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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
We Shan't Starve

President Roosevelt found it necessary to
preface the news Of IL per cent cut in civil
ian meat supply with warning that the coun-
try will have to tighten its belt before VIC
tory is won. He also felt called upon to assure
the country that it will not starve. even though
we send food to Europe to avert starvation
there
It is well that the President made this
statement. For In doing so he took cogni-
zance OF an attitude which, though held by
only small minority of the public, has been
expressed with enough frequency and noise
to require some official notice.
This attitude insists upon the assumption
that, since we shall eventually win our two
major wars, living ought to get easier as we
get closer to victory It holds that since Ger
many is already Keeling, the time has come
to ease up on restrictions.
This attitude likewise places the blame for
every shortage upon Washington bungling and
bureaucracy. There have been bungling and
mistakes They have gone too long uncorrected
and should be remedied. But the great cause of
shortage obviously is the staggering expendi-
"
expenditure which continues and grows while
our labor force diminishes
Then there is the attitude toward sending
food to Europe which implies that we should
be fed in peacetine abundance, no matter
what happens to the rest of the world.
This implication Is vaguely supported by
the assumption that we here in the United
States are unbombed and comfortable as a re.
ward for some special virtue of our own at.
tainment. With that is the corollary assunop.
ton that European civilians somehow and for
some reason, are getting only what they de.
serve.
Mr.. Roosevelt invoked justice and decency
as reasons for denying ourselves a little SO
as to save Europeans from actual starvation
It may be hoped that such plea will move
those who have talked Of starving this
country while "our butter is used to grease
Russian boots.'' But if it will not, perhaps hard
headed business reasons might.
The years between the two World Wars
amply demonstrated that depression is con
tagious thing, and that this country cam
grow rich when its neighbors are poor. How
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
SO THEY SAY

Frequency incubation, we're told, eliminates
static from radio. Unfortunately, says the mar
at the next desk, it is utterly powerless, how
ever, against the singing commercial.
IT little Joe Goebbels decides to end it all
zadok Dunkopf suggests he might utilize Ger.
many's atorn-sma shing machine
Weep no more, my lady-the agriculture
department in Washington announces ounce the in
vention of an onion-peeling macnlne!
Whales, according to an item, seem to be
disappearing Maybe they are just in hiding
until the naval battles are over
r,onth ~ March in many sections of the
t is proving just 81 little lambs, all
in row.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26

to bake a cake for me, and he sait
well he had got through his regu
lar baking a little early the nigh
before, and hadn't anything elss
to do, and just thought 1t was .
good idea.
Rays father is a school teacher
and Ray was studying to be one
put now after all this business, he
kind of doubts he'll want to teac;
school.
If 1 had to be in the Navy,
think I'd about as soon be a baker
as anything else. The bakeshor
is always clean as whistle, ano
it always smells good. And you
are almost your own boss.
Ray is quite satisfied with hiI
lot in the Navy, MANY because
bakery is so wonderfully clean.
Il can't stand to work in filth
he said.
I was feeling pretty stuck-up
about my cake, and then next ev.
ening when we went down to sup
per, here was a big cake on the
adjoining table. Did l see red!
I made a few discreet inquiries
to see who had the gall to have
a cake in front of him so soon
after my triumph. And I learned
it was for the pilot who, the day
before, had made the 8000th land
ing on our carrier. 1t seems that's
a tradition, for every thousandth
landing.
So after the meal I went around
and introduced myself to this cad.
He was Lieut.. Edward VanVrank-
en-, of Stockton, Calf.
1 said I'm plenty sore. I
thought 1 was the only one around
here who rated a cake"
And he said well, I'm jealous.
You had photographers taking pic
lures of your cake. But could I
get a photographer? No"
So l said well, that's better.
So you made the 8000th landing?
Was it a good one?"
And he grinned and said, well,
got aboard" And then he said
"As matter of fact, it was a
pretty good landing. And if you're
ever in California after the war.
come to Stockton and We'll have
something better than cake"
Lieut.. VanVranken is no neo-
phyte at landing on carriers. He
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
Machine Tool Trading
Arrangement Effecte d
For Army, Navy and WPB

