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DEROUx GOES SOUTH

Coastguardsman L. F. DeRoux,
who has been on leave here for
several days, left today for Seattle
for reassignment.
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FITZGERALD IN TOWN
Clyde Fitzgerald, of Skagway, is
in Juneau and a guest at the Bar
anof.
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FREEBURN IN TOWN

Laurence Freeburn, of Pelican, Is
in town and guest at the Gastin-
eau.
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DRYDENS SOUTH FOR
SUMMER VACATION

Mr.. and Mrs. T. Floyd Dryden
were passengers leaving on the boat
today for the south. Mr.. Dryden IS
Principal of the Juneau Grade
School.
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HANS FRoEsE HERE

Hans Froese Is in town and re-
gistered at the Baranof from Van
couver, B. C. ks
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IN FROM GUsTAyUs

Virgil Anderson, of Gustavus, is
in Juneau and is registered at the
Baranof Hotel.
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FROM EXCURSION INLET
Joe Lembo, Leonard Oliver and
Warren Griebenan are here from
Excursion Inlet and are staying at
the Baranof Hotel.
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YOUR BROKEN LENSES
Will be promptly replaced If sent
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WEATHER REPORT
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Temp. for Friday, May 26
Maximum So; Minimum 46
Rain SO
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HOWARD e. MOSHER.
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adv.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Real Estate Opinions

What about the future Of real estate?
That question is a frequent one these days
and one Of the best answers we've heard Is
the opinion Of home financing executives In
fourteen industrial centers where the greatest
increase in the civilian population has come
as the result of the. war boom. They believe
the 1939-1940 level in real estate prices will be
the floor beneath such prices for a consider
able period after the war.
In an opinion survey conducted by the United
States Savings and Loan league, several Of
these managers Of member saving and loan as
sociations Of the league felt that the price level
in real estate would remain firm into the
postwar period while the majority suggested
that gradual tpering off Of prices by from
10 to rs cent would eventuate in the readjust-
ment period.
Half Of those replying to the leagues ques-
tionnaire said that at the close of the war there
is likely to be a good demand for new homes
in the medium and higher-cost brackets, from
5000 upward. This would be true, they said,
even where there was some overbuilding in
the lower-cost homes on which there has been
a concentration Of building attention since
wartime restrictions went into effect.
Quite generally the managers foresee after
the transition has been made peace industry
surprising considerably the pre-war planning
under way In many industries will stand them
in good ste&d.
The opinions generally take into considera-
ton the certainty that the extent and ease with
which peacetine construction can take over
war industry facilities depends on the type of
industry involved. While many manufacturing
plants now producing munitions will be able
to absorb practically all their present facilities,
they conclude, shipbuilding centers will have
a much more difficult time in keeping present
labor and facilities employed.
The survey Of postwar prospects among
savings and loan executives was made in the
following cities: Dayton, Ohio; Charleston,
S. c.; Wichita, Kans.; Galveston and San An
tonic, Texas; Berkeley, Oakland Alameda and
San Diego, California; Seattle, Wash; Port
land, Oregon; Newport News and Norfolk,
Va; and Savannah, Georgia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Congressional
'SUTTLETIES'
The inside on the Washington scene OF
interest to the Carolinas.
BY HOWARD SUBTLE
Star-News~ Washington Bureau


