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Evening star., 1944-05-09

I so deeply appreciated and so little
deserve. There are thousands In
Washington fighting the fight better
than I am. They will not get the
scroll, but will receive their honor
in the individual satisfaction of a
job well done. I should like to take
this honor as a recognition of their
work personified in some one selected
to represent them. 1 should also
like to be one of those whose daily
work and life shows itself in keeping
with the teachings of our Master" ="
DIR. Rustin Reelected.
Justice Roberts is the seventh
person to receive the award, which
was initiated in 1888. Members of
the committee for the 1914 award,
in addition to DR.. Blackwelder, were
the Rev DR.. Seth r. Brooks. pastor
of the National Memorial Church,
and Col. William o. Tufts, 1912
winner.
At the federation meeting pre-
ceding the presentation of the an
nual award DR.. Rustin was unani-
mously reelected president for the
coming year Other officers re-
elected were Edward H. De Groot,
jr.; the Rev. HALEY B. Taylor and
DR.. Brooks, vice presidents; Norton
M. Little, treasurer, and Maj. Guy
Withers, assistant treasurer. Newly
elected officers are Miss A. Barbara
Wiegand, vice president, to succeed
Wilson M. Compton, and the Rev.
Luther Holcomb, secretary, to sue
ceed Virgil M. Crosby.
Department cfairmen chosen
were the Rev. F. Bland Tucker, So
cial welfare; Coleman Jennings, de-
fense commission; the Rev. Horace
E. Cromer, research and church
planning, and the Rev. r. K. Nevitt,
Christian education.
Committee chairmen appointed to
posts for the coming year are the
Rev. Walter F. Wolf, bowling; Will
bur La Roe, jr., civic affairs; Wilton
H. Wallace, conscientious objector;
the Rev. Rogin Gould, evangelism;
Dudley Hoffman, finance; Mrs. H. B.
Douglas, House Committee; the Rev.
A. J. Mccartney, institutions; the
Rev. S. Paul Schilling, just and
durable peace; Dudley N. Carpenter,
Evening star., 1944-05-09

laymen's missionary: the Rev War
rem D. Bowmen, marriage and home
the Rev. Charles Enders, member
churches: the Rev. Howard S. An
derson, public meetings; the Rev
Frederick B. Harris, public relations
the Rev. Clarence w. Crawford, race
relations; the Rev. Seth r. Brooks,
radio; the Rev. Fred S. Buschmeyer,
student work, and the Rev Edward
H, Pruden, World Council of
Churches.
DR.. Reissig explained the high
lights of the 16-page printed report,
emphasizing the many-sided in
terests of the federation. Noting
the change of the federation's
financial condition from the red
side of the ledger to the black
within the past year, DR.. Reissig
pointed out as one of the fine
achievements of the year the 1914
Church Guide and Directory, re-
Gently issued by the society. The
directory was prepared under the
direction of Donald F. Bautz, di-
rector of the Defense Commission
of the churches.
Churches Admitted.
DR.. Reissig also announced the
admission of the following churches
into the federation in the last year
Luther Rice Baptist, Pinkney Me-
mortal Episcopal, Cheyerly Evan
gelical, st. Luke's Lutheran, West
over Presbyterian, Mount Bethel
Baptist, Ebenezer Methodist, Strauss
Memorial Christian, Christ Luther
an, st. Luke's Episcopal and Zion
Lutheran. The churches were then
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Vicar Verifies
| Story Of Vision
IOf Jesus in Sky
(From Yesterdays Last Edition. J
Ey the Associated press

