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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
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claim his allowances for weeks
OF unemployment within two
years after such discharge and
prior to five years from the ter.
mination of the war.
Q. May a veteran who has nc
service-connected d stability be en-
titled to a pension?
A. Yes, if there was war SER
ice and if certain. requirements
are met. However, World War
l veteran or World War II vet.
eran may be paid a pension for
non-service connected disease or
injury only if the d stability result.
ing therefrom is rated as perma
ent and total. Other provisions re.
late, respectively, to veterans OF
the Civil war, of an Indian war, or
OF service in the Span sh-American
War. and other engagements, but
there may be entitlement ir.
respective of the existence of q
serVlce-connected disability. IF tho
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
BYRD COMMITTEE
PROBES CUT-BACK

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81 - up -
Chairman Byrd D-Va.) said today
the joint economy committee is in
vertigat;ng the subject OF cut-backs
in appropriations to the war agen.
cies, aiming for a balanced bud
get.
Appropriations made at the be.
ginning of this fiscal year were on
the assumption that the war would
continue until July /, 1885," he said
in a statement. "Already the Army
and Navy have effected certain
cancellations of war contracts.
1T is vital that every possible
dollar appropriated for war. yet
unexpended, revert to the Treasury
o. the United States. We must soon
have a balanced budget. 1t has
been IS years since the Federal
budget was in balance. If we are
to preserve our solvency, it is i'm
perative that beginning shortly the
outgo of the government should not
exceed the income"
When balanced budget is re-
stored, we will increase the in
terest of the average citizen in the
method and amount of Federal ex-
penditCres. If expenditures are
made on a bass of the cash re-
turns from taxation, the tazpay-
ers will then realize that the hope
for reduced taxes is to eliminate
unnecessary and extravagant ex-
penditures.
For more than Is years we
have operated on the principle OF
spend and borrow. This has de-
stroyed the tax consciousness of
the average citizen.
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Editorial Comment
SPEECH AND THE SOIL

Commonplace in our everyday speech
should have kept us in mind that we live by
the land. For example, young man must
sow his wild oats. Again, we cultivate friend
ship and, if we plan carefully, we reap
harvest. An exhausted person is at the end of
his tether, which has no mystery for the tied-up
animal, be it dog. horse or COW. Then, when
one has worked hard at particular task, it
is well to lie fallow for a while.
Most of us have at some time or another
come home with the milk, and we are pre-
pared to &C with the war till the COWS
come home The wise man does not set the
cart before the horse, will not buy pig in
poke never takes the wrong sow by the Ear,
nor counts his chickens before they are
matched. A determined man does not allow
himself to be led by the nose. but takes the
pul! by the horns. He achieves his end by
nook or crook, the shepherd caught his
sheep, and if he is exceptional has never to
summon his wits from woolgathering. Gather
ing shreds Ct wool from the thorn bushes or
hedges where the sheep had rubbed them oft
was once not Improbable to the laborer's wife
and family-G. E. Russell, in the Countryman
One thousand bees weigh. together. one
pound-newspaper item. And it's Betcha Dol
lar Dyer who wants to wager they can whip
their weight in wild cats.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
Dehydrated Coffee

Lack Of adequate shipping is mentioned as
one of the causes for the Brazilian coffee tie,
up 1t would seem that this difficulty could be
quickly overcome by substituting the airplane
for the ship.
This proposal was made when the U-boat
campaign was at it's height in the Atlantic
A South American came to this country and in
New York and Washington told how coffee
could be dehydrated and shipped by plane, with
single planes carrying almost as much as
gould be slowed in ships holds. 1t wa his
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
Time Races

