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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
INTEREST IN ARMY
INCREASES HERE

Three new names have been
added to the list of Wilmingtonians
who have enlisted in the regular
Army since this type of recruiting
has begun it was announced yes
terday by Sgt. Eugene Carr, non
commissioned recruiting officer
for Wilmington.
William Shepard, II, Bo;
1884, Wilmington, today Joined the
Enlisted Reserve corps, and upon
his 18th birthday will be called into
active service in the regular army,
Henry M. Robbs, colored, 5ll
North 10th street, who has honor-
able discharges from both the
Navy and the Merchant Marine,
has entered his third branch OF
te service when he signed up for
three years duty in the regular
army.
George E. Suggs, colored, of 2l0
South 18th street, enlisted for serV-
ice in the regular U. S. army.
In its largest recruiting carr
paign in history, the army is offer
ing special inducements to 18-year-
loeIes o. pell!m1ed e1e oqM 'spIo
the branch of service in which they
will serve, and may also be as
signed to the theatre of their pre-
ference.
To the ex-serviceman, the army
offers the choice of theatre, and
also attempts to assign the recruit
to his old outfit, if possible. Sgt
Carr reported that of the eight en-
listments so far this month, and
the several additional expected this
week, a majority were ex-serVlce'
men, who have decided that they
prefer the army to civilian 7.fe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09

temptation New Hanover county 10 SILL TO
have one of its leading industries.
Apparently the news of changes was based
on reports that the Dow Chemical Company
plans a SIS, 900, 900 expansion program In its
properties at Freeport. Texas. for the manr-
facture of ma agnesium and plastics on nuca
larger scale than during the war.
Naturally we could wish that the devel-
opment were to be undertaken in this vicinity,
but it is gratifying at least to know that the
Kure Beach plant is to 60 right ahead with
its operations which have contributed so large
ly to the fuelling of our Air Forces with high
octane gasoline.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
Time To Unite

Inc United States has always successfully
met its war emergencies because its peonle
though fundamentally peace-loving, have grid
ca themselves for the battle. Any threat to
the national security from an alien power
brought forth the latent fighting spirit of the
people. This is why the United States plaved
such conspicuous part in the defeat of Ger.
many and was in the leading role in knocking
the Japanese out. The nations OUTSTANDING
participation in two wars at onnosite eide.
OF the world was an achievement unrivaled
in history.
Ihere is in this an example that could
acnleVe as notable victory in the present
oolileSuc emergency created by labor's wild.
IRE strikes, if the people generally were
Stlrreo to the same degree of determination
lor victory over a force which threatens the
national security as gravely as any war crisis
Of the past.
Ihere Is battle to be fought. a battle
taat must be won if these United States are
10 survive in freedom, battle that can be
won only through mobilization Of the masses.
1t is not case of infantry and air forces
ana naval strength or even the atomic hornh
IL is case Of counter-attack through the onlv
channel open to them upon the Congress and
the President, through whom corrective meas.
ures alone can legally come.
BY calling upon President Truman and Con.
gress with such flood of letters and tele.
grams as they never imagined possible to
pass whatever legislation is required to halt
S'rlKes' 1t is reasonable to think that action
Will quickly be forthcoming. Neither the ma.
elonal legislature nor the Chief Executive
oo'y against the pressure of public opinion
would dare longer to daily over a manifest
the weight Of whic'l would never before have
been brought to bear.
Union labor is able to tie up industries
curing this vital reconversion period because
IL IS organized. 1t is up to the people to unite
IN an effort to place necessary restraint upon
| iaoor' lest the secret purposes of its leaders
cof'fol OF the government carried out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
BY PAUL FRIGGENS
RAILROAD AVENUE, by

