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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-13
Can't Keep 1t Secret

Representative Summers proposal to i'm.
pose the death penalty upon any one who di.
vulges the atomic bomb secret would be all
right if there was any possibility of keeping
the secret indefinitely.
hut there Is no reason to doubt that tae
scientists of other countries are on the verge
OF completing their experiments and may know
as much as we do about this terrible weapon
almost any day.
merclfu providence unveiled the secret
to American, British and Canadian scientists
first. The two bombs dropped on japanese
cities playea their part in Fastening the Tokyo
surrender and, despite the heavy death toll
they Levied upon the two populations, undoubt-
eddy saved many more lives, both japanese
and Allied, than were lost in the explosions or
subsequently from lingering radio activity ia.
pans surrender could not have been brought
about through invasion without the probable
death of several millions. To that extent the
providence that guided Allied discovery of con.
trolling the atom was mercifuI.
But with Russian, German and japanese
scientists conducting parallel investigations
and nearing the end of the trail, it would be
foolish to think that the secret can long be
kept inviolate
We have previously declared the only way
to prevent the destruction OF the world in
event another war should be started among
leading powers, would We both to outlaw the
atomic bomb, as poison gas has been out
lawed, and then discourage any nation from
using it by all nations having supply on
hand for retaliation. We have found no reason
to change this view in the millions of words
printed about the atom: and its use for destruc,
ton in war.
There is no doubt that Hitler would have
used poison gas if he had not known that the
United States in particular and Great Britain
only to slightly lesser extent, were ready
to ortdo him in chemical warfare, and liter.
ally wipe out whole armies at time. II was
fear of Allied retribution that kept him from
loosing poison gas
The same fear would restrain an enemv
from using atomic bombS, provided the nation
to be attacked was as well supplied as the
nation attacking.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-13
The Literary Guidepost

There are chapters on jealousy
infidelity, promiscuity and numer.
GUS other aspects of the relations
between men and women. But he
keeps pretty consistently away
from the physical; his concern is
the emotional, the ''soul". though
he uses the word only once or
twice. rather than the body. The
nature of his Investigation is indi-
Gated in his quotation from Wilde:
that women begin by resisting
mans advance and end by block
ing his retreat"
DR.. Reik is frank, and merits
your attention.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-13
Let Down Our Guard

General Wainwright, IN his brief talk at tn,
Washington Monument, uttered truths n,
American can afford to ignore so long as
| free America exists.
| Because Of his long Imprisonment and thu
doubts of his survival that long persisted, i
was almost as if the voice that spoke was
voice from the grave.
Knowing as he does from bitter experience
| the events leading Up to the war in the Pacific
and its terrible price, his words gain estra
ordinary significance.
The war, he says, came because 1--WE lei
down our guard" This is an arraignment far
more severe than resident Humans remark
when the Pearl Harbor reports were issued
in abridged form, in which he placed the
blame upon the American people.
With the Japanese stretching out for con-
quests I'VE let down our guard" With ENJOYS
in Washington ostensibly to help maintain
peace in the Pacific and fleet already On
its way for the secret attack Oh Pearl Harbor.
I'VE let down our guard
That charge hurts like thorn, because it is
so true. But let General Wainwright speak.
After noting the fall OF Corregidor, he says:
1.-THE tables are now completely turned. No
humane person could desire that the Japs be
forced to endure what many OF our men went
through. Yet I know that Americans will in
sist that the full meaning OF Japan's surrender
be brought home to every subject OF the EN-.
peror. These truculent men must be forced to
realize the folly of their ambitions. Until the
Japanese people display sincerely desire for
peaceful ways, we must not abandon our
watch.
1T will be many days before I will feel
that know my country fully again. You can
not realize what it is like to return. home after
years spent without the day-to-day happenings
which you learn form the press and radio.
Yet there is one thing apparent on every
hand-the deep sincerity with which this coun-
try has devoted itself to avenging what We
suffered in the early days OF Bataan and Cor.
regidor. am grateful for it. Nothing can re-
store the men who died to their loved ones.
Yet their sacrifice, living On the thoughts
and deeds of America, can protect this nation
from the lack Of practical foresight which
brought about those tragic events.
GAS I stood on the deck of the Missouri,
at the right hand Of General Macarthur,
watching the signing of the surrender docu.
ment, I fervently wished every American
could feel the full significance of that mo-
ment. Nearly four years had elapsed since
the Japs launched their attacks on Pearl Har.
Dor and or the Philippines.
THAT moment OF surrender in Tokyo Bay
had been bought with the blood OF more than
million Americans who died or were wound.
ed in the struggle. Billions of dollars and
countless hours of work by Americans at home
had been required % bring that little party OF
beaten Japs to the Missouris deck. All be-
cause for while we were careless of the
nations safety. We let down our guard.
1t must not happen again-ever. 1t need not
ever happen again if We remember tn t
eternal vigilance is the price Of peace
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-13
Another Way

