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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is entitled to the exclusive use of all news stories appearing in The Wilmington Star. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1942 With confidence in our armed forces — with the unbounding de termination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph — so help us God. —Roosevelt’s War Message Star-N ewsProgram To aid in every way the prosecution of the war to complete victory. Publio Port Terminals. Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving and Marketing Facilities. Seaside Highway from Wrlghtsville Beach to Bald Head Island. Extension of City Limits. S5-foot Cape Pear River channel, wider Turning Basin, with ship lanes into Industrial sites along Eastern bank south of Wilmington. Paved River Road to Southport, via Orton Plantation. Development of Pulp W>od Production through sustained-yield methods through out Southeastern North Carolina. Unified Industrial and Resort Promo tion'll Agency, supported by one county wide tax. Shipyards and Drydocks. Negro Health Center for Southeastern North Carolina, developed around the Community Hospital. Adequate hospital facilities for white. Junior High School. Tobacco Warehouses for Export Buy ers. Development of native grape growing throughout Southeastern North Carolina. Modern Tuberculosis Sanatorium. TOP O’ THE MORNING “And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with Thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us O Lord our God; for we rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, Thou art our God; let not men pre vail against Tree.” —2nd Chronicle 14; 11.’ -V Misers An old man slumped on subway stairs the other day and died. He was poorly dressed and thorough unkempt. Detectives found no money in his pockets but there was a letter identifying him. Further search revealed he had lived half his life in a dingy flat. He went without gas or electricity. He burned wood in a coal stove and a tiny oil lamp furnished his only light. For a time three other men contributed $1 a month each for sleeping room in the flat, the monthly rent of which was $10. In a cupboard detectives found a much handled cardboard box, containing four bank books listing savings of $9,475. Thus is recorded another case of a hoarder, so set in miserly habits that he could take no comfort and find no enjoyment in his wealth. There are many like him who are so afraid to spend a penny that its possession becomes a source of actual unhappiness. -v U-Boats Losing Out DeWitt MacKenzie, Wide World analyst, sees a decided gain for United Nations shipping in the Battle of the Atlantic, and attributes the change in part to the heavy bombing of U-boat shipyards in Germany by Anglo-American bombers operating out of England. He does not overlook the growing efficiency of surface and air patrols and convoys which are pro tecting both coastal and transocean voyages, but does not want the effectiveness of bombing raids on Hitler’s shipyards minimized. The combination cf the expanded patrol system and the bombings have indeed brought a change in the Atlantic situation. After suf fering the lost of twenty-one ships in January through U-boat activities, the enemy increased its toll to one hundred and nine in June. It was during these months that Hitler’s sub marine wolf-packs were all but supreme. Then, with greatly increased patrols and con voys, sinking slumped to forty-five in July and dropped still lower in August, when twen ty-tree were registered and sixty-eight cargo ships and tankers were put in service. Clearly the United States and Great Britain are making progress in their crusade to rid the Atlantic of enemy submersibles. They may h never be eliminated until peace returns, but they are no longer capable of outstripping new ship production. Admiral Land, who is not given to overoptimism or wishful thinking, said only a few days ago that the United Na tions are gradually getting the edge on the U-boat menace. The great thing about this is that instead of having American war products pile up on wharfs awaiting shipment, they may be mov ing to point where they can do the most good in sufficient quantities to counterbalance Hit ler’s boasted production. When that day ar rives, when the nations fighting the Axis have greater striking power, greater reserves of war tools, Hitler’s days of conquest will be numbered. -V Labor Day Labor Day was sponsored originally by the Knights of Labor, first general trade union organization in this country, which had much more resemblance to the present-day C. I. O. than to the A. F. of L. Quite naturally, perhaps, we have come to think of Labor Day as the particular property of those workers who are organized into trade unions—the ones of whom we speak as Labor with a capital “L.” But since this year we are fighting a bloody war for the preservation of democracy, let’s talk about democratic labor—with the small “1”—which comprises perhaps 85 or 90 per cent of those who work for a living. Because of the shortsightedness and some times the selfishness of certain union officials, Labor—with the capital “L”—has brought upon itself frequent severe denunciation. But Labor is made up largely of laborers. And the record will show that labor—the men who actually do the work—has proven itself as actively, sacrificially patriotic as any ele ment in our population. Because of our geographical position, because of our vast natural resources and because of our productive capacity, the