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Evening star., 1944-02-19
Wants National Service Act

To the Editor of The Star:
1t seems to me that the big, overall
reason for enacting the national serv-
ice law Is that it offers the only method
whereby the Nation can make substan-
TALLY the same requirement of the
people at home that it makes of the
men and women in uniform. 1t is the
simplest and nearest way of being fair
to all, with each helping most where
he is ablest
The AFL chiefs arguments against
the national service bill sound fantastic
to me. Senator Austin easily punches
them full of holes. But guess what
they would look like if they could be
answered in person by the men who
were drafted by another national
service act to stand out in front where
the real fighting is and keep the war
from coming too close to all of us who
are doing our war work (?) here at
home B. FAIR.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Senator Pepper Criticized

To the Editor of The Star:
Like all New Dealers, the barefoot
boy from Florida was seeking the spot
light when he sounded off on the merits
of the Republican candidates. 1 Won
der, therefore, at the space afforded
Senator Peppers remarks wherein his
redundant and often contradictory
comments on the relative unimportance
of Cows. Bricker and Dewey were cli-
NAKED by loud, left-handed compli-
ment to Candidate Willkie.
Compare him (Willkie) with these
retreating. shifting, word-mouthing
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Jap 'Ohcialdom' Blamed
To the Editor of The Star,

10 the Editor OF The Star:
was shocked to read that some In
the Capital did not believe Toxic of
hclaldom" was responsible for the ter
rlble march of death"
Can 1T be that some" have forgotten
Pearl Harbor so soon? Thousands of
our men there were wantonly mur
oered, others crippled for life. while
delegates Of Toxic officialdom" treach-
erously were talking peace" in WASH
lngton. The common Jap soldiers did
not plan the attack on Pearl Harbor
mat was planned and executed by To
klo ofhclaldom." Why then should
some speak with apparent respect for
Toxic officialdomp?
l would like to know when some"
Will learn what we are up against in
tne racine. T. H. BANES.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Case History of Waste

one day last October hundreds
OF private patrons of the Capital
Garage found themselves deprived
of parking space by the United
States Government, which walked
in and took the place over. For
some time thereafter the garage
was empty, save for the lounging
guards and a few lonely automo-
biles stuck away in the cavernous
interior. Evidently something had
gone awry, but among the people
who ought to know mum was the
word and the mystery remained.
What happened was this: Last
March representatives of the Budget
Bureau turned up at the Federal
Works Agency with a proposition.
They said 1,4OO vehicles were being
operated by the Government in the
Metropolitan Area - $50 passenger
cars. $50 trucks and 100 motorcycles.
These vehicles were assigned to 100
separate units of the Government
and were stored at 10 different To-
cations, these storage facilities
ranging from open air parking lots
to rented garage space. If these
vehicles could be stored and serv-
iced at one place, money and man
power would be saved and standards
could be established for the opera
tion of $4,000 other vehicles through
out the country.
If the Federal Works Agency
would provide the facilities, the
Budget Bureau said, an executive
order or legislation would follow,
directing use of the facilities by all
the agencies concerned. Federal
Works Agency leased the garage
for $134,925 a year and set aside
about $4,000 for operation. But no
executive order was issued, no legis-
lation ensued. Some of the agencies
protested against the plan. They
did not want to come in About
twenty now have joined, storing 344
vehicles and 275 others are being
serviced. One of the agencies using
the facilities is the Navy Depart
ment, which built a 100000 parking
lot of its own by tearing up acres of
park turf and covering it all with
asphalt and then left it practically
vacant. The FWA, with its face
rather red, is grimly trying to drum
up more trade, with some success.
The agency which fell down hardest
was the well-intentioned Budget
Bureau, unable to produce the
promised executive order.
This brief case history is inter-
esting because it is typical of the
thoughtless extravaganza for which
this administration is notable. Not
even the relatively powerful Budget
Bureau is able to do much about it.
The Federal Works Agency nat
urally assumed that the volumi-
nous and detailed plans presented
by the Budget Bureau would be
implemented by the necessary ex-
ecutive authority. But both the
Budget Bureau and the FWA have
been left holding the bag, without
power to compel the use of the CEN
trail garage they have established.
The taxpayer, however, is holding
heavier one-not only because his
money is being wasted but because
the whole garage deal represents
muddleh e ded mismanagement
through failure to follow through
with adequate delegation of au-
thority.
Evening star., 1944-02-19

