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meeting ef representative hon
various organizations shortly after
the denial by the Common Council
OF the Housing Commissions rec
concentrations to locate 1910 units
In southwest Detroit, we agreed
that the emphasis should be shifted
to permanent housing.
we are now In the psst-vur
period" McClendsn continued,
-and IL h important that We sit
down and plan eur aetien pre-
gram. setting mp minimum goaIs
toward which eur eFganizatisn
can work"
CHARLES u. LAWRENCE IN.
regional FPHA director in Cleve-
land. disclosed however that two
low rent projects had been au-
thorized in Detroit and that one
fourth Of the units In the projects
would be for Negro occupancy.
The announcement Of the FpHA
followed an earlier announcement
by that agency that an investiaa-
ton would be made to determine
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CONFERENCE IS
CALLED TO MAP
FUTURE ACTION
FP'HA AnnouHces
Projects For Detroit;
Part For Negr6es

The proposed unrestricted tenn
porary housing project IN Eeorse
is dead.
Federal Public Housing an
thertties announced this week
that AL plans for censtructins
the units had been dropped IN
line with the sgcucy's announce
ment sn VI Day that 81 heusing
projects would be suspended 70
save The government any nm
necessary expense.
-
FOLLOWING closely on the
heels Of the announcement BY the
FPHA. the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People Issued q call for honsins
conference to be held ca Aus, q
sa3
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Since me-
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MOTHER TELLS
OF ABANDONING
CHILD TUESDAY
Police Searching For
Father After B a by
Goes To Hospital

Charles Mills, As, of 1897 Erskine
street sanitation worker of the
DPW, found an abandoned baby
In a garbage can in the rear of the
apartment at 3l37 w. Forest ave-
nue.. early Tuesday morning. The
baby, according to physicians, was
only a few hours old.
rOLICE SAID Josephine d. Mil
Ter. Of 3l37 w. Forest avenue, ad-
'ln3kted abandoning the baby early
Iuesday morrins. HE told poIics
!. he n,other vas also taken 70
Receiving hospital while police
are attempting to locate the father.
NO warrant has been recommended
Tor the arrest OF the mother.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The place of the Bible in CHRISTIANS
life will explain his life. JOHNsIoN'
The Throttleb0ttom Touch

victer Moore as Throttlebottom in "Of
Thee Sing brought the office of Vice Presl-
;dent of the United States out of obscurlty
and invested it with a good many endearing
qualities No real-life holder of the post has
over annroached Mr. Moore's Doubt triumph.
John Nance Garner gave the Vice Presi-
dorcv q somewhat humorous and folksey touch
and Henry A. Wallace was anything but OBJ
scure in the Job. But that's about as far
as it ever went.
Now however, we have hopes. They arose
as we looked at the picture OF Vice Presl-
dent Truman seated at piano, with the
sultry Miss Lauren Eacan half-reclining atop
the instrument There, we said now that looks
like something Victor Moore would do-Victor
Moore, who has spent the recent years OF his
professional life practically smothered by beau
tiful girls in every one of his shows.
We hope that Vice President Truman will
not find the duties of his new office so burden
some that he will renounce these occasional
touches of pure Throttlebottom. Perhaps it's
an expensive luxury, but we rather like the
the idea of a little conscious Glowing in
official Washington now and then. 1t ought to
be nice change from the unconscious variety
which we frequently get from the bureaus
and Capitol Hill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16
Merely Pocket Change

Initiation has hit the younger generation, the
very younger one lad in knee pants took
$1,000 with him from his home in Augusta,
Ca, to former home in New Jersey. Many
a youth has made trip of that distance
on five dollars One in a Charlotte suburb,
going to a movie, took $4,000 to town with
him. Time was when 20 cents would have
financed such a trip.
1t appears that what is needed is a ceiling
on pocket change. It's true that when young
fellow of 10 or SO takes his girl to the
picture show he needs something in the way
OF money but this business OF stuffing pockets
with 500 bills is too much. And two young
sters who carried along large rolls travelled
alone and liked it,with no feminine handicaps.
Perhaps they liked the feeling Of wad
Of money in a hip pocket. Many man likes
rnodestly to display roll. 1t is rernlndful
Of Bob Burns, who was told how in some
sections Of the country young blades would
wran five-dollar bill around few ones to
impress people. Bob replied that in the Ozarks
roll was a one-dollar bill wrapped around
q corncob.
But initiation is here. Pennies once satisfied
small children; nickel was munificence; a
dime extra largesse. Soon it reached quar-
ter and went on up. Now it runs into the
thousands. Children can be very expensive
Yes, ceiling is needed; as well as look
on the family treasure chest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16
Victory Preparation

