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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-21

purpose to untangle the problems
of today" said Mrs. Colt. And
am sure we shall have them. It
seems to me l see a change in
American women since my return
from Europe. They are less con-
centrated on themselves.
Il have noticed the effect in the
matter of clothes. Many women
who lived in uniform during the
mwar noticed what freedom it gave
them from clothes worries and how
much time and energy was saved.
When they returned they were ma
turally delighted to get into fem
mime clothes for a while. Now a
certain reaction seems to have
set in. They resent the time and
fuss they have to give to shopping
and assembling all the accessories.
Just what the answer will be
don't know. Perhaps some compro-
mise can be found. There are 50
many important things to be
done"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-21
Ladies Auxiliary To Lions
Club Entertains With Luncheon

The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Lions club met Thursday at
Trails Inn on the sound, where a
delightful luncheon was served at
l o'clock.
The table was conferred with an
attractive arrangement of summer
flowers in unique wooden bowl.
Mrs. H. N. Hayden, vice-presi.
dent of the auxiliary, presided over
the business session IN the absence
Of the president, Mrs. W. +. Yopp.
Mrs. Mike Palmer was elected
secretary-treasurer in the place OF
Mrs. T. P. Heath, who is moving
to Columbia, S. c.
The following members were
present:
Mrs. j. R. Benson, Mrs. w. Rom
aid Lane, Mrs. Clarence L. Harris,
Mrs. H. NJ. Hayden. Mrs Sam
Gresham, Mrs o. H. Shoemaker,
Mrs. George W. Bailey, Mrs. ]. L
Groom, Mrs. CASTOR Carney. Mrs.
Louis Keith. Miss Kathryn Way.
Mrs. Mike Palmer, Mrs. r. B.
Roebuck, Mrs. Ralph HGband and
Mrs. Donald l.. SeWell.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-21
.CHADBOURN

CHADBOURN, Sept. 20 = Miss
Lucille White Of Portsmouth, Va,
is spending this week with h e !
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. c. L.
Tate.
Mrs. A. M. Benton and two chill.
dren are visiting her sister, Mrs.
Sybil Land.
Miss Edith Bruton left last week
to enter her junior at Greensboro
college.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Bruton at.
tended the funeral OF Claud Wright,
a close friend. in Biscoe last Thurs.
day. Mrs. Fred Underwood and Mr..
Bruton also attended the funeral Of
c. J. Mcleod, the Friday before
at Biscoe.
]. B. Mclver of Louisville, Ca.
spent Saturday night with his moth.
err, Mrs. D. c. McIver.
Miss Patience Newiand visited
her cousin, Mrs. E. H. Williams in
Florence, S. c., from Friday until
Sunday.
Herman Carr arrived from Eng.
land on the Queen Mary in New
York Wednesday, and is at home
for 30-day furlough.
Capt. and Mrs. Ben Harley ar.
rived last week and are visiting
Mrs. f. G. Wilson, Capt. Harley
grandmother. They spent the week.
end with Mai Shallington at Col
umhia. s. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Crutchtield
and son, Dicky, left Sunday for
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in the near future.

in the near future.
w. G. Perkins was In town Satur-
day from Marion, S. c. He reported
a slight improvement in the condi-
ton Of Mrs. Perkins, who suffered
a stroke while visiting her daughter
there several weeks ago.
Cadet Elroy Bailey Of the Citadel,
Charleston, S. c.. Is at home on q
ten-days vacation.
Miss IdeI Jolly Of Wilmington,
spent the weekend in town.
Miss Margie Baliey of Raleigh,
was the weekend guest Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Carter had
as their dinner guests satur.
day, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carter
Of Jacksonville, Fla.
The Rev. B. F. Ormand went to
Wilmington Wednesday to bring
Mrs. Ormand and their son, Benny.
home after three days spent in the
Babies hospital at Wrightsville
Sound.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-21
Red Cross
Tackles Vast
Peace Job.
Nv ADELAIDE KERR
AP Newsfeatures Writer