(From Yesterdays Last Edition.)
By the Associated Press.
IPSWICH, England, May 8-The
Rev. Harold Godfrey Green, vicar of
st. Nicholas Church and chaplain
20 British forces, said today he had
verified quite definitely" the story
of hundreds of Ipswich residents,
who said they saw a vision of Jesus
and cross in the sky during an
April 27 air-raid alert.
There was scarcely any varia-
tion-if any-in these accounts" he
said after extensive conversations
with residents in this East ANGLICAN
coast town. Hundreds of persons
have said they saw the sign clearly"
Nearly 300 townspeople crowded
st, Nicholas Church-which seats
only 500-for a sermon on the vision
yesterday, when the vicar said: 81
have satisfied myself beyond doubt
of the authenticity of the vision. 1
regard the sign as good omen -
I did not myself see the sign and
for this 1 am sorry"
The vision was said to have lasted
Is minutes.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
FL Salvador President
Resigns in Effort 10
Quiet Disorders
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SAN SALVADOR, Ell Salvador
May 9.-Gen. Maximiliano Her.
nandeZ Martinez has resigned a.
President of the republic of E
Salvador, effective today, with the
announced hope of restoring order
to this little country, shaken by 6
general strike.
"a Puerto Rico dispatch said
Gen. Martinez would be sue
ceeded by the chief justice of
the Supreme Court.)
An announcement of the Presi-
dents action, made yesterday, saic
the strike had caused a tense situa-
ton and he had decided to stel
down in order to settle matters OF
state "in decorous and satisfac-
tory manner in conformity with ma
tional interests"
Gen. Mariners action was taken
Just a little more than a month
after his government put down re-
volt In which So persons were killed
and 1874 wounded. Later the gov
ernment announced the execution
Of Is persons.
Gen. Martinez succeeded to the
presidency of the country when
President Arturo Araujo left in De-
cember, 1881. Six months remain
of the six-year term to which he
was elected in 1885,
Ell Salvador, a coffee growing
country, has an area of 1915
square miles and next to Haiti is
the smallest of the American re-
publics. 1t has population of l.
$4,000.
The day after the attack on Pearl
Harbor Ell Salvador declared war on
Japan and four days later went to
war with Germany.
Evening star., 1944-05-09

DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, executive
secretary of the federation, and DR..
Blackwelder.
Responds to Honor.
Justice Roberts, who obviously was
stirred by the presentation, said: Il
have never received any honor that
Evening star., 1944-05-09

AWARD-Jusice Roberts of the Supreme (right) re-
ceves the Washington Federation Churches 1914 annual
award plaque the Districts outstanding Christian ayman
for the past year from Backweder chairman of
the Award Committee Dr. John Rustin president of
federation, looks on. Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
have had the whole thing for $500 bought

have had the whole thing for $500, bought
most of it,
Lindmark has passion for so-called
Junk" Looking over not-too-promislng
collection once, he glanced out the window
and saw a bonfire. The seller told him he
was burning "old pamphlets and stuff"
Lindmark rushed out, poked among the
flames with stick and dragged forth paper
bound book not yet touched by fire. 1t was
first-edition Dickens worth $8O
Because of wartime travel difficulties he
does most of his buying and selling now by
mail. People write, describing their item, and
if he is interested, Lindmark asks to see it.
Lindmark has been absorbed with books
since he was boy. When he was Is he read
Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan."
Immediately started to read everything of
Wilde's he could get hold OF. But Wilde's repu-
tation was bit unsavory at the time and
landmark had to scour every bookstore in
town. BY the time he was l8 he had the largest
collection of Wilde in America.
No Browsing Allowed
LANDMARKS future was decided at that
point. He went into the book business and
soon moved to Poughkeepsie where he has
been for IS years. About six years ago his
collection reached such proportions he bought
a sprawling, l00-year-old red brick school,
house and moved into it. The second floor has
been converted into charming living quarters,
landmark allows no browsing. He has failed
to spot people in remote recesses of his place
and has locked them in for the night. But his
biggest worry is over lost books. He files his
collection alphabetically by title, without re-
gard for author or subject. If someone absent
mindedly returned a book to the wrong shelf
it might be misplaced forever.
Lindmark long ago stopped considering his
business as work. 1t is love love which
has borne him a tragedy. For years he
has looked for a young boy who loves
books enough to make it his ife's work.
Lindmark wants to train such boy to leave
his collection in good hands when he dies
Lndmark never had son. His daughter.
now living in Chicago. isn't interested.
Il hate to think of this collection being
broken up" he sighs And when you look
around and smell the charming smells of old
books you silently agree. The End
Evening star., 1944-12-31
BY JERRY BRONDFIELD

