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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-11
Bv ALICIA HART

To make sleep-lulling bath
give you a send-off, stop thinking
it must be not. That way lies
stimulation. which sends you out
hopping. not relaxation which
helps to induce sleep.
For the bath that's to make
you heavy-lidded, the waters tenn
perature should be no warmer
than that of your body. If more
than tepid bath is needed to WOO
sleep, toss a few teaspoonfuls of
mustard powder into your tub.
Where tough resistance to sleep
needs breaking down, swig a
nightcap before turning in. Good
hot drinks that induce sleep are
milk, strained vegetable or meat
broth, herbal tea.
Ideal bedroom "climate" for
sleeping-a too-Warm or too-dry
room is frequently what keeps you
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-11
|1IS0 ANNOUNCES
FAMILY AFFAIR

A prize will be awarded to the
largest family attending a fam
i1v affair" to be held at the In
d,,stria1 UsO club, 223 Princess
street, at 8 p. m. Friday
There will be games for botn
and adults, movie car
toons for children, a grand march,
Virginia reel and social dancing.
Three fortune tellers will be pres
emf to predict the future for those
who want their fortunes told.
Assisting in planning the event
are Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Lewis, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Josey and Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Marshall.
"O2en house" will be held at the
club today, Thursday and Satur'
day. "Jitterbug' lessons will be
given from 8 to $3.50 p. m. tomor.
row, girls physical fitness class
and chess lessons from 8 to 9 p.
m. Tuesday, and Valentine
dance will be held Wednesday
night, with music by Grace Lee
and the Men of Note
Bridge lessons will be given al
8 D. m. Wednesday night.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-11
1868 Books Circulated
By Library In January

!: A total of 3,168 books was cir
;culated by the Wilmington Public
library during January, including
4, 1876 issued by the Bookmobile in
the IA places it served, Miss En-
ma Woodward, l b r ri a n, an
nounced yesterday.
A circulation of 1851 at the Lake
Forest branch of the library also
was included in the total.
Miss Woodward announced that
356 new books were added to the
library during the period.
She said that many people who
have left Wilmington recently have
not turned in their books and
{. asked that anyone finding a public
library book in vacated rooms,
apartments and houses call the Ii
brary.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-11
Garden Club
To Hold Meet
Here Tuesday

The Cape Fear Garden club will
hold the February meeting Tues
day morning at II o'clock in the
Great Hall of St. James parish
house.
The program will be on Camel
has and James Ferger, manager
of Orion Plantation nurseries, Will
be the speaker of the morning.
Mr.. Ferger will also show colored
slides of Camellias. Plants from
the nurseries will be on sale.
Mrs. Louis Merritt will be in
charge of the program. The exhib-
1t for the morning will also be on
Camellias and members are asked
to fix arrangements to be judged
1t this meeting.
The executive committee will
convene at 10:45 am.
The club has issued an invita-
ton to all members of the Sorosls
Garden club to attend this meet
ing.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-11
Old Boys Brigade Club
Will Hold 10th Reunion

The forty-ninth anniversary ban
quet of the old Boys Brigade club
will be held at $50 o'clock We'd
nesday night at the Brigade Boys
armory, it was announced yester-
day by Secretary R. M. Kermon.
Col. Charles C. Loughlin, form
er club member, will be the key
noter at the reunion. Those desir-
ing to make reservations for the
banquet are asked to call Mr.. Ker-
mon at his office or home.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-11
FACTORY SITE SELECTED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. -(P)-
Selection of Pine Bluff, Ark, as
site Of a 50, 100000 war depart
ment plant to manufacture fiber
containers for Grating and pack
ing ammunition was announced to-
day by Senators Mcclellan and
Fulbright and Rep. Norrell, Arkan-
sas democrats.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-11
Wilmington Youth Reports
To Naval Weather School

