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Evening star., 1943-01-11
Knox Visits West Coost

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. II R.-
Secretary Of the Navy Knox has ar
rived in the San Francisco Bay area
on a short, routine inspection trip,
the 18th Naval District disclosed last
night.
Evening star., 1943-01-11
Side Whose Home Front Has Most Endurance
Will Win War, Herbert Hoover Predicts

This Is the first OF a series OF
sir articles on Home Fronts and
Globdl Strategy" Uritten BY Her.
bert Hoover at the request of the
Associated Press.
Evening star., 1943-01-11
One Small Voice BY John K;eron
Looking Backward Into American History

The Bill Of Rights was mentioned
(not too favorably) by Vice Presi-
dent Wallace recently. The Bill
of Rights. of course, is not a bill"
Evening star., 1943-01-11
Congress in Brief
Senate and House:

Scnxtc ana HOUSE.
Special Senate committee to in
vestigate fuel oil and gasoline short
ages hears witnesses from ODT and
OPA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
Non-Tox Paid Liquor
Seized During Raid

A series of raids on Negro homes
Friday night resulted in the seiz-
ure of five and one-half gallons of
non-tax paid liquor at 1921 Queen
street by ABC officers B. W. White
and M. F. Cooke, assisted by city
police.
Bertha Thomas and Alfred
Moore, Negroes, were arrested and
charged in recorders court Satur-
day morning with possession of
non-taxpaid whiskey. The case was
ordered continued until October Is.
Explaining the front door was
broken in order to gain entrance to
the. home, ABC Officer White said
a one-gallon jug of whiskey was
found in the back yard, and four
and one-half gallons discovered
just over the side of fence of the
adjoining yard. Officers testified
the defendants poured one-half gal
lon down the kitchen sink as they
entered the home.
The officers also raided three
other Negro houses in the city in
their search for illegal whiskey,
but found none.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
NEW CLUB FORMED
AT SHIPYARD HERE
Anchor Club Composed OF
Assistant Foremen OF
Various Departments

Organization of the Achor club.
composed of the assistant coremen
in the various departments of the
North Carolina Shipbuilding COM
nanv, was announced Saturday.
Purpose of the organization is
to create a better understanding
among the assistant foreman and
'to tend to bring them and their
families together at social meet
ings, where all can know each 9TH
er in social life as we'll as in bust
ness"
At the first meeting held recent
ly, R. L. Burney, of the Plant En-
gineers, was elected president by
unanimous vote. Other officers
elected were G. E. Hall, vice pres
ident; R. T. Cowling, secretary;
E. G.. Garrett, treasurer; P. B.
Hancock, publicity manager, and
H. E. Bell, sergeant-at-arms.
The board of directors is COM
posed of C. H. AGREE, E. ]. Adams,
H. S.. Capps, G. E. Collier, Jr.,
J F. Miller and J. E. Pully Com
mittees of the club are as follows:
Membership and Finance, j. W.
Eames, chairman, B. o. Bryan,
W. o. Berryhill, L. ]. Rogers, s.
j. Serio and W. H. Stephenson;
Publicity, A. P. Farrar, R. S. Hol
loway, ]. W. Boyd; Program, j.
5. Lashley, chairman, w. D. Woo
dell, j. A. Overman, S. A. Venable
and w. J. Kincaid.
Meetings will be held at 8 pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
|BRIDCERS-COODWIN|
BILL PUSHED HERE
Wilmington Life Under
writer's Association Asks
Support OF Measure

A resolution that North Carolina
congressmen be advised OF the
wilmington Life Underwriters
associations approval OF the Bird
GERS Goodwin bill, now pending
in congress, and urged to support
it. was passed al a meeting Thurs
day in the Hughes building at Maj
fit Village, it was announced
St turday.
The bill proposes that individ-
uals be permitted to deduct
amounst paid during the taxable
year as premiums on any life in
surance policy in force Dec. 8,
1881. to an amount which in any
taxable year does not exceed 10
ner cent of the taxpayers net in
come, not to exceed $1,000.
According to Congressman Good
win. "this bill will permit the
men and women of America who
have had contractural obligations
to keep UP their payments for the
protection of their families. The
hill is anti-inflationary and should
act as a check on initiation
Speaking to the underwriters,
F. o. Fockler, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, pointed out
the many opportunities life I'M
derwriters have, not only in sell
ing insurance, but in cooperating
with and lending aid to various
organizations vital to the progress
and well being of wartime Will
mington.
DR.. John T. Williams Of Phila-
delphia, Pa, director Of American
College of Life Underwriters, and
William B. Andrews, Jr.. of
Greensboro, vice president OF the
National Association of Life I'm
derwriters, both of whom have
keen interest in the local organi-
cation, were elected honorary
members of the Wilmington asso-
citation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
DARK NOV. Is

