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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
A Debt Fallacy

Noting that at the end of 1943 the nationa
debt had exceeded S166 O0o COO, 0O0 and is grow
ing at the rate of more than 81 900, 900, 900 {
week, the New York Times comments there
is not much that can be done about it as Ions
as the unparalleled expenses Of total war con
tinue, but the situation must give proper
concern to everybody who hopes to keep the
federal finances on a sound basis. Ito pre-
vent postwar RECOMMENDATION Of cur economy
or to avert a future burden of taxes so great
as to endanger the functioning Ct the private
enterprise system.
The thing to be avoided a, all costs. the
Times continues, is the blind belief that pub
lie debt, internally held, is no real burden
since we only lowe it to ourselves Even il
the lessons Of history were not available, the
Times adds:
"A little common sense should en-
able us to see the fallacy in this self.
debt view. Collectively speaking, the pay
ments of taxes do indeed come back to
the people in the form of interest But
they do not come back TO The same people
certainly not in the same propol ton. From
national point of view the matter may
appear to be nothing more than mere
Dookkeeplng balancing Of debts and cred
Its, OF taxpayers and bonGholders. From
national standpoint, indeed private debt
could be looked at the same way. But
the problem comes down to A giving up
money in taxes to pay E in interest. This
Leads, of course, to a sharp political strug-
gle on the part of all those VINO wish to
be taxed as little as possible.
In the present political climate the most
probable result would be constantly rising
taxes levied upon the corporations and up
per individual incomes which have rela-
lively few votes and are always good po-
htical targets. But such a concentration
OF taxes may have the most serious, harm
full effects on production and employment
ON the making of wealth on which all
prosperity depends. There are few bust
ness taxes that do not tend to discourage
incentive, risk-taking and production.
Heavy taxes to pay the interest on
heavy national debt can easily slow up
the rate Of economic progress. The bigger
the national dept in snort. the stronger
the forces leading toward initiation or a
managed economy, or both. The more
we can keep the national debt down, the
more we are likely to keep these forces
within CONTROL
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
Daily Prayer
FOR IMAGINATION

We approach Thy throne, 0 AL.
mighty Father, in the conscious
ness that our minds and hearts
are too small for this great hour.
We are engrossed in little things
and needless of the greater - of
Thee and Thy will; of a world to
be remade; of the sore suffering
of many millions of innocent fell
low human beings; of the dan
gers and trials of our armed fore
es. Forgive us this great sin,
which we sincerely confess. That
our minds should be filled with
our personal and petty discomforts
and desires when the greatest is
sue of all times is at stake is an
affront to Thee; and we crave
Thy pardon. Pour into our lives,
we fervently pray, new great
ness of soul. Make us equal to
this hour; and sharers in the serv-
ing, sacrificing spirit of Jesus
Christ. Prepare us by Thy mys-
ferrous providences for a heroic
life in the new world that is to
follow victory; and Thine will be
all the praise and glory, now and
forevermore. Amen.-W. T. E.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
SEVEN PAROLED

RALEIGH, Jan. 5 -lR- Seven
prisoners, whose terms ranged
from six months to 10 years, were
paroled today by Governor
Broughton.
Those freed:
Ernest Caldwell, convicted in
Avery in 1887 of manslalShter and
sentenced to seven to 10 years;
William F. Schweiker, Jr., sem
fenced in Rowan in 1892 to 26
months for larceny and receiving;
Jessie Mae White, convicted in
Buncombe in 1912 of larceny and
receiving and sentenced to two to
three years; Claude Burns, con-
victed in SWAIN last October of
resisting an officer and driving
drunk and sentenced to 6 months
Bertha Tata, convicted in Burke
last August of prostitution and as
signation and sentenced to IL
months; Frank Henry Miller, SEN
fenced in Rowan in 1912 to 26
months for larceny and receiving;
Willie S. Dawkins, convicted in
Mecklenburg last July of larceny
from the person and sentenced to
IL months.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
Raymond Clapper Says:
Navy Is Full Of Praise
For Construction Groups

