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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-20
Will Government Break

A number of bills have been introduced in
Congress lately pertaining to disposal of sur
plus war goods. In many instances, their franz
ers have written into them about attempts
to divert huge reservoir of Federally owned
materials, lands and plants to the promotion
OF public ownership of industry, and specific
ally the electric power industry, by proposing
cies such as IVA, which are in business in
competition with private industry, while re-
stricting sale to private industry itself These
schemes have received the praise of the Secre-
tary of the Interior.
What irony. Public taxes and the proceeds
OF war bond drives have gone into the con.
struction and production of billions of dollars
worth of everything from radio tubes to super
factories to be used in the war against Hitler
end socialism. And now as the need for these
facilities tapers If, the promoters of social
ism here in own country seek by legal
srtifice to lay hold of booty so vast that
It staggers the imagination
According to authority there is an '.es-
timated more than SOB, 900, 900, 900 of s,,rn,us
Federal war properties here and abroad and
some $16,Ooo,ooo,o 1000 of government-owned war
plants
There are and will be- this authority con.
unues Surplus metals, tungsten. zinc lead
quicksilver, copper, and fabricated products
OF these nletals-wire, apparatus, fastenings
also mica, quartz, and numerous minerals
There will be trucks, industrial automotive
equipment for all purposes, and nobody vet
knows what else.
a.. Thus, made to order for public own
ership advocates, here are raw materials in
fabulous lots fabricated articles in surplus
stocks, aforementioned plants to make war
materials that can easily be converted to
making other things from the surplus mate
rails Finally, there are the REA COOP
e1stives to use these products, made in gov
eminent plants. There are huge acreages ID
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Swedish Press Speculates
On Nev Minister To u. S.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 19.-RAThe
Swedish press began specializing
today on a successor to Wollmar
Flip Bostroem as minister to the
United States. Bostroem has reach
ed the retirement age.
Stockholm Tidningen said P. v.
G. Assarsson, former minister to
Moscow, was headed for the as
signment, and the Morgontidnigen
asserted that Rolf Won Heidenstam,
Swedish businessman, already had
been selected.
A foreign office spokesman said,
however, that no choice had been
made and that Bostroem's assign
rnent had been extended to July.
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WITH THE AEF
The World Is Small

