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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22
NEW YORK SECTION

However, a look. at the big brown
colts record reveals that as a
two year old he was a consistent
loser, only winning four out of
eighteen starts, while earning
the small sum of $S,440. So far
this year he has been to the post
nine times, winning three, plac-
ing once and running out OF the
money five times. Certainly not
an impressive record for a Derby
candidate.
Some observers feel that Chal-
lenge Mes winning efforts were
against inferior comptition,
Though not discounting the fact
that he set a track record at
Oaklawn, doing the mile and
ones xteenth in 1:42 3-5. At
any rate, we will soon know whe-
ther or not he can cope with the
fast field Of a Derby classic,
With stake values looming to
an all-time high, there is a pos
sibility that Count Fleet m ght
dethrone Whirlaway as the lead
ing money-winner of all time be-
fore the season draws to a close.
And any horse topping Whlrley's
mark Of $560,OOO will have GER
tainly earned his oats.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22

the Board of Directors f the Unit
ed Mutual Benefit Assn. of New
York City at its meeting here
this week. Mrs. Riddle, a promi-
nent leader in the field of nurs-
ing and health, was chosen to fill
the position left vacant by the
late Mrs. Feral Snoot.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22

A Trinidad-porn Chinese was
the first Of his race to become an
American citizen since the re-
peal of the Chinese Exclusion Act
He is DR.. Rupert c. Sancho, a
physician, of this city. His wife,
who was also born in Trinidad,
hopes to become a citizen later.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22
New York Roundup
BY Earl A. Ballard

NEW YORK (Calvin's News
Service) The attempt to send a
colored representative from the
87st congressional district to
Congress is not going to be one of
smooth sailing. Already dissen-
ton has surrounded the candi-
dacy Of Rev. Adam C. Powell, Jr.,
who has been recognized as the
leading candidate with more
thana fair chance of winning
Powell, who calls himself the
Peoples Choice, and claims no
political ties, has been endorsed
by Tammany Hall. This move
has served to split the RANKS OF
that body. Several Of the Har-
lem district leaders, prominent
among them Herbert C. Bruce,
of the powerful 22nd district, OPP
pose this endorsement Of Powell,
charging that the militant pastor
Of t h e AbysSinian Baptist
Church has Communistic lean
ings and that his APPROVAL was
engineered by Vito Marcantonio,
leftist Congressman from the
18th Congressional District. This
group threatens to back Assem-
blyman william T. Andrews, who
also has announced his entry in
to the race. Last Sunday, a group
Of citizens under the leadership
of Mack D. Rowe and Theodore
Bolts, sponsored a meeting at
which the Powell selection was
flayed as being hand-picked and
not representative of the masses.
Meanwhile, the Republicans are
expected to select George w.
Harris, veteran Newspaper Pub
Usher and Former Alderman.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22

NEW YORK-(Cl-Mrs. Estelle
Massey Riddle, president of the
National Association of Colored
Graduate Nurses, was elected to
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-22

With Mural Rain about to go
on concert tour, and Muriel
Smith suffering with laryngitis
and ordered by her doctor to
take a rest, a new Carmen
Jones' is being groomed for that
part in the Broadway success of
the same name which has passed
its 15Oth performance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
Chiangs Separated?

Rumors that Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek and Madam Chang have separated,
which have been covertly circulating for some
time have been brought out into the open by
the London Daily Mail, which adds the infor-
nation for which it claims no Authorization.
that Madam Chang will make her home in
Miami Fla, and intends to make a lecture
tour on the Chinese political situation.
Madam Chiang's departure from Chungking
some months ago. with her first stop in Brazil
and her later arrival in this country, has never
been plainly explained. The assumption given
widest credence was that she required medi-
cal. or even surgical, attendance, but the ma
ture Of her trouble was not mentioned, and
the trip itself gave rise to widespread specu-
lation.
If an actual separation has come there will
be many to claim that the Generalissino has
lost his soundest adviser and that without her
at his side, his lot will grow increasingly diff
ficult Time alone can justify this view, but
it is well known that Chang has depended
upon her judgment and knowledge Of the West
ern world and it's standards for many of his
most important decisions, especially when Chi
mas war with the japanese was in its early
stage It is certain that she bridged the gap
between the Oriental views of her husband and
the Occidental attitude of his American and
British Allies in many later emergencies.
Gen. Patrick ]. Hurley, whom President
Roosevelt has nominated as United States en-
voy to China, probably will find many unex-
pected thorns in his path if he has to deal
with Generalissimo alone in the crucial days
ahead
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
They Aid The Axis

