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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
A Legion Home

Wilmington's American Legion Post No 10
has splendid project up for consideration
1t is to build home for returning soldiers
so that no man released from military service
within its jurisdiction need lack resting
place go without the association of his
buddies while he reorients himself The pro-
posal is to be discussed at the post meeting
on Thursday night, which means that, if the
true value of the project is understood by
the members, there will he 100 per cent at.
tendance.
Soldiers are coming home by the thousand
They have been through strange, unsettline
experiences. The hell of battle does something
to men that is hard to over come, even when
best the Legion and every civilian can do
to help them readjust their lives. to find sat
isfactory and gainful employment, to learn
again to enjoy a peaceful existence
Having been through a similar experience
in the former World war, the Legionnaires
we'll know what these new veterans are en-.
during, spiritually and economically, and their
need for brotherly kindness and assistance
All Legonnaires will want to learn the rec
concentrations of their committee charged
with developing the plan when it makes its
report on Thursday night
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
7USO Addition Needed Now

One of the chief complaints against war.
time agencies is that they do not first become
thoroughly familiar with actual conditions
when they make their rulings but depend too
largely upon hearsay evidence or theoretical
deductions.
A case in point is the rejection by the Fed
eral Works Agency Of plans for enlargine the
UsO center at Second ami Orange which. it
declares, is based on word from the War
Department that the proposed addition does
not represent ''war-connecteu need 81
that failure to proceed with the construction
would be detrimental to the war effort
If the FWA had taken the trouble to ex-
anime the situation it would have found the
USO building at Orange and Second incapa.
BILE of meeting the call OF visiting soldiers.
It would have found the building overcrowd.
ed, particularly at week-ends, and many men
in uniform unable even to get inside. to say
nothing Of enjoying its facilities. This knowl
edge would have enabled the FWA to lay in
formation before the War Department which
must have changed its opinion On the neec
for the addition, if the War Department count.
entertainment and recreation of value i'll main
tanning morale among the armed forces
hacking knowledge. sai,ed by its own in
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Doing A Grand Job

High school boys have done more than their
bit in helping the post office over the Christ
mas hump. They are highly complemented
by postal authorities for their efficiency in
a strange job. When the task of getting holi
day mail of all kinds distributed on time
large share Of the credit viii 60 to these
boys who stepped into the manpower breach.
Wilmington residents, however, will not be
the only benefciaries Of ti,eir services. They
themselves are getting valuable training which
will come in handy when they take UP the
tasks of manhood whether they enter the
postal service or not Their contact with the
public and the greater recognition thew are
gaining OF the necessity for careful perform
ance in any task to meet success therein is
helping to fit them for their later business
or professional careers
ANY recognition of the extraordinary serv-
ices being rendered by outside workers in
handling the Christmas rush would be made
quate it it failed to include the help given the
express company, too, and the splendid lob
at the Chamber of Commerce ard USO GEN.
tiers in wrapping and mailing Christmas pack
ages. Both soldiers and civilians have re-
celved courteous and competent assistance. If
is not easy to see how the tremendous load
OF Christmas mail and express could be NOV
ing so expediciously without this corps of
volunteers
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
The Literary Guidepost

between a few characters intro
duced solely to provide a spring
board for Jung and Bottome. Miss
Echard does it through the day to
day action of her lieutenant and
those with whom he has contact.
This is the essence of fiction.
Before I Wake" is set in Cali
fornia. The victim is a handsome
female writer and publicist who
never appears On the scene since
she is dead, but who is perfectly
known to the reader at the end
Of the book through her influence
ON the lives of a number of char
acters, some of them young boys
she has befriended for a purpose
that seems, up 10 the last pages,
quite naughty, 10 put it mildly.
II turns out to be much worse
than naughty.
Around the central problem Miss
Echard has set a group of ex-
t, emely interesting people. Prac-
t1cally every person in the book
IS directly connected in some way
WIN the central mystery, but this
IS not all OF their interest for the
reader. Each of them is the sort
OF character that generates inter
est IN the mind of the reader, with
OUT observing the central land
very attractive) problem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

yestigation of the conditions at this USO build
ung it had no choice. In its ignorance it
accepted the War Departments urderapprais-
al and let the project collapse en- it's hands
The only course that seems to be open now
IS for some one whose voice carries weight
War Department the errcrs in it's decision
and bring what influence is available upon
it to reconsider the project, not at some in
definite time in the future which could well
be after the war is over and the USO is no
longer required, but Immediately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
BY JOHN SELBY
Before I Wake BY Margan
Echard Crime Club; $2).