AMERICANS reaction to the spectacular Rus
sian advance on Berlin has been notably diff
ferent from their reaction to the lightning
liberation of France by our forces last sum-
mer.
The reasons can be summed up best IN
"onee bitten, twice shy We have acquired
a higher estimate of the German army's SUD-
born power since General Pattons summer
blitzkrieg We have remembered the sorry
aftermath of our optimism as it affected war
production. We have been given to unoef-
stand that the fall of Berlin probably will not
mean the fall of Germany.
So the term ''V-E Day. has scracely been
heard. The burning question of whether the
nations bars should be open or closed on
the day of victory has not been revived. The
rash of military and civilian plans for We
Day has failed to break out again.
But it seems to us that there is one item OF
preparation which might be undertaken. For,
while it appears that the war with Germany
will drag on for several months, some un-
looked-for development might possibly end it
a tremendous release of emotion throughout
the Allied countries
The preparation, them might take the form
of a plea to the whole country to keep cele-
when the time comes. 1t might come from
the President, the 48 governors, or some 9TH
er government or military leader And 1t could
be bolstered by extra safety precautions in Of
fees and plants to supplement regular police
protection.
Considerable damage was done throughout
the country on Armistice Day in 1913 Full
metal waste paper baskets were dropped from
office windows Various missiles were thrown
through glass panes. Cabs and automobiles
were tipped over. Desks and other office
fixtures were damaged
We cannot afford a duplication this time
There is another war to be won after Ger
many is defeated. The workers, materials,
tools and records needed to carry on that
war are too valuable and scarce, and the
time taken to replace them too costly, to be
endangered by uncontrolled high spirits.
The potential danger of such destruction is
greater now than in 1918. Our war industry
facilities are vastly expanded, and hence more
vulnerable to the threat of carless damage.
So it might be well if an appeal were made
to all of us to make up our minds now that
when the time for rejoicing comes, We shall
think of the job ahead and guard against
hysteria and havoc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16
Russia's New Status

A 'warless, happy and prosperous Europe
one condition-if Britain and the United States
grant Russia's claims in writing the peace,
Frank Gervasi, Mediterranean editor OF Col
lier's, declares in signed article in recent
issue of the magazine.
The new Russia stands as a threat to i'm
perialim, specifically British Imperialism
rather than as a nation intent upon Bolsheviz-
ing the world, Gervasi states, and her new
found power and prestige make it like that
she'll dominate the Balkans, the Middle East
and much OF the Mediterranean.
Her claim to her new stature in world at
fairs, and therefore in the postwar swag, is
measured in some 20, 900, 900 dead and high
ly successful war against a very determined
enemy" he says. So successful that "every
European unhetatingly states that she's done
more than any other nation to crush Ger.
many"
If Russia's demands are granted "it is al
together possible that Britain, Russia and
America can keep Europe warless, happy and
prosperous for fifty years or more" Gervasi
continues: If Russia's aspirations are denied,
power politics being what they are, clash
between Russian and British inperialisms is
inevitable with obvious consequence to the
United States''
Russia's resumption Of relations with the
Orthodox church, including her resumption of
''the ancient role as protector Of the Orthodox
faith,'' is not "a mere attempt to woo the
good will of the religious nations of the world,
but part Of a bigger event in world history
Gervasi declares. ut is part Of Russia's hard
earned restoration to the status of a great
power
This new religious policy has not only gain
ed Russia the friendship of many countries,
Gervasi Declares but it forecasts that he'll
likely attempt to reunite the Greek and Ru-
sian Orthodox churches, so that they will
form a powerful counterpoise to the influence
in central and western Europe of the Roman
Catholic church,.
He foresees this as natural step for new
conservative Russia, powerful n d market.
hungry and determined to fulfill her ancient
destiny as a world power And the policy
is bearing fruit, he says. For it is already
possible to deduce' that Britain will not con.
troll the markets in the Middle East and the
Levenat after the war
| 1t is in the Mediterranean, Gervasi points
out, that there is an inevitable conflict be-
tween Russian and British interests. 1.-THE
Mediterranean is as vital to Russian sea COM
munication with the western world as it is
| to Britain for her Empire communicate "a
and she may he says, make bid for Istan-
bul, capital Of the Orthodox church and an
excellent port"
| Gervasi warns that Russia will gain the
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THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON N G.