The protest Of Canadian regiments against
foreign service, which in certain West coast
camps is not easily distinguished from actual
nnutiry, is not easily understood.
To be sure they were enlisted fc1 home serv.
ice but their country has reached the place
where chocolate soldiers do not longer suffice
The war emergency has passed that stage
The plight of the non-Axis world is too grave
for any equivocation Every individual Cana.
dian has great stake in the outcome OF
this war as the citizen of any country engaged
in it on the side of the Allies
Men of other members of the British Com
monwealth of Nations-the Australians and
New Zealanders in particular-have taken a
conspicuous part in the battle, and not in the
Pacific alone. Divisions of troops from both
countries down under'' saw service in north
Africa when Rommen was riding rough shod
toward the Egyptian frontier. And men frohd
both have given Macarthur faithful service r
his trek north from Australia. How can Ca
nadians, whether of French or English extrac
tion now rebel against service when the need
fo1 them on vital fronts is essential?
The war in Europe is approaching its final
stage. The war in the Pacific is moving toward
its termination with an Allied victory over
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
The Literary Guidepost

controlled acceleration of plant
growth, farm tractors, concrete
highways, mechanical calculators,
automobiles, air conditioning, air
travel, broadcasting, and televi-
sion. Many man has made a fu-
ture for himself as prophet
with enc prophesy no more i'm
portant than one of these.
Bellamy was no go-getter. His
disregard of fame an6 wealth was
no pose, but a simple fact. It was
lucky that close at hand his be-
loved Chicopee Falls furnished
him a miniature picture of the
industrial age in its effect on
American social and economic
life; the town had its pioneer
roots, and an industrial crust that
overlaid it. Bellamy worked for
a while on newspapers, but he
never wandered far from home
in a physical sense. And yet
when, in 1885, Columbia Univer-
sity asked John Dewey, Edward
Weeks and Charles A. Beard each
to list the Is books Of the preced-
ing half century that had most
influenced the thought and action
Of the world, each put '.Das Kapi-
tap' first, and Looking Back
ward" second. The times had
caught up with the man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
Talent For Retreat

This war has demonstrated that the Ger
mans are great in retreat. They enjoy
special talent for orderly withdrawal. Ihls
should be borne in mind in connection WIN
the great battle now underway in the region
where General Eisenhower obviously hopes TO
bring the European war to an early end.
The Allied commander is driving with such
indomitable courage and concentrated fire
power it would seem that he relies to some
extent on his troops ability to cut the enemy
off from retreat across the Rhine and the
transfer of powerful divisions to sectors where
the battle goes least favorably for him. And
he is meeting with some success. But it is
known that whereas the better bridges across
the Rhine have been destroyed, the Germans
are Withdrawn by daylight and used at night,
mus enabling large segments of the German
armies to move far back OF the front lines,
where their presence would interfere with
supply.
Throughout the period when the Russians
first turned at bay in the East and employed
their best strategy-the encriclement of the
foe-i+ was a notable fact that every time
thew had trap ready to be sprung the bulk
of enemy forces had escaped through some
narrow and ordinarily impossible corridor. IT
they believed an enemy force of, say, hun
dred thousand troops was cornered with no
means of escape, when they moved in for the
kill from half to three-quarters would have
wormed their way to safety.
Tn Italv. too, when the British and American
armies have been convinced they had enemy
retreat cut off, the foe was gone when they
were in position to deliver the coup de gras.
In the present battle it would seem that
General Eisenhower's best bet would be to
employ overpowering air forces to cut to
pieces German troops moving across the
Rhine. But he could do this, if indeed it is
part of his strategy, only if the weather were
favorable, which it has not been save for
short periods only.
It appears proper to mention this escape
talent of the Germans at this time in the hope
of disillusioning optirnists if instead OF ending
the war on the Continent west of the Rhine it
is necessary to carry on beyond the river for
a time There is no doubt. however, that the
Germans will not want to fight for long that
near the heart of the Reich, and the possibility
of peace for Christmas is not to be discarded
though man, Germans escape to fight an
other day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
CT SMOKES RELEASED
|Noncombattants To Get Ra-
ton Of Two Packs Weekly