chat goes to show it's a small
world after ALL"
If you need more proof, there's
the case of Don Asbel, Kansas
boy who four years ago was q
rookie with Company E. 18th Reg
iment, 35th Division. He left it to
attend officer candidate school
was graduated and assigned to an
other outfit.
Time passed and one day Lieut.
enant Asbell was pulled out OF
his new outfit and was shipped
overseas as a replacement officer.
Reaching the Western front after
bouncing around from one replace.
ment depot to another, he wound
up leading the same platoon in
the same company in the same
regiment with which he had taken
his basic training.
In spite OF all odds against it,
that sort of thing keeps things
happening. For instance, I turn
ed this story over 10 LIZ. LIN
Strong, of Warren, O., a field
press censor, whom I just met
the other day, it seems ne USED
to be stationed at Camp Ellis,
which is near Macomb, ILL.,, where
I was born and raised.
81 married Marjorie Mclean
there" he said, getting up and
pacing the floor. 1.-The fact is, we
are supposed to be having a BABY
about now"
Mclean" 1 said, ''why I know
the McLeans there!"
did you say your name IS
Dixon?" he asked. II met Doro-
thy Dixon who used to come out
to the Camp Ellis USO club some
times"
"That's my sister, I SAID -
whereupon we both agreed tla.,
by George, it sure is a small
world after all. Isn't it?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-20
WITH THE AEF
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF ON THE IVES
TERN FRONT, Nov. 13.-Delay-
ed)-P)-Sooner or later almost
everybody gets tired Of hearing
that old gag: 'Its sure small
world after all. Its probably one of
the most overWorked phrases in
the entire war.
But Corp. Gordon E. Cross of
New York City, a medical aid man
in the 34th Division, especially is
tired of hearing it. He's always
having somebody say: Haven
l met you somewhere before?
Your voice sounds familiar.
Then patiently he explains that
they probably haven't met him but
the reason his voice sounds fami-
liar is simply because it probably
is, prior to the time he snapped
sheet music and a microphone for
sulpha pills and blood plasma, Cor
poral Cross was one of radios
best known tenors performing on
various national radio shows
But the other day, Gordon didn' t
mind a bit when someone said:
Haven't I seen you somewhere
before?" in slightly quizzical
tones. Looking around, he saw his
brother, Sgt. Glen B. Cross. Meth
err had any idea where the other
was, but, it being small world,
they had stumbled across each
other. The fact that they met along
the Western front was not parti-
cularly unusual. You'd be amazed
how often it happens-even in the
midst of battle.
Sgts. Thomas Lawfield of Skies
ton, Mo-, and Harold Andrews of
Shelbyville, Ind. couple of line
company sidekicks in the 35th Divi-
sion knew their brothers were in
the Army but didn't know where.
The other day, when their COM
pany was right in the middle OF a
hot fight, Sergeant LaWfield look
ed over to the outfits flank and
saw his brother, Pvt. j. D. Law
field also in action. He'd just ar
rived as a replacement.
A few hours later the outfit
passed through another regiment
of the same division and Sergeant
Andrews hailed his brother, Pvt.
Leon Andrews, who also had just
arrived as a replacement.
War or no war, there was quite
a reunion and practically every
hodv in earshot allowed as to how
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-20
|FDR MAY INCREASE
LITTLE STEEL RATE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. - B-
"A number Of senators, including
some who dislike the idea, express
ed the opinion today that President
Roosevelt will revise the little
steel wage formula upward.
At the same time, Sterilization
Director Fred M. Vinson pledged
special vigilance" by himself
and the price administrator to
stop further increases in the cost
Of living. In a statement, ne called
for wage policy to provide earn
ings, after We day thigh enough
to buy the products of our ex-
banded and reconverted indus .
tries"
Congressman saw in War Labor
Board Chairman Davis Saturday
report Of a wartime living cost
increase of % to 80 per cent, a
vehicle for early White House &C.
ton.
While the legislators were divid-
ed as to the desirability Of basic
wage increases, a majority agreed
that the administration would move
in that direction.
Some observers thought that the
President might tell the War La
Dor Board to permit wages in
crease above the Is per cent in
excess of January, 1941 levels al
lowed by the little steel formula.
but not as high as the 80 per cent
increase proposed by George
Meany, ALL member Of the COM
mittee.
Senator Russell D-Ga) said he
thought some types of labor are
entitled to some increases, but
added that chose who are holding
the line against initiation have got
to be supported, and I'd hate to
see the little steel formula entirely
discarded
On the other hand, Senator Aiken
(R-VD asserted that it looked to
him "as if the little steel formula
is on the way out, if the report
is accepted"
II never did think the formula
was very fair" Aiken told repor-
tiers ut took no account of de-
probation in quality in such items
as shoes and clothing, which
meant higher living costs even
though the prices were unchang-
ed"
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Daily Prayer
FOR A REAL LIFE

AM about us in Thy Woflo'
Infinite God, there is the tfavs1
of turmoil and war, and OF 'Foa,
hled minds seeking light sna
peace. Yet we pursue our gun '..,
r monplace way, concerned over
material things and content WIN VIII
the toys of pleasure. We Aa W.
not entered into the heart Of VI.
worlds woe. Our spirits 90 Nv. ~.
bleed in fellowship with Is
worlds anguish. Even the pIs 81.
of our sons in service has n9 '
gripped our imagination we i W.,
upon tidings OF great human a.S
asters merely as interesting nea|
Forgive us, Q Lord, forgive ~
Stir our hearts to real llfe Gun
cerned with what concerns 1As',
Let our thoughts dwell upon ~,
spiritual significance Of ''l'''
days. Attune our hearts to pray,
err without ceasing. May we v
found much in the company
Thy word. Send us guessing GU" ..,
stantly after the likeness IN ~.
selves of Thy Son, our oaVl0u''
A. Wy TT z
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Interpreting
The War
BY ELTON & raw