Mrs Mason Colt will tackle soon
.ne of the biggest reconstruction
M. md humanitarian jobs in the coun.
try
She will head the volunteer serv-
;ces of the American Red Cross IN
The largest peaeetime program of
rs history, helping wounded vet
arans reconstruct bodies and lives,
sssisting in disaster relief, working
m accident prevention and giving
other needed services.
"The coming postwar program
n,ill be as much larger than that
# fine twenties as World War II
eoerations were larger than those
NJ World War l." Mrs. Colt said.
"The work to De done is tremen.
dous."
Mrs. Colt - slender, blue-eyed
and trim in her uniform - began
Lrr Red Cross service during
World War I and, with one brief
interruption, has carried it on ever
since. She is the former wife of S.
Sloan Colt, New York banker.
nothe, of three and a grand
mother. Recently : she returned
from two and half years war
.ervice in Europe, where she was
injector OF Staff Welfare and later
served as the only woman deputy
commissioner OF the American Red
Cross.
In her new job, making head
quarters in Washington, she will
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-21
PERSONALS

Miss Sara Richardson left recent
ly for Huntsville, S. c., where she
is a junior at Coker college. Miss
Richardson is president of the juni-
or class and house president OF
new central dormitory.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Sistrunk have
returned to their home in Brook
wood, after being called to Colum'
bia, S. c., on account of the death
Of the latter's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Willetts
have returned to their home Will
Har-Dale in Glen Arden from Ra-
leigh where they went to take their
daughter, Miss Eleanor Willetts,
who is student at St. Mary's
junior college,
Miss Jane Dalziel Hobbs has left
for Wake Forest where she will
enter Wake Forest college, Miss
Hobbs is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. r. Hobbs.
Shep McKeithan, Who has been
visiting his parents. Mr., and Mrs.
R. S. MeKeithan for the past two
weeks, will return to Freeport, Tex
as shortly.
LIST Lieut.. E. L. Mathews, ..Jr.,
recently reported to Fort Belvoir,
Va, where he has been assigned
to the ASFTC headquarters as ad-
ministration officer. after spending
two months at home following serv-
ices in Germany and France with
the 1260th Combat Engineers at
tached to the 9th Army.
Pvt. Bowdian r. 30 Garrison
has returned from the European
returned from the European
theatre after serving 30-months
Overseas, and is spending his fur.
Tough with his mother. Mrs. H. ]
Hobbs and family. Pvt. Garrison
plans to visit his sister in Philadel
phia.
Colonel Dye Meyer, former
commander of the 366th Pursuit
Group at the Bluethenthal All
Base, left Wilmington yesterda,
for New York after a stay Of sew
eral weeks at Wrightsville Beach
Col. Meyer plans to visit Burnuds
during his leave before returning
to Walter Reed hospital in Wash
ington for reassignment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Avery ane
family have moved from their cot
tage at Wrightsville Beach to thei1
home in Forest Hills.
Mrs. J. Thomas Yelverton is q
patient at James Walker Memorial
hospital.
JUST THE MAN
PORTLAND, Me W.D Robert
Gass is credit manager OF the
Portland Gas Light Co.
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aid in recruiting new volunteers
and directing the whole corps in
the Red Cross peacetime program.
There is a tremendous job to be
done in hospitals - especially vet
Grams hospitals" she said. Nv
shall have a large corps of nurses
aids and dieticians' aids as well as
hospital and recreation corps (the
gray ladies) who entertain con-
valescents, read, write letters and
do other things the nurses would
like to do if they had time.'
Other volunteers in the program
under Mrs. Colts direction will
make hospital garments and clothes
for relief, dispense hot coffee and
food in times Of disaster, serve
school lunches, conduct blood banks
and do the myriad office chores
which keep 3,755 Red Cross chap
tiers running all over the country.
The Red Cross needs women of
courage, integrity and unselfish
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-21
Miss June Parker,
Gordon Carter Wed

Mrs. Ethel L. Parker Of Whining
ton, announces the marriage of her
daughter, June, to Gordon T. Car
ter, on July IS, at the protestant
chapel at Camp Lejeune. tt e
marriage was performed by Chap
lain Harold B. Lawson, u. S. Ma
rine Corps.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
The Canyon Ferry Dam
Contributed