LONDON, Nov. 20 -P)- Non
cornbatant United States soldiers,
who have puffed expensive English
cigarets for the past ten days,
will be allowed two packages a
week of their favorite American
brands, starting next Monday.
The Army announced tonight that
personnel authorized to make pur'
chases in the exchanges may buy
two packs of cigarets or five CT
gars, or two packages of pipe to-
ba eco per week.
Air Force combat personnel, hos
pital patients, airborne units re
turning from operations or train
ing, and personnel attached to anti
aircraft uits will be allowed five
packs of cigarets week, as pre-
sent.
The sale Of cigarets to noncom.
batants was stopped about ten
days ago and raised a storm oil
protest from soldiers. Previously
the ration was seven packages OF
cigarets or four packets Of pipe
tobacco.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
Rules For Car Drivers

It was at least a decade, and probably more
nearly two, that hand signals were adopted
by motorists intending to turn at an intersec-
tion or slow down in traffic. They have been
in use so long and are so universally alike
that there is no excuse for any driver failing
to use them correctly.
They are very simple. left turn calls for
the drivers arm to be extended at right angles
from the window on his side of the car. For a
right turn the driver is expected to extend his
arm sharply upward To slow down he is ex-
pected to trail his arm, preferably with fingers
extended and palm to the rear.
There is nothing difficult about any Of these
usages Yet it is no uncommon thing to see a
driver intending to turn left point downward
toward the paving with his forefinger, extend
his arm straight out for right turn and
neglect to give any signal Tor showdown.
It is all very confusing to the driver Of the
car behind and could precipitate tragic &C
cident if careless driver were advancing al
too great speed 10 stop within five feet, which
in many cities is requirement for driving or
all streets carrying a heavy traffic load
But even worse than these misapplications
of common signal practices Is the custom Of
too many drivers to make turns or reduce
DC for everybody, whether behind the wheel OF
passenger, requires that these rules be USED
At all times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
BY JOHN SELBY
edward Bellamy," by Arthur
q Moroau (Co1urohia. S5l


More than so years ago quiet.
modest man, who spent most of
his life in a small Massachusetts
town, wrote a book called Look
ing Backward" It was by no
means the only book Edward Bel
lamy wrote, but it is the one best
remembered. 1t would be shrugged
off, thse days, by great many
people who have no use for
Utopias, but in its day it influence
ed the thought and lives of many
great men, among them William
Allen White and Thorstein Veblen.
Bella1ny really believed that
the causes of our trouble and
disgraces as a people were under
our popular control. He was mar
velously rash in his willingness to
pin himself down, providing few
of the standard loopholes through
which he might escape the wrath
of posterity. For example, he was
no engineer. yet he assumed more
than half century past that at
least nine things unknown to his
time would come about-and all
nine have.
These were, for the record. the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
Daily Bible Reading

The present movement sponsored by the
Bible Society and encouraged by church or
CARNATIONS with the object OF prevailing on
people generally to read the Scriptures daily
between Thanksgiving and Christmas should
need no special appeal for public coopera.
ton. But the sad fact is that all too few Of us
have more than a speaking acquaintance with
the Bible. to say nothing of intimacy with its
great stores of wisdom through regular pc
rusal. We are missing something worth more
ir our daily lives and conduct, if we omit its
daily reading, than if we were Unsuitable read
ers of all other books.
But we are disappointed that the crusade
now Under way places any particular period
of time for daily Bible reading If this great
est of all books is deserving of daily perusal
and study during the brief interval between
Thanksgiving and Christmas it is deserving of
daily readings throughout life. 1t is one of the
Bibles chief characteristics that no matter
how often any part Of it is read some new
message may be received with each new con.
tact.
We also feel that one phase OF the crusade
IS giving unnecessary emphasis in the pro-
motlonary publicity-certainly the publicity
reaching this desk. Emphasis is placed upon
persons in the armed services. From all avail.
able sources of information the soldiers and
sailors and people in all branches of war
service read their Bibles with greater regu.
lacity and benefit than the great mass Of
civilians.
Nor do we find the scheduling of certain
passages in the best taste. 1t is not for any
man, teacher, preacher or layman to chart
a course of Bible reading for anybody Rather,
II is for everybody to discover the Bible
comfort, encouragement and blessing for him
self. BY this means its treasures gain value.
IT one reads three chapters each week day
and five on Sundays, the Bible may be read
In year. But it would be foolish to think that
single reading on this schedule would give
anyone full acquaintance with it. With each
succeeding reading throughout the entire ado
descent and adult life of any individual the
earnest reader may count on discovering new
tfuthS This being SO as any faithful reader
will testify, the person who fails to read anc
study the Bible as regularly as he perform.
any duty is depriving himself of one of thu
greatest blessings of existence. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
WITH THE AEF
The Medics Have A Job To Do

