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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
NATIONAL GUARD
TO Use AIRPORTS
Bluethenthal Field May Be
Utilized Under Plans OF
War Department

WASHINGTON, Dec. % = R -
Postwar national guard units are
expected to use number of the
airfields now being abandoned by
army air forces as wartime re-
quirements shrink.
War Department officials, plan
ming for participation of state units
in the national defense system,
said today that the operation OF
a national guard air force of per
haps 1000 first-line planes would
require facilities far more COM
prehensive than those of prewar
days.
Planning has not yet reached
the point where specific fields have
been selected, officials said, ex-
planning that this is being worked
out with state officials.
Officials of the national Guard
bureau of the War department
said the postwar aviation sections
of the national guard will be a
every active component OF the
nations air defense"
Present plans contemplate ma
tional guard air force almost
double the size of the pre-Wa1
force in number Of units and far
more than that in planes and men.
Currently, the idea is for about
80 squadrons, compared with "A
before the war.
Pre-war national guard air units
generally were observation units
Postwar emphasis will be placed
on fighter and fighter-bonnber
types.
The War department is under
stood to have been in conmunica'
ton with several state executive
and national guard off ces on the
plans. !.
While initially state air forces
will have the surplus aircraft
stocks or army air forces to draw
upon, the planners emphasize that
there is no intention to let the
equipment of the guard become
obsolete. The replacement pro.
gram for the AAF is being CO.
ordinated with plans for keeping
the. national guard aviation units
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
MISSING MISS HERE
JUST NEGLECTED TO
WRITE HOME FOLKS

Sleuthing Of Wilmington police
yesterday resulted in happiness to
South Carolina couple over the
holiday season.
Police officials were asked to
locate the daughter of the couple.
The daughter said she had worked
in a local restaurant but had not
written home in several months.
The police went to work and
within few hours they had found
the missing miss and had given
her the information sent to them
from down South Carolina way by
her father and mother.
ooh yes" she replied. Il have
forgotten to write home but tell
them will be home SOON
Moral: Write home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
BUS, RAIL TRAFFIC
FAR ABOVE NORMAL

Holiday travel through Whining
ton is far heavier than normal,
transportation officials declared
here as heavy civilian load
coupled with normal travel of
servicemen taxed transportation
facilities to the peak.
present holiday traffic, both
here and throughout the nation,
will reach the highest figures in
years, they declared.
Servicemen, many Of whom are
trying to "get home by Christmas" :,
has caused travel to increase dur
ing the last week as thousands are
passing through the separation CEN
ter at Camp Lejeune. One train on
Friday brought 1913 Marines to Will
mington from the west coast.
Buses are crowded with holiday
crowds who are taking advantage
of the first holiday in several years
although government and transpor-
tation officials have requested they
'stay at home and make room for
returning servicemen."
Included in the rail load is a
heavy influx of mail and freight
as shoppers have taken advantage
of the lifting of many wartime re-
strictions and are mailing Christ
mas gifts in larger quantities than
were mailed during war years.
The national picture found many
air flights cancelled due to bad
weather although the road condi-
tons have been cleared and many
persons have resorted to auto trav-
ell to escape the jam.
Washington, D. c. reports the in
flux of government workers. has
caused a traffic jam on the rail-
roads. The condition was easing
this morning. with persons being
able to move from the capital with
delays of no more than four or five
hours, according to the Associated
Press.
Thousands of civilians and SOL
(Coutiuued on Pare Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
TRUMAN TO LEAD
YULE CELEBRATION
President Will Switch On
Lights OF National Christ
mas Tree Today