When Germany fell and the Allies used the
least obnoxious among the enemy in civil and
police administration the very welkin rang
with public protest.
Now General Macarthur is the subject OF
no less vociferous complaint for doing the
same thing in Japan.
= In neither case do the critics say what else
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-13

Soap bubbles, or drops of oil on
wet pavement are wildly col.
ered because the film is so thin
that its thickness approaches the
wave length OF light, causing the
light rays to tangle up, or inter-
fere with each other.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-13
Fair Enough

Editors note-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, 1945-09-13
Editorial Comment
HOMES FOR INDUSTRY

Lexington business men in recent public
r,eet;na here indicated keen interest in the in
dnstry incubator plan being tried out al
Wilmington steering committee has beer
m "stan. = increase our industrial strength in
xiv, aton and its report is eagerly awaited.
aoMaHer. we note that Gastonia business men
hsve orsanized corporation, have secured
GOOD GOOD industrial sites and plan to start immedi
go go - erect buildings which small industries
a,i1l he invited to choose for their homes They
are Matching their idea eggs. And we viii
be surprised if their faith does not pay OIL
Lexington Dispatch
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-13

~, ,,, vho wants to work and is willing
Inc .a.an n;s ideas on pay won't be out Of
70 aa9ass NDr,ncan. Okla Banner.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
|0PA EmpIoye Loses
Fight for Rent Ceiling
lis Ordered 10 vacate

James L. Ellis, an OPA employe,
has until December 10 to vacate his
apartment for nonpayment of rent
since January /, 1914, the decision
having been rendered yesterday by
Judge Almond Scott in Landlord
and Tenant Court.
Mr.. Ellis, who lives at the Cava-
naugh Courts, 1926 Seventeenth
street NV, was charged with being
in arrears some $99750 when the
eviction action was filed in Sep
tember.
Mr.. Ellis testified that when he
took the'apartment, he had an oral
agreement with Mrs Mary Sher-
burne, owner, who died March IS,
that he would live there for the du-
ration of the national emergency.
The rental was fixed at $65 month.
Shortly thereafter, Mr.. Ellis re-
lated, he looked into the matter and
found that the OPA maximum was
s47.50. Thereupon he offered his
landlady checks for the rent on
that rental figure, but it was refused.
he testified. After Mrs. Sherburne's
death, the suit was filed by her sis
ter, Mrs. Katherine Osborne, collec-
tor of her estate.
| Mr.. Ellis said he would appeal the
case to the Municipal Court of Ap-
peals. Counsel for Mrs. Osborne said
suit would be filed seeking the
back rent allegedly owed her.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Lutheran Victory Rally
Slated for Tomorrow

A Lutheran victory rally will be
addressed at 8 pm. tomorrow at
Constitution Hall by Dr. Walter A.
Maier of st. Louis, Mo, whose radio
Lutheran Hour" is heard each
Sunday by an estimated 10000, 900.
He will speak on Thank God for
the Victory"
The rally is being held under the
auspices of the Lutheran Action
Council.
The program will open with an
organ prelude by Ensign Robert
Heinze, U. S. NJ. and 60-voice
choir directed by the Rev. Paul
Kavasch of Our Saviour Lutheran
Church. Arlington, Va. The Rev.
Ugho M, Hennif of Trinity Lu-
theran Church will read the Scrip
ture: the Rev. William F. Brueing
of Christ Lutheran Church will lead
in the Confession of Faith; the
Rev. Edgar Rakow of Bethlehem
Lutheran Church will lead in pray
er, and the pledge of allegiance to
the American and church flags will
be led by DR.. j. Frederic Wenchel
of the Lutheran Service Center.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Veterans Bouquet Tonight