the best, and the
very shock of the
unexpected will over
come risks that seem
prohibitive. But we
have only just settled
down at Kwajalein;
and from KWajalein
to Truk is more than
1000 nautical miles.
One would hesitate
to believe that even
as bold a strategist
as Admiral Nimitz
would launch across
1000 miles of sea,
flanked by at least
Evening star., 1944-02-19

as a presidential
candidate, on post
war foreign policy.
He favors, he said,
an international or
ganization to main
tain peace and seek
international JUS
tice. This Organiza-
ton, however, is to
be made up of SOY
ereign states" not
a supergovernment
of the world with
power to determine
the destiny of the
United States.
Evening star., 1944-02-19

a I I ! I u q e the mo-
ment peace arrives?
Must we on that
day, stop thinking
of German Fascists
as deadly enemies
to be destroyed, and
begin to think of
them only as crimi-
nails to be tried? Or
perhaps not even as
criminals, but only
as indicted men,
presumed innocent
until proved guilty?
The only differ
ence the coming Of
Evening star., 1944-02-19

echoins sentiments recently ex-
pressed by Admiral Nimitz. eau
TONED against any assumption that
a sea blockade and air assaults can
bring quick and relatively easy
victory, 1T Is useless and mislead-
ing to talk of short cuts" he de-
clared. They do not exist"
Evening star., 1944-02-19

chiefly of a major
raid from carrier
based aircra I I
strongly protected
by warships or was
the prelude to a
landing attempt on
Japan's strongest
naval base in the
Pacific.
It was known for
some time in naval
quarters here that a
strong American
naval force would
tackle the japanese
in their alleged
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Maj. George Fielding Eliot

islands OF the Solomons and the low
lying sandy atous of the Central Pa
ciflc. 1t has big coral ring-or rather
a triangle with rounded points-which
is almost equilateral, each side being a
little over IS miles long.
Here you have your coral islets like
beads on string, in the Kwajalein or
Tarawa fashion. But inside this outer
belt there are five large islands and a
great number of smaller ones of various
sizes. The large islands are volcanic
cones, with their dark basalt cliffs
showing grimly at various places
through the tropical vegetation. Their
heavy guns, we'll concealed, command
the entrances through the coral ring.
Five are known to be practicable for
large ships.
The inner islands contain several
good anchorages, of which the most i'm
portant is that between Dublon and
Eten Islands, where the japanese have
their principal naval installations.
Obviously this is not a place which
can be taken by a single overwhelming
attack, as Tarawa and Kwajalein were
taken Also, the force required will be
considerably greater, and the prepara-
ton more extensive Probably an at
tempt to capture Truk should be pre-
ceded by operations designed to cut its
line of communications with Japan.
X +
There has not been time for these
things to be done. Hence the prob
abilities are that the Japanese hints
about an American landing are an
attempt to disguise the very unpalatable
facts, and to claim the repulse of an
attempt that has not been made.
But what has really happened? We
shall not know until we have the de-
tails from Admiral Nimitz, but it looks
very much as if he were flinging Pearl
Harbor back in the japanese teeth
Evening star., 1944-02-19

seizure of enemy strongholds in the
Marshalls.
They realized the danger of an assault
on Truk 1t is surrounded by coral reefs
and its lagoon is strongly protected. A
large japanese ground force is there,
supported by a number of land-based
planes and large fleet.
Evening star., 1944-02-19

