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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-13
WANTS HIGHWAY BOARD

AUGUSTA, Ca, Dec. 12-W.D-
house Speaker Roy Harris, charg.
ing that there had been falgrant
ABUSES and favoritism in road
building in Georgia. announced to-
oay ne would introduce an amend.
ment at the January session of the
legislature to set up a Constitu-
tlonal Highway Board.
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Poultry

M TESTED BABY CHICKS :
roopo twice weekly. Water founts.
Patches o1ertric breeders, feeds Round
teeas'.ss Seed Store.
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and was bound for California.
Fohce, firemen and Navy am.
Dulances removed the injured to
81: Anthony's and south town hos.
pitfalls.
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Birds will not fly out Of sight Of
the ground when there is thick
fog, says the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA. n
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There are more people in the
city of Chicago than the entire
state of Kentucky, and twice as
many people in New York.
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Save yourself the effort of 60
ing to the refrigerator each time
you want an ice cube. This ham
dy wood vanished bucket keeps
cubes within easy reach. 8 3-4x9
inches.
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The Chinese Offensive

The Chinese counter-offensive, which is d.
rected against some two million enemy troops
in China and Manchuria, has made some in
itial gains. It is not to be mistaken for the
campaign which will knock the japanese out,
but may well be the first blow.
The steady approach of American naval and
military forces to Japan and the Asiatic main
land, with the fall Of Okinawa nearing, is q
sign that the final assault on the enemy s
principal bastions is in the making.
This sign was made clearer by President
Trumans declaration that the United States is
preparing to hit new and harder blows, which
he made during joint session Of Congress or
Monday when he awarded the highest military
medal to Sergeant Jake w. Lindsey.
It would seem that the speeding up of China
present thrust is a part of the Allied strategy
and not an independent operation.
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Truman And DeGaulle

Either because their views were poles apart
or their dispositions too much alike, President
Roosevelt and General deGaulle did not gel
along very well. From the conference at Casa.
blanca to the time Of Mr.. Roosevelt's death
relations between the two were strained, and
from a strictly American viewpoint it appears
that General deGaulle has been chiefly at fault.
AS we pointed out yesterday he has persis.
tently ignored United States assistance in re.
fitting Frances armed forces at heavy expense
a fact which could not have been pleasing to
Mr.. Roosevelt.
Now it is proposed to arrange meeting be-
tween President Truman and the General In
as much as the situation could not easily be-
come worse, and might be greatly improved
it is to be hoped that the proposed meeting
may take place in the near future.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-23
LaGuardia And RatiOning

Mayor LaGuardia of New York, who has
his own ideas about rationing and the OPA.
and some Of them are good, wants restaurant
rroprietors to collect red ration stamps or tok-
ems from patrons eating meat in their estab'
lishments. He declares it would make ration
ing more fair for families that cannot afford
to eat out.
If the plan were adopted, meat consumed
at public eating places would be twice paid
for in ration points. The restaurant proprie'
tors would pay once, the consumer once. With
all the faults of the OPA, it is inconceivable
that it would adopt such an unjust policy.
Mayor LaGuardia has said he will not be a
candidate for reelection, this time But ne
seems determined to go out of office in a
blaze of glory. He is to be encouraged to KEEP
on thinking Up things, even if most of them
have no merit. Sooner or later he may hit or
an idea that would be truly beneficial for the
public.
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smaller instance. Twas mapping
unit has been expanded to help
make the acres OF maps-compli.
Gated detail maps-needed by the
War department.
Today the chief opposition to
iva comes from the politicians.
On the one hand is Senator Ken.
meth Mcclellan Of Tennessee, who
has consistently fought the agency
and Lilienthal, its chairman. He
takes the old fashioned political
view that since IVA is mostly in
his state, he ought to get the pa.
tronage out Of it. This ignores the
fact, Of course, that IVA is set
III on a strict civil service basis
as a non political agency.
On the other hand is Secretary
OF the Interior Harold L. Ickes who
until recently, has fought the idea
Of regional autonomy for power
authorities. Determined to keep
such vast power projects as Bon.
neville and Grand Coulee in the
northwest under the wing Of h $
department, Ickes has tried in
vain to have iva brought into in.
terror, too.
1t is considered significant down
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-23
BY w. &. ROGERS
'The Human Image" b,
Rober Smith (Harper; $3.50 i.

