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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
Daily Prayer
FOR FAT SOULS

Lean times make stout spirits;
so we pray, o LORD, that in these
days of deprivation and discipline
we may gain the Inward strength
and abundance of Life that will fit
us for the unknown tomorrow.
We ask not that Thou wou1dst de-
liver us from difficulties, but only
that Thou souldst save us from
leanness of soul. Whatever may
befall our outward circumstances
may our inward life be strong and
serene, sustained by Thy grace
and Thy providences Thou hast
promised that the liberal soul
shall be made fat. constrain us,
therefore, to be lavish givers of
our substance, our sympathy and
ourselves, 10 every need created
by wars crisis. AS the strength
Of the State is the strength of the
spirits of the people, DO Thou
make us strong in the Lord and
in the power of His might. We
should be more that we may do
more. Thus would we develop, as
spiritual athletes, the powers of
personality that are to serve Thee
in two worlds. Amen-W. T. E.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
Gift From Camp Davis

Camp Davis again has demonstrated it's
friendly attitude toward Wilmington by con-
floutlng So, 131.13 to the Community Chest and
war Fund which, with its help. exceeded the
quota by some $4,000 TIE gift is the more
appreciated because it "as voluntary. the per-
sonnet being under no actual obligation to
participate in the project:
The relations between Camp Davis and Will
illihgton have been exceptionally cordial from
'he beginning. If the city has been unable to
40 all that it could wish fol the soldiers, the
1ault has lodged IN the peoples inability to
cope with all the problems presented by such
large body of troops in the vicinity not in
any unwillingness to 60 about for their cono-
tort, recreation and entertainment during their
all too brief leisure hours.
Recognizing these limitations. the officers
and men at Camp Davis have invariably re.
clprocated to the full extent OF their ability
IN all civic and welfare undertakings Every
courtesy extended by the city always meets
hearty reciprocation.
This gift to the Chest is typical of the
Camps good will. Wilmington is happy to
have such a good friend
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
Step Up, Gentlemen

There has been fair response among private
car owners to the appeal to buy licenses early
and avoid the rush. Daily, since December l,
the office of the Carolina Motor Club has had
a steady flow Of applicaats-nct enough to
crowd the quarters, but sufficient to keep the
staff busy-which has been good for buyers
and staff as well.
But business firms and truckers generally
are reported holding off. They are to be en-
couraged to get their tags quickly By doing
so they will save themselves annoyance and
possibly long wait in line.
With so many more motor vehicle owners
in the county this year, the line OF buyers is
bound to start sooner and stretch to greater
length than in former YEARS. If they are
caught in this they will have sore feet and
freyed nerves before they are accommodated
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09

permits, but by arranging displays appropri-
ate for special occasions which give patrons
valuable hints for gifts.
Just now the library has an assortment of
books gathered in a single display for the
benefit of parents and adults generally who
wish to use books as Christmas presents and
are not posted on recent publications or re-
prints of old favorites
The northeast corner of the general read.
ing room, on the second floor of the City Hall
has been decorated with tiny Christmas ire &c
and other familiar Christmas Establishments
as setting for books especially appropriate
for gifts. There is collection of Christno 90
plays for children too. So far as library
can serve the public need at the Yuletide. the
Wilmington library is doing so.
Miss Woodward's forcthought should be val.
liable to book dealers and buyers alike
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
Scouts On The Job

Once again the Wilmington traffic squad
will have reason to be ateful that such an
organization as the Boy Scouts exists when.
starting on Saturday, local members will take
station at downtown intersections to regulate
the movements of pedestrians
1t has long been the custom of Scouts to
give this service, IN the interest of traffic
safety, as Christmas approa ches With bam-
boo wands, and dressed in their familiar uni
forms, four Scouts do guard duty at downtown
corners, holding back I'll persons afoot when
the red signal shines and releasing them as
the green goes on, with no other reward than
the satisfaction everybody gets in doing a
necessary JOB well.
The police traffic squad is so inadeuuatelv
manned it could not hope to control Christ
mas-shopping crowds without this invaluable
service by Wilmington Scouts So splendid has
their service proved, and so high is the re-
spect of the public fo- Scoutdom. they are
willingly accorded all authority over pedes-
trian movements.
For the good of America, may their tribe
increase
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
The Literary Guidepost

