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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13
Playful Hugging Habit
Costs Husband His

MILWAUKEE.-Mrs. Mildred Ba-
ker has expressed the belief that her
brothers. playful habit Of SUD len
ly grabbing and hueging his wife
cost hip his life. >
Testifying in the inquest into the
death of Philip p. Hasten, 90 by
stabbing, Mrs. Baker said that t,as,
ten, her brother, evidently intei ded
10 embrace his wife by surprise and
overlooked the knife in her hst1.
Mrs. Hasten was using the inife
to cut q lemon pie.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13
Califofnia Has Rival
For Available JoJ es

SAN JOSE, CALIE.-Mrs.J e.
Bishop has opened up anew TO
fession in the field Of human enc Nv
or. 1t in that Of professional listt ~ser.
Everyone knows IT il 4 relxf to
tell your troubles to someone, she
explains. But you cannot. alssays
tell your friends and relstives.A
"Oar service permits you to I'M
burden yourself. to . stranger. We
guafantset bsolute secrecy. Con-
Adence and Offer advice"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13
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Mhat4o~ Buy MM
WAR BONES

The sixteen-ineh coast gun is the
most powerful of all American guns
and costs about $4,000, 900 each. II
will throw q shell weighing UP to a
ton many miles: The Coast Guard
also has an eight-inch mobile rail-
way gun which will hurl q heavy
proiectile about 10 miles.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13
Mans Former Wife
Becomes His Sister

ST. JOSEPH, MO.-A St. Jo-
seph man couldn't get along with
his wife, so now she is his sis
ter. AT their divorce trial the bus
bands father testified that bis
daughter-in-law was entitled to q
divorce, and she got it. Later her
in-laws adopted her as the fani-
ly's daughter, which made her q
sister to her former husband.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13

For defense Of our homes, the
Coast Guard needs many. Of, thee
powerful weapons. You can do your
part tpyhelp by FOR them by invest
I'M, ut .lea4, Ten Aercent Of your m
eqnf-ins Var 1onds and Stamps sv-
cry payday. U.s.. Tressxry Dspars~r..
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
ashington Daybook

WASHINGTON, Apr. 28.-Take some thou
sands of people, set them down in Washington,
far from their homes, and you might expect
them to lose track of their former way of
life.
But the habits of lifetime don't die quickly.
Here's story that proves folks remain pretty
much the same folks, even in hurly-burly,
war-distraught city like this:
About month ago. the Reserve Division of
the acknowledgement office in the war depart
ment was put on a seven-day week. This was
quite a blow to those employees scheduled to
work on Sunday. Many of them were steady
church-goers.
1t happens that the office of the Chief of
Chaplains is right in the same building, one
of the new temporary structures along the
grassy bank of the Potomac.
The employees sent one of their number up
stairs to talk to the chief, Gen. William R.
Arnold, who happens to be a Roman Catholic
priest One chaplain is kept on duty in the
office every Sunday, and the delegate asked
Gen. Arnold if this chaplain couldn't take time
to conduct brief service during lunch hour.
Gen. Arnold passed the idea on to Chaplain
Glenn j. Witherspoon, congreg gatlona1ist. who
was to be duty the following Sunday.
Chaplain Witherspoon, of course, agreed, and
suggested they use little room in the chap
lains' department, holding perhaps 35 people.
The employees delegate said he didn't think
that would be large enough, and he was right.
The 15-minute informal service was held in
room about so by ITO feet and the space
around the desks was packed with some 300
persons.
'T believe everybody enjoyed it, one en-
ploye told me. There were Roman Catholics
and Protestants-even quite few Jewish peo-
pie. They all found it worthwhile to spend
half of their lunch hour there. But then, you
know, army chaplains have to be able to talk
to all sects. When they're out on post they
minister to all, and nobody asks what church
| they belong to-
The next week, Chaplain Arthur S. Dodgson.
Baptist, led another 300 in a few hymns
prayers, and read from the Scriptures The
next week, Lutheran Chaplain Herman H.
Heuer was on duty Attendance was about
the same.
The following week, the Reserve Division
decided to keep only skeleton staff of about
| 70 on duty but out of that group more than
80 showed up. Of the remaining 25 some prob
| ably were Roman Catholics who had been to
| early mass some were guards who couldn't
leave the doors. That leaves maybe eight or
ten 'backsliders" who didn't come to hear
Chalain Albert N. Corpening, another Bap-
tist, preach on the first known recorded words
OF Jesus spoken as he stood among the doc
tors in the temple: "How is it that ye have
sought me? Wist ye not that must be about
my Fathers business
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
Give To Navy Relief Fund