There are occasions, especially when one is
waiting for train or, say, pacing hospital
hall listening for baby's first cry, that
of the clock seem to stand still. But that is
only in the mind of the one who waits.
In actual fact, time races. AS any of today S
old-timers will confirm, childhood is but one
day long and that day yesterday.
This reflection stems from reading the COM
modities from which the War Production Board
has lifted controls and is encouraging manu-.
facture for civilian users. Radios head the
list as reported in Washington dispatch. Re-
frigerators and trucks follow in order. Assum-
ing the reference is to mechanical retrigera-
tors, as ordinary ice boxes have been available
all the time if in reduced numbers, and the
trucks nnotor-propelled none of these things
were known to the aforesaid old-timers' parent
Laundry equipment presumably washing ma
chines), metal furniture, electric FANS motor
cycles storage batteries and oil-burning equip
ment are all almost and some actually contem-
porary conveniences.
So fast does time race that all are deemed
necessities of life, and great has been the
public uproar while the fighting and the win
ming of war kept them off the market be.
cause the materials that 60 into them were
needed for shot and SHE'LL bombs and planes
and ships and tanks and all the other tools
Of victory.
One wonders how much further civilization
and inventive genius will have carried man
kind on the road toward a laborless age by
the time todays grandchildren are grandpar-
ents.
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The Literary Guidep0st

a scrutiny of Communist Russia
Fascist countries and the U. S.,
political man" achieving a
S ronger position at the expense
Of economic man."
In the flood of books on politi.
cal and economic matters and on
various Other powers, l recall
none written with the serene de.
tachment and ample perspective
which characterize this classic.
Beard explains many things
about US but there's one question
10 which I'd like an answer which
he does not supplys why dom
more of uS read more Beard more
often?
The Surprise Place, by Mary Ora
ham bonner (Knopf; $2).
If you have daughter seven or
eight years old, or if you are
one, you'll like this little story
about Ellen Surprise, her brother
Ronnie, her many friends and her
calf Sea Weed, all living happily
on the Nova Scotian coast.
Like her bro her, Ellen is a
good girl, though not SO good as
to be dull. She helps her mother.
is kind to animals. is brave. keeps
clean and neat.
The story opens with a surprise
party, and ends with two big Sur
prises. There are illustrations.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
TOP O. THE MORNING
Stand By The Philippines

War damages in the Philippines are broad
ly estimated at one billion dollars. 1t is thought
that the island government will accept small.
er estimate from the United States in the hope
of floating loan to pay for rebuilding and re.
Mobilization.
money loans or otherwise, to get the islands
back on a sound foundation and to restore
the damages and ravages of war, ought to be
done without cavil.
This does not mean that Japan, which is re-
sponsible for it all, should not pay heavily in
Philippines reparations. The Japanese ought
to be bled white to help the Filipinos rebuild
Their cities. But the United States owes debt
during the Japanese attack and occupation
which it must not ignore or pay grudgingly.
1t is all right to extend aid to European
countries overrun by the Germans in order
that they may make start on the long road
back to security, self-support and possible pros
perity. But what we do for the Philippines
ought, in all reason, to take first place in the
United States program of relief and to be
sufficient to give the people of the islands a
fair chance to hold their own in the new world.
Our debt cannot be met with dollars alone.
We cannot afford to Withhold money or services
so long as we can help the islands in their re-
Mobilization effort They stood by us. We must
stand by them.
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BY w. G. ROGERS
A Street in Bonneville, by Gwen
doIyn Brooks Harper; 81.

The 4o-odd poems in this slim
book, the first by this author 10
be published, testify to a fine tai
ent.
sensitivity coupled with vigor,
ideas and the right words with
which 10 express them, and a form
which fits the content mark this
kansas-born Chicagoan's work.
She is possessed of a remark.
able flair for the dramatic as in
ballads like Pearl May Lee" and
Queen of the Blues" and such
poems as Mother" are uncom.
monty moving. She is Negro, and
writes of her own people, who are
fortunate in finding such an elo'
quent spokesman.
Watch for her next book, bu'
be sure to read this.
The Economic Basis of Politics,
BY Charles A. Beard (Knopf:
$1.75.)
Twenty-Five years ago this noted
historian delivered four lectures
on the Clark foundation at Am.
hecst College. and they were frs
printed in 1922.
Here they are again, and vcry
welcome. To them Beard has add.
ed a chapter about our contempor.
airy world in which he finds, after
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
In MacArthur's Hands