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.- B -
President Truman will lead the ma
ton tomorrow in the first peace
time Christmas celebration in five
years.
The President will switch on the
lights OF a huge White House
Christmas tree and broadcas'
greetings to a war-wounded world
The Christmas-eve ceremonies
will start at $3.50 pm. When the
south gates of the White House are
opened to the public. An hour later
the Marine Corps band will star
a half hour concert, to be followed
by the singing Of carols on the
south lawn.
President Truman first Christ
mas in office is going to be quite
different from those OF his imme'
date predecessor.
The greatest contrast is that he
will spend the Yuletide at his home
in Independence, Mo-, instead OF In
the White House, now blanketeo
with snow.
Furthermore, there will be nc
huge white-tinseled tree in the east
room with gifts for the children Of
employees. No upstairs tree with
fancy trimmings and presents
where the Roosevelt grandchildren
gathered and howled with glee as
they opened beribboned packages
left by Santa.
And no reading OF Dickens
Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve,
an event usually high on Mr.. Roose'
velt's program. He used to gamer
all the kids around hin-one or TWO
on his lap-and read this famous
story to them.
But, Mr.. Truman is going to out
do the Roosevelts in one respect.
In addition to lighting the Ma
tional community tree in the south
grounds at pm. (EST) tomorrow
he has seen to it that the White
House itself is having more than
its usual share of decorated ever
greens.
Two big boxwoods growing below
the south portico have been dress
ed up with colored trinkets and
lights. On the front porch, on ell
Their side of the main entrance,
satnd. two 12-foot Norway spruces,
also illuminated and otherwise de-
corated. A cedar wreath hangs IN
,r.,+;rued nm Pare Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
COLD WAVE GRIP
NOW ON WAY OUT
Many Parts OF Nation To
Enjoy Pleasant Christ
mas Weather
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The cold wave which has held
its grip over the greater part of
the nation for the past two weeks,
is on its way out, the Chicago
Weather Bureau said today, but
right behind it is snow.
There are prospects part Of the
nation will have pleasant weather
for Christmas, especially in the
great plains and upper Mississippi
River Valley.
A disturbance, developed Sunday
over the Rocky mountains, is work
ing eastward bringing with it from
two to four inches of snow. The
Greet Lakes cut off a mass of cold
air moving down from the Arctic,
which is moving eastward through
southern Canada. This, the Weather
Bureau says, will be followed by
seasonable temperatures and snow.
The coolest place in the nation
Sunday was st. Cloud, Mimi, with
-18. Prince Albert, Sask., which
recorded AZ below Saturday was
Is below Sunday.
Sub zero readings were reported
in the New England states, Hart
ford, Conn.,, below and Portland,
Maine recording 9 below.
The lower Ohio valley is due for
some nasty weather today. A COM
bination of rain and some snow is
predicted for as far south as Mis-
souri,.
Continued rain is seen for the
west through today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
M acArthur
Order Will
Become Law
SERVICES ALTERED
Directive Drastically Cur
tails Household, An
niversary Ceremonies
BY MURLIN SPENCER
APP Staff Correspondent

TOKYO, Dec. 23.-(R)-Emperor
Hirohito will make effective on
Christmas day General MacAr-
thurs decree divorcing religion and
government in Japan, the Kydoo
news agency said today.
The Imperial households reli-
gious service ordinance will be
drastically revised for the Dec. Is
anniversary of the death in 1926
Of Emperor Yoshihito, father Of the
present Emperor.
In the future, the Emperor will
not be accompanied by members
Of the Imperial family and govern
ment officials when he offers per-
sonal prayers or observed Imperial
festival days within the palace.
Members of Imperial families and
officials may attend such func-
tons at will, however.
Grand festivals, held by the EN-
peror to report important state
matters to the Imperial sanctuary,
Imperial ancestors shrine and I'm
perial mausoleum, will be discon-
tinued entirely, as will the dispatch
of Imperial messengers to governs
ment and national shrines.
Festivals in the palace Will be
observed solely by the Imperial
household, while the three biggest
festivals of historically famous
Kamo shrine in Kyoto, Iwashi-
mizu-Ha Gilman shrine in Kyoto,
and Kasuga shrine in Nara, will
not be held next year.
The anniversary Of the death of
Emperor Yoshihito Dec. Is will be
only routine holiday for the gen.
eral public, instead of an obser-
vance under Shinto as in the past.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
Bv JAMES F. KING

HEIDELBERG, Dec. %. -(P)-
Funeral services for Gen. George
S. Patton, Jr., were performed
with striking military simplicity
today, and then the remains OF the
colorful commanding warrior were
borne away to be buried among
the 10000 white crosses OF the
American cemetery in Luxem-
bourg.
Two Army chaplains conducted
22-minute Episcopal service
marked by the singing of one of
the generals favorite hymns, 1.-THE
Son of God Goes Forth to War, :"
and recital of two of his best-liked
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
JUDGE EATS HAM AND
IN ICELAND, SUPPER
IN NEW YORK HOTEL

