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TWO__ NINE SOLDIERS FROMAREA HUR1 Nine soldiers from southeaster] North Carolina, including two fron Wilmington, have been wounded ii action, it was announced last nigh by the War Department. Seven of these were woundec in the European area, one in tht Southwest Pacific area, and one in the Mediterranean area. Next oi kin have been notified and have been advised of latest develop ments. These wounded in the European area are: Pvt. Frank M. Justice, husband of Mrs. Goldie B. Justice, 308 Wooster street, Wilmington. Cpl. William A. Pieper, Jr., son of Mrs. Annabelle N. Pieper, Piney Woods. Wilmington. Lt. Col. Oakley B. Beland, hus band of Mrs. Gretchen L. Beland, of Wilkin. Pfc. William H. Herring, son of Mrs. Misher B. Herring, East Lumberton. Pvt. Arthur K. Mason, Jr., son of Arthur K Mason, Fayetteville. Cpl. James Blizzard, son of Mrs. Addie D. Blizzard, Beulaville. Pfc. Seth J. Currie, husband of Mrs. Loree W. Currie (fi Whiteville. Staff Sgt. Joseph Sampson, son of Bob Sampson, of Lumberton, wounded in the Mediterranean area. Pvt. Odell Lamb, son of Mrs. Will a. P. Lamb, Lumberton. wound ed in the Southwest Pacific area. t r Noted Radio Song Trio To Sing At WiUiston The ‘‘Wings Over Jordan ‘All Star Trio’ ” of radio, record and concert fame will appear in the Williston auditorium Frida" February 23, at 8:30 p.m. The trioi, featuring Olive Thompson, Virginia Wright and Helen Spring, all former star solo ists, will render a variety of num bers including "Leaning on the : Lord" and "Didn't it Rain Chil dren". Information about tickets to the performance, which is sponsored by the Shiloh church, may be ob tained by dialing 2—1666 or 2—1159. Kleve Swastika Comes Down Using his bayonet, Pvt. M. Bain of Scotland rips down a Nazi -swas tika hanging from the window of a house in Kleve, Germany. The town, northern anchor of the Siegfield line, was captured by British and Canadian troops in their current drive to the Rhine. (International) lODAY and Tomorrow jL - By WALTER LIPPMANN * : The notion uiai me Dig xmee intend to rule the world has no doubt been strengthened momen tarily by their failure to invite France to participate in the poli tical discussions of the Yalta con ference. The effect may be felt at the coming conference of Ameri can states in Mexico City and la ter at San Francisco. Yet it is clear that the Big Three will not rule the world. They could not do it even if they wished to do it. The real danger is not that they intend to rule the world but that for lack of lucidity and imagina tion in their diplomacy they will give the impression that they would like to. For the predominance of the Big Three is a direct consequence of the war, of the military fact that they supply and control the power to defeat Germany and Japan. Their predominance has already diminished as the war has come nearer to its end. Yalta was much less exclusively the Big Three in its decisions that was Tehran. Probab'y there will never be an other meeting of this kind attend ed only by the Big Three. The control of Germany and the settle ment of Europe were recognized at Yalta as transcending the au thority of the Big Three. The con trol of Japan and the settlement in Asia will manifestly not be for the Big Three alone. Anti in the realm of general world order and reconstruction the participants will be not only the United Nations, according to their interests and abilities, but the neutrals as well. * * • The centralization of command, which is a necessity of war, is bound to give way to consultation for agreement in the period of pac ification, and in the peace which will follow. At Yalta the French were invited to become an occupy ing power in Germany, and to take their equal place in the con trol of Germany. This is more than a recognition that France has a vital interest in the German problem. It is a recognition of the fact that the German problem is insoluble without the full partici pation of France. Even in its lowest terms this is true: if Germany is to be occu pied for any considerable period of time, the occupying forces in the western and southern region of Germany will, of necessity, have to be supplied in increasing proportions by France. No one will imagine that the United States will long maintain a large army in Europe, or indeed much more than token forces composed of pro fessional soldiers. The garrisons and the striking forces held in readiness to enforce the terms, will surely have to be supplied by the European neighbors of Ger many. Moreover, the control of Germany w'ill require a strict ad ministration of