Seaman First Class W. c. Haas,
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. C.
Haas, Sr. of GIG South Fifth ave-
nue., has reported for training at
the Naval Air Station at Lake
hurst, N. j., which will lead to a
rating Of aerograph's mate, third
class. After three months train
ing, Haas will be assigned to duty
as a weather forecaster and re-
corder.
Before reporting at Lakehurst,
Haas attended N. c. State College
at Raleigh and Stevens Institute
of Technology, Hoboken, N. j., as
a VIZ trainee.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-11
SNIPER TO COED

MOSCOW, Feb. 10.-(P)-The So
Wet Unions most famous girl
sniper, Ludmila Pavlichenko, now
is coed at Kiev State university
and is preparing to become his
tory teacher next yea.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-11
LukeWarm Bath Before Retirinq
Will Relax Muscles, Induce Sleep

tossing-is temperature of around
IS degrees; a humidity of around
35 degrees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
A Constructive Medical Program

John H. Fitzgibbon, M. D., Portland, Oregon, Chairman, Council on Medical Service and Public Relations of the Amer jean Medical Association, in a recent statement to physicians and secretaries of medical organizations in Chicago, said ''The health of the people of America is our direct concern and a responsibility that cannot be ignored. . AS medical men and women, we possess information needed by lawmakers and other public servants
 "The objective of the American medi- cal profession is availability of medical care of high quality to every person in the United States . Since 1875 . the American Medical Association has advo- cated the establishment of an agency of Federal government under which shall be coordinated and administered all med acal and health functions fthe Federal government exclusive of those of the Army and Navy ;"
 Other points emphasized by the ASSo- citation and stressed by Dr. Fitzgibbon are:
 CD Extension of medical services to all the people and the utmost utilization of qualified medical and hospital facili ties already established.
 (2) Continued development of the private practice of medicine subject to changes necessary to maintain quality of medical services and increase their avail ability, including extension of voluntary hOSpita land medical insurance.
 (3) Expansion of public health and medical services consistent with the American sySte moi democracy
 (A) Allotment of public funds, on proof of need, to states when needed for prevention of disease, promotion of health and care of sick.
 (5) That public health and medical service is primarily local responsibility.
 (6) The development of mechan- ism for expansion of preventive medical services for the indigent, with local de- termination of needs and local control ot administration.
 Medical care can be made available to all through the cooperation of medical and allied professions, government, ln- duStry, labor and other interested groups, whereas confined attempts at compulsion will aggravate confusion and delay the earliest availability of high quality of medical service to every person.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
Views Of The Press

another development-the conquest over the seasons i'll their own home territory, which is promised by the new quick freeze units for nome use.
 These units will undoubtedly in- crease local demand for homegrown vegetables and fruits, as well as for meats and fish, by making it pos- sible to buy them ill season and use them out of season. In the long run this should mean a real saving in living costs. For while to bring fresh foods for thousands of miles by air-freight must Inevitably add something to their cost, the quick freeze plan provides a way to lay in supplies when prices are low and to use them at seasons when costs are much higher.
 Northerners may either reach out by air for fruits of Southern gar denS, or they may paradoXically enough expose home grown pro- duce to such ultra -wintry temper atures that it can remain summer on their dining tables the year round
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

exempt Federal power monopoly is cheap" electricity. Why wouldn't it be as logical to pass laws exempting the in- vestor-owned electric industry from tax ation? It could probably reduce rates below those offered by the tax-exempt Federal plants The taxpayers would thereby be relieved of the vast sums they are assessed to build competing govern ment plants, and the Federal, state and local governments would lose no more in taxes than they would when tax-exempt Federal projects destroy taX-paying pri- vate enterprise. Furthermore, the power consumer would have the advantage of state regulation of the private plans and local management which is entirely lack ing in the gerat Federal power monop- olieS.
 If it is not thought advisable to eX- empt private enterprise from taxation to reduce consumer cost, then laws should be passed to tax government com mercial ventures which destroy private taxpaying business. If we are to have Socialized industry, let us at least keep it on the tax rolls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
UnforgivabIe Negligence