A Veterans Night banquet will be
given at 7 o'clock tonight at the
Eastern Star clubhouse, 2600 Six
teenth street NV, by the Ellen
Spencer Mussey Tent No. l, Daugh-
tiers of Union Veterans.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Planners Back Rule
For Parking Facilities
At New Buildings

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission staff today
stepped up its study of Washington's
knotty parking problem following
its formal decision yesterday to sup
port the efforts of the recently re-
vived Motor Vehicle Parking Agency.
The commission, at the closing
session of its monthly meeting in
structed John Noien, jr., its director
OF planning, to help the zoning
Advisory Council draft a regulation
which would require all new large
commercial buildings to provide q
fair portion of off street parking
space within the buildings or con-
veniently nearby.
Before the war Congress author
lied the zoning Commission to re-
quire all new apartment houses,
hotel buildings and commercial
buildings to provide such space.
The Zoning Commission, however,
used this authority only with regard
to apartment buildings and hotels.
Would Amend Bill.
At the same time the commission
instructed its chairman, Maj. Gen.
U. S. Grant III to propose amend
ments to the Federal building park
ing bill now under study by sub
committee of the Senate District
Committee.
The bill would require that new
Federal buildings provide off-street
parking facilities for from 10 to 20
per cent Of occupants. The COM
mission favors rewording the bill
along lines proposed by Public Build
ings Commissioner w. E. Reynolds
to allow latitude in the case OF
certain buildings like the proposed
new State Department buildings
where providing such space would
involve tremendously increased costs
The commission also favors permit
ting agencies operating buildings to
charge occupants of parking space
nominal fee.
The commission announced it ap-
proved the recommendations of the
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency that
all day parking In the area bounded
by Constitution avenue, L street
Third street and Nineteenth stree
NV. be abolished and that extended
use of parking meters be made ir
the area.
The commission yesterday ap-
proved preparation of a system Of
priorities for abandoning buildings
no longer needed because of Gov.
ernment personnel cuts so that con-
gested areas may be relieved first
1t instructed Mr.. Nolen to convas:
the agencies likely to be concerned
1t expressed the hope that the
Oliver Wendell Holmes Memoria
Committee would press for acqui.
sition of a site at Second and
streets NV. for a park in his mem
ory. Congress must appropriate
money to buy the site. Funds fol
developing the park have been or
hand in the Treasury for five years
The commission recommended
that the Zoning Commission extene
its special provision permittin,
roomers in residential areas where
they are normally prohibited unit
| December 81, 1916.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Boy, Il, Struck by Car,
is in Critical Condition

John c. Blake, IL, of TIA Thir-
teenth street NV, was In a critical
condition today at Walter Reed Hos
pital, after being struck by an au-
tomobile yesterday afternoon while
riding a bicycle at Thirteenth street
and Kalmia road NV.
According to police the auto was
driven by E. Gait Davis, SO, of 1923
North Nelson street, Arlington, Va.
Isadore Holober, "a, of 1916 Shep-
herd street NV, was awaiting a
spinal X-ray examination at the
Emergency Hospital. He was struck
yesterday while crossing Kansas
avenue, near his home. by an auto
mobile driven by Charles T. Cash.
dollar, IT, of IS Crittendon avenue
N E., police said.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
lsiHRstioniing
&Remiinder@b

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Stamps FL
through XII good through No
vember 30. Stamps LII through
q OIL good through December 81
Stamps RI through vi good
through January 81. Stamps
WI through I'll and green stamp
N-8 good through February %.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay four red ration points fol
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp SO good through De-
cember 81. Next stamp valic
January !.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
House Asked to Probe
Report of KKK's Rebirtf

/ By the Associated Press.
A congressional investigation OF
reported revival of the Ku Klux
Klan was urged yesterday by Rep
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Greenland Sentenced
To Die for Assault
On Woman PASSENGER