Echard Crime Club; $2).
Before I Wake" is being pub.
]ished as a mystery because, ap-
parently, the publisher could think
of no better classification. It is
just as much a love story, or
psychological study, or a novel of
wrote the book, and make no mis-
take about it, Miss Echard can
write. She is technically far supe-
rior to great many practitioners
whose product sells in more gran
diose classifications.
One example of this should be
enough. In Before / Wake'' Miss
Echard has a lieutenant in the
Air Force who got his at Quad
alcanal. He has been hospitalized
in California, and physically he
is back to normal. But he brought
back from Guadalcanal purpose,
snugly concealed in his subcon-
seious, and through the period of
time covered by Miss Echard's
novel this subcoascious urge rises
gradually to the surface If Phy1-
lis Bottome were accomplishing
this psychological maneuver she
would do it by chapter after chap
ter OF lungs abnormal psychology
thlnly disguised gas conversation
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Confiscatory Interest

Senator OMahoney of Wyoming has the fac
ulty of finding the leaks In the governments
financial dams. Now he mas pointed out the
effect of the public debt on the everyday life
of the American people. What he says is not
looked.
Hear him:
GAS of August 81 1913, the interest obliga-
ton of the United States government on its
outstanding and guaranteed securities amount
ed to $4,000, 0CO, 900. The actual amount of
interest paid by the government during the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
FIREWORKS AGAIN

To the Editor:
The police department issued
warning through the local press
that it is a violation of the law to
use fireworks in the city Despite
this warning, they are still being
used, on Sabbath days as well as
week days.
Doubtless every block has one
Or more sick, afflicted, or nervous
person, to whom the explosion of
fireworks is a form of torture. If
there is any good reason why they
should be made to suffer in this
way, especially during the Christ
1las season. 1 should like to know
what it is. There is no justifica-
ton for fireworks at this time. as
they are completely out of season
and out of place.
In the home where the writer
lives is a man who has been a
hed7ridden inward for more than
half year. A week or two ago
TWO boys began setting off fire
crackers nearby I explained the
situation and asked them either to
stop or move farther away with
their fireworks. They stopped for
q short time and then began
again. On calling the police, two
officers soon came and interview
ed the boys in question. Since then
they have given no more trouble
in that direction.
There aren't enough men on the
police force to put an officer on
every block. However, if those who
are being annoyed by fireworks
would notify the department, they
would probably receive relief from
Il nuisance that is unnecessary and
for.
F. H. WILLARD
Wilmington. N. C.
Dec. 81, 1913.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON, - There should
be the least possible delay on the
part of President Roosevelt and
other Allied leaders in Teheran
and Cairo. A crop CT rumors is
breeding fast. The longer the 81
lence the more vicious the rumors
become. Enemies abroad and trou-
blemakers at home thrive on these
SilenceS.
The report has been broadcast
everywhere that General Marshall
is not going TO London after all,
that he will stay here as Chief of
Staff, and that General Eisenhow-
err will assume command of the
projected cross-channel invasion
at a time conditioned upon some
military developments. These re-
ports seem to be true. President
Roosevelt was asked about the
reports after they were in print.
He declined to comment.
The reports then sprouted new
growth, among them the rumor
that Churchill vetoed General Mar
shall and that the latter is broken
hearted. That, you will recall, is
just the reverse OF the old rumor
that Churchill was forcing Mar
shall out as Chief Of Staff and
that the general was Lroken-heart-
ed at the prospect Of being trans
ferred to England
Can silence in official quarters
help when such reports are being
printed all over the world?
At Mr.. Roosevelt's press con-
ference when he returned to the
White House from his long trip,
he said practically nothing except
that he and Stain were realists.
Perhaps he does need a brief
time in which TO prepare his re-
port to the public with care. But
Mr.. Roosevelt's report in his
Christmas Eve radio talk and in
his annual message to Congress
about Jan. should tell a great
deal more than Secretary Hull told
in his address to Congress. For
tunately some background as to
what really happened at Moscow
has gradually become available to
correspondents. But that is not suf-
ficient. Nor is it satisfactory way
to inform the public We trust our
destiny in Mr.. Roosevelt's hands
in such conferences as these, an
as the leader of democratic peo-
pie he is under obligation to re-
port frankly.
The repressive treatment of
newspaper correspondents at Cal
70 and Teheran suggested an ORR
entail contempt for the eyes and
ears of the people that is some
what disturbing. But we will know
that such apprehensions are base
less if Mr. Roosevelt lays it on the
line when he makes his public re-
port.
This is not matter of satisfy
ing the idle curiosity of the coun-
try. On the contrary it is a mat
ter Of meeting the most justified
concern Of the American people
about their own destiny.
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stain and
Chang have made bargains with
each other. Those are bargains
that for the most part the people
Of the respective countries will
have to fulfill. AS to military oper-
ations, secrecy viii be accented
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Raymond Clapper Says:
Public Should Be Told
of Some 7eheran Moves

