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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
A Bishop Consecrated

The Diocese Of East Carolina is today con-
s-cratng new bishop the Right Rev. Thorn.
as H. Wright, DID,. who relinquished a charge
in San Antonio, Texas, to take up his new
duties and responsibilities.
1t is happy day for Wilmington Episco-
palians as Doctor Wright is a native son and
although he has spent much of his adult life
In the service of the church elsewhere has
made '"'any visits to his home city where he
has wide circle of friends.
Doctor Wright is eloquent in the pulpit gen.
lal and kindly of disposition, and an indie
fatlgable worker. The diocese is fortunate to
have secured him and Wilmington is proud
to number him among its citizens.
Church dignitaries and some five hundred
guests from other cities are present for to.
days ceremonies at ST. James church where
he was confirmed and twice ordained I'm
presslve as they are, the thought that will
dwell most Importantly in the hearts of all
sp1rltually-minded Wilmingtonians and east
Carollnlans, we Wean, is that the diocese is
to have an able successor for Bishop Thomas
H. Darst, who after thirty years of faithful
service is retiring to private, and his friends
hope, restful life.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
In The Oil Industry

II the governments program announced yes
terday has been put into effect, as intended,
the United States today has gone into the oil
business in big way. It was to seize all
OIL properties where workers were on strike.
BY this action the idle workers would be
on strike against their government and how.
ever they look at that situation it bodies no
good for them. The same course was pursued
several times during the war, particularly in
the bltuminous coal industry. The memory of
what happened then is not pleasant.
There was still time when this was written,
Tor a settlement IT, be made The management
OF ten of the eleven companies affected by
strikes rejected Secretary of Labor Schwallen
oach's proposal for temporary adjustment,
although the unions had agreed. Further ne
EQUATIONS could bring peace in the industry
II there is no settlement and the govern.
ment has in fact taken over, or is about to,
II Is to be hoped that it's policy will be firm
ana sufficiently decisive to prevent further
outbreaks in the industry under the union
leadership that precipitated the strikes.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
Fort Fisher Hospital

Wilmington Post No. 10, American Legion
is making valiant effort to have the Fort
Fisher hospital utilized for the benefit Of
wounded and sick veterans returning from war
areas. It is understood the hospital is still
equipped and could be readied for use ir
short order.
AS there are but two veterans hospitals in
the state at Fayetteville and Oteen and
they are both crowded, the Fort Fisher plant
obviously could be of material help to the
A my and Veterans Administration in hospi-
talizing members of the armed forces while
new quarters were under construction.
Certainly it would help fulfill one Of the
Army's cherished ambitions to place hospital
cases as near their homes as possible and
practicable Men from southeastern North Car
DINA would welcome the chance to recover
so near their homes, that members of the
family might be with them often without heavy
travelling expenses.
When the Legion's proposition is presented
to the Veterans Administration representatives
in the House from this region owe it to their
constituents to support it in person before
General Bradley.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
Like Opera B0uffe

French court procedure has often afforded
Americans laugh, whether merited or not.
But no French trial within half century,
which has found its way clrcumstantially in
to the American press has seemed quite as
farsical as the opening days proceedings in
the trial of Pierre Laval who sold out to the
Nazis and is now to answer for his treachery
at the bar of justice. If there had been a
little music in the court room it would have
resembled an opera bouffe.
We can understand why the attorneys ap-
pointed to defend him refused the assignment,
although their excuse that they had not sui
fcient time to prepare their case, is flinsy.
But how does it come that a hundred and
fifty lawyers should be present in court? Is
the practice of law so backward in Paris that
SO many practitioners had nothing better to
do? And how can a judge on the bench so
far forget his dignity and prerogatives as to
defend his career when criticized in open ses-
sion? The lowliest American justice of the
peace would have clapped a stiff fine for con-
tempt of court on an offender under similar
circumstances.
However, it is not Americas concern how
Laval's trial is conducted or what antics are
INDUCED in by the defendant, who yesterday
declared he could not be insulted and claimed
to be true patriot so long as he is found
guilty and executed.
The world will be free of one more rat
when he goes to the guillotine.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
The Literary Guidepost