Only sixteen miles from Helena located the key prof.
ect of postwar development of the Missouri river.
Testimony before the committee of the United
States Senate the few dcoses that the Reclamation
Division of the Interior Department as well as the powerful
nerlockng trust consider the Canyon Ferry high dam
the first and most important project to be commenced
for the Reclamation Bureau hold effect that
the bill passed by the last authorizing the construc
ton of the high dam subject to appropriation nsres the
early building of the project.
Opponents the Reclamation plan maintain that
President Roosevelt signing the bill specifically intended that
the project would be subject change by the Missouri Valley
Authority which he recommended.
The fight against the Reclamation plan will be vigorously
fought in Montana well as in Washington.
Many patriotic and women devotng much of their
time and spending needed for other purposes in an
attempt to little of New York controlled hold
ing companies from switching from of their companies to
others of their that belongs to the people of
Montana
the future fight what believe the greatest tea at
tempted in the history of the state In later issues will
show how the main companies of Montana we'll
those in the Dakoas Minnesota and Iowa are controlled
by the same parent companies.
We will give the details of the proposed price for the
sale of by the Reclamation Bureau and the immense
profits to be earned by the resale by nterocng power com
panies outside of the state
We will give you detailed figures they compiled to
conclusvely that millions of dollars will be earned by
the holding companies The enormy of the earnings
We will show you the plan to expand ss8ooOoOo Of fed
era funds to build high lines from Montana and Wyo
ming to Minnesota and Iowa to hook up with the distribution
systems of the power trust.
We will give you the details of why the New York
interests consider the 65 foot dam at Canyon Ferry their
"key" project.
we fuCnlesSIy
three irrigation systems and thousands of of the finest
land Broadwater county, Montana unless the Reclaim
alton plan is stopped
We will show you the plan to flood thousands of acres
of excellent farm lands in northeastern Montana.
We will show you that the local representatives of the
Montana Power Company have choice to the they
must they hesitate they will be fired by their New
York employers
We will show you why the Anaconda company and their
press must fight for that they know absolutely
We believe when the people the state and nation learn
facts of the Reclamation Bureau plan that at least 80
per cent will align themselves against this of
poitation
We know it is time for all Of the people that for
first and foreign companies second to
tribute time and money to the fight.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27

RELATIONS JOB
IS open

Returning veterans will receive spe-
cial attention from the Office of Price
Administration when they return to
civilian life, G. L. Edwards, director
of the thirteenth United States Civil
Service region said today in announc-
ing vacancy in the position. of Vet
Grams Relations advisor in the sew
enth regional office of Price Admins
tration, Denver, Colo.
The newly created job will pay
$4,000 per year plus overtime, and
the successful applicant will be
charged with the responsibility of
seeing that ex-servicemen and women
receive assistance with their prob
lens. An important aspect of the work
will be to help veterans who are 60
ing into business by interpreting price
and rationing regulations for them.
No examination will be given for
the position. Applicants are, to be
judged on the basis of their past
experience and training. Recruiting is
under way in Colorado, Montana, Ida
no, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
Full details may be secured from
the Civil Service commission or it's
secretaries at any first or second
class post office. Closing date for re-
ceipt of applications has been set as
May 4, 1915. Persons engaged in es-
sential war work should not apply.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE COLUMBIA
RIVER AUTHORITY BILL

retail field must operate through and
under existing state laws.
6. What would the passage of this
bill mean to business and agriculture
The bill provides for increasing the
levels of sustained production under
a free enterprise system without fed
eral domination. To accomplish this
objective, operations are transferred
to the region, without bureaucratic
domination.
z. What range of primary functions
does the bill contemplate?
The bill provides means for the
development and maintenance of an
overall unified plan and program for
the development of the water, land,
and mineral resources of the region,
and the necessary plan, program and
budget to accomplish these detectives.
The bill will result in such plan and
program that will provide the greatest
overall benefits from all the resources
of the region The intent is to pro-
vide development through the utiliza-
ton of all existing development agen-
cies.. 1t will encourage sound research
activities, thereby creating regional
resource development opportunities.
8. In what geographical area will
the functions of this bill be exercised?
This bill will cover all the resources
of the Columbia basin, comprised of
large areas in the states of Washing
ton, Oregon Idaho, and western Mon
tana, and smaller areas in Wyoming,
Utah, and Nevada, plus closely related
coastal and interior drainage areas in
the remaining parts of the states of
Washington and Oregon.
g. Is the Columbia an international
stream?
1t is; which, under the federal Con-
stitution, requires federal participa-
ton. While the proposed bill covers
only that part of the Columbia basin
within the United States, a parallel
and harmonious development of the
basin in Canada is important to both
nations. The bill contemplates that
cooperative effort will be carried for
ward by agreement between the two
nations under existing treaties cover
ing the surveying and planning work
necessary for the optimum develop
ment of the whole river system. This
bill provides the use of existing legal
ly prescribed governmental machin-
cry and channels.
10. What are the advantages of a
unified valley developing program in
the Columbia basin from the national
and regional viewpoints?
Through such programs a much
more. realistic and effective approach
can be made to the improvement of
national production, income, employ
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
new RULESF0
0N-HIGHWAY
GAS PURCHASES

