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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-20
More Gas

When soldiers went home during the earlier
period of gasoline rationing they were allowed
give gallons, regardless of the length of their
furloughs. Now, with the easing off OF restrlc-
tions after the European war; CTS back IN
this country for rehabilitation, recuperation
and recovery may apply for extra gas at
the rate of one gallon for each day OF their
Through to a maximum of thirty gallons
While one gallon does not provide for much
daily driving it at least will keep veterans
from having to walk hther and yon or riding
crowded buses
Another group of autoists-the A card hold
ers-are within two days of relief, When their
Ais coupons become valid on Friday they
may buy six gallons per coupon instead of
the four previously available. This so per cent
increase will be particularly welcome to the
thousands of persons who have been strug-
Cling along on the lesser allowance without
resorting tc the black market
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Travelling President

President Truman made it known upon TAX
ing office that he contemplated no marked
changes in the policies of former President
Roosevelt In one respect he is closely fol-
lowing the example of his predecessor. The
reference is to his travel program In very
short time he will have taken trips extend
ing over 1880 miles.
His itinerary provides for yesterdays flight
to Olympia, Washington, where he will be
the guest of Governor Wallgren. Thence he
will hop to San Francisco for the closing SEES
he hopes to return to the National Capital
with the security pact snugly in his brief case.
After a two day stop at the White House
he will take off again for jackson county,
Mississippi By June 27 he expects to be IN
Independence. Kas and on the following day
in Kansas City.
If the Governors Conference at Mackinac
Island, Mich, which will convene on July 3,
does not interfere with the scheduled meet
ing of the Big Three in Berlin, he will also
he among those present This side-trip is nee
essariy indefinite.
Then will come the trip to Germany, when
he will lay before the Big Three the docu'
mented conclusions of the San Francisco par
lev and assist in laying the foundation for
what hopefully will bring long-lastlng peace
in the world.
Mr.. Truman's transportation abroad has not
been determined. He may prefer to make the
trip by steamship, instead OF alrplane' be-
cause of the greater comfort. But If time
should be pressing he will take TO the an
again.
Following President Roosevelts precedent
Mr.. Truman is we'll on the way to being a
travelling President
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Expendable Scientists

From time to time in the past year there
have been warnings of a growing shortage OF
students in the fields of science and technology.
and of the serious long-range dangers that
may be expected in consequence.
These warnings have been issued piecer.eal
by leaders in various scientific professions
Now comes joint report by the American
Council on Education and the National Re-
search Council, covering the entire subject Of
this war-inflicted deficiency. And while the sep
arate earlier warnings were dlsquletlng, 1t
must be said that the impact OF the whole
situation is greater than the sum of its parts.
The report indicates that if present enroll
ment rates i, medical schools continue. there
will be $4,000 fewer doctors for civilians after
the war than before 1t states that although
an annual enrolment of 5000 new dental stu
ents is estimated to be necessary for the
countrys needs, our dental colleges expect
only $50 freshman this year.
In other fields the situation seems quite as
alarming. The college enrolment of student
engineers is "a per cent below the 1939-40
level; the enrolment in pharmacy is off 70
per cent; in mining, 81 per cent; in agriculture,
SO per cent; and in forestry, 81 per cent.
long and total war such this is ire
mendously depicting to a country's resources,
whatever its military fortunes. The nearness
Of victory increases, rather than lessons, its
demands and depletions.
Yet there is evidence that our military au-
+horitiac foil IN thocp ohvio1S
facts. Not only have the pleas of educators and
scientists for an adequate nucleus Of present
and future requirements gone UNDECIDED, but
there have been conflicts with civilian govern
ment agencies over replacement materials for
such basic wal essentials as transportation,
farm machinery and heavy industrial equip
ment
Russia, Britain Canada and other Allies, the
joint report points out, have not only main
tanned but in some instances increased their
reserve of technical and scientific students
Our government has not done this. On the
contrary, ii has cut deferments sharply and
increasingly curtailed college training under
military auspices.
This policy seems short-sighted for the pre-
sent well as the future, since modern
war can use almost all the scientific training
needed for peace. And it will certainly in
crease the wars price if, after winning the
war, We find ourselves with inadequate health
protection, and an inadequate body of trained
scientists to maintain and advance our domes-
tic prosperity and our world position.
Some of that added price seems inevitable.
Yet it is not too late for the military to
moderate its apparent insistence Upon throwing
the country's entire reserve of potential scien-
lists into the front line of battle and thus
jeopardizing the attainment Of a victorious
peace.
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General Buckner

