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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-09
ROBERT d. McEWEN

CHARLTON, Nov. S-Robert D.
McEWen, Is, died at his home
here today.
Funeral services will be held
at the home Thursday, at 2::50
pm. Burial will be in McKinnon
cemetery.
Besides his widow he is survv-
ed by one daughter, Mrs. Kirk
Smith; two sons, Robert McEwen
Of Hamlet and Billie McEwen, two
brothers, Will and John McEWen,
and one sister, Mrs. Wilton Mccall
lum.
Funeral rites will be in charge
Of the Rev. ]. w. Miller, pastor
Of the arkton Presbyterian
church, of which Mr.. McEWen was
member. The Rev. H. D. Marsh
burn of Fayetteville will assist.
His widow is the former Miss
Catherine Gooden of Elizabeth.
town. His daughter, Mrs. Smith,
IS of Abbottsburg.
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JOE F. BUTLER

TABOR CITY, Nov. 8.-Joe F..
Butler, g., died suddenly this
morning from a heart attack while
in his store near Nakina.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by four daughters. Mrs. J. Z.
Wynne of Bathel. Mrs. Hayden 3.
Hayes of Clarlssdale, Miss marina
E. Butler, Phm second class. w.
S. NJ. stationed at Peru. Indiana.
Miss Margaret Butler. student al
East Carolina Teachers colleoe al
G,eenville, and Miss Jane Love
Butler. student at Greensboro COL
leoe: one son, Joe Frank Butler
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ing in Chapel Hill who was me-S
Der Of the faculty CIRCLE when the
university reopened in 1875.
The body will be cremated. Flu
neral services will be held at the
grave in Chapel Hill cemetery al
a time to be announced later.
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DEMONSTRATION CLUBS

OEMONS1K A1ION CLOBS
Miss Ann Mason, county
nome demonstration agent. will
meet with the Carolina Beach
home Demonstration club at
IO am. and with the Castle
haynes club at 2:3O pm. TO-
DAY. She will be in her office
tomorrow morning and all day
saturday, and will meet the
Yak Hill club at 2:3O o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
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WAVES NEEDED

WAVES NEEDED
Current rumors that enlist
meDt in the Waves have been
stopped are false, Chief Petty
officer j. w. Brown of the
local Navy recruiting office,
said yesterday and added that
the Navy still has need TOR a
large number of women to
serve in the waves in many Vi
tai positions. He will be at
the station in the postoffice
Mondays through Saturdays to
interview applicants.
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City Briefs
GIFT TO LIBRARY

Miss Helen Gross, formerly
of Wilmington, has given the
public library 800 books in me-
mory Of her brother, Daniel
Gross, and her sister, Mrs.
Katherine Yates, according to
announcement of Miss Emma
Woodward, librarian.
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OBITUARIES

Of Tabor City. and six sisters, Mrs.
Mary Todd Of Tabor City, Mrs: L.
Baggett of Whiteville, Mrs. Huger
Richardson of Loris, S. c., Mrs.
Frank A. Manahan of Camden, j.
j., and Mrs. Fred H. Townsend
Of Wyoming, Del.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed but services will
probably be held Friday.
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WILMINGTON ASSEMBLY

Wilmington Assembly No. il,
Order of Rainbow for Girls,
will meet tonight at 6 O'Clock
in the Masonic Temple. The
degree of the Order will be
conferred.
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M. F. PENNY

ullGI d1 SGIVlCGS IOr N. r T.. en-
ny, "a, 20S S Ninth street, who
died early Tuesday morning at his
home after long illness, will be
held today at pm. in the chapel
CT Andrews mortuary, with the
Rev. c. E. Baker officiating.
Burial will follow in Bellevue
cemetery
Active pallbearers will be B. F.
Penny, Jr., Edwin Penny, Charles
Penny, Frank Batten, Jappe Bat
ten and Luther Batten.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Hankins Hall. P Heinsburger,
Marshall Wescoat. R. D. Waddell,
S: S. Bunch. B. F. Benton. R. B.
Warren. DR.. G. R. c. Thompson,
DR.. R. B. Hare, Alton Lennon. Da-
vid Jones. Harry Fales. H. Win
field Smith, J. W. Murchison, ].
T. King and C. E. Mason.
He is survived by h i S widow,
Mrs. Rosa c. Penny: two daugh-
tiers. Mrs. w. F.. Watson of Will
n,ington and Mrs J. R. Carter of
Portsmouth. Va: one son. B. F.
Penny of Wilmington and one sis
ter. Mrs. Florence Batten of Halls
boro
Mr.. Penny was employed by the
Murchison Hardware company for
Is years He was a member OF
Tabernacle Baptist church and the
T.O.U.AM
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DIR. RICHARD BURWELL

