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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26
New Hope For Port

Passage OF the postwar Rivers and Harbors
bill by Congress, with President Roosevelt ex
pected to approve it within the near future
gives new hope to those pressing for greater
port to accommodate North Cardinals water
borne commerce when peace comes.
Wilmington is well favored in the measure
Among its provisions are deepening of the
Cape Fear river channel to 90 feet two more
than its present depth, and widening it to 4OC
feet at an estimated cost of 81, 465, 900. The
turning basin would be enlarged and other
aids to navigation include work on the North
east river
Accomplishment of these improvements will
mean, as j. T. HERS, executive general agent
of the Wilmington Port Commission pointed
out recently, parity in water facilities with
other harbors along the South Atlantic coast
The river will be in better condition to take
care of it's commerce than at any time in its
long history.
But there are other benefits, just as tang
ible, to be derived from the legislation
First it shows the good faith of the Federal
government in Wilmington as port. This
should dent the belief of some especially up
state, that this harbor is not destined for a
more important place. If the government is
willing to spend great sums in its Improvement,
there is certainly basis for confidence for
others to follow suit especially in the better
ment of terminals We think this is good
point for the State Planning board now pre-
pairing report for Governor R. Gregg Cherry,
to consider. The synopsis of this brief was
scheduled to be presented to him Friday but
has been delayed until this week.
This report will determine, to large de-
gree, whether Wilmington can expect state as
sistance in the upbuilding of the port. We have
but we do recall that as late as last October
he declared he held IAN open mind on the
subject of port development aid.
Second, deeper water is natural encourage
ment of better cargo-handling facilities. 1t
means larger ships and with them must come
the most modern of terminals
There is no doubt that the projects provided
in the bill constitute a major stone in the
foundation essential to greater port develop
ment. But, remember, it is but one. Others are
better terminals, more favorable freight
rates in the industrial Piedmont and an all
out educational program to acquaint upstate
North Carolina with the advantages of the port
Regular schedules by steamship lines with
vessels from not only other American ports
but to and from markets throughout the
world, must be obtained
Let no one think that just because we are
to have deeper, better channel when the
war is over that the success of the port is as
sured. It isn't There are many other prob
lens, other fronts on which to work before
it attains the position it deserves Meantime,
the new gain is most heartening; should be an
inspiration for greater effort than ever before.
1t is real asset not only in this community S
postwar plans but those of North Carolina as
a whole.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26

IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS
delayed There are still Japs
on the three islands of the Mari
anas chain that we have occupied
for more than six months now.
The estimate runs into several
hundred. They hide in the hills
and in caves, and come out at
night to forage for food. Actually
many Of their caves were SO well
stocked that they could go for
months without getting too hun
cry.
Our men don't do anything
about the Japs anymore. Oh,
troops in training for combat will
90 out on a Jap-hunt now and then
just for practice, and bring in a
few But they are no menace to
US, and by and large we just
ignore them. A half dozen Or so
give up every day.
The Japs don't try to practice
any sabotage on our stuff. 1t
would take another Jap to figure
out why. The Japanese are thor
oughly inconsistent in what they
do, and very often illogical. They
do the silliest things.
Here's few examples. One
night some of our Seabees left
bulldozer and an earth-mover
sitting along side the road up in
the hills.
During the night, the Japs came
down. They couldn't hurt any
body, but they could have put
that machinery out of commits
sion for a while. Even with only
rock they could have smashed
the spark plugs and ruined the
carburetor.
They didn't do any of these
things. They merely spent the
night cutting palm fronds off
nearby trees and laying them
over the big machinery. Next
morning when the Seabees ar
rived they found their precious
equipment completely hidden.
Isn't that cute?
On another island, there were
acts of sabotage the Japs could
have committed. But all they
ever did was to come down at
night and move the wooden
stakes the engineers had lined
up for the next days construction
of buildings!
There is another story of Jap
who didn't take to the hills like
the rest, but who stayed for weeks
right in the most thickly Ameri-
can-populated section of the island,
right down by the seashore.
He hid in the bushes just a few
feet from path where hundreds
of Americans walked daily. They
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26
Forget The Hottentots