Jack L. Barnes, colored, "a, Nor
folk, Va, today faced death on the
gallows after he was convicted last
week in Prince Georges County
Circuit Court at Upper Marlboro of
criminally attacking a 53-year -old
Newport News (Va.) woman last
August on a Norfolk to Washington
steamer.
Sentence was imposed yesterday
on Barnes, crewhand on the
steamer, by Judges Charles C. Mar
bury and John B. Gray, jr., after
he insisted he was innocent. De-
fense Attorneys j. Frank Lillard
and Jerrold Powers said they would
appeal.
Jurisdiction Protest Denied.
Earlier, the court denied a de-
fense motion for a new trial filed
on the ground Prince Georges
County had no jurisdiction in the
case.
In passing sentence, the jurists
described the offense as "one of
the most shocking and heinous
criminal actions that have come
before this court"
The woman, mother of five chill
dren, testified at the trial November
6 that she was attacked in her
stateroom after her assailant threat
ened to kill her if she made any
outcry. A woman sharing the room
identified Barnes as the man she
saw leave through a window after
the attack.
Taxi Driver Gets Years.
In another case. Millard Brown
colored taxicab driver of the 42OC
block of Foote street NE. was sem
fenced to five years in the Mary
land Penitentiary on charge OF
assaulting Francis Adams, Takoma
Park.
George Thomas, colored, Is, Lau-
rel was sentenced to serve not more
than three years in the State Re-
formatory on charges of breaking
into College Park restaurant and
receiving stolen goods.
Sentence was suspended in the
cases of two Baltimore boys who
were charged with unauthorized use
of an automobile after they escaped
from the Cheltenham School for
Boys.
In Upper Marlboro Police Court
Joseph A. Mortimer. Hyattsville, was
fined SIPS on a charge of driving
while drunk and s25 for reckless
driving.
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Transit Talks Continue;
S Days Of Truce Remain

Negotiators in the Capital Transit
Co. wage controversy, representing
the company, the Government and
Local $50 of the Amalgamated AS
sociation of Street. Electric Railway
and Motor Coach Employees. were to
continue their discussions today at
the Wardman Park Hotel.
With five days of the 14-day
truce remaining, there were indica-
tions, when the meeting recessed
yesterday, that preparatory spade
work had been cleared up and that
Evening star., 1945-11-17
Us Compocts Seized

The United States marshal's Office
at District Court today had on hand
l26 women's metal and plastic
beauty compacts seized by deputies
on information they were to be ex-
ported from this country, contrary
to a law banning shipment from this
country of war materials.
The Government now is seeking
to condemn them, through a libe
action at District Court.
Evening star., 1945-11-17

resentative D'Alexandro, Democrat,
of Maryland
He made public letter to Chair
man Wood. Democrat, of Georgia of
the House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities requesting the in
Iquiry.
Il have observed in the public
prints that there has been. a revival
Of the Ku Klux Klan," he wrote.
Such destructive forces must be
scotched, If possible, at the source. -
Evening star., 1945-11-17

the conference was ready to tackle
the critical wage issue.
Yesterdays meeting opened at II
am, recessed for lunch for an hour
and 20 minutes, resumed at 2 pm.
and ended at 4 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
Eskimo Slippers Somewhere In France

Pfc. Bill Craft of Anchorage, somewhere in France, writes that while tfe folks in the States were watching the progress of their army on the battlefront, pair of Eskimo made slippers from his brother in Nome stole the spot light in his barracks and caused considerable comment and inter est and he wouldn't be surprised if many more pairs will find their way into the 963rd Field Artillery before the war is over.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18

remaining thirty percent will go into the manufacture of boxes for shipment of fish to our armed services and for essential civilian use.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
S.W,P,C. Arranges First Loan In Alaska

Delegate Batlett has announced that the first loan to a business firm outside the forty-eight states has been arranged by the Smaller War Plants Corporation for the production of vitally needed ma- terial for airplanes and other war production.
 The loan of S23,OOO will be made and serviced by tre First National Bank of Ketchikan to the w. M. Walker Spruce Com pany of Craig, Alaska, under an agreement with the SWPC. The money will be usde to purchase logs, pay labor and other operat- ing expenses according to the Delegate, adn the sawmill is ready to bgein operations immediately. Seventy percent of the mills out put will be shipped by water ot Everett, Washington, to be pro- cessed into airplane stock. The
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
WEDNESDAY, APRIL IS, 1945
Former Valdez Girl
 Wears Few Mans Shoes