but actually he never has left the
Croy form. The important thing is
that he can take you out to the
Croy farm with. him.
Katharine Butler Hathaway's
The Little Locksmith'' is what
might be called a spiritual auto
biography, and to be truthful. it
IS a shade too spiritual for me.
And also shade too self-centered.
The author was deformed, and
her book IS the detailed and lushIy
written story of the way in which
She made a life fc, herself. It is
certainly present for a woman.
SO is Maggie Owen Wadelton's
maggie No Douot, although the
lrlshness OF this story of a young
girl fresh tom the Ould Sod is
we'll enough. sailed .or a male pal
ate. Far and away the best
straight biography Of the year is
Richard Abingdon THE Duke
as attractive as Guedalla's, and
less capric1cus. 1t is certainly the
pest modern study OF the Duke of
wellington, and it reads with the
greatest of ease. And for the mu-
steal, there is very good bio
graphy of q much misunderstood
man, chasteiy entitled 'Tchaikow-
SKY by It's author; Herbert Weill-
stock
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
BY JOHN .SELBY
books about perS,


If seems to ME there are three
asutobiographies this year which
should please men particularly.
One is for men with reasonably
literary tas.es, although it is not,
at all stuffy Jobrfhis is Ferris
Greenslet's Under the Bridge"
Mr.. Greenslet Is Houghton Milf
films famous editor, and in his life
he has met dozens of important
people. and also fished assiduous-
ly in the streams of this and other
countries. I have tried the book
on a couple of women, and both
of them liked it as much as I did.
Any man, and many older Wo-
men will delight in ''those
We're the Days, by Edward R.
Hewitt. Mr.. Hewitt is Peter Coon
er's grandson, and Abram. his
father, was once mayor of New
York. The book covers, one wav
or another, the whole span of our
existence as a country, and prob
ably better than in any book of
"reminiscences In a decade.
And Homer Croy's "Co,n+r,,
Cured" is FOR any man or wo1nan
who views small-town Or country
life with nostalgia. Physically. Mr.,
Croy has WANDERERS Iono 1ua,,
from his native Ma1yville. Mo-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
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BID OPENINGS

Sealed Proposals fer the general
contract to build the Wrightsville
Beach municipalities cnsored sew
erage system will be opened at
2::3O p. M, Thursday
The opening of the bids will be
by Mayor Russell Wood in the
presence of Paul S. Van Camp,
consulting engineer: and c. F.
Churchill, resident engineer for
the Federal Works Agency.
eleven constructor firms are
bidding for the sewer contract, in
Guiding j D Orrel1 OF Wilmington.
and the A. Guior Construction
company. ol Charlotte, which is
building the Carolina Beach sewer
age system
Town Clerk e. L. Benson report
ed that construction Of the 1874, 900
project is expected to be started
early in January if the contract is
awarded Immediately following the
opening of bids EVA officials
have expressed the belief that the
system viii. be comp leted within
seven or eight months
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
QUOTATIONS

Somebody stole an Oklahoma woman's shoes
in night club. That's funny-most people
lose their shirts.
girl who has curves mus keep a level
head.
Is if true that the ladies who act in those
radio horror thrillers must take a scream test?
The Japs haven't been SO loud lately in
their hoasts Of plane supremacy. Guess thev're
coming down to earui.
Anyone looking for ar Inexpensive apart.
ment these days is in suite predicamentl
with +be GAS and liquor shortage it's oo.
WIN t tt,e about all fellow can spend get
a girl is the evening
c.ar,,.n leaders are reported havjno
o Gern III nerves 1t used to be rervei bad
Marines are especially good at fioh+;,,
49, South Pacific, says > military snaa:g IN
Wed amend that to read: Marines are
necially good at fighting (perod). are
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
Of Little Worth To Japan

