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Evening star., 1945-07-29
Former Postmaster
OF ARLINGTON Dies

William Coates, IS, former Airing
ton postmaster, died. yesterday at
Washington Sanitarium after an ILL.,
ness of 20 months.
Mr.. Coates, who lived at 632 South
Highland street, Arlington, was
postmaster from 1896 to 1943 when
he was forced to retire because Of
Ill health.
A resident of Arlington for IS
years, Mr.. Coates was born at
Waterford, Va. He owned a gen.
eral merchandise store before be-
coming postmaster.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth
M. Coates.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Evening star., 1945-07-29
Friendly Club to Present
Musical Revue on Cruise

The Friendly Club of Washington
will present an all-Government en-
ployes' musical revue on its second
moonlight cruise, which will leave
the Seventh street wharves at 8:45
pm. tomorrow.
Cooperating with the club on this
cruise are the British Missions in
Washington, Barton Hall, Kansas
Hall Darlington Farms). the Ma
tional Bureau of Standards and the
Naval powder factory at Indianhead.
Md. Enlisted servicemen from the
Army War College will be special
guests.
Proceeds from the cruise will pro-
vide funds for the clubs recreation
and servicemen entertainment pro-
gram
Evening star., 1945-07-29
.S1,800,0O0 Expansion
For Columbia Hospital
Sought by Radcliffe

Senator Radcliffe, Democrat, OF
Maryland yesterday sponsored a bill
authorizing use of $1,000, 900 of Fed
eral funds for expansion and recon-
ditioning Of the Columbia Hospital
for Women here and announced he
would press for action when Con-
gress resumes work next October.
One of several members of Con-
gress who serve on the hospitals
Board of Directors, Senator Rad
cliffe declared there is no question
about the need for additional and
improved facilities for Columbia
Hospital. They are badly needed" :"
He called attention to the bill spon-
sored jointly by Senator Tydings,
Democrat, of Maryland, and Chair
man Bilbo of the Senate District
Committee to authorize Federal aid
in the construction of modern
hospital center in the District and
commented that this, too, was
needed.
The Tydings- Bilbo measure has
been passed by the Senate and sent
to the House, where action by the
House District Committee awaits
completion of a new hospital sur
vey next fall.
S1,300,000 Fund Sought.
The Radcliffe bill, similar to one
offered earlier in the House by Rep
resentative Norton, Democrat, of
New Jersey, also member of the
Columbia Hospital Board of Direc-
tors, authorizes maximum outlay of
81 300, 900 out of Federal Works Ad-
ministration community facility"
funds for remodeling and expansion
of the main building of the hos
pital, so as to provide an additional
145 beds.
It also authorizes an additional
$500 900 for replacement of the old
cottages which serve as a Nurses
Home Training School Some of the
cottage facilities have been called
unsafe by the District fire marshal
Had Many Maternity Cases.
A semi Government institution,
Columbia last year cared for rela-
lively large percentage of the Dis
trict's maternity cases. According
to report made by Capt. Chester
Wells, U. S. N. retired, who is presi-
dent of the hospital board, Columbia
took care of more than Is per cent
of the total of 22,856 births in the
District.
The 79-year-old institution is 10
Gated on one of the historic sites
of the District-Pennsylvania ave-
nue. at Twenty-fif street N.W.-on
which once stood the Ringhold
House, which dated back to 1872. and
to which many persons in the diplo-
matte service we're attracted. In
this house was signed the Rush
Bagot Treaty, which assured there
would be no Notifications built on
the boundary between the United
States and Canada
The original Columbia Hospital
was established, it was recalled, to
provide a place for the care of the
wives of Civil War veterans and
their offspring.
Evening star., 1945-07-29
Unemployment Pay
In June, July Reported
Lowest Since 1888