WASHINGTON, Aug 12.-Back in Washing
ton after vacation in the "disgruntled, but
still solid South" we find that those who fire.
quent the National Press clubs council table
where the problems Of the world are solved
daily - have currently placed President
Roosevelt out in front in his campaign for a
fourth term.
'The boys'-meaning the fellows who chron-
icle the daily activity of this wartime capital
of the world for the press-are generally will
ing to back up their opinions with cold cash,
with Emil Hurja versatile editor of Pathfind-
eer magazine, virtually lone wolf as an en-
thusiastic supporter of the G. O. P. at any
thing near even money.
Summing up the situation following lengthy
luncheon council table conference, it would
appear that the Roosevelt-Trum ticket has
total of 20 states in the bag with electoral
votes aggregating 1873, as against the Dewey
Bricker states 16 states, with a total of 152
electoral votes. This leaves IL doubtful states,
with 191 electoral votes, but most agree that
more than half these states are showing a
trend toward the Fourth Termers.
Concentrate on New York
Both parties are certain to concentrate their
blitz guns upon New York, having Al electoral
votes and Pennsylvania, with IS. A total of
266 electoral votes are necessary to cinch the
election.
Council table conclusions would provide for
a distribution Of the votes as follows:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
UTILITY BEEF
TO BE CHEAPER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-lRl
Housewives will be able to buy
point-free cuts Of utility beef and
lamb for as much as 20 cents less
than the same cuts of top grades
of beef and lamb beginning tomor-
row, the Office Of Price Admins
tration announced today.
Other cuts Of the utility beef and
lamb will average about IL cents
less than similar cuts Of better
grades Of meat, OPA said.
s Hamburger, however, is the
same price for all grades, OPA
explained.
Utility is Grade c meat which
comes from CRASHED cattle which
have been fed little or no concen-
trated grain. The meat can be
distinguished by an attached thin
layer of yellow, butter-color fat,
and it does not have interspresion
OF thin streaks of fat in the lean,
OPA said.
Shank stew meat 20 cents, pot
chick roast "a, 10-inch rib n, round
steak 81, sirloin steak 30.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
With The AEF
Street OF Intrigue

it's underworld and sometimes the
gap between them was not so large.
For months reporters covering
this campaign have known that Al
lied espionage experts were prac-
tically committing between the
frontlines and Rome. For that
matter, the Germans knew it, too,
but either they couldn't catch them
or prove it when they occasionally
did get hold of one of our topnotch
spies.
I know of one such spy who
maintained an apartment in Rome
and a couple Of others who had
difficulty explaining-in triplicate-
under expense accounts why hotel
rooms in Rome cost more than
those in Naples.
I know still another-who sat in
the bar of the Grand Hotel slipping
brandy and soda and yawning
while high Nazi officers frantica1ly
packed their bags and pulled out
Of Rome.
But still it is hard to believe
such stories-unless you see the
Via Margutta and its facilities for
intrigue.
American and British spies, Ita1-
ian and Yugoslav partisans, neu-
trail Swiss and anti-Fascist Romans
lived here. There are a host of
hideaways in every house and al
most every building has several Sc
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Chest Campaign

The appointment of Ranald Stewart as gen
eral chairman of the Community War Chest
for New Hanover county is wise selection.
Known as a man who can do the Job this
able retail executive is well fitted for the i'm
portant assignment. His record of civic ac-
tlvity, such as his work as a member of the
Housing Authority Of the City of Wilmington,
shows his willingness to accept the opportuni-
ties OF leadership in community service.
Because Mr.. Stewart is a good organizer,
the Chest should enter the campaign period,
set for the first two weeks in October with
its preliminary arrangements in fine order.
But the complete success for the campaign
will not be up to Mr.. Stewart or his staff and
corps OF workers. That will be decided BY the
people Of the city and county Their subscrip-
tons will determine the degree of achievement
OF the drive and the volume of continuation OF
the Chests program.
That 1t deserves to continue, an a well-fin-
anced basis, is known to all familiar with its
good works. The several agencies participat-
ing In Its funds are able to function with
greater efficiency and considerably less fin
anclal worry than ever before. And the COM
munlty's contributors, who in the past have
been subjected to many seperate money drives,
have derived peace and comfort through the
merger OF many into one. Solicitors now knock
at the door but one time during the year, not
at frequent intervals
Because the Chest has so ably solved the
problems OF support for the community S
charity, character building and public agen-
cles 1t is proper to expect the people upon
whose gifts they subsist to adjust their budgets
well in advance Of its campaign and be pre-
pared to make liberal contributions when the
orlVe gets under way. 1t is not too early to
oegn thinking Of your contribution to the
communicative financial effort.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Total Electoral Vote 1911