WASHINGTON, March 26.-(P-
A trading pit" for machine tools
in which Government agencies
may trade production equipment
without waiting on the building
of new tools was announced by Re-
construction Finance Corporation
today.
The pool operates five days a
week at RFC headquarters, with
the Army, Navy and War Produc.
ton Board reporting tools no long.
er needed and available for trans
fer to other types of production.
The same agencies bid for tools
needed by them.
Sales are made not on a price
basis, RFC said, but upon the
showing of urgent need made by
the various bidders. Any request
made by the Army or Navy for
new equipment costing over So, 900
is checked against the pit" list
to determine if a used tool can be
employed instead.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
Treasury Will Assist
American Creditors In
Clearing Foreign Debts

WASHINGTON, March Is. -(R-
The Treasury opened the way to.
day for American creditors to col.
lect debts out of certain frozen
funds in this country.
Funds involved are those belong
ing to firms and individuals in
France, Belgium, Greece, Finland,
Poland, Estonia. Latvia and Lith.
uania.
All Of those European areas
have been virtually cleared of the
enemy and are no longer classed
as enemy territory. Postal COM
munication has been restored with
each country.
The Treasury said it now is pre-
pared. lin appropriate cases." to
grant licenses for payments to
creditors from the blocked ac-
counts.
Treasury officials said the action
was particularly designed for Am
erican creditors.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
The Literary Guidepost
"New World of Machines, by
Harland Manchester (Random
House; S3.)

adTlduU MdACACSSSA
House; $3.)
This is science made pleasant
and. on the whole, easy to take.
The author smartly piques your
interest by telling how the inven-
ton happened or how it is used,
then stuffs the drier facts down
your throat while your mouth still
waters. Subjects range from cleo
tron to polarizing glass, fluores-
cence, telephoti, high-octane gaso-
line, Diesel engine, turbosuper-
charger, plastics. There are pho
tos, too.
"Green Mansions" by w. H. Hud-
son (Random House; $685.
"Of all living authors" John
Galsworthy wrote in a toreword
ii this book in 1915, II could least
dispense with w. H. Hudson" The
romantic novel of the beautiful,
elusive Rima has been reprinted
with illustrations in color by E..
Mcknight Kauffer. This artist, per-
haps best known for his admir-
able. posters, would seem to be
an unlikely choice as illustrator
of work of such subtlety and
fancifulness as Green Mansions"
But Kauffer's colors are those OF
a forest as full Of wonders as Hud-
sons, and the novelist's truths are
interpreted feelingly by the for
of the designs. prefer
Hudson with Kauffer to Hudson
without
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
VINO Plans To Recruit
Canol Oil Workers For
Jobs In Other Sections

WASHINGTON, March 25.-lf i;.,
The War Manpower Comf1lls 'srE.
today took steps to recruit war; wort
ers at the Canol refinery piv! PRIV,
in Canada for jobs at hgh o'''"
plants elsewhere. a,,4 in
The agency announced INA .na' "a.
connection with closure OF 'ns w W.
madam project soon by the T Ad.
Department, the Petroleum. Tweed
ministration for War has d. ont
to undertake a special recrul'l'-'
program. want at
PAW will make arangenlerrttp
Canol for the transfer OF Wo'4 mi,
to high octane refinerles N in
country and at Bahreln lol9"
the Persian Gulf, VINO sala' Ar.
All workers hired will DE- inos
nished transportation to ne"
by the employer.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
BY w. G. KUGERS
ssThe Generals and the Admirals,
portraits by T. H. Chamberlain,
biographies by Newsweek edi-
tors Devin-Adair; $4.50.)
By w. G. ROGERS

Thirty top-ranking Army anc
Navy chiefs make up the roster
of this book, which is rather 6
souvenir volume than a history
The generals and admirals will
like it most; the wrinkles are
smoothed out of their faces, the
years cut away by the glamoriz-
ing Chamberlain. It is not indi.
Gated whether he made the draw.
ings from life or photos.
"Yellow Magic: The Story of Pen
,icillin,'' by j. d. Ratcliff IRAN
dom House; S2.)
DR.. Alexander Fleming, the
Englishman who devoted his, life
to the search for wound antisep-
tics, is the hero of this book; he
found the magic" drug in the
Pendulum family Other person
ages are American doctors who
guided experimentation, and in
dustrialists who took the risk of
mass production. Beneficiaries are
countless civilians and, at this
time in particular, soldiers. This
isn't new story, at least to news
paper readers, but it's a fascinat-
ing one; read it and learn how in
TACT the penicillin is mightier
tnan the sword. Illustrated.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