the German fron ud a. uiu ior mis there must be a willing and faithful participation by the neighboring states. Natur ally, they will participate in mak ing the policy which cannot be administered without them. * * * This is but one illustration among many which might be ad duced of how in practice the au thority of the Big Three is certain to be shared and to become de centralized. What the less power ful nations are asking as a matter of principle and of right they will attain. The right principle is the only workable principle as we come into the era of pacification and of reconstruction. If this were better understood, if in their statements of policy the Big Three would only affirm it explicitly and positively, it would be a great help. Not only would they strengthen the confidence of the other Allies, but also their pa tience and tolerance in accepting the leadership of the Big Three during the coming period of mili tary crisis when the leadership of the Big Three is so necessary to the common cause. • * • n nrm U/M-i ____i • . - iuiiuj1 IU UO .his will come when we expound he Dumbarton Oaks charter at Mexico City and at San Francisco rhe crux of tire difficulty is that in the security council five great powers have a special position, rhere is no reasonable doubt that Eor the purpose of preventing an other world war in this generation these five powers occupy a spe cil position. If they are agreed, there cannot be a world war: if they become enemies, their con flict will be a world war. But though this is a sufficient reason for their special position, it would be the part of wisdom to acknowledge that this peculiar state of affairs will not last for ever. As a matter of fact, it can last only for a certain period of time. That is the period of paci fication while Germany and Japan are under special control and are :>n probation. If the pacification of aur enemies is a failure, as it vas from 1919 to 1933, the nations ■vill become aligned for another ■var. If the pacification is success ul, our enemies will be readmit ed to an equal place, and through econciliation the true peace will aegin. If and when that day comes, the security council as it s now organized will have to be reconstructed. - * * * Therefore, it seems to me, we ought to recognize these truths by proposing that it be called the pro visional security council, and per oaps by providing that its consti tution should be reconsidered at some agreed time in the future, rhis would go far to remove the suspicions and to meet the moral objections of our less powerful al lies. It would also be the proof that we understand the principles of peace, and do not confuse them with the necessities of war, or the expedients which we shall have to adopt in the era of pacification which will come between the war and the peace. For then we shall be proclaim ing the fundamental truth that as long as the world is divided intci victors, vanquished and neutrals, the reign of peace has not begun. Arrangements, be they a Yalta conference, or the security coun cil . designed at Dumbarton Oak which fit the war and the pacifi cation are not to be treated as the permanent institutions of a world at peace. They are de facto and provisional, and provided that all men think of them that way, they can serve a great practical purpose in inaugurating a true peace. Copyright, 1945, New York Tribune Inc. J.X1JJ XXJilXl*i\X X VAl xuvxuixnu ’ — I WITH THE AEF: Foreign Legion Hepcats By A. I. GOLDBERG (Substituting for Kenneth L. Dixon) WITH THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION, Alsace—(£>)—The French Foreign Legion has the best swing orchestra this side of the Vosges. The Legion jivers .with a hot fiddle and sax, swung two score American tunes at a buffet lunch eon given by Col. Louis Gaultier for American, British and French correspondents who have been covering the Sixth Army Group front and the Rhine Valley, where the Legion now stands guard. There were no Americans in the orchestra, because there are none in the armed infantry battalion commanded by Gaultier. Forty two nations are represented in the Legion now. Gaultier said he thinks the French Foreign Legion has been misrepresented in literature and films, and, in a solemn moment, detailed the heavy losses suffered as the Legion fought up through the Colmar Pocket. The colonel said the Legion naires “accepted the new aaii^u of war, like tank fighting, but they would rather fight in the infantry and use traditional tactics of sur prise and fighting under cover. The Foreign Legion, however, has at least one American serving with it as an honorary