have the Allies 1a,ro,,
tass: offensive in history !, M M
midst Ia of a supply shortage, ii he
IL taken at face value, 9 w..
Of news might give G that "" i. Item,
SON. Tnan 81 SIX armies OF mill iia.ps'',
men and tens of THOUSANDS .ls' On. 0.
Wy wy, weapons YEA are attac ls 81 A "a
ST Sttr0nngly-fortified western so,t sas
OF Germany. Military lead. border
a nc nee, they have been expe es an,
80 days supply of ammun pgaolns
ten days. '--' 0i'''loA in
thing like this: % some.
Even though the recent and
rent rate of supply expendit +u su''
the front is well in excess cess -. At
ceipts, a stockpile has beer y Ire, re,
up in the European theater Of 'o u.
erations sufficient to mats VI o.
.aos4 VIC Intensive. The aim a.
most military planners is IN w.,
a margin of about two mor nave
supplies in a theater. Bao. als
German hold-out forces stIn Jos',
the use of some Atlantic n. r-y
while others are being restored ' =,
ly after prolonged repair ett # V,'
the stockpiling program NAV b.T y
fallen behind schedule in rers,.
months. However, in those ssm l,
months there has been a rnm
parative lull in large-scale cor '
bat, with a corresponding saving /,
supplies. Il
The second factor in the -pcl.
oning of the Allied high command
is a vastly increased tempo a,
production. General Eisenhovs.
and Undersecretary of War Patter.
son make this plain in their appes,
to factory management and work.
ers to turn out more supplies in.
GLIDING the critical item Of amnu.
milton,
Third phase of the planning
seems to rest on confidence that
O ce the supplies come Oft the
production line in the United
States. they can be put in the
hands of the armies before critical
inroads are made on the reserves
boarded during the late summer
lull in Europe. In the early days
Of the submarine-infested Atlantic
war zone, it would have been In.
thinkable that anywhere near the
full tonnage shipped from the
United States would reach Europe
Today there are many more ships
and many less U-boats.
Supplies loaded at American
ports now are unloaded in harbors
of continental Europe. No longer
must virtually all tonnage be
stacked in England, then rehandl'
ed and reshipped by coastal freigh'
ter and barge to continental ports
It is not to be denied, however
that the supply port situation in
France and the low countries still
is less than satisfactory. The deep.
water port of Cherbours is IN full
swing, good results are being at
tanned at lie Havre, some OF the
smaller harbors are working and
tons of supplies pour in by over
the-beach methods. But Antwerp
the great port nearest to the 0a''
tie areas on the western frohl,,
remains out Of the picture until
dredges and mine-sweeperS can Val;
clear the long channel in from INC
North Sea.
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Dr.. Wotkin Williams Dies;
Believed Oldest Prelah

ABERDOVEY, North Wales E ny,
1e.-(P)-Dr. Watkin HeroerI m, M
liams, Bishop of Bangor from ON r 100,
to 1924, died here today He '''
80. hi.
DR.. Williams was DelleVeo H,
the Oldest prelate in the "o o M.
was the only survivor Of the , +s
Welsh bishops who held 0ff jjc?ss.o lived
the Church of Wales was alS -? M.
and he outlived three Of MS MS VI
e eesso ns to the bishopric. He v"
appointed by Queen Victoria
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land frequently in isolated areas Of the coun-
try, just right for power or water prof.
ect :"
All Of this wealth was made available to
government by private citizens acting in good
faith and at great sacrifice. If a dollar OF 1t
is used to restrict the rights or undermine the
enterprise Of the private citizen, the govern
nent has broken that faith.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-20
OPA Rejects Price hH
For Blended Maple Syrup

WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. s., ~ ut
Blended maple syrup WIN
more. .Jroirjstrt
The Office of Price Aolll . n h.
ton today rejected a reQu''T The re.
industry for a price boost COST adjust
quest followed an upward. T., AZ M,
ment of the ceiling price
maple syrup.
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TWO SOLDIERS HANonD ,

PARIS, Nov. ls.-R p. T5a-a,l i.
diers convicted by couIso hangsd
Of criminal assault were 9o ME- D
yesterday at Fort q" srmy ~
cherbough, the U. s. . nr,s' ss's
nounced today. Their fa''''
not made available
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-20
THE BATTLE OF ONE PER CENT