was flying from one when we in
vaded Morocco in 1912, and he
was there.
He had made around 120 carrier
landings before he came on this
ship, and now his total is up
around ZOO A guy who makes that
many landings on a carrier and is
still making them, didn't learn it
in correspondence school.
Eight thousand landings is small
stuff for the big carriers. For
some Of them are lots older, and
too they have three times as many
planes to land every day.
think the record in our oldest
carriers is something up around
10000. But we like 5000 on our
ship. And anyhow we haven't got
enough flour for 80 cakes.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
Daily Prayer
FOR DAYS OF BAD NEWS

Great victories and grave loSSe'
have come to the United Nall0As
in Thine overriding provldences'
o Lord God of Battles. And daiy
there arrive in stricken homes VIC
dread tidings of dear ones aesa
or wounded or in captivity. Wa,
news is always bad to SOMEHOW
The cry for comfort is continuous i,
Hearts are forever breaking az
hopes are dashed and fears lu,.
filled. These dark providences sf'
beyond our understanding. We Can
only pray to Thee for enduring
faith. as we bow under Thy way,
which are past finding out NAY Nd,
our sorrows minister to our so,s
-deeps, and to our assurance OF 'n.
perfect bliss of Heaven. While w
wait for the fearless time o. ~ :,
union with our loved ones, ana ~
full knowledge of Thy Father pu =,
poses, may our faith manitesl "
self in re-kindled loyalty and mn u,
istry. This we ask in the name =,
Thy Son, who went home 10 Inv
by way of cross. Amen'-"'I liz
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26

IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
The second 1 was aboard our car
rier, the chief steward came u:
to my cabin and happily announc
ed that he had a cake for me
but it was so big he didn't know
how to handle it.
For a while 1 couldn't get wha
he was driving at, but finally he
made it clear.
1t seemed the night bakers hae
baked huge cake for me and i
was to be served at dinner thai
evening. the steward was wor
ried because the cake was SO big
they didn't have board big
enough to put it on, and therefore
couldn't put it on the table where
everybody could see it.
But that evening when we went
down to dinner, here was the cake
in front of my chair, right in the
middle of the table, almost filling
it up. They had solved the prob
lem by getting the carpenters to
make a board.
Written in pink icing on top OF
the white cake were the words
Welcome aboard, Mr.. Pyle" and
as somebody suggested, 1 was SO
taken aback at being called mr.
Pyle" that l didn't recognize it
at first.
1 was very pleased and en-
barrassed by this first official
cake of my lifetime, and of course
1 had to take lot of ribbing from
my friends. They said they'd been
shaving on that damn ship for a
year and nobody had ever baked
special cake for them.
Then one of the ships photo
graphers came and took pictures
of me ostensibly cutting the cake
when 1 wasn't cutting it at all.
And then we ate it.
After supper 1 CROPPED my way
through the labyrinth Of passages
below, and finally tracked down
the thoughtful person who had
baked the cake.
He was Ray Conner, Baker Sec
ond Class from LeGrande, Ore.
LeGrande is in eastern Oregon
not far from Pendleton, and Ray
was moaning that he hadn't seen
the famous Pendleton Roundup
now for three years.
I asked him how he happened
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
Interpreting
The War
BY ELTON c, FAY
Associated Press w.