Among his a u t h ors are Louis
Paub, John Collier, the veteran
Will Payne, Cornell Woolrich, and
Sax Rohmer.
There. is one piece of non-fiction
IN the book-"The Simple Art of
Murder,' by Raymond Chandler,
just now the king of the realistic
school of detective writing. Chand-
Ter dlssects some of the detective
stories which have long been tout
ed as classics and finds them sad
~ wanting. He considers the tales
OF Dashleu Hammett among the
pest that are to be found.
While on the subject of Ham
NETT 1t might be mentioned that
The Return of the Continental
Op is not an anthologist; however
1t does represent a lot of digging
by the ID or, Ellery Queen,
among old magazines for stories
Hammett had forgotten" This is
the third such collection.
Boucher's collection of "Great
American Detective Stories" is an
otner first class anthology, con-
tanning among other notable
stories that provocative master.
pie by T. S. Stribling, "A Pas.
sage to Benares."
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
The Doctor Says
BOOK. EXPLAINS
MEDICAL ETHICS
ny WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, Mn


A physician is free to choos.
whom he will serve. Once havin9
undertaken a case, he cannot WITH
draw until he has been released
Patients also have the right IA
select their own physicians and to
change physicians, but they Should
give sufficient notice so the switch
will not be inconvenient. In hons
illness, sufficient advance NOTICE
should be given so that an unnec.
essary call is not made.
In serious illness, especially in
doubtful or difficult conditions
physicians request consultation. In
every consultation the benefit 10 be
derived by the patient is of first
Importance, therefore patients also
have the right to request consulta.
ton.
Consultations have become much
freer and easier in recent years
With the development of specialism
| in medicine it has become a com.
mon practice for specialists in one
field to refer patients to specialists
| in other fields for opinion, and for
general physicians to consult with
others.
Teamwork in medicine, has be.
come commonplace with better
hospital staff organization, and
staff and medical society meetings,
Informal consultations in which
staff physicians are asked by the
attending physician to see a pa.
tent have increased the value Of
hospital care. In any of these prac.
tees one physician must remain in
charge OF treatment OF the patient.
Physicians respond to emergen.
cy calls on other doctors patients
when the attending physician con.
not be reached. They provide for
the immediate difficulty and sug.
gest to the family that the regu.
lar physician be consulted after.
ward.
In an accident when several ply.
sicians are summoned at the same
time, the first to arrive is consid.
cred the physician in charge and
he remains in charge until the fam.
lily expresses another preference or
asks him to continue in charge.
principles of Medical Ethics"
by the American Medical Associa.
ton, for the general direction Of
practicing physicians, are develop.
ed primarily for the benefit of the
patient and should be more widely
known by the public.
Many misunderstood them and
honestly believe the code of medi.
cal ethics is bar to good medical
service. AS an actual fact, they
are a stimulus to better service to
the sick.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
Gladys, Liuing Symbol of Old Manila
Gently Welcomes Back Her |Zon1bies -

prisoners Of war are billeted tenn
porarily, they see Gladys scrawled
notice that she's still here and has
"a small cafe.''
So every night you find three or
four of the returned dead'' out at
Gladys place comparing notes, sip
ping drinks, staring into space and
trying not to see or mention what's
happened to Manila.
They know Gladys story. Be-
cause the Japanese thought she was
French and they were concentrating
on Americans right at the first, they
let her alone for a short time after
the war broke out. Then she start
ed feeding japanese officers in her
restaurant so-except for few per-
iods of pretty rocky Questioning"
they didn't bother her too much
during the war.
What they would have done had
they known she was feeding, hous-
ing and caring for escaped Ameri-
can prisoners and internees up
stairs at the same time the Japa-
nese were eating downstairs is not
pleasant thought.
The "Zombies" could have told
her but they didn't. For that matter
they didn't need to. Their appear
ance-which left their nickname no
mlsnomer-spoke for itself. Thin,
beaten and weary, they were con-
tent to sit and talk gently.
Good old Gladys" said a lean
hollow-eyed Colonel, you're about
all that's left of Manila that has
MT changed. You don't even look
any older-at least not much"
"What happened to so and SOP"
someone asked but Gladys inter-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
Beware Of Swindlers