Ambulance No. lasted until
they drove up to a battalion aid
station in small French town
the other day. They got out and
entered the station. When they re-
turned, the ambulance was riddl-
ed with shrapnel.
Now Harry and Joe are driving
No. and if anything happens to
it, they are figuring on asking that
their next one be armed.
Also unusual was the case OF
Capt. Forrest A. Rowell Of Boston,
Mass, and Pvt. Rec M. Klipp OF
Washington, D. C. They and three
other medics Of the 320th Infantry
were attacked while attempting to
evacuate wounded from no mans
land. One aid man took to his heels
and managed to get away. Two
others were captured. Rowell and
.Klipp dived into the mud and play
ed possum.
Some of the attacking Germans
poured small arms and mortar fire
into the sector with an ungrateful
wounded German directing the
small arms fire Finally they quit
firing and sent a party up to in
vestigate.
The looked the pair of medics
over and decided they were dead
but only after giving Klipp sew
eral vicious kicks without getting
the slightest reaction.
They picked up the German
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
Daily Pray'
FOR UPLIFTED EYES

Our eyes incline to the edE'A
everydayness, and we FORGE
look up to the stars, and 10 III III
eternal Sun of Righteousness q.
Source of all power. we ' y,
before Thee confessing TINS "
We know that "Where mere e.
no vision the people perish ,,A /.
pray for anointed and upi-,
eyes; and for deliverance 1roG' !,
sordidness. May the things o. , ,
spirit, which are our true lIs, =,
more real to us than all the ,l u.
terial concerns of the passing 3D. ID.
Enable us to keep our eyes lr =.
upon Thee, our Lord and On, :. =,
liverer. Above the clamor o. " :,
tie, and above the wartime IT,, >.
tations of civilian life may ,,s
discern the eternal spiritual Va-'.
Grant unto us the fulfiLnea' ),
the Beatitude, BLESSED a.v az 1,
pure in heart, for they shal H., ]
Cod However dark our pe."
lot. reward us and SaS, 11.n,.,
with a consciousness oil 1Ai ri
the everything and supreme .' ID
Thus prepare us for the ~, ss,"
day when we shall see IaS'
Thou art. Anen.-WT,E'
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
Rv KENNETH l., DIXON

WITH THE AEF ON THE
WESTERN FRONT, Nov. 25.-
(Delayed) - Up NEEDLES in this
mans army have such a rough
time of it and do such "impos-
sible" things regularly that STAN
ina, heroism and self-sacrifice
seem to be just ordinary qualities
among them.
But, still, there are unusual stor'
les about the medical men-unus-
ual until someone comes along
with a similar tale from another
outfit.
Such is the case of Cpl. Harry
Moran of Wisner, Neb., and Pvt.
Joseph Zebrowski of Newark, N.
j., a pair of 10th Medical Bat
talon ambulance drivers who at
the moment are driving their
fourth ambulance since landing in
France.
The first day the S5th Division
went into action, a German SO
knocked out their first ambulance.
Mentally they thanked their stars
they weren't in it. They got anoth-
er.
They parked the second one
near the combat line one day
while getting some patients to car.
ry back to the hospitals. While
they were gone, Jerry artillery
zeroied that one. They didn't even
get a chance to salvage it. The
Germans suddenly made a strong
counterattack and Harry and Joe
lust managed to escape on foot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
BALLOT FRAUD PROBE
Group 10 Meet In Raleigh On
Davidson Discrepancy