by the American public. 1t will not
be accepted for long as to polite
al bargains.
We would have been a good deal
better prepared for the Pearl Har-
Dor attack if our officials had been
more frank with the public about
the danger of a break with Japan.
AS it was you only knew by grape
vine around Washington of the
serious danger of a bread. Some
of the normal sources of news &C.
tually closed up under orders dur
ing the Kurusu talks here. Secre-
tary Hull wanted nc leaks. 1t was
chiefly through the off-the-record
tip given by one official that
Washington correspondents learn
ed we were on the brink OF war.
In the next two weeks Mr..
Roosevelt has his chance to make
his international polit,cking a mat
ter of democratic participation by
taking the American people into
his confidence
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
LETTER BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing in this
department. They represent the views
of the individual readers. Core
spondent are warned that all COM
munications must contain the correct
name and address for our records,
though the letter may be signed as
the writer sees fit. The Star-News
reserves the right to alter any text
that for any reason is Objectionable.
Letters on controversial subjects will
not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu-
ton of the war to complete Vic
tory.

TOP OF THE MORNING
A goodwill flame within the heart
A zeal tosact a nobler part;
An urge the upward way to start
That's Christmas!
A charming softness in the voice;
A wish to make His way our choice;
A smile when other hearts rejoice
That's Christmas!
E. G. Baird.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
very gaunt and strinpv hroode ~

very gaunt and stringy broods of
apprentice turkeys.
''And flat-footed, too" Mr.. Hus-
sey said. Mr.. Hussey told the
story at the 9 o'clock show at the
night club where he was emploved
but. in Difference to certain renre.
sensations made by a COMMITTEES
Of real estate men, dropped it from
his act thereafter, ~ - 0--'
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
GOVERNOR BKlCkER .
ADVICE.

Governor Bricker says l ~
American people have got 10 III III
down to work. What does ne "a,
what they're doing right now ~,
carrying a daisy chain?-St' L0'gs
Post-DiSpatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
sOthers Say 1t
CHILDISH WISDOM.

Three-year-old Willie had taken
his mothers powder puff and "d'
making himself up, as he'd seen sr
her do. His five-year-old S!s'e,
came in, looked at him a horrlneta,
moment. then plucked the pu.
from Willie hand only laoles
use powder; gentlemen W ~
themselves" - Wall Street jour
nal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Inside
Washington

WASHINGTON. - Who will "a,
troll the Senate after the 1914 el sr'
tons is a deep mystery that [ oe,:.
the ballot box can solve Amy,
anything can happen. That's bos1
close the Senate control fight NV
pears likely to be when tha 7o n.y.
Congress is organized in Jan,a r~'
l945. 'S'
November's off-year election,
with the strong republican uph,~'
in strategic states, forecast Sh
stantlal gains in Republican sen
atorial seats.
The terms of 80 of the 96 seno
tors expire next year, LEAVING a.
noldovers. Then there is 33rd
seat to fill-the two-year remain1
CT Of the unexpired term of fl.
late W. Warren Barbour, New 1er
sey Republican.
The Senate as constituted TODAY
has So Democrats, 81 Republican,
AID one Progressive. Up for elec.
ton next year are II Republicans
and q Democrats, plus the New
Jersey short tenn now held nv
democrat.
The Republicans should hold All
IF their II seats while the onIv
seats the Democrats are sure "a
hold are those in the solid sofb
and Arizona and Nevada in tbe
lar west.
This means that IL seats are in
debatable territory - states which
showed strong Republican trends
in 1912, 1943, or both years.
Should Republicans take these
seats and recover the New JERSEY
seat, the Senate score would he
so Republicans to As Democrats
end one Progressive-Robert M
La Toilette of Wisconsin.
The COP must recover New Jer.
sey and get 10 Ct the 70 debatable
seats to total 48, half of the Sen.
etc. With LaFollette voting with
the Democrats, the Senate then
would present tie for the next
vice president 20 break, With La.
Toilette voting with the Democrats
the Senate then would present a
tie for the next vice president to
break. With LaFollette voting on
their side the Republicans would
have a majority of one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
HOW NOT TO SAVE PAPEh'