John Lindmark, who owns them,
is worried about their future.
Who'll be there to carry on
with his enormous collection?
NTArIvEs of Poughkeepsie, N Y, claim
IN fame for three things: Vassar College,
Smith Brothers Cough Drops. and John Lind
mark But unless you're book collector you
may never have heard of Lindmark.
A Brooklynite who looks like an English
country squire. Lindmark probably is the
nations biggest collector and dealer in books
He's as interested in picking up 100 dusty
things in farmers attic as he is in buy
ing millionaire's 5000 -volupe library.
He has done plenty of both, now has more
than quarter of million volumes: fiction.
poetry, essays, and probably every specialized
subject ever converted to the printed word -
including science. engineering. music, and
treatises on black magic.
Once he came late to an auction attended
by the shrewdest collectors in New York
He rummaged among baskets of books the
experts already had examined and passed
up. On top of one basket. staring him in the
face, was paper-bound, frst-edition Poe.
Lindmark bid dollar and half for the
whole basket, got it without opposition. The
Poe alone was worth S3OO
NPays Dividends
A FEW years ago a farmer trotted out a
book that made Lindmark's heart pound
when he saw it. ITS rare one" the farmer
warned tentatively. It'll cost you $780,"
1t was New England Incunabula. pub
lished in 1924, containing 81 broadsides on
early continental laws and customs. Lind
mark said he thought maybe he could find
buyer for it. paid the man his price.
Lndmark wrote to Harvard University
offered the book for 81 500 Harvard hemmed
and hawed. So Lindmark put up the book at
auction, offering the II broadsides separately.
They brought $500. Harvard, which could
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With Ernie Pyle

jectionable manner, even in the
dark.
"Oh, OH" he said. $50 we've
got baby right from the States
telling me how to run mules! A
tenderfoot, huh? Trying to talk to
us veterans! A hero right from the
States, huh?
Whereupon one of the real vet
Grams in our company called out
to the gabby skinner:
saw, shut up! You probably
haven't been overseas two months
yourself.
He must have hit the nail on the
head, or else his voice carried COM
mand, for that's the last we heard
of the muleskinner.
1t was almost midnight when the
company reached it's bivouac area
and dug it's foxholes into the mud.
Always that's the first thing to do.
1t becomes pure instinct. The drip.
py, misty dawn found our men dis
persed and hidden in the bottom
Of shallow, muddy depressions OF
their own digging, eating cold hash
from Grafton cans.
They attacked just after dawn.
The Germans were only a short
distance away. I stayed behind
when the company went forward.
In the continuously circulating
nature of my job, I may never
again see the men in this outfit.
But to me they will always be
my company.
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was, by his own admission, not coming from
the correspondents in the front lines who were
risking their lives so that the world might
know what was going on. It was, he said
coming from the rear, presumably from news
men at Allied headquarters in Naples, who
were specializing on the communicates.
Based upon what he has said, this lid was
without reason, ard the point involved goes
back to two questions, which have been in
the minds of many people since the first
conference between the Prime Minister and
President Roosevelt in Washington after Pearl
Harbor: Are the American people still babies,
unable to take the real news concerning Al
lied defeats or possible defeats and who is
running this war, political leaders or mill
airy leaders?
Political leadership certainly is needed, es-
pecially now that postwar problems are COM
ing to the fore, but a battlefield, it would
seem that the men who were trained in the
ways of war, who have. made soldering their
career, should know what is best to be re-
leased to the public-news which could not
be of benefit to the enemy, which is the
basic reason for censorship.
AS far as the American people are con-
cerned, they are grown up now. They can
take their news straight. Censorship is de-
signed to keep helpful facts from the enemy,
not to keep bad news Or unwelcome facts
from the people.
Why can't the America npeople have the
news first without waiting for the leader OF
another country to tell them what their sons
and husbands are doing?
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The Literary Guidepost