Freddie Lee Burney, %, Ne
gro man who was looking for
ward to Thanksgiving dinner
so eagerly that he stole, by
his admission, the ingredients
for that festive meal from the
White Ice Cream company's
refrigerators, will be the guest
of the county farm on Thanks
giving Day, Recorder H. Win
field Smith ordered Saturday
morning.
Burney, who plead guilty to
the charge of larceny and re-
ceiving, was sentenced to two
months work on the farm.
1t was reported that Burney
took two dressed turkeys and
a quantity of frozen vegeta-
bles, valued at $40.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10
DESTROYER LOST

LONDON, Oct. 9-R-The loss
of the British destroyer Intrepid
was disclosed in an admiralty com
munique today. 1t gave no details.
The Intrepid took part in the
rescue of 300 Britons from the
Nazi prison ship Altmark In Feb
ruary of 1910 off Norway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10

1T COULDN'T BE VERSE
BY holding the imaginations OF
greeting card writer's and manu-
facturers in check, 23,600 tons OF
paper will be saved this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10

on the second Thursday Of each
month with the location to be de-
cided by the Program committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-10

The average time required for
the cinchona tree to reach maxi
mum yield of quinine is 10 years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-12

shiny fingernails. then he turned
TO Allison.
Il want your stay here to be
most pleasant. Miss Topping. !
thought a great deal of your
father, you know. and anything |
can do for you will be an honor
to me. ! have reserved the best
room In the hotel-you will like
IL there"
Allison looked a little puzzled.
That will be all right for to-
night but after that I'll be staying
at my plantation.
Renaldo smiled patiently.
Il was just getting to that.
You see it is just as I wrote you
the whole idea of young woman
running a chicle plantation is fan
tastic. The dangers are great and
the discomforts are beyond de-
scription. Frankly, ! didn't think
you would even come. Then when
got your letter I decided maybe
1t was for the best that you see
for yourself. I am easy to get
along with. I knew that we could
make some arrangement where I
could look after things for you"
When Renaldo had finished
speaking he turned to Barry.
Mr.. Fielding here is familiar
with this country. I'm sure ne
will bear out what say"
Barrys face was a perfect study
I've been trying TO tell Miss
Topping the same thing ever since
we left New York but she seems
TO have her own ideas and I'll
warn you, they're not always
good.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-12
JUNGLE TRAIN.

The sun was coloring everything
with 9 rosy tint as Allison and
Barry came down the narrow
gangplank. The wharf was piled
with solid walls of bales and ma
hogany lumber. Waterproof can
vas bags Of chicle were lined In
even rows. Dark-skinned natives.
their broad backs glistening with
sweat, were laughing az they
worked.
Winding his way through this
crowded. boisterous scene Allison
saw = tall, dark man. approaching
IN q perfect fitting fresh linen
suit. His white teeth cleaned as
i. he smiled his welcome. In one
sweeping motion he took the pana-
ma hat from his head and bowed
with formal dignity.
Miss Topping" he said in per-
feet English. Most welcome TO
Guatemala"
Allison shifted her eyes from
the stranger to Barry.
Mr.. Renaldo Armada, I'd like
you to meet a friend OF mine from
the States, Mr.. Barry Fielding"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-12
BY JOHN c. FLEMING G. LOIS eBY

Y think a trip TO the plantation
will be more convincing than
words" Renaldo said shortly. We
shall start In the morning and
after that II you still want to stay
well, that. of course, Is up o
you"
There was determined set to
Allison's jaw as she said, II stu
think Ill like IL"
Barry lit fresh cigaret and
tilted back In his chair.
Are you familiar with the
Quiche country ," he asked of
Renaldo.
As familiar as anyone can be
without being Quiche. They are
a strange tribe, you know"
Yes. was reading about them
on the way down. How, in the
18th century. to protect themselves
from the ravages of Alvarado's
troops, they devised a blood oath
and swore never to mingle with
any other tribe"
THE oath goes much farther
than that" Renaldo explained.
They will not use anything that
they have not fashioned with their
own hands. Nothing in the way
of modern implements has been
used among the tribe for over 900
years. AS each member of the
tribe attains the age of u, the
blood oath is administered. They
cannot be bribed, as they have no
use for money or worldly goods.
The penalty for any violation of
the oath is death"
Barry drew a map from his
Continued on Page IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-12