Unemployment compe ton
checks for civilians during June and
this month have reached the lowest
point since 1888, when compensation
benefits began, Lewis S. Springer,
acting director of the District Un-
employment Compensation Board,
reported yesterday.
Mr.. Springer, who attributed the
new low to the shortage of man
power and better employment op-
portunities, said that for the week
ending July IA there were only 1913
checks averaging $1733 mailed out,
compared with 397 checks for an
average of $17.37 in the same period
last year.
Reports on Other Years.
Tracing back a few years further
for the same period, Mr.. Springer
said the record showed that in 1943
there were 511 checks for an average
Of s15.08; in 1912, 1923 checks for
an average of S12.95; in l941, 2,546
checks for an average of Sl2.34, and
in 1910. 3,46l unemployed compen-
sation checks for an average of $8.44
Mr.. Springer said unemployment
compensation checks to veterans,
however, are increasing and that for
the week ending July IA there were
290 checks issued to veterans, COM
pared with 273 the previous week
The board administers the payments
for the Veterans Administration
under the CT Bill Of Rights.
Many Veterans Seek Jobs.
Mr.. Springer said investigation of
the unemployed status of these vet
Grams indicated that many are out
of work. looking for positions with
high salaries they have heard so
much about. He added that many
Of them never worked before en-
tering the service and are trans
ferring from job to job.
The acting director said he feared
higher load of cases would come
in the months ahead because Of an
increased number of service dis
charges and employment cutbacks.
Evening star., 1945-07-29

Five-year- -old Mary Ethel Wheeler
of Hillside, Md. yesterday became
the youngest person ever to be cited
by the Treasury Department for
War Bond sales.
The tiny blonde youngster sang
three hours a day for seven weeks
on the Bond Caravans" which
toured Washington streets during
the Mighty Seventh" War Loan.
w. j. Waller, District war loan
chairman, said Mary Ethel had
been responsible for the sale OF
thousands of dollars worth" OF
bonds.
A certificate of distinguished
service was presented to Mary
Ethel by George Ingels of the
Treasury's War Finance Division
Evening star., 1945-07-29
Fight
Over Margo|d
Promotion Seen
EIeventh-Hour Move
By Chandler May Save
Issue From PigeonhoIe
BY DON S. WARREN.

Promotion of Municipal Judge
Nathan r. Margold to the District
Court bench yesterday seemed head
ed for some pigeon hole. but an
11th hour move by Senator Chand-
ler, Democrat. of Kentucky raised
possibilities of a Senate floor fight
next Wednesday.
The Kentucky Senator, prime
sponsor of Judge Margold in the
Senate, took the Senate floor last
night, after the United Nations
Charter had been ratified, to file a
motion to discharge the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee from further
consideration" of the Margold nomi-
nation.
This automatically will come up
for consideration when the Senate
meets next Wednesday, but the
issue apparently will develop on a
question of whether there is a
quorum of Senate members present.
No one expects there will be. In
fact, Majority Leader Barkley told
the Senate as it was about to quit
last night that he anticipated there
would be nothing of controversial
nature remaining for Senate action
from then until the expected long
recess.
Former SchOolmate.
Senator Chandler, himself, ap-
parently was not too sanguine about
his chances of saving Judge Mar
gold. Senator Chandler was a
schoolmate of Judge Margold at
Harvard Law School.
The Kentucky Senator said he
had filed the committee discharge
move because he thought it was
necessary to preserve the last
chance of the nominee to be con-
firmed.
II do not think Judge Margold
has been given a fair ride" said
Senator Chandler, because we have
had no vote, yet. on his confirma-
ton" He held that to be fair the
Judiciary Committee should permit
a formal vote, yes or no, on his
nomination.
McCarran Heads Subcommittee.
Senator Chandler. added that he
personally. had had nothing to dc
with the nomination of Judge Mar
gold.
The nomination has been under
consideration by subcommittee
consisting OF Senators McCarran
Democrat. Of Nevada, chairman
Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, ano
Moore, Republican, of Oklahoma.
Senator Chandler declared he had
enough votes in the Judiciary Com
mittee to report out, favorably the
Margold nomination, although Sen.
-ators questioned this.
Evening star., 1945-07-29
Surplus Vornishes
Put on Sale by RFC

Thousands of gallons of varnishes.
lacquers and other portective coat
ings which have been declared sur
plus by the armed forces are being
offered for sale through the 81
regional Reconstruction Finance
Corp. offices William B. Cloe, man.
ager of the Richmond Office, an
nounced yesterday.
Prospective purchases are asked to
get in touch with the RFC Office
serving the territory in which they
are located, Mr.. Cloe said.
Evening star., 1945-07-29
Little Theuter to Reopen

