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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
WILMINGTON COUPLE

Back from their wedding trip are
Mr.. and Mrs. William Crawford
Munday-(she was formerly Miss
Inez Bennett Tyler) and Sergeant
and Mrs. Quinton Earl Rhodes of
Wilmington, who are making their
home in nearby Alexandria on 119
Portner road. Another attractive
bridal couple to establish home
in the Capital, is Seaman NC and
Mrs. John S. Spranza. M S.
Spranza who was formerly Miss
Earleen Stroud is now employed
by the Post Office Department,
while Seaman Spranza is stationed
at the Naval Air Base here. And
still another-Mr. and Mrs. Paul
w. Shuskey of Roxboro, who were
married a couple of weeks ago.
Seaman Shuskey is stationed at the
receiving Station at Anacostia and
his attractive bride is employed by
the National Geographic Society.
First official visitor since peace
has been declared is Gen. Charles
de Gaulle, President of the Provi-
sional Government of the French
Republic and the still somewhat
casual Washington is all agog this
afternoon for the French Ambassa-
dor, Henry Bonnet and Nine. Bon
met are holding 4 large reception
in his honor. the only official party
during his visit to which feminine
guests are invited. But more of that
next week.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26

Bolick are the feted guests of their
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Phillips.
Clever Lorraine Greenhouse has
returned from visit to her parents
in Mount Airy and back in the Cap.
ital is Mrs. Martha Jordan who
was also on visit to her family
in North Carolina. Deciding defin.
itely that the war was actually over
when peace came to the world last
week, courageous young Jean
Cooper and her very close friend,
Sunny" Barnes rendered their res
ignations at once, and with gov
eminent days" safely behind them,
set off for home to assemble the
trousseau Dame Rumor says they
will both be needing before long.
Not all of the American service
men are homeward bound. There's
Frances (Gibson0 Satterfield's hus-
band, the personable Captain Boyd
ston Satterfield, who is still in Ger
many serving on the Control Coun-
Gil in Berlin, as Chief for American
Occupied Germany, with small
chance to set foot on homeland be-
fore the New Year. His dynamic
wife slipped home with her two
children, Monte and Neil, to see
Mrs. Satterfield's mother, Mrs.
Gibson, who is rapidly recovering
from a serious illness and also to
celebrate the end of war in Raleigh
with it's pleasant din and hilarity
with the excitement running high
err there than almost any point in
the United States, from all we hear.
Just before going down to the state,
Mrs. Satterfield, accompanied by
her two children spent several
weeks at Ocean City, Md.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
ARMY SPENDING

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-R-
The Army spent $50, 564, 586, 600
from the start of the war to las
gaug. One for clothing, general sup
plies and subsistence items other
than fuels. The War Department
gave this accounting today; cloth
ing $5,182, 4o2, 900; equippage 49,
724,67o,0 900; general supplies ST.
655, SOS, 900; materials handling
equipment $341, POP, 900; subsistence
$40, 1850, 707, 900.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26

Vegetables should be cooked in
the smallest possible quantity of
water to preserve vitamins and
minerals.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
New Bags

ore important
than any accessory
Choose from genu'
inc Corday, "a ulne
Leather. Lizard, Al
ligator and Plasti's'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
Fall Blouses

Wonderful blouses
to wear with or with
out a jacket. Tail
ored shirtWaists, bow
necklines and deep
V lines. White and
all the pastel shades.
Sizes "a to 46.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-16
BY DONALD A. LAIRD, Ph.D., SciD.
internationally Known Psychologist
anI
q key,tont View 90


- kOUR big postwar problem is 90.
" ing 20 be 10 keep a level head
and not make fool OF yourself
in some OF the silly CraZeS which are
sure TO sweep across the country
We have experienced tense, eXcit-
ing days. And naturally the end of
lostilitics must be considered more
than great relief-it's a great let.
Gown from our daily diet of excite
mcnt mixed with apprehension
Now that we have celebrated the
end of the war, life will seem mighty
monotonouS in comparison with what
we have been through, and we will be
ripe" 10 pick up some nutty diversion
that zoomS into oPuIarity-only 10
die away in few weeks.
That is what always happens after
wars. People who have been living
in times OF highest excitement can't
suddenly stop and live calm, sensible
lives. After short time Of calm
they are electrified by some silly
group excitement. do things which
make them seem like jaCkaSscS later.
Solemn scientists are already warn
ing us TO look out for this silly season
but regardless of all warnings We
will likely pitch hcadlong into pun
puSClCSS CralcS that waste millions of
collars of money and millions OF
hours OF time We might better bc
spending on reconstruction.
Mai G.. r Pcbcrdy, of the Royal
Army Medical Corps, England, Ic.
Gently gave such warning IN the
journal Of Mental Science These
DNcitcmCut.Sccking groups will act
childishly. he reported, and may
actually get beyond control
They may spread meaningless
phrases such as "Skiddoo, SOS your
old man 90 in for pointlcss cndur.
gGCc iCats, such as marathon dancing
IL December IG. 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-16

