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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
BY S. BURTON HEATH
NEA Staff Correspondent

MUNCIE, Ind, April is. - Mid
dletown, the typical American city,
IS taking this war in stride-but
not IN typical way.
Mlddletown, of course, is Mum
Gle, selected as TYPICAL 20 years
ago for a number of reasons which
included high degree of indus
t"lallzation along variegated lines.
Being industrial. Muncie of course
is heels-over-head in the war. But
she has kept her head, and when
peace returns, her hangover will
be light.
In fact, far from being typical
in this respect, Muncie is almost
unique. When war doomed, city
leaders got together and did some
long-range, realistic thinking. They
decided not to go after new in
dustries.
LOCAL INDUSTRY GREW
While other cities, dreaming of
vast new factories and influxes of
worker hordes and floods of quick
money, sent persuasive delegations
to Washington, Middletown stood
pat. 1t preferred to expand its es.
tablished industries which, after
the war, would be in a position
to reconvert and continue in pro-
duction here. Of course, if it de-
veloped that completely new in
dustries were needed for the bet
terment of the war effort, they
would be accepted without protest.
Muncieties also decided to pitch
in and personally handle as much
as possible of tn e greatly in
creased task. AS result, there
has been an astonishingly small
numerical increase in popula ton
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
War Job Being Done In Exceptional
Way By Typical 'Middletown, u. S.A.

With few OF the trancient m b
problems which have plagued so
many boomtowns.
Before the pre-war defense boom
began, Muncie had a population OF
40, 720, of whom $1,000 worked in
factories. Now the population IS
estimated at $1,000, but about U.s..
900 are employed in factories.
In the late 20's there was an In.
flux of workers from Kentucky
and Tennessee, most of whom
stayed here during the depression
They are helping to man Muncie's
war plants. Thousands more have
been recruited from Indiana and
neighboring Ohio.
Muncie is crowded, but the in
flux has been cared for, somehow
by doubling up. AS a matter of
policy there has been no wild build
ing boom, nor has single federal
housing project been constructed
to accommodate war workers.
ONE NEW FACTORY
The Chamber of Commerce has
records of So general industries To-
Gated inside the city limits, of
which % employ from 100 to as
many as $500 workers each. All
are doing war work, most of them
exclusively. Yet, there is only one
new industry of any consequence
"a Goodyear plant which occu-
pies the only government-built fac
tory in town.
Payrolls have doubled-to a cur.
rent figure of $650,O00 a we X.
Money is being spent freely, but
a lot Of the war wages are being
sailed away in savings. Savings
and time deposits in the two ma
jor banks have mounted from ST.
663, 500 at the end of 1941 to S..
100000 now. Safe deposit boxes
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
W omenWithP Observation-Disclosures
Biology Training Needed In Wac

The latest appeal of the Army to
women for service urges those
who have some training or ex-
perience in the field of biology,
physical education, or nursing to
Join the WAC. At the present time
there Is a shortage in the ranks
OF the Army Nurse Corps. The need
Will become more acute as the
number of casualties increase
among our fighting forces.
Women who enlist in the Wom-
ems Army Corps may choose serv-
Ice with a medical unit. Accord
ing to their training and experience
they will be assigned as nurses
aids, laboratory technicians, x-ray
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

opinion, for a period of approx
mately six months after the war
ends, we will have sluggish
market due to reorganization and
adjustments. l believe that for a
period of several years hence we
will have fair commodity prices.
There are several facts to support
this reasoning. We now have and
will continue to have some kind
of farm program to stabilize
farm production and prices. We
now have assurance Of established
prices on certain commodities for
two years after the war. These
conditions did not exist after the
last war. Our country will be call
ed upon to help supply the foreign
markets after the war.
agriculture will 60 through a
big change in production, costs
and transportation" Shoffner said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
MOHANDAS GANDHI ILL