Reports from the southwest Pacific indicate
on New Britain too hot for them, what with
the heavy pounding they are getting from
the air and the mastery of the waters around
the island seized by Admiral Halsey's naval
force. 1t would not be surprising, therefore,
If they moved out entirely. in line with the
new strategy of Tokyo which provides for
the abandonment of positions when there is
still a way to escape.
Nor is this the only reason that could &C.
count for Japanese exodus from New Brit
ain and abandonment of its Rabaul base.
Their chief reason for occupying New Britain
and maintaining strong force al Rabaul was
to have major base from which to supply
and protect their positions to the south, par
tcularly the Solomons group and New Guinea.
With Rabaul fully prepared to send equip
ment planes, supplies. munitions, troops and
whatever else might be needed in the Solo.
mons ana New Guinea. the enemy could be
fairly certain of clinging to the southerly por-
ton of their conquered territory north of AIS.
.tralia
But now that the japanese have been driven
from the Solomons save for a tenuous hold
in Bougainville and On the northerly reaches
of New Guinea, and with thei1 Rabaul base
practically destroyed they have no reason r.
go on fighting in New Britain Rather i,
seems more probable, hey vii; abandon the
island and possibly New IRELAND as well anc
concentrate upon the defense Of Truk. where
their main fleet is supposed to be hiding ane
the loss of which would take another barrier
from the Allied approach to Japan itself.
This would seem the logical thing to do
On the other nand, since Macarthur and Hal
sey have done such a thorough job on Rabau
and in wiping out the Japanese in New Guine;
and tEe Solomons, the Allied strategy ma!
contemplate by-passpg New Britain and cut
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
Raymond Clapper Says:
Fate OF World May Be
In Hands OF -Four Men

BILE decisions. The decisions are
irrevocable because the train of
decisions can be put into effect
without recourse.
This is almost saying that we
are at the mercy OF four indis-
pensablc men. l cringe from the
phrase, yet it is almost that, in
the sense that these four men are
the best available instruments for
the job. They are the best men
because they are there. Willkie
might have been better than Roos-
velt-if he had been put in there
in 1910. But SO much consists in
being there. As Oliver Wendell
Holmes once said in commenting
on John Marshall, "a great man
represents great ganglion in the
nerves of society, or to vary the
figure, a Strategic point in h e
campaign Of history, and part of
his greatness consists of his being
there"
Perhaps this crisis period will
pass soon. Perhaps another year
will see the fundamentals disposed
of so that it would matter less if
we put in new man who did
not know so much about the inner
and unWrittan history of this crisis.
To a greater degree by far than
ever before we have placed our
destiny in the keeping of one man
What Roosevelt has agreed to at
Teheran we may nc. know entirely
for a long time to come. He has
cast the die for the United States
perhaps in decisions from which
there can never be any turning
back. In that sense we are COM
pletely at his mercy
But when we see votes cast as
in New York state last month. and
as in Kentucky, and all over the
country, l cont believe any of us
can seriously feel tkst the Ameri
can people are IN danger of losing
fundamental control of their gov
eminent. All except one of the
big northern industrial states are
now Republican. Tho switch to Re-
publican control in Congress is ex-
pected by almost everybody in pol
itics. With that change already in
progress, we need no. worry about
the danger of losing popular con-
troll.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON.-In the nature oil
things, some important decisions
taken at Teheran may not be re.
vealed for the time being. The
work Of Roosevelt, Churchill and
Stain at that meeting will be
judged, not on the basis of COM
ment today which is necessarily
uniformed, but later when the ma
ture of the decisions and their eff
fects are known.
There is something just a bit
disquieting in the atmosphere of
oriental vanity and arrogance that
seems to hang over these meet
ings, in the martial way in which
these meetings are carried off,
with barbed wire barbados and
bayonets against the press, and
with Some of the civilian political
heads of states wearing military
uniforms.
l do not wish to labor the point
and perhaps I am mistaken but
| have strange, irexplicable feel
ing OF diSquiet as l look at the
martial pictures anc read the de-
scriptiors OF the treatment of the
press at these meetings. Reporters
are not privileged individuals in
themselves. They are the eyes and
ears of the people back home Per-
haps the military has spoiled us,
but war corr espondents are trusted
and given cooperation by military
and naval Headquarters in a way
totally lacking at these conferences
by our political heads of states.
These are strange signs in heads
of so-called oemocracies.
Yet such conferences are necs-
sary and no obstacle and no pref
udice should thoughtiessly be rails
ed against them.
Perhaps it is a paradox of this
period that in order to win the
victory necessary to the democrat
ic way Of life, and to organize the
postwar security necessary to that
life. we must for the time being
work through four men who have
the personal leadership of the war.
It almost amounts to depending
on four personal dictators, for in
such conferences as tn sc the
three or four principals present
have the power to make irrevoca-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
PASTOR ACCEPTS

