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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
The Sky's The Limit

The four superfortresses under command OF
Brig. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong, head Of the
10th Air Force, completed their nonstop flight
from Japan to Washington in twenty-seven
and about half hours. The distance is 6,544
miles.
When Superfortresses were blasting Japan,
flying from 1000 to 1900 miles from their
bases at Saipan and in China to drop their
whitening bombs which crippled enemy pro-
duction so irrecoverably, and returned non
stop to their home airstrips they demonstrate
ed ability to accomplish the impossible -
Now this quartette has added more than two
thousand miles to those record flights. No
wonder the belief that nothing is impossible
in the air is so widely held.
This belief gains support in the reports that
flying devices in the superconic field have
attained a speed of 1,400 miles an hour. The
best average ground speed of the four Forts
in General Armstrong; flight was 200 miles.
The endurance demonstrated by the Forts and
the speed of these new devices ought to con.
vince the most skeptical that through new
combinations the sky literally is the limit in
aviation.
This device which is announced by DR.. c. C.
Furnas, director Of the Curtiss Wright Re-
search Laboratory doubles the speed Of sound
hence, supersonic. Unexplained in detail,
Doctor Furnas declares it is truly a flying
device, not an artillery shell or rocket.
Some have wings. None depends on propAl-
lers or atomic energy. They are being flown
somewhere in the United States" With this
information, Doctor Furnas added that this
is one time we have not been behind the
Germans in this sort of research" and mean
business in the matter of speed''
Consider this speed. As the earth revolves
somewhat more than thousand miles an
hour, one of the ''things'' could leave New
York at o'clock and be in San Francisco
before it started, Pacific coast time It could
not only make time stand still but outdistance
lit.
Truly, we live in a remarkable age. We
must take care that we do not destroy our.
selves by getting too far out of the mortal
sphere.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
HirOhitO's Wealth

So long as it was Emperor Hirohito who
sighed the document launching the Pacific war
it is not apparent that he is exempt from
prosecution as a war criminal, when his pres
ent service as office messenger between the
Allied Supreme Commander and the Japanese
factions still functioning, at which he does
not seem to be overworking, is completed.
BY the same token there is no good reason
why his personal fortune estimated at $780,
100000 but not wholly negotiable, saould moi
be confiscated to help meet Japan's repara.
lions bill.
Inasmuch as millions OF Japanese are in
dire straits with many thousands facing star
walton during the coming winter, it would
appear that his assets might be converted
into cash for the purchase of food. The need
is pressing. AS long as the Mikado's wealth
exists there is no sound reason why the whole
responsibility Of buying it should fall upon
the Allied nations.
Starving japanese are Hirohito's people. Let
him do his part in feeding them. His wealth
is no more ''sacred' than his person. He
forfeited his right to it when he threw Japan
into war and laid the foundation for famine
and distress among the population.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
PUBLIC1zING TOWN NEEDS

One town in North Carolina is running uni
que advertisement in the state papers. The ad
states that the town needs:
% physicians, 2 dentists, mems clothing
store, l shoe store, 1 children's clothing and
toy store, Independent grocery stores, 8 in
side decorators, outside painters, brick
layers, 10 carpenters
We do not know whether this is all this town
needs IN the way Of business establishments,
professional and trade services or not. But if
the ad is based upon close study Of the town S
needs 1t represents what should prove to be a
rather effective methods of meeting those needs
and at the same time opening the doors Of
business opportunity and employment for a
stable number of people.-Twin City Sentinel
Winston-salem)
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fighting it out among themselves for the pres
ent along rail rights Of way.
None of these conflicts is a major war.
All are strictly sectional. But there is no
denying that they reveal definite indications
of the trend in national thinking the world
over If peoples fail to get the blood lust out
of their minds the world will again be en-
broiled despite the impoverishment left by
World War II and the destructiveness Of the
atomic bomb, which cannot long be a secret
in sole possession of the United States.
This is not sheer pessimism. It is realism.
There is not capital on earth, including
Washington, London and Moscow, that is not
iittery, not single head of government who
dares relax his vigilance from one moment to
the next.
One sign of betterment alone is sighted. We
learn that the suspicion that has driven a
wedge into Washington Moscow relations is
lessening. If these capitals Of the strongest
and greatest powers emerging from the Sec
ond World War finally dispel their mutual
distrust and unite for world peace, no nation
even among themselves. They have the
power, if united, to enforce the provisions OF
the United Nations Organization, which re.
quire Intervention in all International disputes,
by force of arms if arbitration fails It is time
they got together
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
CT RIGHTS BILL
OFFERS CHANCES
FOR LAW DEGREE
BY ROWLAND EVANS, JR.
(Subbing for Jack Stinnetn