BOMBAY, April 16.-CP-Mo-
handas K. Ghandi, 75-year-old i'm
prisoned Indian leader, has been
suffering from malaria the past
three days, a Bombay government
communique said today.
The communique said Gandhi is
feeling weak but that his general
condition is as satisfactory as
could be expected. Gandhi has
been imprisoned at the Aga Khan's
palace at Poona.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

are all IN use, with long waiting
lists. More than $40, 4OO 900 worth
OF Series E war bonds, the kind
bought by savers, have been sold.
The Merchants National Bank
and affiliated Merchants Trust
Company tell me that in spite of
all the new mortgages they have
been able to place, their net loans
on mortgages have been reduced
from $707, 900 \ March of 1910 to
undr SAT-, 900 now, exclusive OF
FILA. And c. C. Wirgate, vice
president of the national bank, be-
lieves that a substantial portion fo
the 15,0OO,0 900 increase in check
ing accounts is saved money.
Muncie has sent about $500 men
and women into t h uniformed
services, and has had about SIS
deaths reported by the War and
Navy departments.
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Muncie still is 'Middletown, ;"
still is a tpical American city
except that it has kept its head
and refused to be stampeded into
an ill-advised boom.
I've looked over enough mush.
room cities to feel that Muncie
hhas been very wise. When peace
returns she will not have hundreds
OF vacant shacks cluttering up her
landscape; she will not have mag.
nificent government-built factories
falling to pieces as somber re-
minders of vanished glories; she
will have a minimum of iobless
migrant workers to be supported
out OF a stricken municipal econ
omy; she will not have a burden
some municipal debt contra cted to
finance temporary expansion.
Muncie is doing her full duty,
IN fighting men, serving women
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

specialists, physical therapists, has
pital dietitions, and to supply an
administrative posts necessary in
hospital offices. For those who
have the qualifying background,
the Army offers courses in special
list school that will train the indivi-
dual for specific job to which
she will be assigned. She may
choose to prepare in elementary
background courses preliminary to
entering specialist schools.
The WAC Recruiting Staff at
300 Southern Building will be glad
to talk with any women who feel
that they are qualified for and in
terested in serving with the Medi-
cal Corns
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been so great and overwhelming
they have been returned.
Their appearance Sunday, under
the auspices Of the Wilmington
Firemen's Benefit, will be in Thai
ian Hall.
Three shows will be given then,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
Firemen Will Benefit
From 'Ramblers' Here
In ITALIAN Hall Sunday

All proceeds from the appear
ance of the Tennessee Ramblers
here next Sunday viii 60 to the
Wilmington Fire Department and
will be used by the men to buy uni
forms for their baseball team, it
was announced yesterday.
The Ramblers, well-known radio
singing stars, have made several
appearances here previously, and
each time the public demand has
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
FARM LAND VALUE
# RECORD LEVEL

~, real estate values in North
f@ i;na have increased so per
ssaIO' from the 1859 average to
:ea, .b I 1914, while last year the
Na ...d States as a whole increased
oNl, or cent. reports R. w. Shoff-
~ IN charge of Extension farm
NJ, cement at State College. This
G','' increase was IS per cent
sd., ,oar record high, even pass
a. he high peak of 1919. If 1912
ns ,olA is used as an index of 100
70 w., noeasure the increase, North
. .J index is 1913 as of March
y'' ,o44. This is SO points above
natonal index average, the
u. .:.od States as whole increasing
O.l III, a points. Taking the year
OILY which was the lowest index
I''3' od with North Carolina down
"a if would show an increase up
March l this year of 1874 per
W. North Carolina had the high
y. ... index of any state in the Un-
jon.
rbe Bureau of Agricultural Eco
.a,ics reports that the cash and
t lawn payments on farms were
siooer in 1943 than in any pre-
vious year.
' "Thcse are some Of th4 facts
:, rogard to farm real estate and
,sev are facts that should DE kept
IN mind especially by the farmers
WIN anticipate buying land. There
,-p two past records that the farm
srs should keep in mind when con-
Sharing buying additional land.
The most recent one that might
ba remembered is the period from
iq3l TO 1884. most of which grew
out Of the 1920 period.
"In my opinion land is one Of the
h.st Investments that person can
MT money in and believe that
svervone of US should have as our
o,8l the purchasing of some land
for home and livelihood. I would
saw that land is poor property for
= farmer to speculate on, unless
he can afford to speculate. Just
oow there is considerable land
SPECULATION and it has inflated
agricultural land values to the
,9jnt where farmer buying land
should watch carefully its earning
capacity,
There is beginning a movement
o buy small tracts of land, espe-
,ially around the larger cities.
Two reasons might be given for
his First, industrial war workers
ave more money than usual. Sec
nd, through fear of postwar con-
ttions they are attempting to pro-
.de home security for the future.
-hese are good reasons for the in
ydual but if he is buying this
and for mis- sole livelihood. it's a
ifferent story. This moveme 1t. l
redict, will increase rapidly.
The farmer buying land to
arm for a livelihood should eval-
ale its earning capacity over a
eriod Of years rather than on a
asiS Of what a special commodity
rice is as of today. This is espe-
tally true if money is being bor-
owed to purchase the land.
therefore,, the farmer should buy
rly what land is absolutely need
to make an efficient farming
nit.
There is a difference between
n Individual buying land for cash !
nd one buying on time. It does
OF make so much difference what
GU might pay for land, if it is
ought for cash. but it does make
big difference what you pay if
gu are going to depend upon the
arnIngs of the farm to liquidate
lie mortgage.
NO one can predict accurately
ne future Of farm commodity
nces. We can judge the future to
7me extent by the past. In my
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
EDUCATOR SLAIN