anti-Axis world is forced to depend ,upon the United States for much of the materiel of war. Upon the shoulders of American labor the fate of the world rests today. If labor comes through totalitarianism can be whipped. If labor lets down, then all the courage of all the soldiers and sailors of the United Nations cannot save us. The point to be kept in mind is that democ racy depends upon American labor, not Amer ican Labor. The first, without the capital “L,” includes the 85 per cent who are not unionized, plus probably 99 per cent of those who do belong to unions. The boys in the front lines look for their weapons and munitions to the men at the machines—not to the union officials who show an inclination to forget that this is not their private war. The men behind the machines are you and us, the folk with whom we brush shoulders on the street, in buses and elevators. Give them a chance to speak for themselves, and these millions are as willing to sacrifice for the preservation of democracy as any loud-voiced street-corner orator. So on Labor Day this year let’s forget that the first Monday in September used to be dedicated to Labor, and in the brief moment that we can spare from production for war, let us remember that labor should not be branded for the sins of a few or its self-pro claimed oracles. -V More Gasoline The fact that gasoline stocks are larger than a year ago is well calculated to shock the consuming public, particularly in the ra tioned East. As the announcement comes from the American Petroleum Institute there is no reasonable doubt of its authenticity. Commenting on this situation the New York Times has this to say: With consumption for the country as a whole from 20 to 25 per cent smaller than a year ago, the present stocks are equal to roughly that percentage of additional days’ supply. Light fuel oil stock gained sharply,, and now they are only 5,000,000 barrels less than the 47,089,000 reported a year ago. Figures are not available showing the proportion of these supplies on the Atlantic seaboard, but it is under stood in the trade that they have been increasing steadily in recent weeks. Re ports from the Midwest that storage space for fuel oil in the East is becoming scarce are denied in the trade. At this period of the year, however, home owners usually fill their tanks, but a recent order by Washington authorities has restricted the delivery of fuel oil until after Sept. 15. Is it too much to expect that if the stock pile is increased there will be a slackening up of existing restrictions? -v Doesn’t Ring True Upon his departure from Australia for Ja pan, the Japanese minister, Tatsuo Kawai, gave a broad hint of his nation’s defeat in this war. “When peace comes,” he said “ . . . the Asiatic races must be given an equitable share in responsibility and in control of Pacific territories.” Obviously he conceded the Axis will not make the terms when the war is over. It may be said, by way of digression, that if Japan, as a leading Asiatic race, had been content with an equitable share in responsi bility for Pacific progress the nations now at war with that nation would have been fully satisfied. It was not until Japan determined to strike out for domination, and began the war by its dastardly attack on Pearl Harbor, while peace talks were in progress at Wash ington, that the United States and Great Brit ain knew the only peace that could bring an equitable division of responsibility in eastern Asia would have to spring from the sword. The tenor of this man’s valedictory does not ring true. He bemoans his inability to keep Australian from going to war with Japan. “I realized there were vital matters in dis pute, but always hoped that our two countries would find some way of preserving peace.” Can he have been ignorant of what was going on in Tokyo prior to Pearl Harbor, that he should hope for peace when all Japanese in Tokyo’s confidence knew war was inevitable? Can he have thought for one moment that preparations under way for war for half a cen tury would be set aside at the last moment and his war lords give up their vision of conquest? But it is in his declaration that “every pa triotic Australian and Japanese must . . . see this thing through like gentlemen,” that we find it hardest to think him capable of sincerity. Japan’s every act has been one of treachery, of deceit, of broken promises and ruthlessness. How can it be said,-even by a sniveling minister, that they “can see this thing through as gentlemen”? Or does he think the people of Australia, or any other country which has been stabbed in the back by Japan, are soft enough to swallow fine talk? Not until the Japanese have been brought to their knees and their military rulers exter minated can Japan have an equitable share in responsibilities and in control of Pacific ter ritories under her flag, not by conquest but by geographical location. -V Washington Daybook By JOHN GROVER (For Jack Stinnett, On Vacation) WASHINGTON, Sept. 6—You probably never heard of Martin A. Broadfoot. He died a short time ago, a self-effacing little man, who died quietly and quickly, as he did everything else .after 43 years’ continuous service in the Washington bureau of The Associated Press. Since April, 1899 “Broad” has had some thing to do with almost every story, big and little, that you’ve read under a Washington dateline. He was a hero of the famous in augural blizzard of March 4, 1909, when every telephone and telegraph line into the capital was downed before President Taft took the oath of office. “Broad” took