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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the District of Columbia,
Holding Probate Court-No 63,705. Ad-
That the subscriber, Of the District of Co.
lumbia, has obtained from the Probate
Court of the District Of Columbia Let
Catha rine Lightbown. late of the District
OF Columbia, deceased All persons having
claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to
the subscriber, ON or before the goth day
OF November, A. D.. 1946; otherwise they
NAV by law be excluded from all benefit
23rd day of November, 1915 WILLIAM
WARREN LIGHTBOWN. 1909 18th st.
n E.. tSeal) Attest VICTOR s. MERSCH,
REGISTER of Wills for the District OF Co.
iumbia, Clerk Of the Probate Court.
nO3n. de- / 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07

DISTRICT COURT Of THE UNnYD
HOLDING Probate conrtNNo. SO, a4s Ad
ministrstion.-This is to Give Notice: That
the subscriber, of the State of Texas:
has obtained from the Probate Court of
the District OF Columbia. Letters of Admin
istration ON the estate of Virginia C.
Metcalf. late OF the District Of Columbia,
deceased. All persons haying claims against
the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof.
legally authenticate. to the. subscriber,
on or before the 29th day Of November.
AID. 1916; otherwise they may by law be
excluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 30th day of
November, 1915. FLORENCE M. MILLER,
"a; Golf Ave, Kerrville, Texas tSeaD
Attest. VICTOR s. MERSCH, Register Of
Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk
of the Probate Court de7.l4.2l
Bradley beam., 1945-04-21
Conference News

CTS will receive complete cov- craze of the news concerning the San Francisco Conference to get underway next week, it has been announced by Camp News paper Service. ...:.
 The BEAM and other Army installation publications through out the World will receive off, cial news and feature coverage via the Camp Newspaper Service Clip Sheet, a regular service re- ceived by the BEAM every week, which includes such features as "Home News", DeBlois' "Warm- in the Bench, Mail Call" and the "Wolf". The Armed Forces Radio Service will handle radio coverage in it's usual manner and current film coverage will be ac- counted for by news-reel clips included in the weekly "GI Movies" package. An overall documentary film story will be produced by the Army-Navy Screen Magazine at the end of the conference.
Bradley beam., 1945-04-21
Roosevelt Fathered Much National Progressive Legislation
San Francisco
 Conference To Discuss Peace

Down through the centuries there has never been time when man achieved permanent peace. In our generation, we have witnessed one World War won, and now. we are on the eve of winning the second. But merely defeating the enemy is not enough. Thoroughly defeating the Axis will not insure a perma- nent peace. The leaders of the foremost peace-Ioying nations in the world know this and have al ready made plans for an organiza- tion to maintain peace and sup press war. Representatives of the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China met last fall at Dumbarton Oaks in Wash ington. There was drafted a partial plan aimed at realizing our ideals for a peaceful world.
 On 25 April, 1945, the repre- sentatives of the freedom-loving nations of the world will meet in San Francisco, Calf, to discuss the plans as set down at Dumbarton Oaks. On the success of this con- ference rests future world peace, security and progress.
 The proposed Security Organiza- tion is simple and flexible. It in cludes a Security Council, a Gen eral Assembly, an International Court of Justice, an Administrative Secretariat, an Economic and Social Council, and a Military Staff Committee.
 The Security Council consists of eleven nations, including the LISA, Great Britain, U.S.S.R., China and France. It regulates armaments, investigates disputes, fosters peaceful settlements, inn poses sanctions on aggressors and decides the use of armed force.
 The General Assembly, consists of all ''peace-loving" nations. It advises the council on policy, ad- mits and expels members, elects the economic-social council, fixes budgets, makes studies and reports for international cooperation.
 The Military Staff Committee in cludes the Chiefs of Staff of the U.S.A., Great Britain, U.S.S.R., China and France. The committee will plan military needs, direct strategic employment of force and advise on disarmament.
 The Economic and Social Coun- cil consists of eighteen nations with a rotating membership. It studies
Bradley beam., 1945-04-21