~~-A>-~~
Freeman H. Hubbard (Whittle-
sey House; $3.75).
If you've ever bent an ear to a
"singing' rail or thrilled to the
long, mournful wall of a locomo-
tive whistle, doubtless you will be
able to settle down for an adven-
turous and profitable evening with
this latest saga of high iron"
Mr.. Hubbard, who edits a rail-
road magazine for his work and
delves into the same field as a
hobby, has put together a sound
collection of the great stories and
legends of the rails. Additionally,
the book is amply illustrated in
cluding rare old prints and re-
cent photo of Casey Jones' storied
fireman, Sim Webb, who jumped
from the engine with Casey As
years ago. Webb is still living at
1862 Latham Street, Memphis.
Here is Sims eye witness ac-
count of the wreck; the lore of
the mighty "Jawn" Henry; the
legend of Kate Shelley who at Is
crossed the Des Moines river
bridge one wild stormy night in
1881 to save a train; the story of
the terrible Hinckley (Minn.), for
est fire and the engineer who
raced through it to rescue a town;
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
YourG.I. Rights
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9-Here are
some general questions from G1s
and their relatives:
@. My son will be out of the
Army soon. Before he was draft.
ed, he worked at a small machine
shop which closed couple o1
months ago when their war con
tracts were cut. 1t is expected te
stay closed for at least three OF
four months. My son will have to
apply for his old job within go days
they tell me. But suppose the shop
doesn't open for longer than that?
Will he have a right to his ole
job back?
A. Your son should apply fol
his old job as soon as he is out
of the Army if he wants it. re.
gardless of whether the shop is
operating. In that way there will
be no question about his reem
ployment rights if the question
should arise.
@. Can aviation cadets keep
their National Service Life Insur.
ance after they get out?
A. Yes.
@. I have been stationed in a
state different from my own state
while I have been in service. My
wife has lived with me. Now the
question has come up as to wheth-
er she has lost residence in the
former town as a result of having
been with me. The question has
come up with regard to taxes.
know I haven't lost residence but
what about her?
A. That question will have to
be decided by the court which ul-
timately will be given jurisdiction
of this particular case. 1t is not
fully covered by law.
@. My wife writes the house in
which we used to live has been
sold and the new owner is asking
her to leave. Can they do this?
A. The dependents of q soldier
may not be evicted from their
dwelling if the rental is $50 or less
per month, except upon order of
the court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
The Doctor Says
STOMACH UPSETS
| NEED CHECKING
By WILLIAM A. o'BRIEN NJ ~

BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M n
Indigestion or dyspepsia is
term applied by lay persons to
fullness, gas, soreness, pain. man
sea, vomiting, or any other com.
plant which seems to be conrec.
ed with the stomach or bowel
large clinic where people 90 'or
check-ups reported that 50 nsr
cent Of its patients listed some
kind of stomach or bloWel com.
plant as one of the reasons Pr
the examination.
What are the chances that ldi.
gestion, dyspepsia, stomach or
bowel complaint are caused by
organic disease? The chances are
good, for the same clinic reported
that so per cent of men 40 and
older who had indigestion, stom.
ach or bowel complaint were sJf.
fering with ulcer of the stomach
or duodenum, or gallbladder dis.
ease, or cancer Of the stomach.
intestines, pancreas or liver.
In the same age group 40 pT
cent of the women had gall.
bladder infection or stones, ulcer
or cancer of stomach, or cancer
of pancreas or intestine. In the
rest of the patients the cause was
either outside the stomach or in.
testines, or it was due to emo.
/ tional factors.
Self-diagnosis of these COM
plants is dangerous. The proper
thing to do is to consult a physi.
clan. History is important with
this complaint. Detailed analysis
of the exact nature of the distress
and its relation to time of day
taking of food, rest and sleel
work, play, feelings, home life
perienc ed hands. can bring ou
body, etc., should be made.
Laboratory tests are Of value
in the study of patients with
stomach and bowel complaints
Little is gained by doing a large
number of routine tests unless
they are indicated. Two tests
stand out; a search for acid in the
stomach contents, and a search
for hidden blood in excretion. X
raw examination is of greatest
value. The use of the Horoscope,
flat abdominal films, and eXami-
nation of the stomach and intes-
tines after an opaque meal, in ex-
pierenced hands. can bring out
many disease details.
Gastroscopic examination i S in
dicated when the results of X-ray
examination are negative, and
there is strong suggestion of Or
ganic disease. A flexible lighted
tube is passed into the stomach,
and the interior is examined.
Patients who have indigestion,
dyspepsia, stomach, or bowel
complaints may have emotional
problems. The effect of organic
disease and of emotional conflict
may be difficult to separate, but
examination usually will give the
answer. At times both organic
disease and emotional factors are
present. If organic disease of the
stomach r intestines is present,
special treatment is recommended.
If emotional factors are the cause,
the treatment is psychotherapeu'
tic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
SO THEY SAY