support of the European masses, on the basis
of their conviction that he's done more than
anv other power to ''crush Germany if Brit
ain and the United States continue to support
the right-wing, reactionary and often down
right collaborationist elements against the
leftsts.''
He points out that Palestine is bitterly
disappointed with Britain's repressive policy
and quotes prominent Zionist as saying re-
Gently, +" We know how bad the British are
and we will take chance with the Russians
if it comes to that. Anything is better than
what we have :"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16
Mess of Words

Survey by the Office of Price Adninist-
ration revals widespread violation of used car
ceiling prices, OPA reports. Four thousand,
four hundred violations were reported uncover
ed during interviews with 21,0O0 used car buy
ers That is mighty high percentage.
There are used cars, misused cars and a.
bused cars 1t appears from OPA there were
many abused car buyers. The used car
business is undoubtedly hard life. highly
competitive and calling for sharp wits. And
what is OPA going to do about it? 1t seems
that lot of big words must come first.
Eventually, says the agency, appropriate
. action will be taken against all violators and
techniques developed during the drive will be
applied in permanent program to checl
violations of used car ceilings"
Eventually? Why not now?
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16
Washington Calling
BY Marquis Childs

led thousands of CTS In safety
across the tricky channel.
Ramps enlisted in the Navy from
Baltimore in 1929 at the age of II.
When the war broke out he was a
warrant officer in the Philippines.
After duty in the Navy Hydro
graphic office in Australia, Ramps,
who knew navigation, was sent
back to the states and assigned as
skipper of LIST 293.
With inexperienced officer and
a green crew, he took her from
Pittsburgh down the Mississippi
and across the Atlantic. They ar
rived on this side too late for the
invasion trial run, and so D-day
was their first real test together.
Along with hundreds of other such
crews, they came through it well.
LISTS, which are sort of huge
sea sleds with very shallow
draught, have done one of the most
amazing jobs of the war both on
this side and in the Pacific. Few
realize how important was their
part in the invasion. AS Navy men
are inclined to say with some bit
terness, newspaper readers get the
impression that the troops walked
across the channel.
Some LISTS are especially equip
ped with rails to take on locomo-
tives, and they have carried ~olling
stock which has made military
tr n p rtation in disorganized
France possible. Ours is not equip
ped with rails, and on this crossing
is carrying trucks, munitions and
a small number Of CTS.
The executive officer and navi-
gator of 293 is Lieut.. r. ". Culp,
who before the war was a civil
engineer in Wenatchee, Washing
ton. At the end of two hours, after
the convoy seems to be proceeding
on course and the fog has lifted a
little, Culp relaxes in the warm
officers room over coffee. He shows
us Christmas photographs of his
tWo-year-old daughter, whom he
hasn't seen since she was three
weeks old.
This shutting back and forth
across the channel is a combining
sort OF life. The crew is not al
lowed ashore on the French side.
and the stay there is in any event
brief.
After we have beached in the
morning, negro non-coms who
came over with us warm up the
Dig trucks, drive them down the
ramp through strip of water and
onto the beach. This is routine
100: The drivers sit impassively
waiting for the shove from the bull
aoze1 necessary to help them
through the deep sand. Last of
al come the GI's with their heavy
gear as so many have come be-
fore them.
This is D-day plus 243. The giant
machine of war grinds on in spite
OF what the headlines seem to saw.
Copyright 1945 by United Fea-
ture syndicate)<
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16
Daily Prayer
FOR THOSE WHO WRITE

