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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29
AKA LAUNCHED ON
WAVES BIRTHDAY
CONTINUED from Page One)

Under the direction of Captain Mil
dred McAfee the Waves have been
fashioned into a valuable, integral
part Of the Navy, performing ex-
cellently the various jobs assign.
ed to them"
Lieut.. Ivey told the assembled
Waves, visitors and shipbuilders
that there are $4,000 ships of the
Navy afloat today, and that there
are 10000 Waves on bases, in train
ing schools, in the Navy depart
ment, Washington, writing the let
tiers that bring ships into being,
carrying messages, supervising
supplies, transmitting plans for
action that will bring glory and
victory to our Navy and to our
flag.
'Before the bow Of this new and
splendid ship, the product Of the
men and women Of the North Caro-
lima Shipbuilding company who
have given their labor and their
love. stand as representative of
the hundreds Of North Carolina
Waves who are doing their part
to make such ships possible and
who are making a real contribu-
ton to ending this war and es-
tablishing a lasting peace" Miss
1vey said.
ut is most fitting that we in
North Carolina celebrate the Sec
ond anniversary Of the Waves By
sending forth with our blessing
and prayer another noble lady,"
Lieut. Ivey declared. 1.-THE act is
a symbol Of the service that North
Carolina women are rendering In
speeding not only this ship but
countless others to glorious achiev-
ment. And it is a symbol Of the
cooperation between men and wo-
men, in uniform and out, In our
greatest national effort We
look upon this ship as a ma gnifi.
cent birthday present a wo.
mans ship for woman's war"
w. S. Mcmahon, assistant to the
general manager and vice presi-
dent of the shipyard, presided at
the ceremonies and in introduce
ing the program called attention
to- the fast rate in which the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company
had converted from the construc-
ton Of peace-time type ships to
Navy ships, the armed cargo ves-
Sels.
:'This speedy conversion is a
tribute to the U. S. Maritime Com
mission and their foresight in
1888 and 1885, and tribute to the
versatility Of the United States
Navy in adapting the Maritime
designs into Naval vessels" Mr..
Mcmahon said.
Amidst the colorful bunting and
American flags on the ways. a
background Of Waves on duty in
Wilmington and throughout North
Carolina dressed in white uni
forms trimmed in blue, added a
picturesqueness to the launching
scene.
Two Waves enlisted girls were
Ensign Blackwood's attendants.
They were Misses Dorothy Lazar
and Mary Blackwell, both station
ed in Raleigh.
Representatives Of the Spars and
Wacs and Marines were guests at
the launching. Lieutenant Lodwick
Hartley, USNR. officer in charge
Of Naval Officer Procurement, and
Lieutenant M. J. Miller, USNR,
officer in charge of Naval Re-
cruiting in this state, both Of Ra-
leigh, were guests Of honor as were
Miss Blackwood's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. r. .Blackwood, Of Elkin,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

According to WPB officials, sub.
stitution of wood for metals in ar
craft production has exceeded six
billion board feet and has saved
two and one-half million tons Of
aluminium, steel and copper.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29
MRS. ], w. CLARK

Word has been received here by
Mrs. J. A. Lawson of 1922 Chest
nut street. of the death of her
mother, Mrs. ]. W. Clark, ST., in
Lafayette, Ark, which occurred
Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

The ODT has vocational train
ing classes in automotive main
tenance and repair in 200 cities
throughout the country, sponsored
cy the U. S. Office Of Education.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

Hawaii was 4 kingdom until q
provisional government was set up
IN 1893. A republican government
was then established with Sanford
8. Dole. missionary's son.. as
president.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

The Japanese mantis, while
waiting to attack its prey, assumes
an attitude Of innocence and pray
er hence its otner name, praying
nlantis.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

Ducks are unable to float in wa
ter that has small amount of syn
thetlc compound known as aerosol
added to it. Chemists say it makes
tie water wetter.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

