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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
Awaits the Signal

Our nation has long enjoyed superior dis
tribution of its domestic products to consum-
ers. In the not distant future, it will enjoy
similar distribution Of world products. That
this is no idle dream is evidenced by the
announcement of low cost commercial air
service designed to expand postwar interna-
tional trade and tourist travel One Line has
already announced passenger fares to COM
pete with steamships and has made drastic
cuts on cargo rates.
To gain some idea Of the potential inter.
national cargo business, it is interesting to
note that domestic air express totaled 4868s
shipments in July, an increase Of 1877 per
cent over July, 1943. This is foretaste of the
volume that will develop with expanded in
ternational trade Combination air and rail
express service for the shipping public is &C.
complished through the coordination OF SEIZED
ules which link the $50 airport cities in the
United States and Canada
With the coming postwar aviation program,
unimagined avenues of trade will be blazed
to every corner of the world. Our distribution
system is now being coordinated to render a
service never before dreamed of. Thousands
of new jobs will come into being along with
thousands OF new opportunities for advance
ment
American enterprise is ready and waiting
for the starting signal
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
HOUSING GROUP
TO ISSUE BONDS

The Housing Authority Of the
City of Wilmington yesterday
awarded a contract for the printing
of Series A refunding bonds, bids
for which will be opened Septem'
Der 81 in an effort to reduce the
debt service costs on the two low
rent housing projects, Charles 7.
Nesbitt Courts and Robert R. Tay'
lor home.
The Columbian Bank Note com.
pany, of New York, was awarded
the 1915 printing contract.
Henry R. Emory, executive di'
rector of the Housing Authority,
reported its members yesterday
discussed in detail the plans for
the opening of bids on the refund
ing bonds.
Total amount Of the offering will
be 1884, 900, current bonded debt
Of the projects, Of which not moe
than 81, 558,0OO will be submitted
to private investors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
The Literary Guidepost

was a bootmaker from Germany,
but also lazy. He drifted down,
his fiercely stupid wife pulled him
down, and their disaster was in.
evitable.
Before it came, the little mar.
rator's mother had worked sum.
mers in hotel not far away. DC.
casionally the daughter, whose
name was Sonia, took her mother
place as chambermaid, and bit by
bit she achieved a fixation on a
certain Miss Pride. Sonia loved
the immaculateness of Miss
Prlde's room and possessions. and
when she found that in Boston this
determined spinster lived IN
Pinclmey street, Sonia made of the
remote address a kind of Vaha LA
to which she retreated when her
home grew noisome.
Then (and entirely by chance)
Miss Pride decided to have SON
las father make some shoes and
eventually, after the father disap-
peared, tate rearranged matters so
that Sonia actually did 60 to live
In Pickney street and became a
part OF Miss Pride's far
from magical circle. It is not q
very deep book, but it is a fine
character study for the hour
between tea and dinner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
Too Much Like Hollywood

An envelope has arrived from Headquar-
ters Ninth Air Force, European Theater of
Operations. 1t was marked Official Business
and addressed to the Military Editor. Surely
it .ce1st be important we thought, since. with
airplane space and fuel at premium, it had
been flown straight from the scene of action
The envelope was handsome, a two-color
job in black and red. That extra printing job
may have added tiny drop to the wars
cost, but surely important official business de-
serves neat and attractive package
The contents had been passed by the SHAEF
field censor and was marked for immediate
release And this, except for altered name
and address, was the message:
"A Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit
in France: Eleven years ago, about this time
of year, Pvt Joseph Doakes of Gopher Cor.
ners, Kan, now with the Ninth Air Force
Service Command in France, finished second
in the National Marble Shooting Contests at
Ccear jty, N. J. Today he is with an air de-
ct ,oup, somewhere in Normandy
.>oaises says he has pans for his bankron
ter the war His father passed away while
ne was toned in England we sort of had
r for a neighborhood grocery store when
t a draft board stepped in he added Now
that dads gone, guess I'll have to tackle the
jc5 myself"
That was it . The soldiers real name
is omitted for obvious reasons We have no
W 2h to make light of his personal loss. But
we do submit that by no trick of journalistic
logic can this be called a news story of gen.
eral interest. It should be evident to the least
practiced eye that it is publicity story aimed
at getting the Ninth Air Force mentioned
This is the same group that was the center
of small tempest recently when four Ameri-
can correspondents were asked to move on
from Ninth headquarters The correspondents
claim they were asked to leave because "they
were trying to cover the war instead of writ.
ing Ninth Air Force publicity" The Ninth s
public relations officer, since reassigned, said
the move was routine. There were probably
unpublicized irritations and pressures on both
sides.
And we don't blame the Ninth Air Force
publicists. We do blame the extreme jealousy
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
Babs0n Discusses
Our National Debt