DR.. Richard S. Burwell, DID,
81, retired Presbyterian minister
who made his home at Davidson,
died Monday afternoon, and fun
eral services were held at :
o'clock yesterday afternoon in
Davidson. Burial was in Char
lotte.
Surviving are his widow and one
daughter, Mrs. j. Gerald Muir.
piy, formerly of Wilmington.
Evening star., 1944-11-30
Ambassador Hurley

In naming a man of General
Hurley's stature and experience to
be Ambassador to Chungking, Presi-
dent Roosevelt makes clear that the
United States attaches the greatest
Importance to the situation in China.
AT the moment, that situation is
obviously not good. Imitation is run
ming wild; the japanese continue to
advance; Generalissimo Chiang's
armies need training and equipment,
and the impasse with the Chinese
Communists. irrespective OF which
side is responsible for it. is playing
directly into the enemy's hands. But
a genuine effort to improve matters
appears to be in motion. There have
been significant changes in the
Chang government. for example,
and Mr.. Nelson. the Presidents per-
sonal representative on rowing as
signments, is helping to stimulate
Chinese production. Meanwhile, ap-
parently without duplicating Mr..
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Nelson's functions, General Hurley
has been carrying out special mis-
sion believed to include an attempt
to break the Chungking- Communist
deadlock. There are thus encourag-
ing signs Of definite plan taking
shape to effect n general improve
ment in preparation for the time
when great and decisive battles may
be fought In China. To this end
General Hurley is equipped to make
an outstanding contribution. Secre-
tary of War In the Hoover admins
tration, and in recent years Mr..
Roosevelt's confidential agent in
many momentous undertakings, in
cluding talks with Premier Stain, he
will bring to his new task an impress
Sive record of accomplishments.
Knowing his ability, the American
people will have full confidence in
his work as Ambassador, and it will
be extremely important work, for the
Allied program to defeat Japan will
require what he has been assigned to
promote-the best of relations be-
tween our country and Generals
simo Chang and the long suffering
Chinese people.
Evening star., 1944-11-30
Another oPetriIlo Foot

Senator Vandenberg says his bill,
reported unanimously from the Sen
ate's Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, will "take Petrillo's foot off the
necks of our school children" Why
not amend it to take Mr.. Petrillo's
other foot off the neck of our
budding Metropolitan Police Band?
Senator Vandenberg's bill is the
result of Mr.. Petrillo's successful
ban on radio concerts by the school
orchestras and bands which assem-
BILE annually at Interlochen, Michi-
gan. 1t removes the ban. But
actuated by the same motives which
imposed that ban, representatives Of
the American Federation of Musi-
clans are opposing the pending bill
to authorize annual appropriations
for support of the Police Depart
ment's voluntary band. The band
already operates under a self
imposed restriction against appear
ances at any gathering where an
admission fee is charged. Its
principal role is to play at police and
community functions or ceremonies,
adding a little music that otherwise
would be unobtainable. Certainly
it deprives no musician Of a Job, nor
is it conceivable that it ever would.
In eighteen or more American
municipalities, according to answers
to a questionnaire sent out by the
Police Department, there are police
bands supported, in all but a few
cases, by public funds. The Metro
politan Police Band is composed of
musicians in the department who
voluntarily join the band and play
ION their own time" Expenses thus
far have been met by private con-
tributions, but that is bad practice.
The cost of few thousand dollars
year is not an extravaganza and if
Congress is unwilling to appropriate
the money. the band should not be
continued.
But if there is any disinclination
in Congress to do this, it is to be
hoped that it will not be because
Mr.. Petrillo opposes it. In this case
the opposition of union officials
savors more OF dog-in-the-manger
attitude than any real fear OF
injurious competition.
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to continue negotiations with Mos
cow, despite Soviet insistence upon
prompt acceptance OF the so-called
Curzon Line as the future Polish
Soviet frontier in advance of any
general postwar settlement, and
with no specific understanding on
other issues such as Poland's western
boundary with Germany or the poll
tico-social setup in Poland itself.
The London Polish government be-
lieves that any such unilateral
surrender would mean Poland's SUBJ
ordination into a mere satellite OF
the Soviet Union, and therefore
resolutely refuses to sanction the
sacrifice. 1t is significant that in
this they are stanchly backed by
the organized Polish-American So
cieties, the only large group OF
Polish birth or descent now able to
speak freely, since the Poles in
Britain are censored in their utter
ances.
Evening star., 1944-11-30
DR.. Osborn