Grandpappy jenkins says the weather has
neen pee. so wet up his way since mid-Septerlber
tnat the other day he went swimming-just
10 get a breath of fresh air.
zadok Dumkopf is ignoring theworldseries
Aaook Dumkopf is ignoring the world series
petween the Cubs and the Tigers. He says
he is allergic to bears and cats.
IN view of its behavior we presume that
the name of that Indo-Chinese sect, Anna.
mite, must rhyme with dynamite.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
'OPA Grants Seven Cent
Increase On Apples

RALEIGH, N. c., Oct. 8-(P)-An
advance of seven cents a bushei
in the ceiling on apples has been
granted by the OPA to Mort Caro-
lima apple growers, the State AZ
riculture Department announced
today.
Marketing specialists said the ad-
vance was made to compensate
for the extremely low yield In
this state.
For graded and packed apples
grown in North Carolina the cell
ing F. o. B. shipping points are
as follows:
October, 1892; Nov. lis, S4O2;
Nov. 1920, $407; D :. 1-Jan. S,
4.15; Jan. 6-Feb. S, $4.18.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
BY w. G. ROGERS
THE PERFECT ROUND, by
Henry Morton Robinson (Har-

court, Brace $3.50.
A world war veteran teched with
battle fatigue seeks rehabilitation
vicariously by rehabilitatirg an
old carousel on the banks of the
upper Hudson. The community, so
wicked it can't endure anything as
innocent as a merry-go-round, re-
sorts to threats, summonses and
thuggery to run him out Of town,
even inveigles him into a gladia-
torial combat with a fierce dog.
But O'Reilly, aided by a couple of
commando tricks, wins out, and
love, religion and goodness tri.
umph.
This novel is by a man who can
write extremely well, but who has
nothing to say in this book.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
The Literary Guidepost

and other equally superb tales.
A final chapter, Railroad Lin.
60" appears to define everything
from "air monkey" '(air brake re-
pairman to 1900 keeper (gate
tender at passenger station)
This is the most complete vocabu-
larry of the trainman this reviewer
has seen since Lucius Beebe's col.
orful High Iron' published a few
years back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
1878 P c. MINUS SCHOOLING

BATON ROUGE, La. Oct. 8 -
W.@ - A study made by DR.. Paul
c. Young, professor of psychology
at Louisiana State University, dis
closed that Louisiana has the high
est percentage in the nation of per-
sons over Is years old with n O
schooling. Louisiana's percentage
is 1913, compared to the national
average of 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
War Is Over But Momentum Still Goes
On With go, 900 Japs Still In Camps
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

MANILA, Oct. 8 - R - In many
ways war is like a powerful rae
ing automobile - it takes a long
time to get up to full speed and
sometimes even longer to slow
down and stop.
It's that way here in the Philip
pines. The war is over and h e
race is won, but more than sixty
thousand Japanese prisoners of
war still are in a Luzon camp IS
miles south of Manila.
That represents one-eighth of the
total enemy forces in the Philip
pines campaign - and others are
still coming in.
American infantry patrols n d
outposts throughout Luzon and 9TH
er islands are accepting the sur
renders daily of varied groups of
Japanese soldiers and sailors and
civilians. On Luzon they are sent
by railroad and truck to the eight
and one-haf square miles of a
stockade in Santa Rosa.
1t is an ironic twist of the post
war period that, although steps are
being taken to release many of the
prisoners already held, those not
yet captured must surrender and
be imprisoned before they can be
turned loose again legally. Other
wise they have not complied with
the surrender terms and will re-
main fugitives.
During early September, 1900 to
5000 prisoners were being brought
in daily, but the average now has
dropped very low. On Oct. l, for
example, 80 prisoners were brought
into the big barbed-wire COM
pounds. Almost all the big garri-
sons have been accounted for, but
some 10000 lost japanese troops
still are scattered in northern ILL.,
Zon.
In that wild mountain country,
excellent for hideouts and ambush
es, the Americans still are roofing
out few japanese every day but
not as vigorously as before now
that the war is over, the boys dom t
want to get killed on such a mis-
sion, and the Japanese still there
are so isolated that starvation is
working for the Americans.
Except for some of the stubborn
hideouts, the japanese generally
are struggling in on their own,
realizing that their only hope of
return to Japan lies in surrender.
Some come clear into camp of
their own volition. Upon arrival
they are processed by special mill
tary police with American born
Japanese interpreters. Identifica-
ton pictures and fingerprints are
taken of each then they are shunt-
ed off to one of the II compounds,
each of which contains 5000 to g.
600 prisoners.
The camp, designed and built un-
der supervision of 1t. Col. Alex
ander F. Muzyk of White Plains,
N. Y, and commanded by Col.
Rhodes F. Arnold of shington,
D. c.. has two 1O-foot barbed wire
fences around each compound, with
machine gun guard towers at each
corner of the enclosures. The ma
chine guns are not necessary, how
ever, as the docile japanese want
to go home and know that they
must depend on the Americans to
send them.
The prison also houses 1000
women and children, mostly t h e
families Of Japanese, but including
some nurses and Filipina collabor-
ators.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
Religion
DayBy Day
A WHISPERED SECRET
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

