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OFFICES FOR RENT.

1907 EYE ST. N.W.-Large single room
&c: a.. utilities and char services. incl.
X ST. AND CONN. AyE.-Fr. basement
rm. for office or SIN. business: unfurn.,
$40 mo. Apply manager, 1713 K st. NV.
LGE. RIM, facing Conn. ave-, nr. Dupont
circle: approx. 600 So. IT., windows; suit
able once or studio. Box ls1 H, Star.
BROOM and private bath office, on 3rd
floor of walk Up building; lease required:
500 per mo. HENRY J. ROBB, INC, 1924
Vermont aye. u; s14i;; rr .,
mately 1000 So. it. of floor space. part
air conditioned: can be rented In whole OF
part. See Mr.. Newmaker on premises.
NV. DI. O222.
STEWART BLDG. 9th and D. sts. NV
Building now being remodeled, suites or
Offices available now; reasonable
rent. JEROME s. MURRAY, 1881 g
st. NV. RE. 2460.
DESK E SPACE Or singls once Tor, for rent
service. L. J. COWIE, 500 Eye st. NV.
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100000 FIRST TRUST money; private
funds; available for one large apt. building
CARNEY, Franklin. 7450 after pm.
COMPARE our rates on auto signature
loans. Cash. 500: repay So .26 per month.
$685. $685. rsP:y sP:y sss per per month month.
By phone. Wart1eld 31S1. SOUTH
EASTERN DISCOUNT Of Hyattsville, 53O3
a. interest oNLY-Let us combine
your Is. and End trust into one loan. No
charge for appraisals.. Look up what you
now are paying and then see us-we can
save you money. HOWENSTEIN REALTY
CORR. 1418 H st. NV. DI. 1877.
MONEY ON SECOND TRUST-we will
buy second-trust notes. D. c.. nearby Nd.
MORTGAGE 4 INVESTMENT CORP. 1912
n: y: ave. NV. National 1888.
WIEN you need personal loan. $100 to
$4,000, repayable monthly, come to
BANK OF COMMERCE d SAVINGS, 9TH
and stA NV. III st. at North Capitol.
Isl ist AND J. and nd TR1Ufsr LOANS. Prompt
and courteous service. Consult US before
Lowest rates COLONIAL M
VESTMENT CO.. SIT 9th NV. DI. $3.50,
MONEY on frst or second trusts; prompt
action: reasonable rates; nearby Nd, Va.
so7 18th. NA. s0ss. " W.
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FARMS FOR SALE.

SMALL FARMS-30 minutes DOWNTOWN
by farm with city improvements plenty of
room Tor garden fruits, vegs.. chickens,
hwy. and two bus lines. why 20 way way out
in the country for a lot of cheap, useless
land with no conveniences and no future?
after the war with no down payment ii your
farm ld Is paid for; price; $500 tno house);
hwy. or Lee blvd. to Fairfax Circle 1at
Howard Johnson'sl, continue on dual road
to nrst crossroad turn right to sign,
FAIRFAX ACRES. Open every day, to
pm. Bring $40 deposit
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EIITIIRE.

Saturday. Sept. 10, ct pm, we will sell
the John C, Wright farm containing 270
acres with improvements cut into estates
ranging in size from acres up to any
desirable acreage; these. estates are Joined
by the historical Falkland and Becker
farms, located on Lee hwy, only j stop
light from downtown Washington; this is
your opportunity 60 live as ali men should
and work in Washington, the greatest city
on earth; buy your estate at this auction
before the big postwar boom starts: every
indication is that building will start in
the near future; be prepared to build when
materials are released by buying the land
DOW; drive out Lee hwy. = miles beyond
Gainesville and look for the big signs.
Claude o. Thomas, Atty, N. c. HINES &,
SONS, AuctioneerS. DI. 7739
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INVESTMENT PROPERTY FOR SALE.