In the outreach of our daily
prayers to Thee, 0 Father ID
Heaven, we would include those
who bring us tidings Of the val
by air and by the printed pag'.
They are the eyes and ears o.
the nation: upon their wisdom and
devotion and discrimination the
hearts of the people lean, Endl'
them all, we beseech Thee, win
an impelling and constranlY
sense of the sacredness Of Their
mission. Give them clarity
thought and courage in utterance
In their own lives may they kno"
peace. Impart unto thera the keep
consciousness that they are teno'
ers OF the eternal lights, fellow
laborers with Thee, Sustain them,
we entreat Thee, in body ana
mind, that they may fulfill tAeli
mission as faithful servants "
their Country, of their generator
and of Eternal Truth and OF w
Good News. Amen.-W.TE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16

SAN FRANCISCO - And about
the movie which is being partly
based on these columns from the
war fronts over the last two years.
Well, the movie is finished at
last. l mean the shooting is finish
ed. But there are a lot Of things
we laymen don't know about the
movies, and one of them is that
film isn't ready to show for
about three months after they've
finished shooting. So l don't ex-
pect you'll be seing it till April
or May.
They are still calling it THE
Story of G. I. Joe" I never did
like the title, but nobody could
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16

ABOARD LIST 29S. CROSSING
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL-The
stream of traffic that started
across the channel on D-Day has
never stopped. While it is nothing
like the vast armada that opened
the invasion, the flow of men ano
supplies is still so large that the
u. S. Navy has sizeable transport
task on its hands.
If the war is nearly over, as
"spokesmen" in Washington are be-
ginning to hint again, the Navy
doesn't know it. Navy men doing
this Job do know that Germa-- sub
marine packs are hunting again
in formidable numbers, and the
perils from the enemy and the
weather seem as real as though
the war had just begun.
The fog is closing down so tight
that the bow of the ship 200 feet
forward from the bridge is barely
visible. But along with the dark
ness, it is a cover for the convoy
forming up for the night run to a
French port. The voices on the
bridge are muffled.
This 46th channel crossing of LIST
293 is routine, except that no opera
ton like this can ever be routine.
Because the hazards are always
unexpected, caution must be con.
slant. A blinker light is signalling
us and somewhere fog horn is
sounding.
We slide so close past another
LIST that in spite of the mist and
dark you can almost read the num-
bers on her bow. Ours is the lead
ship and the responsibility on Skip
per Lieutenant John c. Ramps is
heavy. He gives terse orders down
the speaking tube to the navigator
and steersman below.
It is raining and the rain may
clear the fog, which may also serve
to make us a more obvious target.
A Dll0kSC IllGSodSC SOlllCS llOIll one
of the corvettes assigned to escort
us. asking if visibility is sufficient
to permit a crossing.
Reply in the affirmative" the
skipper tells our signalman.
Ten minutes later the same query
is repeated, and the reply is also
the same. The captain of the cor
vette obviously doesn't like the
prospect, and I, for one, can I'm
derstand why.
We are feeling our way along
cautiously and slowly. You have
the sense of cropping with your
hands through a dark passageway.
Down below in the navigator's
room are extraordinary new navi-
cation aids that make it possible
for us to find our, way through the
black tunnel crowded with other
ships.
Another horn is sounding some
where. shriller than the fog horn
nd with a plaintive, unhappy cry.
aThis is the side of the Navy that
the army never know about, SAID
Skipper SIX, Ramps, who has transport
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16

think up a better one, and ! was
too lazy to try. There is still a
possibly they'll change it, and I
hope they do.
1t is a movie about the Infantry.
There isn't much OF a story to
it, and there's no conventional love
interest running through it.
The War Department co-operated
and furnished two companies OF
soldiers who were moved to Holly
wood, plus lots of equiment such
as trucks, tanks, guns and what
not.
The soldiers all grew breads,
and although they got awfully
itchy, the boys said the girls in
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16

still sneers at Hollywood but ne,
got a CLEAN in his eye nat l00"
permanent to me.
When the picture is finally reaa.
for release, they hope to ny t.. .
print across the Pacific, ana ~
me have a little world preAl,letss
OF my own before few fluhp't =
fighting infantrymen somewhere u
the Far East.
But there won't be any snsn
premiere in America. It VIII o, y,
simultaneously in 100 cities ~
little old hometown Of Dana i ,L,,
and my new hometown OF NV .,
qureque, will of course be a'li''
them.
The theater manager IN va. .,
has volunteered to let my fsG'
and Aunt Mary in free on opeI penn
night. They think that S ,blr
mighty nice, and they'll pro0'''
take him up on it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16
ASSUMES DUTIES