The Alexandria Little Theater,
inactive for the last three years ex-
cept for meetings of the board Of
governors, will resume activities to-
morrow with general membership
meeting at o'clock in the Vir-
ginia Public Service auditorium.
Evening star., 1945-07-29
Awarded Second e

A second star to be placed on its
Army Navy @E" flag for continued
meritorious service in the war effort
has been awarded the Lofstrand Co.
of Silver Spring. the War Depart
ment announced yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-29
Another Racket Dying

When prohibition was abandoned the illicit
liouor racket, as racket, and bathtub gin
soon disappeared. 1t is not for us to argue
whether prohibition was good or bad for the
country.
Not prohibition itself but the fact that people
were being denied something in common use
by government made drunkards OF thousands
of former total abstainers and created the
most vicious gangsterism in the nations his
tory.
On the other hand thousands Of occasional
tipplers, being law-abiding by nature and
training, left off drinking altogether and prob
ably lived longer and were kinder at home
than formerly.
There are arguments on both sides, but they
are not to be presented here
The purpose is merely to note that in the
same way liquor racketeering disappeared on
big scale when liquor sales were legalized'
the black market racket is on the way out
with improved marketing conditions, and to
add that similarly with liquor the black mar
kets prospered chiefly because people were
being denied the right to buy where and when
they pleased
There is such close analogy between the
bootlegging and the black market rackets that
it cannot reasonably escape the eye OF the
nations leadership and impel it to take such
steps as are necessary to do away for all
time with all attempts to regulate people
morals by legislation.
It should be apparent by now that people
generally are not materially dl11erent from
children emotionally and are equally deter
mined to dc what they are forbidden to do
if only to assert their individuality and in
dependence
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u. S. Must Lead

Plans for invasion Of Japan had been mad,
the initial strike when the Tokyo government
decided it. had had enough.
Kyushu was chosen because OF its many
airfields from which, once conquered, our All
Forces could increase their destructive raid:
and lay waste cities particularly on Honshu
the principal island, where what is left o,
Tokyo is situated.
Now the invasion program has beer
changed-greatly changed. Instead OF the Gus
tomary, but greater, ampaibious landing
which was to start the conquest OF Japan's
home islands, American naval forces ride a,
anchor in Sagami bay. just south OF Atsugi
in the tidal wash of Tokyo bay itself, and
air borne troops, specialists to arrange for
the landing of occupying forces, are on Japa
nese soil eighteen miles south OF downtown
Tokyo.
Instead of the bloodiest invasion of the war,
able, the surrender hopefully will proceed
without bloodshed and the occupation continue
as long as necessary without untoward Incl.
dent.
With the landing Of this first contingent Of
American troops, the defeat Of Japan appears
to have been completed. Only the arrival Of
the full complement Of occupying forces, the
placement of war planes on strategic air
fields, the disposition of our protective fleet
remain TO be finished, and the terms of sur
render signed, to end officially the conflict
that forced the United States to build the
greatest of the worlds navies, the largest anc
strongest of the worlds air forces and the
training of ground forces that steadily over
wAelmed the enemy in every engagement aft
er General Macarthur started back in fulfill
ment of his. pledge to the Filipinos to come
back-the conflict that has left thousands Of
American homes with broken family circles
and has cost many billions of dollars.
The victory, and the price, will have beer
in vain, if we as nation fail to measure
up in the emergency of peace as well as we
did in the emergency Of war. We can do the
one as well as we did the other if we ex
ercise OR tremendous influence not alone fol
our own gains but for the betterment of the
misled peoples who followed their leaders in
to battle; and we can do this only by rec
ognizing or individual and national obhga
ton for higher moral and spiritual standards
than prevailed between the first and SECOND
World Wars.
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ATLANTA WOMEN HEAR
GIL A D TIDlNGS THAT
HUSBANDS ARE SAFE