MAKE AN OFFER; must be sold this
o%nsP o1nA M f4 FR1EbMAa e haa islS IA o575 ny"
3-FAMILY, Nh near G u; IcI brick; coal heat;
apt: 81 600 cash, balance terms. Phone
MIR. CARNEY, Franklin 1850.
NEAR conn AVE- Chevy Chase "a apis: IT'S
come; 20Ea net: $4,000 cash required.
Fa FRRK MT kRpe1sE W BREN NG NA SpeciaaS sa
$3.50 d CASH 4. PA PAYMENT SMxINss S44 M gross in
come, owe. 2Ofe, net, Sc. section; 4-family
eiast eR cf M5 KsnPStf W BERENs S ie
sInRt a l52S N st opTEs eVenngS WI ;we 34s
trist on ground floor; real estate, &C
yearly rents, sl2,7sO;, bldg. is on downtown
less than 8 times annual rents KELLEY &
BRANNER, Exclusive Agents, DI. 774O.
DOW sAcRFloE aod s mqst be sold a 5hs
oWner SUisl, Mr. FR1EDMAN, AN Ma e oo7s.
CUNT APT. BUILDING, modern, brick,
nee NEEDED e2eeen aRo net Dpo Also
apt, buildinss. ARLINGTON REALTY CO,
3304 $40 y Wilson z hlyd. Glebe 1900
Rent, $500 mo. W. W. BAILEY, MA.
VICINITY 18th AND EUCLID N.w-3o-
sash req W Wv w. RAJ BAILEg E9,I M 257o .orv
i5,anit apt; $. $ 200 90 annual income: 5000
CoMMERciAL GROUND. prominent cor
$50 front by 100; suitable for shopping
center, theater; stores or super market;
pTprsieS s,RMAa sHaS0l9 Reru,Ic For
GAsoLISE SERVICE STATION, leased to
the Standard of New Jersey for term OF
years rental, S11o monthly guaranteed,
plus percentase. LOUIS BuRMAN' Re-
P9Sne PoUR 1aSH5 BRICK HOUSES, near North capi,
ol street, and New York ave. zoned End
alley; sie annuaI rents, $500: SPLENDID
loea4n for garage machine shop or light
MTsT saeRf T9ao Spt St houses ME WITH 4a2 adj
1900 50. #. Assessed S1o9,5O0 offers
invited from reliable investors who under
MR.. FRIEDMAN, MA, oO76.
$50, on terms; Gail MR.; KUsHNER; SOL
NEaR lsah ssE AND PARK RD as1
brick dwelling with extra lot, IL rooms.
3h baths, plus oaI basement kitchen and nd
ONE oins tenant roe for @ ss1oo per year Price
S17,5OO, including considerable furniture;
terms 800 A. M. ROTH Woodward Blds''
4-FAMiLY APT. HOUSE, overlooking Rock
Greek Park. Rent. S3;12o per annum
fReoe P%orAMTY rfXMsnnsS FEA FATs SseS excellent G
location each unit has two bedrooms
truly q rare opportunity; oFo. For appt: to
NON g. LUCHs CO., 1905 H st. NV, Ma
WHETHER OR NOT apartment bldss. Of
fered at time annual rents are bareains
can be ascertained only by investigation.
We invite you. to check these three 1o-unit
bldgs. as to location, size of lot. dimen-
Located in popular Arlington. convenient
10 bus. less than 3 yrs. old; yearly rents,
each, bldg. S6.4sO. Lon.-term financing
at 4h2,.. KELLY & BRANNER. DI. 7740:
GILT-EDGE INvEsTMENT-Must be sold
this month, 1914 G st. and 1913 F ST. NV,
with adj. lot; Total over 1900 So. it.
Assessed S109,500. Responsible investors
investigate this deal. Offer invited. Must
be sold this month. All cash, or terms to
suit purchaser. No triflers, please. Owner,
MR.. FRIEDMAN, MA. O076.
ON ST; NV; NEAR 1st-one large store
and apts.; all rented to colored for S135
per mo. Price. S11,500: Mr. Raine. AID.
2a!9. MARSHALL J. WAPLE CO.. DI.
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GARAGES FOR RENT.

l43o CHAPLIN ST. N.W-Strictly private
All concrete, hreproof, elec. and water,
nice doors, wide paved alley. co lS1S. SS
SPACE ONE CAR, freproof, private ga
pl. NV. WoRTHINGTON. Ma 3326
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OFFICES WANTED.