During 1943, ai45 miles of high.
ways OF all classes were complet-
ed in the U. S. under supervision
Of the Public Roads Administra.
ton.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

Whistler's father was the i-1ven-
tor Of the original locomotive
whistle.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

Kangaroos are entirely herbiv-
olous and are not popular with
Australian farmers, since tn ey
compete with domestic livestock
for grass and other crops.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

Chlorine played a double role in
World War I. Used in solution as
an antiseptic, it saved thousands of
lives; used in the form of poison
gas, it choked out the lives of
thousands of others.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-29

South Americas largest bird,
the condor. is 5000 times as hig
IS the smallest, the huuminehird.
Evening star., 1944-01-17
Constantine Br01Vn

resentatiye Of the nation which still is
under foreign domination there is little
that we or the British can say.
Under these circumstances 1t Is be-
lieved that the American and British
governments might decide to refer the
entire matter to the European Advisory
Commission, which was created with
full Endorsement of the Russian govern
ment at the Moscow conference for this
purpose. Secretary Eden In particular
Is anxious to submit all troublesome
problems to that commission.
Mr.. Eden is an old League OF Nations
man and firm believer in the proce-
dure of the League which, while unable
to solve major problems, has succeeded
frequently in delaying blowouts. I'M
portant matters were subjected to sub
committees which in turn referred them
to other subcommittee for detailed
study. Some time was required before
the various subcommittee delved into
the questions thoroughly and by the
time report was completed such long
time had elapsed that the parties in
volved had either cooled on or the
League was faced with accomplished
facts which could no longer be changed.
The newly created Advisory Commit
tee has not yet functioned except in a
preliminary session. No one knows how
1t will function and what 1t will do when
the first serious problem which threat
ems to disturb the harmony Of the
United Nations is placed before it.
But 1t is certain that 1t will take no
hasty decisions and while it is occu-
pied with the study of the Russian
Polish problem military factors may in
tervene to such an extent that its judg-
ment might be made easier. The matter
might be kept under consideration and
advisement until the war is over
1t is uncertain, however, whether
Moscow will be willing to submit the
matter to a third party, even under
such considerations
Evening star., 1944-01-17

they are forced into seeming contradic-
tions, of which characteristic pair Is
labor's issuance of its no-strike pledge,
and yet also its firm refusal to counte-
nance national service.
Contrariwise, we have certain Con-
gressmen and certain iSolationist pub
fishers, who are enthusiastic supporters
of labor control measures, though they
don't seem to care so much for certain
other aspects of the war These dance
the same dance as do the labor leaders.
in reverse. When Mr. Roosevelt claps
little steel formula on wages, they def
initely warm up to the President: the
suspicion of grateful smile may some
times even be seen on their lips. They
come little closer, tentatively.
Then, Of course, he wants lower food
prices. or higher taxes, or he goes to
Teheran, or plans big offensive, and
they run away again, shrieking in horror
Our labor leaders suspect that ma
tional service act will merely make it
easier for reactionaries to kill all labor
freedom. Our worst reactionaries (and
sometimes one has the feeling that the
name Is almost interchangeable with
isolationist) are afraid that national
service act will make it easier to control
jobs, incomes, nonessential businesses,
Evening star., 1944-01-17
Mr.. Hull Modernizes