If age could whisper one vital
secret to youth it would be the ad.
vice to line up early with other
earnest young persons who are
seeking goals worth while in life.
Cultivate comradeships that will
carry on through the years anc
grow stronger with the passage o1
time. Such far-sighted wisdom ir
youth will redeem the distant
years Of age.
1t is not enough for young peo.
pie to play together; they needs
must think together and work to.
gether toward worthwhile objec
tives. Earnest spirits really gel
more enjoyment out of life thar
those who primarily pursue pleas.
ure. And their good times last.
Christian fellowship and Chris.
tian activity offer the best oppor.
tunity for this kind of growing
life. A common loyalty to Christ
is a wondrous bond and a reward
ing incentive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09
No Change Planned

Many rumors have been heard in Whining
ton for a month or more that something was
to be done at the Ethel Dow plant at Kure
Beach. They have ranged from expansion to
closing down. That's the way with rumors
Lacking facts gossips fill in" as their imagi-
nations suggest to make a good story.
Inquiry sets at rest all of the rumors. So
far as the plant knows, no change is in con.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09

Bananas and pineapple slices
b-oiled with ground beef patties
strike a high note in thrifty main
dishes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09

Set hardened brown sugar in the
bread box for few days. It will
soon become moist
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09

Equal parts of spinach, parsley
and orange juice is good for the
blood
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-09

Wake us up early, o heavenly
Father, to an awareness of life's
real possibilities. May We begin
young to live for the things that
live forever. Amen,
Evening star., 1945-11-11
Like A Fox
BY LOUIS X. HILL

neither her girlish figure nor her
youthful laughter. But 20 years is an
eternity in Hollywood. You've got to
have the stuff to stay up there that
long.
Claudette has the stuff. Her friends
say she is the smartest woman in
Hollywood. and this story illustrates
her shrewdness and tact:
Years ago, she was disturbed by
too-persistent admirer He showered
unwelcome gifts and flowers. Claudette
returned the gifts and kept the flow
ers. She didn't want to hurt his feel
ings. But bracelets kept pouring in.
Embraces a Stranger
CAME a day when Caludette had to
60 East The admirer was on hand for
the send-off. Claudette pounced on an
unsuspecting stranger, and embraced
him passionately
"Good-by, darling" she whispered
loudly Take care of yourself"
And then she turned to her admirer
and gave him a friendly handshake.
1t did the trick.
Claudette takes bread-and-butter
attitude towards her charm and
beauty. cultivates both somewhat
consciously. She is not vain about her
beautiful legs but resented syndi-
Gated column that suggested she
might have thick ankles (Which, as
l can testify, she positively HASN'T.
Evening star., 1945-11-11

She suggested that the writer ought
to see her in "Zaza" before talking
about her legs. This film was a COM
plete flop as a picture but triumph
for Claudette's ankles.
Claudette has been married for 10
years to DIR. Joel Pressman, an ear,
eye and nose specialist now serving
as commander in the U. S. Navy.
Il dragged him to the alter" she
says. "He didn't want to be MIR.
Colbert"
And he isn't. Friends say that if
Evening star., 1945-11-11

The Hounds of Time keep
baying. But Colbert is
smarter than they are
0LAUDETTE COLBERT is smart like
fox. Pursued by the Hounds of
Time - she has been in pictures
nearly 20 years - she keeps doubling
in her tracks.
Recently, for example. she played
the mother of Shirley Temple and
Jennifer Jones in Since You Went
Away" The hounds bayed like mad.
Claudette was slipping at last. Mother
role. End of the long trail. But
Claudette fooled them all, emerged
in her next picture as an ingenue.
She did the same thing IL years
ago. Just after her sensational sue
cess in "It Happened One Night"
she astonished her movie friends by
accepting a role as the mother of a
grown daughter. Why? So that 10 years
later she could do similar role with
out the wrong inferences being drawn.
She has a name for this system.
She calls it the principle of alter
mating current, and it works. After
nearly two decades of stardom,
Claudette is still glamour star, cheer
fully drawing $15O,OOO picture.
To be sure, she started in her teens,
is still young woman. She has lost
Evening star., 1945-11-11