ACCOUNTANT, c. p A. seeks to share
oflce space and services Of typist. Call
! IL 10 5i4a ! Rooms, suitable for ONCE. in apt
or ONCE bldg, would consider buying or
renting present tenants once furniture
EN-. 3173. Sat. and Sun.
3 OR RM SUITE for construction hrm;
financial district preferred. Box 1894,
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REAL ESTATE SALE OR EXCHANGE.

will trade for weu-located store. Give
vAeaNr ine stsEsBAs Rfs soE tsf stas
mod. bung., h.-w.h., full cellar, fireplace,
S6,750; $1,000 cash. Groom 2-bath all
Fo4es Dng Gen acSs beautfq Il noo SHADE
payment. 12 rooms. 3 baths, stone and
stucco dwelling. auto. heat, suitable con-
Glen Park, Md, S175OO; S., 600 cash Day.
ment. Owner will consider used car as part
down payment on either of the above
homes. OWNER, ST. 1851,
GULF SHORES-Buy now. get rich, about
100 acres; pleasure resort develop after
the war. Electric. Paved highway GIL
PETWORTH-Conv. 4 family, I0-room
brick house: $4,000: furniture optional.
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STORES FOR RENT.

, LARGE ROOMS. with telephone; fenced
Centrally located. Box 1867. Star
STOREGGood location for beauty parlor,
Matchmaker shop; rent reasonable 1923
l4th st. NV. NO. l42n Ext 2hh
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WILL BUILD for satisfactory tenant on
long tease story warehouse, 100x115,
adjacent 18th and Bennine I'd. second com
mercial zoninG. ideal distributing location
See Mr. Norris, WEAVER BROS, INC.
WaShlnEton Bldg DI $500
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LOTS WANTED,

WANTED-Group lots or acreage. sewer
ana water must be in or available. Write
WILL PAY ALL CASH for white or colored
FL FEDERAL fINAaer g., & si5 M sSteneYYa1 SeT YoIs
ave. NV. MA. 74l6. IL
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FREDERICK COUNTY. miles north OF
Frederick. 40 acres. improved with a 6-rm
stone house, no improvements; stone barn
2 practically new chicken houses a splen-
did opportunity for some one wanting g
small farm or better still q place to enjoy
the summer months, as Big Hunting Greek
runs through the property furnishing trou,
fishing and recreation; several fruit trees;
about l mile of the hard road: S3,5OO
80 acres. 55 a. clear. balance timber
well fenced, Groom. livable frame house:
beautiful stream runs through property;
has 7 COW stalls, 3 horse stalls; corncrib.
toolshed, granary, meathouse, henhouse
Y mile dirt road Price, 50, 900, or will
sell stock and improvements $4,000. well
financed.
FRED B. cusHMAN. $40 Frederick ave,
Gaithersburg, Md. Phone 900. Open today
16 A. on U. s. Route 40, 7-room house
with bath, electric water system, modern
barn. garage poultry houses. beautiful
small farm on hard road buildings in good
repair low taxes: ,poss. 80 days; S6.5OO
1856 a., near Mt Airy Groom house.
dairy barn. other good buildings. electric
ity, 80 a. in meadow; poss. 80 days: 81 900
"a a: on hard road, Groom house, bath,
electricity, good barn. poultry house, g.
room tenant house: poss. so days; So, 600
l a. in town near Mt Airy with S-room
brick house. heat. bath, 2-car garage;
poss. Oct. /; $1,000.
80 a., Groom house, stable. other bldgs.,
good land: poss. 80 DAYS: $4,000
HUBERT P. BURDETTE, phone 1913, Mt
Airv Md
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BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR RENT.

1890 L ST. NV, Observation-Disclosures
concrete BLDG; 1st and 2nd floors avail
able. 5000 Sc. #. each f5Ox1O0 ftD, with
freight elevator; will subdiv;de for de-
sirable tenants JEROME S. MURRAY
3:i1 G st. RE o4Rl
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AUTO TRUCKS WANTED.

WE WISH TO HIRE several trucks with
stake bodies to haul coal and cinder blocks
BLUE RIDGE COAL CO. INC. l107 JET
ferson Davis hwy, Arlington NE 3545
PICKUP TRUCK wanted; will pay cash.
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WAREHOUSES FOR RENT.

WAREHOUSE, GEORGETOWN, 2-story stone,
20 BY ~: concrete floor; $50. HO O567.
warehouse; 1000 50 IT;
short term lease Box Glib Star
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AUTO LOANS.

AUTOMOBILE LOANS without indorsers
We do not check with employers or use un-
pleasant methods to ascertain credit record
Car does not have to be paid for in order
TO obtain money. NOLAN FINANCE CO.,
Il02 New York ave. NV. Greyhound Bus
TerminaD, RE. 1900 open It'll Il pm 30s
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REAL ESTATE WANTED.

