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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Ambulance Service

There appeared on this page yesterday a
letter written by Mr.. J. B. Smith directing
attention to the fact that James Walker Memo
rial Hospital has but one ambulance and sug-
costing that the Police Department equip a
cruiser with two litters and put it in service
on a twenty-four hour basis for emergencies.
His closing observation deserves close at
tention. please give this consideration he
writes, land see to it that the citizens Of
this growing city are given little more mar.
gin than $4,000 to to get to the hospital"
There has been a dearth of hospital help
during the war period. The Police Depart
ment has been undermined. But now that
the war is ended and we are gradually getting
back to normal conditions, it is only fair to
the people that both the hospital and the po-
lice increase the citys ambulance service so
that every emergency call may be met
promptly.
Too often life may be at stake through any
delay in this service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Mail Early

Fewer Americans had to make an October
deadline for Christmas mail this fall than in
two previous years. But for the very reason
that thousands of servicemen and women will
be getting their mail at home this Christmas.
the Post Office Department reminds us of
another important mailing deadline-Dec. TO-
Postal authorities say it is more important
than ever that Christmas cards and packages
be mailed by that date. Railroads and air.
lines are carrying the heaviest loads in their
history. Thousands OF civilian war workers
have returned to former addresses, which will
necessitate forwarding Of mail. The Postal
Service will be stated with thousands of un-
trained workers. All these things add up to
delay
And so the post office asks us, besides mail.
ing by Dec. 10, to observe these other simple
rules:
Address correctly, and wrap all packages Sc
curely
Don't mail arnfuls of Christmas cards and
packages the same day. Space out your mail
ing over few days so as to avoid congestion
and confusion at the post office
Mail Christmas cards first class especially
IN cases where persons to whom they are
addressed may have moved. Cards not sent
first class will not be forwarded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Get It Over With

There is no compulsion upon any motor We
hlcle owner to buy his license on Saturday.
the day the sale of these particular licenses
opens. The owner may wait until the last
Jay or II willing to pay a premium in the
form OF fine, even after the last day.
But owners who purchase their licenses on
saturday or within few days thereafter will
De relieved of an annoying obligation that can
not be sldestepped and may watch the late
corners form in line which often reaches down
second street to Grace with congratulatory
feeling that they are not in it.
Inc trouble with putting it off is that as
closing day approaches the crowd increases
and with the limited staff available often valu-
able hours are wasted awaiting service
1t just doesn't pay to delay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Treason

as that of Ezra Pond, the American poet
charged with making records of reasonable
nature to be used by the Rome radio, he must
stand trial for treason.
Because we have no laws covering the
equally reasonable conduct of labor leaders
in calling or sanctioning strikes which jeopar
died the nations war effort and the safety
Of our armed forces when the conflict was al
its height they go free.
If Ezra Pond is guilty of reasonable con
duct he deserves the punishment provided I
is time the nation had laws for Furnishing 9th
ers guilty of reasonable conduct as WELL
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
LIVING AT HOME

Although cash crops produced here are of
high value, North Carolina enjoys the record
OF being Tive at home' state, the department
OF agriculture at Raleigh reports. Non-money
income produced in the state is second in size
only to that of Texas.
Living at home" is doctrine urged by ag-
rlcultural and social welfare leaders. 1t is good
to know that North Carolina practices it. Per-
haps the total Of cash crop sales may not be as
high as it could be If every bit Of energy, time,
land and capital were devoted TO making cash
income. But the real income Of good food, shell
ter and recreation is quite as important. It
pays Oft in health, happiness and contentment.
Fayetteville Observer
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Editorial Comment
DRIVING LESSON

The new locomotive on No. q was not be.
having as it should. First it would move for
ward few yards them with great deal of
pu11lng' 1t would shift back to its original posi-
uon; FOR 10 minutes this had been going on,
while The passengers in the train raved
At last one of the passengers unable to con.
tam himself longer, stuck his head out Of the
window and hailed brakeman,
what on earth is the matter with this rattle.
trap?" he demanded.
Leaning against one of the posts of the train
shed' the brakeman spat, then grinned, and
said: N-'"
I'm not sure, mister, but think the engi-
neer Is teaching his wife to Tracks
thouse organ of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
New Serum May Prolong Life Span
OF Man IF Experin1 ents Hold True