NEW BERN, Zee. 8.-The Rev.
F. Hubert Morris will become pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church here in January.
Now pastor of the Presbyterian
church in Chatham, Va, Mr.. Nor
ris has accepted a call to the local
rastorate, succeeding the Rev. R.
E. Mcclure who resigned last
April to become secretary Of the
at Asheville.
Born in Winston-Salem, Mr.. Nor
ris attended public schools there,
then graduated at Davidson col
lege, and took theological courses
at Union seminary in Richmond.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
COUPONS STOLEN

Approximately $1,000 in cash anu
an undetermined amount OF gdSO'
line coupons were taken from
service station at Seventeenth dna
Wrightsville avenue Tuesday hlgn.
by thiefs who opened the sale "
working the combination. ..
Entry was gained through s-u.
door by removing a pane OF gles.
large enough to admit a small lilo"
to crawl through. -
The station had been ranSache"
and an amount Of small chah7'
taken from the cash register 90,
eral checks and a 81 bill was le4
untouched in the cash drawer
Harry E. Fales, Of the couH!
bureau of Identification, repofte-
that an investigation was uhaI.
way, and that latent finger-pflD"
had been uncovered.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09

ting all communication between Rabaul and
japan. while the attack on Truk is reaching
the proportions of major engagement. How
ever this may turn out, it is apparent that
New Britain and it's once great base at Rabaul
have lost their value 10 Tokyo.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
Yuletide Books At Library

Leave it to Wilmingtons versatile librarian
Miss Emma Woodwood to do the right thing
at the right time.
The public library performs great service
to- the community, with its expanded popula-
ton, not only by keeping UP with the demand
for new loan books, as fer as available money
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and tho New, accent. mn
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr. PexIer
and often disagree with them rs much a. MANI ~
his rsaders His articles the good purpose Of
making people think. IS
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
SMITH SURRENDERS

MORGANTON, Dec. g. (R -
Richard Smith, 29-year-old form
er, charged with murder in con-
nection with the shotgun Staying
Monday night of his first cousin,
JUNE A. Dale, "a, surrendered
here this morning to police and
was held in jail without privilege
of bond.
An order requesting that Smith
De held for Superior Court on the
murder charge was rendered by
coroner's jury at an inquest
conducted yesterday by acting
coroner Stanley Moore.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu-
ton of the war to complete Vic.
tory.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Oh, only those who carry sleepless scars
Can know how sweet sleep is that comes
at last,
And only eyes that have looked long at
stars
Have learned nights secret as it marches
past;
Have learned to know how quiet God
must keep
To guide an earth through stars-that
men may sleep.
Grace Noll Crowell.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09

congress authorized establish
ilen1 oi separate Army engi-
neer corps in March, 1902.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-09

Peat is the principal fuel use'
il Haan2n2erfest, NorW ay, "" {
ropes most not.'erly city.
La gaceta., 1943-08-02

do Perez, Esteban Rodriguez, Jack
Diaz, Isolina Fernandez, Yolanda
Diaz, Teresa Fernandez, Diuora
Perez, vi Suarez y Mary Lopez.
Mayores: Pedro Rodriguez, Gu
mersindo Lopez, Victoria Lazzara,
C~onstante Dfaz, Benny Perez,
Nicanor Gonzalez, Manuel Justiz,
Luis Quesada, Emilio Hernandez,
todos estos sehores con sus respec-
twas esposas.
Los duenos de la casa obsequia-
ron con dulces Y refrescos, no fall
tando ell traditional "Cake".
Que pueda cumplir muchos amos
mas y ~acariciada por sus papas.
La gaceta., 1943-08-02
PARA E YORK

En- dias de la presente semana
partira para la metr6poli newyor-
quina, luego de haber disfrutadc
de varias semanas de vacaciones,
en- esta ciudad, la Sra. Dora Ro-
nero y su hijo Nelson.
Durante su estancia aqui sc
hospedaron en- la residential de su
mama polftica, Sra. Guillermina
Romero.
La Sra. Romero paso una sema-
ia de vacaciones en- una de nues-
tras playas.
LIE deseamos un feliz viaje.
La gaceta., 1943-08-02
PARA SU
A