LIST YOUR COLORED for sale or rent"
property for quick results with J. W.
ROUSE, 1910 NJ st. NV. DI. 7OS3
CASH BUYERS for bungalows, houses.
apts, farms, acreage, lots, etc. List with
H. r. BlEBER, SH. 6666.
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REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.

TRADE Ss0-XCRE FARM in Poolesviile
section Of Montgomery Co., clear, for apt.
house In D. c. and pay. cash for differ
enss n value rsFm well fenced making
slider selling. A. S. GARDINER a. CO.,
Realtors, 1881 L st. NV MA O334
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BUSINESS PROPERTY WANTED

INTERIOR DECORATOR desires to rent
shop: can be house or store GEORGETOWN
or other suitable location. FIR 0425.
WILL PURCHASE or lease gasoline service
station or garage in Washington or vicinity
Box 73-H, Star 1os
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MONEY WANTED.
AUCTION SALES.

t4,5OO, hrst trust loan; property worth
ABOUT $4,000: located Capitol Hghts.. Nd.
will give big bonus; repay S45 per month.
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GENTLEMAN's COUNTRY HOME. on IT,
acre wooded tract: charming ranch house
dwelling, 8 spacious rooms, 2 baths, OIL
burner heat. Gear garage, servants house;
33 miles Washington tbus service).
$4,000. Will rent S100 a month.
40-acre retirement farm, 80 miles Wash
inston. bus service. convenient prosperous
town; Groom dwelling, insulated, bath,
beautiful old trees, deep well, garage, farm
buildings: $500. Request list waterfront
farms, ducking shores, homesites, acreage
tracts. LEONARD SNIDER La Plata. Md.
! MILES out on good road, 125 acres. at
tractive 7-room house, bath, cleo, phone,
school bus. mail, creeks wood lot. orchard,
- miles out on highway about acres,
1o-room house, cleo. bath. basement. fine
garden. setting, view, $500.
tie harm, fine old brick house Sls,500.
l3 miles out. $50 acres, 7-room house.
cleo, 400 apple trees, $4,000.
410-acre dairy farm, 60-cow barn, 3
silos, about 100 cattle, milk sales over
100000 per year stock, equipped, $50, 900.
2I6-acre dairy farm. 80 head dairy
100000 #. sawable timber. So 500.
3S5-acre fertile livestock and grain
farm, some river bottom. on good road,
PRESTON M. BROWNING, cuIpeper. Va.
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FARMS WANTED.

WANTED 90 or more acres and house with
modern conveniences on upper Potomac or
large stream. preferably Northern Va.
timber: price around $4,000 cash From
owner only. Box OOH, Star, or District
4101, Ext 4, weekdays
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SUMMER CAMPS.
oUT-oF-ToWk REAL ESTATE.
completed summer
age. 24x24, $500. Call Ken. 36l-W.

10 ACRES lines, oranges, tangerines 9.
fruit, etc, 4-room modern home. nice in
come at price OF a city lot and home:
S6.S50; very fine buy.
acres, fne corner on highway, in
avacados; 5-room old house, barn. etc:
mangos oranges, etc. S3.95O j. K DORM
226 Halcyon. Miami. Ella
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FARMS FOR RENT.
MONEY TO LOAN.

SILVER SPRING. at Four Corners-7-rm
house, outbuildings 43 acres, $35 month
H. r. BIEBER, SH. 1865.
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3O-ACRE FARM, improved with e 4-room
house, nice little barn: one mile from
MAN, $40 Frederick ave, Gaithersbure,
Md. TeIephone 900, open today.
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SUBURBAN RENT-VIRGIklA.

ON LEIGH MILL ROAD, Fairfax County.
Va. about 16 miles from the White House
Charming furnished home, large living
modern kitchen, h.-w.h., coal stoker
(summer- winter hook-up). Excellent neigh
borhood, beautiful view, S125 mo. HER
MAN E. GASCH & SON, 1920 K street
NV. MA. 1884.
IN AND NEAR FAIRFAX, VA.-Big brick
Colonial. bedrooms. > baths. double lv-
ing room; within blks. Of stores and bus
immediate possession; $3.50 mo,
4-bedroom stucco, large yard, large rms.
2 baths; avail. Oct. /; furn. or unfurn.;
S1O0.
3-bedroom frame with water, lights and
furnace; on bus line. > mi. from Fairfax;
Va
Evening star., 1944-09-10