ton to be entertaining very seri-
ously; she not only did number
OF shows, but she talked to every
service man she met, signed thou.
sands OF identification cards, and
when not hospitalized, went out
with all and sundry in the interest
OF the war effort and what fun
she could have. The low spot was
the show given for Queen Eliza.
beth and the Princesses, which all
four girls thought was awful The
funniest situation came about
when Miss Landis' new husband
got leave to see her off to Africa
out never saw her alone. due to =
lost identification card and h q
presence of his general, plus 9th.
er brass hats.
Mltzi Mayfair had trouble with
her teeth, and almost never found
a decent floor to dance on. Kav
FRANCIS got terrific cold. Martha
Kaye was tough enough to take
the worst in her determined st~ide
When the bombers came over, dur.
ing the teams North African cam
palgn, everybody jumped into =
muddy slit trench-Miss Lands in
a silver fox jacket and Mayfair
IN mink. Lands found a pair Of
mans shoes il her duffle, SUP.
posed they were her husbands
and they weren't
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lm'tz to reach Formosa without contracting
either enemy naval or air opposition baseo
in the Philippines, his forces are getting so
close to Japan that the Japanese would be
mcst liable to concentrate heavy forces to
oppose any further westward advance, and
the Japanese are powerful in the Philippines.
Tt is possible, however, that the American
strategy calls for a campaign against the
Philippines from the south simultaneously
with another thrust from the west with For
mosa as the goal If Macarthur and Halsey
strike together from the south, the Japanese
will be at disadvantage if they have to
combat Nimitz' task force at the same time.
These are matters which may not be made
known to the public for obvious reasons. But
it is significa" that as Ninitz advances Mac
Arthur's activities to the south attain faster
tempo daily.
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BY JOHN SELBY
~ JILLS IN A JEEP," by

Carole Lands Random; so.
I don't think it's very important
that the world know about trip
into the war zone by Ca-ole Lam
dis, Mitzi Mayfair, Kay Francis
and Martha Raye. But on the 9TH
er hand, the story of their trip is
very gay story, and there is no
reason why we shouldn't be as
gay as possible, these days.
Besides, I happen to know how
the book was done, and this also
is amusing. 1t is signed by Carole
Lands, and called ~ Jills in a
Jeep." And it was put together
after Miss Landis' return r m
abroad very simply. He. ghost met
her in he: New York diggings,
and engaged her in conversation.
She talked readily, and a steno-
type operator took down what was
said. Then the ghost retired to
his private literary crypt, sorted
out the material, and wrote the
book. It was serialized, you may
remember, in the Saturday Eve
ming Post before book publication.
And it is funny. Miss Lands,
for example, went abroad with no
husband, and married one almost
overnight in England. She also got
appendicitis, and took her obliga-
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The Barley Blow

Senator Barkley's resumption Of his posi-
as democratic leader Of the upper branch Of
Congress, at the insistent and unanimous de-
variety of implications, chief of which seems
to be that he lay take on responsibilities
overlapping strictly party lines.
It was a notable fact that at the conclusion
of his historic address in which he announced
his purpose tc resign his leadership because
he could not go along with President Roose.
welt on the tax bill veto after carrying his
flag for seven years, as many Republicans
rushed to his desk to congratulate him as
Democrats. If this is a fair index to the
feeling the Senate, it could mean that Bark.
ley, while titular head of the Democrats in
the Senate, will also be the chieftain Of a
coalition made up of strong elements in both
parties.
If this eventuates, President Roosevelt will
have to hew close to the line henceforth.
Mr.. Barley is very careful to impress upon
reporters that his personal friendship for
President Roosevelt remains at its old high
level, but after H.: '-ounciation Of the Presi-
dents action on the tax Dill IL is OBVIOUS
that personal friendship will have no effect
upon his decisions on Mr.. Roosevelt's official
actions.
Nothing has happened since the President
took office which gives such good promise
of restoring Congress to it's true legislative
functions as this Barley episode. Certainly
no equivalent shock to the Presidents ego
has come from ~ source.
Hopefully, he will not have to be given
such a shock again. Peace between the Cap
itol and the White House is indispensable, if
the war is to be ended as quickly as is
militarily possible. 1t can be achieved if Mr..
Roosevelt has learned the lesson implicit in
the Barley g, and does not again run
counter to the will of the American people
at large, whose stewards Senator Barley and
every Senator and Representative are. If that
lesson has not been learned, it is obvious
that Congress will not hesitate to teach it
again and if necessary still again.
When the House overrode the Presidents
tax bill veto yesterday it served warning on
the White House that it will not longer SUBJ
NIT to dictation. There is no reason to doubt
that the same attitude prevails in the Senate.
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At Cross Purposes