Cinema Hero Franchot Tone is to
pilot a bus over an unannounced
route in Buffalo in the interest of
furthering War Bond sales. If we
know the girls, we think his vehicle
will be jammed with femininity and
not passenger will give a hoot
where they are going or when they
get there.
Evening star., 1944-02-19

institutions and ruined life for a bow
or girl. If mothers would spend as
much time in prayer and reading the
Bible to the children as they spend in
beauty parlors and in drinking and
smoking, child delinquency would not
be such a problem.
(MRS) PEARL JACKSON.
Evening star., 1944-02-19

that his real objective was the japanese
fleet, or that part of it which was at
Truk when the blow fell
The Japanese air power has long been
on the wane; the maintenance of any
japanese military activity in the Pa
clflc has, therefore, become more and
more dependent on their navy. Admiral
Nlmltz may very we'll have caught
good part OF that navy at anchor in
side the Truk lagoon, and done it
heavy. perhaps irreparable damage
1t should be noted that we have not
heard, since Kwajalein, of any Japa-
nese naval units in the Marshalls: nor
nave any been seen at Rabaul in recent
weeks They may have been pulled back
to Truk; perhaps the japanese were
there preparing some sort Of counter
blow, against our forces either in the
Central or the Southwest Pacific. On
the whole, this is very probable
The japanese Navy must have lost
considerable face" in recent weeks.
The loss of Tarawa, followed by the loss
OF kWaJalein, and added to the by
passing and isolation of the japanese
garrison on Bougainville must have been
bitter pills for the imperial navy to
swallow.
One can imagine the attitude of
army officers in joint conferences at
Toxic. Perhaps the admiral who is
just reported dead of stomach ulcers"
actually died in the traditional Japa.
nese fashion of those who feel them
selves disgraced. So it does not seem
unlikely that the Japanese NAVY was
IN force at Truk, getting ready to at
tempt to redeem its waning prestige:
that our marine reconnaissance of
February 4 revealed this fact. and that
Admiral Nimitz has found means to
anticipate the japanese effort.
Evening star., 1944-02-19

Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio de-
clared recently that "isolationism" will
not be an issue in the coming political
campaign. He defined his own position,
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Assault on Truk

It does not seem likely that Amer
lean forces have landed on Truk.
Nothing, of course, is certain about
war. Sometimes the boldest course is
Evening star., 1944-02-19

During war we think of the top
German Fascists as deadly enemies
who must be destroyed. What
reason, if any, exists for changing this
Evening star., 1944-02-19

Naval authorities In Washington are
pleased but cautious about the develop
ments at Truk. II is not yet clear
whether the American attack consisted
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
Harmonious
Are Sent To
Polio Patients

Newton. Aug. 28.-The appeal for
harmonious sent out for the pa
tients at the Emergency lntantlle
PARALYSIS hospital in CataWba coun-
~ has me with a ready response
over the state. AID thus far more
than 100 Of the 'mouth organs
have been semi to the hospital.
However. other harmonious can
stlll be used. They should be sent
TO Rev. S. B. Stroup, Junior Red
Cross director for CataWba county
at Hickory.
1t was learned here today that
b. G.. Trosper. whose daughter,
Edith. was admitted to the emer-
gcncy hospital Friday night, is the
executive vice president OF the
Greensboro Merchants Association.
The number of cases at the emer
pcncv hospital in CataWba county
amoIlnted to 1914 Saturday.
Money in the emergency 1und to-
tailed S42. 502.46 at noon Saturday
This money is being sent in by peo-
Mo from this and other counties in
the state.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
Mr.. Apple Urges
Congregation To
Stand Fast Today