Conceding for the sake Of argument that
the council table, analysis of the Democratic
and Republican states is about as accurate as
experienced and unbiased forecasters could
make it, although there may be one or two
in each column that could cause argument,
the fact that there are 191 electoral votes at
stake in the doubtful states is proof posi-
tive that Mr.. Roosevelt faces the battle Of
his career in his efforts to retain the helm
of the Ship of State and have voice in win
ming the war; and winning the peace" that
follows.
Despite the efforts of Gov. Thomas E. Dew
ey of New York, the Republican candidate,
to remove the subject of post war collabora-
ton as an issue in the current campaign, the
fact remains that the people generally regard
the G. o. P. as the party of the isolationists.
Mr.. Roosevelt, astute politician that he is,
certainly is not going to permit removal Of
the collaboration issue if he can help it.
Must Repeat Declaration
Most of those who frequent the council
table, agree that with such men as former
President Herbert Hoover and Senator Robert
A. Taft. of Ohio, among the leading sponsors
of the Dewey-Bricker ticket, Gov. Dewey is
going to have to repeat again and again, his
declaration favoring Americas collaboration
with other nations in post war program to
preserve the peace, embraced in a speech
The New York executive delivered before the
American Newspaper Publishers association
last April.
The age-old high tariff policy of the COP.
and the isolationist sentiment of Col Robert
p Mccormicks Chicago Tribune and men,
hers of the Old Guard die-hard group who
have retained their seats in congress most
certainly will be remembered by many cleo
t;on-wise Americans who know from bitter ex-
perience that platform planks of both parties
are often designed more as stepping stones
into office than as permanent policies to be
fought for after election.
Recent Gallup polls give Gov. Dewey slight
edge in New York, and there are many here
who point to the Republican governors heavy
majority in 1912 But there are also many
who. while conceding that the diminutive EN-
pire state executive is vote-getter, insist
that .the situation will be different when he $
running against FDR. New Yorks At cleo
tora1 votes, plus the apparent closeness Of
the vote. will make that state the chief bat
tleeround Of the campaign.
Ranking next to New York insimportance
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13

cret exits. The apartment where
Ed Kennedy, A. P. bureau chief
in Italy,, now lives while in Rome
has an escape avenue through the
roof. 1t leads out over other roofs
and disappears in a maze of tiled
gables and concealing vines.
Also on Via Margutta, the build
ing where A. P. Reporters George
Tucker and Lynn Heinzerling make
their headquarters when in the cap
ital city is similarly equipped for
intrigue. The windows can be used
for lookouts covering every posi-
BILE public approach to the build
ing or for escape routes. The thick
wooden doors have little iron grill
ed windows in them for identity
ing visitors reminiscent of prohi-
bition speakeasies.
The Germans knew about Via
Margutta. The Gestapo used to
shake the street down regularly
and stage surprise" raids every
now and then, but the tipoff and
lookout systems usually worked.
BY the time Himmler's hirelings
got inside the houses, everything
was in order-not a questionable
character in sight.
But in between times the voice
which floated down from the win
dows above Via Margutta's cob
bled street were as apt to be Eng
ish as Italian or German.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
With The AEF
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

ROME, Aug. 9.-Delaye6-Ra-
Via Margutta is a narrow little
highwalled tree-shaded street hid
den in the heart of Rome, a street
of tiny taverns, of shoemaker shops
and courtyards, shut off by huge
gates with iron grills.
Behind those gates and the stone
walls are homes, apartments ter
raced one about another, flower
gardens, rambling paths and al
leyways that disappear into d m
buildings farther behind the trees
and finally up into the hills behind
Rome.
The little street provides the per-
feet scene for the modern legend
which has sprung up about it.
During the Nazi occupation, :"
Romans tell you, there was more
English than Italian Or German
spoken along the Via Margutta. !"
And while that undoubtedly is a
slight exaggeration still it is found
ed on fact, and it typifies the cock
eyed conditions of espionage, coun-
terespionage and double barreled
intrigue which has been common
place in Rome throughout the war.
For years everyone, has known
that the German Gestapo operated
in strength throughout the Italian
capital-from it's Cafe society to
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Government Asserts Old WAYS
Are Best Ways To Kill Snakes

beneficial their food habits.''
$50 far as is KNOWN" the service
said, "only one method of eradi-
eating i sgenerally successful, and
that is to kill them by clubbing or
shooting"
Not that other systems haven't
been given fair shake. Tear gas,
phosgene gas and chlorine were
injected into cave full of snakes
near San Marcos, Texas, and the
slithery cave-dwellers had hearty
laugh at the scientists. However,
the bulletin reports that when
mustard gas was pumped into
lava crevices in Washington state,
1.-The snakes were driven out in a
dazed condition.
1T is difficult to induce a snake
to enter trap" the publication
states, For it has no fixed trails
and lacks inquisitiveness."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Something Really New