well.met, who demand eAcitcmer
from life, as DR.. Simon Stone of III
New Hampshire State Hospital III
pointed out.
The Crazes rise so gradually tha
people may not realize they are bein
drawn in. But the bubble usual
collapses almost inStantaneously.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-16

become noisy converts TO bizarre
new cults that sweep the country
take up odd fashions on a big scale
become spectators 10 such Wltlcss ad-
venture. as lagpOlc sitting.
y group OF sOcIOloEists meeting
recently In Chicago, also gave warn
ing about probable outbreaks OF spec
tatorltIS as a postwar likelihood.
Marathon dancing attracted mil
lions Of people for few months
then icll flat as a pancake
Highways were blocked for Tom
Thumb golf but in few weeks
these miniature golf establishments
were deserted,
Hog-Calling contests were a furorc
over the radio and in the movies
for one season
The Irene Castle hair bob and
the bOyish figure zoomed into n /.
craze after World War land in
a few months many women were
wishing their hair would grow
faster so they could hide the tell
tale evidence that they had been
victims OF the craze for an cXCit-
ing fad
All such CXcitement-seel<ing fads
anu silly sums E4b Sttdlllly III pop
ularity until they become an epidemic
The Wcak.minded and those with
nothing to do arc drawn 10 the silly
stunts first, hut as the thing takes
hold people With sense enough 10
know better also suCCumb 10 the mass
excitement.
The first people 10 fan for such silly
fddS as those mentioned
above are young people,
the poorly educated,
and the CNtrOvCTte those
pcrsOnaulo hail fellows,
s 3: s.: 8: ..: :: :.: :: (
Remember the Dance
NarathOnS? And Don't
Iaugh-NOu Paid 10 See
Them, Too!
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-16

II - a !d W u mass pS,
choloGy that the quick,
the poinleSs fad deN~
the quicker il falls. w
those that gain momentum
slowly last longer
The practical applicatio
OF this law for business me
IS not 90 put money int
something that zoCms int
prominence quickly. for
VIII likely become nothin
suddenly Many spcculatol
lost their shirts with Tor
Thumb golf by not KNOWN
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-16

this law OF human ficklCncSs
Even scientific advances are sciZc|
upon by the pubic. which docs ri
understand them, and made fad
Everyone except The scientists them
selves became erthused about sul1
drugs, then penicilln. as perfect curd
alls. As the first Jet propulsioI
planes appeared, people eXcitedl|
talked about them as solving Il
transportation problems
Scientific developments all have
purpose and mark great advanced
But the crowds tendency is 10 be s.
overly enthused about a scientific did
covcry-for a briet while mat Il
reasonable perspective is lost In th|
first flush OF enthusiasm they maxi
idols of the scientist, then drop him II
they pick up another fad.
Get rich-quick schemes have ii
ways taken in millions Of people onll
20 leave them poorer but seldorj
wiser. The lotteries. the tulip craZd
the Mississippi Bubble the PonH sgd
TEN, the scnd-adimC-in-a- -a-chain-lctteI
craze, even the stock market boorj
after World War /. are examples q
silly financial cTa2es which have cos
many people their lie savings bJ
still not taught them that they vii
likely bc suckers again when the ned
fads start in The postwar years,
Sure. people Me guoiy Whcn>
get their fIil Of monCtouy AnNY|
odds are that YOU viii he poofv alonI
with the rest for a few pointleS|
cralcS in the lull following the wal
excitement People who keep the
sense Of proportion In a craze al
scarce as feathers on an elephant.
IKE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Plans
Continued From Page C-1)