"The health of the patients inn
proved rapidly. Headaches, rheu-
matism, insomnia disappeared and
the working capacity of the pa
tients increased considerably"
Alexander A. Bogomolets, inter-
nationally known physician, de-
veloped the serum while pencillin
was still in the laboratory, Laur-
ence wrote.
He said that Bogomolets started
his study of a means of postpon-
ing old age with the belief that the
aging process was an illness, and
that what was regarded as old age
was actually IAN abnormal, pre-
mature phenomenon
With a staff of sixty assistants,
Bogomolets started making clint
cal studies of men who had passed
the century mark in order to find
the contributing factor in their
longevity.
His investigators found nearly
10000 who had passed five score
years." Laurence wrote. 'They
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
The Travel Dollar

The director of South Cardinals Research,
Planning and Development Board, Mr.. R. M.
Cooper, has issued a statement primarily IN
tended to benefit the states resort and tour
list travel interests, but what he says applies
as aptly to North Carolina. and specifically to
Wilmington and the neighboring beaches.
He places the amount to be spent on travel
in 1916 at six billion dollars. This total is
arrived at by surveys Of airlines, automobile
agencies and other organizations close to the
travel picture. If he is correct or even only
near the sum Americans will spend next year
to see their own country, travel will be the
fourth largest industry in the nation.
Scarcely a business will fail to gain some
benefit from this tremendous activity-scores
Of them not directly serving the tourist and
vacationist. Mr.. Cooper cites the breakdown
of the travellers dollar to prove this. His fig
ures are taken from survey Of firm Of
certified public accountants. It shows this dis
tribution:
Hotels % cents; restaurants, 10 cents; re-
tail stores, 81; garages, 10; theaters, 8, and
miscellaneous, 10. Of this % cents spent in
hotels, the hotels retain only about 7 cents,
the rest going to the meat dealer. vegetable
man, furniture store, linen supply and other
local businesses. In other words, businesses
other than hotels receive directly or indirect
ly SO cents of the tourist dollar, according
to that survey.
II cite it to show how much the travel bust
ness means to all local businesses and cities
and not just to hotels, restaurants and those
directly connected with businesses with which
the tourist comes in contact says Mr..
Cooper.
Wilmington's, Wrightsville Beach's and
Carolina Beach's share in this fourth largest
industry obviously will be in proportion to the
preparations made to compete with other re-
sort areas The money whether six billions
or more or less, is going to be spent by a
travel-starved population. Where will we come
in?
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28

NEW YORK, Nov. q - U.D -
Mans life span will be longer and
his old age more vigorous and free
from disease if experimental re-
suits from a youth serum which
produced miracles among Rus
sia's battle wounded fulfills the
promises it gave in early expert
ments, a magazine article said
today.
The AC serum, developed in
Russia and practically unknown
to American science until a year
ago, is the first substance to hold
out definite promise as brake
against the degenerative processes
that begin past middle age" Will
liam L. Laurence said in the
Ladies Home Journal.
Laurence, New York Times
science writer and Pulitzer prize
winner, described AC as an "anti-
age serum" Clinic experiments
dating back to 1887, among pa
tents past so years old, gave these
results:
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Chiang's Difficult Task

10 get fair picture of what is going on in
China and Manchura it is well to recall the
policy of the Central Government as explained
by Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek when the
Chinese communists of the north started their
campaign for what virtually would have made
them an independent people.
They wanted their own government, their
own army, and freedom to make their own
state decisions. Chang thereupon declared
that they were entitled to have their own
political party but as Chinese must live under
amenable to its laws
1t is from this dispute that the present dis
turbance has sprung and bids fair to become
a full fedged civil war. In the meantime it
Is said that the Russians who piled into Man
churla just before Japan surrendered have
stripped Manchurian industries OF every NOV
able piece of machinery in their retreat, so
that no matter how the fighting goes neither
side can hope to get Manchuria back on its
economic feet without heavy expense and
much reconstruction.
Moscow was particularly to emphasize that
it was not interested in the Chinese com.
munsts, but Moscow's forces have evacuated
much territory before Chiang's troops arrived
to take over, with result that the communists
have moved in and left the Central Govern
ment with doubly difficult job on their
hands, if it is to be in fact as we'll as name
truly the central and exclusive regime in the
sprawling country.
The Moscow government thus far has Of
fered no explanation of this booty-grabbing.
which many will contend is a violation of the
Russian treaty with China, nor in light of Rus
sia's secrecy concerning its own policies, is
1t likely to do so. But it is difficult to UNDER
stand why Moscow should employ policy in
Manchuria which would be explainable in Ger.
many, except that Russia is out for what il
can lay hand to wherever it goes.
If Chang is successful in quelling the chi.
nese communist rebellion he will have need
of more than anticipated help from the West
to carry out his program for raising China
to a world power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28