1t is your privilege, Mr.. and Mrs. Whining
tonian, to contribute between this morning and
the night of May to the worthiest cause
which has ever been presented to you.
The Navy Relief Society, through its local
committee, asks you to give $4,000 to lessen
the suffering of the dependents Of naval men
who have made the supreme sacrifice or will
make it in the war crisis.
The Society," during its forty years Of exist
ence, has always provided for its own. 1t can
do SO no longer, without public support. II
has asked the people Of the United States, we
who remain safely at home, for s., 100000 that
it may meet the great emergency now con.
fronting it.
Can YOU, who depend so largely upon the
Navy for security and for the victory it will
help to win, afford to withhold your help?
Certainly you cannot, if you recognize the
debt you owe to the Navy.
One means of contributing is by the pur-
chase of emblems now offered at $1.25 each.
Every penny of your contribution will be cred.
tied to Wilmington's 900 quota.
Another is attendance at the dance at Lura-
ina which will close the campaign on May 8.
The Navy is sending band from Charleston
to play at this dance.
Still another is to make contribution larger
than the cost either of emblem or admittance
to the dance If you can give hundred dol
lars, in the name Of bereaved Navy families
do not be content to buy an emblem alone,
or 60 to the dance only. Give to the limit o1
your ability, and give now.
It is to be noted that none of the money
contributed will be used to meet any cost of
the campaign. Whatever expense is involved
above the gifts of participating sponsors, il
there is any such expense, will be under
written by persons who keenly feel the obli-
CATION to do their part for the men who are
so nobly doing theirs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
QUOTATIONS

Never mind about who got licked 1t will
not always be the same ones who get licked
--Edouard Daladier, former French premier
at his war guilt trial.
People who are rushing to buy razor blades
are just plain hoarders Hoarding of any.
thing is dangerous and disloyal, and in this
case there isn't even a shortage. In fact.
there will be more blades manufactured this
year than any time since 194O.-Dan West.
director of Office of Price Administration $
consumer division.
We know it is worth giving our lives to help
defeat the Nazis We know what they have
done.-Surviving crew member of torpedo.
ed Norwegian tanker.
ccannot agree with the administration
policies under present conditions, l deem if
advisable to let the ADMINISTRATION alone. if
that's what the people want-Rep Robert r
Rich, seven-term Republican congressman
from Pennsylvania, announcing he would no,
seek reelection
Destruction of freedom always starts-it
must start-With destruction of free press.
Until that freedom goes, none of the other
can be assaulted successfully Produc.
ton Beard Chief Donald NJ. Nelson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
By JOHN SELBY
moscow WAR DIARY" d,
Alexander Werth; (Knopf: S3).

Far and away the best recent
background book for the Russian
campaign is Alexander Werth's
Moscow War Diary
incidentally, by the same man who
offered Shirer's Berlin Diary" to
an obviously eager public S O. m e
months ago. Like its predecessor,
MIR. Werth's book is actually a
diary. And like the Shirer book
1t obviously has had some patch
work done on it in preparing the
manuscript for publication.
But Mr.. Werth has sidestepped
the greatest temptation a diarist
has when presenting pages con-
cernlng matters which have since
worked themselves out; he has not
plotted out his mistakes. Appar-
emily he did not make many. but
the few times he was wrong. he
admits it manfully.
MIR. Werth has a really thoroueh
knowledge of the language I'd
the people of the country in which
ne operates. He was born in Rus
sla and lived there until he was
seventeen. His mother was Brit
lsh, his father Russian. The fam
lily used both languages constant
~, and as a result their son was
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
The Literary Guidepost

truly bilingual. When you walk
down Moscow street with h e
author of Moscow War Diary -
you hear what the people actually
are saying.
Werth went to England f r % m
Paris after Paris fell. Then he
went to Russia for Reuters a n d
the London Sunday Times. He
took with him his knowledge of
the language, good grounding in
russian culture, and a sincere
sympathy with t h new Russia
although he was not land is not) a
Communist. If you would under
stand the difference these things
make in reporting, read Sigrid
Undsets scowling story of her
Journey across Russia-and then
Werth's calm, accurate ap-
praisals. They contrast interest
ingly.
Werth reached Moscow Just as
the Germans were getting under
way eastward. He left before they
began their backward journey.
His book shows the Russians con-
fidence, their resiliency and their
courage. 1t is the authors opinion
in addition, that Russia is not only
anxious for 6 ood working rela-
tlons with Britain nd America
after the war, but that also it is
now a country that can be trust
ed. And that it must be trusted. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
TOP o. THE MORNING

lst.-God is the owner of all things -. The
act of creation makes God the
owner.
fnd.-God never transferred His owner
ship to man. He gave man 'domin-
ion over'' and dominion means au-
thority but it does not mean owner
ship.
3rd.-We do not, therefore, own the things
we call ours. We are simply stew
ards, holding and administering our
possessions in trust for the real own
er, God. David recognized these
three truths in his wonderful prayer
dedicating the offerings brought for
building the temple. He said, "AI
things come of Thee and of Thine
own we have given Thee"
From "a Businessman's Views
On Stewardship
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
By RAYMOND CIAPPER