the sheaf of copy describing the inaugural to Baltimore, and there put the world’s first news of the ceremonies on the wire. It took him several hours by various conveyances to make the trip, but he got through with the story. * * * Broadfoot helped to bring you the news, the history of events since the century’s turn in this world capital. He didn’t make the news,, or even have a finger in high political policy. His was the job of seeing that mil lions of reads had the facts as they developed. It was his efficient use of the seconds after a big story broke that flashed the word to the rest of the country. “Broad” saw the mechanics of news dis semination change incredibly since he joined the staff in 1899, a kid of sixteen. He remem bered when reporters on a hot story rode horseback, as they did when Broad—a tele grapher then—helped cover the first successful flight of a military airplane. * * * Telegraphers sent AP stories manually in Morse code in those days. There were un avoidable delays in transmission that would be unforgivable now. Broad saw Wirephoto make t*e rapid exchange of vital newspic tures a matter of minutes where before days were required. In his later years. Broad was chief of the AP dictation staff of men in the office who take down the story from the reporter on the scene, facilitating quick editing and quicker transmission. Broadfoot always set up the physical details of coverage at the national party conventions that choose presidential candidates. In the midst of those madhouses, Broad’s system functioned smooth as grease to get the con stantly changing picture out to.the world. • * * He had a box seat at thousands of “big” stories and dozens of news events of really world-shaking importance. Without Broad foot, and dozens of others like him anony mous as raindrops, quietly functioning in a world-wide intermeshing of newsgathering cogs, you wouldn’t have had the facts on which you base your judgments in your daily paper. You never heard of Martin Broadfoot, the jolly little bachelor who lived in suburban Alexandria. But “Broad” spent his life in your service. He helped make this country the nation with the best newspapers and the best-informed general public basing its demo cratic decisions on the intelligence carried in those papers. -V- . Editorial Comment NOT GUILTY (New York Times) When the Dies committee submits a list of more than 1,100 Federal employes for investi gation by the F. B. I. as possible members or affiliates of subversive organizations and the F. B. I. finds only two of this number,' plus thirty-six reported from other sources, sufficiently involved to merit dismissal from Government service, it is clear that there is a difference of opinion as to the nature of evi dence. The fact that the episode has led to a quarrel between Representative Dies and Attorney General Biddle should not be allowed to obscure the basic issue. It was agreed that forty-seven organizations were subversive, though this charge would be denied by many members of those organiza tions. The question was to what extent the 1,100 named by the Dies committee and about 2,300 named by other agencies or persons were connected with the forty-seven organiza tions or with their “fronts.” Neither the F. B. I. nor the Interdepartmental Committee on Investigations nor Mr. Biddle could find such a connection, except in a minute per centage of cases. Most of the complaints, Mr. Biddle contents, “never should have been submitted for investigation in the first in stance.” The Interdepartmental Committee, under the chairmanship of Edwin D. Dickin son, special assistant to the Attorney General, went farther in denouncing what it described as “the futility and harmful character of a broad personnel inquiry.” It is not very difficult to determine what happened in most of these instances. The Communists, probably to a greater extent than the Bundists or Fascists, did set up “front” organizations. They also infiltrated into organizations which had no Communist origin and the majority of whose members never were Communists. Being disciplined and un scrupulous, they often managed to control such organizations for long or short periods of time. They were then in a position to ex ploit those non-Communists who were deceived by a liberal “front.” The lesson for a great many liberals, especially those who are in clined toward sentimentality, is never to sign anything or join anything until they know who is behind it, and why. To Mr. Dies the signers and joiners remain ” “REQUEST NUMBER”_ ■■ THE ANVIL CHORUS" Civilian Defense Timetable BASIC TRAINING COURSES High School room 109, at 8 p. m. First Defense A: No meeting Sept. 7. General Course: Every Tues day. Gas Defense B: Every Wednes day. FIRST AID 10 HOURS Next class begins, Monday, Sept. 14. SPECIAL COURSES 1 Fire Defense B: Every Thurs day, Fire Dept., 4th and Dock sis. Police Course: Every Thursday, High School room 109, at 8 p. m. TRAINING FILMS Tuesday, Sept. 15, 9:30 p. m., New Hanover High School Audi torium. “Air Raid Warden” “Safeguarding Military Informa tion” “Japs Bomb U. S. A.” “America’s Call To Arms” PRACTICE DRILL Tuesday, Sept. 15, 8 p. m.