General Simon Bolivar Buckner's death on
the eve Of victory in Okinawa comes as a
personal loss, no. only to the men he COM
nlanded in Alaska, the Aleutians and in Oki.
nawa, but the thousands of Americans at
home who followed his career and recognized
his qualities of leadership
He had hoped to live to walk through the
ashes of Tokyo. An enemy shell splinter strik-
ing him i'll the chest while he was at the
front watching the flight Of large unit Of
Japanese in the final stage of this bloode:t
of Pacific battles, denied him this privilege.
But we may well believe that, barring ful-
filment of this ambition he died as he would
have wished-at the head of his troops
General Buckner is the first Army COM
mander in the American military forces, and
the second three star officer, to die in battle
General McNair was killed in Normandy
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PORT GROUP PLANS
TO NAME OFFICIAL

On the agenda of the Whining
ton Port commission meeting, call
ed for II o'clock Thursday by c.
D. Hogue, chairman, will be the
election of a Vice Chairman of
the commission to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation of N. L.
Foy, who served in that capacity.
The resignation of Mr.. Foy, &C.
cepted Monday by the board OF
County Commissioners, was term
ed extremely regrettable" by Mr.
Hogue, since MI Foy had been a
very valuable member of the
commission, as we'll as one of the
charter members" The new vice
chairman will be chosen from the
five remaining members of the
commission.
Also to be discussed at the meet
ing will be the tentative budget for
the ensuing year. to be drawn up
for submission to the board of
County Commissioners.
Mr.. Hogue also reported that
during May, three lend-lease ships
were loaded here that through the
current date, two have been load.
ed, and three are scheduled for
July.
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OPA Directory

In case you are out of reading matter and
can't make up your mind what to buy, the
tory of Commodities and Services. 1t lists
and explains restrictions on some ten thou
sand major commodities now Under price con-
troll.
When you have read it you ought to know
what circumstances
The cost Of the Directory is only $1.25,
cheaper than most books these days, and fur
thermore the purchaser is entitled to six
monthly supplements. Just think of the knoWl-
edge you may acquire at such little cost.
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Daily Prayer
FOR A GODWARD MIND

Night and day we brood upor
Thy mysterious providences in our
time, O Infinite and Almighty and
Eternal God. We know, from Thy
word, that all Thy thoughts toward
us are father thoughts. and all Thy
ways are father ways. We can
not understand them, any more
than a little child can comprehend
an earthly fathers purposes. But
we can know that all that Thou
doest is born IF love Behind pres
ent chastenings lie vast designs
for our future. Eye hath. not SEEN
nor ear heard, neither have en-
tered into the heart of man, the
things which God has prepared
for them that love Him" All our
hope and help are from Thee. As
Thou hast dealt g1aciously with
our fathers, so Thou art dealing
graciously, even though darkly
with us, their children. We pray
for simple faith to trust Thee; and
for calm minds to serve Thee; and
for daily communion with Thee
This in the name of Thy Son, who
loved us, and gave Himself for
US, and showed us Thy father
heart. Amen. w I.E.
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS :
BY w. G. ROGERS
DRAGON HARVEST" by Up
ton Sinclair Viking: Say.


Another story with Lanny Budc
as the omniscient hero, this is his.
tory with a sugar coating, a sort
OF historical romance written OF
the years 1889 and 1910.
Other authors pick Napoleon a
Louis, an Edward, Charles or
Cromwell as the parsonage for q
background. Sinclair adapts that
method to the present.
Lanny is a rich art dealer. and
mes anti-Fascist. With art and
money as the cpen-sesame to the
most forbidding doors, he wan.
ders over Europe and America,
talking to various leaders, Reose.
welt and Henry Ford in this coun-
try, and abroad, Churchill, Rev.
maud, Daladier, Petain, Weyeand
and, for Germans, Hitler, Goering
and Hess.
l found it least interesting when
1t got farthest from fact. There is
for instance, good deal about
mysticism if the author had
gazed into a dependable crystal
ball, he might have, foreseen that
1t would be better to omit the SUI
pernatural.
"THE BEDSIDE TREASURY
OF LOVE-" selected and with
introduction ny T. Everett
HARE. Sheridan House; S3).
Ihlrty-seven stories by 36 ALL
fn"re 10 Navy oc~,r+ -o.,-o-
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Editorial Comment
POLITICS IN STOCKINGS.