member. He is Lt. Col. R. W. Burke, Oak land Calif., who has been in the Army 28 years. He was a liaison officer with the French during the first world war and now is at tached to the French First Army as a technical expert. Burke is an ardent admirer of the Frenchman’s fighting qualities. •1 don't know anything about how the French conduct their poli tics, but I have never seen braver men in battle,” he said. Burke had only one major com plaint and many a weary footslog ger has the same one—his mail doesn’t get to him. He has been moving so much over southern France that letters from his wife and daughter, the latter a Wac in the South Pacific, haven’t caught up with him for weeks. . •_ _4.U _ 5LUU1 lUUNllL TO MEET TODAY The Wilmington district com mittee of the Cape Fear Area Scout council will meet at the Tide Water building Thursday night, at 8:15 o’clock, W. J. Riley, district chairman, said yesterday. Matters to be discussed will in clude the successful completion of Boy Scout week, district cam poree in May, training courses, organization of new troops and packs, inspection of troop meeting places, and activities of individual troops, Mr. Riley stated. Assisting the chairman in con ducting the meeting will be W, E. Edwards, vice chairman. Reports will be given by R. Brookes Peters, advancement chairman, C. F. Jones, camping and activities chairman, Dr. Ed Cutter, organization chairman, Bob Howard, health and safety > chairman, W. B. Bryan, finance chairman, Rev. Mortimer Glover, leadership training chairman, and Elliott O'Neal, district commis sioner. Representatives of institutions sponsoring troops and packs will 1 De expccicu LU activities of their units. Courtland W. Baker, Scout Exec utive, and Carroll Tinsley, assist ant executive, will attend as rep resentatives of the council office. -V It probably wouldn't affect the size of a bruise, but actual mea surements have shown that a fall in St. Michael, Alaska, is harder than one from the same height in Kodaikanal, India, due to the latter’s greater distance from the gravitational center of the earth. -V A new hybrid popcorn produces 50 per cent bigger fluff. Methodist Youth Group Announces Next Meeting The next meeting of the New Hanover subdistrict of the Metho dist Youth Fellowship will be 'neld at the Fifth Avenue Methodist church March 26. The next coun cil meeting will be March 18. At a meeting held Monday eve ning, the Rev. A. Jackson Ryans gave an inspirational talk on "Love, the Only Basis for Chris tian Brotherhood.” A group from the Williston Industrial High school entertained with several choral renditions. A count of members present by churches was: Carolina Beach, 15; Sunset Park, 14; Wesley Memo- j rial, 10; Grace, 9; Trinity, 13; I j Fifth Avenue, 17. \ I WATCH OUT! Winter ills are prevalent. If you are constipated you may be sure you are more susceptible to certain of them, and yon should do something about it right away. And while you are about it why not do a THOROUGH job by taking a Calotab tonight? Nothing acts just like good old Calotabs to re lieve temporary constipation and help sweep out virus-laden mucus and other putrefactive waste matter. Use only as directed, (adv) -nKitM l_~ — j St. John’s Tavern 114 Orange St. Dial 2-8086 DELICIOUS FOOD Chicken In The Bough — Frid'.y Manor SS Double Feature X 1IVO X l/il l SHOWING It’s Murder Set To Music! Clenda Farrell —in— “NIGHT FOR CRIME” A Shocking Adventure Of | The Past! “CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE” Late Show Fri.-Sat. “WALKING DEAD” I HANOVER - MAFFITT VILLAGE Last Day “HIT THE ICE” Fri.—Sat. DOUBLE FEATURE Also—Serial—Cartoon Starting—Tue., Feb. 27. Every Tue. and Thurs. there after will open 10:45 — Run one show for second shift workers. —-^^=r=g=g3 'j ""-vr ■ i I Come Eaily! Merry Murder Mystery! William Powell Myrna Loy in “THE THIN MAN GOES HOME” Shows: 1:00—3:00—5:00 7:00—9:00 □ Last Day Wi Broadway’s Famous Fu* Hit 1/ Now Screen-Scream. It’s the I Story of A Careless Stork! B “THREE IS A FAMILY! ■ft. With Marjorie Reynolds Charlie Ruggles Wm. Terry Star i=^r^^M^a====J Today A Thrilli',’* Action Packed Story of the Wild Roaring West! “STAGE COACH” with Claire Trevor John Wayne Andy Divine 1 Today Only It’s a Jam-Packed Fun and Musical Riot! Dorothy Lamour , Fred MacMurray Betty Hutton In “And The Angels Sing’ n ?th Diana Lynn _ & : j Special BUSINESS MEN'S Lunch 43c 11:30 to 2:30 Daily Except Sunday G & J. CAFE A Good Place to Eat! I.|j3 Market St. BREATHE FREER 2 drops in each nos tril at night open u cold-clogged noi and you will glee,, better. 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