could well be envied by any COM
bat outfit.
In fact they are combat con-
struction ba.talions. They are
trained to handle antiaircraft guns
and light arms. which they often
must use while grading an airstrip
under enemy bombardment. On
Tarawa, Seabees began running
bulldozers over the pock-marked
airstrip before the fighting w S
over, and at one point a live Jap
came out Of a hidden tunnel and
began shooting.
Most Of the Seabee training is
done on the Pacific Coast. Rear
Admiral C. H. Cotter, director of
the Pacific Division Of the Bureau
of Yards and Docks, has had i'm
mediate charge Of the Seabee bat
talions. He has visited every is
land in the Pacific that our side
controls, and has put his construc-
ton battalions into t h hardest
jobs.
The Seabees go in with assault
troops. That is how our planes
were able to lano on Tarawa with
in 70 hours OF the assault. They
were helping also al Salerno and
in Sicily, hut their big renown has
come from their work in the Pa
cific and it is in this theater that
they have established the legends
that are already part of Navy
lore.
Here, in the men who do the
pick-and-shovel work and who run
the motorized construction equip
ment, is a new kind CT corps made
necessary by the strange require
ments Of islano warfare as it must
be waged against the Japanese.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
.KIWANIS INDUCTS
ITS 1914 OFFICERS

The Kiwanis Club devoted its
meeting on Wednesday to cere-
monies marking the induction OF
1914 officers and directors and also
the induction of a new member.
Aaron Goldberg, past lieutenant
governor of this district, indicted
officers and directors and ]. W.
Grise, the new member.
Succeeding c. David Jones, Don.
aid C. King took ove.' the gavel as
president. w. B. Bryan succeeded
Robert R. Romeo as vice presi
dent. Directors taking office were
William H. Wendt and John E
Hope, reelected, and Walker Tay
lor.
The new members is Theodore
K. Lynch, general passenger agent
of the Atlantic Coast Line railway
Departing from the regular Gus
tom, Mr.. King appointed chairmer
for the clubs % committees anc
left it to them to select their as
SOclates.
Another departure from the club S
custom was the appointment 0:
sub-chairmen for programs, under
the general program chairman Will
bur R. Dosher. During the pas
year Mr.. Dosher personally ar
ranged the programs. In 1914, with
the exception of January, which
he will personally provide, other
members will serve from month
to month.
Captain Michaels of Camp Davis
was the guest of William Stewart.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
Spanish War Veterans
Will Install Officers

The officers of Wilmington Camp
No. 8 of the United Spanish Vet
Grams will be installed by Post
Commander A. F. Gibson at 8
p m. Thursday in their hall in the
courthouse.
The following officers will be in
stalled: Commander Julius Ru-
dolph; Senior Vice-Commander. j.
NJ. Sutten; Junior ,Vice-Comman-
der, I. M. Primer, Adjutant, D.
B. Sellers; and Quartermaster, w.
A. Whitney.
Other members of the camp to
assume office will be Alonzo j.
Burris, Patrioict Instructor; D. D.
Barbor, Historian; George F. Duke,
Officer of the Day; Otto Lehman,
Officer of the Guard, and two
Trustees, I. K. Primer and D. B.
Sellers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
BANK CLEARINCS
SET NEW RECORD

Bank clearings in 1913 were over
1903 million dollars above the
amount handled by local banks IN
the previous year. and over twice
as great as the total handled IN
1941, for an all-time high, it was
revealed Wednesday by D. M
Darden, secretary of the Whining
ton clearing association.
The total 1913 turnover amount
ed to $471, 1866, 1861 and reached
an average Of approximately -
million dollars a month. The pre-
ceding year witnessed a turnover
of 1852, SOB, 1882, with a monthly
average of approximately 30 mil
lion dollars.
In the year 1871, the clearlngS
totalled 1922, GIL .703.74, and aver
aged eighteen and a half million
per month.
According to Mr.. Darden, the
peak montn OF the past year ""'
September, when $48, 1893, 600 was
cleared. He said the final months
indicated a leveling off of bank
activity.
Explanation of the unprecedent-
ed amount of business is that
Wilmington industries, particularly
the war industries and the sur
rounding military encampments'
have accomplished their greatest
activity under the accelerated war
time program.
1t is not considered likely that
the peak months of the past year
Will be surpassed during the cur
rent period of the industrial up
swing.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
Looks Bad For Poland

Russia's penetration of the Polish border
creates as strange a situation as the world
has probably ever witnessed.
Russia is Great Britain's ally 1t was Ger
many's invasion of Poland that finally pre-
clpltated Great Britains declaration of war
against Germany. 1t was Germany's invasion
OF Russia which brought Russia into alliance
With Great Britain (and the other allied ma
tions).
But the Russians and the Poles are old
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
Fair ENOUGH

Editors Note.-The Star and tho Newr aes.n,. m
opportunity for the personal views Mr.. Perier
s sno snen otatfee with them much many Of
@aking people think. ''p' "
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06