When Wilmington was absorbing the new
population which flowed in heavily at the start
OF war activities, and money began to circu-
late more freely than formerly, swindlers of
all kinds trod on the heels of newcomers They
claimed to represent syndicates and corpora
lions which, because of anticipated war con-
tracts, were offering new stock issues for cap-
ital on which they proposed to reap great
profits and pay large dividends.
Then came the CRITTERS and doorbell ringers.
some with alleged stocks in trade direct from
factory to consumer of which they showed
what they represented as samples but which
usually were scraps from tailors' and mod.
lstes' waste baskets or gadgets that looked
good but folded up under tests. Store thieves
and second-story men, always seeming easy
picking from afar, were in the procession too.
Rotarians will remember a warning issued
at one of their regular meetings by Warren
Johnson, president of the peoples Savings and
Trust Company. to be on the lookout for the
ight-fingered and heavy-handed gentry then
preying on an unsuspecting populace, which
was fully publicized by the Star-News in in.
terest of the public welfare and security Not.
withstanding this many persons were 1eeced
some for large amounts Of money.
Now that reconversion has started and is
making such limited progress as striking
workers permit, another type Of swindler has
put in an appearance. He usually offers to
accept a down payment on some mechanical
device which has long been out of manufac
ture for civilians. The police prosecuted one
who was offering electric irons. Another has
obstensibly been peddling sewing machines
There are plenty more securing deposits ane
skipping out.
This time it is Police Chief Charles H. Cas-
Zen who issues the warning. He urges al
persons approached by strange solicitors tt
inspect their credentials and to have nothing
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
DailyPrayer

Lord, teach us to pray" Teach
US to pray sincerely and simply;
teach us to pray for what is in
accordance with Thy will; teach US
10 pray unselfishly; teach us to
pray greatly, for eternal objec-
yves; teach Us to pray patiently
ana trustfully; teach US to pray
without ceasing. Day and night,
Wherever we are and whatever we
oo' may all our desires be direct
ca toward Thee, o merciful An.
swerer of prayer. May the att.
tude OF our souls ever be Godward,
IN wordless supplication Inpeni.
tence and confession we pray for
pardon OF our sins. With hearts of
10! slveness toward all of our enc.
mes, we would approach Christs
standard of aver. Amen
VIE.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05

Irupted with there we 60 again
roll call of the Zombies."
Again they smiled with under
standing but YEARLY, stubbornly
stuck to the subject.
Camp O'Donnell," somebody
else replied. That's the way they
always said it. Not "he died at
Camp O'Donnell'' but merely
Camp O'Donnell.
Then the grisly question and ans.
wer game went on calling the roll
of men on Luzon, Bataan, Corregi-
dor. And the names of the prison
camps where they persisted were
not spoken with hatred, fear or
viciousness but rather fell without
meaning from the faces that four
years under apanese had taught
to be expressionless.
Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan,
Bilibid, Fort Santiago-and so on.
Now and then a pair of Deep
burned eyes would glow again and
la voice Would say hes alive"
But there were few OF them.
Finally the lamps burned low
and one by one the living dead
got up to go-back to their billets
and soon on to the United States
and each told Gladys he'd never
be back, that there was nothing
left. Then out through the hedges
they walked, lean and gaunt and
shadowy in the moolight, their eyes
on the ground to avoid seeing the
rubble that surrounded them.
The march of the Zombies,"
said Gladys grimly. Then she too.
tall, lean, gaunt ana suddenly ap-
pearlng 20 years older, walked
back through the moonlight to put
out the last Pickering lamp and
close the cafe for the nioht
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