So far, we nave received on III.
six copies of the government a ~
lease urging that paper be .G ;a
served. - Memphis Commei'''
Appeal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

She looked as if she had been
poured into her dress and forgot
to say when Coast Guard Maya
zine
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the New, .essp.. ma
fesponsibity for the personal visws Of Mr.. PeKier
ma sften disasres with them nueh many Of
us feAeerA His articles serve the COED purpose Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

Grand opera: NeWspapermen in
Washington were pleased and sat.
isfied with the way Admiral Ches.
Ter W. Nimitz handled the cover
age of the recent American inva.
sion of the Gilbert islands. Prior
to the invasion. Nimitz ordered his
commanders in the field to cooper
ate fully with War correspondents
assigned to the Central Pacific.
Following the successful invasion
a newspaperman assigned TO the
Navy put the following waggish
tribute to Nimitz on the bulletin
BOARD in the N avy department
PRESS room:
Central and South Pacific the
ater, Chester w. Nimitz, manager;
7 ositively the last appearance Of
in The Mikado' Also Toe
Joe Assisted by Harry Kari il
The Pirates !"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

the truth and Guardian of right
eousness and peace. Amen. -
w. T. E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

Small electric. motors are TIKI
major bottleneck il the way o.
frore new washing machines and
electric refrigerators, WPB Off
Gals disclose. Reason-they are
tied up by the aircraft industry
After all, you can't slow up pro
duction of planes to make a few
washing machines, one WPB eX-
rert observed.
AS a result, WPB has no en-
couragement for the housewife as
10 when she will be able to BUY
a new washing machine or retHg'
orator.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

The War Department mas ols-
closed the development Of an all
purpose, all-weather gasoAAe oe,
signed to meet year round cohOdt
requirements of all Army ground
forces vehicles from ieeps to 'anN'
Specifications for the new 9aSo,
line insure maximum operatlonaI
efficiency at temperatures ranging
from zero to extreme heat, thereby
Eliminating the necessity Of dlf1ef,
ntiating between summer anu
winter grades. Slightly oilleLe',
requirements are specified Tor luel
for use in extremely cold CLIMATES
Mrs. John Gunther, wife OF las
author-war correspondent, was les'
tifying before the House torelgl
affairs committee in support VI
legislation to promote the rescue
of oppressed Jews in Europe, no
treasurer of the Emergency CqIn
mittee to Save the Jews OF NJ,
rope, she was appealing in d low
voice for congressional action "
support the cause. Suddenly 'ns
hearing room calm was shatIeleu =,
by the clang of the House pen
which notifies members that a seS'
sion begins in IS minutes.
Startled. Mrs. Gunther wa >
brought up short
pm not stepping on a bell, am
u" she asked Chairman ooi
Bloom.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-01

union PICNIC
NEXT SUNDAY
ID. w. Chapman, State President
to Speak at Gathering on
Porcupine Creek.
Program Is Jointly Sponsored
by North, South Valley
Organizations.