For an instant Renaldo's eyes
narrowed as he looked steadily al
Barry.
.you, too. are interested in the
chicle business ?"
Allison thought she caught a
look of relief cross Renaldos face
when Barry answered good ma
turedly. Heaven forbid I'll leave
the chewing gum business to ALI
son and stick to my mining"
You are a mining engineer ?"
Renaldo asked.
That's right"
Renaldo offered his arm To AL
lison. saying at the same time.
"Shall we go to the cafe now ?
We can talk there more comfort
ably"
The sun was pouring down like
golden molasses and little puffs of
white dust rose from the street.
A short half block and Renaldo
stopped In front of a small white
plaster building with a dozen UNI
brella-covered tables along the
sidewalk.
Here we arel" Renaldo an
nounced and drew back n bamboo
chair for Allison. The three sat
down and suddenly three cups of
steaming coffee appeared before
them.
1.-THE walters here must be psy-
chicl" Barry grinned.
They know when Renaldo
comes II means coffee and quickr'
The dark man flashed smile and
took q small chamois skin from
his pocket. For a moment he poll
ished vigorously on his already too
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-12
, SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES

THE STORY: Allison Topping.
society girl. IA off TO Guatemala.
10 run her fathers chlcle planta-
tton. harry Fielding. mining en-
gineer. has tried many times 10
dissuade her. Allison saves Barryss
native attacks him with a knife.
Barry keeps 10 himself on ship
board. Allison uses a prefexf To sfe
him before fhe ship docks Mt Puerto
narriO<. Barry l. Interested when
che offers to Introduce him 10
Renaldo. her fathers attorney. who
has . wide acquaintance In Guste-
Evening star., 1943-06-22

be met as well by other methods.
There should be two sources of valu-
able information on this point. One
would be the Treasury Department,
Agriculture Department, Office of
Price Administration and other such
agencies concerned with civilian war
programs. The other would be the
mayors of American cities where
OCD's civilian war services plan has
been followed in enrolment and use
OF civilian volunteers.
The Senate Appropriations Com
mlttee undoubtedly will seek the
views of those who are supposed to
be the beneficiaries of civilian war
services before dispensing with such
services altogether. If three or four
million civilians are doing a helpful
volunteer job now, the 81 900 900 re-
quired to maintain the machinery
through which they function does
not seem to be an excessive expendi-
ture.
Evening star., 1943-06-22
Duration, Not Number,
OF Strikes Has Decreased.

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t will be noticed from the figures In
my June 81 article relating to the Presi-
dents disposition Of the anti-strike bill
that the number OF man-days lost has
actually decreased as compared with the
1927 to 1941 average. But this, as the
statistics illustrate. reflects no decrease
in the number Of strikes, but merely in
the duration thereof.
In time of war, however, when every
second is vital and the pressure is on,
strikers need not extend their walkouts
through as many days in order to effect
their designs. What took perhaps 10
days of striking in order to beat an en-
ployer into submission before the war
may now be accomplished in few hours
walkout
Furthermore, there Is nothing to the
argument that the number of workers
having increased, the increase in the
strike rate is justified. 1t is true that
new workers have been employed, but it
Is also true that many "old" workers
have left for the armed. services, and
that, in any event, the net increase is
not sufficient to explain away or to offset
the increased strike rate.
WILLIAM M. MARTIN.
Evening star., 1943-06-22
yellow Dog Contracts

John 1. Lewis was betrayed by his
well-known penchant for high flown
oratory when he condemned as an
Infamous yellow dog contract" the
working agreement proposed by the
War Labor Board to keep the Nations s
coal mines operating. Actually, as
Mr.. Lewis no doubt we'll realizes,
there is not the slightest similarity
between the yellow dog" contracts
and the arrangement advocated by
the board.
The WLB proposal was that the
United Mine Workers contract which
expired in April be reinstated for a
two-year period with the recently
approved liberalizing features in
cluding increased vacation pay and
equipment allowances, and a no.
strike provision. And it might be
recalled the miners praised this con-
Evening star., 1943-06-22
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. Trdcetrell.