have recently returned from occu-
pied Germany express the opinion
that unless a more stable policy is
adopted by the American Govern
ment, it is probable that situation
approaching political and economic
chaos will grip the American-occu-
pied areas.
AS against such an eventuality,
they maintain that nthe Russian
zone the members of the Free Ger
many Committee will exercise an
intelligent and cohesive administra-
ton in which the benefits of the
Communist organization will be
stressed. Many of the former
nobility an dthe bourgeoisie may
have to suffer initially. But in the
end the Germans will become aware
that the Communist-sponsored ad-
ministration of the Reich east of
the Elbe River is far less chaotic
than that under the democracies in
the West. The expected result may
be that the Red totalitarian politi-
cal and economic form of govern
ment in spite Of the harsh treat
ment to which some sections of the
German population will have to be
subjected at first, will be found
preferable to the Western democ-
racy.
1t is possible. of course, that some
new ideas may be instilled in the
minds of our official blueprinters to
make changes in the present plans.
The plans may be excellent as a
temporary measure in which a long
range political future is not taken
into consideration. But they are
not likely to fulfill our war aims
in their present FORM
Evening star., 1945-04-15

ton which heD-. Joseph l.. Wheeler.
says has no access whatever to
books.
His methods of getting books into
the daily lives of people have ranged
from distribution of literature IN
laundry bundles to building libraries
into which women could wheel their
baby carriages AS parting thrust.
he says librarians are in for big
surprise in the next 20 years, re-
minding them that the function of
a library is not only to hand out
books, but to get people to use
them
He had found that his greatest
difficulty in fighting the old concept
of library-a dignifled place with
antiquated tomes-is:
''Rousing public officials to the
realization that one-half the popula-
ton at least has interest and gump-
ton enough to read worthwhile
books. y And to using money for
building peoples minds as well as
municipal stadia, ETC.
CDR. Wheeler still is mindful OF
the late city Commissioner who
when informed of the need for an
increased budget in view of a 113
per cent increase in circulation, re-
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Brief Reviews
NOVELS.

The Sign Of the Ram, by Mar
garget Ferguson. (Blakiston) Story
of a young woman who because ot
the Zodiacial sign under which she
was born strives to rule everybody
with whom she comes in contact
Inclining to melodrama.
Yeoman's Hospital, by Helen Ash
ton. Viking Romance of a hos
pital. Love among the medicals.
Burned Fingers. by Kathleen Nor
ris. Doubleday DoranD Mrs. Norris
goes on. This story concerns a CIR
who fell in love.
MATERIALS.
Careers in the Steel Industry, by
Capt. Burr w. Leyson. CDutton)
Survey of steel with relation to jot
opportunities. Covers requirements
for different grades of work. average
pay and chances of advancement
Useful.
Planning to Build, by Thomas H
Creighton. doubleday Doran) A
practicing architect discusses the
problems which confront the lay
builder today. Useful.
Splicing Wire and Fiber Rope. by
Raoul Graumont and John Hensel
Cornell Maritime Press 259 exam.
Piles of these esoteric arts described
with many illustrations.
ANIMALS.
The Nature of the Beast, by Ruth
Crosby Noble. Doubleday Doran.)
Study of animal behavior based or
scientific research. Covers many
species and is written in a popular
style. Author is the widow of DR.. G
Kingsley Noble of the American
Museum of Natural History. Many
excellent illustrations.
Evening star., 1945-04-15

no signs of massive drive on Berlin
evident. American 9th smashes
within As miles of Berlin. 80 miles
of Red troops. Holds 100 miles OF
Elbe bank. Pattons men take En-
furt and Jena and stand "a miles
from Czechoslovakia. First Army
speeds to within II miles of Leipzig
Allies capture 10000 more prisoners.
Navy admits that Jap suicide plane
sinks destroyer off Okinawa. Other
ships damaged in same manner but
remain in action Japs lose l18
planes. Fighting in southern part
of island continues fierce Ameri-
cans land on Bohol in Philippines:
now on all main islands. Macarthur
reports that all sea lanes from
South Pacific now deserted by Jap
shipping. Heavy B-29 fire bomb
raid on Tokyo reported.
Saturday: Nuremberg shrine of
NaZidom by-pasSed by Pattons Sd
Army, which moves ahead IS miles
to capture Beyreuth Ring around
Leipzig slowly tightened Ruhr
pocket being reduced by lst and
9th Armies. FLAX guns turned on
9th Army moving forward As miles
from Berlin No cohesive front
remains in Central and Western
Germany German garrison of no.
600 holding out in Bordeaux blasted
by l,150 bonbers. Reds freed for
other use by capture of Vienna
point for Prague and Southern Ger
man mountain strongholds. Amer
ican oath Army Corps smashes
heavy Jap counterattack in Oki-
nawa with heavy loss to the enemy
Little gain made in southern part
of island but Marines move steadily
ahead in drive TO north. Guam
reports raid on Tokyo Friday caused
blasts in arsenal heard 100 miles
Fires are started in Imperial Palace
Yanks pour 5000 gallons of gaso-
line down into Fort Drum in Manila
Bay, then set it off with 600 pound
bomb.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
He Spent 40 Years Teaching Libraries
How to Promote and Self Good Books