simultaneously with the announcement that
deferments for farmers are to be reviewed
with the prospect that most of them will be
speedily indicted, George w. Hill, chief OF
the Program Planning Board of the War Food
Administrator Office Of Labor announces at
a conference of state and county agricultural
representatives of twelve northeastern states,
seasonal laborers for farm work, which is
half million more than last year, and in.
dicates that 12,000,0 900 farm workers will be
needed at harvest time
Clearly General Hersey and the Office of
Labor are working at cross purposes 1t is
ally ask, how the nations crops are to be
harvested it farmers and farm workers are
taken into the armed services in such large
numbers as Genera! Hersey obviously con-
templates.
Surely the need for men in uniform is not
SO great that the country's agriculture can
be neglected, especially as the United States
must assume the job Of feeding hungry mil
lions in Europe. Victory gardens can 60 part
way IN meeting domestic needs, if every
body in possession Of vacant land, whether
measurable by feet or acres, turns gardener.
But at best Victory gardens cannot produce
enough vegetables to divide among the 127,.
100000 people in the land, to say nothing OF
the armed forces and Europe's starving pop
ulation.
There must be greater effort than ever be.
fore expended upon raising and harvesting
crops. 1t is war necessity. as essential to
victory, in the last analysis, as adequate fight.
ing men and material. Something is radically
wrong with the planning which proposes both
to recruit farmers and put them in the ranks.
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Special Meeting Called
By Masonic Lodge Here

St. Johns Lodge No. 1, A. F. &
A. M, will hold a special meeting
fo= the purpose of cQpferring the
degree Of Master Mason on Mon.
day, February %, and this work
will be done by group of Past
Masters and members of Palmyra
Lodge No. 147, A. F. & A. NJ, Of
Dunn, N. c.
District Deputy Grand Master.
Hugh w. Prince, assisted by Past
Masters Alfred Blalock, C. H.
Brock, H. P. Byrd, R. L. Cromar.
tie, Jc., r. M. Dowd, G. T. Prof
fit. James Snipes, and Zeb V.
Snipes, will confer the degree.
The first section will begin al
6:15 o'clock, supper will be served
in the Temple at 7:15 o'clock, and
the work resumed at o'clock.
All Master Masons are invited
to participate in this event,
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Beachhead Censorship

During his review of the war before Parlj.
ment on Tuesday, Prime Minister Churchill,
revealed among other things that it was he
who had ordered stricter censorship of news
from the Allies Anzio beachhead below Rome
Until his revelation, the identity of the person
who had ordered the lid clamped down on
the news was undisclosed. Even after the
Prime Minister told the world it was he who
had seen fit to withhold bad tidings, the rea-
son for it all still remains in the dark.
The "alarmist phraseology" which he
claimed was disrhptins the Allied war effort,
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INSURANCE MEET
WILL HEAR ORR

The Wilmington association of
Life Underwriters will hear Cliff
ford H. Orr of Philadelphia, trustee
of the National Association Of Life
Underwriters, at luncheon meet
ing in St. Johns Tavern at 2 pm.
Friday.
The associations board of dir
ectors, and Eric l.. Tilley, presi-
dent of the state association, will
meet with Orr at IL o'clock, pre-
ceding the luncheon.
A good representation from the
life insurance personnel of the city
is expected to hear Orr.
Mr.. Orr has had extensive
training, experience, and recogni-
ton in the life insurance field.
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Fat And Tin Collection

We have been told that the fat salvage cam
paign hereabouts is not moving smoothly
While dealers are buying the fat brought ir
by customers and giving the sellers the pre-
scribed ration stamp bonus, they complain
that their c""ers are overlooking and say
hat collection has not been adequate
II is reasonable to ask, then what is the
good of housewives rendering and boarding
the fats that pass through their kitchens, as
a means of furt-o~'ng the nations war ef
fort, if there is to be no systematic collec
tion after they reach the authorized deposi
tories? Certainly the glycerine they contain
cannot help to win the war if it remains
in butchers ice boxes.
This is sir - to the situation that pre-.
vailed when households were urged to save
tin cans. Wilmington has never contributed
a substantial quantity of tin to the country's
war stockpile not because housewives were
unwilling to save cans but because every
time notice was given that collectors would
be abroad on any given date they either did
not arrive at all or moved through undesig.
nated areas. Even when receptcles were
placed at corners they remained uncovered
through all kinds OF weather and their con.
ents were allowe' 70 accumulate only to be
rained on and rust out.
We don't know what needs to be done about
it, but it must be obvious to everybody that
if the community's fats and tin are to help
win the war collections must be made regu-
larly and Systematically