Water used in this way does not scare
the songsters much. They will return
almost Immediately to the food Song
birds like water, both to drink and to
bathe in.
They especially like 1t in hot summer
weather. We may forget that, though
the month may be humid, to human
senses, often the birds find it difficult to
get water.
For their purposes. water must be
shallow. There is nothing your average
bird likes better than a puddle 1t Is
interesting, after a heavy afternoon
thunderstorm, to watch the birds. They
cannot do much with it while 1t is falling,
but Immediately afterward they come
down to see what they can find Robins,
of course, find much food, brought up in
the form of worms.
Other species find insects washed up
out OF their secret lairs.
Mostly, however, the bird Joy over a
rainfall comes in the puddles, in depres-
sions in grass or sidewalk or street. This
is especially noticeable in the suburbs,
where mechanical smoothness of paving
is not noteworthy. This not only has an
artistic look" as some people say, but
also is the birds delight.
Everywhere, after a rain, the birds
come down to take drink and to bathe
in the puddles. You might think, Off
hand, that they would be wet enough,
already, having been out in it all the
time hllt mt thew
bathing, with special attention given to
the feathers. This is natures way of
freeing them from lice. Ordinarily, the
friend of birds does not think of them
as covered with lice, and certainly they
do not have as many of them in nature
as in cages but still these pests are al
ways threat to feathered things.
II just few pigeons would come to a
bird feeding station, they would make
an interesting addition to the species
usually present, but mostly they come in
f1ocks, and so become a nuisance. They
are so large, and such hearty feeders,
that they make it difficult for the
smaller birds to get toe-hold.
EhS Jul oWl 1CC0CL, lllClC Is OIlc plSSOll
with real personality. If she alone were
present, without a dozen friends, she
would be welcomed She is much tanner
tnan the others, and probably would
allow one to come up close to her She
greatly resembles a dove
She is simmer than most pigeons, and
is not SO greedy. A large dark blue one
specializes in driving her away. but no
sooner does he turn back to the grain
and seed than she comes right back, too.
Like all pigeons, she Is hard to dis
courage.
Pigeons take their food where they can
find it. They are marvellous foragers.
bent on getting living at any cost, and
usually succeeding
Have we tried the water treatment on
them yet?
Well er, not yet! 1t takes, as We have
said, great deal Of patience. and that
Is quality difficult to hold in hot
weather
Evening star., 1943-06-22
DifferentiuIs
From the Providence journal

Almost blocking the narrow pass"
writes c, L. Sulzberger about trip along
Persian supply route, "is one busted
truck with its entire differential laid out
on the road beside which squats a group
OF silent 1ranians staring duly" The
little silent group of Iranians would 60
long way before they'd find a more
perplexing sight to stare at What a
mystery beveled gear, not to mention
several of them, must be to the un-
mechanical Persian! How inscrutable
must be the function of roller bearing!
A lions skull or even a mans for that
matter, kicked up out of the sand, makes
some sense; but not the scattered parts
of a differential. It's an astonishing cry
stallization Of mans ingenuity, when you
stop to think Of it. We suppose ten thou
sand clever fellows, first and last, have
poured their ideas into this compact
device for allowing one wheel to turn
faster than another We don't say that
little groups of Americans haven't stared
duly at the same assortment of greasy
parts. But not for long. Some one who
knew differentials would be sure to put
in an appearance with the CHEEKY word
that it would cost 40 bucks to get the
thing repaired.
Evening star., 1943-06-22

tract highly when 1t was signed in
1941. The yellow dog" contract is
an outmoded device to which some
employers resorted to prevent the
unionization of their forces. The
term of opprobrium was applied to
those contracts in which workers
agreed not to join unions during the
course of their employment. The
United Mine Workers ran head on
into this setup in the long fight to
unionize the West Virginia coal fields
some twenty-five years ago, but labor
generally had trouble with the pro-
vision as the result of line of court
decisions, including those of the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
In perhaps the most famous de-
cision bearing on this issue-the
Hitchman case, decided in December,
1917-the court, with Justice Pitney
reading the opinion, restrained the
United Mine Workers from seeking
to organize miners who were work.
ing under yellow dog" agreement,
holding they could not lawfully" be
induced to Join the union while they
remained on the job. \
This court repeatedly has held
that the employer is as free to make
non on-membership in union a condi-
ton of employment, as the working
man is free to join the union, and
that this is a part of the constitu-
tional right Of personal liberty and
private property, not to be taken
away even by legislation, unless
through some proper exercise of the
paramount police power" said the
court, with Justices Brandeis, Holmes
and Clarke dissenting.
The Hitchman decision was re-
sponsible for spread of the yellow
dog" contract movement, and this in
turn encouraged the formation in
many industries of the so-called
company unions, which finally were
outlawed by the Wagner Act.
Evening star., 1943-06-22
Civilian War Services