Russia has resumed the production Of silk
stockings, while American women and others
languish in rayon. Will Mrs Luce or Mr.
Pegler please explain?
They will probably see in 1t devious way
to WOO the worlds women to Communism.
And they will doubtless cortend that, ire
spective of any other object the hope of get.
ting raw silk to carry out thu t nefarious pur.
pose is the reason for continued Pacific rela-
lions along a Far Eastern border. Commun
ism and silk stockings are not supposed 10
mix, but no doubt Mrs. L. or Mr.. P will
know the way out of that little difficulty
st. Louis Post-Dspatch
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Postwar Woman Mayor
Is Named In Germany

ARNSTADT, Germany, June 49,
R-Germany's first postwar wo,
man mayor is 25-year-old Ursula
Meisternernst, fair-skinned brun
cite who holds a doctor Of philo.
sophy degree from Heidelberg uni.
versity.
American military government
officials overnight boosted her
from the position of official inter.
prefer to oberbuergermeister OF
this thuringian city (pop. $4,000
which takes pride in the fact that
Johann Sebastian Bach held his
first job as organist and choir
~ " et"r ~ +N~ T'the~"o church.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-20
Home Demonstration
Clubs Elect Officers

Mrs. Fred A. Jordan was elect,
ed president of the New Hanover
county Home Demonstration clubs
council recently at a meeting held
in the office of County Home Dem
onstration Agent Miss Ann Mason,
Other officers elected were Mrs.
Henry j. Getaway, vice-president,
Mrs, R. L. Bostain, secretary; anc
Mrs. Addison Hewlett, treasurer.
Suggestions for next years pro.
gram were made by Miss Mason.
and the motion picture entitled
Three To Be Served" was
shown.
Immediate past officers of the
club are Mrs. NJ S. Emmat, pres
ldent; Mrs. F. A. Jordan. vice
president; Mrs. Henry ]. Ottaway
secretary; and Mrs. I. T. Dexter,
treasurer.
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WITH THE AEF:
Ends Life of Extremes

Is divisions, or nearly half mil
Ion combat troops alone. Perhaps
that many more supply soldiers
were required TO r:aintain it from
the rear
Figuring the relatively large size
of the American division it was
thus the biggest army in military
history
But then came We Day and
neWsmen high allied it to Paris, the
Pacific or some other place and
suddenly one Gay dawned and J
was the only reporter left in the
press camp which was maintained
by more than 100 officers and en-
listed men.
1t was a novel experience to be
able to choose among 10 jeeps for
personal transportation. During
the winter we rode three and four
in a jeep and fought for position.
But all that's gone now. The
press camp broke up before head
quarters dissolved And, as if to
put a period IN the end If tae
military sentence, fighter bombers
of the 29th tactical air command
which supported the Ninth all the
way roared down out of the SKY II
droves and gave army headquart-
ers fareW ell II ".
WIS. happens ~ the Ninth now
Simps N doesn't k1 ow - but Texas
Bill does lnf w what he hopes vii
happen.
I'D like for all the men my
self in Guided to get little home
leave" he adj" lifted, land when
they form the next Army N the
Pacific hope It's the Ninth.
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The Literary Guidepost