MANILA.-P)- The sickly light
of few half-hearted carbide lamps
kept trying to push the night mist
and mosquitoes out of the little
cafe as Gladys moved gently from
table to table welcoming her
'Zombies" back.
But the carbide lamps fought a
losing fight-the cafe was only a
sections of cobblestones under a
porch roof. Nothing but the hedges
kept out the view of Manila's crum-
bled wreckage and destruction on
all sides.
1t was good the hedges were
there. They helped the illusion. For
Gladys and the Zombies were not
seeing Manila as it is tonight but
as it was four years ago.
Gladys last name is Savary.
Tall, serene, Whitehaired and age
less, she's roaming restauranteur
who finally went to France from
America a S girl, married a
Partisan and finally wound up in
the Philippines long, long before
the war broke out. In downtown
Manila she ran one of the finest
eating establishments of the entire
islands, the boys say, and gathered
largely American officers and men
from a garrison here, at Bataan
and Corregidor.
Her 'Zombies' were a tiny trick
ling handful of such officers and
men Who had been listed as dead
or missing so long that even the
Filipino underground had given
them up as gone.
But now a few of them are com.
ing back through. On a bulletin
board at the camp where rescued
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
YOUR CT RIGHTS
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. - Here
are some questions regarding the
drafting of young men:
@. My son will be 10 years old
next month and is still in high
school. He had been having trouble
with his arm, which was broken
about five years ago and never
mended properly. This was why he
hadn't been drafted. A month ago
he had an operation which fixed
the arm completely. The doctor
says he will soon be able to pass
the Army physical. He is a good
student and we would like to have
him finish high school at least
What are his chances of being
drafted?
A. According to the latest regu.
lations of Selective Service he will
not be indicted until he has been
graduated.
@. I started college this fall.
am going to be 10 in a month
and understand I might be draft.
ed before finish the semester.
What should I do to be deferred?
A. Write to your draft board and
explain your case. Local boards
have been instructed to defer
cases such as yours at least until
the end Of the term.
Q. My son has been having diff.
flculty with several courses he is
taking In high school. The teacher
found out that he was deferred
from the draft to be graduated
next June. She threatens to have
hin drafted if he doesn't improve
his school work. Can she do this?
A. The regulations state that he
can stay in high school with a de.
1erment as he pursues his course
OF instruction continuously and
satisfactorily" 1t would be a oues.
ton for the local board to decide
whether he was doing this.
T. My brother was sick for sew.
eral years and is behind in school.
He will be 20 years old in two
months and at his last physical
exam was declared fit for service.
Can they draft him?
A. His deferment for being in
high school runs out when he
reaches 20 years of age.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
sat In a corner
Eating a Christmas pie.

He stuck in his thumb and pulled out plum
And cried What great fellow am t.
Having thrown some troops across the 81
berisn border and driven some Japanese be-
fore them like sheep to the slaughter, bu
playing no more effective part in the drama
of The Pacific war, the Russians now demand
that General Macarthur be deposed as Alice
Supreme Commander in Japan and supplant
ed by a four-power commission, one of which
OF course, would be Russia.
The Russians were a potent factor in de-
featng the Germans. They fought coura
geously, at times brilliantly. But it is time
the Russian leaders were forced to acknowl
edge that but for American help they would
have gone down in defeat and with this ac
knowledgement give up the self-assumed role
of dictator. 1t is time to make them keep
their thumb out of the pie.
The Pacific war was mainly fought and
won by the forces of the United States. This
implies no discredit to United States Allies.
The facts speak for themselves. AS command
nese III all major engagements between Aus
tralia and the Philippines, General Macarthur
was the choice of the Allied Stats for ST.
preme Commander in Nippon during occupa-
ton. Washington would cast an insult at him
and belittle itself along with all cooperating
Allied governments, if it let Russia get away
with this proposal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05

to do with them unless these evidences Of
honest employment are forthcoming.
Sadly enough, it is not adults only that are
plying this illicit trade. All too often children
solicit money from door to door, claiming il
is for the Red Cross, the Salvation Army or
other established organization, and because
the public is sympathetic to the work of ALL
the youngsters reap larger harvests than one
would imagine. They are TO be guarded against
as carefully as mature swindlers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
Editorial Comment
CASH GRANTS IN WYOMING

A 7-year-old Wyoming boy made an escort.
ed, old-fashioned visit to the woodshed after
handing out some $165 to playmates from his
aunt's pocketbook
1t is just well. perhaps, that this benevo
lent youngster has learned so early in life
that the way of the philanthropist can be
most bruising. He now can sympathize with
his old Uncle Sam, who invariably gets ar
international padding after similar spells oil
generosity with the family purse.-New York
World Telegram.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
By CHARLES HoNCE