GREENSBORO, Nov. 20. -(P-
The investigation of alleged cleo
ton frauds in Davidson county
will continue tomorrow with a
meeting at Raleigh of Solicitor Nor
man A. Boren, Of the 18th Judi
cial District, with Attorney Cen
eral Harry MCMILLAN and Tho
mas Creekmore, director Of the
State Bureau of Investigation.
Boren said he has no official
information on the alleged irreg-
ularities and is, therefore, not in
position at this time to comment
on the matter.
The solicitor, Attorney General
and Creekmore are to meet at Nc
Mullan's office at 2 pm.
Plans for tomorrow's meeting
were made following meeting
Tuesday of the State Board of Elec-
tons which recommended that the
charges be Investigated and pros
ecuted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30

AS soon as they figured it was
safe, Rowell and Klipp also left.
II must have looked very dead, "
the lanky captain declared later,
But I didn't feel at all dead. My
head was in a ditch, but my legs
and backside were extremely ex-
posed"
The greatest case of enemy in
gratitude possibly concerns Sgt. Err.
nest Kennedy of Kearney, Neb., aid
man of the 10th Medical Batta-
lion. Kennedy had one of the most
arrogant Nazi prisoners his outfit
had ever handled and, although the
man was dying, Ernest was doing
everything possible to ease his pain
and try to save him.
Suddenly the dying German sat
upon his litter and spat directly in
Kennedy's face. AS if nothing had
happened, Ernest pushed him gent
ly down and continued treating his
wounds.
Later, when Kennedy's angry
buddies asked him why he continu-
ed to treat the fanatic German, Err
lest gave an answer which is typi-
cal among the medics regardless of
whether you ask them how they
dare move unarmed in the midst
of the hottest battle or why they
constantly risk their lives to save
the wounded-comrades and enc
my alike.
IT have a job to do" Ernest
said
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30

the Japanese. No man eligible for military
service in any country arrayed against the
Avis can offer reasonable excuse for refus.
inc to enter the battle, whatever the terms of
his sviginal enlistment may have been
The Canadian conscripts now throwing a
monkey wrench into the machinery of their
Governments participation in the war are
working, however unwittingly, for the Axis
az directly as American strikers in essential
war industries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
HEADQUARTERS 21ST
GROUP, Nov. 29.-(P-

GROUP, Nov. 29.-(P)-
main cogs of the most
war machine in history M -.st
night when General Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Allied communicating
chief, walked into 21st Army group
headquarters and shook hands
with Field Marshal Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery.
This was the second stop on
the latest of General Eisenhower
lightning visits to the various con-
tinental war fronts. The first was
a short stop at Ninth American
Army Headquarters, where the
Allied chief conferred briefly with
1t. Gen. William H. Simpson, Ninth
Army commander.
Simplicity is the keynote of Gen
eral Eisenhower encourage.
There is no fanfare, no scream
ing motorcycle escort, no flutter-
ing banners. only three cars are
included in the convoy and one
of these is more or less a spare
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
Eisenhower And Monty
Meet To Plan New Push

in case of a breakdown. The re-
naming car is for correspondents
and photographers.
It is symbolic of the smoothly
effective Allied teamwork that
General Eisenhower carries but a
single military advisor on his trips.
He is a British Army staff Off
Ger, Colonel Gault.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
WLB WAGE RULING

ATLANTA, Nov. 20. - up - The
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
ruled today that $15,99O paid by Is
Southeastern firms in violation of
the wage sterilization act must be
withheld as an operating expense
in computing income tax.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
AIR FORCE RATIO

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. -P)-
The ratio Of British and American
airplanes, without regard to type,
operating on the Western European
front is roughly $3.50, an Army
Air Force spokesman said today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-30
Enrol Flynn Is Ordered
To Pay Tax On Alln''

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25- MI.
Actor Enrol Flynn agreed ~ ~
today, through his at'o-4 ~ 4
pay Federal income taxes r ~, !,
and 1943 on the Sl2JgI. nsr3
alimony received by LIN
his former wife. ll,-s
Bernard M. Silbe2t' ms d IN
said Flynn would make d d 4.
payment Immediately on ~, s,.,iII
1856 amount, and would ~, ~
$1,000 weekly until the u D
cleared, whereupon a co on, ss ~
tation against him W0'lo ~
missed. .,,s,io,.'
also ordered Flynn to pay sr,..,1
fee forthwith to MISS w.
attorney.