CHARLOTTE, Dec. % R -
Judge John ]. Parker of Charlotte,
alternate United States member OF
the Allied Tribunal trying German
war criminals at Nuremberg is ex.
pected to reach his home here to-
morrow morning, and remain dur
ing the Christmas holidays.
The jurist telephoned his wife
today from New York, to tell her
of his safe arrival in this country
after a flight from Germany. He
said he had breakfast today in
Iceland, dinner aloft over the At
lantic and supper tonight in New
York.
Mrs. Parker said her husband
would be in Charlotte until Friday,
when he will fly back to Washing
ton and leave Saturday for Paris,
in order to be in Nuremberg on Jan.
2 for reopening of the trial.
Parker is senior justice of the
Fourth United States Circuit Court
of Appeals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
NIMITZ BROADCASTS
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
TO NAVAL PERSONNEL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-P-
Fleet Admiral Chester w. Nlmltz
declared that this is a time 'fol
the sincere rededication Of our vii
toward peace on earth in the de
cadeS to come" s-
In a Christmas greeting broad
cast to Naval personnel over Chs
the new Chief of Naval Operations
said:
Let US all, in a personal way
and in a common national unit
dedicate our efforts toward the
establishment of q sound peace to-
me world. "a sound peace found
"a on security. And let us strive
70 build that security on good viii
800 IN the true meaning of Christ
mas"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
READY
FOR PILGRIMAGE

BETHLEHEM, Dec. 23-(P -
This little town nestled in the roll.
ing hills of Judea will be the scene
again tomorrow Of the annual pill
grimage of the holy to the sacred
spot where Christ was born near.
ly 1000 years ago.
After a full day Of prayer and
benediction, of colorful professions
and solemn meditation, hundreds
who have come from far and wide
will witness the impressive annual
ceremony of the celebration of the
Birth of the Christ child in St.
GATHERINGS which adjoins the
Church of the Nativity.
Thousands of visitors, great
portion of them in khaki, will file
over the cobblestone streets of
this ancient village to witness the
entry of religious leader as he
approaches Bethlehem from Jeru-
salem and leads his priests, AGO.
lytes and followers into the Church
of the Nativity in Manager Square
Throughout the afternoon they
will take part in pontifical yes.
pers. Masses will be read in tho
grotto of the Nativity every half
hour from noontime tomorrow I'm.
til 4 p. M, on Christmas, but the
day of prayer will reach it's climax
at midnight with the reenactment
of the miracle of the birth Of
Christ.
The Christmas Eve ceremonies
will open before noon at the IA
hous Jaffa Gate at the walls of the
old city of Jerusalem where high
above the crowd the tower of
David looms in symbolic splendor,
It is here that the annual process
sion to Bethlehem begins.
1t is only five miles from Jeru-
salem to Bethlehem, but in those
five miles the history of Christian
life was created. 1t is the road
which Mary and Joseph Travelled.
The procession of motor cars
and mounted escort will wind slow
ly into the Jerusalem suburbs and
cut to the Bethlehem road. Then
IL WILL lllOVc VII LII OuSH Iilc valley
past the Hill of Evil Counsel. past
the well Of the magi where the
wise men rested on their journey.
1t will proceed along the narrow
highway flanked by terraced hills
of Palestine farmlands and olive
groves by the score, then up a
gentle slope to the site of Rachers
tomb.
At this point the procession will
halt to be met by the mayor Of
Bethlehem and dignitaries of the
town, before moving into the town
where waiting crowds will gather
in Manager Square to witness the
solemn entry OF the church leader
into the Church Of the Nativity,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
Peace Hopes
OF Chinese.
. Fading Fast
RUMORS RAMPANT
Charges, Counter-Accusa.
tons Flood Nation On
Eve OF Christmas
By SPENCER MOOSA
APP Staff CORRESPONDENT

CHUNGK1NG, Dec. 23.- R -
The prospect Of a truce between
Central government and Chinese
forces in China by Christmas grew
dim today. There was no develop
ment on a Communist proposal,
termed unofficial and informal by
government spokesman, for an i'm
mediate and unconditional cessa-
ton Of hostilities.
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek,
who returned to Chungking today
from Marking, conceivably could
approve the truce proposal by
Christmas, but as lar as is known
the Communists have not yet put
the proposal in writing.
The Communist proposal includ.
es the freezing of contending
troops at present positions. II
would mean the government would
have to halt movement of troops
into Manchuria, where the Rus.
slams under present arrangements
are supposed to withdraw by Jan
Is.
Central government quarters
were patiently suspicious Of the
Communist proposal.
The battle of claims and counter
claims continued apace,
The Communists again asserted
the Central government was mass
ing troops for a large-scale inva.
sion Of the Inner Monaghan pro-
vince Of Chahar. A Central govern.
ment dispatch declaredC Communists
were attacking the Peiping-Muk.
den railway city Of Lwanhsien. An
other dispatch said government
troops had recaptured Tsaoyang,
highway town northwest of Han
kow.
An unconfirmed Communist dis
patch charged government troops
used poison gas against the Com
munists near Paoting, Hopei pro-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
TRADING SURVIVES
POPULATION Loss
1s45 Proportionately Best
Year In History OF
Wilmington Business