ONE GROOM SEMIBUNGALOW, near
Govt farm on Greenbelt rd.; well, cleo,
large frontage. MRS. MARIE BOWMAN,
Beltsville. Md. Phone BerWyn lab.
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ACREAGE MANIEp
WAREHOUSES FOR sA,E

WILL BUY to 90 acres near d C., a
reasonable price, direct from owner. Cal
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY WANTED.
SUBURBAN PROP. SALE OR RENT

TO SELL your Maryland suburban prop
erty call WA 1854, ask for MIR. EPLING,
then get ready to move.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
SUBURBAN REkT-MARYLAND.

iANHAM, MD, bungalow 35x45. . acres;
convenient schools and transportation; will
accept rent as monthly payment on pur-
chase OF property if tenant will install
bath WO. 4466 or HY. 0454
PARTLY FURNISHED 4-room house no
bath; E. Riverdale, about one mi. beyond
traffic light out Riverdale I'd. to Beacon
Evening star., 1944-09-10

INVESTMENT PROPERTY WANTED.
LIKE 4-FAMILY FLAT. convenient to
downtown area. State cash price. Box
oNS-R
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SUBURBAN SALE-MD. AND VA.

NEARBY MD, VA.-5-S-r. houses, bungae
lows. 81 $50 up; low terms, trade on few,
pay some cash. Lots, bay cottage. N. E
RYON CO. GE. 6l46.
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USED CAk SALE.
1912 Chevrolet special de luxe town sedan.
1912 Chev. So. d. J. town sedan; r. and h.
1912 Studebaker Commander club sedan
1912 Chevrolet de luxe town sedan
1941 Chevrolet de luxe town sedan
1910 Chrysler Windsor sed: radio, heater,
1910 Hudson "6'' sedan: radio and heater
1899 La Sale conv. sedan: RADIO heater.
1898 Buick club sedan
1888 Plymouth sedan.
1887 La Sale 4-door sedan; heater
1887 Ford Fordor sedan.
1895 Buick coupe: radio and heater.
1885 Dodge coupe.
1884 Chevrolet station wagon.
See them today. Ask for Mr.. Wag.
goner. KENYON-PECK. INC, 2S25 VII.
son blvd. Arlington. Va. CH. 5000.
(Continued on Next PAge.)
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0V!!.OnED INNESIOh attehtlon.-IdeaI 10
cation. 3-Story brick apt, good condition
WI; Oil burner. c.h.w., weather stripped
yards alley, and cope with all D. c. apt
mouse regulations. Containing units, .
rooms, kitchen and bath, 3 rooms. kit and
occupies /. Good tenants, and income
Leaving Que to health. An inspection will
reveal obvious bonaflde value, S1a.5OO.
About one-third cash required OF qualified
purchaser. For inspection HO 67l2, after
$50 m. AID. 206s. RUSSELL J. MOORE
1915 18th st. NV. Suite 90.
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CONTINUED on Next Pase.l
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NEAR FALLS CHURCH. vA.-26 acres, all
modern center-hall brick home, OIL neat;
spacious living room, screened porch. rec;
reation room, built-in garage; Will sell
house with about 10 acres If desired.
In Falls Church; 6 rooms, bath: coal
hot-water heat, wooded lot, 60x325; s. 800.
rooms. / bath, frame, Franklin Park,
acre; $4,000. G T. REEVES. Agent,
phone Falls Church 1923. Closed SUNDAYS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-23
NAZIS~S SAYING 'KAMERAD'

Photos
German troops waving the white flags Of surrender
and coming out of their trenches to give to Yanks of
the Ninth Army at Geenkirchen the road to Cologne
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-02

publication all as an advance against royal
ties under a publishers regular contract. If
the book is best-seller the author may have
a larger revenue over period of time than
the original payments.
The contest is aptly called the G. I. Joe
Literary Award. The publishers explain it this
way:
great books are bound to come out of the ex-
neriences of the men and women who have
served on so many widely different fronts in
World War H. Just as the First World War
gave US. Dos Passes Three Soldiers" Ernest
Hemingway's Farewell to Arms" Thomas
Boyd's Through the Wheat Alan Seeger' s
poem. Il have rendezvous with Death, "a
host of books which reflected both the hope
and establishment Of their generation-so
other books will come to tell the story of the
greater and more devastating conflict through
which human beings are living-and dying
today Whether these books tell the story of
hope or establishment is not the publisher S
concern They are looking for the best selection
possible of fiction or non-fiction, and poetry,
which is definitely going to be written-is be-
ing written today-by the men and women who
feel that they must get down in print what
they think and feel about their shattered world.
And it is to the wounded, first to return from
the battle fronts that the publishers offer
this award.
Potential contestants may get all details by
commune ating with the publishers, whose adj
dress is 286 Fourth ave., New York City,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-02
Postwar Possessions