piled, who in hell told you to in
crease it lib per cent?'D
In Youngstown, Ohio; Boston
Providence. R. l.: Albany, N. Y;
Washington, D. c.; Jacksonville
Fla. and Los Angeles. Calf, where
ever he touched Libraries, the story
was the same.
Doubled and tripled circulations
accompanied by doubled and tripled
municipal library budgets. new Ii
brary buildings built to make visitors
feel at home, remodeled staffs, sell
ing good reading by displaying it in
show windows on sidewalk level or
sending samples into homes with
milk bottles and bread wrappers,
circulating phonograph records as
if they were books, actually letting
the Encyclopedia Britannica go
out"
DR.. Wheeler's career is described
by BaltimoreanS as a series of tight
lessons in diplomacy, politics, puD-
ShoWmanShip and indefatigabl
drive
He directed the exhibits of the
American Library Association al
the San Francisco Exhibition of 1915
and at the Philadelphia celebration
in 1926 He was librarian in Army
camps during World War I. vice
president of the American Library
Association in 1867, delegate tc
the international Library Congress
in Madrid in 1885, an adviser anc
consultant to library boards in cities
of Wisconsin, New Orleans, Lancas-
ter and Nanticoke,> Pa, and Buffa-
10, N. Y.
He also is responsible for the
preparation, editing and printing o1
l 100000 free copies of book lists fol
distribution from American colleges
museums and libraries.
In retirement, DR.. Wheeler will
live on a small farm at Benson
Rutland County, Vt, where
I'm going to write book about
books. The first chapter will
be about how 20 great books have
influenced history. Tell how
books can crawl right into our daily
lives. Let down our hair abou,
books y"
Evening star., 1945-04-15
River Soma

By Harry Hamilton. (Bobbs-
Merrill: S2.5Ol
Reviewed by VIVIAN LOWE.
A light novel about life on an
island in the lower Mississippi,
River Song" tells the story of two
brothers in love with the same girl.
The Holley boys, charming and if
restible Stag of the wanderlust who
has that way with women, and Lon,
the quiet steady lad who stays at
home to help Grandpa Newt Holley
with the fishing, share a love for
music and Dena Garner, the girl
whose loveliness overshadoWs any
other woman on Island 81 or Pecan
Point.
Nothing original in the plot, there
is an occasional haunting passage
describing the peaceful and tranquil
life of people who want nothing
much beyond a good fish catch and
a jolly church social.
Aside from the love story and
Denas alteration of dashing Stag,
who marries her before you finish
the book, Harry Hamilton tells of
the two boys musical talent, in
herited from their ornery but sing
ing grandpa, and of Stays amazing
success in radio and vaudeville.
The most enjoyable part of the
book is Lizzie Garner's trip up to
st. Louis to rescue her daughter
Dena from the evils of the city. The
mishaps of country Lizzie and her
three youngest daughters will keep
the reader holding his middle
It's light, hot-weather reading.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Among
the Authors

A volume of miscellaneous verse
called Other Mems Flowers" Sc
lected and annotated by Field Mar
shall Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of
India, has just been brought out by
Putnams A sample from it is the
following verse by Richard Garnett:
al hardly Ope my lips one cries,
'SimonideS, 'chat think you
OF my rule2'
II you're TOOL / think you're
rery UiSe:
II you are mise, | think you
are q fool.
x *
The Romans were the inventors
of concrete. Their use Of 1t is de-
scrlbed in a history of the COM
pound called The Magic Powder,
by Earl J. Hadley putnam 1t
begins with the vladucts and tenn
pies of ancient times and comes
down to such recent developments
as the Rockefeller Center.
x
Yalta. lately in the news as the
scene of a momentouS conference.
was once the residence of Anton
Chekov. He did not like the place.
Beautiful as it was it was exile TO
him and he mourned in it for Mos
COW. But he suffered from tubercu-
losiS and was chained by his illness
to his rock One Easter the whole
Moscow Art Theater and a large
part of the Russian literary world
came to cheer him up. Still he was
inConSOlable.
Edwin A. Peoples, whose novel
Swing Low was recently brought
out by HoughtOn- -Mitf1in. is 6 feet
IT, inches tall. He was turned down
by all branches of the armed serv-
'ces. Then he got a Job in the Office
of Chief of Ordnance where he was
put to work writing history of-of
all thingS-Small arms ammunition.
Comdr Walter Karig has had the
unusual experience of seeing his
name on two best-seller lists at
once. His recent novel. Lower Than
Angels" made the fiction list, while
his book. Battle Report" written
in collaboration with 1t. WelbOurn
Kelly. simultaneously appeared on
the nonfiction.
Evening star., 1945-04-15