WASHINGTON, Apr. 28.-So far
as it is possible to judge, President
Roosevelt's leadership seems to
gain in strength and to be con-
siderably stronger now than it was
two months ago when I left the
United States.
Resolutions by tn e American
Newspaper Publishers Association
the subdued tone of the Republi.
can National Committee Resolu.
tions. the public utterances of men
in business and industry all seem
to place increased confidence in
the leadership of the President.
If this is the case, it is a re.
markable tribute to Mr.. Roosevelt
because we have been through a
long series of defeats and heavy
losses. During this time P r m c
Minister Churchills strength in
England sagged considerably al.
though it has recovered somewhat
now.
1t is not the way of democratic
counties to treat their leaders too
kindly in periods of adversely. For
many months Mr. Roosevelt has
had little except bad news to offer
the country. American lives have
been lost by our unpreparedness in
Hawaii and the Philippines. We
have been hardly successful in
checking submarine ravages to our
ships.
1t must be that the American
people are taking a hard-headed
practical attitude. Evidently they
realize that war cannot a ways
bring good news and that set.
backs do not always call for a sac.
rificial goat. They know that war
in these times requires sacrifices
also behind the lines and recognize
that the President is doing what
must be done when he calls for
new sacifices. If anything h e
public seems ready to accept more
hardship than the government has
asked for.
To anyone who looks back over
the last few years it must be evi.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
More Books, Please

The Victory book campaign through which
it was hoped to assemble ten Wilton volumes
for soldiers, sailors, marines, aviators, coast
guardsmen and any others in the nations uni
formed ranks, fell far short of the goal. The
drive failed, not only in the total of books col
lected, but in the type OF books in which serv-
ice men would be interested.
The Rollo Books, Horatio A1ger, Louisa May
Alcot, the Elsie Books and others similar to
them still have their purpose and place in
homes where children need literary pabulum.
but it is difficult to imagine soldier finding
pleasure in their perusal
Yet many of the books submitted for the
benefit of men in the armed ranks were Of
this sort. In many cases, it would appear, the
drive was used as a means of ridding attics
OF literary lumber long subjected to the dry
rot of neglect
Following the failure of the original cam.
paign it is deemed advisable to renew h G
| effort. Fresh appeals are made for books tc
solace the idle hours of the men serving ir
| the military, naval and air forces at posts
where libraries are not easily accessible. Fc.
ton, history, biography, science and crafts
are subjects that most readily absorb the in.
terest of these men.
If any Wilmingtonians have in their libraries
any volumes rot essential to the enlighten.
ment or pleasure of the household, it is ear.
nestly asked that they be given The Whining
ton Public Library is the official depository
| and the donors may rest assured that they
will be turned over to the proper authorities
Tor distribution to camps, bases and posts
] where they will be most appreciated.
When the original drive was conducted Will
mlngton's contribution was 1000 volumes. II
would bring a white mark for the city if a
like number were added in this renewal o,
| the campaign.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
Relief Institute

If Wilmington should have to deal with an
attack, or any other form of disaster, t h e
lives of many residents, certainly the security
of great throng, would depend upon the fit
ness for service of the city's disaster relief
workers.
It is imperative, therefore, that citizens en-
listed in this branch of the Red Cross attend
the institute to be conducted by w. w. Jeffer-
son, eastern area assistant manager of h e
American Red Cross in the Tide Water as.
sembIy hall on Thursday morning, beginning
at 10 o'clock.
Throughout the useful years of its beneficent
existence, the Red Cross has proved its ef
ficiency for relief of human suffering. Out OF
its great and varied experience it has learned
how to succor the needy care for the injured
feed nultitudes, evacuate or hospitalize suf
ferers, and all on so smoothly moving sched.
ule that it may be termed unique
Because it has brought it's disaster work
to such high standard of efficiency. ano
because Of the possibility that this city {
the area contiguous to it may have need q
its services in the war emergency it is fittins
and proper that the people of Wilmington
learn it's methods, the system of its opera
ton, so as to be ready to share its work wher
nscsssary. The Thursday institute is to b,
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
Raymond Clapper Says:
R0Osevelt's Leadership
Is Gaining In Strength