hoDef smith (darpers SZ.SO).
Plain, common, drao people
move through the tawdry situa.
tons Of this novel, yet they exert .
peculiar fascination and you'll be
GLAD to meet them. Ignorance and
superstition and ineffectualness
and lack Of character probably
never we're turned into so interest.
ing a book.
There is little plot; things just
roll along haphazardly. There is
no hero, no villain. An ordinary
woman, blessed or bedeviled by
two young sons and abandoned BY
her husband, tries to run a room
ing house. Her name is Mrs. John.
son. She has some friends, the
Edxbys, and lover, Mr.. Apple
by.
The author introduces the story
with a quotation from Acts 1928:
God hath showed me that /
should not call any man common
or unclean." He says Il feel an
affection" for every person pic.
tUred here.
But they are dismal people,
without education, without intelli.
gence. without money, without any
prospect OF succeeding and, except
for the Bixbys, without any heart.
They live on hope, on senseless am.
billions, on the most unreal kind Of
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Editorial Comment
ACCEPTABLE INVITATION

President Truman tells the governors OF the
several American states that the White House
latchstring is out and that he hopes they will
bring their hopes, fears, comforts cares or
what-have-they with them and come to see
him.
The invitation, we trust, will be accepted,
for it is evident that the President would like
to share his responsibilities for the American
people with as many of their responsible rep
resentatives as are willing to throw in with
him.
And why not? There must be something In
this business of popular government that is
bigger than those who for brief moment are
charged with its operation. If there were not,
the ship of state would have foundered gener-
ations ago.-Greensboro News.
-V- .
It's an old slogan, but il more appropriate
than ever right row, to help head OFT any let
down in war production REMEMBER
PEARL HARBOR.
Common sense should dictate an early sur
render in Japan-so that's likely what they
won't do!
The bluff you try to get by on is the easiest
one to fall over.
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Lee Miller Covers The Pacific

burned on the arms and had been
brought five or 10 miles In a whale
boat through dark and choppy
waters.
It was an eerie spectacle from
the fantail-after-end of the main
deck. Scores of men were sprawl
ed there asleep-driven from their
hunks below decks by suftocating
heat. The airplanes lowered on
their catapults. There was no light
except from the moon and the stars,
and as we waited, the ships dentist,
Lieut.. A. L. Russell Of Philip, S.
D., was giving me a lesson in as
tronomy.
He hadn't got farther than the
Southern Cross, and how to tell
from it your approximate distance
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and regulated his activities. It is impossible
70 associate Russia from his present position
and attitude
It is possible to think that Stain has prom
ised Yugoslavia the province Of Venezia Giu-
liza as a reward of that country's participation
with the Russians in the counter offensive
against Germany in the Balkans. Now that
General Alexander has gone so far as to start
the infiltration of the province by United
States and British forces, it is possible that
the Yrgoslav problem will prove as hard
nut to crack as Poland.
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Marine Women Reserve,
Commander Transferred

CHERRY POINT, May 22.-Mai
Katherine D. Lynch, Of New Yorl
City, who has been commandjr,
officer of the Marine women 70.
serves at this air station for III.
past ~ months, mas been ordered
transferred, effective SATURDAY. n
the Division Of Maintenance Rur
eau Of Aeronautics, in the Navv
Department headquarters at Wash.
ington.
| Maj. Judy Hamblet, who ba,
been assistant commanding officer
Of the women reserves at Quantico
Va, will succeed her here after
a 14-day leave.
In charge Of the WR here from
almost the beginning of their var.
led work in aviation at Cherry
Point, Major Lynch has seen her
command grow to become the
largest group of women Marine,
at any post in the world. About
$500 Marine women are now on
duty at this station and its outly.
ing fields.
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from the equator, when a small
boat came dinly into view.
Two still, sheet.covered forms
lay in her bottom. Ropes an6
Stokes litters were lowered. The
boatswain's whistle began making
those infinitely various sounds,
unintelligible to laymen-and te
many Of the ships company-and
the big crane swung around into
position.
The officers and men crowded
the rail as the two injured were
hoisted aboard one at a time, NOV.
ing their heads a bit nervously,
I thought who wouldn't, dangling
out there alone and helpless in the
darkness.
Ready hands carried them of
to surgery, and I'm glad to repor
they're doing fine.
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The Literary Guidepost