"Standing Fast in the Spirit" Was
the topic OF Rev. J. Frank Apple,
pastor Of the Congregational Chris
Yesterday. His sermon was based N
the text from Philippians l27. "That
Ne stand fast in one spirit, with one
mind, striving together for the taltn
Of the gospel
I'VE are living in days Of stress.
strain, and calamity he stated. We
have more than war on our hands.
We have problems of many kinds,
such as liquor problems, juvenile dc
linquency, a general lctdoWn in mo
vaiitv. etc. We can't blame God Ior
the sorry mess the world is in, but
man is to blame. 1t was he who
started the war. He has been given
the ability to Shoose between right
and wrong. love and hate, unseltisn-
ness and scltishness.
Man must pay for his misdeeds.
Think of the hideous deeds Of War,
bombed cities, homes in total ruin
demolished churches and schools
| mangled bodies of thousands OF inno-
| cent women and children-miliions
of dead soldiers and civilians. all be-
cause man has frustrated Gods viii
| and purpose. We cant violate the
| laws of God and get by without haV-
ing to pay.
Man limits God. God is not linn
tied in power, wisdom, and love, but
in the failure of man to cooperate
with HIM. Are we ready for this
way to cease We need a change of
heart. We have not yet rcpcnted.
God needs our help in the saving of
the world and the building OF His
iingdum. Too many Of us have failed
Him. 1t has been estimated that the
average congregation experiences
about 10 percent Of ab>cntecism lrom
is services of Worship What have
you done anC how much have you
done for God in the saving Of lost
Souls'." Rev. Mn. Apple questioned.
what can VIC do" he asked, and
answered the question: 1--WE a go
Coos way, do His will, stand and
fight side by side for the faith OF
the gospel.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
Memorial Service
HOnors 1t. Bum at
Baptist Church

\ memorial srIy.Ice for li,,t I,n,,-
,anan, L Y Pun, w. u.,. ho14 c,.m
law n~,nrnino at n, Fir.t P1nti,,
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rorn, go Nnynn,bar 1913
The service ,,-,s rlinavnd NV ro.,G-
,9roIv, Rou.ers Co1la+t and dodicat-
ri TO II Rrf,n
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Ccntfe * +ha first man,ont of iv !
Toht
Whom If drnns Il. h1,fo nn3ro r,g,
+irod r.,rId.
CcntIc nc , snrino rain .trori,a
vim ,i,,,er finoere
The earth and me flowers Of ,he
Garth
tho rosc
.Ho was ind
A,d his Eind,oe. cbono j., hi. ovne
ito eto,dv randIo 1iobt IN da,l-
s..
u;e ,tlad,o., ,.,s o h,1,, f., ,r;ri,s
Wnrndod NV harsh words and
barsbor deodc.
II, rindncss unv.od lil,c cool wa
49,"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
ALLIED DRIVES COST
\AZIS 25 GENERALS

British headquarters m France,
Aug. 27- (.AP) - twenty-five Ger
man generals and one admire Al have
been killed. wounded, captured. re-
placed or have Just disappeared IN
western France since D-Day, June s,
ii was announced late today.
Since generals do not ordinarily
take a position or or very near the
battleIine. this Unusual toll Was seen
as an indication both of the speed
and the power Of the allied uttack,
and was a hint that Hitler was MAX
inc il uncomfortable for leaders who
back-pedalled for reasons OF personal
safety.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
temperature
Abnormally
Low In u. s.

From Wichita to Boston. the nation
>hlVerCd in abnOlmally low temper
atureS today.
1t eve got above g. yesterday il
Kansas City, the third day III a row
that the thermometer had set d rec
ord for a low minimum. And Il mark
that had stood for 66 years in Char
lotte, N. G., fell whom the lneI clrv
dropped to 54.8.
Fires We're lit in north Georgia
dow so and in Indianapolis go,
while fail clothes were trOtted out
on New Ycrk's fifth AacmfW miWvp
on New York's Fifth avenue (57)-
And many of the 0,O00 fans at the
Athletics-Red Sox baseball game in
Philadelphia (51) we're tic!;led they
had fetched along their top coats.
Boston had d low OF o3, Des Moines
and Detroit 81.
But the %queerest quirk came in
Kansas. Not only was it cold, it Vas
wet. And on these normally hot. dry
Kansas plains cold and Wet are two
adicCtiVes usually as out Of place this
time OF year as a mountain yOGlcr
any time OF yea.
Streams which in many d Kansas
August won't run d Cuplul d month
are gushing from bank t. bank with
flood stages reported on the kaW, the
Blue and Missouri rivers.
In Kansas City the SWope park
swimming pool. scene Of the Women's
national AAU swimming meet only q
week ago. is closed to await the re-
birth of summer.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
With What Measure
Ye Nlete. Topic of
Rev. MIR. Gardner