(By Camp Newspaper Service)
 Like many other Americans who have won distinction in public life, Harry s. Truman, 32nd President of the United States, and the new Constitutional Commanderin-
Bradley beam., 1945-04-21
Strong and Lasting
 PeaceWasRooseve|t's
 Most CherishedDrea

meeting at Chapultepec, the United
 Nations Conference at San Fran cisco. | ===== =.=" ~. .." "":= :... ]. . He died April 12, 1945, in a cot tage at Warm Springs, two weeks
Bradley beam., 1945-04-21
New President Earned Fame Investigating
 Nations War Effort

After he finished high school, he endeavored to=get an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Ponit but failed because of poor eyesight.
 Nevertheless, he enlisted in the Missouri National Guard, and when World War I broke out, he was in- ducted as a lieutenant. He went to France with his regiment and par ticipated in the St. Mihiel and Ar gonne offensives. He was quickly promoted to captain of Field Artillery and by the time the war ended was mustered out as a major. As a result of these expe- riences, he has unusual insight into the problems and psychology of the combat soldier, and through out his lifetime he has maintained his interest in veterans and their problems.
 President Harry s. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, son of MT. and Mrs. John Anderson Truman, farm folk. That makes him 61 years old next month. Despite his slight build, spectacles and thin ming gray hair, he looks younger, and has the physical stamina to stand up to what has been de- scribed as the most punishing job in the world.
 Following World War I, the new President invested all his savings in small business-a Kansas City haberdashery-and like many oth- CT veterans of that period, he lost his shirt during the hard times of the early '2Os. Next he turned to politics. His first elective office was that of county judge. Although he then was 38, (1922) he decided he ought to have a knowledge of the law for the job and took 2-year course at Kansas City Law School. In 1924 he was defeated for re- election, but in 1926 he was re- turned to office as presiding judge of the court. He was known in Missouri as a liberal and an out spoken advocate of tolerance, but he also was believer in party or ganization and a man of intense loyalty.
 He was first elected to the United States Senate in 1884. He was reelected in 1940 for second term. ~::
 In the Senate he won himself a reputation as a hard worker and a legislator who "voted them as he saw them," but he did not attract national attention as a statesman until late in 1940 when, as head of the Senate committee which bore his name he conducted a series of investigation of Americas war ef- fort which just was going into high gear. The new Chief Execu- tive and his fellow committee mem- bers toured the nation, visiting de- fense plants, shipyards and Army camps and questioning workers and executives. The result was series of 50 reports recommending changes, reforms and improve ments. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell has declared that the Truman Com mittee's recommendations saved the nation more than $200,O00,0O0.
 When World War II broke out he held a commission as an active colonel in the Reserve Corps and made bid for active service, but Gen. Marshall told him he was too old and President Roosevelt asked him to remain in the Senate.
 At the 1914 Democratic conven- tion at Chicago, he was nominated a candidate for the Vice-Presidency to run with President Roosevelt. He was elected in the Democratic sweep and served 82 days in that office.
 The new President was married in 1919 to his childhood sweet Vxy.noo1 ~oxrv
Bradley beam., 1945-04-21
(By Camp Newspaper Service)