WASHINGTON.-There's NJ.
culiar wrinkle in the G. I. Bill ~
Rights of which a smart vete~sn
might want to take advantage
AS the law is now written
high school graduate veteran WIN
can lay claim to the full amount
of free education can get throuoh
four years Of college and to win
in one year or less of law deg~ee
all within the allowed time limit
Here's why and how:
Four years is the maximum Tina
any veteran may get free school.
ing under the G. I. Bill.
Four years is four years or
is it? A school year is only eight
or nine months. But the four wears
allowed under the law are calendar
years.
Now then-For each ''ordinary
school year" the government will
pay up to $500 for tuition and 9th.
err essential fees. That raises the
question: How long is an ordinary
school year,"
Veterans Administration has de.
creed that an ordinary school year
is from 30 to SO weeks.
Before the war few colleges or
universities allowed students ia
complete more than one school
year in one calendar year.
But wartime lack Of doctors,
engineers and other specialists
forced many schools to give year.
around training.
The heavy duty curriculum prov.
ed a success, and most schools
which tried it expect to retain it,
allowable calender years, the vet.
eran can zoom through a four.
So, instead of using up his four
year course in about two and a
half years by examining normal
school years" into that time. That
leaves him year and half to gel
a start, and almost finish, on a
post graduate course. OF course,
he won't get any vacations to
speak Of.
Only speed-up program expected
generally to 60 back to the pre-.
war style is medicine.
Another item interesting to
school-bound vets is the fact that
credit for at least one semester,
work will 60 to the average ex
C. I.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
Noted Agitation Pioneer Thinks Atomic
Bomb Potentialities Maybe Ouer-Rated

caught fire.
Against the Japanese target it
was more effective than an in.
cendiary bomb" he said, ''but ]
am not so sure we can suspend
making high explosive and fire
bombs such as we used on Ger
many.
cts an application Of the right
force at the right time and the
right place.
"Of course, we cannot judge
what the future will bring. There
may come a time when we can
deliver atomic bombs without the
use of planes. But under the pres.
ent setup we must have control Of
the air."
He recommended separate air.
force to carry the air war against
future enemies.
1--WE have big job ahead Of us, u
he said. That's why I feel there
should be an independent autono-
nous airforce. I believe airpower
will be the determining factor in
the next war and only airmen car
understand it. I believe that in
peace there should be separate
commands under joint chiefs OF
staff and that in wartime there
should be one unified command
He said he believed that against
a modern European or American
target, the atomic bomb would be
40 more effective than a 10000
pound high explosive bomb.
People are getting the idea we
are going to have a few Kamikaze
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
A Foolish Strike

When railroads finally discovered what was
happening to them, they found one OF the
chief causes Of passenger patronage loss was
public bus lines The private automobile prob
ably hurt the rail lines most severely as inn
proved highways increased, but the buses
played an important part too.
Because buses gained popularity almost
overnight the investment in this type of rolling
stock speedily increased and as result large
stats of operators were employed. The coming
of the bus created a new transportation in
dustry and thousands of skilled drivers found
Jobs during a period Of general slack EN-.
ployment.
Instead of recognizing their benefits, the
operators on the nations chief bus system
the Greyhound, have tied up six Of the COM
pany's lines east Of the Mississippi and there
are indications the strike will spread through.
out the country, The four thousand men who
walked off the job at the start over wage
dispute are liable to be Joined by other
thousands.
Inasmuch as the railroads are still moving
passenger trains to practically every city and
town served by buses, it looks very much as
if the strikers, to apply an old saying, are
cutting of their noses to spite their faces.
There have been many indefensible strikes
during the war period and since VI Day,
but none seems quite so foolish as this. Bus
lines are not indispensable, despite their con.
venience.
The quickest way to settle this strike would
be for the operating company to suspend Its
service, throwing all its employees out OF work,
and afterwards employing only returning war
veterans many millions of whom became ex-
pert drivers in the armed services.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
BY c. r. CUNNINGHAM