LONDON. April 6.-LR-Profes-
sor Giovanni Gentle, SO, Italian
philosopher and educator and for
mer fascist minister of education
was slain by ''terrorists" in Flor
ence last night, the Berlin radio
said today.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17
Monday, April II, 1914 : WILMINGTON STAR

and factory production. But she
is doing it in such a way as to
avoid lot of headaches and heart
aches in the postwar future.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

In Iran, the main diet for many
persons over several months each
year is bread and watermelons.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

One dollar in War Savings
Stamps pays for AN Army in
trenching shovel.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

Dates were raised on the banks
of the Euphrates more than 1000
years ago.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-17

California has more than $500
acres planted with dates.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-22
UREDNIKOVA PO$TA

v Jugoslaviji Sc dobro razvija
in ma zenstvo in njihova drust-
va bo padla najvecja naloga po-
magati gmotno inffizicno nasim
sirotam start domovini; torej
je potreba, da Sc naso blagajno
podpre "a vse slueaje, ker pro-
SEMI bo veliko in moramo biti
pripravljene.
Pripravljamo sc, da vas pray
dobro postrezcnlo, S pivom ia
drugimi dobrotami. Rosie Jur-
man ina v oskrbi eel kuhinjslsi
stab, Helen Mikus ina pa nata-
karice v oskrbi; nase pridne cla-
nice, Erste, Sterile, Skuk, Brai-
dich, Mulaj, Tratnik, Meznar-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-22

Sic, Mocnik, zagar, Kobal, Sto.
par, Simeic in druge, bodo pa
pomagale, da Sc bo vse izvrst-
NO izvrsilo.
Igrala nam DO Peconova god
ba in vstopnina DO samo SOC.
Rezervirajte 81 %. septembra
"a Napredne Slovenke, in pridi.
te, da Sc skupaj prav po donna
&c zabavamo.
Ma bolniski postelji Sc Sc ved-
no nahajajo Elizabeth Smrdel,
Frances Stolfa, Mary Hodnik,
Amalia Golob in Mary Kalc.
Fannie Hocevar ma E. "a St. je
bila odpeljana v bolnisnico in
domov je prisla v. ponedeljek
dne Is. septembra. Terezija Mr.
har ie tudi pod zdravnisko O.
skrbo. Apelira Sc ma clanice, da
obiscejo nase bolne sestre, ka-
dar vam cas- dopusca. Bolnim
clanicam pa voscimo, da kma-
lu ozdravijo.
zal je nam porocati, da smo
izgubile zvesto in priljubljeno
elanico Rose Jager. Smrt je bila
nagla, ko jo je zadela srcna
kap. Clanice mo 10 casino
spremile ma Whitehaven poko-
palisce. zalujoci druzini izreka-
mo nase sozalje!
S. N. P. J. farmski Cd bo r
ina priredbo 20. oktobra t. |. in
sledece clanice. so Sc priglasile,
da pomagajo: Ursula Mulaj,
Helen Mikus, J. Skuk, R. Jur-
man in J. Tratnik. Drustvo je
lzupilo rs vstopnic, katere so BIZ
le razdeljene med clanicami. Da-
rovale smo tudi $500 "a Nor
wood Community Council. Ia
odbor ina v nacrtu mnogo do
brih idej "a izboljsanje nase ma
selbine, v kateri 1--WE mnogo ma
sih clanic. Izvolile smo sestri
Erste in Sterile, da zastopajo
naso drustvo pri temu odboru.
Apelira Sc ma vse zavedno zen
Stvo, da Sc udelezuje teh sci.
Seje Sc vrsijo cetrti cetrtek v
mesccu V javni knj;znici ma 55
cesti.
Josie Zakrajsek, tai.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-22
Novice pri
Naprednih Slovenian .