 served '12 years and four months in the White House, was born-the son of wealth-at Hyde Park, Crumb Elbow, New York, on Jan. 30, 1882. ".= .=.::.:"@
 Reared in the cultured seclusion of his fathers Duchess County estate, he attended the Groton School and was graduated from Harvard in 1904. Admitted to the New York bar, he conducted law practice until 1910 when he was elected New York Senator, repre- senting Duchess County. Reelected in 1912, he served until 1913 when he was appointed by President Will son, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
 Defeated by James w. Girard for the Democratic nomination as US. Senator from New York in 1918, young Roosevelt was nominated by his party for Vice President in 1920 and went down to defeat with Presidential-nominee James M.. Cox before Warren G. Harding and his return to normalcy" ticket.
 Then came tragedy. On warm day in August, 1921, Roosevelt took a plunge in cold bay. That night he had chills. Three days later he was paralyzed from the waist down, a victim of infantile paralysis at the age of 39.
 Against bitter odds, he began a grim fight to regain his health. By the following spring he could sit on the floor with his sons. Within a year he could walk on crutches. In time-aided by the soothing waters of the Warm Springs (Ga.) foundation-he discarded the crutches for the braces he was to wear on his legs the rest of his life.
 In 1924, Roosevelt made his poli- tical comeback. At the Democratic convention in New York, he nomi- mated Alfred B. Smith for the Presidency in his famous Happy Warrior" speech. In 1928 he nomi- mated Smith again and was himself named his party's choice for gov ernor of New York. He was elect ed, reelected in 1880 and, finally, nominated for and elected to the Presidency in 1882.
 During his first term, Roosevelt was father to more progressive legislation than any other man in American history. He placed ceiling over working hours, floor under wages, he provided social se- curity for the aged, federal work for the young, relief for the job less, US. aid for the farmer, the banker and the businessman. He protected labor's right to bargain. Always interested in foreign af- fairs, he urged-back in 1937-a quarantine" of aggressor nations by the peace-loving countries of the world. '-~-
 Reelected in 1886, in 1940 and in 1914, President Roosevelt led his nation through two great crises, it's greatest depression and it's greatest war. At the time of his death, half of that war was nearly won and victory in the other half had been assured. Already the nation had turned it's thoughts to peace.
 And the peace-a strong and lasting peace-was the Presidents most cherished dream. To that end he had formulated with Winston Churchill, the Atlantic Charter guaranteeing to the peoples of the world the Four Freedoms-"of speech and religion, from fear and want". With a just peace in his mind he had met Allied leaders in Cairo, Casablanca, Quebec, Teheran and at Yalta and set into motion the machinery for the Breton Woods monetary conference, the world security conference at Dum- barton Oaks, the All-American
Bradley beam., 1945-04-21

and reports on economic, social and humanitarian matters.
 The Organization also includes an International Court of Justice which decides cases submitted; the Secretariat is the administrative office.
 The results of the Security Or ganization meeting will have marked effects on all of us in the United States and all of the peoples of the world. Indifference and a lackadaisical attitude toward the conference and it's conclusions is neglect of a duty we all owe. Let us follow the conference and understand the organization.
Bradley beam., 1945-04-21

Chief, is a war veteran with an outstanding record as soldier.
 Friends of the new President have said that his character was rounded and deepened by his expe- riences in uniform. Prior to World War I, he had worked at odd jobs, as drug store clerk, newspaper wrapper, bank clerk and had helped run the family's 480-acre farm near Lamar, Mo.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-20
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Start ReadE[uq
Uour Bible

Today when you read and reead his letter until you know
every word today when he far away. for
comfort and for courage the Bible Perhaps the Book old
friend or perhaps the years have made and you strangers
doesn't matter The steady eternal light of message there
for YOU ready bring you the confidence that bring
ing millions today all the world
Behold thee. take and be Fear and be
Lodtb all whatsoever
sboh JOSHUA,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04

rifices. We shall seek, under the procedure
prescribed in the Lend-Lease Act and our SUBJ
sequent lendlease agreements with other
countries, and through other appropriate ma
tional and international measures, to achieve
settlements of our wartime lend-lease rela-
tons which will best attain these detectives,
and which will thus establish the indispensable
foundations Of our economic well-being"
From this it is plausible to assume that the
United States will require repayment in kind
from the beneficiary nations They will not
have the dollars with which to pay but all
will have products of one sort or another and
it appears to be Mr.. Byrnes' idea that settle
ments should be made from them, in such
quantities as the particular counay can safely
afford without adversely affecting its economy.
If this is the right Interpretation to place
upons his statement, it is in line with the
position taken by the Star-News the other
day.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
Exploit The Beaches