the grade twice .. compose ''i''
anthology about love, love soll''
times satisfied an d sometimes
thwarted, with happy and SAD eiu
ings. Among the authors are uei'
rude Atherton, Rex Beach, Lou"
Bromfield, wilbur Daniel o'e7'
Bret Harte, Anatole France fi''
bert, Kipling, Harry, Bs!zac' Boo
caccio. You might want 10 '"'F
the introduction, which Is dlS'-'"
ingly sentimental.
"THE AMERICAN REV
LUTON AND ITS NIL
p ENCE ON WORLD CIVIL
zATIoN," by Robert R. Mo
Cormick Chicago Ifibuheh'
This series Of pspers. Written to
show that "everything goou ,.d
EuropeaD conStltulloIe '' sl,,+ior
from the American ReyoIu o.. .
Constitution and Bill OF hIg" ID;
is by the well knoWn L1lcas' wil,
tor and publisher. Rea lers WI. WI,
find here, the outhol states n +,,i+s
of 1t h a t self-abasemen' VOL .eg
which most American histories ~. ="
of u'' their row own and other countries sc,
He blames Britain's arls'o't nro
for her feeble efforts in wal ~ w.
duction and in wsrfara' and .o Dr.
lieves that the San Francisco r r
ference will decide whether A!. n
lea becomes again 3 col'N'
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By KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN OCCUPIED
GERMANY, - R The diSper
sal of the Ninth Army as an active
unit, at least temporarily, has pu:
an end to a fighting outfit whict
has lived a strange life of ex
tremes and contradictions in its
drive from Normandy to the Elbe
The Ninth Army at one time was
the smallest fighting army of this
war, as far as anyone knows here
and then a few months later i,
was the biggest army the worlc
has ever known.
While it was at its lowest ebf
in manpoWer if received the great
est press coverage any army evel
has been able TO boast.
And when its forward units alone
numbered nearly half a million
men it was covered by one lone
reporter-this writer.
1t was fortunate that the Ger
mans never kneW-or at least were
unable to take advantage of thai
information when Texas Bill
Simpsons Ninth Army consisted o.
two Count 'em) divisions holding
line which previously had beer
held by nearly a dozen.
1t occurred along the Roer river
in December ard January wher
Won Rundstedt's breakthrough was
r unning wild down in the
Ardennes. That was First Army
territory and the First Army need
ed help badly.
So almost without notice Simp
sons divisions were yanked out
from under him.
For a time TIE entire Nintt
Army front was held by Maj. Gen
Charles H. Gehrhardt's 2oth Divi
sion and Maj. Gen Terry Aliens
104th Timber-Wolf Division. They
in turn were under control of the
18th Corps which at that time =
Just to add % ticklish situation
- was brand new to the front
There was a bridge across the
Elbe and a little German bridge
head Just where the line divided
the Ninth's American troops ana
British troops to the north. There
was a road which ran south from,
Sittard right into Maastrich. A
first there was not enough fire
power massed along that road tc
have stopped a company of hat
tracks.
1t was what the army terms 8
Calculated risk" made necessar,
bv the First Arnv's needs, and its
work. But to this day the Nintf
Army headquarters staff shoulders
as it wonders why the Germans
did not come speeding down tine
Sittard road.
Strangely enough that was the
time when the Ninth Army's press
camp was crowded with more than
| 100 reporters and photographers
The reason was that the First
Army's press camp had been
bombed out and they came like
fugitives from food.
Almost all the reporters on the
front were trying to report the
hreakthrough. N e We theless the
Ninth Army profited by the public
ity since most Of them stayed to
report it's activities or returned
lateS.
Gradually division after division
came back to Simpsons command
and the Ninth was power hose
when it struck ACROSS the Roer and
Rhine and reached the Elbe to es-
tablish a bridgehead.
Then as the war drew to close
it became even larger and the de-
parture of First Army headquar-
tiers for home and the Pacific left
additional orphaned divisions on
the Ninth's doorstep.
When harassed headquarters
men counted their chicks they
fo,,.,I +ho N;-,+', A-rov o~-,~;~+~1 =
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STEEL CENTER

NEW YORK. June 19.-R-Ins
geographical center Of the llau04 IA,
steel industry as Determined =:
the American Iron and Steel M"
tue is the tiny village OF D0i''
Ohio-populatio IT'S.
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TOP o. THE MORNING

Faith says not, II see that it is good
for me, so God must have sent but God
sent it, and SO it must be good for me-
PHILLIPS BROOKS
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THE TRUE COLOR.

Pierre Laval, Hitler's French collaboration
VINO IS now awaiting trial, is reported to be
writing his memoirs. What can be put down
with pen? His true memoirs were written
in blood Oh, r,estnr IS e Evening Post
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QUOTATIONS
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER
copyright, 1915, by King Features Syndicate

Carinthia is ours and we will fight for it.
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia.
1 didn't say damned thing about the Rus
slams. l leave them to the State Department.
Sen. Albert w. Hawkes., New Jersey.
NV greatest aim is to inculcate new Christ.
ian spirit in youth.
DIR. Hans Fuchs, Oberpresdent of Rhine Pro.
vince Military District.
It would be futile for us to seek repayment
for the total cost of our war effort.-Ambassa
dor Edwin W. Pauley, President Trumans per-
sonal representative on Allied Preparations
Commission.
Factographs states there are 1853 varieties
OF vegetables grown on the farms of the state
OF Georgia. Sounds like lot of homegrown
succotaSh tn us
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Fair Enough

(Editor,s note.-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
uiews of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
Evening star., 1945-02-18
LONG MAY TT WAVE