Over 1900, 0c0 American homes are heated
today by stoves.
For about as many centuries as we know,
nankinds primary wants have been: palat-
able food, compatible mate, shelter and bodi-
y warmth.
As to heat, Benjamin Franklin observed that
there had been almost no progress for 1000
years and put together his famous idea in
home heating.
But at last new stove that is really a
furnace is here-a stove that one can forget for
4 week in moderate winter weather - that
burns up its own smoke-that whacks one-third
off the coal bill for starter-that can heat
an entire bungalow snug!y-that will cost less
than a hundred dollars-that Is ready for most.
war use.
This new departure in heating embraces the
most radical and revolutionary principles that
have ever been advanced for economical com.
fort for the great bulk Of American homes
It has been developed by the bituminous Goa,
industrys best technical minds, cooperating
viii leading United States manufacturers Q,
heating equipment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
in Pennsylvania, with its IS votes
and also considered a close state.

in Pennsylvania, with its IS votes
and also considered a close state.
The recent transportation strike
in Philadelphia is certain to be a
factor in the Nov. z baIloting. AS
serted reason for the strike was
objection employees to the promo
ton to street car conductors Of
eight Negroes. A federal grand
jury is now investigating the mat
ter, and certain leaders Of each
political party are endeavoring to
place the blame upon the other.
The presiding judge spoke of re-
ports that the strike had political
detectives, and similar belief was
expressed by Attorney General
Francis Biddle.
1t is known fact that President
Roosevelt's chief strength in
Pennsylvania lies in the Congress
of Industrial Organizations and it's
vast membership in the state
numerous industries. Democratic
Senator Joseph Guffey is cham
pion of hte CLIO in congress and was
leader in carrying the Quaker
state for the third term ticket in
1910.
In event that Democratic Chair
man Robert E. Hannegan and his
cohorts should succeed in throw
ing both New York and Pennsyl-
vania into the Roosevelt : Truman
column, veteran Washington news.
papernen concede that there will
be fourth term.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
BY FRANCIS J. KELLY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-tR-The
old ways are the best ways for
killing snakes, the government adj
vised today, brushing off frog-bait-
ed snares and mustard gas as just
passing fads.
A new bulletin on reptile eradi-
cation comedies that successsome-
times. attends other methods, such
as polling helping of poison
down a snake burrow with "a
long-handled spoon"
1t should be pointed out that a
snake has to be downright ornery
to get on the fish and wildlife
service blacklist. The bulletin says
some pretty nice things about gar
ter-snakes, which belle their name
by eating mice and grasshoppers;
the bull snake, which is rough on
rats, and the little red-bellied stor-
eria occipitomaculata, which dotes
on garden slugs. Even the deadly
rattlesnake relishes prairie dogs,
the bulletin notes.
Nevertheless, the service takes
the uncompromising stand that
poisonous snakes have no place
in a settled country no matter how
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
JAPS MENACED
BY new BASES