Cleveland, Ohio, - Poletje Sc
bliza h kraju in zabave ma pro-
stem so Sc prenehale vrsiti. Ma
p me Slovenke smo Sc zavzele
da priredimo emo izmed prvih
notranjiil zabav v Slovenskem
narOdnem domu ma St. Clairju,
ma %. september t., l.. in ma ka-
tero ste vabljene vse clanice in
prijatelji.
Potreba je financno podpreti
naso blagajno, da potem Sc laz,
je daruje v emo ali drugo svrho,
kadar dobimo kak APPEL. Polozaj
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-22
Lokalni odbor st. 2 JPO,SS

V prijetno dolznost mi je, da
Sc imam priliko V imenu odbo-
"a zahvaliti mnogostevilnim da-
rovalcem, XII so tako velikodus-
no prispevali blagajno, IL ka-
1ere Sc DO vsaj demo olajsalo
Sorje naSim domacim v start do
moVini.
Prispevali so sledeci: Mr.. Her
man Grebenc Sc je podal med
Svoje prijatelje in nabral lepo
vsoto $2O.45. Eden med prvimi
je dobro poznani Frank Rich,
lEi ina svojo popravljalnico av-
tov ma 81. cesti in St. Clair Ave.
Daroval je zopet $25.O0. On je
prispeval enako vsoto re vec-
krat pref in je vreden vsega pri-
znanja. Frank Cesar je daroval
$1,000.
Pc $1,000 so darovali: Frank
Mohorcic, drustvo Cleveland St.,
1926 SNPJ; 5000 je daroval Jo-
seph Okorn (denar, katerega je
prejel "a okvirje).
Po $500; Andrej Tekauc,
predsednik drustva st. 5, SDZ,
Anthony Sabec, urednik Glasa
SDz, Janko N. Rogelj, John
Zavrl, Joseph Okorn, Felix
Strumbel, John Viter, Josie Ia
krajsek (mesto venca "a pok.
Jack zagar), Matthias Komin,
Leopold Pristov. $4.OO st. Clair
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-22

Rifle and Hunting Club (mesto
cvetlic bolnemu Stanko Dolenc)
Pc $500: Herman Setina, Ur-
sula Mule, v spomin "a pok.
Frances MedveS). ...
Po $500: Theresa Gerzeli
Frank Charne, John Zajc, Jo-
'seph Gregorich, Joseph Meden
il Lloydalle, Pa. in John Lokar
st. -----.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-22

Pc $1.0O sta darovala: John
Pekol in J. Bizjak.
Upati je, da bodo gori ome-
njene osebe dobile veliko posne-
malcev. Ponovno sew imenu tr-
peGega naroda v start domovini
vsem najiskrenejse zahvalju-
jem. ~ . a
z narodnim pozdravom,
Joseph Okorn, blagajnik.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-22


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p0ScalJo SeliA 'fl @SoS'f lS' A0 oel'SlJo lid S'oJ
po'ozaJ oeles''''
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laStnlko' tol 1ofnS' o'ueh naTec]l oel ten spornh
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-22

PROGRAM IN VABl0 K pR05lAVI
Is LETNIG USTAN0vE
1ovEN5kEGA DRU5TvENEGA donna v EuQDu
katera Sc vrs
vnedeljo n. sepfembra 1914
Prcetek programa OBJ stirih popodne
1. Otvoritev programa amerisko himno
?. Pozdravni govor predsednika.
3. Govori zupan Kenneth J. SIMS zupan Euclda
4. Nastop Sc zivih odbornikov katere Mrs. Antonja
Sveek pozdrav Jim pripne sopke znak hvaeznost in
prznanja
s. Nastop pevcev zbora 'Slovan XII zapojo "Pozdrav"
castnim odbornkoV pocast.
6. Vsi navzoci dvorani vstanejo hvaezen spomin
umrlm prvm odbornkon, katerh gomie ze krije zeena
7. Spominski govor, katerega poda James Rotter
g. Nastop zbora "Zvon
10. Nastop zbora "Planina"
II. nastop zbora "jadran"
II. NIastop zbora "Slovan,' zapoe "Slovan ma dan'
II. "Rojstvo sovenskega drustvenega donna" dramska
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-09-22
JOSIP SMODLAKA:
O RAZMEJITVI MED
JUGOSLAVIJO IN ITALIJO

Naslednji clanek je izsel partizansk publika-
cij "Nova Jugoslava" "a junij in julij, 1914. Me-
gov prepis smo preje il ulada Zdruzenega odbora
juznoslovanskh Amerikancev New Yorku.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-31