Can We trust the nation that perpetrated
the Pearl Harbor attack while negotiating for
peace to receive our occupational troops peace
fully?
While reveling in the feeling that there is
peace on earth once again, the American peo-
pie have an uneasy feeling about the lack OF
good will toward our men who will land on
the Japanese islands. This is natural, consid-
ering that Japanese ENJOYS were talking
peace in Washington while Tokyo was releas-
ing the weapons of war upon us.
Suspicion of Japan is common to all men,
great and small General Macarthur. the COM
mander of occupational forces, has taken in
to consideration japanese deceitfuness in
planning to land his troops in Japan. In fact,
anticipation of Japanese continuance of W r.
like actions has been voiced by our military
leaders, Citing one: Gen. Brehon Somervllle,
commanding general of the Army ser vi e
forces has said: Even though we will not be
engaged in actual warfare we must be pre-.
pared for sporadic resistance from fanatical
leaders and troops
General Macarthur, himself, has been re.
assuring about the landing of our troops. He
says: Il shall soon proceed to Japan with &C.
complaining forces composed of ground, naval
and air elements He has made it clear that
these forces will be prepared to cope with
any contingencies in the event Japanese IA
patics try to make the landing anything but a
bloodless parade Also, it seems impossible
that people who have twice felt the destruc-
tive power OF the atomic bomb can greet our
soldiers with anything but white flags.
AS Col. Lawrence Simpson, U. S. Army
(Ret), of Wilmington said recently in the star:
GAS long as Macarthur is in command I
don't believe we have anything to worry
about" At least. that holds true generally for
the landing.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
Wears US. Army Khaki
Under Robes, White Twisted 7urbans

stuffs are sold side by side with
Army shirts and pants. Native per.
fumes are bottled in soda pop bot
ties. The bottoms of U. S. beer
bottles, broken off ingeniously by
filling them to the proper height
with oil and inserting a hot poker
are sold as glassware. Rubber
from U. S. tires and tubes is cut
in disks and strung on wire for
bicycle tires. Parachute silk is one
of the most valuablt ittms in Mo-
rocco.
Arabs are not the only ones who
have acquired U. S. Army tastes.
At the aerial port of embarkatior
in Port Lyautey where French CT.
villains are being flown back to
France, customs and U. S. Army
officials pick up barracks bags,
foot lockers, cans of Army rations,
Army sugar and macaroni and al
ways Army blankets. No American
products are allowed to be taken
from Morocco unless the taker can
prove he got them legally.
But the one thing the Army can
not claim or take back is the
batch of Air Corps wings and Army
insignia pins decorating THE
dresses of pretty French girls.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
Civil War In China

The fear that peace could not be restored
throughout the world without bloodshed in
some quarters is being realized in China,
bat with elements of the Chinese communist
armies.
A full-fledged civil war appears to be in the
drum-fire stage. If it is to be avoided both
sides will have to make concessions. This
can be done only ~ opposing leaders in con-
ference, and as the communist leader, Gen.
Mao Tze-Tung, has rejected Chiang's invita-.
ton to Chungk ng, it seems improbable that
any settlement can be reached without further
bloodshed.
The Chinese communists demand the right
to set up their own government in north China
and maintain their own armed forces. Chang S
government at Chungking considers the COM
munists political party entitled to representa-.
ton but not to independence. AS long as the
two elements so far apart and a parley
cannot be arranged or compromse effected
the peace which has finally come in the Sino-
Japanese war becomes the signal for bitter
and unrelenting conflict within the country.
Success or failure for either side seems to
depend to a large extent on which reaches
Marking first Marking was Chiang's capitol
until he was forced out by the japanese. With
the japanese surrendering, Marking will again
be China's capitol The race is on between
Chiang's forces and the communists and the
one which gets there first will be in the key
position.
Chinas situation is the more unfortunate in
that the British are demanding Hong Kong,
when the Japanese have been withdrawn and
Chang is equally determined to occupy the
strategic city. If a showdown developes be.
tween London and Chungking, or Marking, Bri-
tain will not be inclined to back Chang against
the communists or in any other effort he may
make to develop his country.
In such circumstances the United States and
Russia will have to carry China's burden,
and it will prove a tremendous load even for
the two greatest powers to emerge from
World War IL.
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contention that dehydration would not lower
the quality Of the coffee.
Coffee fans the country over will hope that
if the necessary sh piping is not found to keep
up steady flow of their favorite beverage
rom South America. Gle dehydration proposal
will be given cy-out
Price ceilings are not within the realm OF
public adjustment, but there is no reason to
think that coffee drinkers would object to a
reasonable change in price if it were neces
sary in using air instead of water transpor.
tation.
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DailyPrayer
For PATIENCE

