorporated areas will be given
slight margin in the division of
the funds. supervisors said, since
the various cities also have alloca-
tions from the state which could be
turned over to the city schools.
This decision was the climax of
a conference in the supervisorial
chambers in El Centric Monday when
school and city representatives dis
cussed the allocatfon of the funds.
Supervisors declared that they call
ed the meeting so that there would
be no possibility of the funds not
being used.
The various schools will submit
plans for improvements along with
estimated costs.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22

millions"
This Japanese attempt TO under
take against the United States at
tacks which the Germans launched
with infinitely greater success
against Great Britain was handi-
capped so greatly by distance that
it has been able to cause no damage
to property.
DRIFT WITH WIND
Apparently they we're loosed to
drift with wind currents toward this
continent in the hope that they
would be carried ever the United
States.
These balloons are grey white
or greenish-blue paper, about 33
feet in diameter" the war depart
ment said ''They carry few small
bombs suspended beneath the ball
Icon. 1t is believed that the main
purpose Of the bombs is to set brush
and forest fires. They are dam
Continued on Page 6, Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Fresh American
Forces Batter
laps On 0kinawa

GUAM, May %. CUP, = Fresh
American reinforcements joined the
siege Of Shuri on southern Okinawa
Tuesday and drove into the city's
main Notifications.
Three divisions steadily tightened
the American pincers around Shuri,
kingpin of the bitterly-defended
japanese defense line. They already
had flanked the city on the east and
west and were fighting to complete
its encirclement
The Japanese defenders, believed
the bulk Of possibly $4,000 enemy
troops in the southern tip of the
island, we're holding their pillboxes
and caves until slain by bayonets,
grenades or flaming streams of Gil
released from ridges above.
The enemy counter attacked
ceaseleSsly, often donning the uni
forms of dead marines and using
captured American weapons in an
effort to confuse u. s. marines and
infantry.
At sea, the japanese renewed
their air attacks on the American
fleet off Okinawa Thirty-five
planes attacked at lew level Sunday
night and damaged five light war
ships, but 26 of the raiders were
shot down
Japanese broadcasts said Japan
ese planes sank or heavily dam
af
day night off Okinawa. They esti-
mated American strength in Okin-
ava waters at four Essex-class car
riers, four eccort carriers and as
sorted battleships. cruisers and de-
troyerS)
Infantrymen Of the 77th division
north CT Shuri toppled one of the
citadels main Notifications in a
surprise attack early Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
CavdIcade Sets
A Performance

Calexico win present the Caval-
cade of Imperial Valley in the spring
of 1916. 1t will be the first perform
ance since Pearl Harbor.
Date for the three-day historical
event, a Calexico community un-
dertaking in which all Imperial VAL
ley residents are interested, win be
selected at the Cavalcade associa-
ton meeting in June.
L. H. Dove, who has headed the
organization as president since 1941,
was reelected president at an Off
cial meeting in Calexico Monday
night. Other officers elected includ-
cd Earl Roberts. first vice. president;
Mrs. C. c. Kelso. second vice-presi-
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Missiles Drop
In Wide Area:
Warning Given
War Department DiscIoses Attacks
Covering Period of Many Months;
Some UnexpIoded Hold LethaI Charge

WASHINGTON, May %. (UP)-Japan for several
months has been attacking the western United States with
ongrange baoon-borne bombs which thus caused
mo property damage" the and navy departments re-
vealed jointly Tuesday.
They called the Japanese attempt fantastic and said
the attacks constitute military threat"
During the past several months japanese free bal
looms known to have landed dropped explosives in
isolated localities" the announcement said.
These balloons be controlled by their aunchers
the department said and the chances that any given
place would be hit by these attacks is only in many
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
County Employees
Pay Increased

Salaries of employees in the court
house, sheriff's office, and deten-
ton home were increased by the
county supervisors Monday when
they adopted the county salary ord
nance.
AS result of the action the
monthly payroll of the county FAM
lily was increased by approximately
SIS per employe.
The salary arrangements were
made by the board after conferences
with department heads and en-
rloyes and the drawing up of sched-
ules for all concerned
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Navy Planes Wreuk Havoc
Or jap Ships Off Korea