Rev +. NOrileet Gardner, pastor of
the FIRST Baptist church, spoke on
With What Measure Ye Mete'' at
the Sunday morning service at his
church. The text was a part of the
Sermon on the Mount, With what
med~re ye mete, it shall be meas
urea 90 you again
This is Il stern law which admin
listers justice for all, applying prin-
clples that are right to conditions
both good and bad" he stated. This
along viii other teachings of Jesus
was direct and simple, but very hard
to obey. Jesus cut across the ritual
istic idea Of religion and struck at
the very heart of the matter.
The principle works with refer
ence to evil TO bring evil or miSfor-
tune to me-. Taking the example OF
a quick temper the minister pointed
out that d quick temper vas not gen.
erouS, not unseltiSh, not forgiving.
cot broadminded and that inevitably
1t turned upon man to do him harm,
With reference to good he law is
true. Wherever good is prompted in
the souls o fmen that which is good
CONS back to mar in like measure.
1T Is the privilege Of mankind to
to measure out lilc's good to those
about us. The influence of kind per-
sons. tie influence of a cody home
and the pervasiVe values Of the
church abound with d great measure
OF GOOD.
The church in its teachings points
man to forgiveness; it gives to man
the highest example Of sacrifice N
Christ; ard through its ministry Of
ters to man IN opportunity for gin
ing and challenges one TO supreme
LOYALTY TO that which is good IN llle.-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
Miss Marie dwell
And Lieut.. Cansler
We'd in New York

Miss Marie Muriel OlWell, ddugn-
for Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Nj. dwell
Of Flushing. Lors island. New YORK,
and Lieut.. Gg)Lesile L. Canister, SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. f. Canister of Hen
derson. were united in marriage Oh
Saturday evening. August iY, in ST
GEORGES Episcopal church. Flushing.
y. Y.
The ceremony was performed by
fine Rev. Dougald MacLcan, rector ui
the church.
The bride, who was given in MAJ
riaee by her uncle. Adrian A. dwell.
wore a gown of white II>ncA >uittta.
fashioned with a full skirt, fitted
bodice and square neckline. HEY veil
of illusion was held in place 10y a Ju-
Iiet cap of seed pearls. she carried
a cascade bouquet OF white orchids
and 2Iadioll.
Miss Lynn E. Heydel. OF Flushing,
was maid Of honor. Her gown wa
of smoky blue tatfeta. fashioned sim
liar to that of the bride. Her flowers
were a bouquet of s~tephanotls and
dclpnlnlum.
!. Leonard Perry. of L%oui>Durg
and Baltimore, attended the bride.
groom as best man.
Mrs. CanSler attended ST. Claire
Academy and the Cornell University
School OF Medicine. She is employed
by the Atlantic Mutual Insurance
company. of New York City
Il. Canister is d graduate of Wake
Forest College, where he was a MEM
Der Of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity,
and was on the staff Of newspapers
in Raleigh and Elizabeth City before
joining the Navy in 1912.
Following the ceremony, a rcccp-
ton vas gwen at the Colony, in New
IorE.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
hIA.NkNG III SUFFICIENT