Beginning May first the OPA will
place the issuance and use of non
highway "E" or "R" gasoline coupons
under new control. A test plan in
Lancaster County, Penn, which re-
suited in a reduction of $3.50 in farm
and other non-highway issuance of
gasoline rations, is being made ma
tionwide on the first of May, accord
ing to the local War Price and Ra-
tioning board.
The local board chairman stated
that nationwide studies made by the
OPA reveal that much farm and nom
highway gasoline is being mis-used by
diversion and that by tightening up
on the issuance of such gasoline it
should result in making a larger
quantity of gasoline available for 9TH
er legitimate uses, such as "a" and
"B" card holders.
The new plan provides that deliv-
cry records be maintained to account
for every non-highway purchase of
gasoline with "E" and "R" coupons.
The amount of gasoline called for by
these coupons will be noted on the
record by the local War Price and
Rationing board Thereafter each pur-
chase the consumer pays for with
these coupons will be entered on the
record of the supplier.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27

| Interest is ever increasing in Helena
regarding the merits of the respective
plans of postwar development of the
Missouri river
| In the privacy of homes, on the
streets and in business offices people
are inquiring as to what is really be-
hind the scenes.
In great many of the converse
lions the question arises as to why
wellington D. Rankin is so strangely
silent.
The people know that the power
companies, and through the Bureau
|of Reclamation will do all in their
power TO commence the construction
of the Canyon Ferry Dam as soon as
possible.
Most Helena people and the resi-
dents of the adjoining county of
Broadwater feel sure that the dam
will make lake extending from Can
yon Ferry to a point about one mile
north of Townsend
This will flood thousands of acres
of very fertile irrigated lands in the
Canyon valley
BY a strange coincidence Wellington
=. Rankin is the owner of what was
formerly five or six productive farms
along the river, including the A. B.
Cook farm with it's $4,000 set of
ranch buildings.
Many theories are advanced as to
the reasons FOR Rankin's silence when
he knows these farms will be part
of a great lake.
Many of his former friends remem-
Der the fights he used to make in
championing the just causes. These
people excuse Rankin on the grounds
that almost 40 years Of study and
practice of law has mellowed his
fighting spirit. Other people say it is
because Senator Murray is leading a
fight against the reclamation plan. A
few people who dislike Rankin have
given unkind reasons for his silence.
Many forward-looking citizens of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
ISLAND CONQUEST
REQUIRES VAST
SUPPLIES

Service Squadron 10, the floating
naval base" which supplied fighting
ships of the United States Fifth fleet
supporting the Okinawa landing, car
ried astronomical amounts of sup
plies:
l. Enough fuel to make train of
tank cars 238 miles long, with enough
left to heat 10000 homes for a year
2. Enough gasoline to run 10000
American automobiles for a full year
enough to run one car for 100000
900 miles.
8. Sufficient lubricating oil to allow
for complete change of oil in 100000
automobiles.
A. Enough explosives to blast Tokyo
out of existence-the equivalent Of
$50 freight cars full.
5. Nine million gallons of water to
ease the task Of distilling plants car
ried by each ship for converting ocean
waters to fresh.
6. Enough food to feed Columbus,
Ohio, for 30 days.
z. Enough spare clothing to com
pletely clothe more than 100000 per.
sons.
8. Enough tooth powder, candy, sta
tionery, shaving cream and razor
blades to fully stock 5000 drugstores
9. Two hundred seventy thousand
pounds of soap and 100000 packs of
cigarets.
All these thousands of tons of sup
plies, ammunition and fuel for this
operation were brought to the float
ing base from ports on both the east
and west coasts of the United States.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
A SOLDIER COMMENTS