By the time another summer rolls around
the world will have secured at least toe-hold
on the postwar era. 1t will not have recov-
cred from this Second World War. That will
take many years. But sufficient time will have
elapsed for the accomplishment of fundamen.
tai readjustments and the reorientation Of
communities.
Nations will have found Themselves to the
extent of knowing what lies ahead either as
members of the United Nations or as defeated
enemies trying to map a course that will
eventually give them place in world at
peace.
In this country, states, counties and cities
will have made the change-over from war
thinking and war production to customary
peacetinae pursuits in industry, business and
recreation. One year can wipe out many of the
stains of war and relieve many of wars
strains.
The people, so long harassed by govern
ment regulation and the heavy handicaps
deemed essential to victory but in many cases
unnecessary, will in large measure have for.
gotten much of what went on in Washington
and have settled down to earning a living
and enjoying vacation when the time comes
for it in such places as especially fit their
inclinations and about which they have been
tolo through adequate advertising campaigns.
Some will want to rest in the mountains,
others at the seashore. Wilmington will have
such a chance to attract the latter as has
never before fallen to it's lot. Automobiles will
be spinning over the highways with good tires
and plenty of gasoline. Tens of thousands of
families will be taking the open road again
by the summer of 1916 en- route to resorts
that have appealed to their imaginations in
advance through folders and booklets and let
tiers. 1t behooves Wilmington, therefore, and
communities to finance a great advertising
campaign setting forth the advantages thereof
And while this advertising is going forward
the beaches should provide the conveniences
and carry out Identification and entertainment
projects, such as are to be found at other
Atlantic resorts, in order better to meet their
competition.
The postwar period is going to be distin-
guished for competition in all activities. II
OR beaches are not brought up to average
and fail to provide average entertainment fea
lures, they will lag despite the fact they have
the best beaches within hundreds of miles
and the best fishing from shore or off-shore
this side of Florida.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
What Defeated Japan

For long time to come discussions of what
led to Japans surrender will continue. For
public consumption Japanese claim that the
emperor called off the war as a result of the
destruction done by those two atomic bombs
For our part we see these attacks as contri
butory not the predisposing, cause of Japan's
surrender. Japan was beaten before the first
bomb fell.
One reason for this belief is the actual
destruction of the Japanese Navy. On the day
of surrender Japan had no naval craft that
could put to sea without at least ten DAYS re-
pairs. The United States Navy reports that
3l8 combatant Japanese vessels were sunk
during the war. Lost were fifteen aircraft
carriers twelve battleships, four escort car
riers, fifteen heavy cruisers, twenty light
cruisers hundred and twenty-six destroyers
and hundred and twenty five submarines
throughout the American submarines
sank 1885 enemy vessels
Japan, being an island empire, unable to
support itself in peacetime, could not long
survive in war the destruction of its Navy
and the vast loss of cargo ships. This, too,
we believe was but a contributory cause OF
Japans surrender
Some persons, chiefly air-minded, will tell
you the B-29's and the havoc they wrought
among Japan's war industries, coupled with
the constant air raids by all types of American
warplanes, turned the trick. Still others will
contend that the successful amphibious attacks
on Japans outer rim Of defenses especially
the retaking Of the Philippines and the con-
quest OF Okinawa, played the leading role in
the Pacific war drama upon which the final
curtain descended with the signing of sur
render terms aboard the mighty u S. S. Mis-
souri, in Tokyo bay. But these, too, were
symptoms not the core, of Japan's defeat.
What beat Japan, as we see it, was the
American determination to win, united with
Americas war production and good fortune
! IN having the military leadership that could
outguess and outmaneuver thu enemy at every
Strategic turn of the conflict.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
Poetic Justice