DR.. Albert Osborn spent his life
in the service of single great ideal.
He was from first to last an exponent
OF what properly may be called the
Wesleyan conception of civilized So
ciety. With Bishop John Fletcher
Hurst he sponsored the plan for
Methodist center of higher learning
in Washington which resulted in
American University. From 1891 to
1887 he was secretary of the new
establishment and during that Pc
riod put into effect many policies
and practices which he devised him.
self to meet particular needs as well
as many which be brought with him
from Cornell. His mind was fer
tile always, his instinct progressive,
his energy tireless, his zeal a power
full force.
But above all else, DR.. Osborn will
be remembered for the fact that he
was Christian gentleman, existing
and striving for others all his days.
In tnat respect ne eXemplif1ed the
purposes of the church and educa-
tional institutions to which he was
devoted. His charitableness, his
loyalty, his willingness to sacrifice
himself for any useful common gain,
his wisdom in council, his patriotism,
his love OF children, his appreciation
of beauty, his enjoyment OF litera-
ture, even his whimsical sense of fun
were characteristics which a nu-
merous company Of friends valued
for their influence in the whole field
OF his labors. He was fortunate in
being granted length of days and
vigorous health almost to the end.
Next Saturday he would have been
ninety-f1ve. Those who loved him
will think of him on his birthday
anniversary as one who is not gone
from them.
Evening star., 1944-11-30
Mr.. ChurchiII's Birthday

Today Prime Minister Churchill is
10 years old, but "old" seems scarcely
the word for him. He has been
young from the beginning, through
all his days. Few men in history
not even Marlborough, his great
ancestor-have led a more eventful
or more constructive life. There was
born in him that spark, that drive,
that genius which in the succession
OF generations lifts certain handful
OF personalities to eminences that
tower above the mass of humanity.
Mr.. Churchill has been such a per-
Sonality, not alone in England,
where he is already one of the i'm
mortals, but in the world as a whole.
No one who has followed his career,
especially in these war years, can
have failed to note and be inspired
by his unique greatness. Here in
America-and it is good to know
that his ancestry is in part Amer
ican-we know him best for his
magnificent eloquence, but it is not
that alone that has made him one of
the foremost leaders of the CEN
turies. For the depth and brilliance
OF his words are but the outward
signs OF his inward gifts-that char
acter and integrity and knowingness
and prescience and spiritual warmth
with which he has SO much inf1u-
enced the course of history. To him,
as an individual, belongs a very large
share OF the credit for the brightness
OF our Allied fortunes at this time.
He has buoyed up free men through
the darkest hours to this present
moment when we can say with Ger
tainty that victory over evil is at last
In sight. He is in the fullness of
his Biblical allotment of years, but
we cannot doubt that there is much
more of life left to him and that 1t
will continue to be lived with a
youthful verve. On this day, it need
hardly be added, the people OF the
United States send him their greet
ings with the deepest of admiration
and genuine feelings of affection.
Evening star., 1944-11-30
Showdown on Poland