While we are naturally opposed to the spread
of Niponese featured goo.s, it would be
just swell if there is a generous distribution
of ships marked MADE in Japan ON the
ocean floor.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06

The snowshoe rabbit got it's name
because it has extra large hind
legs and feet which leave tracks
like snowshoes.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06

Zadok Dumkopf is still sore at Santa Claus
He wrote hifn asking for fur coat but all
Santa left fox him was pair Of ear muffs.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution Of
the war to complete Victory.
THOUGHT FOE TODAY
Cutting only small muscle or tiny
nerve will make weakling out of giant;
strong drink makes that cut
Amos r. Wells.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
Giant FOOfballClub
Needs New Reserves

Leland Shaffer, the blocker who
has been with the club 10 years;
Karl Kinscherf, a second year
man, Joe Sulaitis, either an end
or halfback and Hubetn Barker.
playing his third year with the
Giants.
Arnold Herber. is on hand after
II years with the Green Bay Pack
ers and two years absence from
competition, but at "a he'll be used
strictly as spot player.
Among the promising looking
rockies are Keith Beebe, a divini-
tv student at Princeton Summary;
Howard Livingston, who has play
ed sand lot ball sine. leaving Full
lerton, Calf, High school; Roy
Clay, of the Colorado Aggies, who
was in the Giants 1943 draft; Her
bert Kane from East Central in
Oklahoma and Elwood Hudson, a
triple threat man from Georgia
military Academy.
Owen will have a chance to get
better line on his men in four
game exhibition schedule that in
cludes the Sampson Naval Base
Sept. 10; the Chicago Bears at
Buffalo, Sept. II; The Lions at
Detroit Sept. % and the Cards
Pitt at Pittsburgh, Oct. l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
Ry WHITNEY MARTIN

BY WHITNEY MARTIN
NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-R-Base.
ball
It was bound to happen, as when
you turn kids loose in candy
shop some are cinches to come up
with interior dissention, and when
you give major league baseball
clubs the privilege of playing as
many night games as they please
some are sure to get indigestion
pains around the box office.
The Washington Senators, tn e
team which yelled loudest for night
ball and is on a steady diet on it,
probably will show the biggest at
tendance decrease in the American
league this year. The Chicago
Cubs, a team which doesn't even
have lights in its park, will show
the largest attendance increase in
the national league.
Naturally there are other factors
besides starting times influencing
attendance. The Senators, for in
stance, are struggling last-place
team this year, whereas last year
they were in second place.
The Cubs, however, were in last
place nearly two thirds of this
season, so you'll get dizzy trying to
figure that out. The Cardinals and
Browns play night ball regularly,
and both are pennant threats, al
though with the Cards it's prac-
tically promise. The Brownie at
tendance is better, but it's because
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
HuSkie Mentor Deep
In ThrOeS Of Gloom

freshman ball at Dartmouth, will
be in at full. Dick Hultgren, San
Francisco, UCLA military trainee
and Bob Gilmore, Yakima, WASH,
also in the Navy ranks, are the
other halfbacks. Gordon Berlin, 215,
center, and Dick Hagen, 1875, end,
both Seattle, last years veterans,
are mainstays in the line but three
of the five other inemen will be
freshmen.
WEIGH thinks the Rose Bowl set
up this year probably will be pre-
ference team inviting some school
war style, with the:best coast con-
from over the country. And the
best coast team? mot ours" he
says emphatically.
The schedule:
Sept. 23-Willamette here: 30
Whitman here.
Oct. 7-Willamette at Portland ;
Whitman at Walla Walls; %
(night);
Southern California at Los An
geles 28-California at Berkeley.
Nov. 18th Air Force mere: 18 -
End Air Force at Spokane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
CINCY REDS LOSE
TO PIRATES, IL

CINCINNATI, Sept. = lR Ed
Heusser bested Fritz Ostermeuller
tonight as the Cincinnati Reds
edged the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2 to
l, in the first game of their battle
for second place in the National
League.
The Reds scored both their runs
in the first inning when Woodie
Williams walked, took second on
fielders' choice, and scored on
Frank Mccormick double. Nc
Cormick then tailed when Ray
Mueller singled.
r H E
Pittsburgh -. o1o 900 ooo-1 6 2
Cincinnati -. 200 600 oox-2 10 0
Batteries: OstermIeller and Lo-
pei; Heusser and Mueller.
In many states the will of an
unmarried woman is deemed re-
voked when she marrles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
DETROIT MAKES
Squirt FOR LEAD