Patrol bombers. tanning out over the
China sea, sank three freighters.
They also bombed the island cut
post of Pratas, west of Palawa in
the Philippines.
Radio Tokyo reported that lone
B-29 Superfortress flew over the
Japanese capital yesterday after
noon and dropped leaflets designed
"tc destroy the fighting spirit of the
people,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22

The privateers, attached to fleet
air wing one, have made almost
daily attacks on shipping between
the Japanese home islands and the
Asiatic mainland.
Admiral Chester W. NimitZ also
announced fleet air wing cne has
destroyed 81 japanese planes and
damaged is On its missions from
Okinawa.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters also reported Asiatic coast
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
10000 AirpIone Builders
On Coast Vote to Strike

National Labor Relations board,
listed nine issues, three Of which
the company claimed had been
settled since the union filed its petit
ton with the NLRB. The others.
management officials said. could
be settled only by the WLB.
Lockheed President Robert E.
Gross termed the vote "a bitter dis
appointment"
"A grave responsibility has been
placed upon the leaders Of the un-
ion who would call strike and stop
production of seven important war
planes, including the Shooting
Star" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Reductions Set
In Lend-Lease,
Congress Hears
New Program Geared
To Defeat Japan;
Aid to Russ Slowed

WASHINGTON, May %.
(UP) = President Truman
and the foreign economic ad-
ministration told congress
Tuesday t ha t lend lease
must continue on an adjusted and
reduced" basis to generate the over
whelming power needed to crush
Japan.
FEA reported that q grand total
of 8,971 900 900 in American lend
lease aid had been poured into the
United Nations war machine in a
little more than four years up until
March 81
This, it said, amounted to fifteen
cents out of every American war
dollar spent during that period
SUBSTANTIAL CUTS
The report said there would be
substantial reductions in \. Allied
war production" following defeat of
Germany.
plans for reconverSlon In the
United States, Britain and Canada
are being coordinated on a broad
front so that these nations will be
devoting equitable shares of indus
trial capacity to the war against
Japan" the report said.
1.-The lend-lease programs of war
aid to our Allies also have been adj
justed and reduced to take into ac-
count the end of hcstilities in Eur
ope and the new military situation.
Future programs of lend-lease aid
will continue to be based on E.
the most effective prosecution of
the war"
The most important thing the
U. S. has gained through lend-lease,
the report declared, has been "the
defeat of Nazi Germany and the
Fastening of the day of victory over
Japan
GETS BILLION BACK
In addition, however. it said this
country had received up to last Jan.
Continued on Page 6, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22

DO you wish to permit an inter-
ruption OF war production as re-
suit of this dispute?" Eighty-seven
per cent of the 36.768 eligible voters
cast ballots.
Union officials emphasized that
the overwhelming vote did not nee
essarily mean an immediate walk
out. They said they hoped there
would be no walkout at all.
The unions grievances center on
wage rates fixed by the regional
war labor board and proposed con-
tract provisions, including a main
tenance-of-membership clause.
The strike ballot. issued by the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22
Allied Soldiers
Occupy Peaks
In Yuqo District

LONDON, May 2. UP)-British
and American forces in northeast
Italy began moving east toward the
Yugoslav border Tuesday, in effect
iufiitrating Yugoslav lines in dis
puted Venizia Giulia province.
J. Edward Murray. United Press
correspondent with the Eighth ar
my, said the Western Allies gradu-
ally were taking over possession of
a number of high peaks and other
key positions that had not been
occupied by the Yugoslavs.
OCCUPY TOWNS ONLY
YugoSlav occupation forces, parti-
sans and civil administrators for
the most part occupied only towns
when they marched into Venizia
Glulia, leaving the surrounding
country unguarded, the dispatch
said
The action may bring a showdown
in the ticklish Yugoslav situation.
1t was ordered by Marshal Sir Har-
old r. L. G. Alexander, supreme
Allied commander in the Mediter-
ranean. after Marshal Tito rejected
his demand that Yugoslav occupa-
Continued on Page 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-22

BURBANK, Calf. May
%. (UP-War workers who
b build the jet-propelled
Shooting Star" fighter plane Tues
day awaited only word from their
local union officers to leave their
jobs at the huge Lockheed Aircraft
Corp.
More than $4,000 members of the
AFL International Association of
Machinists, by two-to-one vote,
Monday night empowered their Off
GERS to call strike.
The vote was 21.80l yes" and
9,494 mo" in answer to the question: