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Evening star., 1943-12-19
Annual White House
|Yu|e Tree Program
Details Announced

The public will be admitted te
the White House grounds at Lac
pm. Friday for the National Com
munity Christmas Tree celebration
at 2:15 pm. 1t was announced last
night as plans went forward fol
Christmas festivities in all section.
of Washington.
The Christmas Eve celebration al
the White House has been moved te
the earlier hour so that President
Roosevelt's radio message to the
Nation at 3 pm. may be heard by
those assembled on the White House
grounds. The President will moi
participate in the ceremonies at the
tree.
The program will start at 2:15 pm
with a concert by the Marine Band
led by Capt. William F.. Santelmann
Invocation will be offered by the
Very Rev. Lawrence c. German, S. J..
president of Georgetown University
Christmas carols will be sung by
a chorus from the Navy School OF
Music augmented by WAVE
chorus, under direction of Musician
Second Glass Marvin Maher.
Ornaments Pour In.
Edwin c. Graham, chairman of
the National Community Christmas
Tree Committee, will open the
formal program. A Christmas mes
sage will be presented by Shirley
Sabin, Girl Scout, and by Dan Over
lade, Eagle Scout of Troop 20. The
benediction will be pronounced by
the Rev. Seth r. Brooks.
Ornaments for the tree yesterday
continued to pour in to the District
Recreation Department which is
handling arrangements. The orna-
ments, each of which is dedicated by
its donor to someone in the armed
services, have been turned in as a
result OF an appeal in The Star
several days ago, it was said.
They will be prepared by groups
Of children on Tuesday and will be
placed on the tree Wednesday.
WAVES Plan Parties.
WAVES on duty here plan several
festivities, including party at Quar-
ters "B," West Potomac Park, for
st. Johns Orphanage children from
3 to S pm. Wednesday. WAVES
from Quarters "G," Arlington Farms
will take gifts to men at Walter ReeC
Hospital and National Naval Medi.
cal Center, at Bethesda, during the
week. They decorated a Community
Tree at Arlington Farms last night
Many other festivities and religious
services are planned for the WAVES
Woman marines in Washington
plan to pack boxes of Christina:
toys, books and candies for boys Of
the National Training School at
pm. tomorrow at Keller Lutheran
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Senate Unit States Hearings
On Rise in Living Costs

Hearings on the plight of white
collar workers whose salaries have
remained fixed while the cost of
living has gradually, but surely,
risen" will be held late in January
by the Senate Education and Labor
Committees special subcommittee on
wartime health and education, 1t
was announced last night.
In letter to Chairman Pepper of
the subcommittee. requesting that
hearings be held, Chairman Thomas
of the full committee declared that
it was apparent the health and Sc
curity of 100000 Americans is
"imperiled by this economic press
ure.'"
The hearings are scheduled for
January Is to q and will be con-
Quoted by Senator Thomas.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

tary record shows, and he has un-
usual powers of expression.
He is a colorful personality with
dynamic energy, sure of himself and
confident of his ability to defeat the
enemy providing he gets the nee
essary support.
1t is not hard to understand how
he caught the imagination of the
Australian people and how Gen
Macarthur is to them The Great
White Chief"
Evening star., 1943-12-19
YMCA Election Set

The YMCA will hold It's annual
meeting and election of officers at
Sis pm. tomorrow at headquarters
and receive report on the years
activities from Alfred H. Lawson,
president. Plans for celebration next
year of the organizations Tooth
anniversary also will be discussed
The annual employees Christmas
party will be held at 2;30 pm
Thursday.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Canadian Editor Tells
OF Impressive Talk
With Gen. Macarthur

(The tollo1Uing story OF an Of
the-record conference tUith Gen.
Douglas Macarthur at his head
quarters Das ,witten for the
Canadian Press by Arthur r.
Ford, editor OF the London (On-
tario) Free Press and president
OF the Canadian Press. Others
at the conference ,pere B. T.
Richardson of the Winnipeg
Free Press and Lorenzo Pare of
L'Action CatholiQue, Quebec.
They haze been In Australia
since November 7 ercept for a
side trip to Ne1D Zedldnd.)
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Reich to Bor Candy

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 18 lP,.-Can.
dy production is to be outlawed in
Germany after January !, 1914,
advices from Berlin said tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
Receives Medal
For Good Conduct

Weird has been received here that
Il good conduct medal has been
awarded 10 Staff Sergeant Robert Y.
Harris. OF ca. {. i2Oth Infantry. by
his rcglmcntal commander FOR hay
ing demonstrated by fidelity thro-
ugh faithful and exact performances
of duly. efficiency through capacity
il produce desired results and whose
behavior has been ,UCn a. 10 deserve
emulation for a period -! more than
one year OF continuous active fed
cral military service while the Unit
cd States Is at war"
Sgt Harris LETT here III 1910 and
has been stationed in South Carolina.
Florida. Tennessee. and now is IN In
diana. He mas served in the national
guard and the army Tor Il total Of
u YEAR. &c Is the son al Mrs. Vance
Harris and brother of Mrs. Barker
Watkins. -! North William street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
Chest Officers
Are TO Be Named
On Friday Nigh.

Officers 81 the Vance County
Community Chest lur 1914 are l. he
elected al u meeting of the directors
Ia be held tomorrow evening at g
O'Clock IN the police court chamber
of the Municipal Building. The meet
ing was called by S. j. Lane. Jg.. re-
firing president.
There are fourteen directors. liz
Guiding the retiring president. is
follows: William Bailey. j. G. Far
mrr. George y. Rose. .Jr. J. W San
dcrS. j. W. Jenkins. Mrs. W. +.
Daniel. {. o. Sc!fcrt. Sam Afford.
Mrs. Alex Cooper. Rev. II. * King.
DR.. W. ". Noel. X. w. Bruin. Henry
y. Dennis. Il. f.. Clements nd s. j.
Lane. Jr.
II viii be the first organization
Ia be set up under the nov bylaws.
adopted last summer. though the
chest has been in operation here Iur
IL number of years.
Officers IL be named tomorrow
n.Ght will be u president. first and
second vice presidents and sccrc-
iary-;rcaSuTcr. Terms tor all of the
number ill begin ON January |.
1914
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
KIWANIS PLANS
BIG MINSTREL

About fifty Kiwanians were re-
ported as having attended Monday
nights rehearsal Of the kiwanis
minstrel which is TO be given De-
cCmbcr 10 al Henderson high school.
y large number of other local peO-
pic are also helping the. kiwanis
club with the program.
Members report that this is the
Lar gcSt and best minstrel the clup
has ever undertaken, with ncw mus
ical arrangements. soloists and II
chorus. Performances will be given
both afternoon and night.
Funds received from the show will
60 60 the kiwaniS undcrprivilcecd
Chlldrcn'S work and community in
tCrcStS.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
City and Rural
Property Is Sold
In Papers Filed

City and rural property was in
vowed IN papers filed for record
yesterday with the register OF deeds.
Iuh"r' Mullins and wife sold To
Reginald {. AyScuc and wife prop
cry on tie road leading from the
'iaWkHS road 10 The Kitrrcll road.
~ South Henderson. Cnr $40 and
"ih"" considerations.
Southern Aggregate, Corporation
sold I" Lewis Young and wife for
$40 and "'ncr considerations. 33l8
acres nc"! GycySinnc.
{. G. Ellis and wife sold 10 livery
4. Gibson Ton $40 and other consid-
"rail"';S property ON Nicholas street
Properly conveyed by Josie Wor-
imam t. Edward ". Workman and
.'''rc Monday is being in Middle
ntrG township. was in Wlliamsbora
township ."Sicrd. it was exclaimed
today.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18

The Henderson tobacco market
bounced into mother new daily high
for the season yesterday with am ave
rage of S44.09 as a result of an OK
ceptional offering of fine leaf, Ar
thur ii. Surprise. sales supervisor.
announced today.
Today'S market sold Approximately
200. 900 pounds near Si2 average. ;is
the quality of the offering WAS con-
Sidcrably below that of yesterday. A
iull sale is expected for Friday. but
there is likclyh0od Of block. the
supervisor said.
Yesterdays sale brought the total
payout TO fourth highest in the his
tory uf the Henderson market. sur
passed only by 1912. 1919 and 1911.
The 1871 payout al Sc .233 $50. % will
be p. Sscd not later than Monday.
Surprise said. btu there is slight
hope ui reaching the S6.958. OBJ -
paid out in 1919. and the 1912 pay
out of S8,G62. 806.7G may stand for Il
long time.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
GASOLINE BOOKS
AT DRAFT BOARD

The War Price and Ration board
announced today that Il large num-
bc! OF the new y gasoline books have
rUl been delivered to their proper
owners have been returned To the
board These books were returned
fur lack of proper address. change III
address or for other reasons.
The following people are asked Ia
come 10 the ration board and claim
their gasoline books: NJ. s. Abbott.
j. W Barker. Harold ID. Bullock. n.
W. Currin. G.. f. and j. II. Ellington.
Jim Evans. Lewis Evans. William
Harris. Henrietta Jordan. Bernard
Richardson. "illic Lee larry. CLAUDE
Vaughan. Joseph r. Williams.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
Most Vance Crop Quotas
Are Increased For 1914
County and State Agencies Decide Goals
At Meeting Held Here Tuesday Afternoon

The Vance county 1914 crop Dro-
duyti,n goals announced today by
! ". Sanders. county agent. follow
lnr Il meeting Tuesday OF various
county agencies. show manv IN
vrCa>rS.
+ Y. Floyd. of the plant food in
,,ituir. opened the meeting With Il
discussion on The Food Situation.
Worldwide, Nationwide and State
vide" Miss Anamcrlc Arant. dis
.Iict home demonstration agent OF
the Extension Service. spoke OH
"Nutritiun and Conservation" G..
II. Banks. field representative of the
AAA. told how goals are determined
for cations, states and counties. and
announced the goals 10Y Vance coun.
y ror 1911.
Miss Lena Bullard. d;stri.' home
Supervisor oi the Farm security Ad-
w.niStration. gave suggestions ON
huW the organization could be set
l.p Tor Il successful drive. The ia
r.!.tirs 1T hand Tor putting the drive
over were namcd by Roy II. Thorn
- State supervisor oi vocational
,dI,.tiun. Samuel f.. Wilson. dis
t!.r. supervisor oi vocational cduca-
,luu. Samuel T.. Wilson. diStricr SUI
prlviSur for the Farm Security Ad-
uu.sIraliun. showed the needs for
tie drive and cited former response.
o. HE program.
Following these talks. the meeting
Ms lhrOWn open tor Il forum dis
r0sSIun and Il committee was named
Ia pa! the program across Iu citizens
-, Henderson and Vance county.
l:rr week OF Dcrcmbrr - was NAM
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
Victory Tax
Reports Due
After Jan. l

Employers here are receiving no.
'tyr from G.. II. Robertson. collector
At internal revenue al Greensboro.
warming them Ia De prepared L. re-
pug; on all Victory AID withholding
:"NcS collected in 1913. Arthur II
Surprise. secretary %: the HCndcr-
sun Chamber of Commerce. said TO-
day.
Quarterly throughout the prcscn!
y.H!. employers have paid in the
monies withheld ron employee,
"s: have AT no time reported the
n"im"s of the employee, nor the
amounts withheld. In Jg"uary all
employers will furnish each en-
p.'y"C with Il copy -! Treasury Form
w. showing the total amount Of
wages and The total amount ut VIC
'o!y tax and withholding TAX. y
copy Of this report must also he
sen; III" collectors Office. which ~
ms section Is Greensboro. together
with form va explaining and bal
"HC!"g The payments which haze
been made
since employers mus, have a.:
least two copies oi Form w fu.
each employee. and many viii want
a. third copy IN order lo nave Il Tile
copy. II viii be necessary ;Or ON
p.'HcrS 10 secure Il sufficient n.uu
nc. II these forms without delay
Small quantities of the forms may
nr obtained from tine Henderson
Chamber of Commerce. while larger
"ayniitlcS must be obtained from
\" R"DcrtSon'S Office. Employers
my obtain advice on handling tbs
me-" typ" ri report N the Chambc.
% Commerce. Surprise said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
THANKSGIVING SERVICE,

\ service will be held at Ebzcnczcr
Christian church November IS. at 2
O'Clock. with u sermon by the pastor.
Rev. l.. &. Cross. on THANK God"
At p. ~. Rev. j. NJ. Hargrovc. pas
tor Of ST. Andrew Christian church.
will preach. All ministers and the
public are invited 10 take part in
these Thanksgiving services.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
Prices Zoom
Above $44
For Tobacco

Sales for Wednesday,. November
Il. 1913.
225.832 pounds for S99.5TO. 80,
average S44.09.
Season to date. 1913:
l5.347.552 pounds for $685.
833.3s. average S38.79.
1912 Comparisons:
Sales for Wednesday. November
Is. 1912:
98.2iO pounds for SI2.8O2.l2.
average Si3.55.
Season TO date. 1912:
l9.206.732 pounds for 1865
Sl6.2i, average S42.Ol.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18
Red Men TO Meet