AsS0o'a'ed Press War Apalr.,
There is growing possibility ~
the Nazis will fight out tSs mat
round Of the war on the si,t ..s
grating Rhine line rather '' IN
lands. 1" me UP.
II SO, the decision will M, !,
entlrely of choice. The G ,sg, %
ed by a mounting numbs '.''a n:
tDridgeheads. is confronted n,;. o.
the most difficult Of all 'T na,, with
maneuvers-di sengaging, l'as5
Some of Hitlers most cbe.;
troops, including the First '' paas
chute Army, are engaged a. ' "a.
Tar northern end of the line =; r1 NO
can't let loose; Allied forces t -a ss
az their Threats; they don't d AZ:
TURN to run. And if they did, Nt III.
1A1,e Iellllan road net i,
blasted by armadas Of Amerio,a
and British aircraft. s'''sa
German commentators sr.,,
vaguely OF establishing new 'front.',
Setting up new front across w.
nat land Of northern Germanv
with transportation cut to piecs,
and the whole area under ,sr;.I
attack, would be all but impose.
BILE. 'S0''''
How rapidly the Nazis' Rhir.
line is going to pieces is exemrli.
fled not only in the reports a,
new Allied crossings but in III.
swift linking up of airborne urits
with ground forces Of the Allies M
the lower Rhine bridgehead. ons
OF the valuable contributions made
by airborne troops is TO drive the
enemy from positions where he can
observe and correct his own art.
lery fire on the crossing areas
There has been a sudden accele.
ration in the rate of prisoners tax.
en-. Presumably, part OF this &C.
counted for by the swift lunges
Of the Allied forces with resulting
enlightenment of small groups. But
in part, the decline in the Ger.
man will to fight probably is
reflected in the increasing prisoner
toll.
This is not to say that the morale
slump has extended universally
even among civilians. One report
spoke of German civilians and
police firing at Allied troops, using
bazookas and rifles.
Military men say that the Nazi
elite troops, heart Of the partys
power, can be counted on to fight
until they fall. They are the tough
young men Of the SIS, Thoroughly
indoctrinated ard battle-wse, kill
ers. This age group Of these men
is about 1927 years.
These are the men the Nazi party
hopes Ga now fading hope to take
into the fastness Of Bavaria and
Austria. 1t is true that at the
southern end Of the front the pro.
spect are better, even good, But
they are only a part, presumably
small part. of the total elite
troop strength.
For some reason-perhaps the
German hatred Of the English be-
cause England, has been exploding
Germans continental conquest
dreams for a couple OF centuries
the Nazis usually depl@ many
of their best troops in front Of
British positions. That is wneFe
they are deployed now. lar 10 the
north, with American bridseheaa
pushing out to trap them 70 me
south.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
ANOTHER TRIP

PARIS, March Is. - B - The
newspaper Aurore in a frontpage
dispatch from Washington by
Genevleve Tabouis said today that
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt hopes
to Wis France in the near future
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
GREATER IN WAR Use

The nickel that used to 70 into
dozen silver-plated table forks
is enough to supply the nickel
required for making e75 magne-
SUM bombs,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26
ICE COVERED WATER

Had you been living ourj"5 hay.
Great Ice Age, you coulu At.
walked 20 miles east IRON N,
lantic N. j., before reachlr ,ss a
shores of the Atlantic sA, '.s+er
great amount of the world ~ S ics.
supply was locked up IN SUN
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26

Smuggling the h air may make
the ends OF the hair more brittle.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-26

In modern warfare, ss;actls
used in armor-pierclng pl''l ns.I
and erosion resisting gun
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-17
STRAND

Gloria De Haven is two inches taller than her mother, Mrs. Garter De Haven, was twenty-nine years ago, but her other measurements are the same, and the pretty young M-G-M actress, now in M-G-M's Between Two Women" at the Strand theater, has figures to prove it.
 When she reported for wardrobe fitting recently, fiter she had not previously seen, Mrs. eVta La Casse told Gloria she had all her meas urements. They wer on an old worn paper" the filter explained.
 They were measurements for Gloria's mother taken when Mrs. La Casse was her filter years ago with a Broadway musical company
 Van Johnson is starred in Be tween Two Women" and the cast includes Lionel Barrymore, Marilyn Maxwell and Keye Luke.
 The companion feature is "The Great Famarion" starring Erich von Stroheim and Mary Beth Hughes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-17
POLES