The prophets Of gloom "n II
,redicted the commercial deatn o.
wilmington after the departure 0:
,be thousands of soldiers stationed
here or near here were apparently
wrong. 80.
From all indications, Wilmington
has enioyed a proportionately bet
toy wear than at any time IN III
mast history in a business way.
According to the best estimates
tho Wilmington trading area has
Inst i,s about 30 per cent Of its popu
lation since last Christmas.
In snite of this loss, volume o.
business here has dropped only
an average of Is per cent.
Some merchants have equalec
LAST wears business and in some
instances exceeded their "a vol
rme of business. Others have SUI
fered decrease iE trade but the
overall picture indicates that tne
more substantial citizens in the
war.begot increase in population
in this area have settled here ano
are spending money.
Postal revenue, always a gooo
business barometer, has decreased
only about Is per cent, according
10 Postmaster Wilbur R. Dosher
and business in general seems te
have followed all along the line.
Everybody shops in the city's 10.
cent stores making them a gooc
buying volume indicator; JACK
Carswell, manager of S. H. Kress
and Co., says sales in that store
have dropped only II per cent
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
NOW YOU CAN GET
'EM HOT BY DIME
DROPPED IN SLOT

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 23.-cP'
Science has found a way to COOK
hot dogs by radio waves.
The General Electric company
said today it was manufacturing
= machine which, for a dime in
tho slot delivers a ''red hot sand
wich with mustard, wrapped LII
paper. ,., .,,,,
The device looks like the usual
soft drink or cigarette machine.
Sandwiches are placed in the ma
chimes after being prepared. When
the customers inserts a dime tne
machine heats the roll and meat
uniformly in a high frequency os-
cillator coil and drops the sand
witch into glass-door compart-
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
Truman Hits
awmakers
By Cross-Up
SAVES MONEY ACT
Executive Instructs BUDGET
Bureau To Place Amounts
In Preserve"
BY MILTON MAGRUDER
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-Presi-
dent Truman today vetoed a bill
to restore the public EMPLOYMENT
offices to the states and soundlv
rebuked Congress for attaching
such unwanted measures to urgent
but totally unrelated legislation.
The legislators passed the meas.
ure as rider to an administra.
ton bill resembling $4,000, 600, 900
Of wartime appropriations on the
assumption that Mr.. Truman would
accept it rather than issue a
blanket veto of the whole bill.
But he crossed them up by re.
fuslng to sign the bill and by in.
structing the Budget Bureau to
save the $4,000, 900, 900 by placing
the full amounts" in non-ex.
pendable reserve.
The President had urged re-.
peatedly that Congress leave the
employment offices under Federal
control until June, 1947 because
the combined setup under the U.
S. Employment Service is a kew
factor in the administrator long.
ranged reconversion-reamploymen
program. But: states rights wSvo.
Gates enough support for the rider
method to over-rule him.
Mr. Truman not only called this
an objectionable practice" but
asserted that Congress had violat-
ed a fundamental principle Of
good government.
He demanded that the legislature
enact a separate and permanent
Dill on restoration of the offices
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
President Vetoes Bill Returning
USES Offices To States; Hirohito
7oDiuorce State-ReligionDec. rs
NAVAL BARRACKS HIT
BY FIRE HERE EARLY
SUNDAY; WING SAVED

The naval barracks Of the
supply house at the shipyard
was badly damaged by an early
morning fire yesterday. The
flames swept through the build
ing and firemen were able to
save but one wing of the ''H-
shaped" building. The alarm
was received at ESQ am.
Firemen were also called to
sos South Seventh street, scene
Of Saturdays tragedy when
three Negro children were jurn-
ed to death, to extinguish
smouldering bed clothing.
A burned out chimney at 9O7
North Eighth street, resulted in
a third call at 1:45 yesterday
afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
Sugar. Spice, Everything
Nice But Price, In London

for black marketeers, who during
the war were fairly dormant oy
comparison with other European
countries. Thousands of the birds
disappeared" in the past few
months, only to reappear now,
dead, fat and plucked, at $3.50 per
pound.
Turkeys in the open market
cost As cents pound, but are
SO scarce they are being sold by
halves. Newspapers are carrying
directions on How to COX turkey
in halves"
Some lucky folks will get a
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
Simplicity Marks Final
Rites For Gen. Patto1,
the Goth and the 63rd.