ROGUEs' GALLERY: The
Great Criminals of Modern
Fiction, edited by EIlery
Queen little, Brown; S3);
THE THIRD MYSTERY COM
PANION, edited by A. L. Fur
man Gold Label; $2.75);
GREAT AMERICAN DETEC-
TIVE STORIES, edited by An
thony Boucher (World; $.49);
THE RETURN OF THE CON-.
T1NENTAL OP, by Dashiell
Hammett (Spivak; $.25).
Anthologies of short stories con
erning crooks, detectives, mys
teries, murders, ghosts and kin
dred subjects seem to be extreme
ly popular just now. At least the,
are appearing all over the lot, a
prices ranging from Is cents up
An interesting point about the
collections is that all of them ar.
good; some are very good. Which
strengthens the present review
er's belief that you can't beat ;
good short story, whether it is b,
Henry James or Dashieu Ham
NETT.
The n ewest compilation i.
"Rogues' Gallery, put togethe:
by that interchangeable anthologis
and novelist, Ellery Queen. wit
provides an interesting and bibii
geographically valuable runnin,
commentary on the stories he ha,
selected by such established art
lists OF crook fiction as Melfill,
Dafisson Post, H. C. Bailey. R
Austin Freeman, E. H. Hernung
Naurie Leblanc, Edgar Wallace
The fact that Furman's "com
panion" is his third compilation i,
evidence enough of the popularit,
OF the books he has put togethe1
In comparatively short time
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
INWARD BOUND
TANKERS

IS Paul Harwood, from Bav-
town, Texas, with cargo gasoline
&C. Standard Oil company. Due
today.
IS Ninety-six, from Norco. La
with cargo fuel oil and kerosene
for Shell Oil company. Due sat11r-
day. ''oA
SIS Cherry Valley, from Norco
La with cargo gasoline for Shell
I'll company. Due Sunday.
CUTTER
o:S.C.G. Modoc, from Newfm,nd.
lano' at customs house dock.
TUG
WSA-2, harbor tug, from Nor
tolk, Va. Due today at North
Carolina Shipyards. w.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05

Be1ore the war one of the chief
attractions at Yokosuka for visit.
Ing Japanese was Admiral Togo's
flagship, the Mikasa, which rode
peacefully at anchor on a concrete
nase. The ship. which fought in
the Russo-Japanese war of 1oo5
was preserved as a reminder of
Japan's victory and the nations
growing sea power.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
Good Weather Favors
Palmetto State Crops

COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 4.-u.p)
The United States weather bu-
reau reported today that South
Sarollna weather conditions had
oeen favorable for fall harvesting
during the past week.
harvesting repeatedly maed fair
70 good progress, though some
lowlands were still flooded.
Corn, peanut, sweet potato. cane
and hay harvesting was active.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
Another Jack HOrner

No day passes that fails to cast new light
on Russia's determination to dominate major
decisions among her Allies relating to the fu-
ture of the Axis partners and their satellite
governments. If it were not so serious and
the implications so grave, the Soviet Union
position might be compared to Little Jack
Horner's. You will remember he was the boy
who
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
NYLONS AND SILK

The lid is off Nylons. They'll be on sale for
Christmas. How's that for big news? It's big
negative news, too For the more Nylons, the
less raw silk from Japan. - Chicago Daily
News.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
SHIPPING NEWS
IN PORT

Tanker
SIS Northern Sun, from Marcus
Hook, Pa, with cargo army fuel.
At Cape Fear Terminal COMPANY
Due to leave today.
Schooner
Caroline, under repair at Broad
FOOT Iron Works terminal. Due to
san today, with general cargo
for Nicaragua.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
ONE ADVANTAGE

There is one advantage in having a private
tutor. He won't make you spend nine months
doing six weeks work because somebody else
is misunderstanding (Fla) Times Union.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-05
A COOLIDGE SOUVENIRS

President Truman has desk gadget which
can be Tipped around to indicate YES" mo-
and s'Scram.'' Probably a relic of the Cal
Coolidge regime. CVa) Times