politics while the American people
were the suckers.
1t is another attempt by Mr.. Wheel
er to SOW discord, hatred and suspi-
cion in the allied camp and hasten
peace where the world would remain
safe for militarism and great indus
trial holding companies which can
flourish and prosper only in CON-
pick world society where success is
measured in military strength and
equipment.
Does he think a decent peace can
be arranged with the present rulers
of Germany? If not, who would he
arrange peace terms with? The indus
trialists of Germany are through with
Hitler no doubt and would like soft
peace, but let us not forget that these
are the people that embraced every
ideal Hitler tried to impose on the
world, and tried to get rid Of him only
when D-day proved that they had to
do something to retain their special
power to reorganize for another war
before they were completely de.
stroyed. We could only expect an
armed truce If we dealt with them.
The people of Germany must be liber-
ated from these as well as Hitler and
Company and we must assist and help
supervise the establishment of po-
litical and economic democracy for
them The majority of us feel that a
few days or months spent now COM
pleting the destruction of fascism is
the only hope of avoiding another war.
1t is very easy to talk about a Unit
ed States of Europe which of course
is very desirable but Mr.. Wheeler still
hopes it will be united as he did be-
fore Americas entrance into the war
when he was so eloquently pleading
for America not to arm ourselves or
our allies while Mr.. Hitler and his
mob was rapidly building a United
States of Europe. Then, as now, when
the leading statesmen of the world
declare democracy was on trial for it's
the senator employed every
method to comfort and aid its enemies.
We, the people of Montana, should
be ashamed of such irresponsible rep
resentation in the senate and must
certainly be on our guard during the
months ahead when decisions will be
acted on affecting the future of civil
lization. We must instruct the senator
by flood of letters and kilograms
the policies we desire him to adhere
to, and when we go to the polls in
1916 it is imperative that we send a
more responsible person to help guide
the destiny of our nation.
PVT. M. H. S.
ed Note:-The full name of
this overseas soldier is withheld
from publication.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
Italy, April 3, 1915.

Italy, April 3, 1945.
Mr.. Editor:
| feel -a-few comments are in order
concerning Senator Wheelers speech
on, Americas War and Foreign Pol
ICY" which was delivered to the Unit
ed States senate on January 6, 1915.
Mr.. Wheeler makes a great emo
tional appeal to arrange an acceptable
peace with the German people and
stop all this misery and suffering, but
as one studies the speech further it
becomes apparent that he is still
carrying the banner of isolationism
and defeatism as is usual for him.
He condemns all attempts to build
world peace organization and brands
the Atlantic charter as valueless; crit
icizes the state department for pre-
dieting the horrors another war would
bring and for emphasizing to the
American people the necessity of
planned universal peace; and Of
course he could not resist an oppor-
tunity to ridicule and belittle the mill
tary efforts of our allies, at the same
time accusing them of playing power
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
BUSINESS
magazine FINDS
GOOD in C0-0PS

The National Tax Equality Associa-
ton will find little comfort in an ar
ticle appearing in the March issue of
Mems Reporter. trade magazine COW
ering the mems apparel field under
the heading: Consumer Co-ops A
Growing Competitor"
Says the article: Decisions of Unit
ed States tax courts up to this time
give little hope to the National Tax
Equality Association that established
practices of co-ops and their tax i'm
munities will be upset. United States
courts have confirmed the right of
cooperative corporations to make tax
free to the corporation all returns of
overcharges to patrons where such re-
turns are made obligatory by the by
laws of the corporation. Obviously
same thing If 1t wants to-"
This business magazines treatment
of the competitor" angle of co-opera-
tive operations strikingly illustrates
the steadily growing trend in the
merchandising field to find out what
makes the co-ops "click" with their
patrons. The author analyses the "rea-
sons for success" of the co-ops and
asserts that there's nothing new
about them" Many stores, he says,
have applied exactly the same ideas
as the co-ops, especially with respect
to truthful description of the merchan-
disc and the effort to make patrons
feel that they share in the manage
ment of the store.
Don't underestimate the co-ops"
readers are warned, and in conclu-
sion they are advised that IF you
recognize the coop as a competitive
factor, then study its methods and see
these methods are worth ap-
plying to your business"
1t is all refreshisg exhibition of
federation and marked indication
that not all businessmen share N. It.
E. AS burning zeal to destroy the
co-operatives.