DETROIT, Sept. T. R Steve
O'Nein, soft speaking manager
of the spirited Detroit Tigers, can
offer up heart felt thank you
to both the weather man. and the
schedule makers if the 1914 Ben
gals squeeze through to the Amerl
can league pennant.
Washouts and postponements
have been amazingly negligible for
the Tigers at home this year, only
two games at Briggs stadium hav-
ing been postponed and only one
a tie game with Boston-remaining
to be replayed.
AS a result Detroit, only short
hop from the league lead, is favor
ed by seven days of idleness out OF
the next II before opening its A.
game windup home stand against
the eastern clubs.
Hal Newhouser and Paul Oiz-
zy), Trout, the leagues 2 top Win
producing pitchers, have been
working approximately every third
day, either as starters or in re-
lief, to grab II wins against thre
losses since Aug. 1 while the club
was winning "a of ga .7O6 clip.
The Tiger pilot had nothing but
praise for the 80 year old Roger
Doc Cramer, who discarded his
"bottle" bat and smacked out a
.528 hitting mark in the last eight
games on the road.
Thanks to the schedule makers,
Detroit plays IS of its last % game
at home, winding up with GU r
against Washington which has tax
en- only three of 10 from the Tigers
this year.
While the Bengals are bu y
against the lowly Senators a n d
Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis
winds up with seven crucial" con-
tests against Boston and New York.
"The pennant might well hinge
on that last week." O'Neill predict
ed. We've got great chance"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
TIGERS DEFEAT
INDIANS, TOO
League Leading Yankees
Only Single Game
Ahead OF Detroit
= FRANK KENESSON

DETROIT, Sept. 7.-(P)-The De-
troit Tigers, making hay behind
Paul Dizzy Trout's three-hit pitch
ing, whitewashed the Cleveland In
dians, g. to 0, here today to shave
their distance back of the Ameri-
can league leading New York Yam
KEGS to single game.
Trout had the Indians on his hip
all afternoon in recording his sixth
shutout this year and his oath pitch
ing victory against 10 defeats. He
famed Lou Boudreau and Roy Gull
lenbine for the last two putouts In
the ninth, striking out fou- over
the distance and walking three.
The St. Louis Browns, in second
place half step ahead of the tt
gers, had a chance to deadlock the
Yanks for first by beating Chicago
tonight.
Detroit raked Highlander jim
Bagby, the Cleveland starter, for
five singles in the first inning but
an Indian double play cut the run
production to a single tally.
It was all trout needed, though
Detroit combined three more sin
giles with a sacrifice for another
run in the fifth and showed across
another counter in the seventh. Ro-
ger Cramer led off with his second
single of the game, was sacrificed
to second, beat Boudreau's throw
TO third off Pinky Higgins ground
err and scored after Rudy York's
deep fly to center.
Bagby stayed through to the
eighth when lifted for a pinch hit
ter, and Joe Heving retired the Ii
gers in order in their last turn.
Bagby was charged with his fifth
setback against three victories.
The game. played in chilly tenn
peratu1es, attracted 6,429 paid adj
missions.
RH E
Cleveland $3.50 900 900 600 3 0
Detroit ------ loo O10 1ox-3 10 l
Batteries: Heving, Bagby and
Schlueter; Trout and Swift.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08

late October, for Monday eve
ming clash with use at Los An
geles Oct. % and California game
at Berkeley the following Saturday.
BY that time, Washington should
have accumulated flock of points
and experience, with the team
brought along slowly. They will
have two games each with Whit
man and Willamette, schools in the
smaller Northwest conference, I'M
der their belts.
II can name my starting lineup
today, and there are five freshmen
in there" WEIGH said. "Step down
to my second team for reserves
and vol. might fall and break your
neck. Ten are freshmen.
He's strong on Dick Otte]e, II
year-old, six foot two, 20O-pound
civilian freshman from Long Beach,
Calf, starter at quarter or as a
halfback. If he goes to halfback,
Bob Zech, Seattle, junior, letter
man, will call signals.
Keith Decourcey, 1877, the Dalles,
Ore, Navy Viz man who played
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
SOLDIERS DEFEAT
CITY OPTICIANS