—No blackout. If you hear or observe anything suspicious in character report it promptly to: Wilmington Police, 5244. Wrightsville Beach Police, 7504. Carolina Beach Police, 2001. Captain of the' Port, 2-2278. County Defense Council, 3123. Sheriff, 4252. under suspicion. If Mr. Biddle or the Interdepartmental Committee were alone involved on the other side, Mr. Dies might be on firm er ground. But no one charges the F. B. I., which sustains the Biddle argument, with being in ept or tender-minded. The Fed eral service, in short, is not dem onstrably “infiltrated” with dis loyalty. Perhaps this conclusion is worth the $100,000 the investi gation cost. j The Literary Guidepost | "I LOVE YOU, l LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU,” by Ludwig Beinel mans (Viking; $2.50) If this week proves to /be like a good many war weeks, - and you reach the end sour, fagged and jumpy—try Ludwig Bemelmans' “I Love You, I Love You, I Love You.” It's what the doctor would order if he knew about it. Mr. Bemelmans is now, accord ind to his publisher, working for the government for the duration. There will, therefore be no more Bemelmans insanity until the ,var is done, but the publisher suggests that afterward there might be a book about our author’s experi ence in the never-never land of Washington. There might, indeed! This One is about everything (the title is too .long to repeat’ we'll just call it This One). It is about Mr. Bemelmang at the den tist, glimpsing the Normandie on her side, and recalling an epochal crossing thereon. It is about the Polish photographer who ran into Toots from Cleveland in Paris It is about an experience in Berchtes gaden. You will understand. Just as a sample, the Berchtes gaden affair. Mr. Bemelmans was, it appears, accommodated in the bridal suite of the inn there be cause he registered "Bemelmans Raymond Clapper Says: Indian Situation Silence Is Only Artificial Mood BY RAYMOND CLAPPER WASHINGTON, Sept. 6—India has dropped out of the news, but it is an artificial silence. Lack of news from India is caused by the tight censorship. Washington’s silence arises from a self-imposed censorship. The war in the East is bieng placed in serious jeopardy by con ditions in India. War production tl"’-e is seriously crippled by strikes. Steel works, tin-plate mills, cotton mills and other es tablishments have been affected. Railroad traffic was interrupted on one main line, forcing an attempt to move vital strategic materials out of India by airplane. One im portant industrial center was cut off from all communication by rail road, telephone and telegraph for four days. Some of this has been overcome. On the other hand, the real non cooperation movement has not been started. Most of the disor ders thus far have been sporadic outbursts. Gandhi’s systematic plan of paralyzing the country through shutting down about fifty centers by strikes has not been at tempted. Orders for that are ex peced at any time. In other words, the real test between Ihe Gandhi forces and the government evident ly is still to come. Washington is watching this sit uation with much anxiety. It is the subject of discussion in high quarters. Aside from all other questions, the matter of keeping up the war effort in India, where American troops are now station ed. causes most concern. Thus far Washington’s efforts to persuade the British Government to undertake new negotiations with the Congress Party have been unfruitful. and Bride." Bride was the name of a guide, however, and the guide had two dogs that smelled wlie* wet. It was wet for days, with rain falling in that peculiar glassy sheet that the Bavarian Tyrol seems to have exclusive rights to. So Mr. Bemelmans and Herr Bride could neither climb mountains nor hope to see Hitler. Then, one day, Bride and Bemel mans got tight. They sat around or a long time, and then noticed that chairs were being lined up before the portrait of Hi;ler in the dining room, that decorations were being assembled, that a loud speaker was being installed beneath the Hitlerian likeness on the wall These things the two men saw thiough the gauzy haze produced by gluhwein. From the speaker came the hysterical voice of Hitler. It continued to pour forth for an hour and a half and after that the local party leader spoke to the assembled Nazis. Unfortunately, in the ashtray beside Bemelmans was a cigar butt that resembled a mous tache After the eader finished Bemelmans attached the butt to h;s upper ,ip and did a ™ £ 1 Sapo^ a W ™ ~ don?^ ^ «- ^n. I Censorship has prevented the American public from seeing how the trouble in India is interfering with war production. The general disposition has been to follow the government’s lead and to hope that the British would soon attempt to improve the situation. It is a ques tion how long this will last. There is a strong undercurrent of impa tience with the way London has neglected vital strategic areas in which American troops are now being prepared to fight. Relations with the Egyptian Government have not been good and there is no assurance that, when the crisis comes with Rommel’s full drive, our side will have any more help from the native population than it had in Malaya and Burma. Ameri can forces will be fighting the in vader under the handicap of a hostile population. It is likely to be true also in India if condi tions are not improved before the Japs strike. The British press is critical of its own Government’s India poli cy. Press comment in England in dicates widespread belief there (hat the British Government should make further-overtures to ward reaching an agreement with the Indian nationalists. The Lon don Times said recently that a constructive policy toward India was as much a government respon sibility as the preservation of or der. The Times says the Indian demand for more active partici pation in the conduct of affairs is reasonable. The Manchester Guardian says there can be no satisfaction