BY G. Il. CUNNINGHAM
United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Nov. 2.-Alexander P.
De Seversky said today 200 Super.
foctresses could have done as
much damage to Hiroshima and
Nagasaki at the atomic bomb
and warned against exaggeratior
of the atomic weapons value.
1--WE should not get hysterica.
about these things he said
That's why I want to warn thai
value Of the atomic bomb is being
so exaggerated we may neglect
our defenses to the point we may
find ourselves unprepared fo- the
next conflicts
De Seversky, interviewed follow
ing a tour of Japan which includ
ed an audience with Emperor
Hirohito, said development of the
atomic bomb was a great step ir
the science of demolition but thai
the bombs had fired the WORLD
imagination more than the cities
on which they were dropped.
The aviation pioneer SAID he tolo
the Emperor he had "displayec
courage in calling off the war;"
He said Hirohito discussed the
future of aviation as an instru
ment of peace and that during the
conversation he told the Emperor
you have better understanding
of air power than Goering."
Returning to the atomic bomb
De Seversky said Nagasaki ane
Hiroshima were knocked dowr
by the terrific blast and Their
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
TheLiterarv
Guidepost
BY w. G, ROGERS

AND THE FIELD Is THE
WORLD, by Dola de Jong,
translated from the Dutch by A.
VA. van Duyan (Scribner's;
$3.50.
Aart and Lies, Dutch couple
fleeing to North Africa with their
infant Dolf as they saw war com
ing, picked up on the way a
strange assortment of refugee
children: German Hans and Raj
ner, Polish Maria and Luba, Bel.
gian Berthe, French Pierre.
They scrape for living on bar.
rem acres, and their job is draw
ing water for the parched soil, for
cleaning diapers, for washing and
drinking. Economically they are
poor whites, lower than the Arabs
except for the relief provided by
Dutch Consul Won Bakelom's wife,
whose bounty is as regular as
clockwork, and as humane.
The children remember vaguely
their homes in prewar Europe;
the games with playmates, the
shining white tablecloth, the glass
of milk, the love of parents. Here
they live in unspeakable filth, ma
nure by the door, swarms Of sticky
lilies, rags, repulsive food.
As their standard of living van.
ishes, they disintegrate Theft is
virtue when practiced to get
something to eat. as four-year-old
Pierre shows; Luba, twice his age,
pays the renegade Manus a stag.
gering price for a clean dress and
affection.
The older Hans and Maria,
whose memories are clearer,
stand the shock better. But their
condition is overwhelmingly hope
less, and you shudder at the re-
Election that tomorrow belongs to
the youth of today.
OF all the books to come out Of
this war, I know none that reveals
wich such terrifying clarity the
nature of ,demoralizatic, in deVas'
tated countries and among bereft
peoples. It's one thing to report
the agony of hundreds Of thous'
ands of men and women; here
agony becomes real and you look
on aghast.
Miss de Jong, who was in MO-
rocco in the period covered by her
story, writing with a realism tna'
suggests Flaubert, comes close 70
complete artistic detachment
close even to a sort of cruelty
Yet it's tender as well as terrloie'
and beautiful job Of writing;
Even if you are too thin-sklnneo
to accept her subject, you Will Dc
forced to acknowledge her master
ly treatment.
It's an excellent novel happy
provided with an excellent trans
lation.
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pilots carrying around atomic
bombs in sutcases so we could de.
stroy any place we wanted to-
he said, ''but I found nothing al
Nagasaki and Hiroshima to indi.
cate to me that there will be a
radical change in warfare so we
could dispense with our Army
Navy and Air Force"
DeSeversky said he understood
the atomic bomb would be tested
against battleships soon.
ut was a real threat to Japa'
nese targets because of their film
sy construction but I'm not con
WINGED the bomb dropped under
the same conditions on a battle
ship would do much damage" he
said. 'Tests on ships must be
carried out. But of course, the
battleship is not much use any
more.
admiral Mahan, the father Of
sea power strategy, would turn ir
his grave if he saw $500, 100000 ir
mastodons used in the Pacific tt
knock cocoanuts off trees while
fighting another Navy for control
of the sea.
'Tests of the atomic bomb on 9
surface Navy must be carried out
because the results at Nagasak
and Hiroshima are not sufficiently
conclusive. We don't know what
it will do against battleship. Il
may not even damage it yet di
rect hit may sink it. But we de
know that an 11-ton bomb dropped
on the Tirpitz rolled it over anc
sank it in 20 minutes.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
700 Netherlands Marines
To Be Guest Here Sunday