The 141st Aerial Battalion, Tow
Target section softball team from
Camp Davis defeated the City Op-
teal club, l to 0, last night at
Robert Strange park to cop the
second half championship Of the
Municipal softball league.
Howard Barg, broke up a beau
tiful game in the fifth inning when
he slammed out one of the longest
hit home runs ever recorded at
the local park. The entire contest
was played in less than an hour
under a light sprinkle of rain.
Emo Evanicky, hurled one hit
ball for the champions, single by
Pierce in the third inning. Evanicky
struck out five and allowed three
base on balls. AL 'Slugger' Brown,
on the mound for the City Opticians
gave up six hits and walked one.
Neither team placed a man on
third base during the course of the
contest.
The win for the Soldiers puts
them in a playoff series with the
City Optical, first half champs, for
the Municipal league championship.
Plans for the play off series will
be discussed at a meeting of the
managers of the teams comprising
the league:
Vance Chadwick, athletic direc-
tor of the city recreation depart
ment has called this meeting for
tonight at 8 o'clock at the recrea-
ton office at 223 Princess street.
All managers are urged to attend.
According to league rules the
championship series will be a seven
game schedule.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
BY DAN MARSTON

. SEATTLE, Sept. 7-lREThere's
no pot-of-old Rose Bowl trip in
sight to wind up the football season
for the Washington Huskies this
year, not with the players coach
Ralph Pest WEIGH has around.
He's deep in the throes Of gloom.
He lost 10 lettermen, and has only
four 1943 big W. men back. Only
two were starters last season. When
Nov. / rolls around, he'll lose four
or five more of his best men
through Navy Viz and Marine
transfer shifts.
'We're a freshman outfit, and
just about as good as freshman
teams in pre-war days" he said.
give got a Woodworking squad
but>only Is are ball players"
Maybe Welcn is singing the blues
overload. His highly-favored 1943
team was chased out of the Rose
Bowl January by Southern Cali.
fornia % to 0 and he may be over
cautious. AT any rate, Washington
will be California-bound again in
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
HARDEN IRKED
AT THE BEAVER

The men of matdom to feature
the ITALIAN Hall wrestling matches
tonight started arriving yesterday.
First to come was Big Charley
Harden, the Georgia giant. On his
arrival, Big Charley said,- well, I
am ready for that half breed In
dian and I am going to beat him
in two straight falls" That said,
Mr.. Harden went on to engage in
his favorite sport-eating.
He didn't get a chance to see
Chief Little Beaver, that half
breed Indian" at the time, for the
Chief didn't arrive until last night,
but the Beaver was a little hot
when he heard the remark.
The Harden Beaver match is
scheduled for two out of three falls,
with rs minute time-limit. Fur
tnermore the winner is to take all
and the loser is to leave this sec
ton, as there has been bad feel
ing between the boys and tn y
agreed to this.
Popular Johnny Long may have
to stretch out a bit, for tonight
he goes against stiff competition
when he meets Wild Bill Middle
kauff, a master of flying tackles
and body blocks, in the main
bout of the evening.
1t will be case of Longs fly
ing head scissors and rolling
head locks against the shrewdness
of the four letter man from the
University ef Florida. The match
should be tops.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-08
TENNIS TOURNEY
HELD AT DAVIS

Camp Davis first tennis to,.
ment was played at the local n,1 a.
tary establishment last weol. '1.l,
the doubles match YESTERDAY '''
taken by Pfc. George Sharkar "%
the Provisional Training Batt,'Eg u
and his partner Pfc. Justin p au0
OF the same outfit. The score W.T..
IA, and 6-4, the winners +.l @'
the first two sets. "'s
Victims of the vicious assan,.,
the enlisted men were Iier y y
Thomas Karaker, executive ott; W.
of the AAATC and his partrer I :,
Fred Marchman, new aid IN D.. ~
Gen. c. V. R. Schuyler. comma. :
ing general of the AAATC.
In the first set the first h...
games were taken by Sharkev ny,
Baum, however, the losers r.r ~
to win the next three. tying In %
score. Nevertheless, the enI,. ~
team won the next game, but %,s
were again over come nv q
officers. The score wa. tied A.
But it was their day, and SharE,,
and Baum won the last two GAM,
in that set.
The second set was an aIter,,.
ing affair until the score wac ia,
up A. Here, again, Sharkev ,ri
Baum won the last two games =,
ing the set and the match.
In the single matches Tues,,
the winners of today's double co
test were pitted against each orbe,
and Baum took the single m.
6-8; Ga and 81.
Both boys are from Cleveari
but because there are three wa,
between them Baum is q: Sb,.
key, 2D they did not met until
the opportunity offered itself A
Camp Davis.
Baum played in the Ohio sts,
High School Junior champions,
matches in 1889 for Clevel;rl
Heights High School, where he W,
No. l singles man.
Sharkey played for Elyrie Hid
school and Oberlin College.