antee OF continued peace and pros
perity. What we are winning is
the opportunity of continuing with
our great experiment in liberty and
social progress
Accepting the fact that "big gov
ernment" is here to stay, the author
suggests a few practical steps to
make it function smoothly and
democratically. Among these are a
reorganization of Congress in the
interest Of efficiency and closer CO.
ordination with the Executive, a
simpler system of amending the
Constitution, a postwar reorganlza-
ton of the executive departments
and abolition of the electoral COL
lege and the substitution of direct
voting.
Mr.. Pusey, it seems TO this re-
viewer. has presented the most
pressing domestic problem of our
day in clear and understandable
terms. He has bulWarked his
thesis with a mass of well-docu-
mented data. The result is a book
well worth the time of any one who
is interested, as every one must be,
in the shape of things to come.
The author has made his OBJ
servations from the vantage-poln
of an editorial writer on the Wash
ingtOn Post.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
|Are We Pointinq
Dictatorship
ON the Potomdc?
BIG GOVERNMENT.
CAN WE CONTROL IT?

By Merlo J. Pusey. (Harper.)
Reviewed by JOSEPH H. BAIRD.
After the Federal Government
was shaken down to normal follow
ing the Civil War, there were 1000
employees on its pay roll In June,
1943, there were 3,l57 ,000 Some
$4,000 persons work in the Pentagon
Building alone.
Today the Government is the
biggest holder of industrial prop
erty in America and owns one-fifth
of the Nations land. During the
last fiscal year it spent $93, ,744 ,000,-
900, OF more than it had in the first
1877 years of United States history.
These are some of the assorted
facts. Mr.. PuSey sets forth to Illus
trate the colossal size that has been
attained by the Gargantua on the
Potomac. But it is not size per Sc
that causes the author to question
our future. Rather it is the i'm
plication of this bigneSs-the pos
sibility that democracy may be
menaced because Americans have
come to look to Washington for a
wide variety of services and luxuries
which, if they do not obtain, may
impel them to turn to dictatorship.
Concentration of Power.
Along with this growth, Mr.. Pusey
finds, has gone a tremendous con-
centration of power in the hands OF
the President, some of it OF very
dubious conStitutionality Once, the
author points out, Americans looked
to- the Supreme Court to guard
them against the undue acCretlon OF
power in the hands of the Executive.
But. he holds, as result OF the late
Presidents unparalleled opportunity
to appoint eight of the nlne mem
bers of the present court, he was
able to make this supposedly CO.
ordinate branch of the Government
more Rooseveltian than his own
cabinet"
Thus, he finds, there exist In
America today some of the factors
and conditions which have led to
dictatorship in other countries. He
Evening star., 1945-04-15
A Rising Wind
Bu Walter White. doubleday,

By Walter White. doubleday,
Doran;' S2J
Walter White, executive secretary
of the National Associate for the
Advancement of Colored People,
made a trip to England and the
North African war zone last year to
investigate the condition of the
Negro troops in the American forces.
This book is his report.
1t is not favorable. Mr. White
found that the higher military au-
thorities deal justly in the main
with the Negro soldier but that
subordinate officers frequently un-
dertake of their own initiative to
negate orders for equal treatment
of all men regardless of color. He
dWells, however, on the consequences
which he believes will follow.
1t has already bred grave dlssen-
sion between our soldiers and the
English people, he says. Though he
notes the irony of the British, with
their record of race discrimination
in India, assuming righteous attl-
tude on the race question toward
the United States, he makes it clear
that the attitude has been assumed.
If, at the end of the war, We
make demands concerning India 5
future, We will be met with a British
reminder of the mote in our own
eye, Mr. White believes.
More serious. he thinks, is the
fact that Japan has busily used all
news of race intolerance in our
country in her propaganda to the
colored peoples of the Pacific area.
The proven devotion of the Filipinos
has shown that this propaganda is
ineffective. but Mr. White does not
mention that. He foresees a future
worldwide race war
! That, in effect, is his message.