While a leading article in Pravda
has not the conclusiveness of a gov
ernment communique, it's status as
the recognized press organ of the
Kremlin always lends such utter
ances much weight. 1t is in this
light that two-column story
printed in yesterdays issue of
Pravda may legitimately be gagged
And If such an Interpretation is cor
rect, it serves notice that the Soviet
government is through with any
attempt to negotiate with the Polish
government exile at London and
will henceforth work with and
through. the Moscow sponsored
Liberation Committee at Lublin in
the part of Poland occupied by Rus
sian troops. Pravda denounceS the
London regime as irremediably hos
tile to the Soviet Union and as
aiming to foment new war by
seeking to split Russia and the
western Allies. The one personality
not included in this sweeping indict-
ment is Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, whose
recent resignation as Prime Minis
ter of the London cabinet precipi-
tated an internal crisis there that
has not been solved.
Though not specifically inviting
Mr.. Mikolajczyk, Pravda obviously
envisages the possibility that he and
other members of his Peasant party
might leave London and associate
themselves with the Lublin regime.
Such a shift obviously would be i'm
mensely pleasing to Moscow, since it
would both weaken the London
government and proportionately
strengthen the Lublin committee by
lending 1t an authenticity with the
mass Of the Polish people that it
does not so far possess.
How Mr.. Mikolajczyk and his Pea
SAINT colleagues feel in the matter is
not yet clear. He apparently wished
Evening star., 1944-11-30
One So Chunoed
By David Laurence

She Is the pattern OF the fear he drope
Deep in her heart. She is the pain he
gaze.
She Is the road they ,ndlked along; the
stu small cope
Where stands their cottage, spiney
tOeeds its ornpe.
HON. cdn she be fear Uhen fear has
fed
or pain, phen pain lashed out and
set her free?
Her words ride shining shafts Of sunset
red.
Her feet scalk stpittly there, beside the
sea.
And though he question could shs
anstuer tDhen
AUesging Change, stsel fingered, vslpet
gloued
Defes his sctsh 10 change her back
agdtx
From fear sHd pain Into the one hS
1oce61
LU0nLx q. JACKSON.
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This Changing World
By CossfaNfixs Brosc,s

The new Polish crisis which has served
as hard test to relations between the
British government and the exiled Pol
ish regime is in no way pleasing to the
new Secretary of State, Edward Stet-
tinius.
The crisis, which according to latest
indications from London will lead the
Poles to accede to the request for terri
torial concessions to Russia, Is being
considered with an academic interest by
the State Department.
After the Moscow talks, when he dis
cussed the complex and thorny Polish
Russian matter, former Secretary Hull
stuck to formula which he considered
compatible with the war aims OF the
United States. This was that all terri
torial disputes and arguments among
members Of the United Nations should
be left In allegiance until the Axis has
been defeated. After victory, all these
matters should form the subject OF dis
cussions at the conference table.
Recently, however, this formula was
slightly amended by Mr.. Stettinius,
probably with the consent OF his pred
ecessor. The amendment provides that
should members of the United Nations
come pllaterally TO an agreement over
territorial questions while the war is still
on, the United States Government
would be glad to accept it.
This amended form Of Americas
stand on the various disputes among
European members of the United Ma
tions was ofIicially communicated last
week to the Polish government by w.
Averell Hartman, Ambassador to Rus
sia, and is believed to have been one Of
the contributing causes to the resigna-
ton Of Premier Mikolajczyk.
Reports received early this week from
London said that under the pressure of
the British and Soviet governments the
socialist anticommunist Jan Kwapinsh
would not be able to form an accept
able" government and chastised
Mikolajczyk would be entrusted once
more with the formation OF an interim
cabinet to accede to Russia's demands.
This now seems essential to Moscow.
There are reports which Army head
quarters hope are correct that the Red
Armies are about to start a major Of
Evening star., 1944-11-30
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