1t is poetic justice that Lieut. Gen. Jonathan
W Wainwright should have been at General
of the Army Douglas MacArthur's side at the
signing of Japan's surrender documents and
also to have been the man to whom the Japa-
nese General Yaumashita should formally sur
render the remnants of his Philippines Army.
Wainwright had been forced to surrender
the Philippines to save good American lives
when Corrigedor was under attack by vastly
superior forces, and had lanquished in enemy
prison camps until United States paratroopers
freed him and all others with him. Now the
arrogant japanese general who had holed ur
in northern Luzon has Internationally surren
dercd to him.
This ceremony over General Wainwright is
coming home to be reunited to the wife who
never gave up hope of his deliverance The
people of this country who made much ove1
Eisenhower and Patton and Clark and othel
victors in the European war will be as happy
to accord him heros welcome.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
TOP o. THE MORNING
Salute To Chang

In unison with all other mortals, Generals.
simo Chang Kai-shek has many faults. They
have come to the surface with greater prom
inence of late, than formerly. His stubborn.
ness, as we generally rate it, has caused nc
end of trouble with the communists of north
ern China and his selections for high govern
ment officials has not met wide approval
But the outside world, which knows little
or nothing of the true conditions within China
would fail in it's duty if it refused to accord
him the full measure of credit he deserves
for guiding the Chinese through eight years
of the bitterest kind of warfare with cruel
barbarous and treacherous foe.
Now he says that constitutional democracy
must be set up in China without delay. If this
is done, the communists who boldly and In
reasonably demanded that they be allowed tt
constitute themselves a people apart with
their own institutions and army, will be giver
their fair share in the country's government
but as political party only, not separate
entity.
With Madame Chang en- route home it seem
more likely that constitutional government vii
be established in the country because of hel
long familiarity with that type of government
in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
Fair Enough

Editors no.e.-The Star and the News
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.)
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
More About Lend-Lease

Mr.. Byrnes the Secretary Of State, bids
Americans to avoid snap judgment regarding
President Truman's proposal regarding Lend
Lease. He was asked this question:
Gin light of the recent lend-lease reports,
are we to assume that all lend-lease debts
are to be Cancelled and the only lend-lease
settlements required are settlements for ship
ments unused or undelivered at the close of
the war;"
quote him verbatim, as reported in Saturday S
New York Tines:
There is no justification for that assump-
ton Hasty congratulations should be avoided
Nothing more should be read into the recent
1end-lease report than is written there The
President made no statement amplifying that
report The report forth factors to be con-
sidered in connection with the settlements.
Those settlements are for future determine.
ton.
1.-THE purpose Of 1end-lease was to win the
war and to win the peace. In the settlement
of lend-lease we are not seeking paper con.
tracts to pay dollars which will not be avail.
able to our debtors. But that does not mean
that there are no lend-lease settlements to be
negotiated.
Gas is stated in the recent lendlease re-.
port:
1.-THE attainment of the long-range security
and economic detectives of the United States
and the other United Nations is a task of the
greatest Importance if we are not to lose the
victory we have won at such tremendous sac
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
War Weary Wacs Not Enthusiastic
About Permanent Unit In Peacetirne

Anything for our country is an
emergency but not after the emer.
gency is over" said Pfc. Roberta
Key, Rogers, Okla, a supply clerk,
adding stalwartly: 1--WE gals wanta
get married and the Army's no
place for that in peacetime."
Cpl. Gladys Ruger, Payne, Ohio
pulled no punches either. A peace
time woman's Army Corps, she
said, ''would tend to attract the
same type individuals that regu-
lar peacetime Army did-and that
wasn't too outstanding!"
aside to some professional SOL
diers I know: That's in quotation
marks too. I didn't say it,
Sgt. Opal Stanton, San Francis
co, who has been overseas IL of
her % months in Army service,
was practical. IF the Army needs
female help let it hire girls as
civilians, she said. "a military
organization having to live, work
and be disciplined together would
not be nearly as effective. Nor
would it attract high caliber wo-
men in times of peace"
Here and there a few WACS indi-
Gated some favor toward a peace
time women's corps.
First Sgt. Romano Delp, Gettys-
burg, Pa, who has been overseas
10 months, said IF some of the
girls wanted to make career of
the Army it would work out okay."
And S-Sgt. Lucy Higgins, Brook
vile, INDIA mess sergeant if
that means anything-said "a lotta
girls would like peacetime WAC.