little pigs and blowing up cotton.
Dor" is no different from killing
am delighted to have Thomas
E. Dewey talk about new from
tiers; but he apparently ignores
the frontiers with the greatest op.
portunities of all, namely, the in
tellectual and spiritual.
President Roosevelt says that the
League Of Nations failed because
it lacked teeth. The simple truth
is that it failed because it lacked
religion. It is still impossible to
make silk purse out of a sow's
ear. A spiritual awakening is need
ed to rails enot only our national
income but the income Of the en-
tire world. Our difficulty is that
we consider only the seen things
sucn as land, forests, mines, har-
bors, etc. and entirely overlook
the greatest Of all natural re-
sources. n am e ", character,
brains, initiative, imagination,
courage and willpower. The
resources are the brains of a little
child, and 7400 of these are born
in the United States every day.
It is we'll to have our soils pro-
duce more food per acre, our coal
to produce more heat units per ton,
and to speed up OUT machinery and
airplanes; but the greatest oppor-
tunity lies in developing these I'M
seen factors. Every school child has
the potentialities of a Thomas Edi-
son, or a Henry Ford. Instead OF
few there should be 100000 such
men. Then there would be no worry
about national income or Federal
debt. This could be done through
a spiritual awakening. Then we all
would concentrate on making bet
ter people instead of fighting over
what now exists. I hope every read
er will clip this column and turn
it over to his preacher, physician
or school superintendent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
interpreting
The War
By K1RKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War 49,,

impending collapse of tho ,' S'
Nazl front in the south i % t
Swallowed by the fall Of Pre- lure
Adriatic anchorage of the vs s,,.ll,
German Gothic defense line IN 4
ly. Through the break Allied al la Ia
NOR probably is already surgino d. a.
to the vast Pc valley 10 dInlj mig M
there the all but accomprsbad i'd ,s
lied feat of turning the Nazi w. Az
Wall defense along the Rhine " W.
the Brabant gateway in HoIl.r va
Linked with southern and was s@.u'
Allied successes, the reported gu!
sian crossing Of the vistuja - ,'us'
to the relief of the embattled n w ~
forces in Warsaw completes po ori
one-day chapter of Detroit and SIM IN
aster for the Nazi high comm. Wy
It lends credibility to wbisna u'
of rising German civilian res ps.a
ment against the Nazi effort '
fight an already lost war n H. %
oeatn. AND On that unknown factor
may turn the duration Of the wv.
in Europe. war
For American readers, howev.,
the war news from the far pacis,,
was almost more exciting than tb..
from European fronts. Sustairas
bombardment of japanese n,;l;4aU
targets in the Manila area serv.i
full notice on Tokyo that Arnericss
return to the Philippines was clo,a
at hand. It set enemy nerves Nv
the islands aquiver with invasion
apprehension and flung the boldest
Pacific dare to date at the skulL
ing Japanese main fleet.
The powerful United States nav,,
task force from which the air AZ.
tacks were launched was some.
where in Philippine waters, unchsI
lenged, for days and nights III.
mission was fitting commentary
on the Roosevelt Churchill con.
ference with Anglo American mill,
tary chieftains at Quebec Where
final plans for joint action against
Japan were so quickly shipped into
shape.
Immediate effect of the Manila
raids must be to confuse the foe
in the Philippines further as to
where and how the American re.
turn to the islands is to come II
can leave him in no doubt, however
that question was settled before
the Quebec meeting was called and
that it is to come before the wheeh
for larger action against Japan
have started to turn.
Whatever the actual place in
American Pacific strategy Of the
air blasting of Manila military in.
stallations, it yielded profit in
planes destroyed in air and on the
ground and in ships sunk. 1t also
affirmed the solemn pledges made
by American leaders including Gen.
eral Macarthur to the people Of the
enemy seized islands that their day
OF liberation would come as it has
come for the people Of Nazi con-
quered France, Belgium and Italy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23

ae compelled to join and pay tri-
butte to union which was recoe.
nized as their bargaining agent
long before they ever heard Of it.
Kaiser signed a closed shop con-
tract with the Boilermakers' Union
for the expedient purpose of avoid
ing union trouble when he had
only skeleton crew thus imposing
this choice on the hordes who came
later. Every one Of them is com
pelledto buy life insurance and
pay premium commission to a
racketeer who is the SON Of the
unions president at its office in
Kansas City, Kansas.
tatorship are imposed and enforc.
ed by the Wagner Act. whose sol.
stated original purpose was to p-e-
vent the boss from firing a man
for joining a union.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
RIVER
AT FLOOD CREST