On Thanksgiving Day, British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill told an
Anglo-American audience in London
that the United States is the worlds
greatest military power. For the pur-
pose OF winning the war-and for the
maintenance of the peace that comes
after-the American people may we'll
give thanks that this statement Of Mr.
Churchill is the truth.
To make this country the great mill
tary power 1t Is has required tremen-
dous energy and sacrifice. This develop
ment from the greatest peacetime Ma
tion is due, first. to the men who bear
arms and who sail the ships on sea and
IN the air Second, it Is due to the
ability Of those who work. including the
industrial genius and the man and
woman at the lathe, the man and
woman on the farm and the man in the
mines. Third, 1t is due to the willing
ness with which all Americans have
contributed their money to the war
program.
The Government, and the people, are
today engaged in another huge War
Loan drive-the sixth Of its kind and
in sense the most important. It's goal
is $14, ,000, 900 900. There seems. no slight
est doubt that the total amount wid he
subscribed-and oyersubscribed. It must
be If the morale of the fighting forces
is not to be let down. Tt must be II the
enemy Is not to gain encouragement to
fight on, with the cost to us Of many
more American lives. The loan itself Is
the final knockout drive, SO far as none
tary support Is concerned.
r ~
No politics is involved in this great
EFFORT to provide the sinews of war.
unless it be said that the winning OF
the war is today the great and unani-
nous political issue, backed by all the
people, Republicans, Democrats, inde-
pendents of all political beliefs. 1t Is
an American issue
The prime reason for contributing to
the new loan is the need Of the armed
forces, everywhere in the world, for sup
plies and more supplies War, as it is
fought today, is matter of supplies and
armaments and munitions. To produce
and ship these supplies a vast amount
of money is needed, and needed now.
How necessary are supplies Of all kinds
for the successful prosecution of the
Evening star., 1944-11-30
vaudeville Artists" Criticized


To the Editor Of The Star:
Now comes Carlyle B. Haynes, who, in
The Star of November 20, quotes the
Pilot, official publication of the Roman
Catholic Archdiocese, with regard to the
criticism Of Bob Hopes manner of en-
tertaining service men and women.
Astounded and amazed at the source
OF the criticism, Mr.. Hope replied
through the Associated Press in part as
follows: There's never been any critic
ism of my shows by military authorities.
religious groups or from the servicemen
themselves. On the contrary, I've won
the congratulations and expressions of
good will for my humble efforts from
military officials and from chaplains OF
every faith. feel very keenly about my
responsibility to these service men and
women and I consider it privilege to
have entertained them. The faith they
have in me, as they have shown, will
not violate"
No one sensitive to the moral implica-
tions Of salacious and suggestive quips
approves of'them. But one wonders why
the Pilot and Mr.. Haynes have not
sought the assistance of the press long
ere this. to chastise certain showmen
for that of which they now complain.
Certainly their inward monitors, the
still small voices within, have been Of
Tended often by vaudeville artists who
resort to gags, puns and sly leads" to
stir the risibilities Of their audiences.
ELMER E. ROGERS.
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fensive scross the Vistula River. This
means that the Russian forces will enter
Western Poland which Is more industrial
than agrarian and where the Russians
may encounter some Ill viii on the part
Of the population unless there is "de
facto" Polish government which has Of
ficially subscribed to all the requests Of
the Kremlin.
Mr.. Mikolajczyk Is reported willing
to sign any agreement which has
Russia's and Britains guarantee that
1t will be kept. He Il willing to sign
not only because Of the pressure brought
on him by Prime Minister Churchill
but also In order to avoid hardships
and deportation of the population Of
Poland.
That the Polish government in exile
will have to yield to pressure or dis
appear altogether was evidenced Tues
day in warning contained In an edi-
torial Of the London Times, which speaks
authoritatively on matters Of foreign
affairs. The Times pointed out that
the Polish situation could not be COM
pared with that which existed in 1918
when the Allies had to deal with two
weakened enemy countries, Germany
dIlQ AuSITl&.
Today Polands most powerful neigh
Dor Is the U. 8. S. r. and the Polish
leaders in London must take into con-
sideration "the new social and political
conhguration in Eastern Europe" This
automatically -couched editorial was in
terpreted by the Poles in exile to mean
that they must accept any arrangement
suggested to them by the London gov
eminent on behalf of the Russians or
they might not be able to salvage any,
thing at all.
Mr.. Mikolajczyk is expected to be
entrusted with the formation Of new
cabinet and 1t is believed that before
the end Of the year it will be absorbed,
In some form or another, into the
Lublin government. Whether Mr..
Mikolajczyk and some Of his colleagues
will join that government as individuals
or whether Russia will grant the Poles
in London face-saving device by al
lowing the President Of Poland in exile
to organize Soviet-sponsored govern
ment on the liberated Polish territory
Is q question merely of form.