, dreams. They're always seeing
Spanish castles.
The trouble is, it's Spanish
American castles which they see,
It is this country which endowed
them with longings, but neslec'ss
to endow them with the necesSSt.
qualifications to realize them iAs
distance separating what 'h'y
want both from their means w.. y.
reaching it and from their aDlnv
to recognize it is tragically sl. .,a
They mouth the proper WORDS Wv
of an abysmally empty spirit
America has more people ~
these than we care to ackno"leas.,
They arc a disheartening paf0uy}
of our ideals. Unlike omlln, .,.
have no affection for them; WI ..t
as ne portrays them, | CAM a T.,
them off my mind. You must iii'A'
their acquaintance.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY oI
SCIENCE" edited by FOren
Ray Moulton and Justus :.
Schifferes Doubleday, Doran'
49,.
On the ground that scle h'''"
"are their own best biograpnei".
these diligent editors have c4 p;hl.
100 leaders in the field, from olD
days to the present and al'sl ~.
brief introduction let every ol'e IA.
plain his own most important '
tribution.
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The Yugoslav Problem

Occupation Of strategic upland positions in
venezia Guilia province by British and Unit.
ed States forces is General Sir Harold R. L.
G. Alexanders answer to Tito's refusal to
withdraw his Yugoslav troops therefrom. Care
has been taken not to overlap areas occupied
by the Tito forces. If any are encountered
during these Allied operations, it is the plan
to slap them on the back in the friendliest
manner and tell them what good fellows they
oullets-if possible.
How it will work out remains to be seen,
Tito should not be in Trieste or any other city
or town in the troublesome northern bend Of
italy. Yogoslavia can have no claim upon the
area until and unless it is so decreed at the
peace table. Even then, the matter should be
determined by the native population. But Ii.
to refuses to get out, and so we find within a
month of Germany's surrender and the Of
Hcial close o. the war in Europe an ally Of
Russia and forces of the Western Allies stimuli
taneously occupying district Which should
be under military administration in the in
terest of peace, and not armed troops pre-
pared to fight if a match is applied to the
powder key.
The zituation will serve all too well to in
crease Russia's growing suspicion and aloof
ness. At the same time, London and Washing
ton cannot fail to harbor equal suspicious O.
Russia, whose course in Germany and Aus
- and Rumania is incomprehensible to west
HI minds.
#Nbviously, Tito is not an Independent agent
WANG on his own initiative or responsibility
IL Vas Russia that supplemented his war effort
It is Russia that has determined his poheie
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by
MARQUIS CHILDS

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee -
Sitting around a luncheon table,
we debated TV and the iva
idea. Present were business and
professional men from this city
who have watched the progress Of
IVA from its inception.
On one thing all were agreed.
That is that IVA has not tried
in any way to dominate the life
Of this region. It has been. a CO.
operator, ready and willing, blu
never intrusive.
They were generally agreed, too,
that David E. Lilienthal, as chair
man of iva, has done a sound,
workmanlike job. They spoke of
him with genuine respect.
For at least one business man
present, IVA had meant a definite
gain. Acquiring string Of barges
which made low cost haul pos.
sible, he was able to expand his
business.
You hear Of many similar in
stances. I was told OF one indus.
trialist whose power bill had been
reduced several hundred thousand
dollars a year. He was a conserva-
tive. He didn't like the TVA-at
the beginning, at least. Yet, there
in dollars and cents on his &C.
count books, the net result was an
impressive gain.
HE took 1t just like castor OIL"
one of his friends said. He hated
lit, but still he knew it was good
for him."
In the course Of our talk at
lunch, the two chief critics of iva
were not in reality criticizins the
agency itself. They said, a ! o n e
with the others, that it had done a
great deal Of good; brought i'm.
portant new developments, They
did not, however, like the idea of
having the government in such a
large-scale development.
''FIow could anybody but tn e
government come in and do it on
this SCALE" Someone asked.
The answer was that business
could have done it more slowly. Il
might have taken longer, but it
would eventually have been done
the dam building. at least-by
private enterprise. Then we got in
to a general discussion-such as
you can hear all over America to-
day-about what the function of
government should be. Where
should it stop? How far should it
go?
What impressed me throughout
the valley was the general accept
ance of IVA. One reason may be
the way in which it has demon
strated its value to the war a..
fort. Without iva power. we could
not have fabricated enough aluni-
mum to make General .Arnold,s
fleets of bombers. Or, take Al
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-23
Port Development