WELDON, Sept 22.--B-The R'
anoke river, long danger line
for property along its banks in
northeastern North Carolina, reach
ed a flood crest of 50 feet here To-
night as residents along the lower
reaches of the stream prepared 10
evacuate their homes on short no
tice.
The U. S. Weather station at IA
leigh said the peak crest apparent
ly had been reached at points along
the upper Roanoke, but warned res,
idents in the Williamson area lna'
the river would reach several leet
above flood stage there somellm'
tomorrow.
Waters were receding at Roanoke
Rapids, six miles west of here all
er causing some damage 10 low
lying industrial plants and d"eA'
ings, Jack Devane, a newspaper
man at Roanoke Rapids salo up
to 12-inches of water flooded some
industrial plants on the river, anu
that the huge Roanoke No. Ia
mask mill handling war Orders
had been closed Temporarily
Several houses along the fNs .
were evacuated, he said, along wid d
two mills manufacturing paper a..
paper products. Damage 10 lA IA
mills was not extensive, ne sa.- "
River residents in Halifax coGh,
said the current flood was holl,inS
like the one in 1910 which reaCnt tr
a crest of So feet, caused pIops. ~
damage to more than Sl'OoV'VVO Civ
caused several deaths.
The normal flood crest mere :.
81 feet. However, the bridge ac. ss,s
the Roanoke on highway 5ol N .r.i
OF here had not been closed 10 na,
fic, although several inches o. "''''
has delayed traffic there. IN,
Meanwhile, the state hlghWay, III II
public works commission salu ~; i.
North Carolina highways ieaalus Il,
to Virginia were open to ,Is-a aii
and Southern Railway Officials AN =,
all their trains were operal1ls
normal routes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
BY ROGER w. BABsON

BABSON PARK, Mass, Sept. %.
Il have just returned from con-
ference on the national debt. It
was pointed out that during h e
Coolidge administration the entire
federal expenditures including
Army, Navy, pensions and t h e
salaries of all the bureaucratic
amounted to only about So, 500, 000,-
900 annually. In the postwar years
the servicing of the debt alone is
estimated at S., 500, 900, 600 annually
with an anticipated total tax bill
of $4,000, O00,0 900 annually.
To make our government bonds
good, and certainly in order to pro-
vide Washington with the needed
postwar funds, will require an an
nual national income of at least
SIPS, 1000, 100000, and perhaps $780,
100000. Each reader can figure
this out for himsef remembering
that with government receipts this
year of about $45, 1000, 100000 and
government spending of about $780,
100000, we are able to get on
only by increasing the debt about
s45, 600, 100000.
In the depth Of the past depres-
sion the national n o m e was
around $45, 1000, 100000. This was
gradually increased to about $751;
100000, in '39. Since then, Who'll
ly by war business, this national in
come has increased so that 1914
will show about double 1889. do
not expect to see the national in
come go back to prewar figures;
but only a miracle can keep it up
to $125, 1000, 10000 Even at this fig
ure it will be impossible to balance
the budget without taxes so high
as to cripple industries, put ball
and chain on new enterprise and
cause much unemployment. Hence,
it truly is Of great Importance to
keep the national income up as
near as possible to present figures.
Unless our Federal Budget can be
balanced in a reasonable time with
out further borrowing, we are sunk.
OF course, the simplest way, tenn
porarily, to double the national in
come is through initiation. BY doubl-
ing 1889 prices we can double 1899
wages and double 1889 profits. This,
however, would work only to the
advantage of the holders of certain
real estate and common stocks
which might, likewise, double in
price. Otherwise, it would be only
shot in the arm. like the tenn
porary stimulant from a strong cup
of coffee or drink Of whiskey.
Yet, it is the easy way and Con
gress may ultimately adopt it.
The real solution lies with con-
sidering the national income other
than in material terms such as
dollars. The great opportunity to.
day lies not with merely utilizing
more land, employing more labor.
and loaning more dollars. Shorten.
ing the working day to spread la
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
SCHOOL TO BE HELD

CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 22.-R-
A three-day school in keeping pc.
lice records will be held here Sept.
24-27 by the Institute Of Govern
ment in cooperation with the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation. The
school is one Of six being held for
law enforcement officers in the
state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
The Road To Berlin
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press
1.-Western front: 305 miles from neal
Arnhem).
2.-Russian front: 312 miles( from out
side Puutsk).
italian front: $50 miles from below
Dologna).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
CHERRY NAMED CHAIRMAN

CHAPE HILL, Sept. 22.-R)-
h. Gregg Cherry of Gastonia, De-
mocratic candidate for governor,
will serve as honorary chairman
OF the State Infantile Paralysis
campaign this year, Chairman
Ralph Mcdonald announced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
Thunderbolt Pilots
Get Big German Oa'


NINTH U. S. ARMY .t a-
FORCE, Advanced Headquat :r
France, Sept. % up -A ll N,
Thunderbolt pilots supporuns IN
American First army troop Mt
Germany not only knocked 81 T.
one big German gun but 0ul'''
too. -r,i,-
The Thunderbolts, led by w. w.,
Clay Tice, of Phoenix ..1,1llsd
found the Germans had g g,~cs
the gun back into tunnel. Ia gd
the American fliers dive.0o,rrsns
the tunnel. sealing both enoS' , I
they silenced the gun by ~
ing off the tunnel exits.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23

BRUSSELS, King Albert, Queen
Elizabeth and Crown Prince Leo.
pold left Brussels today for Ostend
where they will 60 aboard the
steamer George Washington for
their voyage to the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
rs Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
SEPTEMBER %, 1919

At the organization meeting of
the Wilmington post of the Ameri-
can Legion at the Army and Navy
hut on the post office green last
night officers were elected as fol-
lows: Cyrus D. Hogue, chairman;
C. c. Cashwell, vice chairman;
Bernard O'Neill, secretary-treas-
urer. The meeting was tended by
$50 former service men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23

Editors Note.-Ths Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr. Psgler
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readers His articles serve the good purpose Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23
Our Chief Aim

To aid In every way the prosecution OF
the war to complete Victory.
TOP OF THE MORNING
who walks with God must have no feas
When danger and defeat appear,
Nor stou when every hope seems gone,
For God, our God, moves ever on.
CLARENCE E. FLYNN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-23

Only three states in the o .arth.
States completely escaped
Quakes in historical times
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PARALYSIS CASES
INCREASE TO 81

DA1E1GH, N. c. June 25-R-
~ Nv carl V. Reynolds, state health
~ tt;cer. today ordered masters Of
'hildren's camps in western North
cro,ina not to accept children
t.on areas where cases OF infan-
.i,e paralysis have been reported
- at the same time announced
a. +he number of known cases
+he diseare had increased to 81.
IN statement issued late today,
~ REYNOLDS emphasized 1.-The i'm
Lartance of prompt reporting of all
poe sss and the exact location Of
eao ob as required by law" He add
ea' hat in the event unreporscd
eu ,es are found to exist, I'VE will
ed d,,ncate the restricting of tnst
area. 49,, +ho ,.+. =.
i, camps which children contem-
a. attending this summer notify
ipnmediately the parents or guar
l H'ans of children in areas where
.hare is an increased incidence of
u.loIionevlitis (infantile paraly-
p sisl that children from such areas
viii not be accepted.
Furthermore, we advise that all
onnlications from such areas be
oappcelled at once" he said.
REYNOLDS said the 81 cases re-
norted as of today are confined
~ Is counties in the Charlottesville
Eorv area. He listed Catawba as
having %, Caldwell 10, Castor II,
lincoln 8, Burke 2, Ashe 3, Row.
an 4, Alexander 2, Cabarrus 2,
wilkes 2, Iredell, Stanley, Union,
Mecklenburg and Guilford, each.
Asserting he was mot trying to
frighten anyone Reynolds a d
that he and the state board OF
health and county and city health
department were making every ef-
fort it promote caution and to
keep the people informed with
facts, as they exist
Forty two victims have been
hospitalized at Charlotte's memoir
al hospital, but under state law
and because facilities are taxed tc
the limit, no other patients afflict.
ed with the disease will be accept.
ed there.
DR.. H. C. Whims, Catawba Coun
ty Health officer, said hospita
for the treatment of new cases
would be established at the coun
tvs health camp at Hickory. The
new hospital will handle a maxi.
mum of 40 cases and will be ready
for operation Sunday if needed.
Meanwhile, two deaths due to in
fantile paralysis had been reported
through today. Mrs. Earl Matthew.
So, of Newton, died in Memoria
hospital late yesterday after beint
i'll since Friday of last week, a1e
Bobby Brown, 8, of Iredell County
died several days ago.
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Plumbers Meet Florence
On Legion Field Today