Shortly before the Christmas holiday, the people of a Western city heard the wall of fire sirens At first they thought nothing of it. The sirens whine every 'a|ay in large cities But this was differ Gnt. Rig after rig wheeled out of station hhuses and went shrieking through the streets. First aid cars and police sirens screamed in the wake of the fire engines. The news spread that school was burn ing - grade school housing four hun dred students Foreboding and horror clutched at thousands of hearts. Disaster and tragedy were written on thousands of faces. But fortunately, cool think ing and rigid fire drills paid off. -Four hundred children returned home safely An entire city breathed sigh Of thankfulness.
 Tn that narrowly aVerted tragedy there is a lesson. The school was a firetrap, vet Iethargy and unWilllingness to add few dollars to local tax bills kept the school in use. Throughout the nation similar schools are being used every day. If we are so careless as to permit single child to attend school sin building that by all standards of modern construction as unsafe, what can we expect in other aspects of fire prevention?
 Thousands Of persons die in the flames of burning buildings each year, Each year responsible authorities strive harder fo drive home the simple lesson of eau ton. The people of at least one city which nearly lost hundreds Of It's youth through unforgivabe negligence, may now realize how much remains to be done,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
Old Hands at Keeping Ahead

Keeping jump ahead of a competitor has always been the cardinal objective of the successful American enterprise. With this background, United States business men, when war came, turned from trying to outdo each other to keeping ahead of the enemy in scientific development and production, like a duck takes to water. They have not only been jump ahead of the enemy but also, in most instances, have managed to keep step ahead of the demands of our own military leaders.
 Up to now, 100-octane gasoline has been considered the last word in aviation fuel. And yet representatives ot the oil industry have announced that "Whenever the military authorities say the word, most of the up-to-date petroleum refining war plants in the country can turn out super fuel' With it, carrier-based planes, and gigantic B-29 SuperfortreSSeS partlcu- larly, will have gerater cruising range. It will make possible the use of more power full engines, will heighten maneuvera- blity, and will permit bombers to carry heavier loads by delivering more horse power per pound of engine
 Research in this higher performance gasoline has been going on for two years. Laboratory analyses and field tests were made until the scientists knew they had the answer Here is another brief glimpse of why the United States, land where the flames of individual ambition, imag- ination and reSourcefulneSS still burn brightly, has become the greatest military power on earth in a space of months
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
FOR BETTER BREAKFASTS
(Hartford TimeSl


 The uninformed may think 1t strange that a Better Breakfast" campaign should be necessary, but If one could see what the average person, girls especially, eats for breakfast the need would be made clear.
 A bottle Of coke" a cigarette and a muffin is the breakfast of too many girls. A doughnut and & cup of coffee is the breakfast of too many men. There is not enough food value in the average persons breakfast to make 1t worthwhile. Most of the breakfasters in res taurants spend more time talking with their companions or going over the headlines in the newspapers than they do in stoking up for a steady mornings work.
 Women seem to be too attentive to the problem of preserving their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
Utopia With a Catch

Now that the political drive for seven "TVAs" covering the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific, has been an- nounced, the people can consider how eocialization of the nations power indus try would affect them.
 First, they Swould see their wartime tric projects in areas already served by existing electric power companies.
 Second, tSey would discover that such Rovernment-built electric plants arc not subject to Federal, state and local taxes. Thus, the taxpayer would not only be assessed to build such plants, but he would be assessed to make up for taxes lost as socialized electricity destroyed NrIyate enterprise.
 The stock argument for building tax
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
Hard to Please