DURHAM, Feb. 15-.R-Lt co.,
Horace B. Frederick has asSum'
ed the duties of commanding OIL,
Ger of the Camp Butner army
ground and service forces re'F
tribution station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-16
Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star accepts no re-
sponsibility for the personal views of Mr..
Pegler, and often disagrees with them as
much as many of his readers. His articles
serve the good purpose of making people
Think
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
Servicemen Here
And There
(Frona page one)

began a suicide run on the cruis-
er. Though hit repeatedly, and
with the pilot apparently dead
at the controls, the plane contin-
ued its dive. The captain order
ed an emergency turn, which
looked like it would do the trick
But the plane did freak half
roll and crashed into the ships
aft section.
Strangely, there was no explos
ion. Descending into flooded com
partments, repair parties found
the reason, an unexploded HOO
pound bomb. Hoisted gingerly to
the surface the bomb was made
harmless.
It is now mounted on the ships
quarterback as a memento of the
occasion.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
Hospital Notes

Mr.. and Mrs. Tennyson K
drick are the proud parents of a
boy named Garry William, born
Nov. Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beldon Fleming
announce the arrival of a new
girl, Barbara Ann, born Nov. 18.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Vanover
were blessed with a new boy on
Nov. 81.
Herman Adkins is feeling bet
ter at this time.
Mrs. Walter Sutherland, who
underwent a minor operation on
Wednesday, is improving.
Mrs. Floyd Arlington was ad-
mitted to the hospital Tuesday
for medical treatment.
The following patients have
been discharged:
Joan Hawkins, Clintwood
Diana Ford, Isom
Macarthur Hay, Nealy Ridge
James Fleming, Clintwood
Ralph Ratliff, Rt. 2, Coeburn
Mrs. Jethro Mullins, Isom
Pfc. Fred Stanley, Georgia
Mrs. Rufus Mills, Cintwood
Mail your news in early
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
JAMESTOWN NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Choate
and Anna Rae Hughes visiteq
Mrs. Hubert Hughes of Ermine,
KY, Tuesday to see the new ba-
by, who arrived Nov. IS.
Mr. and Mrs Mckinley Hughes
visited Mrs. Hubert Hughes on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Fallie Layne called on Vir
gle Hughes Monday.
Mrs. Carl Layne, Mrs. Calvin
Hughes, Mrs. BREEDER and Mrs.
Dibbles attended the revival at
Trammel Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Edwards
announce the arrival of a new
baby girl, Ernestine Beatrice, on
Nov. 81.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22

Folks who are better off in our
town live on the west side of the
railroad tracks. We've got lake
there, and the local park, and
some real nice land.
There used to be a phrase "frOm
the wrong side of the tracks" 1t
meant what you think ;. but
you don't hear it any more. Not
since Charlie Jenkins came home
with the Purple Heart, and Will
lie Wells got the Silver Star.
There isn't any "wr0ng side" Of
the railroad tracks now!
And that change is going on
all over America ]. ;. where our
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
He Helps Bring Them Home

Aboard The USS Noble In the
Pacific. Granville Viers
seaman first class, of Clintwood,
will be back in the States during
this month with other navy men
serving aboard this ship, with a
happy Cargo of 1000 officers
and men who are among the high
pointers of the Pacific war.
Assigned to the Magic Carpet
fleet of some $50 ships, the Noble
picked up its first load of veter-
ans at Tsingtao-a group of blue
jackets and marines, and embark
ed Oct. % for Okinawa, where
she was filled to capacity with
other veterans, utilizing every
foot of space for extra cots for
the homecoming.
Crewmen of the Noble are gen
orally agreed that their post
war assignments have been even
more exciting and interesting
than the war operations. In Sep
TENDER, the ship carried the first
American occupation troops to
Jinsen, Korea, then took aboard
evacuated prisoners of war for