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Handy, Ceylon,
Aug. 12-R-Wide possibilities for
the destruction of the most i'm
portant Japanese installations in
the conquered colonies of South
east Asia have been opened with
the establishment of a Super Bomb
er base in the Southeast Asia Com
mand territory, unveiled with this
weeks smashing B29 raid against
Palembang on Sumatra.
The growing importance of the
Twentieth bomber commands huge
flying destroyers in the strategic
picture of the far Eastern war
was highlighted by the destruction
at Palembang one of the largest
refinery producing bulk aviation
gasoline for the Japanese.
Extension of the range of the
B-29s in southeasterly arc from
the new roost endangers the most
vital Japanese production reser-
voirs at time the enemy can
least afford their elimination.
through the two years since their
seizure. the enemy has been busily
employed exploiting Thailand, Indo-
China, Malaga and the Netherlands
Indies. Allied photographers have
brought back evidence that the JAP
anese have rebuilt and expanded
production facilities on which thew
nave depended to maintain supply
OF both the home and war fronts.
Location of these production IA
cllltles in the hinterland eased the
strain of shipping, which has been
oeclmated by the American sub
marine campaign. The short haul
from the colonial production CEN
tiers to the fronts has compensated
somewhat for the deadly subma-
rine attrition.
Allied naval strikes have hit
coastal installations but have been
unable to reach. inland factories.
NOW, however, the super-bonnbers
operating from the southeast Asia
command base can reach produc-
tlon centers previously safe.
The smashing of such centers
as Palembang makes it necessary
lor the japanese to ship raw ma
terlals to factories in Japan. The
series OF pinpoint raids by the su-
per-bombers on specific industrial
targets suggests that the, TWEEN
leth bomber command is proceed
ing with a systematic, piece-nsaI
destruction of industrial outposts
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Enduring Fame

Miss Mae West came back to Broadway
from Hollywood as the author and star Of a
costume play about Imperial Russia. It's title
was Catherine Was Great" According to the
critics, Catherine may have been, but the play
wasn't
Even so, Miss West may take heart, for her
place in history is secure. Inflated life Jackets
Will surely continue to bear her name when
the names of the critics who PANIED her are
long forgotten.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
Our Chief Ain,
George Won't Do It

Fhe responsibility for Wilnlington's future
belongs exactly where Mr.. Walter Butcher
placed 1t in his Friday ADHESION the COM
tnrnity itself. There has been too much inch-
nation to assume that somehow the war boom
will continue after the war ends. Also we are
too prone to think that II we have a recession
after the war, somebody, somehow, will do
something about 1t.
As to the first point the impending closing
OF Camp Davis will give US stern reminder
Of the realities Of life, and II the shipyard
curtails its program in part or wholly, we shall
be confronted with an economic crisis such as
we have never faced before AS to the second,
it should be repeated over and over that no
person, firm or agency outside the community
it likely to be more interested in what happens
to US than we are ourselves If we have no pro-
gram for meeting and solving our problems,
we need not expect others to hand US one
ready-made. Other people will have problems
of their own
A factor of perhaps still greater importance
is that a great many people are deeply and
sincerely concerned about the postwar period
but are strangely hesitant over doing anything
about it. We suspect that the reasons are,
first, that we feel ourselves to be too busy dur
ing these war times, and, second, that we
don't have much idea what can be done 80
are inclined to do nothing. Either attitude
can be fatal. No person who plans to continue
to make Wilmington his home can truthfully
say that he cannot afford to invest AZ much
time as necessary to solving the postwar
dilemma now. There would be no difficulty
from now if this problem is not tackled and
licked, and If economic disaster comes as it
certainly will if we neglect the situation.
As for those who hesitate to act because of
The completely Of the problem, It Is necessary
10 remember that any job can be accomplish
ed II 1t is approa ched with common sense and
determination. The way to do a big Job is to
break 1t down into series Of jobs more nearly
cur size, and then assailing these one by one.
This applies to the shaping Of the future OF
cur community just as It does to any other
task While no miracles should be expected,
we can have approximately the kind Of COM
nrnity we want, If we ~ decide what we do
want, ~ assign responsibility for getting it.
and 80 insist on results.
Above all, let us remember that the Job is
cur own. It need not dismay us. There is zest
IN tackling problems of size and difficulty, and
there is great satisfaction in overcoming them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-13
ORDINANCE DEFERRED

NEW BERN, Aug. IL : New
6ern's proposed ordinance against
indecent dress for women and girls
over ~ years of age is being de-
1erred until similar laws have been
obtained from other towns. The
proposed ordinance provides fine
OF $lO for any female over 10 years
OF age who is not fully clothed
from her shoulders to her knee
when she appears on city streets.