President Roosevelt spoke glowing words of praise for France in his recent message to Congress. Yet General de Gaulle's biographer has expressed bitter disappointment that the President did not mention the general by name. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey has been taken to task by Democratic leaders of the New York state legislature for proposing legisla- tive program that the Democrats them selves have been trying to put across.
 Obviously the President would have disappointed General de Gaulle's biogra- pher even more if he had failed to praise France. And Gov. Dewey would have been taken even more seriously to task if he had proposed a program contrary to Democratic inclinationS.
 In politics especially, it seems that one is damned if one does and damned If one doesn't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

ground that the moisture could not pentrate 1t. When the ground about the tree was pl0uged and fenced, the Signs of decay disappeared and the tree was restored to It's former Yigor
 The poet Wordsworth spoke Of the world being too much with us. There is SO much noise in our world that quiet thought is almost prohibited. The trampling feet of well -intentioned friends, of a crowded schedule. of frantic rush after new sensations and pleasures, often make the soil around our tree of life so hard that none of the living giving refreshments offered by culture. religion. and reflection can penetrate the soil. And so. like the sequoia tree. we wither and begin tO show signs of decay.
 The remedy is fence to keep trampling feet out and the open.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
zoo PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
(New York Herald -Tribune)

NANCW 4Olh AASA hAA AAbuAlCJ
 Fairfield Osborn, president of the New York Geological society, pre- faced an exposition of a twelve- acre reservation exhibit to be installed after the war at the Bronx Zoo with this observation: We need to face the unpleasant fact that there are two worldwide wars going on. One is mans destruction of man; the other is his destruction Of the living resources of nature" He might have added that the sec ond is one which has been virtually uninterrupted by truce or armiStice in all of history. The New York State Conservation department is cooperating on financing and plan ming the exhibit to demonstrate the need for and value of reforestation, land reclamation and checking soil erosion. The plan is part of cam paign to halt a destruction of na- tional resources as ruthless and out of reason as war itself.
 Any extension of habitat exhibits which dispense with cages and bars and shows animals living in near to-natural conditions - as in the Zoos African Plains - is, to our mind, Zoo progress. Such a wire free environment for otters and raccoons is another new improve ment announced by MT. Osborn at the society's annual meeting. Still another is a Department of Insects. which promises opportunity for as fascinating a study as zoo pro- vldes-and that is saying a great deal.
 Last but not least among zoo plans for the future is the opening of an animal information booth where zoo experts will do their best to satisfy querying minds. This project need not. like most of the others wait upon the wars end; in fact the interest of service men (now among the zoos most numer- ous and eager (customers) in the fauna of strange parts of the world where battles now rage has pointed it's usefulness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

best-run agencies Of the Govern ment and place it under new Assistant Secretary Will Clayton, millionaire cotton king.
 Stettinius replied soothingly, and tried to convince the senators they were unduly worried.
 But last week a very signifi- cant move occurred that looks as if Stettinius WIS going right ahead with his maneuver.
 President Roosevelt called in Lauchlin Currie, who has run the TEA for Crowley, and told Cur Tie he could no longer spare him from his regular job as White House Administrative assistant. Currie has long been attached to the White House, but was loaned to help Crowley run TEA. Now, the President said, he wanted Currie to come back fulltimc.
 Those who know the score around Washington see the hand
 of Stcttinius, Harry Hopkins and Clayton behind this bit of presidential diplomacy. EOOse- welt has been able to spare Cur rie for F months without any noticeable ripple around the White House. In view of the
 man-pOwer shortage, his advis- CTS think he could spare him longer. But that isn't the point.
 The point is that the State De- partment wants to euchre the Foreign Economic Administration under it's steadily expanding wing. Secret plan is to bring ambitious Oscar Cox, who was the brains be- hind Stettinius in the Lend-Lcase Administration, over to the State
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

Farmers who plead for prices that will allow fair profit on the things they pro duce, while at the same time boosting organizations that limit or destroy any possibility of profit for others, are, to put it mildly, shortsighted. An excellent example of this conflict can be seen m the two types of cooperatives: the con sumer or purchasing cooperative and the marketing or selling cooperative. In the former, group of consumers band to- gether to buy and sell goods at cost. Normal business profits, by which we all must live, are eliminated. In the latter, group, usually farmers, band together to form an effective marketing organization in order to insure themselves fair price and a reasonable profit in competi- tive market. The two are as incompatl- ble as night and day. One destroys pusi- ness, the other helps to build business
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