found, much to their surprise, that
number Of individuals who reach
ed or passed the age of 100 seemed
to get a second wind, a finding
made independently by Prof.
Grace E. Bird of Rhode Island
State College of Education {.
the second wind, it was observed,
manifested itself in the restora-
ton of lost or failing eyesight and
the return of hair coloring."
Laurence said Bogolomets dis
covered that the vast elastic tissue
IN the body forming the inner and
outer lining of the body's organ
and known as connective tissue"
determined the organisms resist
ance to infection 'as we'll as it's
predisposition to senile changes
and the degenerative diseases" that
come with old age.
He said the anti-age serum will
be made available to the Ameri-
can people some two or three
years hence"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
RELEASE APPEALS
SWAMP RED CROSS

Mrs. Ida B. Speiden, executive
secretary Of Wilmington chapter
of American Red Cross, and Mrs.
Emma D. Howell, of the Home
Service department, are very busy
these days trying to answer to the
many requests for aid in getting
men out of the armed forces.
1.-The Red Cross cannot initiate
action to get men out of the armed
forces" Mrs. Howell said. I'VE
can only advise what steps should
be taken to get the men released.
Red Cross acts in a case only
upon the request of some branch
of the armed forces who wish an
investigation made"
Moss applications which reach
the local Red Cross offices come
from people who think the Red
Cross is able to act directly for
the seryiceman's release, Mrs.
Howell added. 1--WE can advise
about the preparation of the nee
essary papers, and we provide
free notary service for docu-
ments," she said.
Correct procedure for obtaining
the release of men was outlined
by Mrs. Howell as follows:
Serviceman must make appli-
cation for discharge. If the rea-
sons behind the request for re-
lease are for sickness in the fami-
ly, the family physician must pre-
pare an affidavit to that effect
and forward it to the serviceman.
The prospective employer must
also give an affidavit promising
immediate employment to the dis
chargee, and state the wages he
will be paid.
Only then, Mrs. Howell said, is
the Red Cross called in by a
branch of the armed force to in
vestigate the case and make rec
concentrations.
When a discharge is sought for
any other reason than sickness.
appropriate affadavits must be
sworn to in the presence of wit.
nesses and sent to the soldier or
sailor seeking release.
I'VE have had very large
number of t. es e applications. !"
Mrs. speiden declared. I'VE are
glad to give advice, but we can
not enter 4 case until requested
to by some branch Of the armed
forces"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
GO WEST, YOUNG LADY

We printed notice last week of baby being
born out in California. A lady friend called our
attention to local we wrote stating that no
more baby notices would be printed unless paid
for Well, we meant home babies where All
the natives learn about 1t before we do. We told
that lady if any time in the future she wished
to take advantage of the pleasure of giving
birth to baby to 60 to California up in Maine
or western Texas for the fun and We would
then be glad to tell 'en about it through our
administering (Ga.) County Journal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Garment Workers Leader
To Convene Conference

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Nov. 81
P)-David Dubinsky, president Of
the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union, will head an exec
utive session of 80 directors of the
union here Dec. II.
The meeting announced here to-
day, will last about two weeks.
Dubinsky will be accompanied by
Luigi Antonini, first vice presi-
dent, and Frederick L. Unhey, in
ternational executive secretary,
and the others will represent Gar
ment Workers locals
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
l he Doctor Says
BLIND NEED AID
NOT SYMPATHY
BY WILLIAM A O,ppYr>.