The State Departments reorgan-
ization-effective today-appears to
be designed solely in the interests
OF efficiency. AS explained by I'm
dersecretary Edward r. Stettinius,
its purpose is threefold: First, to
"readjust the responsibilities OF the
top officers" so as to permit them to
devote more Of their time to policy
matters; second, to establish
clearer lines of responsibility and
authority inside the department"
and third, to coordinate more
closely the work of the assistant
secretaries and other chief officials.
To this end, through a plan mapped
out under Mr.. Stettinius' direction,
Secretary Hull has created a special
committee on policy, a special COM
mittee on postwar programs and
twelve departmental offices with
numerous subsidiary divisions. In
addition, wholly outside the organi-
rational chart, he has set up an
Advisory Council on Postwar For
eign Policy. From the standpoint of
personnel, the reorganization in
wolves no changes whatever, so that
1t plainly represents nothing more
significant or far-reaching than
functional overhauling of the State
Department.
This, however, is a development
important enough in itself-and
historic to the extent that it stream
lines many of the departments
traditional mechanisms and rou-
tines. As a result, there seems good
reason to believe that through the
more firmly established line of di-
rection and the more clearly defined
responsibilities of each depart
mental Office and division, overlap
ping OF effort or working at cross
purposes will be kept to a minimum,
with the net effect of much greater
efficiency all around. The new set
up, Of course, still leaves in question
how the operations of such inde-
pendent agencies as Mr.. Crowley's
FEA and Mr.. Lehman's UNNRA can
best be meshed with those carried
out under Mr.. Hull, and he himself
recognizes that it is not the final
answer to all his administrative
problems. Yet it is obviously
notable step forward, for at the very
least, it represents a sound, busi-
ness-like adjustment to the vast
changes taking place in the world.
With Mr.. Stettinius, in short, Mr..
Hull has brought the machinery Of
the State Department up to date,
modernizing it to meet the needs of
the times,
Evening star., 1944-01-17

which (excluding, of course, the under
ground movements in France ITSELF is
entirely based on the French colonies.
Reports from French sources put the
total numbers available as $50, 0,0OO-of
which 1880 are said to be Frenchmen.
In the prewar organization of French
colonial and North African forces, the
artillery. engineers, technical services,
air force and armored troops were almost
entirely composed of Frenchmen, save
perhaps for a few native drivers and
cooks. Theye were few exceptions
to this rule, but not many. In addi-
ton, almost all the officers and con-
siderable proportion of the noncommis-
stoned officers of the native infantry
and cavalry units were Frenchmen.
There were few native officers, usually
not more than one to company or
squadron, and these could not rise
above the rank Of captain.
If these general principles are applied
to the new French army of 100000 it
may fairly be assumed that when the
demands of the various mechanical and
technical arms have been met, out of
the reported 175,0O0 Frenchmen, plus
the air service, there will be very little
French infantry Just few battalions,
probably, for use as shock troops.
The real reservoir of French man.
power Is in France, and that reservoir
cannot yet be tapped save By 4 trickle
Evening star., 1944-01-17
Samuel Grafton

ETC., and in other ways to subject Ameri-
can life to the necessities of war.
At this point the dance stops; both
sides, labor and its opponents, come to
a cataleptic pause: they stand, frozen in
their own wrestling match, as one in
their opposition to national service. It
is as if they had been stricken by a
paralysis OF fear; they are unable to
move; they are chilled by the eye of the
cockatrice.
President Roosevelt has mentioned ma
tional service, and life has stopped in
both camps. You can hear a pin drop.
Both sides are for national unity. but
they don't want it put in writing. And
In their opposition to the kind of ma
tional unity which can only be expressed
through national service, they have
found another kind of unity; see. they
are together, in blocking the Presidents
plan for national togetherness. But it
is, perhaps, the notionless kind of unitv
tnan can be observed in any graveyard.
Their fears of each other have made
them one. But it has perhaps never
been more clearly demonstrated that a
Nation which is divided will march. il
II marches at all, with slow and unsteady
step. Look at them, blocking each other.
ana blocking the street
Evening star., 1944-01-17
The Maker of Ak Handles