ATLANTA, Aug. % - ~ More
than three years of waiting ended
yesterday for Mrs. Edward King
and Mrs. W. E. Brougher wher
they learned that their husbands
both Generals-Were alive ano
well in a liberated Japanese pri-
soner of war camp at Hoten, Man
churia.
Mrs. King. wife of Maj. Gen
Edward King who was on Battaar
with 1t. Gen. Jonathan Wan
wright, said both she and Mrs
Brougher received calls from the
Chief of Staff in Washington that
their husbands names were on the
list OF prisoners at Hoten.
No other details were given, ex
cept that they will be brought back
to the United States by ship, Mrs
King. said.
Mrs. King had not seen her nus.
band, MacArthur's artillery COM
mander on Bataan, for more than
four years. The last message she
received was a typewriter note
with no signature early last June.
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DailyPrayer
FOR MILITARY MORALE

So great is Thy greatness, y In
finite Ruler over all, that Thou
carest for all the children o. men,
with a Fathers Wistful care. Ony
Thy limitless power and love can
provide succor for every neeu'
Thou art the Inspirer Of all hoY
impulses and of all SUSTAINING
spiritual strength. So we bring Il"
Thee the deeper needs OF ~s
spirits of our men in sefylce'
that they may be helped by 1ne'
to live on the level Of their mgr
est capacities. Deliver them lIoI,
the mire of monotony, the Slough
of dependency. Su 1T a IN 'ne. j
spirits in cheer and courage 'i4
conviction. Deepen their sense y.
their high calling and let moi 'ns.'
morale be weakened by Loneliness,
routine or jadedness. Keep cls' d
before their vision the love a ~.
loyalty of the home folk; ana u III
sacredness of the Cause N "H'.n
they are enlisted, Incite US WIZ
are at home TO do our ldt' ="
sustaining the morale OF oil SS, .t
ice men. In the. unity of a gIse'
n,1rpose and great paff!olsi,
may we all achieve the -H .5sii.
levels of life. This we ASK '.' ND
confessing our shortcomings o.,
sin, in the name Of our CoHli '1'
Christ. Amen.-W.T.E.
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ent To Freedom OF Living
Finds Many Dutch People Unprepared

My doctor cited the example OF
patient who had done dangerous
underground work. had many mar.
row escapes, saw his son carried
off to concentration camp ana
his daughter placed under arrest.
Some weeks after the bArat:or
his son came back from Germany
without damage to his health, his
daughter already had been set
free, his house was in order - in
short, all conditions were favor
able for a happy, normal ex-
istence. Instead he is under the
care of a psychiatrist.
Living dangerously was normal
for him. Now he must adjust him
self to peace and quiet.
And finally, there is one of the
most active of the former under
ground leaders. If anyone must be
convinced that the Dutch are rid
of the Germans, it is he. From the
very first day of the liberation he
has been making speeches, attend
ing meetings of various commit
tees which are undertaking the
problems of the new freedom, edit
ing his former underground week
ly which now promises to be one
of the leading voices in, the new
Dutch political and cultural field.
He even has been received by
Queen Wilhelmina. In short, he is
drenched in freedom. Yet - one
night he leaves his office with a
friend. He is on his way home, it
is dark. And after locking the Of
flee door, he catches himself peer
ing into the darkness, to see if
perhaps Gestapo shadow" has
been put on his trial
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to misdirect him.
A friend, very much interested
in politics, became engaged in con-
versation with a politically astute
English soldier. 1t was not until
he had returned home that h c
Dutchman realized he had gained
far less than he might have from
the conversation - for he had not
yet unlearned the habit of beng
cautious and reserved in all politi.
cal discussions lest their contex,
might be reported to the Nazi auth
critics.
People have not quite shaken of
the feeling that they must always
speak cautiously. even somewhat
systematically, on the telephone.
Others catch themselves examin-
ing their pockets and briefcases be-
fore leaving home in the morning,
on the chance they might contain
discriminating documents.
Happily, the large majority Of
these cases are not serious and do
not require medical aid. It is a
curious fact that during the Nazi
occupation, psychiatrists complain
ed about their empty waiting
rooms. People lived dangerously
with their nerves close to the
breaking point, and they often had
sleepless nights. But they were
aware of the causes and hencesdid
think Of visiting tecotohd.r n to
NOT THINK OF VISITING THE
not think Of visiting the doctor.
But in the weeks Immediately
after the liberation many men who
had lived for years under the ut
most tension collapsed and requir-
ed medical attention.
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TOP o. THE MORNING
Sugar Bungled