On Hospitality Day" which is
being sponsored by q local church.
es, 700 Netherlands Marines are
expected to be the guests of Viii.
mington Sunday. The Marines will
be met at 18th and Market streets
at $50 am for assignment to the
churches of their choice, it was an
nounced yesterday by the com.
mittee chairmen.
Before the services, the Holland.
ers will be introduced to the fami-
lies who have arranged to enter
tain them for the day, and with
whom they will attend church.
For many of the Netherlands
Marines this will be their first
glimpse of American home life, of
the American Sunday dinner, the
Sunday funnies, and the afternoon
auto ride.
Troops will be returned to the
End and Orange street U. S. O. be.
tween 4 and 5 o'clock Sunday af.
ternoon, where transportation will
be provided for them back to Camp
Davis.
Hospitality Day arrangements
have been under the direction of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
in cooperation with the U. S. O,
and the Wilmington Ministerial
association,
Church chairmen named to COM
plete final arrangements for the
entertainment of the Marines by
their respective congregations, and
the Marine quota assigned, are:
Cape Fear Presbyterian, 8, Bob
Howard; Fifth and Bladen Metho.
dist, 20, Edward Howard; Pearsall
Memorial, 40, Jimmy Simmons;
First Presbyterian, 70, Jesse Sell
lers; st. Andrews Presbyterian,
SO, Frank Jones; Temple Baptist,
so, Allen Lewis.
First Baptist, 81, Wallace West;
Sunset Park Methodist. "a, Earl
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
Crime Rate In America
Increasing, Report Shows

WASHINGTON, Nov. a. WH -
The nations crime rate is going up
steadily.
The Justice department reported
today that, crime increased over 10
per cent during the first nine
months this year as compared with
the same period last year.
And, it said, a continued upsurge
is indicated by an overall increase
Of 1873 per cent in September as
compared with September OF 1914.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
WAR CHEST DRIVE
10 PER CENT OFF

Short of its goal. the Community
War Chest officially ends today.
with 80 per cent of the $166,375
raised at noon yesterday.
At a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Chest yesterday
morning H. A. Marks, general cam.
paign chairman, reported that the
drive has subscribed $149,620 to.
date. Marks indicated that al.
though the general campaign will
officially close today there are still
so major firms in the unit divisions
that have not yet reported.
A special group from the cam.
paign committee was appointed to
follow up these important accounts
and it is hoped that when this as.
signment has been completed, the
final campaign result may reach
SO per cent of the original goal, OF
more.
Committee members named tc
this special campaign assignment
are: H. A. Marks, E. L. White,
l.. A. Raney, Ranald Stewart, c.
Van Leuven, Harmon Rorison, G.
D. Greer, Paul A. Allen and Louis
E. Woodbury..
Top performance in this years
campaign was made by the Won.
ems division, headed by Mrs. Les
ter VI. Preston, which raised lis
per cent OF. its 81, 100 goal. Other
over-the-top groups were: the Gov.
eminent division, headed by Paul
A. Allen, with ia per cent; the
County division, with John Muck
ton, chairman, ITO per cent Of its
goal; and 100 per cent reported
by the Professional division, led
by DR.. j. W. Farthing, the Special
Gifts division, led by c. Van Leu.
ven, and the Commercial division,
Of which Gardner D. Greer is
chairman.
The Industrial division reported
IS per cent Of its $o5, 900 goal
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
HELD FOR TRIAL