| AS peace gradually draws nearer, public
attention turns more and more to commerce.
We in Wilmington are particularly interested
in building up business for the port which, it
| is generally believed, can become the chief
asset of all southeastern North Carolina II the
competition of other southern ports can be
met and outstripped.
It is generally recognized that this goal can
be best reached by two means-one, complete
cooperation of all local interests; the other:
construction of terminals, warehouses
all facilities required for storing, handling and
moving cargo. The Interstate Commerce
Commission has removed one old barrier by
ordering uniform freight rates on all rail lines
east of the Rockies.
Emphasis may safely be placed on the two
factors in the equation here noted because Of
their successful use in creating and develop
ing a port at Houston, Texas. 1t is shown or
a chart prepared by the Department OF Com
merce that in the three years preceding the
war 1938-1940 inclusive more exports
moved through the Port of Houston than any
other port in the South
And Houston, it is to be remembered, is not
Ct coastal city. To establish itself as port
city, Houston had first to dredge channel
from the Gulf. Port facilities were in second
place. Creating this waterway is one OF The
outstanding examples OF. what can be done
through cooperation and civic harmony.
When the facilities were ready for use and
following an intensive canvas for business, in
which the community cooperated, cargoes
soon we're moving to world markets, with re.
suit that in the last three years before this
conflict 1871, 900 long tons Of exports were
moved, to give Houston the highest place
among all south Atlantic and Gulf ports.
The Port of Houston is still an infant pro-
ject, in comparison with. say, New Orleans
and Galveston Yet New Orleans ranked third
for the same years with 7,846.000 long tons
and Galveston seventh with 1891. 900. Both
had been in foreign trade since long before
either was in the United States as now bound
ed from which it may be concluded that age is
not as important as energy properly directed
The legislature recently paved the way fol
port development here and at Morehead City
Authority. The personnel of the Authority /:
still to be named by Governor Cherry, who il
to be encouraged to speed the appointments
that North Cardinals ports may be organized
for the stiff competition they must face wher
peace returns.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-23
Similar Cases

The position of Prime Minister Winston
that of President Roosevelt in his last cam.
paign for the presidency. That is to say, Mr.
as premier, and faces the strongest opposition
of his public career, just as Mr.. Roosevelt did
last November.
Mr.. Churchill had proposed to extend the
coalition government, which he heads, until
the war with Japan is ended. The Labor Party
at its convention, turned this proposal down..
The result is that an election will be held short
ly. in which the chief issue will be the con-
tinuance or overthrow Of the Churchill govern.
ment.
The same issue dominated last November
national election in this country, with Presi-
dent Roosevelt's continued occupancy Of the
White House at stake.
1t is fair to believe the Forthcoming election
across the Atlantic, whatever quarreling may
characterize the campaign, will be conducted
in an orderly manner without affecting Brit
aims var program, any more than the No
vember election did on this side.
V
Goering we read, hoping to save himself,
now blames Hitler and others for Nazi mis-
deeds The superman has turned super.
squealer.
A famous opera star says she doesn't know
the difference between a red ration point and
blue ration point. Speed the happy day when
! that will be true of all of us
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-23
By LEE G. MILLER