We're much less interested in all this talk
about Henry Walace's alleged Utopian prom
Use of "a quart Of milk for every Hottentot'
than We are in the actual delivery of "a pack
age of American cigarets for every Swede
and every Colombian-while they last
We don't know who arranged the export
Of those treasured smokes, but we can assure
him that as of today he couldn't get himself
nominated fer dog catcher, much less con-
firmed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26
London Theater Doorman
Has A Headache From 81
Desire To Crash Movies

LONDON, Feb. Is p Inc .as
doorman at the Empire tned's'
said today: :.
II never 'ad such 'eadache."
Due to a slight oversight by me
London Sketch, word got out ol ma
any soldier from St. Louis wol,u
be admitted free TO the nlot AZ.
Meet Me In St. Louis, at "s
Piccadilly Circus theater I,
Apparently all the Iank' ! ID
London got wind of this ana 'i.a ~
to talk their way in, claiming Z"
be from St. Louis.
What lot of them dld nv,
know was that paragraph M
advertently left out OF the s'o- w..
said that St. Louisans, upon SAo"
ing credentials, would reee.w ,
free tickets at the nearby HSH'
bow Corner Red Cross cluo'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26
TOWNsMEN CLEAR SNOW

NEWPORT, Vt, Feb. Is. u p
Because of the manpower shortage
100 merchants, bankers and pro
fessional men turned out on san
day following a recent blizzard and
cleared Viewpoints streets Of snow
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26
MAKES IT WORK-OR-JAlL

BOSTON, FEB. Z5.-00'T7- -
work-or-fight order pfor'P...
Judge Elijah Adlow to lnansua,s X
his own work-or-jail manoa.e ~ ~
the municipal court. He oflet.1
to suspend a tWo-year jan S W.
tence imposed on Miss NOM. -y
Lawson if she would 60 to Wo'N
in war plant. she agreed
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26
WOMAN CARRIES THE MAIL

GARDNER, Mass, Feb. 70 ".
New EEngland's first Woma ~. y.
ter carrier is Miss Beatrice -
ovsky Of Gardner-hired as
placement for one of the l9 Cav ~
ner carriers now in the armed -
ceS..
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26
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 thinkD
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26

We have every reason to hope that the San
Francisco Conference will mark one of the
really great steps in mankinds efforts to Gre
ate for itself world of law and order.-Un-
dersecretary of State joseph c. Grew
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26
CORRECTION

Further information coming to hand move
me to an act the like of which so far as m
knowledge goes. Harold Ickes never has bee
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-26

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
When alore, we nave our own
thoughts to watch; when In the fami-
ly, our tempers; when in society, our
tongues.-H. More.
Evening star., 1945-10-13

In rowing the oars should be just
below the surface of the water, never
plunged in deeply.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
'Byrnes Assigns Russell
To McCarthy's Duties

Assistant Secretary of State DON
aid S. Russell has been assigned the
administrative duties formerly held
by Frank Mccarthy, whose resigna-
tion as an Assistant Secretary was
accepted Thursday, Secretary Of
State Byrnes announced late yester.
day.
Mr., Russell, once member of Mr.
Byrnes' cid law firm in Spartanburg
S. c., and later an assistant to Mr.
Byra1es in the Office of Economic
Sterilization and Office of War Mo.
bilization and Reconversion here
was made an Assistant Secretary oi
State last month, but had not beer
assigned specific duties.
His new duties include completing
development of reorganization
program, as well as supervising ad-
ministration in the department ano
its foreign service.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Dutch Envoy Pictures
Situation in Homeland

A Holland struggling valiantly to
arise from the debris of war but
sorely handicapped by a lack of
food, building materials, transport
and dollar exchange was pictured
to the American press late yesterday
by Ambassador A. Loudon of the
Netherlands, who has just returned
from brief visit to his homeland.
The Ambassador, who was accom-
panied by Nine. Loudon on his first
trip to Holland in nearly six years
summed up the total of his impres-
sions in this phrase:
The situation is heartbreakinp
but encouraging"
He explained this by saying that the
scenes of destruction and depriva-
tlon on every hand are heartbreak-
ing, but that the total picture is
frightened by the will and deter
mination of the people to rebuild
their country without waiting for
outside aid.
While the food situation has i'm
proved, he said, it is still critical
The average diet today is 1900
calories, as compared with between
400 and 500 during the darkest
times of the German occupation.
The principal lack. he explained
Is fats, but the Dutch are hoping
there will be more fats and butter
in the spring, as about IS per cent
of the country's cattle was saved
from the Germans.
The Ambassador estimated Hol-
lands war loss at $25, 900 900 900. OF
which $685., 100000 was represented
~ foreign exchange and bullion
stolen by the Germans. Some l0O.-
900 homes were completely de-
stroyed, $4,000 were heavily dam.
aged and 100000 were damaged tc
some extent.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Veterans Preference
Assured on Homes;
Initiation 10 Be Fought