Like sculptor modelling plastic toar
He fashioned a hickory handle for an
at,
Shaping stubborn ,uood to fit his norm
OF pertectness, adapting fbered form
TO fit the need of steel, its sinuous
length
Like rapier blade in plant strength
And tuH OF grace. Suddenly his eyes
Gre,D dark aUith questioning. To my
surprise
He broke the handle, tossing it aside
As though 1t were an insult to his
pride.
Failing to perceive ,Dhy anyone
Would break the thing he made tDhen
1t Dds done,
/ said, "Yon could haze sold the helpe.s
I kneU,
Before he spoke, that pords tDere gone
Without intention. "That handle has
knot"
He cried. Some things are not for sale,
or bought"
HARRY KLMoRE HuRD.
Evening star., 1944-01-17

of refugees, and from the population
of Corsica.
1t is, however, OF great Importance
that French Army, of as truly French
character as can be managed, should
be available to spearhead Allied land
ings in France. Even if French troops
cannot be employed in great numbers
on the Channel front, there could hardly
be a more useful diversion than the
landing of the French North African
Army on the coast of the Riviera, based
on Corsica, at the same time that the
Channel landing begins. The amount
OF actual French manpower available
Is therefore of great military impor-
tance to the Allied cause.
Hitherto the attitude of the Spanish
government has not been helpful in the
matter of refugees crossing the border
into Spain. If that attitude were now
to be altered, it might be possible for
q great many young Frenchmen to
escape from France across the Pyrenees
and join the French Army of National
Liberation. In order to prevent this,
the Germans would have to keep a great
many more men patrolling this frontier
than they do at present, so that at the
worst we would get considerable fur
ther diversion of German fighting
strength at time when they can Ill
afford any diversion.
\ X
1t would certainly seem that the least
that the Spanish government can do to
show its repentance for past actions
and its desire to earn the goodwill of
the victors in this war, would be to give
reasonable facilities for Frenchmen to
leave France through Spanish territory
en- route to North Africa We are now
supplying Spain with oil and various
other commodities Of which Spain is
grievously in need. A little co-opera-
ton, at least a gesture Of goodwill from
Madrid, could hardly seem too much
to ask, or even to expect.
The Spaniards can no longer use the
excuse that to do this would be to bring
upon themselves German invasion.
The Germans are in no position to
undertake any such distant military
adventure. The Portuguese have DEM
onstrated that, when they wrecked the
German submarine hopes By handing
Evening star., 1944-01-17
AHeuIthierCitv A

The members of Congress in
charge OF local legislation and ap-
propriations, the Commissioners.
the Health Department., the medi-
cal profession and the citizens who
have supported their efforts have
every reason to be gratified at the
fine statistical showing of con-
unued mortality rate reductions in
the District in 1s43, rejecting the
results OF developing public
health program. We still have a
long way to 60 In Washington in
the elimination of factors which
contribute to q high death rate.
But with a continuation of the
teamwork over the past few years
which Is responsible for the excel
lent progress made 50 far, the Ma
honal Capital can become a model
IN this field for other American
municipalities.
The increased public awareness Of
the desirability of a well-rounded
public health program is as impor-
tant as the statistical record which
has established new lows in NOR
tality rates for the District. There
k no inclination now to offer the
excuse of large Negro population
IN condoning some still abnormally
high disease rates. The new objec-
tive is to eliminate the causes pof
these abnormal rates by correcting
the conditions with which they are
identified. Where great numbers of
people are unwillingly crowded into
congested "slum" dwellings, lacking
the means to live decently, disease
will flourish. A well-rounded public
health program contemplates not
merely the availability of clinics and
hospitals, but of good housing, thor
ough inspection to enforce mainte-
nance of sanitary standards and
adequate administrative personnel
to make the regulations effective.
The progress being made in the
Improvement of public health In
Washington is merely an initial
demonstration OF what can be done
and what will be done with as
sured support from an intelligent
public opinion.
Evening star., 1944-01-17

So, considering the fact that Con-
gress is recalcitrant on taxes and has
proved unable effectively to grapple with
stabilization and food prices, think
we are not going to get a national
service act.
Nor am I impressed with most Of the
arguments advanced for such an act.
Military men, who want it, conceive OF
wartime society in which everybody is
q soldier. But when one thinks the
matter through, one wonders just how
this can be justly achieved without
going completely socialist and authori-
tartan
All armies are socialist and authori-
tartan. No one in them works for profit;
every one Is fed, housed and clothed at
the expense of the state; all pay rates
are fixed in rigid hierarchy, and every
one is under command of the officer
above him. Genuine army standards
Evening star., 1944-01-17
German Gloom
Prom the London Daily Express.