The Worl, got along without sugar for cen.
turtles It can continue on short allowances
Just as it has throughout the war, and life
Will go on much the same.
But What We can't understand is why there
should oe shortage of it in this country
unless indeed the OPA artifiaially created IT
In the beginning and can't now undo the harm
it did then.
We recall when the OPA was first feeling its
OATS so to speak, it placed restrictions on
sugar and warehouses filled up so fast that
their walls bulged. Shiploads of sugar from
Cuba were turned away at New Orleans be.
cause retnerles were so greatly overstoced
they could not handle another sackful.
Tn S naturally discouraged Cuban planters
from sending more of their product to the
United States, and instead of permitting re-.
fneries to unload their surplus and make way
for fresh supply the OPA kept Tightening
its bonds.
Both Puerto Rico and Hawaii are large pro.
ducers OF cane sugar. Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas and southern Alabama also had
large cane crops yearly in the good old times
But still the OPA continued to discourage the
industry obviously as part OF it's program to
make the consuming public better acquainted
with the fact that there was a war on
In addition, the producers OF beet sugar in
California, Utah, Colorado and Idaho came I'M
der the baneful influence. Instead of the mil.
lions of square miles annually in sugar beet
cultivation in normal times, that is to say be-
fore the bureaucrats took over in Washing
ton, these states are now practically out of
sugar producing business.
Now we told that sugar will be scarce
for another year and the prospect of ending
rationing is remote indeed. 1t is all hard to
account for except on the ground that the
OPA bungled sugar as hedgling and don't
know how to correct its mistakes. or doesn't
care to, since it became a full grown bird
OF prey.
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BY H. G. KERSTING
Substituting for Kenneth L.Dixon)

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 3d. Up =
The ever-present threar OF the
Gestapo and all it meant during
the years of Nazi occupation plant.
ed itself so firmly and deeply in
Dutch minds that even today -
after nearly four months of free
dom : what might be called "oc.
cupation reactions" still are sec.
ond nature.
People are as startled by com.
plete1y innocent incidents as if they
! still were surrounded by German
oppressors. A car stops suddenly
with squealing of tires and
brakes, in the street outside in
the dead of night, a doorbell that
rings after they have gone 10 bed
these things still are enough to
bring honest Dutchmen awake with
start, often to send them diving
for the hiding places that were
their last resort in the months
when house searches and arrests
by the Nazis were an almost night
ly occurrence.
Going home recently late at
night Amsterdam still has very
few street-ights - l found myself
suddenly face to face with man
in uniform. My first reaction was
one of shock, for it always had
been dangerous to be abroad af-
ter the curfew hour, even with fall
sified documents. Then the Canadi-
an soldier asked me the way to
his hotel, and for the moment ]
had to fight down the instinct,
bred in many years of invariably
giving Germans wrong directions,
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new HANOVER BAR
TO MEET FRIDAY

A proposal to endorse Judge Johr
j. Parker of Charlotte for the U
S Supreme court will be discussed
at meeting of the New Hanover
County Bar association at its meet
ing Friday at 10:30 a. m. in the
Superior court clerks office, Clay.
ton c. Holmes, association secre
tary, predicted Tuesday.
The lawyers are also expected tc
discuss Gov. R. Gregg Cherry's re.
quest to cancel some of the fall
terms of Superior court here a,
the NEE ing Friday.
Judge Parker, senior jurist of the
United States Circuit Court of Ap.
peals, has already been endorsed
by several bar groups for the High
Tibunal
His endorsement is also expect
ed to be discussed at the annual
North Carolina ba- meeting and
institute in Raleigh Sept. ST, which
several bar members here are ex.
pected to attend.
Speakers for the state b>r meet.
ing were announced Friday by
Edward L. Cannon, secretary OF
the association.
Listed for the first day are j. o.
Bierman, assistant chief counsel,
Bureau of Internal Revenue: Sam
y. Foosaner of Newark, N. j.,
chairman of the Committee of
Federal Taxation, of the New Jer-
sey bar; and Vincent H. Maloney,
New York practicing attorney.
Judge Parker will be k-ard Fri.
day on the San Francisco confer
ence and the United Nations char
ter.