The blind represent a Cross ,n' :. D.
ton of humanity. as most S's S,s sec'
ness Is caused by accident ~ ~', M.
ease and was not preset a. ~ la: ol''
Although services for the vis urn
handicapped n have been pro 0Tsa5
for nearly Is years. il has g,'v ta
only in the last two or tbrso 0een
that a complete program bs, Sesf'
available. LAY oeen
c. Stanley Potter Pebabi,i+..
Counselor for the blind teI il,d.loA
depressed they are when tban uOR
denly discover they have lost W., s.o'
eyesight; more gradual loss r ns.
vldes time to make some ad; p,a'
ment. Reaction is either In boc. uS'
anti-social or TO try 10 accornn Je
more IN n they are can ,sn,a
Sound advice is important in W..
stage ana the various state A..
partments of rehabilitation sn,o VI,
the service. ''ppF
Sightless persons are tauub4 !.
special trainers to care for tb,s
selves; this service is also nro, n;.r
ed by the rehabilitation den,..
ments. Men learn 10 shave bs ss'
dress, feed themselves and N.Y.
around the house. Women uy,. ~
are able to care for their person,
needs more readily but find ye,,
ting around more difficult
Whenever blinded individual.
venture forth they should carrv
white cane. Learning their var.
and the neighborhood is one ri n.
first steps. Eventually thew can .,
farther from home until tnsIy
they are able to 90 evervwher.
This may take many months hI
it is much better for them 10 d..
pend on their own resources than
to rely on others.
Studies of possible vocatior,,
training courses are made bv tbs
counselors, Tests for the blind
have been devised as those used
for sighted persons give them raj.
lngs which are too low The blind
are consulted as to their prefer.
ences and trained in these fields
If possible. Hundreds of Jobs can
be filled by sightless persons Az.
riculture, industry, education and
the other professions have many
sightless persons in their ranks
Greatest personality conflicts
develop in those who have not
yet acquired social consciousness
Young children and adolescents
find loss of sight an added burden
at a time when adjustments are
difficult under ordinary conditions.
When blindness comes, ophths.
mology, psychiatry. occupatonal
therapy and social service are all
needed to help the sightless per-
son make a good adjustment
Well adjusted blind persons ask
for an equal opportunity with the
sighted to make their own living
They do not care for the extrava
CANT sympathy which many peopl,
offer them. They object to those
sightless persons who make lN
ing from their handicap by beg.
ging or selling articles Of inferior
worth.
Thousands of blind men and
women made their contribution 10
the war effort. They wish 10
maintain the place that they have
won in society and TO help othe'
sightless persons do likewise.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
LETTER BOX
PERMANENT ARMY AIR BASE

To the Editor:
Bluethenthal Army Air Base
at the present time on an mac'N@
ton status. Approximately tOO CT"
liam personnel service have oea
terminated not including mIIla-!
personnel. 1t would be to the a.
vantage of the railroads, Ns.'
chants, and citizens of our CITY
write our congressman urging Is
immediate retention of THIS od%
as a permanent one. A permane"
air base here would offer emPl@'
ment, to hundreds of civilian pr
sonnet. 1t would develop our SUM-
mer resorts and bring more ''N
lists.
Bluethenthal Field has all the a. u.
vantages over other bases SlcA i a.
Seymour Johnston Field, Go,aF|
boro. North Carolina and l IN.
Myrtle Beach, South Cafo"1||
Army Air Base, because 1t Is .'.i
err and has fine runWayS loI d
types of land aircraft Blu 81. Il o,,.
Field F has runways extending oys
1000 feet. 1t is also only ten Hl55I
(air) from the Atlantic ocean .. a..
is in direct air route 10 the BTi'&I
Island of Bermuda. Ideal -5 .,3
weather conditions exists af !, u.
Wilmington throughout most o.
year. ,.A,
World War II enemy su0li oa If:
operated close to our Sn%!', AMI:
. great deal more ships WOW =.
have been sunk if it were .a a4' u
trolls t,,e % Of t''t the coastal regions 1 Sn
zens of Wilmington and New ,s ne
over county why not ..l"NU N nj;
permanent Army Air Base y
assure af &c, our moi l'' fool ourselves in :.
curing rim e Blu act Air Base Base. a =,
permanent installation. "L@ srs.;
want is action and pei, ..,esse
Army Air Base May we ,,ro orI
that a petition be signed l plo rsna
merchants and cit!zens ., RI:
who desire that Bluethe4.n'-n y, d.
b Hs'G a per- permanent base. IIs515n 9s
today for the good t Of wl-1-'''
and New Hanover cou. ,{{rr1 T.
JAMES LIE Roh p NJ, Hol~' /
Wilmington, N. c.
November 81, l945'
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
ATOMIC ENERGY IN WAR
AND PEACE, by Gessner G.
Hawley and Sigmund w. Left
son (Reinhold; $3.50.