First choice will be given to vet
eranS over others in the purchase
of new housing and inf1ationary
trends will be combated, Joseph E.
Merrion, president of the National
Association of Home Builders, said
this week in a reference to Thurs
days WPB action abolishing ceiling
prices on war housing sponsored by
the National Housing Agency.
In commenting on what he said
would be the policy of the Nations
home builders, MIR. Merton pointed
out that builders plan to hold the
line on prices"
The men and women presently
being discharged from the armed
services at a rate approaching a
million per month are certainly en-
titled to first consideration in ac-
qulring the new homes to which they
have been looking forward" ne
added.
Builders, he said, are fully aware
of their res Possibilities in preventing
imitation and have committed them
selves to pricing both the war hous-
ing which has been constructed and
new housing at the level of its pres
ent reproduction cost"
In connection with the lifting Of
ceiling prices, which WPB said
should not be construed "ss an ex-
preston of opinion on the need for
such ceilings generally" John B.
Blanoford, jr., MIA administrator
warned that builders and buyers now
have new responsibilities to guard
against imitation.
Referring to 125,000 houses built
under the HI and H-2 programs.
which in some cases were kept to
a price of $4,000 and in others to
ceiling of $4,000, Mr.. Blandford
urged that in case they are put on
sale they should be held to prices
originally scheduled, instead of being
sold at the prices they might well
bring in the face of a desperate
housing shortage"
Mr.. Blandford pointed out that
HI and H-2 housing, for Immigrant
war workers and to relieve conges-
ton, respectively, remain under rent
controls when offered for rent.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
archbishop accepted 5000 New Tes-
| tamentS and 100000 GOSPELS.

archbishop accepted 5000 New Tes-
taments and 100000 Gospels.
"This is an important historical
event." Mr.. Belts added. ut may
mean the breaking of the dam
which has divided the world, and
the spiritual uniting of Russia with
the rest of the world"
On the same day, Mr.. Belts said,
requests came from occupation au-
thorities in Germany for $4,000 Ger
man Bibles and 100000 Testaments.
Similar requests have been received
from Japan. The society already is
preparing shipments for the two
defeated nations.
Other speakers at the meeting,
held at the YWCA, Seventeenth
and K streets NV, were the Rev
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Bible Society 10 Send
Scriptures 10 Russia

The first authorized distribution
OF Christian scripture In Russia
within the last as years will soon
take place as a result of the efforts
OF the American Bible Society,
Rome A. Belts, general secretary,
told a luncheon of the organization
here yesterday.
The society's Board of Directors
offered the scriptural material In
Russian to Archbishop Alexei, spe-
clal representative of the patriarch
of the Russian Orthodox Church,
at a board meeting Wednesday in
New York, Mr.. Belts said. The
Evening star., 1945-10-13

w. L. Darby. president of the WASH
ington society; Page Nick. Etchison,
vice president of the local unit;
Capt. John w. Moore, fleet chaplain
to Admiral Nimitz. and Maj. w. M.
Frost, Army chaplain. George B.
Fraser, another vice president of
the Washington organization, acted
as chairman.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Dr.. Crawford Heads Alumni

DR.. Arthur Crawford has been
elected president of the General
Alumni Association of American
University, according to DR.. Paul
F. Douglass, university president
Other officers are Roland Rice, vice
president; Barrett Fuche, secretary
and Glenn Goodman. treasurer.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Douglas Smith to Seek
Bilbo's Seat in Senate
" the Assnciatrdprnr.