in a policy of simple repression in India. The News Chronicle of London says the Brit ish must take the initiative to ward a settlement. Those are re sponsible, moderate newspapers. One hesitates to write about this kind of matter which is so inti mately the affair of a friend1 na tion. Yet I thing it is worthwhile reporting that a number of offi cials here, and some outside of tne Government, are deeply dis turbed at London’s delay in acting to reopen negotiations. j he trouble with a situation of this kind is that it rocks along and nothing is done until it is too late and then, as in Burma, the embittered native population turns on its defenders and helps drive them out. We cannot fight both the Japs and the Indians in India. But that’s what we will be doing unless conditions are improved be fore the Japs strike. -V Factographs Plywood has been teamed with low carbon steel to turn out sev eral types of military trainer planes. The frame of the ship is made of steel, but wood is used for the fuselage, wings and even, in one model, the fuel tanks. This type of construction cuts the re quirements of aluminum alloy by 7d per cent while adding only 3 per cent to the gross weight of the plane. No amount of rubber is too little to salvage. It takes only one and mree-fourths pounds to supply the ; rubber for one more gas mask. n Interpreting The War Wendell Willkie’s satisfaction , reporting that for the 4 ,n “the Boche has been in Egypt must have been aim greater because of the ne American share in the tim „arge rebuff of the Nazi African Arm'11 Most of the planes wh:c'n r dispatches say soundly and routed the foe were a^1* can-made. The defense of Tn was an exclusive British sibility for so long. a,J P°!’" stress has been placed on T small number of American ,a7 men thus far in action that *7 tends to be obscured Man ^ the aircraft were flown by mu, of newly arrived Armv Air pi 5 squadrons although the mate* presumably were a pari n ,7 Royal Air Forte. “s Months ago British airmen in this country reported tha.'7 aerial equipment of the Nile' T fenders was about half Ameri’ can, and since then the propo; tion has grown as fighters 7, bombers from the United Stab reached the North African C in mounting numbers. Authorized Washington source, report that all but a relative small proportion of the pur,J planes now are conventional American Army P-40 fighte American medium bombers ure prominently in all the desert operations and our heavy bombem have assumed virtually the en tire burden of long range ham mering of Axis convoys ’ am Mediterranean ports. Another significant aspect of the desert air war is that British and American tactics have been alter ed, with encouraging results in the two months since Rommel seized Tobruk and burst into Egypt. This time the Allied air men made telling use of their superior strength by meeting head on the swarms of Nazi Stukas and their protecting fighter planes at the point of attack. In the wake of the June disaster criticism was heard at home of the widely-dispersed RAF effort; to prevent Rommel from getting supplies from Benghasi and other ports. The purpose was sound enough and at one stage he was faced with a critical predicament. Thick weather enabled the Nazi commander to meet his imme dite needs, however, and then while the Allied airmen continued to hammer at the rear of hi; army, he proceeded fo establish local air superiority and success ively 'battered into submission Bir Hacheim, Knightsbridge and other British strong points. Apparently he did not attempt to bother the Eighth Army’s communications, but smashed at the advanced air bases of his foe. At Bir Hacheim it was report ed 300 Nazi bombers were mass ed, against ineffective resistance in the air and on the ground. With the loss of these strong points and forward air bases, the RAF was put to some degree in the plight of naval airmen whose carrier has been sunk, until the retreat to the presen tdefense line. Regardless of whether or not the criticism was well founded. Nazi attempts to gain the upper hand at any critical point of the actual battle line did not go unchalleng ed last week. This time. too. weather was more favorable for air operations and is expected to continue to improve with the ap proach of winter. Willkie and British military men stress cautiously that the check given the Axis in Egypt was only a preliminary to the next mam bout in the Sahara. But the week produced gratifying evidence « least that the United Nations dni not lose the summer race for inforcements and retained their margin in the air. if not in wei? of armor. -V You're Telling Me A magazine article accuses Nazis of trying to grab con the world's timber suppl es though they haven't been w - ing enough chips on then ers! By the way, whatever eame of Mussolini s P J" stage a great world s air Italy in 1942? That Hungarian sci( invented artificial rain mighty unpopular along on a picnic. Desert life, according lo B* tographs, is much health _ . and soothing to the 1,c than city life. Marshal E*® Rommel of the Afnka h P hasn’t found it so. Player scarcity, causing big leagtu back old veterans, treads? Now that the rains /ia'e ^ gun again in Russia, Zadok Dumkopf, H,tU'r_ to feel right at home big drip. 1 g yj A bumper crop o! ?ol cranberries is in pruspec ing to a market artI^1 back r maybe we ought to 'jta,ui :he two Thanksgiving ua; ird, after all!! The steel saved by l'" -'. ise of blackplate in bo. ■ jjpn efficient to make more that medium tanks. j
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