DARLINGTON, S. c., Nov. z--o- u.s..
W. Frank Sims, and six otheii1
from Florence, have been oroe!sa y
held for trial in the fatal shoo'ins
of Wilbur Pagan, Darlington coui':s
road house operator. SIMS =,
charged with the shooting-"ili..-.-
took place after an argument az
the road house early Oct. u.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
EvERYBoDY's LIBERAL

Ihere are comparatively few exceptions to-
Gay 10 the rule that everybody thinks of him.
sell as liberal and insists on being called
one TO the consequent vicious distortion of a
Ilhe "oro with an ancient and honorable his.
ftory.-Roanoke (Va.) World News.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03

Doubtless, Britishers feel that the return al
French champagne to England is an uncork.
ing good idea
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raised; the Public Service divlSi aon
recorded 80 per cent Of its Sl5'V0'
goal.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03

A Cleveland judge announced that no divorc.
case would be heard unless the marriage wa.
a year old. The folks will just have to figh
it out
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-03
QUOTATIONS

While thinking about things to be thankful
for, what have you to be thanked for?
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A New York judge says youngsters Of today
know all the answers. We'll bet school teach.
ers could ssSe him good argument
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BUY U. s. vEToBx Bdxos
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Fair Enough
Nv wEsTBRoOK PEGLER

Copyright, 1915, BY King Features Syndicate)
The Valley settler., 1945-12-28
PRESS RELEASE

Juneau froi ght r2to hearings originally scheduled for January 8, l945 have been postpoSod on6 dates Of hocring will be set at somo future tir1o. Governor Ernos st : Gruoning in Uiro said: "Glod to report that TO hovc succeeded in cnnc ell ing Juneau hoorinG January 8. Dcto of hearings Till be sot in tho future SO that uo my hovo rloro tine to prepare Adequately. hnvo retained David Scoll, rho handled tho --laska rotc investigation in l9AO as general counsel end I bc1 iovo case viii be IS offoctivoly handled IS possible. I fool TO hovo at loast uon tho first
 Skirni sh. ;"
The Valley settler., 1945-12-28

dio reports Of weather co1ditions iron
 10 nidd1o wost should make us focl little uarnor horo. !.sido from tvo cold spells TO havo boon quito corTortoblo horo During tho tino that such lou temperature 6 Uoro reported there, TO Uorc hlv ing obow freezing weather. Tho weather hero has not boon too bad at any timo yet and if it cont inuo as it has boon, TIC socm to be slated For a rather mild Eintor. Tc hopo so.
The Valley settler., 1945-12-28
HOSPITAL. NEVIS

On Chri strlas day tho Bill Lcntz fomily uos uoll represented in tho Hospital. Nino- yo2r-old Caroline vos recovering from an emergency oppondoctor1y on tho Sunday pro- vious, and Mrs. Lontz gavo birth to daughter on Chri stIaas eve. Tho baby hos boon named Barbara. lr. md Mrs. Kenneth Tron of Dillingham oro the parents Of an 8 pound, 9 ounce son born on December 27, and vho has boon nel1od Stanley Carl. Mrs. Tron, the former Evelyn Louston, Uas formor nurso at tho hospital for tuo yoars. Mrs. Laurence Pl,ualcy is medical pat iort S0von-yoor-old Mario mn Hagomann vas hospital izod on Clri stnas day for rodica1 carc.
 Gracio Tyono Of Gulkono is medical patient.
 THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS
 all want to thank you people for the -osonts you gave us this yoar. They -ndo us happy. It is very nico of you people to remember us every Chri strlas. Tho gifts erc vory. useful, and TO truly joy them.
 Sincerely,
 Hospital Patients.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
LEGION PICNIC TO
 BE THIS EVENING
 AT AUX BAY BEACH

The American Legion picnic this evening at the recreation beach at Aux Bay, to which all Legionnaires. Auxiliary members and their fam lilies are invited. promises to be a lot Of fun in spite of somewhat unpromising weather.
 Plcnickers will meet at the Le- zion Dugout at 6 o'clock and those With extra room in their cars are asked to drive around that way to pick up those without cars. The last car will leave for the picnic grounds at 6:30 o'clock.
 The eats committee says there will be plenty of hot dogs, coffee and ice cream. but advises every one to take his own cup, plate and spoon.