Miss Colbert seems to live simply for
a woman reputed to be the richest in
Hollywood, it is because DR.. Pressman
meets the household bills. Their econ
omy is geared to his income.
Claudette is justifiably proud
of her keen eye for what consti-
tutes box-office in films. She selects
her own vehicles. Her forthcoming
picture, for example, is an Intema-
tional film called Tomorrow Is For
ever" She chose it year ago, but the
story might have been picked from
Evening star., 1945-11-11

today's headlines. 1t deals with a
woman who married second time be-
lieving that her first husband was
killed in the war, only to have him
return.
Claudette Colbert is very much in
the chips, but her life isn't altogether
a bed of roses. For one thing. she ac-
tually has to sleep on a board, due to
an obscure back ailment.
She is also sinus victim. That is
how - alas for romance! - she met
her husband. He was her doctor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12

1t. Gilbert was born in Arkansas
and was graduated from Wilson
High School in the District. He was
a cadet at West Point for a time,
later attending Maryland Univer-
sity where he was in the ROTC. He
was in his senior year there when
he entered the Army in the summer
Of 1912. He went overseas last June
and served in New Guinea before
going to the Philippines with Gen.
Macarthur forces.
Gen. Gilbert has been in charge
of ODB since it was started in New
ark in 1912. He was attached to
the Adjutant Generals Office in
Washington from 1896 to 1912. His
wife, Mrs. Sara K. Gilbert, and two
daughters, the Misses Betty Louise
and Mary Ellen Gilbert, live at the
Forty ninth street address. Miss
Betty Gilbert is employed at the
Navy Department and Miss Mary
Gilbert is in the Adjutant Generals
ONCE at the War Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
Juvenile Delinquency Work
BROUGHT Shaw 1913 Award

G. Rowland Shaw, who resigned
several months ago as Assistant
Secretary of State, lives here at
2723 N street NV He is So and .
graduate of Harvard University.
In connection with his work in
juvenile delinquency, he received the
1943 annual award of the Correc-
lions Committee of the Council OF
Social Agencies for service in Grim
inal justice work here.
He first became interested in
delinquency while he was counselor
to Turkey in 1930-his second tour
Of duty there. He spent two months
leave studying the subject exhaus-
lively and visiting institutions and
courts throughout the East, and
since his return to the United States
in 1887, he has headed and served
on more than a dozen committees
working on that problem.
He currently heads the Bureau of
Rehabilitation. the Osborne Asso-
citation, the Industrial Areas Foun-
dation in Chicago and the Lay ADJ
visory Committee of District Ju-
venile Court. He serves on the
boards of the Southeast Community
Center, and Lincoln Hall, Lincoln
ade, N. Y, and is chairman of the
Committee of Friendly Sponsors
under the Corrections Division of
the Council of Social Agencies, and
is vice president Of the Children's
Village in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
He is on the Board of Visitors for
the National Training School for
Boys, and is former president Of the
National Conference Of Juvenile
Agencies, the American Prison As
ISOLATION and the National Catholic
Welfare Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
First Navy Unit Citation
Is Given 10 Cruiser Helena
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy has awarded its first
unit citation to the light cruiser
Helena for outstanding heroism
against japanese forces in the Sol
ONION Islands-New Georgia area in
1912 and l943.
The Helena was lost in Kula Gulf
in July, l943 A new light cruiser
bearing her name now is under con-
struction.
The citation was established last
December 20 by Secretary of the
Navy Forrestal with the approval of
the President
Capt. Gilbert C. Hoover, Bristol,
r. l., commanded the Helena dur
ing the battle of Cape Esperance
and the battle of Guadalcanal, and
Rear Admiral then CaptD Charles
P. Cecil, Louisville, KY. commanded
her during her final engagement in
Kula Gulf.
All personnel serving on the Helena
during one or more of the three
engagements mentioned in the cita-
ton will be authorized to wear the
Navy unit commentator ribbon.