dent that Mr.. Roosevelt more than
most OF us sensed what was taking
place and tried against many OBJ
stacles to prepare for the dangers
ahead. No doubt that has sobered
critics. If Mr.. Roosevelt is to be
criticized, it is for not having been
more ruthless in overriding oppo-
sition to his preparations for war.
He is now again compelled to
take firm action to check initiation
and hold our economy tie d y
against the violent forces which
the war has released. With so
many distortions in ordinary sup.
ply and demand, drastic protective
measures unnecessary in normal
times become imperative.
In these Mr.. Roosevelt will again
need the support of thinking peo-
pie he will need good American
common sense to support him in
facing realities without regard to
school-room theories intended for
normal times.
Our best lesson in that is the
way Hitler disregarded orthodox
economics to obtain the war pre-
parations he wanted. When most
of the respectable economists of
the world said Hitler should by all
OF the rules collapse in national
bankruptcy, he was going ri g h t
ahead building up the force that
came within a hairs breadth of
mastering the world.
1t does seem, however, that as
soon as Mr.. Roosevelt can break
away from these immediate ma.
terial problems, fresh attention
could be given to the purposes for
which the United Nations intend
to use their victory. Mr.. Roose-
velt's leadership is needed there
badly now.
East of Suez we are regarded as
fighting to restore the hated i'm
perlaisms imposed by the Western
Nations. Asia is through with them.
Our whole cause needs to be clar.
flied. 1t needs to be made clear
Continued on Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
THAT METEOR
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
You probably have had numer-
Gus telephone calls and no doubt
this will not be the only letter
concerning the meteor that fell
about $3.50 this evening.
7 am a guard at the Nor h
Carolina Ship Building Company
and was assigned at this particular
time to the north end of the yard
near the water.
l was walking westward toward
the river about 100 feet from the
waters edge. The meteor fell in
the northern direction at what
appeared to be about a forty-five
degree angle to the horizon. It
was by far the most beautiful and
spectacular one I have ever seen.
Instead of having a long narrow
tail, this one had a short one
which looked to be six or eight
feet long and shaped something
like a fox's tail. 1t was so close
I could see sparks flying from
tip end of blaze and even saw
reflection of it in the river which
caused me to look up and see
meteor itself. 1t evidently didn't
fall more than two or three miles
in Brunswick county.
G.. T. Rankin.
Wilmington, N. G.
April 26, 1912.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
Star-NewsP Program

Te aid in every way the prosecution o.
the war to complete victory.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsville
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear 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 Wood Production
through sustained-yeld methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo
tional 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 Southe North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
Photographs F

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stone) is sometimes confused W.
the st. Stephens stone. lae ,Ss .>
St. Stephens stone IS q WIZ.
agate with red spots. What is g.
orally spoken of as bloodssoaS Ne, =.
called the Heliotrope and Is g-'"
jasper with red jasper spo.-'
When mahogany first came y
to general favor in E n ! a "
early in the 18th century, II S..
called Spanish mahogany' %,
parently because it was lnpo['S.
from Spanish colonies in the We W..
Indies. By the end of the cen.I. !i.
such IN asters as Chippenda.t''.
Adam, Hepplewhite and oaeLe%
had made it their favorite caoLS
wood, and in Thomas SheTaI01
book, THE Cabinet Director |.
published in 1903, he refers " 7
as Honduras mahogany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
GRATEFUL FOR HELP
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Please allow me space in your
paper to express my deep appre-
citation to each and every member
of the American Legion and Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary Of Post No.
10, Wilmington, North Carolina,
for responding SO graciously when
called upon them for funds to
pay railroad fare for young
Service boy to his home in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. This young boy. still
in his teens, had volunteered to
serve in the armed forces of Amer
lea, was shipwrecked, picked up
and brought in here for medical
treatment. A f t e + his discharge
from the hospital l learned that
he could get few days off to go
home, but he had no funds to pay
his fare. l contacted Mrs. Finley
Mcmillan, who in my opinion is
one of the best friends the service
men has ever had, and one of the
hardest workers the Legion n d
Auxiliary has. The result was that
in a few hours there came to me
two checks, one from the Legion
for $4,000 and one from the Aux
iliary for $1,000. That with another
contribution made it possible for
the boy to have a happy Easter
vacation with his parents in Iowa.
Now a word to everyone w h o
may chance to read this. Stand
behind the American Legion and
American Legion Auxiliary in all
their undertakings. 1t is one of the
greatest organizations A m rica
has, and let me also urge you to
give your support, in time and
money, to all the worthy causes
of America. America needs us, we
need America.
Mrs. S. B. Frink.
Southport, N. c.
April %, 1912.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-29
EDITORIAL

held for the sole purpose of giving them foun-
dation training.
The time available for this is all too brief
the more reason that the entire relief staff
of Wilmington attend and take advantage OF
the instruction Mr.. Jefferson will give.