The seventh annual joint picnic
of the North and South valley units
of the Farmers Union will be held
Sunday, July 4, on Porcupine creek
a short distance north of Nashua
it vas announced this week by Jas
per DeDobbeleer ST., member OF
the South Valley committee on ar
rangements.
D. w. Chapman, now of Great
Falls, president of the Montana
Farmers Union, will be principal
speaker at a program opening at
1870. other program features are
planned.
Mr.. Chapman is we'll known in
northeastern Montana and operates
a farm at Peerless. He is former
state senator and state representa-
tive from Daniels county.
Races and other contests for both
children and adults also are planned
for the picnic.
Another highlight will be the ira
ditional baseball game between
North and South Valley teams.
Due to rationing of soft drinks
picnic-goerS were reminded that
there will be no refreShment stands
on the grounds so it will be neces-
sary for them to bring their own.
South Valley Farmers Union mem
bers working on plans for the pic.
mic are Mr.. DeDobbeleer, John Am.
estoy Of HinSdale and Charles Bartl
of Nashua. A similar committee ha!
been appointed from the North Val
lev unit.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-01
Drop Change in
Bottle to Give
Soldiers Smokes

That spare nickel change will
buy a package of cigaretS for
some service man on the fight
ing fronts.
This was pointed out today by
J.. p. Sternhagen, chairman OF
the Glasgow Kiwanis club war
time services committee, who
announced that milk bottles
are to be placed at many cOun-
tiers i'm the city where change
may be dropped.
Cigarets go taX-free to SOL
diers, he explained, so each five
cent piece will provide a pack
age, If the club receives $50
through the milk bottle dona-
tions, it will be able to buy
1000 packs.
Through arrangement with
the war department., they'll be
shipped overseas without cost
and be receipted for by either
the commanding office or the
chaplain of the outfit to which
they are sent.
"a nickel doesn't amount to
much and those smokes mean a
lot to the men at the front
so don't forget to leave a little
change in the milk bottle MIR.
Sternhagen urged.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-01
RAINFALL IN
MONTH over
five INCHES
Observers Figures Show Total
for June at Glasgow
Is SIT.
Three Downpours Friday Bring
1872 Inches; Hail Also
Reported.

a hard rain Wednesday with Al
inch of rain and three downpourS
Friday morning which totaled 1.32
inches brought the June rainfall
total in Glasgow to SIT inches, 1t
was reported today by Elmer Hall
weather observer.
A light hail fell here with the
last heavy rain Friday, but west
and north of Glasgow considerable
hail damage was reported.
Zen Boreson reported he lost 1876
acres of wheat, all insured, as well
as 80 acres of feed, which may yet
make a crop. Damage extended
from Vandalia east and northeast
in a belt several miles wide. Among
others reported suffering damage
in varying degrees were Anders
Tveito. K. o. Stolen, Isaac Simon,
Tor, Cornwell, Erwin Wagner and
Carl Person.
II Glasgow, the moisture softened
foundations of the building occupied
by the Glasgow Flower shop. They
settled and part of the south wall
of the building fell, pulling the
whole building so that the north
wall curved inward. The building
was declared unsafe by Fire Chief
F. D. Alvord and is now being torn
down at the direction of its owner,
J. w. Wedum.
The heavy rains caused some
sewers TO back here, while the Run
ole building basement was flooded.
Milk river ran full for several days
and flooded some %loWlands, while
many tributary creeks were near
flood stage.
James K. McGibney, county agent,
said the heavy moisture slowed beet
thinning and accentuated the labor
shortage. There is need for more
beet thinnerS, he said.
With the exception of hail dam
age the past two weeks, he re-
ported crop conditions v e the
county as excellent. Insect damage
so Jar is slight and livestock are in
good condition. Potatoes are Show
ing good stands and cor is coming
up in fine shape.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-01
Last Pre.Sch00l.
Clinic Scheduled
On Next Tuesday

Final examination and vaccina-
ton clinic for local children who
will enter school in the fall will
be held under the direction of DR..
N. o. Agneberg, county health Of
ficer. at the South Side school Tues
day afternoon from 100 to 4, it
was announced TODAY by Miss Aagot
Liam, county healt HGSf.
I'VE urge all pa No have
children entering sc''0-l fall
to bring them to t. c3tc Ger eX-
animation" Miss ! q ach
will be given a co1,g.~-e yAya:cr'
examination so tha cry eete>S
that might hamper his progress =!
school can be remedied before fall"
Also, she said, all children are
expected to be protected from small
pox, d%iphtheria and whooping cough
before entering school and may re-
ceive vaccination and incubation
for them at the clinic.
Miss Liam asked that mothers
bring with them medical eXamin-
alton blanks that were previously
mailed.