Ey Inc Associated Press.
JACKSON. Miss, Oct. 13.-Doug.
las r. Smith of Jackson has an.
nounced his candidacy for the Sen.
ate seat now held by Senator Bilbo
Democrat.
Mr.! Smith, who ran In 1912 against
Senator Eastland and received 90:
votes, already has filed his aff-
davit of candidacy. Senator Bilbo
has nat yet filed, but has said that
he will seek denomination.
Deadline for filing is so days be-
fore the primary next July.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11
ACP HOST TO
NEGRO PUBLISHERS

New York-More than 300 persons
were guests OF the NAACP June %
a. a reception honoring the National
Negro Publishers Association at Cafe
Society Downtown. Entertainment
for the occasion included Josh White
and his little son and the promising
young song Stylist, Miss Muriel
Gaines.
Among the publishers and guests
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stanley,
MI. and Mrs. John H. SengStacke,
Mrs. Robert Vann, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Blu
chanan, Mr.. and Mrs. Ludlow Wer-
ner, J. E. Mitchell, Emory O.. Jack
son, Hortense Young, Dowdal Davis,
c. A. Scott, Arnett Murphy, Carter
Wesley, Alexander Barnes, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ted Poston, LangSton Hughes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Preece, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Browning, Nathaniel
Sweet, Carroll Ellis;
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Adams, Miss
Constance Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. Per-
cival Prattis, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Mar
tin, Leon Washington, Cecil New
man, ]. A. Boyle, Ernest Johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. Armistead Pride, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Lowe, MI. and MRS.
Richard Smythe, MI. and Mrs. Cecil
Cooke, Mrs. Thelma Boozer, William
Black, George DenninSon, Mrs. Nora
Holt, Miss Fredi Washington, Mr..
and Mrs. Reginald Pierpointe, and
Harry McAlpin.
The NAACP official family was
represented by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
White, DR.. and Mrs. Louis T. Wright,
the Honorable Charles E. Toney, Mr..
and Mrs. Roy wilkins, Mr.. Thurgood
Marshall, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Fen
derSon, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. Add Bates, Mrs. Ruby
Hurley, Leroy Carter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanfeld Penn and Mr.. and Mrs. l..
L. Waring, Mr.. and Mrs. James Ivy,
Mrs. Julia GARY, Mrs. Dorothy Pc
CUES; the Misses Lucille Black, Mona
Jensen, Consuelo C. Young, Doris
Washington, Bobbie Branche and
Edna Johnson.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11
THE FIRST MISSION OF
GOD SENT LIGHT
Prophet Hess, pastor


Praise ye the Lord. Praise We the
name of the Lord. Praise Him, oh We
servants Of the Lord. 135 Psal.
OF a truth Sunday was another day
OF rejoicing in the Lord. Sunday
morning our pastor preached a short
inspiring sermon, subject, Thy King
dom Come. Matt. 6:l0 verse. Sun
day evening a gospel feast was en-
joyed by all present. We are CRATE
full to our friends for their splendid
cooperation Saturday evening. You
are always welcome at First Mission
of Cod Sent Light, 2734 Blonde.
Services Tuesday, Thursday and Sun
day, s p. m. Sunday morning, II
noon, Divine Union.
Sunday evening 6 to 7 p. m. Read
ingS daily. Ora Robinson, reporter.
New York: The recent appointment
of TheophiliuS Lewis, nationally
known expert in the drama, as drama
critic for America, a Catholic weekly
published here, has made Broadway
history. Mr.. Lewis is the first Colored
person ever to serve as Broadway
critic for a national publication.
Born in Baltimore, Mr.. Lewis is a
Self-educated man. His formal educa-
ton ende dwhen he was Is, when he
left school and took a job as a bell
hop and porter. During these years,
however, he read avidly, especially
in the field of literature, spending
most of his evening at the theatre.
On returning from a play in Har-
en- one evening he wrote for bic
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11
Free Ticket To The Ritz
for Riddles!

who were the children of father
bluejay Inc mother bluejay. The
family lived in a little nest at the top
of an old maple tree. One day when
mother and father were hunting for
worms, the three children climbed
on a limb and were going to try to
fly. Now there was one little blue
jay who thought he knew everything,
he stood up straight and quickly
jumped from the limb. Little brother
was hurt badly.
Soon mother and father bluejay
came home. They found their son at
the cotton Of the old maple tree.
They picked him up quickly and
flew up to their nest. And then 'The
Three Little Bluejays" never tried to
fly without their parents permission.
Eula Irene Robinson, aged s.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11

own pleasure a short review of the
play he had seen. By accident this
review came to the notice of a Har-
lem editor who published it and then
hired Mr.. Lewis to cover all the Har-
lem plays.
Since then, writing-especially in
the field Of the drama-has been Mr..
Lewis avocation. On returning after
the last war from overseas with the
seth Infantry Regiment-where, in
cidentally, he had been decorated by
the French Government for his Serv-
ice in the Argonne-he became a
postal clerk, at the same time con-
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11