This book retells the facts and
principles given in the official
Smyth report of the War depart
ment. But the new book explains
the facts with examples that are
easier to understand than the Of
fetal account.
Hawley is chief technical editor
of the publisher; Leifson is head
of the physics department at the
University of Nevada.
The book also gives a word and
model picture of atomic energy
and atomic explosion which most
readers can understand without
too much study.
The authors draw very clear
picture Of reasons why producing
atomic power that will be either
economical or more useful thai
steam, oil or hydroelectric power
is beset with serious difficulties.
They say it is a fairly safe guess
that there will not be any atomic
powered planes or autos for an
indefinite future.
CHALLENGE AT CHANGSHA,
by Paul Hughes MACMILLAN;
$3.50.
The third battle Of Changsha, as
1941 ended and 1912 started, is the
subject of this novel, written by
diligent author and rewarding
for the diligent reader. If it's a
little too talky at the beginning,
that's in part because of the meth
cd, which pays off in the closing
chapters. Hughes offers a consid-
cradle ariety of characters,
American, Chinese and Japanese.
He seems most successful in
transcribing incident; the story of
Sgt. Tanaka and the girl Ian is a
blood-curdling masterpiece.
LEAVES OF GRASS, by Walt
Whitman, preface by Bernard
Smith (Knopf; ST..
A pocket-sized edition of $50
pages, this is 'an exact transcript
ton" of the 10th edition supervised
by Whitman and published in 1892,
but emitting First and Second An
nexes.
With only brief preface and
uncluttered with notes, this is a
pure ''r vous with my
poems," which have been called
the greatest written by any Amer
icar --WGR
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Religion
DayByDay
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
THE FLEEING BLACK
SQUIRREL

l was standing in front of the
La Sale Hotel, in Kingston, On
tarlo, one evening when my at
tentlon was aroused by an unusual
honking of horns. Then I saw the
cause. The motorists were adding
to the excitement of a black squir-
rel which was streaking up the
street, in wild speed.
The b a c k squirrel is most
beautiful of all Canada's wild
creatures; but this one was COW
cred with city dust. 1t was coming
from the most congested business
section of Kingston and was head
ed for the woods.
But it was in complete panic
and terror. It's speed was aston
1shlng, and its wild fear plainly
evident. Some instinct seemed to
direct it toward the city's edge
and the safety of trees, I hope
the poor creature made it.
At once the moralist within me
cried, "That wild creature is a
picture of all the once-free men
and women who are caught up in
the noise and terror of the big
cities, with no refuge in sight. We
would seek safety and peace in
the simplicity of Nature. This
manmade world is too much with
us, and too much for us. Like the
squirrel, we need the refuge of
Nature"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
NOT AFFECTED

WASHINGTON, Nov. y ,. Mr
the Canadian govefll \. tood 81
American Am shipments =, OF ,o ct't be j
plies to Europe '|ia Wilton NV Of MI
fected" by the termi !lad States.
rationing in the Unl'eo
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
THIS!

In a city where returning servicemen .nd
their families are hard put to find a place to
lay their heads 10 dogs and four cats are 1;u w
ing comfortably in cottage Of four laree
rooms and basement.-New York Wor1d
Telegram.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28

Kentucky's first permanent set
tlement is near the site of Har-
rodsburg, once known as Old Fort
Harrod.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28

Our Father-God, who first set
man in garden, have mercy
upon our lives, stained with the
dust and noise and cruelty of the
cities. Help us to find life's sweet
ness and safety and simplicity in
the refuge of Nature. Amen
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-28

ed essential enough to keep men
in the service.
@. The Army has told us a lot
about re-enlisting. I wouldn't mind
1t so much, but I would hate to &c
in for the full three years. Is it
possible to enlist for a shoAer
time?
A. Congress is now considering
a bill which would permit enlist.
ments for a year, but it has moi
been passed.
@. What about officers who are
eligible for discharge on the point
system who might want to stay on
active duty? What would be the
condition of such duty?
A. Officers eligible for discharge
under the point system who want
to stay on active duty will be re-