Mrs. A. J. Dimond, wife of the former Delegate to Congress has received letter from her sister who lives in France and has made her home trere since 193O. She sta es that clothes are very scarce and that she has been forced to wear her father-in-law's shoes. She states she is allowed five pounds of sugar each month for a family of five and potatoes are cooked entirely without the flavor of butter or grease. Here there is too much hatred between the people one has no friends; their lives are spent in too much talk ing and not enough action of good deeds" Mrs. Colback, the writer of the letter, is a former Valdez girl. j..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-20
SUNDAY BURIALS
BEING DISCUSSED
COUNCIL HAS NEVER PASS
ED ORDINANCE BEAR
ING ON MATTER

In discussing the differences of
opinion about conducting funerals
on Sunday, a city councilman to-
day told The Citizen:
First, city council has not
passed any ordinance prohibiting
burials on Sunday; secondly, the
Board of Public Works, under the
charter, has no right to say there
would not allow any Sunday
burials; thirdly, the city sexton
has no right TO maintain, that he
should be paid extra, if there are
Sunday burials,, because that has
been the duty of our sections ever
since Key West has been "a Key
West and up to the time. the
Board of Public Works made its
ruling"
Warren Sawyer. of Lopez
Funeral Home, said that if a
family wishes to have a loved
one buried on a Sunday, he will
carry out that wish and, if nee
essary employ somebody else to
dig a grave, should the regular
grave-diggers refuse to do so.
Reginald Pritchard, of Pritch-
ards Funeral Home said, that he
himself is ready to work "a hours
day, if necessary. and that if
it is the wish of a family to have
its loved one buried on Sunday,
he will see the wish is carried
out, and will go to the sexton
house and notify the sexton to
dig a grave in such and such a
place, and the city should see to
it that the sexton performs his
duty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-20
Music Hath Charms
For The Enemy Guns

CHARLESTON, S., C.-German
troops facing him on the Italian
front sang to the accordion-play-
ing of 1t. Clifford Yewdall, soil
der composer of "Hail To The
Infantry, but all his playing got
him from his own side of the war
was a cussing from his top SER
geant.
The Germans sang to my play
ing of Lii Marlene', but 10 min
utes later it drew box mortar fire
and after that was over my first
sergeant pushes back his helmet
and leans over me. He says:
I'd like to wrap that juke box
around your neck, Lieutenant,
sirl"
And that's the appreciation ]
got from both Sides" the Phila-
delphia officer and former Marine
recalled, after giving the Krauts
a community sing and Dragging to
my sergeant that music hath
charmSl"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-20
WOMAN FALLING
OFF La CONCHA
dies THIS A. M.
BODY BEING q PREPARED BY
IaoLopEz. FUNERAL HOME TO
} ! BE; SHIPPED qTopAP PALM
Fon BURIAL


Mrs. Frances Larsey, who fell
or jumped from the second story
porch of La Concha Hotel at 4:30
Monday morning, died this morn
ing in the Key West General
Hospital. Her body will be sent
to West Palm Beach for burial by
Lopez Funeral Home.
Shortly before 8 o'clock this
morning, Police Chief Joseph
Kemp was informed that she had
regained consciousness during the
night, but, after a short time,
lapsed again into Inconsistencies.
He was also informed that her
condition was Extremely criti-
CAL" Death followed shortly aft
erward.
Policeman Harold Key, who had
her taken to the hospital in a Lo-
peg ambulance, said she called on
him at the police station at 1880
o'clock last Saturday night and
said, God told me somebody has
murdered my husband"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-20
RECREATION UNIT
HERE REAPPOINTED
SAME MEMBERS WILL SERVE
ON BOARD WITH ONE
EXCEPTION

Mayor Willard M. Albury at a
meeting of the City Council last
night submitted the names of
the members of the City's Recre-
alton. Board. !, whose terms will
expire Jon. June. 80. .fThe> Mayor
recommended the disappointment
of. these members for the term
beginning July 1, with one ex-
ception. M. j. Horre. will be >re-
placed by DR.. Delio Cobo.
The new board, with four of
the old members, and one new
one will be composed of Coun-
cilmen ]. M. Varela, J. G.. Sweet
ing, Gerald Saunders, Vernon
Mickleberry and DR.. Delio Cobo.
The mayors reappointment of
the board members was unanim-
ously approved by the council.