ABOARD A CRUISER IN THE
SULU SEA.-(By wireless)-You
meet lots of interesting people on
a warship this size. Not only among
her own personnel of many more
than a thousand, but when She
anchored she has visitors.
A couple of young lieutenants
ii. &. from a minesweeper, for in
stance. They were practically Cog
gle-eyed at the comforts available
on this big ship. compared to the
isolated spartan life of those plucky,
unpretty little craft that must make
the first penetration Of invasion
waters.
The visitors were Lawrence L.
Everley of Harrington, Kans., execu.
tive officer of his sweep, and Mil
lard E. Emanuelson of Saco, Me,
its gunnery and communications OF.
ficer.
Everley's wife, who is attending
Baker University at Baldwin,
Kans., will be sorry to hear he's
lost the wedding ring she gave him.
It wasn't his fault, Mrs. Everley
The only reason he wasn't wearing
it was he had had a little infection
or fungus on his finger.
Emanuelson used to teach science
and coach athletics at Deering
High school, Portland, Me.
Those little sweeps carry four Of
ficers and 3O-odd men. Theirs is
a dangerous life. AS someone said,
There's not much future in it. y
Nor much fun either, aside from
the close comradeship of long as
ISOLATION among a small group OF
men.
"Recreation is what the crew
needs worst" Everley said. when
we're back at base we don't even
have a boat for taking the men
ashore to the movies. Once in a
while we can beg a boat from a
bigger ship"
"We've even run out of drinking
water said Emanrelson.
"Weve got facilities for evaporat-
ing sea water, but the machine has
to be cleaned from time to time.
and then we're apt to run short. "
I asked how they happened to
choose minesweeper duty.
1--WE are all volunteers, said
Emanuelson. my wife didn't think
so much of it,"
Everley said his wife figured that
if this was what he wanted she
guessed she could stand it.
Or take my friends Lieut.. Virgil
Lightfoot, of High Point. N. c..
and Warrant Officer Aston L.
Richardson, of Long Beach, Calf,
(he's my roommate) and War
rant Machinist Oliver Kirby, OF
Norfolk. They're Navy old-timers
up from the ranks, as are many
others on our ship. And they know
the avs and lore of the Navy bet
ter than many of the newer,
Younger men of higher rank.
The majority of the personnel on
modern warship are concerned
with techniques that have little to
do with old-fashioned seamanship
fire control, radio communica-
tions electronics, aviation and in
Vulnerable specialties.
IT'S a pleasure to watch Light
foot,s figure dominating some
purely nautical business such as
lowering a whaleboat or securing
lines to a destroyer that wants to
estake drink" Chat is, to take
IN feel oil from us). Or bringing
IN injured men in Stokes litters"
for our doctors to tend. Lightfoot
used to be the cruisers chief boats
vain He showed me his shins and
they're SCARED from knee to ankle
from a hundred collisions with OBJ
stacles during hurried PUSHES to
his station in emergencies.
That transfer Of injured men was
interesting. They'd been severely
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-23
Daily Prayer
TO OUR FATHERS, rou

God Of our fathers, wbo ~.
led our Nation Until now, We ns
that still Thy protection and nro,'.
dence and power may be m..'
fully granted unto US. Make ,t..
and serene our spirits, th,t f'Vu1
may endure and achieve as ~ we
who have unshakeable faith ,'0s y
Thee. Intensity our understana;a.a
of what our Country means to M
and to the world. Purify and ~ w.
noble our lives by an ever.trs eli'
consciousness that we have NJ
vine destiny to fulfill, in hun,s,
obedience to Thy will. MAXI
equal to this hour; so that we NJ. ~
emerge from this war nson,
fit to be citizens of Thy KinpdonDe
Give victory to our arms: ans
save the souls Of our sons INV.
stain. Amen.-W.TE. i'
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Former New Bern Mayor
Named Red Cross Head

NEW BERN, May 22.-Form.r
Mayor w. c. Chadwick has been
reelected chairman OF the Craven
county chapter Of the American
Red Cross. ]. G. Dunn, Jr., con.
tinues as vice chairman; with the
Rev. r. I. Johnson as vice chair.
man in charge of Negro activities
c. T. Hellinger was renamed
treasurer; and Mrs. F. H. Witty,
Jr., was elected secretary to sue.
coed Mrs. Robert M. Johnston.
Miss Laura A. Holderness was re.
tanned as executive secretary; and
Mrs. Margaret Paris as home serv.
ice secretary