Department under Clayton. Then Clayton and Cox would run TEA. WPA ROTTEN EGGS
 What the War Food Adminis- tration is up against in regard to over-age foods is illustrated by one telegram it received from the Tulsa Cod Storage company, Tulsa, Oklahoma, which read: "Unloaded May 18, hre ecars cur rent receipt eggs packed by Okla homa shippers. One car from Fl Reno Poultry Company, Fl Reno, Oklahoma, extremeluy bad condi- ton. Old dirty pine cases very poorly nailed, old worn out fibre cases, some strawberry crates, or ange crates. Cracked and brok- en eggs throughout car some rots Very poor packing material throughout car. It was necessary for us to remark 75 to 100 of these cases on this car.
 "AlsO unIOaded car from Swift & Company local branch. Very bad condition. No tops on cases, mashed eggs throughout, cOnsid- crable mold. One case contained dead mouse.
 "As advised you previous wire, we cannot unload any more of your junk"
 Chief mistake of the War Food Administration has been not to inspect shipments of eggs before receiving them, rfusing to pay for those in bad shape. Result is that some warehouses object to storing government food, especial ly eggs.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

figures. The war, no doubt. makes 1t important to concentrate on keeping ones weight constant so that clothing may be worn as long as possible. That is commendable, but long before the war began the silly breakfast habit had fastened itself on women.
 The Hartford Nutrition Commit tee and the Red Cross Nutrition Aides are endeavoring to impress the public with the need for a sub stantial or at least nutritive breakfast. It is important from a health standpoint Men and women cannot hope to build up sturdy bodies unless they eat nourishing food The campaign of education that now is on, and which will be continued a while, deserves the at tention of mothers of growing adolescents especially, and should be taken seriously by adults, many of whom complain of weariness and develop ills because they half-stagyo themselves or eat food that does them little good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

When Mark Twain was at his best he wrote: "The public is the only critlc whose opinion is worth anything at all The public is certainly critic number one' right now. There grouches range all the way from complaints about butter to meat; busses to gasoline shortages whats become of them clgafetteS?' liauor-and all the way up the line 10 points of differences between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
Selected Poem
MIR. CROW

MIR. CROW CInez Clark Thorson in The New York Timeai He's ehurish and bold and full of fight And bent on trouble from dawn till night A scarecr0ws head is place to sit While he shrieks just what he thinks or It. He robs his neighbOrs and, mOres the shame, He teaches his young to do the same lie tells the farmer when he comes near. This cornfelds mine go way from hereV' A flip Of his tail leering "Caw"l He's of to fracture another law. But when at twilight this sefsame crow Sits high on a limb and airs his woe The impotence gone, the mask laid by, There's nothing but yearnng in his cry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

thing. The recent W a r production
 shortages and re- sultant tightening of manpower and Selective Service c o n tr O l s, the sweeping series of orders and recom- mendations from the Office of War Mobilization Di- rector James F, Byrnes, the Pres ident'S own re- quest for recon-- S d r a t ion by Congress of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
VANISHING SEASONS"
Christian Science Monitor)

As soon as the war Is over we're told, we can expect to enjoy sub tropical fruits and vegetables for breakfast. flown up overnight from warmer climes. This promise is of- fering plenty of food for thought on ways in which winted diet in the North can be varied. It is also arousing little apprehension among Northern food producers about in- creased competition from distant areas.
 But there's one comforting fact which they should remember It is that this conquest over space, as applied to fresh foods, most like- ly will be more than balanced by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16

however. it be- gan to show signs Of decay. Forest xperts. when they studied the trouble, came to the con c fusion that the tree suf- fered from the tra m bling of tourists feet about the trunk of the tree which so hardnened the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-16
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
TIE WORLD CROWDS HIS
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

HE WUNLO VKOWDS us
 When the Mariposa Grove of great Sequoias in California was made national park some years ago a certain giant tree, said to be 400O years old, was a marvel of vitality. Within year or two.