Prom the London Daily Express
The Germans have worked hard to
create the impression that they are on
the point Of collapse. They have been
talking gloom over the radio and in
official articles, saying out loud things
which, If whispered in private q year
ago, would have cost any German his
head. They have been making lame
excuses for failures In Russia, talking
mumbo- jumbo about "offensive-defen-
sive." Take another look at the enemy
as he goes about his plans for defense.
He moves fast in face Of new situations.
He was swift in taking over Vichy France
in answer to the African invasion, swift
in seizing Italy after the fall of Musso-
lini. And just as swift in changing his
propaganda when the trend of the
Moscow conference became clear. The
German people are suddenly given a
quite different diet-of British suffer-
ings. mo one." they are told over the
radio, suffers more In the nth winter
Of the war than the British"
Evening star., 1944-01-17

independence as Americans, our
home e-front effort Is q closely inter-
dependent undertaking. mech
anism in which no part can func-
tion well without the help Of all the
other parts.
This is something that applies to
peace as well as war, for, just as
in the case OF producing weapons
for victory, we cannot work out our
destiny with, either wisdom or eff
cheney II we think and act in terms
OF compartmentalized citizenry or
mutually exclusive special blocs.
"E pluribus unum," after all, is an
American motto that has lost none
Of its original meaning.
Evening star., 1944-01-17
Maj. George Fielding Eliot

over the Azores for use as an allied
air base. If the Germans had been
capable OF any military retaliations in
the 1berian Peninsula, they would have
reacted with violence to this grievo,,s
injury. They were compelled to con-
flne their violence to the hard words Of
DR.. Goebbels and his crew.
Therefore, there would seem to be
little reason why pressure should not be
brought to bear on Madrid to permit
the free passage through Spanish terri
tory OF French civilians leaving France
IN order to journey to French North
Africa. Allied assistance could be given
to these men through the consulates of
the Allied powers in Spain, and in this
manner a considerable additional force
OF French troops might be made avail
able for the day of decision, when it
will be so important to France and to
the future of Europe that as MANY
Frenchmen as possible should take part
In the great campaign of liberation on
French soil.
tCopyright, 1914. by New York Tribune Int)
Evening star., 1944-01-17

cannot be applied to any part Of free
social system without destroying it.
Some people would like to regiment one
part Of the system. and leave the other
Ito which they themselves belong) free,
because there seems to be a natural
cussed desire to push some one else
around. But If you make a nations
workers into an army you Great that
"PruSsian socialism" which we are fight
ing.
Military men are convinced, it seems,
that national service act will prevent
strikes. But the truth is that you can
lead man to a work bench, but you
cannot make him work, unless he has an
officer Immediately over him to compel
him. under continuing penalties. The
man hours lost by strikes have been, for
the past IL months, far less than the.
man hours lost through the common
cold, and man hours can be lost by dis
gruntled workers gracing the factories
by their presence, as well as by workers
absenting themselves.
What would a national service act
cost? We have already registered every
man between the ages Of 18 and IS, an
expensive process, and Congress never
voted sufficient appropriation to do
thorough occupational analysis. An ad-
ditional registration of all women, and
constant checkup on everybody NOV
ing, dying, coming of age and changing
occupation would mean a gigantic bu-
reaucracy. By the time a thousand
workers for an industry in special need
had been sorted out Of hundreds of
thousands. employment Offices would
probably find many of them already en-
gagged in essential work, or sick, dead or
moved.