The Mohawk Tribe of the In
proved Order Of Red Men will meet
Friday night al $50 with T.. O. Falk-
ncr as guest speaker. All members
are ,r.:"d tn attend tni> meeting.
which is said to bc very important.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-11-18

cd to start the drive in rural sec
IONS. Plans lor Il town drive are
incomplete but emphasis will be
placed On victory gardens in urban
districts, IL was explained.
totals tor l9li as compared To the
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Repeated Appeal

The campaign to raise $4,000, 900
for the Community War Fund has
failed as of today by approximately
$500 900. It follows that the drive
must be continued, with some reason
able hope of success, during the next
few days.
Allegedly, the deficit in part is
attributable to the fact that at least
sixty thousand residents OF the Dis
trict of Columbia and nearby Mary
land and Virginia have not yet been
solicited. The volunteer workers
simply have not reached everybody.
In the emergency, therefore, The
Star ventures to repeat its appeal
in the Funds behalf. Addressing it.
self particularly to those men and
women who understand and appre-
ciate the duty and privilege of giving
but who haYe not received personal
invitations to subscribe, 1t says:
Please help! Send checks to cam
paign headquarters, 1101 M street
NV
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Juvenile Delinquency

The problem of delinquent chill
dren-a term which often serves to
conceal the gravity of wanton GRIM
tnal acts-has reached a point where
some law-enforcement officials are
beginning to re-examine the theory
that minimum of punishment is
desirable in dealing with all juvenile
offenders. This is an exceedingly
delicate matter, for there are un-
questionably many opportunities to
redeem wayward juveniles through
program of sympathetic corrective
measures. 1t is also becoming evi-
dent, however, that in other in
stances leniency serves no better
purpose than to encourage a con-
tempt for law and accompanying
enforcement measures. Hence, those
Who are becoming conscious of the
weaknesses inherent in the present
method of dealing with juvenile de-
ltnquents are casting about for some
means of retaining its advantages
IN proper cases, while providing
appropriate punishment in other
Instances.
A recent incident in New York
City, while not typical, is neverthe-
less illustrative of the extent to
which the control of juveniles has
broken down in some localities.
Six teachers in a public school
were eating lunch when a youth,
about eighteen years old, entered the
room. Brandishing a butcher knife,
He robbed the teachers and escaped.
The significant thing about this in
c1dent Is not the robbery, but the
attitude of the teachers. After the
holdup they refused to give their
names for fear of gang reprisals"
from children who would suspect
them of tattling." A little later the
police arrested a suspect and
Brought him to the teachers for
possible Identification. They were
still so afraid of reprisals that they
insisted on viewing the youth from
behind a screen, so that they could
see him without revealing their own
Identities.
@1It might be thought that these
teachers were unduly apprehensive,
But the record hardly indicates that
this is the case. This particular
school had long been plagued by
system of juvenile extortion, with
older pupils demanding small sums
OF money from younger children,
and obtaining tt by the simple
process Of beating those who failed
to "come through" The police and
school authorities apparently have
been unable or unwilling to put
stop to this racket. Some three
weeks ago another youngster robbed
= teacher by threatening her with
In Ice pick. This offender was
caught, but when taken to Chill
eren's Court he was charged with
Evening star., 1943-11-14
The Charter We Need

The basic charter" needed by the
people OF Washington is the right
of representation in their Govern
ment-the Government which under
the Constitution is in exclusive con-
troll of the District of Columbia,
which taxes its people and which
sends them to war.
The outline of that charter is writ
ten IN the pending Sumners-Capper
resolution, which would amend the
Constitution specifically to provide
that "The Congress shall have power
to provide that there shall be in the
Congress and among the electors of
President and Vice President men,
bers elected by the people of the
District constituting the seat of
Government of the United States, in
such numbers and with such powers
as the Congress shall determine"
Senator Holman'S new bill, to
create three-man charter COM
mission to study and recommend a
new form of government for the
District of Columbia is interesting
but unimportant. It is unimportant
because it restricts the commission's
choice merely to some other form of
municipal administration, RESPONSE
bic to Congress.
Until the people of the District are
represented in the exclusively-con-
trolling Congress, one form of mu-
nicipal administrative agency set up
by Congress for the District is apt
to be as good or as bad as another,
depending on the caliber of the men
chosen as administrators.
Selecting three men as a commits
sion to recommend to Congress a
new form OF municipal government
Is going around Robin Hoods barn
to look for an answer to what is
wrong with the District. The answer
Is obvious, right here before us all
the time. The Americans who live
here lack any representation in their
Government, That is what is wrong,
and it will not be corrected until
there are in the Congress and
among the electors of President and
Vice President members elected by.
the people of the District constitut-
Ing the seat of Government" 't5
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Double Occupation
From the Lorain (ohio) Journal.