The Ladies Auxiliary Of the Amer
lean Legion is looking forward to all
members to be present at the special
membership drive which is to be held
on August II, at the hall. All mem
bers are asked to be present at the
next meeting and pay your 1916 dues.
If you can't come please contact the
membership chairman, Mrs. Greta
Wade, Ha. 7I40 or the president,
Mrs. Lulu Bryant, ia. 659l.
Remember we must make our
quoqtqaq.q q q 90
quota.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11
NAACP INSISTS INDEPENDENCE
PETITION RIGHTS BE IN
CLUDED IN TRUSTEE
SHIP AIMS

New York-The right of petition
by dependent peoples, the right Of
the International Organization being
formed at San Francisco to investi-
gate and remedy these complaints,
and insistence on independence for
colonies was urged by the NAACP
in a wire to Secretary Of State Ed
R, S%tettinius. IT.. who is chair
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11
The Three Little Bluejays"
Once there were three bluejays
Foreign Insurance

Foreign Insurance
The life insurance companies Of
the United States have never shown
any great inclination to write life
insurance in foreign countries, add
ing that today there are few Ameri-
can companies operating outside the
continental limits of the United
States. Several Canadian companies,
however, have a fairly large life in
surance portfolio overseas. In this
connection the countries chosen by
the United States and Canadian COM
panies operating in the foreign field
are generally more stable and con-
sequently there is less risk of dis
turbance to foreign corporations in
such countries.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11
Indian Horses

Indian Horses
The American Indians did not
nave horses before the arrival OF
Europeans upon this continent. Dogs
were the only animals used by these
North Americans. Some authorities
believe that all the wild and Indian
horses of the West sprang from a
few which escaped from the troops
OF Coronado in 1541.
Visual Defects
surveys indicate that about one
out OF every five children gradu-
atlng from grammar school has Wis
ual defects. After boys and girls
leave school their eyes continue to
o~eterlorate. AT 20 years, % per cent
OF the population have visual
defects. surveys indicate. At 30
years. SO per cent have short
comlngs in vision. At 40 years nearly
na1, 4s per cent. have impaired
vision. From then on eyesight fails
rapidly. chiefly because of the hard
ehlng OF the lens of the eye. aus
ing what is known as "old sight"
al oO years. II per cent have short
comlngs in vision. and at so years.
o. per cent. Most persons during
heir Aus should have glasses to
read with.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11


man of the American delegation. Not
at all content with the so-called lib
eralized version of trusteeship aims
for dependent peoples adopted by a
United Nations Council Committee.
June 10Th, the NAACP through its
secretary, Walter ""irlre said in its
message to Mr.. Stettinius: we have
read with interest press dispatches
June 10 on revised draft of section of
World Charter dealing with Inter-
national Trusteeship system plans for
colonial people. May we strongly
urge American delegation to insist,
ven if other nations disagree, on
rSt, right of written or oral petition
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11

tributing regularly to many national
magazines. These have included the
Interracial Review, the Sign, the
Catholic World, and Commercial. Mr.
Lewis lives in Manhattan.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-11

t%@N11S1 ~ - ~ N1
Bureau OF Public Relations
RIGHT THROUGH THE
CLOUDS - Captain Milton R.
Brooks, fighter pilot from Glass
port, Pa, got a Jerry plane shortly
after he strafed a German airfeld
after a dive from an altitude Of
$4,000 feet. He dived through an
opening in the clouds to do it.
He's home from the 332nd Fighter
Group in Italy for reassignment.
(Army Air Forces Photo from
BPR.)
Cabbage vitamins
Air, water and heat are the thieves
that rob cabbages of their vitamin
c. Therefore, the less you cut, cook
or have to store cabbage the more
vitamin value you receive for your
money. Young green cabbage
fresh from the garden, washed and
eaten raw is the ideal way to get
the most flavor and food value
that cabbage can Give.
lire Lie
Motorists habits affect tire life
so markedly that it is possible to
deduce the driving habits of a cars
operator if you can compare his
average tire mileage with that Of
other drivers in the same area. il is
said. Quick stops and starts, taking
turns at high speed. running tires at
subnormal initiation or at high
speed, greatly reduce tread mileage.