Luego de haber pasado en- ests
varios dias de vacaciones, regresd
al campamento Picket, en- Vir-
ginia, ell Pvt. Benjamin Fernan-
DEE, hijo de los esposos Avelina y
Benjamin Fernandez, residences
del 1916 de la Oncena avenida.
A la estaci6n acudieron a despe-
dries sus familiares Y amistades.
Ventura y ascencos para ell a
migo.
La gaceta., 1943-08-02
FIESTA DE
CUMPLEANOS

En- la noche de aver fue feste-
jada en- su cumpleahos la nina
Jennie Fernandez.
La fiestecita Sc la ofrecieron
sus padres, los esposos Joe y Ma
ria Fernandez, en- su domicilio de
la Gale 81.
A compartir de la algeria y fies
tecita de Jennie acudieron los si-
guientes ninos:
Rogelio Hernandez, Rosemaria
Rodriguez, Grace Fernandez, Hec-
tor Lopez, Julio Gonzalez, Fernan-
La gaceta., 1943-08-02
NACIMIENTo

Vino al mundo con toda felici-
dad una hermosa ninita, hija de
la bella sonora Anita Paz y de
nuestro amigo Willie Paz.
Ell alumbramiento tuvo lugar
en- ell Sanatorio del Centre Astu-
riano.
La nueva ciudadana llevar$ ell
nombre de Marta Maria.
Tanto ella como la mama seran
trasladadas en- ell dia de hoy para
su hogan en- la barraiada de West
Tampa.
Nuestra enhorabuena a los fe-
lices papas.
La gaceta., 1943-08-02
Ell ASEDIO DE MADRID
POr EDUARDO ZAMACOIS

con matar a sus defensores, las
hiciesen paste del fuego. En- ell
azabache estrellado de la noche
estival aquellos inmensos brase-
ros fulgian magnificamente, MINI
bados de rojo, y por momentos
sus torres parecian mas atlas, CO.
mo 81 ell suplicio que sufrian las
e~stirase. A ratios Ell incendio des-
bordaba de los ventanales Y tre-
pando, semejante a una hiedra
mortal, por las fachadas, las ba-
naba en- luz. Cuando algIn muro
Sc desplomaba o Sc hundia una
b6veda, produciase un gigantesco
remolino de hume, y de inflama-
das pavesas y ell cielo, s6bitamen-
tie iluminado, latia como una pu-
pila. Entonces ell jIbilo de la mul-
titud, presente al espectaculo, re-
ventaba en- aplausos. Aquellos edi-
ficios habfan durado bastante; su
mission estaba cumplida; eran ana
cr6nicos, pesaban, estorbaban y
vertian sobre la ciudad un helor
carcelario. FL tempo los conde-
naba a muerte y ell pueblo JUS
ticiero los ejecutaba. Aquellos in
cendios eran los autos de fe que
mandaba hacer la Civilization.
De este iban hablando una tar
de Vicente Heredia Y su vecino ell
senior Genaro. Casualmente Sc
tropezaron en- una taberna de la
Plaza de Lavapies. Entraron q be-
Der un vase de cerveza v sosegada
Ia apetencia que les habia reunido
Sc encaminaban a la Gale de la
Esgrima, donde ambos vivian, 81
bien en- domicilios distintos.
Ell senior Genaro pasaba de los
cincuenta amos. Era pequeno Y tan
levantado de hombros, que la ca
beza parecia brotarle Immediate
mente del tronco. Llevaba STEM
pre- desabotonada la camisa, para
mejor respirar, y cuando Sc senta-
ba Ell vientre lie descansaba en- los
muslos Y cast lie alcanzaba a las
rodillas, pues tenia las piernas
muy cortas. Conocidisimo en- TODD
ell distrito de la Inclusa por 10 ha-
blador y regosijado, viva de ven-
der nueces, avellanas y cacahue-
ties que diariamente transportaba
a lomos de un borriquillo, oreju-
do Y enano. Paciente, d6cil, re-
flexivo, "Churrito'-asf lie nom
braban-era la continuation de su
dueno: 81 este Sc detenia, Ell tam
bien Sc paraba, y apenas lie veia
andar echaba tras Ell. Su don de
imitaci6n lie servfa de ronzal.
"Churrito" hubiera podido traba-
jar en- un circo.