Civilian war services, as set up by
the Office of Civilian Defense, are
said to have enrolled some 3,500,000
volunteers all over the country who
are helpful in carrying out the vari-
GUS programs of the departments and
agencies in Washington which re-
quire civilian participation. Volun-
teers for processing the new Ration
Book No. 3, for instance, are obtained
through the OCD's civilian war serv-
ices machinery. The so-called "block
plan" for getting cooperation of
citizens in various campaigns, and
which is said to have demonstrated
its value in some cities, is another
civilian war services project. The
more civilians who are given some
thing definite to do in the war effort,
the better the national morale. The
OCD'S civilian war services has given
them number of definite assign
ments.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee was sustained by the House in its
recommendation for sharp reduc-
ton in OCD expenditures. AS the
protection branch of OCD, concerned
with civilian defense against air raid,
fires and other emergencies, is OBJ
viously necessary, the cut in appro-
priations undoubtedly will be made at
the expense of civilian war services.
If civilian war services are filling a
real need, this is no time to dispense
with them. The question is whether
they do fulfill need that could not
Evening star., 1943-06-22
@ STREET.

ISd& 6A4
II now have the pigeon problem in a
severe form. had read from time to
time in your column Of people protesting
about these big birds at their feeding
stations, and I must say that was in
clined to think it much ado about Moth
ing But now that flock of pigeons
have fastened themselves on me, I find it
is horse Of another color, and a color
distinctly do not like.
If there is anything you can suggest,
for heavens sake hurry up with it, as
these 80 pigeons are nearly bankrupting
me. besides driving away all my song
birds. They do not attack them, but are
so many that they keep them out of the
food by sheer numbers.
II do not want to harm them, since
realize that they are just trying to get
something to eat, thing which all liv-
ing creatures are trying to get, and, in
the case of man, through his own fool
ishness and muddle -headedness, not
succeeding at, in all too many cases.
II have no spleen against pigeons
They are good enough, in their way, but
they do not have any place at a bird
feeding station, of that am convinced.
If there is any simple way of dis
couraging them, please let me know, and
earn the gratitude of
Sincerely yours, v. H. D."
One OF the best ways to discourage
unwanted pigeons is to throw cold water
on them.
This may be done either by the use Of
the hose or pan or cup.
The hose should be turned on, and
then turned of at the nozzle This is
not supposed to be good for hose, but in
this case 1t may be permissible.
The nozzle should be far enough away
so that the pigeons are not frightened
away when the owner steps out into the
yard.
Then the nozzle should be twisted as
quickly as possible, so that the full
stream Of the water is thrown in their
direction
The point seems to be to get the water
in their direction, rather than to wet
them. The wetting, II it can be achieved,
will do them no harm. Pigeons do not
relish water. We have never seen them
bathe in small bird bath. Occasionally
one will see them splashing around in
some Of the larger fountains down town,
but under ordinary circumstances in the
home yard they never bathe.
This use Of the hose requires much
patience, and merely drives the birds
away to house top. unless persisted in
all day long. and perhaps for several
days. The pigeons are persistent. They
will return again and again. in that
pursuit Of food about which our corre-
spondent speaks so feelingly.
A cup or a tumbler filled with water
and dashed in the general direction OF
the unwanted birds, will do almost as
we'll as hose, but here again one has
to be more persistent than the pigeons
Evening star., 1943-06-22
SeoguiIs

Pure as ,phite fire in the icy northern
sun,
Angelic-eyed, preoccupted ,otth
their cold flying,
They plane IN exquisite sIou ares Of
light,
Answering Waps-,oash vtth thstr
bleak crying.
Chorus attendant upon the voyages
OF men,
Their votces port OF engine throb
and bells thin chtmtng,
Pale heralds of phat arrtpals and
tareDells,
They n1ope ,oith bright tmpersondl
timing.
Symbols OF depqrture and the restless
That sing today no certain promise
OF tomorrow,
These desolate messengers enbody In
their cry
The essence of all parting and its
sorro1D.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.