From the Lorain (Ohio) Journal
'The postwar occupation of Germany
by the United Nations should be in tWo
parts" says DR.. Hans Kohn, authority
on foreign affairs, professor Of modern
history at Smith College. The first, he
says should be visible military occu-
patton, as short as possible. It should
be just long enough to impress the
Germans that their military force has
been beaten.
The second part should be an invisible
occupation-that of strategic military
points only. The civilian life can then
work its way out to q point where it
justif1es the nations reinstatement
among respected countries.
The plan is at least worth serious
consideration. Long occupation of
conquered country keeps it in sort of
childhood. It cannot develop RESPONSE
bility Of its own. What is wanted is to
get all the countries. those now occupied
by Germany and Japan and those which
will be occupied by the United Nations,
onto their own feet q soon - possible.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
A Wiser Policy

The District Office Of Price
Administration has undertaken an
experiment in common-sense en-
forcement of rationing regulations
which, if successful, may mark a
turn for the better in national
enforcement policy.
A local restaurant proprietor had
run heavily into debt on ration
points through excessive meat sales.
The enforcement authorities were
faced with choice between shutting
down the restaurant until the deficit
was made up, which probably would
have put the establishment out of
business, or of permitting the pro-
prietor to square himself through a
program of curtafled operation. The
enforcement officers with the ap-
proval Of Robert K. Thompson,
director of the local OPA Office, have
decided on the latter course. Under
authority recently granted by the
national OPA office, 7tfs restaurant
will receive '1oan" Of ration points.
Over a period OF time, through
monthly curtailment of meat sales,
the proprietor will be required to
repay the loan and make up his
deficit. Should he fail at any time TO
meet these conditions, the full
penalty automatically becomes an
plicable.
This commends itself as a sound
exercise of discretion by the local
director. The restaurant, while
placed on probation" will not be
needlessly forced out of business.
That will be advantageous not only
to the proprietor, but to the public,
in a city which has no surplus of
restaurant facilities. At the same
time it should not prejudice OPA
enforcement generally, nor the
rights of other restaurants which
have stayed within their point allot-
ments, since the offending establish
ment, in the long run, will get no
greater quantity of meat than that
to which it was entitled.
The policy implicit in this decision
is the reverse of that recently applied
in New York, when the national OPA
office, overruling New York hearing
commissioner, yielded to a demand
from New York enforcement officials
that a restaurant in that city be
closed down under comparable cir
cumstances. If the local experiment
is successful, however, it is a fair
assumption that OPA will gain
public support for its enforcement
program by adoption of this more
rational policy.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Democracy and Religion
Hoe Freedom Arises From Faith
By the Req. c. Ste10art Mckenzie, d. D.,
Pastor OF Western Presbyterian Church.

Except the Lord build the house
they labor In vain that build 1t.
Except the Lord keep the city the
watchman waketh but in vain"
Psalm, cxxyii.1.
Edinburgh, Scotland, has as its
motto: "Nisi Dominus frustra"-
Without the Lord it is vain" The
habit Of using this quotation over the
doors Of houses was common among
the Scottish people in the 18th cen
tury. Gods blessing, 1t was believed,
would prosper everything-without it
all effort was futile. Except the Lord
build the house they labor In vain"
We Americans perhaps are slow to
realize that God has built and kept
this land Of ours. Political democ-
racy as we know it here in the United
States has its basis in the Christian
faith. 1t has been developed out Of
primary Christian concepts by men
with Christian background.
According to the Christian theory,
every individual Is Of infinite worth
in the sight of God and is the object
OF His love and care. Jesus Christ,
the Revealer Of God, gave to the in
dividual man the dignity God in
tended him to have. When social or
religious pressures tended to destroy
the rights Of the individual, Jesus
threw himself against those forces
with all the tremendous power of
His personality. He was Himself the
First Individualist. In His teach
ings, in His life and death Jesus de-
clared the worth Of the individual
and denounced the heartless and
spiritless behavior OF organized
society.
If Jesus lived and died that men
might be free in spirit, it was but a
step from that belief to the doctrine
OF personal liberty. Life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" belonged
to man who had found the dignity
OF child Of God. That dignity
would not permit . man to be en-
slaved to any master.
The right to private judgment is
essential to the exercise of political
democracy. It is a right, inherent
IN the dignity Of man, which never
theless lay submerged for centuries