Continued cloudy and cooler is the Wash
lngton forecast on Social Security tax weather
during the Lame Duck session of Congress
which has just opened. Senator Vandenburg
is once again leading the fight to keep the
tax frozen at l per cent, and the President
packed by the Treasury, is trying to produce
a thaw. While the newly elected Congress
might not override a Presidential veto. it is
expected that the Lame Ducks will.
The Social Security law envisaged rising
Sale OF taxes for old-age annuities, but ad-
Vocates OF the freeze argue that the pressure
OF the additional taxation on small business
Wnult. be unbearable. and that in any case
there is a conflict between the method of au-
tomato tax increases and the principle that
When the fund has reached certain mark it
is sufficient
Senator Vandenburg points to this conflict
and suggests a study of the entire Social Sc
curlty structure to eliminate the contradic-
ton This seems useful proposal, though its
abuse by forces who want merely to postpone
larger payments into the fund should be
guarded against. The public needs much more
information on the subject than it has yet
received
Meanwhile neither the Administration nor
the opposition is arguing the case along the
clean-cut lines which we should prefer to fol-
low
Thus the Treasury introduces the question
Of initiation. pointing out that the additional
taxes will withdraw surplus purchasing power
from the market. This is true in SO far as the
tax applies to employees, but not necessarily
true as it applies to employers. for In the
latter case it will create pressures for higher
prices.
In opposition to the Treasury the Vanden-
burg school says that business cannot stand
the additional tax. Faced with this assertion,
many will ask when, if not in these war-boom
times. business could stand it.
Obviously the debate on the incidental eff
fects of additional Social Security taxes ought
to be dropped and the question examined on
the basis of Social Security needs. Here there
is a wide diversity of opinion. No one mas
pretended to be sure what the needs would
be. But the President has stated that oocial
Security would have to be worked out IN the
light of experience, and there is nothing ABOUT
the present stipulations so sacrosanct as 10
prevent their being altered.
Ono thing seems likely, however, ana that
is that an objective study would snow tha1
the Government has not educated the people
to the probable heavy costs of Social Securl'
ty.-christiAa Science Monitor.
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Another Ally For Industry

The Shippers Advisory Boards those vital
telvers OF freight. have made larger con-
tribution than most people will ever realize.
to efficient wartime rail transportation serv-
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Reluctant Linguists

Americans are not congenitally stupid in
learning foreign languages. When they are in
terested they learn fast enough; but they are
not as often interested as they might be.
rather disconsolate dispatch to this paper
from Rome 4 few days ago spoke of general
neglect among our boys to avail themselves
Of facilities to learn the language of the people
fer whose liberation they are fighting The
common excuse is lack Of time. but one hears
it from soldiers in the rest areas with more
time on their hands. CT Joe's feeling on the
subject seems to be that if communication
with the natives is desirable, it is up to the
natives to learn English.
We would not for moment be suspected
OF defending such an attitude Of cultural snob-
bery-or sheer laziness-on the part of our
soldiers in foreign lands. But it may be that CT
JoeS conviction that he can get on well
enough without learning foreign languages is
partly due to some very distinguished
amples. He sees that when it comes to un-
derstanding and misunderstanding between
nations and statesmen it is not primarily a
case OF common language.
Mr.. Churchill, the Welknown wandering
minstrel, can sing in many tongues. He has
enough French to address the Parisians in
their own tongue. On the other hand, he does
not speak Russian. But actually Mr. Churchill
and for that matter President Roosevelt. who
also speaks French-have had harder time
arriving at an understanding with de Guile
than with Stain. Americans have found it
possible to feel and show a vast amount of
sympathy Tor the Chinese people without hav-
ing the Mandarin dialect at their fingertips,
to put it mildly.-New York Times.
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BRITISH WOMEN IN EUROPE

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-RN
British women, for the first time
in history are fighting in Europe
manning anti-aircraft guns, a
BIC broadcast heard by NBC
said today. Previously, the wo-
men had manned the guns IN
England.
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$50 DEER BAGGED IN PISGAH

BREVARD, Nov. 10. -(R- Hun
ties took 280 deer an bagged IL
bears curing the 1914 hunting sea-
son in Pisgah National Forest
which closed Saturday. The deer
killed included 1853 bucks and 112l
does.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-20
TOP o. THE MORNING

Half the gossip of society would per-
ish if the books that are truly worth
reading were but read.-George Daw-
son,
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Chocolate dishes are improved
by adding a pinch Of ground
cloves.
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College Student To
DriUe School Bus