Now playing at Loew-Poli is the dramatic This Mans Navy star ring Walalce Beery and Tom Drake and newcomer lovely Jan Clayton.
 Also on same program is thu comedy hit Nothing But Trouble with Laurel and Hardy.
 Starting Thurhday, Thunder head - Son Of Flicka". Movie au. diences who thoroughly enjoyed Roddy McDowall as the wistful sensitive boy in "The Keys of tht Kingdom" and My Friend Flicka' will see him as a quite different youngster in the Mary O'dara se- quel to the latter hit.
 Roddy is fourteen now, and stil as appealing as ever, but he's changed. His performance, as the rugged ranch boy. will be new ano satisfying experience for his fans What he does in the part isn't all acting, because he has been living the life of the boy he plays in the picture. For ever two months he wa. on location in the most isolated part of southern Utah.
 He had to sleep in the open to be on hand for sunrise shot. He climbed almost impossible noun. tains, and had spent days in the saddle. It's the most beautiful place I've ever been and I've always want ed to go back" Roddy MacDowal was highly elated with the location for the Technicolor sequel "Tllun-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-17

First of all, if there is such a thing as a bridge phobia, mine is phobia against leading queens. I remember once leading from a queen, jack, ten, nine that did not do me any harm but I am always unlucky If lead from the queen, jack. nine. I am sure to find that combination of the king ten in dummy with the declarer holding the ace.
 The other point I want to bring out in this hand is that so many players believe that you should lead the unbid suit which, in this case was spades.
 However, South's bidding, 1T which he refuses to support either clubs or hearts, must clearly indi. cate, when he freely goes to six dia' monds, that he holds something ir spades. It looks as if probably tht best lead is the weak suit, clubs.
 Now, it is true that if West opens a club and South takes the flnesst of the spot, he can make the con- tract, but 1t looks as if his best play is to go up with the ace of clubs and discard his two losing clubs or the king and queen of hearts. Ther all he has to do is to get the spade finesse. Of course, as the spades lie he must go down.
 One player did open the queen of spades, which upheld my the ory that leading queens is danger. out, for the small slam contract was then made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-17

But I'm just like any other CT. I'll sure be ready to pack up my bags the minute peace breaks out,' added the juvenile wonder. Of course the Army will have some thing to say about that"
 Mickey and 5 other peacetime artists have been touring the icy front all winter in strenuous "jeep shows" They have played in the dugouts of forward command points, in open fields where only 10 men were allowed to gather be- cause the enemy was observing. All received regular army training and had no special privileges. Paris Unreal After Front
 Mickey saw only one show dur ing his week in Par!s-the 'Follies Bergere" Somebody offered to get him and another jeep celebrity, Bobby Breen special seats, but they chose to lineup for tickets like any other GI.
 Paris is gorgeous, but I can't enjoy it as much as when I was here several months ago." Mickey confessed. The front changes you. For four months we nearly died of cold, riding in open jeeps with the top down so we could jump into a ditch if there was any enemy &C., tion. We slept on the floor half the time. We played to 1000 men or 10, sometimes with shells whizzing over our heads and gunf1re making a strange background rhythm to our music. We had to build fires to warm our hands so we could play.
 But we had a picnic compared to what the men in the foxholes were going through. It makes Paris seem sort of unreal. want to get back to the front again" Rules Puzzle Him Sometimes Mickey has hard time understanding army rules.
 The British gave me swell Monty beret when played for them," he lamented. But the colonel made me stop wearing it. He said it didn't go with CT uniform"
 The 54 jeepers were pulled back from the front lines not so they could rest, but so their instruments could be rehabilitated. The cold
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-17

Marguerite Piazd sings the role of Lady Harriet, and Andrew Mo- Kinley is to sing in the role of Lionel. Others who vii sing are Mona Bradford as Nancy, and Carl ton Gauld as Plunkett.
 Won Flowtow's celebrated opera, Martha" is the sixth that Charles Wagner has included in his pro- auctions. The opera is delightful and sung in English by a capable group of singers 1t has been re- ceived with great enthusiasm in many cities. Edwin McArthur is directing the twenty-six piece or chestra.
 The production s beng sponsored by the War Servce committee of the Mattatuck Musical Art society.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-17

 les that the war has caused to have enforced separations. They are learning-most of them early in their married lives-just how living alone compares with living with a husband or wife.
 EMPTY FREEDOM
 And for most of them the en- forced trial separation has lasted so long that they aren't likely to forget 1t as long as they live They aren't likely ever again to think in the middle of quarrel or during & period when a mar riage is full of problems, If l just had my freedom" They've had their freedom, and most of them have discovered how empty it Is.
 The trial separation the war has forced on them couldn't end soon enough. They know as much about living alone right now as they ever want to know.