"How long, O Lord, how long
We Waits and watch for SOIL,
great revealing of Thy po"e'
deliverance, as they who "a''a
for the morning. All our trust w
Thee is stayed. We know s1s ,
this wars outcome is depehos.
upon the living God, and WV.
our cooperation with Him. 80 w
cry daily 10 Thee, 0 Lord' Nv. ",
burdened hearts, for the ns,'
which Thou alone c9nst sr ~,
Smite, we pray Thee, the nea'D i,
power of our enemies, and Vloa. .
cate Thine own majesty and pow, ,
and righteousness. Forgive US lps ~.
our own sins have come oe'S.. ,
Theeand us; and in mercy n w.,
US as we cry for pardon ana Wv
.ory. Thy people are pTas"3 Z
Lord; and Their faith IN lnes :,
mistaken. Grant us patleh'e :,
endure Thy providences, ana ~,
await Thy time. May our w. w..
necessity draw us closer 10 ~. ~
in confident dependence anu -,
pectation. Speed the hour INV y,
rlead, when Thy truth ana ~ -,
people will be vindicated' IN ~,
name of our reconciling Reoss'''''
Amen.-W. e.
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BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHIINGTON-Here are some
general questions from veterans
and their relatives:
@. What are the eligibility re.
quirements for readjustment al
lowances?
A. To be eligible for a readjust-
ment allowance veteran Ia
shall have served in the active
military services of the U. S. at
any time after Sept. 16, 1910, and
prior to the end OF the present
war; (b) shall have served in
active service 80 days or more,
or been discharged by reason of
an injury or disability incurred
in service in the line Of duty:
(c) must claim allowances Tor
weeks of unemployment occur
ring not later than two years
after the end OF the war, or, if
he is not discharged until after
the end of the war, then he must
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Nimitz Likely 70 SIGN
Surrender For Nat

WASHINGTON, Aug. = ~ NJ.
Fleet Admiral Chester '" ,.,s.
m;tz is expected to sign the 10Y A,
nese surrender terms IN Oe'SN
the United States. a.
General Douglas Macarthur an.
lied commander-in chief ne' ~.
nounced that ne will sign 'n' Nv
render papers in behalf OF 'l r.i ~
Four-the United States o or..
Russia and Britain. It was f5Y sir
ed here today that Admire ..sr,
Bruce Fraser will sign sepF mi.
for Great Br. tain. Russia Snt ;, n
ma have not yet named 'n'l'
resentatives.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-22
FEEDING oKlNAVl
NATIVES PROVES 1!;
REASONABLY EASY
BY RICHARD Crsu,>,