Psalms, the Goth and the 63rd.
There were no eulogies.
Mrs. Patton, grieving but erect
and her brothe. Frederick l.. Aver
of Boston, Mass, were the only
members of the family who attend
ed the services, held in the 10th
century Christ church in the heart
of this picturesque German univer.
sity town.
At the conclusion Patton's body
was carried on a halftrack to the
railroad station along a mile-long
route lined by more than 5000
American soldiers and German
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
100, 900 CARTWHEELS
ROLL INTO TIVE WEE
NEW YORK, s,SStGES

DoLeEv z 80 s. ,ec;
70. Up - q .dsand
"cartv q S1iing in
thr> 30 4fty villages
TOD ~ shoe company
paid 81 stmas bonuses In
silver.
The Eastern Footwear cor
poration and two affiliates laid
bonuses In silver dollars to
564 workers in plants at Dodge
vile, Herkimer and Newport.
The bonuses represented 10
per cent of individual 1945
salaries.
The shipment Of silver, which
a Railway Express company
official said filled 80 money
bags and weighed 5000 pounds,
was brought from the Federal
Reserve Bank in New York
City by express to Little Falls
and transported here with
State Police escort.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
DATES FOR BOND SELLERS

CLEVELAND WP,-Dates with
six of the prettiest girls in James
Ford Rhodes high school here were
auctioned off in a Victory bond
rally which raised a total of $751;
900. The schools bond quota was
$45, 900. Winners of the dates were
boys who sold the most bonds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
BY JOAN TWELFTREE
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Dec. Sugar. and
spice, and everything nice" were
far beyond the reach of the average
pocket-book today as Britons pre-
pared to spend their first peace
time Christmas in six years.
AS Tommy Atkins sped home
ward from the wars to spend the
Yuletide in the bosom of his family
his hopes were Highland, so were
prices. Unless he is lucky, his fam
lily, and those Of his friends, will
60 without the traditional turkey
or chicken this year.
Turkeys are fair game this year
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-24
WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)


by U. S. Weather Bureau)
s,s chronological data for the "a hours
4'ns 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperature
i.s3 ;'u am. As; 7:3O am. 81; 1870 pm. 80;
~ pm. "a
N,nd&lInum As; Minimum "a; Mean SO
Humidity
$50 pm. 66 N-''
No. Precipitation
O0o M tor "a hours ending 1880 pm
1g lO'al since the first of the month
tF,, Tides For Today
r I'm me Tide Tables published by U
N0dst and Geodetic Survey
Wilroi High Low
s'on ---- LAC am. 8:43 am
Aissorho 2:o5 pm. 800 pm
''i'ofo Inlet am. 5:28 am
Sunris, - pm. 6:O7 pm
Moonris us am; Sunset 500 pm
Rinans e IL :O6 pm; Moonset II :38 am
am g.. stage at Fayetteville N. c. at {
saturday, Dec. %, 11.6 #.
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Wilmington and vicinity: Partly CLOUDY
TO overcast today, continuing cold DOS
sibly light rains during the day. Tuesday
cont:nued cold and partly cloudy.
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Evening star., 1945-11-04

he boldly chorged hostile oufomotic
weopon during the bitter engagement
ond. otter destroying the crew. turned
the eoptsred ~eopoa upon the remo'".
ing enemy. forcing them to retreot.
Despite painful wounds received during
the oetion. he steodfostIy refused to
leove the fight until ordered to do so
by his commanding officer"
On onother occasion. when he wos
cut Oft from bis Jungle potrol. Seret.
Mitchell fought o Joponese potroi
single horded: Although wounded in
the jow. the only thing thot seemed
TO boshe, the young Morine when help
finoily orrived wos the foct thot the
Jops hod stolen O box OF cieors,
A motive Of Mississippi. Seret
Mitchell wos employed BY the Cop,toi
Tronsit Co. os o motosmon tor SIX
yeoss prior to catering the Morine
Corps. Befose gong oversees oiv~ost
four yeors oeo. he wos stotioned OF
the Morine Bouocks here. His wife.
Mrs. Lou K. Mitchell. lives in Bereo,
Va. A brother. Som T. Mitchell. lives
at 204 WoodIown road. Mornineside
Nlloee.
This is one OF series OF portroits
Of our decosoted fighting men by
kewmon Sudduth OF The Stor's ort
stof.
Evening star., 1945-11-04

There still ore mony service
men who again this yeor will
depend on packages sent from
home for Christmas cheer in
their for Pacific and European
posts. Navy Photo.