Maynard Shelley, Bluffton college
student was employed as a school
bus driver by the Board of Educa-
tion at its meeting Monday night.
Shelley will fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Raymond Rose
boom who has moved off the Oliver
Locher farm north of Bluffton.
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Campaign Against Illiteracy In
Mexico Described BY Homer Moser

How illiteracy gradually is being
eliminated in Mexico and Central
American countries is described in a
letter received from Homer Moser,
Bluffton native, who has been engag-
ed in agricultural mission work in
Mexico and who now is in Guatemala.
In his letter, Moser points out that
the illiteracy of the Central American
natives cannot serve so much as an
indictment of the people, for the
Spaniards in their lust for gold saw
to it that the natives were held down
and kept illiterate.
He points out that the President of
Mexico recently passed an emergency
law requiring every person over is
years of age and under so who is
capable to teach another to read and
write during the next year. Theo-
retically this should make Mexico 100
per cent literate, and altho the plan
will not work that successfully it will
do world of good.
He continues:
"As you travel and see the super
stition and ignorance you can easily
be discouraged. Your pessimism is
soon dispelled, however, when you see
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BIuffton Youths Navy Bomber
Shoots Down Attacking Jap
Zero Fighter
Action Takes Place Over Para
mushiro After Navy Plane
Bombs Canneries

Ensign Earl Mark Niswander, son
of Mrs. Olivia Niswander, of near
Bluffton, was the officer navigator of
twin-engine Navy bomber which
shot down a Jap Zero over Paramu-
shire and limped safely back to its
home base despite the fact that only
one turret gun was operating and
communication within the plane had
to be carried on by sign language.
Details of the thrilling engagement
over Japanese territory are included
in special news release received this
week from the United States Pacific
Air Fleet.
Ensign Niswander was graduated
from Bluffton High school in the class
of 1889 and later attended Warrens-
burg, Mo-, State Teachers college,
Bluffton college and Ohio Northern
university.
The encounter began when the
planes pilot had barely turned his
twin-engine bomber away from the
eastern Paramushiro coast after com
pleting a low-level high-speed bomb
ing attack on long string of can
merry buildings. The incendiaries, the
frags, and the GP bomb packed with
high explosive had all been dropped,
and 1t. (jg) A. L. Mobus and his CO.
pilot, 1t. (jg) 7. L. Macleod, Jr., of
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In MemOriam

In loving memory of my husban !.
Frank E. Houston, who passed aws
September %, 1914. He lost his lie
in New Guinea while serving h
country, for freedom and for those.
he loved.
The moon and stars are shining
Upon a lonely grave
Where sleepeth my dear husband,
I loved, but could not save.
always sit and think of you
And speak of how you died;
To think you couldn't say goodbye
Before you closed your eyes.
And though you've gone before me
To be with Christ on high
Some day, dear Frank we'll be to-
gether
In the sweet bye and bye.
/ wish to express my deep appre-
citation to the relatives, neighbors
and friends for their kindness and
thoughtfulness extended to me dur
ing my recent sorrow; also Rev.
Robert Welch for his comforting
message, Miss Nettie Dodge for her
beautiful rendition of songs, and to
all those who contributed floral Of
ferings, sent cards, or assisted in
any way.
Mrs. Marjorie Houston
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the hunger for good literature.
Incident in Yucatan

Incident in Yucatan
Il was greatly impressed a few
month ago when | was travelling third
class in the interior of Yucatan. The
train was being drawn by so-called
"Civil War" engine. The seats were
hard benches along the side of the car.
1t was one of those c. G. 7. and p.
NJ. trains. (Chickens, goats, turkeys
and people mixedl.
Next to me sat young man who
was obviously a Maya Indian. He
was not very well dressed, but neither
did he have look that you might
call uncivilized. 1t was not long be-
fore he pulled little magazine out of
his pocket. 1t was the Readers Di-
gest" in Spanish.
Human nature may be perverted
but it has not gone so far that there
is no hope for it. 1t so often chooses
the bad because it is so attractively
presented and the good is so often
unattractive.
IF this literacy campaign can be
followed up by a campaign for good
literature its value is beyond calcu-
lations."
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