When Hitler was riding rough shod over
Europe and the Japanese were sweeping south.
ward in their campaign of conquest, and the
United States appeared slow in converting its
industries to war production, we heard daily
and with some reason, that We were liable to
90 too little too late. But once we struck our
stride our production became the marvel OF
the world and the bane of the enemy.
The Associated Press announces that the
Foreign Policy Association surveying the world
situation finds that when the war is over the
United States will have:
60 per cent of the worlds war industries.
IS per cent Of the naval units.
70 per cent of the merchant marine.
IS per cent of the transport and CONNER
cial planes.
60 per cent of the fighting and bombing
planes.
i, 60 per cent Of the silver
30 per cent OF the gold.
IL IS this supremacy that has brought Hitler
TO the verge of defeat and will finish the job
OF destroying Japan's military uprising and
" 'le peace ana oeVelopment In the
Orient.
When the war is over and we find ourselves
In possession of the great assets here enuner.
ated' we will do well to avoid the complaint
that we are doing too little too late in con.
Vertlng our resources to the needs of peace
lhls may be done best If our leadership in
government restores to the people the rights
mat have been taken from them in the war
emergency and gives the green light to private
enterprise
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-02
Superstition And Fire

State foresters say that for the most part
forest fires are the product of superst;+;or
rather than malice. They tell of fires started
as part of the Lords work. to DESTROY snakes
and lizards and of one old timer who burned
up forest to keep down appendicitis bv dos
troying bugs that roasted in trees and caused
the disease. The foresters fail to explain hou
this particular man got that way. but tho
case illustrates how strange beliefs survive
1t parallels the theory that waterme1ons
cause malaria which still fingers in remote
regions of the South 1t suggests that rudi.
mentary education is needed in some quarters
of this country probably as greatly as in Mexi.
co where President Camacho is institutins 2
system under which every literate person will
be held responsible for teaching an illiterate
at least to read and write.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-02
The Literary Guidepost

thing like a careful reading of Mr..
Jones book will show. He had an
instinct for the daring, and pop.
ped up behind federal lines most
annoyingly. But he was also an
apple-polisher Of the first rank.
and one of the most naive cyclists
In military history. His ostrich.
plumed hat was only one phase Of
this egotiSn. More important was
his consistent and copious stream
OF seH-praise, directed to his best
military mot personaD friend. Jeb
Stuart. And hardly self-adula-
tory letter reached Jeb without it's
accompanying gift-anything from
ham to horse.
Mosby gave the same sort Of
service in Virginia that Quantrell
did in Missouri. Only few times
was his command large enough to
ln1llct more than a military flea.
bite on the federal flank: on the
other hand, when the federal fore.
es struck to kill the flea. thew
sometimes threw themselves off
balance. Mr.. Jones has told Mos.
by's complicated and often wonder.
fully intereting story with reason.
able candor and in good smooth
prose. 1t is difficult Tor a biog-
rapher not to exaggerate the i'm.
portance of his subject, ana Mr.
Jones has done that. But not its
interest.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-09-02
By JOHN ,sELBY

"ANGERR MOSBY," by Virgil
Darlington Jones university 81
North Carolina; $3.50.
John Singleton Mosby was a ban.
dit or great and original par.
tisan commander, depending on
whom you ask about him. He was
Southerner what used to be
called a commando. He operated
for the most part in a section OF
northern Virginia between the Rap
pahannock and the Potomac. east
OF Winchester and Front ROYAL:
this territory eventually came to
be known as "Mosby's confeder-
acy"O because of i It's familiarity
with him and his plumed Knights
of Pythias hat.
Virgil Darlington Jones "Ran-
ger Mosby'' is, SO far as I know,
the. only extended work on the
man up to date. The book has
been a sparetinne relaxation for its
author, who is in the Washington
office OF that stalwart of the f.
nancial district, tn Wall Street
journal. Perhaps it was also q
kind of compensation, for nothing
could be farther + ON the pin
stripes and bright white shirts Of
Wall Street than Mosby-brilliant.
clever, and slightly phony.
Mosby really was phony, as any