NOTHING is gained by getting
2anicky because you unwittingly
committed some irregularity. Ev-
erybody does it once in a while.
and nobody is going to suspect you
of doing it intentionally. The laws
provide automatic penalties. and
your conscience a be clear if you
do the best you can in spite of
them. In the case of an INSULT
cient bid, you know your partner
must pass on his next turn. 1t is
usually advisable Their to select
the best final contract you can
guess for your side, and bid it
prOnto.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
FACE BRIO DECREASED

Raleigh, Aug 26.-Bccause pr"duc-
ton has declined sharply and is noW
below the prc-War level, OPA has
authorized an increase in manulact-
maximum prices of 81 Ter
thousand for common and un2llIcU
face building brick produced in Ala
bana. Florida. Georgia. MISSISSIPPI
North Carolna. South Carolina, Ten
ne>sec and Virginia.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
HEREFORD SHOW

College Station, Raleigh Aug. %
The Watauga Hereford Breeders As
Socjatjon viii hold a show and sale
at Boone on September g., it was n
nounced by l. |. Case, in charge of
Extension animal h~uSbandry at State
Culeoc
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE.
BY Shepard Barclay
The Authority On Authorities"

ly called attention to Its insults
cheney. ~Whcrcupon South prompt
" made it sufficient with 3-DIa-
monds. Everybody passed then,
including, of course. North. whose
pass was compulsory because Of
his partners error.
South Waltzed home with eleven
tricks, losing only one in each
black suit, but got no game be-
cause his side had not bid one.
The worst mistake an INSULT
Cicnt bidder a make is to correct
it quickly. If South had paused to
think, he would have realized that
his correction of the bid would
probably become the final con-
tract. With his strength opposite
an original bid, he then should
have estimated that a game was
probably in the hand and should
have chosen either Diamonds or
3-No Trumps, taking a chance or
the spades being stopped.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
Society News
L

Tho cncircling hills
wore etched with light
A. we suddenly saw
The tall ferns and grasses part
,nd for a breath-taking moment
:, I,,ic faWn found strange delight
In the open road
Joseph a. Silvia.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28

Mr. and Mrs. j. c. Gill and dauGh-
.Or patsy. and Mr.. and Mrs. +. G.
powell and daughter, Adele, have
returned from a week stay al VIZ
o;,ia Beach. Va.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
caves for Jacksonville

Mss Gene Surprise, OF HarEr0NC
..ront left Henderson this morning
5,,. Jacksonville, N. c. where she Will
he employed by tAe Carolina Telc-
nhnnr and Telegraph Company.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28

The root of the yucca plant is used
by Navajo Indians of New Mexico
for washing WCol and shaMpoo!ng
their hair.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
Praycr Band To Meet

The Prayer Meeting Band will meet
Tuesday night at eight o~'clocl, in
fine home of Mrs. NJ. c. Mills, ON
Nicholas street, with a. p. Barnes as
loader. it was announced today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
BIRTHS
Birth of a Daughter

1t. Il. g) and Mrs. Charles Med
line announce the birth of a daugh-
ter. Marty 10, at Maria Parham hos
pital on August 20. Mrs. Mcd'ia Is
the former Miss Tenny Burnham.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
Ease Neuralgia With
Quick Acting "BC"

Use quick act
Ing Be Head
ache Powders
when you want
prompt relief
from neuralgia
pain. BE" also
relieves head
aches, muscular
aches and func-
tlonal periodic
pans. l0c & Csc
sizes. Use only as
q physician Whpr
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28
Cotton Higher
By $3.50 Cents

New York. Aug. 23-(AP)-Cot1on
futures opened 20 10 40 cents d bale
higher. Noon values were 35 to 80
cents a bale higher. October lilo,
December 2l.55, March 2i.3o.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28

That was the course of the &C.
tual bidding in a rubber game, in
GLIDING North's second round pass
when he should have bid Pho
Trumps with his spade stopper,
and South's insufficient 2-Dia-
Monds. The opponents Immediate
nirtril,tal IL. L;aa ]
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-28

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