National League of American Pen
Women, District Branch-Friday,
8 pm, Executive Board.
Wanderlust Travel Club-Tuesday
8 pm, G.l Miss Alice v. Mat
thews, 1868 Irving street NV;
speaker, Mrs. Mark Eldredge.
with Our Servicemen in India. +"
Washington Alumnae Association
of Mortar Board-Today, Broad
moor Hotel, breakfast.
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority-Today,
3 to 5 pm, Women's City Club.
Women's American ORT-Tomor-
row, 1890 pm, Community
Center.
Hadassah, Washington Chapter
Tuesday, lis pm, Community
Center; speaker, Mrs. Moses P.
Epstein.
National Home for Jewish Children,
Washington Chapter-Wednesday,
1890 pm. Cafe Parisienne.
Catholic Daughters of America,
Court District, No. 212-Today,
4:30 pm, Church of the Immacu-
late Conception.
Columbia Heights Art Club-Tomor-
row, 1:30 pm, Women's City Club.
North Capitol Women's Christian
Temperance Union-Tomorrow, 8
pm, with Mrs. Maggie Linebach,
81 U street NV; speaker. Miss
Laura Lindley.
nictrint EaIar,fiov, 'e
Clubs-Wednesday. to 6 pm,
with Mrs. Gertrude Parks, 1902
Decatur street NV.
Women's National Democratic Coun-
cil-Tomorrow, $50 pm. May
flower Hotel; speakers, Mrs. Hale
T. Shenefleld, Mrs. Michael
Wright.
Kappa Beta Pi- Sorority, Omicron
Chapter-Today, tea, Hotel Ham
ilton.
Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity -
Wednesday, 9 pm, 2l29 G street
NV: speaker, Miss Kathleen F.
Wistar, Red Cross Experiences in
the Jungies of Assam Valley.
India"
PEO Sisterhood. Chapter D-Friday.
: with Mrs. Ethel Lynn Fast, 1921
Rock Spring road NV.
B'nai Birth Women, Argo-Wednes-
day, 1890 pm, Community Center.
District Daughters of the American
Revolution - Tuesday, Constitu =
ton Chapter, Chapter House;
speaker. Mrs. Theodore Wedel,
Evening star., 1945-02-18
Cipic and Study Clubs


Twentieth Century Club-Tuesday,
2::30 pm, art section, GA Nine
teenth street NV. Thursday, IL
am, Executive Board, YWCA.
Washington Club-Tuesday. II am. !;
speaker, Canon Theodore O.
Wedel, In Defense of Detective
Stories" Wednesday, pm,
luncheon; z pm, dinner.
Arts Club-Today, S to $50 pm,
clubhouse. Tuesday, $50 pm,
dinner. Thursday, 7 pm, dinner.
Excelsior Literary Club-Tuesday
1890 pm, with Mrs. Alice v.
Cregue, 1922 Wyoming avenue
NV.
Washington Readers Club-Tues-
day. BIS pm, Pierce Hall.
VoteleSs District League of Women
Voters-Tomorrow, 1880 pm, In
fiation and Taxation Committee,
league Office. Friday, 10:30 am,
foreign policy conference, YWCA.
American Association of University
Women, Washington Branch
Tomorrow, 3 pm, Walter Reed
Project Committee; 5 pm, Social
Studies Committee, speaker, DR..
Maxine Sweezy, Must We Have
Socialized Medicine"
Business and Professional
Women's Clubs
Soroptimist Club-Wednesday, !
pm. Willard Hotel.
Chamber Music Guild, Professional
Musicians Committee - Wednes-
day, $3.50 pm, 1888 Ontario place
NV.
zonta Club-Wednesday, pm.
YWCA; speaker, Senorita Josefina
Roman, South American Politics. >
Pilot Club-Tuesday. 6:15 PM
Blackstone Hotel.
Women's Bar Association-Tuesday
evening, Mayf1ower Hotel; speak
ers, Senator Carl Hatch, Repre-
+ sentative Frances Bolton.
Montgomery County Quota Club
Tuesday evening, Cape Cod Inn;
speaker. Representative Chase CO.
ing Woodhouse.
Business and Professional Women S
Club-Today, 4 to 6 pm, with
Miss Marjorie Webster, 164O
Kalmia road NV. Tomorrow, $50
pm, YWCA; speaker, Miss Mar
garet A. Hickey.
Credit Women's Breakfast Club
Tuesday evening, with Mrs. Ruth