ar ohlNAwA : p Military -.
eminent of icials have 90, Row.
completely communal sS We, up
a Zee ing and housing os s;rn ct
s29' 900 segregated civi Hliara'E''
s are hnd d that with proper ,ns and
Every native works for
OF the community. Failing tue to s'a
with others is a serious " y sA'n
punishable by shaming ms,S o,!sn's,
land. NeW Ens.
The theme is cooper..;
make the community Ivin ,,0'' 70
many people, in an area o. 50
llately one-tenth of the js Ilsp,'A'
workable as possible. 'a al
Isl, lshiawaka' a camp Of 25ao =.
yves near the sandy bea a,yvo ma
oklnawa's most beautiful l h0 Of
Is an example of how it's d rT,'''
L. Each native has a definite ios =,
do. Corps of women, even my W. !09 10
bic, dig in the camote pato ,,e lee
day, returning at dusk with s ~. o'
full of the sweet potato.tvns s S S,s
table. These are dumped Onto ,'s''
mound in the market place NJ. ~s
are rationed' So much per pe,s S,'
Sim larry, those who pick bean, '
rice and corn deposit their ' Iaas.
IN specified piles for comm,'s;.' '
distribution. The U. S.. proy;,
ed items, like milled four and ~,
ratlons, are rationed to housewr,.
standing in line-American.stvIs'
with ration books in hand.
Failure to turn in food IN IL.
community pie is treated grave,
The culprit must parade thrors,
the streets wearing a sign mr.
claiming Il didn't cooperate
did not turn in my potatoes TODAY
Seldom is the misdeed repeated
The very old men are put IA
work chopping frewood or wesv.
ing split-bamboo mats.
The able-bodied men, those mi
taken to Japan by the Nippope,.
for work troops, do the harder
more dangerous work, such as rim.
ming a busy seabee built sawnj
or digging new sanitation facilite,
prescribed by the camp medical
of icer, Capt. Charles P. Blands Of
Meridian, Mss.
Even the children, who make I'D
the great bulk of the native popu.
lation, are put to work at odd Jobs
sorting foodstuffs, hauling sawdust
keeping the marketplace clean.
The Okinawans are largely SELL
suf icient by virtue of their farm
products. The supplemental diet
furnished each Okinawan by the
military government costs, at The
most, seven and one-half cents a
day, delivered. At the height Of the
harvest the cost is even less.
Housing Units at Camp Ishikaw
are being built at virtually no cost
to the Americans. Native work
to the Americans. Native work
crews bring in loads Of wood
taken from dismantled or war
ruined houses in villages outsld'
the compound area.
Neat, tWo-family dwellings are
spring ng up all over the place,
with OkinaWa carpenters dong
most OF the work.
Some idles children between !!
and IA years of age started small
scale crime wave by breaking n'0
food warehouses, but camp oiilcl'
also had a solution for the problem
They started a boys club, in when
the OkinaWan kids take a great
pride, and the crime rate dropped
sharply.
kids are the same the WoFld
over" one of the of icers observed
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With fur nearly as fine and
dense as that of a beaver, the
muskrat can travel as far as so
yards under water without coming
to the surface for air. When treat
ed and dyed, the fur may be
known as Hudson seal, wallaby,
velvet coney. river mink, sealskin
and number of other trade
names.
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only service in the armed forces
was other than the time of war. a
pension may be paid to vet only
for service-connected disab lily.
z. May veteran receive pen
sion and subsistence allowance at
the same time?
A. Yes.
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Fair Enough

accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many of his read
ers. HIS articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
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so THEY SAY

Pocketing the 1000 the Cubs gave for chat
pitcher, the New YORK Yanks should be plenty
ballplayers.
Another thing those postwar planners sb,r,a
do something about are those chronic eirhth.
Mace baseball clubs.
Grandpappy jenkins says the kids think hos
telling fairy story wv when he relates how, in
of piece of buttered bread liberal1v srri,,,
with sugar.
It's odd points out zadok DumEonf how,
quickly tree leaf can change from ,noP now now
of beauty on the limb to contounded n';.s n,ng
on the lawn. nuisance
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02

laugh. He kept poking me and
saying he had sixbits that said she
had more bosom than any seven of
the biggest angels in Heaven.
Religion, gathering for weeks in
her heart, came upon Mrs. Trash
with the suddenness and fury of a
tornado. She rose with miraculous
buoyancy and stood upon the bench,
and it creaked and swayed under
her great weight.
81 was climbing up the noun
tain, taking two steps forward and
slipping back one, looking for
Jesus. Suddenly 1 saw a great
light, and in the middle of that
light 1 saw my Jesus, stripped
stark naked with His hands in His
pockets"
what pockets?" George swears
it was my question; I am as GER
tain it was his.
The Reverend Henry Allen led
US gently to the door. He seemed
to have a great desire to caress the
seats of our trousers with his
brogans. He said, Heaven is ap-
preached best with faith-with a
heart as warm as the summer sun.
Except that you believe with all
your heart, you cannot"
"But how could Jesus have His
hands in" George cannot deny
that protest.
you're too analytical. Too
damned analytical!"
We walked slowly home without
religion, knowing we would catch
hell long before Judgment.
Today George is president of an
A.M.E. college, which just goes to
show Who, me? Well, 1 never
went to Lancaster!