DR.. John q. oilmartin was re-
appointed supervisor Of ovening
schools and supervisor Of. adult
education for the coming evening
school year. He also will continue
to serve as principal Of Duggan
evening school.
Agatha r. RunciHnan, teaching
principal Of grades z and 8 ct East
Farms school, was transferred to
serve as principal at Bishop school,
and Jennie A. Frenzy, principals
assistant and grade 8 teacher ct
briggs school, was appointed teach-
ing principal, grades 2 and 8, East
Farms school.
Names of two women were added
tot he grade waiting list. They are
Elaine E. Graham, q graduate oc
the New Haven State Teachers COLI
lege; and Sylvia z. Katzman, O
graduate Of New Britain normal
school, former teacher in Water
bury.
Permanent endorsement ON the
old form term renewal type Of
state teachers certificates held by
local teachers who have had Is full
years Of regular teacheing expert
ence will be sought from the state
board according to approval given
by the education commissioners.
Mrs. Sadie Pullen,f1 matron at
Leavenworth high school, and Mrs.
Catherine Dalton ,matron at wildly
high school, will change places, ac-
cording to transfers approved by the
board.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-31
Contracts Awarded
For School Repairs
Board Of Education Authorities Work Estimated at
$34,2O2; designations, Appointments Announced

School repair contracts totaling
$34,202 were awarded by the Board
Of Education at its meeting Monday
night, and authorization was given
to accept bids for another repair
job.
The Firm of M. ]. DAILY g. Sons
Inc, was given a contract to re-
place the heating system at Walsh
school for $27,240. The bid was
the only one received. The con-
Germ also was selecvted to replace
boiler at East Farms school for
81, 272. Other bids for that contract
were made as follows: Romaniello
Bros, $1,873.02; Christian Braun,
81, 427.94; B. x. Keefe, $3.50.
Alterations to provide an automo-
tive shop at Leavenworth high
school will be made at a cost Of
$500 according to contract
awarded to the Moran Construc-
ton Co. Other Gids were received as
follows; T. F. Moran g. Sons $500;
James Coridea, Inc, $1,000; T. G..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-31

Smith Co., $6,398.
The board voted to advertise for
bids for renovating repairing, and
equipping the swimming pool in
Duggan school.
It was disclosed the bid for in
stallation of the heating system at
Walsh school was much higher than
had been estimated and that q
transfer in appropriations would be
necessary. The commissioners voted
to request the Board of Finance
and the Board of Aldermen to
transfer $500 from the salaries
item to the provision for general
plant equipment.
designations were accepted by the
board from Maria E. Blake, grade 5
teacher at Russell school, and Ag-
mes r. McEvoy, grade 2 teacher at
Bishop school. Both designations
will take effect at the close OF the
present school year, and names Of
both teachers will be placed on the
city pension list.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-31
JOBS FOUND FOR
$4,000 VETERANS
Figures Recorded at Office
of State ManpOwer Com
mission By Uses

Hartford, May 81. - More than
IA, 900 veterans of the current war
were placed In civilian jobs through
out the nation in February and
March through the United States
Employment Service, Manpower
Director william j. Fitzgerald of
the War Manpower Commission in
Connecticut announced today. This
was nearly 70 per cent Of the total
number Of placements OF veterans
by the USES. during that period.
OF the total number in the ma
tion, some 1900 were given jobs In
Connecticut industry during the
two month period, he said. During
March, the service placed 56,485
veterans. Of whom $685. had seen
service with the armed forces in
this war. In February the total
placements were 1888, of which
1881 were Of persons recently on
active duty.
Non-agricultural jobs filled by
Uses. in March totaled 778,l03,
Or - per cent more than In Feb
ruary and 8.3 per cent more than in
March, 1913. Seventy-nine per cent
OF the placements, or 6l9,695, were
made In essential or locally needed
Industries, VINO said.
An analysis of the placement
records shows the employment dur
ing March of 2sO,346 women. a Ga
per cent increase over the February
total. OF the placements of wo-
men. i66.389 were In manufacture
ang. Aircraft and parts claimed the
largest number OF women. 25,39S.
The next largest group OF women
placed In manufacturing was 1854
IN ordnance and accessories.
Placements of women in public
utilities and miscellaneous trades
and services totaied 1920, of which
hte largest number went into pri-
vate households. These totaled a..
e24. The second largest group -
24.7e0-went TO the wholesale and
retail trades.
The largest single block of total
placements Of men and women in
manufacturing was 74,iBs in the
ship and repair industries. Aircraft
and parts came second with 54.922
and iron and steel third with 4O,67e.