driving out three triples and a
home run. Big John Wilborne
pitched the entire contest for the
Yarders and hurled steady ball
despite numerous fielding hobbies
by his mates.
Polk and Summers will form the
battery for the visiting Airmea
outfit. The key man in the strong
Florence lineup is reported to be
Radulovich. This ex-Detroit farm.
hand is holding forth at the second
slot for the Air Base boys and is
exhibiting true major league form
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DEWEY AND WARREN i.
TICKET DISCUSSED


Continued from Page One)
nation for the man who still says
he's mot a candidate.
A break toward Gov. John w.
Bricker of Ohio would reverse the
so-called draft Dewey tide, per-
haps eningeer a complete turn
there was continuing speculation
also that if Bricker does not re-
ceive the presidential nomination
he might consider the second spot.
Rep. Joseph w. Martin Of Mass
achusetts, permanent convention
chairman, arrived and predicted
that Gov. Earl Warren of Califor-
MIA most-discussed vice-presidential
possibility - will take the Sec
oad place spot if offered it. War
rem has said he wants nothing
from the convention.
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NEW BURMA DRIVE
OPENED BY ALLIES
CONTINUED from Page One)

officers, and the Chinese seized
quantity Of guns and ammunition.
In the Manipur hills of eastern
India, Allied forces made contact
with the enemy at Litan, 10 miles
northeast Of Imphal, along the Uk-
hrul road, from which the japanese
still were in a position to menace
the Konima road. This drive will
continue through the Monsoon sea-
son, headquarters has indicated, in
a campaign to throw the japanese
entirely out of India.
To the south, widespread minor
activity by patrols and artillery
was reported to have inflicted
heavy casualties on the enemy.
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BY BILL McILLWAIN.

The Shipyard Plumbers baseball
team, which dropped heart-break-
ing ten inning SO game to the
Bucksport Coast Guard nine on the
American Legion Field last night,
will battle the Florence Air Base
club at 500 this afternoon on the
Legion diamond.
Bob Edwards, N. c. States Col
lege hill mainstay, will be on the
mound for the Plumbers in this aft
ernoon's encounter Smith will
handle Betting Bob's righthanded
slants.
In last nights tilt the Plumbers
displayed powerful offensive
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Light NEWSPRINT
DRAWS OPPOSITION
Committee OF Newspaper
Executives Recommends
its Abandonment

WASHINGTON June "a III
A committee of ten newspaper exc
cutives, after comforting with
Canadian newsprint manufacture
ers in Montreal, recommended to-
day that this country abandon the
use of the new, lightweight 30
pound newsprint.
The committee recommended
that Arthur r. Treanor, director of
War Production boards printing
and publishing division, request
the Canadian government to return
to the earlier arrangement under
which the dominion guarantees
shipments of 100000 tons of regu-
lar 32-pound newspriat month.
Unless this is done, the commit
tee reported unanimously, total
Canadian production will suffer and
new cuts will have to be made IN
the quotas of newsprint allotted
to American publishers.
The findings are expected by the
WPB and the publishers group to
put an end to the lighter paper,
which now is used by about 20
per cent of U. S. publishers.
The committee, which was nam
ed by Treanor, reported keen
sense of disappointment over its
conclusions. Use of the 30-pound
paper would give each publisher
9 greater yardage of paper under
his tonnage quota.
The committee asked that is re-
Communications be made effective
July l and WPB officials indicated
this would be done.
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STATES RIGHT PLANK

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June "a
-tN-Gov. Chauncey Sparks who
will head Alabama's delegation to
the national convention as dele
gate at large said today he would
advocate a plank recognizing the
Inherent right Of every state to
control it's internal affairs"
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To combat an oily scalp, rub
table salt into hair and scalp and
tie on a bandaaa for the night.
Shampoo briskly in the morning.